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The associations among mothers' attachment to their parents, approaches to child emotions, and parent-child relationship
No full textThe current study aimed to examine the direct and indirect contributions of mothers' early attachment to their parents (emotional warmth and overprotection) and approaches to children's emotions in mother-child relationship. The study sample consisted of 358 mothers of young children. Mothers' ages ranged from 20 to 53 (M=34.81, SD=4.90), and the children's ages ranged from 16 to 111 months (M=54.70, SD=19.44). Mothers reported their attachment to their parents (mothers and fathers), approaches to children's emotions, and mother-child relationship. Findings from the structural equation model showed that mothers' perceived emotional warmth from their parents was positively related to avoidance of their child's emotions and orientation child's emotions in the current context; overprotection experienced by mothers from their parents was positively associated with avoidance of their child's emotions in the current context. In addition, mothers' emotional warmth from their parents was indirectly related to mother-child relationship via mothers' orientation to child emotions. Overprotection experienced by mothers from their parents was indirectly related to mother-child relationship via avoidance of child emotions. Results highlight the potential transmission of relationship patterns between generations through emotional approaches.Publisher versio
The value of future focus and experiential ad appeals in strengthening the effect of brand-pandemic fit on ewom
No full textSince the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020 brands have quickly adapted the content of their advertising to include pandemic related social and health messages. This paper explores the relationship of fit between the advertised brand and the pandemic as a potential influence on consumers' eWOM intentions in an advanced and emerging market. Inspired by metacognitive fluency theory, we propose and find that pandemic adapted advertisements for brands that are high on brand-pandemic fit enhance consumers' eWOM intentions in both markets. This relationship is stronger for experiential ad appeals and future focus in the ads. In terms of temporal focus, building on construal level theory, we find that the effect of fit on eWOM is increased by using future focused ads. Together, the results establish relationships between brand-pandemic fit of advertisements, ad liking, ad-appeals, future focus, and eWOM intentions. We conclude with a discussion of how brand advertising can facilitate societal well-being as high fit brands help individuals solve pandemic related challenges and generate more consumer engagement via eWOM intentions.Koc University Seed Research Fund Progra
Through-the-thickness investigation of grain structure and microhardness of ni-based and mg-based laminated composites for dental applications
No full textNowadays, metal-based composites are utilized in medical applications such as dental implant, oral surgery, and dentistry. This work looks into the evolution of grain structure and hardness of Ni and Mg layers from the surface to the center of Ni-based and Mg-based laminated composites processed by eight cycles of accumulative roll bonding (ARB) technique. The findings showed a gradual decrease in grain size from the surface to the center of composites. Moreover, the lowest grain sizes of Ni and Mg were obtained when they were in the matrix of composites that were closer to rollers. Also, the hardness of layers grew by increasing the cycles. The layers closer to the surface of composites showed higher hardness. Nonetheless, the variations of hardness values were also observed because of the slicing and re-stacking of composites prior to each cycle
Who seeks couple and family therapy in Turkey? A descriptive analysis from the MFT-PRN
No full textDespite the growing global reach of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), empirical knowledge of who seeks systemic therapy remains largely confined to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. This study provides the first large-scale, empirical description of clients seeking systemic therapy in Turkey—a non-WEIRD, rapidly professionalizing context. Drawing on intake data from the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network (MFT-PRN), 1,017 clients across two university training sites were classified into individual, couple, and family case types. Standardized measures assessed mental health (PHQ-9, GAD-7), relational functioning (CSI-16, CRS, SCORE-15), and therapy-related contextual factors such as presenting problems and referral sources. Results revealed high comorbidity of individual and relational distress across all case types. Women reported greater emotional and relational distress, whereas men reported higher external pressure to attend therapy. Informal referral networks overwhelmingly dominated, with professional referrals remaining rare. These findings highlight a systemic “blind spot” in individual therapy and provide a foundational benchmark for integrating culturally responsive and gender-sensitive practices into MFT training, clinical assessment, and policy in non-Western contexts. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2025
A service quality model for metaverse: An application for supply chains using interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy AHP method
No full textIn recent years, unstoppable developments in technology have caused radical transformations all over the world. With the introduction of spatial computing technologies such as virtual reality (VR), digital twin, augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), Metaverse has become one of the most popular topics in the business world, and people frequently talk about it. Metaverse has transformed the service provided to customers to a completely different dimension, a mixture of the real world and the virtual world, causing a change in the customers' understanding of service quality. For this reason, this study focuses on how to measure metaverse service quality. For this purpose, a generic model is proposed in the study based on a literature survey and the opinions of industrial experts. The proposed model's validity, applicability, and suitability have been tested with an application in Turkey's supply chain area. The criteria weights of the proposed model within the scope of this application were calculated using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method, which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods. However, real-life problems based on expert opinions contain complexity and uncertainty, and in addition, human perception in decision-making processes brings intuition and hesitation. For this reason, the classical AHP method was expanded to interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy (IVIF) sets. The study's results reveal that immersive interaction and experience dimension is a priority, and supply chains should primarily consider issues such as customer centricity, blockchain-enabled traceability, and social interaction to increase their metaverse service quality performance.Özyeğin UniversityPublisher versio
