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A time after time effect in telework: an explanation of willingness to telework and self-reported productivity
Authors: Labrado Antolín Maribel , Rodríguez-Ruiz Óscar , Fernández Menéndez José
Published: September 2022

Purpose

This article studies how experience and frequency of telework influence the acceptance and self-reported productivity of this mode of work in a context of pandemic-induced remote work.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors use a 2021 dataset of 542 professionals with previous or current experience in home-based telework. Two linear regression models are fitted using the willingness to telework and self-reported productivity as dependent variables.

Findings

The findings support the idea that previous telework specific experience and frequency of telework have a positive impact on the willingness to telework and self-reported productivity.

Originality/value

This paper questions the widely accepted idea according to which employees who telework occasionally experience the best outcomes. The authors have identified a “time after time” effect that shows the relevance of telework specific experience and frequency for the development of this mode of work.
Psychophysical quality of life and its determinants in prisoners: the role of selected psychosocial factors
Authors: Skowroński Bartłomiej , Talik Elżbieta
Published: September 2022

Purpose

Penal institutions affect their inmates’ mental as well as physical health. Prisoners have higher rates of physical health conditions than the public. While it is known that psychosocial factors determine patients’ quality of life, little research has focused on factors related to prisoners’ psychophysical quality of life (PQoL). The purpose of this study is to analyze the determinants of prisoners’ PQoL.

Design/methodology/approach

The sample consisted of 390 prisoners recruited from correctional facilities administered by the Warsaw District Inspectorate of Prisons. This study hypothesized that social support, coherence and self-efficacy would be positive determinants of PQoL and that depression, anxiety and anger would be its negative determinants. The collected data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling.

Findings

The positive determinants of PQoL in prisoners are coherence, self-efficacy and social support. The negative determinant of PQoL is trait depression.

Originality/value

This study has revealed a list of factors significant for improving prisoners’ PQoL. Factors have also indicated which of the predictors measured are the most significant. The identified set of significant factors should be taken into account in social rehabilitation programs for prisoners as contributing to the preservation of life and health.
Related party transactions and earnings management in family firms: the moderating role of board characteristics
Authors: Gavana Giovanna , Gottardo Pietro , Moisello Anna Maria
Published: September 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of family control on the association between related party transactions (RPTs) and different forms of accrual-based earnings management (AEM) and real earnings management (REM), analyzing the effect of board characteristics on the possible association.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper studies a sample of Italian non-financial listed firms over the 2014–2019 period, by GLS regression models, controlling for the fixed effects of the company's sector of operation and the year.

Findings

Results indicate a different association between RPTs and earnings management (EM) in family and non-family firms. They point out that family firms use RPTs in association with downward AEM and REM perpetrated by abnormal discretionary expenses as well as a substitute of REM via abnormal production costs. For non-family firms, findings indicate only a substitution effect between RPTs and AEM. Furthermore, CEO duality, board gender diversity and the presence of the family on the board positively moderate the association between RPTs and, respectively, REM implemented through sales manipulations, downward AEM and upward AEM.

Originality/value

This study suggests that the socioemotional wealth (SEW) differently affects the relationship between RPTs and EM, according to the form of the latter. It also points out family firms' heterogeneity in earnings manipulations, by providing evidence of the moderating role of board characteristics on the association between RPTs and the various forms of EM.
Value co-creation and destination brand equity: understanding the role of social commerce information sharing
Authors: Pham Long Hong , Woyo Erisher , Pham Trang Huong , Truong Dao Thi Xuan
Published: September 2022

Purpose

Widespread technology adoption in tourism enables tourists to be active content creators, thus, influencing destination brands through co-creation. This study examines value co-creation, social commerce information sharing, and destination brand equity.

Design/methodology/approach

A quantitative approach was applied to analyse data collected from a global online survey. Hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM analysis.

Findings

Results show that destination brand equity is positively influenced by value co-creation. Additionally, social commerce information sharing mediates the relationship between value co-creation and destination brand equity.

Practical implications

The article adds new insights to tourism marketing by investigating value co-creation, social commerce information sharing and destination brand equity. It also offers interesting implications for destination managers to improve Vietnam as a destination brand.

Originality/value

This paper is among the first to test the mediating role of social commerce on value co-creation and destination brand equity.
Knowledge management practices and sustainability reporting: the mediating role of intellectual capital
Authors: Nakyeyune Gorrettie Kyeyune , Bananuka Juma , Tumwebaze Zainabu , Kezaabu Saphurah
Published: September 2022

Purpose

This study's aim is twofold: First, to establish the relationship between intellectual capital, knowledge management practices and sustainability reporting practices; second, to examine the mediating role of intellectual capital in the relationship between knowledge management practices and sustainability reporting practices.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is cross-sectional and uses a questionnaire survey of accountants in the financial services firms in Uganda. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences and MediGraph program (Excel version).

Findings

Results indicate that intellectual capital and knowledge management practices are significantly related to the sustainability reporting practices among financial services firms in Uganda. Also, intellectual capital mediates the relationship between knowledge management practices and sustainability reporting practices.

