Dominant Themes Research Articles

Global South research priorities for neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools

PurposeSeveral initiatives have taken part in the sustainability assessment tools, especially on the neighbourhood scale. These tools have been developed as neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools (NSATs) in global and local settings. Despite the widespread use of NSATs over the last two decades, research on NSATs in Global South cities is currently limited. This review article synthesizes literature themes and provides research priorities for NSATs.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a systematic review of 48 research articles on NSATs in cities of the Global South, conducted and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. A thematic synthesis of 18 articles was reviewed using content analysis to provide a thematic classification and research priorities that outline approaches and actions for implementation.FindingsThe results revealed five themes of NSATs for research tackling cities in the Global South, with one dominant theme related to case study-based frameworks and tools. The findings indicate a high level of affiliation contribution and research content focus within the Asian continent compared to the African continent and MENA region.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the bibliometric analysis of where the current body of research stands in NSATs. The added value highlights research priorities based on themes, spatial regions and tools.

Trust Dynamics of Community Health Workers in Frontier Food Banks and Pantries: a Qualitative Study.

Medical mistrust has had devastating consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in rural communities. Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been shown to build trust, but there is little research on trust-building by CHWs in rural communities. This study aims to understand the strategies that CHWs use to build trust with participants of health screenings in frontier Idaho. This is a qualitative study based on in-person, semi-structured interviews. We interviewed CHWs (N=6) and coordinators of food distribution sites (FDSs; e.g., food banks and pantries) where CHWs hosted a health screening (N=15). Interviews were conducted with CHWs and FDS coordinators during FDS-based health screenings. Interview guides were initially designed to assess facilitators and barriers to health screenings. Trust and mistrust emerged as dominant themes that determined nearly every aspect of the FDS-CHW collaboration, and thus became the focus of interviews. CHWs encountered high levels of interpersonal trust, but low institutional and generalized trust, among the coordinators and clients of rural FDSs. When working to reach FDS clients, CHWs anticipated confronting mistrust due to their association with the healthcare system and government, especially if CHWs were perceived as "outsiders." Hosting health screenings at FDSs, which were trusted community organizations, was important for CHWs to begin building trust with FDS clients. CHWs also volunteered at FDS locations to build interpersonal trust before hosting health screenings. Interviewees agreed that trust building was a time- and resource-intensive process. CHWs build interpersonal trust with high-risk rural residents, and should be integral parts of trust building initiatives in rural areas. FDSs are vital partners in reaching low-trust populations, and may provide an especially promising environment to reach some rural community members. It is unclear whether trust in individual CHWs also extends to the broader healthcare system.

Laurillard’s six types of learning in the contemporary HEI landscape : An institutional analysis of student digital learning experiences

In 2020–21 higher education (HE) students experienced a larger portion of their learning online than ever before due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) introduced the use of digital education models to help them outline the approach to remote delivery required during various periods of restrictions on campus delivery. With this trend continuing post-pandemic, it is therefore vital that institutions understand the current student digital experience, the benefits and challenges they face, and what this means for the strategic use of technology enhanced learning (TEL) and the introduction or further development of digital education models within the HEI. This paper articulates an approach used by one HEI for analysing this experience through the lens of Laurillard’s six types of learning. Focusing on the analysis of qualitative data through an institution-wide student survey about the digital experience, the paper outlines the barriers and mitigating approaches used to overcome these experienced by students. Flexible learning opportunities and interaction with academics and peers both emerged as dominant themes within the data, clearly indicating their importance for any future digital education model introduced within the HEI. The use of Laurillard’s six types of learning revealed a focus on acquisition-based activities within students’ experience of digital aspects of their learning, but also the need for facilitated activities helping them to reflect on their learning and their progress. Further research is required to explore the use of Laurillard’s six types of learning to analyse the student digital learning experience within HEIs, and to understand the seventh type of learning, ‘reflection on learning’, in providing a contemporary analysis of Laurillard’s model in the post-pandemic landscape.

