bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
MAIT cell deficiency exacerbates neuroinflammation in P301S human tau transgenic mice
Authors: Zhang Yuanyue , Yang Zhi , Tan Xiaosheng , Jiang Na , Cao Gaoyuan , Yang Qi 
Published: January 2025

AbstractThe role of immune cells in neurodegeneration remains incompletely understood. Our recent study revealed the presence of mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in the meninges, where they express antioxidant molecules to maintain meningeal barrier integrity. Accumulation of misfolded tau proteins are a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. The role of MAIT cells in tau-related neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, however, remains unclear. Here we report that the meninges of P301 mutant human tau transgenic mice had increased numbers of MAIT cells, which retained their expression of antioxidant molecules.Mr1−/−P301S mice that lacked MAIT cells exhibited increased tau pathology and hippocampus atrophy compared to controlMr1+/+P301S mice. Adoptive transfer of MAIT cells reduced tau pathology and hippocampus atrophy inMr1−/−P301S mice. Meningeal barrier integrity was compromised inMr/−/−P301S mice, but not in controlMr1+/+P301S mice. A distinctive microglia subset with proinflammatory gene expression profile (M-inflammatory) was enriched in the hippocampus ofMr1−/−P301S mice. The transcriptomes of the remaining microglia in these mice also shifted towards a proinflammatory state, with increased expression of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and genes related with ribosome biogenesis and immune responses to toxic substances. The transfer of MAIT cells restored meningeal barrier integrity and suppressed microglial inflammation in theMr1−/−P301S mice. Together, our data indicate an important role for MAIT cells in regulating tau-pathology-related neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
Four Potential Mechanisms Underlying Phytoplankton-Bacteria Interactions Assessed Using Experiments and Models
Authors: Weissberg Osnat , Aharonovich Dikla , Wu Zhen , Follows Michael J. , Sher Daniel 
Published: January 2025

AbstractPhytoplankton growth and death depend on interactions with heterotrophic bacteria, yet the underlying mechanisms remain mostly unclear. We ask whether mathematical models explicitly representing four putative mechanisms of interaction (overflow metabolism, mixotrophy, exoenzymes and ROS detoxification) can recapitulate laboratory co-cultures betweenProchlorococcusand 8 heterotrophic bacteria, ranging from synergism to antagonism. Two fundamentally distinct modes of interaction emerge from the models: i) Organic carbon and nitrogen recycling through exoenzymes or overflow metabolism, where high biomass of both organisms leads to more productive systems and more recalcitrant organic matter. ii) Detoxification of ROS, where a small number of "exploited" heterotrophs are sufficient to supportProchlorococcussurvival. Cross feeding is likely more common in laboratory co-cultures, and most models cannot reproduce total inhibition ofProchlorococcus, suggesting additional mechanisms such as allelopathy. Key model parameters determining co-culture outcome are related to cell death and biomass recycling, providing priorities for future research.
Am I depleting from work or life? A nexus among work–life balance, self-efficacy, emotional exhaustion and performance
Authors: Imran Muhammad Kashif , Sarwar Ambreen , Fatima Tehreem , Shabeer Sobia 
Published: January 2025

PurposeBased on the cognitive perspective of self-regulation theory and role balance theory, this study examines the moderating effects of self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion on the indirect path between impaired work–life balance and job performance through psychological depletion.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptualized model was tested through a four-wave dyad data obtained from the employees and their supervisors of services sector organizations selected through stratified random sampling.FindingsThe results specify that psychological depletion partially mediates between impaired work–life balance and job performance. Further, self-efficacy acts as a buffering function to reduce the harmful effects of adverse impaired work–life balance on psychological depletion and emotional exhaustion provokes the injurious effects of psychological depletion on job performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis research provides important theoretical implications for work–life balance and psychological domains with boundary-spanning roles of self-regulatory measures.Originality/valueThis research is a unique attempt to link the self-regulatory perspective with role balance theory to understand and buffer the issues of impaired work–life balance.
Supply chain risks in the dairy industry
Authors: Wang Michael , Islam Samsul , Yang Wei 
Published: January 2025