Originality/value

Using perceptions, this study demonstrates how internal resources and capabilities can promote sustainability reporting in financial services firms in developing countries. Specifically, this study provides first time evidence on the mediating role of intellectual capital in the relationship between knowledge management practices and sustainability reporting practices.
Familial aggregation of stillbirth: A pedigree analysis of a matched case–control study
Authors: Workalemahu Tsegaselassie , Page Jessica M. , Meeks Huong , Yu Zhe , Guinto Emily , Fraser Alison , Varner Michael W. , Theilen Lauren H. , Quinlan Aaron , Coon Hilary , Enquobahrie Daniel A. , Ananth Cande V. , Tekola‐Ayele Fasil , Jorde Lynn B. , Silver Robert M.
Published: September 2022

Objective

To determine whether stillbirth aggregates in families and quantify its familial risk using extended pedigrees.

Design

State‐wide matched case–control study.

Setting

Utah, United States.

Population

Stillbirth cases (n = 9404) and live birth controls (18 808) between 1978 and 2019.

Methods

Using the Utah Population Database, a population‐based genealogical resource linked with state fetal death and birth records, we identified high‐risk pedigrees with excess familial aggregation of stillbirth using the Familial Standardised Incidence Ratio (FSIR). Stillbirth odds ratio (OR) for first‐degree relatives (FDR), second‐degree relatives (SDR) and third‐degree relatives (TDR) of parents with a stillbirth (affected) and live birth (unaffected) were estimated using logistic regression models.

Main outcome measures

Familial aggregation estimated using FSIR, and stillbirth OR estimated for FDR, SDR and TDR of affected and unaffected parents using logistic regression models.

Results

We identified 390 high‐risk pedigrees with evidence for excess familial aggregation (FSIR ≥2.00; P‐value <0.05). FDRs, SDRs and TDRs of affected parents had 1.14‐fold (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.04–1.26), 1.22‐fold (95% CI 1.11–1.33) and 1.15‐fold (95% CI 1.08–1.21) higher stillbirth odds compared with FDRs, SDRs and TDRs of unaffected parents, respectively. Parental sex‐specific analyses showed male FDRs, SDRs and TDRs of affected fathers had 1.22‐fold (95% CI 1.02–1.47), 1.38‐fold (95% CI 1.17–1.62) and 1.17‐fold (95% CI 1.05–1.30) higher stillbirth odds compared with those of unaffected fathers, respectively. FDRs, SDRs and TDRs of affected mothers had 1.12‐fold (95% CI 0.98–1.28), 1.09‐fold (95% CI 0.96–1.24) and 1.15‐fold (95% CI 1.06–1.24) higher stillbirth odds compared with those of unaffected mothers, respectively.

Conclusions

We provide evidence for familial aggregation of stillbirth. Our findings warrant investigation into genes associated with stillbirth and underscore the need to design large‐scale studies to determine the genetic architecture of stillbirth.
Editorial
Authors: Lorenzo-Arribas Altea , Alba Sandra
Published: September 2022

A word from our guest editors
In‐field cover crop strips support carabid communities and shape the ecological trait repartition in maize fields
Authors: Triquet Coralie , Roume Anthony , Wezel Alexander , Tolon Vincent , Ferrer Aurélie
Published: September 2022

The enhancement of pest regulation service in crops depends for a large part on the capacity of agroecological practices to increase the presence of key species or functional traits in arthropod communities within fields.

We investigated the effects of undestroyed strips of winter cover crops in maize fields on carabid community composition, and on the distribution of three ecological traits: diet, wing status and body size.

We found that the community composition and the distribution of ecological traits in the in‐field cover crop strips had commonalities with both adjacent cropped areas and field margins. Some species were recorded mostly or only in the strips indicating that strips could support carabid species and help increase local diversity from the first year of establishment.

The activity‐density of Poecilus cupreus and Pterostichus melanarius was higher in the cropped proximity of the strip, and the body size was influenced by the distance from the strip.

Our results suggest that carabid communities are shaped by the habitat type, but the influence of such agroecological infrastructures on communities of adjacent crops is minor beyond a distance of 10 m. However, overall species abundance was increased and thus potentially provided enhanced pest regulation.
Predicting dupilumab treatment outcome in patients with primary diffuse type 2 chronic rhinosinusitis
Authors: Soyka Michael B. , Ryser Fabio S. , Brühlmann Catrin , Fehr Danielle , Dülgeroglu Jacqueline , Schmid‐Grendelmeier Peter , Brüggen Marie‐Charlotte , Steiner Urs C.
Published: September 2022

Background

Chronic rhinosinusitis with a type 2 inflammatory pattern (T2CRS) is believed to be restricted to the nose and sinuses and associated with polyps, without clear serologic markers. Dupilumab is a promising new therapy in difficult to treat T2CRS. No factors are known to predict dupilumab treatment outcome.