The Wolfson Prize: designing the hospital of the future

The 2021 Wolfson Economics Prize asked how new hospitals should be designed to radically improve patient experiences, clinical outcomes, staff wellbeing and integration with wider health and social care. With a major programme to rebuild and renew hospitals in England underway, the Prize offered an opportunity to understand current thinking about hospitals and their future place. The 41 submissions that were identified as 'most promising' were reviewed and subjected to framework analysis. Emerging themes were identified and discussed iteratively. Five dominant themes were identified: a calming environment; systems of care; distribution of services; use of technology; and going green. Several tensions and trade-offs were evident across the submissions and a number of gaps were identified in the knowledge base that need to be remedied to ensure that new hospitals are safe and efficient. The previous approach to building new hospitals, with its over-riding drive to reduce costs, has not served the UK well. New ways of thinking about hospital building and design are urgently needed, especially the funding of research and the creation of a national repository devoted to design solutions and post-build evaluations of new hospitals.

Analyzing and Combating Drinking Liquor in “Bartender” of Hemin Mukeriany with Two Poems of Drinking Liquor of Manuchari Damghani

Wine and drinking as important themes have always had clear reflections in the world of literature. Poets demonstrate their excessive zeal to the assemblage of wine and drinking. This type of literature originates from Persian literature with Rudaki and keeps being one of the underlying themes until reaches the top with Damghani. In Kurdish literature, Wine-purely secular meaning – as a dominant and pivotal theme starts with Hemn Mukryani. For thus reason Hemn is appointed among other Kurdish poets for this study. This article addresses this question, how wine and drinking reflect in both Poet’s work. In a descriptive way, this article analyses a poem of Hemn and two poems of Damghni as materials of the study. Mutual aspects of wine and drinking can be noticed in their poems. Like Damghani, Hemn uses wine to take pleasure and as sort of escapism from difficulties of life.

IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium in the Year 2003

In noting the 20th anniversary of the establishment of IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine, we give a retrospective view of the research papers from the Security and Privacy Symposium in 2003. These papers represent the context of security concerns and solutions of that era. In some cases they illustrate problems that were solved; in other cases they foreshadow the dominant themes of today.

The late Goethe: New directions

The late Goethe: New directions

Colorblind on the color line: critical ethnography of racial inequity in a human service organization serving a community of single-mother families at the margins

AbstractThis study takes an in-depth critical ethnographic look at a local nonprofit human service organization, Lavender Refuge, that supports marginalized families. This study explored the communication of staff/volunteers and residential clients that facilitate or inhibit the nonprofit’s aims to create an inclusive community culture. Critical race theory and social identity theory were utilized as theoretical frameworks to better understand the culture of Lavender Refuge’s community. Findings revealed three dominant themes related to issues of racial (in)equity at Lavender Refuge. The desire for positive identities, controlled performances within the community hindering race conscious (Crenshaw, K. (1995). Race, reform, retrenchment: Transformation and legitimation in anti-discrimination law. In K. Crenshaw, N. Gotanda, G. Peller, & K. Thomas (Eds.), Critical race theory: The key writings that formed the movement (pp. 103–126). New Press: Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.) communication. Further, conversations about race were seen as fostering intergroup competition along racial lines, explaining resistance to race communication. Our research team concludes with practical recommendations, resources, and training in hopes they could change the community culture so racial diversity is embraced and equity fostered.

The Influence of Social Media on the Perception of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Content Analysis of Public Discourse on YouTube Videos.

Little is known about how social media shapes the public's perception of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We used a media content analysis approach to analyze the public's perception of ASD. We conducted a YouTube search in 2019 using keywords related to ASD. The first 10 videos displayed after each search that met the eligibility criteria were selected for analysis. The final sample size of videos analyzed was 50. The top 10 comments from each respective video were selected for commentary analysis. A total of 500 comments were used for this study. Videos and comments were categorized based on sentiment, evident themes, and subthemes. In 2022, using the same key words, we conducted a subsequent YouTube search using the same criteria, except that the videos had to be 10 min or less, whereby nine videos were selected out of 70 for commentary analysis, and a total of 180 comments were used. The dominant themes were "providing educational information on ASD characteristics" with the main subtheme being "no specific age or sex focus". The most common category of comments was "anecdote". The overwhelming sentiments of both the videos and comments were "mixed". Individuals with ASD were stigmatized as not being able to understand emotion. Furthermore, ASD was also stigmatized as being a monolithic condition only manifesting itself in the most severe form when autism varies in severity. YouTube is a powerful tool that allows people and organizations to raise awareness about ASD by providing a more dynamic view on autism and fostering an environment for public empathy and support.

