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Music From Your Childhood and Emotional Regulation
Get PDFPrior research has shown that music can evoke numerous psychological and physiological outcomes in individuals (Croom, A. M., 2015). Research has been done on the power of nostalgic music and happiness; however, there is little research on whether listening to music from childhood can increase happiness levels. The purpose of this study is to examine how music, specifically from your childhood, influences emotional regulation and well-being in college-aged students. This is a within-subjects study in which participants are exposed to a song from their childhood, and their levels of happiness, nostalgia, confidence, and coping mechanisms are assessed pre- and post-exposure to this stimulus. The researcher\u27s hypothesis is motivated by Seligman’s (2012) PERMA theory (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning), which states that music from childhood can influence levels of well-being in an individual. The researcher expects that listening to music from childhood activates positive emotions and engagement with the song, which creates a temporary boost in mood. The findings of this study will enhance our understanding of how music can be a therapeutic tool in emotional regulation in individuals and help to advance our research on how music impacts our experiences. The implications of this study will enhance the need for more music interventions in the school and work setting for individuals across the lifespan and free access to more reliable music streaming services. The study will also demonstrate how mental health tools, such as listening to music from childhood, serve as easily accessible resources for the wider population
Avoiding the Siren Call of the Clock in “Unreasonable Delay” Data Breach Notification Cases
Get PDFAs online personally identifiable information, data breaches, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and other trends in the cyber ecosystem proliferate, courts must confront legal questions about data privacy that past courts have kicked down the road. One such question that courts and scholars have yet to properly interrogate is what constitutes “unreasonable delay” in violation of state data breach notification statutes.
All fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam have laws requiring companies that hold data to provide notice to data subjects in the event such data is compromised. But courts have been able to punt the question of delay until now because data breach litigation often dies early, either because the statute does not provide a cause of action, or because the harm is too speculative to support a cause of action in negligence. With courts recognizing more statutory causes of action and more harms in negligence, the time to answer the question has come. Indeed, a massive number of courts addressed unreasonably delayed data breach notice claims in 2024.
A substantial number of those courts made a grave error when they denied motions to dismiss solely because precedent in their jurisdictions held that a given number of days was prima facie unreasonable. This Article argues that this approach misunderstands the purpose of data breach notification laws and leads to undesirable results including costly liability for companies and risks to individual consumers’ identities. After sampling some of these 2024 cases, this Article explains myriad problems associated with relying on the clock as the sole indicator of reasonableness. Finally, this Article suggests that courts follow a more practical and doctrinally desirable approach whereby they examine defendants’ post-breach investigation to determine whether any delay was unreasonable
Is This Cultural Property Law?: The Emerging Norm of Voluntary Repatriations
Get PDFAs the public’s awareness of the histories of theft and smuggling that brought many cultural artifacts from their communities of origin to American collections has grown, attitudes toward the ethics of retaining these artifacts has also shifted. This presentation will first consider challenges posed by existing legal remedies available for source countries who seek to reclaim their heritage and then discuss the emerging practice of voluntary repatriations, which occur when the current owner of an artifact returns it to a source country or community even though legal authorities would likely not compel its surrender
Land Instability Compounds the Risk of Sea Level Rise in Alexandria, Egypt
Get PDFThe coastal region of Alexandria Governorate in Egypt holds significant strategic importance for trade while being susceptible to extreme weather events. It confronts a dual challenge of the rising sea levels and, as found in this study, land instability. While much attention has been rightly directed towards sea level rise (SLR), the stability of the land warrants equal consideration. Here, a comprehensive analysis of land stability is conducted in Alexandria by measuring Line of Sight (LOS) displacements and assessing their topographical, hydrological, and coastal impacts. Persistent Scatterer Interferometry technique is used to measure the LOS displacements in association with land cover classification and elevation data. Moreover, in the absence of a recent, openly accessible Digital Elevation Model (DEM) with satisfactory resolution, we developed a novel approach to update DEM using the Small Baseline Subset method. This approach enabled us to generate a projected DEM for the year 2040, facilitating the creation of a stream network based on this “future DEM”. Our observations revealed displacements ranging from −14.0 to 6.7 mm/year, predominantly occurring in low-lying and built-up areas, suggesting anthropogenic activities as a likely cause. The current and future stream networks show stream shifting and widening. Stream shifting indicates dynamic changes in topography and hydrological conditions, while stream widening suggests alterations in the hydrological network due to increased urban runoff or changes in the natural watershed. Furthermore, we found that sea surface temperature and SLR are projected to increase until the end of the century in the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria. This escalation raises the likelihood of intensified tropical-like hurricane events in the region, commonly referred to as “medicanes”. The importance of this research is in offering a framework for comprehensive land stability assessments, along with demonstrating the scalability of the applied methodologies, including our distinct approach to generating both current and projected DEM
