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Spatial Variability of Summer Temperature and Related All-cause Mortality from 2006 to 2015 for Indian Cities: A Time Series Analysis
Authors: Rathi Suresh Kumar , Sodani P. R. , Sharma Prashant
Published: July 2023

Abundant literature is available on an extremely high temperature associated with mortality for cities of the developed world, but there is a dearth in the literature for coastal, desert and dry cities of the developing world, especially for India. We examined all-cause mortality and extreme high temperature in three Indian cities representing coastal, desert and dry areas for summer months (March to June) from 2006 to 2015. We obtained the data on temperature and all-cause mortality for ten years for the summer months. The city-specific effect of ambient heat on all-cause mortality was assessed through time series ordinary least square linear regression model. A total of 75,571, 122,117 and 53,042 deaths for 1,203, 1,220 and 1,180 summer days from 2006 to 2015 were analysed with ambient temperature for Jaipur, Hyderabad and Surat, respectively. There were 994 (27.6%) out of 3,603 summer days having temperature ≥40°C and 2,495 (69.3%) out of 3,602 summer days having feel temperature/heat index (HI) of ≥41°C. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) criteria for the heatwave, Surat has the maximum number of 75 days with a maximum temperature of ≥40°C, whereas Hyderabad has only 4 days and Jaipur faced 35 days with a maximum temperature of ≥45°C during the study period. The per-day mean all-cause mortality increased to 39% and 11% for Jaipur and Hyderabad, respectively, at ≥45°C and 20% for the coastal city of Surat at ≥40°C as per IMD heatwave criteria. A time-series linear regression model shows that adjusted R-squared is 0.593, 0.629 and 0.348, which explained the variation of 59.3%, 62.9% and 34.8% for all-cause mortality (dependent variable) by independent variables (maximum temperature, humidity and HI) for Jaipur, Hyderabad and Surat, respectively. The maximum temperature threshold (cut-off) for all-cause mortality for Jaipur, Hyderabad and Surat is 42°C, 41°C and 40°C, respectively. The impact of ambient heat in the rise of all-cause mortality for all study sites was evident. Hence, findings support the efforts for reducing the public health burden of high ambient temperature through developing and implementing city-specific heat action plans.
I am Addicted to You My Love: Exploring the Crucial Significance of Brand Addiction
Authors: Gumparthi Vivek Pani , Jog Deepti , Sharma Preeti
Published: July 2023

Brand addiction is a recent consumer construct and is an extremely affective relationship that a consumer can have with a given brand. Research on brand addiction has been very limited. Keeping this in view, the present study aims to investigate, if brand addiction can drive brand loyalty while driving other crucial managerial outcomes (i.e., positive word of mouth, resistance to negative information, willingness to pay premium and social media following). These relationships are examined using the perceptions of 306 Indian consumers. Structural equation modelling has been used for the analysis of the present study. The results confirm that brand loyalty mediates the relationship between brand addiction and other above-mentioned consequences positively. Further, the study also posits that ‘duration of use’ does not significantly moderate the above-mentioned relationships.
Entrepreneurship in Times of Adversity Through the Lens of University Students
Authors: Caglayan Esin , Ucel Ela Burcu
Published: July 2023

The crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic has had previously unforeseen global repercussions. As in other countries, in Turkey, the lockdowns and social isolation measures have completely changed social and economic conditions. Entrepreneurship, which by definition involves risk, has become even more risky due to the serious economic and social consequences of the pandemic. This study aimed to explore university students’ perspectives of entrepreneurship and to gain an understanding about the entrepreneurial experience in this period. Using reflexive photography as a visual method to extract qualitative data, this study presents a humanistic portrait of entrepreneurship as seen through the eyes of young people during COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal six emergent themes regarding entrepreneurship, which are agile adaptation to new conditions, the changes in consumer preferences, the psychological responses, the rising number of women entrepreneurs, the adverse effects on the hospitality industry and the adaptation problems of traditional business owners. The current research provides an understanding of being an entrepreneur in Turkey during a global pandemic. The findings would contribute to educational institutions, entrepreneurs, managers and policy makers in their future efforts on designing agile policies, systems and structures that would show resilience to similar crises and educating capable entrepreneurs.
Evidence-Based Management: A Design Theory, Template, and Technology for a Knowledge Delivery Platform
Authors: Eapen Bell Raj , Baba Vishwanath V. , Sohail Maarif
Published: July 2023

