Halo Effect Research Articles

The Role of Negative Perfectionism and the Relationship between Critical Thinking and the Halo Effect: Insights from Corporate Managers in Human Resources.

This research aims to explore the relationship between critical thinking and the halo effect among managers working in the Human Resources (HR) departments of corporations. By utilizing a sample of over 301 corporate HR managers as participants, this study provides valuable insight into the dynamics between critical thinking, the halo effect, and the mediating role of negative perfectionism. The findings of this study suggest a significant negative relationship between critical thinking and the halo effect, as well as a significant positive relationship between negative perfectionism and the halo effect. Notably, negative perfectionism acts as a mediator between critical thinking and the halo effect. Our research also reveals that compensation level moderates this relationship, with lower-income HR managers exhibiting a stronger association between negative perfectionism and the halo effect compared to higher-income HR managers. These findings significantly contribute to our understanding of the interplay between critical thinking and the halo effect among HR managers in corporate settings. Identifying negative perfectionism as a mediating factor clarifies the underlying mechanisms between critical thinking and the halo effect, while the moderating effect of compensation level highlights the importance of considering contextual factors. The practical implications of this research include the significance of promoting critical thinking skills among HR managers to mitigate the halo effect in job recruitment and performance evaluation. Additionally, organizations should prioritize fairness and consistency in compensation levels to minimize the influence of negative perfectionism and its impact on the halo effect.

Investigation of the halo effect in the evolution of a nonstationary disk of spiral galaxies

Abstract In this article, we consider the problem of the evolution of the disk subsystem of galaxies, taking into account their halos. The global structure of the disk of galaxies strongly depends on the mass and shape of the halo. To this end, we have studied the evolution of nonradial oscillations of a nonstationary disk surrounded by a passive ellipsoidal halo with a uniform density. A system of equations for the evolution of a self-gravitating disk is obtained, taking into account the halo, in the form of matrix differential equations, and a method for its numerical analysis is developed to study the effect of the halo on disk formation. Numerical calculations were performed for various values of the system parameters, such as the initial perturbation, the circular speed of disk rotation, the ratio of the mass of the halo to the mass of the disk, and the time dependences of the major and minor semiaxes of the disk. The critical values of the system parameters are determined at which the halo stabilizes nonlinear and nonradial oscillations of the disk subsystem of galaxies at an early stage of their evolution.

Effect of Halo, Osmo and Hydro-Priming on Yield and Yield Related Traits of Common Bean at Raya Valley of Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Effect of Halo, Osmo and Hydro-Priming on Yield and Yield Related Traits of Common Bean at Raya Valley of Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Trustworthiness judgments without the halo effect: A data-driven computational modeling approach.

Trustworthy-looking faces are also perceived as more attractive, but are there other meaningful cues that contribute to perceived trustworthiness? Using data-driven models, we identify these cues after removing attractiveness cues. In Experiment 1, we show that both judgments of trustworthiness and attractiveness of faces manipulated by a model of perceived trustworthiness change in the same direction. To control for the effect of attractiveness, we build two new models of perceived trustworthiness: a subtraction model, which forces the perceived attractiveness and trustworthiness to be negatively correlated (Experiment 2), and an orthogonal model, which reduces their correlation (Experiment 3). In both experiments, faces manipulated to appear more trustworthy were indeed perceived to be more trustworthy, but not more attractive. Importantly, in both experiments, these faces were also perceived as more approachable and with more positive expressions, as indicated by both judgments and machine learning algorithms. The current studies show that the visual cues used for trustworthiness and attractiveness judgments can be separated, and that apparent approachability and facial emotion are driving trustworthiness judgments and possibly general valence evaluation.

Tobacco Free Nicotine Vaping Products: A Study of Health Halo Effects Among Middle School Youth

Health halo effects are a form of biased processing, wherein a particular product claim bleeds over to other categories of analysis or to an overall healthier impression. This study tests whether the term tobacco-free nicotine triggers a health halo effect. Through an experiment with middle school youth (n = 599), we vary the flavor (tobacco vs. fruit) and nicotine source information (nicotine/tobacco-free nicotine/nicotine from tobacco) on the warning label of the vaping product participants viewed. We evaluate product measures (nicotine content beliefs, nicotine source beliefs, and risk perceptions) and comparative nicotine source misperceptions (addictiveness, safety, and risk). Findings show that the term tobacco-free nicotine triggers inaccurate nicotine content beliefs, nicotine source beliefs, and misperceptions associated with addictiveness, safety, and risk. We conclude with theoretical and regulatory implications.

The Halo Effect of Government: Does State-Owned Capital Promote the Green Innovation of Chinese Private Enterprises?

