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Genesis Zero: A Pre-System Existence Gate for Constitutional Systems
No full textThis paper introduces Genesis Zero, a pre-system existence gate that evaluates whether a conceptual structure qualifies for system-level existence prior to axioms, implementation, or operation.
Related work: Universal Survival Helix Law (USHL) — https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Q8RY
REVIVE-PEEP
No full textThe REVIVE-PEEP triple-blind randomized controlled superiority clinical trial in the ARREST registry – positive end-expiratory pressure versus sham valve/zero end-expiratory pressure in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to improve neurological outcome
A large-scale analysis of metonymy across languages
No full textMetonymy is regarded as a universally shared cognitive phenomenon; as such, humans are taken to effortlessly produce and comprehend metonymic senses. However, experimental studies on metonymy have been focused on Western societies, and the linguistic data backing up claims of universality has not been large enough to provide conclusive evidence. I introduce a large-scale analysis of metonymy based on a lexical corpus of 20 thousand metonymy instances from 189 languages and 69 genera. Drawing on corpus and statistical analysis, evidence of universality is found at three levels: systematic metonymy in general, particular metonymy patterns, and specific metonymy concepts
A Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Manual Developed for Institutional Research Ethics Review Committee (IRERC) Wollo University, Ethiopia: Ubuntu Philosophy Integrated Framework for Multi-Disciplinary Research Ethics Review (WU-IRERC-SOPs-001-Version 2, Revised)
No full textThis finalized Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) manual introduces an innovative framework for institutional research ethics review guidelines that integrates the Ubuntu philosophy with international research ethics standards. The SOPs cover research ethics in a variety of fields, including veterinary medicine, public health, social sciences, natural sciences, agriculture, environmental sciences, business and economics, education and humanities, engineering and informatics. Despite being created for Wollo University, the SOP frameworks are widely applicable to African academic and research institutions. A unique and strong strength of the manual is the combination of the Ubuntu philosophy with a multidisciplinary approach, which advances beyond a simple compliance checklist to create a genuine ethical framework deeply integrated with the local context.
Key features of the SOPs manual include:
• An ethical framework grounded in Ubuntu philosophy, which emphasizes community interconnectedness and collective benefit as foundational principles guiding ethical review processes.
• Customized, discipline-specific evaluation checklists that address the unique methodological and ethical considerations inherent to various research fields.
• Comprehensive protocols that extend beyond human subjects research to encompass studies involving animals, plants, environmental systems, and communities, applicable across all academic units, reflecting a sophisticated understanding of contemporary research ethics.
• The introduction of innovative procedures and tools for community impact assessment that respect indigenous knowledge systems and actively involve stakeholders.
• Full alignment with international standards, including the Declaration of Helsinki and World Health Organization guidelines, while ensuring compliance with Ethiopian national regulations as stipulated in Proclamation No. 1130/2019.
• Recognition of interconnectedness through the incorporation of concepts such as environmental stewardship, community impact assessment, and benefit-sharing, which are essential for fostering sustainable and ethical research practices.
• Detailed implementation guidelines and training protocols designed to facilitate effective adoption and operationalization of the SOPs.
Innovation
This manual constitutes the first comprehensive effort to integrate Ubuntu philosophy into institutional research ethics review procedures, offering a culturally grounded approach that upholds international standards while honoring African philosophical traditions. The framework serves as a practical model for the decolonization of research ethics within African universities and research institutions
Cognitive Expectations of Homophily in Village Social Networks
No full textHomophily, the tendency for individuals to associate with similar others, has long been
treated as a central principle of social organization. Yet people may overestimate its
importance in reasoning about their social networks. Here, we investigate individuals’
cognitive expectations of homophily and compare these expectations to actual homophily
among 10,072 adults in 82 isolated Honduras villages. We elicited subjects’ beliefs about
whether pairs of people in their village social networks were socially tied. We show that
people deploy cognitive heuristics that substantially overestimate homophily, including
based on wealth, ethnicity, gender, and religion. We also find that people exploit network
structure when predicting ties between others, independent of expectations about
homophily. Understanding cognitive homophily has implications for models of network
formation, interventions targeting social behavior and information diffusion, and the
maintenance of social inequality
Does Work Experience Change Your Political Attitudes? Gender Gaps and Class in Panel Data
No full textExisting research has focused on women´s primary role in housework as an explanation for attitudinal gender gaps but stands at a crossroads as women´s labour force participation rates are catching up to men´s and the gender gaps remain. This article seeks to expand the idea of gender roles to the gendered nature of work experience as a result of gender-based occupational segregation. In doing so it synthesises an attempt to redraw the class map into a two-dimensional space divided by task structure and authority logic as a predictor of political attitudes with the literature on gender gaps. Is there a direct link between the attitudinal gender gaps and the gendered experience of work? Drawing on panel data and fixed effects estimation the causal nature of work experience is scrutinised. While previously noted differences in attitudes between different positions in the two-dimensional class scheme are (partly) observable, these differences largely cannot be attributed to a causal effect of work experience across different political attitudes. Rather, evidence points to the existence of personality-based selection into certain class positions and the stability of political attitudes irrespective of work experience. Although individuals in different occupations differ this is not because of their work. These findings contradict social role theory as an explanation for gender gaps by discounting the relevance of specific roles such as occupation in (gendered) attitude formation
Consciousness as Self-Calibrating Informational Metrology (S52–S52.5 Finale): The Fionic Theory of Consciousness, Cognition, and Social Metrology
No full textWe present a unified and testable framework in which consciousness functions as a self-calibrating metrological system aligning internal templates with external causal structure. The theory is built on an informational field defined by an amplitude component, a probability density, and a phase component. From this structure we derive measurable constructs including cognitive redundancy, informational curvature, and template precision. These quantities jointly predict truth-detection speed, bias persistence, and foresight accuracy.
Mathematically, we extend Section S52 by introducing a prime-resonance operator based on logarithmic ratios of prime numbers. The spectrum of this operator reproduces key statistical properties associated with the Riemann hypothesis at the level of spacing laws. We further establish informational incompressibility for coherent states, demonstrating a physical separation between algorithmic computation and fionic coherence. This constitutes a P not equal NP argument in the physical sense rather than a formal complexity-theoretic proof.
The framework yields falsifiable predictions, including strong EEG coherence correlations, an optimal diversity of group phase alignment, a universal coherence threshold, and resonance effects associated with prime spectra in natural and quasicrystalline systems. Overall, the theory integrates psychology, number theory, and physics into a single informational geometry linking arithmetic structure, physical stability, and phenomenal awareness
Conceptual Boundaries of Music: A Behavioral Study of Cross-Cultural Sound Classification
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