Extreme Form Research Articles

Commitment on Volunteer Crowdsourcing Platforms: Implications for Growth and Engagement

Problem definition: Volunteer crowdsourcing platforms match volunteers with tasks that are often recurring. To ensure completion of such tasks, platforms frequently use a lever known as “adoption,” which amounts to a commitment by the volunteer to repeatedly perform the task. Despite reducing match uncertainty, high levels of adoption can decrease the probability of forming new matches, which in turn can suppress growth. We study how platforms should manage this trade-off. Our research is motivated by a collaboration with Food Rescue U.S. (FRUS), a volunteer-based food recovery organization active in more than 30 locations. For platforms such as FRUS, effectively using nonmonetary levers, such as adoption, is critical. Methodology/results: Motivated by the volunteer management literature and our analysis of FRUS data, we develop a model for two-sided markets that repeatedly match volunteers with tasks. We study the platform’s optimal policy for setting the adoption level to maximize the total discounted number of matches. When market participants are homogeneous, we fully characterize the optimal myopic policy and show that it takes a simple extreme form: depending on volunteer characteristics and market thickness, either allow for full adoption or disallow adoption. In the long run, we show that such a policy is either optimal or achieves a constant-factor approximation. We further extend our analysis to settings with heterogeneity and find that the structure of the optimal myopic policy remains the same if volunteers are heterogeneous. However, if tasks are heterogeneous, it can be optimal to only allow adoption for the harder-to-match tasks. Managerial implications: Our work sheds light on how two-sided platforms need to carefully control the double-edged impacts that commitment levers have on growth and engagement. Setting a misguided adoption level may result in marketplace decay. At the same time, a one-size-fits-all solution may not be effective, as the optimal design crucially depends on the characteristics of the volunteer population. Supplemental Material: The online appendices are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2020.0426 .

From informal to formal - A case study about the impact of distant learning on formative feedback in Danish schools

Even though Denmark is a highly digitized country, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed schools to adopt extreme forms of distant learning, as everything should be conducted online through digital platforms. Our study aims at analysing the impact of distant learning practice on feedback practice, from the perspective of teachers and pupils. More specifically we focus on pupils in Danish mid-school, who are subject to a final exam to qualify for access to high school. We have conducted a netnographic inquiry, combining virtual observations and interviews with teachers and pupils. Our results show that the new distant learning practice prevented teachers to engage in non-formal assessment and feedback practice, such as spontaneous walks across the classrooms and dialogue with pupils on their difficulties, hence making it hard to keep an overview on their pupils’ progress. To compensate for the lack of non-formal feedback practices, distant learning has turned feedback practices into formal evaluations, leading the pupils to feel under pressure and less engaged in their learning. Our study provides an original perspective regarding specific aspects, such as feedback practices, which require forms of spontaneous dialogue between teachers and pupils and are central for learning, hence providing meaningful insights for the implementation of distant learning in mid school and the importance of a close dialogue between pupils and teachers.

The Relationship between the Manifestation of Aggressive Behavior and Personality Traits as a Form of Deviation of a Modern Teenager

One of the pressing problems of modern society is the aggressive behavior of adolescents. Despite the large number of studies devoted to this topic, the question of defining aggression as an interdisciplinary phenomenon, as well as the causes and conditions for adolescents aggression, remains controversial and requires additional study due to the fact that today aggression is not just a behavioral reaction, but can also transform into a stable model of deviant behavior. Society has an objective need to resolve the issue of preventing teenage aggression and clarifying its causes. The author has made an assumption and empirically verified that aggressive behavior in its extreme form - in the form of deviant behavior - has a connection with unmet needs and the level of self-esteem of a teenager. In our study, we rely on the work in the field of aggressive behavior and deviant behavior of E.V. Leus and self-esteem of L.S. Vygotsky. The study was conducted using methods for diagnosing the level of aggressiveness of A. Bass and A. Darka to determine typical forms of aggressive behavior, assess the propensity for deviant behavior of E.V. Leus, studying the degree of satisfaction of the needs of students A.A. Andreev and the test “Personality Self-Esteem” by S.V. Kovaleva. As a result of the study, it was found that a high level of aggression manifests itself in a pronounced tendency to deviant behavior. It has also been established that the level of aggression is directly related to unmet needs for safety and social contacts, and a connection between a high level of aggression and an inadequate (overestimated or underestimated) level of self-esteem of adolescents has been identified.

