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The Gut Resistome during Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children
Authors: Heston Sarah M. , Young Rebecca R. , Jenkins Kirsten , Martin Paul L. , Stokhuyzen Andre , Ward Doyle V. , Bhattarai Shakti K. , Bucci Vanni , Arshad Mehreen , Chao Nelson J. , Seed Patrick C. , Kelly Matthew S.
Published: July 2022

Background

Children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) are at high risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Few prior studies examined antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) within the gut metagenomes of children undergoing HCT.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal study of children (age <18 years) undergoing HCT at a single institution. We performed shotgun metagenomic sequencing of fecal samples collected between days -30 and +100 relative to HCT. We evaluated the effects of aerobic (cefepime, vancomycin, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, macrolides, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) and anaerobic (piperacillin-tazobactam, carbapenems, metronidazole, and clindamycin) antibiotic exposures on the diversity and composition of the gut microbiome and resistome.

Findings

Using metagenomic data from 693 fecal samples collected from 80 children, we identified 350 unique ARGs. The most frequent ARGs identified encode resistance to tetracycline (n=91), beta-lactams (n=80), and fluoroquinolones (n=76). Both aerobic and anaerobic antibiotic exposures were associated with a decrease in the number of bacterial species (aerobic, β=0.72, 95% CI: 0.66, 0.79; anaerobic, β=0.68, 95% CI: 0.61, 0.76) and the number of unique ARGs (aerobic, β=0.83, 95% CI: 0.76, 0.91; anaerobic, β=0.84, 95% CI: 0.76, 0.93) within the gut metagenome. However, only anaerobic antibiotics were associated with an increase in the number of newly acquired ARGs (29%, 95% CI: 10%, 52%) and the abundance of ARGs (95%, 95% CI: 59%, 138%) in the gut resistome. Specific antibiotic exposures were associated with distinct changes in the number and abundance of resistance genes for individual antibiotic classes.

Interpretation

The gut metagenome and resistome of children are highly dynamic throughout HCT, driven largely by antibiotic exposures. Compared to antibiotics without anaerobic activity, anaerobic antibiotics were associated with increased microbiome instability and expansion of the gut resistome.

Funding

Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group, National Institutes of Health, Duke Children’s Health & Discovery Initiative, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Primary cilia control translation and the cell cycle in medulloblastoma
Authors: Youn Yong Ha , Hou Shirui , Wu Chang-Chih , Kawauchi Daisuke , Orr Brent A. , Robinson Giles W. , Finkelstein David , Taketo Makoto M. , Gilbertson Richard J. , Roussel Martine F. , Han Young-Goo
Published: July 2022

The primary cilium, a signaling organelle projecting from the surface of a cell, controls cellular physiology and behavior. The presence or absence of primary cilia is a distinctive feature of a given tumor type; however, whether and how the primary cilium contributes to tumorigenesis are unknown for most tumors. Medulloblastoma (MB) is a common pediatric brain cancer comprising four groups: SHH, WNT, group 3 (G3), and group 4 (G4). From 111 cases of MB, we show that primary cilia are abundant in SHH and WNT MBs but rare in G3 and G4 MBs. Using WNT and G3 MB mouse models, we show that primary cilia promote WNT MB by facilitating translation of mRNA encoding β-catenin, a major oncoprotein driving WNT MB, whereas cilium loss promotes G3 MB by disrupting cell cycle control and destabilizing the genome. Our findings reveal tumor type-specific ciliary functions and underlying molecular mechanisms. Moreover, we expand the function of primary cilia to translation control and reveal a molecular mechanism by which cilia regulate cell cycle progression, thereby providing new frameworks for studying cilium function in normal and pathologic conditions.
Consumers' cultural identity under glocalization: Vietnamese consumers' global and national identities and their cross-cultural consumption
Authors: Choo Ho Jung , Lee Ha Kyung , Xie Jiali
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the influences of two facets of Vietnamese consumers' cultural identities (i.e. global and national) on their intent to consume Korean lifestyle products and services via attitudes toward Korea. The difference between generations (Generation Z vs. X) is examined.

Design/methodology/approach

Data are collected through an online survey firm. The participants are Vietnamese consumers residing in Vietnam, varying in age from teens to those in their 50s (n = 500). The collected data are analyzed by SPSS 21.0 for the descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, and reliability analysis. AMOS 21.0 is employed for confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis.

Findings

This study reveals that global identity affects Vietnamese consumers' attitudes toward Korea and their intent to consume Korean lifestyle products and services. Results show that only global identity affects attitudes and behavioral intention toward Korea among generation Xers, while national identity has no effect. For Generation Z (Gen Z), both global and national identities have a positive effect on attitudes toward Korea, which also increases the intent to consume Korean lifestyle products and services.

