bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A large group hesitant fuzzy linguistic DEMATEL approach for identifying critical success factors in public health emergencies
Authors: Zheng Chaoyu , Peng Benhong , Zhao Xuan , Wei Guo , Wan Anxia , Yue Mu
Published: October 2022

Purpose

How to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) of public health emergencies (PHEs) is of great practical significance to carry out a scientific and effective risk assessment. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, the authors propose a new approach to identify the CSFs by hesitant fuzzy linguistic set and a Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach. First, a larger group of experts are clustered into three groups according to similarity degree. Then, the weight of each cluster is determined by the maximum consensus method, and the overall direct influence matrix is obtained by clustering with hesitant fuzzy linguistic weighted geometric (HFLWG) operators. Finally, the overall direct influence matrix is transformed into the crisp direct impact matrix by the score function, and 11 CSFs of PHEs are identified by using the extended DEMATEL method.

Findings

In addition, an example of PHEs shows that the approach has good identification applicability. The approach can be used to solve the problems of fuzziness and subjectivity in linguistic assessments, and it can be applied to identify the customer service framework with the linguistic assessments process in emergency management.

Originality/value

This paper extends the above DEMATEL method to study in the hesitant fuzzy linguistic context. This proposed hybrid approach has a wider application in the high-risk area where disasters frequently occur.
Leveraging the supply base for innovation: how does supply base management affect innovation performance?
Authors: Li Xiaoyun , Li Suicheng , Qiao Jianqi , Wu Mengchao
Published: October 2022

Purpose

This study aims to develop a moderated mediation model to explain the practices of supply base management and how they can achieve innovation performance, and the authors explore the boundary conditions of this implementation mechanism.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors used the bootstrap procedure to conduct empirical tests on 328 Chinese manufacturers to verify the proposed model.

Findings

The results showed that supplier innovation focus, supply-base structuring and long-term relationship focus have a positive impact on innovation performance through supplier innovativeness, and the mediation performs differently under technology and demand uncertainty.

Research limitations/implications

The authors only focused on innovation performance, and it does not explore the links between supply base management and other performance outcomes. This study involves part of the supply network which is easier to manage, i.e. supply base. The authors ignored the importance of other members in supply network. Finally, the data obtained in this study belong to the cross-sectional data during the same period but it accomplishes the research aim well.

Practical implications

The focal firm needs to improve their supply base composition, establish permeable organizational boundaries, and build long-term strategic partnerships characterized by equality and trust with suppliers to stimulate supply base members to make innovative contributions.

Originality/value

This study complements the implementation path of manufacturers around innovation, emphasizing multidimensional characteristics of supply base management. And this study clarifies the mechanism and boundary conditions between supply base management and innovation performance.
The question of where: entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices
Authors: Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro Artur , Mendes Borini Felipe , Ary Plonski Guilherme
Published: October 2022

Purpose

This article aims at the understanding of specific spaces where entrepreneurship education (EE) happens – inside and outside the classroom.

Design/methodology/approach

Building on frameworks such as formal versus non-formal entrepreneurial education and institutional versus non-institutional actors, this research applies structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore which spaces entrepreneurs attended as undergraduate students. Going beyond intentionality, the authors collected data from 175 respondents in Brazil, all of the respondents are entrepreneurs whose companies are at least one year old.

Findings

Results demonstrate that student-led activities are as important as institutional ones when training future entrepreneurs, while specific in-classroom activities feature the lowest impact among the institutional ones.

Research limitations/implications

Sample size and characteristics could impact the generalization power, but, since the results fit within research criteria, researchers can benefit by reflecting over new research horizons, going beyond classroom studies and understanding the university as an ecosystem of learning interventions.

Practical implications

Results can be useful to university managers when designing institutional policies, fostering a diverse set of undergraduate experiences towards entrepreneurship training.

Originality/value

Although current literature has focused on classroom education, researchers have been pointing out the need of stepping out of the classroom, analyzing other spaces such as student-led movements, co-curricular programs and more.
Do macroprudential regulations condition the role of financial inclusion for ensuring financial stability? Cross-country perspective
Authors: Saha Mallika , Dutta Kumar Debasis
Published: October 2022

Purpose

Empirical studies, to date, show that financial inclusion (FI) enhances financial stability (FS) by promoting a large deposit base, reducing information asymmetry, and strengthening market power on the one hand, and leads to financial fragility by expanding credit without proper screening, increasing operational costs, and provoking borrowers' moral hazard on the other. Thus, the most important issue is to maintain FS while extending formal financial services to the impoverished and disadvantaged segments of society. Therefore, this paper investigates the efficacy of macroprudential regulations (MPRs) to align these policy divergences.

