bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Correlation of Glenoid Concavity With Surgical Failure After Arthroscopic Stabilization for Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Instability
Authors: Park In , Shin Sang-Jin
Published: October 2023

Background:

Glenoid concavity compression by rotator cuff muscle contraction is one of the key mechanisms in the stability of the glenohumeral joint.

Purpose/Hypothesis:

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of glenoid concavity, as represented by the bony shoulder stability ratio (BSSR) and other factors, including glenoid bone defect size, on the surgical failure of arthroscopic stabilization procedures for recurrent anterior shoulder instability. The authors also aimed to determine the critical value of BSSR. It was hypothesized that both glenoid concavity and glenoid bone defect size would be correlated with surgical failure, with glenoid concavity having a stronger correlation.

Study Design:

Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods:

A total of 120 patients who underwent arthroscopic stabilization procedures for recurrent anterior shoulder instability were included. Patients with bony Bankart lesions were excluded to eliminate the postoperative effects of bony fragment restoration on the glenoid concavity. For each patient, variable factors including BSSR, glenoid bone defect size, presence of off-track Hill-Sachs lesions, and age at first dislocation were recorded. Chi-square analysis and Student t test were performed to analyze the effect of each variable on surgical failure. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the combined effect of >2 variables on surgical failure. The critical value of BSSR was analyzed using a receiver operating characteristic curve.

Results:

Nine patients (7.5%) had recurrent instability requiring revision surgery. BSSR (patients with recurrence, 18.6% ± 19.4%; patients without recurrence, 41.8% ± 10.5%; P = .01), glenoid bone defect size (17.5% ± 3.6% vs 11.7% ± 7.0%; P = .02), age at the time of first dislocation (18.8 ± 3.9 years vs 22.0 ± 6.5 years; P = .04), and number of suture anchors used (4.1 ± 0.3 vs 5.8 ± 1.6; P < .001) showed significant differences between patients with and without surgical failure. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed surgical failure to be correlated with BSSR (odds ratio, 0.849; P = .02) and the number of suture anchors used (odds ratio, 0.070; P = .03). The critical value of BSSR was 29.3% (area under the curve, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.67-1.00; P < .001; sensitivity, 78%; specificity, 93%).

Conclusion:

Glenoid concavity is strongly correlated with surgical failure after arthroscopic stabilization procedures for anterior shoulder instability. The value of BSSR reflects shoulder instability caused by glenoid bone morphology more accurately than glenoid bone defect size.
The Impact of Linking Three Different Incentive Methods to Specific, Challenging Goals
Authors: Whiting Steven W. , Christensen Robert K. , Latham Gary P. , Mishra Paresh
Published: October 2023

Despite a great deal of research investigating incentives and goal setting more broadly, little is known about the linking of goals and goal attainment to different monetary incentive structures, or the manner in which such structural choices impact various job attitudes and job performance. Consequently, a quasi-field experiment, a laboratory experiment, and an on-line survey experiment examined the effects of three monetary incentive systems on task performance (exps. 1, 3), counterproductive behavior (exper. 2), and perceptions of fairness (exps. 1, 3). Additionally, the mediating effect of prolonged effort/persistence (exp. 3) was tested. The results revealed that an all-or-nothing distal goal method of linking a monetary incentive to a goal under-performs the multiple proximal goals and linear piece-rate methods with regard to task performance, counterproductive behavior, and perceptions of fairness. The results of the third experiment revealed that persistence and perceptions of fairness mediate the monetary incentive-task goal performance relationship.
The Relationship Between Apathy and Cognitive Impairment Among Hispanic/Latin Americans: A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Systematic Review
Authors: Garcia Joshua M. , Sehgal Jai , Thompson Jennifer L. , Woods Steven Paul , Medina Luis D.
Published: October 2023

Objectives

The primary aim was to evaluate apathy assessment measures in relation to cognitive impairment among Hispanic/Latin Americans.

Methods

A systematic review on the relationship between apathy and cognitive impairment among Hispanic/Latin Americans across normal aging and neurocognitive disorders was conducted according to preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and using APA PsycInfo, Embase, and PubMed databases. Inclusion criteria required (1) a sample of English or Spanish-speaking adults ages 18 years and older, (2) with measures of apathy, (3) assessment of cognitive functioning or diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder, (4) with at least 18.5% Hispanic/Latin American represented in the sample.

Results

Only 14 papers met criteria to be included in this review. Of the 12 cross-sectional studies, 9 demonstrated significant associations between increased apathy and cognitive impairment, 1 demonstrated a descriptive difference between apathy and cognitive status (ie, no hypothesis test conducted), while 2 demonstrated null effects. These cross-sectional studies consisted of community and clinic samples of participants across North and South America. Two longitudinal studies conducted in North America demonstrated non-significant associations of apathy with cognitive status.