Practical implications

Measuring individuals' global and national identities will allow brands and retailers to better understand international consumers of various generations and develop global marketing strategies.

Originality/value

This study bridges gaps in the literature on globalized consumption in a non-Western context by identifying how consumers in emerging markets become involved in cross-cultural consumption.
Board Characteristics and performance of listed firms in Ghana
Authors: Andoh Jennifer A.N. , Abugri Benjamin A. , Anarfo Ebenezer B.
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This study aims to compare the impact of board characteristics on the performance of listed non-financial firms to the impact of board characteristics on the performance of listed financial firms (commercial banks) in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach

The fixed and random effects models with generalized least square specifications are used in estimating regressions to correct for heteroscedasticity and serial correlation. Additionally, this study uses lagged models of the board variables to address the possibility of the presence of endogeneity and to generate robust estimates.

Findings

The empirical results show some similarities and differences on the impact of board characteristics on the performance of listed non-financial firms and banks. On similarities, for both non-financial firms and banks, board size is seen to have a significant non-linear impact on Tobin’sq. Also, the proportion of foreign board members shows a positively significant relationship with firm performance for both listed non-financial firms and banks. The effect of the proportion of board members with higher educational qualifications on firm performance appears to be negative and statistically significant for both sample of firms. On the other hand, the impact of board composition and board gender diversity on firm performance differs from listed banks and non-financial firms.

Research limitations/implications

The panel regressions for the listed banks were run on 63 observations because of the small sample size for the listed banks. Though enough for estimation purposes, inferences from results should be made with caution.

Originality/value

This paper, unlike most corporate governance – firm performance studies, focuses not only on listed non-financial firms but also on listed banks. From a multi-theoretical perspective, this paper provides a comparative analysis on the impact of board characteristics on financial performance of listed non-financial firms and banks.
Organizational learning as the best business practice for adaptation in times of great changes: a viewpoint
Authors: Csath Magdolna
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This article summarizes survey findings from a recent study that examined how Hungarian companies of different sizes from different business fields responded to the unexpected, disruptive changes caused by the pandemic, and whether they used organizational learning to design a more adaptive and resilience enhancing business model.

Methodology

The survey was conducted via questionnaires and sent out to a selected group of business leaders of larger enterprises in receipt of state financial support. The survey focused on finding out whether using the fund was accompanied by internal learning. Interviews were also held with small businesses from a randomly selected sample to evaluate the difference in business behavior in companies of different sizes.

Findings

The first observation was that it is the value system, personal goals and level of future orientation of the top leaders, rather than the size or field of activity of the business, that determines whether organizational learning is a general practice. Second, smaller businesses may be unable to define “organization learning,” but they are more agile and forward looking. Third, in the sample of larger businesses it was more typical to find top-down decision-making and less interest in creating a learning culture.

Originality

This survey covered different sized businesses, using both questionnaire and interview-based information gathering, about the impacts of the pandemic on organizational learning practices. It offers original observations that may be interesting for researchers of the field, and also for practitioners in any country.
A facilities management approach to rationalising occupants’ energy behaviours
Authors: Weerasinghe Achini Shanika , Rasheed Eziaku Onyeizu , Rotimi James Olabode Bamidele
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate building managers’ approach towards occupant energy behaviours and rationalises organisational energy culture concerning their strategy to address occupants’ preferences in New Zealand tertiary office buildings.

Design/methodology/approach

The research used grounded theory analysis by interviewing a purposive sample of 25 participants from a university. Also, semi-structured interviews were conducted with facilities managers, sustainability managers and building occupants.

Findings

The study results revealed that building managers oversimplify the multi-domain discomfort, energy impacts from occupant behaviours and the influence of social-psychology aspects on occupants’ actions. The organisational energy culture can be further improved by increasing occupants’ knowledge and awareness of energy, sharing energy feedback with occupants to make energy conscious occupants and giving them responsibilities to achieve the organisation’s energy targets.

Originality/value

This study enables opportunities to promote collaboration between building managers and occupants by comparing perspectives on occupant energy impacts.
How gender moderates the mediating mechanism across social experience, self-referent beliefs and social entrepreneurship intentions
Authors: Ko Eun-Jeong , Kang Jiyun
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This study aims to understand how social experience influences social entrepreneurial (SE) intentions through different types of self-referent beliefs and how gender affects this mechanism.

Design/methodology/approach

To test this study’s conceptual model, the authors conducted an online survey and recruited respondents via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. This study’s analysis is based on 743 responses. This study used structural equation modeling to test the main hypotheses, conducted decomposition tests using the bootstrapping method to test mediation effects via self-referent beliefs and executed multi-group analyses to examine gender-moderated mediation effects.

