bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bibliometric Analysis on Geriatric Rehabilitation in Scopus Database (1948-2022)
Authors: Azizan Azliyana , Azmi Alia , Yusof Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd
Published: January 2024

Background:

Aging presents both challenges and opportunities. It will increase demand for health care to restore function or enhance residual functional capability and improving the quality of life in older people. The objective of the present investigation was to offer perspectives into the worldwide research production concerning the geriatric rehabilitation.

Methods:

A bibliometric analysis was conducted utilizing the Scopus database covering the period of 1948 through 2022. Several methods and instruments were employed to scrutinize and illustrate the data.

Results:

The search strategy found 6630 articles. The United States was the most active country with the highest number of coauthors. VA Medical Center was the most active organization with Becker the most active author in Geriatric Rehabilitation research with 40 articles from Germany, followed by Hauer and Trabucchi with 39 and 37 articles, respectively. The most frequent words in this field were “rehabilitation, elderly, geriatrics, stroke, hip fracture, aged, dementia and activities of daily living.” The most influential articles were specified. In terms of journals, BMC Geriatrics was the most active, while the most cited article was “Gait Variability and Fall Risk in Community-Living Older Adults: A 1-Year Prospective Study” by Hausdorff in 2001.

Conclusions:

Geriatric rehabilitation has received special attention in the last decade. Current studies highlight the importance and understanding of the unique needs of older adults. The core for this area that includes impairment related to physical, cognitive, and functional needs is considered. Hence, health care practitioners and scholars must prioritize geriatric rehabilitation as a specialty and comprehend the optimal strategy for supporting elderly individuals to maintain their independence as much as feasible.
Feasibility and Clinician Perspectives of the Visual Symptoms and Signs Screen
Authors: Roberts Pamela S. , Wertheimer Jeffrey , Ouellette Debra , Hreha Kimberly , Watters Kelsey , Fielder Jaimee , Graf Min Jeong P. , Weden Kathleen M. , Rizzo John Ross
Published: January 2024

Background:

The Visual Symptoms and Signs Screen (V-SASS) is a tool to identify vision deficits and facilitate referrals to vision specialists. The study objectives were to determine feasibility and clinician perspectives of the V-SASS.

Methods:

Prospective, multisite study with 141 new-onset stroke participants. After V-SASS administration, feasibility and predictive success were assessed.

Results:

The V-SASS identified vision symptoms and signs with high feasibility (>75%). Of those who screened positive, 93.1% had deficits in visual function or functional vision.

Conclusions:

The V-SASS was found to be feasible in multiple settings and accurately identify vision deficits and appropriately trigger vision referrals.
Unexpected case of Graves` disease induced myocarditis: a case report
Authors: Safitri Widya , Hasanah Dian Yaniarti , Atmadikoesoemah Celly Anantaria , Mahavira Andi
Published: January 2024

Myocarditis due to Graves` disease is rare and has a clinical presentation that mimics acute coronary syndrome. In this case report, a 50-year-old woman was admitted with a clinical presentation of very high-risk non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, new-onset atrial fibrillation, and acute heart failure. Normal coronary angiography and the presence of intra-myocardial late gadolinium enhancement based on cardiac MRI led to the diagnosis of myocarditis. The presence of thyroid nodules and elevated thyrotropin receptor antibodies indicated Graves` disease as the underlying cause of myocarditis. Management using Propylthiouracil and the guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure successfully improved the patient’s condition. Early diagnosis, effective care, and adequate knowledge of the relationship between hyperthyroidism and myocarditis, improve outcomes in Graves’ disease-induced myocarditis.
Persistence and Free Chlorine Disinfection of Human Coronaviruses and Their Surrogates in Water
Authors: Zhang Mengyang , Leong Michelle Wei , Mitch William A. , Blish Catherine A. , Boehm Alexandria
Published: January 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the importance of understanding the behavior and control of human pathogenic viruses in the environment. Exposure via water (drinking, bathing, and recreation) is a known route of transmission of viruses to humans, but the literature is relatively void of studies on the persistence of many viruses, especially coronaviruses, in water and their susceptibility to chlorine disinfection. To fill that knowledge gap, we evaluated the persistence and free chlorine disinfection of human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) and its surrogates, murine hepatitis virus (MHV) and porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), in drinking water and laboratory buffer using cell culture methods. The decay rate constants of human coronavirus and its surrogates in water varied depending on virus and water matrix. In drinking water prior to disinfectant addition, MHV showed the largest decay rate constant (2.25 day-1) followed by HCoV-OC43 (0.99 day-1) and TGEV (0.65 day-1); while in phosphate buffer, HCoV-OC43 (0.51 day-1) had a larger decay rate constant than MHV (0.28 day-1) and TGEV (0.24 day-1). Upon free chlorine disinfection, the inactivation rates of coronaviruses were independent of free chlorine concentration and not affected by water matrix, though they still varied between viruses. TGEV showed the highest susceptibility to free chlorine disinfection with the inactivation rate constant of 113.50 mg-1min-1L, followed by MHV (81.33 mg-1min-1L) and HCoV-OC43 (59.42 mg-1min-1L).