We take a theory-driven approach to designing an evidence management system. The ultimate purpose is to promote evidence-based management. The immediate purpose is to capture, curate, maintain, and deliver evidence gathered from both management research and management practice in a format usable by both humans and intelligent systems. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and the theory of planned behaviour serve as the framework for the design, resulting in a design theory and empirical propositions. Our design offers a platform to facilitate ongoing communication between researchers and practitioners as well as a trustworthy mechanism for delivering the evidence to the end user in real-time. It comprises an evidence template, a wiki platform for bidirectional communication, and blockchain technology for ensuring trust among evidence users.
Psychological Process that Links Authentic Leadership with Followers’ Creative Behaviour
Authors: Malodia Luxmi , Goyal Indu
Published: July 2023

This article aimed to examine the serial mediation effect of workplace inclusion and employee engagement in the relationship of authentic leadership and employee creativity. This study makes a contribution towards the literature of management by studying the relationship between authentic leadership, workplace inclusion, employee engagement and employee creativity which is limited so far. By providing empirical research on the psychological process that creates a link between authentic leadership and employee creativity, this study fills the gap in the literature. This research was conducted among employees who were working in top 10 IT sector companies that are located in Northern India. Data were collected from the employees who were having at least 3 years of experience in the current organization. The serial mediation in this study was tested using regression analysis (SPSS process macro model six). Findings of this study found the sequential mediation effect of workplace inclusion and employee engagement in the relationship of authentic leadership and employee creativity. Thus, organizations can get the benefit of the creative workforce at the workplace by selecting, developing, fostering and nurturing authentic leaders who can create inclusive environment at the workplace.
Book review: Erik J. Larson. 2021. The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
Authors: Kumar Pradeep
Published: July 2023

Erik J. Larson. 2021. The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do. Harvard University Press, pp. 320, $29.95 (Hardcover); $19.95 (Paperback). ISBN: 9780674983519 (Hardcover); ISBN: 9780674278660 (Paperback)
OMNI Channel: Is It Really Omni?
Authors: Bhardwaj Preshth , Mohapatra Sanjay
Published: July 2023

This case study is about ZARA’s transformation from conventional stores for women’s apparel brands to omnichannel concept stores to provide a seamless shopping experience inside its stores. This case is about the time when, in 2019, ZARA’s Indian subsidiary was on the verge of adapting to a new concept store model. The challenges ZARA faced in transforming its Indian stores from brick-and-mortar stores into omnichannel stores, and ZARA’s entry strategies adopted across markets and its plan to convert from the current multi-channel strategy to omnichannel stores are all elaborated on in the case.
Instructed timing and body posture in guitar and bass playing in groove performance
Authors: Haugen Mari Romarheim , Câmara Guilherme Schmidt , Nymoen Kristian , Danielsen Anne
Published: July 2023

Body movements play a crucial role in music performance and perception, and they do so well beyond those devoted to sound production itself. Various movements related to the performer’s emotional intentions or structural aspects of the music are also part of the performance and crucial to the listening experience. In the present study, we investigated the effect of instructed timing on such non-sound producing body movements, focusing on musicians’ body posture. We used an infrared motion-capture system to record the movements of skilled guitarists and bassists while they were playing electric guitar and electric bass, respectively. We instructed the musicians to perform under three different timing-style conditions: laid-back (behind), on-the-beat, and pushed (ahead). We also conducted short semistructured interviews to gain further insight into their movement strategies. The results show that performers generally leaned forward when instructed to play systematically slightly ahead of the pulse. We suggest that this change is related to an alteration in the performer’s experience of the feel of the music. The results support the view that musicians’ non-sound-producing body movements are not random, but integral to the performance, and that they are closely related to the music’s microrhythmic feel.
Hindfoot Alignment and Ankle Stability Following Arthroscopic Lateral Ankle Ligament Repair
Authors: Yoshimoto Kensei , Noguchi Masahiko , Maruki Hideyuki , Tominaga Ayako , Okazaki Ken
Published: July 2023

Background:

Hindfoot varus deformity is a known risk factor for chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI). The impact of this deformity on clinical results following arthroscopic lateral ankle ligament repair (ALLR) for CLAI has not been studied.

Methods:

Sixty-three ankles from 62 patients who received ALLR for CLAI were retrospectively examined. Preoperative plain radiographs were used to measure tibial articular surface (TAS) angles, and long axial hindfoot alignment radiographs were used to measure tibiocalcaneal angles (TCAs) pre- and postoperatively. Results included ratings on the Self-Administered Foot Evaluation Questionnaire (SAFE-Q) and recurrent ankle instability (respraining of the operated ankle following surgery).

