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Down to earth: Gaia storytelling and the learning organization
Authors: Jørgensen Kenneth Mølbjerg , Strand Anete Mikkala Camille , Hayden Julia , Sparre Mogens , Larsen Jens 
Published: August 2021

Purpose
In accordance with Latour, this paper aims to respond to the call for a “down-to-earth” post-learning organization approach to sustainability, which is critical of Senge’s conception of learning organization (LO).

Design/methodology/approach
“Gaia storytelling” is used to define a LO that is “down-to-earth”.

Findings
Gaia is understood through the notion of a critical zone, which foregrounds the local and differentiated terrestrial conditions in which life on Earth is embedded.

Practical implications
Gaia storytelling implies perceiving LO as a network of storytelling practices enacted and told by unique creative citizens. Such an organization sustains and grows through several entangled storytelling cycles that allow Gaia to shape learning.

Social implications
The article distinguishes five different storytelling cycles as a way to explore how the Gaia theater cycle connects to other cycles. The four other cycles are: Gaia thinking, explorative, creative and Gaia truth-telling.

Originality/value
A Gaian LO is a new beginning for LO.
3‐O‐Acetyl‐11‐keto‐β‐boswellic acid ameliorates chronic unpredictable mild stress induced HPA axis dysregulation in relation with glutamate/GABA aberration in depressive rats
Authors: Gunasekaran Venkatesh , Augustine Anitta , Avarachan Jinu , Khayum Abdul , Ramasamy Arivukkarasu 
Published: August 2021

AbstractOvert expression of brain glucocorticoid receptor (GR) leads to elevation of glutamate release causes cerebral excitotoxicity which in turn produce neuropsychological disorders. The aim of our work is to study the consequence of 3‐O‐Acetyl‐11‐keto‐β‐boswellic acid (AKBA) on chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) induced HPA axis dysregulation in relative to glutamate and GABA irregularity in depressive rats. AKBA (5, 10 &15mg/kg) was administered for 28 days parallel with CUMS induction in rats. Behavioural studies, tail suspension test (TST), open field exploratory (OFT) and forced swim test (FST) were performed. Biochemical studies including plasma corticosterone, glutamate GABA and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) enzyme activity were studied. Glucocorticoid receptor expression and brain histology were studied to observe the effect of AKBA. CUMS induction results in depressive state of the animals were confirmed by the sucrose preference test. The administration of AKBA significantly reduced the immobility time and improved the exploratory behaviour. Plasma corticosterone and brain glutamate level was decreased and GABA level were increased significantly evident with GAD activation in AKBA‐treated animals, further confirmed with decreased GR expression improves architecture of prefrontal cortex region. Correlation study illustrates behavioural improvements undeviating the biochemical alteration and GR expression after AKBA treatment during depression. AKBA significantly reversed the CUMS‐induced glutamate/GABA abnormalities through the adaptation of central HPA axis regulation. Hence this study concludes that AKBA can be a better alternative to treat depressive disorders.
Optimization of pectinase‐assisted extraction condition of mulberry (Morus alba L.) fruit using response surface methodology and its effect on anthocyanin synthesis pathway‐related metabolites
Authors: Kim Mina , Nam Dong‐Geon , Choe Jeong‐Sook , Hwang Kyung‐A , Choi Ae‐Jin 
Published: August 2021

