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Enabling lean through human capacity building: an investigation of small and medium contractors
Authors: Ranadewa K.A.T.O. , Y.G. Sandanayake Y.G. Sandanayake , Siriwardena Mohan 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThis paper investigates the lean enabling human capacities and develops a framework integrating individual, organisational and environmental level strategies to build human capacities for successful lean implementation of small and medium contractors (SMCs) in Sri Lanka.Design/methodology/approachAn interpretivism stance is adopted, and a qualitative research approach is used. The data collection technique adopted is semi-structured interviews. In total, 24 experts with experience in lean implementation of SMCs were interviewed, and data were analysed through code based content analysis using NVivo10.FindingsTeam working skills, critical thinking, leadership, communication skills, work ethics, knowledge and positive attitudes were identified as lean enabling human capacities for SMCs. The framework developed in this study provides individual, organisational and environmental level strategies that can be used to build human capacities necessary for enabling lean in construction SMCs.Practical implicationsThe study will be beneficial to construction SMCs, academics, researchers and government institutions in developing countries, which share socio-economic, demographic or cultural traits similar to Sri Lanka.Originality/valueA novel lean enabling human capacity building framework is developed with the strategies required for building those capacities in order to accelerate the lean implementation in construction SMCs. This contributes to the body of knowledge as it uncovers individual, organisational and environmental level strategies for enabling lean through human capacity building in Sri Lankan SMCs.
Impact of online customer reviews and deep learning on product innovation empirical study on mobile applications
Authors: Zhao Huiliang , Yang Qin , Liu Zhenghong 
Published: April 2021

PurposeThe customer enables online reviews, discusses product features and enhances the user's experiences in online activities. Users generated product innovation and product reviews effect as market competition. This research study explains deep learning, online reviews and product innovation empirical evidence used by mobile apps.Design/methodology/approachOnline reviews and product innovation are very important for every organization and firms to achieve a competitive advantage in a large business environment. When the authors see past traditional history, customers are not involved in product creating and innovating processes. Due to new technology changes, online systems and web 2.0 increase this ability.FindingsFor this research purpose, the authors use different analytical software to measure the impact among variables. This study is established on primary data; this study collected data from online customers and its users. For data collection, the authors use some questionnaires, and these questions are filled from 200 respondents.Research limitations/implicationsThis research study used data from the Google app store – Google product selling application – and gathered customers' online reviews. Research found that customers' online reviews and deep learning positively and significantly influence product innovation through networking technology. This research-based online mobile application and its research reviews found that organizations convert their own business online and effectively and efficiently enhance creditability.Originality/valueThis research study used data from the Google app store Google product selling application and gathered customers' online reviews. Research founded that customers' online reviews and deep learning are positively and significantly influence product innovation through networking technology. This research-based online mobile application and its research reviews found that organizations convert their own business online and effectively and efficiently enhance creditability.
Factors influencing thermal resistance of a down sleeping bag
Authors: An Yuying , Xu Guangbiao , Shen Hua 
Published: March 2021

PurposeTo have a better understanding of the heat transfer mechanisms in a sleeping bag and to investigate the factors influencing thermal resistance of a down sleeping bag.Design/methodology/approachThe mechanism of heat transfer in a sleeping bag was discussed in this paper. The thermal resistances of 24 samples were investigated. Besides, the relation between fill weight and thermal resistance, and that between the air permeability of fabric and thermal resistance, as well as that between down filling rate and thermal resistance were analyzed.FindingsThe results showed that thermal resistances of samples varied from 0.35 to 0.8 m2 K/W. The fill weight was the most important factor of thermal resistance of sleeping bag and the relation between fill weight and thermal resistance matched well with cubic function. A multiple regression formula was proposed, which with thermal resistance as a dependent variable and with air permeability of fabric, down filling rate, fill weight as independent variables.Originality/valueThermal properties of a sleeping bag were analyzed through simplified basic unit under simplified environment conditions, which was necessary for building the first stage of systematic study of thermal performance of a sleeping bag.
Model for the maintenance-focussed heritage building conservation
Authors: Cruz Arturo , Coffey Vaughan , H.T. Chan Tommy , Perovic Miljenka 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThis paper presents and illustrates the model of a maintenance-focussed conservation plan developed in the thesis. It proposes a framework which puts more emphasis on maintenance in conservation than reconstruction, restorations, repairs or even a “do-nothing” approach.Design/methodology/approachThe research was conducted in an Australian context, where many major buildings are categorised as being “modern heritage”. However, the main problem with modern heritage is that although it has become more celebrated within the architectural historical sector, maintenance is still only in the background of most facility management (FM) operations, and its critical importance has yet to become accepted as a potential solution to greatly facilitate the proper preservation of the nation's architectural legacy. Challenges and barriers to this approach were evaluated, whilst opportunities were identified to improve a failing current situation that has resulted in the loss of many existing heritage structures. The paper makes a strong case in order to highlight the necessity of embedding a maintenance approach in preserving the historical fabric of buildings in the heritage conservation sector.FindingsThis research examines the key strategies for a maintenance-focussed conservation system.Originality/valueThe paper tackles experiences and issues in Australia about a lack of focus on maintenance as a conservation intervention.
Conflict handling styles as predictors of entrepreneurial intentions
Authors: Berisha Gentrit , Krasniqi Besnik , Shiroka-Pula Justina , Kutllovci Enver 
Published: April 2021