Methods

Patients undergoing dupilumab treatment were assessed clinically to report ultra‐short‐ and short‐term outcome up to 90 days. Serum samples were taken on day 0 and 30 days of treatment, and proteomic analyses were performed using Olink®. The results were compared with healthy controls (HC). The aim was to identify clinical and serological markers associated with a treatment response to dupilumab. Confirmation of predictive parameters was evaluated in a prospective cohort of 20 T2CRS patients.

Results

Thirty patients were included, 80% of which were treatment responders. SinoNasalOutcomeTest‐20 (SNOT‐20) scores and the total nasal polyp score improved significantly (p < .05) on Day 7. An improvement of 2.5 points at the first visit was associated with a favorable outcome with a sensitivity of 86%. Proteomic analyses revealed significant changes compared with HC. Furthermore, we could identify OPG in the serum of dupilumab‐treated patients that may serve as a predictor of the clinical outcome of dupilumab treatment. The predictive value of OPG was confirmed in the second cohort.

Conclusion

Clinical response after 1 week of treatment with dupilumab is highly associated with a favorable outcome. High sensitivity proteomic analyses can identify T2CRS‐specific dysregulated proteins in serum. Serum OPG may serve as a predictor for dupilumab treatment outcome before the initiation of any therapy.
The association of doula support and patient experiences with hospital staff during birth in a sample of California women: An exploratory analysis
Authors: Hubbard Erin , Gómez Anu Manchikanti , Marshall Cassondra
Published: September 2022

Background

Research suggests that doula support improves birth outcomes, contributing to lower rates of preterm birth, low birthweight, and nonindicated cesarean delivery. Few studies investigate whether doula support is associated with the quality of patient‐reported birth experiences in hospital settings.

Methods

This study uses data from Listening to Mothers in California, a statewide representative survey of women who gave birth in 2016 in Californian hospitals. The analytic sample included 1345 English‐speaking participants. We used multivariable logistic regression to test for associations between doula support and self‐reported unfair treatment, abuse, and rapport with delivery staff. We also examined associations between these experiences and openness to doula support in a future birth. Models adjusted for maternal sociodemographic characteristics and views about medical intervention in birth.

Results

Just over 9% of women had doula support during birth. During their hospital stay, 6.3% reported unfair treatment, 11.5% reported abuse by providers, and 5.7% reported no rapport with delivery room staff. There were no statistically significant relationships between doula support and unfair treatment, abuse, or delivery staff rapport in our models. Participants who reported no rapport with hospital staff were more likely to express openness to doula support in a future birth (AOR: 2.59; 95% CI: 1.15, 5.79).

Conclusions

Despite their best efforts, doulas may not be able to mitigate all negative interactions between their clients and hospital staff. These experiences may also influence desires for additional support from doulas in future births. Hospital policies and practices should include doulas as valuable members of the care team to help ensure positive experiences during birth.
Germline ERCC excision repair 6 like 2 (ERCC6L2) mutations lead to impaired erythropoiesis and reshaping of the bone marrow microenvironment
Authors: Armes Hannah , Bewicke‐Copley Findlay , Rio‐Machin Ana , Di Bella Doriana , Philippe Céline , Wozniak Anna , Tummala Hemanth , Wang Jun , Ezponda Teresa , Prosper Felipe , Dokal Inderjeet , Vulliamy Tom , Kilpivaara Outi , Wartiovaara‐Kautto Ulla , Fitzgibbon Jude , Rouault‐Pierre Kevin
Published: September 2022

Despite the inclusion of inherited myeloid malignancies as a separate entity in the World Health Organization Classification, many established predisposing loci continue to lack functional characterization. While germline mutations in the DNA repair factor ERCC excision repair 6 like 2 (ERCC6L2) give rise to bone marrow failure and acute myeloid leukaemia, their consequences on normal haematopoiesis remain unclear. To functionally characterise the dual impact of germline ERCC6L2 loss on human primary haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), we challenged ERCC6L2‐silenced and patient‐derived cells ex vivo. Here, we show for the first time that ERCC6L2‐deficiency in HSPCs significantly impedes their clonogenic potential and leads to delayed erythroid differentiation. This observation was confirmed by CIBERSORTx RNA‐sequencing deconvolution performed on ERCC6L2‐silenced erythroid‐committed cells, which demonstrated higher proportions of polychromatic erythroblasts and reduced orthochromatic erythroblasts versus controls. In parallel, we demonstrate that the consequences of ERCC6L2‐deficiency are not limited to HSPCs, as we observe a striking phenotype in patient‐derived and ERCC6L2‐silenced MSCs, which exhibit enhanced osteogenesis and suppressed adipogenesis. Altogether, our study introduces a valuable surrogate model to study the impact of inherited myeloid mutations and highlights the importance of accounting for the influence of germline mutations in HSPCs and their microenvironment.
Spatial attention based on 2D location and relative depth order modulates visual working memory in a 3D environment
Authors: Fang Wei , Wang Kaiyue , Zhang Ke , Qian Jiehui
Published: September 2022

