ABSTRACTPredatory journals are a known hazard in modern academic research publishing, with research and anecdotal accounts indicating that they exploit inexperienced researchers. Most literature on the topic centres on specific disciplines and/or countries deemed ‘more vulnerable’ to publishing scams. At the time of publication, no studies have examined a full range of disciplines at institutions across the United States. Our research collected responses from 1098 faculty at 17 US doctoral universities using a multi‐disciplinary survey to assess self‐reported knowledge and awareness of predatory publishing. In this analysis, we investigated participants' reported knowledge levels of predatory journals in relation to four aspects: academic discipline, years employed in academic research, number of articles published, and early career researcher status. We conclude that the relationship between experience and knowledge of predatory publishing depends on the definition of experience employed, and that the number of recent articles published by a faculty member is a more reliable indicator of knowledge about predatory publishing than the other measures of experience investigated.

Alexithymia, the difficulty in recognizing and expressing emotions, can create significant challenges for students, contributing to anxiety and stress that predict school-refusal behaviors. This study explored how alexithymia and school refusal behaviors impact high school students’ academic performance (grade point average; GPA), considering how gender, school type, and academic major play a role. Utilizing snowball sampling, 265 students with a mean age of 16.41(SD = 1.7) participated in the study online, completing the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) and the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised (SRAS-R). Through statistical analyses, including path analysis, quasi-Bayesian mediation, and Hayes moderation, we found that alexithymia and GPA were associated. Also, school refusal behaviors, like avoiding social interactions or seeking tangible rewards, did not mediate this relationship but school refusal due to avoiding negative emotions positively predicted GPA. Students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields, known for their rigorous and less emotive curricula, showed higher levels of alexithymia. In contrast, public school students were more likely to skip school for external rewards. Female students had lower alexithymia scores and higher GPAs than males. Path analysis, in turn, revealed that studying in gifted school and F2 (escaping evaluative situations) showed the largest effect sizes. School refusal findings highlight the importance of tailored interventions: public schools’ high F4 needs mentorship, peer support, and extracurriculars to counter socioeconomic refusal drivers. Also, embedding emotional literacy workshops into the curriculum, offering flexible attendance options, and fostering supportive environments with peer mentoring or teacher check-ins can counteract emotional isolation and distress, proactively addressing alexithymia’s roots and refusal triggers before they escalate.

Objective: Transition-aged young adults (TAYA) with disabilities face high rates of unemployment and underemployment. Although assistive technology (AT) services can improve em­ployment outcomes in state vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs, they remain underutilized with notable disparities. This study examined how sociodemographic factors and their interactions predict the receipt of AT services for TAYA with disabilities. Methods: A retrospective analysis of national data collected by the Rehabilitation Service Administration’s Case Service Report from fiscal years 2017–2019 was conducted. The sample included 271,698 cases reporting a disability, aged 18–24, and eligible for VR services. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to examine the main and interaction effects of various sociodemographic variables on the likelihood of receiving AT services through VR programs. Results: Results indicated that less than 3% of TAYA with disabilities in the study sample received AT services. Characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of receiving AT services included being unemployed, from a minority group, having a significant disability, being older, having cognitive or mental health conditions, and not being enrolled in post-secondary education (PSE). Discussion and Conclusion: Findings suggest that AT services are underutilized, particularly for TAYA with cognitive and mental disabilities, those not enrolled in PSE, or those who are unemployed. These findings highlight the need for targeted efforts to enhance VR AT services to support employment transitions. Increasing AT training in rehabilitation educational programs and in-service training may improve service utilization. Future research should focus on evidence to support AT use in vocational settings and on developing guidelines for employment transitions.