Conclusions

The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) apathy subscales were the most used measures for apathy in this review (85.7% of included studies). However, validity evidence from a review of apathy measures has warranted caution against the use of the NPI outside the context of screening for apathy. This potential measurement bias with Hispanic/Latin Americans apathy research limits conclusions drawn from the present review.
Development of a cloud intelligent machine monitoring and control system
Authors: Wang Li-Chih , Lan Kung-Ming , Fan Kang-Chu
Published: October 2023

Facing the trend of Industry 4.0, the cloud-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system employing cloud computing and IoT technology can help the manufacturing industry reduce software investment and system maintenance costs. However, manufacturers may need to install new sensors and controllers, the connection of SCADA system and shop floor machine controller, monitoring dashboard design and implementation usually need to outsource to an experienced system integration company, which may impede medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs). This paper aims to develop a cloud-based intelligent machine monitoring and control system (CIM-MCS) framework, the service structure, and approach to deploying the CIM-MCS in a public cloud infrastructure platform and service provider. The package diagram is proposed for building the CIM-MCS’s virtual factory model to improve modeling efficiency and data stability. CIM-MCS and its SCADA application in a leading automatic filling and packaging production line show that the CIM-MCS is easy to implement. The transmission time is short and acceptable for practical application. The integration of CIM-MCS with a cloud-based advanced planning scheduling system has the advantage of real-time monitoring, production progress reporting, scheduling, and dispatching and achieves the goal of anytime, anywhere, anyone, and any platform operating an intelligent factory.
Discrete wavelet transforms analysis of vibration signals for correlating tool wear in diamond turning of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloy
Authors: Manjunath K , Tewary Suman , Khatri Neha , Cheng Kai
Published: October 2023

Ultra-precision machining (UPM) of Ti-6Al-4V alloy is widely regarded as a challenging material processing due to excessive tool wear and chemical reactivity of the tool and workpiece. Tool wear has a significant influence on the surface quality and also causes damage to the substrate. Therefore, it is critical to consider the tool condition during diamond turning, especially as precision machining moves toward intelligent systems. Consequently, there is a need for effective ways for in-process tool wear monitoring in UPM. This study aims to monitor the diamond tool wear using time-frequency-based wavelet analysis on vibrational signals acquired during the machining of Additively Manufactured (AM) Ti6Al4V alloy. The analysis employed Daubechies wavelet (db4, level 8) to establish a correlation between the Standard Deviation (SD) of the magnitude in the decomposed vibrational signal obtained from both the fresh and used tools. The analysis revealed that at a feed rate of 1 mm/min, the change in SD is 32.3% whereas at a feed rate of 5 mm/min, the change in SD is 8.4%. Furthermore, the flank wear and microfractures are observed using a scanning electron microscope on the respective flank and rake face of the diamond tool.
The effect of selective laser melting process parameters and remelting scanning strategy on relative density and surface hardness of stainless steel 316L
Authors: Mohseni Maede , Sadeghi Mohamad Sina , Hemasian Etefagh Ardeshir , Nikouei Seyyed Mohammad , Khajehzadeh Mohsen
Published: October 2023

Selective laser melting (SLM) process is the foremost metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology that precisely generates complex geometries from CAD files. Mechanical behavior of printed parts is greatly affected by printing parameters and defining the optimal values of the process parameters to enhance the mechanical properties of components is highly regarded. In this work, four different SLM parameters including scanning speed, laser power, hatch spacing and scan pattern angle were applied to manufacture SS316L parts. For investigating the effect of each parameter and their interactions on hardness and relative density, Taguchi L16 orthogonal array was employed. The influence of part geometry and remelting is also evaluated in order to optimize the hardness and relative density of components. The results exhibited that the laser scanning speed was the most predominant SLM parameter for investigated mechanical properties. Analyzing the regression formula obtained from the results showed that the optimum laser energy density resulted in a 0.37% and 5.38% increase compared to the lowest relative density and hardness, respectively. High remelting energy associated with low remelting scanning speed, caused an 8.5% and 17.9% rise in hardness of squares and triangles, respectively; however, it led 12.5% reduction in hardness for circles. Remelting caused a 2.32% reduction, 2.1% increase and 5.3% rise on relative density for circles, squares and triangles, respectively.
Social citizenship as a marble cake: The changing pattern of right production and the role of the EU
Authors: Ferrera Maurizio , Corti Francesco , Keune Maarten
Published: October 2023

