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13. Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries.

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Cologna V, Mede NG, Berger S, Besley J, Brick C, Joubert M, Maibach EW, Mihelj S, Oreskes N, Schäfer MS, van der Linden S, Abdul Aziz NI, Abdulsalam S, Shamsi NA, Aczel B, Adinugroho I, Alabrese E, Aldoh A, Alfano M, Ali IM, Alsobay M, Altenmüller M, Alvarez RM, Amoako R, Amollo T, Ansah P, Apriliawati D, Azevedo F, Bajrami A, Bardhan R, Bati K, Bertsou E, Betsch C, Bhatiya AY, Bhui R, Białobrzeska O, Bilewicz M, Bouguettaya A, Breeden K, Bret A, Buchel O, Cabrera-Álvarez P, Cagnoli F, Calero Valdez A, Callaghan T, Cases RK, Çoksan S, Czarnek G, De Peuter S, Debnath R, Delouvée S, Di Stefano L, Díaz-Catalán C, Doell KC, Dohle S, Douglas KM, Dries C, Dubrov D, Dzimińska M, Ecker UKH, Elbaek CT, Elsherif M, Enke B, Etienne TW, Facciani M, Fage-Butler A, Faisal MZ, Fan X, Farhart C, Feldhaus C, Ferreira M, Feuerriegel S, Fischer H, Freundt J, Friese M, Fuglsang S, Gallyamova A, Garrido-Vásquez P, Garrido Vásquez ME, Gatua W, Genschow O, Ghasemi O, Gkinopoulos T, Gloor JL, Goddard E, Gollwitzer M, González-Brambila C, Gordon H, Grigoryev D, Grimshaw GM, Guenther L, Haarstad H, Harari D, Hawkins LN, Hensel P, Hernández-Mondragón AC, Herziger A, Huang G, Huff M, Hurley M, Ibadildin N, Ishibashi M, Islam MT, Jeddi Y, Jin T, Jones CA, Jungkunz S, Jurgiel D, Kabdulkair Z, Kao JJ, Kavassalis S, Kerr JR, Kitsa M, Klabíková Rábová T, Klein O, Koh H, Koivula A, Kojan L, Komyaginskaya E, König L, Koppel L, Koren Nobre Cavalcante K, Kosachenko A, Kotcher J, Kranz LS, Krishnan P, Kristiansen S, Krouwel A, Kuppens T, Kyza EA, Lamm C, Lantian A, Lazić A, Lecuona O, Légal JB, Leviston Z, Levy N, Lindkvist AM, Lits G, Löschel A, López Ortega A, Lopez-Villavicencio C, Lou NM, Lucas CH, Lunz-Trujillo K, Marques MD, Mayer SJ, McKay R, Mercier H, Metag J, Milfont TL, Miller JM, Mitkidis P, Monge-Rodríguez F, Motta M, Mudra I, Muršič Z, Namutebi J, Newman EJ, Nitschke JP, Ntui NV, Nwogwugwu D, Ostermann T, Otterbring T, Palmer-Hague J, Pantazi M, Pärnamets P, Parra Saiani P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Parzuchowski M, Pavlov YG, Pearson AR, Penner MA, Pennington CR, Petkanopoulou K, Petrović MB, Pfänder J, Pisareva D, Ploszaj A, Poliaková K, Pronizius E, Pypno-Blajda K, Quiñones DMA, Räsänen P, Rauchfleisch A, Rebitschek FG, Refojo Seronero C, Rêgo G, Reynolds JP, Roche J, Rödder S, Röer JP, Ross RM, Ruin I, Santos O, Santos RR, Schmid P, Schulreich S, Scoggins B, Sharaf A, Sheria Nfundiko J, Shuckburgh E, Six J, Solak N, Späth L, Spruyt B, Standaert O, Stanley SK, Storms G, Strahm N, Syropoulos S, Szaszi B, Szumowska E, Tanaka M, Teran-Escobar C, Todorova B, Toko AK, Tokrri R, Toribio-Florez D, Tsakiris M, Tyrala M, Uluğ ÖM, Uzoma IC, van Noord J, Varda C, Verheyen S, Vilares I, Vlasceanu M, von Bubnoff A, Walker I, Warwas I, Weber M, Weninger T, Westfal M, Wintterlin F, Wojcik AD, Xia Z, Xie J, Zegler-Poleska E, Zenklusen A, and Zwaan RA

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Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most people trust scientists and agree that scientists should engage more in society and policymaking. We found variations between and within countries, which we explain with individual- and country-level variables, including political orientation. While there is no widespread lack of trust in scientists, we cannot discount the concern that lack of trust in scientists by even a small minority may affect considerations of scientific evidence in policymaking. These findings have implications for scientists and policymakers seeking to maintain and increase trust in scientists., Competing Interests: Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests., (© 2025. The Author(s).)

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2025
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14. Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries - the TISP dataset.