The attentional effect on visual working memory (VWM) has been a heated research topic in the past two decades. Studies show that VWM performance for an attended memory item can be improved by cueing its two‐dimensional (2D) spatial location during retention. However, few studies have investigated the effect of attentional selection on VWM in a three‐dimensional setting, and it remains unknown whether depth information can produce beneficial attentional effects on 2D visual representations similar to 2D spatial information. Here we conducted four experiments, displaying memory items at various stereoscopic depth planes, and examined the retro‐cue effects of four types of cues – a cue would either indicate the 2D or depth location of a memory item, and either in the form of physical (directly pointing to a location) or symbolic (numerically mapping onto a location) cues. We found that retro‐cue benefits were only observed for cues directly pointing to a 2D location, whereas a null effect was observed for cues directly pointing to a depth location. However, there was a retro‐cue effect when cueing the relative depth order, though the effect was weaker than that for cueing the 2D location. The selective effect on VWM based on 2D spatial attention is different from depth‐based attention, and the divergence suggests that an object representation is primarily bound with its 2D spatial location, weakly bound with its depth order but not with its metric depth location. This indicates that attentional selection based on memory for depth, particularly metric depth, is ineffective.
Exploring the associations between cooling centre accessibility and marginalization in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada
Authors: Quick Matthew , Christidis Tanya , Olaniyan Toyib , Newstead Nick , Pinault Lauren
Published: September 2022

Cooling centres provide respite, safety, and social support during extreme heat events for populations that do not have the resources to own or operate in‐home air conditioning. The objective of this study was to measure the spatial accessibility of cooling centres and analyze the associations between cooling centre access and marginalization in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada. The potential spatial accessibility of cooling centres within a 15‐minute walk was measured at the dissemination area scale using the two‐step floating catchment area method. A two‐stage modelling approach was used to analyze the associations between cooling centre access and marginalization. Approximately 62%, 58%, and 54% of the populations in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver had access to at least one cooling centre. In Montreal and Vancouver, high marginalization areas were more likely to have cooling centre access than low marginalization areas. Of the areas with cooling centre access, smaller access scores were observed in areas with high residential instability. Approximately one‐fifth of the areas in each city had no cooling centre access and high marginalization, and may be considered for future cooling centres or programs that improve accessibility to existing centres.
UBE2T promotes glioblastoma malignancy through ubiquitination‐mediated degradation of RPL6
Authors: Tao Xuxiu , Wu Xia , Zhou Peijun , Yu Xuehui , Zhao Chen , Peng Xingzhi , Zhang Kun , Shen Liangfang , Peng Jinwu , Yang Lifang
Published: September 2022

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequent and aggressive malignant glioma. Due to patients’ poor prognosis, it is of great clinical significance to determine new targets that may improve GBM treatment. In the present study, we showed that ubiquitin (Ub)‐conjugating enzyme E2T (UBE2T) was significantly overexpressed in GBM and could promote proliferation, invasion, and inhibit apoptosis of GBM cells. Mechanistically, UBE2T functioned as the Ub enzyme of ribosomal protein L6 (RPL6) and induced the ubiquitination and degradation of RPL6 in an E3 ligase‐independent manner through direct modification by K48‐linked polyubiquitination, thus contributing to the malignant progression of GBM cells. Furthermore, inhibiting the expression of RPL6 by UBE2T could not only reduce the expression of wild‐type p53, but also enhance the gain‐of‐function of mutant p53. Moreover, knockdown of UBE2T in LN229 cells obviously suppressed tumor growth in LN229 xenograft mouse models. Collectively, our study demonstrated that UBE2T promotes GBM malignancy through ubiquitination‐mediated degradation of RPL6 regardless of the p53 mutation status. It will provide new candidates for molecular biomarkers and therapeutic targets for clinical application in GBM.
Mental health after childbirth and the impact on postpartum weight retention and body composition. Data from the INTER‐ACT randomized controlled trial
Authors: Van Uytsel Hanne , Ameye Lieveke , Devlieger Roland , Bijlholt Margriet , Jacquemyn Yves , Catry Vincent , Schreurs Annick , Bogaerts Annick
Published: September 2022

Objective

To study the evolution of maternal mental health during the first year after childbirth in women with previous excessive gestational weight gain, and the relationship with postpartum weight retention and body composition.

Methods

Anthropometric and mental health data of 505 women of the INTER‐ACT RCT control group were collected and assessed using descriptive statistics and mixed model analyses.

Results

At 6 weeks postpartum 28% of women reported depressive symptoms, 46% anxiety, 47% low sense of coherence and 48% low quality of life. From 6 weeks to 12 months postpartum there was a monthly increase (+0.38,p = .003) in anxiety and a monthly decrease (−0.39,p = .008) in quality of life. High levels of depressive symptoms at 6 weeks postpartum predicted higher body fat (+0.9%,p = .01) and higher waist circumference (+1.3 cm,p = .02) in the first year postpartum. High sense of coherence at 6 weeks postpartum predicted lower body fat (−0.8%,p = .01) the first year postpartum.

