AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 24 -- AlterNative - An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, a peer-reviewed journal from the Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 20, Issue 4). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Articles * Iinaaka Siinakupii Tsiniikii (Little video storyteller): co-designing digital literacy with Piikani First Nation * Endaayaang: the importance of "Indigenizing" housing first for youth * T more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 24 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), having a COVID-19 infection is not associated with worsening MS symptoms or disability, according to a study published in the December 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "Infections may be associated with more disability among people with MS," said study author Amber Salter, PhD,  more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 24 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: A drug recently approved to prevent migraine may start working right away, according to a study published in the December 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study looked at the drug atogepant, which is a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist taken by mouth. "With many current drugs to prevent mig more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The American Educational Research Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Educational Research Association that features articles that advance the empirical, theoretical and methodological understanding of education and learning, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 61, Issue 5): * "He's Probably the Only Teacher I've Actually Learned From": Marginalized Students' Experiences With and Self-Perceptions of High Sch more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Dec. 22, 2024: * * * How Trump Tax Cuts Helped Manufacturers By John Kartch Today is the seventh anniversary of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 22, 2017. Thanks to the tax cuts, American manufacturers hired new employees, built new facilities, purchased new equipment, and invested in employees through pay raises, increased benefits, and bonuses. ATR has compiled manufacturer more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 23 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas today declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional in an opinion indicating that the law is overbroad and void for vagueness, and permanently enjoined its enforcement. The Arkansas law would have subjected librarians and bookstore owners to criminal prosecution for making materials available on library and bookstore she more PR

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Dec. 24 -- Armed Forces and Society, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features civil-military relations, veterans, force effectiveness and diversity, military culture, officer education and training, military institutions, ethics, unit cohesion, military families, peacemaking, privatization, public opinion and conflict management, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 quarterly edition (Vol. 51, Issue 1): Articles * Who Supports  more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 23 -- BJPsych Bulletin, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features psychiatry, management of psychiatric services and education and training in psychiatry from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 48, Issue 6): Original Papers * Managing diabetes in the psychiatric in-patient setting: knowledge, attitudes and skills of healthcare professionals * Burden of mental disorders by gender i more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 23 -- The British Journal of Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal College of Psychiatrists that says it improves the prevention, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and care of mental illness, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 225, Issue 6). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Original Article * Disease trajectories before dementia: evidence from a large-scale community-based prospective study * Ele more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 24 -- The Canadian Journal of Communication, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features research and scholarship in the field of communication studies, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 49, No. 4). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research Articles * Energy for the War Room: Infrastructural Imaginaries and Contradictions in the Albertan Staples State * Searching for Digital Agency: Subject Possibilities in more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Dec. 24 -- The Disney Cruise Lines issued the following news release: Port Canaveral, Fla. (Dec. 23, 2024) - This holiday season, Disney Cruise Line spread joy throughout many of its port communities. From surprising children with a special visit from Mikey Mouse, to decorating ornaments, donating books and toys, and packing meal kits for families in need, Disney Cruise Line cast and crew teamed up with local organizations to create magical memories for those who needed it mos more PR

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Dec. 24 -- Environmental Law Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it maintains a dialogue between leading edge practitioners and academics in the fields of environmental law, environmental management and business, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 quarterly edition (Vol. 26, Issue 4): Articles * Managed burning of forests: Balancing economic incentives, risks, and liability * Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities: more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity released the following testimony by Nick Pamperin, executive director of the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program of the Veterans Benefits Administration, from a Dec. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the Effectiveness of the Veterans Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Program": * * * Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Member Levin, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity t more PR