AbstractMulberry (Morus alba L.) fruit (MF) is a rich source of functional compounds, such as anthocyanin. However, during solvent extraction, these compounds are not fully dispersed into the substrate, leading to incomplete extraction. Moreover, raw MF rapidly ripens and deteriorates after harvesting; hence, innovative methods to process MF are needed. Here, a pectinase‐assisted extraction method is developed to liberate polyphenols and anthocyanins from cell wall matrices in MF. We optimized the procedure to maximize water solubility index (WSI), total phenolic (TP) content, and total anthocyanin (TA) content using a central composite design to perform a response surface methodology (RSM) analysis. The optimal conditions predicted by the RSM were a 1:5 w/v material/water ratio with 3.5% pectinase (v/w) and 1.5% citric acid (w/w) for 113 min at 50°C. Under these conditions, the WSI, TP, and TA were significantly higher compared with those in the untreated control. The results well matched (within 5% differences) with the predicted RSM values. Furthermore, metabolite analysis revealed that the levels of cyanidin‐3‐O‐glucoside, delphinidin hexoside, and quercetin were higher in pectinase‐assisted MF extraction compared with the untreated control. This work demonstrated that pectinase‐assisted extraction using citric acid could be an efficient technique to enhance the value of MF and its potential applications in the food industry.Practical ApplicationA pectinase‐assisted extraction method was optimized to enhance the WSI, TP, and TA yields from MF extracts. The optimal conditions were predicted to be 1:5 w/v material/water ratio, 3.5% pectinase (v/w), and 1.5% CA (w/w) with a 113 min reaction time at 50°C. Under these conditions, WSI, TP, and TA were significantly increased compared with the untreated control. These results suggested the potential of mulberry plants for use in the food industry via the development of a simple, efficient process to extract functional compounds from MF.
Impact of climate change on global agricultural markets under different shared socioeconomic pathways
Authors: Dumortier Jerome , Carriquiry Miguel , Elobeid Amani 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThis analysis quantifies changesin global agricultural markets for maize, rice, soybeans, and wheat due to yield changes triggered by climate change. The scenarios include four representative concentration pathways (RCP), five global climate models, three shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) capturing differences in population levels and economic growth, and enhanced CO‐fertilization. Yield projections incorporate the influence of SSPs on nitrogen application and agricultural technology. Depending on the SSP and comparing the RCP8.5 ensemble yields (with CO‐fertilization) to a no climate change scenario in 2050, price increases for maize (61.3%–80.9%), soybeans (36.7%–51.7%), and wheat (5.4%–11.1%) are observed. Large wheat producers in temperate regions expand wheat production under climate change. Rice benefits from CO fertilization resulting in a relatively uniform price decrease across scenarios of 19.5%–19.9%. Cropland expansion between 2015 and 2050 is lowest for the high economic growth scenario. Depending on the crop and region, there are significant reductions in production especially for maize. Absolute changes in trade patterns are most pronounced for wheat and least for rice. Using trade as a means to dampen the negative welfare effects of climate change will be important and so is economic growth.
Remunicipalisation, Mutating Neoliberalism, and the Conjuncture
Authors: Cumbers Andrew , Paul Franziska 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThere is a growing interest in the progressive potential of remunicipalisation, a global trend for towns, cities, and even subnational regions to take formerly privatised assets and services back into public ownership. In this paper, we offer a novel conceptualisation of remunicipalisation, developing a spatialised conjunctural perspective through critical engagement with the work of Stuart Hall, Antonio Gramsci, and recent geographical scholarship on political economy transitions. This draws attention to the open, dynamic, political, and spatially diverse aspects of remunicipalisation as part of a mutating process of neoliberalism. Emphasising the conjunctural insight of neoliberalism’s shifting and variegated terrain on which progressive forces have to mobilise, our theorisation has implications for left political strategy and broader transformative projects against a backdrop of global economic, social, and ecological crisis.
The Implications of Polysemy for Theories of Word Learning
Authors: Srinivasan Mahesh , Rabagliati Hugh 
Published: August 2021

AbstractWord learning is typically studied as a problem in which children need to learn a single meaning for a new word. And by most theories, children’s learning is itself guided by the assumption that a new word will have only one meaning. However, the majority of words in languages are polysemous, carrying multiple related and distinct meanings. Here, we consider the implications of this disjuncture. As we review, current theories predict that children should struggle to learn polysemous words. And yet research shows that young children readily learn multiple meanings for words and represent them in qualitatively similar ways to adults. Moreover, polysemy may facilitate word learning, by allowing children to use their knowledge of familiar meanings of a word to learn its other meanings. These findings motivate a new perspective on word learning that recognizes polysemy as a fundamental feature of language, instead of treating it as an edge case.
Being in Tune With Your Body: The Emergence of Interoceptive Processing Through Caregiver–Infant Feeding Interactions
Authors: Filippetti Maria Laura 
Published: August 2021

AbstractInteroception—the ability to perceive and respond to internal bodily sensations—is fundamental for the continuous regulation of physiological processes. Recently, it has been suggested that because infants depend completely on their caregivers for survival, the development of interoceptive processing emerges as a result of early dyadic interactions, and relies on caregivers’ ability to respond to and meet infants’ physiological needs. In this article, I examine how both caregivers’ and infants’ own characteristics contribute to the emergence and development of infants’ interoceptive processing. In particular, by focusing on feeding interactions, I suggest that infants build expectations about the cause of their internal sensations via a dynamic process of interoceptive distinction between self and other. This developmental account provides a framework that considers the complexity of early dyadic exchanges, and offers novel hypotheses for research investigating the mechanisms involved in the ontogeny of interoceptive processing and eating behaviors.
Impact of marine protected areas on temporal stability of fish species diversity
Authors: Pettersen Amanda K. , Marzinelli Ezequiel M. , Steinberg Peter D. , Coleman Melinda A. 
Published: August 2021

