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The author explores our psychological need for enemies and the contribution this makes to overt conflicts in the external world. Enemies serve as an opposite from which we can differentiate ourselves, either as an individual or as a group; they help us to define our physical and psychological boundaries. Enemies provide a target and an outlet for our aggression and also for the projection of the shadow. They also provide the stimulus to individuation, through the heroic encounter with the enemy in the unfamiliar world outside the home, particularly in adolescence. The psychic integration of 'self' and 'enemy' is explored as the outcome of individuation.

The year 2020, and the COVID-19 virus presented challenges for communities worldwide. Our Cartography and GIScience international ‘family’ was not immune to the impacts of health issues, movement r...

The international Cartography and GIScience community were gratified to receive news that the 2021 International Cartographic Conference would take place in Firenze, Italy between 14 and 18 December, in spite of the many hurdles that had to be overcome by the Associazione Italiana di Cartografia to ensure that this important event took place in this time of global disruption and uncertainty due to COVID-19. Our Italian colleagues are to be congratulated on their dedicated and diligent endeavours to ensure that the International Cartographic Association’s community will be able to meet and advance the theory and praxis of Cartography and GIScience.

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Purpose This paper investigates the value of same-day delivery using autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) from the consumer's perspective. The study examines user acceptance of AGV-based delivery through the lens of the technology acceptance model (TAM), identifying key enablers and barriers to acceptance, as well as moderating factors such as gender, age and city size. Design/methodology/approach A survey based on validated scales from existing literature was distributed via Prolific in the US market, providing a sample of 305 respondents. Data were analyzed using the partial least squares approach with SmartPLS4 software. Findings Findings underscore the importance of core TAM variables in AGV delivery acceptance, the influence of technology-task fit and expected benefits on perceived usefulness, and the strong effect of attitude on intention to use. While performance risk negatively affected the intention to use AGV, legal and packaging concerns had no significant effect. Additionally, gender, age and city size were found to moderate several relationships in the model. Originality/value This study is original in proposing a comprehensive theoretical model that integrates TAM with barriers to intention-to-use, sustainable personal norms and functional enablers such as task–technology fit and expected benefits, elements rarely examined together in same-day delivery research. It also advances the literature by demonstrating that user concerns, sustainability-driven motivations and contextual moderators (location, age, gender) jointly shape the adoption of AGV-based smart drone delivery, offering a multidimensional perspective not previously explored.

In the past 17 years I have read and reviewed every issue of the Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine which had been published 25 years earlier so I feel that I got an insight into the history ...

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