KEENE, New Hampshire, Dec. 23 -- The Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, published research articles on the following topics in its Winter 2024 edition (Vol. 31, Issue 4): Scholarly Articles * Ecological Identity and Resistance in the Plantationocene: Rivers Solomon's An Unkindness of Ghosts * Ecophrastic Weaving: Cecilia Vicuna's Multidimensional Ecopoetics in Kon Kon * Aqua-Spectr more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, a journal from the Associates for Philosophy of Religion that says it provides a medium for the exposition, development and criticism of philosophical insights and theories relevant to religion, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 96, Issue 3): * Book Symposium: John Bishop and Ken Perszyk, God, purpose, and reality: a Euteleological understanding of Theism. * Book Symp more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: John Gordon Casali, the John Grado Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, retired in May and has been conferred the title of John Grado Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty members who are specially recommended to the board by Virginia Tech President Tim Sands in recognition of exemplary  more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 23 -- The Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, a journal from the International Bar Association that says it focuses on the development, assessment and management of energy and natural resources, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 42, Issue 4 edition: Articles * Investor-state dispute settlement in natural resources, energy and environmental cases * Beyond international water law - unconventional approaches to conventional foundations more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 23 -- The Journal of Management Inquiry, a peer-reviewed journal that says it explores ideas and build knowledge in management theory and practice, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 quarterly edition (Vol. 34, Issue 1): * A Relational Construction of Organizational Risk: Normalizing Versus Problematizing Through Risk Work on Concerns Versus Measures * Seven Mantras for Board Chair Effectiveness--An Enlightened Approach for the 21st Ce more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 23 -- The Journal of Mental Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features developments in the treatment and care in the field of mental health, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 33, Issue 6 edition: Research Articles * Influence of student nurses' perceived caring behavior of their instructors on their psychological well-being: a cross-sectional study * Staff support for workplace trauma: a freedom of information act request survey f more PR

LEEDS, England, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Organizational Ethnography, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features knowledge and understanding of the nature of public and private sector work, organization and management, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 13, Issue 3 edition: * A duoethnography: female academics' experiences of gendered health issues at the intersection of middlescence, ethnic origin, social and professional status in the neoliberal academy * Acti more PR

SALISBURY, England, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Philosophy of Education, a peer-reviewed journal from the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 58, Issue 6): Original Articles * Philosophical presuppositions in 'computational thinking'--old wine in new bottles? * Revisiting the role of values in evidence-based education * Norm critique and the dialectics of Hegelian recognition * Reimagining aca more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Planning Literature, a journal that says it aims to give the reader an understanding of the state of knowledge for use in research or professional practice in planning and design from the Ohio State University, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 39, Issue 4): Original Articles * The Social Cohesion Measures Contributing to Resilient Disaster Recovery: A Systematic Literature Review * Providing Rental more PR

OAKLAND, California, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Popular Music Studies, a peer-reviewed journal from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music that says it features work on popular music in its historical, cultural, aesthetic, economic and political registers, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 quarterly edition (Vol. 36, Issue 4): Articles * Genre or Hypernym: Deconstructing Afrobeats in the Global Music Industry * "All Crookedly Blessed more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 23 -- The Journal of Psychiatric Practice, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features advances for treating patients, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 30, Issue 6): Articles * Computer-assisted Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Mobile Apps for Depression and Anxiety: Evidence-based Digital Tools for Clinical Practice * Digital Psychiatry: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions * The Clinical Util more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Religious History, a peer-reviewed journal from the Religious History Society that says it features history of religions and its relationship with the human experience, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 48, Issue 4): ARTICLE * The Black Dog of Bungay: Religious Conflict and Supernatural Terror in a Suffolk Parish * Preaching in Counter-Reformation Malta: Don Ignazio Saverio Mifsud (1739-54) *  more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features developments in the field of addictions on individual, family, group work and community practice models for treating and preventing substance abuse and other addictions in diverse populations, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 24, Issue 4 edition: Research Article * Examining substitution behaviors in a non-treatment sample of current dr more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Teaching in Social Work, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on teaching process and contexts of teaching, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 45, Issue 1 edition: Research Article * AIgiarism: Computer Generated Text, Plagiarism, and How to Address it in Teaching * Do You Know Where Your Students Are?: Uncovering Bias Toward Poverty and Homelessness Among Social Work Students * The Role Play and Simulations: Var more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of the American Planning Association, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 91, Issue 1 edition: Articles * Can New Housing Supply Mitigate Displacement and Exclusion? * Expanding Affordable Middle Housing Options in Single-Family Neighborhoods * Not (Officially) in My Backyard * Planning With a Basic Income * Libraries Are Resilience Hubs * Measuring Transit Equity of an On-Demand Multimodal Tran more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of the American Statistical Association, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 119, Issue 548 edition: Review * Bayesian Structure Learning in Undirected Gaussian Graphical Models: Literature Review with Empirical Comparison Book Review * Structural Equation Modeling Using R/SAS: A Step-by-Step Approach with Real Data Analysis * Models for Multi-State Survival Data: Rates, Risks, and Pseudo-Value more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 24 -- The Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for Computing Machinery that says it publishes papers relating to the use of information and communication technologies in support of Cultural Heritage, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 4): SECTION: Research Papers * SikuGPT: A Generative Pre-trained Model for Intelligent Information Processing of Ancient Texts from th more PR