PurposeSupply chain risk (SCR) has been extensively explored in various sectors, yet there is a notable scarcity of SCR studies in the dairy industry. This study aims to identify the primary and distinctive risks in the dairy supply chain (DSC), propose a typological model for SCR, highlight challenges specific to the DSC and offer mitigation strategies.Design/methodology/approachWe employ a systematic literature review to collect and review relevant research articles published between 2010 and 2019 to identify the main risks and mitigation strategies associated with the DSC, enabling the construction of a typological model of DSC risks.FindingsResults of the systematic review of the SCR literature show that the main DSC risks include on-farm risk (e.g. risks originating from the farming system), off-farm risk (e.g. supply risk, demand risk and manufacturing risk) and inherent SCR (e.g. logistics risk, information risk and financial risk). Notably, we find that the farming system plays a key role in today’s agricultural supply chain operations, indicating the importance of considering on-farm risk in the entire DSC. Additionally, mitigation strategies are located in response to the identified DSC risks by the typology of DSC risks.Originality/valueThis paper is the first attempt to develop a typological model of SCR for the dairy industry by a systematic literature review. The findings contribute to providing a comprehensive understanding of DSC risks by bridging the gap of ignoring the on-farm risks of the DSC in the existing literature. The typology may serve as a guide in practice to develop mitigation strategies in response to DSC risks.
Analysis of the gap between self-reported and actual pro-environmental behaviors of hotel customers
Authors: Sousa Natalina , Eusébio Celeste , Paço Arminda 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
This paper aims to explore customers’ pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) adopted at hotels that implement green practices. A method to examine the gap between self-reported and actual PEBs is presented.

Design/methodology/approach
The empirical study is divided in two parts. The first one comprised a survey questionnaire administered to 136 customers who stayed in Portuguese hotels (Sample 1). The second one consisted of 495 in-room consumer PEBs observations (Sample 2). A method was developed to compare self-reported and actual PEBs, combining the answers given to the questionnaire and the observed PEBs implemented by customers during their stay. The aggregate observations of in-room consumer’s PEBs enabled the development of an index to assess the actual PEBs (ACTUALPEBI). This index was then compared with the self-reported PEB index (REPORTEDPEBI).

Findings
The majority of guests indicated adopting environmentally friendly practices while at the hotel, and 50% of REPORTEDPEBI rank similarly to ACTUALPEBI.

Research limitations/implications
Understanding and measuring both actual and reported PEBs of guests offers valuable insights for hotel managers and marketers. This information can be used to target specific consumer segments with green marketing campaigns and develop educational programs that effectively encourage guest participation in hotel sustainability efforts. While the survey participants were international, the research itself was limited to hotels in Portugal. Therefore, future research should involve more participants and be conducted across different countries.

Practical implications
Understanding and measuring both actual and reported PEBs of guests offers valuable insights for hotel managers and marketers. This information can be used to target specific consumer segments with green marketing campaigns and develop educational programs that effectively encourage guest participation in hotel sustainability efforts.

Originality/value
This study proposes an alternative method for analyzing customers’ PEBs by observing actual PEBs during their stay and comparing them to self-reported PEBs, thereby reducing answer biases.
Enhancing information security compliance behavior through knowledge interventions: insights from EEG
Authors: Wang Zhiying , Deng Hangyu , Li Guiyun 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
This study aims to explore the impact of information security knowledge on information security compliance behavior using neuroscience science.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses electroencephalography (EEG) equipment to collect brain cognitive data from participants under two specific conditions. The conditions are before and after information security knowledge interventions contextualized with the “Wannacry” ransomware incident.

Findings
Firstly, the information security knowledge interventions lead to differences in the participants’ behavioral data under the two conditions, with participants showing increased attention to security warnings after intervention. Secondly, the P300 waveform is observed in the decision-making process for information security compliance behavior both before and after intervention, suggesting that the cognitive processes of the brain are influenced by information security knowledge. Finally, the amplitude of the P300 waveform is larger after intervention compared to before, and the energy in the β frequency band induced by decision-making for information security compliance behavior is higher before intervention than after.

Originality/value
Few studies have focused on the corresponding research regarding how to enhance information security compliance behavior. This study confirms that information security knowledge can significantly improve information security compliance behavior encouraging users to proactively implement security measures to counter information security threats. The findings reveal the impact of EEG on the cognitive processes involved in decision-making for information security compliance behavior and offer a novel approach for improving information security behavior through information security knowledge interventions.
Competent to teach? Educators’ perceptions of entrepreneurship
Authors: Neergård Gunn-Berit , Roald Gunhild Marie 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThis paper explores perceptions of entrepreneurship among educators from several disciplines, to understand the circumstances for embedded entrepreneurship education across the university.MethodologyThis qualitative study is based on eight online focus-group interviews with 44 university educators from different departments. Their experience with entrepreneurship ranged from being unfamiliar with entrepreneurship to being experienced entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship educators. We used social identity theory to analyse the data by theoretical thematic analysis.FindingsThe results show that educators may take the positions of “entrepreneurial outsiders” or “entrepreneurial insiders”, depending on their perceptions of entrepreneurship, as well as their ability to articulate and teach entrepreneurship. This study finds that educators often see themselves as “entrepreneurial outsiders”, lacking the competence to teach entrepreneurship. The findings highlight the importance of inclusive entrepreneurship discourse and innovation culture for educators to experience and acknowledge their “entrepreneurial insiderness”; the importance of contextual adaptation when teaching entrepreneurship in different disciplines and the importance of educators being contextualisation-bearers in entrepreneurship education for their students, bridging disciplines and showing that multiple social identities may co-exist.Originality/valueThis paper bridges a gap in the literature by looking at the educators’ perspective on entrepreneurship. The development of the two concepts of “entrepreneurial outsiderness” and “entrepreneurial insiderness” serves as an original contribution to social identity theory and the conversation of entrepreneurial identity, expanding our understanding of the complexity of enablers and barriers to embedded entrepreneurship education.
Unravelling the impact of COVID-19 on airline financial health in the world: insights from Chernoff faces technique
Authors: Ramlall Indranarain 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
This study proposes a novel approach to gauge the effects of COVID-19 on a large number of airline companies worldwide based on the employment of fifteen metrics at the cash flow, balance sheet, income statement and sustainability levels.

