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Environmental Concern of Owner‐Managers and Environmental Practices of SMEs: A Typology Considering Size and Sector‐Specific Environmental Regulations
Authors: Vandersteene Anthony 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTPrevious works have highlighted that small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are responsible for approximately 60%–70% of European industrial pollution, which has led scholars to investigate whether owner‐managers, the most influential decision‐makers in SMEs, actually care about environmental issues. Although existing works have identified various antecedents of owner‐managers' environmental concern, limited attention has been paid to understand how they could turn such environmental concern into environmental practices. Therefore, the present research explores how owner‐managers' environmental concern influences the environmental practices of SMEs, whereas considering the effects of company size and sector‐specific environmental regulations. Relying on interviews with 19 Belgian SME owner‐managers, we contribute to the existing literature by providing a typology classifying SMEs' environmental practices according to their owner‐managers' environmental concern and considering company size and environmental sectoral regulations. Four profiles emerge from this typology: climate change champions, green opportunists, eco‐compliant followers and routine entrepreneurs. This typology highlights the fact that micro‐enterprises are more likely to adopt environmental practices when they are mandatory. In contrast, the adoption of environmental practices is more likely to result from owner‐managers' environmental concern in small to medium‐sized firms.
Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Chronic Suicidality
Authors: Goldblatt Mark J. , Phillips Alison C. , Ronningstam Elsa , Schechter Mark , Herbstman Benjamin 
Published: December 2024

AbstractPeople who seriously consider killing themselves over a protracted period of time, usually years, represent great treatment challenges. Chronic suicidal ideation represents a communication of conscious and unconscious wishes that may be clarified through psychotherapy leading to various outcomes. For one group of patients, this focus will eventually change as they move gradually, over long periods of time, towards more life‐affirming goals; a second group will continue to think intensely about suicide for many years, despite various psychotherapeutic interventions, without resorting to self‐destructive action; and a third group will go on to attempt suicide which may or may not end in death. In this paper, we present two case studies describing the treatment of patients struggling with chronic suicidality who engaged in psychotherapy but with different outcomes. We discuss the possible outcomes and consider influential factors and suggestions for therapeutic interventions.
Cultivating Safe Spaces for Critical Reflection and Staff Care: Lessons Learned Through a Study Exploring Lived Experiences of Child and Family Social Workers
Authors: Cavener John , McGovern William , Lochhead Lydia 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTThis paper presents findings of a study which explored lived experience(s) of social workers responsible for supporting children and families during COVID‐19. To represent voices of practitioners while addressing a gap in qualitative data highlighting their day‐to‐day experience(s) the study aims and objectives were to: (1) develop insight into personal and professional challenges practitioners faced during COVID‐19 and (2) consider lessons learned from social workers' lived experiences for post‐pandemic staff care. Following ethical approval, data was collected through informal conversation with 34 social workers. Reflexive thematic analysis of digitally recorded data identified the overarching theme: ‘Managing change, risk and uncertainty’, which underpinned four sub‐themes including: (1) Determining thresholds and responding to referrals (2) Managing at a physical distance (3) Navigating work‐home life roles, responsibilities and priorities and (4) Challenges for self‐care and staff support. To safeguard against professional burn‐out, and encourage practitioners' post‐pandemic well‐being, opportunities for critical reflection and staff care should be fostered. As supervision remains central to staff care, ideas for cultivating safe spaces for critical reflection presented in this paper include use of aspects of the values‐based and relationship‐based supervision model developed in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Structural change and inequality in a general equilibrium model of a transition economy
Authors: Tyrowicz Joanna , Makarski Krzysztof , Lutynski Jan 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe paper studies the role of economic transition in the evolution of wealth inequality. We build a novel overlapping generations model that features heterogeneous workers and exogenous changes: (i) a structural change shifting employment from manufacturing to services and increasing educational attainment, (ii) TFP growth along the path of macroeconomic convergence and (iii) gains in longevity. Using this model, we quantify the role of structural change in the evolution of wealth inequality in Poland as of 1990. We show that a rise in wealth inequality because of growing longevity is lower in an economy undergoing structural change. Thus, structural change per se lowers wealth inequality, at least initially. We also provide an evaluation of a policy‐relevant redistribution instrument.