Results:

Recurrent ankle instability, defined as incidence of any new ankle sprain after surgery reported in the follow-up period, occurred in 13 ankles. The TAS angles of these patients were significantly low, and their preoperative TCA was significantly high. Multivariate analysis showed that preoperative TCA was an independent risk factor for recurrent ankle instability. The threshold values for preoperative TCA for recurrent instability were determined via the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis to be 3.4 degrees. Patients were assigned to a low- or high-TCA group based on the reported average TCA (2.7 degrees) of healthy patients. In the high-TCA group, recurrent instability was significantly more frequent, and the scores on the pain subscale of the postoperative SAFE-Q were significantly lower.

Conclusion:

Hindfoot varus alignment was associated with pooreroutcomes after ALLR.

Level of Evidence:

Level III, retrospective comparative study.
Experimental investigation on stiffness and damping characteristics of hybrid foil magnetic bearings
Authors: Zhang Hang , Feng Kai
Published: July 2023

Hybrid Foil Magnetic Bearings (HFMBs) are a promising bearing technology for high-speed, oil-free turbomachinery that structurally embeds a gas foil bearing (GFB) into the inner diameter of an active magnetic bearing (AMB). The flexible foil structure provides sufficient support stiffness for the rotor, while closed-loop control allows real-time adjustment of the dynamic performance of the bearing. In this paper, the static and dynamic performance of the HFMB is measured experimentally. The effect of the control gain on the static and dynamic performance of the HFMB is highlighted. The proportional gain increases the stiffness but weakens the stability of the system, while the differential gain increases the damping but unexpectedly increases the stiffness. The static and dynamic performance of the HFMB is compared with that of the GFB. At low excitation frequencies, the stability of the GFB is higher than that of the HFMB, while as the excitation frequency is increased, the stability of the HFMB exceeds that of the GFB.
Preschoolers With ASD With and Without Elevated Attention Problems: Observed Parenting Differences
Authors: Kangas-Dick Kayleigh , Brassard Marla R. , Jahromi Laudan B. , Greer R. Douglas
Published: July 2023

Few studies have examined the relationship between attention problems (AP) and observed parenting in families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants were 41 mother–child dyads with ASD recruited from an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) U.S. preschool and whose behaviors were observed during parent–child interactions. Children with ASD and elevated AP ( n = 19) on the Child Behavior Checklist had significantly lower verbal ability, and mothers reported significantly more stress than children with ASD only ( n = 22). Causal modeling was used to examine the directionality of the expected relationship between AP and parenting behavior as partially or wholly mediated by parenting stress. Mothers who exhibited less positive parenting experienced higher parenting stress and their children demonstrated increased AP and decreased engagement during dyadic interactions. The strength of this relationship varied according to child verbal ability. These findings have practical implications for identifying and implementing appropriate intervention.
How to undo things with words? Explication and the counterperformative effects of regulation
Authors: Lenglet Marc , Pierides Dean , Taupin Benjamin
Published: July 2023

Policymakers implement regulations with limited capacity to register the unexpected. We argue that unexpected events do occur when regulations are implemented and we develop the concept of explication to account for the performative misfires that generate them. Explication is the organisational process that allows abstract ideas to be transposed into material realities and it allows us to identify how regulatory texts can carry signs and intentions in absence of their authors. We investigate the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), a regulatory package that generated a market context that was significantly different from what its economic programme sought to achieve. The competitive model underlying MiFID aimed to create a level-playing field among European financial markets but in reality its explication reduced transparency. We make four contributions to organisation studies. First, we show that explication is a source of contingency in implementation. Second, we shed light on the individual and collective hermeneutic performance as the source of counterperformativity. Third, explication brings intention back into the discussion: intention emerges from the unintended consequences borne by regulatory texts from the moment interpretation begins. Fourth, we show how explication can be a widely useful concept in organisation studies because it brings the performativity of language back into material semiotics whilst maintaining a place for contingency.
Association between clinic-level quality of care and patient-level outcomes in multiple sclerosis
Authors: He Anna H , Manouchehrinia Ali , Glaser Anna , Ciccarelli Olga , Butzkueven Helmut , Hillert Jan , McKay Kyla Anne
Published: July 2023

Background:

Multiple sclerosis (MS) quality of care guidelines are consensus-based. The effectiveness of the recommendations is unknown.

Objective:

To determine whether clinic-level quality of care affects clinical and patient-reported outcomes.

Methods:

This nationwide observational cohort study included patients with adult-onset MS in the Swedish MS registry with disease onset 2005–2015. Clinic-level quality of care was measured by four indicators: visit density, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) density, mean time to commencement of disease-modifying therapy, and data completeness. Outcomes were Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and patient-reported symptoms measured by the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29). Analyses were adjusted for individual patient characteristics and disease-modifying therapy exposure.

