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How integration of information and communication technologies impact academic achievement? An empirical study on Sindh education foundation
Authors: Rind Amjad Ali , Asad Muhammad Mujtaba , Marri Shahmeer Ali , Sherwani Fahad , Rehman Fazal Ur 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of Introduction of Smart Teaching and Learning (INSTAL) project on students' academic achievements in terms of students' science scores. Information and communication technologies (ICT)-based initiative was introduced in Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) schools at District Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. The aim of the study was to identify whether science test scores of students have been improved with the use of INSTAL facility at schools or remained the same at SEF-supported schools.Design/methodology/approachThe quantitative research approach has been used in the current study, and within it a quasi-experimental research design was employed. The descriptive (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test) were computed to find the pre- and post-difference in science scores of students. Both primary and secondary data were used. The primary data were gathered through questionnaire from 48 science teachers. Whereas, secondary data of 382 students who used ICT-based facility under INSATL project for two academic years were taken from quality assessment test (QAT) scores conducted by third party in SEF-assisted schools in District Khairpur.FindingsThe findings of the study revealed that the students' science scores improved by 10% in one year and 23% in two years with the use of ICT-based facilities under INSTAL project. Also, it can be concluded from the results that ICT has a positive as well as statistically significant impact on students' science learning by using INSTAL facility in schools. Results of the study show that students' level of interest toward learning science has been enhanced by the use of ICT.Practical implicationsAs the world is rapidly moving toward digitalization, the modes of teaching and learning have been changing. ICT plays a very significant role in the betterment of education. ICT helps to achieve socio-economic development of a country. However, Pakistan, being a developing country, has not that much resources, and ICT-based learning is not common in Pakistan. Therefore, it is very important to be aware people about the usage of technology in teaching and learning. The present study is an attempt to create such type of awareness. Moreover, the current study may be the first kind of study in the context of Pakistan which used TPACK as theoretical framework, and this study may contribute to the body of knowledge in the context of ICT.Originality/valueImplementing ICT-based software for teaching and learning in rural context of Pakistan was a challenging task, but it has brought positive results in terms of student's achievement. This may be the first study that has been conducted in the context of adopted schools of SEF.
Corporate social responsibility and performances of firms operating in the tourism and hospitality industry
Authors: Goffi Gianluca , Masiero Lorenzo , Pencarelli Tonino 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to assess whether a relationship exists between corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement and tour operators' performances.Design/methodology/approachA web survey was submitted to tour operators worldwide. A large sample of tour operators from different countries and continents participated in the survey. Principal component analysis was performed and a regression model was developed to analyze the relationship among variables.FindingsEmpirical evidence indicates that tour operators with high CSR engagement experienced a significantly higher short-term growth of profits and sales volume. Results also show that applying CSR principles, facilitating CSR values and fostering local economic linkages have a positive and significant influence on tour operators' performances.Practical implicationsTour operators should cultivate a sustainable corporate culture requiring a commitment to sustainability of the company and its suppliers. The findings contradict with the tendency of “enclavisation” of package tourists within self-sufficient tourism complexes and suggest that locals are part of the tourism place-product.Originality/valueThis research reviews the literature on the relationship between CSR and firms' performances in tourism and hospitality. The relevance of this study is its focus on tour operators, a context with a fundamental importance for the sustainability of the tourism industry worldwide. Tour operators are the players that mostly reflect the variety of sectors within the tourism industry, combining travel services such as accommodation, food, transports, entertainment and excursions. This is the first time that a study on the relationship between CSR and firms' performances has been developed on tour operators worldwide. The paper is based on the data collected through a survey on 201 companies from 42 countries from all continents.
The mediating role of passenger satisfaction on the relationship between service quality and behavioral intentions of low-cost carriers
Authors: Lin Hsiu-Fen 
Published: December 2021

