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Work and health-related factors of presenteeism: a mediation analysis on the role of menopausal symptoms between job demands and presenteeism among a sample of social service women employees
Authors: Guidetti Gloria , Viotti Sara , Converso Daniela , Sottimano Ilaria 
Published: December 2021

PurposeBuilding on prior studies on the role of health-related and job-related issues in affecting presenteeism, the present study tested a mediation model of the relationship between job demands and presenteeism by exploring the mediation effect of menopausal symptoms.Design/methodology/approachData were collected through a self-report questionnaire involving social service menopausal employees (N = 204) from a public municipal organization. The survey was cross-sectional and non-randomized.FindingsResults revealed that job demands, namely emotional, cognitive and physical demands, were significantly and positively associated with presenteeism. Furthermore, mediation analysis evidenced that physical job demands were also associated with higher levels of menopausal physical symptom bothersomeness, which in turn serves as a condition to increase the act of presenteeism.Originality/valueThe findings of this study widen the perspective on presenteeism research by evidencing the role of an overlooked health-related factor in relation to the act of presenteeism, that is the menopausal transition. Insights for the development of targeted preventive measures of the act of presenteeism and menopausal symptom management in the workplace may also be derived from these results.
Intellectual capital and institutional governance as capital structure determinants in the tourism sector
Authors: Dalwai Tamanna , Sewpersadh Navitha Singh 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThis study investigates the capital structure determinants of the Middle East tourism sector by examining intellectual capital (IC) efficiency and institutional governance along with firm-specific and macroeconomic variables. This research also identifies the determinants of capital structure for tourism companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and non-GCC countries.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 45 listed tourism companies of nine Middle Eastern countries over five years from 2014 to 2018. The data were analysed using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and checked for robustness using the generalised methods of moment (GMM) estimation.FindingsOverall, the results indicate that tourism companies rely more on short-term debt (STD) than long-term debt (LTD), thus decreasing liquidity and increasing financial risk. Furthermore, tourism companies in non-GCC countries have higher IC efficiency compared to those in GCC countries. The aggregate institutional index is much higher for GCC countries compared to non-GCC countries. The OLS estimations suggest IC efficiency and institutional governance index provide inconclusive evidence as a determinant of capital structure proxy. High capital employed efficiency (CEE) is associated with more leverage for tourism firms. Theoretically, the results support pecking order and trade-off theories due to the relationships between firm-specific indicators and debt.Originality/valueThis study closes the gap in the capital structure debate by providing valuable insights into IC efficiency and institutional governance. These two factors serve as capital structure determinants in the Middle East and the GCC and non-GCC regions.
Behavioural biases affecting investors’ decision-making process: a scale development approach
Authors: Jain Jinesh , Walia Nidhi , Kaur Manpreet , Singh Simarjeet 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
The advocates of behavioural finance have denounced the existing literature on investors’ rationality in the decision-making process and questioned the existence of efficient markets and rational investors. Although diversified research has been conducted in the area of behavioural finance, yet there is a need of further explorations into the field as the available knowledge base is confined to one or a few behavioural biases confronted by investors while making investment decisions. Hence, this study aims to develop a comprehensive, reliable and valid scale to measure the behavioural biases affecting investors’ decision-making process.

Design/methodology/approach
To develop a comprehensive, reliable and valid scale for measuring the behavioural biases affecting investors’ decision-making process, rigorous multi-stage scale development methodology has been followed. Stage one started with an extensive review of the literature followed by interviews from experienced stockbrokers to clarify construct and getting novel insights about dimensions of behavioural biases. In stage two, 52 items measuring the dimensions of behavioural biases were generated and got evaluated from panel of judges. Pilot testing was done in the third stage which gave a set of 39 items. Finally, in fourth stage, data were collected from 332 individual equity investors on a 7-point Likert scale using the snowball sampling technique.

