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An exploratory study of experiential learning in teaching a supply chain management course in an emerging market economy
Authors: Al-Shammari Minwir M. 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThe study is exploratory and aims to investigate students’ learning experience in a supply chain management (SCM) course at a university in Bahrain. The selected learning skills were cognitive, affective and interactive, whereas the adopted pedagogical tools were case analysis, evaluative essay and game exercise.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was distributed to undergraduate students enrolled in an SCM course at a university in Bahrain. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques were used. Inferential analysis tests were principal component analysis, Kruskal–Wallis analysis of variance and Dunn’s post hoc pairwise comparison test.FindingsResults are inconclusive but revealed significant differences in students’ perceptions of learning skills among the adopted teaching methods. Significant differences in the perceived learning skills were found between the evaluative essay and the case analysis and between the report and the game exercise. The game exercise was the most useful technique in improving students’ interactive, cognitive and affective skills, followed by case analysis and evaluative essay.Research limitations/implicationsAs the sample of this study consisted of students enrolled in a particular SCM course at a University in Bahrain, the small sample size may restrict the study’s conclusive findings.Practical implicationsIt is recommended to establish an experiential or problem-based learning support unit to assist faculty in the planning, design and development of pedagogical and assessment tools.Originality/valueThe research findings are expected to help design, assess and enhance students’ learning experience in SCM and other business courses that adopt a process-based experiential learning perspective.
Hijabista willingness to accept premium pricing: an analytical study of the effect of social and self-identity on hijab fashion brands satisfaction
Authors: Alanadoly Alshaimaa Bahgat , Salem Suha Fouad 
Published: March 2021

Purpose
This paper aims to study the predictors influencing hijabista satisfaction towards Hijab fashion brands and their willingness to pay premium pricing as fashion consumers. The effects of product design, product quality, social and self-identity have been studied in relation to product, and brand satisfaction is believed to have led to acceptance of premium pricing. Various factors have been studied and analysed to provide a better understanding of Hijab fashion consumer behaviour.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected by using online structured surveys distributed within the area of Shah Alam City in Malaysia. Convenience sampling was used in defining the 223 target respondents, and the collected data was analysed using Smart-PLS Software.

Findings
The results highlighted that product design has the largest influence on the willingness of hijabistas in paying premium prices, followed by products that reflect their social-identity while communicating their religious obligations and commitments. Communicating one’s self-identity was also found not to have a significant impact which relates to the importance of the religious and social commitments on hijabista purchasing choices rather than their own self-conceptual image.

Practical implications
This paper provides insights on the factors that affect hijabista satisfaction towards Hijab fashion products and brands. Conclusions provided are very relevant to the practices of the fashion industry, and in particular, for designers to understand the needs of this large and significant segment of the fashion market.

Originality/value
Hijab fashion is a growing segment in the fashion industry, and it has been gaining recent global attention. Designers need to be more aware of the requirements of this segment of the fashion market. This research focusses on Hijab consumer satisfaction and how this reflects their willingness to pay premium prices for chosen products and brands. Factors such as product design and quality, along with social and self-identity, were studied in connection with hijabista willingness to accept premium pricing. Such connections and terms have not been covered in previous literature.
Exploring marketing orientation in integrated Islamic schools
Authors: Shaikh Ayesha Latif , Alam Kazmi Syed Hasnain 
Published: March 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the marketing orientation and market-oriented cultural elements of integrated Islamic schools. These integrated schools teach modern science curriculum alongside comprehensive religious instruction in an Islamic environment.

Design/methodology/approach
This is an inductive, exploratory research from an interpretivist study. Narrative inquiry was undertaken to understand the perceptions, attitudes and actions of school senior management and teachers. Content analysis of the school websites and social media pages was carried out. In total, 7 schools and 16 respondents became part of the purposive sample.

Findings
The presence of several integrated Islamic schools, experienced Islamic education leadership and Islamic education consultants are evidence of a growing sector. The schools are technologically enabled, strongly customer-oriented and adept at inter-functional coordination. The need-gap found in this sector is in competitor orientation, curriculum development and recruitment of specific criteria-based staff.

Practical implications
With the mushrooming of integrated Islamic schools in Pakistan, the level of competition has also risen. The schools have made a considerable investment and strives to maintain and increase the enrollment rate of the institute. This research can enlighten integrated Islamic educators about effective education marketing practices and the prevalence of marketing orientation in such schools.