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Mede NG, Cologna V, Berger S, Besley J, Brick C, Joubert M, Maibach EW, Mihelj S, Oreskes N, Schäfer MS, van der Linden S, Abdul Aziz NI, Abdulsalam S, Shamsi NA, Aczel B, Adinugroho I, Alabrese E, Aldoh A, Alfano M, Ali IM, Alsobay M, Altenmüller M, Alvarez RM, Amoako R, Amollo T, Ansah P, Apriliawati D, Azevedo F, Bajrami A, Bardhan R, Bati K, Bertsou E, Betsch C, Bhatiya AY, Bhui R, Białobrzeska O, Bilewicz M, Bouguettaya A, Breeden K, Bret A, Buchel O, Cabrera-Álvarez P, Cagnoli F, Valdez AC, Callaghan T, Cases RK, Çoksan S, Czarnek G, De Peuter S, Debnath R, Delouvée S, Di Stefano L, Díaz-Catalán C, Doell KC, Dohle S, Douglas KM, Dries C, Dubrov D, Dzimińska M, Ecker UKH, Elbaek CT, Elsherif M, Enke B, Etienne TW, Facciani M, Fage-Butler A, Faisal MZ, Fan X, Farhart C, Feldhaus C, Ferreira M, Feuerriegel S, Fischer H, Freundt J, Friese M, Fuglsang S, Gallyamova A, Garrido-Vásquez P, Garrido Vásquez ME, Gatua W, Genschow O, Ghasemi O, Gkinopoulos T, Gloor JL, Goddard E, Gollwitzer M, González-Brambila C, Gordon H, Grigoryev D, Grimshaw GM, Guenther L, Haarstad H, Harari D, Hawkins LN, Hensel P, Hernández-Mondragón AC, Herziger A, Huang G, Huff M, Hurley M, Ibadildin N, Ishibashi M, Islam MT, Jeddi Y, Jin T, Jones CA, Jungkunz S, Jurgiel D, Kabdulkair Z, Kao JJ, Kavassalis S, Kerr JR, Kitsa M, Klabíková Rábová T, Klein O, Koh H, Koivula A, Kojan L, Komyaginskaya E, König L, Koppel L, Cavalcante KKN, Kosachenko A, Kotcher J, Kranz LS, Krishnan P, Kristiansen S, Krouwel A, Kuppens T, Kyza EA, Lamm C, Lantian A, Lazić A, Lecuona O, Légal JB, Leviston Z, Levy N, Lindkvist AM, Lits G, Löschel A, López-Ortega A, Lopez-Villavicencio C, Lou NM, Lucas CH, Lunz-Trujillo K, Marques MD, Mayer SJ, McKay R, Mercier H, Metag J, Milfont TL, Miller JM, Mitkidis P, Monge-Rodríguez F, Motta M, Mudra I, Muršič Z, Namutebi J, Newman EJ, Nitschke JP, Ntui NV, Nwogwugwu D, Ostermann T, Otterbring T, Palmer-Hague J, Pantazi M, Pärnamets P, Parra Saiani P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Parzuchowski M, Pavlov YG, Pearson AR, Penner MA, Pennington CR, Petkanopoulou K, Petrović MM, Pfänder J, Pisareva D, Ploszaj A, Poliaková K, Pronizius E, Pypno-Blajda K, Quiñones DMA, Räsänen P, Rauchfleisch A, Rebitschek FG, Refojo Seronero C, Rêgo G, Reynolds JP, Roche J, Rödder S, Röer JP, Ross RM, Ruin I, Santos O, Santos RR, Schmid P, Schulreich S, Scoggins B, Sharaf A, Sheria Nfundiko J, Shuckburgh E, Six J, Solak N, Späth L, Spruyt B, Standaert O, Stanley SK, Storms G, Strahm N, Syropoulos S, Szaszi B, Szumowska E, Tanaka M, Teran-Escobar C, Todorova B, Toko AK, Tokrri R, Toribio-Florez D, Tsakiris M, Tyrala M, Uluğ ÖM, Uzoma IC, van Noord J, Varda C, Verheyen S, Vilares I, Vlasceanu M, von Bubnoff A, Walker I, Warwas I, Weber M, Weninger T, Westfal M, Wintterlin F, Wojcik AD, Xia Z, Xie J, Zegler-Poleska E, Zenklusen A, and Zwaan RA

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Humans, Cross-Sectional Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Communication, Public Opinion, Climate Change, Science, Attitude, Trust
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Science is integral to society because it can inform individual, government, corporate, and civil society decision-making on issues such as public health, new technologies or climate change. Yet, public distrust and populist sentiment challenge the relationship between science and society. To help researchers analyse the science-society nexus across different geographical and cultural contexts, we undertook a cross-sectional population survey resulting in a dataset of 71,922 participants in 68 countries. The data were collected between November 2022 and August 2023 as part of the global Many Labs study "Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism" (TISP). The questionnaire contained comprehensive measures for individuals' trust in scientists, science-related populist attitudes, perceptions of the role of science in society, science media use and communication behaviour, attitudes to climate change and support for environmental policies, personality traits, political and religious views and demographic characteristics. Here, we describe the dataset, survey materials and psychometric properties of key variables. We encourage researchers to use this unique dataset for global comparative analyses on public perceptions of science and its role in society and policy-making., Competing Interests: Competing interests: Author André Krouwel has ownership and stocks in Kieskompas BV, the market research company that collected data in Romania and Uruguay. No payment was received by the author. No other authors reported a competing interest., (© 2024. The Author(s).)

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2025
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15. The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries.

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Doell KC, Todorova B, Vlasceanu M, Bak Coleman JB, Pronizius E, Schumann P, Azevedo F, Patel Y, Berkebile-Wineberg MM, Brick C, Lange F, Grayson SJ, Pei Y, Chakroff A, van den Broek KL, Lamm C, Vlasceanu D, Constantino SM, Rathje S, Goldwert D, Fang K, Aglioti SM, Alfano M, Alvarado-Yepez AJ, Andersen A, Anseel F, Apps MAJ, Asadli C, Awuor FJ, Basaglia P, Bélanger JJ, Berger S, Bertin P, Białek M, Bialobrzeska O, Blaya-Burgo M, Bleize DNM, Bø S, Boecker L, Boggio PS, Borau S, Borau S, Bos B, Bouguettaya A, Brauer M, Brik T, Briker R, Brosch T, Buchel O, Buonauro D, Butalia R, Carvacho H, Chamberlain SAE, Chan HY, Chow D, Chung D, Cian L, Cohen-Eick N, Contreras-Huerta LS, Contu D, Cristea V, Cutler J, D'Ottone S, De Keersmaecker J, Delcourt S, Delouvée S, Diel K, Douglas BD, Drupp MA, Dubey S, Ekmanis J, Elbaek CT, Elsherif M, Engelhard IM, Escher YA, Etienne TW, Farage L, Farias AR, Feuerriegel S, Findor A, Freira L, Friese M, Gains NP, Gallyamova A, Geiger SJ, Genschow O, Gjoneska B, Gkinopoulos T, Goldberg B, Goldenberg A, Gradidge S, Grassini S, Gray K, Grelle S, Griffin SM, Grigoryan L, Grigoryan A, Grigoryev D, Gruber J, Guilaran J, Hadar B, Hahnel UJJ, Halperin E, Harvey AJ, Haugestad CAP, Herman AM, Hershfield HE, Himichi T, Hine DW, Hofmann W, Howe L, Huaman-Chulluncuy ET, Huang G, Ishii T, Ito A, Jia F, Jost JT, Jovanović V, Jurgiel D, Kácha O, Kankaanpää R, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Mintz KK, Kaya I, Kaya O, Khachatryan N, Klas A, Klein C, Klöckner CA, Koppel L, Kosachenko AI, Kothe EJ, Krebs R, Krosch AR, Krouwel APM, Kyrychenko Y, Lagomarsino M, Cunningham JL, Lees J, Leung TY, Levy N, Lockwood PL, Longoni C, Ortega AL, Loschelder DD, Lu JG, Luo Y, Luomba J, Lutz AE, Majer JM, Markowitz E, Marsh AA, Mascarenhas KL, Mbilingi B, Mbungu W, McHugh C, Meijers MHC, Mercier H, Mhagama FL, Michalaki K, Mikus N, Milliron SG, Mitkidis P, Monge-Rodríguez FS, Mora YL, Morais MJ, Moreau D, Motoki K, Moyano M, Mus M, Navajas J, Nguyen TL, Nguyen DM, Nguyen T, Niemi L, Nijssen SRR, Nilsonne G, Nitschke JP, Nockur L, Okura R, Öner S, Özdoğru AA, Palumbo H, Panagopoulos C, Panasiti MS, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlov YG, Payán-Gómez C, Pearson AR, da Costa LP, Petrowsky HM, Pfattheicher S, Pham NT, Ponizovskiy V, Pretus C, Rêgo GG, Reimann R, Rhoads SA, Riano-Moreno J, Richter I, Röer JP, Rosa-Sullivan J, Ross RM, Sabherwal A, Saito T, Sarrasin O, Say N, Schmid K, Schmitt MT, Schoenegger P, Scholz C, Schug MG, Schulreich S, Shreedhar G, Shuman E, Sivan S, Sjåstad H, Soliman M, Soud K, Spampatti T, Sparkman G, Spasovski O, Stanley SK, Stern JA, Strahm N, Suko Y, Sul S, Syropoulos S, Taylor NC, Tedaldi E, Tinghög G, Huynh LDT, Travaglino GA, Tsakiris M, Tüter İ, Tyrala M, Uluğ ÖM, Urbanek A, Valko D, van der Linden S, van Schie K, van Stekelenburg A, Vanags E, Västfjäll D, Vesely S, Vintr J, Vranka M, Wanguche PO, Willer R, Wojcik AD, Xu R, Yadav A, Zawisza M, Zhao X, Zhao J, Żuk D, and Van Bavel JJ

