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Factors Associated with Recurrent Malaria Episodes among Children Under Five at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital in Kayunga District, Central Uganda
Authors: Modi Derick , Musinguzi Marvin , Pita Patricia , Kigongo Eustes , Kabunga Amir , Kayizzi Julius , Kasaija Deo , Khanakwa Voni Alice , Alyao Oscar Simon , Lubangakene Julius , Murungi Tom , Oneka Christopher Okullo , Opollo Marc Sam 
Published: February 2025

AbstractBackgroundMalaria poses a substantial global challenge and continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity in numerous developing nations. Children under the age of five in low- and middle-income countries such as Uganda are the most affected. Recurrent episodes of malaria have significant consequences for both children and their families. However, there remains a deficiency in knowledge regarding recurrent malaria episodes in Uganda.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence and factors associated with recurrent malaria episodes among children under five at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital.MethodologyThis was a cross-sectional study conducted among children under five at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital in central Uganda. The data was collected among 254 consecutively sampled participants who were caring for children under five. Data was collected using a researcher-administered questionnaire and analyzed at univariate, bivariate, and multivariate levels.ResultsA total of 250 participants participated in the study with a response rate of 98.45%. The prevalence of recurrent malaria episodes was 84% (210). The factors associated with recurrent malaria episodes were; children from houses that were annually sprayed (aOR; 8.93, 95CI%,2.11-37.81), children who were treated with quinine antimalarial in the previous infection (aOR, 0.28, 95%CI,0.12-0.65) and children who were residing in a house whose windows were closed at 7-8 pm (aOR, 8.31, 95%CI, 2.21-31.27).ConclusionNearly 90% of children under the age of five years experienced recurrent malaria episodes. These recurrent infections were more frequent among children from houses that were annually sprayed and those from houses with delayed window closure compared to those who had been treated using quinine-based antimalarials. While quinine-based antimalarials remain an important treatment option, alternative or complementary malaria prevention strategies, such as frequent indoor spraying and early closure of windows should be prioritized.
Inclusive innovation: balancing gender equality and gender neutrality in hackathons
Authors: Rys Maciej , Górska Anna Maria 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThis study explores women’s experiences and perceptions of gender inclusivity in hackathons, aiming to understand how tailored equality initiatives can evolve into gender-neutral, merit-based environments.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on 43 semi-structured interviews with women participants, organizers and mentors at multiple hackathons, the research employs thematic analysis to identify key barriers, strategies and long-term opportunities for advancing inclusivity.Findings The study reveals that initially focused gender equality measures help restore balance and mitigate entrenched stereotypes. Over time, transitioning to gender-neutral policies sustains hackathons as dynamic innovation platforms. Continuous feedback mechanisms, targeted interventions and robust data analytics ensure that these policies evolve, thus enhancing both the diversity of participants and the quality of their solutions.Practical implications The findings guide hackathon organizers and stakeholders in implementing adaptable measures – such as short-term mentorship programs, regular feedback loops and bias-awareness training – that respond directly to participants’ experiences. These interventions not only address current disparities but also pave the way for long-term, skill-driven meritocracies in innovation ecosystems.Social implications By informing more equitable innovation ecosystems, this research supports broader efforts to diversify STEM participation and improve gender equity.Originality/value Where previous research often treats inclusivity as an isolated concern, this study outlines a strategic, iterative pathway: from direct equality-focused actions to a genuinely merit-based context. By incorporating firsthand perspectives, it provides a nuanced, evidence-based framework that extends beyond broad recommendations.
Is it inclusive enough? An investigation of consumer responses to inclusive product lines
Authors: Naidu Deepika , Donnadieu Borquez Anabella 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
Brands are increasingly committing to improving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within their marketing practices. One way that brands can show their commitment to DEI is by offering inclusive product lines. This paper aims to examine the strategic implications of offering inclusive product lines by investigating consumer perceptions of product lines with more (versus fewer) options as well as product lines that cater primarily to minority (versus majority) consumers.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses three online experiments and one secondary data set to test the hypotheses across two consumption contexts (makeup and clothing).

