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Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions
Authors: Sarpong David , Nyuur Richard , Torbor Mabel Kyeiwaa 
Published: December 2021

PurposeCareers have come to dominate contemporary discourse on gendered entrepreneurship. This paper aims to explore entrepreneurial careers as recounted by commercially successful female entrepreneurs to examine how they strategize to construct desirable careers in contexts characterized by underdeveloped markets and weak institutions.Design/methodology/approachUsing a qualitative research design, data for our inquiry come from publicly available life history accounts of 20 female entrepreneurs appearing on an enterprise focus television show in Nigeria. The authors supplemented the television interview data with archival data in the form of publicly available digital footprints of the entrepreneurs collected from their company websites, magazines, online newspapers featuring these entrepreneurs and their social media pages such as LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Facebook and Instagram.FindingsThe careers of female entrepreneurs operating in context of underdeveloped institution and markets, the authors found, are characterized by four heterogeneous ingrained dispositions and actions reflecting how they got in and got on with their entrepreneurial careers: (1) “Observing and playing business,” (2) traipsing the “path less traveled,” (3) a hook to the “Pierian spring” of entrepreneurship and (4) “Grace under pressure” in decision-making.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by providing insight into the lived experiences, agency and careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs as played out in the form of a contextual practice of “wayfinding” to starting up and managing their own business ventures.
Examining country development indicators and e-waste under the moderating effect of country development levels and e-waste policy
Authors: Kalia Prateek , Zia Adil , Mladenović Dušan 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate if country development indicators, i.e. gross domestic product per capita (GDPPC), literacy rate, internet penetration and urban population, influence the generation of e-waste on a global level. The moderation effect due to differences between countries in terms of absence or presence of e-waste policy and level of development is also checked.Design/methodology/approachThis is an archival study that builds upon data from United Nations (UN), World Bank and Global E-waste Statistics Partnership. The authors did a path analysis comprising mediation and multigroup analyses to decipher the proposed rese arch model containing data from 172 countries.FindingsThe results indicate that GDPPC, literacy rate, internet penetration and urban population do not directly influence the generation of e-waste. However, higher internet penetration in developing countries leads to higher e-waste, while higher literacy rates in developed countries suppress e-waste generation. When it comes to e-waste policy, a higher urban population without a regulatory legal framework boosts higher e-waste. The authors observed that higher internet penetration leads to higher e-waste in the presence of e-waste policy as well.Originality/valueThis is the first study to include economic well-being indicators in elaborating e-waste generation, on a global scale. No previous study has observed differences between countries nested in e-waste policy and level of development.
Beyond embedded or not embedded: immigrant entrepreneurs’ embeddedness levels
Authors: Yetkin Uǧur , Tunçalp Deniz 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
This paper aims to review the immigrant entrepreneurship literature to locate how researchers consider embeddedness to home and host countries beyond the “embedded” or “not” dichotomy.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper conducts a systematic literature review. The authors found 106 articles in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, using a structured search and selection protocol.

Findings
Few articles perceive embeddedness openly as a gradual phenomenon. However, articles in the review use different approaches for considering relative levels of embeddedness, such as depth of social ties. In addition, some articles take a dual perspective or make multi-contextual comparisons to acknowledge immigrant entrepreneurs’ embeddedness levels. These articles emphasise embeddedness as a gradual phenomenon to understand the complexity of immigrant entrepreneurs’ contextualisation better. Based on the review, the paper develops a model, considering embeddedness as an emergent result of the immigrants’ engagement with spaces, networks, markets and institutions of a given home or host context. It also accounts for the dynamic interaction between contextual factors as embeddedness levels change.

Research limitations/implications
The paper has located all relevant papers in the used databases. However, the systematic review protocol naturally limits its scope. Nevertheless, the developed model based on the review helps researchers develop a more comprehensive understanding of embeddedness and possibly ask novel questions.

Social implications
This paper can help policymakers improve their policies for the progressive social integration of immigrants, as it helps consider different embeddedness levels.

Originality/value
Researchers mainly consider individuals’ embeddedness as either “embedded” or “not.” However, we can also understand embeddedness at various levels, e.g. partial, increasing/decreasing and gradual. Significant changes occur in the embeddedness of individuals during immigration. Additionally, contextual relations intertwine immigrants’ entrepreneurial activity over time. The paper reviews embeddedness in the immigrant entrepreneurship literature, searching beyond the dichotomic use of embeddedness. Then, it develops a theoretical understanding of embeddedness levels.
Evaluating the key risk factors in PPP-procured mass housing projects in Nigeria: a Delphi study of industry experts
Authors: Arijeloye Bamidele Temitope , Aje Isaac Olaniyi , Oke Ayodeji Emmanuel 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
The purpose of the study is to elicit risk factors that are peculiar to public-private partnership (PPP)-procured mass housing in Nigeria from the expert perspectives in ensuring the success of the scheme thereby reducing housing deficit in the country.