Importance

This study addresses an important knowledge gap on enveloped virus persistence and disinfection in water. Results have immediate practical applications for shaping evidence-based water policies, particularly in the development of disinfection strategies for pathogenic virus control.
Ecological lifestyle and gill slit height across sharks
Authors: Vander Wright Wade J. , Bigman Jennifer S. , Iliou Anthony S. , Dulvy Nicholas K.
Published: January 2024

Morphology that is linked to metabolic rate – metabolic morphology – provides broad comparative insights into the physiological performance and ecological function of species. However, some metabolic morphological traits, such as gill surface area, require costly and lethal sampling. Measurements from anatomically-accurate drawings, such as those in field guides, offer the opportunity to understand physiological and ecological relationships without the need for physical, lethal sampling. Here, we assess the relationship between the metabolic physiology and ecology of nearly all extant sharks. Specifically, we examine the relationship between gill slit height and each of the three traits that comprise ecological lifestyle: activity, maximum size, and depth. We find that gill slit heights are positively related to activity (measured by the aspect ratio of the caudal fin) and maximum size but negatively related to depth. We also show that gill slit height is best explained by the suite of ecological lifestyle traits rather than any single trait. These results suggest that more active, larger, and shallower species have higher metabolic demands and that these greater metabolic demands can be estimated from external morphological and ecological traits. Our work demonstrates that meaningful ecophysiological relationships can be revealed through measurable metabolic morphological traits from anatomically-accurate drawings.
High-Throughput Identification of Calcium Regulated Proteins Across Diverse Proteomes
Authors: Locke Timothy M. , Fields Rose , Gizinski Hayden , Otto George M. , Shechner David M. , Berg Matthew D. , Villen Judit , Sancak Yasemin , Schweppe Devin
Published: January 2024

Calcium ions play important roles in nearly every biological process, yet whole-proteome analysis of calcium effectors has been hindered by lack of high-throughput, unbiased, and quantitative methods to identify proteins-calcium engagement. To address this, we adapted protein thermostability assays in the budding yeast, human cells, and mouse mitochondria. Based on calcium-dependent thermostability, we identified 2884 putative calcium-regulated proteins across human, mouse, and yeast proteomes. These data revealed calcium engagement of novel signaling hubs and cellular processes, including metabolic enzymes and the spliceosome. Cross-species comparison of calcium-protein engagement and mutagenesis experiments identified residue-specific cation engagement, even within well-known EF-hand domains. Additionally, we found that the dienoyl-CoA reductase DECR1 binds calcium at physiologically-relevant concentrations with substrate-specific affinity, suggesting direct calcium regulation of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. These unbiased, proteomic analyses of calcium effectors establish a key resource to dissect cation engagement and its mechanistic effects across multiple species and diverse biological processes.
Three-body unitary coupled-channel approach to radiative
J/ψ
decays and
η(1405/1475)
Authors: Nakamura S. X. , Huang Q. , Wu J.-J. , Peng H. P. , Zhang Y. , Zhu Y. C.
Published: January 2024

Recent BESIII data on radiative J/ψ decays from ∼1010 J/ψ samples should significantly advance our understanding of the controversial nature of η(1405/1475). This motivates us to develop a three-body unitary coupled-channel model for radiative J/ψ decays to three-meson final states of any partial wave (JPC). Basic building blocks of the model are bare resonance states such as η(1405/1475) and f1(1420), and πK, KK¯, and πη two-body interactions that generate resonances such as K*(892), K0*(700), and a0(980). This model reasonably fits KSKSπ0 Dalitz plot pseudodata generated from the BESIII’s JPC=0−+ amplitude for J/ψ→γKSKSπ0. The experimental branching ratios of η(1405/1475)→ηππ and η(1405/1475)→γρ relative to that of η(1405/1475)→KK¯π are simultaneously fitted. Our 0−+ amplitude is analytically continued to find three poles, two of which correspond to η(1405) on different Riemann sheets of the K*K¯ channel, and the third one for η(1475). This is the first pole determination of η(1405/1475) and, furthermore, the first-ever pole determination from analyzing experimental Dalitz plot distributions with a manifestly three-body unitary coupled-channel framework. Process-dependent ηππ, γπ+π−, and πππ lineshapes of J/ψ→γ(0−+)→γ(ηππ), γ(γρ), and γ(πππ) are predicted, and are in reasonable agreement with data. A triangle singularity is shown to play a crucial role to cause the large isospin violation of J/ψ→γ(πππ).