AbstractPreserving biodiversity over time is a pressing challenge for conservation science. A key goal of marine protected areas (MPAs) is to maintain stability in species composition, via reduced turnover, to support ecosystem function. Yet, this stability is rarely measured directly under different levels of protection. Rather, evaluations of MPA efficacy generally consist of static measures of abundance, species richness, and biomass, and rare measures of turnover are limited to short‐term studies involving pairwise (beta diversity) comparisons. Zeta diversity is a recently developed metric of turnover that allows for measurement of compositional similarity across multiple assemblages and thus provides more comprehensive estimates of turnover. We evaluated the effectiveness of MPAs at preserving fish zeta diversity across a network of marine reserves over 10 years in Batemans Marine Park, Australia. Snorkel transect surveys were conducted across multiple replicated and spatially interspersed sites to record fish species occurrence through time. Protection provided by MPAs conferred greater stability in fish species turnover. Marine protected areas had significantly shallower decline in zeta diversity compared with partially protected and unprotected areas. The retention of harvested species was four to six times greater in MPAs compared with partially protected and unprotected areas, and the stabilizing effects of protection were observable within 4 years of park implementation. Conversely, partial protection offered little to no improvement in stability, compared with unprotected areas. These findings support the efficacy of MPAs for preserving temporal fish diversity stability. The implementation of MPAs helps stabilize fish diversity and may, therefore, support biodiversity resilience under ongoing environmental change.
Ready2Change: Preliminary effectiveness of a telephone‐delivered intervention program for alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis use problems
Authors: Grigg Jasmin , Volpe Isabelle , Tyler Jonathan , Hall Kate , McPherson Belinda , Lubman Dan I. , Manning Victoria 
Published: August 2021

AbstractIntroductionTelehealth has considerable potential to overcome many of the barriers to accessing care for substance use problems, thereby increasing the opportunity for earlier intervention. The Ready2Change program is a multiple‐session outbound telephone‐delivered cognitive and behavioural intervention for mild‐to‐moderate substance use disorders, embedded within a long‐established 24/7 alcohol and drug helpline. We sought to analyse routinely collected program data in a preliminary study to examine the effectiveness of Ready2Change in reducing substance use problem severity and psychological distress.MethodsA retrospective analysis of program data from December 2013 to June 2018 was performed. Analysed cases were 249 clients living in Victoria, Australia with alcohol (n = 191), methamphetamine (n = 40) or cannabis (n = 18) as their primary drug of concern. A within‐subjects design was used to examine pre‐ and post‐intervention substance use problem severity and psychological distress.ResultsFor alcohol cases, there was a statistically significant decrease in alcohol problem severity [AUDIT, mean difference = −12.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) −14.0, −11.5]. Statistically significant reductions in drug problem severity (DUDIT) were observed for methamphetamine (mean difference = −17.3, 95% CI −20.9, −13.7) and cannabis (mean difference = −15.9, 95% CI −22.3, −9.6) cases. All groups showed reductions in problem severity for other substances used (P < 0.05) and psychological distress (P < 0.001).Discussion and ConclusionsResults suggest Ready2Change benefits clients with alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis use problems, with the potential to improve treatment access for health inequity groups including those living in remote areas. These findings warrant further investigation into the effectiveness of this program.
Associations between absolute and relative electronic cigarette harm perceptions and information‐seeking behaviours among US adult current, former and never smokers
Authors: Iles Irina A. , Gillman Arielle S. , Klein William M. P. , Ferrer Rebecca A. , Kaufman Annette 
Published: August 2021

AbstractIntroductionElectronic cigarette (e‐cigarette) harm perceptions and information seeking behaviours are both important antecedents of e‐cigarette use, yet the relationship between them has been rarely studied. We assessed how absolute (e‐cigarettes are harmful to my health) and relative harm perceptions (e‐cigarettes are more/less harmful than cigarettes) were associated with specific e‐cigarette information seeking behaviours in a sample of current, former and never cigarette smokers.MethodsWe used data from US adults in two cycles of the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS‐FDA 2015, n = 3738; 2017, n = 1736). Analyses controlled for socio‐demographics, ever e‐cigarette use and survey cycle. Data were analysed between January and August 2020.ResultsHigher relative harm perceptions were associated with lower odds of having sought any information on e‐cigarettes [adjusted odds ratio 0.61, 95% confidence interval (0.48, 0.84)] and on how to use e‐cigarettes to quit smoking specifically [adjusted odds ratio 0.59, 95% confidence interval (0.38, 0.91)]. Smoking status did not moderate associations between absolute or relative harm perceptions and information seeking behaviours, nor was it associated with specific information seeking behaviours after adjusting for covariates.Discussion and ConclusionsThe risks of e‐cigarettes relative to combusted cigarettes (as opposed to the absolute risks of e‐cigarettes) appear to be more important in individuals' information seeking behaviours about e‐cigarettes. Public health messages could ensure that all individuals understand how one's health risk would change if they exclusively used e‐cigarettes, switched to e‐cigarettes completely or used both products.
Writing to advance knowledge: The impact of readability on knowledge diffusion in OSCM
Authors: Jeong Seongkyoon , Rogers Zachary S. , Washispack Seth 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThe sophistication of academic research often creates a cognitive barrier for readers when they understand and utilize new knowledge. Cognizant of this issue, scholars in various fields, including Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM), have called for improved communication in academic research. Readability is a key pillar of written communication and is particularly important in OSCM. This is partially because OSCM articles tend to be diverse in terms of methods, theoretical lenses used, and author origins. OSCM is also a field where knowledge is created with the purpose of interfacing with real business problems closely and engaging with diverse external stakeholders. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between readability and knowledge diffusion in academic OSCM research. Using cognitive load as the theoretical lens for readability, we analyze a full‐text dataset of 1476 articles published in leading OSCM journals between 1998 and 2018. We find that readability has a positive impact on citations garnered. This relationship holds over 3‐year short‐term spans and 6‐year long‐term spans, indicating lasting effects. In addition, the results show that the impact of readability on knowledge diffusions is nonlinear. This finding confirms the additive nature of cognitive load and suggests that there is a level authors and journal editors should achieve to make their work more understandable and more likely to be diffused. Suggestions are made to help researchers reduce cognitive loads and to increase the likelihood that knowledge generated in their research is more likely to be disseminated by future researchers.
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), diabetes and neuropsychological performance in community‐dwelling older adults
Authors: Dyer Adam H. , Briggs Robert , Laird Eamon , Hoey Leane , Hughes Catherine F. , McNulty Helene , Ward Mary , Strain JJ , Molloy Anne M , Cunningham Conal , McCarroll Kevin 
Published: August 2021

