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{"p"=>"This article introduces the theory of criminologically unequal exchange to examine the asymmetrical and interconnected flow of crime and harm between the Global North and South within the capitalist world-system. It conceptualises the North’s appropriation of the South’s labour and natural resources as enabled through multiscalar regimes of (extreme) permission that authorise, organise, and routinise the production and distribution of transnational harm. Frequently, the same regimes that secure extractive projects and destabilise Southern societies also generate motivation and opportunity structures for transnational criminal economies to flourish, reverberating social injury back to the North. The article specifies two modalities of this unequal exchange of crime and harm—structurally mediated and resource-enabled—and illustrates them through case examples of the nexus between the governance of extractive frontiers and the drug economy in Myanmar, and between e-waste trade and cybercrime in Nigeria."}

{"p"=>"The present article endeavours to analyse the roots and development of capital punishment in Indonesia, from its colonial past, through its independence, to the passing of the new criminal code in 2022. By focusing on history, political trends, religion and culture, through the lens of a postcolonial theoretical framework, it explains why the country has resisted the increased global appetite for abolition. Moreover, I posit that ‘coloniality’ plays a crucial role in the country’s efforts to maintain sovereignty over its internal policies, including human rights legislation, and its lack of permeability to the growing international pressures towards abolition. Capital punishment therefore emerges as a form of necropower, bestowing the state with the authority not only to kill, but to symbolically reclaim its right to act outside the moral economy presided by former colonisers."}

{"__content__"=>"\n Objective\n \n \n Methods\n \n \n Results\n \n \n Conclusions\n \n ", "p"=>[{"__content__"=>"To assess how threat imminence shapes public judgments of deadly force used by police and by civilians, and whether the public believes the imminence requirement currently applies to police."}, {"__content__"=>"We fielded a nationally representative US survey experiment ( = 1,183) that manipulated whether a suspect posed an imminent or non-imminent threat and whether a civilian or police officer faced the decision to use deadly force. Respondents evaluated support for shooting and reported beliefs about relevant legal rules.", "i"=>{"__content__"=>"N"}}, {"__content__"=>"Imminence significantly affected support for deadly force. Although respondents were more supportive of police than civilians using deadly force across conditions, they generally disapproved of shooting a non-imminent threat. Nearly 95% of respondents incorrectly believed that Supreme Court precedent restricts police deadly force to imminent threats."}, {"__content__"=>"The public supports the imminence requirement for police and largely believes it already exists in law. This “imminence divide” between public expectations and legal standards may undermine police legitimacy when officers act lawfully but contrary to public judgment."}]}

{"__content__"=>"\n Objective\n \n \n Methods\n \n \n Results\n \n \n Conclusion\n \n ", "p"=>[{"__content__"=>"This study provides the first context-specific meta-analytic synthesis of job satisfaction among South Korean police officers in a collectivist policing system and examines the patterns of associations between job satisfaction and its correlates."}, {"__content__"=>"A total of 185 empirical studies conducted in Korea were systematically reviewed, yielding 644 independent effect sizes. Random-effects meta-analytic models were applied to estimate average associations between job satisfaction and its correlates."}, {"__content__"=>"In the Korean police, job satisfaction shows strong positive associations with variables related to intrinsic motivation and work conditions and rewards, including job motivation ( = .579), job itself ( = .534), empowerment ( = .500), and promotion ( = .587). Among organizational factors, relational and support-related organizational variables showed relatively large associations with job satisfaction, including social capital ( = .468), communication ( = .466), and perceived organizational support ( = .448). By contrast, variables that are negatively associated with job satisfaction, such as job stress ( = − .215), exhibit relatively smaller effect sizes, and demographic variables report very small effect sizes overall (e.g., age = .005, education  = − .026). Job satisfaction is also strongly associated with key work attitudes and behavioral indicators including organizational commitment ( = .587), organizational citizenship behavior ( = .576), and turnover intention ( = − .482).", "i"=>[{"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}, {"__content__"=>"r"}]}, {"__content__"=>"The findings suggest that job satisfaction in Korean policing is systematically associated with individual motivational factors, work conditions and rewards, and relational organizational conditions. This study contributes to criminological research by providing a contextualized empirical synthesis of the correlates of job satisfaction in policing."}]}