The launch of the European Pillar of Social Rights has reinvigorated the debate on the role that the European Union can exercise in the sphere of subjective rights. Such debate has traditionally focused on the limits of the current social acquis, considered unable to create fully-fledged European social citizenship, that ultimately remains limited to the right to reside and freely move within the EU and enjoy social rights as nationals. Conversely, this article argues that the gradual expansion of the EU’s social acquis has slowly but clearly started to disconnect social rights from their exclusive national foundations, leading to the emergence of a new marble cake pattern of right production, which to a large extent reproduces the trajectory of federal polities. To capture this development, this article proposes an original analytical framework to dissect the notion of social rights as bundles of power resources (normative, instrumental and enforcement), which enable individuals to claim and actually receive material benefits in order to cope with a codified array of risks and needs. By shifting the attention from the formal dimension (laws and their enforcement) to its concrete practice (access and outputs), our conception connects the concept of social citizenship more directly to what ultimately matters for life chances (individualised material benefits) as well as for the social and political bonds of a community (the rights-based claim and experience of social protection). In so doing, we move beyond the boundaries of the nation-state as the only producer of social entitlements and are able to appreciate the increasing relevance of the European Union as a provider of power resources and guarantor of policy outputs.
Overcoming barriers to lung cancer screening using a systemwide approach with additional focus on the non-screened
Authors: Gieske Michael R , Kerns Jessica , Schmitt Gary M , Kloecker Goetz , Budhani Irfan A , Nolan Joseph , Williams Valerie A , Alkapalan Deema , Ferguson Katelyn , Yadav Ryan , Calhoun Royce F
Published: October 2023

Background

The lung cancer screening program at St Elizabeth Healthcare (Kentucky, USA) began in 2013. Over 33,000 low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screens have been performed. From 2015 through 2021, 2595 lung cancers were diagnosed systemwide. A Screening Program with Impactful Results from Early Detection, reviews that experience; 342 (13.2%) were diagnosed by screening and 2253 (86.8%) were non-screened. As a secondary objective, the non-screened cohort was queried to determine how many additional individuals could have been screened, identifying barriers and failures to meet eligibility.

Methods

Our QlikSense database extracted the lung cancer patients from the Cancer Patient Data and Management System, and identified and categorized them separately as screened or non-screened populations. Stage distribution was compared in screened and non-screened groups. Those meeting age criteria, with any smoking history, were further queried for screening eligibility, accessing the electronic medical record smoking history and audit trail, and determining if enough information was available to substantiate screening eligibility. The same methodology was applied to CMS 2015 and USPSTF 2021 criteria.

Results

The screened and non-screened patients were accounted for in a stage migration chart demonstrating clear shift to early stage among screened lung cancer patients. Additionally, analysis of non-screened individuals is presented.

Conclusion

Of the St Elizabeth Healthcare eligible patients attributed to primary care providers, 49.6% were screened in 2021. Despite this level of success, this study highlighted a sizeable pool of additional individuals that could have been screened. We are shifting focus to the non-screened pool of patients that meet eligibility, further enhancing the impact on our community.
CSR Communication and Purchase Intentions: Analysing the Dynamic Consumer Psychology Process
Authors: Mir Maroof Ahmad , Dwivedi Anubhuti
Published: October 2023

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives undertaken by a business are significant not only in complying with the legal requirements of the State but also as a strategic tool for brand building. There is evidence in literature of customers being influenced by the CSR commitment of the organization manifested through various channels. This article investigates the role of CSR communication in a psychological dynamics framework using 3E model of brand admiration in generating enrichment benefits for consumers leading to brand respect followed by brand admiration and purchase intentions. Serial mediation effects of enrichment benefits and brand respect on the relation of CSR communication with brand admiration along with the mediating effect of brand admiration on purchase intentions have been examined with partial least square structural equation modelling using data collected from a customer survey of FMCG brands in India. Results indicate that CSR communication on social media has a significant positive effect on brand respect which fully mediates the relationship between CSR communication and brand admiration. Brand admiration mediates the relationship between brand respect and purchase intentions. Findings have important implications for businesses regarding the role of CSR communication as a strategic tool for brand building.
The Effects of Website Quality, Review Ratings and Cewebrity Reviews on Online Booking Intention: A Serial Mediation Model
Authors: Kareem Shaply Abdul , Venugopal Pulidindi
Published: October 2023

Social media and online reviews have had a tremendous impact on the hotel accommodation industry. Online reviews are a highly appreciated source of information for travellers making decisions about booking a hotel room through online travel agencies (OTA). This encourages researchers to investigate the direct and serial mediation effects of review ratings (RR) and cewebrity reviews (CR) on the relationship between booking website quality (BWQ) and online booking intentions (OBI). The stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework was used to validate the hypotheses. Data were obtained from 665 users who experienced booking through OTA in India’s cities. SPSS and partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) were used to analyze the data. Researchers have used importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) to map the attributes and priorities of OBI. These findings suggest that BWQ positively affects OBI. Serial mediation of RR and CR in the relationship between BWQ and OBI was statistically significant. The findings revealed that when guests became more concerned about reviews, the relationship between BWQ and OBI became stronger. This research contributes to online reviews in the field of hospitality services as well as to stakeholders involved in the hotel booking process.
Impact of COVID-19 on the Efficiency of Indian IT Companies
Authors: Olasiuk Hanna , Kumar Sanjeev , Sharma Prashant , Ganushchak Tetiana
Published: October 2023

