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AbstractArtificial intelligence (AI) decision support systems are crucial in modern decision-making processes. Their increasing human-like adaptability introduces challenges, especially when their recommendations, for whatever reason, need to conflict with user preferences. This study examines the communication strategies AI systems should employ when their recommendations conflict with user preferences. We explored this research question through a hypothetical future interface where ChatGPT offers travel recommendations populated on a map. An online survey-based experiment was conducted, presenting 160 participants with ChatGPT-generated travel recommendations displayed alongside Bing map visuals. We employed a mixed-method experimental design, combining both between-subjects and within-subjects approaches, to investigate the impact of conflicting recommendations and the acknowledgment of user preferences on the acceptance of these recommendations. This effect is especially pronounced when the AI system acknowledges users’ preferences yet still offers conflicting recommendations to them. Contrary to the expectation that acknowledging users’ preferences could buffer the impact of such conflicts, our observations indicate the contrary. The presence of conflict following acknowledgment of users’ preferences, significantly causes a backfire effect, leading users to reject the recommendations. These findings underscore the need for consideration of recommendation delivery strategies in AI decision support systems and offer insights for designing future user interfaces and user experience research in the realm of recommendations provided by AI decision-support systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study delved into the level of capabilities of Kindergarten teachers in the Municipality of Pozorrubio, Pangasinan. The study determined the profile of the respondents, the level of Kindergarten instructional capabilities during a pandemic, the significant difference between the profile of the respondents and the level of kindergarten instructional qualifications during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the level of significance of the relationship and the profile variables of the respondents and the level of kindergarten instructional capabilities during COVID 19 pandemic. The descriptive method of research was used in this study. Findings showed that most of the respondents are female, in the early adulthood stage, and married; most of the respondents earned units in graduate school and enough training to teach during the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of kindergarten instructional capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic is Highly Capable. This study concludes that Kindergarten teachers are not significantly comparable in the performance of their instructional capabilities at certain times and at certain functions. Still, there are times and cases when they are, on the other hand, comparable, and the Kindergarten teacher's level of instructional capabilities is dependent upon or affected or caused by age, highest educational attainment, and the number of relevant training in the division levels. The study recommended that Kindergarten teachers should take the initiative to pursue the highest academic degree, which is the graduate studies and doctoral degree, and should undergo professional upgrading through higher levels of training and seminar workshops; teachers should formulate a suitable plan and continue to implement sound strategies to meet the demand for new standard education, teachers and parents must have a collaborative effort in keeping track of learner's everyday activities and give strategic intervention to monitor learners' progress, and stakeholders may work with the teachers in addressing the issues and concerns they face as they shift to the new standard teaching practices. In addition, a similar study should be conducted, taking into consideration other factors and more appropriate and relevant variables to better determine the level of instructional capabilities of Kindergarten teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reconciliation research revealed that the institutional acknowledgement of the group's sufferings does not always improve fractured intergroup relations. To get a better understanding of this issue, through a field experiment we explored whether its effectiveness could be dependent on the collective background against which it is provided. That is, we involved citizens (N = 975) from societies entrapped in recent or ongoing conflicts (i.e., Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Palestinian, Israel) and examined the effects of the institutional acknowledgement of a chosen trauma when its denial by the majority (vs. minority) of outgroup members was made salient. Results revealed that the salience of the acknowledgement was effective in increasing the trust towards outgroup representatives. Instead, such an acknowledgement was ineffective in improving people's willingness to reconcile and hope for change, which was mainly dependent on the levels of denial by outgroup members. However, for these latter variables, relevant differences emerged depending on the conflictual versus post‐conflictual context. Implications of our findings for intergroup reconciliation are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many contemplatives, scientists, and clinicians have pointed to the value of responding to life's difficulties by accepting experiences as they are. A growing body of research also suggests that acceptance contributes to effective coping with adversity, reduced stress, and improved emotional well-being. Yet within the scientific literature, there is little consensus on what acceptance means or how it should be measured. This makes it nearly impossible to synthesize empirical work on acceptance into a cohesive scientific understanding. Our goal in this paper is to clarify four facets of acceptance that are commonly referenced in research: acknowledging, allowing, non-judging, and non-attachment. We do not propose a specific definition of acceptance or even a set of privileged facets that must be included in future frameworks. We instead offer a vocabulary to facilitate productive communication among researchers that will, in turn, enable a more definitive scientific understanding of this important construct to emerge. After defining and explaining these aspects of acceptance, we further clarify these constructs in two ways. First, we illustrate how the four aspects are dissociable from one another. Second, we analyze their correspondence to related constructs from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Finally, we provide a concept worksheet that scholars can utilize to precisely operationalize acceptance in their own work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many contemplatives, scientists, and clinicians have pointed to the value of responding to life’s difficulties by accepting experiences as they are. A growing body of research also suggests that acceptance contributes to effective coping with adversity, reduced stress, and improved emotional well-being. Yet within the scientific literature, there is little consensus on what acceptance means or how it should be measured. This makes it nearly impossible to synthesize empirical work on acceptance into a cohesive scientific understanding. Our goal in this paper is to clarify four facets of acceptance that are commonly referenced in research: acknowledging, allowing, non-judging, and non-attachment. We do not propose a specific definition of acceptance or even a set of privileged facets that must be included in future frameworks. We instead offer a vocabulary to facilitate productive communication among researchers that will, in turn, enable a more definitive scientific understanding of this important construct to emerge. After defining and explaining these aspects of acceptance, we further clarify these constructs in two ways. First, we illustrate how the four aspects are dissociable from one another. Second, we analyze their correspondence to related constructs from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Finally, we provide a concept worksheet that scholars can utilize to precisely operationalize acceptance in their own work.