Findings

The results confirm that social experience significantly influences all three types of self-referent beliefs (entrepreneurial self-efficacy, SE self-efficacy and self-esteem). Furthermore, the mediating relationship across social experience, self-efficacies, and SE intentions is moderated by gender, as the relationships between social experience and self-efficacies are stronger for women than for men.

Originality/value

A clear gender gap exists in the way how social experience affects perceptual variables (self-referent beliefs), providing a practical suggestion to reduce the perceptual gender gap in social entrepreneurial contexts. This study also reveals the mediating mechanism across social experience, self-efficacies and SE intentions, also highlighting the importance of domain specific self-efficacies. This study’s findings support and extend Milliken’s (1987) framing of three distinct types of uncertainty to explain how individuals form SE intentions.
Sense of community belonging and self-rated general and mental health status among immigrants in Canada
Authors: Chireh Batholomew , Gyan Charles , Acharibasam John Bosco
Published: July 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between immigrants’ sense of community belonging and self-rated general and mental health status in Canada as well as estimate how this relationship is moderated by sex differences.

Design/methodology/approach

This cross-sectional study used pooled data from seven cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (N = 98,011) conducted between 2005 and 2018. Data were pooled to increase the sample size of the immigrant population. The surveys covered content areas such as well-being, sociodemographic, chronic diseases, self-rated general and mental health. A binary logistic regression fitted the model. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed between predictor variables and immigrants’ self-rated general and mental health. Descriptive statistics and adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated. Sex differences were also assessed.

Findings

This study found that slightly more than half of the respondents were female (53.2%). Generally, immigrants with a weak sense of community belonging were more likely to rate their general and mental health as poor although the association is stronger in mental health. Also factors such as older age, lower educational level, those single or never married, smoking status, physical inactivity, overweight or obesity and life stress were predictors of both poor self -rated general and mental health among immigrants. Sex differences in these risk factors were also noted.

Research limitations/implications

This study has several limitations that should be noted. The first limitation is the fact that causality cannot be deduced due to the cross-sectional nature of our pooled data. Secondly, responses from this data are subject to recall bias given that the data were self-reported. Therefore, the interpretation of these results must be done with caution. Further, questions regarding the primary exposure variable of this study were restrictive. The definition of the local community which forms part of the one-item community belonging question did not define what is meant by local community, and as such, the question might be subject to different interpretations (i.e. urban or rural geography?). Lastly, this study’s findings did not stratify immigrants into countries or continents of origin. Immigrants from some countries or continents may be more prone to mental health than others.

Originality/value

This study shows a link between weak immigrants’ sense of community belonging and poor self-rated general and mental health status in Canada and provides suggestive evidence of how contextual factors influence health outcomes differently in society.
A resource-based perspective of the interplay between organizational learning and supply chain resilience
Authors: Eryarsoy Enes , Özer Torgalöz Alev , Acar Mehmet Fatih , Zaim Selim
Published: July 2022

Purpose

The aim of this article is to shed light on the impact of intangible resources, such as organizational learning (OL), organizational agility (OA) and organizational innovativeness (OI), on supply chain resilience (SCR). For this, a theoretical model is developed to analyze the development of relationships between chosen resource variables.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is based on a cross-sectional questionnaire. Survey data were collected from 180 businesses including only medium to senior level managers to ensure a thorough understanding about the company's inner workings and supply chain (SC). The validity of the model is determined using structural equation modeling (SEM) and tested using lavaan package in R.

Findings

The findings indicate a statistically significant relationship between OL and SCR. Two organizational resource constructs, OI and OA, are found to have a strong mediating effect on this relationship. OL ability mediated by OA and OI results in increased SCR.

Research limitations/implications

The data cover multiple sectors but are collected from one country. The dataset is also limited in that it is collected from mid- to high-level managers working on manufacturing and supply chain-related departments.

Practical implications

The authors believe that the results of this study will guide both managers and academics in developing effective measures to avoid SC disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic or other comparable risks.