Design/methodology/approach
The risk inherent in construction projects had been established through literature in general. The risk in PPP projects is emerging because of the recent acceptance of the procurement option by governments all over the globe. The Nigerian Government has also adopted the procurement option in bridging the housing deficit in the country. This study, therefore, conducts a Delphi survey on the probability of risk occurrence peculiar to PPP mass housing projects (MHPs) in Nigeria. Pragmatic research approach through the mixed method of both quantitative and qualitative methods was adopted for this study. The quantitative method adopts the administration of questionnaires through the Delphi survey, whereas the qualitative method used interviews with the respondents. A two-stage Delphi questionnaire was administered to construction practitioners that cut across academics, the public and the private sectors by adopting convenient sampling techniques and following the Delphi principles and procedures. A total of 63 risk factors were submitted to the expert to rank on a Likert scale of 7 and any risk factors that the mean item score (MIS) falls below the grading scale of the five-point benchmark is deemed not necessary a risk factor associated with PPP MHPs and thereby expunged from the second round of the Delphi Survey. The interview was subsequently applied to the respondents to substantiate the risk factors that are peculiar to PPP-procured mass housing in the study area.

Findings
The findings show that risk factors such as maintenance frequent than expected, life of facility shorter than anticipated and maintenance cost higher than expected fall below 5.0 benchmark with MIS of 4.64 and 4.55 indicating that the risk factors are not peculiar to PPP mass housing in Nigeria.

Research limitations/implications
The implication for practise of this research is that these risk factors provide the PPP stakeholders with the comprehensive checklists that can aid in developing PPP risk assessment guidelines in the sector though both partners should be aware of the dynamic nature of risk because new ones might be emerging.

Originality/value
The authors hereby declare that the research findings are a product of a thorough research conducted in the study area and have not to be submitted or published by another person or publisher and due acknowledgement was made where necessary.
Neurodiversity and remote work in times of crisis: lessons for HR
Authors: Szulc Joanna Maria , McGregor Frances-Louise , Cakir Emine 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe rich qualitative study builds on 11 semi-structured interviews with nine neurodivergent employees and two business professionals supportive of neurodiversity to understand the lived experiences of dealing with crisis in a remote working environment.Design/methodology/approachThe purpose of the reported research is to understand how neurominorities experience remote working in the times of crisis and what the implications of this are for human resource (HR) professionals.FindingsMoving to remote work resulted in a lack of routine, distractions and working long hours, which can all be difficult for line managers to monitor. Further problems with communication in a virtual environment and lack of understanding by others were found to be particularly burdensome to neurodivergent individuals. On the positive note, remote working in the times of crisis allowed for avoiding sensory overwhelm and was seen as an important step in creating a healthy work–life balance (WLB).Practical implicationsThe findings of this study point HR practitioners' attention towards building a more neurodiversity friendly post-pandemic workplace and prompt employers to offer working arrangements, which better suit employees' domestic and personal circumstances.Originality/valueThis study addresses the lack of research on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on neurominorities. In doing so, it answers recent calls to move away from universal HR as a route to positive employee outcomes and facilitates a more accurate reflection of organizational reality for disadvantaged members of society.
PRO‐GROWTH ETHOS MEDIATED BY RACE: No YIMBY, No Zoning and the Housing Crisis in Houston
Authors: Lowe Jeffrey S. , Richards Assata 
Published: December 2021

AbstractYIMBY proponents typically demand deregulating zoning to allow for increasing housing density through pro‐development market‐oriented means. Their insistence is guided by the assumption that an increase in housing supply will result in lower housing prices and, subsequently, more affordable housing units. We contend that even without zoning, market speculation in land, not housing supply, determines the future of affordable housing. Moreover, a pro‐growth ethos that exists among elites, regardless of race or ethnicity, sustains land speculation and fuels the affordable‐housing crisis. Using secondary sources to explore the impact of no zoning, as well as the dominant private‐property paradigm and pro‐growth ethos in Houston, Texas, the case of Acres Homes illuminates the nascent response for social control and ownership of land as a form of resistance to market‐based development that displaces lower‐income households and Black communities. Deregulating the market curtails equity and restrains the resistance necessary to bring about cultural and structural changes that will end the affordable housing crisis.
Non‐thermal pretreatment affects Ginkgo biloba L. seed's product qualities, sensory, and physicochemical properties
Authors: Boateng Isaac Duah , Zhang Wenxue , Li Yuan‐Yuan , Saalia Firibu Kwesi , Yang Xiao‐Ming 
Published: December 2021

