Response Theory Research Articles

Perceived-hotelscapes and its impact on customer patronage: an empirical perspective

This study reviews the impact of hotelescapes elements on customer cognitive responses and customer patronage in Saudi Arabia. This study explored the moderation role of customer motivation. The present study was developed after a systematic review of past literature. The present study found the critical influence of the study’s variables on customer patronage. Furthermore, the study provided some understanding of how hotelescapes affect customer patronage in Saudi Arabia. Three hundred and nine (319) usable responses were obtained. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The study’s findings show a positive and significant relationship between hotelescapes and customer patronage and cognitive responses. At the same time, there was no evidence showed to support the moderation effect of customer motivation. Stimulus Organism and Response (S-O-R) theory was used to underlie the conceptual framework. In addition, some implications of this conceptual model for theory and practice are discussed.

Responsiveness of Local Governance Anticipating Industrialization Impact on the Environment in Subang Regency

Subang Regency is one of the strategic places in West Java, Indonesia was projected as an industrial area around 11.250 Ha, which will potentially cause environmental damage. Assuredly Subang Regency's Government as the leading sector that closes to the industrial estate project should respond to the environmental damage issue properly and responsively. This study analyzes the characteristic of stakeholders' behavior to facing and preventing industrial impact in the period 2020-2021 based on several regulations. Therefore, this research aims to describe the responsiveness of the stakeholders to facing environmental issues caused by the construction of the industrial estate, which was analyzed using the responsiveness theory by (Ansoff et al., 2019). This research used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The data were collected for 4 months using purposive sampling with observation, interview, and literature and analyzed by (Milles et al., 2014) technic including data reduction, display data, and drawing conclusions or verification during collecting data and after collecting data. The study showed that Subang Regency's Government as the leading sector has a good competence in the human resources but needs to develop in the organizational climate and capacity to collaborate and innovate so that the environmental damage issue can be maintained and resolved properly

‘Indifferent Things?’ Reflections on Reformation and Art in the Baltic Region

This chapter presents reflections on issues raised by IndifferentThings? Objects and Images in Post-Reformation Churches in the BalticSea Region. It discusses the recent historiography of interpretativeapproaches, periodisation, the canon, iconoclasm, theories ofresponse, comparative contexts, and issues of aesthetics.

Citizen perceptions of fracking-related earthquakes: Exploring the roles of institutional failures and resource loss in Oklahoma, United States

Drawing from hazard and disaster literature, this article advances Freudenburg’s concept of recreancy and Hobfoll’s Conservation of Resources theory in response to calls for more theory development in research on hydraulic fracturing. Respectively, these theoretical frames refer to stress associated with trust in institutional failure to safeguard the wellbeing of society, as well as resource loss, threat of loss, or investment of resources without return or gain. We contribute to the expanding body of knowledge in energy and social science research by investigating risk perceptions of induced seismicity (earthquakes) associated with hydraulic fracturing processes. Using structural equation modeling, we analyze data from a 2018 household telephone survey in two regions of Oklahoma (N = 600). Findings indicate that perceptions of recreancy (β = 0.38), opinion of fracking risks (β = 0.31), and number of earthquakes (β = 0.11) directly affect perceptions of earthquake risk, while political views, economic resource loss and views of fracking benefits are indirectly related to perceptions of earthquake risk.

Strategies to Improve the Effectiveness of College English Translation Teaching

Today is the era of economic globalization, and it is also an era of internationalization in which there are frequent exchanges and fierce competition in various aspects of knowledge, economy, culture and information. With the rapid development of economic and cultural knowledge, there is still a lack of a large number of highly capable, high-level and high-quality English translators. With the continuous deepening of reform and opening to the outside world, more and more units in the world need foreign language talents, and the demand for English listening, speaking and translation skills is also increasing. The purpose of this article is mainly to explore strategies to improve the effectiveness of college English translation teaching. The current college English translation teaching mostly adopts a textbook-based, single-form teaching method. This teaching mode is stimulated by behaviorism to a certain extent. This response theory has a certain learning effect, but it emphasizes interaction with us. The teaching philosophy is quite different. In the implementation of college English translation teaching, we can learn from each other and adopt a variety of teaching methods and methods, with students as the main body, modern educational technology and equipment as the carrier, creating a collaborative learning atmosphere, strengthening and improving English translation skills training, and testing teaching in practice And learning effect. The survey results show that through a variety of teaching methods that stimulate people's interest and the assistance of modern means and equipment, etc., it is beneficial to cultivate the interest of college teachers and students in English translation learning, and then enhance the effectiveness of college English translation teaching.