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the relationship between conflict handling styles (CHS) of business managers in their entrepreneurial intentions (EI). The business manager’s propensity to become entrepreneurs is a relatively unexplored area of research. The relationship between conflict handling style and entrepreneurial intention is under-researched, particularly in a developing country like Kosovo.Design/methodology/approachA self-report questionnaire containing measures of conflict handing style, entrepreneurial intention and demographics was delivered to business managers in Kosovo.FindingsForcing style has a positive and statistically significant relationship with entrepreneurial intention. Yielding, compromising, problem solving and avoiding have weak and insignificant effects on EI.Research limitations/implicationsThe relationship between conflict handling styles of managers and their entrepreneurial intention is investigated. No situational, organizational or environmental factor was considered influencing this relationship.Practical implicationsConflict management is important in predicting the entrepreneurial intention of managers. Organizations should design human resource interventions aimed at effective team composition and employee retention to ensure performance.Originality/valueThis is the first study to investigate the relationship between conflict handling style and entrepreneurial intention using a manager sample. Furthermore, it is the first study of conflict handling styles and entrepreneurial intention of managers in Kosovo.
Metaphors of organizations in patient involvement programs: connections and contradictions
Authors: Rowland Paula , Fancott Carol , Abelson Julia 
Published: March 2021

PurposeIn this paper, we contribute to the theorizing of patient involvement in organizational improvement by exploring concepts of “learning from patients” as mechanisms of organizational change. Using the concept of metaphor as a theoretical bridge, we analyse interview data (n = 20) from participants in patient engagement activities from two case study organizations in Ontario, Canada. Inspired by classic organizational scholars, we ask “what is the organization that it might learn from patients?”Design/methodology/approachPatient involvement activities are used as part of quality improvement efforts in healthcare organizations worldwide. One fundamental assumption underpinning this activity is the notion that organizations must “learn from patients” in order to enact positive organizational change. Despite this emphasis on learning, there is a paucity of research that theorizes learning or connects concepts of learning to organizational change within the domain of patient involvement.FindingsThrough our analysis, we interpret a range of metaphors of the organization, including organizations as (1) power and politics, (2) systems and (3) narratives. Through these metaphors, we display a range of possibilities for interpreting how organizations might learn from patients and associated implications for organizational change.Originality/valueThis analysis has implications for how the framing of the organization matters for concepts of learning in patient engagement activities and how misalignments might stymie engagement efforts. We argue that the concept and commitment to “learning from patients” would be enriched by further engagement with the sociology of knowledge and critical concepts from theories of organizational learning.
The effect of work–family conflict and hindrance stress on nurses' satisfaction: the role of ethical leadership
Authors: Freire Carla , Bettencourt Cláudia 
Published: April 2021

PurposeThe main aim of this study is to explore the moderating role of ethical leadership on the indirect effect of work–family conflict on nurses' job satisfaction via hindrance stress.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was answered by 224 nursing professionals working in public and private health institutions.FindingsA mediation–moderation model was estimated, and the results thereof indicated that work–family conflict has an indirect negative effect on satisfaction through the mediation mechanism of hindrance stress. Results also show that ethical leadership enhances this mediated relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross-sectional data limited the generalization of results. Future research should develop longitudinal studies, which will allow for conclusions to be drawn with regard to inferences of causality.Practical implicationsIt is recommended that health organizations should develop ethical training for their leaders. By doing so, they will address two issues: the conciliation between work and family as well as the reduction of job stress, which will subsequently improve job satisfaction.Originality/valueThe originality of this empirical study lies in the exploration of the moderating role of ethical leadership in the indirect effect of work–family conflict, which, in turn, impacts on job satisfaction via the hindrance stress experienced by nurses. The study is innovative in the sense that it seeks to gain a greater understanding of the moderation–mediation mechanisms of the variables under study.
SS‐31 protect retinal pigment epithelial cells from H2O2‐induced cell injury by reducing apoptosis
Authors: Bai Jie , Yang Yumei , Wu Dingting , Yang Fan 
Published: March 2021

