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“My colleague is a robot” – exploring frontline employees' willingness to work with collaborative service robots
Authors: Paluch Stefanie , Tuzovic Sven , Holz Heiko F. , Kies Alexander , Jörling Moritz 
Published: November 2021

PurposeAs service robots increasingly interact with customers at the service encounter, they will inevitably become an integral part of employee's work environment. This research investigates frontline employee's perceptions of collaborative service robots (CSR) and introduces a new framework, willingness to collaborate (WTC), to better understand employee–robot interactions in the workplace.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on appraisal theory, this study employed an exploratory research approach to investigate frontline employees' cognitive appraisal of service robots and their WTC with their nonhuman counterparts in service contexts. Data collection consisted of 36 qualitative problem-centered interviews. Following an iterative thematic analysis, the authors introduce a research framework of frontline employees' WTC with service robots.FindingsFirst, this study demonstrates that the interaction between frontline employees and service robots is a multistage appraisal process based on adoption-related perceptions. Second, it identifies important attributes across three categories (employee, robot and job attributes) that provide a foundation to understand the appraisal of CSRs. Third, it presents four employee personas (supporter, embracer, resister and saboteur) that provide a differentiated perspective of how service employee–robot collaboration may differ.Practical implicationsThe article identifies important factors that enable and restrict frontline service employees' (FSEs’) WTC with robots.Originality/valueThis is the first paper that investigates the appraisal of CSRs from the perspective of frontline employees. The research contributes to the limited research on human–robot collaboration and expands existing technology acceptance models that fall short to explain post-adoptive coping behavior of service employees in response to service robots in the workplace.
Molecular signatures in cetacean morbillivirus and host species proteomes: Unveiling the evolutionary dynamics of an enigmatic pathogen?
Authors: Zinzula Luca , Mazzariol Sandro , Di Guardo Giovanni 
Published: November 2021

AbstractCetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) infects marine mammals often causing a fatal respiratory and neurological disease. Recently, CeMV has expanded its geographic and host species range, with cases being reported worldwide among dolphins, whales, seals, and other aquatic mammalian species, and therefore has emerged as the most threatening nonanthropogenic factor affecting marine mammal's health and conservation. Extensive research efforts have aimed to understand CeMV epidemiology and ecology, however, the molecular mechanisms underlying its transmission and pathogenesis are still poorly understood. In particular, the field suffers from a knowledge gap on the structural and functional properties of CeMV proteins and their host interactors. Nevertheless, the body of scientific literature produced in recent years has inaugurated new investigational trends, driving future directions in CeMV molecular research. In this mini‐review, the most recent literature has been summarized in the context of such research trends, and categorized into four priority research topics, such as (1) the interaction between CeMV glycoprotein and its host cell receptors across several species; (2) the CeMV molecular determinants responsible for different disease phenotype; (3) the host molecular determinants responsible for differential susceptibility to CeMV infection; (4) the CeMV molecular determinants responsible for difference virulence among circulating CeMV strains. Arguably, these are the most urgent topics that need to be investigated and that most promisingly will help to shed light on the details of CeMV evolutionary dynamics in the immediate future.
Entrepreneurs’ Learning from Business Failures: An Emerging Market Perspective
Authors: Amankwah‐Amoah Joseph , Khan Zaheer , Ifere Simeon Emezana , Nyuur Richard B. , Khan Huda 
Published: November 2021

AbstractThis paper extends prior scholarly works on entrepreneurial failure, entrepreneurial resilience and learning from failure by examining how the effects of prior experiences of entrepreneurial business failure (EBF) manifest in the entrepreneurial process of subsequent venture formation. We elucidate the pre‐founding and post‐founding effects of prior EBF via insights drawn from 25 serial entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The findings demonstrate that entrepreneurs were often motivated to start another venture as a result of the economic hardship and social stigmatization that occurs after business closure. We identified a three‐stage fine‐grained process perspective of successive entrepreneurial engagement (e.g. pre‐founding, formation and development, and post‐founding conditions and effects on subsequent entrepreneurial ventures). These stages shed light on entrepreneurial fragility, entrepreneurial resiliency and the development of anti‐fragility capabilities that are conducive to subsequent venture formation and survival. We shed light on how individual‐level factors shape how prior failure experiences can shift from liability immediately after business collapse and at pre‐founding to become an asset during and after new‐venture formation. Such learning from past failure is vital in adapting to dynamic environmental changes, especially those observed in emerging‐market settings. Taken together, we demonstrate how entrepreneurs bounce back from errors, failures and setbacks.
Upadacitinib in patients from China, Brazil, and South Korea with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to conventional therapy
Authors: Zeng Xiaofeng , Zhao Dongbao , Radominski Sebastiao C. , Keiserman Mauro , Lee Chang K. , Meerwein Sebastian , Enejosa Jeffrey , Sui Yunxia , Mohamed Mohamed‐Eslam F. , Park Won 
Published: November 2021