Findings
The results of the study highlighted that behavioural biases is a multidimensional phenomenon that significantly affects investors’ decisions and has different dimensions, namely, Availability Bias, Representativeness Bias, Overconfidence Bias, Market Factors, Herding, Anchoring, Mental Accounting, Regret Aversion, Gamblers’ Fallacy and Loss Aversion. The present research has developed a comprehensive, reliable and valid scale for measuring behavioural biases affecting equity investors’ decision-making process.

Originality/value
Behavioural finance is an emerging area in the field of research particularly in the Indian context which needs further exploration. The present research concentrates on rendering an empirically tested scale to the researchers for measuring the behavioural biases and its impact on investor’s decision-making. Such an instrument can contribute to making progress in the area of behavioural finance and other research studies may also find it useful to achieve their goals.
Stakeholders’ perceptions of competitive tourism destination: empirical evidence from Serbia
Authors: Milutinovic Verica , Musanovic Jelena , Beric Dejan 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
This study made an advance over previous work by providing a modified model for measuring the competitiveness of tourism destinations based on competitive performance from a stakeholder perspective. Furthermore, this paper aims to evaluate the sources of relative strengths and weaknesses perceived of a destination.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a quantitative approach to seek opinions of 135 tourism stakeholders. Univariate and bivariate statistical analyses were used to describe the profile of the respondents, quantify the main findings and test the proposed hypotheses.

Findings
The results highlight the importance of safety in determining the attractiveness of a destination and its significance for the competitiveness of a destination. The strongest indicator of competitiveness is “Core resources and attractions,” while the weakest indicator is “Destination management.” Also, employees in public institutions and in the tourism industry in general have different opinions about competitive tourism destinations for most dimensions.

Research limitations/implications
Despite the fact that the findings do not consider the demand side, which has a major impact on the destination, they minimize the research gap and contribute to the existing literature review.

Practical implications
The results are of particular value to stakeholders and destination management responsible for strengthening the competitiveness of tourism destinations.

Originality/value
The research progressed over previous studies by developing and empirically testing a modified conceptual model for measuring destination competitiveness from a supply-side perspective and recommending improvements for the emerging tourism destinations.
Does diet breadth affect the complexity of the phytophagous insect microbiota? The case study of Chrysomelidae
Authors: Brunetti Matteo , Magoga Giulia , Gionechetti Fabrizia , De Biase Alessio , Montagna Matteo 
Published: December 2021

SummaryChrysomelidae is a family of phytophagous insects with a highly variable degree of trophic specialization. The aim of this study is to test whether species feeding on different plants (generalists) harbour more complex microbiotas than those feeding on a few or a single plant species (specialists). The microbiota of representative leaf beetle species was characterized with a metabarcoding approach targeting V1–V2 and V4 regions of the bacterial 16S rRNA. Almost all the analysed species harbour at least one reproductive manipulator bacteria (e.g., Wolbachia, Rickettsia). Two putative primary symbionts, previously isolated only from a single species (Bromius obscurus), have been detected in two species of the same subfamily, suggesting a widespread symbiosis in Eumolpinae. Surprisingly, the well‐known aphid symbiont Buchnera is well represented in the microbiota of Orsodacne humeralis. Moreover, in this study, using Hill numbers to dissect the components of the microbiota diversity (abundant and rare bacteria), it has been demonstrated that generalist insect species harbour a more diversified microbiota than specialists. The higher microbiota diversity associated with a wider host‐plant spectrum could be seen as an adaptive trait, conferring new metabolic potential useful to expand the diet breath, or as a result of environmental stochastic acquisition conveyed by diet.
Implementation costs of IFRS 9 for non‐financial firms: evidence from China
Authors: Fang Xingtong , Guo Yuanyuan , Mei Beilei , Ye Jianfang 
Published: December 2021