Conclusions

In women with a history of excessive gestational weight gain, the first year after childbirth is characterized by a high prevalence of mental health problems in which levels of anxiety and quality of life deteriorate over time. Moreover, high levels of depressive symptoms and low sense of coherence in the first weeks postpartum predict unfavourable body composition outcomes in the year after childbirth.
Contradictions and Crisis in the World of Work: Informality, Precarity and the Pandemic
Authors: Kesar Surbhi , Bhattacharya Snehashish , Banerjee Lopamudra
Published: September 2022

The severe economic impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the global working population can be interpreted as both a fallout from, and a violent assertion of, a larger crisis in the world of work. While this crisis has been attributed to the pre‐existing conditions of widespread informality and precarity in the domain of remunerative work, the authors of this article dig deeper to read these conditions and the crisis tendencies as articulations of certain key contradictions that define the world of work in the present conjuncture of global capitalism. The article highlights three specific contradictions: that between capital and labour in the ‘interior’ space of capital; that between capital and its ‘outside’; and those emerging from ‘dispersion’ of the circuit of capital to its ‘outside’. The ‘outside’ is the economic space that exists within the capitalist social formation but represents the domain of unwaged work carried out in the processes of non‐capitalist production and distribution, both within and outside the space of the household. The authors argue that the expanded reproduction of capital has sharpened this triad of contradictions in the present conjuncture in specific ways in the global South and the global North through continuous informalization of work, exclusion of masses of population from the ‘interior’ domain of capital, and insistent dispersion of the circuit of capital to its ‘outside’ through various forms of ‘non‐standard’ labour processes and work arrangements. The article provides some illustrations of how these processes have registered and contributed to the crisis situation in the times of the pandemic.
The Social Reproduction of Pandemic Surplus Populations and Global Development Narratives on Inequality and Informal Labour
Authors: Mezzadri Alessandra
Published: September 2022

This article proposes a reading of the COVID‐19 crisis through a social reproduction lens, with a focus on the restructuring of reproductive sectors, the world of work and the generation of differentiated surplus populations, and considers the implications of this reading for global development debates on inequality and informal labour. Learning from the pandemic and the social reproduction of the surplus populations it generated, the analysis argues that debates on inequality should be re‐centred on its existential nature and its embeddedness in social oppression, and that labour relations should be considered as key reproducers of inequality. It also argues that informal labour should be increasingly understood as playing the reproductive role of ‘global housework’ in contemporary capitalism.
Factor prices and induced technical change in the industrial revolution
Authors: Otojanov Ravshonbek , Fouquet Roger , Granville Brigitte
Published: September 2022

Using historical data for the 1700–1914 period, this paper analyses the nature and direction of technical change in Britain. The evidence in this paper indicates that, over this long period, labour‐saving technology adoption was a major response to changes in relative factor prices, thus supporting the hypothesis that ‘induced innovation’ was a major driver of technical change during the British industrial revolution. Labour saving was made possible and sustained by capital‐augmenting and energy‐augmenting technical change coupled with continuous capital accumulation and abundant energy supplies. This process placed the British economy on a higher capital–labour ratio equilibrium, and was the primary force driving sustained productivity growth, which further raised wages and living standards.
Soils, scale, or elites? Biological innovation in Uruguayan cattle farming, 1880–1913
Authors: Travieso Emiliano
Published: September 2022

This article examines the economics of innovation in livestock rearing during the first globalisation in Uruguay, the country with the most cattle per person in the world, both then and now. Using a new historical dataset of Uruguayan agriculture, the first one at a sub‐provincial level, I exploit regional differences in the adoption of cattle crossbreeding – the genetic improvement of local herds through hybridisation with foreign breeds. Contrary to traditional historiographical claims, I find that this innovation was not primarily explained by the location of enlightened elites (European or local) or by the scale of productive units (i.e. latifundia); rather, rural producers invested in crossbreeding wherever their local landscapes and previous productive choices encouraged it. While it affected biological processes that spanned several agricultural calendars, and thereby developed more slowly than innovations in crop farming, technical change in Uruguayan ranching was also environmentally sensitive, largely scale‐neutral, congruent with previous agricultural patterns, and hinged on a widespread response from producers.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation over posterior parietal cortex modulates alerting and executive control processes in attention
Authors: Middag‐van Spanje Marij , Duecker Felix , Gallotto Stefano , de Graaf Tom A. , van Heugten Caroline , Sack Alexander T. , Schuhmann Teresa
Published: September 2022

Attention includes three different functional components: generating and maintaining an alert state (alerting), orienting to sensory events (orienting), and resolving conflicts between alternative actions (executive control). Neuroimaging and patient studies suggest that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) is involved in all three attention components. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has repeatedly been applied over the PPC to study its functional role for shifts and maintenance of visuospatial attention. Most TMS‐PPC studies used only detection tasks or orienting paradigms to investigate TMS‐PPC effects on attention processes, neglecting the alerting and executive control components of attention. The objective of the present study was to investigate the role of PPC in all three functional components of attention: alerting, orienting, and executive control. To this end, we disrupted PPC with TMS (continuous theta‐burst stimulation), to modulate subsequent performance on the Lateralized‐Attention Network Test, used to assess the three attention components separately. Our results revealed hemifield‐specific effects on alerting and executive control functions, but we did not find stimulation effects on orienting performance. While this field of research and associated clinical development have been predominantly focused on orienting performance, our results suggest that parietal cortex and its modulation may affect other aspects of attention as well.
Significance of phosphorus inclusions and discrete micron‐sized grains of apatite in postglacial forest soils
Authors: Adediran Gbotemi A. , Kielman‐Schmitt Melanie , Kooijman Ellen , Gustafsson Jon‐Petter
Published: September 2022