AbstractAimThis study assessed the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib (UPA), in combination with conventional synthetic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs), in Chinese, Brazilian, and South Korean patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an inadequate response (IR) to csDMARDs.MethodsPatients on stable csDMARDs were randomized (1:1) to once‐daily UPA 15 mg or matching placebo (PBO) for a 12‐week, double‐blind period. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving ≥20% improvement in American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR20) at week 12.ResultsIn total, 338 patients were randomized and treated, of whom 310 (91.7%) completed the double‐blind phase. The study met the primary endpoint of ACR20 at week 12 for UPA 15 mg vs PBO (71.6% vs 31.4%, P < .001), with a treatment difference observed as early as week 1. All ranked and other key secondary endpoints, including more stringent responses such as ACR50, ACR70 (≥50%/70% improvement in ACR criteria), and Disease Activity Score in 28 joints using C‐reactive protein <2.6, were met for UPA 15 mg vs PBO. The incidence of serious infections (2.4% vs 0.6%) and herpes zoster (HZ: 1.8% vs 0.6%) was higher with UPA 15 mg vs PBO. There was one case of venous thromboembolism reported in the UPA group.ConclusionUPA 15 mg in combination with csDMARDs demonstrated clinical and functional improvement and an acceptable safety profile over 12 weeks among patients from China, Brazil, and South Korea who had moderately to severely active RA and an IR to csDMARDs.
Use of paracetamol (acetaminophen) as a nonprescription analgesic and semen quality in young men: A cross‐sectional study
Authors: Østergaard Cecilie Schmidt , Ernst Andreas , Gaml‐Sørensen Anne , Brix Nis , Toft Gunnar , Hærvig Katia Keglberg , Hougaard Karin Sørig , Bonde Jens Peter , Tøttenborg Sandra Søgaard , Ramlau‐Hansen Cecilia Høst 
Published: November 2021

AbstractBackgroundParacetamol (acetaminophen) is a frequently used nonprescription analgesic with suggested endocrine‐disrupting properties. Epidemiological evidence on the effect of paracetamol on male fecundity is sparse.ObjectivesTo investigate if the use of paracetamol as an oral nonprescription mild analgesic was associated with semen quality in young men.Materials and methodsThis cross‐sectional study was based on data from the Fetal Programming of Semen Quality (FEPOS; 2017–2019) cohort of 1058 young men (18–21 years) included in the Danish National Birth Cohort. Participants completed a comprehensive online questionnaire on health behavior including analgesic use and provided a semen sample. Negative binomial regression models were used to estimate the percentage differences (adjusted mean ratios [aMR]) in semen quality characteristics according to paracetamol use (no; yes) and frequency of use (almost never; <1/month; ≥1/month; ≥1/week).ResultsIn total, 28% of the 913 participants with available data reported the use of paracetamol within the last 6 months. We found a slightly higher total sperm count (aMR 1.13 95% CI [0.99–1.30]) in users compared to nonusers but other semen characteristics were unaffected. The frequency of use was suggestive of lower total sperm count and morphologically normal sperm cells primarily among users ≥1/week, however, CIs were wide.DiscussionWe were unable to account for the underlying reason for paracetamol use, which may induce confounding by indication. Exposure misclassification due to recall is likely but probably nondifferential due to the participants’ young age and unawareness of semen quality. Due to the rapid plasma half‐life of paracetamol and few frequent users, it was not possible to conclude on potential high‐dose effects.ConclusionOur findings do not suggest any strong detrimental effect of paracetamol use on semen quality within this sample of young Danish men. However, the effects of high dose and frequent use cannot be excluded.
Associations between systemic medications and development of wet age‐related macular degeneration
Authors: Loukovaara Sirpa , Auvinen Anssi , Haukka Jari 
Published: November 2021