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Lee-Yang and Langer edge singularities from analytic continuation of scaling functions
Authors: Karsch Frithjof , Schmidt Christian , Singh Simran
Published: January 2024

We discuss the analytic continuation of scaling function in the three-dimensional Z(2), O(2) and O(4) universality classes using the Schofield representation of the magnetic equation of state. We show that a determination of the location of Lee-Yang edge singularities and, in the case of Z(2), also the Langer edge singularity yields stable results. Results for the former are in good agreement with functional renormalization group calculations. We also present results for the location of the Langer edge singularity in the 3d, Z(2) universality class. We find that in terms of the complex scaling variable z the distance of the Langer edge singularity to the critical point agrees within errors with that of the Lee-Yang edge singularity. Furthermore the magnitude of the discontinuity along the Langer branch cut is an order of magnitude smaller than that along the Lee-Yang branch cut.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Helical dynamo growth and saturation at modest versus extreme magnetic Reynolds numbers
Authors: Zhou Hongzhe , Blackman Eric G.
Published: January 2024

Understanding magnetic field growth in astrophysical objects is a persistent challenge. In stars and galaxies, turbulent flows with net kinetic helicity are believed to be responsible for driving large-scale magnetic fields. However, numerical simulations have demonstrated that such helical dynamos in closed volumes saturate at lower magnetic field strengths when increasing the magnetic Reynolds number Rm. This would imply that helical large-scale dynamos cannot be efficient in astrophysical bodies without the help of helicity outflows such as stellar winds. But do these implications actually apply for very large Rm? Here we tackle the long-standing question of how much helical large-scale dynamo growth occurs independent of Rm in a closed volume. We analyze data from numerical simulations with a new method that tracks resistive versus nonresistive drivers of helical field growth. We identify a presaturation regime when the large-scale field grows at a rate independent of Rm, but to an Rm-dependent magnitude. The latter Rm dependence is due to a dominant resistive contribution, but whose fractional contribution to the large-scale magnetic energy decreases with increasing Rm. We argue that the resistive contribution would become negligible at large Rm and an Rm-independent dynamical contribution would dominate if the current helicity spectrum in the inertial range is steeper than k0. As such helicity spectra are plausible, this renews optimism for the relevance of closed dynamos. Our work pinpoints how modest Rm simulations can cause misapprehension of the Rm→∞ behavior.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Crystal structures of five gold(I) complexes with methylpiperidine ligands
Authors: Döring Cindy , Jones Peter G.
Published: January 2024

In bis(4-methylpiperidine-κN)gold(I) chloride, [Au(C6H13N)2]Cl (1), the methyl groups are, as expected, equatorial at the piperidine ring, but the Au atom is axial; this is the case for all five structures reported here, as is the expected linear coordination at the Au atom. Hydrogen bonding of the form N—H...Cl−...H—N leads to inversion-symmetric dimers, which are further connected by C—H...Au contacts. Bis(4-methylpiperidine-κN)gold(I) dichloridoaurate(I), [Au(C6H13N)2][AuCl2] (2), also forms inversion-symmetric dimers; these involve aurophilic interactions and three-centre hydrogen bonds of the form NH(...Cl)2. Bis(4-methylpiperidine-κN)gold(I) dibromidoaurate(I), [Au(C6H13N)2][AuBr2] (3), is isotypic to 2. The 1:1 adduct chlorido(4-methylpiperidine-κN)gold(I) bis(4-methylpiperidine-κN)gold(I) chloride, [Au(C6H13N)2]Cl·[AuCl(C6H13N)] (4), crystallizes as its dichloromethane solvate. The asymmetric unit contains two formula units, in each of which the chloride anion accepts a hydrogen bond from the cation and from the neutral molecule, and the two Au atoms are linked via an aurophilic interaction. A further hydrogen bond leads to inversion-symmetric dimers. The asymmetric unit of bis(2-methylpiperidine-κN)gold(I) chloride, [Au(C6H13N)2]Cl (5), contains two `half' cations, in which the Au atoms lie on twofold axes, and a chloride ion on a general position. Within each cation, the relative configurations at the atoms N and C2 (which bears the methyl substituent) are R,S. The twofold-symmetric dimer involves two N—H...Cl−...H—N units and an aurophilic contact between the two Au atoms.
Synthesis and crystal structure of [1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene](isocyanato-κN)gold(I)
Authors: Bakhoda Abolghasem
Published: January 2024

The title complex, [Au(NCO)(C27H36N2)], was synthesized by ligand metathesis from [1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene]gold(I) chloride and sodium cyanate in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran and crystallized from toluene at 233 K in the orthorhombic space group P212121, as a neutral complex with the central Au atom di-coordinated by an N-heterocyclic carbene [Au—C = 1.963 (2) Å] and an isocyanate [Au—N 1.999 (2) Å] ligands, with a linear CAuNCO moiety. The crystal packing is consolidated by C—H...O hydrogen bonds.
Better abstract or concrete, narrating or not: optimal strategies for the communication of innovation
Authors: Cardamone Ernesto , Miceli Gaetano , Raimondo Maria Antonietta
Published: January 2024

Purpose

This paper investigates how two characteristics of language, abstractness vs concreteness and narrativity, influence user engagement in communication exercises on innovation targeted to the general audience. The proposed conceptual model suggests that innovation fits well with more abstract language because of the association of innovation with imagination and distal construal. Moreover, communication of innovation may benefit from greater adherence to the narrativity arc, that is, early staging, increasing plot progression and climax optimal point. These effects are moderated by content variety and emotional tone, respectively.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on a Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) application on a sample of 3225 TED Talks transcripts, the authors identify 287 TED Talks on innovation, and then applied econometric analyses to test the hypotheses on the effects of abstractness vs concreteness and narrativity on engagement, and on the moderation effects of content variety and emotional tone.