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on Indian information technology enterprises using data from the 10 largest IT firms listed on the Nifty IT index. Data were sourced from the PROWESS IQ database for 2017–2022. Input-oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) using CCR and BCC models was applied by taking gross revenue as an output and labour, costs of fuel, materials, power, administrative and general costs as input variables. The study finds a positive although not statistically significant difference in the efficiency of Nifty IT companies during COVID-19 compared to pre-pandemic levels. Additionally, firms experienced higher scale efficiency compared to production efficiency growth throughout 2020–2022. Around 70% of Nifty IT firms faced a decreased efficiency in input utilization during the COVID-19 outbreak. Further, 50% of Nifty IT firms operated under increasing returns to scale and required expansion of business in 2021–2022. The dimensions of returns to scale exhibited stability in the long run. Companies with increasing returns to scale had a 7% lower average technical efficiency than firms with decreasing returns to scale. Large firms demonstrated better scale efficiency. The results of the study can be used by managers to increase the efficiency of firms.
A Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation in an Octogenarian Contains a Rare KBTBD4 Insertion
Authors: Jones Victoria M. , Kanter John H. , Russo Gregory A. , Simmons Nathan E. , Tafe Laura J. , Zanazzi George J.
Published: October 2023

Pineal parenchymal tumors are rare central nervous system tumors that pose diagnostic challenges for surgical pathologists. Due to their paucity, their clinicopathologic features are still being defined. We report an 86-year-old woman with a remote history of breast lobular carcinoma who presented with a 2-month neurologic history that included gait instability, blurry vision, and headaches. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lobular, heterogeneously enhancing pineal region mass compressing the aqueduct of Sylvius. A biopsy performed concomitant with endoscopic third ventriculostomy consisted of small sheets of cells with eosinophilic to clear cytoplasm, multipolar processes, and ovoid nuclei with stippled chromatin. Whole exome sequencing revealed a small in-frame insertion (duplication) in exon 4 of KBTBD4 (c.931_939dup, p.P311_R313dup/ p.R313_M314insPRR), which has very recently been reported in 2 pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation (PPTID). Additionally, variants of uncertain significance in CEBPA (c.863G > C, p.R288P) and MYC (c.655T > C, p.S219P) were identified. Although PPTID is considered a disease of young adulthood, review of 2 institutional cohorts of patients with pineal region tumors revealed that 25% of individuals with PPTID were over 65 years of age. In conclusion, PPTID should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pineal region tumors in older adults.
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors: A Single Institution Experience with Clinicopathological Correlation
Authors: Sekar Mithraa Devi , Pradeep Immanuel , Srinivas Bheemanathi Hanuman , Kayal Smita
Published: October 2023

Background. Extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGCTs) are a rare heterogeneous group of tumors without evidence of primary gonadal germ cell tumors. They account for 2%-5% of overall malignancies. EGCTs are often not clinically suspected, making them challenging for pathologists. In this retrospective observational study, we describe our institutional experience among EGCTs with clinicopathological correlation. Materials and methods. All patients diagnosed as EGCTs from January 2014 to April 2023 were collected. All relevant clinical data and serum markers were retrieved from hospital medical records. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry slides were reviewed. Results. The present study included a total of 56 patients; 34 (60%) men and 22 (40%) women with a men-to-women ratio of 1.5:1. Of them, 1 patient had congenital/neonatal EGCTs, 21 patients had prepubertal EGCTs, and 34 had post-pubertal EGCTs. The common sites included are mediastinum (45%), sacrococcyx (18%), retroperitoneum (14%), and central nervous system (12%). The other rare sites were the vagina, liver, colon, and duodenum. The common germ cell tumor included mature teratoma (34%), mixed germ cell tumor (27%), seminoma/germinoma (12%), pure yolk sac tumor (11%), immature teratoma (9%), mature teratoma with somatic tumor (5%), and embryonal carcinoma (2%). All histological diagnoses of germ cell tumors were confirmed with IHC markers like PLAP, CD117 (KIT), AFP, LIN28, CD30, and β-hCG. Pre and posttreatment serum tumor marker levels were available in 37 patients. All our treated patients had a decrease or normal tumor marker levels post-therapy. Conclusion. In our study, a heterogeneous group of germ cell tumors was seen. Most of them were seen in post-pubertal adolescents and young adults. Early intervention by platinum-based combination chemotherapy in seminoma and nonseminomatous germ cell tumors has significantly improved the prognosis of malignant EGCTs similar to their germ cell counterparts.
Prevalence and Impact of Lupus Anticoagulant in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Authors: Kornfehl Andrea , Brock Roman , Staudinger Thomas , Schellongowski Peter , Nagler Bernhard , Hermann Alexander , Robak Oliver , Schwameis Michael , Quehenberger Peter , Buchtele Nina
Published: October 2023