AbstractDrying plays a significant role in Ginkgo biloba seed's (GBS) processing, and the previous research showed drying affected the product quality. A combined hurdle drying technology (integrated non‐thermal pretreatment and drying) could be applied on GBS to achieve better product quality. Osmotic (OS), osmo‐vacuum (OS + V), sonication (US), and osmosonication (OS + US) pretreatment followed by infrared drying was performed on GBS, and the product qualities (texture, color, enzyme inactivation, water activity, and microstructure), physicochemical properties (titrable acidity, reducing sugar, soluble solids, total sugar, free amino acid, and ascorbic acid), and organoleptic qualities were evaluated. Results showed pretreatment had various effects on physicochemical and product quality, and was confirmed by principal component analysis (PCA). The sensory scores, acceptability index combined with Pearson's correlation, and PCA showed that different pretreatments influenced the likeness and acceptability, and color, taste, and odor were the key determinants and strongly associated with the consumers' preferences. The untreated GBS (no pretreatment before drying) had a higher color change and lower enzyme inactivation. Pretreatment increased texture preservation after thermal processing, although it had a negative effect on soluble solids, reducing sugar and total sugar content. While the US improved the texture, it resulted in shrinkage (from the microstructure) and total sugar degradation. Among the various hurdle technologies, osmosonication (OS + US, followed by infrared drying) had the highest sensory attributes, free amino acid, slight structure deformation, and lowest water activity. The present study showed that osmosonication is a promising hurdle technology for GBS because it provides better quality attributes.Practical ApplicationPrevious research showed that Ginkgo biloba seed (GBS) drying has an impact on product quality, which will ultimately determine GBS acceptance. This research was set out to envisage and advance current dryer design by merging the sequential operations (integrated non‐thermal pretreatment and drying), also known as hurdle drying technology on GBS, to achieve better process efficiency, product quality, and make GBS's drying process more sustainable. The various pretreatments improved ginkgo seed's product qualities compared to the control (no pretreatment prior to drying). Osmosonication is a promising hurdle technology for GBS processing.
Prevalence and impact of diabetes in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Bradley Sian A. , Banach Maciej , Alvarado Negman , Smokovski Ivica , Bhaskar Sonu M. M. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackgroundDiabetes is a cardiometabolic comorbidity that may predispose COVID‐19 patients to worse clinical outcomes. This study sought to determine the prevalence of diabetes in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients and investigate the association of diabetes severe COVID‐19, rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mortality, and need for mechanical ventilation by performing a systematic review and meta‐analysis.MethodsIndividual studies were selected using a defined search strategy, including results up until July 2021 from PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. A random‐effects meta‐analysis was performed to estimate the proportions and level of association of diabetes with clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients. Forest plots were generated to retrieve the odds ratios (OR), and the quality and risk assessment was performed for all studies included in the meta‐analysis.ResultsThe total number of patients included in this study was 10 648, of whom 3112 had diabetes (29.23%). The overall pooled estimate of prevalence of diabetes in the meta‐analysis cohort was 31% (95% CI, 0.25‐0.38; z = 16.09, P < .0001). Diabetes significantly increased the odds of severe COVID‐19 (OR 3.39; 95% CI, 2.14‐5.37; P < .0001), ARDS (OR 2.55; 95% CI, 1.74‐3.75; P = <.0001), in‐hospital mortality (OR 2.44; 95% CI, 1.93‐3.09; P < .0001), and mechanical ventilation (OR 3.03; 95% CI, 2.17‐4.22; P < .0001).ConclusionsOur meta‐analysis demonstrates that diabetes is significantly associated with increased odds of severe COVID‐19, increased ARDS rate, mortality, and need for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients. We also estimated an overall pooled prevalence of diabetes of 31% in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients.
Internet on animals: Wi‐Fi‐enabled devices provide a solution for big data transmission in biologging
Authors: Wild Timm A. , Wikelski Martin , Tyndel Stephen , Alarcón‐Nieto Gustavo , Klump Barbara C. , Aplin Lucy M. , Meboldt Mirko , Williams Hannah J. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

Biologging devices are deployed on animals to collect ultra‐fine‐scale movement data that reveal subsecond patterns in locomotion or long‐term patterns in motion and space use. Often these two data types, although complementary, are rarely collected within the same study, given the limiting factors of memory space, power requirements and the need to retrieve stored data from animals. Biologging requires a revolutionary advancement in data networking to overcome these restrictions that constrain big data collection; for the continuous recording and remote download of fine‐scale movement and environmental data, from long‐term deployments and multiple individuals.