Findings

The authors found that abstractness (vs concreteness) and narrativity have positive effects on engagement. These two effects are stronger with higher content variety and more positive emotional tone, respectively.

Research limitations/implications

This paper extends the literature on communication of innovation, linguistics and text analysis by evaluating the roles of abstractness vs concreteness and narrativity in shaping appreciation of innovation.

Originality/value

This paper reports conceptual and empirical analyses on innovation dissemination through a popular medium – TED Talks – and applies modern text analysis algorithms to test hypotheses on the effects of two pivotal dimensions of language on user engagement.
Exploring research trends of metaverse in education: a bibliometric analysis
Authors: Akhil M.P. , Lathabhavan Remya , Mathew Aparna Merin
Published: January 2024

Purpose

By a thorough bibliometric examination of the area through time, this paper analyses the research landscape of metaverse in education. It is an effort that is focused on the metaverse research trends, academic production and conceptual focus of scientific publications.

Design/methodology/approach

The Web of Science (WoS) database was explored for information containing research articles and associated publications that met the requirements. For a thorough analysis of the trend, thematic focus and scientific output in the subject of metaverse in education, a bibliometric technique was used to analyse the data. The bibliometrix package of R software, specifically the biblioshiny interface of R-studio, was used to conduct the analysis.

Findings

The analysis of the metaverse in education spanning from 1995 to the beginning of 2023 reveals a dynamic and evolving landscape. Notably, the field has experienced robust annual growth, with a peak of publications in 2022. Citation analysis highlights seminal works, with Dionisio et al. (2013) leading discussions on the transition of virtual worlds into intricate digital cultures. Thematic mapping identifies dominant themes such as “system,” “augmented reality” and “information technology,” indicating a strong technological focus. Surprisingly, China emerges as a leading contributor with significant citation impact, emphasising the global nature of metaverse research. The thematic map suggests ongoing developments in performance and future aspects, emphasising the essential role of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Overall, the findings depict a vibrant and multidimensional metaverse in education, poised for continued exploration and innovation.

Originality/value

The study is among the pioneers that provide a comprehensive bibliometric analysis in the area of metaverse in education which will guide the novice researchers to identify the unexplored areas.
Riba and interest in Islamic jurisprudence: seeking the path to consensus
Authors: Siddique Zahid , Siddique Muhammad Abubakar
Published: January 2024

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explain the opinions of the Muslim jurists available in the fiqh books so that they may be compared with the approaches adopted by modern scholars for defining the concept of riba. It is argued that the method of jurists was different from the one adopted by the modern Muslim jurists and Islamic economists. The new method dichotomizes riba into those of the Quran and Sunnah. On the contrary, jurists of four Sunni schools considered the Quran and Sunnah in this regard as a single whole, and they saw Sunnah as the elaboration of riba. By explaining the similarities shared by different fiqh schools, it is explained that there is no need for a definition of riba.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses the method of content analysis. The authors have consulted the authentic fiqh manuals of the four Sunni fiqh schools to substantiate the objectives.

Findings

One of the major findings of this paper is that interest charged in loan transactions, including bank loans, is riba according to the four Sunni fiqh schools. Moreover, the paper also shows that the similarities among the four Sunni fiqh schools are far more significant than the often-highlighted disagreements among them regarding the concept of riba. The methodology adopted by modern Muslim scholars seems to add confusions around the concept of riba.

Research limitations/implications

The paper discusses views of only four Sunni fiqh jurists.

Originality/value

The paper explains the common methodology followed by the jurists for understanding riba, the significant similarities resulting from their common method, the link between the concept of riba and different types of financial transactions within the framework of the jurists and that combining several fiqh schools at a time is a contradiction-ridden methodology.
The compulsory online experience: understanding EdD students' perspectives of program transition during COVID-19
Authors: Varela Daniella G. , Hall Kelly S. , Liang Ya Wen Melissa , Cerda Angelica , Rodriguez Laura
Published: January 2024

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to understand perspectives of doctoral students about their compulsory online experience and aspects of their compulsory online experiences which were strongly associated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a disorienting dilemma.

Design/methodology/approach

Exploratory descriptive survey research was the approach taken. Notable descriptors and associations were interpreted based on statistical analysis complimented by respondent comments.

Findings

Respondents included students who were at various stages of completing their doctoral degree. Overall findings indicated preference for face-to-face classes, the switch to online learning was well-received, primarily as a result of perceptions of quick and supportive communication from doctoral program leadership, strong student and instructor connections, and high-quality collaborative opportunities.