Background

Monitoring of blood coagulation is essential in ECMO patients. We investigated the prevalence of lupus anticoagulant (LA) and its association with coagulation testing and hemostaseologic complications in patients treated with ECMO.

Methods

This is a retrospective analysis including adult patients who received ECMO at a medical intensive care unit at the Medical University of Vienna. The primary outcome was the prevalence of LA. Secondary outcomes included conditions associated with LA positivity, rates of bleeding and thromboembolic events, as well as the proportions of aPTT and antiXa measurements within the target range.

Results

Between 2013 and 2021 193 patients received ECMO, in 62 (32%) of whom LA diagnostics were performed. Twenty-two (35%) patients tested positive. LA positive patients had more frequently received VV ECMO (77.3% vs 34.3%; p = 0.002), were more frequently diagnosed with viral respiratory infections (SARS-CoV2: 45.5% vs 20%; p = 0.041, influenza virus: 22.7% vs 0%; p = 0.003), had a longer ECMO treatment duration (25 vs 10 days; p = 0.011) and a longer ICU stay (48 vs 25 days; p = 0.022), but similar rates of bleeding and thromboembolic events.
Shared Risk Factors Among Women for Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: A Secondary Analysis
Authors: Güler Ayşe , Lambert Joshua , Rojas-Guyler Liliana , Lee Rebecca C. , Smith Carolyn R.
Published: October 2023

Multilevel risk factors may increase the risk of experiencing intimate partner violence among women. The overall goal of this study was to provide a comprehensive view of factors that may be associated with three forms of intimate partner violence. The primary aim was to explore associations between understudied factors and women's experiences of physical and sexual violence and stalking by an intimate partner. Secondary analysis of existing health registry data was conducted. Our evidence-driven strategy was based on a multipronged analytical approach informed by existing literature and the social–ecological model. We created an evidence-based hierarchical list comprised of three tiers. Three separate multiple logistic regression analyses were performed. Several shared risk factors were retained across all three forms including low levels of formal education, past experiences of non- partner sexual violence, residential instability, presence of children, experiences of a traumatic event and panic attacks, status of receiving US government benefits, and barriers to healthcare access. Results contribute to future research on intimate partner violence prevention by providing preliminary evidence of emerging factors associated with experiencing three forms of intimate partner violence.
Implementing the NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment (TIOA) for Improving Trauma-Informed Care in Inpatient Child Psychiatry
Authors: Choi Kristen , Ayala Leilanie , Lierly Rebecca , Bustamante Daniela , Cioppa-Fong Benjamin , Mead Meredith , Mkroyan Hagop J. , Morris Elizabeth , Babajanyan Irina , Maryanov Daniel
Published: October 2023

Introduction:

Children and adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric services have disproportionately high levels of exposure to trauma and adversity. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment (TIOA) is a comprehensive tool intended to guide implementation of trauma-informed care, but it has not yet been applied in inpatient settings.

Aims:

The purpose of this quality improvement project was to describe trauma-informed care in inpatient child/adolescent psychiatry with the TIOA, examine relatedness among trauma-informed care domains, and explore barriers or facilitators to applying trauma-informed care.

Methods:

This quality improvement project used mixed methods. We conducted a web-based survey in Summer 2022 with staff members (clinical and administrative) at two inpatient child/adolescent psychiatric units in California to assess trauma-informed care practices with the TIOA (87 items). Qualitative follow-up interviews were offered to interested participants. A correlation matrix and cluster analyses were used to examine relationships among TIOA domains; qualitative data were analyzed thematically.

Results:

There were 69 survey respondents and seven qualitative interviews. TIOA domain scores ranged from a low of 2.3 to a high of 3.2, indicating that practices were occurring only “rarely” to “sometimes.” There were two major themes identified from qualitive interviews: (a) barriers to trauma-informed care in an inpatient context that can be resource-constrained or coercive; and (b) discovering strategies to provide trauma-informed care despite structural barriers.