Originality/value
In Pakistan, private primary schools strive to differentiate themselves and competitively position their value proposition. The marketization of education has begun to affect perceptions of school staff, teachers, students and academic work itself. Yet, there is scarce exploratory research on marketing done by integrated Islamic primary schools. This study will contribute foundational work for the development of a holistic marketing model tailored to the requirements of integrated Islamic schools.
COVID-19 fear index: does it matter for stock market returns?
Authors: Subramaniam Sowmya , Chakraborty Madhumita 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to capture the investors' mood related to the COVID-19 pandemic and analyze its impact on the stock market returns.Design/methodology/approachTo capture the investor mood related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors construct a unique COVID-19 fear index based on the Search Volume Index (SVI) from Google Trends (http://www.Google.com/trends/) of the search terms related to COVID-19 words and phrases as revealed by Google and Internet dictionaries. The COVID-19 fear index was used to investigate its impact on the stock market returns.FindingsThe study finds a strong negative association between COVID-19 fear and stock returns. Unlike other studies, the relationship is persistent for a significant period. This relationship is not found to reverse in the following days. The results also highlight that COVID-19 fear strongly impacts the stock market. The sentiment persists for a significant period and is not reversed soon, unlike the regular times in earlier studies.Originality/valueThe study is among the very few studies that constructed COVID-19 fear index using several Google search terms and captured its impact on the stock market returns.
Rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma update I: Clinical findings and treatment
Authors: Matsunaga Kayoko , Suzuki Kayoko , Ito Akiko , Tanemura Atsushi , Abe Yuko , Suzuki Tamio , Yoshikawa Momoko , Sumikawa Yasuyuki , Yagami Akiko , Masui Yukiko , Inoue Shintaro , Ito Shosuke , Katayama Ichiro 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIndividuals who used skin‐whitening cosmetics (quasi‐drugs) containing 2% rhododendrol‐containing agents, developed leukoderma at a higher frequency than those who have used other skin‐whitening cosmetics. The Rhododenol Research Team (RD‐Team) was formed and commissioned by Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. to conduct research in treatments of rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma (RDL), to evaluate effective treatment options from a medical standpoint, and provide information to a wide range of people. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of various treatments for RDL from a medical perspective, based on the information published in the literature as original or review articles. We searched the PubMed (international) and the Igaku Chuo Zasshi (ICHUSHI) (Japanese) databases using the keywords “Rhododenol” and “rhododendrol”, for articles published between July 2013 and November 2020. We discuss the main clinical findings and treatments (topical, oral, phototherapy, and surgical) of this condition based on the literature review. We found that ultraviolet light therapy is the most effective treatment for RDL. We have also summarized reports of the efficacy of oral vitamin D3 in RDL. A topical prostaglandin derivative has been reported in a new study to be effective. We have provided guidance for patients using self‐tanning and skin‐whitening agents to improve their quality of life. Finally, we have highlighted the importance of providing patients with information on contact dermatitis and instructing them to discontinue product use immediately if they develop any symptoms of contact dermatitis while using skin‐whitening agents.
Neuroprotective effect of roflumilast under cerebral ischaemia/reperfusion injury in juvenile rats through NLRP‐mediated inflammatory response inhibition