To achieve carbon neutrality, China is working toward a green transition where a key focus is to promote green innovation among privately-owned enterprises (POEs). Reverse mixed ownership reform, represented by the participation of state-owned capital, is a major direction in the current reform of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Nevertheless, few studies have thoroughly investigated the impact of state-owned capital participation on green innovation in POEs. Thus, this research aims to analyze how state-owned capital influences POEs’ green innovations. Using an unbalanced panel dataset of 12,206 firm-year observations of Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2019, we employ the fixed-effect ordinary least square (FE-OLS) as an effective estimation method to control unobserved individual heterogeneity and potential endogeneity. The results show that state-owned capital can significantly promote POEs’ green innovation. Mechanistic analyses suggest that state capital eases financial constraints and attracts more creative talent to work for the private sector, thus promoting green innovation. In addition, our baseline findings are more salient for enterprises with political connections, those operating in heavily polluting industries, and those located in areas with more stringent intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation. Finally, these findings are confirmed significant, even with endogeneity concerns and robustness checks being considered. The contribution of this research outlines the key role of state-owned capital in alleviating financial constraints and attracting talent to promote POEs’ green innovation.

Propagation and focusing dependency of a laser beam with its aberration distribution: understanding of the halo induced disturbance

In various applications, it is necessary to understand laser field dynamics during its propagation, especially at the focal position including the dispersed energy surrounding the main pulse, called the halo effect. For instance, the properties of electron beams produced by laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) strongly depend on the laser energy distribution and its halo in the vicinity of the focus. Indeed, under certain conditions, this halo, or even its internal structures, can propagate and be self-focused independently of the main pulse in the plasma. This paper aims to provide sufficient tools to properly describe the behavior of a focused laser beam, including the halo. Subsequently, an optical description regarding the source of this halo is provided. A more accurate estimation of the input laser beam that should be used in simulations of high-power laser applications may now be obtained. Finally, one may also find ways to positively manipulate the laser beam. Using Fresnel diffraction theory, the propagation and focusing of an experimental high-power (sub-petawatt) aberrated beam is numerically calculated. The shape of the focused beam pattern within a few Rayleigh lengths is analysed as a function of main aberrations (up to the 14 th term of Zernike polynomials). Furthermore, at the focus position, the spreading of the energy is compared to both the case of a perfect diffraction-limited Gaussian and a super-Gaussian beam.

The microbial landscape in bioturbated mangrove sediment: A resource for promoting nature-based solutions for mangroves.

Globally, soils and sediments are affected by the bioturbation activities of benthic species. The consequences of these activities are particularly impactful in intertidal sediment, which is generally anoxic and nutrient-poor. Mangrove intertidal sediments are of particular interest because, as the most productive forests and one of the most important stores of blue carbon, they provide global-scale ecosystem services. The mangrove sediment microbiome is fundamental for ecosystem functioning, influencing the efficiency of nutrient cycling and the abundance and distribution of key biological elements. Redox reactions in bioturbated sediment can be extremely complex, with one reaction creating a cascade effect on the succession of respiration pathways. This facilitates the overlap of different respiratory metabolisms important in the element cycles of the mangrove sediment, including carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and iron cycles, among others. Considering that all ecological functions and services provided by mangrove environments involve microorganisms, this work reviews the microbial roles in nutrient cycling in relation to bioturbation by animals and plants, the main mangrove ecosystem engineers. We highlight the diversity of bioturbating organisms and explore the diversity, dynamics and functions of the sediment microbiome, considering both the impacts of bioturbation. Finally, we review the growing evidence that bioturbation, through altering the sediment microbiome and environment, determining a 'halo effect', can ameliorate conditions for plant growth, highlighting the potential of the mangrove microbiome as a nature-based solution to sustain mangrove development and support the role of this ecosystem to deliver essential ecological services.

Foreign Direct Investment, Trade Openness and Environmental Degradation in SSA Countries. A Quadratic Modeling and Turning Point Approach

The consequences of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) countries cannot be ignore given it adverse effect on human health and global warming. With rising CO2 emissions and fallen volume of trade openness and FDI inflows in recent time, we seek to examine the effect of trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) on environmental degradation using time series data from 1975 to 2020 in SSA. Using the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework, the study employs a quadratic modeling and turning point approach to realize the study objectives. The findings reveals that (1) the trade openness-EKC and FDI-EKC does not hold given the presence of decreasing effects in the short run and increasing effects in the long run; (2) it confirms that a U-shaped trade openness-emissions and FDI-emission nexus holds given the decrease in trade openness and FDI in the short run and an increase in trade openness and FDI in the longrun; (3) The analysis supports the halo effect hypothesis before the turning point but the pollution haven hypothesis sets in after the turning point; (4) it shows evidence that trade openness and FDI contributes to reduce CO2 emissions in the short but increase it in the long run. The study recommends that SSA countries should adopt stringent environmental policies to attain sustainable economic growth without associative harm to the environment.

