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Micro Data analytics: a test for analytical procedures
Authors: Santosuosso Pierluigi 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
Despite the potential of Big Data analytics, the analysis of Micro Data represents the main way of forecasting the expected values of recorded amounts and/or ratios for small auditing firms and certified public accountants dealing with analytical procedures. This study aims to examine how effective Micro Data analytics are by testing the forecast accuracy of the ratio of the allowance for doubtful accounts to the trade accounts receivable and the natural logarithm of the net sales of goods and services, the first exposed to a greater uncertainty than the second.

Design/methodology/approach
Micro Data are low in volume, variety, velocity and variability, but high in veracity. Given the over-fitting problems affecting Micro Data analytics, the in-sample and out-of-sample forecasts were made for both tests. Multiple regression and neural network models were performed using a sample of 35 Italian industrial listed companies.

Findings
The accuracy level of the forecasting models was found in terms of mean absolute percentage error and other accuracy measures. The neural network model provided more accurate forecasts than multiple regression in both tests, showing a higher accuracy level for the amounts exposed to less uncertainty. Moreover, no generalized conclusions on predictors included in the models could be drawn.

Practical implications
The examination of forecast accuracy helps auditors to evaluate whether analytical procedures can be successfully applied to detect misstatements when Micro Data are used and which model gives the most accurate forecasts.

Originality/value
This is the first study to measure the forecast accuracy of the multiple regression and neural network models performed using a Micro Data set. Forecast accuracy is crucial for evaluating the effectiveness of analytical procedures.
Gender diversity and corporate risk-taking: a literature review
Authors: Teodósio João , Vieira Elisabete , Madaleno Mara 
Published: February 2021

PurposeThe investigation of the relationship between gender diversity and corporate risk-taking is a recent stream of research. In this study, the authors propose an answer to the following main question: What do the authors know about gender effects in corporate risk-taking and how should we proceed?Design/methodology/approachIn order to ensure the quality and the objectiveness of the literature review, the authors selected articles published in journals that are simultaneously ranked by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS, 2018) and by the Journal Citation Reports (JCR, 2018), focused on the Board of Directors (BoD) and Top Management Teams (TMT).FindingsThe literature review reveals that women's presence on the BoD and TMT impacts corporate risk-taking in different ways. Based on the analysis, it is possible to organize the extant findings in two major categories, according to gender measures, firm type and country of origin: (1) universal effects – women decrease firms' litigation risk, failure risk and operational risk while they have no significant effect on insolvency risk and; (2) contingent effects – women have contingent effects on financial risk, manipulation risk, total risk, idiosyncratic risk and systematic risk.Originality/valueCovering several different research fields, this study provides a comprehensive review concerning what the authors know regarding the effects of the BoD and TMT gender diversity in corporate risk-taking. The authors present a model summarizing empirical findings and propose a number of avenues for future research.
Supplier evaluation with order allocation in mega-projects
Authors: Yadegari Davoud , Avakh Darestani Soroush 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to provide a model for evaluating, prioritizing and allocating orders to suppliers in the supply chain for mega-projects.

Design/methodology/approach
By using an integrated model (based on fuzzy analytic network process), suppliers are selected and the appropriate amounts are allocated to them in mega-projects. Initially, a hierarchical model of the research method was introduced. Then, the results on reliability and validity analysis of research measurement tools were presented. Finally, prioritization and allocation of orders to suppliers, with a case study of Iran Mall project, was carried out using Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and analytic network process (ANP). T-test was used to evaluate the research hypotheses.

Findings
The findings were examined against conventional numerical analysis techniques. Finally, implication and recommendations for future work were presented.