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Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Climate Change
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Climate change is currently one of humanity's greatest threats. To help scholars understand the psychology of climate change, we conducted an online quasi-experimental survey on 59,508 participants from 63 countries (collected between July 2022 and July 2023). In a between-subjects design, we tested 11 interventions designed to promote climate change mitigation across four outcomes: climate change belief, support for climate policies, willingness to share information on social media, and performance on an effortful pro-environmental behavioural task. Participants also reported their demographic information (e.g., age, gender) and several other independent variables (e.g., political orientation, perceptions about the scientific consensus). In the no-intervention control group, we also measured important additional variables, such as environmentalist identity and trust in climate science. We report the collaboration procedure, study design, raw and cleaned data, all survey materials, relevant analysis scripts, and data visualisations. This dataset can be used to further the understanding of psychological, demographic, and national-level factors related to individual-level climate action and how these differ across countries., (© 2024. The Author(s).)

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2024
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16. Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries.

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Vlasceanu M, Doell KC, Bak-Coleman JB, Todorova B, Berkebile-Weinberg MM, Grayson SJ, Patel Y, Goldwert D, Pei Y, Chakroff A, Pronizius E, van den Broek KL, Vlasceanu D, Constantino S, Morais MJ, Schumann P, Rathje S, Fang K, Aglioti SM, Alfano M, Alvarado-Yepez AJ, Andersen A, Anseel F, Apps MAJ, Asadli C, Awuor FJ, Azevedo F, Basaglia P, Bélanger JJ, Berger S, Bertin P, Białek M, Bialobrzeska O, Blaya-Burgo M, Bleize DNM, Bø S, Boecker L, Boggio PS, Borau S, Bos B, Bouguettaya A, Brauer M, Brick C, Brik T, Briker R, Brosch T, Buchel O, Buonauro D, Butalia R, Carvacho H, Chamberlain SAE, Chan HY, Chow D, Chung D, Cian L, Cohen-Eick N, Contreras-Huerta LS, Contu D, Cristea V, Cutler J, D'Ottone S, De Keersmaecker J, Delcourt S, Delouvée S, Diel K, Douglas BD, Drupp MA, Dubey S, Ekmanis J, Elbaek CT, Elsherif M, Engelhard IM, Escher YA, Etienne TW, Farage L, Farias AR, Feuerriegel S, Findor A, Freira L, Friese M, Gains NP, Gallyamova A, Geiger SJ, Genschow O, Gjoneska B, Gkinopoulos T, Goldberg B, Goldenberg A, Gradidge S, Grassini S, Gray K, Grelle S, Griffin SM, Grigoryan L, Grigoryan A, Grigoryev D, Gruber J, Guilaran J, Hadar B, Hahnel UJJ, Halperin E, Harvey AJ, Haugestad CAP, Herman AM, Hershfield HE, Himichi T, Hine DW, Hofmann W, Howe L, Huaman-Chulluncuy ET, Huang G, Ishii T, Ito A, Jia F, Jost JT, Jovanović V, Jurgiel D, Kácha O, Kankaanpää R, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Kaplan Mintz K, Kaya I, Kaya O, Khachatryan N, Klas A, Klein C, Klöckner CA, Koppel L, Kosachenko AI, Kothe EJ, Krebs R, Krosch AR, Krouwel APM, Kyrychenko Y, Lagomarsino M, Lamm C, Lange F, Lee Cunningham J, Lees J, Leung TY, Levy N, Lockwood PL, Longoni C, López Ortega A, Loschelder DD, Lu JG, Luo Y, Luomba J, Lutz AE, Majer JM, Markowitz E, Marsh AA, Mascarenhas KL, Mbilingi B, Mbungu W, McHugh C, Meijers MHC, Mercier H, Mhagama FL, Michalakis K, Mikus N, Milliron S, Mitkidis P, Monge-Rodríguez FS, Mora YL, Moreau D, Motoki K, Moyano M, Mus M, Navajas J, Nguyen TL, Nguyen DM, Nguyen T, Niemi L, Nijssen SRR, Nilsonne G, Nitschke JP, Nockur L, Okura R, Öner S, Özdoğru AA, Palumbo H, Panagopoulos C, Panasiti MS, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlov YG, Payán-Gómez C, Pearson AR, Pereira da Costa L, Petrowsky HM, Pfattheicher S, Pham NT, Ponizovskiy V, Pretus C, Rêgo GG, Reimann R, Rhoads SA, Riano-Moreno J, Richter I, Röer JP, Rosa-Sullivan J, Ross RM, Sabherwal A, Saito T, Sarrasin O, Say N, Schmid K, Schmitt MT, Schoenegger P, Scholz C, Schug MG, Schulreich S, Shreedhar G, Shuman E, Sivan S, Sjåstad H, Soliman M, Soud K, Spampatti T, Sparkman G, Spasovski O, Stanley SK, Stern JA, Strahm N, Suko Y, Sul S, Syropoulos S, Taylor NC, Tedaldi E, Tinghög G, Huynh LDT, Travaglino GA, Tsakiris M, Tüter İ, Tyrala M, Uluğ ÖM, Urbanek A, Valko D, van der Linden S, van Schie K, van Stekelenburg A, Vanags E, Västfjäll D, Vesely S, Vintr J, Vranka M, Wanguche PO, Willer R, Wojcik AD, Xu R, Yadav A, Zawisza M, Zhao X, Zhao J, Żuk D, and Van Bavel JJ

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Humans, Intention, Policy, Climate Change, Behavioral Sciences
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Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior-several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people's initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.