PurposeBy extending the existing service quality dimensions and reflecting the low-cost carriers (LCCs) context, the purpose ot this study aims to develop the research model to examine whether passenger satisfaction mediates the relationship between service quality and behavioral intentions of LCCs across low- and high-experience passengers.Design/methodology/approachData collected from 320 passengers (180 for low-experience passengers and 140 for high-experience passengers) to test the research model. The partial least square structural equation modeling approach was used to perform the path modeling and multi-group analysis.FindingsThe results confirm that passenger satisfaction mediates the relationship between four service quality constructs (tangible features, service reliability, quality of personnel and online ticketing service) and behavioral intentions (repurchase and recommendation intentions) for both low- and high-experience passengers. However, convenient flight schedule has a significant influence on passenger satisfaction only for low-experience passengers.Practical implicationsThe results of multi-group analysis indicated that passenger satisfaction exerts stronger effect on recommendation intentions for low-experience passengers. LCCs managers' priority should be placed on providing satisfying service experiences to less experienced passengers. Improved passenger satisfaction through superior service quality motivates low-experience passengers to recommend LCCs, thus increasing the positive word-of-mouth promotion.Originality/valueTheoretically, this study is first considering both low- and high-experience LCCs passenger perceptions to examine how passenger satisfaction mediates the relationship between service quality and post-purchase intentions. From the managerial perspective, the findings can provide useful management insights into developing multi-faceted strategies that allow LCCs firms to restore passenger confidence and retain their repurchase intentions.
Seasonal strategies differ between tropical and extratropical herbivores
Authors: Abraham Joel O. , Hempson Gareth P. , Faith J. Tyler , Staver A. Carla 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

Seasonal diet shifts and migration are key components of large herbivore population dynamics, but we lack a systematic understanding of how these behaviours are distributed on a macroecological scale.

The prevalence of seasonal strategies is likely related to herbivore body size and feeding guild, and may also be influenced by properties of the environment, such as soil nutrient availability and climate seasonality.

We evaluated the distribution of seasonal dietary shifts and migration across large‐bodied mammalian herbivores and determined how these behaviours related to diet, body size and environment.

We found that herbivore strategies were consistently correlated with their traits: seasonal diet shifts were most prevalent among mixed feeding herbivores and migration among grazers and larger herbivores. Seasonality also played a role, particularly for migration, which was more common at higher latitudes. Both dietary shifts and migration were more widespread among extratropical herbivores, which also exhibited more intermediate diets and body sizes.

Our findings suggest that strong seasonality in extratropical systems imposes pressure on herbivores, necessitating widespread behavioural responses to navigate seasonal resource bottlenecks. It follows that tropical and extratropical herbivores may have divergent responses to global change, with intensifying herbivore pressure in extratropical systems contrasting with diminishing herbivore pressure in tropical systems.
Protistan plankton communities in the Galápagos Archipelago respond to changes in deep water masses resulting from the 2015/16 El Niño
Authors: Neave Erika F. , Seim Harvey , Gifford Scott M. , Torano Olivia , Johnson Zackary I. , Páez‐Rosas Diego , Marchetti Adrian 
Published: December 2021