Design/methodology/approach

To accomplish the objective and facilitate policy implications, the authors use aggregated and disaggregated measures of both FI and MPRs, employ advanced econometric models that minimize endogeneity and ensure robustness, and investigate their joint effectiveness in upholding FS using data of 138 countries spanning the 2004–2017 years.

Findings

The findings indicate that the effectiveness of MPRs is instrument specific. Some MPRs that obstruct access to formal financial services, in particular, moderate the advantage of FI in achieving FS, while others boost the effect of inclusion in attaining financial sector stability. Therefore, prudence should be emphasized while designing MPRs as a tool for aligning the policy trade-off between FI and FS.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors knowledge, this paper extends previous empirical research by investigating the conditioning impact of MPRs in the FI-FS nexus.
Effect of lean implementation on team psychological safety and learning
Authors: Fenner Sophie V. , Arellano Maricela C. , von Dzengelevski Oliver , Netland Torbjørn H.
Published: October 2022

Purpose

Frontline teams are at the centre of lean transformations, but the teams also transform as they implement lean. This study examines these changes and seeks to understand how lean relates to team psychological safety and learning.

Design/methodology/approach

This research setting is the Romanian division of a leading European energy company. The authors collected team-level audit and survey data, which the authors used to test the effect of lean implementation on team psychological safety and learning. The authors’ team-level data are complemented with qualitative interviews conducted with team members and headquarters leaders.

Findings

The results of the regression analyses show that leanness is positively associated with team psychological safety, which is in turn positively associated with learning. Thus, this research provides evidence that leanness – mediated by team psychological safety – increases team learning.

Practical implications

Lean changes team dynamics and learning positively by ensuring and promoting an emotionally sound work environment with clear team structures, an appropriate level of autonomy, and strong leadership.

Originality/value

This paper contributes evidence of important psychological mechanisms that characterise team-level lean implementation. Particularly, the authors highlight how team psychological safety mediates the relationship between leanness and team learning.
Research on personalized recommendation of MOOC resources based on ontology
Authors: Li Yuanmin , Chen Dexin , Zhan Zehui
Published: October 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to analyze from multiple perspectives, so as to form an effective massive open online course (MOOC)personalized recommendation method to help learners efficiently obtain MOOC resources.

Design/methodology/approach

This study introduced ontology construction technology and a new semantic association algorithm to form a new MOOC resource personalized recommendation idea. On the one hand, by constructing a learner model and a MOOC resource ontology model, based on the learner’s characteristics, the learner’s MOOC resource learning preference is predicted, and a recommendation list is formed. On the other hand, the semantic association algorithm is used to calculate the correlation between the MOOC resources to be recommended and the learners’ rated resources and predict the learner’s learning preferences to form a recommendation list. Finally, the two recommendation lists were comprehensively analyzed to form the final MOOC resource personalized recommendation list.

Findings

The semantic association algorithm based on hierarchical correlation analysis and attribute correlation analysis introduced in this study can effectively analyze the semantic similarity between MOOC resources. The hybrid recommendation method that introduces ontology construction technology and performs semantic association analysis can effectively realize the personalized recommendation of MOOC resources.

Originality/value

This study has formed an effective method for personalized recommendation of MOOC resources, solved the problems existing in the personalized recommendation that is, the recommendation relies on the learner’s rating of the resource, the recommendation is specialized, and the knowledge structure of the recommended resource is static, and provides a new idea for connecting MOOC learners and resources.
The effects of news source credibility and fact-checker credibility on users' beliefs and intentions regarding online misinformation
Authors: Bhattacherjee Anol
Published: October 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the extent to which credibility of news sources and fact-checkers individually and jointly influence online users' beliefs and intended behaviors regarding online misinformation. The broader goal is to understand why fact-checking seems to have inconsistent effects on the beliefs and behavioral intentions about disinformation. 10;

Design/methodology/approach

An online experiment was conducted in a public health (COVID-19) context with 429 validated participants to test three hypotheses linking the main and interaction effects of two independent variables (news source credibility and fact-checker credibility) on three dependent variables (users' believability, reading intention and sharing intention of online news claims). The data was analyzed using multilevel (fixed effects) models controlling for individual differences, claim differences and order effects.

Findings

The author observed a nuanced pattern of effects; news source credibility had a positive main effect on believability but negative effects on reading and sharing intention; fact-checking credibility had a positive main effect on believability, but no effects on reading or sharing intentions, but negatively moderated the effects of source credibility on all three dependent variables.