{"p"=>"Sexualised violence typically refers to acts involving people who are non-consenting and/or underage or involving specifically prohibited activities (e.g., voyeurism). Non-human animals are rarely acknowledged as victims and are predominantly discussed in literature concerning human sexual preferences (e.g., zoophilia) or criminality (e.g., bestiality), with little attention to animal sexual assault (ASA) as a form of violence in its own right. This article seeks to address this gap by presenting the first systematic analysis of over a decade of court and media-reported ASA cases in England and Wales. Until April 2026 in England and Wales, ASA was narrowly defined in legislation as acts of bestiality or in the context of the possession of extreme pornography. The Crime and Policing Act 2026 has changed the definition of ASA from ‘intercourse with an animal’ to include broader non-penetrative sexual offences with an animal using the terminology ‘sexual activity with an animal’. This study examines the nature of ASA offences, exploring the characteristics of victims, offenders, and offences. It highlights a wider range of victims than previously acknowledged, alongside the prevalence of animal pornography offences and male offenders, with notable involvement of older offenders and those in occupations of authority and trust, advancing understanding of ASA. Additionally, the study discusses systemic gaps in addressing ASA cases, identifying a potential lack of interest from police, prosecutors, courts, and media in the animal victim and highlighting the implications for criminal justice. The article concludes that this neglect reflects broader speciesist power structures in society, which normalise indifference toward animal sexual abuse, and harms both human and nonhuman victims."}

{"p"=>{"__content__"=>"Obesity is a major driver of type 2 diabetes, underscoring the urgent need for therapies that target both energy expenditure and glucose homeostasis. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) has been implicated in promoting adipose tissue browning and thermogenesis, but its metabolic impact in the context of obesity remains uncertain. We aimed to examine the effects of PTH in ob/ob mice, a leptin-deficient model of obesity and diabetes. A single dose or daily injections of human PTH(1–34) were administered to ob/ob mice and their wild-type littermates. Metabolic outcomes, adipose tissue thermogenesis, and appetite-regulating pathways were assessed. A pair-feeding study was also performed to isolate the effect of PTH from food intake. A single acute dose of PTH upregulated thermogenic gene expression in adipose tissue in a dose-dependent manner. However, repeated daily PTH administration failed to sustain adipose browning or improve insulin resistance and hyperglycemia; instead, it exacerbated weight gain, primarily due to increased food intake. Mechanistically, PTH enhanced gastric ghrelin production and upregulated hypothalamic expression, suggesting a central orexigenic effect. In pair-feeding experiments, PTH-treated mice showed no significant improvements in adiposity or metabolic parameters, even when caloric intake was matched. Although PTH transiently promotes thermogenesis in adipose tissue in ob/ob mice, sustained exposure exacerbates hyperphagia without meaningful metabolic benefit. These findings highlight the challenges of targeting PTH signaling for treating obesity-related diabetes.", "i"=>{"__content__"=>"AgRP"}}}

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page F761-F771, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page F783-F795, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page F772-F782, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page F746-F760, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page E810-E810, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page E811-E812, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page C1668-C1668, June 2026.

{"p"=>"In this age of rapid advancements in technologies and heightened volatility in markets, sustainable performance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups has increased the hinges on their ability for the adoption and innovation. This study has explored the crucial and complex relationships between entrepreneurial resilience, innovation capabilities, digital capabilities and market turbulence, with main focus on how these dimensions would collectively shape the sustainable performance of Chinese SMEs and entrepreneurial ventures. By drawing on these dynamic capabilities theory and innovation-driven growth frameworks, this research has aim to explore the mechanisms through which the resilient entrepreneurial behavior facilitates the digital transformation and fosters economic innovation, ultimately leading towards enhanced sustainability outcomes. For empirically investigating these relationships a quantitative research design has been employed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Primary data collection has been collected with structured surveys from a purposive sampling of 400 Chinese entrepreneurs and business owners, who are actively engaged in digital and sustainability-oriented transformation initiatives. The entrepreneurial resilience has also shown a significant impact on the development of digital capabilities, that provides firms a basis for improving the innovational capabilities. These capabilities have shown key drivers of sustainability performance that is delivering a measurable improvement across environmental, social and economic dimensions. This research has determined market turbulence as a moderating variable that amplify the relationship between resilience and digitally capable development. The outcomes of this research has shown a contingent nature of digital adoption and innovation outcomes, specifically under volatile external conditions. The findings offer a practical implication for the business leaders, policy makers and innovation strategists."}

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page R726-R735, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page R683-R693, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page R664-R672, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page R694-R714, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page R715-R725, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page E813-E829, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page C1669-C1691, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page C1651-C1667, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page E796-E809, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page C1692-C1703, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page R673-R682, June 2026.