Conclusion:

Organizational interventions targeting any domains of trauma-informed care are needed in inpatient settings given limited uptake of trauma-informed care.
Lighting Cities: The Application of Public Private Partnerships to Light Up East African Cities
Authors: Nduhura Alex , Lukamba Muhiya Tshombe , Molokwane Thekiso , Nuwagaba Innocent , Kyohairwe Stella , Mbabazi Maureen , Twinomuhwezi Ivan Kiiza , Mugerwa Benedict , Nyogarwizi Roselyn Akol , Kadondi Faith
Published: October 2023

Urban public lighting is an important ingredient for the social and economic development of cities and the safety and security of their citizens. Existing studies support the need for artificial light in cities to enable around the clock activities and enterprise. Although artificial light is a public service commodity, procuring and maintaining lighting in cities is challenging due to funding shortfalls and a lack of technical expertise. The objective of this paper is to identify ways through which public private partnerships can be used to procure and maintain cost-effective and energy-efficient urban streetlighting and introduces a novel approach to generate a sustainable revenue stream to fund the enterprise.
“We truly love what we do”: The Tribal Consumer Inside Passionate Service Employees
Authors: Riehle Ramona , Wieser Verena E. , Hemetsberger Andrea
Published: October 2023

In times of increasing labor shortages and a contemporary cultural climate shaped by quiet quitting, understanding and addressing the sources of service employees’ passion for work becomes an important scholarly and managerial challenge. Drawing on ethnographic data gathered in the context of an outdoor-action-sports service provider, this study reveals how emotionally and physically demanding work conditions constrain service employees’ passion for work and explores how tribal consumption serves as an additional source of service employees’ passion for work. Findings highlight how service organizations can address this tribal source of passion by offering service employees an experience platform and opportunities for tribal sociality at work. This study introduces a consumption-related source of work passion to service employee passion research, extends consumer research on the blurring boundaries between work and consumption, and provides managerial implications for nurturing and/or maintaining service employees’ passion for work.
At home in the field, in the field at home? Reflections on power and fieldwork in familiar settings
Authors: Bilgen Arda , Fábos Anita H
Published: October 2023

Critical epistemologies and methodologies have over time challenged the static and mono-dimensional approaches to fieldwork, allowing researchers to contemplate and conduct their research in spaces of in-betweenness. Despite this important shift, the essentialist idea that both ‘the field’ and ‘home’ in a fieldwork setting must be actual places persists. In this article, we challenge the conceptualization and operationalization of ‘home’ not only as the juxtaposition to ‘the field’, but also as the embodiment of a place in a specific temporality. We argue that the postulation of ‘home’ as a constant disregards the non-predetermined and unpredictable nature of fieldwork relationships that are often complicated by implicit and explicit power dynamics, especially in places researchers identify as ‘home’. We demonstrate that unequal power relations, especially (1) between the Global North and Global South, (2) between majority and minoritized groups, (3) among genders, and (4) between elites and non-elites, require us to envisage ‘the field’ and ‘home’ in relative terms. We propose the reconceptualization of fieldwork place as a hybridized space that conjoins ‘the field’ and ‘home’ as ‘field-home’, particularly at a time when research mobility is restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way, we extend the literature on issues related to power, positionality and reflexivity in qualitative research, and provide practical insights for those preparing for fieldwork.
Religious nationalism and the dynamics of religious diversity governance in post-communist Eastern Europe
Authors: Sarkissian Ani
Published: October 2023

The analysis of the dynamics of the governance of religious diversity in Southeastern and Central Eastern Europe and Russia provided in country studies in this special issue reveals that the countries of the region share several common tendencies but also exhibit significant divergences. This contribution compares the experiences of post-communist transition in religious diversity governance in the countries covered in the special issue. I assess the degree to which liberal regimes of religious diversity governance have been achieved or abandoned. I explore the explanatory factors behind the diversity of regimes in the region and the internal dynamics that these regimes have undergone throughout the post-communist period. I also compare policy issues related to the governance of religious diversity and the subsequent policy approaches adopted to tackle those challenges. The papers in this collection seek to explain a recent turn away from pro-diversity policy orientations by examining the influence of religious nationalism and the securitization of religion. In the conclusion, I argue for the need to consider additional factors related to post-communist transition in analyzing outcomes related to religious diversity governance.
Governing religious diversity in Western Balkans: The volatility of ethno-religious coexistence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania
Authors: Gemi Eda , Babameto Etleva
Published: October 2023

