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Productivity monitoring in building construction projects: a systematic review
Authors: Alaloul Wesam Salah , Alzubi Khalid M. , Malkawi Ahmad B. , Al Salaheen Marsail , Musarat Muhammad Ali 
Published: June 2021

PurposeThe unique nature of the construction sector makes it fall behind other sectors in terms of productivity. Monitoring construction productivity is crucial for the construction project's success. Current practices for construction productivity monitoring are time-consuming, manned and error prone. Although previous studies have been implemented toward reducing these limitations, a gap still exists in the automated monitoring of construction productivity.Design/methodology/approachThis study aims to investigate and assess the different techniques used for monitoring productivity in building construction projects. Therefore, a mixed review methodology (bibliometric analysis and systematic review) was adopted. All the related publications were collected from different databases, which were further screened to get the most relevant based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria.FindingsA detailed review was performed, and it was found that traditional methods, computer vision-based and photogrammetry are the most adopted data acquisition for productivity monitoring of building projects, respectively. Machine learning algorithms (ANN, SVM) and BIM were integrated with monitoring tools and technologies to enhance the automated monitoring performance in construction productivity. Also, it was observed that current studies did not cover all the complex construction job sites and they were applied based on a small sample of construction workers and machines separately.Originality/valueThis review paper contributes to the literature on construction management by providing insight into different productivity monitoring techniques.
Assessment of residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards the appropriation of public spaces by tourists: the case of Aveiro
Authors: Moleiro Diogo Filipe , Carneiro Maria João , Breda Zélia 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
This paper aims to provide an empirical analysis of residents’ perceptions and attitudes in the city of Aveiro, Portugal, regarding the appropriation of public spaces by tourists. An analysis of how the perceptions of this appropriation influence residents’ attitudes (RA) towards tourists, and even restructuring of space considering RA, is also presented. It is intended to do this based on a theoretical framework where tourism socio-cultural impacts on urban destinations are analysed with a focus on appropriation processes. Attitudes of residents are also examined.

Design/methodology/approach
A questionnaire survey (N = 301) was carried out with residents of the city of Aveiro, using a cluster sampling approach. The aim of the empirical study is to use multiple linear regression analyses to assess the extent to which the residents’ perceptions of tourists’ appropriation of public spaces influence the attitudes of the former towards the latter.

Findings
The results show that, overall, the residents consider that tourism has more positive than negative impacts. However, it can be observed that residents already perceive some negative impacts of tourism regarding the appropriation of space. Concerning RA, these tend to be more positive than negative. It can also be observed that various perceptions of appropriation of space significantly influence these attitudes. The paper ends with some guidelines for designing policies and strategies for tourism development that promote better use of public spaces by tourists.

Originality/value
Considering the limited empirical research on perceptions of appropriation of tourism space, the study carried out in this paper analyses the impact of a comprehensive set of residents’ perceptions regarding the appropriation of public space by tourists on various types of attitudes of residents towards tourists.
Technostress in the workplace: a social network perspective
Authors: Sasidharan Sharath 
Published: June 2021

PurposeKnowledge acquired by employees from co-workers through social networks may serve to reduce technostress during the use of a new and complex information system. The role of gender-based employee preferences in forming and acquiring system-related knowledge through friendship, advice, and expertise networks, and the impact of network-embedded expertise on performance outcomes are explored.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses were empirically tested through survey data collected from employees of a large organization that had implemented an enterprise system.FindingsThe advice networks of female employees were an extension of their friendship networks, whereas that of male employees were configured to include co-workers with system-related expertise. Exposure to high quality knowledge flows resulted in lowered technostress levels among male employees compared to their female counterparts. However, there was only a marginal difference in performance outcomes. The “expertise-deficit” in the advice network of female employees was apparently compensated through their dependence on the helpdesk.Originality/valueResearch on system-related knowledge support through social networks has focused on the structural features of interaction ties with little or no emphasis on networking employees and their individual preferences. Moving away from this structural orientation, this study validates the contention that gender-driven motivations impact employee networking preferences, determine network-embedded expertise levels, and influence employee technostress. This study can help configure implementation environments that maximize network acquisition of high-quality knowledge, reduce technostress, and enhance performance outcomes.
Luxury brands join hands: building interactive alliances on social media
Authors: Zhang Lini , Zhao Haidong , Cude Brenda 
Published: June 2021