The Gambler’s Fallacy, the Halo Effect, and the Familiarity Effect Based on Risk Profile: Bullish and Bearish Market in Indonesia Stock Exchange

This study tests three behavioral biases: the gambler’s fallacy, the halo effect, and the familiarity effect. The novelty is the behavioral bias in bullish and bearish markets, based on different investors’ risk profiles. The questionnaire used a Likert scale. This study argues that bullish and bearish markets, and different risk profiles, affect investors’ behavioral bias. The gambler’s fallacy occurs when markets are bullish and partially when markets are bearish. The halo effect without risk profile does not occur in either market, and the familiarity effect occurs in both markets. Investors with a very conservative risk profile will experience behavioral bias, especially the gambler’s fallacy and the familiarity effect, with bullish and bearish markets. Investors with a conservative risk profile will partially experience the halo effect in bullish markets.

Determining the Value-on-Investment of Provider-to-Provider Virtual Consultation for Cancer Care

BACKGROUND: Access to high-quality cancer care in the United States remains a challenge in part due to a geographic mismatch between patients with cancers and the oncologic specialists best able to serve them. There is therefore an urgent need to develop communications strategies that allow oncologists to determine which patients might benefit from referral for subspecialty cancer care, and to allow subspecialists to guide care remotely when patients are unable or unwilling to travel. Unfortunately, virtual consultation between clinicians has been understudied, and likely underutilized, in cancer care. Health systems may be hesitant to implement a virtual consultation program without data on such a program’s value. 
 
 RESEARCH DESIGN: In this article we outline a framework for calculating the value on investment (VOI) for a provider-to-provider virtual consultation framework to improve geographic access to cancer care. For each element of VOI, we suggest specific outcomes that health systems might utilize to determine the value of implementing virtual provider-to-provider consultation.
 
 RESULTS: Elements of VOI include: direct and indirect revenue, institutional halo effect, hospital-based care, infrastructure considerations, subspecialty resource utilization, continuity of care, patient-reported outcomes, clinical trial enrollment, and program monitoring and quality improvement.
 
 CONCLUSION: Implementation of virtual consultation between general and subspecialty oncologists offers health systems the potential for substantial value on investment, largely through improving clinical outcomes by optimizing the resources involved in patients’ cancer care.

The green halo effect of China's OFDI: evidence from countries along the Belt and Road.

The growth of China's OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) is a unique feature of the "Belt and Road" project. Does China's OFDI have a green halo effect on countries along the Belt and Road (B&R)? Is this green halo effect somehow asymmetrical? What is the underlying mechanism? This paper systematically examines how China's OFDI exerts its influence on green technology spillovers, based on 56 B&R countries' 2003-2019 panel data. This study makes three significant findings: Firstly, China's OFDI has positive asymmetric characteristics in promoting green technology spillovers to host countries mentioned, which have lower income levels and openness. Secondly, strict relative environmental regulation can act as a "pressure pool," significantly enhancing the "green halo effect"; Thirdly, China's OFDI can help host countries obtain more green technology spillovers through three channels: expanding host countries' economic scale, upgrading host countries' industrial structure, and suppressing host countries' use of non-renewable energy. These findings point the way for 56 host countries to better accessing green technology spillovers.

The health halo effect of ‘better for you’ alcohol products on women

The health halo effect of ‘better for you’ alcohol products on women

Using Importance–Performance Analysis (IPA) to Improve Golf Club Management: The Gap between Users and Managers’ Perceptions

This work is carried out in order to provide new evidence on the usefulness of the Importance–Performance Analysis (IPA) in the management of golf courses, identifying the main strengths, weaknesses, and discrepancies between managers and users. This information will make it possible to identify potentially mistaken beliefs of managers regarding the service and to design improvement strategies based on the results. The participants were 11 managers, with an average age of 35.4 years (σ 6.5), of whom 72.7% were men and 27.3% were women, and 891 users, with an average age of 47.5 years (σ 12.3), of whom 81.7% were men and 18.3% were women. The instrument used was the Q-Golf scale, and among others, it was applied to the IPA. The results obtained show how the perception of managers regarding the service is worse than that of users. Additionally, the global assessment of the users is higher than the average assessment of each of the items of the club. This positive halo effect, which is not found in the case of managers, is very interesting from the point of view of the loyalty of golf users.

High fidelity mini-LED backlit liquid crystal displays

ABSTRACT Mini-LED backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) exhibits premium display performance, benefiting from the new design space enabled by the mini-LED backlight unit: the flexibility in subframe sequential illumination enables motion blur reduction; the selective illumination of bright zones and dark zones offers high dynamic range, good sunlight readability and power saving; the high zone density suppresses the visual artefact of ‘halo effect’ that is commonly observed in conventional local dimming LCDs. In this paper, we discuss limiting factors and solutions to achieve high display fidelity regarding the abovementioned performance metrics.