The Effect of the Pre‐Transplant Disease Status on the Outcome for Recipients of T‐Cell Depleted Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for Large B Cell Lymphomas
Authors: Marzolini Maria A. V. , Kayani Irfan , Carpenter Ben , Laurence Arian , McLornan Donal , Raj Kavita , O'Reilly Maeve , Roddie Claire , Stringaris Kate , Kottaridis Panagiotis , Morris Emma C. , Thomson Kirsty J. , Peggs Karl S. 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTObjectivesDeauville scores (DS) from PET/CT imaging are increasingly being used to direct response‐adjusted treatment strategies in lymphoma, including large B cell lymphomas (LBCL).We aimed to investigate the outcome of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) in LBCL and the role played by pre‐transplant disease status, as determined by DS.MethodsWe performed a retrospective, observational study of adults treated with a T‐cell depleted alloHSCT for de novo DLBCL or high‐grade transformation.ResultsSixty‐four patients received an alloHSCT. Forty‐four had acute GvHD (38 had Grade 1–2). Overall non‐relapse mortality (NRM) at 1 year was 20.31%. Patients ≥ 55 years had a higher cumulative incidence of NRM (66.67%) than those who were < 55 years (25.08%) (p = 0.00660). A 4‐year relapse risk was 22.5%. Fourteen patients had disease relapse. The 4‐year overall survival (OS) was 49.80%; median OS was 3.7 years (1.4–7.1). Patients with a pre‐alloHSCT DS of 1–2 had a higher OS than a DS of 3–5 (61.97% vs. 34.23%; p = 0.0167); this was confirmed on multivariate analysis. Younger patients (< 55 years) had a higher OS than those ≥ 55 years (60.91% vs. 18.75%; p = 0.0246).ConclusionsThe pre‐transplant Deauville score was predictive of the clinical outcome and patients with an absence of metabolically active disease pre‐transplant had superior outcomes.
Teleconnection Impacts of Climatic Variability on Tuna and Billfish Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean: A Study Towards Sustainable Fisheries Management
Authors: Mondal Sandipan , Punt Andre E. , Mendes David , Osuka Kennedy Edeye , Lee Ming‐An 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTClimatic variability significantly impacts global fisheries by altering oceanographic conditions, potentially affecting fishing yields and species composition, and studying climate change's effects is crucial for understanding marine ecosystems, predicting disruptions and informing sustainable management strategies. Hence, this study examined the impact of climatic variability on pelagic predators like tunas, marlins and swordfish, using fishery data from 2005, January to 2016, December, focusing on nine commercially significant species each from the Indian and South Atlantic oceans. The hypothesis of the study was composed of two parts, that is, different populations of same species in the Indian and South Atlantic Ocean may respond differently to climatic variability, and the impact of teleconnections on fisheries may vary across these two oceans. The first part of the current study involved evaluating the importance of climatic variability on species using generalised additive modelling, while the second part involved analysing the unique effects of species‐specific climatic variability using cross‐spectral and cross‐wavelet analysis. The current study revealed two significant findings: firstly, species in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean had distinct response to climatic variability (first hypothesis), and secondly, the species in the Indian Ocean displayed a higher level of sensitivity to teleconnection impacts (second hypothesis). The study's findings can help fisheries communities to anticipate and adapt to changes in fish distribution and productivity, enhancing their practices and spatial management, thereby promoting sustainable global fisheries management.
Return trajectory and the forecastability of bitcoin returns
Authors: Rudkin Simon , Rudkin Wanling , Dłotko Paweł 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis paper tests the extent to which the ability to correctly predict subsequent bitcoin (BTC) return signs is dependent upon historic BTC return trajectories. Using topological data analysis ball mapper (TDABM), we demonstrate that the performance of random forest and logit regression models varies according to return trajectory. A novel use of TDABM as a forecast model shows that mapping historic return trajectories can also produce more accurate directional return forecasts. Our approach highlights how the predictability of BTC price change direction is dependent on return trajectories. Visualizing historic return trajectories when forming and evaluating return forecasts is imperative.
Marine Protected Areas That Preserve Trophic Cascades Promote Resilience of Kelp Forests to Marine Heatwaves
Authors: Kumagai Joy A. , Goodman Maurice C. , Villaseñor‐Derbez Juan Carlos , Schoeman David S. , Cavanuagh Kyle C. , Bell Tom W. , Micheli Fiorenza , De Leo Giulio , Arafeh‐Dalmau Nur 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTUnder accelerating threats from climate‐change impacts, marine protected areas (MPAs) have been proposed as climate‐adaptation tools to enhance the resilience of marine ecosystems. Yet, debate persists as to whether and how MPAs may promote resilience to climate shocks. Here, we use 38 years of satellite‐derived kelp cover to empirically test whether a network of 58 temperate coastal MPAs in Central and Southern California enhances the resistance of kelp forest ecosystems to, and their recovery from, the unprecedented 2014–2016 marine heatwave regime that occurred in the region. We also leverage a 22‐year time series of subtidal community surveys to mechanistically understand whether trophic cascades explain emergent patterns in kelp forest resilience within MPAs. We find that fully protected MPAs significantly enhance kelp forests' resistance to and recovery from marine heatwaves in Southern California, but not in Central California. Differences in regional responses to the heatwaves are partly explained by three‐level trophic interactions comprising kelp, urchins, and predators of urchins. Urchin densities in Southern California MPAs are lower within fully protected MPAs during and after the heatwave, while the abundances of their main predators—lobster and sheephead—are higher. In Central California, a region without lobster or sheephead, there is no significant difference in urchin or kelp densities within MPAs as the current urchin predator, the sea otter, is protected statewide. Our analyses show that fully protected MPAs can be effective climate‐adaptation tools, but their ability to enhance resilience to extreme climate events depends upon region‐specific environmental and trophic interactions. As nations progress to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030, scientists and managers should consider whether protection will increase resilience to climate‐change impacts given their local ecological contexts, and what additional measures may be needed.