Sources of Well-being and Cardiovascular Health: A Mixed Methods Investigation from the MIDUS Study
No full textObjective Using mixed methods, we investigated whether different sources of well-being were associated with better cardiovascular health. Methods Data came from adults (55% women; 19% Black, 75% White) with biomarker data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study. At the second wave and in a refresher cohort, participants answered the question “What do you do to make your life go well?” Judges evaluated each response for the presence of 12 sources of well-being (e.g., positive relationships, faith, health maintenance). Participants were also assessed on 8 components of cardiovascular health at two waves, an average of 12 years apart. Concurrent (N = 2036) and longitudinal (N = 650) linear regressions examined the association between each well-being source in unadjusted models and models adjusted for sociodemographic factors and word count. Results Adults who wrote about positive relationships, positive attitudes, enjoyment, coping, health maintenance, and planning tended to have better cardiovascular health in unadjusted models concurrently and longitudinally. In fully adjusted models, health maintenance (p \u3c .001) and planning and organization (p = .004) were associated with better cardiovascular health concurrently. Additionally, health maintenance (p = .03) and work (p = .04) were associated with better cardiovascular health longitudinally. Conclusions Individuals who endorsed maintaining their health as central to well-being showed healthier cardiovascular outcomes 12 years later. Combining qualitative assessments of sources of well-being with clinically assessed measures of cardiovascular health highlights unique contributors of well-being that are relevant for health and may not be evident with conventional self-report measures
Affect, Efficacy, and Protest Intentions: Testing a Multilevel, Dual-Pathway Model of Collective Action
Get PDFWhat are the consequences of affect and efficacy for protest intentions, and do these consequences stem from personal disposition and/or situational characteristics? Here, we test a dual-pathway model of collective action in which anger and efficacy operate at multiple levels of analysis. To test this model, we administer a factorial survey experiment of student protest to a random sample of undergraduate students (N = 880). We find that the effect of anger on protest intentions follows two routes—one dispositional and one situational—and that the effect of efficacy flows through a situational channel. We also find that anger and efficacy are triggered by a broad set of situational conditions (incidental grievances, selective rewards and punishments, collective action frames, and protest size) and that anger is also a function of a narrow set of dispositional factors (protest attitudes). Taken together, our findings support a multilevel, dual-pathway model of collective action
When Spotlights Fade: Local Newspaper Closures and Financial Advisor Misconduct
Get PDFUsing individual records of about 950,000 financial advisors, we find that the probability and intensity of financial advisor misconduct significantly increase after local newspaper closures. The impact is more pronounced in counties with a higher proportion of seniors, minorities, and individuals with lower education levels. Male advisors are more likely to commit misconduct following newspaper closures than female advisors. The sensitivity of advisors’ job turnover to misconduct decreases after closures, suggesting a lower cost of committing misconduct. Our evidence indicates that local newspapers play a distinct role in mitigating financial advisor misconduct, as media exposure raises the costs of misbehavior
Impact of Non-Skid Socks and Anterior Weight on Postural Response and Stability during Perturbation
No full textNon-skid socks and external weight are commonly utilized in healthcare and training to improve stability and simulate real-world conditions. However, their combined effects on postural response during perturbation remain unclear. This study examined how non-skid socks and added anterior weight affect latency and amplitude responses during postural perturbations. Ten healthy participants (mean age 24.5 ± 4.38 years) underwent randomized perturbation conditions with and without non-skid socks and 10% body weight applied via weighted vests. Results from two-way ANOVA and mixed-effects models revealed no significant effects of socks, weight, or their interaction on latency (p \u3e 0.05). However, amplitude analysis showed a significant interaction (p \u3c 0.001), indicating that the combination of socks and weight increased postural instability. Specifically, conditions involving non-skid socks and weight resulted in higher amplitudes, suggesting greater deviations of the center of gravity and increased fall risk. Conversely, non-skid socks alone reduced amplitude, enhancing stability compared to barefoot conditions. These findings highlight the nuanced effects of non-skid socks and added weight on balance and stability. While socks alone may improve postural control, their combination with weight appears to elevate instability. Future research should include larger, diverse samples to confirm these findings and guide clinical practice regarding non-skid socks and weighted training protocols
Review of \u3cem\u3eJust prospering: Plato and the sophistic debate about justice\u3c/em\u3e: by Merrick Anderson, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, pp. x + 226, $100,00 (hb), ISBN: 978-0197267660
No full textA review of Just prospering: Plato and the sophistic debate about justice by Merrick Anderson