Authors: Keskin Halil , Keskin Filiz , Tavaci Taha , Halici Hamza , Yuksel Tugba Nurcan , Ozkaraca Mustafa , Bilen Arzu , Halici Zekai 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis study aims to investigate the protective effect of roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase (PDE)‐4 enzyme inhibitor, and demonstrate its possible role in the development prevention of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CI/RI) after stroke induced by carotid artery ligation in juvenile rats. The rats were randomly divided into five groups: healthy group without any treatment, healthy group administered with 1 mg/kg roflumilast, CI group not administered with roflumilast, CI group administered with 0.5 mg/kg roflumilast, and CI group administered with 1 mg/kg roflumilast. In the CI groups, reperfusion was achieved 2h after ischemia induction; in the roflumilast groups, this drug was intraperitoneally administered immediately after reperfusion and at the 12th hour. At the end of 24h, the rats were sacrificed and their brain tissues removed for examination. The mRNA expressions obtained with real‐time PCR of IL‐1β, TNF‐α, and NLRP3 significantly increased in the CI/RI‐induced groups compared with the control group, and this increase was significantly lower in the groups administered with roflumilast compared with the CI/RI‐induced groups. Moreover, ELISA revealed that both IL‐1 β and IL‐6 brain levels were significantly higher in the CI/RI‐induced groups than in the controls. This increase was significantly lower in the groups administered with roflumilast compared with the CI/RI‐induced groups. Histopathological studies revealed that the values closest to those of the healthy group were obtained from the roflumilast groups. Nissl staining revealed that the Nissl bodies manifested normal density in the healthy and roflumilast‐administered healthy groups, but were rare in the CI/RI‐induced groups. Roflumilast treatment increased these decreased Nissl bodies with increasing doses. Observations indicated that the Nissl body density was close to the value in the healthy group in the CI/RI‐induced group administered with 1 mg/kg roflumilast. Overall, roflumilast reduced cellular damage caused by CI/RI in juvenile rats, and this effect may be mediated by NLRP3.
The Pork Barrel Politics of the Towns Fund
Authors: Hanretty Chris 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThe article reviews the selection of towns in England under the Town Deals scheme, a funding scheme set up in the summer of 2019. Under the scheme, 101 towns in England were selected from a long‐list of 541 towns to bid for funding to improve local infrastructure. The findings show that Conservative‐held areas (and in particular marginal Conservative‐held areas) were much more likely to be selected for the scheme, and that this association remains—even when controlling for the ranks that civil servants awarded towns on the basis of qualitative and quantitative criteria. The findings call into question ministers’ commitment, under to the Nolan principle, to take decisions ‘impartially, fairly and on merit, using the best evidence and without discrimination or bias’.
“The whole thing is really managing crisis”: Practice theory insights into interpreters' work experiences of success and failure
Authors: Giustini Deborah 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis article explores the relationship of crisis to the professional practice of interpreting. Applying a practice theory approach, it illustrates interpreters' sense‐making efforts and strategic adjustments to crisis as an intrinsic part of their work. Leveraging upon the concepts of consciousness‐mediated, accompanied adjustment and teleoaffectivity as ends, goals and emotions of life conditions, the article argues that we can identify core meanings around “crisis” in the interpreting practice. These meanings are linked to the calibrations that interpreters carry out to achieve professional aims of success and avoid failure. Drawing upon an ethnographic study of interpreting in the United Kingdom, the article finds that interpreters act to provide effective communication services through the orderly display of professional conduct, in turn steering away from the negative publicness that failing in front of users brings upon them. The study reveals that crisis is embedded into interpreters' professional engagements, with their activities equally organised toward the avoidance of negative ends and emotions and the achievement of successful goals, as a precondition for smooth work and positive reputation. Thus, crisis in this practice is linked to specific understandings and enactments of teleoaffectivity, as interpreters adjust to crisis by acting in purposeful ways (‐teleo) steered by accompanying emotional states (‐affect). This article contributes to social practice literature by attending to these nuances of crisis, seeing them as bound up with the purposeful, motivational, and affective adjustments associated with practising interpreting.
Effect of prophylactic leukapheresis on early mortality and overall survival in acute leukemia patients with hyperleukocytosis
Authors: Göçer Mesut , Kurtoğlu Erdal 
Published: March 2021