PurposeThis study, which is based on the extended hierarchy of effects (HOE) model, aims to examine whether social media interactions with one or more luxury brands can affect consumers' knowledge of, affection for and purchases of as well as loyalty to luxury fashion brands as a category.Design/methodology/approachSoJump (a leading data collection company in China) launched an online survey to collect data from Chinese luxury fashion brand consumers. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to analyze data from the random sample of 308 Chinese luxury fashion brand consumers.FindingsThe findings of this study demonstrated that social media interaction had direct positive influences on three stages of the luxury fashion brand decision-making process – knowledge, affection and loyalty – but not purchases. The results also empirically confirmed that consumers' response to social media interaction follows the cognition-affect-conation sequential process presented in the HOE model.Practical implicationsThis study not only provides a new perspective for researchers to investigate the impacts of interactive social media marketing on purchase decision-making in the luxury fashion brand category but also underpins the importance of building interactive alliances for luxury brands to increase consumers' knowledge of, affection for, purchases in and loyalty to the luxury fashion brand category.Originality/valueThis study is among the first to investigate whether social media interactions with luxury fashion brands as a category influence consumers' knowledge of, affection for and loyalty to that category. In addition, this study is the first attempt to explore whether social media interactions can directly influence consumers' luxury fashion brand purchases.
Functional diversity and redundancy of tropical forests shift with elevation and forest‐use intensity
Authors: Monge‐González María Leticia , Guerrero‐Ramírez Nathaly , Krömer Thorsten , Kreft Holger , Craven Dylan 
Published: June 2021

Abstract

Change and intensification of forest use alter tropical ecosystems, influencing biodiversity and, subsequently, ecosystem functioning. The implications of eroding biodiversity may go beyond decreases in species diversity, resulting in changes of functional diversity, that is, the diversity of ecological strategies present in the community, and functional redundancy, that is, how redundant these strategies are to biodiversity loss. However, how environmental conditions and anthropogenic influences shape functional diversity and redundancy in tropical forests remains poorly understood.

Here, we examine how tropical forests respond to forest‐use intensity along an extensive elevational gradient in Mexico from the tropical lowlands to high‐elevational mountain forests (0–3,500 m), in terms of functional diversity and functional redundancy, and how these biodiversity facets are related to forest structure. In our study, elevation was crossed with three levels of forest‐use intensity: old‐growth, degraded and secondary forests. At eight elevational sites, five replicate plots were inventoried for each level of forest‐use intensity (total n = 120 plots). Functional diversity and redundancy were calculated using leaf and wood traits of 144 tree species for Hill numbers zero, one and two.

Interactive effects between elevation and forest‐use intensity significantly affected biodiversity facets. However, interactive effects resulted from forest‐use intensity influencing biodiversity facets at only a few elevations, and not from a consistent, negative impact of forest‐use intensity. Forest structure, specifically stem density and the Gini coefficient, explained variation across biodiversity facets when these facets gave equal weight to common and rare species.

Synthesis and applications. High functional diversity and functional redundancy from lowland to mid‐elevation tropical forests suggest that these ecosystems can be resilient to future disturbances. Our results indicate that the ability of high‐elevation forests may be particularly susceptible to climate change and increasing forest‐use intensity. For these high‐elevation forests, we recommend that forest managers implement enrichment plantings with native species that can tolerate future environmental conditions. Finally, our study shows that efforts to conserve structurally heterogeneous forests and actively managing forests to increase structural heterogeneity will enhance the resilience of tropical forests while conserving their biodiversity.
Bacillus cereus food intoxication and toxicoinfection
Authors: Jovanovic Jelena , Ornelis Vincent F. M. , Madder Annemieke , Rajkovic Andreja 
Published: June 2021