Exploring the intricate relationship between individual and collective experiences, this study explores dignity from the perspectives of people with disability. Using an extreme citizen science approach, we engaged people with disability as active partners in gathering data through qualitative surveys and focus groups. Framework Analysis was employed to ensure the validity of findings while privileging the voices of people with lived experience of disability. Dignity was contingent on the acknowledgement of personhood and the delivery of human rights. Our research identified five key aspects to maintain and protect dignity: (1) acknowledging personhood; (2) recognising people with disability as decision-makers of their lives; (3) realising the right to access information; (4) maintaining the right to privacy; and (5) eliminating or minimising barriers to accessibility and inclusion. Undignified experiences that resulted from a lack of acknowledgement negatively affected participants' wellbeing, and healthcare settings were identified as particularly challenging environments for dignity. These findings have significant implications for healthcare systems and services within an international and interdisciplinary context. They emphasise the need for adaptable, flexible services, co-designed with people with lived experience of disability. Addressing organisational constraints, resource limitations, and expectations is paramount to ensuring dignity is maintained through the acknowledgement of personhood and safeguarding of human rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the past few years, thanks to the widespread accessibility of broadband network connectivity and advanced sensing technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a source of diverse smart services. For instance, sensors not only offer environmental monitoring but also serve to alert the public to swiftly unfolding real-time events. The data collected from these sensors plays a crucial role in enhancing the overall quality of life for the public. As one of the wireless communication technologies that provide IoT services, LoRa has garnered considerable attention. However, in practical IoT services, there is a demand for diverse multimedia data, including images, in addition to small-sized sensor data. While LoRa is optimized for transmitting various small-scale sensor data, it has limitations when it comes to transmitting large-volume multimedia data. In this paper, we present a reliable method for transmitting image data in the LoRa network. In this scheme, the source image data is initially resized to decrease the volume of transmitted data and reduce transmission time. Additionally, the application of a retransmission scheme helps guarantee reliable data transmission. We successfully tested a new scheme in a simple LoRa network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite almost one-third of women suffering from the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss, it is surprising how little research examines how such loss affects the identity and stigmas experienced by these individuals. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with bereaved mothers (in particular, mothers who lost a baby during pregnancy or within one year after birth), this research sheds light on the bereaved mother's experiences after loss. Specifically, this research applies the identity-threat model of stigma to showcase the process of stigmatized loss. Based on our findings, we also introduce the process model of stigmatized loss that can apply to all types of stigmatized loss. Key themes emerged as we explored stigmatized loss discourses. These include situational cues that trigger stigma, identity-based responses that aim to preserve both a baby's and mother's identity, as well as nonvolitional and volitional responses that help restore control and reconstruct identity. Additionally, other themes revolve around positive and negative outcomes stemming from avoiding stigmatized identity activation and identification of triggers that initiate a recursive process through stigmatized baby loss. Importantly, stigma can be perceived as both an identity threat (negative) and an identity confirmation (positive). Findings inform theory and practice alike. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acknowledging individuals in research articles is known to be a personal and private expression of appreciation compared to other types of acknowledgment, such as financial support. Early studies have demonstrated the significant relationship between acknowledgement, coauthor, and citation. Little did we know to what extent of these relationships and which prompt what to some degree among them. We adopt a series of multivariate analyses, Bayes' theorem, statistical analysis, and "before and after" matched-group studies to illustrate the acknowledgement patterns in 6323 research articles of 196 Nobel Prize laureates (NPL) from 2008 to 2018. Acknowledgment is consistently proved to significantly relate to co-authorship and citation where co-authorship and citing have an approximately 10% increasing effect on acknowledgement behavior. Our study is the first to state the order of such triangle: acknowledgement is significantly ahead of co-authorship and arguably occurs before citing behavior. Moreover, acknowledgement strengthens more than half of NPL on their co-authorship for 11% and citation for 72% after they acknowledge others. We verify the substantive possibility of co-authorship and citing behavior from acknowledgement and introduce a formation of a new norm of scholarly communication. This will greatly contribute to the matter of evaluation metrics and social network detection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the gatekeeper of science, reviewers play an essential role in academic publishing by improving the quality of papers and maintaining research integrity. In this research, we examined whether reviewers receive gratitude from authors for their reviewed manuscript. We analyzed over 46 million papers from 2001 to 2020 and found that although the proportion of acknowledges to reviewers in different subject areas has increased in recent years, the overall proportion of acknowledges to reviewers is low, with the lowest proportion being the field of Health Sciences and the highest in the field of Social Sciences. We also discovered that the proportion of acknowledged reviewers from different regions varied, with America, Europe and Oceania having a generally higher proportion than Asia. Our results indicate that the scientific community is generally unaware of the contributions made by reviewers, and reviewers have not received the acknowledgments they deserve. Additionally, we found that a small number of journals had more papers acknowledging reviewers. Through regression analysis, we found that although authors acknowledged the reviewer's contribution, their decision to write down acknowledgements were influenced by their language proficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Completing a postgraduate dissertation requires various types of support, whether it be academic, moral, or financial. One way to express gratitude towards those who contribute is through the acknowledgement section. However, the guidelines provided by universities appear to be inadequate to support students, which poses challenges for those who are non-native English speakers. The present study, therefore, aims to examine the generic structure of the move patterns and the frequency of moves in the acknowledgement sections written by Thai EFL graduate students in applied linguistics. A corpus of 60 acknowledgements from the e-databases of two public universities was compiled. Hyland’s (2004) framework of dissertation acknowledgements, consisting of three moves with their sub-units, was adopted as the analytical framework. The findings revealed that the thanking move appeared in every acknowledgement and was thus regarded as an obligatory move. However, both the reflecting and announcing moves were considered optional moves. Interestingly, one new move was found, suggesting a specific characteristic of Thai EFL graduate students in composing this section. The findings have pedagogical implications for both English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers and students in terms of raising their awareness of the diverse acknowledgement patterns that they can utilise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo analiza el derecho a la verdad en la jurisprudencia de la CIDH a la luz de las teorías de la justicia. En la primera parte se argumenta que, aunque el concepto de justicia transicional no puede asimilarse a ninguna de las teorías de la justicia existentes, se puede definir como un concepto multidimensional que combina varios elementos de dichas teorías. Tras explicar la medida en qué varias dimensiones de las teorías de la justicia se ven reflejadas en el derecho a la verdad tal y como lo define la CIDH, se subrayan algunos límites de la conceptualización de la Corte, en particular el hecho de que ignora la dimensión procedimental de la justicia. Así pues, la conclusión presenta un argumento a favor de la deliberación democrática, lo cual nos obliga a repensar el papel de los tribunales en la construcción de un relato sobre el pasado.