Design/methodology/approach
The study makes use of Chernoff faces where each facial feature, such as eyes or mouth, corresponds to a variable, with variations in their characteristics being captured in data values. Through this approach, complex data sets can be intuitively interpreted.

Findings
Robust quantitative evidence, derived from a comprehensive analysis of financial metrics, clearly demonstrates that US and Chinese airlines dominate the global airline industry. Findings also show that most airlines faced significant financial setbacks during the pandemic, as reflected in the marked decline in total operating expenses, passenger load factor, cash flow from operations, free cash flow and operating income. However, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. was an exception, maintaining resilience, largely due to its high-performing subsidiary, Air Hong Kong. Moreover, state-owned carriers fared better in maintaining liquidity and operational performance compared to their private counterparts.

Originality/value
This study introduces an innovative technique for assessing the impact of COVID-19 on airline companies globally, using Chernoff faces to visually represent key quantitative metrics. Sustainability metrics in the form of EQS and CO2 emissions have also been given due consideration.
An examination of website factors affecting branding of universities
Authors: Irshad Madeeha 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThe aim of the present research is to examine a university’s website factors that influence the brand image of a university and behavioral intentions of students.Design/methodology/approachConvenience sampling was used to collect data through questionnaires distributed to students of different colleges and universities in Islamabad, and the research model was tested through variance-based structural equation modeling in smart PLS.FindingsThe results reveal that diversity information, excellence information, personal branding of professors and virtual tours on a university’s website have a positive impact on brand image as well as behavioral intentions of students. In addition, brand image mediates the relationship between all factors and students’ behavioral intentions.Originality/valueThe present study is the first of its kind to examine the impact of diversity information, excellence details, professors' personal branding, and virtual tours on a university's brand image and students’ behavioral intentions. The findings offer theoretical and practical implications for enhancing e-marketing strategies through a university's website.
Achieving employee green performance through green transformational leadership: a multilevel study of chemical organizations
Authors: Su Wei , Hahn Juhee 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThis study intends to explore whether green transformational leadership is effective in promoting employee green performance. What role do moral reflectiveness and green crafting play in the impact of green transformational leadership on employee green performance?Design/methodology/approachThis study collected research data from a series of questionnaire surveys using a multisource and time-lagged design. We collected 582 completed questionnaires from 97 groups in chemical firms.FindingsThe analysis showed that (1) green transformational leadership positively affected employee green performance and (2) moral reflectiveness and green crafting sequentially mediated the relationship between green transformational leadership and employees’ green performance.Originality/valueThe 2-1-1 multilevel mediation model clarified how the perspectives of leaders and employees are associated, confirming that green transformational leadership successfully promotes the green performance of subordinates through value communication and resource provision. Chemical companies need green transformational leaders passionate about environmental issues to encourage employee engagement in sustainability initiatives, ultimately enhancing employees’ green performance and achieving sustainable development of the chemical organization.
To be adaptive or not? Investigating when and how illegitimate tasks promote versus inhibit employee adaptive performance
Authors: Cheng Bao , Chen Mengye , Dong Yun 
Published: January 2025