Findings
Consumers perceive product lines with more options and a distribution of options that skews toward minority (versus majority) consumers to be more inclusive and moral, which leads to more favorable attitudes toward the brand. In addition, consumers perceive product lines with balanced options to be as inclusive and moral as those with minority-skewed options.

Practical implications
This research provides practitioners with valuable insights on how to increase favorable consumer perceptions of their brands’ DEI strategies.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the emerging literature on brand inclusivity in the marketplace. Specifically, it sheds light on why brands have been criticized for launching product lines that, ostensibly, include many options but may not go far enough to address marketplace inequalities that disadvantage underrepresented consumers.
Green strategy orientation and competitiveness: an optimal distinctiveness perspective
Authors: Xiao Jing , Zeng Ping , Niu Lanlan 
Published: February 2025

PurposeImplementing a green strategy to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises is a hot topic in current research. Although most enterprises have formed a green strategy orientation (GSO), it has not been transformed into green competitiveness (GC). Prior studies have not thoroughly studied the effect and mechanism of GSO on GC. To fill this research gap, based on optimal distinctiveness theory, this paper discusses the mediating role of two kinds of green innovation (GI) in the GSO–GC relationship and the moderating role of big data capability (BDC).Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts the quantitative research methods of multiple linear regression, Bootstrap and structural equation modeling (SEM). Data were collected through a questionnaire and a random sampling method was used to survey middle and senior managers and professionals in manufacturing enterprises. About 400 questionnaires were distributed, and 342 valid questionnaires were collected.FindingsThe conclusions show that GSO significantly positively affects GI and GC. Still, it turns out that only strategic green innovation (SGI) mediates the GSO–GC relationship. BDC can positively moderate the mediation effect of SGI between GSO and GC, thus supporting the moderated mediation model.Research limitations/implicationsThis study used a survey questionnaire from Chinese manufacturing enterprises to collect data, but the sample size was limited. Furthermore, the mediating mechanism by which GSO affects GC requires further exploration. This study directly establishes the GSO–GC relationship based on the optimal distinctiveness theory, making an essential contribution to the literature on GSO and GC. At the same time, this paper uses GI as a bridge to connect the relationship between GSO and GC, enriching the literature on GI. In addition, we consider BDC to be a moderator, expanding the boundaries of the GSO–GC relationship.Practical implicationsThis study provides new knowledge and insights for manufacturing enterprises to construct and implement green strategies to achieve GC. More importantly, managers should attach great importance to the critical role of SGI and BDC.Originality/valueThis study understands the importance of GSO, SGI and BDC to GC in theory and practice.
Football league brands: consumer perceptions and the role of competitive balance
Authors: Sheng Dachen , Montgomery Heather A. 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThis study discovers the perceptions and preferences of Chinese fans of the European major football leagues. China has a large potential sports consumption market, and football has the largest number of fans among all the sports in China. Knowing the needs of foreign fans would help the leagues to decide the most efficient and competitive strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe research involves quantitative methods and analysis to show the Chinese fans’ attraction to different football leagues in Europe. The principal component analysis (PCA) is used to extract important factors of the survey data, and the multiple regression, ordinary least square (OLS) method is used to understand the contribution of different factors to the fan size. The outcomes of different performances of the leagues are compared to further evaluate the different strategies.FindingsThe results of the analysis show that Chinese fans tend to support clubs that offer more competitive matches. The market value of the club’s players is used as a mediating proxy indicator to evaluate the club’s competitiveness. Leagues with higher uncertainty around championship wins attract more followers. The findings suggest that league balance, champion–winner uncertainty and club competitiveness attract a larger fan base and raise league market value, both important factors in creating financially sustainable football leagues with robust product lifecycles. Fans prefer balanced leagues to monopolistic clubs.Originality/valueUnlike most past football research involving quantitative analysis, this research uses quantitative analysis to discover the relationships between the sports factors and the fans' size. The empirical evidence could deliver more objective and robust results. The research further discusses and extends the importance of a balanced football league from the sports and league management aspects to the economics level.
Increased proportion of exclusion netting in the landscape affects pest damage in unnetted apple orchards
Authors: Poinas Isis , Lavigne Claire , Dib Hazem , Leroy Areski , Franck Pierre , Delattre Thomas , Said Xavier , Gauffre Bertrand 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