AbstractExamining Chinese non‐financial firms between 2016 and 2019, this study documents that the new accounting standard for financial instruments imposes severe implementation costs on affected firms, as evidenced by a significant rise in the selling of available‐for‐sale (AFS) equity investments and increased audit fee premiums. We also find that the disposal of AFS is more prominent in state‐owned enterprises (SOE) and firms issuing corporate bonds. The increase in audit fees is more severe for non‐SOEs, bigger audit firms and firms with a higher total account balance affected by the new standard.
New insights into genetics underlying of plumage color
Authors: Davoodi P. , Ehsani A. , Vaez Torshizi R. , Masoudi A. A. 
Published: December 2021

SummaryPlumage color can be considered as a social signal in chickens and a breeding identification tool among breeders. The relationship between plumage color and trait groups of immunity, growth and fertility is still a controversial issue. This research aimed to determine the genome‐wide additive and epistatic variants affecting plumage color variation in chickens using the chicken Illumina 60k high‐density SNP array. Two scenarios of genome‐wide additive association studies using all SNPs and independent SNPs were carried out. To perform epistatic association analysis, the LD pruning approach was used to reduce the complexity of the analysis. We detected seven novel significant loci using all of the SNPs in the model and 14 SNPs using the LD pruning approach associated with plumage color. Moreover, 89 significantly associated SNP–SNP interactions (P‐value <10−6) distributed in 25 chromosomes were identified, indicating that all of the signals together putatively influence the quantitative variation of plumage color. By annotating genes relevant to top SNPs, we have distinguished 18 potential candidate genes comprising HNF4beta, CKMT1B, TBC1D22A, RPL8, CACNA2D1, FZD4, SGMS1, IRF8, OPTN, LOC420362, TRABD, OvoDA1, DAD1, USP6, RBM12B, MIR1772, MIR1709 and MIR6696 and also 89 putative gene–gene combinations responsible for plumage color variation in chickens. Furthermore, several KEGG pathways including metabolic pathway, cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction, focal adhesion, melanogenesis, glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis–keratan sulfate and sphingolipid metabolism were enriched in the gene‐set analysis. The results indicated that plumage color is a highly polygenic trait which, in turn, can be affected by multiple coding genes, regulatory genes and gene–gene epistasis interactions. In addition to genes with additive effects, epistatic genes with tiny individual effect sizes but significant effects in a pair have the potential to control plumage coloration in chickens.
Managerial Over‐Optimism and Research and Development Investment: Evidence from Korean Initial Public Offering Firms*
Authors: Soon Kim Kyung , Young Chung Chune , Hwon Lee Jin , Park Jongchan 
Published: December 2021

AbstractExamining 1114 Korean firms between 2001 and 2015, we find that positive discretionary research and development expenditures in initial public offering years positively relate to future investment but do not significantly affect future performance. Thus, managerial optimism rather than signaling likely drives over‐investment. High‐tech firms generally over‐invest more, and those that over‐invest are more likely to delist within 5 years. Future research and development expenditures are positively associated with future operating and stock performance only for high‐tech firms with low discretionary research and development expenditures around initial public offerings. Successful initial public offerings may create over‐confidence, resulting in inefficient expenditures.
Identifying and changing cognitive vulnerability in the classroom: preliminary evaluation of CUES‐Ed, a school‐based universal cognitive behavioural early intervention service for 7–10 year olds
Authors: Underwood Raphael , Redfern Anna , Plant Debbie , Bracegirdle Karen , Browning Sophie , Jolley Suzanne 
Published: December 2021

