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Dr. Khalid Lodhi - Bed Bugs Undercover Agents in Forensic Investigations
No full textDr. Khalid Lodhi speaks at the Chesnutt Library of Fayetteville State University about his recent research into using bedbugs as a tool in forensic research and criminal justice.https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/fac_pub_marquee/1000/thumbnail.jp
Product scarcity effect and marketing strategy: evidence from wine ranking data (1988–2022)
No full textPurpose: Product quality indicates the overall competitiveness of the product, which is central to marketing strategies. This paper examines how marketing strategies for product attributes (e.g. price, age and provenance) and product scarcity influence quality perception by investigating evidence from Wine Spectator’s wine ranking data. Design/methodology/approach: This research empirically investigates how intrinsic blind-tasted quality perception is related to product attribute strategies (e.g. scarcity, age and price) with evidence from 1988 to 2022 wine ranking data. The mediation path analysis was conducted with wine ranking data (1988–2022) to investigate how product scarcity influences product quality while interacting with other product attributes, such as price, age and provenance. Findings: The mediation role of product scarcity was the largest in the provenance-quality score effect, with a strong significance level. This finding indicates that product scarcity negatively influences the quality score for wine from the New World (vs the Old World). The positive mediation effects were reported in the price-quality score and age-quality score relationships. This investigation reduces the practice-theory divide, providing insights into practice-informed theory and research-informed practice. Originality/value: This study examines the effects of product scarcity and product attributes on quality judgments when product attributes as exogenous variables influence product scarcity and product quality as endogenous variables. This research is meaningful to investigate the important concepts in the marketing strategy by using the archive data with external validity: price-quality relationship, longevity heuristics and country-of-origin effect. This evidence-based marketing approach helps develop novel strategies to influence consumer judgments. Research propositions for future research were proposed to foster practice-informed theory and theory-informed practice. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved
Does FinTech uplift vulnerable consumers? Evidence from the cash app
No full textFinTech, digitally enabled innovation for financial services, is important for uplifting vulnerable consumers. This paper examines consumer vulnerability in fintech, service innovation for social innovation, through the lens of Transformative Service Research. The Cash App, a peer-to-peer payment service platform targeted at low-income consumers, was examined as an empirical context with the consumer complaints filed to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Natural language processing was applied to examine whether the Cash App uplifts vulnerable consumers in addition to Pearson\u27s chisquared test, spatial analysis, and discourse analysis. Evidence-based implications to practitioners and academia are discussed. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved
Reactions to Violent Extremist Groups: Militia Race Determines Whether Low and High Authoritarians Have “Selective Contextual Blindness” to Critical Information That Diminishes Punishment
No full textObjectives: One pressing social issue involves how the ethnicity of a citizen group that commits violence influences societal reactions to these illegal acts. In an incident involving violence committed by Black or White American militia members, we examined the interactive effects between the severity of violence and participants’ ideological attitudes (i.e., right-wing authoritarianism, RWA) on support for punitive reactions (i.e., arrest, surveillance of the group) directed at themilitia members. We propose that high RWAparticipants would view Black militia members as ideological adversaries and White militia members as ideological proponents, and that this pattern would be reversed for low RWA participants (viz., White militia are adversaries, Black militia are proponents). Method: WhiteU.S. participants completed anRWAmeasure and read about a Black or White militia engaging in minor or severe violence against an innocent individual. Participants reported their support for arresting the militia members (Study 1, N = 159) and perceived symbolic threat and support for surveillance of the militia (Study 2, N = 154). Results: Across both studies, among participants low and high in RWA, support for punitive reactions of ideological proponents (but not ideological adversaries) was diminished by the severity of violence (i.e., minor vs. severe). Study 2 findings showed that diminished perceived militia symbolic threat in the minor versus severe violence condition mediated the violence severity effect on support for surveillance of ideological proponents. Conclusion: Both left- and rightleaning participants displayed “selective contextual blindness”—they ignored punishment-reducing contextual information for ideological adversaries but not for ideological proponents. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved
Lunasin, soluble protein concentration and profile in Glycine soja compared to Glycine max, bioaccessibility and peptides bioactivity