Subjected to Harassment: Deconstructing Power in an Encounter With Workplace Sexual Harassment
Authors: Beaton Erynn E. , Ali Maham 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTThere is a consensus that power is central to sexual harassment. Research has focused most heavily on the bases of power upon which harassment is perpetrated. However, a feminist poststructural view locates power everywhere, suggesting that people encountering sexual harassment also have power. This study focuses on an encounter with sexual harassment experienced by a woman, whom we name Beth, while working for the government. We use deconstruction to understand how power manifests in Beth's narrative of sexual harassment by a congressman. Our deconstruction uncovers the complex manifestations of power in encounters with sexual harassment. We follow our deconstruction with a reconstruction, a fictional restory that demonstrates how power dynamics could ideally shift. Our findings shed light on the many ways in which power operates and highlight the ineffectiveness of current best practices around workplace sexual harassment.
Juxtaposing Nurses' and Patients' Perspectives of Missed Nursing Care: A Descriptive Mixed Method Design
Authors: Cohen Mirit , Drach‐Zahavy Anat , Srulovici Einav 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACTAimsTo compare nurses' and patients' reports of missed nursing care, explore patients' perspectives and utilise these insights to elucidate discrepancies or congruence between perceptions.DesignA descriptive mixed‐methods design combining quantitative (questionnaires) and qualitative (semi‐structured interviews) methods.MethodsIn the quantitative phase, 143 nurses and 643 patients completed the MISSCARE and MISSCARE‐Patient surveys. Correlations between their total missed care scores were examined. In the qualitative phase, 68 patients participated in semi‐structured interviews analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsThe correlation between nurses' and patients' perceptions of missed nursing care was nonsignificant. Qualitative findings revealed three themes: (1) patients' need to preserve individuality; (2) most patients attributed missed care to systemic factors, while some attributed it to nurses' attitudes and (3) emotional responses varied from empathetic understanding, inadvertently enabling more missed care, to frustration and assertiveness to ensure receiving necessary care.ConclusionsThis study reveals a significant discrepancy between nurses' and patients' perceptions of missed care. Patient perspectives offer insights into this misalignment, highlighting differences in care priorities and role understanding.Implications for the Profession and/or Patient CareEnhancing nurse–patient communication and patient empowerment are crucial. Healthcare institutions should integrate patient feedback into quality initiatives, create supportive work environments and foster a patient‐centred care culture. Effectively marketing nurses' expertise and implementing strategies to manage patient assertiveness are essential.ImpactThis study addresses the discrepancy in perceptions of missed nursing care between nurses and patients. It reveals how patients' care priorities and attributions influence their experience of missed care. Findings will impact healthcare policymakers, nursing educators and hospital administrators, informing strategies to improve care quality, patient satisfaction and nurse work environments across healthcare settings.Reporting MethodThe study has adhered to STROBE guidelines for the quantitative component and SRQR guidelines for the qualitative component.Patient or Public ContributionNo patient or public contribution.
Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments
Authors: Armbruster‐Genç Diana J. N. , Neil Louise , Valton Vincent , Phillips Harriet , Rankin Georgia , Sharp Molly , Rapley Jessica , Viding Essi , Roiser Jonathan P. , McCrory Eamon 
Published: December 2024

BackgroundAtypical reward processing is implicated in a range of psychiatric disorders associated with childhood maltreatment and may represent a latent vulnerability mechanism. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the impact of maltreatment on behavioural and neural indices of reward learning in volatile environments and examined associations with future psychopathology assessed 18 months later.MethodsThirty‐seven children and adolescents with documented histories of maltreatment (MT group) and a carefully matched group of 32 non‐maltreated individuals (NMT group) aged 10–16 were presented with a probabilistic reinforcement learning task featuring a phase of stable and a phase of volatile reward contingencies. Brain activation and connectivity were assessed simultaneously using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Computational models were used to extract individual estimates of learning rates and temperature, and neural signals in prespecified regions of interest were analysed during volatile and stable environments. In regression analyses, behavioural measures and neural signals at baseline were used to predict psychological symptoms at follow‐up.ResultsThe MT group showed lower behavioural exploration, which predicted decreased internalising symptoms at follow‐up. The MT group had lower activation in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) during outcome delivery in volatile relative to stable contexts. OFC connectivity with an area in the mid‐cingulate cortex was also lower during outcome processing, which predicted higher general psychopathology at follow‐up.ConclusionsThese findings are consistent with the notion that low exploratory behaviour following childhood maltreatment is potentially a protective adaptation against internalising symptoms, while disrupted neural processing of reward learning in volatile environments may index latent vulnerability to mental illness.