Recent advances in soil phosphorus (P) studies have revealed unique P hot spots and discrete micron‐sized grains at soil microsites, but the significance of these so‐called ‘hot spots’ and grains in P cycling and long‐term supply is yet to be determined. We examined soil particles and pore space distribution at a micro‐scale in two postglacial forest soils by laser ablation ICP‐MS imaging. This allowed us to semi‐quantitatively reveal both axial and lateral abundance, distribution, and co‐localization of P with elements known to influence its chemical speciation (e.g., Si, Al, Mn, Ca, and Fe). The results show topsoil P to be co‐localised predominantly with Si, Al, and Fe. However, in the subsoils, P was co‐localised mainly with Ca, Si, Al, and Mg in spots within Si and Al‐bearing minerals and with only Ca in discrete micron‐sized grains. While the spots of P‐Ca inclusions were ~ 1000 μm apart and present at 40–100 cm depth in Tärnsjö, the discrete grains of P‐Ca were ~ 700–1200 μm apart and present at 90–100 cm depth in Tönnersjöheden. The P concentrations in these ‘hot spots’ and grains were 7 to 600 times greater than the average soil P concentrations, with the highest values (3434–8716 mmol P kg−1) occurring in the C horizons of the two soils. When combined with previous P speciation results obtained by synchrotron PK‐edge XANES in the same soils, our work confirms geogenic apatite to have been dissolved in the topsoil and its P transformed to P adsorbed by Al‐Si and Fe phases, and to organic P. Most importantly, our work shows subsoil spots of P‐Ca inclusions and micron‐sized grains to be a long‐term source of P and Ca.

Highlights

The significance of high‐P spots and discrete grains to long‐term P supply is largely unknown.

For the first time, P concentration and speciation was resolved by LA‐ICP‐MS multi‐elemental analysis.

The P spots exist as dispersed apatite inclusions and micron‐sized grains in the subsoil.

P in these spots and grains were up to 600 times greater than the bulk soil P concentrations.
Decolonizing and Decentralizing Epistemology and Methodology with Pan African Women of Faith
Authors: Walker‐Smith Angelique
Published: September 2022

The article seeks to reflect critically on the ecumenical work of a programme of the World Council of Churches–Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE), the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), from 2013 to 2021. In so doing, the aim is to identify conceptual learning and recommendations for the further evolution of a renewed and relevant global model for ecumenical theological education in the future. The major finding from the work of PAWEEN ETE 2013–21 is that the priorities in future approaches for dealing with ecumenical theological education should be to decolonize and decentralize epistemology and methodology and to create a theological education that is relevant today and in the future. Such an approach should include a Pan‐African women’s lens of faith within and outside the churches.
The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, and COVID‐19
Authors: Issa Theodora
Published: September 2022

This article, following a brief historical background about the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East (SOCA), endeavours to provide a summary of the actions taken by SOCA’s Patriarchate in some of its archdioceses worldwide to lessen the impact of lockdowns on SOCA’s faithful, including but not limited to the learning and teaching of children within SOCA. The article highlights the work done especially in Australia to ensure that the impact of COVID‐19 on the church and its faithful was as minimal as possible. The article concludes with a brief discussion highlighting the lessons learned from this difficult period in the lives of SOCA, the community, and the world.
The behavioural ecology toolkit for fish management and conservation
Authors: Malone Margaret A. , Polivka Carlos M.
Published: September 2022

Fishes include some of the most threatened vertebrate species globally. As such, efforts to effectively conserve and manage fish populations and their habitats are vast. Here, we present conceptual tools from behavioural ecology to establish a framework for studies of fish conservation and management, connecting questions relevant to managers and practitioners with behavioural theories and methodologies. We apply predictions developed from a theory to diet choice, patch use, habitat selection, movement, and social behaviours. We present questions and issues in fisheries management and conservation for which theory, hypotheses, and methodologies would be both novel and complementary to current assessment strategies or conservation efficacy studies. In each case, theory approaches the ecological trade‐offs associated with a given behavioural trait through the lens of adaptations and fitness implications—the foundational principles of behavioural ecology. We show key methodologies used to effectively apply behavioural theory to specific hypotheses relevant to a given management question. We then compile the conceptual and methodological approaches to assemble a toolkit through which fisheries managers may assess, for example, habitat selection behaviours via novel study designs and/or new ways of interpreting commonly collected data (e.g., distribution and abundance relative to habitat type). Finally, we propose training of aquatic and marine natural resource specialists and conservation agency fish biologists be complemented with behavioural ecology theories and methodologies.
Chinese bilingual preservice teachers' reflections on translanguaging pedagogy: The need for critical language curricularization
Authors: Chang Sharon
Published: September 2022