Linear and nonlinear response for radiative heat transfer in many-body systems

A theory of temperature dynamics in many-body systems driven by time-dependent external sources is introduced. The formalism based on the combination of the perturbation theory and the fluctuational-electrodynamics approach in many-body systems. By using response theory, explicit formula for the temperature and phase shifts is derived and expressed in terms of the amplitude and phase of external power sources. Although the proposed method is highly efficient because it can skip the transient response, it is valid when external powers are weak. As an illustration of this theoretical framework, we have shown the dynamics of temperatures in one, two, and three degree of freedom systems driven by sine wave input powers. Finally, we highlighted some emergent phenomena arising from purely dynamical many-body effects, including amplification, attenuation, delaying or accelerating temperature responses. This work could find important applications in the domain of dynamical thermal management at the nanoscale.

Effective temperatures for single particle system under dichotomous noise

Three different definitions of effective temperature—, and related to kinetic theory, system entropy and response theory, respectively—are applied in the description of a non-equilibrium generalised massive Langevin model in contact with dichotomous noise. The differences between the definitions of naturally wade out as the reservoir reaches its white-noise limit, approaching Gaussian features. The same framework is employed in its overdamped version as well, showing the loss of inertial contributions to the dynamics of the system also makes the three mentioned approaches for effective temperature equivalent.

Spin–charge conversion and current vortex in spin–orbit coupled systems

Using response theory, we calculate the charge current vortex generated by spin pumping at a point-like contact in a system with Rashba spin–orbit coupling (SOC). We discuss the spatial profile of the current density for finite temperature and for the zero-temperature limit. The main observation is that the Rashba spin precession leads to a charge current that oscillates as a function of distance from the spin pumping source, which is confirmed by numerical simulations. In our calculations, we consider a Rashba model on a square lattice, for which we first review the basic properties related to charge and spin transport. In particular, we define the charge current and spin current operators for the tight-binding Hamiltonian as the currents coupled linearly with the U(1) and SU(2) gauge potentials, respectively. By analogy to the continuum model, the SOC Hamiltonian on the lattice is then introduced as the generator of the spin current.

The Other Customer Online Revenge: A Moderated Mediation Model of Avenger Expertise and Message Trustworthiness

Based on the stimulus, organism, response theory, this study develops and tests an integrative model that examines for the first time in the consumer revenge literature how online revenge acts influences other consumers present on social media to do the same. By doing so, this study examines the mediating role of message trustworthiness to better explain the effects of adopting an online avenger message after an online other customer revenge post. The study also investigates the moderating effect of the avenger expertise on this mediated relationship. Moreover, the moderating role of online activation in triggering other consumer’s desire for revenge is also examined. Using SmartPLS on (N=211) Jordanian consumers, the mediating role of the online message trustworthiness is supported. In addition, this indirect effect of message trustworthiness on the path between online other customer revenge on adoption is also stronger when the avenger expertise is perceived to be high. Online activation also moderated the transition from a desire for revenge to online revenge.

Shear deformation theory for free vibration responses of 3D braided pre-twisted conical shells under rotation

3D braided composite has significant attractiveness compared to the classical composite, such as better in-plane mechanical properties, strength in the thickness directions, damage tolerance, anti-delamination capability, etc. In the present work, a new shear deformation theory with 12 degrees of freedom per node is implemented in the framework of the 3D finite element formulation for the free vibration analysis of 3D braided pre-twisted conical shells under rotation. For moderate rotational speeds, the Coriolis effect is neglected. The equivalent material properties of the 3D braided rotating conical shells are computed by bridging models base on a volume averaging method (VAM).

Reader-Response Theory: A Systematic Literature Review

This paper presents an analysis of a systematic review of relevant published past research on the reader’s response theory. The studies reviewed are from the year 2013 to 2020 with the total number of fourteen studies. The main aim of this systematic review is to depict an empirical information formulation discovered through multiple methods in previous scholarly research on the Reader’s Response Theory. This systematic study addresses the current findings in reader response theory. The findings focus on the benefits of using the reader-response theory as well as the challenges of faced by a few researchers.

Theory of optical responses in clean multi-band superconductors

Electromagnetic responses in superconductors provide valuable information on the pairing symmetry as well as physical quantities such as the superfluid density. However, at the superconducting gap energy scale, optical excitations of the Bogoliugov quasiparticles are forbidden in conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superconductors when momentum is conserved. Accordingly, far-infrared optical responses have been understood in the framework of a dirty-limit theory by Mattis and Bardeen for over 60 years. Here we show, by investigating the selection rules imposed by particle-hole symmetry and unitary symmetries, that intrinsic momentum-conserving optical excitations can occur in clean multi-band superconductors when one of the following three conditions is satisfied: (i) inversion symmetry breaking, (ii) symmetry protection of the Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces, or (iii) simply finite spin-orbit coupling with unbroken time reversal and inversion symmetries. This result indicates that clean-limit optical responses are common beyond the straightforward case of broken inversion symmetry. We apply our theory to optical responses in FeSe, a clean multi-band superconductor with inversion symmetry and significant spin-orbit coupling. This result paves the way for studying clean-limit superconductors through optical measurements.