Originality/value

This paper introduces, conceptualizes and tests whether a more credible fact-checker shapes the beliefs and intentions about online misinformation differently from less credible fact-checkers, especially when examined concurrently with similar effects of the original sources of misinformation claims. Additionally, it suggests that, on average, users have a low perception of credibility for fact-checkers (even reputed ones), which may explain why fact-checking is often ineffective in shaping the beliefs and intended behaviors.
Drivers and deterrents of sustainable procurement practices – an exploratory study in context of Pakistani HEIs
Authors: Shaikh Abdul Rehman , Channa Khalil Ahmed
Published: October 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify drivers and deterrents to sustainable procurement (SP) via field-level inquiry in the context of public sector higher education institutes in an emerging economy like Pakistan.

Design/methodology/approach

Unstructured interviews guided by the interview guide were conducted. The participants were selected via purposive sampling. A three-step process was carried out for data analysis. The first-order codes were generated from the views expressed by the informants. The descriptive codes (second-order categories) were developed, providing insights into the main factors. These codes helped to generate the third-order themes related to drivers and deterrents of SP.

Findings

The results reveal that interdepartmental cooperation is the most discussed driver, followed by government regulations. The most noted deterrents include a lack of interdepartmental cooperation, a lack of environmental laws and resistance to change. The participants have highlighted interdepartmental coordination as both a driver if available and a deterrent if not available.

Social implications

The identified drivers and deterrents shall help the managers and policymakers as a guide while transitioning from traditional procurement to SP.

Originality/value

With the increased focus of the higher education commission Pakistan on implementing green practices in higher educational institutes, this study proposes the understanding of a systematic and holistic view of SP by proposing a theoretical framework.
When does highlighting effort or talent in fitness service providers' performance lead to customer compliance? The role of customers' implicit mindset
Authors: Park Sangchul , Lee Hyun-Woo , Nite Calvin
Published: October 2022

Purpose

Fitness service organizations often promote the personal training service by attributing competent features, qualifications, or/and service provision of fitness service providers to efforts or talents. This study aims to investigate whether and when the promotional attribution of fitness service providers' competent features, qualifications, or/and service provision contributes to customers' compliance with service instructions.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors developed the experimental stimuli of performance attribution promotion (i.e. effort attribution and talent attribution) and validated them via a pretest (N = 400). Utilizing the validated stimuli, the authors conducted an experiment (N = 400) employing a single-factor (performance attribution promotion: effort vs talent) between-subject design. The authors performed partial least squares structural modeling (PLS-SEM) to test our hypotheses.

Findings

The results revealed the interaction effect of performance attribution promotion and customers' implicit mindset on customer participation expectation. Specifically, when customers were high in implicit mindset (i.e. incremental-minded), attributing competent features, qualifications, or/and service provision of fitness service providers to effort (vs talent) increased customer participation expectation. Yet, when customers were low in implicit mindset (i.e. entity-minded), such an effect did not occur. Further, the authors identified customers' intention to comply with service instructions as a downstream consequence of the aforementioned interaction effect.

Originality/value

The contribution of this paper is twofold. It enriches the performance attribution literature by finding its new consequences and boundary condition. Moreover, the findings aid fitness service practitioners in developing strategies for eliciting customers' compliance with service instruction through performance attribution promotion.
The relation between perceived organizational support and employee satisfaction: the role of relational psychological contract and reciprocity ideology
Authors: Bahadır Fatma , Yeşiltaş Mehmet , Sesen Harun , Olaleye Banji Rildwan
Published: October 2022

Purpose

Using social exchange and reciprocation theory as a foundation, this paper aims to investigate the structural relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and employee satisfaction (ES), focusing on the mediating role of relational psychological contract (RPC) and reciprocity ideology (RI).

Design/methodology/approach

An adopted literature-based survey was used to collect the data from a sample of 216 bank employees in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), where the heuristic model for the relationship was subjected to a string of tests, using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique.

Findings

Discovery revealed that POS has a direct but insignificant effect on ES, whereas POS predicts RPC with ES as well as RI. The two mediators, RPC and RI, showed a positive and significant effect on the relationship between POS and ES. However, it was concluded that for employees to be satisfied, a higher level of support must always originate from the organization, through honoring all agreed terms stated in the conditions of employing them, as this will be a great motivator in ensuring productivity and efficient sustainability.

Originality/value

The study creates a theoretical basis related to the service industry, envisaging the importance of POS as a panacea for ES. Furthermore, the model contributes to literature lacking on mediating factors needed to boost employee morale in achieving mutual benefit for both the employee and the employer.
A tripartite evolutionary game for the regional green logistics: the roles of government subsidy and platform's cost-sharing
Authors: Zhang Guangsheng , Wang Xiao , Wang Yanling , Xu Junqian
Published: October 2022

Purpose

Although green logistics has become a new focus of cooperation between government and enterprises under environmental constraints, how local governments formulate subsidy policies to effectively guide the green transformation of regional logistics and how to facilitate the reasonable cost-sharing are rather critical. This paper will deeply explore the dynamic process of the tripartite participation (government, platform, and logistics enterprises) in the selection of regional green logistics strategy, and reveal the evolutionary game relationship of the three parties.