Results:

In relapsing MS, all quality indicators benefitted EDSS and physical symptoms. Faster treatment, frequent visits, and higher data completeness benefitted psychological symptoms. After controlling for all indicators and individual treatment exposures, faster treatment remained independently associated with lower EDSS (−0.06, 95% confidence interval (CI): −0.01, −0.10) and more frequent visits were associated with milder physical symptoms (MSIS-29 physical score: −16.2%, 95% CI: −1.8%, −29.5%). Clinic-level quality of care did not affect any outcomes in progressive-onset disease.

Conclusion:

Certain quality of care indicators correlated to disability and patient-reported outcomes in relapse-onset but not progressive-onset disease. Future guidelines should consider recommendations specific to disease course.
Streaming demand for eSports: Analysis of Counter-strike: Global offensive
Authors: Gasparetto Thadeu , Safronov Artemii
Published: July 2023

The eSports industry is growing at a rapid pace. The expansion of streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube Live played an important role in this leap and greatly contributed to the rise in popularity of electronic sports. Despite this success, there is no research on the topic of streaming demand of eSports to date. This paper aims to fill this gap using a demand approach of traditional sports to analyze the streaming demand of an eSports discipline, the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The dataset comprises 865 matches between 2018 and 2021. Multiple Linear Regressions are taken as econometric tools. Main findings indicate that eSports enthusiasts value factors such as quality of tournament, match quality, and individual skill of the athletes when watching matches. In addition, the obtained results reveal that the Uncertainty of Outcome plays a significant role at streaming broadcasts of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, where viewers prefer to watch those games in which there is a high level of competitiveness between the participants. Current research contributes to the existing eSports literature with a new framework for analyzing streaming demand. The empirical findings could be of the interest of tournament organizers as well as streaming platforms for maximizing audiences.
Understanding evaluation use from an organisational perspective: A review of the literature and a research agenda
Authors: Kupiec Tomasz , Celińska-Janowicz Dorota , Pattyn Valérie
Published: July 2023

Why do some types of evaluation use prevail in certain contexts and not in others? The aim of this article is to advance knowledge about organisational factors of evaluation use, that is, determinants of evaluation use grounded in organisational theories. We critically review existing frameworks of organisational factors of evaluation use, highlighting key differences between them and pointing out discrepancies with empirical insights. We discuss the merits of two potential areas for future research that can help concretise theoretical stances: considering organisational legitimacy as a potential direct determinant of evaluation use and incorporating a dynamic perspective in organisational frameworks of evaluation use.
How to develop a realist programme theory using Margaret Archer’s structure–agency–culture framework: The case of adolescent accountability for sexual and reproductive health in urban resource-constrained settings
Authors: Van Belle Sara , Abejirinde Ibukun-Oluwa , Ssennyonjo Aloysius , Srinivas Prashanth N. , Hebbar Pragati , Marchal Bruno
Published: July 2023

Realist evaluation is in essence a theory-building and testing approach. We argue that in practice, the theory-building potential of realist evaluation, review and research is not fully exploited in the field of global health. Our assumption is that the Structure-Agency-Culture explanatory framework of critical realist Margaret Archer could stimulate realist evaluators to conceptualize and systematically explore how structural and cultural conditions interact with programmes that aim at introducing social change. We propose step-wise guidance towards integrating the Structure–Agency–Culture framework into the development of realist programme theories. We present a worked example from an urban adolescent health study in poor neighbourhoods of Kampala, Mumbai, New Delhi and Cotonou. The guidance aims to bring to the fore the role of agency and context through the analysis of the interactions between structure, culture, agency and mechanisms. This is helpful in realist research in general, and in evaluations of complex interventions oriented towards social change.
Good care and adverse effects: Exploring the use of social alarms in care for older people in Sweden
Authors: Lydahl Doris
Published: July 2023

In Nordic countries, ‘welfare technology’ is a concept used increasingly by policymakers when discussing the promise of digitalisation in care for older people. In this paper, I draw on data from 14 qualitative ethnographic interviews with employees in municipal eldercare in Sweden, as well as observations carried out at a nursing home, to suggest the importance of studying how good care is enacted through welfare technology, whilst simultaneously attending to the adverse effects sometimes consequent from these practices. In this article, I explore what values are supported when doing care with welfare technology, and what values are neglected in this process. The theoretical starting point for this article takes its inspiration from recent discussions of care within Science and Technology Studies (STS). Employing a double vision of care, the article argues for the importance of understanding how good care is enacted with technology, while also attending to what these care practices exclude and neglect. Focusing on the use of social alarms, the article shows that when doing care with such technology, values such as independence, safety and some forms of togetherness and availability were enhanced; while other values such as other forms togetherness and availability, a stress-free working environment and functionality were neglected.
Reflections of a white healthcare professional researching ethnicized and racialized minorities: Autoethnographically explored emotions revealing implicit advantages and consequences
Authors: Halberg Nina
Published: July 2023