In search of customer delight: Integrating customer satisfaction and NPS metrics

Successful companies know that they must delight their customers to ensure their loyalty and grow their businesses. Building on a dual perspective of academic and industry findings, this paper clarifies the customer delight construct. According to the marketing literature, customer delight (CD) may be viewed as: (1) a distinct emotional state where customer expectations are exceeded, or (2) an extreme form of customer satisfaction (CS). These two positions are assessed with particular attention paid to measurement approaches and challenges. CS and net promoter score (NPS) metrics are often used to capture and explicate the meaning of customer delight. Given the strategic importance of these well-established measurement tools, CS and NPS are reviewed and critiqued. The need for a marketing metrics mindset is also discussed. The paper concludes with a 9-point plan for marketing management to successfully implement and evaluate customer delight in organisations.

심성과 심성 함양: 형이상학과 메타프락시스, 그리고 대동사회

The purpose of this article is to understand in more detail what the nature of metapraxis is, which contrasts with both metaphysics and praxis. On the other hand, it is to clarify how metapraxis discussions can contribute to the advent of the great society by critically approaching the discussion of ‘post-humanism’ in which postmodernism, which excludes the metaphysics of modern society, is expressed in a more extreme form in conjunction with neo-liberalism. By discussing this by setting a sub-topic of the main angle, perspective, and surface and in-depth, it was possible to make it clearer that metapraxis contrasts with both metaphysics and praxis, not that they are excluded, but that they are integrated ‘organically’ (or consistently). It was also clarified that metapraxis is based on ‘metaphysics’. Therefore, the trend that excludes metaphysics in the discussion of modern post-humanism is at the opposite point of humanism, which is a trend that is further away from the great society related to the love of Christianity, the mercy of Buddhism, and the humanity of Confucianism. Thus, the educational discourse form as an alternative to this, that is, ‘metapraxis’, secures its status as a theory of life beyond its status as an educational theory.

Violation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women: A Case of Flagrancy in Kisangani City (Tshopo Province), DR Congo

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) imposes on signatory States the obligation to implement and apply legal measures promoting equality and the elimination of gender discrimination. The General Assembly adopted it in 1979. Violence against women is, on the one hand, one of the most systematic and widespread forms of human rights violation in the world and, on the other, a socio-economic problem that impacts social harmony, economic growth and threatens overall development progress. The consequences include the deterioration of women’s mental and physical health, disruption of communities, and a decrease in economic productivity. The manifestation of unequal power relations between women and men is one of the most extreme forms of gender-based discrimination and an attack on the dignity and fundamental rights of women and girls. Gender-based violence stems from structural causes linked to the norms and values of a society, culture, or community. These factors legitimize and perpetuate various gender inequalities based on a hierarchy of relationships between men and women, thus contributing to gender-based violence. Harmful stereotypes and traditional expectations further bolster these inequalities, restricting women's autonomy and frequently rationalizing acts of violence. At the beginning of October 2023, a woman was subjected to cruel and degrading treatment, tied up and beaten by law enforcement officers in Kisangani, the capital of Tshopo province, on the orders of her ex-husband; the latter, using his position as a public official, ordered the arrest and beating of his ex-wife by law enforcement officers; As a result, the person who gave the order and the officers who carried out the manifestly illegal order were prosecuted and convicted, in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, which requires States to act with due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence against women in accordance with national law, whether perpetrated by the State or by private persons. Every woman has the right to respect for the inherent dignity of the human person and to recognition and protection of her human and legal rights. This article is timely and calls for the unfailing application of provisions on respect for the recognised rights of women and girls, in the interests of a fairer and more balanced society.