SummaryThe Galápagos Archipelago lies within the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean at the convergence of major ocean currents that are subject to changes in circulation. The nutrient‐rich Equatorial Undercurrent upwells from the west onto the Galápagos platform, stimulating primary production, but this source of deep water weakens during El Niño events. Based on measurements from repeat cruises, the 2015/16 El Niño was associated with declines in phytoplankton biomass at most sites throughout the archipelago and reduced utilization of nitrate, particularly in large‐sized phytoplankton in the western region. Protistan assemblages were identified by sequencing the V4 region of the 18S rRNA gene. Dinoflagellates, chlorophytes and diatoms dominated most sites. Shifts in dinoflagellate communities were most apparent between the years; parasitic dinoflagellates, Syndiniales, were highly detected during the El Niño (2015) while the dinoflagellate genus, Gyrodinium, increased at many sites during the neutral period (2016). Variations in protistan communities were most strongly correlated with changes in subthermocline water density. These findings indicate that marine protistan communities in this region are regimented by deep water mass sources and thus could be profoundly affected by altered ocean circulation.
From Mother‐Patriot to Sister‐Lover: Changing Visions of Womanhood in Nineteenth‐Century Poland
Authors: Cornett Natalie 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis article provides an analysis of different approaches to gender and the Polish women's question in the first half of the nineteenth century, particularly focusing on the Romantic era (roughly 1820–63), when the Polish question dominated political and cultural life. The ideal of an elite woman as a primarily home‐bound mother and educator of the next generation of Poles gained traction among nation‐builders during the brief Enlightenment reform period at the end of the eighteenth century. After the dissolution of the Polish‐Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795), such ideas continued to remain in public circulation until the massive November Uprising of 1830–31, when some aristocratic women pushed the bounds of womanhood into a public, nationalised space by aiding and participating in the war effort. This article explores different ideas about gender and the nation using official statutes, women's life writing and Romantic literature. It will show changes in attitudes and actions before and after the November Uprising and pay particular attention to Narcyza Żmichowska and the Enthusiast women's movement of the 1840s which offered another way of being a woman than subordinate companionship to menfolk and their idea of the nation.
The experience of physiological and psychosocial alcohol‐related harms across adolescence and its association with alcohol use disorder in early adulthood: A prospective cohort study
Authors: Yuen Wing See , Bruno Raimondo , Chan Gary C. K. , McCambridge Jim , Slade Tim , Clare Philip J. , Aiken Alexandra , Kypri Kypros , Hutchinson Delyse , McBride Nyanda , Boland Veronica , Upton Emily , Farrell Michael , Mattick Richard P. , Peacock Amy 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackgroundDifferent forms of alcohol‐related harm (e.g., hangovers, fighting) may confer differential risk of clinically relevant alcohol problems. We examine: (i) patterns of transition in experiencing alcohol‐related harms across adolescence; (ii) whether factors in early adolescence predict transition patterns; and (iii) whether transition patterns predict later alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms.MethodsWe used a longitudinal Australian cohort (n = 1828) to model latent class transition patterns of alcohol‐related harms across three timepoints (Mage = 13.9, 16.8, 18.8 years). Regression models assessed whether child, peer, and parent factors in early adolescence (Mage = 12.9) predicted harms transition patterns and whether these patterns predicted AUD symptoms in early adulthood (Mage = 19.8).ResultsFive transition patterns characterized most of the cohort (n ≈ 1609, 88.0%): (i) minimal harms (n ≈ 381, 20.8%); (ii) late physiological harms (n ≈ 702, 38.4%); (iii) early physiological harms (n ≈ 226, 12.4%); (iv) late all harms (n ≈ 131, 7.2%); and (v) gradual all harms (n ≈ 169, 9.2%). With late physiological harms as the reference, females had increased risk of experiencing early physiological harms (relative risk [RR]: 2.15; 99.5% CI: 1.19, 3.90). Late all harms (RR: 1.71; CI: 1.19, 2.47) and gradual all harms (RR: 1.84; CI: 1.37, 2.47) were each associated with increased odds of meeting criteria for AUD, even when patterns of alcohol consumption are considered.ConclusionsAdolescents display heterogeneous transition patterns across physiological and psychosocial alcohol‐related harms. Females are at greater risk of experiencing early physiological harms. Experience of both physiological and psychosocial harms in late adolescence is an important and potentially modifiable precursor to clinically relevant alcohol problems in early adulthood.
A population‐wide perspective on the reach of substance use disorders: Parental exposure, diagnostic remission, and current disorders
Authors: Na Peter J. , Stefanovics Elina A. , Rhee Taeho Greg , Rosenheck Robert A. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackground and ObjectivesParental substance use disorder (SUD) increases the risk for childhood adversities. Lifetime and current SUDs are associated with functional impairment and psychiatric comorbidity. Research shows that these abate with diagnostic remission. However, a hierarchically ordered heuristic profile of adult subpopulations affected by SUDs has not been explored.MethodsWe used data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Wave III (NESARC‐III; N = 36,309) to compare four subpopulations defined by the following hierarchy: (1) neither parental nor lifetime SUD (un‐affected group); (2) parental SUD but no personal SUD; (3) past but not current SUD (diagnostic remission); and (4) current SUD. We conducted bivariate comparisons and multivariable‐adjusted logistic regression to identify characteristics independently differentiating each group.ResultsAlmost half of the US adult population (108.9 million) were at risk from SUDs. Relative to the unaffected group (56.1%), the parental‐exposure‐only group (13.9%) experienced diverse parental and childhood adversities and increased risk for psychiatric disorders. Compared to the parental‐exposure‐only group those in the remitted group (14.1%) were more likely to report behavioral problems and lifetime psychiatric multimorbidities. Those with current SUD (15.9%) had a poorer mental health‐related quality of life.Discussion and ConclusionsThis heuristic SUD hierarchy is associated with increasing adversities affecting almost half the US population, although only 15.9% meet the criteria for a current disorder.Scientific SignificanceOur findings provide a rigorous population‐based estimate of the staggering public health impact of SUDs in the United States and suggest that almost half of the US population is either directly or indirectly affected by SUDs.
Social and emotional learning in primary schools: A review of the current state of evidence
Authors: Wigelsworth Michael , Verity Lily , Mason Carla , Qualter Pamela , Humphrey Neil 
Published: December 2021