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2024
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17. Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries.

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Azevedo F, Pavlović T, Rêgo GG, Ay FC, Gjoneska B, Etienne TW, Ross RM, Schönegger P, Riaño-Moreno JC, Cichocka A, Capraro V, Cian L, Longoni C, Chan HF, Van Bavel JJ, Sjåstad H, Nezlek JB, Alfano M, Gelfand MJ, Birtel MD, Cislak A, Lockwood PL, Abts K, Agadullina E, Aruta JJB, Besharati SN, Bor A, Choma BL, Crabtree CD, Cunningham WA, De K, Ejaz W, Elbaek CT, Findor A, Flichtentrei D, Franc R, Gruber J, Gualda E, Horiuchi Y, Huynh TLD, Ibanez A, Imran MA, Israelashvili J, Jasko K, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Krouwel A, Laakasuo M, Lamm C, Leygue C, Lin MJ, Mansoor MS, Marie A, Mayiwar L, Mazepus H, McHugh C, Minda JP, Mitkidis P, Olsson A, Otterbring T, Packer DJ, Perry A, Petersen MB, Puthillam A, Rothmund T, Santamaría-García H, Schmid PC, Stoyanov D, Tewari S, Todosijević B, Tsakiris M, Tung HH, Umbres RG, Vanags E, Vlasceanu M, Vonasch A, Yucel M, Zhang Y, Abad M, Adler E, Akrawi N, Mdarhri HA, Amara H, Amodio DM, Antazo BG, Apps M, Ba MH, Barbosa S, Bastian B, Berg A, Bernal-Zárate MP, Bernstein M, Białek M, Bilancini E, Bogatyreva N, Boncinelli L, Booth JE, Borau S, Buchel O, Cameron CD, Carvalho CF, Celadin T, Cerami C, Chalise HN, Cheng X, Cockcroft K, Conway J, Córdoba-Delgado MA, Crespi C, Crouzevialle M, Cutler J, Cypryańska M, Dabrowska J, Daniels MA, Davis VH, Dayley PN, Delouvée S, Denkovski O, Dezecache G, Dhaliwal NA, Diato AB, Di Paolo R, Drosinou M, Dulleck U, Ekmanis J, Ertan AS, Farhana HH, Farkhari F, Farmer H, Fenwick A, Fidanovski K, Flew T, Fraser S, Frempong RB, Fugelsang JA, Gale J, Garcia-Navarro EB, Garladinne P, Ghajjou O, Gkinopoulos T, Gray K, Griffin SM, Gronfeldt B, Gümren M, Gurung RL, Halperin E, Harris E, Herzon V, Hruška M, Huang G, Hudecek MFC, Isler O, Jangard S, Jorgensen FJ, Kachanoff F, Kahn J, Dangol AK, Keudel O, Koppel L, Koverola M, Kubin E, Kunnari A, Kutiyski Y, Laguna OM, Leota J, Lermer E, Levy J, Levy N, Li C, Long EU, Maglić M, McCashin D, Metcalf AL, Mikloušić I, El Mimouni S, Miura A, Molina-Paredes J, Monroy-Fonseca C, Morales-Marente E, Moreau D, Muda R, Myer A, Nash K, Nesh-Nash T, Nitschke JP, Nurse MS, Ohtsubo Y, de Mello VO, O'Madagain C, Onderco M, Palacios-Galvez MS, Palomöki J, Pan Y, Papp Z, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlović Z, Payán-Gómez C, Perander S, Pitman MM, Prasad R, Pyrkosz-Pacyna J, Rathje S, Raza A, Rhee K, Robertson CE, Rodríguez-Pascual I, Saikkonen T, Salvador-Ginez O, Santi GC, Santiago-Tovar N, Savage D, Scheffer JA, Schultner DT, Schutte EM, Scott A, Sharma M, Sharma P, Skali A, Stadelmann D, Stafford CA, Stanojević D, Stefaniak A, Sternisko A, Stoica A, Stoyanova KK, Strickland B, Sundvall J, Thomas JP, Tinghög G, Torgler B, Traast IJ, Tucciarelli R, Tyrala M, Ungson ND, Uysal MS, Van Lange PAM, van Prooijen JW, van Rooy D, Västfjäll D, Verkoeijen P, Vieira JB, von Sikorski C, Walker AC, Watermeyer J, Wetter E, Whillans A, White K, Habib R, Willardt R, Wohl MJA, Wójcik AD, Wu K, Yamada Y, Yilmaz O, Yogeeswaran K, Ziemer CT, Zwaan RA, Boggio PS, and Sampaio WM

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Humans, Attitude, Morals, Pandemics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Change, Socioeconomic Factors, COVID-19 psychology
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health throughout the pandemic has been through persuasive messaging and collective behaviour change. To help scholars better understand the social and moral psychology behind public health behaviour, we present a dataset comprising of 51,404 individuals from 69 countries. This dataset was collected for the International Collaboration on Social & Moral Psychology of COVID-19 project (ICSMP COVID-19). This social science survey invited participants around the world to complete a series of moral and psychological measures and public health attitudes about COVID-19 during an early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (between April and June 2020). The survey included seven broad categories of questions: COVID-19 beliefs and compliance behaviours; identity and social attitudes; ideology; health and well-being; moral beliefs and motivation; personality traits; and demographic variables. We report both raw and cleaned data, along with all survey materials, data visualisations, and psychometric evaluations of key variables., (© 2023. The Author(s).)

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2023
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18. Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning.

