Bad Guys Research Articles

You play the bad guy: how foreign direct investment affects zombie firms in China

This paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on zombie firms at both the macro and micro levels, revealing a significant negative effect on their prevalence at the city level. Our results show that FDI accelerates zombie firm exits as local governments cease subsidies, recognizing that foreign firms can sustain local economic growth. This result is robust to alternative methods of identifying zombies, alternative measures for FDI, and diverse regression methodologies. This shift is predicated on the recognition that foreign firms can sustain local economic growth. Consequently, financial constraints and profitability among zombie firms deteriorate significantly, while healthy firms remain unaffected. These results support the crowding-out effect but find no evidence for technology spillover, challenging some conventional expectations about the benefits of FDI. Our findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of FDI spillover effects and its role in the targeted disposal of non-viable firms.

“When you provide abortion services, you are looked upon as a bad guy”: experiences of abortion stigma by health providers in Nigeria

ABSTRACT Background Abortion stigma as reported globally has been inadequately documented empirically in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with a restrictive abortion law and a high rate of unsafe abortions. Objective The objectives of this study were to investigate the ways in which abortion stigma is experienced by Nigerian health professionals and how such experiences influence health professionals’ practice of safe abortion and post-abortion care. Methods The study utilized qualitative research consisting of in-depth interviews with 10 abortion providers. We elicited information with an open-ended interview guide that investigated the understanding of participants’ experiences of abortion stigma in Nigeria. The data were analysed qualitatively and thematically using Atlas.ti. Results The themes centred on perceptions and experiences of stigma among the providers interviewed. Participants’ experiences of abortion stigma included the following: being treated differently to other health professionals; experiencing disapproval and disrespect; name-calling and societal judgement; tagging and profiling of clinics by anti-abortionists; and social isolation. Participants attributed stigma to cultural and religious beliefs, the restrictive national abortion law, and pointed to hypocrisy. Some reported effects of stigma on providers included a feeling of insecurity, social exclusion, secrecy, and insincerity in clinical practice, discouragement, and guilt feelings. Despite the negative impacts, many respondents reported a sense of satisfaction stemming from their views that they were saving lives. Conclusion Systematic efforts to address these adverse factors could reduce the level of stigma experienced by providers, with a potential follow-through effect of improving women’s access to safe abortion care in Nigeria.

Research Paper on Cyber Security

Cybersecurity is like our computers and phones' superhero. They help keep our computers and phone safe from sneaky bad guys on the internet. It’s all about using genius locks and tricks to keep our digital stuff virus free, hacker proof and away from funny online stunts. Like we cheque if the doors are locked and who leaving keys under the doormat at home, cybersecurity is our online detectives to keep an eye on websites to see they are safe, and be a bit more careful when clicking on links in emails from strangers. Having a shield for your digital world, to enjoy the internet without worries. Our online superhero is cybersecurity, the cybersecurity that allows us to surf the web, play games, and chat with friends securely. KeyWords:Malware,PenetrationTesting,Web AppTesting,Ddos Attacks,Ransomware Attacks,Phishing Attacks.

Can I Trust you? Ethics in AI

We all like to use and play with utilities and tools that solve daily problems to us. After we do play with it for sometime, we may pause and ask "hmm, but would that enable some bad guys to kill somebody?" Now we are being ethical about the usage of that tool. AI has been in the hands of consumers for the last couple of years, expanding the horizon to what users can do. But I am not sure if lay users have actually paused to question themselves whether they are breaking any ethics or they are so consumed getting things done with the impressive tool. AI is enabling us to be more productive; however, it carries with it severe ethical violations; right now not next month or next year. As I write this article, there are many unethical usages of AI being done without any notice. Think of those who publish short articles written not by them but by AI, those who faked photos, those who wrote their essays, or that one who authored a piece of poetry. This is on individual level, but such violations could be large scale when it comes to corporations. What about those who are the actual makers of AI - are they trustable or developing models that carry some bias? This article is aimed at exploring the topic of Ethics in AI to help us understand implications and path forward.