AbstractAimsGiven that diabetes is associated with cognitive impairment and dementia in later life, we aimed to investigate the relationship between glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), diabetes and domain‐specific neuropsychological performance in older adults.MethodsCross‐sectional cohort study using data from the Trinity‐Ulster‐Department of Agriculture (TUDA) study. Participants underwent detailed cognitive and neuropsychological assessment using the Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE), Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) and Repeatable Assessment for Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Linear regression was used to assess associations between HbA1c, diabetes status and neuropsychological performance, with adjustment for important clinical covariates.ResultsOf 4938 older adults (74.1 ± 8.3 years; 66.9% female), 16.3% (n = 803) had diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 6.5%; 48 mmol/mol), with prediabetes (HbA1c ≥ 5.7%–6.4%; 39–47 mmol/mol) present in 28.3% (n = 1395). Increasing HbA1c concentration was associated with poorer overall performance on the FAB [β: −0.01 (−0.02, −0.00); p = 0.04 per % increase] and RBANS [β = −0.66 (−1.19, −0.13); p = 0.02 per % increase]. Increasing HbA1c was also associated with poorer performance on immediate memory, visuo‐spatial, language and attention RBANS domains. Diabetes was associated poorer performance on neuropsychological tests of immediate memory, language, visual‐spatial and attention.ConclusionsBoth increasing HbA1c and the presence of diabetes were associated with poorer cognitive and domain‐specific performance in older adults. HbA1c, and not just diabetes status per se, may represent an important target in the promotion of optimal brain health in older adults.
In vivo brain levels of acetylcholine and 5‐hydroxytryptamine after oleoylethanolamide or palmitoylethanolamide administrations are mediated by PPARα engagement
Authors: Murillo‐Rodríguez Eric , Arankowsky‐Sandoval Gloria , Budde Henning , Imperatori Claudio , Machado Sérgio , Yamamoto Tetsuya , Yadollahpour Ali , Torterolo Pablo 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThe peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor alpha (PPARα) is a nuclear receptor that has been linked to the modulation of several physiological functions, including the sleep–wake cycle. The PPARα recognizes as endogenous ligands the lipids oleoylethanolamide (OEA) and palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), which in turn, if systemically injected, they exert wake‐promoting effects. Moreover, the activation of PPARα by the administration of OEA or PEA increases the extracellular contents of neurotransmitters linked to the control of wakefulness; however, the role of PPARα activated by OEA or PEA on additional biochemicals related to waking regulation, such as acetylcholine (ACh) and 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT), has not been fully studied. Here, we have investigated the effects of treatments of OEA or PEA on the contents of ACh and 5‐HT by using in vivo microdialysis techniques coupled to HPLC means. For this purpose, OEA or PEA were systemically injected (5, 10 or 30 mg/kg; i.p.), and the levels of ACh and 5‐HT were collected from the basal forebrain, a wake‐related brain area. These pharmacological treatments significantly increased the contents of ACh and 5‐HT as determined by HPLC procedures. Interestingly, PPARα antagonist MK‐886 (30 mg/kg; i.p.) injected before the treatments of OEA or PEA blocked these outcomes. Our data suggest that the activation of PPARα by OEA or PEA produces significant changes on ACh and 5‐HT levels measured from the basal forebrain and support the conclusion that PPARα is a suitable molecular element involved in the regulation of wake‐related neurotransmitters.