Design/methodology/approach

To explore the dynamics involving the government, platform and logistics enterprises for the green logistic transformation, and reveal the evolutionary gaming among the three parties, based on the bounded rationality premise, this study constructs the tripartite asymmetric evolutionary game models, uses the stability theorem of differential equation to explore the evolution and stability strategy of the system in different cases and explicates the paths of influence on the tripartite behaviors via simulations.

Findings

Results of this study indicate that there exist stable equilibrium strategies among the three parties regarding the regional green logistics, and they are affected by different factors. The government's subsidy, subsidy intensity and the platform's cost-sharing proportion can generate positive effects, but the latter two can also impact negatively beyond the effective ranges. The findings provide a theoretical basis for local governments, platforms and logistics enterprises to formulate justifiable subsidy intensity and determine reasonable sharing proportion.

Originality/value

Firstly, considering the significant relevance of local government, it is included in the evolution model, and the tripartite game (among government, platform and enterprises) is explored; Secondly, by comparing the equilibrium results under different game conditions, this paper analyzes the evolution of each party's game strategy to achieve the optimal return under bounded rationality and the important factors determining the strategic selection; Finally, the key factor of platform cost sharing is involved, and to what extent the change of platform cost sharing ratio will influence the systematic stability is explored.
Product market competition and earnings management: the role of managerial ability
Authors: Hasan Md Mahmudul , Hossain Md Safayat , Gotti Giorgio
Published: October 2022

Purpose

This study aims to examine whether and how managerial ability is associated with the relation between product market competition and earnings management. The authors argue that high-ability managers may moderate the underlying relations in both directions, and they are likely to trade off relative costs between accrual-based earnings management (AEM) and real earnings management (REM).

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses ordinary least square regressions to examine the association of managerial ability on the relations between product market competition and earnings management. The paper follows prior literature to measure managerial ability, product market competition and earnings management.

Findings

This study shows empirical evidence that high-ability managers in high-competition industries are likely to engage in AEM but less likely to engage in REM. These findings overall indicate that high-ability managers in high-competition industries trade-off between different forms of earnings management based on their relative costliness and choose the one that is relatively less costly.

Practical implications

This study has important practical implications as the findings identify situations when important stakeholders, such as the board of directors and investors, may take precautions to prevent managers’ opportunistic behaviors. The findings of this study also might be helpful for firms when it comes to selecting managers. The findings may provide some input to the firms in considering the risks and benefits trade-offs of recruiting a high versus low-ability manager in a more or less competitive environment.

Originality/value

The findings of this study show new insight into how managerial ability moderates the relation between product market competition and different types (i.e. accrual-based and real activity-based) of earnings management.
Re-conceptualising Total Quality Leadership: a framework development and future research agenda
Authors: Psychogios Alexandros
Published: October 2022

Purpose

The aim of this paper is to theoretically explore the concept of leadership in a Total Quality Management (TQM) context by developing a new theoretical framework of understanding Total Quality Leadership (TQL) as well as by opening the dialogue in researching further key elements of TQL.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach that the paper adopts is conceptual. Based on exploration of the wider management and leadership literature of empirical and theoretical studies, this paper develops a framework of TQL.

Findings

The suggested TQL framework is composed by three main pillars, namely the proactive, adaptive and the relational. The former consists of elements like anticipation of current business environment complexities and filtering of information that enhances practice decision making. The second pillar refers to adaptation, autonomy and feedback while the last one emphasises on the importance of aspects like social interactions, engagement and empathy. The paper explains why the specific pillars with the additional elements are critical for TQM success.

Originality/value

Given the tremendous challenges that organisations face due to increased complexity and demanding competition of the business environments globally, the role of leadership as the major “soft” aspect of TQM approach, seems to be vital more than ever. But the type of TQL appropriate to enhance total quality success nowadays, is still (and should be) under continuous exploration. This conceptual study attempts to provide new theoretical insights of TQL as well as to open the dialogue around the main elements consisting of TQL and how the future research agenda is formulated.
Association of primary focal hyperhidrosis with anxiety induced by sweating: A cross‐sectional study of Japanese university students focusing on the severity of hyperhidrosis and site of sweating
Authors: Ogawa Sayaka , Tayama Jun , Murota Hiroyuki , Kobayashi Masakazu , Kinoshita Hirohisa , Nishino Tomoya
Published: October 2022