Here, we adopt a strategy from the Internet of Things and develop the use of Wi‐Fi as a solution for big data biologging. Our ‘WildFi’ tag uses pre‐existing, or easy‐to‐set‐up, infrastructure in smartphones and Wi‐Fi gateways. We demonstrate the power of memory management and an embedded modular software architecture for functionality, including collective data retrieval at multiple gateways.

We find that Wi‐Fi, together with smart embedded software, increases the retrieval efficiency of biologging data by orders of magnitude compared to other available systems: with a transmission speed of 230 kByte/s and range of ≤200 m that is 11 times faster than Bluetooth low energy and >3000 times faster than LoRaWAN. Case studies on a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), aviary‐housed cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) and free‐roaming pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) demonstrate the functionality of the WildFi tag for remote and robust autonomous Wi‐Fi data transmission under a range of conditions.

Modularity in software and hardware allows for project‐specific tailoring beyond reconfiguring sampling parameters of a biologger, which we encourage with open‐source sharing of our architecture design. Enhanced communication between animal‐attached devices, Wi‐Fi infrastructure and smartphones, alongside smart and collaborative data retrieval, eases restrictions for big data collection in animal ecology.
I know it when I see it: Incidence, timing and intensity of immigration in spruce budworm
Authors: Rhainds Marc , Lavigne Dan , Boulanger Yan , DeMerchant Ian , Delisle Johanne , Motty Jeff , Rideout Troy , Labrecque Alain 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
Incidence of immigration in spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) was inferred with rules of thumb and numerical thresholds contrasting closed populations (residents >> migrants) versus populations subjected to major immigration event, based on attributes of daily time series of abundance at light traps (abundance, statistical mode, sex ratio and protandry level). The data set included time series with known migration event (Bas St‐Laurent, QC, 2013), which were used to calibrate numerical thresholds associated with immigration.
The study site on west coast of Newfoundland provided a natural laboratory to infer long‐range immigration due to geographic isolation from the mainland, proximity to the coast and low population density at onset of the study. Time series between 2014 and 2016 exhibited trends consistent with scenario of closed population, including low numbers of budworms, limited variation in day‐to‐day abundance and strong level of protandry (males fly seasonally earlier than females).
Time series with candidate major immigration event (Bas St‐Laurent 2013, Sally's Cove 2017, 2018) displayed specific combinations of parameters, including: (a) sharp increment (>one order of magnitude) in abundance of both males and females from one day to the next (statistical mode, approximately corresponding to timing of migration); (b) pure (100%) convergence of pulse detection interval (post‐immigration period when migrants with nonzero survival rate are collected at light traps) across traps for males and females and (c) overall absence of protandrous flight.
Parameters related to immigration thresholds highlighted that females are more likely to migrate than males, as indicated by increased ratio of females per male during pulse detection interval. Aerial collection of adult spruce budworms with helikite in 2019 confirmed the preponderance of females among true migrants.
Ultrasound biomicroscopy of the anterior segment in patients with primary congenital glaucoma: a review of the literature
Authors: Janssens Robin , van Rijn Laurentius J. , Eggink Cathrien A. , Jansonius Nomdo M. , Janssen Sarah F. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractPurposePrimary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a form of childhood glaucoma caused by maldevelopment of the anterior chamber. Disease severity differs greatly amongst patients. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) is a non‐invasive technique that can visualize the anterior segment in infants in vivo. The purpose of this narrative review is to make an overview of the UBM data in PCG and study the applicability of UBM in characterizing the disease.MethodsAn online search was performed on PubMed in December 2020. After a critical appraisal of the included articles, study and patient characteristics were summarized. The UBM measurements of the anterior segment in PCG of the different studies were analysed.ResultsSix studies were included in this review. All were cross‐sectional prospective studies. A total of 221 PCG eyes were examined. PCG eyes showed a larger trabecular iris angle, decreased iris thickness, narrower or absent Schlemm’s canal and an increased zonular length compared to controls. Abnormal tissue membrane covering the trabecular meshwork and abnormal insertion of the iris and ciliary process were frequently found. The success rate of glaucoma surgery depended on the severity of anterior segment malformations found with UBM.ConclusionMalformations of the anterior segment in PCG can be demonstrated by UBM in vivo. This imaging can help to characterize disease severity and might support surgical treatment decisions.