PurposeIllegitimate tasks are pervasive in organizations, presenting a challenge for employees to mitigate their impact. However, despite their significance, there has been limited research on when and how employees can adapt to these tasks successfully. To address this gap, this study aimed to discover the relationship between illegitimate tasks and adaptive performance, drawing upon the job demands-resources theory. Specifically, this study aimed to examine the moderating role of general self-efficacy and the mediating roles of employee problem-focused and emotion-focused coping.Design/methodology/approachTo examine our hypotheses, we conducted a time-lagged survey, comprising 3 waves and involving 313 employees from twenty enterprises situated in Guangzhou and Sichuan, China. Ordinary least squares (OLS) was adopted to examine our hypotheses.FindingsOur results suggested that general self-efficacy played a crucial role in determining how employees would cope with illegitimate tasks and their subsequent adaptive performance when confronted with illegitimate tasks. Notably, employees who possess high levels of general self-efficacy utilize problem-focused coping, improving adaptive performance in handling illegitimate tasks. Conversely, employees who possess low levels of general self-efficacy rely on emotion-focused coping, leading to lower levels of adaptive performance.Originality/valueThis research contributes to the literature on illegitimate tasks by uncovering when and how such tasks can either promote or hinder adaptive performance. These findings offer practical insights into ways to assist employees in managing illegitimate tasks effectively.
Design and calibration of a novel multiaxis sensor for measuring the wheel–terrain interaction forces of robotic vehicles
Authors: Jia Lixin , Shi Mujia , Shi Jiantao , Wang Dong , Song Aiguo , Su ChunYI , Feng Lihang 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
This paper aims to propose a novel wheel-based multiaxis force sensor designed to detect the interaction forces and moments between the planetary rover’s wheel and the terrain, thereby assisting the rover in environmental perception.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors’ design approach encompasses the mechanical structure design, decoupling methods and component integration techniques, effectively incorporating multiaxis sensors into the forward-sensing wheel. This enables high-precision and high-reliability detection of wheel–terrain interaction forces and torques.

Findings
The designed wheel-based multiaxis force sensor exhibits a nonlinearity error of 0.45%, a hysteresis error of 0.56% and a repeatability error of 0.49%, meeting the requirements for practical applications. Furthermore, the effectiveness and stability of the designed wheel-based multidimensional force sensor have been validated through hardware-in-the-loop experiments and full-vehicle model testing.

Originality/value
Unlike previous methods that directly integrate multiaxis sensors into the forward-sensing wheel, the authors have designed the force sensing wheel with consideration of its limited design space and the need for high measurement accuracy. The effectiveness of the designed wheel-based multidimensional force sensor was ultimately validated through static calibration, hardware-in-the-loop experiments and full-vehicle model experiments.
INFORMALITY AS THE UR‐FORM OF URBANITY: Keeping the Ur‐ in Urban Studies
Authors: Dovey Kim 
Published: January 2025

AbstractAfter 50 years of research on urban informality, why is it that we seem unable to either clearly define this concept or move beyond it? On the one hand, urban informality is identified with ‘slums’ and substandard outcomes, on the other, with deregulated markets and neoliberal urbanism. Yet it is also identified as a self‐organized urbanism that adds vitality, affordability, diversity, creativity and adaptability to the city—a form of urbanity that embodies the ‘right to the city’ and urban commoning. How are we to understand this paradox and move beyond the informal/formal as a binary distinction? If informality is more than a lack of formality, then what is informality‐in‐itself? The key argument here is that urban informality is the original form of urbanity—the ur‐form—while formal urbanism is its necessary counterpart. Informal urbanism is not a lack of formality, but the ground from which the formal emerges. This inversion changes the way we understand the city as an in/formal assemblage. While rampant informality may seem the very antithesis of urban planning, to erase it is to kill urbanity itself. The challenge is to engage this paradox—planning for the unplanned, keeping the ur‐ in urban studies.
Enhancement of soy protein functionality by conjugation or complexation with polysaccharides or polyphenols: A review
Authors: Qiu Chao , Meng Yaxu , Zhang Zhiheng , Li Xiaojing , McClements David Julian , Li Guanghua , Jiang Liming , Wen Jinsheng , Jin Zhengyu , Ji Hangyan 
Published: January 2025

AbstractSoy proteins have good nutritional quality and exhibit a range of useful functional attributes, making them a viable option for replacing animal proteins in the development of more sustainable and eco‐friendly plant‐based food products. Nevertheless, soy proteins are prone to denaturation and/or aggregation under conditions they encounter in some food and beverage products (including certain pH, ionic, and thermal conditions), which adversely impact their functional performance. This problem can often be overcome by covalently (conjugation) or noncovalently (complexation) linking the soy proteins to polysaccharides or polyphenols, thereby expanding their application scope. Compared to soy proteins alone, these conjugates or complexes exhibit enhanced technofunctional performance, including improved solubility, emulsification, foaming, gelling, antimicrobial properties, and antioxidant capacities. Conjugates are typically more stable than complexes, which may be an advantage for some food applications. However, complexes do not require additional regulatory approval, which makes them more suitable for most food applications. This review aims to comprehensively examine the enhancement of soy protein functionality through conjugation or complexation with polysaccharides or polyphenols. The research focuses on how these modifications enhance solubility, emulsification potential, foaming, gelling, and antioxidant properties, reduce the allergenicity of soy proteins, and enable their potential applications in plant‐based food development, 3D food printing, fat substitutes, functional food carriers, and hypoallergenic foods.