A case study on nonlinear and equivalent linear behavior of site response analysis using OpenSees, Plaxis3D and Deepsoil
No full textAccording to seismic design guidelines, detailed consideration of soil properties is essential for major structures at specific locations to ensure accurate incorporation into the seismic design process. Site response analysis plays a crucial role in evaluating soil behavior and ground motion characteristics at the surface level. Consequently, design spectra and acceleration time histories are modified to reflect the influence of site effects on the overall structural design. In this study, three-directional numerical modeling and simulation of a soil profile in Istanbul were carried out using the OpenSees finite element program, with results validated against the PLAXIS finite element software. The analyses employed a hazard-compatible set of acceleration time histories alongside locally recorded data from the Istanbul Rapid Response Network's vertical array. The acceleration response spectra and surface-level acceleration time histories obtained from the simulations were subsequently compared with results from one-directional site response analyses and the recorded data from the vertical array
Health-oriented leadership and service performance in hospitality workplaces: The indirect effect of psychological well-being
No full textPurposeAs attention on wellness and health continues to grow in the hospitality industry, this study brings health-oriented leadership (HOL) to the field's research conversation. Drawing from the conservation of resources theory and social exchange theory, this study aims to investigate whether HOL enhances employee psychological well-being (PWB), consequently leading to improved employee service performance outcomes.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected data from 190 restaurant employees (Survey 1) and their immediate managers (Survey 2) in three cities in Taiwan. SmartPLS 4 was used to test hypotheses.FindingsThe findings revealed that HOL positively enhanced PWB, which was closely linked to improvements in both service recovery performance (SRP) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Additionally, PWB serves as a mediator in the relationship between HOL and these service performance outcomes.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper provides practical insights for hospitality organizations by demonstrating that HOL enhances employees' service performance through psychological mechanisms. The findings highlight the need to cultivate leadership practices that promote employees' PWB, as HOL ultimately contributes to improved service outcomes and overall organizational success.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study of HOL in the hospitality industry. The insight from this study not only advances the understanding of the relationships among HOL, PWB, SRP and OCB but also provides meaningful theoretical and practical relevance, indicated by highlighting the importance of a health-focused leadership style in the hospitality workplace
Drowsiness and fatigue recognition systems for connected vehicles, 6G and the EU AI Act
No full textThe European Union (EU) has passed binding rules mandating the integration of drowsiness and fatigue detection systems in vehicles. This paper explores the impact of future 6G standards in advancing such in-vehicle monitoring systems. The paper, from an interdisciplinary legal and technical perspective, specifically looks at the requirements for AI-based drowsiness and fatigue recognition that have been established by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) passed in 2024. Moreover, it discusses the secure technical implementation of those requirements as well as societal and ethical challenges and impacts on that context.EU-COST Associatio
Cost- and service-based comparison of practical policies for stochastic clearing under nonlinear delay penalty
No full textWe revisit the traditional stochastic clearing problem widely applicable in various supply chain and service systems. We consider the case where the stochastic input (order/customer arrival) process is Poisson and service delay (order/customer waiting) associated with clearing frequency (service) is subject to a nonlinear penalty in the context of a continuous-time setting. The penalty is associated with average order squared delay. It is designed to capture the customers' impatience/disutility related to waiting times caused by service delays (e.g., delay of delivery of orders to customers). We analyze three practical, renewal-type clearing protocols (known as quantity-based, time-based, and hybrid policies) for operating the system. Our goal is to compare and contrast these policies in terms of average order squared delay, as an indicator of service performance, along with long-run average cost, as an indicator of financial performance. Unlike the case of linear delay penalty in the continuous-time setting-investigated previously in the literature-we find that quantity-based policies are not necessarily optimal with respect to service- or financial performance. Further, one can potentially compute a hybrid policy that dominates the cost-optimal quantity-based policy in terms of both dimensions of performance. This new finding regarding bi-criteria dominance potential of hybrid policies validates the value and importance of consideration of this class of clearing protocols in establishing operational guidelines in practice. Our analysis reveals and builds on some new characteristics of truncated Poisson random variables. To the best of our knowledge, the current paper is the first to formally offer and utilize these properties while simultaneously investigating the financial and service performance of stochastic clearing operations
Creating and maintaining digital third places: Orchestrating interaction ritual chains at a distance
No full textWith online and offline lives increasingly intertwined, hybrid retail spaces are emerging as new social hubs akin to classical third places. Third places refer to spaces apart from work and home, such as cafes and bars, that provide opportunities for social interaction. While prior research has primarily conceptualized third places as physical establishments, it also acknowledges that online environments, such as multiplayer gaming platforms or chatrooms, can fulfil similar functions. Yet, despite the recognized social-supportive role of retail venues, relatively little is known about how third place atmospheres can effectively be orchestrated in online retail settings. This study addresses this gap through an ethnographic investigation of a digital platform that recreates a physical third place online, enabling consumers to gather for long hours, consuming, conversing, and socializing. We find that, in online retail settings, third place atmospheres can be cultivated through the deliberate orchestration of technology-mediated interaction ritual chains. Through three interconnected processes – ritual framing, boundary regulation, and affective synchronization – that unfold before, during, and after the gatherings, the online setting transforms into a digital third place. Both retailers and consumers play pivotal roles in this transformation. Drawing on these findings, we offer several theoretical contributions and managerial recommendations