Egg donation in New Zealand is identity-release, with donor-conceived individuals having the right to access donors' identifying information at the age of 18. It also allows donors and previously unknown recipients to meet prior to donation. Further, donation is altruistic, although reimbursement of costs is possible. In our previous paper we explored the motivations of 21 egg donors in this context and reported that they are motivated to donate as an act of personal gift-giving to recipients who may become known to them through donation, and that they do not want to be compensated for this financially. In this paper, drawing on in-depth interviews, we report on donors' experiences of the donation process and subsequent to donation. Donors understood their donations to be a significant act, both for the recipients and their families, but also for themselves, particularly given the multiple sacrifices which they willingly made. Donors wished for their gift and their role to be valued and acknowledged through being appreciated, informed, involved and supported by recipients and clinics before, during and after their donations. These findings have implications for clinical practice and care, offering insight into how best to support donors prior and subsequent to donation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past decade, the postgraduate dissertations acknowledgement has become the center of empirical study among linguistics. The argument is that these dissertation acknowledgements portray one of the most significant communicative personal tools for postgraduate students to express their gratitude upon completion of their dissertation. This study is a qualitative study using a sample of 4 Masters Theses/Dissertations acknowledgements which have been selected randomly from Google Scholars and Science Direct. The study utilizes three generic tier Hyland's structure of acknowledgement to make comparison between dissertation acknowledgements of Malaysian and American postgraduate university students. Findings indicate that Malaysian postgraduates' students have the tendency to begin their acknowledgement by "Thanking God" which is completely absence among the students from American universities' dissertation acknowledgement. Additionally, Malaysian students follow the sequence of Hyland's three tier of acknowledgment. However, both groups exhibit similarities of the Hyland's model for the "Thanking Move" but the students from American universities omit Step 3 of the Hyland "Thanking for resources". Most importantly, both students' acknowledgements from American universities include "Reflective Move" which considered as optional in the Hyland's model. The main contribution of this study is that dissertation acknowledgement reflects conviction, moral obligation, modesty, and responsibilities on the part of the author as an academic scholar. Hence, the study in this area should not be taken for granted by linguistics researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In scientific manuscripts, authorship is based on substantial contributions to the research; all other contributions are acknowledged. Acknowledgements may be for intellectual inputs, financial or technical support, sharing data or other materials, and help in manuscript writing. Any non-scientific contribution need not be acknowledged. The acknowledgement should be a simple statement without embellishments and specific regarding the contributions. Writing appropriate acknowledgements in manuscripts gives due credit to the contributors.

In their thoughtful and thought-provoking article, Clayton Chin and Geoffrey Brahm Levey argue that a distinctive conception of recognition as acknowledgement can and should be used in order to achieve the symbolic inclusion of all members of multicultural democracies. In this response, I offer a number of critical – but I hope also constructive – remarks on a number of aspects of their thesis. First, I discuss the forms of acknowledgement which they identify. Second, I question the alleged distinctiveness of their conception of recognition as acknowledgement. Third, I consider the status and role of democracy and democratic deliberation in their argument. Fourth, I analyse their claim that struggles for recognition can be additive processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Political symbolism is both integral to the social unity of democratic states and a source of deep controversy. Many of these debates concern the problem of symbolic inclusion: the extent to which democratic states should actively transform political identity to be more inclusive of their constituent groups. This article argues that the two dominant philosophical approaches to defending multiculturalism, liberal cultural rights theory and recognition theory, conceptualize recognition in ways that neglect the symbolic inclusion of immigrant groups. This is because members of minorities may formally enjoy individual rights and state accommodations of their cultures and yet still be politically marginalized. To address this, we develop a specifically multicultural concept of recognition as a form of acknowledgement. Such acknowledgement addresses the political belonging and democratic standing of immigrant communities, and takes general (e.g. valuing diversity) and specific (addressing particular communities) forms. The analysis suggests new lines of cross-national research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A scientific journal’s greatest responsibility is to ensure that all contributions accepted for publications are rigorously but fairly reviewed. The Editor-in-Chief and Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery gratefully acknowledge the qualified and regular collaboration of renowned medical doctors and scientists who kindly devoted their time to constructively review the submitted articles. Their expertise and invaluable assistance contributed to maintain a high scientific standard for APN. We are thus indebted to the Editorial Board members and the following experts who reviewed papers and completed the peer-reviewing process within 2022.

