Imagining wrong: fictitious contexts mitigate condemnation of harm more than impurity

Over five experiments we test the fictive pass asymmetry hypothesis. Following observations of ethics and public reactions to media, we propose that fictional contexts, such as reality, imagination, and virtual environments, will mitigate people’s moral condemnation of harm violations, more so than purity violations. That is, imagining a purely harmful act is given a “fictive pass,” in moral judgment, whereas imagining an abnormal act involving the body is evaluated more negatively because it is seen as more diagnostic of bad character. For Experiment 1, an undergraduate sample (N = 250) evaluated nine vignettes depicting an agent committing either violations of harm or purity in real life, watching them in films, or imagining them. For Experiments 2 and 3, online participants (N = 375 and N = 321, respectively) evaluated a single vignette depicting an agent committing a violation of harm or purity that either occurred in real life, was imagined, watched in a film, or performed in a video game. Experiment 4 (N = 348) used an analysis of moderated mediation to demonstrate that the perceived wrongness of fictional purity violations is explained both by the extent to which they are seen as a cue to, and a cause of, a poor moral character. Lastly, Experiment 5 (N = 484) validated our manipulations and included the presumption of desire as an additional mediator of the fictive pass asymmetry effects. We discuss implications for moral theories of act and character, anger and disgust, and for media use and regulation

Sinteza i karakterizacija meridijalnog izomera uns-cis-(etilendiamin-N-N'-di-propionato)(S-norleucinato)kobalt(III) hemihidrata

The meridional geometrical isomer of uns-cis-(ethylenediamine-N-N'-di-3-propionato)(S-norleucinato)cobalt(III) complex has been prepared by the reaction of sodium uns-cis-(ethylenediamine-N-N'-di-3-propionato)(carbonato)cobaltate(III) with S-norleucine at 75 degrees C. The complex was isolated choromatographically and characterized by elemental analyses, electron absorption and infrared spectroscopy.Sintetisan je i okarakterisan meridijalni izomer uns-cis-(etilendiamin-N-N'-di-3-propionato)(S-norleucinato)kobalt(III) hemihidrat. Kompleks je dobiven reakcijom natrijum-uns-cis-(etilendiamin-N-N'-di-3-propionato)kobaltata(III) dihidratai S-norleucina na 75 ºC. Kompleks je izolovan hromatografski i okarakterisan elementalnom analizom, elektronsko-apsorpcionom i infracrvenom spektroskopijom

The Heiress

Shy and plain young girl Catherine Sloper falls desperately in love with the charming and handsome Morris Townsend. Catherine’s father, a successful doctor, forbids their marriage, fearing that the attraction Morris feels for Catherine may be more for her fortune than for her character. Catherine’s love for Morris is genuine but haunted by doubts regarding her appearance and lack of worldly experience. Her fears are realized when her proposed plan of an elopement fails to succeed, and she retreats into a world of loneliness. But when Morris returns and proposes to her once again, she responds in a shockingly unexpected way. His reaction leaves us to wonder whether Morris is sincere in his love for Catherine, or is rather the fulfillment of Catherine’s fears.https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/theatre_productions/1045/thumbnail.jp

A state-level study of opioid use disorder treatment access and neonatal abstinence syndrome

Background Adult opioid use and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) are growing public health problems in the United States (U.S.). Our objective was to determine how opioid use disorder treatment access impacts the relationship between adult opioid use and NAS. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional state-level ecologic study using 36 states with available Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases in 2014. Opioid use disorder treatment access was determined by the: 1) proportion of people needing but not receiving substance use treatment, 2) density of buprenorphine-waivered physicians, and 3) proportion of individuals in outpatient treatment programs (OTPs). The incidence of NAS was defined as ICD-9 code 779.5 (drug withdrawal syndrome in newborn) from any discharge diagnosis field per 1000 live births in that state. Results Unmet need for substance use disorder treatment correlated with NAS (r = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.26–0.73). The correlation between adult illicit drug use/dependence and NAS was higher in states with a lower density of buprenorphine-waivered physicians and individuals in OTPs. Conclusions Measures of opioid use disorder treatment access dampened the correlation between illicit drug use/dependence and NAS. Future studies using community- or individual-level data may be better poised to answer the question of whether or not opioid use disorder treatment access improves NAS relative to adult opioid use

Phase changes in selected Lennard-Jones X_{13-n}Y_n clusters

Detailed studies of the thermodynamic properties of selected binary Lennard-Jones clusters of the type X_{13-n}Y_n (where n=1,2,3) are presented. The total energy, heat capacity and first derivative of the heat capacity as a function of temperature are calculated by using the classical and path integral Monte Carlo methods combined with the parallel tempering technique. A modification in the phase change phenomena from the presence of impurity atoms and quantum effects is investigated.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures. submitted to J. Chem. Phy

Anne of Green Gables

When aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert send to the orphanage in Nova Scotia for a boy to help them on the farm, they get more than they bargained for, 11-year-old Anne Shirley. This swift yet theatrical adaptation of the classic novel is an all-ages crowd-pleaser.https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/theatre_productions/1050/thumbnail.jp