The chartography of physical and imaginary borders between different national communities has historically been a challenging political process, especially in the case of the Balkan Peninsula. As regards ethno-nationalism in the Western Balkans, religion is one of the rudimental and constitutive elements of a nation’s identity. Yet, in theory this can only be true for a religiously homogenous nation-state, although this region is far from being home to religious homogeneity. A case in point is Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where the lack of religious homogeneity can be illustrated through the three different religions that dominate the two political entities in the country. Albania, another country of Western Balkans, is similar to the case of BiH in relation to religious diversity among its population, but different from it in relation to religion not being an identity element upon which its nation is founded. In view of this diversity of mixed religious heritage embedded in the state formation, this article focuses on the nature of the ethno-religious nationalism in BiH and Albania. By employing a comparative case study approach, this article sets the analytical framework for the study of ethno-religious nationalism, while addressing the state approaches, policy orientations and challenges that characterize the governance of religious diversity in these countries in the post-communist era. The concept of religious nationalism - which is operationalized in ethnic terms – is used to shed light on the two states’ nation-building efforts, which have incorporated a marked religious element. The paper concludes with a cross-country analysis on how the volatility of ethno-religious coexistence in BiH and Albania has shaped their present and shall impact their future.
A non-ideal aim of redressing epistemic injustices in corruptive educational environments: Toward restorative epistemic justice
Authors: Sato Kunimasa
Published: October 2023

The most important and general aim of the education system is to edify students, epistemically speaking. However, it is a sad reality that the education system is sometimes a corruptive epistemic environment in which a variety of epistemic injustices occur. In this article, I first argue that the special character of educational institutions means that children sometimes suffer testimonial, participant, and hermeneutical betrayals as specifically educational variants of epistemic injustices. Next, I ask what our response should be to such epistemic injustices. I draw a distinction between an ‘ideal’ and a ‘non-ideal’ solution to these problems. I hold that consideration of (a) environmental bad luck and (b) children’s lack of control over their epistemic environments should lead us to favor a non-ideal solution to the problem of epistemic injustice in education. I propose that the non-ideal approach to epistemic injustice in education should focus not on the reduction or neutralization of our implicit prejudices, as has commonly been proposed in the literature, but on providing for the epistemic needs of those who suffer epistemic injustices in corruptive environments in two ways. First, we should aim to care for children who are afflicted by injustice by having their epistemic needs legitimately recognized by caring educators. Second, we should aim systemically to offer an educational curriculum for any child and teacher to develop critical imagination to care about the epistemic needs of those who are vulnerable to epistemic injustices. I conclude by explaining the acts of epistemic caring and critical imagining as parts of restorative epistemic justice that affords vulnerable children due recognition of their epistemic needs beyond merely knowing the mechanisms of implicit prejudices and the epistemic injustices associated with them.
Entering the assemblage of (un) teaching
Authors: Frid Moa , Westman Susanne
Published: October 2023

In this article, a collaborative Deleuze-Guattarian-inspired cartography is produced with preschool practitioners to explore the assemblages of teaching in preschool. The aim is to map how teaching comes into being in preschool planning and reflection practices following the movements of territorialisation and re-/de-territorialisation. Unwinding from a policy change that 4 years ago introduced teaching to the Swedish preschool curriculum, the overarching question of what teaching is and could be to follows through the text. The preschool teaching assemblages are visited through three territories in which different continuums of (un)teaching unfold when staying with the emerging messiness. The movements of de-territorialisation open for divergent thinking, questioning traditions and assumptions of how to conduct teaching in preschool practice, in entanglement with both local and global movements.
Association Between the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)-WIfI (Wound, Ischemia, Foot Infection) Classification, Wagner-Meggitt Classification, and Amputation Rate in Patients With Diabetic Foot Infection
Authors: Benyakorn Thoetphum , Orrapin Saritphat
Published: October 2023

Diabetic foot infection (DFI) is a common problem in patients with diabetic foot disease. Amputations and other complications of DFI lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)-WIfI (wound, ischemia, and foot infection) classification system can evaluate the benefit from revascularization and the risk of amputation in 1 and 3 years. We aimed to evaluate SVS-WIfI and Wagner-Meggitt (WM) prediction of DFI outcome, and to determine factors associated with major amputation and mortality rate. The patients with diabetes who presented between June 2018 and May 2020 with characteristics suggesting a more serious DFI or potential indications for hospitalization were reviewed in this cohort study. Demographic data, clinical characteristics, and type of revascularization were evaluated. One-year and 3-year amputation and mortality rates were the main outcomes. The grading of WM classification and the SVS-WIfI score were compared between amputation and nonamputation groups. Association between mortality and comorbidity were analyzed. One hundred and thirty-one patients admitted with DFI were included in study. And 73.28% had peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The 1-year and 3-year major amputation rates were 16.03% and 26.23%, respectively. Seventy-eight (59.54%) patients required minor amputation to control infection before revascularization. PAD (risk ratio [RR] 1.47: 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.29-1.67, P = .032), benefit from revascularization clinical stage 3 on SVS-WIfI score (RR 4.56: 95%CI 1.21-17.21, P = 0.007), and high WM classification score (RR 9.46: 95% CI 5.65-15.82, P < 0.001) were associated by multivariate analysis with high amputation rates. 1-year & 3-year amputation risk on SVS-WIfI score were not associated with amputation rates in DFI ( P = .263 and .496). Only 9 (6.8%) patients were lost to follow up during the 3-year period. WM classification score, SVS-WIfI score on benefit from revascularization, and PAD were strongly associated with major amputation rates in patients with DFI.
HIV-Related Stigma and Multidimensional Frailty Among Older Latinos With HIV
Authors: Iriarte Evelyn , Cianelli Rosina , De Santis Joseph P. , Villegas Natalia , Irarrazabal Lisette , Jankowski Catherine , Provencio-Vasquez Elias
Published: October 2023