Originality/value
The originality of this work is about using multi-criteria decision-making techniques for evaluating suppliers in mega-projects.
Reviewing and rebalancing the positive skew of emotions in transformational leadership
Authors: Chauhan Rahul Singh , Howe David Charles , Soderberg Andrew 
Published: February 2021

PurposeTransformational leaders have long been known to use emotions to motivate their followers and guide their energy toward the vision set forth by the leader. Much of the past research and theory on this topic has exhibited a bias toward positively valenced emotions. Negative emotions have received limited attention relative to positive emotions, and this imbalance has led to a skewed understanding of the relationship between emotions and transformational leadership (TL).Design/methodology/approachThe study reviews the organizational literature regarding negative emotion expression in TL.FindingsThe study integrates research regarding negative emotions and TL with the existing body of research regarding positive emotions and TL. The authors argue that the range of emotions considered needs to be broadened and rebalanced. Practical and theoretical implications are also discussed.Originality/valueThe study integrates the benefits of negative emotions and TL the more well-known and explored the benefits of positive emotions and TL. The study uses the four components of TL theory, i.e. inspirational motivation (IM), idealized influence (II), individualized consideration (IC) and intellectual stimulation (IC), to explore how transformational leaders can effectively display negative emotions. The study ultimately presents a more balanced overview of emotions and TL.
Effects of cranberry consumption on features of the metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials
Authors: Hormoznejad Razie , Mansoori Anahita , Hosseini Seyed Ahmad , Zilaee Marzie , Asadi Maryam , Fathi Mojdeh , Kiany Fateme 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this paper with meta-analysis is to clarify the effects of cranberry consumption on features of the metabolic syndrome of interest of all relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature search was conducted on ISI web of science, PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane library and Google Scholar databases, to include trials published up to March 2019. Weighted mean differences (WMD) were calculated from a random or fixed-effects models. Between‐study heterogeneity was assessed by Cochrane’s test and I2 index.

Findings
Ten RCTs were included in this review which involving a total of 371 subjects. Our meta-analysis showed that cranberry consumption had beneficial effects on waist circumference (WMD −0.49, 95% CI −0.96 to −0.036; p = 0.034). No significant effect of cranberry consumption on fasting blood glucose, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure was found in this meta-analysis.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first systematic review with meta-analysis of RCTs that investigate the effect of cranberry consumption on features of the metabolic syndrome.
Industry 4.0 technology provision: the moderating role of supply chain partners to support technology providers
Authors: Benitez Guilherme Brittes , Ferreira-Lima Mateus , Ayala Néstor F. , Frank Alejandro G. 
Published: February 2021