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Pavlović T, Azevedo F, De K, Riaño-Moreno JC, Maglić M, Gkinopoulos T, Donnelly-Kehoe PA, Payán-Gómez C, Huang G, Kantorowicz J, Birtel MD, Schönegger P, Capraro V, Santamaría-García H, Yucel M, Ibanez A, Rathje S, Wetter E, Stanojević D, van Prooijen JW, Hesse E, Elbaek CT, Franc R, Pavlović Z, Mitkidis P, Cichocka A, Gelfand M, Alfano M, Ross RM, Sjåstad H, Nezlek JB, Cislak A, Lockwood P, Abts K, Agadullina E, Amodio DM, Apps MAJ, Aruta JJB, Besharati S, Bor A, Choma B, Cunningham W, Ejaz W, Farmer H, Findor A, Gjoneska B, Gualda E, Huynh TLD, Imran MA, Israelashvili J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Krouwel A, Kutiyski Y, Laakasuo M, Lamm C, Levy J, Leygue C, Lin MJ, Mansoor MS, Marie A, Mayiwar L, Mazepus H, McHugh C, Olsson A, Otterbring T, Packer D, Palomäki J, Perry A, Petersen MB, Puthillam A, Rothmund T, Schmid PC, Stadelmann D, Stoica A, Stoyanov D, Stoyanova K, Tewari S, Todosijević B, Torgler B, Tsakiris M, Tung HH, Umbreș RG, Vanags E, Vlasceanu M, Vonasch AJ, Zhang Y, Abad M, Adler E, Mdarhri HA, Antazo B, Ay FC, Ba MEH, Barbosa S, Bastian B, Berg A, Białek M, Bilancini E, Bogatyreva N, Boncinelli L, Booth JE, Borau S, Buchel O, de Carvalho CF, Celadin T, Cerami C, Chalise HN, Cheng X, Cian L, Cockcroft K, Conway J, Córdoba-Delgado MA, Crespi C, Crouzevialle M, Cutler J, Cypryańska M, Dabrowska J, Davis VH, Minda JP, Dayley PN, Delouvée S, Denkovski O, Dezecache G, Dhaliwal NA, Diato A, Di Paolo R, Dulleck U, Ekmanis J, Etienne TW, Farhana HH, Farkhari F, Fidanovski K, Flew T, Fraser S, Frempong RB, Fugelsang J, Gale J, García-Navarro EB, Garladinne P, Gray K, Griffin SM, Gronfeldt B, Gruber J, Halperin E, Herzon V, Hruška M, Hudecek MFC, Isler O, Jangard S, Jørgensen F, Keudel O, Koppel L, Koverola M, Kunnari A, Leota J, Lermer E, Li C, Longoni C, McCashin D, Mikloušić I, Molina-Paredes J, Monroy-Fonseca C, Morales-Marente E, Moreau D, Muda R, Myer A, Nash K, Nitschke JP, Nurse MS, de Mello VO, Palacios-Galvez MS, Pan Y, Papp Z, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Perander S, Pitman M, Raza A, Rêgo GG, Robertson C, Rodríguez-Pascual I, Saikkonen T, Salvador-Ginez O, Sampaio WM, Santi GC, Schultner D, Schutte E, Scott A, Skali A, Stefaniak A, Sternisko A, Strickland B, Thomas JP, Tinghög G, Traast IJ, Tucciarelli R, Tyrala M, Ungson ND, Uysal MS, Van Rooy D, Västfjäll D, Vieira JB, von Sikorski C, Walker AC, Watermeyer J, Willardt R, Wohl MJA, Wójcik AD, Wu K, Yamada Y, Yilmaz O, Yogeeswaran K, Ziemer CT, Zwaan RA, Boggio PS, Whillans A, Van Lange PAM, Prasad R, Onderco M, O'Madagain C, Nesh-Nash T, Laguna OM, Kubin E, Gümren M, Fenwick A, Ertan AS, Bernstein MJ, Amara H, and Van Bavel JJ

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At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 became a global problem. Despite all the efforts to emphasize the relevance of preventive measures, not everyone adhered to them. Thus, learning more about the characteristics determining attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic is crucial to improving future interventions. In this study, we applied machine learning on the multinational data collected by the International Collaboration on the Social and Moral Psychology of COVID-19 ( N  = 51,404) to test the predictive efficacy of constructs from social, moral, cognitive, and personality psychology, as well as socio-demographic factors, in the attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic. The results point to several valuable insights. Internalized moral identity provided the most consistent predictive contribution-individuals perceiving moral traits as central to their self-concept reported higher adherence to preventive measures. Similar results were found for morality as cooperation, symbolized moral identity, self-control, open-mindedness, and collective narcissism, while the inverse relationship was evident for the endorsement of conspiracy theories. However, we also found a non-neglible variability in the explained variance and predictive contributions with respect to macro-level factors such as the pandemic stage or cultural region. Overall, the results underscore the importance of morality-related and contextual factors in understanding adherence to public health recommendations during the pandemic., (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of National Academy of Sciences.)

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2022
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19. Author Correction: National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic.