The spatial distribution of agricultural practices in the landscape can affect pests through landscape concentration‐dilution or resource limitation effects. Furthermore, these landscape effects could interact with the local impact of agricultural practices. In pome fruit orchards, exclusion nets are increasingly used, especially in organic orchards, to prevent damage from the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). However, their broader impact at the landscape scale, including potential effects on non‐target pests like aphids, remains largely unexplored, as are interactions between local and landscape effects of agricultural practices.

From 2021 to 2023, we investigated the effect of exclusion nets in organic farming on the target pest and two non‐target aphid pests (rosy and woolly apple aphids, Dysaphis plantaginea and Eriosoma lanigerum) in the main apple production area of southern France. We monitored 23 pairs of organic orchards, each consisting of a netted orchard adjacent to an unnetted orchard, to disentangle the local effects of nets from those of nets in the surrounding landscape on local infestations by C. pomonella and the two aphid species.

Locally, C. pomonella damage and diapausing larvae were reduced in the netted orchards. Unexpectedly, the probability of D. plantaginea presence was also reduced, but not that of E. lanigerum. Additionally, we observed some effects of the landscape‐scale distribution of nets. Both the damage from C. pomonella and the presence of D. plantaginea increased in unnetted orchards when there was a high proportion of netted orchards in the surrounding landscape (only observed in 2021 for D. plantaginea). Damages from C. pomonella also decreased significantly, but only in unnetted orchards when there were more pome fruit orchards in the landscape.

Synthesis and applications. This study is the first to reveal that nets significantly impact pest dynamics on the scale of agricultural landscapes. We recommend landscape‐scale coordination in the deployment of nets, along with additional protective measures to mitigate their unintended effects on pests at the local and landscape scales.
Cocaine to prevent bleeding during nasotracheal intubation: A systematic review
Authors: Larsen Mo Haslund , Rosenkrantz Oscar , Krag Mette , Rasmussen Lars Simon , Isbye Dan 
Published: February 2025

AbstractBackgroundNasotracheal intubation is associated with a risk of epistaxis. Decongestion of the nasal mucosa reduces the risk of epistaxis, and different vasoconstrictors may be used. Cocaine has both decongestive and analgesic properties, but it also has side effects. In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate if cocaine decreases the occurrence and severity of epistaxis when administered topically to the nasal mucosa before nasotracheal intubation.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis following the PRISMA guidelines based on a predefined protocol. We included randomized clinical trials comparing nasal cocaine to active comparators or placebo for nasotracheal intubation. Two reviewers independently screened studies for eligibility and performed data extraction. Relative risk with 95% confidence intervals was calculated. Predefined primary outcome measures were the occurrence and severity of epistaxis. Secondary outcomes were pain, mechanical complications, and patient‐centered side effects. The risk of bias was evaluated using the revised Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool for randomized trials, and certainty of evidence on outcome level was assessed according to GRADE.ResultsSix trials (n = 457) were included; one trial was judged as having a low risk of bias. All six trials provided information on the occurrence of epistaxis. The meta‐analysis did not support a difference in the occurrence of epistaxis between cocaine and its comparators (fixed effect: relative risk 0.90 [95% confidence interval 0.75 to 1.09, I2 of 0%, certainty of evidence: low]). The severity of epistaxis was evaluated on incompatible scales and thus not suitable for meta‐analysis. No studies reported on pain or mechanical complications associated with nasotracheal intubation, and data on patient‐centered side effects were sparse.ConclusionThis systematic review with meta‐analysis demonstrated that the quantity and certainty of evidence on cocaine used for nasotracheal intubation is low and that there is no firm evidence for the benefits and harms of cocaine compared to other vasoconstrictors and topical analgetics or placebo. Consequently, sufficiently powered randomized trials assessing patient‐centered outcomes, including outcomes on side effects, should be conducted before firm conclusions on cocaine for nasotracheal intubation can be drawn.Editorial CommentEpistaxis can occur with nasotracheal intubation, and topical drug vasoconstrictor effects have been used to reduce this risk. This analysis shows that the evidence base supporting the use of cocaine for reducing the risk of epistaxis in nasotracheal intubation is uncertain.
Affirming children’s dignity in their affective flow in play‐based science inquiry
Authors: Lee Christine , Jen Tessaly , Lee Sarah , Keifert D. Teo , Enyedy Noel 
Published: February 2025