PurposeThe provision of Industry 4.0 solutions demands a vast range of technology domains. To provide these solutions, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may need the support of different supply chain actors through an inbound open innovation strategy. The authors study the contribution of four types of supply chain actors for inbound open innovation: suppliers, competitors with complementary technologies, R&D centers and customers. The authors analyze how these four actors moderate the effect of integrated Industry 4.0 solutions on three main competitive strategies: cost, focalization and differentiation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a survey on 77 SMEs from the automation sector, using OLS regression with moderating effects. They considered the integration of 15 technologies and 7 classic automation activities in the provision of Industry 4.0 solutions. The authors also studied three competitive outputs – technology cost reduction (cost), customer loyalty (focalization) and technology innovation (differentiation) – as well as four supply chain actors (moderators).FindingsExpanding the provision of Industry 4.0 technologies increases customer loyalty and technology innovation. Collaboration with competitors (complementary technologies) leverage these results and reduce technology costs. Integration between customers and R&D centers elevates costs but R&D centers can foster long-run innovation.Originality/valueThis study is the first to empirically investigate inbound open innovation in the supply chain for technology development in the context of Industry 4.0. The authors discuss how these actors contribute to four inbound open innovation activities: technology scouting; horizontal technology collaboration; vertical technology collaboration; and technology sourcing.
Loss of predation risk from apex predators can exacerbate marine tropicalization caused by extreme climatic events
Authors: Nowicki Robert J. , Thomson Jordan A. , Fourqurean James W. , Wirsing Aaron J. , Heithaus Michael R. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractExtreme climatic events (ECEs) and predator removal represent some of the most widespread stressors to ecosystems. Though species interactions can alter ecological effects of climate change (and vice versa), it is less understood whether, when and how predator removal can interact with ECEs to exacerbate their effects. Understanding the circumstances under which such interactions might occur is critical because predator loss is widespread and ECEs can generate rapid phase shifts in ecosystems which can ultimately lead to tropicalization.Our goal was to determine whether loss of predation risk may be an important mechanism governing ecosystem responses to extreme events, and whether the effects of such events, such as tropicalization, can occur even when species range shifts do not. Specifically, our goal was to experimentally simulate the loss of an apex predator, the tiger sharkGaleocerdo cuviereffects on a recently damaged seagrass ecosystem of Shark Bay, Australia by applying documented changes to risk‐sensitive grazing of dugongDugong dugonherbivores.Using a 16‐month‐field experiment established in recently disturbed seagrass meadows, we used previous estimates of risk‐sensitive dugong foraging behaviour to simulate altered risk‐sensitive foraging densities and strategies of dugongs consistent with apex predator loss, and tracked seagrass responses to the simulated grazing.Grazing treatments targeted and removed tropical seagrasses, which declined. However, like in other mixed‐bed habitats where dugongs forage, treatments also incidentally accelerated temperate seagrass losses, revealing that herbivore behavioural changes in response to predator loss can exacerbate ECE and promote tropicalization, even without range expansions or introductions of novel species.Our results suggest that changes to herbivore behaviours triggered by loss of predation risk can undermine ecological resilience to ECEs, particularly where long‐lived herbivores are abundant. By implication, ongoing losses of apex predators may combine with increasingly frequent ECEs to amplify climate change impacts across diverse ecosystems and large spatial scales.
Scavenging and carcass caching behavior by European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
Authors: Krofel Miha , Južnič Damjan , Allen Maximilian L. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractWhile scavenging has been repeatedly reported for several felid species, surprisingly little information is available on scavenging behavior of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris). To fill this knowledge gap, we used camera traps to document scavenging behavior at the 48 experimentally set deer carcasses at random locations throughout the year. We recorded European wildcats scavenging on 38% of the eight carcasses set in winter and on none set in the other parts of the year. Wildcats fed on two carcasses for extended periods (up to 22 days) with an average of 3.3 visits per day and 7.8‐h interval between the visits. We recorded scavenging throughout the day, but analysis indicated a crepuscular pattern. We also recorded caching behavior on 7% of the visits (n = 105), when wildcats used leaves or snow to partly or completely cover the carcasses. Beside wildcats, 12 other vertebrate species of scavengers were recorded at the carcasses. We recorded agonistic interaction with European badger (Meles meles) and despite its smaller size, the wildcat managed to defend the carcass. The extensive feeding, frequent caching behavior and active defense from scavengers indicate that the wildcats recognized the ungulate carcasses as an important food source in winter and that scavenging could be a neglected aspect of the European wildcat ecology. We also suggest that caching behavior could be regularly used by the European wildcat when feeding on larger carcasses, but was likely previously missed due to limited research effort to record scavenging and caching behavior.
Are Non‐controlling Foreign Institutional Investors a Friend or Foe to Equity Liquidity? Evidence from China*
Authors: Liu Beibei , Wang Zhichen , Yip Rita W. Y. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractChina has opened its stock market to internationally renowned institutional investors but restricts their ownership. We examine whether foreign institutional investors in China, as liquidity providers with superior information, reduce information asymmetry and improve stock liquidity. Using a panel dataset of 18 173 firm–year observations from 2006 to 2015, we find that non‐controlling foreign institutional investors in China enhance liquidity. This association is more pronounced for firms with poor internal corporate governance and in underdeveloped institutional environments. Additional analysis shows our results are unlikely to be driven by reverse causality or omitted variables.
Perinatal inflammation relates to early respiratory morbidity and lung function at 12 years of age in children born very preterm
Authors: Hagman Cecilia , Björklund Lars J. , Bjermer Leif , Hansen‐Pupp Ingrid , Tufvesson Ellen 
Published: February 2021

