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How relative performance information affects employee behavior: a systematic review of empirical research
Authors: Schnieder Christian 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThis paper provides an overview of the empirical findings on how relative performance information (RPI) affects employee behavior. Additionally, the review identifies future research opportunities based on a systematic analysis of the literature that incorporates findings across several disciplines and provides replicable, extensive coverage.Design/methodology/approachThis paper addresses a research gap via synthesis, drawing on the empirical literature identified and analyzed systematically. A conceptual framework is developed to integrate the studies.FindingsThe effect of RPI on performance through enhanced effort is positive; moreover, publicity and performance-dependent compensation strengthen the effect. However, RPI has also been found to increase sabotage among employees, and it can lead to less honest reporting. Future research could examine critical mediators and moderators of the RPI-performance relationship and thus complement the findings. Additionally, the effects of group-based RPI remain underrepresented. Future work could help to assess in greater detail how RPI interacts with culture and norms and whether RPI is due to personal expectations. There is also room for further research regarding the effects of RPI on cooperation, its consequences for learning, how it affects budgeting decisions and its implications for risk taking.Originality/valueThis paper presents the first literature review in the field of RPI. It provides synthesized knowledge about whether RPI is beneficial or detrimental to organizational performance.
Tents: a paradigm of lightness and sustainability in vernacular architecture and in Frei Otto's work
Authors: Songel Juan María 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between vernacular architecture and Frei Otto's work, searching for shared principles and specific singularities, and testing whether lightness and sustainability can be identified as a common goal.Design/methodology/approachThe study is focused on tents and yurts, as archetypal examples of traditional architecture, and membrane structures and gridshells, as two types of light structures developed by Frei Otto. A comparative analysis of their behavior, form, elements, types, materials and strength has been carried out.FindingsThe survey carried out shows that Frei Otto's innovative tents and gridshells were not based on form imitation of vernacular architecture, but rather on a thorough understanding of physical form-generating processes, driving specific materials to optimal form, like his experiments with soap film models to generate tensioned minimal surfaces or his experiments with hanging chain net models to generate compressive antifunicular lattice shells.Originality/valueThis paper highlights how Frei Otto's endeavor to get the maximum with the minimum, to achieve a lot from a little, is also a key target of lightness and sustainability, and an essential feature of vernacular architecture.
Information Literacy Skills among Library and Information Science Professionals: a forecaster of Research Support Services
Authors: Ali Sakhawat , Ahmed Shamshad 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe present research aims to gauge the Information Literacy Skills (ILSs) of the University Library and Information Science Professionals (LISPs) of Pakistan and consider it as a forecaster of improved Research Support Services (RSSs).Design/methodology/approachThe purposive sampling method through a questionnaire was applied and administered (online and offline) to assemble data from LISPs of 219 universities of Pakistan. The questionnaire covered the eight factors of ILSs and four of RSSs.FindingsThe regression model illustrates that the predicted variation of ILSs in RSSs is statistically significant. The coefficient of determination (R2) indicates that ILSs predict 70% variance in RSSs. Furthermore, the beta coefficient demonstrates that the input value of “managing findings” toward improved RSSs is moderately high as compared to other factors of ILSs. Therefore, the study concludes that ILSs of LISPs are a prerequisite for their professional growth to improve their RSSs.Originality/valueThe research has discovered the whole levels of ILSs and RSSs of the university LISPs of Pakistan. The study recommends raising the ILSs of LISPs to provide more efficient RSSs.
Assessing the impact of market logic and long-term strategic plans of top management in share buyback decisions
Authors: Demirag Istemi , Kungwal Thanamas , Bakkar Yassine 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThis paper investigates stakeholders' perspectives of share buybacks in the context of time-horizons of investment decisions and strategy.Design/methodology/approachWe use in-depth interviews with stakeholders from eight listed UK firms as well as examine their publicly available data.FindingsFindings suggest that share buybacks involve a wide range of stakeholders' rational interests and long-term management perspectives as they enable firms to strategise operational plans towards their long-term corporate goals.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings are based on interviews with a small number of share buyback firms and the findings, therefore, may not be generalised to all firms.Practical implicationsThe results show that share buybacks may be part of the long-term interests of firms and not necessarily used as part of short-term EPS increases as suggested in the extant literature.Originality/valueThe findings contribute to the literature on corporate pay-out policies in the context of short-term financial objectives vs long-term strategic objectives of stakeholders. They show that share buybacks can be an important part of firms' long-term strategic considerations.
Social media marketing, shoppers' store love and loyalty
Authors: Ahmed Riaz Uddin 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThis study investigates the impact of social media marketing activities (SMMA) on shoppers' store love and the impact of store love on store loyalty in grocery retail. Moreover, it explores the mediating and moderating role of store love and social media usage intensity (SMUI).Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted among grocery shoppers and social media users in Norway. A total of 177 valid responses were collected and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe study discovered that SMMA impacts store love, and store love affects store loyalty. Store love serves as a mediator between SMMA and store loyalty. SMUI positively moderates the relationship between SMMA and store love; however, the relationship between store love and store loyalty is not moderated by SMUI.Research limitations/implicationsDespite having limited generalizability from a cross-sectional study, this study provides literary additions to the body of knowledge in grocery retail and enhances the cognitive appraisal theory (CAT) and the attachment theory (AT).Practical implicationsThe findings of this study will help grocery shoppers, store managers and grocery chain marketers to comprehend the role of SMMA in building emotional attachment with a grocery store and help make better decisions.Originality/valueFor the first time, this study incorporated SMUI as a moderator in the relationship between SMMA, store love and store loyalty in grocery retail. The study also proposes a new explanation for the relationship between SMMA and store loyalty by highlighting the mediating role of store love.
Skin manifestation as an explaining factor of heterogeneity in Behçet's disease: A focused analysis in full‐blown conditions
Authors: Chung Kyung Bae , Choi Sooyie , Bang Dongsik , Kim Do‐Young 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBehçet's disease (BD), a chronic multi‐systemic disorder, presents diverse clinical manifestations depending on patient ethnicity and geographic region. Use of varying diagnostic criteria augments clinical heterogeneity. We aimed to characterize heterogenous manifestations in patients with full‐blown BD fulfilling the major diagnostic criteria in use. We retrospectively analyzed 338 patients diagnosed with complete BD based on Japanese diagnostic criteria, which fulfill both International Study Group (ISG) criteria and the International Criteria for BD (ICBD). Unbiased clustering analysis was performed to elucidate the heterogeneous spectrum, followed by subgroup analysis of identified clusters. Results of unbiased clustering analysis identify dominant skin lesion type as an important factor that determines clustering among the heterogenous BD patients. Regression analysis reveals that presence of predominantly papulopustular lesions has protective effect for vascular involvement compared to other skin phenotypes. In conclusion, unbiased clustering analysis highlights that dermatologic manifestation can be a factor to understand the heterogeneity of BD and determining the dominant type of skin lesions may help clinicians predict major vascular involvement.
Risk of incident cataract in patients with psoriasis: A population‐based cohort study
Authors: Cheng Chun‐Yu 
Published: December 2021