AbstractEvidence has shown that effects from oxidative stress induced damage of retinal or human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Antioxidant supplementation is a plausible strategy to avoid oxidative stress and maintain the function of retina. d‐Arg‐2,6‐dimethyltyrosine‐Lys‐Phe‐NH2 (SS‐31) has been used in the treatment of many diseases. In this study, we found that SS‐31 attenuated hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)‐induced loss of cell viability, reduced oxidative damage and cell apoptosis in RPE cells. HO‐1, Trx‐1 and Nrf‐2 expression levels significantly increased on pre‐treatment with SS‐31 compared with the H2O2group. SS‐31 inhibited apoptosis through the downregulation of Bax and the upregulation of Bcl‐2. Our results suggest that SS‐31 had a protective effect against H2O2treatment in ARPE‐19 cells by enhancing the antioxidative enzymes expression and decreasing apoptosis, which could be considered a promising therapeutic intervention for retinal degeneration.
Population differentiation in the leaf shape and growth form of Cardamine scutata Thunb. in tidal and non‐tidal habitats
Authors: Soga Eri , Sugisaka Jiro , Watanabe Mikio , Kudoh Hiroshi 
Published: March 2021

AbstractRiparian habitats are associated with diverse hydrological conditions that may enhance population differentiation in species inhabiting areas close to water. Cardamine scutata Thunb. is a widespread riparian herb that is typically characterized by compound leaves. On the Nohbi Plain in central Honshu, Japan, it has, however, been reported that plants of C. scutata occurring in tidal wetlands along the lower reaches of large rivers have simpler leaves than those inhabiting areas further upstream. In this study, we quantitatively describe environmental conditions, leaf shape and other phenotypic traits of populations in tidal and non‐tidal habitats. Measurements of the electrical conductivity of interstitial water and fluctuations in water levels indicated that tidal populations of C. scutata occurred in typical tidal freshwater wetlands. We found that tidal and non‐tidal populations are characterized by distinct leaf shapes, simple and compound, respectively, under both field and common growth conditions. These observations indicate that differences in leaf shape reflect a genetic differentiation between populations of the same species inhabiting distinct habitats. In addition to leaf shape, we found several phenotypic differences relating to growth form, with plants in tidal populations having elongated hollowed stems and elongated inflorescences. We conclude that tidal populations of C. scutata are a discrete ecotype inhabiting freshwater tidal wetlands, presumably derived either through adaptation or genetic drift.
Back to School: The Effects of School Reopening on Parents and Children
Authors: Dahlgaard Jens Olav , Fazekas Zoltán 
Published: March 2021

On 15 April, over a few days, Danish schools partially reopened. Only children up until the 5th grade were allowed to return to school. We present results from a two‐wave panel survey collected for parents with children in the 4th to the 7th grade in the week that schools partially reopened (Wave 1, initial N = 1,303) and again 2 weeks after (Wave 2, initial N = 1,000 re‐interviewed). Using a difference‐in‐difference analysis, we compare parents with children below and above the cut‐off. We do not find major differences in how our outcomes of interest develop. Government support decreased slightly more for parents whose children stayed at home, but child well‐being, parental stress, and economic situation mostly evolved in parallel for the two groups of families. More research is warranted on the long‐term effects of school lockdowns and reopening under different social contexts.
Situating adherence to medicines: The embodied practices and hinterlands of HIV antiretrovirals
Authors: Nicholls Emily Jay , Rhodes Tim , Egede Siri Jonina 
Published: March 2021