AbstractBacillus cereus is one of the leading etiological agents of toxin‐induced foodborne diseases. Its omnipresence in different environments, spore formation, and its ability to adapt to varying conditions and produce harmful toxins make this pathogen a health hazard that should not be underestimated. Food poisoning by B. cereus can manifest itself as an emetic or diarrheal syndrome. The former is caused by the release of the potent peptide toxin cereulide, whereas the latter is the result of proteinaceous enterotoxins (e.g., hemolysin BL, nonhemolytic enterotoxin, and cytotoxin K). The final harmful effect is not only toxin and strain dependent, but is also affected by the stress responses, accessory virulence factors, and phenotypic properties under extrinsic, intrinsic, and explicit food conditions and host‐related environment. Infamous portrait of B. cereus as a foodborne pathogen, as well as a causative agent of nongastrointestinal infections and even nosocomial complications, has inspired vast volumes of multidisciplinary research in food and clinical domains. As a result, extensive original data became available asking for a new, both broad and deep, multifaceted look into the current state‐of‐the art regarding the role of B. cereus in food safety. In this review, we first provide an overview of the latest knowledge on B. cereus toxins and accessory virulence factors. Second, we describe the novel taxonomy and some of the most pertinent phenotypic characteristics of B. cereus related to food safety. We link these aspects to toxin production, overall pathogenesis, and interactions with its human host. Then we reflect on the prevalence of different toxinotypes in foods opening the scene for epidemiological aspects of B. cereus foodborne diseases and methods available to prevent food poisoning including overview of the different available methods to detect B. cereus and its toxins.
The role of bile acid subtypes in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma
Authors: Wang Wei , Tian Shi‐Lin , Jin Die , Liu Bin , Wang Wujie , Chang Haiyang , Chen Chao , Yu Zhe , Wang Yong‐Zheng , Li Yu‐Liang 
Published: June 2021

AbstractObjectivesTo find the potential biomarkers of cholangiocarcinoma, form a biomarker package, evaluate its efficiency, and validate it.MethodsR software was used to analyze the differential expression of mRNAs between cholangiocarcinoma and adjacent nontumorous tissues, obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and enrich the KEGG pathway. Metabo‐Profile Inc. performed the comprehensive bile acid profiling and quantitation. The training set concluded 20 cholangiocarcinoma and 20 nontumorous volunteers. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and accompanying area under the curve (AUC) was calculated. The top four bile acids formed a new biomarker package. The validation set included 15 cholangiocarcinoma and 15 nontumorous, and the sensitivity and specificity of the new biomarker package were tested.ResultsGene expression of 36 cholangiocarcinoma and nine adjacent nontumorous tissues was obtained in January 2020. Totally 9887 differential genes were eligible (logFC ≥ 1 or ≤ –1, P < 0.05, and adjust P < 0.01). GO analysis showed that 20 KEGG pathways were enriched, including primary bile acid biosynthesis and bile secretion. Comprehensive bile acid profiling and quantitation showed 15 differential bile acid types, and the ROC‐AUC was between 0.953 and 0.750. HDCA, isoLCA, bCDCA, and DCA were selected to form a biomarker package. The Logit (p = cholangiocarcinoma) = 7.898 – 3.70*(1isoLCA) – 0.444*(bCDCA) + 0.415*(HDCA) + 0.041*DCA. Its ROC‐AUC was 0.944. In the validation set, the sensitivity was 0.933 and the specificity was 0.867.ConclusionBile acid types package was efficient to distinguish nontumorous population and cholangiocarcinoma. The difference might be associated to the downregulation of primary bile acid biosynthesis and bile secretion pathway of cholangiocarcinoma.
68Ga‐prostate‐specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT as a clinical decision‐making tool in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer
Authors: Davies Amy , Foo Marcus , Gan Chun Loo , Kourambas John , Redgrave Nicholas , Donnellan Scott , Appu Sree , Williams Scott , Coleman Andrew , Segelov Eva , Bradley Jason , Soo Geoffrey , Ramdave Shakher , Kwan Edmond M. , Azad Arun A. 
Published: June 2021