Racialized and Gendered Impoverishment and Violence in Ceará, Brazil: Narratives of Surviving Mothers and Sisters of Murdered Black Women

ABSTRACT This research analyzes trajectories of rights violations at the intersections of impoverishment, racism and patriarchal violence against mothers and sisters of young Black women murdered in Ceará, a state in Northeastern Brazil. The persistence and protagonism of these women are documented through three interviews with and three field diaries of family members of murdered young women. The data was analyzed using the qualitative analysis software Atlas Ti 7.0. Three cross-cutting, dominant themes include the psychosocial impacts of poverty, the impacts of homicide on the health and social life of Black women, and violations of the rights of family members.

“We’re Just Tired”: Influences on Sexual Activity Among Male-Partnered Women in Midlife; A Mixed Method Study

ABSTRACT Studies into decline in sexual activity among women in midlife produce equivocal findings, some implicating hormonal and physiological changes, others psycho-social and environmental factors. Women’s perspectives rarely inform interpretation of the data. Associations between sexual satisfaction, activity and function, and health and lifestyle factors were explored using data from 2133 female participants in the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (2010–2012). Semi-structured interviews (2012–2015) with 23 women aged 45–59 reporting sexual dissatisfaction in Natsal-3 explored their perceptions of the influences on their sexual activity. Analysis of the survey data showed sexual dissatisfaction to be less common than low frequency and function. Neither menopausal stage nor age was independently associated with any of the dimensions of sexual experience. Only relationship unhappiness was independently associated with all three and communicational difficulty with two (dissatisfaction and lower function). In-depth interviews identified influences on sexual activity not captured in the survey. Tiredness attributed to contemporary challenges of midlife was a dominant theme. Relationship quality mediated its adverse impact. Sexual experience in midlife must be interpreted in light of both life-stage and era, notably, the increasing demands on women in contemporary society and their impact on vitality. Efforts to address sexual wellbeing should take account of the wider social context.

Mimicking the Psychological Effects of Capitalism in the Classroom: Using StarPower to Demonstrate Unconscious Bias, Privilege, and Oppression

College students are reflective of a culturally diverse population and hold a wide range of cultural identities. As such, faculty and campus activities professionals alike, are constantly striving to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Socioeconomic status (SES) and social class are cultural variables that need more attention in higher education settings. Given that SES and social class are determinants of social power (APA, 2007), it is crucial to provide undergraduate students with focused learning experiences on these variables and how they influence identity development. Authors utilized Star Power, an educational game, to mimic three tiers of a capitalistic economy in the classroom. Qualitative data analyses suggested themes of dominance and striving for dominance across all groups. Implications for experiential learning in the classroom, multicultural education, diversity learning through campus outreach activities, and research are discussed.

When text mining meets science mapping in the bibliometric analysis: A review and future opportunities

The increasing volume of scientific publications has created a need for more efficient and effective literature review processes. Bibliometric analysis is a quantitative approach to analysing bibliographic data extracted from research studies to identify publishing patterns and trends within specific knowledge domains. Science mapping is a widespread technique in bibliometric analysis that enables researchers to reveal the structure of their respective fields and identify dominant themes. However, there is still a lack of clarity and transparency in describing the science mapping process, which can hinder continued refinement and improvement of this critical field of research. This study provides a comprehensive overview of science mapping in bibliometric analysis based on published review studies from prestigious international journals. It outlines the science mapping mechanism and explores challenges and opportunities, focusing on incorporating text mining approaches to support the analytical literature review process. The study sheds light on previously unexplored mechanisms in the literature of bibliometric analysis, revealing gaps in existing research. The study contributes to the growing body of research on bibliometric analysis by highlighting the need for continuous improvement and the deployment of text mining techniques to support the analysis of scientific publication data. This study offers valuable insights for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to enhance their understanding of science mapping and bibliometric analysis.