Research limitations/implications

The COVID-19 pandemic represented a disorienting dilemma provoking cognitive dissonance among doctoral students who were compelled to move from a hybrid to a completely online learning model. Fear, anger and discontent induced by broken assumptions were mitigated through shared experiences creating new meaning and habits of mind in the process of adjusting to new expectations. Study results reveal that engagement, collaboration and support among instructors and classmates eased the transformative process transitioning into online learning.

Practical implications

The results of this study provided real-time understanding of students' needs in order to be successful in the quest and persistence of doctoral study online. Though the process of seeking official and state approvals to move the educational leadership doctoral program fully online, program faculty made a series of teaching and program adaptations informed by these results.

Originality/value

Research about doctoral student experiences during a compulsory transition from a hybrid to online delivery model has not been explored and offers original perspective to improve future practice transitioning into online programs for student acceptance, engagement and retention.
Does promoters’ holding influence the liquidity risk of banks?
Authors: Pinto Geetanjali , Rastogi Shailesh , Agarwal Bhakti
Published: January 2024

Purpose

This paper aims to evaluate whether promoter holding influences a bank’s liquidity in India’s leading emerging market. Furthermore, it also evaluates the moderating role of risk-weighted assets (RWA) on the relationship between promoter holding and liquidity.

Design/methodology/approach

The data consists of 24 banks for the period of 12 years from 2010 to 2021. Static panel data is used to analyze the relationship between the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) as the dependent variable, the promoter used as an explanatory variable and RWA used as a moderating variable in this study.

Findings

This study concludes that an increase in promoter holding helps to improve the liquidity of Indian banks. Moreover, it also shows that using RWA as a moderating term enhances the relationship between promoter holdings and Indian banks’ liquidity.

Research limitations/implications

This study evaluated the impact of promoter ownership solely on the LCR, a statistic used to measure the short-term liquidity of banks in the Indian setting. Additional corporate governance factors, such as the makeup of the board of directors, relevant ownership concentration factors and external factors with the potential to affect the liquidity position of banks, could potentially be the subject of future investigations.

Practical implications

This paper has both managerial and policy-level implications. It shows that it is advantageous for banks’ ownership composition to include more enormous promoter holdings to enhance banks’ liquidity. Policymakers can, thus, formulate policies to encourage banks to have more extensive promoter holdings.

Originality/value

The impact of promoter ownership on bank liquidity has not been evaluated in earlier research projects. Furthermore, the use of RWA as a moderating variable to determine this link has not been fully investigated, particularly in the context of a developing country like India.
Cluster analysis of hikikomori-like idiom of distress in Oman
Authors: Chan Moon Fai , Al-Sibani Nasser , Al-Huseini Salim , Al-Saadi Alkhatib , Al-Busaidi Saoud , Al Kharusi Jawaher , Al Kharusi Nutaila , Guillemin Gilles J. , Al-Abri Mohammed , Al-Adawi Samir
Published: January 2024

Purpose

The phenomenon of social withdrawal, known as the hikikomori-like idiom of distress (HLID), has been reported in many countries. This study aimed to explore profiles of Omanis who have HLID.

Design/methodology/approach

A cross-sectional online survey of 673 out of 1,529 Omanis identified with HLID using the Hikikomori Questionnaire (HQ-25) score of 42+.

Findings

Two profile groups were determined through cluster analysis according to socio-demographic and HQ-25 outcomes. Subjects in cluster 1 (n = 168, 24.9%) are significantly younger (p < 0.001) and more educated (p = 0.019), spend more time online (p < 0.001) and are living alone (p < 0.001) than subjects in cluster 2 (n = 505, 75.1%). More subjects in cluster 1 had a past mental illness (p = 0.037) but less previous childhood physical/emotional abuse (p = 0.029) than subjects in cluster 2. In contrast, subjects in cluster 2 had a low lack of socialization (p < 0.001), less active isolation (p < 0.001) and total HQ-25 scores (p < 0.001) than cluster 1. Subjects in Cluster 1 have more serious social withdrawal issues than those in Cluster 2, especially on a lack of socialization and isolation.

Research limitations/implications

One limitation that might influence the results of this online study was that information was collected via self-report, and a cross-sectional design limits its results because it cannot assess causal inference. This study has contributed valuably to exploring different profile groups of HDLD, especially in the Arabian Gulf. The authors’ findings facilitate the development by creating innovative interventions strategically tackling different hikikomori groups.

Originality/value

While social withdrawal characterized by HLID has been reported proliferating in different parts of the world, little research has been forthcoming from Arabian Gulf countries. These findings suggest that there are two orthogonal clusters of HLID among Omanis. This study provides a foundation for further research on HLID, which has recently been reported in different parts of the world.
Enhancing resilience, coping and self-talk of employees in large organisations; the development and mixed methods piloting of an online mental health and well-being toolkit
Authors: Jones Helen , Gait Shelley , Tyson Philip John
Published: January 2024

Purpose

The mental health and well-being of employees is negatively impacted by stress, anxiety and depression. There is a need to address these issues at an organisational level to enhance workforce welfare and to decrease the number of days lost due to mental health/well-being concerns. This study aimed to evaluate a mental health and well-being toolkit designed to enhance the resilience, coping and self-talk of employees.