AbstractPatients with psoriasis are predisposed to ocular complications. However, there is a paucity of data addressing the association between psoriasis and subsequent cataract development. The present study was conducted to evaluate whether there is an increased risk of cataract among patients with psoriasis. The study subjects of this cohort study were selected based on Chang Gung Research Database from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2012. Follow‐up ended 31 December 2017. Patients aged 20 years and older with psoriasis were enrolled. The participants of the control group were selected by matching with sex, age, and index date at a 4:1 ratio. Patients previously diagnosed with cataract were excluded. The hazard ratios associated with psoriasis were estimated using Cox regression analysis with competitive risk model. We also evaluated the relationship between the risk of cataract and systemic therapies as well as phototherapy and topical corticosteroid in patients with psoriasis. A total of 6823 patients with psoriasis and 27 292 matched controls were enrolled in the study. The psoriasis group had higher incidence rates than the control group for cataract (44.08 vs 19.45 per 10 000 person‐years; adjusted hazard ratio, 1.778 [95% confidence interval, 1.530–2.066; p < 0.001]). Psoriatic patients receiving phototherapy for more than 200 sessions had a higher risk of cataract (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.933; 95% confidence interval, 1.192–7.218; p = 0.019), especially those receiving narrowband ultraviolet B therapy. The present study demonstrated a positive association between psoriasis and cataract. Physicians should be alert to visual function in patients with psoriasis, especially those receiving long‐term phototherapy.
Economic and not ecological variables shape the sparing–sharing trade‐off in a mixed cropping landscape
Authors: Segre Hila , Carmel Yohay , Shwartz Assaf 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