No full textLunasin has a wide range of potential health benefits, mostly reported in Glycine max (G. max). Our objective was to compare lunasin and soluble protein concentrations in Glycine soja (G. soja) and G. max, the bioaccessibility of lunasin after digestion, and the bioactivity, in silico, of the peptides produced. Soluble protein concentration extracted from 88 different G. soja accessions had an average of 348.4 ± 77.7 mg/g, while in G. max of 336.2 ± 153.9 mg/g. Some accessions had significant differences in β-conglycinin. Most G. soja accessions had lunasin concentrations between 20 and 25 mg/g defatted flour (DF), while most G. max accessions had lunasin concentrations between 20 and 30 mg/g DF Sequenced peptides EY, EF, ALGLN, GAR, LTEFL, TLEFL, EQAQER, CCDY, DLKAG, EYK and ELLE inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme, renin, dipeptidyl peptidase-IV and had hypolipidemic and radical scavenger capacities reported in silico. G. soja digests had higher antioxidant (91 % vs. 77 %) and antidiabetic (68 % vs. 25 %) potential compared to G. max digests. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved
Impact of a Kinesthetic Learning Model on Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Knowledge in African American Middle School Girls
Full text linkThis study examines the impact of a femalized Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Kinesthetic Learning Model (fAEC-KLM) intervention on the AEC knowledge of African American middle school girls. Fourteen (14) middle school girls completed both pre- and post-surveys and tests that assessed their knowledge of AEC concepts, including roles and responsibilities, gender and racial diversity, and salary benefits. Paired-sample t-tests were utilized to evaluate statistically significant differences in knowledge before and after fAEC-KLM intervention. Results showed notable improvements in students\u27 knowledge of AEC salary and benefits, as well as the underrepresentation of females, particularly African American females, and AEC roles and responsibilities, demonstrating that the intervention effectively increased awareness of AEC careers and the financial rewards. While the fAEC-KLM intervention positively influenced certain aspects of AEC knowledge, further refinement of assessment tools and expanded sample size are needed to assess the intervention\u27s effectiveness fully
Dr. Francena Turner - African American Women, The General Strike & the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina 1956-1959
No full textDr. Francena Turner speaks at the Chesnutt Library of Fayetteville State University about her research into African American Women, The General Strike & the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina 1956-1959
Presented live on March 20th, 2025 as part of Chesnutt Library\u27s Faculty Author Series.https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/faculty_author/1014/thumbnail.jp
Creating Seamless Transitions to Manage Type 1 Diabetes in Emerging Adult College Students
Full text linkType 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a complex disease that can be challenging to manage in the college environment. An effective communication strategy is vital to ensure that first-year students entering college with T1D take advantage of campus resources for self-management and self-advocacy. This qualitative study examined the perceptions of academic healthcare professionals regarding the availability and gaps in services for students with T1D at higher education institutions. Using a phenomenological approach, semi-structured interview questions were posed to 17 service providers employed in health and wellness (n=9), nursing (n=4), and student support services (n=4) at 4-year universities. The findings revealed three recurring themes cited by respondents as best practices: a) seamless developments and reformations; b) a culture of support, inclusion, and engagement; and c) collaborative interdisciplinary communication. Creating online systems for use by students with T1D and college-based healthcare providers could provide a more seamless approach to identifying and following these individuals during the transition from high school to college and empower students to manage their disease and communicate with their support network when needed
Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Assessment Integrating Social Studies Education: The Proposed Socio-Critical Assessment Integration Framework (SCAIF)
Full text linkThe Socio-Critical Assessment Integration Framework (SCAIF) and its consequences for social studies education are examined in this study. The results emphasize the advantages of developing inclusive learning environments, encouraging comprehensive evaluation procedures, encouraging applicability to the real world, and giving students agency by allowing participation in the evaluation process actively. Teachers can promote social justice, question prevailing narratives, and foster critical discourse in the classroom using a critical pedagogy lens. Student learning outcomes are improved by authentic assessment activities that reflect real-world problems and demand that students use their knowledge in meaningful ways. Inclusive learning settings respect student diversity, encourage civil discourse, and deal with structural injustices. Instead of using outdated standardized testing, evaluators should switch to evaluation strategies that align with social justice and critical pedagogy. Policymakers can assist these initiatives by incorporating essential pedagogy concepts into educational policies and standards, offering resources for professional development, and encouraging equity in assessment procedures. By adopting these ideas, stakeholders may help ensure that social studies education is relevant, egalitarian, and ready for students to interact in a varied and complex world
Memorial May: Exhibit Information
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