AbstractPurposeTo examine whether systemic medications are associated with the subsequent development of wet age‐related macular degeneration (AMD).MethodsA retrospective study of 259 562 individuals based on registry data, from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2017. End‐point event was the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)‐10 diagnosis for wet AMD. Association between use of systemic medication covering 85 generic drugs categorized according to Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes and the incidence of wet AMD was evaluated using multivariate Poisson regression model (adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, cancer and socioeconomic group) and nested case‐control design.ResultsThe mean length of follow‐up was 9.84 years. The number of cases with wet AMD was 2947 and incidence rate was 1.15 per 1000 person‐years. After adjustment, we observed an increased risk for the development of wet AMD for patients exposed to amlodipine (IRR 1.33, 95% CI 1.16–1.53), or felodipine (1.24, 95% CI 1.02–1.50). Similarly, an increased risk of wet AMD was associated with the use of bicalutamide (2.14, 95% CI 1.14–4.02), estradiol (1.20, 95% CI 1.03–1.40) and atorvastatin (1.22, 95% CI 1.05–1.43). Of note, digoxin (0.72, 95% CI 0.57–0.91), and ramipril (0.80, 95% CI 0.65–0.99) users had a lower incidence of wet AMD.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that the use of second‐generation calcium channel blockers could be associated with an increased risk for wet AMD development. Of note, the incidence of wet AMD seemed to be lower in patients using ramipril and digoxin. More studies are needed to elucidate the associations further.
Trust in medical professionals and its influence on the stress experience of parents of premature infants
Authors: Mause Laura , Hoffmann Jan , Reimer Alinda , Dresbach Till , Horenkamp‐Sonntag Dirk , Klein Melanie , Scholten Nadine ,   Neo‐CamCare
Published: November 2021

AbstractAimTo examine parents' perceptions of stress and their trust in physicians and nursing staff and to investigate whether trust influences the parental perceptions of potential stressors resulting from their infant's hospitalisation in a neonatal intensive care unit.MethodsParents of very and extremely low birth weight infants were surveyed in a nationwide retrospective cross‐sectional study 6–18 months after their child's birth. Parental stress was measured utilising the PSS:NICU_German/2‐scales, and trust was measured by the scales Trust in Physicians and Trust in Nursing Staff. In addition to descriptive analyses, multiple linear regression models were conducted.ResultsThe change in parents' anticipated roles was assessed as more stressful than their infant's appearance and behaviour. Trust in nursing staff significantly influenced the parental stress level. Although the level of trust in physicians was rated higher than trust in nursing staff, trust in physicians did not yield a significant effect on the parental stress experience.ConclusionEfforts to foster parental trust in nursing staff may reduce the parental stress level and hence enable parents to better cope with the situation. The parental resources unleashed in this way can be employed to enhance parenting.
Calculating dolium capacities and material use
Authors: Cheung Caroline , Chang Stanley , Tibbott Gina 
Published: November 2021

AbstractIn the ancient Mediterranean, large ceramic storage containers known as dolia, which ranged in capacity from 150 to over 1,000 liters, were important farm equipment for the storage of wine, olive oil, and other foods. Because they are often poorly preserved, little is known about how they were made, much less the scale of their production. This paper draws on data from Pompeii to discuss how mathematical modeling can help us estimate their capacities and weight, and thus what their production and procurement entailed. The paper presents methods adaptable for a range of applications.
Discussion on “distributional independent component analysis for diverse neuroimaging modalities” by Ben Wu, Subhadip Pal, Jian Kang, and Ying Guo
Authors: Keeratimahat Kan , Nichols Thomas E. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractWu et al. have made an important contribution to the methodology for data‐driven analysis of MRI data. However, we wish to challenge the authors on new potential applications of their approach beyond diffusion tensor imaging data, and to think carefully about the impact of random initialization implicit in their method. We illustrate the variability found from re‐analyzing the supplied demonstration data multiple times, finding that the discovered independent components have a wide range of reliability, from nearly perfect overlap to no overlap at all.
Prematurity, maternal emotional distress, and infant social responsiveness among Arab‐Bedouin families: The role of social support as a resilience factor
Authors: Assal‐Zrike Shuaa , Marks Kyla , Atzaba‐Poria Naama 
Published: November 2021