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Dec. 24 -- Journalism, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features contributions on developments and changes within journalism, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 1): Articles * Audience evaluations of news videos made with various levels of automation: A population-based survey experiment * Who covers what? Analyzing audience perceptions of gender differences in news beat coverage * The journalism-audi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department's U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) and Tax Division recently obtained denial of bankruptcy discharge for a married couple in Oklahoma who failed to keep sufficient records, failed to file tax returns for several years and could not satisfactorily explain their loss of $90 million in assets in the years leading up to the bankruptcy. On Nov. 22, after a three-day trial, the Bankruptcy Court more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Chief Engineer and Second Engineer Also Sentenced * * * Two Greek shipping companies pleaded guilty and were sentenced today for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), falsifying records and obstruction of justice. The charges arose out of two United States port calls in which crew members of the Motor Tanker Kriti Ruby presented false records to the U.S. Coast G more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 (TNSwrap) (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following MIT in the Media: 2024 in Review: * * * MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges. * * * From a new Institute-wide effort aimed at addressing climate change to a collaborative that brings together MIT researchers and local hospitals to advance health and medicine, a Nobel prize win for two economists exami more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 24 -- Nursing Science Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on nursing theory development and guided practice, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 quarterly edition (Vol. 38, Issue 1): Research Issues * Disciplinary Thinking for the Scholarship of Nursing Research Articles * Hope and Expanding Consciousness: Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer * The Humanbecoming Concept Inventing Model: Feeling Isolat more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Back in the early days of his college career, Chad Parish realized his curiosity and interests were drawing him to the type of work he performs today in the Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis, or LAMDA, laboratory at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Using microscopy and microstructural characterization, he reveals the intricate more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 23 -- Public Opinion Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for Public Opinion Research, published research articles on the following topics in its Fall 2024 edition (Vol. 88, Issue 3): Articles * The Causal Effect of Candidate Extremity on Citizens' Preferences: Evidence from Conjoint Experiments * Nationalist Erosion after Protest and Repression * The Curious Case of Black "Conservatives": Assessing the Validity of the Liberal-Conservati more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 24 -- Research in Mathematics Education, a peer reviewed journal from the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 26, Issue 3 edition: Research Articles * Comprehensive example generation: mathematicians' uses of examples when developing conjectures * The spatial contiguity principle in mathematics textbooks * Translating units coordination to units of length and area: a case study of underg more PR

CARY, North Carolina, Dec. 24 -- The Review of English Studies, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 75, Issue 322): ARTICLES * 'The Course Least Likely to Attract Sceptical Officialdom': Archiving The Battle of Maldon and the Poetry and Boats of Bill Griffiths * Poetry, Patronage, and the Art of the Land-grab: A Newly Discovered Letter to Thomas Wyatt * 'Imitate the Motions of Those that are Infected': Shakespeare's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Under the leadership of Chair Durbin, the Senate Judiciary Committee held 145 full Committee hearings, 88 subcommittee hearings, and 86 executive business meetings; advanced 373 executive and judicial nominees out of Committee; and reported 56 bills out of Committee from 2021 to 2024 Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a review of the accomplishme more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 23 -- Transnational Environmental Law, a peer-reviewed journal for the study of environmental law and governance beyond the state, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 13, Issue 3): Symposium Article * Transforming the Rule of Law in Environmental and Climate Litigation: Prohibiting the Arbitrary Treatment of Future Generations * Fuzzy Universality in Climate Change Litigation * Children and Future Generations Rights bef more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, urging the agency to closely scrutinize pharmaceutical wholesaler Cardinal Health's $3.9 billion proposed acquisition of a majority stake in GI Alliance, the country's largest gastroenterology management services organization. "This deal threatens to limit competition by expanding Cardinal Health's control  more PR