Originality/value

This is the first study that examines the relationship between OL and SCR. Prior studies have examined the relationship between OA and SCR. However, OL and OI, in particular, have not featured frequently in SCR-related studies. In this regard, this research is also unique in that it examines the mediating role of OA and OI in the relationship between OL and SCR.
Cost research of Internet of Things service architecture for random mobile users based on edge computing
Authors: Liu Jianhua , Wu Zibo , Liu Jiajia , Zou Yao
Published: July 2022

Purpose

In order to solve the problem of how to reduce the service delay of edge computing, this paper proposes an edge cloud framework, which contains four groups under different locations between mobile edge nodes and users. A feasible cost scheme can be obtained by calculating the cost in different simulation groups. Furthermore, we give suggestions on how to deploy edge nodes at a reasonable cost for users effectively.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is motivated by the IoT-Cloud framework; they are divided according to whether the nodes have templates required by users and the distance from users to distinguish various consumption levels and classify the testing result. Based on four different groups satisfying reasonable resource allocation, the cost was studied. The work focuses on the unpredictable movement within the test range. For assignment and scheduling of template tasks at each time slot, the Edge-Cloud scheme is proposed to reduce the cost.

Findings

According to the simulation results in this paper, the total cost of the four groups is lower when the closest node-set satisfies the user service directly. To improve the probability that the closest node-set can meet general requests of users and provide them with faster and more economical network services, increasing the number of edge nodes within the range of user activities is suggested.

Originality/value

An Edge-Cloud framework is constructed in four groups, and the conclusion of a feasible cost scheme came out.
A bridge between entrepreneurship education, program inspiration, and entrepreneurial intention: the role of individual entrepreneurial orientation. Evidence from Latin American emerging economies
Authors: Perez Juan P. , Martins Izaias , Mahauad Maria Dolores , Sarango-Lalangui Paul Oswaldo
Published: July 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of entrepreneurship education programs (EEPs) on the individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) by considering the innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking dimensions of undergraduate students and the role of these dimensions on the relationship between program inspiration (PI) and entrepreneurial intention (EI).

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses a pre- and post-test analysis with data from 1,423 undergraduate students from two emerging countries in Latin America: Colombia and Ecuador. To verify the effect of the EEP on innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking at two-time points, the analysis of median for the difference of two paired populations (Sign Test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test) was used. In addition, structural equation modeling analysis under the covariance and multigroup approach was applied to test the relationship between PI, IEO and EI.

Findings

The results of this study show that the EEP enhances innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking whose effects are more prominent in Ecuadorian students. Equally importantly, the EEP benefits represented in PI translate into higher EI through the mediating effect of the IEO dimensions for both the Colombian and Ecuadorian contexts, where the findings suggest no significant differences between two groups.

Originality/value

The findings of this study contribute to a better understanding of entrepreneurship education's role in entrepreneurial competence's development and intention by revealing the role of IEO dimensions. This study is one of the first studies that applies the IEO to contribute to the literature on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and intention from an emotional entrepreneurial perspective.
Hostile takeovers, culture, and firm performance: a sensemaking and sensegiving perspective
Authors: Lanke Parijat , Totawar Abhishek , Raghuraman J. , Saravanan Palanisamy
Published: July 2022

Purpose

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are common in today's corporate world, yet nearly half of them fail. Among such failed M&As, hostile takeovers cover a large proportion. The purpose of this paper is to understand the puzzling evidence of a successful hostile takeover amid multiple red flags, including cultural clash. Towards that end, this study explores the case of a recent successful takeover of Mindtree Ltd. by Larsen and Toubro Ltd. and proposes the role of sensemaking and sensegiving and their interaction within the framework of context, employees and leadership.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper uses a secondary data-based case methodology to develop arguments and frameworks. The case study is built on multiple data sources, including newspaper articles, published reports, company data and company reports. This paper also uses public interviews given by the company heads during the process of the takeover. This paper also uses the Corley and Gioia method of qualitative data analysis using thematic coding.

Findings

This paper reports a framework based on a real-world case study. This paper explains that a successful alignment of sensemaking and sensegiving between the acquired firm's employees and new leadership could be an ingredient in managing a hostile takeover. The analysis also revealed eight aggregate dimensions of the data structure based on thematic coding analysis.

Research limitations/implications

The proposed model can be further tested using empirical methods. This paper is limited in its access and analysis of only secondary data.

Practical implications

This paper provides novel implications in terms of sensemaking and sensegiving interaction for managers and executives.

Originality/value

This paper is the first to bring the role of sensemaking and sensegiving into the context of hostile takeovers. This paper would provide a new impetus from an interpretive perspective to research hostile takeovers and give novel insights for managers and executives.
Hometown sentiment: CEO hometown identity and company audit fees
Authors: Lv Jingxin , Zhang Shuang , Zhang Shuang
Published: July 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of chief executive officer (CEO) hometown identity on company audit fees in the Chinese setting.

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses data from Chinese public companies in the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for the period 2008–2019. This study investigates the impact path of CEO hometown identity on company audit fees and further examines the moderating role of internal and external governance level.