Bad Guys Finish First? A Moral Emotional Perspective of Job Performance Outcomes for Abusive Supervisors

Do abusive supervisors benefit from their own harmful behaviors, or do they experience the same repercussions as their victims do? This article extends a growing stream of research that aims to understand how bad actors process their own negative actions, when they are most impacted by their adverse behaviors, and how their job performance is influenced as a result. We ground this research in a moral emotions perspective to suggest that enacted abusive supervision elicits prominent moral responses (i.e., shame or guilt), which subsequently influence the supervisor’s own work conduct. Specifically, we suggest that feelings of guilt will prompt an abusive boss to compensate for their negative behaviors by increasing performance efforts, whereas supervisors with feelings of shame will withdraw and exhibit lower work performance. Multiple mediation results from Study 1 revealed that abusive supervisors predominantly experience shame and, in turn, reduced performance. In Study 2, we expand on these findings by considering the moderating role of supervisor core self-evaluations (CSE). We find that the negative relationship between enacted abuse and supervisor performance (through shame) is exacerbated when managers possess a fragile sense of self (i.e., low CSE). Overall, the current article adds to the argument that abusive supervisors do not profit from their own negative behaviors and that they, too, suffer performance setbacks.

Comedy and Masculine Hegemony: Adapting Masculinities in Humorous Children’s Fiction

AbstractSince the early 2000s, there has been increasing scholarly focus on the representations of masculinities in children’s literature. In part, this is due to the growing field of critical studies in men and masculinities coupled with wider public concern about boys’ development and education. This paper contributes to this work by analysing constructions of masculinity in four popular humorous series for children: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007–2022), The Treehouse books (2011–2023), The Bad Guys (2015–2023), and Planet Omar (2019–2023). Understanding genre as a reciprocal dynamic, the analysis demonstrates how these texts both intercede and shape the social and national milieu in which they are produced. As our understanding of acceptable masculine behaviours has adapted, so too has there been a shift in both the represented masculine dynamics and role of comedy in humorous junior fiction for boys. While some early series attempt to invert the hierarchical ordering of boys to validate alternative masculinities, the farcical genre conventions rest on limited models of masculinity, and frequently reaffirm the very tropes and behaviours that they seek to redress. In contrast, later series attempt to expand the repertoire of qualities that are acceptable for boys and men, challenging patterns of masculine hegemony, thereby revisioning what it means to be male. While humorous texts for young people may engage young male readers, the operation of humour and its relationship to masculinities is political, and can operate in either reductive or expansive ways.

Neutrophils, the major players in healing after myocardial infarction

Neutrophils are a type of immune cells with controversial functions. While their role in the protection against the microbial invasion is well known, the role in controlling and monitoring the non-infection healing processes of the injured tissue and organs are now to be discovered. Particularly in the healing after myocardial infarction, the neutrophils were considered for a long time the “bad guys”, sustaining the inflammation and interfering with the repair processes. However, all the attempt to deplete or massively inhibit their activity in experimental conditions or clinical settings lead to catastrophic results, with defective scar formation and worsening of the heart function. As recent studies pointed out the essential role of the neutrophils in monitoring and guiding all the processes involved in the proper tissular healing, a detailed investigation of mechanistic inside is required for a selective and effective design of therapeutical strategies targeting neutrophils to preserve and improve heart function after an acute myocardial infarction.

INTRICACIES OF REVENGE PORN: AN ANALYSIS OF LEGAL PROVISIONS

ABSTRACT Now a days it is very well known fact that online platforms like YouTube, WhatsApp and Google are used by people to share contents of sexual nature. These sexually explicit contents are used to influence, manipulate and shame a person. Here, people are more interested in knowing what is going in other person’s life. People, with utmost interest, look into the intimate relationship of others. This is the dark truth of the society that videos of sexual harassment and other intimate clips are intensely browsed by people. It is a source of great pleasure for them. There is even a very big market for these kinds of images and videos. Quite often, girls of even tender age fall in traps of these bad guys whose only aim is to satisfy their sexual desires. Also nowadays, it has become essential to share nudes to prove love and affection to the partner. Often, the victim is not able to raise her voice against this injustice happening to them. Today’s time when internet has become lifeline for every human, this act has drastically increased. This has also resulted in a sudden rise of Revenge pornography. Revenge Pornography is rapidly growing in India. Battling against internet disgracing is anything but something straightforward maybe a solid fight. The casualty faces disgrace deeply and it is a reasonable and careful issue to manage.