AbstractThis study investigated predictors of early infant social development and the role of social support as a resilience factor among Arab‐Bedouin families. We propose a mediation model in which social support will be related to maternal postpartum emotional distress (PPED), which in turn will be related to infant social responsiveness. One hundred five Arab‐Bedouin mothers (age range = 17–44 years) and their preterm (n = 48) and full‐term (n = 57) infants were recruited shortly after birth and were followed up at age 12 months. Findings demonstrate that, among the preterm group, higher levels of social support predicted lower levels of maternal PPED, and this, in turn, predicted higher levels of infant social responsiveness.
Scaffolding the emergence of infant helping: A longitudinal experiment
Authors: Dahl Audun , Goeltz Mary Taylor , Brownell Celia A. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractEarly social experiences, such as caregiver scaffolding, play a crucial but disputed role in the emergence of prosociality. A longitudinal experiment examined how explicit scaffolding—such as encouragement or praise—influences helping late in the first year, when helping emerges. Eighty‐three infants (40 female, 6–9 months, 54% White, 17% Hispanic/Latinx, 16% Asian) participated in up to 10‐weekly home visits in which they could help an experimenter in a novel activity. Data were collected in Santa Cruz, CA between February 2018 and August 2019. Compared to the control condition, explicit scaffolding increased helping by handing out‐of‐reach objects, η2 = .02, and, among younger infants, by cleaning up. Helping also increased with age and visit number. Using a new paradigm, this research provides experimental evidence for how adults’ scaffolding shapes the emergence of helping in infancy.
Effect of pharmacological interventions on lipid profiles and C‐reactive protein in polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Abdalla Mohammed A. , Shah Najeeb , Deshmukh Harshal , Sahebkar Amirhossein , Östlundh Linda , Al‐Rifai Rami H. , Atkin Stephen L. , Sathyapalan Thozhukat 
Published: November 2021

AbstractContextPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous condition affecting women of reproductive age. It is associated with dyslipidaemia and elevated plasma C‐reactive protein (CRP), which increase the risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD).ObjectiveTo review the existing evidence on the effects of different pharmacological interventions on lipid profiles and CRP of women with PCOS.Data SourcesWe searched PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science in April 2020 and updated the results in March 2021.Study SelectionThe study included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and follows the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA).Data ExtractionTwo independent researchers extracted data and assessed for risk of bias using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Covidence systematic review software were used for blinded screening and study selection.Data SynthesisIn 29 RCTs, there were significant reductions in triglycerides with atorvastatin versus placebo [mean difference (MD): −0.21 mmol/L; 95% confidence interval (CI): −0.39, −0.03, I2 = 0%, moderate grade evidence]. Significant reductions were seen for low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) with metformin versus placebo [standardized mean difference (SMD): −0.41; 95% CI: −0.85, 0.02, I2 = 59%, low grade evidence]. Significant reductions were also seen for total cholesterol with saxagliptin versus metformin (MD: −0.15 mmol/L; 95% CI: −0.23, −0.08, I2 = 0%, very low grade evidence). Significant reductions in C‐reactive protein (CRP) were seen for atorvastatin versus placebo (MD: −1.51 mmol/L; 95% CI: −3.26 to 0.24, I2 = 75%, very low‐grade evidence).ConclusionThere were significant reductions in the lipid parameters when metformin, atorvastatin, saxagliptin, rosiglitazone and pioglitazone were compared with placebo or other agents. There was also a significant reduction of CRP with atorvastatin.
Exposing Individuals to Foreign Accent Increases their Trust in What Nonnative Speakers Say
Authors: Boduch‐Grabka Katarzyna , Lev‐Ari Shiri 
Published: November 2021