AbstractHyperleukocytosis has been associated with early mortality owing to the presence of complications including leukostasis, tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Leukapheresis is a fast and effective cytoreductive procedure that removes leukocytes from the peripheral circulation. This single‐center, retrospective, and observational study included 32 patients diagnosed with acute leukemia who underwent leukapheresis due to hyperleukocytosis between 2014 and 2020. This study primarily aimed to investigate the effect of prophylactic leukapheresis on early mortality and overall survival (OS). In the symptomatic group, seven and two patients died in the first and second weeks, respectively. In the prophylactic leukapheresis group, two and one patients died in the first and second weeks (p = 0.792), respectively. OS was significantly longer in the prophylactic leukapheresis group (p = 0.004). The leukapheresis procedure appears to be effective on early mortality and OS. Initiation of prophylactic leukapheresis before the appearance of leukostasis symptoms is effective on OS and possibly early mortality.
Common and distinct neural connectivity in attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and alcohol use disorder studied using resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Farré‐Colomés Àlvar , Gerhardt Sarah , Luderer Mathias , Sobanski Esther , Kiefer Falk , Vollstädt‐Klein Sabine 
Published: March 2021

AbstractBackgroundA link between attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been widely demonstrated. In this study, we used neuroimaging to investigate the connectivity traits that may contribute to the comorbidity of these disorders.MethodsThe study included an AUD group (N = 18), an ADHD group (N = 17), a group with AUD + ADHD comorbidity (N = 12) and a control group (N = 18). We used resting‐state functional connectivity in a seed‐based approach in the default mode networks, the dorsal attention network, and the salience network.ResultsWithin the default mode networks, all affected groups shared greater connectivity toward the temporal gyrus when compared to the control group. Regarding the dorsal attention network, the Brodmann area 6 presented greater connectivity for each affected group in comparison with the control group, displaying the strongest aberrations in the AUD + ADHD group. In the salience network, the prefrontal cortex showed decreased connectivity in each affected group compared to the control group.ConclusionsDespite the small and unequal sample sizes, our findings show evidence of common neurobiological alterations in AUD and ADHD, supporting the hypothesis that ADHD could be a risk factor for the development of AUD. The results highlight the importance of an early ADHD diagnosis and treatment to reduce the risk of a subsequent AUD.
The mango seed weevil Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is characterized by low genetic diversity and lack of genetic structure
Authors: Zhang Li‐Jie , Xiao Bing‐Han , Wang Yuan , Zheng Chun‐Sheng , Li Jian‐Guang , Segraves Kari A. , Xue Huai‐Jun 
Published: March 2021

The mango seed weevil Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) is distributed across the major mango‐producing areas of the world and causes significant economic losses of mango fruit. Despite its importance as a crop pest, we have only limited information on the population genetics of the mango seed weevil.
Here, we examined the genetic diversity of this important pest using specimens intercepted by Beijing Customs District P. R. in China from 41 countries and regions. We used segments of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and the nuclear gene elongation factor 1‐alpha to examine population genetic structure in this species.
Our results showed that genetic diversity is low in S. mangiferae, with a mean genetic distance of 0.095–0.14%. Other population genetic parameters also indicated a low level of genetic diversity among samples from a large geographic range. Analysis of molecular variance revealed little population genetic structure, and mismatch distribution analyses provided evidence of a population expansion, although other demographic metrics of population expansion were nonsignificant.
We suggest that the observed low level of genetic diversity and population genetic structure in S. mangiferae supports the hypothesis that the population genetics of this species has been impacted by anthropogenic transportation of mangoes and weevils.
Does China's Anti‐corruption Campaign Curb Position‐related Consumption? Evidence of Classification Shifting*
Authors: Yang Shanshan 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis study investigates whether and how China’s anti‐corruption campaign, which was promulgated in 2012, reduces position‐related consumption. It examines data from Chinese A‐share listed companies for the period 2010–2015 using a difference‐in‐differences research design and finds that state‐owned enterprises are more likely to reclassify consumptive cash expenditure to less sensitive accounts by moving the expenditure as items for investing cash outflow after the campaign. This result is more pronounced when the chief executive officer has greater power or when corporate governance is weak. The study contributes to academia and practice by showing that an anti‐corruption ban may have unintended consequences.
Saudade: A Story of Japanese Brazilian Diaspora
Authors: Ikeuchi Suma 
Published: March 2021

SummaryHomeward but never at home—this is arguably the hallmark of diasporic subjectivity. Yet for people like the Japanese Brazilians in Japan, who have ostensibly returned to their ancestral homeland, their homeward journey now yields impossible identity puzzles. Through one woman named Wanda and her imaginative world, this story meditates on the various pieces of such puzzles: ethnocultural hybridity, generational conflict, the pain of labor, the power of religion, and the bittersweet yearning for home. While technically fictional, the events, places, and protagonists are based on the author’s yearlong ethnographic research in Toyota, Japan, between 2013 and 2014.
Suicide prevention and mood disorders: Self‐exclusion agreements for firearms as a suicide prevention strategy
Authors: McInnis Melvin G. , Thompson Stephen B. , Merajver Sofia D. , Schneider Carl E. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractSuicide involves a complex set of behaviors and emotions that lead up to actions that may be based on planning and forethought or the result of impulse. While there are a host of antecedent circumstances the presence of a mood disorder, primarily depression, is the most common factor in suicide. While management of depression is recognized as important prevention strategy in depression, the means by which suicide occurs must be a critical element of prevention. Policies that lower access to the means for suicide will decrease the fatality. Guns are associated with half of suicides and the case fatality rate of gun associated suicide is over 90% compared to 7% for all other means. This emphasizes the importance of offering strategies that limit access to guns to those at higher risk for suicide. A declaration of formal self‐exclusion for access to firearms (guns and ammunition) offers the individual at greater risk for suicide to place themselves on an official list that would prevent them from purchasing lethal weapons. A person with depression, when well, might wish to enroll voluntarily to prevent themselves, when ill, from procuring a weapon to harm themselves or others. This recognizes the autonomy of the person and protects both the individual, the family, and society.