Design/methodology/approach

The intervention was derived from counselling psychology and composed of an 8-hour programme, which was delivered over four consecutive weeks. A mixed methods approach was adopted, with the quantitative element assessing an intervention group (n = 10) and control group (n = 14) at baseline and at the end of the programme on measures of mental health and well-being. The qualitative aspect of the study involved interviews with the intervention group, which were thematically analysed..

Findings

Quantitatively, the experimental group showed statistically significant improvements in elements of resilience and well-being and a reduction in stress and anxiety. Qualitatively, participants experienced a positive effect on their well-being, benefited from the learning process, applied the taught strategies widely and found the session experience positive.

Research limitations/implications

This was a small pilot study, nevertheless, the mixed methods nature of this investigation indicates that a counselling derived online training programme can enhance the well-being of employees within large organisations.

Originality/value

A remotely delivered mental health and well-being toolkit could be a useful resource to enhance the well-being of employees in all organisations.
How does green lean practices effect environmental performance? Evidence from manufacturing industries in India
Authors: Singh Charanjit , Singh Davinder
Published: January 2024

Purpose

Industrialisation has contributed to global environmental problems, especially in developed countries, but increasingly so in developing ones as well. The rising public concern for the natural environment is compelling business entities to revise their business models towards green lean (GL) management. Most manufacturing firms have realised that GL implementation is a critical factor that drives their success. Therefore, keeping in view the above said aspects, the purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the complementary impact of GL practices on environmental performance.

Design/methodology/approach

Data from a sample of 124 Indian manufacturing industries are analysed using a structural equation modelling technique.

Findings

Evidence suggests that GL practices such as top management commitment, government support, human resource management, health and safety of employees and public pressure and legislature have significantly positive effect on environmental performance of manufacturing industries.

Research limitations/implications

The sample is limited to Indian manufacturing industries situated in northern region, with a low response rate.

Practical implications

Successful implementations of GL practices can lead to improved environmental performance. Manufacturing industries within emerging economies like India can improve on their GL practices by incorporating these findings into their business models, while research could be guided to focus their inquiries on this and related genres of scholarly work.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first to empirically assess the complementary impact of GL practices on environmental performance within the Indian context.
The use of digital technologies in the co-creation process of photo elicitation
Authors: Agúndez Del Castillo Rosa , Ferro Lígia , Silva Eduardo
Published: January 2024

Purpose

This article approaches the possibilities of photo elicitation as a technique for social research in the landscape of technology-mediated instantaneous interpersonal communication.

Design/methodology/approach

This case study, which involved persons with prison experience in the process of returning to the community, demonstrates how participant-generated photographs made with mobile handheld electronic devices and the meanings participants have attached to them allowed the research to take a co-creative turn.

Findings

The data analyzed show the potential of photo elicitation to build a link between researcher and researched that empowers the latter with agency in designing the results and also throughout the research process as a whole, thus allowing the former to reach a deeper level of understanding of the research participants' social reality.

Originality/value

The research conducted showcases the possibilities of this technique to approach the field of emotions from the ethnography and how they can build knowledge – especially in the work with vulnerable populations in vulnerable contexts – and generate new categories of analysis.
The relationship between information processing capabilities, Net-Zero capability and supply chain performance
Authors: Balci Gökcay , Ali Syed Imran
Published: January 2024

Purpose

This study views Net-Zero as a dynamic capability for decarbonising supply chains (SCs). This study aims to investigate the relationship between three information processing-related capabilities (supply chain visibility [SCV], supply chain integration [SCI] and big data analytics [BDA]) as its antecedents and SC performance as its competitive advantage outcome.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conceptualise a research model grounded in the literature based on dynamic capabilities and information processing views. The study uses a structural equation modelling technique to test the hypotheses’ relationship using the survey data from 311 industrial enterprises.

Findings

The results show that SCI and BDA positively and directly influence the Net-Zero capability (NZC). No significant direct impact is found between SCV and NZC. BDA fully mediates SCV and partially mediates SCI in their relationship with NZC. The results also confirm that NZC positively impacts SC performance (SCP).

Originality/value

This study contributes to operations management and SC literature by extending the knowledge about Net-Zero SCs through an empirical investigation. In particular, the study suggests BDA is essential to enhance NZC as SCV alone does not significantly contribute. The study also documents the benefit of NZC on SCP, which can encourage more volunteer actions in the industry.
Exploring real teamwork and sustainable quality culture, focusing on top management teams
Authors: Sten Lilly-Mari , Ingelsson Pernilla , Häggström Marie
Published: January 2024

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe the perception of real teamwork and sustainable quality culture as well as success factors for achieving a sustainable quality culture within an organisation, focusing on top management teams (TMTs). An additional purpose is to explore the relationship between real teamwork and sustainable quality culture.