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Van Bavel JJ, Cichocka A, Capraro V, Sjåstad H, Nezlek JB, Pavlović T, Alfano M, Gelfand MJ, Azevedo F, Birtel MD, Cislak A, Lockwood PL, Ross RM, Abts K, Agadullina E, Aruta JJB, Besharati SN, Bor A, Choma BL, Crabtree CD, Cunningham WA, De K, Ejaz W, Elbaek CT, Findor A, Flichtentrei D, Franc R, Gjoneska B, Gruber J, Gualda E, Horiuchi Y, Huynh TLD, Ibanez A, Imran MA, Israelashvili J, Jasko K, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Krouwel A, Laakasuo M, Lamm C, Leygue C, Lin MJ, Mansoor MS, Marie A, Mayiwar L, Mazepus H, McHugh C, Minda JP, Mitkidis P, Olsson A, Otterbring T, Packer DJ, Perry A, Petersen MB, Puthillam A, Riaño-Moreno JC, Rothmund T, Santamaría-García H, Schmid PC, Stoyanov D, Tewari S, Todosijević B, Tsakiris M, Tung HH, Umbreș RG, Vanags E, Vlasceanu M, Vonasch A, Yucel M, Zhang Y, Abad M, Adler E, Akrawi N, Mdarhri HA, Amara H, Amodio DM, Antazo BG, Apps M, Ay FC, Ba MH, Barbosa S, Bastian B, Berg A, Bernal-Zárate MP, Bernstein M, Białek M, Bilancini E, Bogatyreva N, Boncinelli L, Booth JE, Borau S, Buchel O, Cameron CD, Carvalho CF, Celadin T, Cerami C, Chalise HN, Cheng X, Cian L, Cockcroft K, Conway J, Córdoba-Delgado MA, Crespi C, Crouzevialle M, Cutler J, Cypryańska M, Dabrowska J, Daniels MA, Davis VH, Dayley PN, Delouvee S, Denkovski O, Dezecache G, Dhaliwal NA, Diato AB, Di Paolo R, Drosinou M, Dulleck U, Ekmanis J, Ertan AS, Etienne TW, Farhana HH, Farkhari F, Farmer H, Fenwick A, Fidanovski K, Flew T, Fraser S, Frempong RB, Fugelsang JA, Gale J, Garcia-Navarro EB, Garladinne P, Ghajjou O, Gkinopoulos T, Gray K, Griffin SM, Gronfeldt B, Gümren M, Gurung RL, Halperin E, Harris E, Herzon V, Hruška M, Huang G, Hudecek MFC, Isler O, Jangard S, Jørgensen FJ, Kachanoff F, Kahn J, Dangol AK, Keudel O, Koppel L, Koverola M, Kubin E, Kunnari A, Kutiyski Y, Laguna O, Leota J, Lermer E, Levy J, Levy N, Li C, Long EU, Longoni C, Maglić M, McCashin D, Metcalf AL, Mikloušić I, El Mimouni S, Miura A, Molina-Paredes J, Monroy-Fonseca C, Morales-Marente E, Moreau D, Muda R, Myer A, Nash K, Nesh-Nash T, Nitschke JP, Nurse MS, Ohtsubo Y, Oldemburgo de Mello V, O'Madagain C, Onderco M, Palacios-Galvez MS, Palomäki J, Pan Y, Papp Z, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlović Z, Payán-Gómez C, Perander S, Pitman MM, Prasad R, Pyrkosz-Pacyna J, Rathje S, Raza A, Rêgo GG, Rhee K, Robertson CE, Rodríguez-Pascual I, Saikkonen T, Salvador-Ginez O, Sampaio WM, Santi GC, Santiago-Tovar N, Savage D, Scheffer JA, Schönegger P, Schultner DT, Schutte EM, Scott A, Sharma M, Sharma P, Skali A, Stadelmann D, Stafford CA, Stanojević D, Stefaniak A, Sternisko A, Stoica A, Stoyanova KK, Strickland B, Sundvall J, Thomas JP, Tinghög G, Torgler B, Traast IJ, Tucciarelli R, Tyrala M, Ungson ND, Uysal MS, Van Lange PAM, van Prooijen JW, van Rooy D, Västfjäll D, Verkoeijen P, Vieira JB, von Sikorski C, Walker AC, Watermeyer J, Wetter E, Whillans A, Willardt R, Wohl MJA, Wójcik AD, Wu K, Yamada Y, Yilmaz O, Yogeeswaran K, Ziemer CT, Zwaan RA, and Boggio PS

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2022
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20. National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic.

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Van Bavel JJ, Cichocka A, Capraro V, Sjåstad H, Nezlek JB, Pavlović T, Alfano M, Gelfand MJ, Azevedo F, Birtel MD, Cislak A, Lockwood PL, Ross RM, Abts K, Agadullina E, Aruta JJB, Besharati SN, Bor A, Choma BL, Crabtree CD, Cunningham WA, De K, Ejaz W, Elbaek CT, Findor A, Flichtentrei D, Franc R, Gjoneska B, Gruber J, Gualda E, Horiuchi Y, Huynh TLD, Ibanez A, Imran MA, Israelashvili J, Jasko K, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Krouwel A, Laakasuo M, Lamm C, Leygue C, Lin MJ, Mansoor MS, Marie A, Mayiwar L, Mazepus H, McHugh C, Minda JP, Mitkidis P, Olsson A, Otterbring T, Packer DJ, Perry A, Petersen MB, Puthillam A, Riaño-Moreno JC, Rothmund T, Santamaría-García H, Schmid PC, Stoyanov D, Tewari S, Todosijević B, Tsakiris M, Tung HH, Umbreș RG, Vanags E, Vlasceanu M, Vonasch A, Yucel M, Zhang Y, Abad M, Adler E, Akrawi N, Mdarhri HA, Amara H, Amodio DM, Antazo BG, Apps M, Ay FC, Ba MH, Barbosa S, Bastian B, Berg A, Bernal-Zárate MP, Bernstein M, Białek M, Bilancini E, Bogatyreva N, Boncinelli L, Booth JE, Borau S, Buchel O, Cameron CD, Carvalho CF, Celadin T, Cerami C, Chalise HN, Cheng X, Cian L, Cockcroft K, Conway J, Córdoba-Delgado MA, Crespi C, Crouzevialle M, Cutler J, Cypryańska M, Dabrowska J, Daniels MA, Davis VH, Dayley PN, Delouvee S, Denkovski O, Dezecache G, Dhaliwal NA, Diato AB, Di Paolo R, Drosinou M, Dulleck U, Ekmanis J, Ertan AS, Etienne TW, Farhana HH, Farkhari F, Farmer H, Fenwick A, Fidanovski K, Flew T, Fraser S, Frempong RB, Fugelsang JA, Gale J, Garcia-Navarro EB, Garladinne P, Ghajjou O, Gkinopoulos T, Gray K, Griffin SM, Gronfeldt B, Gümren M, Gurung RL, Halperin E, Harris E, Herzon V, Hruška M, Huang G, Hudecek MFC, Isler O, Jangard S, Jørgensen FJ, Kachanoff F, Kahn J, Dangol AK, Keudel O, Koppel L, Koverola M, Kubin E, Kunnari A, Kutiyski Y, Laguna O, Leota J, Lermer E, Levy J, Levy N, Li C, Long EU, Longoni C, Maglić M, McCashin D, Metcalf AL, Mikloušić I, El Mimouni S, Miura A, Molina-Paredes J, Monroy-Fonseca C, Morales-Marente E, Moreau D, Muda R, Myer A, Nash K, Nesh-Nash T, Nitschke JP, Nurse MS, Ohtsubo Y, Oldemburgo de Mello V, O'Madagain C, Onderco M, Palacios-Galvez MS, Palomäki J, Pan Y, Papp Z, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlović Z, Payán-Gómez C, Perander S, Pitman MM, Prasad R, Pyrkosz-Pacyna J, Rathje S, Raza A, Rêgo GG, Rhee K, Robertson CE, Rodríguez-Pascual I, Saikkonen T, Salvador-Ginez O, Sampaio WM, Santi GC, Santiago-Tovar N, Savage D, Scheffer JA, Schönegger P, Schultner DT, Schutte EM, Scott A, Sharma M, Sharma P, Skali A, Stadelmann D, Stafford CA, Stanojević D, Stefaniak A, Sternisko A, Stoica A, Stoyanova KK, Strickland B, Sundvall J, Thomas JP, Tinghög G, Torgler B, Traast IJ, Tucciarelli R, Tyrala M, Ungson ND, Uysal MS, Van Lange PAM, van Prooijen JW, van Rooy D, Västfjäll D, Verkoeijen P, Vieira JB, von Sikorski C, Walker AC, Watermeyer J, Wetter E, Whillans A, Willardt R, Wohl MJA, Wójcik AD, Wu K, Yamada Y, Yilmaz O, Yogeeswaran K, Ziemer CT, Zwaan RA, and Boggio PS