Hyperhidrosis significantly reduces patients' quality of life, with many reporting feeling highly anxious. However, the relationship between hyperhidrosis and anxiety induced by sweating has not been examined in detail. The current study examined the relationship between: (1) the presence of hyperhidrosis symptoms, (2) hyperhidrosis severity, and (3) the sites of the most sweating and anxiety induced by sweating. A cross‐sectional web‐based survey was conducted among university students, and 1080 consenting participants (600 males and 480 females; mean age, 18.8 years) were included in the analysis. The survey items were: (1) diagnostic criteria for hyperhidrosis, (2) Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale, (3) presence of anxiety induced by sweating, and (4) site of the most sweating. The results of multiple logistic regression analysis adjusted for sex and age showed that the odds ratio (OR) for anxiety induced by sweating was significantly higher in participants who screened positive for hyperhidrosis than in those who screened negative (OR, 9.72 [95% CI, 5.80–16.27]). The OR of anxiety induced by sweating was 7.11 (95% CI, 3.99–12.65) for mild/moderate hyperhidrosis and 23.46 (95% CI, 7.15–76.93) for severe hyperhidrosis, compared with those who screened negative for hyperhidrosis. Compared with those who screened negative for hyperhidrosis, the OR for anxiety induced by sweating in those with the palmar, plantar, axillary, and head/face as the site of the most sweating was 7.74 (95% CI, 3.91–15.33), 14.86 (95% CI, 1.83–120.58), 16.92 (95% CI, 5.95–48.14), and 5.38 (95% CI, 1.39–20.74), respectively. Our findings suggest that participants who screened positive for hyperhidrosis, mild/moderate or severe, are at a higher risk of anxiety induced by sweating than participants who screened negative for hyperhidrosis.
Dynamic Discouraged Borrowers
Authors: Cowling Marc , Sclip Alex
Published: October 2022

This paper investigates the intertemporal dynamics of borrower discouragement. Using a cross‐country panel of firms that were resurveyed across the waves of the Survey on Access to Finance of Enterprises, we find that the probability of transitioning into discouragement changes over the business cycle and across bank financing products: term loans and credit lines. Past credit experiences and firm‐level risk indicators are important factors in explaining the probability of being discouraged over time. We also analyse the transitioning out of discouragement, and show that firm‐level improvements in credit history and profit outlook drive the transitioning out of the discouragement state.
On a global child protection fund financed by international tech companies
Authors: Açar Kemal Veli
Published: October 2022

Despite admirable in‐house efforts of international tech corporations, the heavy burden of online well‐being is tacitly placed on the shoulders of children and their parents at the moment. In addition, end‐to‐end encryption has almost become an absolute tech industry standard and alternative technical methods to identify child abuse incidents within an end‐to‐end encryption scheme met with privacy concerns such as Apple’s recent attempt on implementing ‘client‐side scanning’ into their phones. As a result, the technical capabilities of such companies to handle online child safety issues will be diminished considerably, and the tech industry will rely on user reporting and metadata analysis more than ever. To complement the current and forthcoming technical measures taken by international tech companies, not to replace them, this article introduces the non‐technical concept of a global child protection fund. This fund would be financed by a small, fixed tax rate on the yearly net corporate earnings of these companies to support capacity‐building programs for online child sexual abuse worldwide, developing countries in particular. The global fund would be managed by UNICEF in close coordination with global and local stakeholders, and it would be proportionately distributed among the beneficiaries in line with the socio‐economic level and the national user base of each tech company. After a brief introduction to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and CSR tax, the article will elaborate on its proposed model with some base assumptions to make it easier for the readers to comprehend the conceptual aspects. Then, it will discuss which substantial challenges it could face in real life and speculate to what extent the ethical and practical foundations of this model could be applied to alleviate the global inequalities in other areas.
The effect of depressive symptoms on disability‐free survival in healthy older adults: A prospective cohort study
Authors: Roebuck Greg , Lotfaliany Mojtaba , Agustini Bruno , Forbes Malcolm , Mohebbi Mohammadreza , McNeil John , Woods Robyn L. , Reid Christopher M. , Nelson Mark R. , Shah Raj C. , Ryan Joanne , Newman Anne B. , Owen Alice , Freak‐Poli Rosanne , Stocks Nigel , Berk Michael ,   ASPREE Investigator Group
Published: October 2022

Background

Gerontology and ageing research are increasingly focussing on healthy life span (healthspan), the period of life lived free of serious disease and disability. Late‐life depression (LLD) is believed to impact adversely on physical health. However, no studies have examined its effect on healthspan. This study investigated the effect of LLD and subthreshold depression on disability‐free survival, a widely accepted measure of healthspan.