AbstractPeople are more likely to believe things that are easier to process. Foreign‐accented speech is relatively difficult to process, and prior research shows that, correspondingly, people believe information less when it is delivered in a foreign accent rather than a native accent. Here we show that a short exposure to foreign accent can reduce this bias, and that the reduction in bias is due to improvement in the processing of the accent. These results demonstrate how cognitive aspects of language processing can influence attitudes. The results also suggest that ensuring exposure to foreign accent can reduce discrimination against nonnative speakers.
Post‐COVID‐19 vaccination IgA vasculitis in an adult
Authors: Grossman Marc E. , Appel Gerald , Little Alicia J. , Ko Christine J. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractLeukocytoclastic vasculitis has been reported in the setting of COVID‐19 infection and post‐COVID‐19 vaccination. We report a case of IgA vasculitis (IgAV) post‐COVID‐19 vaccination, with immunoglobulin A (IgA) immune deposits in the skin and renal involvement. SARS‐CoV spike protein immunohistochemical staining was negative. IgAV with skin and renal involvement is a potential reaction to COVID‐19 vaccination.
Impacts of the 2012–2015 Californian drought on carbon, water and energy fluxes in the Californian Sierras: Results from an imaging spectrometry‐constrained terrestrial biosphere model
Authors: Antonarakis Alexander S. , Bogan Stacy A. , Goulden Michael L. , Moorcroft Paul R. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractAccurate descriptions of current ecosystem composition are essential for improving terrestrial biosphere model predictions of how ecosystems are responding to climate variability and change. This study investigates how imaging spectrometry‐derived ecosystem composition can constrain and improve terrestrial biosphere model predictions of regional‐scale carbon, water and energy fluxes. Incorporating imaging spectrometry‐derived composition of five plant functional types (Grasses/Shrubs, Oaks/Western Hardwoods, Western Pines, Fir/Cedar and High‐elevation Pines) into the Ecosystem Demography (ED2) terrestrial biosphere model improves predictions of net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and gross primary productivity (GPP) across four flux towers of the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory (SSCZO) spanning a 2250 m elevational gradient in the western Sierra Nevada. NEP and GPP root‐mean‐square‐errors were reduced by 23%–82% and 19%–89%, respectively, and water flux predictions improved at the mid‐elevation pine (Soaproot), fir/cedar (P301) and high‐elevation pine (Shorthair) flux tower sites, but not at the oak savanna (San Joaquin Experimental Range [SJER]) site. These improvements in carbon and water predictions are similar to those achieved with model initializations using ground‐based inventory composition. The imaging spectrometry‐constrained ED2 model was then used to predict carbon, water and energy fluxes and above‐ground biomass (AGB) dynamics over a 737 km2region to gain insight into the regional ecosystem impacts of the 2012–2015 Californian drought. The analysis indicates that the drought reduced regional NEP, GPP and transpiration by 83%, 40% and 33%, respectively, with the largest reductions occurring in the functionally diverse, high basal area mid‐elevation forests. This was accompanied by a 54% decline in AGB growth in 2012, followed by a marked increase (823%) in AGB mortality in 2014, reflecting an approximately 10‐fold increase in per capita tree mortality from ~55 trees km−2 year−1in 2010–2011, to ~535 trees km−2 year−1in 2014. These findings illustrate how imaging spectrometry estimates of ecosystem composition can constrain and improve terrestrial biosphere model predictions of regional carbon, water, and energy fluxes, and biomass dynamics.
What drives people to repost social media messages during the COVID‐19 pandemic? Evidence from the Weibo news microblog
Authors: Pei Jiayin , Lu Zhi , Yang Xiaoming 
Published: November 2021

AbstractCOVID‐19 poses an unprecedented challenge to human society. To cope with the pandemic, people seek information from various communication channels. Microblog websites are highly influential information channels for the public to get timely information during the pandemic. Building on the heuristic‐systematic processing model, this study identifies the multiple characteristics (content, author, and social features) that may play a role in triggering long cascades of reposts of COVID‐19‐related news microblogs. With a large‐scale news microblog database collected from Weibo and an innovative information gain method, we find that heuristic thinking plays a dominant role in COVID‐19 pandemic‐related news microblog reposting decisions and further discloses the specific influencing factors of such behavior.