{"p"=>"This study examined the impact of social media on managers’ intrapreneurial behaviors in the hospitality industry, focusing on the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and the moderating effect of gender. It explored how social media enhances managers’ confidence in their intrapreneurial abilities and the gender-specific barriers that hinder such behaviors. This paper provides actionable insights for interventions in the Kuwaiti hospitality industry and beyond. Data were drawn from 102 managers across hotels, restaurants, and entertainment facilities who represented first-line, mid-level, and top management. Including these three managerial tiers enabled a comprehensive examination of how social media engagement predicts intrapreneurial behaviors across various organizational levels and degrees of operational involvement and strategic influence. By examining managers’ perspectives at different hierarchical levels, this study provides a nuanced understanding of how digital engagement translates into innovative, value-creating actions within organizations. The article focused on understanding the relationship between social media engagement, self-efficacy, and intrapreneurial behaviors. The findings showed that engagement with social media boosted strategic renewal and entrepreneurial action by increasing managers’ confidence to behave entrepreneurially. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is crucial for turning social media engagement into tangible intrapreneurial outcomes, with gender differences shaping how these impacts unfold. This study also provides novel insights into how digital platforms facilitate intrapreneurial behavior, highlighting the importance of self-efficacy and gender. It offers a conceptual lens for understanding how managers can leverage social media to drive innovation within organizations. The results can guide hospitality firms aiming to encourage intrapreneurial actions among their managers."}

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Ahead of Print.

{"p"=>"This study examines whether the Theory of Planned Behaviour operates symmetrically when rural youth evaluate two competing career paths: entrepreneurship and civil service employment. This comparison is especially relevant in rural contexts characterised by structural constraints and limited professional alternatives. Using survey data from 599 students enrolled at a rural higher education institution in Spain, we estimate structural equation models linking entrepreneurial attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control to both entrepreneurial and civil service career intentions. Entrepreneurial intentions are positively and significantly driven by entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived behavioural control, while subjective norms are not significant. In contrast, civil service intentions are negatively associated with perceived behavioural control and show no significant relationship with entrepreneurial attitudes or subjective norms. Overall, the findings indicate that the Theory of Planned Behaviour operates asymmetrically across vocational domains in rural contexts, with perceived behavioural control acting as a key discriminator between autonomy-oriented and stability-oriented career trajectories. The study contributes to entrepreneurship-intention research by clarifying the boundary conditions of the Theory of Planned Behaviour across competing vocational domains. The study also offers policy-relevant implications for rural youth employment strategies."}

{"p"=>"Amid a global generational shift in consumption, traditional Chinese silk brands are facing structural challenges as Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2009) emerges as the dominant consumer force. This study employs the Kano model and the Better–Worse coefficient method to construct a four-dimensional demand framework encompassing product, technology, service and communication to analyse Generation Z’s consumer preferences and propose strategic transformation paths for silk brands. Our quantitative analysis of 915 valid questionnaires reveals that service (personalised customisation and virtual experience) and communication (brand collaborations and offline experiences) dimensions have the most significant impact on consumer satisfaction and serve as core levers for brand upgrading. Gender-based analysis demonstrates differentiated demand wherein male consumers are more technology-oriented (e.g. flexible electronic silk, self-healing technologies), and female consumers show stronger preference for aesthetic and cultural factors (e.g. intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship, colour innovation). This study provides practical guidelines for traditional silk brands’ global entrepreneurial transformation by optimising technology integration pathways through design management, reconstructing brand narratives based on cultural resonance and capturing global niche markets via agile segmentation strategies. Our findings contribute theoretical insights for globalising of cultural heritage brands by integrating consumer demand analysis with strategic innovation frameworks."}

{"__content__"=>"\n Graphical Abstract\n \n ", "p"=>[{"__content__"=>"Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is a rare genetic condition, frequently associated with learning difficulties. Functional neuroimaging techniques have been used to investigate brain mechanisms underlying learning difficulties in NF1, but these remain poorly understood. We conducted a systematic review of functional neuroimaging studies in NF1 from 2000-2024 aiming to develop a neurobiological framework for understanding the NF1 cognitive phenotype. A total of 44 studies were identified as relevant across functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), positron emission topography (PET), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and arterial spin labelling (ASL) techniques. Findings suggest mechanisms underlying learning in NF1 may be characterised as excitation/inhibition (E/I) ratio imbalance, dysconnectivity between brain regions and perturbations in neural activation patterns. We suggest, disruptions in GABAergic signalling, beginning in early development, may alter the whole brain function, explaining the differential patterns of brain activity, connectivity, and brain chemistry. As most of the reviewed studies were cross-sectional in nature, future research should focus on longitudinal designs to better understand developmental changes in brain mechanisms and how these processes evolve over time. Finally, it is essential to explore environmental modifiers in shaping the cognitive phenotypes associated with NF1. "}, {}]}