Findings

This study finds that CEO hometown identity is significantly and negatively related to company audit fees. In addition, CEO hometown identity can reduce audit fees by alleviating agency risk and litigation risk. Moreover, the negative effect of CEO hometown identity on audit fees is more pronounced in companies with a higher percentage of institutional investors shareholding and more analysts tracking quantity.

Practical implications

This study may provide new references for executives’ selection, auditors’ optimization decisions and regulators’ information disclosure system.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature by exploring the effect of CEO hometown identity on audit fees in the context of China.
Wire EDM cutting of Inconel 718 nickel-based superalloy: kerf and MRR analysis
Authors: Altin Karataş Meltem
Published: July 2022

Purpose

Inconel 718 (IN718) is a high-performance nickel-based superalloy with high oxidation-corrosion-temperature resistance, high strength (tensile, fatigue, creep and rupture), durability, toughness, hardness and dimensional stability, which is difficult to machine with traditional fabrication methods. To overcome these difficulties, wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM), one of the modern manufacturing methods, is used.

Design/methodology/approach

Main performance criteria in WEDM; material removal rate (MRR), cutting speed, surface roughness, cutting width (kerf) and wire wear rate. In this study, the effect of processing parameters on kerf and MRR because of processing IN718 in WEDM was investigated. Machining parameters, voltage, wire feed rate and dielectric fluid pressure were determined. Deionized water was used as a dielectric fluid and 0.3 mm brass wire was used as wire in the experiments. Gray Relational Analysis (GRA), which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods, has been applied for the optimization of the machining parameters in the cutting process with the WEDM. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the effect percentages of the cut-off parameters.

Findings

The parameter with the highest effect was determined as tension with a rate of 76.95% for kerf and 91.21% for MRR.

Originality/value

The novel approach uses Taguchi-based GRA optimization as a result of cutting IN718 with WEDM, reducing cost and time consumption.
Assuring online assessment quality: the case of unproctored online assessment
Authors: Lin Linda , Foung Dennis , Chen Julia
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This study aims to examine the impact of the transformation of an assessment on students’ performance and perspectives in an English for Academic Purposes course in Hong Kong. The assessment was changed from the traditional pen-and-paper mode to an unproctored online mode.

Design/methodology/approach

Using mixed methods, the research team analysed the differences between the assessment performances of those who took the course before the pandemic (n = 664) and those who took it during the pandemic (n = 702). Furthermore, focus group interviews were conducted with seven students regarding their perspectives on the unproctored assessment.

Findings

The results revealed that, although there were no major differences in the overall grades of the two groups, students who were assessed online during the pandemic performed significantly better in terms of their English use. Nevertheless, the shift to online assessment had several negative effects on the students.

Originality/value

Previous studies on unproctored online assessments (UOA) were concerned with potential learning quality issues, such as plagiarism and grade inflation. This study, however, provided empirical evidence that high-quality assessment delivery can be provided via UOA if the question types and assessment arrangements are carefully decided.
Sustainability and the Australian international higher education industry: towards a multidimensional model
Authors: Hong Min , Hardy Ian
Published: July 2022

Purpose

This paper aims to explore how the Australian Government represented issues of sustainability in Australian international higher education (IHE) policies and how it framed efforts to foster enhanced strategies for sustainable development of IHE. This research calls for a change from one-dimensional economic sustainability to a more multi-dimensional conception of sustainability, including emphasizing the role of the political sphere in issues of sustainability.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper uses discourse analysis of policy documents, specifically Bacchi’s (2009) “what is the problem represented to be” approach, to explore the problematization behind selected government policies related to IHE in Australia.

Findings

This research identified existing challenges and factors that have affected the sustainability of Australian IHE and examined how the Australian Government constructed this issue. In light of this approach, a theoretical model is proposed from internal resource analysis and external industry and foreign market structure analysis to help foster more sustainable development of IHE.

Research limitations/implications

This study is based on policy document analysis. Consequently, future empirical research is needed to examine the impact of these policies and further substantiate the findings of this study.

Practical implications

This paper proposes a theoretical model for strategy making that helps gain and maintain sustainable competitive advantage in IHE from a more integrated perspective; such an approach enables more systemic thinking on strategy proposals and offers a reference for future practice. This research will contribute to policy design for the sustainability of the Australian IHE industry and promote change from a one-dimensional economic sustainability to a more multi-dimensional sustainability approach, thereby offering a point of reference for other countries that face similar issues.

Social implications

This study points out the need to broaden the business focus, expand the value created from shareholder value to the common good and change “inside-out” economic perspectives to “outside-in” integrated perspectives for business, including the IHE industry.