Islamic Historiography in North Sumatera: Analysis of Trends in Thesis Writing Themes at the History of Islamic Civilization Study Program 2020-2022

This research examines the trend of thesis writing themes among History of Islamic Civilization students, Faculty of Social Sciences, in 2020-2022. The problems raised are the trending themes and their contributions to the development of Islamic historiography in North Sumatra. Therefore, this research aims to detail the trending thesis writing themes among students of the History of Islamic Civilization study program, Faculty of Social Sciences 2020-2022, and explain their contribution to the development of Islamic historiography in North Sumatra. The results show that the research themes selected are cultural history, archeology, biography, museums, architecture, education, political, intellectual, organization, art, and demographic histories. Furthermore, the most dominant theme is historical heritage and preservation efforts included in the scope of the archeology discipline, followed by traditions and culture in cultural history. The next themes are architecture, museums, literature, and biography, as well as political, intellectual, educational, organization, social, art, branding, and demographic histories. These themes have indirectly added to the references of Islamic historiography, particularly in local history research.

N19 Fear of not being accepted: a synthesis of qualitative experiences of children and adolescents living with IBD

Abstract Background There is an increasing number of paediatric and adolescent patients being diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) 1. Being diagnosed at an early age can have a detrimental effect on a child’s development, so the need for support is vital. Adult experiences of living with IBD are known 2 , but very little is known about paediatric experiences. This literature review aimed to identify the paediatric and adolescent experiences of living with IBD and explore how IBD impacts their life. Methods A search was performed on following databases: Medline, CINAHL, and British Nursing Index. The inclusion criteria were: IBD, age under 18 years old, English language, primary qualitative research, and a publication date between 2016-2021. Out of the 43 papers identified, only three were selected as they met the inclusion/exclusion criteria. A qualitative synthesis of evidence was conducted, and the data was reinterpreted 3. Results Among the three papers, there was a dominant theme about the ‘Fear of not being accepted'. This overarching theme revolved around peer acceptance, and included two main themes: ‘Fear of disclosure' and 'How do I fit in?', as patients did not want to disclose their condition and expressed their desire to be viewed as normal. Throughout their experiences, children and adolescents expressed embarrassment as the primary feeling since living with IBD. Having IBD as a child or adolescent could adversely affect their psycho-social development, especially during their sexual development, affecting their romantic relationships and interactions with other people. The fear of not being accepted led participants to feel unattractive and apprehensive when forming new relationships. Conclusion It is imperative for children and adolescents to feel accepted, to feel comfortable disclosing their illness, and to feel equal to their peers. Children and adolescents face a variety of psycho- socio- emotional challenges living with IBD. Due to the limited number of studies that have explored the challenges that paediatrics and adolescents encounter, the need for more evidence is crucial. More evidence on children experiences of living with IBD would help healthcare professionals understand the impact of illness, and develop strategies to support children and adolescents living with IBD to minimise the fear of social stigma and rejection. 1. Kaplan GG. The global burden of IBD: from 2015 to 2025. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015;12(12). 2. Fourie S, Jackson D, Aveyard H. Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A review of qualitative research studies. Int J Nurs Stud. 2018;87:149-156. 3. Thomas J ;Harden A. Methods for the Thematic Synthesis of Qualitativeresearch in Sistematic Reviews.; 2007.

A qualitative analysis of female Reddit users' experiences with low libido: how do women perceive their changes in sexual desire?

The true prevalence of low sexual desire among women is disputed among researchers due to the complex nature and presentation of women's sexual problems. To qualitatively analyze the aspects of libido/sexual desire frequently discussed by Reddit users and compare them with the current understanding of female sexual well-being and sexual desire disorders. By using the Reddit application programming interface, the TwoXChromosomes subreddit was queried for posts with the keywords libido and sex drive. Posts that were deleted or unrelated to themes of libido/sex drive were excluded. A total of 85 threads-63 queried from the keyword libido and 22 from sex drive-and approximately 2900 comments were qualitatively analyzed per the grounded theory approach. Five independent researchers read and coded each thread to identify dominant themes and emergent concepts. Outcomes of interest included codes related to sexual dysfunction, libido, orgasm, masturbation, types of sex, psychology, relationships, intimacy, treatment, medications, and health care. Posters were primarily heterosexual women in their 20s and 30s. The code categories with the highest frequency were relationships (22.7%, n = 272), libido (22.2%, n = 210), psychological (20.2%, n = 191), medications (7.29%, n = 69), and intimacy (6.0%, n = 57). Users frequently described a decrease in libido secondary to medications, particularly antidepressants and hormonal birth control. Many users discussed the challenges of navigating a relationship with low sexual desire and the resulting sexual distress. Posters described feelings of sadness, anxiety, and guilt due to their low desire. Additionally, users discussed the role that sex plays in relationships, whether as a way to develop intimacy between partners or to achieve orgasm. Finally, posters expressed dissatisfaction with health care addressing their concerns surrounding sexual desire. The study findings-namely, the impact of medications on sexual health, the interaction of sexual desire and mental health, and cited examples of inadequate sexual health care-can help guide sexual well-being research, diagnosis, and public policy. Using Reddit as a data source allowed for the analysis of women's experiences outside the preestablished concepts of female sexual desire. Limitations to the study include the potential for posts to be deleted by moderator guidelines, the young demographic distribution of Reddit users, and the popularity-based structure of subreddit threads. Our results emphasize the psychosocial aspects of sexual desire and the need to redefine sexual problems to encompass the complex nature of female sexual well-being.