Public Response to Online Public Debate in the 2020 Regional Head Election of Ponorogo Regency

This year, regional head elections were held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic so that social media can be used as a means of online campaigns to reduce mass gathering. This research was conducted to see the response of the Ponorogo community in participating in online public debates and to assess people's political participation by analyzing public comments on public debate shows on YouTube and Facebook. The data is processed using the Nvivo12 plus application by using cross tabulation data analysis techniques with manual coding then the results of the data obtained are described and analyzed in accordance with the theory of response and political participation. The data obtained on Facebook and YouTube were 772 responses with details of 357 responses on Facebook and 415 responses on YouTube. The responses given are in the form of positive, negative, and neutral responses. The process of obtaining data on public response is in accordance with the S-O-R response theory (Stimulus, Organism, Response) and the stage of response formation, as well as the political participation of the Ponorogo community is high enough to see the debate shows but the level of activeness in giving responses is less active.

Effects of interionic pair interactions on atomic transport properties of liquid Al

The effects of parameters used for tuning the interionic pair interaction of the Ashcroft’s pseudopotential model on the temperature-dependent atomic transport properties of liquid Al have been studied employing the Universal Scaling Laws (USLs) and Hard Sphere (HS) theories of liquid metals. Temperature-dependent effective HS diameter and excess entropy are the key ingredients of the applied theories. We have calculated them by using Ashcroft’s empty core (EMC) pseudopotential and the variational modified hypernetted chain (VMHNC) integral equation theory of liquid. Obtained results clearly suggest that the core radius in the interaction plays a major role in determining atomic transport properties of liquid Al for both USLs and HS theory. It is also observed that USLs are more sensitive than HS theories in response to variation of core radius.

Rethinking Ethics in the Shadow of Displacement and Statelessness: A Critically Engaged Account of Democratic Agency

ABSTRACT Statelessness and displacement represent nothing short of a loss of place, the violation of rights and international norms, threat to safety and belonging, and severely limits access to law and citizenship. Social work must leverage and sustain an ethical standpoint as a critical counterpoint to the increasing moral and political urgency of statelessness. However, traditional and normative social work ethics operate at a level of abstraction that do not engage sufficiently with the realpolitik of statelessness. This paper critically engages with moral questions concerning displacement and statelessness by engaging the philosophy of James Tully and Christine Korsgaard. This engagement enables connections between agency and notions of democratic constitutionalism where people have the right to call into and contest relations of governance that oppress them, through various means such as advocacy and activism. We present a reconsideration of established ethical understandings by arguing for the place of public philosophy and the constitution of the self as key to social work theory and practice in response to statelessness and displacement. Korsgaard’s work on normativity and agency, and Tully’s notion of democratic constitutionalism provide a rich and original contribution to social work ethics that will be articulated for social work theory and practice.

Response theory and phase transitions for the thermodynamic limit of interacting identical systems.

We study the response to perturbations in the thermodynamic limit of a network of coupled identical agents undergoing a stochastic evolution which, in general, describes non-equilibrium conditions. All systems are nudged towards the common centre of mass. We derive Kramers–Kronig relations and sum rules for the linear susceptibilities obtained through mean field Fokker–Planck equations and then propose corrections relevant for the macroscopic case, which incorporates in a self-consistent way the effect of the mutual interaction between the systems. Such an interaction creates a memory effect. We are able to derive conditions determining the occurrence of phase transitions specifically due to system-to-system interactions. Such phase transitions exist in the thermodynamic limit and are associated with the divergence of the linear response but are not accompanied by the divergence in the integrated autocorrelation time for a suitably defined observable. We clarify that such endogenous phase transitions are fundamentally different from other pathologies in the linear response that can be framed in the context of critical transitions. Finally, we show how our results can elucidate the properties of the Desai–Zwanzig model and of the Bonilla–Casado–Morillo model, which feature paradigmatic equilibrium and non-equilibrium phase transitions, respectively.

GDPR v. GDPL

Purpose ”“ The main purpose of this article is to analyze the aspects of the responsiveness approach adopted by European and Brazilian lawmakers in the elaboration of data protection rules, such as GDPR and LGPD. 
 Methodology ”“ The applied methodology is based on the responsive regulation theory and, additionally, the network governance theory, through the comparative analysis of personal data protection legal frameworks in Brazil and the EU.
 Findings ”“ Based on the comparative analysis of the GDPR and the LGPD, it is verified the adoption of escalated regulatory techniques of Ayres and Braithwaite’s enforcement pyramid in the developed of these norms, as a strategy adopted by lawmakers to guarantee a greater compliance from regulated entities.