Health research is often embedded in biomedicine in which the goal is to remove all bias. However, this is problematic in research on social issues such as social and health inequities. Therefore, there is growing criticism of health researchers’ positions as neutral and invisible. I explore research-based advantages and consequences following my positionings within whiteness, nursing and healthcare professionality. Drawing on two ethnographic studies conducted in Denmark, one among black Nigerian women working in the streets of Copenhagen, the other following patients, defined in Danish healthcare as ‘ethnic minorities’, in two hospitals in the greater Copenhagen area, I take the point of departure from autoethnographic emotions of ‘doing good’, ‘discomfort’ and ‘denial’. As I analyse these emotions as a production in the contexts, I show the advantages and consequences of leaving my marked body unmarked. With an intersectional lens, I discuss how health researchers’ risk (re)producing social inequalities in health based on for example, avoiding topics of skin colour and experiences of discrimination. Ultimately, what legitimized my access to the people in the field paradoxically also risked delegitimizing their experiences of racialized and ethnicized inequalities. This is not only consequential for the interlocutors but also for the knowledge production, since we as health researchers’ risk implicitly avoiding important knowledge if we do not see our own research positionings as a racialized, ethnicized and culturalized matter. Therefore, the need for educational curriculum on racialization and anti-discrimination is imperative within the health professions and as health researchers regardless of profession or research area.
Discursive constructions of family functions in forensic psychiatry: A critical ethnographic perspective
Authors: Domingue Jean-Laurent , Jacob Jean-Daniel
Published: July 2023

Significant barriers remain regarding the implementation of family-centred approaches in the domain of forensic psychiatry despite their effectiveness at increasing adherence to treatment, improving attendance to medical appointments, decreasing readmission rates and reducing episodes of relapse. We attribute these barriers to a fundamental gap in our understanding of the family function and its role within the forensic psychiatric system. Despite requesting to be included and considered as partners, some families feel excluded and sidelined, which causes distress, incomprehension and disengagement. We approached this tension at the discursive level through a critical ethnography of the Review Board and the work of Foucault on psychiatric power, which provided us with a unique opportunity to understand how the role of families are constructed and sustained in the Canadian forensic psychiatric system. To do so, we mobilized data stemming from ethnographic observations and documentary artifacts entitled ‘reasons for disposition’. Data analysis allowed us to identify two discursive constructions of familial functions: (1) families as repositories of information and (2) families as supervisory agents. These results have implications for health care professionals and administrators in forensic psychiatry who are increasingly adhering to family-centred care models without questioning what such care or what such family engagement entails.
What do we know about algorithmic literacy? The status quo and a research agenda for a growing field
Authors: Oeldorf-Hirsch Anne , Neubaum German
Published: July 2023

The increasing role of algorithms shaping our use of communication technology—particularly on social media—comes with a growth of empirical research attempting to assess how literate users are regarding these algorithms. This rapidly emerging field is marked by great diversity in terms of how it theorizes and measures our understanding of algorithms, due, in part, to the opaque “black box” nature of the algorithms themselves. In this review article, we summarize the state of knowledge on algorithmic literacy, including its definitions, development, measurement, and current theorizing on human–algorithm interaction. Drawing on this existing work, we propose an agenda including four different directions that future research could focus on: (1) balancing users’ expectations of algorithmic literacy with developers’ responsibility for algorithmic transparency, (2) methods for engaging users in increasing their literacy, (3) further developing the affective and behavioral facets of literacy, and (4) addressing the new algorithmic divide.
Polyphony in the pediatric clinic: Parents reporting teachers’ talk as a resource for building deontic and epistemic (dis)alliances among caregivers
Authors: Caronia Letizia , Ranzani Federica , Colla Vittoria , Demozzi Silvia , Benericetti Giulia
Published: July 2023

Alliances between families and children’s institutional caregivers are considered crucial in granting children a healthy upbringing. This article reports the preliminary findings of a study on the interactional construction of epistemic and deontic alliances among present and evoked children’s caregivers. Adopting a discourse analysis approach to a corpus of 54 video-recorded pediatric visits, we analyze examples of complaint sequences where parents ‘ventriloquize’ the teachers’ voices and pursue an alliance with the pediatrician against the school’s practices or stance. We illustrate the local ratification of the pediatrician’s deontic authority over the teacher’s and the interactional accomplishment of (dis)alliances among the institutionally sanctioned caregivers. In the conclusion, we argue that this local system of deontic and epistemic (dis)alliances indexes the contemporary shift toward an individualized (or individualistic?) model of care and education, deaf to the collective demands and the need for relatively routinized practices that are at stake in any community.
Class III malocclusion treated with a 3D-printed hybrid hyrax distalizer combined with mentoplate using Alt-RAMEC protocol: A case report
Authors: Kathem Sarah Joda , Matras Rannvá Caroline , Abbas Salaheddin Omar Mahmoud
Published: July 2023

Introduction:

The aim of this report was to assess the skeletal, dental and soft tissue changes in a juvenile patient with a severe class III malocclusion. This case report describes a novel method of class III treatment using skeletal anchorage for maxillary protraction and Alt-RAMEC protocol.