Hotel quarantine guest blogs: Unpacking Scheiner's spaces of immobility and implications on urban tourism politics

Hotel quarantine has been a prevalent process over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic as destinations seek to utilise such spaces to uncover potential positive cases within international tourism mobility. Yet, this abruptly designed layer of quarantine is vastly different to what hotels were built for and intended as spaces of leisure and hospitality. In addition, the spaces of immobility and how these are encountered by guests in quarantine are largely under-investigated. Addressing existing knowledge gaps, 15 blogs written from hotel quarantine guests were analysed through the work of Scheiner's spaces of immobility to examine how they negotiated with these spaces. The research revealed three dominant themes of food, health and wellbeing, the digital self, and assurances as key markers of immobility. These outcomes provide theoretical and managerial implications to reconsider urban tourism politics within cities in terms of hotel design and spatiality in the future.

Death Representation in Contemporary Kosovo and Bosnian Poetry: Views on War Deaths

This paper examines the representation of death and dying in postwar literature in Kosovo and Bosnia. It covers the representations of death and loss in poetry and the way writers reflect on violent deaths caused by the war. By comparing the textual strategies of dealing with death as a dominant theme in the poetry of the Bosnian poet Faruk Šehić and Kosovo poet Lulzim Tafa, I will argue that the authors' approaches toward the theme of death are very similar in content, despite their different point of view. Šehić's and Tafa's poems related to the war in Bosnia and Kosovo, arise as a need to testify to human evil in general, and especially to the history of evil and dis-honour in their societies. How do writers perceive the truth of death in war reality? Do these representations serve as a complementary projection of historical reality and reveal the socio-cultural repercussions of a national human tragedy? By evoking the aesthetic notions of death as represented in certain select literary works, this paper looks at the role of literature in creating an artistic view that seeks to understand and acknowledge death as the unavoidable, all-pervasive entity in war reality.

The Medium and the Messenger in Seneca’sPhaedra,Thyestes, andTrojan Women

AbstractThe language of Seneca’s messenger speeches concentrates preceding patterns of imagery into grotesquely violent action. In three tragedies –Phaedra,Thyestes, andTrojan Women– the report of an anonymous messenger dominates an entire act. All three scenes describe gruesome deaths: the impalement of Hippolytus on a tree trunk inPhaedra, Atreus’ butchering of his nephews inThyestes, and the slaughter of Astyanax and Polyxena inTrojan Women.In portraying violence, these messenger speeches repurpose language established in earlier scenes to realize and deform a dominant theme of each play: distorted sexuality, appetite, and moral dissolution.

A small-scale evaluation of instructional approaches and perspectives on the benefits of adventurous education for young people

ABSTRACT The addition of Outdoor and Adventurous Activities (OAA) throughout the national curriculum for physical education in England and Wales has added a new dimension to the often-questioned traditional teaching curricula associated with competitive sport. Yet, the research base linked to the field of OAA has limited insight into the views of the instructors who integrally facilitate such experiences. This study analysed the perspective of instructors regarding their perceptions of the benefits associated with OAA participation for young people, but also some of the pivotal teaching approaches used to optimise such developments. Six OAA instructors from the United Kingdom participated in a cross-sectional qualitative case study and were interviewed to gauge their perspectives on the benefits and teaching approaches utilised in adventurous education. The emerging dominant theme demonstrates a link between the specific and intentional pedagogic strategies of the instructors and the intended developmental outcomes for young people.