Methods

This prospective cohort study used data from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly study. Participants were aged ≥70 years (or ≥65 years for African‐American and Hispanic participants) and free of dementia, physical disability and cardiovascular disease. Depressive symptoms were measured using the 10‐item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D‐10). LLD and subthreshold depression were defined as CES‐D‐10 scores ≥8 and 3–7, respectively. Disability‐free survival was defined as survival free of dementia and persistent physical disability.

Results

A total of 19,110 participants were followed up for a maximum of 7.3 years. In female participants, LLD was associated with lower disability‐free survival adjusting for sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, medical comorbidities, polypharmacy, physical function and antidepressant use (HR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.23–1.82). In male participants, LLD was associated with lower disability‐free survival adjusting for sociodemographic and lifestyle factors (HR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.03–1.64). Subthreshold depression was also associated with lower disability‐free survival in both sexes.

Conclusions

LLD may be a common and important risk factor for shortened healthspan.
Working length variation during multiple‐visit endodontic treatment: An observational study
Authors: Alovisi Mario , Mirra Davide , Berutti Elio , Multari Stefania , Carpegna Giorgia , Pasqualini Damiano , Scotti Nicola
Published: October 2022

Abstract

This study investigated variation in working length during multiple‐visit endodontic treatment. Patients (N = 106) with pulpitis or pulp necrosis, with or without apical periodontitis, were included. During the first appointment, glide path was performed with ProGlider and shaping with ProTaper Next. Working length was detected four times. Working length was then re‐recorded prior to filling during the second appointment and a 0.5 mm threshold was selected as the minimum clinically meaningful variation. A logistic regression model was used to evaluate the impact of tooth anatomy, preoperative pulp status, apical periodontitis and lesions of endodontic origin on working length variation. Working length varied between first and second appointments in 34% of patients. The presence of apical periodontitis was the only variable significantly associated with variation in working length (p = 0.011). These data suggest that working length should be re‐checked prior to root canal filling to prevent procedural errors.
The supplementary use of XP‐endo Finisher R after Reciproc enhances the removal of a bioceramic sealer in oval root canals
Authors: Da Silva Vanessa , Loroño Gaizka , Valencia de Pablo Oliver , Estevez Roberto , Conde Antonio J. , Rossi‐Fedele Giampiero , Cisneros Rafael
Published: October 2022

This study compared the performance of Reciproc and Reciproc Blue endodontic files in retreatment time and re‐establishment of apical patency, plus removal of a bioceramic sealer from the canal surface with the supplementary use of the XP‐endo Finisher R. Following preparation, slightly curved oval root canals in mandibular incisors were filled using a corresponding gutta‐percha point and a bioceramic sealer. Apical patency achievement was assessed and the time required to reach the original working length was recorded. The samples were split longitudinally and were photographed to assess the material remaining on the canal walls. No significant differences were observed regarding patency achievement or retreatment times when comparing Reciproc and Reciproc Blue. Significant less material remained on the canal walls when Reciproc was followed by XP‐endo compared with Reciproc alone, and when the data for Reciproc and Reciproc Blue were pooled.
Career proactivity: A bibliometric literature review and a future research agenda
Authors: Jiang Zhou , Wang Ying , Li Wanlu , Peng Kelly Z. , Wu Chia‐Huei
Published: October 2022

Individuals often need to be proactive in order to successfully navigate their career development journeys. To what extent one is vocationally proactive has critical implications for his or her attitudes, behaviors, and other outcomes in career and work‐related settings. However, research in career proactivity has been accumulating from divergent perspectives, resulting in a substantially fragmented literature that has not been comprehensively, objectively synthesized to guide the field to move forward. To advance the domain of career proactivity, this paper synthesizes theoretical and empirical literatures using two major bibliometric analyses. We first analyze the intellectual basis of the career proactivity literature by performing document citation analysis. We then review the developmental trends of main conceptual themes in career proactivity literature using a temporal co‐word analysis. Informed by these bibliometric findings, we propose a roadmap for future research highlighting the need to clear up concepts, account for context, develop new meso‐level theories, and bridge the domains of organizational behavior and vocational development.
Career proactivity: Conceptual and theoretical reflections
Authors: Akkermans Jos , Hirschi Andreas
Published: October 2022

This article adds several conceptual and theoretical reflections to the article “Career proactivity: A bibliometric literature review and a future research agenda” by Jiang et al. The authors conducted a timely and relevant study by analyzing and integrating literature on career proactivity from the domains of organizational and vocational behavior. Prior research has clearly demonstrated that these areas are still largely operating as separate “islands,” both conceptually and methodologically. As such, systematically analyzing the literature and synthesizing the many existing proactivity‐related constructs are important steps forward in taking research on career proactivity to the next level. Though their bibliometric analysis confirms the gap between vocational psychology and OB research, there is also a hopeful message in the article, as several clusters showed considerable connections. Thus, it seems that scholars are starting to build bridges between the islands. Building on their analysis and future research suggestions, in this article, we further explore three specific considerations related to (1) conceptual issues, (2) theoretical issues, and (3) additions to their future research agenda.
Effects of finger and mouse pointing on learning from online split‐attention examples
Authors: Zhang Shirong , de Koning Bjorn B. , Paas Fred
Published: October 2022

Background

Self‐management of cognitive load is a recent development in cognitive load theory. Finger pointing has been shown to be a potential self‐management strategy to support learning from spatially separated, but mutually referring text and pictures (i.e., split‐attention examples).

