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Stakeholders’ support is essential for the effective and successful implementation of policies that prioritize enhancing and preserving ocean and coastal ecosystems. However, cross-national studies examining factors influencing stakeholders’ policy support are still lacking. The current study aimed to provide preliminary evidence on factors (e.g., socio-demographic factors, country income levels, and perceived impacts of marine and coastal ecosystems) that affect stakeholders’ endorsement of a policy centered on preserving marine and coastal ecosystems. To conduct the study, we applied the Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) to a dataset of 709 stakeholders from 42 countries generated by MaCoBioS—a research project funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020. The BMF allowed us to adopt a distinctive and innovative approach to analyzing the data and drawing valuable policy development and implementation insights. The results show no differences in policy endorsement levels across stakeholders with different ages, education, and country income levels. However, female stakeholders tended to support the policy prioritizing ocean protection more than their male counterparts. Stakeholders perceiving the impacts of marine and coastal ecosystem preservation on human wellbeing, climate and weather, and climate change reduction also tended to support the policy more strongly. Meanwhile, the perceived impacts of ocean and coastal ecosystems on global and local economies had an ambiguous effect on stakeholders’ policy support. Based on these findings, we suggest that raising the awareness and knowledge of stakeholders can help improve their support for ocean and coastal preservation policies. Moreover, it is necessary to concentrate more on communicating the adverse consequences induced by the ocean and coastal ecosystems’ loss (e.g., climate change and health) and less on the economic aspects. The study underscores the significance of environmental education and awareness-raising campaigns in disseminating environmental information and cultivating an eco-surplus culture. This culture inspires stakeholders to actively participate in environmental conservation efforts, going beyond mere sustainability and aiming to create positive environmental impacts.

For centuries, fiction—particularly fables—has seamlessly combined storytelling, moral lessons, and societal reflections to engage readers on both emotional and intellectual levels. Despite extensive research on the benefits of reading and the emotional responses it evokes, a critical gap remains in understanding what drives readers to form deep emotional connections with specific works. This study seeks to identify the characteristics of a book that foster such connections. Using the Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics, we analyzed a dataset comprising 129 Amazon reviews of Wild Wise Weird by Professor Quan-Hoang Vuong, an influential Vietnamese scholar in the social sciences and humanities. The book is a collection of 42 fables that intertwine traditional storytelling with contemporary sensibilities, offering life lessons, humor, and social commentary. Of these reviews, approximately 66% expressed love for the book. The findings reveal that readers who describe the book as unique, whimsical, quirky, or innovative are more likely to express emotional attachment to it. Similarly, readers who are drawn to the book’s illustrations and characters tend to form stronger emotional connections. The cultural richness and representativeness of the book also emerged as significant factors in fostering readers’ emotional attachment. The book successfully captures the depth, charm, and moral essence of Vietnamese culture to a global audience while conveying a minimal sense of humor in the Zhuangzian (莊子) tradition. Readers have expressed heartfelt gratitude after engaging with the book, underscoring its success in fostering meaningful emotional connections. Thus, insights from this analysis offer actionable recommendations for stakeholders in the literary ecosystem, from authors and publishers to marketers, to enhance readers’ emotional attachment and commitment to books. Plain Language Summary What makes Readers Love a Fable? For centuries, stories—especially fables—have been a powerful way to share life lessons, spark emotions, and reflect on society. While many studies have shown that reading can be emotional and meaningful, we still do not fully understand what makes readers form a deep emotional bond with a particular book. This study set out to explore that question. We looked at 129 Amazon reviews of Wild Wise Weird, a collection of 42 fables that feature the quirky bird village with the Kingfisher, as the main character. The fables mix Zhuangzian (莊子) humor with fresh ideas, satires, and social messages about timeless and timely issues of our time. What we found was clear: people who described the book as unique, whimsical, quirky, or innovative were more likely to say they loved it. Many also connected deeply with the book’s characters and beautiful illustrations. Another important reason readers felt attached to the book was its cultural richness. The book shares Vietnamese culture in a heartfelt and meaningful way that resonates with readers from around the world. Many people even wrote messages of gratitude, saying the book made a lasting impact on them. Our study is one of the first to use quantitative data to explore the factors that contribute to people’s love of fiction books. The results offer helpful insights for a wide range of people. Teachers can use these findings to choose books that connect better with students. Writers can learn how to craft stories that truly speak to their readers. Publishers can more easily spot books that will make a strong emotional impact.

The former study suggests that Italian consumers are willing to pay premiums for new bio-based products but expect discounts on second-hand clothing, revealing a sustainability bias. This study adds more insights into such a bias by examining factors influencing consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for bio-based clothing and their expected discounts for second-hand items. Using Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics on a dataset of 402 Italian consumers, the findings reveal that environmental concerns are positively associated with premiums for bio-based clothing, while higher income and education levels are also associated with the higher premium that consumers are willing to pay. For second-hand clothing, the preference for vintage appeal is linked to lower expected discounts. Men and younger consumers tend to expect higher discounts for second-hand clothing. By providing insights into Italian consumers’ sustainable fashion choices, this study offers implications for businesses, policymakers, and researchers aiming to promote eco-conscious consumption and sustainability in the fashion industry.