BackgroundSchool‐based early intervention may alleviate current emotional and behavioural problems, and, by targeting underlying vulnerability, safeguard children's future mental health. Improving on mixed outcomes to date is an international public health priority. CUES‐Ed is a classroom‐based, clinician‐led, universal cognitive behavioural programme for primary school children, designed to promote emotional literacy and regulation. Additionally, CUES‐Ed targets cognitive mechanisms implicated in the future development of mental disorder: stigmatising appraisals of emotional expression and of unusual perceptual experiences, and the tendency to jump‐to‐conclusions (JTC). We report here on fitness for purpose of our in‐service assessment of cognitive vulnerability, and change in cognitive vulnerability following CUES‐Ed and compared with a naturalistic waitlist.MethodsFrom 05/2017–11/2017, 960 children participated (900 CUES‐Ed; 60 naturalistic waitlist). Assessments were completed in whole classes; 732 children provided pre‐post data on all measures; 227 were missing data through absence or poor completion (n = 1 declined assessment).ResultsRelationships between baseline cognitive vulnerability measures and their components were consistent with reliable and valid assessment. Cognitive vulnerability reduced from before to after CUES‐Ed and compared with the naturalistic waitlist, for JTC (large effects) and stigmatising appraisals (small–medium effects), for all children (ESs pre‐post: 0.2–1.0; between‐group: 0.1–1.0) and vulnerable subgroups (ESs pre‐post: 0.5–1.7; between‐group: 0.2–2.0).ConclusionsTargeted cognitive vulnerability mechanisms change following CUES‐Ed. As stigmatising appraisals and JTC may increase vulnerability to future mental illness, findings suggest a promise in reducing future risk. A formally controlled research study, with longer‐term follow‐up, is required to test this. Limitations and implications for future evaluation are discussed.
Spatial behavior of domestic cats and the effects of outdoor access restrictions and interventions to reduce predation of wildlife
Authors: Cecchetti Martina , Crowley Sarah L. , Wilson‐Aggarwal Jared , Nelli Luca , McDonald Robbie A. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractDomestic cats (Felis catus) that roam outdoors have increased exposure to hazards to their health and welfare. Outdoor cats can themselves present a hazard to biodiversity conservation and wild animal welfare. Approaches to reducing predation of wildlife by cats might also bring benefits to cats by reducing their roaming and associated risks. We investigated ranging behaviors of domestic cats that regularly captured wild prey, and that had restricted or unrestricted outdoor access. We tested whether interventions aimed at reducing predation also affected their spatial behavior. We evaluated cat bells, Birdsbesafe collar covers, using a “puzzle feeder”, provision of meat‐rich food, object play, and a control group. Seventy‐two cats in 48 households in England completed the 12‐week trial in spring 2019. Home ranges were small (median AKDE95 = 1.51 ha). Cats with unrestricted outdoor access had 75% larger home ranges, 31% greater daily distances traveled, and reached 46% greater maximum distances from home, than cats with restricted outdoor access. None of the treatments intended to reduce predation affected cat ranges or distances traveled. While owners might use interventions to reduce predation, the only effective means of reducing cat roaming and associated exposure to outdoor hazards was restriction of outdoor access.
One size does not fit all: Genetic considerations from the Missouri elk restoration
Authors: Pero Ellen M. , Bell Donovan A. , Robinson Zachary L. , Chitwood M. Colter , Hildreth Aaron M. , Berkman Leah K. , Keller Barbara J. , Sumners Jason A. , Hansen Lonnie P. , Isabelle Jason L. , Eggert Lori S. , Titus Chelsea L. , Millspaugh Joshua J. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractPopulation restoration is an inherently costly conservation practice typically reliant on animal translocations. There are many approaches to translocation and consideration is paid to understanding how various translocation models influence restoration success. Translocation strategies are often designed to meet site‐specific objectives, minimize cost, and maximize success. We investigated genetic diversity retention associated with the low‐founder, multi‐release, single admixed stock translocation model of the Missouri elk (Cervus canadensis) restoration in 2011–2013. We further estimated effective population size and projected future losses in genetic diversity if the restored Missouri elk herd is maintained at the population size objective with no immigration from neighboring states. We observed relatively high levels of genetic diversity retention as evidenced by minimal losses in allelic richness and expected heterozygosity. Our projections indicated 90% genetic diversity retention within the Missouri population for roughly 130 years. Where number of progeny or source stocks are limited by resource or disease considerations, use of a relatively low‐founder, single admixed source may enable retention of genetic variation, while minimizing costs.
Neural oscillations are locked to birdsong rhythms in canaries
Authors: Boari Santiago , Mindlin Gabriel B. , Amador Ana 
Published: December 2021