Originality/value

The sustainability of IHE has become an important concern in Australian policies but is an area for further inquiry in academic discussion and research. By closely examining government policies, particularly from a discursive approach (after Bacchi), this paper makes a contribution to policy design for the sustainability of the Australian IHE industry, helping to promote a more multi-dimensional approach to sustainability.
Changing values of millennials and centennials towards responsible consumption and sustainable society
Authors: Jasrotia Sahil Singh , Darda Pooja , Pandey Shailesh
Published: July 2022

Purpose

The individual’s set of values determines how they make decisions and navigate various personal and professional issues. This study aims to investigate the substitutability of self-improvement values for self-transcendence values in fostering responsible consumption behaviors in society, using Schwartz’s Basic Human Values as the theoretical foundation.

Design/methodology/approach

Focus group discussions are used to investigate the research problem. Representative samples of 100 centennials or Generation Z college students (50 undergraduate and 50 postgraduate students) and 45 millennials or Generation Y working employees were chosen for focus group talks to ensure the findings’ correctness. Using thematic analysis, the information gathered was coded and analyzed manually.

Findings

The paper looks into whether people’s self-transcendence values play a role in getting them to act responsibly when they buy things. This study gives us much new information about how people’s values change and how people buy things in today’s world.

Research limitations/implications

This study explains how changing values make people want to be more responsible with their money and adds to the literature on sustainable consumption and consumer behavior. Using the lens of Schwartz’s Basic Human Values, this study extends the theoretical domain of responsible consumption.

Originality/value

The concept of sustainable consumption is essential for the next generation’s well-being. The sustainable development goal (SDG) 12 of responsible consumption is the focus of this study. This is a novel study to examine and understand factors that can facilitate consumers to consume responsibly to attain the SDGs. This is also one of the first studies on responsible consumption, using focus group discussions as the research methodology.
Recent advances in the application of Raman spectroscopy for fish quality and safety analysis
Authors: He Yingchao , Xu Weidong , Qu Maozhen , Zhang Chao , Wang Wenjun , Cheng Fang
Published: July 2022

Fish is one of the highly demanded aquatic products, and its quality and safety play a pivotal role in daily diet. However, the possible hazardous substance in perishable fish both in pre‐ and postharvest periods may decrease their values and pose a threat to public health. Laborious and expensive traditional methods drive the need of developing effective tools for detecting fish quality and safety properties in a rapid, nondestructive, and effective manner. Recent advances in Raman spectroscopy (RS) and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) have shown enormous potential in various aspects, which largely boost their applications in fish quality and safety evaluation. They have incomparable merits such as providing molecule fingerprint information and allowing for rapid, sensitive, and noninvasive detection with simple sample preparation. This review provides a comprehensive overview focusing on the applications of RS and SERS for fish quality assessment and safety inspection, highlighting the hazardous substance and illegal behavior both in preharvest (veterinary drug residues and environmental pollutants) and postharvest (freshness and illegal behavior) particularly. Moreover, challenges and prospects are also proposed to facilitate the vigorous development of RS and SERS. This review is aimed to emphasize potential opportunities for applying RS and SERS as promising techniques for routine food quality and safety detection.

Practical Application

With these applications, it can be clearly indicated that RS and SERS are promising and powerful in fish quality and safety surveillance, thereby reducing the occurrence of commercial fraud and food safety issues. More efforts still should be concentrated on exploiting the high‐performance Raman instruments, establishing a universal Raman database, developing reproducible SERS substrates and combing RS with other versatile spectral techniques to promote these technologies from laboratory to practice. It is hoped that this review should arouse more research interests in RS and SERS technologies for fish quality and safety surveillance, as well as provide more insights to make a breakthrough.
Effectiveness of dietary interventions in mental health treatment: A rapid review of reviews
Authors: Burrows Tracy , Teasdale Scott , Rocks Tetyana , Whatnall Megan , Schindlmayr Julia , Plain Janice , Latimer Georgina , Roberton Michelle , Harris Deanne , Forsyth Adrienne
Published: July 2022

Aim

This rapid review of reviews aimed to determine the extent of research undertaken on the effectiveness of dietary interventions for individuals with a mental disorder.

Methods

Three databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Reviews and Cochrane Trials) were searched to February 2021 for systematic reviews including experimental studies assessing the effectiveness of dietary interventions with physical or mental health related outcomes in adults or children with one or more of: severe mental illness, depression or anxiety, eating disorders, or substance use disorder. Results are presented descriptively.