This study aimed to examine how types of demanded healthcare information are associated with the need for support in cancer fear management among family caregivers (FCGs) of female cancer patients. The mindsponge theory was used in conceptual development and interpretation. Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics were used for statistical analysis on a dataset of 48 spouses (husbands) and 12 other family members in five congested communities of Surabaya, Indonesia. Among the six types of healthcare information, FCGs with higher demand for cancer-specific information ( M Information_Cancer_FearManagement  = 0.41; S Information_Cancer_FearManagement  = 0.25) and information on cancer physical needs ( M Information_PhysicalNeed_FearManagement  = 0.32; S Information_PhysicalNeed_FearManagement  = 0.21) were more likely to need support in reducing the fear of female cancer patients. Meanwhile, FCGs with a higher demand for information on support services ( M Information_SupportServices_FearManagement  = − 0.33; S Information_SupportServices_FearManagement  = 0.22) were less likely to need support to reduce cancer patients’ fear. Other types of healthcare information have ambiguous effects on the need for support in reducing cancer-induced fear. This study underscores that the demanded cancer-specific information, such as information on cancer prognosis and therapeutic outcomes, and the demanded cancer physical needs information are priorities in information disclosure to FCGs to assist their role in cancer fear management.

Aesthetics is a crucial ecosystem service provided by biodiversity, which is believed to help improve humans’ quality of life and is linked to environmental consciousness and pro-environmental behaviors. However, how aesthetic experience induced by plants/animals influences the belief in the occurrence and significance of biodiversity loss among urban residents remains understudied. Thus, the current study aimed to examine how the diversity of pets and in-house plants affect urban residents’ belief in biodiversity loss in different scenarios of aesthetic experiences (positive and negative aesthetic experiences at home due to plants/animals). Using the Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics on a dataset of 535 Vietnamese urban residents, we found that the people’s aesthetic feeling about their house induced by plants/animals is positively associated with their belief in the occurrence and significance of biodiversity loss. The diversity of plants and pets is also positively associated with the level of biodiversity loss belief, but the effect is conditional on the aesthetic experience of the urban residents. Specifically, the positive association between species diversity and the belief only appears when urban residents feel that their houses’ aesthetics are negatively affected by plants/animals. Moreover, the association between pet diversity and biodiversity loss belief is less significant and reliable than that of plant diversity. These findings suggest that raising the houses’ aesthetics through in-house planting or pet ownership can potentially enhance biodiversity loss belief and subsequently build an eco-surplus culture among urban residents.

The benefit perception of aquatic ecosystems, knowledge, and emotion about climate change influence peoples’ support for marine protection. However, their interaction effects remain understudied. The current study explores the intricate interaction effect of the three factors on marine protection support. Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics was employed on a dataset of 709 stakeholders from 42 countries. The statistical analysis shows that when stakeholders perceive ocean ecosystems to have little utility in mitigating climate change, climate change knowledge and concern are positively associated with marine protection support. Nevertheless, in the scenarios where stakeholders perceive the benefits of ocean ecosystems, the effect of climate change knowledge becomes conditional on the worry level. If stakeholders are concerned about climate change, those with a greater level of climate change knowledge will associate with a higher level of marine protection support. Otherwise, greater climate change knowledge will result in lower support. These findings highlight the importance of emotion in directing climate change knowledge’s effect on marine protection support. Linking people’s concerns to the consequences of climate change can help improve climate change communication effectiveness.

For centuries, fiction—particularly fables—has seamlessly combined storytelling, moral lessons, and societal reflections to engage readers on both emotional and intellectual levels. Despite extensive research on the benefits of reading and the emotional responses it evokes, a critical gap remains in understanding what drives readers to form deep emotional connections with specific works. This study seeks to identify the characteristics of a book that foster such connections. Using the Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics, we analyzed a dataset comprising 129 Amazon reviews of Wild Wise Weird by Professor Quan-Hoang Vuong, an influential Vietnamese scholar in the social sciences and humanities. The book is a collection of 42 fables that intertwine traditional storytelling with contemporary sensibilities, offering life lessons, humor, and social commentary. Of these reviews, approximately 66% expressed love for the book. The findings reveal that readers who describe the book as unique, whimsical, quirky, or innovative are more likely to express emotional attachment to it. Similarly, readers who are drawn to the book’s illustrations and characters tend to form stronger emotional connections. The cultural richness and representativeness of the book also emerged as significant factors in fostering readers’ emotional attachment. The book successfully captures the depth, charm, and moral essence of Vietnamese culture to a global audience while conveying a minimal sense of humor in the Zhuangzian (莊子) tradition. Readers have expressed heartfelt gratitude after engaging with the book, underscoring its success in fostering meaningful emotional connections. Thus, insights from this analysis offer actionable recommendations for stakeholders in the literary ecosystem, from authors and publishers to marketers, to enhance readers’ emotional attachment and commitment to books.