{"p"=>"This scoping review examines the current landscape of police risk and threat assessment in England and Wales, identifying origin, breadth and scope of application, as well as empirical efficacy. The analysis highlights a strong adherence to core principles of risk and threat assessment, with structured professional judgement (SPJ) approaches being favoured. The most rigorous and empirically validated assessments are found at the individual or typological level, and relate to sexual and violent offenders, domestic abuse, threats to public figures, and indecent image offenders. In contrast, issues are identified in application of dynamic assessments related to decision-making and vulnerability related risk, as well as typological assessments regarding missing persons, police custody, honour-based abuse, anti-social behaviour, and mental health, where frameworks are either absent, new and untested, lack empirical foundations, or are inconsistently applied. At the strategic level, risk and threat governance instruments remain largely unevaluated despite their central role in setting priorities at local and national levels. The discussion highlights the challenge in the trade-off between breadth and depth. Dynamic models seek to raise standards and consistency, while sacrificing the precision often provided by specialist tools, which remain narrowly applied. Finally, recurring issues of repurposing tools across domains and inconsistent human application highlight that the limitations of assessment are not solely technical but also institutional and primarily relate to culture, resources and training."}

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Ahead of Print.

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page G703-G703, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Ahead of Print.

{"p"=>["In public and academic debates on criminal policy, public perceptions of crime seriousness are often presented as an indicator of actual crime seriousness. The relevance of these perceptions for informing policy depends, among other factors, on the extent of societal consensus. However, in the last decades, there have been limited measurements of these perceptions and few studies have explored predictors beyond basic socio-demographic characteristics. Against this background, our study examines the importance of personal values in shaping people’s assessments of crime seriousness. We examine the effects of personal values on perceived crime seriousness itself and its two main dimensions, i.e., perceived wrongfulness and perceived harmfulness. We also consider how such values affect the role wrongfulness and harmfulness play in assessing crime seriousness. ", "Drawing on data from 1,099 residents in Flanders (Belgium), our study indicates that personal values have only limited impact on people’s assessments of crime seriousness. Nonetheless, there are some variations across crimes. Most notably, the conservation values of ‘tradition’ (maintaining and preserving cultural, family, or religious traditions) and ‘conformity-rules’ (compliance with rules, laws, and formal obligations) affect seriousness assessments of drug crimes. Our findings also suggest that, regardless of the values people adhere to, they tend to use the principles of wrongfulness and harmfulness similarly in assessing the seriousness of crimes. With regards to the policy relevance of crime seriousness perceptions, our findings alleviate – at least in the case of Flanders – concerns that such perceptions differ substantially according to people’s values, but they do not eliminate other concerns."]}

{"__content__"=>"\n Objectives\n \n \n Methods\n \n \n Results\n \n \n Conclusion\n \n ", "p"=>[{"__content__"=>"We examine whether an officer’s likelihood of using physical force during a 911 call response is associated with exposure to peers who have previously used force."}, {"__content__"=>"We use data on joint responses to 911 calls by Dallas police officers to reconstruct the social network of on-duty patrol interaction within the Dallas Police Department. Merging these data with Response to Resistance reports on use of force, we use a matched case-control design implemented with conditional logistic regression and permutation tests to estimate whether lagged and contemporaneous exposure to peers with a history of use of force is associated with an officer’s own likelihood of using physical force, holding constant incident-level situational context."}, {"__content__"=>"Greater lagged exposure to peers’ prior use of force is associated with a higher likelihood that a focal officer subsequently uses physical force during a 911 response. In contrast, contemporaneous exposure is associated with a reduced likelihood of force in the same incident."}, {"__content__"=>"These findings are consistent with social learning perspectives suggesting that peer influence may operate through longer-term processes of learning and socialization while also shaping how officers coordinate behavior during specific encounters. More broadly, the results highlight the importance of considering how routine on-duty interactions shape police behavior and suggest that social networks may both reinforce and constrain the use of force."}]}

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page C1647-C1650, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page G704-G717, June 2026.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Volume 330, Issue 6, Page C1631-C1646, June 2026.