Good Guys Became Bad Guys? Changing Representations of Asians and Other Races in Crime News During COVID-19

During COVID-19, Asian Americans were perceived as a threat to the American society, which could have led to heightened media scrutiny and a shift in media portrayals. This study examines this question with a quantitative analysis of crime stories sampled from five newspapers (2019–2021). Our results suggested that large-scale social events such as COVID-19 might have transformed media representations of Asians and other racial groups, with noteworthy variability: (a) When considering all types of crimes, during the pandemic, news about lawbreaking activities by Asian perpetrators almost doubled that of before-COVID period. No significant change was uncovered in the coverage of Asian victims. (b) However, on two types of crimes—“crimes against persons” and “violent crimes”—that have more newsworthiness and social import, stories about Asian victims during the COVID-19 were higher than those of the before-COVID period. (c) When comparing media representations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data, the percentage of Asian perpetrators and victims in newspapers did not differ from that of the FBI in 2019 and 2020; however, Asians were overrepresented as victims in 2021.

A semantic-pragmatic deconstruction of Blinding Lights by The Weeknd and Bad Guy by Billie Eilish

While semantic and pragmatic deconstruction has conventionally been nested in general linguistics, contemporary theoretical developments have proven that it can further be applied in the examination of songs in a bid to uncover and unravel covert meanings. This then proves the central role of language in other disciplines such as musicology and songwriting in so far as semanticpragmatic deconstruction is concerned. The primary aim, therefore, of this article is to examine and deconstruct Blinding Lights by The Weeknd and Bad Guy by Billie Eilish. The objective is to underline that artists and songwriters employ exclusive semantic and pragmatic features to communicate purposive meaning to their audiences. A qualitative research methodology, alongside a semanticpragmatic theoretical framework, is utilised to advance the aim of this article. Among other discussions, it becomes evident that profound meanings are entrenched in the two songs, and such meanings can be revealed through the application of semantic and pragmatic theoretical frameworks. The closing remarks underline the necessity to scrutinise and attempt to develop semantic-pragmatic perspectives beyond the realm of general linguistics to achieve more scholarly insights.

Cybersecurity in Business

Cybersecurity is like a digital bouncer, standing guard over your computers, phones, and networks to keep out unwanted visitors. In the bustling digital marketplace, cybersecurity is the lock on your virtual door, protecting your valuable data and privacy from prying hands. Imagine a shield protecting your digital world: that's cybersecurity. It keeps your devices, data, and online life safe from bad guys. In today's tech-driven world, cybersecurity is essential. It's the armor that protects our precious information, from business secrets to private photos, from hackers and other threats

TRANSLATION SHIFT FROM ENGLISH INTO INDONESIA ON THE BAD GUYS SUBTITLING

This study aims at explore the types of translation shifts in the subtitles of the movie The Bad Guys. This research is based on Catford's theory of shifts and utilizes a qualitative descriptive method. The data collected involves translations found in the dialogues of the characters Wolf, Snake, and Diane Foxington, focusing on words, phrases, clauses, and sentences that contain shifts. The results show that all types of shifts are found in the translated text of the movie "The Bad Guys." From the 247 shifts identified, there are 9 level shifts and 238 category shifts, in which, in detail, 98 data are classified as state shifts, 9 data are classified as class shifts, 123 data are classified as unit shifts, and 8 data are classified as intra-system shifts.

What Kant Really Said: Facts and Fiction in International Music Education Philosophy

Abstract: In international philosophy of music education, there are some philosophers who are important points of reference. One of them is the German Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). While his philosophy is complex, an oversimplified understanding of his ideas turned him into the “bad guy” of international music education philosophy, being in favor for instance of art for its own sake. His assumed ideas are thought to be the foundation of aesthetic education, in opposition to music education concepts promoting praxis and social change. The prominent role Kant plays leads to questions: Can an eighteenth-century philosopher be blamed for twentieth-century music education concepts and their supposed aberrations? And what did Kant really say? By addressing these and related questions, this paper offers fresh perspectives on Kant’s original concept and the role his assumed ideas play in international music education philosophy, aiming at revising some discourses around them. Furthermore, Kant as a case in point, can lead to general considerations about the function of philosophy in music education philosophy.

Must Dentists Be the “Bad Guy?”

Must Dentists Be the “Bad Guy?”