Design/methodology/approach

A mixed-methods design focusing on TMTs was used. Four TMTs were open-sampled and located in different parts of Sweden. The data were collected through questionnaires and focus group discussions between April 2022 and December 2022. Follow-up meetings were thereafter held with the participants. A meta-analysis was conducted of the data from the four TMTs.

Findings

Two overarching conclusions of this study were: to follow the developed methodology can be one way to increase TMTs' abilities for real teamwork alongside a sustainable quality culture, and the results also showed the importance of a systems view, emotional commitment and continuous improvement for improving real teamwork and creating a sustainable quality culture.

Practical implications

Practical implications were suggestions on how to increase the TMTs' abilities for real teamwork alongside a sustainable quality culture. A deepened understanding of real teamwork and a sustainable quality culture was also achieved by the participants.

Originality/value

The novelty of this paper is the use of a new methodology for assessing teamwork and sustainable quality culture. To the authors' knowledge, no similar research has previously been performed to investigate teamwork alongside a sustainable quality culture, focusing on TMTs.
Foliar disease incidence in a tropical seedling community is density dependent and varies along a regional precipitation gradient
Authors: Milici Valerie R. , Comita Liza S. , Bagchi Robert
Published: January 2024

Many studies identify fungal and oomycete phytopathogens as natural enemies capable of influencing plant species composition and promoting diversity in plant communities. However, little is known about how plant‐pathogen interactions vary along regional abiotic gradients or with tree species characteristics, which limits our understanding of the causes of variation in tree species richness.

We surveyed 10,756 seedlings from 272 tree species for disease symptoms along a mean annual precipitation gradient in the tropical wet forests of Central Panama for 3 months in the early wet season (June–August) and 2 months in the following dry season (March–April). Over 99% of observed disease symptoms were caused by necrotrophic foliar pathogens, while less than 1% of symptoms were attributed to soilborne pathogens. Foliar disease incidence was inversely related to mean annual precipitation, a pattern which may be due to greater disease susceptibility among dry forest species.

Foliar disease incidence increased with conspecific seedling density but did not respond to the proximity of conspecific adults. Although foliar disease incidence decreased as mean annual precipitation increased, the strength of conspecific density‐ or distance‐dependence was independent of the precipitation gradient.

Seedlings of common tree species and species dispersed by non‐flying mammals had a higher risk of foliar pathogen incidence. Increased disease in common species may help reduce their dominance.

Synthesis. The increases in foliar pathogen incidence with conspecific seedling density, species abundance, and dispersal mechanism indicate that foliar disease incidence is non‐random and may contribute to the regulation of tropical plant communities and species coexistence. Furthermore, the relationships between foliar disease incidence, dispersal mechanism and precipitation suggest plant‐pathogen interactions could shift as a response to climate change and disruption of the disperser community.
The ‘odd–even effect’: The link between the number of parties and district magnitude
Authors: LAGO IGNACIO , I COMA FERRAN MARTÍNEZ
Published: January 2024

In electoral systems with districts that vary in magnitude, the number of seats to be filled in each district will be even or odd. We argue that such a variation has crucial political consequences, called the ‘odd–even effect’. In low‐magnitude districts, elections are more competitive when the district magnitude is odd than even; the incentives for coordination are thus stronger in the former scenario than in the latter. Employing quasi‐experimental data from 780 districts in Spain's lower house elections, we show that the number of parties is smaller in low‐magnitude districts with an odd number of seats than in low‐magnitude districts with an even number of seats. The elite‐ and voter‐level mechanisms driving the odd–even effect are examined using data on mobilisation efforts and wasted votes at the district level.
Understanding low acuity emergency department presentations in infancy: A cohort study
Authors: Mahmood Areeb‐Ud‐Deen , Adily Pejman , Francis Stephanie , Eastwood John , Bein Kendall , Chakar Bashir A , Montgomery Alicia
Published: January 2024

Objective

Low acuity presentations (LAPs) contribute to large numbers of ED presentations and carry numerous consequences. The present study sought to improve the understanding of regional infant LAPs by analysing temporal patterns of presentation, discharge diagnoses and potential predictive factors.

Methods

This retrospective observational study examined ED presentations among children less than 12 months old (infants) to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital between 2017 and 2019. Descriptive statistics were used to identify temporal patterns of presentation and common discharge diagnoses among LAPs. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the association between early life, demographic and perinatal factors and low acuity presenters.

Results

Of 6881 infant ED presentations, 19.8% were LAPs, occurring disproportionately on weekdays (82.2%) and during hours of 08.00–17.00 (69.9%). Respiratory tract infections and gastrointestinal complaints were most common overall, though non‐allergic rash, feeding difficulties, eczema and developmental concerns contributed substantially among LAPs. Socio‐economic status (SES) (odds ratio [OR] 1.71), overseas maternal nationality (OR 1.25) and Medicare ineligible maternal financial class (OR 0.49) were associated with low acuity presenters. Low appearance, pulse, grimace, activity and respiration score (OR 3.53), low SES (OR 3.26), complicated delivery (OR 1.64), maternal multiparity (OR 0.50), maternal partner presence (OR 0.40) and obstetric complications (OR 0.37) were associated with repeat, multi‐low acuity presenters (multi‐LAPs).