Results

The number of included reviews was 46 (67% in severe mental illness, 20% in depression and anxiety, 7% in eating disorders, and 7% in substance use disorders). Most reviews were published since 2016 (59%), and included studies conducted in adults (63%). Interventions in the eating disorders and severe mental illness reviews were predominantly education and behaviour change, whereas interventions in the substance use disorders, and depression and anxiety reviews were predominantly supplementation (e.g. omega‐3). Twenty‐eight and twelve of the reviews respectively reported mental health and dietary outcomes for one or more included studies. Most reviews in severe mental illness, and depression and anxiety reported conclusions supporting the positive effects of dietary intervention, including positive effects on weight‐related or mental health outcomes, and on mental health outcomes, respectively.

Conclusions

A larger number of systematic reviews were identified which evaluated dietary interventions in individuals with severe mental illness, and depression and anxiety, compared with substance use disorders, and eating disorders. Dietary intervention is an important component of the treatment that should be available to individuals living with mental disorders, to support their physical and mental health.
Differentiating psoriatic arthritis sine psoriasis from seronegative rheumatoid arthritis—Experiences from five patients
Authors: Wang Qian , Zhang Hua , Dai Sheng‐Ming
Published: July 2022

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) without skin lesions is frequently confused with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, we aimed to promote diagnostic accuracy. Five PsA patients with no skin lesions were reviewed. We analyzed the clinical characteristics of these patients. All patients had multiple peripheral arthritis as well as axial involvement, and had been misdiagnosed with RA for several years initially. They developed severe deformation as a result of delayed diagnosis and inadequate treatment. Four patients had nail changes and one had a family history of psoriasis. They had hallmarks of PsA such as dactylitis, enthesitis, and distal interphalangeal arthritis. Ultrasound detection frequently revealed inflammation in the enthesis and extra‐synovial areas. Nail psoriasis, dactylitis, enthesitis, distal interphalangeal arthritis, and extra‐synovial inflammation would help to differentiate PsA from seronegative RA.
Analysis of the content of the nursing diagnosis deficient knowledge in individuals with heart failure
Authors: da Silva Cláudia Gabrielle , de Araújo Suelayne Santana , da Silva Jadiane Ingrid , Lira Ana Luísa Brandão de Carvalho , Lopes Marcos Venícios de Oliveira , Lopes Camila Takáo , Frazão Cecília Maria Farias de Queiroz
Published: July 2022

Objective

To analyze the content of the nursing diagnosis deficient knowledge in individuals with heart failure.

Methods

Methodological study to validate the content of a nursing diagnosis based on the predictive model of diversity, carried out through the organization of the phenomenon of interest and analysis by judges using the collective wisdom model. The NANDA‐I Knowledge Deficient diagnosis was evaluated by 48 judges and considered valid when it presented a median content validity index ≥ 0.8 in the confidence intervals.

Results

Note that 66.6% of the judges indicated that the new definition proposed was more adequate than the definition adopted by NANDA‐I. After the experts’ analysis, the following defining characteristics were considered valid: inaccurate statements about the disease and/or therapy, inadequate performance in the management of intercurrences, increase in hospital readmissions, worsened quality of life, deficit in self‐care performance, and follow‐up of inadequate instruction; related factors are as follows: inadequate guidance offered by health professionals, nonparticipation of the patient in the planning of their health care, weakened relationship between professional and individual; populations at risk—elderly and low level of education of the individual and/or caregiver and the associated condition, mild cognitive impairment. Anxiety, depression, and impaired social interaction were elements considered not relevant to the content domain.

Conclusion

The validation of the content of the aforementioned diagnosis in patients with heart failure, through the analysis of judges with different degrees of expertise, made it possible to improve the definition and expansion of new diagnostic indicators.

Implications for nursing practice

Updated diagnostic elements for the nursing diagnosis deficient knowledge in individuals with heart failure will facilitate accurate clinical judgment and the establishment of a therapeutic plan aimed at etiological factors modifiable by nurses.
Cross‐country diversity and non‐IFRS financial performance measures
Authors: Clinch Greg , Tarca Ann , Wee Marvin
Published: July 2022

We investigate the disclosure of non‐IFRS performance measures by 400 companies from eight countries using IFRS Standards (Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, Sweden and the United Kingdom) in the years 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013 (1595 company‐years). The incidence of disclosure is higher in UK and France but lower in Hong Kong, Germany and Singapore. Exclusions relating to impairment, tax, and mergers and acquisitions are frequent. Firms making non‐IFRS disclosures are more likely to be larger, have higher leverage, and exhibit greater volatility in their reported income. Additional tests show national reporting traditions and practices affect non‐IFRS disclosures.
Placing practice in Thamel, Kathmandu
Authors: LINDER BENJAMIN
Published: July 2022