AbstractThis paper investigates affect as part of children's sensemaking in the context of a play‐based mixed‐reality science learning environment. We build on theories of affect as disciplinary work by investigating the multiple layers of affect that are essential to children's scientific inquiry and to identify pedagogical moves that recognize, value, and build on this affect as integral to learning. Findings encourage educators to affirm children's dignities as scientific inquirers by validating children's diverse and affective resources in the learning process.
CXCL9 and CXCL13 shape endometrial cancer immune‐activated microenvironment via tertiary lymphoid structure formation
Authors: Nagase Yoshihiro , Kodama Makoto , Aimono Eriko , Nakamura Kohei , Takamatsu Reika , Abe Keiko , Yoshimura Takuma , Chiyoda Tatsuyuki , Yamagami Wataru , Nishihara Hiroshi 
Published: February 2025

AbstractImmune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has been successfully applied to various cancers; however, not all patients respond to ICI therapy. Tumors with an immune‐activated environment are highly responsive to ICIs. To identify the cells and molecules essential to the formation of an immune‐activated cancer microenvironment, we focused on the tertiary lymphoid structure (TLS) and performed histological and genomic analyses using endometrial cancer material. In the high immunogenic group, numerous TLSs were observed, and CXCL9 and CXCL13 expression was markedly increased. CXCL9‐positive antigen‐presenting and CXCL13‐positive follicular dendritic cells were distributed in the T‐ and B‐cell zones of TLSs, respectively. A group of molecules whose expression was upregulated along with CXCL9 and CXCL13 expression was strongly associated with cellular immunity. These results suggest that CXCL9‐expressing antigen‐presenting cells and CXCL13‐expressing follicular dendritic cells coordinately shape the immune‐activated microenvironment through TLS formation. The current findings will contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the activated cancer immune microenvironment, thereby advancing the field of precision cancer medicine.
Phylogenetic minimum description length: an optimality criterion based on algorithmic complexity
Authors: Wheeler Ward C. , Varón Andres 
Published: February 2025

AbstractPhylogenetic minimum description length (PMDL) is proposed as an optimality criterion for phylogenetic analysis. PMDL is based on algorithmic (Kolmogorov) information and the minimum description length principle. This criterion generates natural weighting functions (i.e. not being externally specified) for a diversity of phylogenetic graph, data and model types. PMDL is a generalized criterion that converges on existing forms of inference (i.e. parsimony, likelihood, Bayesian) in specific circumstances. Furthermore, as opposed to existing criteria, PMDL includes graph complexity allowing for the competition of hypotheses with myriad types of phylogenetic graphs (e.g. trees, networks, forests). Owing to its compound nature, PMDL allows for analytical model choice along with phylogenetic graph hypothesis while avoiding over‐parameterization. Although uncomputable, heuristic methods are presented for the calculation of upper bounds on the algorithmic information content of a phylogenetic hypothesis. Examples are presented demonstrating the approach.
“Dark taxonomy”: A new protocol for overcoming the taxonomic impediments for dark taxa and broadening the taxon base for biodiversity assessment
Authors: Meier Rudolf , Srivathsan Amrita , Oliveira Sarah Siqueira , Balbi Maria Isabel P.A. , Ang Yuchen , Yeo Darren , Kjærandsen Jostein , Amorim Dalton de Souza 
Published: February 2025