The slow rise of sourdough: a nutrition audit of the bread category highlights whole grain

The popularity of sourdough bread has increased, however, traditional methods and ingredients may not always be used. This study compared the Australian bread category (October 2019 and 2021), examining nutrition and health issues with a specific focus on sourdough products. Data from Sydney supermarkets (Aldi, Coles, IGA, Woolworths) and a bakery franchise (Bakers Delight) collected ingredients, nutrition information and on-pack claims. Product numbers increased 20% between time points (n = 669 v n = 800), led by flatbread (+100%). Sourdough (14%) grew +50% ahead of traditional white wheat (+35%), gluten-free (+12%), wholemeal (+5%) and multigrain bread (–31%). Half of all products (n = 408) met the Healthy Food Partnership sodium reformulation targets. Fermentation claims increased by 86% although products included non-traditional ingredients. Whole grain varieties (25%) remain the most nutritious choice within the category. Without a definition, fermentation claims may distract consumers, creating a “health halo” for sourdough products although health benefits are yet to be substantiated.

P‐17.1: Research on Halo Effect in Mini LED Backlight

In recent years, with the improvement of consumers' pursuit of display quality, in the field of LCD display, the direct‐light backlight technology is increasingly used in TV, MNT, NB, VR, Pad and even automotive display fields. Using this technology to zone the backlight can achieve local dimming technology, that is, adjust the brightness of the single backlight zone according to the image. Thus, high contrast ratio and high color gamut can be achieved while reducing power consumption. However, compared with the traditional edge‐light display, the halo effect of the direct‐light backlight display greatly affects the visual effect. At present, backlight design tends to be highly zoned, which will affect the halo effect and contrast ratio. And as customers pursue further improvement in optical property, the 3D reflector design to enhance the luminance of the single zone will also affect contrast ratio and halo effect. In this paper, we explored the influence of zone size and 3D reflector design on halo effect and contrast ratio, so as to guide the subsequent products to carry out appropriate zone size design.

P‐6.5: The Quantification Method of Halo Effect

Mini‐LED has a number of dimming zones, when display showing with some zones emitting light, at the boundary of bright and dark patterns, it is easier to observe the halo, which will reduce the experience of users. In this study, we proposed a new quantification method of halo effect. The results showed that the larger the number of local dimming zones, the less obvious the halo effect, the better the image quality.

50.4: Halo Effect Measurement for Mini‐LED Backlight Liquid Crystal Displays

We develop a measurement and evaluation system to quantify the halo effect of mini‐LED backlight liquid crystal displays (mLCDs). Our system evaluates the halo phenomenon from four dimensions: front‐view halo, side‐view halo, dynamic halo, and detail display ability. A CCD camera was used to capture the halo phenomenon and a self‐developed halo recognition algorithm was used to convert subjective halo observations into objective halo values. The validity and reliability of our halo measurement system was investigated through a human visual perception experiment. The results indicate that our halo measurement system can effectively distinguish the halo differences among different displays, with matching rate of 93.3% between our measurement and the human visual system.

The Impact of a Liver Transplant Program on the Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

We sought to evaluate the impact of liver transplantation (LT) programs on the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who underwent liver resection (LR) and noncurative intent treatment. LT programs have an array of resources and services that would positively affect the prognosis of patients with HCC. Patients who underwent LT, LR, radiotherapy (RT), or chemotherapy (CTx) for HCC between 2004 and 2018 were included in the National Cancer Database. Institutions with LT programs were defined as those that performed 1 or more LT for at least 5 years. Centers were stratified by hospital volume. The impact of LT programs was assessed after propensity score matching to achieve covariate balance. A total of 71,735 patients were identified, of which 7997 received LT (11.1%), 12,683 LR (17.7%), 15,675 RT (21.9%), and 35,380 CTx (49.3%). Among a total of 1267 distinct institutions, 94 (7.4%) were categorized as LT programs. Designation as an LT program was also associated with a high volume of LR and noncurative intent treatment (both P <0.001). After propensity score matching, LT programs were associated with better survival among LR and noncurative intent treatment patients. Although hospital volume was also associated with improved prognosis, LT programs were associated with additional survival benefits in noncurative intent treatment. On the other hand, no such benefit was noted in patients who underwent LR. The presence of an LT program was associated with a higher volume of LR and noncurative intent treatment. Furthermore, designation as an LT program had a "halo effect" on the prognosis of patients undergoing RT/CTx that went beyond the procedure-volume effect.