Patient concerns:

The patient did not have any subjective complaints before treatment and there was no family history of class III malocclusion.

Clinical findings and primary diagnoses:

Extra-orally, the patient had a concave profile with a retrusive mid-face and prominent lower lip. The intra-oral examination revealed angle class III malocclusion with a −3-mm overjet. There was no anterior displacement on closure when the patient was assessed clinically. According to the cephalometric analysis, the sagittal jaw relation and Wits appraisal were reduced due to a retrognathic maxilla and prognathic mandible.

Interventions:

The treatment plan involved maxillary protraction, Alt-RAMEC protocol for 10 weeks and upper molar distalisation with a hybrid hyrax distalizer in combination with a mentoplate. The active treatment time was estimated to 18 months followed by 6 months retention with the appliance.

Outcomes:

The sagittal jaw relationship was increased by approximately 9°, mainly due to maxillary advancement of 8 mm and a positional change of the mandible anteroposteriorly. Natural decompensation of the lower incisors was also observed. In addition, both the facial profile and the smile became more harmonious after treatment. The treatment analysis revealed that the changes achieved were mainly skeletal and it was possible to avoid adverse effects on the dentition.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, treatment with a hybrid hyrax distalizer combined with mentoplate using the Alt-RAMEC protocol is effective in correcting the anteroposterior discrepancy in a juvenile class III patient and it is possible to achieve maxillary advancement of 8 mm.
Going digital with multisided-platforms: Assessing the innovation adoption process from the perspectives of travel agents
Authors: Aamir Suhaib , Atsan Nuray , Khan Mohammad Saud
Published: July 2023

Travel agents’ adoption of digital technologies to digitally transform their businesses has seen a rapid surge in recent years in the tourism industry. Multisided Platforms (MSPs) have been one of those digital technologies that digitally transformed brick-and-mortar travel agents to have access to online tools and modules for searching, comparing, and booking travel content. This study examines the factors that are taken into consideration by travel agents in the three phases of the adoption process, namely, pre-adoption, during-adoption, and post-adoption phases. A qualitative study was taken up for this purpose and seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with international travel agents. The findings of this study were twofold. First, the findings of the study adhered to the existing factors of the diffusion of innovation (DOI) model such as relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability, as crucial factors for adopting MSPs. Second, the findings of the study extended the DOI model by proposing two other factors, supportability, and integrability, which were deemed crucial by travel agents when adopting MSPs. The study shows that as part and parcel of the DOI model, travel agents by adopting MSPs get access to global content from multiple-channels and multiple-providers easily and securely. The study discusses practical and theoretical implications.
Conceptualizing, Embracing, and Measuring Failure in Social Marketing Practice
Authors: Akbar M Bilal , Foote Liz , Lawson Alison
Published: July 2023

Background

While failure in social marketing practice represents an emerging research agenda, the discipline has not yet considered this concept systematically or cohesively. This lack of a clear conceptualization of failure in social marketing to aid practice thus presents a significant research gap.

Focus

This study aimed to conceptualize failures in social marketing practice.

Methods

A qualitative survey was conducted using purposive sampling to solicit expert views of well-established social marketing academics and practitioners. Participants were asked to discuss failures in social marketing practice based on their experience in the field. A total of 49 participants provided their input to the survey. Thematic analysis was used to develop four themes addressing the research question.

Importance

It is widely acknowledged that reflecting and learning from past failures to promote future best practices is desirable for any discipline. As an empirically based social change discipline, social marketing would benefit from the elevation of failure within its broader research agenda.

Results

Four themes were identified: (1) Failures occur when the target behaviors are not achieved, (2) Tactics used to measure failures, (3) Process failure, and (4) Failures either not measured or reframed as lessons learned. A conceptual framework was created to characterize the nature of failures in social marketing practice, representing a feedback loop deemed problematic for the discipline.