AbstractAdherence to medicines tends to be envisaged as a matter of actors’ reasoned actions, though there is increasing emphasis on situating adherence as a practice materialised in everyday routines. Drawing on the qualitative interview accounts of Black African women living with HIV in London, UK, we treat adherence to HIV medicines as not only situated in the practices of the immediate and everyday but also relating to a hinterland of historical and social relations. We move from accounts which situate adherence as an embodied matter of affect in the present, to accounts which locate adherence as a condition of precarity, which also trace to enactments of time and place in the past. Adherence is therefore envisaged as a multiple and fluid effect which is made‐up in‐the‐now and in relation to a hinterland of practices which locate elsewhere.
The effects of the national agricultural input voucher scheme (NAIVS) on sustainable intensification of maize production in Tanzania
Authors: Kim Jongwoo , Mason Nicole M. , Mather David , Wu Felicia 
Published: March 2021

AbstractAfrican agricultural input subsidy programmes (ISPs) have primarily focused on conventional intensification: raising yields through increased use of inorganic fertiliser and improved seeds. Yet the yield effects from maize‐focused ISPs have been smaller than anticipated, due in part to poor maize yield response to inorganic fertiliser resulting from low soil organic matter or pH. Joint use of inorganic fertiliser with complementary soil fertility management practices—for example, organic fertiliser or maize‐legume intercropping—can contribute to more sustainable forms of agricultural intensification, while also improving yield response to inorganic fertiliser and the effectiveness of ISPs. We analyse the effects of Tanzania's ISP from 2008 to 2014, the National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme (NAIVS), on use of these practices. Results from correlated random effects (CRE) multinomial logit (MNL) models suggest that NAIVS participation is associated with an 8–10 percentage point increase in the probabilities of inorganic fertiliser use alone and of joint use of inorganic fertiliser with organic fertiliser and/or maize‐legume intercropping on consistent maize‐growing households’ maize plots. CRE fractional MNL results suggest similar associations for the proportion of households’ total maize plots area under these practices. These results suggest that, in some cases, NAIVS may have contributed to sustainable intensification of maize production.
Dialysis unit blood pressure two hours after hemodialysis is useful for predicting home blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure in maintenance hemodialysis patients
Authors: Jeong Hye Yun , Kim Hyo Jin , Han Miyeun , Seong Eun Young , Song Sang Heon 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis study aimed to determine which BP measurement obtained in the HD unit correlated best with home BP and ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). We retrospectively analyzed data from 40 patients that received maintenance HD who had available home BP and ABPM data. Dialysis unit BPs were the averages of pre‐, 2hr‐ (2 h after starting HD), and post‐HD BP during a 9‐month study. Home BP was defined as the average of morning and evening home BPs. Dialysis unit BP and home BP were compared over the 9‐month study period. ABPM was performed once for 24 h in the absence of dialysis during the final 2 weeks of the study period and was compared to the 2‐week dialysis unit BP and home BP. There was a significant difference between dialysis unit systolic blood pressure (SBP) and home SBP over the 9‐month period. No significant difference was observed between the 2hr‐HD SBP and home SBP. When analyzing 2 weeks of dialysis unit BP and home BP, including ABPM, SBPs were significantly different (dialysis unit BP > home BP > ABPM; P = 0.009). Consistent with the 9‐month study period, no significant difference was observed between 2hr‐HD SBP and home SBP (P = 0.809). The difference between 2hr‐HD SBP and ambulatory SBP was not significant (P = 0.113). In conclusion, the 2hr‐HD SBP might be useful for predicting home BP and ABPM in HD patients.
The pathophysiological effects of exercise in the management of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: A scoping review
Authors: Coskun Benlidayi Ilke , Gupta Latika 
Published: April 2021

AbstractIdiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a term used for a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by severe muscle weakness. In addition to pharmacological treatment options, non‐pharmacological methods such as exercising are essential for proper management of myositis. The present article aimed to provide an insight into the potential pathophysiological mechanisms underlying exercise‐related benefits in myositis. A systematic search was performed on PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar using the following keywords and their combinations: “idiopathic inflammatory myopathy”, “inflammatory myopathy”, “myositis”, “polymyositis”, “dermatomyositis”, “inclusion body myositis”, and “exercise”. Current literature indicates that exercising has impact on both immune and non‐immune pathways in patients with IIM. Exercise‐related benefits include (a) increased mitochondrial biogenesis/enzyme activity, (b) reconditioning of immune/inflammatory pathways, (c) decreased endoplasmic reticulum stress, (d) modulation of gene expression, (e) increased protein synthesis and cytoskeletal remodeling, and (f) decreased muscle fibrosis and non‐muscle area infiltrates. With its certain benefits, exercise stands as a precious non‐pharmacological treatment option for patients with IIM.