Since the 1990s, Thamel—a dense neighborhood in Kathmandu, Nepal—has become the primary hub of transgressive, experimental cultural practice among young urban Nepalis. The multivalent assemblage of Thamel reflects emergent lifeworlds that challenge “traditional” conceptions of Nepali identity, and the place produces those emergent lifeworlds as well. Such transformations contest normative social roles, intersecting with multiple power relations at multiple scales. The “spatial production of cosmopolitanism” refers to this co‐constitutive relation between space and culture, highlighting how everyday cosmopolitanisms emerge and manifest in spatial practice. Contemporary Nepali cosmopolitanisms take many forms in Thamel, but it is through the spatial agglomeration of diverse subjects—and the consequent disorientation it induces—that new modes of Nepali selfhood take shape. [cosmopolitanism,cities,assemblage,urbanism,place,popular culture,Kathmandu,Nepal]
The hidden performance costs of professional isolation? A latent change score model of professional isolation during the early stage of COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors: Peng Yisheng , Liu Cong , Su Shiyang , Rosenblatt Alexa
Published: July 2022

Although past research has found that professional isolation can affect discernible work‐related outcomes (e.g. job performance and turnover) and important job attitudes, researchers have not examined its impact on those less discernible but still costly work behaviours. Drawing on self‐regulation theories, this study examined the effect of professional isolation on employees' cyberloafing and time theft through self‐control capacity impairment. With longitudinal data collected from 343 U.S. employees across five consecutive weeks at the early stage of the pandemic (i.e. from mid‐March to late April 2020), our results of latent change score modelling analyses found that professional isolation change was positively related with changes in cyberloafing and time theft via change in self‐control capacity impairment. The results increase our understanding of the hidden performance cost of professional isolation. This research also shifts the research focus from a static, between‐person perspective to dynamic, within‐person changes in professional isolation and related outcomes. The findings shed light on the self‐regulation perspective in understanding the harmful consequences of professional isolation. Implications for future research are discussed along with practical implications for organisations.
How does parental involvement matter for children's academic achievement during school closure in primary school?
Authors: Yu Xiao , Chen Yinghe , Yang Chunliang , Yang Xiujie , Chen Xin , Dang Xixi
Published: July 2022

Background

COVID‐19 has infected over twenty million people across 200 countries. UNESCO claimed that more than 190 countries had implemented countrywide school closures, which resulted in preventing 1.6 billion students of their classroom learning opportunities. As children are unable to study in the classroom with teachers' supervision, the importance of parental engagement is amplified in children's learning at home.

Aim

The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate how parental involvement contribute to children's academic achievement during school closure.

Sample

Two hundred and twenty‐nine primary school children and their parents.

Method

Children's academic achievement before (T1) and after school closure (T3), parental involvement (T2) and children's learning engagement (T2) during school closure were measured.

Results

After controlling for gender, age, grade and SES, children's learning engagement (T2) served as a full mediator of the association between parental involvement (T2) and children's academic achievement from T1 to T3. Moreover, parental psychological control (T2) moderated the association between parental involvement (T2) and children's learning engagement (T2). Specifically, the contribution of parental involvement to children's learning engagement became stronger for children whose parents had higher levels of psychological control. Higher Chinese parental psychological control did not always correlate to lower academic outcomes in the context of COVID‐19.

Conclusion

These findings highlight the central roles of parental involvement and children's learning engagement in children's academic achievement during school closure caused by COVID‐19.
Formylpeptide receptor 2: Nomenclature, structure, signalling and translational perspectives: IUPHAR review 35
Authors: Qin Cheng Xue , Norling Lucy V. , Vecchio Elizabeth A. , Brennan Eoin P. , May Lauren T. , Wootten Denise , Godson Catherine , Perretti Mauro , Ritchie Rebecca H.
Published: July 2022

We discuss the fascinating pharmacology of formylpeptide receptor 2 (FPR2; often referred to as FPR2/ALX since it binds lipoxin A4). Initially identified as a low‐affinity ‘relative’ of FPR1, FPR2 presents complex and diverse biology. For instance, it is activated by several classes of agonists (from peptides to proteins and lipid mediators) and displays diverse expression patterns on myeloid cells as well as epithelial cells and endothelial cells, to name a few. Over the last decade, the pharmacology of FPR2 has progressed from being considered a weak chemotactic receptor to a master‐regulator of the resolution of inflammation, the second phase of the acute inflammatory response. We propose that exploitation of the biology of FPR2 offers innovative ways to rectify chronic inflammatory states and represents a viable avenue to develop novel therapies. Recent elucidation of FPR2 structure will facilitate development of the anti‐inflammatory and pro‐resolving drugs of next decade.