Acetone is solvent widely used in laboratories and factories. Serious problems will occur when it is exposed to the environment. Therefore, a new design for a bimetallic metal functional group catalyst that can convert acetone into carbon dioxide and water within 250 °C was prepared, in order to effectively treat acetone and reduce the required energy. Hydrophobic Y type zeolite adsorption and low-temperature catalytic combustion were used to continuously treat acetone, and the effect of different operating parameters (including different metal loads, metal content, transformation temperature, pollutant concentration, and space velocity) on the efficiency of acetone treatment was discussed in this study. The isothermal adsorption model, kinetics, and thermodynamic model analysis were also used to establish the reaction mechanism, and to explore the factors affecting the catalyst reaction rate. The results show that the acetone conversion rate of 10-Fe1Mn1-USY reaches 90% at 400 ppm, 20,000 h−1 space velocity, and 227 °C. The kinetic behavior of the reaction between 10-Fe1Mn1-USY and acetone is more suited to the Power-rate Law model. Arrhenius equation analysis results show that the required activation energy for the reaction between 10-Fe1Mn1-USY and acetone is 70.2 kJ mol−1, and the collision frequency factor is 2.81 × 105 s−1. This reaction is an endothermic reaction, and the main reaction mechanism is surface metal oxidation.A new design for a bimetallic metal functional group catalyst that can convert acetone into carbon dioxide and water within 250 ℃ was prepared, in order to effectively treat acetone and reduce the required energy. Hydrophobic Y type zeolite adsorption and low-temperature catalytic combustion were used to continuously treat acetone, and the effect of different operating parameters on the efficiency of acetone treatment was discussed in this study. Result shown that the redox reaction between the adsorbed acetone and the active oxygen on the surface of the catalyst to generate CO2 and H2O.

Background: Sepsis induces dysfunction in organ systems, including the hemostatic system. D-dimer is generated during disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and so elevated D-dimer levels may be associated with progression of sepsis to septic shock. Objective: We evaluated whether abnormal D-dimer levels were associated with presence of septic shock. Design: Retrospective cross- sectional study. Methods: We studied 137 patients diagnosed with sepsis who underwent testing for D-dimer. D-dimer level below 0.4 mg/L fibrinogen equivalent unit (FEU) was considered unchange. D-dimer level above 0.4 and below 4 mg/L FEU was considered moderate elevation, D-dimer level above 4 mg/L FEU was considered strong elevation. Results: Septic shock was diagnosed in 52 (38%) patients. DIC occurred in 38 (27.7%) patients. Patients with unchanged, moderately elevated and strongly elevated D dimer levels were 1(7%), 43 (31.4%) and 93 (67.9%); respectively. Compared to the patients with sepsis without shock, those with septic shock had a longer activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) (37.5 vs 34.5 s), higher D-dimer level (7.65 vs 5.15 mg/L FEU), higher procalcitonin level (13.5 vs 5.57 ng/mL), but a lower platelet count (93 vs 130 × 109/L), (p < .05). The frequency of septic shock in patients with DIC was higher than that in patients group without DIC (50% vs 33.3%), but the difference was not statistically significant (p = .072). Univariate regression analysis showed that prolonged APTT, high D-dimer level, high procalcitonin level, and low platelet count were associated with the presence of septic shock. However, multivariate regression analysis determined that only a low platelet count was significantly associated with septic shock. Conclusion: Among the patients with sepsis, thrombocytopenia but not elevated plasma D-dimer level is associated with risk of septic shock.

Acetone is a solvent used in many laboratories and factories. Serious problems will occur when it is exposed to the environment. Therefore, a new design hydrophobicity bimetallic metal material (10-Fe 1 Mn 1 -USY) was prepared for acetone adsorption under conditions of high humidity. Hydrophobic Y type zeolite was used to prepare bimetallic metal materials and the effect of different operating parameters (including different material, humidity, temperature, pollutant concentration, residence time, and regeneration) on the efficiency of acetone treatment was examined. Isothermal adsorption model, kinetics and thermodynamic model analysis were also used to establish the reaction mechanism. The 10-Fe 1 Mn 1 -USY material has good adsorption capacity (133 mg g −1 ) for acetone under a relative humidity of 50%. The main factors affecting the adsorption capacity are the contact angle, hydrophobicity, specific surface area, and Si/Al of the material. The isothermal adsorption and the kinetic adsorption behavior of 10-Fe 1 Mn 1 -USY material for acetone are more suitable for the Temkin isotherm adsorption model and the pseudo-first-order kinetic model. The adsorption of acetone by 10-Fe 1 Mn 1 -USY material is dominated by intra-particle diffusion. According to the thermodynamic analysis results, the adsorption behavior of 10-Fe 1 Mn 1 -USY material for acetone is a type of physical adsorption, and a spontaneous and non-sequential reaction.