Правовое регулирование киберэкстремизма и кибертерроризма: проблемы и перспективы

The article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of cyberterrorism and cyberextremism as the most dangerous social phenomena that have become widespread due to the development of information technologies, especially in the field of the Internet information and telecommunications network. The author investigates the theoretical concepts of understanding cyberterrorism as a legal definition, examines the historical features of the development of this phenomenon, identifies various approaches in the legal regulation of cyberterrorism in India, Nigeria and the Philippines. The author offers his own definition of cyberextremism, which is based on the compilation of constitutive features of cyberterrorism (as an self-determined phenomenon) and extremism. Particular attention is paid to the polysystem of legal regulation of the fight against cyberextremism and cyberterrorism (universal level of legal regulation, regional level of legal regulation and national legal regulation). The study of overseas experience of legal regulation allowed to shift the focus from the universal level of international legal regulation to the regional one, which will significantly affect the regional security structure. In the course of the study, the author came to the conclusion that the most promising area of regional cooperation in the fight against cyberextremism for the Russian Federation will be the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (further — SCO). This is due to the fact that the SCO is the only international organization that has a conventional regulation of extremism per se. The expansion of cooperation is appropriate given the fact that cyber extremism is a certain form of extremism, as well as the experience of the Republic of India as a SCO member state, which has relevant national legislation aimed at countering cyberterrorism

INTERROGATING THE PERSISTENCE OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE, 2000-2020

Female genital mutilation is also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision which comprises all procedures involving a partial or total removal of the external female genitalia either for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons. FGM is a sensitive topic and issue because it cuts across several cultures and needs to be addressed with great care, without affecting people’s feelings as it touches on other people’s cultures. The practice is, therefore, still deeply entrenched in the Nigerian society. Despite efforts to raise awareness of FGM’s medical complications through governmental and non-governmental organizations, the practice persists in some communities, and this makes one ponder on the factors that seem to preserve the practice. This paper using both primary and secondary sources of historical research methodology assesses the socio-cultural and religious factors that contributed to the continuous practice of female genital mutilation in Ilorin despite the international condemnation. In Nigeria, the South-south (77 percent) has the highest incidence of Female Genital Mutilation among adult women, followed by the South-east (68 percent), and the South-west (65 percent). However, it was only lightly practised in the North, surprisingly leaning toward a more extreme form. At the national level, 41 percent of adult women have had Female Genital Mutilation typically carried out by a traditional circumciser using a blade. There was a significant relationship between the persistence of the practice of FGM and social structures, cultural, and religious beliefs. The study shows that the continuous practice of female genital mutilation in Ilorin is not due to ignorance, but a longstanding tradition and religious belief.

Taking into account aspects of the social being of students as a key form of pedagogical control in the organization of the educational process in the extreme conditions of the state of war

The purpose of the study was to clarify the results of the first stage of the system of research on the peculiarities of the organization of the educational process in extreme conditions of military rule. The main tasks were: to carry out an analysis of pedagogical and psychological scientific sources regarding the main characteristics of research on the control of educational activities in conditions of psychological stress; present the first stage of empirical research and present for discussion the problematic issues of studying the social conditions of students and their influence on the educational process in situations of martial law and remote and extreme forms of education.
 The work sheds light on the authors' interpretation of the meaning of the concepts "extreme situation", "state of emergency" and points out their views on the study of psychological states in such conditions.
 The novelty of the study should be considered the forms and methods of research and methodical implementation proposed by the authors regarding taking into account the psychological states of students and their influence on the educational process with the further use of their results in pedagogical control and the process of developing methodological recommendations.
 The conclusions indicate the expediency of taking into account the social conditions and psychological states of the subjects of the educational process in various formats and methods of pedagogical control. It is emphasized that such aspects create the effect of psychological support, the formation of trust in the teacher, which in turn affects the quality of the educational process.

Gender in European Union Asylum Law: The Istanbul Convention as a Game Changer?

Abstract The European Union (EU) has historically been a proactive player in advancing equality between women and men, and fighting gender-based discrimination. The past two decades have also seen the EU becoming a major actor in asylum law, with several EU secondary law instruments and a large amount of case law in EU Member States relating to the application of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Yet, these two areas of EU legislation – gender equality and asylum – have yet to become consistently connected. Similarly, judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union addressing gender-related elements of asylum cases are scarce. Could the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) help bridge the gap? The Istanbul Convention identifies gender-based violence as an extreme form of discrimination and contains a whole chapter dedicated to women in the context of migration. This article sheds light on the yet-to-be-realized potential of the Istanbul Convention to amplify the protective power of the Refugee Convention in the EU. While at present neither the Common European Asylum System, nor its new iteration in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, fully meets the standards of the Istanbul Convention, it may be expected that the EU’s accession to the treaty will further encourage a gender-sensitive approach in EU asylum law. The Istanbul Convention may well be a game changer for the protection of female asylum seekers, and possibly also for asylum seekers with other gender identities.