This article studies the political dimension of friendship in Robert Guédiguian's cinema, delving into the crucial role that conversation plays in this relationship, and taking Stanley Cavell's thought as a main reference. Aristotle's concept of civic friendship, along with its contemporary readings, and Cavell's notion of conversation provide a theoretical frame for the analysis of three recent feature films directed by Guédiguian that present a strong thematic and narrative unity (and have barely received attention in previous scholarship): Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro/The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011), La Villa/The House by the Sea (2017) and Gloria Mundi (2019). Based on, but going beyond, Cavell's moral theorisation of the filmic portrayal of human relationships, the analysis of these films has identified four milestones in the transformative process—both personal and political—that stems from conversation with friends: conformity, confrontation, acknowledgement and renewed community. In all three films, this process of change is not only presented as a progressive discovery of one's own voice, but also as a progressive unmasking: both are necessary prerequisites for welcoming foreigners in need of acknowledgement and, consequently, for the renewal of community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sharing information from one device to another is gradually replacing hand-to-hand paper work in this connected digital age. Digital, modern technology are used to control the data communication. Because of this, the pace of a device's cyber security is presently fast increasing. DDoS(Distributed Denial-of-Service), is one such phenomenon. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Half-open attacks include an SYN(Synchronization) flood attacks. It is a form of distributed denial of service attack that seeks to block all valid communication to a server in order to available server resources. This paper aims to protect the communication from DDoS TCP SYN flood attack. There are many research papers which can detect the attack after the attack take place and the prevention percentage is low. In this research paper this attack can be prevented much well than other model because a flood attack can detect before hampering the server and deny the connection attempt. There will be two cases studied and solved here that SYN-ACK(Synchronization-Acknowledgement) lost (no destination), SYN-ACK—no response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although organizations around the world recognize the importance of gender diversity and inclusion, many struggle to reach gender parity (Sneader & Yee, 2020). Particularly, women account for less than 15% of all sworn police officers (Donohue Jr., 2020). Considering signaling theory and novel research in organizational impression management, we examined the utility of various recruitment messaging techniques for attracting female job seekers to professions dominated by men, at both a consulting firm and law enforcement agency. Women evaluating consulting firm materials perceived greater behavioral integrity and were subsequently more attracted to the organization if recruitment messages included both high gender diversity signals and an explicit acknowledgement of the lack of gender diversity. With the law enforcement agency, a direct effect of the proposed interaction was identified, in that women were more attracted to police recruitment materials signaling gender diversity and explicitly acknowledging the lack of gender diversity within the agency. Materials had no adverse effect on men’s attraction. Last, research questions surrounding person–organization fit and risk propensity were analyzed to further explore the acknowledgement tactic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Before and during the Second World War, Japan established a legalised system of sexual slavery, in which approximately up to 200 000 women, euphemistically known as 'comfort women', were exploited. Although the victims came from all the regions of the Japanese Empire, the majority of them were Korean. While initial reconciliation attempts were met with refusal, a seemingly positive step was taken in December 2015, when South Korea and Japan announced that they had reached an agreement which would 'finally and irreversibly' resolve this issue. The main argument developed throughout the present article is that the agreement does not do justice in addressing the victims' needs and rights in many ways, with the need for acknowledgement and memorialisation being primarily neglected. A critical evaluation of the 2015 agreement is particularly important in light of its suspension due to the dissolution of the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores mental health personnel's experiences in the encounter with family members of patients at risk of suicide so as to develop a deeper understanding of the content of caring. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 12 participants and were analysed and interpreted using a model inspired by the philosophical hermeneutics of Gadamer. The context was psychiatric wards. Through a thematic analysis, four themes emerged: Acknowledgement as a premise for involving family members. Embracing with the family members' feelings and reactions. Strengthening hope in a situation entailing a serious risk of suicide. Providing reassurance to family members in transitional situations. Witnessing the family members' suffering and needs is understood as arousing a sense of responsibility in the participants and triggering various care strategies such as listening, embracing, strengthening hope and providing reassurance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Chronic Pain Network was founded in 2016 and is a patient-oriented research network funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The Network incorporates patient partners throughout its governance and operations meaning that patient partners may contribute to research projects in ways that warrant scientific authorship as defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. The Network did a brief informal review of guidance on patient authorship in 2019, but could not find any practical documentation to guide its members on this topic. Note the term patient partner here refers to a patient (or caregiver or other person with lived experience) who is a partner or collaborator on a research team. This guidance does not address patients as participants in a research study. This guidance has been co-written by a group of researchers and patient partners of the Chronic Pain Network in an effort to address this gap. It is intended for both researchers and patient partner audiences. This guidance is meant to facilitate conversations between researchers and patient partners about authorship and/or acknowledgement regarding research projects on which they collaborate. While the overall principles of academic authorship and acknowledgement remain unchanged, nuances for interpreting these principles through the lens of patient engagement or patient-oriented research is provided. Teams that carry out patient-oriented research projects will require different preparation to empower all team members (researchers and patient partners) to discuss authorship and acknowledgement. To facilitate these conversations, we have included an overview of the scientific publishing process, explanation of some common terms, and sets of considerations are provided for both patient partners and researchers in determining the range of team member contribution from acknowledgement to authorship. Conversations about authorship can be difficult, even for established research teams. This guidance, and the resources discussed within it, are provided with the intention of making these conversations easier and more thoughtful.