Aims

The present study aimed to extend the prior research on the pointing strategy and investigated the effects of finger pointing on learning from online split‐attention examples. Moreover, we examined an alternative pointing strategy using the computer mouse, and a combination of finger pointing and computer‐mouse pointing.

Sample

One‐hundred and forty‐five university students participated in the present study.

Method

All participants studied an online split‐attention example about the human nervous system and were randomly allocated to one of four conditions: (1) pointing with the index finger, (2) pointing with the computer mouse, (3) pointing with the index finger and the computer mouse and (4) no pointing.

Results

Results confirmed our main hypothesis, indicating that finger pointing led to higher retention performance than no pointing. However, the mouse pointing strategy and the combined finger and mouse pointing strategy did not show supportive effects.

Conclusions

Finger pointing can be used as a simple and convenient self‐management strategy in online learning environments. Mouse pointing may not be as effective as finger pointing.
Poner la cuerpa: The Body as a Site of Reproductive Rights Activism in Peru
Authors: Martin Phoebe
Published: October 2022

The issue of the body is central to feminist theory and activism. This article draws on social movement and performance theory to analyse the role of the body as a site of activism in performances and as a site that is subject to patriarchal and racial oppression. Through embodied activism, feminists reclaim their bodies as a contested site of oppression to reframe the terms of the debate on abortion and demonstrate the possibility for embodied and creative politics to create new, more inclusive forms of activist practices.
Laparoscopic D3 oncological resection in splenic flexure cancer: Technical details and its impact on long‐term survival
Authors: Rusli Siti Mayuha , Choo Jeong Min , Lee Tae Hoon , Piozzi Guglielmo Niccolò , Cuellar‐Gomez Hugo , Baek Se Jin , Kwak Jung Myun , Kim Jin , Kim Seon Hahn
Published: October 2022

Aim

The applicability of laparoscopic D3 oncological resection for splenic flexure cancer (SFC) surgery has not been fully explored due to technical difficulties and variations in surgical procedure. The aim of this work is to describe the feasibility of performing laparoscopic D3 resection in SFC and its impact on long‐term survival.

Method

A retrospective study on 47 out of 52 consecutive patients who underwent elective laparoscopic colectomy for SFC from December 2006 until December 2019 at Korea University Anam Hospital was performed. Data on patients’ demographic and clinical features, surgical procedures, intraoperative and postoperative complications, pathological features and follow‐up were collected. Categorical data are expressed as frequencies (n) and percentages (%). Continuous data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and median (range). The Kaplan–Meier test was used to determine the overall survival (OS), progression‐free survival (PFS) and disease‐free survival (DFS).

Results

The median age of patients was 67.0 years (range 27–87 years) and 72.3% were men. Ten (21.3%) patients presented with an obstructing tumour and underwent an elective laparoscopic colectomy, while 68.1% of patients presented with Stage II and III disease. The conversion rate was 4.3% and the morbidity rate was 31.9%. There was one postoperative death secondary to splenic infarction and anastomotic leak leading to multi‐organ failure. Four deaths occurred due to disease progression during a median follow‐up of 63.8 months. The rate of recurrence was 20%, the 5‐year OS was 89.6% and the 5‐year PFS was 72.9%. After R0 resection, the 5‐year OS was 91.5% and the 5‐year DFS was 74.5%.

Conclusion

Laparoscopic D3 colectomy for SFC is feasible, with an acceptable morbidity and long‐term oncological outcome when performed by highly skilled laparoscopic colorectal surgeons with knowledge of the complex anatomy around the splenic flexure. Further randomized trials should be performed to determine the advantage of laparoscopic D3 colectomy over conventional colectomy for SFC.
Systematic literature review on predictive maintenance of vehicles and diagnosis of vehicle's health using machine learning techniques
Authors: Jain Muskan , Vasdev Dipit , Pal Kunal , Sharma Vishal
Published: October 2022