Recommendations

We call for social marketers to explicitly acknowledge and address failures when describing and reporting on their work and project outcomes. Efforts should be made to adopt a reflexive stance and examine and address internal and external factors affecting the program’s failures.
Work alienation and its relationship with job crafting and job embeddedness among a group of Iranian nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
Authors: Zohourparvaz Mona sadat , Vagharseyyedin Seyyed Abolfazl
Published: July 2023

Background:

The difficult work conditions of nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can cause them work alienation. Work alienation is in turn associated with negative consequences such as turnover intention. Therefore, identifying the contributing factors of work alienation is essential.

Aim:

This study aimed to assess the relationship of work alienation with job crafting and job embeddedness among a group of Iranian nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods:

A total of 332 eligible nurses participated in this descriptive correlational study. The data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the work alienation measure, the job crafting scale and the global measure of job embeddedness.

Results:

The mean scores of work alienation, job embeddedness and job crafting were 22.67 ± 6.46 (possible range: 7–49), 21.05 ± 3.65 (possible range: 7–35) and 77.54 ± 11.93 (possible range: 21–105), respectively. Work alienation had a significant inverse correlation with job embeddedness and job crafting. Job crafting and job embeddedness significantly predicted 44% of the variance of work alienation.

Conclusions:

Around half of the variance of work alienation is explained by job crafting and job embeddedness. Nursing managers can use strategies to improve nurses’ job embeddedness and job crafting in order to reduce the probability of their work alienation.
The mediating role of empathy in the impact of compassion fatigue on burnout among nurses
Authors: Topçu Nihal , Akbolat Mahmut , Amarat Mustafa
Published: July 2023

Background:

The burnout levels of nurses, who have an important place in the delivery of health services, are increasing day by day. As the burnout levels of nurses increase, there may be undesirable situations such as compassion fatigue specific to them, their patients and their institutions.

Purpose:

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of compassion fatigue seen in nurses on burnout and the mediating role of empathy in this effect.

Methods:

The research was conducted on nurses working in three public hospitals operating in Sakarya, Turkey, between 2 January and 16 April 2019. Since the research was conducted in more than one hospital, the minimum number of participants was determined for each hospital using the stratified sampling method in the first stage. In the second stage, the participants were selected by convenience sampling method. Descriptive statistics, linear regression and process macro regression analysis were used to analyse the data.

Results:

The results showed the effect of nurses’ compassion fatigue on burnout and empathy (β = 0.673). In addition, empathy has a mediating role in the effect of compassion fatigue on burnout (β = 0.251).

Conclusions/implications for practice:

Reducing the burnout levels of nurses, who have a very important place in the delivery of health services, is important for both themselves and patients. It is recommended that the results of this study, which may contribute to the development of the awareness of nurse managers, should be made with the ability to understand the symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout, teaching coping methods and providing support by experts when necessary.
Quantum reliability analysis of a wireless telecommunication network
Authors: Zio Enrico
Published: July 2023

This work is positioned within the new field of quantum probability theory and its application to the reliability analysis of wireless telecommunication networks. Specifically, we present the development of a Quantum Bayesian Network (QBN) for calculating the reliability of a 5G wireless telecommunication network. The qualitative comparison with a classical Bayesian Network model allows highlighting the role of interferences in the calculation of the reliability of a complex system such as a wireless telecommunication network.
System reliability evaluation and dynamic optimization based on an improved reliability block diagram
Authors: Tianyu Liu , Zhengqiang Pan , Guopeng Song
Published: July 2023

Reliability block diagram (RBD) is an effective tool for modeling and evaluating system reliability. During operation, a system’s reliability may decrease significantly due to the failure of certain critical nodes and thus should be reconfigured. This paper presents a framework for system reliability evaluation and dynamic optimization based on RBD, designed from the perspective of system users. First, we improve the classic RBD model with a new encoding scheme and develop an accurate RBD computation algorithm that is easily recognized by computers and highly efficient. Second, we create an optimization algorithm based on Tabu Search to reconfigure the system after node failure, striking a balance between system reliability recovery and RBD variation amplitude. Finally, we provide some numerical examples and a computational experiment based on a practical instance from a navy fleet to demonstrate the correctness and effectiveness of our proposed methods.
A model-based safety analysis approach for airborne systems using state traversals
Authors: Zhuang Lu , Lu Zhong , Song Haijing , Liang Xihui
Published: July 2023