Subjects
COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 prevention & control, COVID-19 psychology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Health Behavior, Humans, Leadership, Pandemics prevention & control, Pandemics statistics & numerical data, SARS-CoV-2, Self Report, Social Identification, Pandemics legislation & jurisprudence, Public Health legislation & jurisprudence, Social Conformity
Abstract

Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-May 2020). Respondents who reported identifying more strongly with their nation consistently reported greater engagement in public health behaviours and support for public health policies. Results were similar for representative and non-representative national samples. Study 2 (N = 42 countries) conceptually replicated the central finding using aggregate indices of national identity (obtained using the World Values Survey) and a measure of actual behaviour change during the pandemic (obtained from Google mobility reports). Higher levels of national identification prior to the pandemic predicted lower mobility during the early stage of the pandemic (r = -0.40). We discuss the potential implications of links between national identity, leadership, and public health for managing COVID-19 and future pandemics., (© 2022. The Author(s).)

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2022
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21. Strategizing COVID-19 lockdowns using mobility patterns.

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Buchel O, Ninkov A, Cathel D, Bar-Yam Y, and Hedayatifar L

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have attempted to control infections within their territories by implementing border controls and lockdowns. While large-scale quarantine has been the most successful short-term policy, the enormous costs exerted by lockdowns over long periods are unsustainable. As such, developing more flexible policies that limit transmission without requiring large-scale quarantine is an urgent priority. Here, the dynamics of dismantled community mobility structures within US society during the COVID-19 outbreak are analysed by applying the Louvain method with modularity optimization to weekly datasets of mobile device locations. Our networks are built based on individuals' movements from February to May 2020. In a multi-scale community detection process using the locations of confirmed cases, natural break points from mobility patterns as well as high risk areas for contagion are identified at three scales. Deviations from administrative boundaries were observed in detected communities, indicating that policies informed by assumptions of disease containment within administrative boundaries do not account for high risk patterns of movement across and through these boundaries. We have designed a multi-level quarantine process that takes these deviations into account based on the heterogeneity in mobility patterns. For communities with high numbers of confirmed cases, contact tracing and associated quarantine policies informed by underlying dismantled community mobility structures is of increasing importance., (© 2021 The Authors.)

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2021
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22. Prevalence and long-term outcome of sub-clinical primary sclerosing cholangitis in patients with ulcerative colitis.

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Culver EL, Bungay HK, Betts M, Forde C, Buchel O, Manganis C, Warren BF, Cummings FR, Keshav S, Travis SPL, and Chapman RW

Subjects
Case-Control Studies, Humans, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Cholangitis, Sclerosing complications, Cholangitis, Sclerosing epidemiology, Colitis, Ulcerative complications, Colitis, Ulcerative epidemiology
Abstract

Background: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is closely associated with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis (UC), with an increased risk of biliary and colorectal malignancy. We sought to clarify the prevalence, characteristics and long-term outcome of sub-clinical PSC diagnosed by magnetic resonance cholangiogram (MRC) in patients with UC and normal liver biochemistry, with or without colorectal dysplasia (CRD)., Methods: In this prospective case-control study, 70 patients with UC and normal liver function (51 extensive UC, 19 CRD), 28 healthy volunteers (negative controls) and 28 patients with PSC and cholestasis (positive controls) underwent MRC and blood evaluation. MRC scans were interpreted blindly by two radiologists who graded individually, the scans as definitive for PSC, possible for PSC or normal. Clinical outcome was assessed by blood monitoring, abdominal imaging and endoscopic surveillance., Results: 7/51 (14%) with extensive UC and 4/19 (21%) with CRD had biliary abnormalities on MRC consistent with PSC. 7/11 (64%) with sub-clinical PSC had isolated intrahepatic duct involvement. Sub-clinical PSC was associated with advanced age (P = .04), non-smoking (P = .03), pANCA (P = .04), quiescent colitis (P = .02), absence of azathioprine (P = .04) and high-grade CRD (P = .03). Inter-observer (kappa = 0.88) and intra-observer (kappa = 0.96) agreement for MRC interpretation was high. No negative controls were assessed as definite PSC, 4/28 were considered on blinding as possible PSC. During follow-up of sub-clinical PSC (median 10.1(3.1-11.9) years), four patients developed abnormal liver biochemistry, two had radiological progression of PSC and seven developed malignancy, including two biliary and one colorectal carcinoma., Conclusions: Prevalence of sub-clinical PSC appears high in patients with extensive UC and normal liver biochemistry, with or without CRD. Disease progression and malignancy were identified on long-term follow-up. MRC should be considered for all patients with extensive UC or CRD to stratify surveillance., (© 2020 The Authors. Liver International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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2020
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23. Driver Countries in Global Banking Network.

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Atyabi F, Buchel O, and Hedayatifar L

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We analyze the network of cross-border bank lending connections among countries from 1977 to 2018. The network includes core countries that lend money and peripheral countries that borrow money from core countries. In nowadays highly connected banking network, financial crisis that start from a country can spread to other countries very fast and cause global affects. We use principal component analysis (PCA) to find the influential lending (core) countries in this network over the years and clusters of borrowing (peripheral) countries related to these impactful core countries. We find three clusters of peripheral countries, with some constant and some changing members over time. This can be a sign of changes in the financial or political interactions among countries. The changes in the role of core countries and how these roles get affected by the important financial crisis in the past decades is investigated. Among 31 of core countries, 7 countries have a partially or constantly important role in the network including France, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Germany, Chinese Taipei and Switzerland.

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2020
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24. An uncommon cause of visceral arterial embolism in patients presenting with acute abdominal pain: a report of 2 cases.