Many industries, inclusive of the automobile industry, have shifted their attention toward predictive maintenance. The automobile industry finds predictive maintenance a key player in improving the servicing and vehicles they deliver. It is also vital for the vehicle owners to diagnose the vehicles to prevent risks the vehicle may face by timely servicing. Even though, with so many benefits of predictive maintenance, it is challenging to detect a breakdown in advance in the automobile sector. This is due to the restricted accessibility to sensors and the unavailability of some design applications. However, with the continuous advances in technology, machine learning (ML) methods have come forward as a viable solution to analyze data and develop solutions even when the data is scarce. This article intends to provide the literature review of ML techniques used for predictive maintenance of automobiles and diagnosis of the vehicle's health using ML. This review focuses on machine learning techniques in practice, extraction of data from the onboard diagnosis system and difficulties that models face. The article also explores the possibility and scope of positive work efforts in this area.
Examining the transplant case composition of early‐career transplant surgeons
Authors: Cortez Alexander R. , Delman Aaron M. , Quillin Ralph C.
Published: October 2022

Fellowship training established by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and certified by the Transplant Accreditation and Certification Council provides trainees with broad exposure and practice readiness for the core aspects of abdominal transplantation. However, the operative case mix of a new transplant surgeon early in practice is unknown. This study examined the volume and composition of the transplant case mix of early‐career transplant surgeons to better inform residents interested in transplantation about potential career opportunities following fellowship. cas 209 early‐career transplant surgeons were identified from the UNOS database containing encrypted surgeon‐specific identifiers and were included in this study. At 5 years into practice, there were 85 (40.7%) kidney‐predominant, 38 (18.2%) liver‐predominant, and 86 (41.1%) multiorgan transplant surgeons. Comparing surgeon subgroups, multiorgan surgeons performed more transplants in year 5 of practice than both liver‐predominant and kidney‐predominant surgeons (both p < .05). This is the first study to describe the transplant case composition of the early‐career transplant surgeons. This data can be used to inform aspiring transplant surgeons about potential career opportunities and to assist fellowship programs in guiding and mentoring fellows.
Muscle velocity recovery cycles as pharmacodynamic biomarker: Effects of mexiletine in a randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled cross‐over study
Authors: Ruijs Titia Q. , Koopmans Ingrid W. , de Kam Marieke L. , Tannemaat Martijn R. , Groeneveld Geert Jan , Heuberger Jules A. A. C.
Published: October 2022

Measuring muscle velocity recovery cycles (MVRCs) is a method to obtain information on muscle cell excitability, independent of neuromuscular transmission. The goal was to validate MVRC as a pharmacodynamic (PD) biomarker for drugs targeting muscle excitability. As proof‐of‐concept, sensitivity of MVRC to detect effects of mexiletine, a voltage‐gated sodium channel (Nav) blocker, was assessed. In a randomized, double‐blind, two‐way crossover study, effects of a single pharmacologically active oral dose of 333 mg mexiletine was compared to placebo in 15 healthy male subjects. MVRC was performed predose, and 3‐ and 5‐h postdose using QTrac. Effects of mexiletine versus placebo were calculated using a mixed effects model with baseline as covariate. Mexiletine had significant effects on MVRC when compared to placebo. Early supernormality after five conditioning stimuli was decreased by mexiletine (estimated difference −2.78% [95% confidence interval: −4.16, −1.40]; p value = 0.0003). Moreover, mexiletine decreased the difference in late supernormality after five versus one conditioning stimuli (5XLSN; ED −1.46% [−2.26, −0.65]; p = 0.001). These results indicate that mexiletine decreases the percentage increase in velocity of the muscle fiber action potential after five conditioning stimuli, at long and short interstimulus intervals, which corresponds to a decrease in muscle membrane excitability. This is in line with the pharmacological activity of mexiletine, which leads to use‐dependent NaV1.4 blockade affecting muscle membrane potentials. This study shows that effects of mexiletine can be detected using MVRC in healthy subjects, thereby indicating that MVRC can be used as a tool to demonstrate PD effects of drugs targeting muscle excitability in early phase drug development.
Eye tracking technology in endoscopy: Looking to the future
Authors: Sivananthan Arun , Ahmed Jabed , Kogkas Alexandros , Mylonas George , Darzi Ara , Patel Nisha
Published: October 2022

The visual patterns of an endoscopist, that is, what the endoscopist is looking at during luminal endoscopy, is an interesting area with an evolving evidence base. The tools required for gaze analysis have become cheaper and more easily accessible. A comprehensive literature search was undertaken identifying 19 relevant papers. Gaze analysis has been used to identify certain visual patterns associated with higher polyp detection rates. There have also been increasing applications of gaze analysis as an objective study tool to compare the effectiveness of endoscopic imaging technologies. Gaze analysis also has the potential to be incorporated into endoscopic training. Eye movements have been used to control and steer a robotic endoscope. This review presents the current evidence available in this novel and evolving field of endoscopic research.