Conclusion

A substantial minority of infant ED presentations are LAPs. Targeted interventions may benefit from focusing on families with a background of socioeconomic disadvantage, social isolation, cultural and linguistic diversity and perinatal complications, with a view to strengthening engagement with community‐based services among these groups.
Flexibility for equality: Examining the impact of flexible working time arrangements on women's convergence in working hours
Authors: Maraziotis Filippos
Published: January 2024

Despite the rise in women's education and their increased participation in the workforce, there is still a lack of gender convergence in working hours. This study explores how flexible working time arrangements (FWTA) affect the convergence of women's working hours to those of men with similar job‐related characteristics. Using the German Socio‐Economic Panel and innovative methods to address endogeneity, the analysis suggests that FWTA, compared to fixed schedules, positively influence women's convergence. This is particularly pronounced among those working full‐time, the more educated, and those aged between 30 and 45. Transitioning to FWTA is associated with increased overtime and childcare hours but it is not related to more housework.
An integrated geological characterization of the Mid‐Pleistocene to Holocene geology of the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind site, southern North Sea
Authors: Petrie Hannah E. , Eide Christian H. , Haflidason Haflidi , Brendryen Jo , Watton Timothy
Published: January 2024

Subsurface deposits in recently glaciated marine areas are highly heterogeneous, representing a range of glacial and postglacial environments and processes including glacitectonism, overconsolidation, fluvial and lacustrine deposition, and transgression. These heterogeneities are often linked to variations in engineering properties, with important implications for the design and installation of offshore wind infrastructure. In this study we present an integrated geological characterization of the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind site, located in waters of 50–70 m depth along the southern border of the Norwegian North Sea, focusing on the evolution of the area's depositional setting during the late Quaternary period and its implications for offshore wind development. We integrate interpretations from a marine geological data set acquired in 2022 with legacy 3D seismic data and a review of the current understanding of the southern North Sea's complex glacial history. A preliminary ground model and accompanying risk map for the site is presented with five main geological units: (i) homogeneous and layered marine sands covering most of the site, with patchy distribution and coarser‐grained deposits in the east; (ii) buried, layered channel deposits containing organic material and possible associated shallow gas; (iii) buried, stiff glacilacustrine clay deposits; (iv) a buried, layered, glacitectonized unit incised by tunnel valleys, with a sandy marine infill; and (v) mounded tills and glacitectonized deposits containing boulders, exposed to shallowly buried in the east. Salt diapirism and gas migration were also found to be important potential geohazards at the site. Three‐dimensional seismic attribute maps were found to be a powerful aid to understanding the distribution and genesis of seismic facies identified on 2D high‐resolution sub‐bottom profiles. This type of data integration is an under‐utilized methodology for generating detailed preliminary ground models, which can inform more cost‐effective site survey and early foundation concept planning at geologically complex offshore wind sites.
Risk factors for renal dysfunction after isolated intestinal transplantation
Authors: von Ahrens Dagny , Santeusanio Andrew D. , Weinberg Alan D. , Moon Jang , Iyer Kishore R.
Published: January 2024

Introduction

Kidney dysfunction is a known complication of intestinal transplantation; however, the rate of development and risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) remain poorly defined.

Methods

This was a single‐center retrospective review of isolated adult intestinal allograft recipients from 2011 to 2019. Patients who died or experienced graft loss within 1‐year or had a prior transplant were excluded. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the CKD‐EPI equation at 0‐, 6‐ and 12‐months post‐transplant, and multivariable linear regression was performed to identify variables associated with adjusted eGFR at 1‐year. Independent variables included age, ethnicity, BMI, history of diabetes/hypertension, vasopressor use, TPN and stoma days, urinary or bloodstream infections, intravenous contrast exposure, rejection, concomitant immunosuppression, and time above the therapeutic range of tacrolimus. Variables with a p < .1 in univariate analysis were considered for multivariable modeling.

Results

Thirty‐three patients were included with a mean age of 43.9 ± 13.0. A mean 42.3% decline in eGFR was observed at 1‐year post‐transplant, with 15.2% of patients developing new stage 4/5 CKD. Factors associated with a greater decline in adjusted eGFR in the univariate model included increasing age, decreased BMI, stoma days, and vasopressor use. In the adjusted multivariable model patient age (β = –.77, p < .01) and stoma days (β = –.06, p < .01) remained significant. Tacrolimus and sirolimus exposure were not associated with decline in eGFR at 1 year.

Conclusions

Renal dysfunction is common following intestinal transplantation. The need for stoma creation should be carefully considered, and reversal should be performed when feasible for renal protection.