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Ulenaers M, Buchel OC, Van Olmen A, Moons V, D'Haens G, and Christiaens P

Subjects
Adult, Aortic Diseases complications, Aortic Diseases therapy, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Thromboembolism therapy, Abdomen, Acute etiology, Aorta, Thoracic, Aortic Diseases diagnosis, Thromboembolism diagnosis, Thromboembolism etiology, Viscera blood supply
Abstract

We report on 2 cases of visceral arterial embolism presenting with acute abdominal pain. In neither patient a cause could be established on initial clinical, laboratory, echographic or radiological investigation. Both patients were subsequently found to have a mural thrombus in the thoracic aorta, with visceral arterial embolism. Each underwent a successful operative thrombectomy. Both patients had a normal underlying aortic intima at inspection. The first patient was a young male with no known diseases. He regularly used cannabis and tested positive on admission, an association not yet reported with aortic mural thrombus. He was found to have a slightly reduced protein C. The second patient was a middle aged man with non-insulin dependent diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, arterial hypertension and hyperthyroidism. He was found to have an underlying adenocarcinoma of the lung and received chemotherapy. He died due to his cancer, 4 months after first presentation.

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2010

25. Addition of senna improves quality of colonoscopy preparation with magnesium citrate.

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Vradelis S, Kalaitzakis E, Sharifi Y, Buchel O, Keshav S, Chapman RW, and Braden B

Subjects
Adult, Aged, Citric Acid adverse effects, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Organometallic Compounds adverse effects, Prospective Studies, Senna Extract adverse effects, Cathartics administration & dosage, Citric Acid administration & dosage, Colonoscopy methods, Organometallic Compounds administration & dosage, Senna Extract administration & dosage
Abstract

Aim: To prospectively investigate the effectiveness and patient's tolerance of two low-cost bowel cleansing preparation protocols based on magnesium citrate only or the combination of magnesium citrate and senna., Methods: A total of 342 patients who were referred for colonoscopy underwent a colon cleansing protocol with magnesium citrate alone (n = 160) or magnesium citrate and senna granules (n = 182). The colonoscopist rated the overall efficacy of colon cleansing using an established score on a 4-point scale. Patients were questioned before undergoing colonoscopy for side effects and symptoms during bowel preparation., Results: The percentage of procedures rescheduled because of insufficient colon cleansing was 7% in the magnesium citrate group and 4% in the magnesium citrate/senna group (P = 0.44). Adequate visualization of the colonic mucosa was rated superior under the citramag/senna regimen (P = 0.004). Both regimens were well tolerated, and did not significantly differ in the occurrence of nausea, bloating or headache. However, abdominal cramps were observed more often under the senna protocol (29.2%) compared to the magnesium citrate only protocol (9.9%, P < 0.0003)., Conclusion: The addition of senna to the bowel preparation protocol with magnesium citrate significantly improves the cleansing outcome.

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2009
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26. Cytomegalovirus colitis in an apparently immunecompetent host after biliopancreatic diversion for obesity.

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Van Gool S, Van Casteren L, Buchel O, Frans E, Dedeurwaerdere F, Van Olmen A, D'Haens G, Moons V, and Christiaens P

Subjects
Adult, Colitis diagnosis, Colitis therapy, Cytomegalovirus Infections diagnosis, Cytomegalovirus Infections therapy, Female, Humans, Immunocompetence, Biliopancreatic Diversion adverse effects, Colitis microbiology, Cytomegalovirus Infections etiology, Obesity surgery
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CMV colitis in an immunocompetent host is a rare occurrence. We report a case of CMV colitis after biliopancreatic diversion surgery. The diagnosis of primary CMV infection with CMV colitis was based on histological examination of tissues biopsies obtained at colonoscopy, serology positive for CMV-IgM and CMV-IgG antibodies and a good response to systemic gancyclovir treatment. Malnutrition and colonic mucosal damage, both consequences of biliopancreatic diversion surgery, were thought to be predisposing factors. To our knowledge this is the first report in the English language literature of an association between CMV colitis and status following biliopancreatic diversion surgery.

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2008

27. Endoscopic trimming of metallic stents with the use of argon plasma.

Author

Christiaens P, Decock S, Buchel O, Bulté K, Moons V, D'Haens G, and Van Olmen G

Subjects
Adenocarcinoma surgery, Aged, Alloys, Biliary Tract Neoplasms surgery, Device Removal instrumentation, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Female, Foreign-Body Migration complications, Humans, Intestinal Obstruction etiology, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatic Neoplasms surgery, Stents, Argon, Electrosurgery methods, Intestinal Obstruction surgery
Abstract

Background: The endoscopic placement of metallic stents for palliation of malignant obstruction of the GI or biliary tract is an established practice and as such is often applied. Use of these stents, however, has its problems. Stent migration may cause obstruction of the bowel lumen. Migration of a biliary stent into the contralateral duodenal wall may cause difficulty in gaining access to the biliary tract, as will the placement of a duodenal stent across the ampulla., Objective: We report on 6 patients in whom trimming of the metallic nitinol stent was performed., Design: Single-center, retrospective case series., Setting: Secondary referral center., Patients: Of 6 patients included, 2 patients each had an uncovered duodenal stent, 2 had an uncovered biliary stent each, 1 had an uncovered colorectal stent, and 1 had a covered gastroduodenal stent., Interventions: Under direct endoscopic vision, an argon plasma beam was used to cut self-expandable metallic stents, as appropriate., Main Outcome Measurement: The main objective was relief of the obstruction to the bowel lumen or bile duct, facilitating successful passage of an endoscope or biliary canulation, respectively., Results: In all 5 patients with uncovered metallic stents, we were able to re-establish access to the obstructed bowel lumen or the biliary tree, as indicated. An attempt to tailor the length of a covered metallic gastroduodenal stent failed. No complications were observed and no hemorrhage or perforation occurred., Limitations: The study was limited by retrospective design and small sample size., Conclusions: The endoscopic cutting and tailoring of an uncovered metallic prosthesis, by means of an argon plasma beam, is feasible, effective, and safe. Trimming of covered stents is not advocated.

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2008
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28. Positron emission tomography is not a reliable method for the early diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

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Fevery J, Buchel O, Nevens F, Verslype C, Stroobants S, and Van Steenbergen W

Subjects
Adult, Bile Duct Neoplasms complications, Cholangiocarcinoma complications, Cholangitis, Sclerosing complications, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Bile Duct Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic diagnostic imaging, Cholangiocarcinoma diagnostic imaging, Cholangitis, Sclerosing diagnostic imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography
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2005
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