AbstractWe are entering the sixth mass extinction with little data for “dark taxa”, although they comprise most species. Much of the neglect is due to the fact that conventional taxonomic methods struggle with handling thousands of specimens belonging to hundreds of species. We thus here propose a new strategy that we call “dark taxonomy”. It addresses (i) taxonomic impediments, (ii) the lack of biodiversity baselines and (iii) the low impact of revisionary research. Taxonomic impediments are reduced by carrying out revisions at small geographic scales to keep the number of specimens low. The risk of taxonomic error is reduced by delimiting species based on two types of data. We furthermore show that dark taxonomy can yield important biodiversity baseline data by using samples obtained with biomonitoring traps. Lastly, we argue that the impact of revisionary research can be improved by publishing two papers addressing different readerships. The principles of dark taxonomy are illustrated by our taxonomic treatment of Singapore's fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) based only on Malaise trap samples. We show that a first batch of specimens (N = 1454) contains 120 species, of which 115 are new to science, thus reducing taxonomic impediments by increasing the number of described Oriental species by 25%. Species delimitation started with using DNA barcodes to estimate the number of Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTUs) before “LIT” (Large‐scale Integrative Taxonomy) was used to obtain the species boundaries for the 120 species by integrating morphological and molecular data. To test the taxonomic completeness of the revision, we next analysed a second batch of 1493 specimens and found that >97% belonged to the 120 species delimited based on the first batch. Indeed, the second batch only contained 18 new and rare MOTUs, i.e. our study suggests that a single revision can simultaneously yield the names for all important species and relevant biodiversity baseline data. Overall, we believe that “dark taxonomy” can quickly ready a large unknown taxon for biomonitoring.
Comparison of Two Different Sizes of Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral Particles in Lateral Sinus Floor Elevation With Simultaneous Implant Placement: A Radiographic Study
Authors: Qin Xiaoru , Xi Yue , Teng Fei , Wang Zhikang , Yang Guoli 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTObjectivesTo investigate the radiographic changes of two different particle sizes of deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM) following lateral sinus floor elevation (LSFE) with simultaneous implant placement.Materials and MethodsA total of 104 patients with 128 implants receiving LSFE with simultaneous implant placement were included and divided according to the grafted DBBM: 47 using small particle sizes (0.25–1 mm), 57 using large particle sizes (1–2 mm). Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images were taken at three points (T0: before surgery, T1: immediate postoperative, T2: 6‐month postoperative). The two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional augmentation parameters, including apical bone height (ABH), endo‐sinus bone gain (ESBG), peri‐implant bone height (PBH), marginal bone loss (MBL), and augmented bone volume (AV) were measured. The differences in augmentation parameters between the small and large particle sizes of DBBM were compared.ResultsAV was 916.76 (657.88–1243.74) mm3 at T1 and decreased to 823.73 (583.12–1178.79) mm3 at T2, pointing to a relative volume stability of 89.8%. Although ABH did not significantly differ between the two groups at T1 (p = 0.379) and T2 (p = 0.264), AV, ESBG, and PBH were significantly higher in the large particle group. At the 6‐month follow‐up, the reduction rates in AV (p < 0.001), ESBG (p = 0.022), and PBH (p = 0.004) were lower in the large particle group.ConclusionsThe augmentation outcome decreased after LSFE with simultaneous implant placement at the 6‐month follow‐up. Using the large particle size of DBBM improved the augmentation stability.