The framework of land sparing versus land sharing provides a useful analytical tool to address the crop‐production/biodiversity trade‐off. Despite multiple case studies testing the sparing–sharing trade‐off, this framework still lacks the ability to identify the conditions in which sparing, or sharing, would be the preferred strategy for pareto‐optimizing both food production and biodiversity. Under some conditions, ecosystem services may create a positive feedback between biodiversity and crop production, affecting the optimization.

This study aims to identify the conditions and the relevant variables that determine the preferred land use strategy in terms of maximizing both biodiversity and food production, while accounting for positive feedback of ecosystem services in this analysis. We used a simulation model with data from a mixed cropping landscape (100 km2) covering seven crop types, five taxonomic groups, three biodiversity metrics and 23 bioindicators to explore the variables shaping the biodiversity–production trade‐off and ecosystem services underlying it. We explored a continuum of sparing large semi‐natural patches to sharing by maintaining uncultivated field margins of varying size.

Land sparing outperformed land sharing in 62% of the scenarios and it was economically more predictable. The optimization was shaped by costs, associated with crop type, rather than by landscape composition and configuration, biodiversity metric, taxonomic group or bioindicator.

Landscape configuration and taxonomic group results corroborate the notion that land sharing benefits mainly small organisms, and that the common width of field margins in many agri‐environmental policies (10 m) is not cost‐effective compared to land sparing.

Land sharing was the optimal strategy whenever it resulted in minimal costs, despite contributing little to biodiversity. Yet, when field margins were >20 m wide (small‐scale sparing), land sharing maintained higher biodiversity and was at least as cost‐effective as sparing.

Synthesis and applications. Our model highlights the importance of socio‐economic variables compared to ecological variables in selecting land‐management strategy to pareto‐optimize both food production and biodiversity. Considering opportunity costs alongside economic benefits from ecosystem services in various cropping systems may therefore improve the cost‐effectiveness of biodiversity conservation policies in agricultural landscapes.
Widespread contamination of SARS‐CoV‐2 on highly touched surfaces in Brazil during the second wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors: da Silva Severino Jefferson Ribeiro , do Nascimento Jessica Catarine Frutuoso , dos Santos Reis Wendell Palôma Maria , da Silva Caroline Targino Alves , da Silva Poliana Gomes , Mendes Renata Pessôa Germano , Mendonça Allyson Andrade , Santos Bárbara Nazly Rodrigues , de Magalhães Jurandy Júnior Ferraz , Kohl Alain , Pena Lindomar 
Published: December 2021