Long‐term follow‐up of a randomized, double‐blind, phase III, multi‐centre study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of field‐directed photodynamic therapy (PDT) of mild to moderate actinic keratosis using BF‐200 ALA versus placebo and the BF‐RhodoLED® lamp
Authors: Reinhold U. , Philipp‐Dormston W. G. , Dirschka T. , Ostendorf R. , Aschoff R. , Berking C. , Jäger A. , Schmitz B. , Foguet M. , Szeimies R.‐M. 
Published: December 2024

AbstractBackgroundIn actinic keratosis (AK), field cancerization describes areas of skin where multiple visible AK lesions are surrounded by healthy looking skin containing non‐visible (subclinical) lesions. As all AK lesions have a risk of progression to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, experts advise field‐directed treatment. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective field‐directed treatment option for AK; however, long‐term efficacy data are still scarce.ObjectivesThis publication presents follow‐up data of a phase III study evaluating the efficacy and safety of field‐directed PDT.MethodsThe study was conducted in seven centres in Germany. For PDT, participants with AKs on the face and scalp (treatment area of 20 cm2) had received up to two field‐directed PDTs using BF‐200 ALA or placebo, and illumination with narrow‐spectrum red light. Only participants or lesions with complete response 12 weeks after the last PDT were assessed for recurrences. The treatment area was evaluated 6 and 12 months after the last PDT for recurrence, cosmetic outcome and new lesions.ResultsFifty‐four participants in the BF‐200 ALA and 30 in the placebo group entered the follow‐up. The probability of a participant to be initially completely cleared and to remain cleared for 12 months was 57.4% for BF‐200 ALA versus 20.0% for placebo. The probability of a lesion to be initially cleared and remain cleared for 12 months was 85.4% for BF‐200 ALA versus 31.5% for placebo. 83.3% of participants with cosmetic impairment at baseline rated the cosmetic outcome 12 months after PDT with BF‐200 ALA as very good or good. All parameters of skin quality further improved during follow‐up.ConclusionsWe showed that effectiveness of field‐directed PDT with BF‐200 ALA and narrow‐spectrum red light was maintained during follow‐up. Based on our results, field‐directed PDT is a beneficial long‐lasting treatment for AK patients.Clinical Trial Registration Numbers2013‐002510‐12 (EudraCT); NCT01966120 (Clinicaltrials.gov).
Mandala as a New Intervention for Reducing Fear of Childbirth: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Topcu Tuğba , Bingöl Fadime Bayri 
Published: December 2024

IntroductionFear of childbirth is common in nulliparous women. More accessible and less costly interventions such as mandala are needed to reduce fear of childbirth. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of mandala coloring added to antenatal education to reduce fear of childbirth.MethodsAn open, randomized controlled trial with a parallel group design was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Turkey (ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05217368). Nulliparous pregnant women without pregnancy complications, between 24 and 32 weeks’ gestation, and with increased fear of childbirth were included in the study. A total of 140 pregnant women were allocated to the intervention (mandala coloring plus antenatal education) and control (antenatal education alone) groups, and 100 participants completed the study. Fear before childbirth was measured with the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W‐DEQ) version A at baseline and after completion of antenatal education with or without mandala coloring. Fear during childbirth was measured with the W‐DEQ version B retrospectively within one week of giving birth.ResultsAt baseline, the intervention and control groups experienced similar fear of childbirth (57.1 vs 57.0; P = .978). After completing antenatal education, the mean fear of childbirth decreased more in the intervention group than in the control group (42.6 vs 50.1; P = .018). In the postpartum period, the intervention group reported less fear during childbirth than the intervention group (68.5 vs 58.0; P = .030). Perinatal outcomes were statistically similar between the 2 groups.DiscussionAdding mandala coloring to antenatal education significantly reduced fear of childbirth before and during birth. More studies examining the effects of mandala coloring on perinatal mental health should be conducted.