AbstractObjectivePSMA PET/CT has demonstrated superior sensitivity over conventional imaging in the detection of local and distant recurrence in biochemically relapsed (BCR) prostate cancer. We prospectively investigated the management impact of68Ga‐PSMA PET/CT imaging in men with BCR, with the aim of identifying baseline clinicopathological predictors for management change.Patients and methodsMen with BCR who met eligibility criteria underwent68Ga‐PSMA‐11 PET/CT at Monash Health (Melbourne, Australia). Intended management plans were prospectively documented before and after68Ga‐PSMA PET/CT imaging. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify potential clinicopathological predictors of management change. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the nature of these changes.ResultsSeventy men underwent68Ga‐PSMA‐11 PET/CT imaging. Median age was 67 years (IQR 63–72) and median PSA was 0.48 ng/ml (IQR 0.21–1.9). PSMA‐avid disease was observed in 56% (39/70) of patients. Pre‐scan management plan was altered following scanning in 43% (30/70) of patients. Management changes were significantly more common in patients with higher baseline PSA levels (PSA≥2 ng/ml,p = 0.01). 18/36 (50%) of the patients initially planned for watchful waiting had their management changed, including the use of salvage pelvic radiotherapy (n = 7) and stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy to oligometastatic disease (n = 6).ConclusionManagement change after68Ga‐PSMA PET/CT for BCR is common and typically resulted in treatment intensification strategies in those planned for a watchful waiting approach. This study adds to the growing pool of evidence supporting the clinical utility of PSMA PET/CT imaging in the care of patients with BCR after definitive therapy.
Oil Cities in Africa: Beyond Just Transition
Authors: Obeng‐Odoom Franklin 
Published: June 2021

AbstractNations and NGOs are promoting the idea of a transition from a petroleum‐based civilization to one fueled by renewable energy. But there are many questions about how to proceed. The solution usually proposed is to develop “clean energy” as the underlying basis of a transition. Analysts tend to be concerned with climate change and land use change, with a focus on technical developments. Socio‐ecological issues receive scant attention, especially if they relate to oil cities. This article starts from the perspective that progress in saving the planet from destruction can only be achieved by taking seriously past and present injustices and taking measures to rectify them. I use the situation in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to illustrate this proposition. I focus on three interrelated concepts: rent theft, social costs, and just transition. The central problem is rent theft because it is at the root of the “crime of poverty” and the social costs of plundering the land for energy sources. Until they addressproblems arising from historical injustice, campaigns for a just transition that promote clean energy in a bioeconomy will merely reproduce the central problem. Thus, reparations and land equity must be an integral part of any solution.
Urban Development, Land Use, and Spatial Planning for Settlements: Lessons Learned from Yogyakarta City, Indonesia
Authors: Rachmawati Rini 
Published: June 2021

AbstractA discussion on urban development cannot be separated from a discussion of land and the environment. Property development must be carried out with a variety of socioeconomic and environmental considerations to prevent the paradoxical coincidence that Henry George observed between “progress and poverty.” The purpose of this article is to discuss urban development issues related to land use and the spatial planning of settlements by considering the case of dense settlements on the Code riverbank in the city center of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. By drawing on the work of Anne Haila, a leading land economist who visited the settlements on the Code riverbank, my aim is to determine how changing urban land tenure can transform an area facing the threat of flooding and evictions. Haila’s interviews with people who live in local apartments show that a change of orientation from commodifying urban land to viewing urban land as a commons helps to improve the social conditions of the urban poor, build urban community, and enhance wider urban ecological sustainability.
Polish adolescents’ right to confidential primary health care is not respected despite high public acceptance
Authors: Henzler Michał , Trzos Katarzyna , Głuchowska Julia , Pietruszkiewicz Maksym , Nitsch‐Osuch Aneta , Bogdan Magdalena 
Published: June 2021

