Brock University

Navigating GenAI in the workplace: skills transformation & tension

By automating the content creation process, Generative AI is reshaping creative work, but its impact on knowledge workers remains underexplored, which this study seeks to examine. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 20 knowledge workers, this study examines what is being transfor...

Cascade Remodeling through Late-Stage Electrophilic Fluorination in a Bis-Spiroketal Framework

Abstract Cascade reactions efficiently generate molecular complexity but are often incompatible with the late-stage diversification of highly functionalized natural products due to competing degradation pathways. Herein, we demonstrate that electrophilic fluorination can serve as...

A Catalytic Pocket Hidden in Plain Sight: A Metal-Free Platform for Fluorinated Compounds

Abstract A defining challenge in catalyst design is the development of simple molecular platforms capable of organizing complex reactivity through cooperative interactions. Herein, we apply this concept to the synthesis of O-difluoroalkylhydroxylamine (FON) derivatives, an emergi...

Missed Child Communication Cues During Parent Technology Use and Child Language Development

This cross-sectional study investigates the association between parent technology use, missed child communication cues, and language production and comprehension in children aged 13 to 18 months.

The Hardy averaging operator between Orlicz spaces and a new gauge functional characterizing a given Orlicz space

Abstract We prove that the largest Orlicz space into which the Hardy averaging operator maps coincides with the largest rearrangement-invariant (r.i.) space mapping into that space; in other words, the optimal Orlicz domain is automatically the optimal r.i. domain. More generally...

The interactive influence of service recovery agent and language style on consumer forgiveness: mediation of perceived sincerity

Purpose This study aims to examine how the interaction between service recovery agent (human vs robot) and language style (formal vs informal) affects consumer forgiveness and investigates the mechanisms and boundary conditions of this effect, grounded in complementary fit theory...

The Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale—Short Form (PSPS-SF): Development and Validation

This study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a brief version of the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale (PSPS), a measure of the interpersonal expression of perfectionism. Adult participants (N = 2223; Mage = 36.67) from three samples completed all...

Blue-sky thinking about pronunciation research and teaching

Abstract In the fall of 2024, Ron Thomson and Tracey Derwing invited 15 pronunciation scholars representing several subspecialties to participate in a full-day symposium to discuss directions for pronunciation research. To prepare for the symposium, held in conjunction with the P...

Research on Black Fatherhood in Canada and the United States: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

This literature review examined the methodological and theoretical considerations underlying research on Black fathers in the United States and Canada. Drawing on 38 journal articles published between 2014 and 2024, we highlighted the methodological and theoretical characteristic...

“Tell me about your day”: family support as a buffer of the negative relationship between citizenship pressure and change-oriented voluntarism

Purpose This study aims to investigate how employees’ experience of citizenship pressure counterintuitively might be negatively associated with their change-oriented voluntary work efforts, in a dynamic mediated by their intentions to quit and moderated by the work-related suppor...

Two-Stage Maximum Power Point Tracking Photovoltaic Converter for IoT Sensor Nodes with Hardware Validation

Continuous operation is increasingly expected of Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes, yet practical solar front ends must account for source variability, intermediate storage, conversion losses, sensing overhead, and battery-management constraints. Th...

Deceptive bias measurement in deep learning: Assessing shortcut reliance in TCGA cancer models

Abstract Bias in machine learning is a persistent challenge because it can create unfair outcomes, limit generalization, and reduce trust in real-world applications. A key source of this problem is shortcut learning, where models exploit signals linked to sensitive attributes, su...

The Effects of Partnership‐Based Cause‐Related Marketing Program on Consumers' Perceived Authenticity, Meaningfulness, and Supporting Behaviors: Moderating Roles of Perceived Pain and Calling

ABSTRACT The effectiveness of cause‐related marketing (CRM) depends on how CRM initiatives are designed and communicated to consumers. To advance theoretical understanding of effective CRM practice, drawing on the attribution theory and martyrdom effect, the current study examine...

Toward a synchronization theory of school readiness for change: The impact of managerial innovation synchronicity, team communication synchronicity, and team emotional synchronicity on teachers’ readiness for change in schools

Abstract Synchronicity remains an underexplored perspective in the study of educational change. Traditional models often neglect the intricate interaction between management, communication, and emotional alignment, identified here as factors essential for implementing effective c...

Preliminary Development and Evaluation of a Severity Classification Tool Informed by Objective Indicators of Challenging Behavior

ABSTRACT In behavior analysis, the term severe is commonly used to describe challenging behavior, but the criteria used to distinguish severe from non‐severe challenging behavior are not always clearly defined or consistently applied. The current manuscript demonstrates prelimina...

Deprotonation and Alkylation of Weakly Acidic C(sp 3 )─H Bonds Through In Situ Generation of a Strong Hydride Base From 1,1,3,3‐Tetramethyldisiloxane and Potassium tert ‐Butoxide

ABSTRACT The direct deprotonation of weakly acidic C(sp 3 )─H bonds remains a fundamental strategy for generating carbon nucleophiles, but typically requires strong bases, cryogenic conditions, and stepwise protocols. A general method enabling single‐step deprotonation and alkyla...

Deprotonation and Alkylation of Weakly Acidic C(sp 3 )─H Bonds Through In Situ Generation of a Strong Hydride Base From 1,1,3,3‐Tetramethyldisiloxane and Potassium tert ‐Butoxide

ABSTRACT The direct deprotonation of weakly acidic C(sp 3 )─H bonds remains a fundamental strategy for generating carbon nucleophiles, but typically requires strong bases, cryogenic conditions, and stepwise protocols. A general method enabling single‐step deprotonation and alkyla...

Can you run from your worries? The effects of exercise on anxiety-like behaviour and immune signaling in female and male mice

ABSTRACT Exercise is a positive health behaviour associated with improved mood. However, the mechanisms underlying the benefits of exercise on affective health are unclear, particularly with respect to type of exercise and sex. Chronic exercise decreases neuroinflammation, which...

Long-time behaviour of sphalerons in ϕ 4 models with a false vacuum

Abstract Evolution of sphalerons in a class of quartic Klein–Gordon models are studied under a growing perturbation. Sphalerons are unstable lump-like solutions that arise from a saddle point between true and false vacua in the energy functional. Numerical simulations are present...

Prevalence and Characteristics of Long-Stay Forensic Patients With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Ontario Population-Based Study: Prévalence et caractéristiques des patients hospitalisés pour de longs séjours dans un service médico-légal et présentant des déficiences intellectuelles et développementales : Une étude fondée sur la population de l’Ontario

Objectives This study examined the point prevalence of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) in Ontario forensic inpatient units and compared the demographic, clinical, and system-level profiles of long-stay forensic patients with and without IDD. Metho...