Legal Provisions and Challenges in Protecting Women's Personal Data in Vietnam

In the digital age, women's personal data is often violated, leading to privacy violations, women being followed by bad guys, being scammed, having their property appropriated, and even being sexually abused. The article focuses on researching current Vietnamese legal regulations and challenges in protecting women's personal data in Vietnam. Besides pointing out the need to protect women's personal data, the article also points out unreasonable points in the provisions of Decree No. 13/2023/ND-CP (the first legal document of Vietnam direct regulations on personal data protection). Difficulties and obstacles when implementing legal regulations on protecting women's personal data and factors affecting the effectiveness of law enforcement on protecting women's personal data in Vietnam is also mentioned. The article also proposed specific solutions to improve the effectiveness of women's personal data protection activities in Vietnam.

Carbamates: Are they "Good" or "Bad Guys"?

Carbamates: Are they "Good" or "Bad Guys"?

When safety for you means danger for me: the racial politics of carceral public safety discourse.

Safety is a human right and universal need, and yet we as researchers and practitioners often take for granted the conditions that help people feel safe. In this conceptual review, we focus on factors that contribute to people's sense of safety in service of understanding how, when, and where people feel safe. Moreover, we consider how race, power, and privilege shape people's sense of safety and danger. In doing so, we highlight how public safety is not an objective or static reality but rather a political project that reflects dominant ideologies and serves state interests. We begin this conceptual review with a discussion of how public safety is a social construct whose meaning varies across time, space, and place. Next, we discuss three dominant ideologies that are embedded within collective public safety discourse: permanent bad guy syndrome, the victimization-fear paradox, and the politics of ideal victimhood. Together, these ideologies help to shape carceral public safety frameworks, which is the dominant paradigm in our culture. We then illuminate some of the underlying assumptions within carceral public safety frameworks and their implications for responses to public safety concerns, including elevating the safety concerns of dominant groups while criminalizing undesirable bodies, undermining stigmatized communities' ability to access public safety and justice, legitimizing suspicion and surveillance, incentivizing carceral responses while diverting resources from safety promotion programs, and altering public spaces. In doing so, we highlight how carceral public safety frameworks reflect and reinforce existing injustices while also contributing to the stigmatization, marginalization, and manufactured precarity of social groups deemed undesirable and therefore unworthy of protection. We conclude with a discussion of alternative models of public safety which are rooted in life-affirming frameworks, which focus on improving people's material conditions as a means of lessening and preventing the likelihood and impact of interpersonal violence.

Only Hit the Bad Guys: A Gene Therapy Approach to Selectively Silence Highly Active Neurons Reduces Chronic Seizures in Epileptic Mice.

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Vertical interference: video, drone witnessing, and the myth of precision targeting

Artists and filmmakers frequently problematize drone warfare through their creative practices, contesting military surveillance and violence by appropriating, parodying, and turning the drone’s gaze back at itself. Challenging and subverting the myth of ‘precision targeting’ – the military’s claim to perfect accuracy in aiming their weapons only at ‘bad guys’ – is central to artists’ engagement with drone warfare. By looking at recent work by Nicolas Brynolfson, George Barber, and eteam, the author argues that these artists pose drone vision – how and what drones see and look at – as a site of compromised looking, where the indexical and objective is rarely just that, but always layered by and interpreted through discourse, ideology, compression, and noise. By performing ‘drone witnessing’, these artists tease out the connective tissue between state surveillance and remote warfare, raising key questions about sovereignty and autonomy in the age of operational images.

"This Absolutely Is Not a Hui Rebellion!": The Ethnopolitics of Great Nationality Chauvinism in Early Maoist China

Abstract: Through the 1950s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) considered nationality disunity to be a product of "great Han chauvinism." But what happens when history's bad guys are not Han? In parts of China's Northwest, the party identified Hui Muslim elites as the main agents of nationality exploitation and Tibetans as their principal targets. It therefore declared Tibetans of all classes to be victims of nationality exploitation and ordered that "good" Muslims be distinguished from "bad," a task made more urgent by a string of uprisings that engulfed several Muslim-majority areas of the Qinghai-Gansu Highlands from 1949 to 1953. While echoes can be found in the late Qing state's response to Muslim rebellion, this article argues that the CCP's approach to the "Hui question" must be viewed as part of a particular practice of minoritization and a framework for conceptualizing the new socialist nation-state that would leave Muslims and other non-Han communities susceptible to majoritarian-state violence.