AbstractAimThe right of underaged patients to confidential health care should be considered an inalienable human right. Access to such care is also advisable according to contemporary medical knowledge. The aim of this study was to verify the extent this right is exercised in Poland and to examine social attitudes towards this issue.MethodsA sample of Polish school‐age pupils and parents (n = 800) was surveyed using an online questionnaire.ResultsOnly 4.2% of the surveyed adolescents were offered private time with a doctor during their last preventive visit (well‐child visit), and this was more frequent for girls. At the same time, a very high level of acceptance for private time with a doctor was observed among Polish adolescents (90.8%) and their parents (84.3%).ConclusionOur findings suggest serious deficiencies in the protection of adolescent patients confidentiality. It is necessary to change medical practice and adapt legal regulations to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Residual disease is a strong prognostic marker in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with chemotherapy‐refractory or relapsed disease prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Authors: Nakamura Momoko , Arai Yasuyuki , Hirabayashi Shigeki , Kondo Tadakazu , Doki Noriko , Uchida Naoyuki , Fukuda Takahiro , Ozawa Yukiyasu , Tanaka Masatsugu , Sawa Masashi , Katayama Yuta , Kanda Yoshinobu , Shiratori Souichi , Nakamae Hirohisa , Yoshioka Satoshi , Onizuka Makoto , Ichinohe Tatsuo , Atsuta Yoshiko , Kako Shinichi 
Published: June 2021

SummaryAllogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT) is one of the curative treatment options for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). However, the outcomes in patients transplanted without complete remission (non‐CR) have not yet been fully reported, and detailed analyses are required to identify subgroups in which optimal prognosis is expected and to optimize pre‐transplant therapeutic strategies. Hence, we performed a multicentred retrospective cohort study including a total of 663 adult ALL patients transplanted at non‐CR status; the median bone marrow (BM) blast counts at HSCT was 13·2%, and 203 patients (30·6%) were treated at primary induction failure status. The overall survival (OS) was 31·1% at two years, and the multivariate analyses identified five prognostic risk factors, including older age (≥50 years), increased BM blasts (≥10%), poor performance status, high haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)‐comorbidity index, and relapsed disease status, among which BM blast was the most significantly related. A predictive scoring system composed of these risk factors clearly stratified OS (15·6–59·5% at two years). In conclusion, this is the first large‐scale study to analyze the correlation of patient characteristics with post‐transplant prognosis in ALL transplanted at non‐CR status. The importance of blast control before HSCT should be focused on for better patient prognosis.
Origin and evolution of fungus farming in wood‐boringColeoptera – a palaeontological perspective
Authors: Peris David , Delclòs Xavier , Jordal Bjarte 
Published: June 2021

ABSTRACTInsect–fungus mutualism is one of the better‐studied symbiotic interactions in nature. Ambrosia fungi are an ecological assemblage of unrelated fungi that are cultivated by ambrosia beetles in their galleries as obligate food for larvae. Despite recently increased research interest, it remains unclear which ecological factors facilitated the origin of fungus farming, and how it transformed into a symbiotic relationship with obligate dependency. It is clear from phylogenetic analyses that this symbiosis evolved independently many times in several beetle and fungus lineages. However, there is a mismatch between palaeontological and phylogenetic data. Herein we review, for the first time, the ambrosia system from a palaeontological perspective. Although largely ignored, families such as Lymexylidae and Bostrichidae should be included in the list of ambrosia beetles because some of their species cultivate ambrosia fungi. The estimated origin for some groups of ambrosia fungi during the Cretaceous concurs with a known high diversity of Lymexylidae and Bostrichidae at that time. Although potentially older, the greatest radiation of various ambrosia beetle lineages occurred in the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae during the Eocene. In this review we explore the evolutionary relationship between ambrosia beetles, fungi and their host trees, which is likely to have persisted for longer than previously supposed.