Safety analysis is an important task in both the development and certification of civil aircraft. The traditional safety analysis is significantly dependent on the skills and experiences of analysts. A model-based safety analysis approach is proposed for airborne systems based on the model built with Simulink. This study builds Simulink models of typical failure modes as well as the fault injection methods. The responses of system performances are monitored by traversing all failure combinations based on a state space reduction method. The system will be in an unsafe condition when the responses exceed their thresholds. The minimal cut sets of the system are obtained automatically by recording the failure combinations leading to the unsafe condition. Finally, a lateral-directional flight control system is taken as a practical example to illustrate the application and effectiveness of our proposed method. The result shows that our method has higher accuracy and the causes of the unsafe conditions can be determined by the automatic generation of the minimal cut sets. Additionally, the cumbersome work of building a traditional safety analysis model such as the fault tree, the Markov model, or the dependence diagram can be avoided.
Pak–India relations: A comparative analysis of political cartoons
Authors: Bakhtiar Fraz , Ismail Muhammad , Baig Fawad
Published: July 2023

A picture is worth than a thousand words. Political cartoons are an important genre in media content and can be used as a tool for propaganda in peace and war times. Permanent hostilities and rising media outlets in the region between India and Pakistan increased the importance of media to cool down hostilities. This study attempts to explore the role of political cartoons in escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, due to the Uri base and Pathankot terrorist attacks in 2016. Therefore, two daily newspapers – DAWN from Pakistan and Times of India from India – published from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016 were selected for frame analysis. Findings revealed that both newspapers published 82 cartoons relevant to the study, 29 in DAWN and 53 in Times of India. Analysis of the data reveals that five themes are present in the cartoon content: blame game, Kashmir conflict, role of international actors, peace efforts and dialogue, and water dispute. Blaming the other is dominant in the Times of India and peace efforts and dialogue in DAWN. The Times of India mostly supported Indian government and DAWN rejected the Pakistani stance in cartoon coverage regarding Pak–India relations.
Building Integrity in Law Students Before They Become Lawyers in Indonesia
Authors: Abidin Handa S. , Sultansyah Arya F.
Published: July 2023

The integrity of Indonesian advocates is regulated by the Law 18/2003 concerning Advocates and the 2002 Code of Ethics for Indonesian Advocates. However, in a discussion of integrity, it is not sufficient to limit the scope to advocates since the definition of an advocate in the Law 18/2003 is narrower than the definition of a lawyer. As a result, the discussion has to go beyond the Law 18/2003 concerning Advocates and the 2002 Code of Ethics for Indonesian Advocates to have a wider reach. Integrity must be in Indonesia’s law schools in a more comprehensive manner. Other factors that promote the development of integrity and increase the competitiveness of lawyers must also be covered in Indonesian law schools. Finally, there is a need for an ecosystem that promotes the integrity of lawyers, involving law schools, law enforcements, clients and other related parties.
Global, regional, and national time trends in incidence for migraine, from 1990 to 2019: an age-period-cohort analysis for the GBD 2019
Authors: Fan Luying , Wu Yuhang , Wei Jiehua , Xia Fan , Cai Yufeng , Zhang Senmao , Miao Junxiang , Zhou Yunzhe , Liu Chu , Yan Wei , Liu Dan , Chen Lizhang , Wang Tingting
Published: July 2023

Background

The majority of epidemiological studies on migraine have been conducted in a specific country or region, and there is a lack of globally comparable data. We aim to report the latest information on global migraine incidence overview trends from 1990 to 2019.

Methods

In this study, the available data were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease 2019. We present temporal trends in migraine for the world and its 204 countries and territories over the past 30 years. Meanwhile, an age-period-cohort model be used to estimate net drifts (overall annual percentage change), local drifts (annual percentage change in each age group), longitudinal age curves (expected longitudinal age-specific rate), and period (cohort) relative risks.

Results

In 2019, the global incidence of migraine increased to 87.6 million (95% UI: 76.6, 98.7), with an increase of 40.1% compared to 1990. India, China, United States of America, and Indonesia had the highest number of incidences, accounting for 43.6% of incidences globally. Females experienced a higher incidence than males, the highest incidence rate was observed in the 10–14 age group. However, there was a gradual transition in the age distribution of incidence from teenagers to middle-aged populations. The net drift of incidence rate ranged from 3.45% (95% CI: 2.38, 4.54) in high-middle Socio-demographic Index (SDI) regions to -4.02% (95% CI: -4.79, -3.18) in low SDI regions, 9 of 204 countries showed increasing trends (net drifts and its 95% CI were > 0) in incidence rate. The age-period-cohort analysis results showed that the relative risk of incidence rate generally showed unfavorable trends over time and in successively birth cohorts among high-, high-middle-, and middle SDI regions, but low-middle- and low-SDI regions keep stable.

Conclusions

Migraine is still an important contributor to the global burden of neurological disorders worldwide. Temporal trends in migraine incidence are not commensurate with socioeconomic development and vary widely across countries. Both sexes and all age groups should get healthcare to address the growing migraine population, especially adolescents and females.