The Challenge

Translanguaging, as a sociolinguistic practice, has been curricularized as a pedagogical tool for bilingual teachers. Despite its essential principle regarding the fluidity and dynamic nature of language use, translanguaging is inadvertently used by bilingual teachers as a proxy for translation and racialization rather than cultivating culturally and linguistically sustaining practices.
Calibration of Infrared Absorption Coefficients for Structural Hydroxyl in Garnet by a Combined Study of Isotope Ratio Spectrometry and Vibrational Spectroscopy
Authors: Zhu Lin , Chen Ren‐Xu , Zheng Yong‐Fei , Wang Jing , Gong Bing
Published: September 2022

An accurate determination of water content in garnet is critical to quantify the transport of water to the deep mantle by the subducted oceanic crust beyond the breakdown of hydrous phases. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is the most widely used approach to determine the species and contents of water in garnet. Accurate quantification of OH in garnet requires independent calibration using an external method, as OH absorbance is mineral and composition specific. To obtain the infrared absorption coefficients of structural hydroxyl in garnet, a combined study of spectrometric analyses by FTIR and a method combining a thermal conversion elemental analyser with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (TC/EA‐MS) was carried out for fourteen gem‐quality natural garnet crystals with variable compositions. The obtained molar absorption coefficients were 9322 ± 338 and 240 ± 26 l mol−1 cm−2 for grossular‐ and spessartine‐rich garnet and pyrope‐almandine garnet, respectively. These results are within the range of previous studies. A new molar absorption coefficient of 689 ± 177 l mol−1 cm−2 was obtained for pyrope‐spessartine garnet. The large variation in the absorption coefficient indicates it is controlled by both garnet composition and OH‐absorption bands. The obtained absorption coefficients are only appropriate for certain types of eclogitic garnet, and more studies should be carried out on eclogitic garnets.
Analysing customers' reviews and ratings for online food deliveries: A text mining approach
Authors: Khan Farheen Mujeeb , Khan Suhail Ahmad , Shamim Khalid , Gupta Yuvika , Sherwani Shariq I.
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between online reviews and ratings through text mining and empirical techniques. An Indian food delivery portal (Zomato.com) was used, where 50 restaurants on Presence Across Nation (PAN) basis were selected through stratified random sampling. A total of 2530 reviews were collected, scrutinized, and analysed. Using the NVivo software for qualitative analysis, seven themes were identified from collected reviews, out of which, the ‘delivery’ theme was explored further for identifying sub‐themes. Linear regression modelling was used to identify the variables affecting delivery ratings and sentiment analysis was also performed on the identified sub‐themes. Regression results revealed that hygiene and pricing (delivery subthemes) demonstrated lower delivery ratings. These variables can be established as indicators for restaurants and related online food delivery services to build their business model around them. Similarly, negative sentiments were observed in pricing and hygiene sub‐themes. Restaurants and online food services can enhance hygiene levels of their food delivery process in order to receive higher delivery ratings. Similarly, pricing of food items can be modified such that customers are not deterred from ordering the items—food and ordering service do not become cost‐prohibitive. This study devised a standardized methodology for analysing vast amounts of online user‐generated content (UGC). Findings from this study can be extrapolated to other sectors and service industries such as, tourism, cleaning, transportation, hospitals and engineering especially during the pandemic.
Paleo‐immunology of human anti‐carbohydrate antibodies preventing primate extinctions
Authors: Galili Uri
Published: September 2022

Two human natural anti‐carbohydrate antibodies appeared in critical evolutionary events that brought primates and hominins to brink of extinction. The first is the anti‐Gal antibody, produced in Old‐World monkeys (OWM), apes and humans. It binds the carbohydrate‐antigen ‘α‐gal epitope’ (Galα1‐3Galβ1‐4GlcNAc‐R) on carbohydrate‐chains (glycans) synthesized by non‐primate mammals, lemurs and New‐World monkeys (NWM). The second is anti‐N‐glycolylneuraminic‐acid (anti‐Neu5Gc) antibody binding Neu5Gc on glycans synthesized by OWM, apes and most non‐primate mammals. Ancestral OWM and apes synthesized α‐gal epitopes and were eliminated ~20–30 million‐years‐ago (mya). Only few accidentally mutated offspring lacking α‐gal epitopes, produced anti‐Gal and survived. Hominin‐populations living ~3 mya synthesized Neu5Gc and were eliminated, but few mutated offspring that accidently lost their ability to synthesize Neu5Gc, produced natural anti‐Neu5Gc antibody. These hominins survived and ultimately evolved into present‐day humans. It is argued that these two near‐extinction events were likely to be the result of epidemics caused by highly virulent and lethal enveloped viruses that killed parental‐populations. These viruses presented α‐gal epitopes or Neu5Gc synthesized in host‐cells of the parental‐populations. Mutated offspring survived the epidemics because they were protected from the lethal virus by the natural anti‐Gal or anti‐Neu5Gc antibodies they produced due to loss of immune‐tolerance to α‐gal epitopes or to Neu5Gc, respectively.
The spillover effect of online vigilance on employees’ absent‐mindedness and creative behaviour: A coping mechanism
Authors: Iqbal Shahzeb , Iqbal Zanaira , Ain Insya
Published: September 2022