AbstractAimVery preterm birth may be associated with lung function impairment later in life. It is not known if this is caused by prematurity per se or by associated perinatal events, such as maternal–foetal inflammation and severity of early neonatal lung disease. We assessed these factors in a prospective cohort of very preterm infants followed from birth to middle school age.MethodsIn 71 infants with a gestational age of median 27.4 (range 23.9–31.7) weeks, pro‐inflammatory and modulatory cytokines were measured in umbilical cord blood and in arterial blood sampled at 6, 24 and 72 h after birth, and cumulated cytokine concentrations were calculated as area under the curve (AUC). At median 12.6 (range 12.3–13.5) years of age, pulmonary function testing was done in 53 children.ResultsThere was a positive correlation between days on mechanical ventilation and AUC for IL‐6 (p = 0.001), IL‐8 (p = 0.015) and IL‐10 (p = 0.006). Infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD; n = 32) had higher AUC for the cytokines IL‐6, IL‐8 and IL‐10 than those without BPD (all p < 0.01). Higher levels of AUC for IL‐6 at birth correlated with lower forced expiratory volume in 1 s (p = 0.030) and lower mean expiratory flow rate between 25 and 75% of forced vital capacity (p = 0.034).ConclusionPerinatal inflammation, assessed by circulating cytokines in the first three days of life, was associated with BPD and with airway obstruction at 12 years of age.
Complete metabolic response with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography/computed tomography predicts survival following induction chemotherapy and radical cystectomy in clinically lymph node positive bladder cancer
Authors: Abrahamsson Johan , Kollberg Petter , Almquist Helen , Bläckberg Mats , Brändstedt Johan , Lyttkens Kerstin , Simoulis Athanasios , Sjödahl Gottfrid , Sörenby Anne , Trägårdh Elin , Liedberg Fredrik 
Published: February 2021

ObjectiveTo determine whether repeated [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG‐PET‐CT) scans can predict increased cancer‐specific survival (CSS) after induction chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy (RC).Patients and MethodsBetween 2007 and 2018, 86 patients with clinically lymph node (LN)‐positive bladder cancer (T1–T4, N1–N3, M0–M1a) were included and underwent a repeated FDG‐PET‐CT during cisplatin‐based induction chemotherapy. The 71 patients that had a response to chemotherapy underwent RC. Response to chemotherapy was evaluated in LNs through repeated FDG‐PET‐CT and stratified as partial response or complete response using three different methods: maximum standardised uptake value (SUVmax), adapted Deauville criteria, and total lesion glycolysis (TLG). Progression‐free survival (PFS) and CSS were analysed for all three methods by Cox regression analysis.ResultsAfter a median follow‐up of 40 months, 15 of the 71 patients who underwent RC had died from bladder cancer. Using SUVmax and the adapted Deauville criteria, multivariable Cox regression analyses adjusting for age, clinical tumour stage and LN stage showed that complete response was associated with increased PFS (hazard ratio [HR] 3.42, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20–9.77) and CSS (HR 3.30, 95% CI 1.02–10.65). Using TLG, a complete response was also associated with increased PFS (HR 5.17, 95% CI 1.90–14.04) and CSS (HR 6.32, 95% CI 2.06–19.41).ConclusionsComplete metabolic response with FDG‐PET‐CT predicts survival after induction chemotherapy followed by RC in patients with LN‐positive bladder cancer and comprises a novel tool in evaluating response to chemotherapy before surgery. This strategy has the potential to tailor treatment in individual patients by identifying significant response to chemotherapy, which motivates the administration of a full course of induction chemotherapy with a higher threshold for suspending treatment due to toxicity and side‐effects.
Does higher education make a difference? The influence of educational attainment on women's and men's nonstandard employment outcomes
Authors: Mitri Katelyn 
Published: February 2021