Background & Objective: The early identification of risk factors by screenings methods, as low-cost diagnostic tests with high survival rates, has always been of paramount importance for cancer diagnostics, especially in breast cancer. Since knowledge, attitude, and practice studies offer a desirable way to examine the status and make predictions, this study aims to design a valid and reliable instrument to assess breast cancer risk factors, symptoms, and screening methods. Materials & Methods: The Waltz method was used to develop the questionnaire. The exploratory factor analysis with a sample size of 390 and the confirmatory factor analysis were carried out using Amos software and SPSS 22, respectively. The reliability of the instrument was also assessed on 30 women over a one-month interval using the Cronbach's alpha and test-retest method. Results: The preliminary 87-item was finally developed into three sections: attitude (14 items and 2 factors with CVI=0.92, CVR= 0.72 and α= 0.76,) knowledge (16 items and 5 factors with CVI= 0.99, CVR= 0.85 and alpha 0.87) and practice checklist (8 items and CVI = 0.94 and CVR =1). Conclusion: The results suggested desirable psychometric properties of the questionnaire and its strength and validity in evaluating knowledge, attitude, and practice for identifying factors influencing breast cancer.

A scientific journal’s greatest responsibility is to ensure that all contributions accepted for publications are rigorously but fairly reviewed. The Editor-in-Chief and Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery gratefully acknowledge the qualified and regular collaboration of renowned medical doctors and scientists who kindly devoted their time to constructively review the submitted articles. Their expertise and invaluable assistance contributed to maintain a high scientific standard for APN. We are thus indebted to the Editorial Board members and the following experts who reviewed papers and completed the peer-reviewing process within 2021.

In the existing literature, no attempt has been made to inspect how men and women rhetorically manage their gratitude communications in the academic written discourse. To bridge this knowledge gap, the present article examined how students of different gender construct their thanking acts in the acknowledgements of their M.A. theses. Discrepancies between male and female postgraduates' employment of linguistic patterns and gratitude themes were compared. The results showed that student writers' gratitude communications to a certain extent are conditioned by the conventional rhetorical patterns of the academic genre. Remarkable gender variations were evidenced in the students' selections of lexical items for encoding the thanking expressions, thanking modifiers, and gratitude themes of their acknowledgements. These gender discrepancies in gratitude communications are highly pertinent to the social expectations of masculinity and femininity, the students' psychological orientations toward the emotion of thanking and their own value priorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, many articles co-authored by librarians have been published in non-library and information science journals. This may indicate that embedded librarians are actively working as research partners in various fields. However, studies have rarely discussed the roles and experience of embedded librarians and, unlike the USA and European countries, the activities of embedded librarians in Korea are not well reported. This study collected and analysed co-authored articles from Korean faculty and librarians. In addition to identifying the role of the embedded librarian by analysing the author-contributions texts of the articles, the study examined the backgrounds of librarians and the difficulties of collaborating through interviews with librarian authors. The results of the analyses show that the number of collaborative articles by faculty and embedded librarians increased over the years and, of these, almost 70% were medical publications. The roles of the librarians outlined in the author-contributions texts were as reported in previous studies but, in many cases, their role was more significant than traditional liaison work, such as reporting the study's methodology or approving the final draft. In the interviews, the embedded librarians expressed that they had experienced some difficulties, such as lack of time, insufficient guidelines and an inadequate curriculum in their library and information science department. For librarians to be recognized as research partners, they need to communicate well with team members and have knowledge, skills and abilities related to the research. Further, to achieve this collaboration, the curriculum of departments should be reformed. If such efforts are made, it is expected that embedded librarians will continue to excel in their role as liaison librarians, which has contributed to supporting research projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines pastoral practice of the Academic Parish of Prague in compliance with its specific character - service to people from academia. Data analysis from qualitative interviews and document-based research identified two major areas of ministry - pastoral care (ad intra) and public engagement (ad extra) - and positioned the community somewhat between a parish ministry and chaplaincy. Specifically, empirical research suggested that people opt for this parish because it acknowledges their social, spiritual and intellectual needs seriously and relevantly, and addresses its members with respect. Theologically, it maintains there is a compatibility between the parish offer and expectations of people, and argues that the parish interpreted and handled its specific mission - addressing urban and educated people - relevantly and authentically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]