BackgroundThere is a plethora of reviews that summarize much of the evidence base in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). However, there are criticisms around variability of quality and focus of those reviews, meaning there is little strategic overview of the current state of the field. Further, there are rising concerns as to systemic gaps in the evidence base itself. An overview of reviews provides an opportunity for a comprehensive classification and corresponding critique of evidence.AimsThe study sought to examine a‐priori concerns regarding (1) variation in the rigour and quality of the meta‐analytic and systematic evidence base, (2) comparatively less conclusive evidence for whole school approaches when compared to class‐based curricula, and (3) an assumed universality of effect (i.e., lack of examination of any differential gains for sub‐groups).Method and resultsA systematic search of the systematic and meta‐analytic literature identified a total of 33 reviews examining SEL interventions. Papers were subject to a quality assessment in order to examine methodological rigour and were collated in line with the study’s objectives.ConclusionsWe maintain the prevailing consensus that SEL programmes have an important role in education. However, variation in evidence quality remains high and there appear ambiguities regarding what constitutes whole school approaches. The review also highlights a novel and concerning lack of data for differentiating any subgroup effects. The review concludes with recommended novel directions for future research, including adoption of more complex trial architecture in evaluation alongside a move towards a wider plurality in methodological approach.
Rove beetle diversity and coffee agroecosystems in the Colombian Andes
Authors: Méndez‐Rojas Diana M. , López‐García Margarita M. , García‐Cárdenas Delly R. , Cultid‐Medina Carlos A. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe intensification of coffee plantations has driven biodiversity loss worldwide, but little is known about how it affects the ecological structure of Andean rove beetle communities. The rove beetle diversity was estimated in a coffee‐intensification gradient located on the western slope of Central Andes (1300–1800 m elevation). Sixteen sampling sites in four land uses were selected: four native forest patches and twelve coffee production systems (four polygeneric shade coffee plantations, four monogeneric shade coffee plantations, and four sun‐grown coffee plantations). We used unbaited pitfall traps and leaf litter extraction and recorded environmental and vegetation variables in each land use. 101 staphylinid species were collected in 12 subfamilies and 45 genera (N = 522 individuals). We recorded for the first time the subfamily Leptotyphlinae in Colombia. Anotylus sp. 1 was the most abundant species with about 16% of the total individuals, while 60% of the remaining species showed <2 individuals. Native forest and polygeneric shade coffee plantations were more diverse than monogeneric shade and sun‐grown coffee plantations (for all
qD measures). Monogeneric shade coffee plantations were the least diverse in all studies. Species composition was different between forests and coffee plantations, and the sun‐grown coffee had a low number of exclusive species. The rove beetle diversity did not show a linear reduction with the intensification levels of the coffee plantation, and the sun‐grown coffee did not represent an absolutely hostile environment. We discuss the role of staphylinid as model group for comparative ecological studies in the tropical agricultural landscape.
Fatigue and expression of heat-shock protein genes in plaque psoriasis
Authors: Skoie Inger Marie , Bårdsen Kjetil , Nilsen Mari M. , Eidem Live E. , Grimstad Tore , Dalen Ingvild , Omdal Roald 
Published: December 2021

SummaryBackgroundChronic fatigue is common in patients with psoriasis, and heat-shock proteins (HSPs) have been suggested to influence fatigue.AimTo evaluate gene expression patterns of selected HSPs in patients with psoriasis with high vs. low fatigue.MethodsFatigue was assessed using the fatigue Visual Analogue Scale, and disease activity by the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index. Peripheral blood transcriptional profiling was performed using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of HSP genes from 10 patients with high fatigue, and compared with 10 patients with low fatigue. HSPB11, HSPBAP1, HSPA14, HSPA9P1, HSP90B1 and HSP90AB1 contributed most to separation of the two groups in a principal components analysis. Four of these genes (HSPB11, HSPA14, HSP90B1 and HSP90AB1) were further investigated by real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) in 20 patients with high- and 20 patients with low-fatigue scores.ResultsBoth RNA-seq and RT-qPCR analyses revealed a tendency to higher expression levels of HSPB11 and lower expression of HSP90B1 in the high- vs. the low-fatigue group. Psoriasis disease activity had no influence on the expression levels of the studied HSP genes.ConclusionOverall, the results suggest that some HSPs are involved in generation of fatigue in psoriasis, supporting the hypothesis that downregulatory innate immune responses influence fatigue.
Persulfate‐containing consumer products in the US market
Authors: Dean Owen R. , Somers Kathryn E. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackgroundPersulfate compounds are reactive oxidative agents increasingly recognized as contact allergens.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to identify common consumer products containing persulfate compounds in the US market.MethodsFive publicly accessible online ingredient repositories and searches of two large online retailers were used to identify persulfate‐containing consumer products.ResultsWe identified persulfates in 23 hair colouring products, 11 denture cleansers, 8 pool/hot‐tub products, 3 paints, and 3 cleaning products.ConclusionsClinicians assessing contact dermatitis should be aware of three primary categories of consumer products that contain persulfates: denture cleansers, hair colouring products, and nonchlorine hot‐tub and pool shock.