AbstractSome studies suggest that women and the less educated are more likely to be employed in nonstandard work. However, conflicting evidence has indicated that temporary, part‐time, and nonstandard self‐employment has diffused across different social groups and levels of education. Using pooled data from the 1997–2018 Canadian Labour Force Surveys, this study explores the changing relationship between higher education, gender, and employment outcomes. Taking a multiple logistic regression approach, this study accomplishes three objectives: (1) to examine the relationship between gender and education among different forms of nonstandard employment; (2) to investigate the changes of different forms of nonstandard employment between 1997 to 2018; (3) to analyze the association between men's and women's education and their likelihood of different forms of nonstandard employment are explored. The findings suggest the feminization of employment norms, in which men and women have had some convergence in certain types of nonstandard employment. This result holds across most levels of education, but is more pronounced for women and men with higher levels of education.
Study into the cold pad‐batch application of monochloro‐s‐triazinyl and m‐carboxypyridinium‐s‐triazinyl reactive dyes bearing various “second‐leg” N‐substituents
Authors: Huang Huei‐Chin , Wu Chun‐Guey 
Published: February 2021

AbstractA series of monochloro‐s‐triazinyl (MCT) and related m‐carboxypyridinium‐s‐triazinyl (nicotinic acid [NTR]) reactive dyes based on the same red chromophore and bearing –NHCN, –OCH3, –N(CH3)SO2CH3, –N‐methylphenyl and –OH “second‐leg” substituents were evaluated in cold pad‐batch dyeing. It was found that both the MCT and NTR dyes containing a cyanoamino second‐leg substituent displayed a superior technical performance to the dyes bearing methoxy, N‐methyl(methylsulphonyl)amino, hydroxyl and N‐methylaniline substituents. The results suggest that these technical benefits of dyeing are derived from the smaller molecule size and electronic effect of the cyanoamino group compared with the other second‐leg substituents commonly used in both MCT and NTR reactive dye synthesis. Indeed, the use of the cyanoamino second leg on the studied red NTR reactive dyes offered a combination of short batch time, high fixation efficiency, good build‐up properties and good wet fastness properties.
Variability of stem solidness among miscanthus genotypes and its role on mechanical properties of polypropylene composites
Authors: Brancourt‐Hulmel Maryse , Raverdy Raphaël , Girones Jordi , Arnoult Stéphanie , Mignot Emilie , Griveaux Yves , Navard Patrick 
Published: February 2021

AbstractMiscanthus (Miscanthus Andersson) is a perennial grass that is attracting growing interest from the biomaterial industry. Our aim was to compare miscanthus genotypes varying in stem solidness, a measure of degree to which pith fills cavity between the outer walls of the stem, and analyze whether this trait influences the mechanical properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with miscanthus particles. Six contrasting genotypes were chosen from a Miscanthus sinensis population to determine morphological variables, stem solidness, and mechanical properties of polypropylene composites including 30% of milled miscanthus particles of two sizes of 100 < × < 200 μm and 200 < × < 300 μm. Although aboveground biomass of miscanthus was closely related to the aboveground volume of the plant, namely stand volume, a few genotypes showed contrasting aboveground biomass production for similar stand volumes. This generated contrasting ratio between aboveground biomass and stand volume, namely plant‐specific weights, for similar plant volumes. A principal component analysis showed that fully pith‐filled stems, namely solid stems, were explained by a large stand volume and plant‐specific weights as well as small stem cross‐sections. Genotypes showing partially filled stems were taller with larger stem cross‐sections but smaller plant‐specific weights. They revealed high lignin and p‐coumaric acid contents. Compared to neat‐polypropylene, Young's modulus increased significantly by 139% and 134% and tensile strength by 39% and 36% for genotypes with partially filled stems compared to genotypes with fully pith‐filled stems, respectively. This difference in reinforcing capacity was similar to that of two particle sizes (139% and 134% for Young's modulus, 41% and 34% for tensile strength, respectively). A good tensile strength was obtained with large cross‐stem section, plant height and lignin and p‐coumaric acid contents. It decreased with plant‐specific weight, hemicellulose and ferulic acid contents. Wider morphological variations in other progenies or Miscanthus species should be explored further using the techniques reported here.