Vaccine Skeptics and Vaccine Enthusiasts: What Is the Intergroup Wall Made Of?

Dehumanization in various forms often accompanies intergroup relations. While it is not clear whether it is a signifier of hostility or rather a source of it, there is a clear link - when dehumanization occurs between groups, we can expect effects ranging from a lack of mutual pro-sociality to an endorsement of violence against an out-group. Our study tested whether mutual dehumanization and meta-dehumanization (the belief that we are being dehumanized by an out-group) occur between supporters and opponents of a COVID-19 vaccine. Using a diverse sample (n = 1262) of residents of Poland, the USA and RPA, we investigated whether attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines can form the basis of an in-group preference and to what extent such groups would dehumanize their opponents. We found evidence for strong in-group preferences among both vaccine enthusiasts and vaccine skeptics. We also found evidence of mutual dehumanization and meta-dehumanization. This dehumanization was particularly pronounced in the case of more extreme forms (as assessed by direct dehumanization and blatant dehumanization measures) and marginally present in the case of subtle dehumanization (as assessed by dual model dehumanization). Vaccine enthusiasts dehumanized vaccine skeptics in all aspects measured, vaccine skeptics dehumanized vaccine enthusiasts in all aspects except one - they did not dehumanize them mechanistically. Overall, the dehumanization found was strong, universal across the countries studied, and largely unspecific. Contrary to our predictions, we did not find many distinctive forms of dehumanization specific to a particular target group - the dehumanization observed was largely symmetrical.

DHR‐PA—Democracy and human rights in public administration in Africa

AbstractWhile public administration research has traditionally paid profound attention to democratic values in government‐citizen relations, public institutions are still wrestling with entrenching human rights norms today. This article's Democracy and Human Rights in Public Administration (DHR‐PA) perspective offers a view that a human rights‐anchored reforms agenda may assist with setting the much‐needed tone for realizing democratic norms in African administrative contexts where society is still dealing with extreme forms of human rights abuses. It operationalizes institutional nuances and qualities of democratic and human rights values using Afrobarometer's Round 9 dataset for Namibia, Kenya, and Nigeria. Results show that human rights proclivities of African public administration remain subtle and nebulous despite more targeted DHR‐PA reforms and the creation of institutions like human rights commissions and administrative justice agencies. Overall, for democracy to work, African public administration must acquire and entrench human rights norms and values in its engagements with citizens.Related ArticlesKahn‐Nisser, Sara. 2018. “Constructive Criticism: Shaming, Incentives, and Human Rights Reforms.” Politics & Policy 46(1): 58–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12240.Zavala de Alba, Luis Eduardo. 2012. “Toward an International Implementation of Public Policies in Human Rights: A Necessary Step in Every Democratization Process for Advancements in Economic and Social Rights.” Politics & Policy 40(5): 783–801. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2012.00385.x.Nchofoung, Tii, Simplice Asongu, Vanessa Tchamyou, and Ofeh Edoh. 2022. “Gender, Political Inclusion, and Democracy in Africa: Some Empirical Evidence.” Politics & Policy 51(1): 137–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12505.

Palliating War Trauma: Exploring the Therapeutic Role of Nature in Silko’s Ceremony

Trauma has been part of human life both in its everyday and extreme forms. Man often experiences multidimensional crises leading to unanticipated trauma. Trauma includes experiences of fear, terror, and disempowerment that overpower the defence mode, threatening to paralyze the vital functions of a person or community. Marginalized people and communities who are exposed to extreme forms of atrocities are constantly exposed to traumatic experiences. The imaginative literature has a special sensitivity and affinity to trauma, offering insights into the survivors’ mentality. Moreover, it can offer reparative practices that can lead to healing. The cognitive richness and suggestive power of literature can serve as a complex medium of trauma representation. There are diverse ways of professionally dealing with trauma. Ecological modes of engagement characterized by ecological connectivity and reconstruction, lead to holistic healing for traumatized individuals. This study examines how trauma victims engaged or inter-meshed with nature are healed quickly and how the experience of nature becomes an active component of their rehabilitation. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s literary masterpiece, Ceremony, the intricate interplay between war trauma, culture, and the environment is delicately examined to unravel the profound ways in which nature serves as a healing agent in the present world. By creating a nature-based ceremony, Silko’s novel showcases how Indigenous cultures use their ecological knowledge leading to holistic healing, that transcends individual pain and trauma.