AbstractHow vocal communication signals are represented in the cortex is a major challenge for behavioural neuroscience. Beyond a descriptive code, it is relevant to unveil the dynamical mechanism responsible for the neural representation of auditory stimuli. In this work, we report evidence of synchronous neural activity in nucleus HVC, a telencephalic area of canaries (Serinus canaria), in response to auditory playback of the bird's own song. The rhythmic features of canary song allowed us to show that this large‐scale synchronization was locked to defined features of the behaviour. We recorded neural activity in a brain region where sensorimotor integration occurs, showing the presence of well‐defined oscillations in the local field potentials, which are locked to song rhythm. We also show a correspondence between local field potentials, multiunit activity and single unit activity within the same brain region. Overall, our results show that the rhythmic features of the vocal behaviour are represented in a telencephalic region of canaries.
The Relationship between Item Developer Alignment of Items to Range Achievement‐Level Descriptors and Item Difficulty: Implications for Validating Intended Score Interpretations
Authors: Schneider M. Christina , Agrimson Jared , Veazey Mary 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis paper presents results of a score interpretation study for a computer adaptive mathematics assessment. The study purpose was to test the efficacy of item developers’ alignment of items to Range Achievement‐Level Descriptors (RALDs; Egan et al.) against the empirical achievement‐level alignment of items to investigate the use of RALDs as the epicenter of the test score interpretation validity argument. Item developers aligned 82%–87% of items in a computer adaptive item bank for Grades 3–8 mathematics to the assessment's RALDs that had been reconciled to the test scale after standard setting. The degree of consistency between the hypothesized alignment and actual alignment was examined using agreement statistics. Item developers correctly identified the empirical achievement level of 56%–60% of the items, which was above the chance level of agreement. An emerging technique known as embedded standard setting (ESS; Lewis and Cook) was then used to evaluate whether score interpretations based on item developer classifications of items to RALDs were comparable to the score interpretations derived from the cut scores set in 2018. Score interpretations for the first two achievement levels were consistent across administrations; however, for the most advanced students score interpretations were not maintained.
Safety and efficacy of therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for patients over 90 years of age
Authors: Zhang Da‐ya , Zhai Ya‐qi , Zhang Guan‐jun , Chen Sheng‐xin , Wu Lang , Li Ming‐yang 
Published: December 2021

AimsThis study aimed to explore the safety and efficacy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients over 90 years of age.MethodsThe study included 176 patients aged over 85 years who received their ERCP from February 2002 to January 2021. In the case group (super‐elderly group), 44 patients were 90 years old or above. In the control group (younger group), there were 132 patients aged 85–89 years. The control group was matched according to patient gender and the same indications of ERCP at a 1:3 ratio. Logistic regression models were employed to evaluate all complications.ResultsThe case group had higher acute physiology and chronic health evaluation scoring system (APACHE‐II) scores and rate of hypoalbuminemia. APACHE‐II scores (≥6 or 7) were significantly more common in the case group. The rates of technical success and complete success in the case group were 100% and 100% respectively, which were similar to the rates in the control group, namely a technical success rate of 98.5% and a complete success rate of 98.5%. The rate of complication in the case group was 9.1%, which was slightly lower than that of the control group (15.2%, P > 0.05). ERCP‐related death occurred in one patient in the control group, who had malignant biliary obstruction and died from cholangitis. There was no significant difference in the incidence of complications such as pancreatitis, hemorrhage, and infection between the two groups. In the multivariate analysis, the independent risk factor was Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) for overall complication.ConclusionsERCP can be performed safely and successfully in patients aged ≥90 years. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; 22: 50–55.