Regulation of Subscription-based Video Streaming Over-The-Top platforms in Brazil

Purpose ”“ This paper proposes an enforced self-regulation model for the regulation of video streaming OTT services in Brazil. The proposed model seeks to presents itself as an alternative to the existing regulatory asymmetry in which Cable TV and its similar are regulated through Law no. 12,485 while Video Streaming OTT services are provided to the public without any regulatory burden.
 Methodology ”“ Through a literature review of the Responsive Regulation Theory, this paper presents a proposed model to the regulation of Video Streaming OTT platforms in Brazil based on the enforced self-regulation model as described by Ayres and Braithwaite.
 Findings ”“ Considering the Brazilian legal environment and the successful use of negotional legal tools, an enforced self-regulation model for Video Streaming OTTs arises as a feasible alternative for the current regulatory asymmetry between such services and Cable TV.
 Originality ”“ In an unprecedented manner in Brazil, this paper proposes an enforced self-regulation model as an alternative to the regulation of video streaming OTT services in Brazil. The relevance of such research lays upon the notorious success of such platforms in the Brazilian market and upon the current worldwide debate on the regulation of OTT services.

Trans-complex education as a strategy in pandemic and post-pandemic COVID-19

The trans-complex approach to education changes the work of the teacher and faculty, in particular the social outlook and resilience of the student is tested with this new mode of self-learning and adaptation. The new proposed form of education involves the application of a non-physical classroom, immersed in a creative and constant flux of complexity and trans-disciplinary processes; this is the social classroom born of the Trans-complex Educational Theory in response to the pandemic and post- pandemic phase of COVID-19. This case study will focus on the challenges to institutions, teachers and students, and relates to the struggle with acquiring new and complex skills. These struggles can be addressed using ‘R3 Education’ which promotes ‘Reinvention’, ‘Realignment’ and ‘Resilience’. The emergence of a responsive approach to curriculum design is now here - the trans-complex curriculum.

Abstract 5577: Effective personalized neoantigen-based cancer vaccine combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor in the treatment of a patients with advanced squamous cell lung cancer failed with multi-line treatments

Abstract BACKGROUND: The treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (SqCC) patients who failed with multi-line treatment is still limited. Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors as the main treatment has made a breakthrough in advanced lung cancer. The personalized neoantigen-based cancer vaccine, another immunotherapy based on the theory of adaptive immune responses, has been developed rapidly in recent years. The combination of neoantigen vaccines against anti-PD-1/PD-L1 at the same time (or successively) has obvious appeal as previous clinical trials reported in melanoma, and is likely to be the first combination therapy to be formally examined in clinical trials. Here, We report a case of SqCC treated with dendritic cell-based neoantigen vaccine combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor. CASE SUMMARY: A 68-year-old male squamous cell carcinoma of the lung patient, who disease relapse after multi-line treatments that including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, and antiangiogenic therapy, was enrolled in this study. Whole-exome and transcriptome sequencing were used to evaluate patient's mutations and predict the potential neoantigens for vaccine. Seventeen neoantigen peptides were selected and then synthesized to generate autologous dendritic cell (DC)-based neoantigen vaccine. At last, 1.38 × 108 DC-based neoantigen vaccine was subcutaneously injected into the patient's body (on days 1, 7, 15, 22 and 30) in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor (PD-l antibody, dose 4mg/kg followed by 2 mg/kg biweekly). By following-up to 10 months after vaccination, we found this refractory advanced SqCC patient has achieved partial remission. The immunogenicity of each of the 17 neo-epitopes administered in this study was analyzed by IFNγ ELISpot in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in blood samples. Responses were detected against 64.71% (11/17) of the predicted neo-epitopes. CONCLUSION: In summary, these results show that the dendritic cell based neoantigen vaccine combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor is safe and well tolerated in advanced lung cancer patients who failed with multi-line treatments. The neo-antigen vaccine can cause T cell immune response in vivo. The bioinformatics prediction algorithm helps to select high-quality neoantigens. Moreover, our work has introduced a framework for testing neoantigen-based vaccine combinatorial strategies in patients with advanced lung cancer. Citation Format: Song Gao, Zhongzheng Zhu, Jiaqian Wang, Juemin Fang, Yu Zhao, Zhuqing Liu, Guochao Wei, Huanlong Qin, Yuquan Wei, Heng Xu, Li Yang, Qing Xu. Effective personalized neoantigen-based cancer vaccine combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor in the treatment of a patients with advanced squamous cell lung cancer failed with multi-line treatments [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 5577.