Assessing psychotic-like experiences using categorical and metacognitive approaches: A validation of polish self-report measures.

Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are experiences in the general population that, in their extreme form, are attributed to clinical psychosis. They are correlated with general psychopathology and increased risk of developing psychosis. Previous research show a multitude of measuring tools which most often lack psychometric validation. This study aimed to examine both categorical and metacognitive measures of PLEs. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used in seven online studies with n's ranging from 259 to 6772 to explore factor structures of Prodromal Questionnaire 16 item (PQ-16), Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS), Multi-Modality Unusual Sensory Experiences Questionnaire (MUSEQ), Beliefs about Paranoia Scale (BAPS) and Interpretation of Voices Inventory (IVI). Additionally, we explored measurement invariance between diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and undiagnosed individuals in PQ-16, R-GPTS and BAPS. We confirmed the factor structures of all questionnaires except IVI. We confirmed configural, threshold and metric measurement invariance in R-GPTS and BAPS and partially PQ-16. The current results demonstrate structural validity and measurement invariance of several categorical and metacognitive measures of PLEs.

Abnormal Innervation, Demyelination, and Degeneration of Spiral Ganglion Neurons as Well as Disruption of Heminodes are Involved in the Onset of Deafness in Cx26 Null Mice.

GJB2 gene mutations are the most common causes of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hereditary deafness. For individuals suffering from severe to profound GJB2-related deafness, cochlear implants have emerged as the sole remedy for auditory improvement. Some previous studies have highlighted the crucial role of preserving cochlear neural components in achieving favorable outcomes after cochlear implantation. Thus, we generated a conditional knockout mouse model (Cx26-CKO) in which Cx26 was completely deleted in the cochlear supporting cells driven by the Sox2 promoter. The Cx26-CKO mice showed severe hearing loss and massive loss of hair cells and Deiter's cells, which represented the extreme form of human deafness caused by GJB2 gene mutations. In addition, multiple pathological changes in the peripheral auditory nervous system were found, including abnormal innervation, demyelination, and degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons as well as disruption of heminodes in Cx26-CKO mice. These findings provide invaluable insights into the deafness mechanism and the treatment for severe deafness in Cx26-null mice.

Higher Rates Of Homelessness Are Associated With Increases In Mortality From Accidental Drug And Alcohol Poisonings.

Alcohol and drug overdoses have multiple complex causes. In this article we contribute to the literature that links homelessness, the most extreme form of housing disruption, to accidental SUD-related poisonings. Using plausibly exogenous variation from a state's landlord-tenant policies that influence evictions, we estimated the causal impact of homelessness on SUD-related mortality. We found large effects of homelessness on SUD-related poisonings (for example, a 10percent increase in homelessness led to a 3.2percent increase in opioid poisonings in metropolitan areas). Our findings indicate that reducing local homelessness rates from the seventy-fifth to the fiftieth percentile levels could have saved more than 1,900 lives from opioid overdoses across all metropolitan localities in the final year of our study data. We conclude that strengthening the social safety net in terms of housing security could help curb the ongoing SUD-related poisoning epidemic in the US.

Understudied and underaddressed: Femicide, an extreme form of violence against women and girls.

Little is known about the prevalence and dynamics of femicide, a persistent form of violence against women and girls, due to challenges associated with its documentation. Research by Abrahams and colleagues comparing rates of femicide in South Africa over 18 years, however, suggests that femicide is preventable.

Female Homicide Victims in Cook County, Illinois: A Retrospective Review.

Female homicide is a broad term that includes any homicide in which the victim is a female, representing the most extreme form of violence against women. This study investigated the characteristics of female homicides to determine the types and characteristics of injury, circumstances of the events, and other aspects in this specific population. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office files were searched for homicides in female subjects between January 2017 and January 2022, with no limits for age, race, or cause of death. A total of 527 cases met the criteria. Most homicides occurred in Chicago during the summer. The most common cause of death was firearm(s) wounds, followed by sharp force traumas, asphyxia, and blunt force injuries. The remaining deaths were due to combined and "other" mechanisms. Different patterns of injuries were observed at the autopsy. Alleged offenders were mostly male subjects and were frequently in a romantic relationship with the victim, and the reasons for homicide were related to jealousy and personal conflicts. This study offers an overview of homicidal deaths in female subjects in a large metropolitan area.