SUMMARYHuntingtin (HTT) function is enigmatic, as the native protein plays critical roles in neuronal health, while mutant HTT (mHTT), carrying an expanded polyglutamine stretch, triggers neurotoxicity and contributes to the pathogenesis of Huntington’s disease (HD). We recently found that HTT is part of a nuclear transcription-coupled DNA repair (TCR) complex with DNA repair enzymes including polynucleotide-kinase-3’-phosphatase (PNKP). This complex resolves DNA lesions during transcription to maintain genome integrity, while in HD, mHTT impairs the activity of this complex, resulting in accumulation of DNA lesions. Using molecular, cellular biology and computational methods, we find that HTT has a role in assembling a functional DNA repair complex in mitochondria. Together with mitochondrial RNA polymerase and transcription factors, HTT resolves mitochondrial DNA lesions to preserve mitochondrial genome integrity and function. Pathogenic mHTT impairs this activity, resulting in persistent DNA lesions and reduced mitochondrial function in HD. Importantly, restoring activity of this complex in a Drosophila HD model through ectopic HTT or PNKP expression significantly improves mitochondrial genome integrity and ameliorates motor deficits.

Only one in five people with eating disorders ever receive care, making effective prevention critical. This review synthesizes prevention trials from the past 2 years - highlighting new interventions and implementation strategies. A dissonance-based program for Brazilian men reduced muscle dysmorphia and body dissatisfaction, but not eating-disorder symptoms. The Body Advocacy Movement , designed to lessen fatphobia, produced medium declines in weight bias but only small symptom reductions, performing no better than the Body Project . Eat Breathe Thrive, a yoga-based program for female athletes, improved anxiety and interoceptive body trusting but did not reduce eating pathology. Two studies testing the Diabetes Body Project for young women with type 1 diabetes - an open pilot and a multinational randomized trial - produced large, durable reductions in general and diabetes specific symptoms but did not improve glycemic control. An implementation experiment across 63 colleges showed that pairing train-the-trainer workshops with technical assistance and ongoing quality assurance supervision maximized clinical benefit per dollar. Recent work demonstrates promising population-specific adaptations of dissonance-based programs and underscores that comprehensive implementation support enhances effectiveness. Future work should optimize high-school delivery, boost effect sizes, and verify long-term reductions in future eating disorder onset.

Abstract All human cultures, to varying degrees and levels of complexity, incorporate spiritual beliefs and practices into their everyday lives and ritual events. Those beliefs and practices are, in part, a means of coping and adapting to challenges of climate, seasonality, and natural landscapes. Mountain environments, with their often extreme physical terrains, weather systems, and seasonal cycles, have frequently promoted the development of complex cultural systems with deeply integrated elements of religion and ritual. After three decades of systematic archaeological and ethnographic studies, the author and his colleagues have assembled a complex picture of late prehistoric and early historic sacred landscapes and ritual behaviour in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Evidence has emerged from archaeological surveys of thousands of hectares of mountaintops and valleys, combined with years of tribal consultations and studies of Native American cultures with Southern Rocky Mountain ancestral roots. This chapter presents results of that research and outlines an evidence-based model of mountain sacred landscapes and ritual practices as a path to better understanding religious elements of mountain archaeology in the Americas and beyond.

Pronounced sexual dimorphism is generally assumed to evolve through sexual selection for elaborate male traits. However, there is increasing evidence that sexual dimorphism in traits such as birdsong may also evolve through loss of elaboration in females, but the evolutionary drivers underlying this process are obscure. Here we analyse ecological and natural history traits for over 1300 songbird species and show that increased female song incidence and elaboration are most directly associated with year-round territoriality, biparental care, and large body size. Phylogenetic path analysis indicates that mating system and breeding latitude primarily have indirect effects on female song evolution. Stable, tropical life histories and mating systems with biparental care promote female song, whereas evolutionary transitions to migration, reduced territoriality, and loss of male care led to losses or reductions of female song incidence. Our analyses provide a comprehensive framework for studying the drivers of sex differences and similarities in birdsong and reveal novel interactions among natural history and sexual selection pressures that have been hypothesized to independently shape elaborate traits.

Rural Special Education Quarterly (RSEQ) is a national journal focused on topics and issues in service delivery or personnel preparation in rural special education and disability services. This article provides recommendations and resources for prospective authors who are interested in publishing in RSEQ . The information presented in this article is intended to assist authors who are interested in submitting their work to RSEQ by providing an overview of the manuscript submission, review, and publication process.