With the advancement in smartphone technology, employees at the workplace use cell phones and gadgets to update technological information regarding social media applications, news live‐streams, and gaming activities. As a result, there is growing concern that employees using smartphones may experience withdrawal in creativity during office hours. This study unpacks the relationship between online vigilance and creative behaviour, signifying the mediating role of absent‐mindedness and moderating role of perceived behavioural control. Data was collected from 330 IT professionals working in IT‐based organizations in Pakistan. Findings revealed that online vigilance leads to increased absent‐mindedness and has a damaging effect on employees’ creative behaviour. Meanwhile, the moderating role of perceived behavioural control may reduce the negative impact of online vigilance on mental and creative behaviour. Results support the idea that the moderating role of perceived behavioural control buffers against the adverse effects of online vigilance on creative behaviour through absent‐mindedness. The findings of this study contribute to the body of literature and theory. Additionally, they facilitate organisations to focus on employees' mindfulness interventions necessary for their creative behaviour.
Sustainable buying behaviour: An interplay of consumers’ engagement in sustainable consumption and social norms
Authors: Mansoor Mahnaz , Awan Tahir Mumtaz , Paracha Osman Sadiq
Published: September 2022

Grounded on the stimulus–organism–response (SOR) model, this study investigated the direct and indirect impact of perception of eco‐brands (PEB) and perceived consumers’ effectiveness (PCE) on consumers’ sustainable buying behaviour via consumers’ engagement in sustainable consumption. Also, the moderating role of social norms in augmenting consumers’ engagement in sustainable consumption has been assessed. Surveying 438 consumers of green electronics in Pakistan, results revealed a positive direct and indirect impact of PEB and PCE on consumers’ sustainable buying behaviour. Moreover, results showed a positive interactive effect of social norms with PEB and PCE to enhance consumers’ engagement in sustainable consumption. The results of this research are further anticipated to bridge unexplored gaps in the literature on consumers’ engagement in sustainable consumption and pro‐environmental behaviour. The current study will also establish grounds for marketing scholars to explore future research areas in the consumer behaviour domain.
The role of health and social care workers in long‐term care for elders in Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia: The transition from institutional to community care
Authors: Szweda‐Lewandowska Zofia
Published: September 2022

Care for the elderly is one of the most important socioeconomic issues arising from the ageing of the population. Given the declining workforce in the care and health sectors in many countries, difficulties exist already in fully meeting care needs. Moreover, deinstitutionalization, which involves a transition from institutional to community‐based care, requires an increase in human resources in the care and health sectors. The article addresses long‐term care systems for the elderly and the conditions affecting the possibility for the Visegrád countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) to transition from a post‐socialist model (familialism by default/unsupported familialization) to a European care model based on deinstitutionalization. A further aim of the article is to show some differences in the provision of long‐term care for the elderly that are observed in Central Europe, and to underline that their specific characteristics should be taken into account when planning and designing public policies and guidelines for social policy at the European Union level.
Long‐term care in India: Capacity, need and future
Authors: Agarwal Arunika , Bloom David E.
Published: September 2022

The family is the dominant player in India’s current long‐term care (LTC) system. Yet informal family‐based arrangements will be insufficient to accommodate India’s growing need for LTC due to increasing longevity and geographic mobility, the prevalence of chronic disease and disability among the elderly, and the decline of extended family living arrangements. Addressing the growing need for LTC will require a robust expansion of the current LTC system, especially its non‐familial components. This overhaul will require investments in infrastructure, human resources and legal and regulatory environments. The objectives of this study are to i) provide a descriptive summary and analysis of the LTC system in India, with attention to cross‐state heterogeneity and to the financial, social and cultural factors that impede the operation of India’s LTC system; ii) estimate and assess the current and future need for LTC and its critical financial and human inputs; and iii) critically analyse and discuss the institutions and policies, technologies and behaviours needed to bring capacity comfortably into conformance with the need for LTC.
Synthesis of a (Ti, Mo)B2 coating by electro‐codeposition in NaCl–KCl–AlCl3–MoO3 melt containing TiB2 nanoparticles
Authors: Jin Weiliang , Pang Jie , Kou Qian , Ge Chuntao , Zhu Hongmin , Haarberg Geir Martin , Xiao Saijun , Zhang Jun
Published: September 2022

This paper demonstrates the availability of electro‐codeposition (i.e., the simultaneous occurrence of electrophoretic deposition of nanoparticles and electrochemical deposition of metal ions) in molten salts without the assistance of stirring of the bath. In molten NaCl–KCl–AlCl3–MoO3 system containing TiB2 nanoparticles at 710°C, the electro‐codeposition of TiB2 nanoparticles and Mo(VI) ions has been achieved, and a (Ti, Mo)B2 coating has been prepared.