Morphometric characteristics of the abdominal surface of the diaphragm for various benefits

The dependence of the regional morphometric characteristics of the abdominal surface of the diaphragm on body shape was evaluated because the information available in the specialized literature on this issue differs significantly. The study was conducted on 30 corpses aged 50–70 years, who were embalmed using a special technology (preserving tissue elasticity, giving the diaphragm a physiological shape with deep exhalation by pumping air into the abdominal cavity). The objects were then frozen, abdominal organs were sequentially removed, and linear dimensions and areas of subdiaphragmatic, subhepatic, and splenic depressions, physiological openings (inferior vena cava, aorta, esophagus, and ligamentous apparatus of the upper floor of the peritoneal cavity), area nuda, diaphragm legs, and lumbar–rib triangles were examined. The results of the analysis of the morphometric parameters revealed significant statistically significant differences in the linear dimensions and areas of the right and left subdiaphragmatic, subhepatic, splenic depressions, and individual parts of the diaphragm in individuals with different body shapes. For these anatomical formations of the peritoneum, the highest values of morphometric parameters are characteristic of the brachymorphic form of the physique, except for the sizes of the lumbar–costal triangles, medial legs, and height of the diaphragm domes, which have the maximum dimensions with a dolichomorphic form. Attention was drawn to the significant differences in the area nuda between extreme forms of physique, which reached 59%. Statistically significant differences were found in the morphometric parameters of the abdominal surface of the diaphragm in mesomorphic and extreme forms of physique; however, they are characterized by smaller values, ranging from 8% to 42% for various parameters. Of particular importance is knowledge of the size of the studied parts of the diaphragm covered by the peritoneum during cytoreductive interventions. Anatomical studies performed on specially embalmed objects with preservation of tissue elasticity and the physiological shape of the diaphragm allow us to obtain its reliable morphometric characteristics.

Transcriptome Profiles Reveals ScDREB10 from Syntrichia caninervis Regulated Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis and Starch/Sucrose Metabolism to Enhance Plant Stress Tolerance.

Desiccation is a kind of extreme form of drought stress and desiccation tolerance (DT) is an ancient trait of plants that allows them to survive tissue water potentials reaching -100 MPa or lower. ScDREB10 is a DREB A-5 transcription factor gene from a DT moss named Syntrichia caninervis, which has strong comprehensive tolerance to osmotic and salt stresses. This study delves further into the molecular mechanism of ScDREB10 stress tolerance based on the transcriptome data of the overexpression of ScDREB10 in Arabidopsis under control, osmotic and salt treatments. The transcriptional analysis of weight gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) showed that "phenylpropanoid biosynthesis" and "starch and sucrose metabolism" were key pathways in the network of cyan and yellow modules. Meanwhile, Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) also showed that "phenylpropanoid biosynthesis" and "starch and sucrose metabolism" pathways demonstrate the highest enrichment in response to osmotic and salt stress, respectively. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) results confirmed that most genes related to phenylpropanoid biosynthesis" and "starch and sucrose metabolism" pathways in overexpressing ScDREB10 Arabidopsis were up-regulated in response to osmotic and salt stresses, respectively. In line with the results, the corresponding lignin, sucrose, and trehalose contents and sucrose phosphate synthase activities were also increased in overexpressing ScDREB10 Arabidopsis under osmotic and salt stress treatments. Additionally, cis-acting promoter element analyses and yeast one-hybrid experiments showed that ScDREB10 was not only able to bind with classical cis-elements, such as DRE and TATCCC (MYBST1), but also bind with unknown element CGTCCA. All of these findings suggest that ScDREB10 may regulate plant stress tolerance by effecting phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and starch and sucrose metabolism pathways. This research provides insights into the molecular mechanisms underpinning ScDREB10-mediated stress tolerance and contributes to deeply understanding the A-5 DREB regulatory mechanism.