Introduction: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome of increased vulnerability to stressors marked by a higher risk for poor health outcomes. HIV-related stigma is a stressor for Latino people with HIV (PWH) and an important barrier to HIV care. This study examines the association between HIV-related stigma and multidimensional frailty among older Latino PWH. Methods: A cross-sectional design with 120 Latino PWH aged 50 and older was used. Self-reported questionnaires were administered to assess multidimensional frailty (Tilburg Frailty Indicator) and HIV-related stigma (HIV stigma scale). Results: Participants were 59.1 ± 7.0 years old, primarily White-Hispanic (85.00%, n = 102), single (48.33%, n = 58), and male (73.30%, n = 88). Nearly half of the participants were frail (45.85%, n = 55). Compared to non-frail, frail individuals had significantly higher scores in the total HIV-related stigma ( M = 98.5 ± 24.7 vs. M = 85.3 ± 25.6, p = .020) and all subscales. The odds of multidimensional frailty were 1.021 times higher for people with higher HIV-related stigma scores ( p = .007). This association remained significant after adjustment for income and comorbidities ( p = .049). Conclusions: HIV-related stigma among older Latino PWH was significantly associated with their odds of being frail. Efforts to prevent multidimensional frailty should consider addressing HIV-related stigma through age-appropriate and culturally tailored resources for this group.
Virtual battery electric vehicle development via 1D tools
Authors: Altuğ Emre , Akyünci Ömer Faruk , Özgül Emre
Published: October 2023

Actual testing and prototyping costs make up a significant portion of engineering budgets. Virtual demonstration mainly relies on fast and accurate models with robust performance prediction capability as a cost-effective solution. In this manuscript, GT-Suite, a one-dimensional simulation tool is preferred for developing an isothermal battery model. The developed battery model is implemented to a Light Commercial Vehicle model to run Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle. The critical outputs such as state of charge, energy depletion, heat rejection, and generated power are reported. Histograms such as pack current, charge, and discharge current with respect to its nominal capacity (C-rate) are also created to examine the operation capability of battery. In the results, it is seen that the state of charge diminishes from 90% to 82%, as an expected behavior. It is also found that the Parallel Sparse Direct and Multi-Recursive Iterative Linear Solvers methodology reduces the simulation duration by approximately 100 times, in comparison with Singular Value Decomposition Electrical Inversion Scheme. The runtime of the battery pack modeled with the cellular approach combined with the SVD method is more than 90 h. However, the runtime drops to 0.75 h when the PARDISO technique is applied. The method developed within this study can be used for rapid and accurate development of batteries. The verification can be completed in virtual environment and a vital reduction in engineering/prototype/test costs can be guaranteed. The innovation the developed methodology propose is ensuring a fast and reliable performance assessment via taking the holistic effect of integrated models into consideration. Hence it is possible for original equipment manufacturer to completely or gradually eliminate the actual tests and hence prototype costs, test system, and engineer allocations.
Insight into stagnant point flow of Eyring-Powell hybrid nanofluid comprising on enlarged version of Yamada-Ota and Xue model
Authors: Ali Farhan , Zafar Syed Sohaib , Iftikhar Soofia , Ahmad Muhammad Faizan , Saeed Anwar
Published: October 2023

This paper shows the stagnant point flow of Powell-Eyring hybrid nanofluids due to a stretching sheet. The Xue and Yamada-Ota based on hybrid nanoliquid have been subjected to a comparison study that has been scrutinized. The suspension of two nanoparticles [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] with base fluid Ethylene glycol ([Formula: see text]) is studied through hybrid nanoliquid. With the implementation of the noteworthy suitable alteration, the system of equations in terms of ODEs is established. The bvp4c technique is then applied to obtain the numerical solution of reduced ODEs. The significance of physical quantities over thermal, velocity, force friction, and heat transport are elaborated in tabular form and also in graphical form. During this analysis, the Xue model produced less heat transport as compared to the Yamada-Ota hybrid nanofluid. The result shows that the Xue model produces less heat gradient equated to the Yamada-Ota model. The velocity profile is enhanced and the thermal profile has decayed with the larger value of the fluid parameter.