SummaryAlthough SARS‐CoV‐2 surface contamination has been investigated in health care settings, little is known about the SARS‐CoV‐2 surface contamination in public urban areas, particularly in tropical countries. Here, we investigated the presence of SARS‐CoV‐2 on high‐touch surfaces in a large city in Brazil, one of the most affected countries by the COVID‐19 pandemic in the world. A total of 400 surface samples were collected in February 2021 in the City of Recife, Northeastern Brazil. A total of 97 samples (24.2%) tested positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 by RT‐qPCR using the CDC‐USA protocol. All the collection sites, except one (18/19, 94.7%) had at least one environmental surface sample contaminated. SARS‐CoV‐2 positivity was higher in public transport terminals (47/84, 55.9%), followed by health care units (26/84, 30.9%), beach areas (4/21, 19.0%), public parks (14/105, 13.3%), supply centre (2/21, 9.5%), and public markets (4/85, 4.7%). Toilets, ATMs, handrails, playgrounds and outdoor gyms were identified as fomites with the highest rates of SARS‐CoV‐2 detection. Taken together, our data provide a real‐world picture of SARS‐CoV‐2 dispersion in highly populated tropical areas and identify critical control points that need to be targeted to break SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission chains.
Mutation of a prenyltransferase results in accumulation of subglutinols and destruxins and enhanced virulence in the insect pathogen, Metarhizium anisopliae
Authors: Li Chengzhou , Huang Wenyou , Zhou Tingting , Zhao Qian , Huang Peiquan , Qi Ping , Huang Song , Huang Shuaishuai , Keyhani Nemat O. , Huang Zhen 
Published: December 2021

SummaryThe insect pathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae is a commercialized microbial agent used in biological control efforts targeting a diverse range of agricultural and other insect pests. The second step in the synthesis of a group of M. anisopliae α‐pyrone diterpenoids (termed subglutinols) involves the activity of a prenyltransferase family geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (product of the subD/MaGGPPS5 gene). Here, we show that targeted gene disruption of MaGGPPS5 results in earlier conidial germination and faster greater vegetative growth compared to the wild type (WT) parent and complemented strains. In addition, insect bioassays revealed that the ΔMaGGPPS5 mutant strain displayed significantly increased virulence, with a ~50% decrease in the mean lethal time (LT50, from 6 to 3 days) to kill (50% of) target insects, and an ~15–40‐fold decrease in the mean lethal dose (LC50). Metabolite profiling indicated increased accumulation in the ΔMaGGPPS5 mutant of select subglutinols (A, B and C) and destruxins (A, A2, B and B2), the latter a set of fungal secondary metabolites that act as insect toxins, with a concomitant loss of production of subglutinol ‘analogue 45’. These data suggest that the increased virulence phenotype seen for the ΔMaGGPPS5 strain can, at least in part, be attributed to a combination of faster growth and increased insect toxin production, linking the production of two different secondary metabolite pathways, and represent a novel approach for the screening of isolates with enhanced virulence via modulation of terpenoid secondary metabolite biosynthesis.
Ruminant‐associated Listeria monocytogenes isolates belong preferentially to dairy‐associated hypervirulent clones: a longitudinal study in 19 farms
Authors: Palacios‐Gorba Carla , Moura Alexandra , Gomis Jesús , Leclercq Alexandre , Gómez‐Martín Ángel , Bracq‐Dieye Hélène , Mocé María L. , Tessaud‐Rita Nathalie , Jiménez‐Trigos Estrella , Vales Guillaume , García‐Muñoz Ángel , Thouvenot Pierre , García‐Roselló Empar , Lecuit Marc , Quereda Juan J. 
Published: December 2021

SummaryStudies have shown that ruminants constitute reservoirs of Listeria monocytogenes, but little is known about the epidemiology and genetic diversity of this pathogen within farms. Here we conducted a large‐scale longitudinal study to monitor Listeria spp. in 19 dairy farms during three consecutive seasons (N = 3251 samples). L. innocua was the most prevalent species, followed by L. monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes was detected in 52.6% of farms and more frequently in cattle (4.1%) and sheep (4.5%) than in goat farms (0.2%). Lineage I accounted for 69% of L. monocytogenes isolates. Among animal samples, the most prevalent sublineages (SL) and clonal complexes (CC) were SL1/CC1, SL219/CC4, SL26/CC26 and SL87/CC87, whereas SL666/CC666 was most prevalent in environmental samples. Sixty‐one different L. monocytogenes cgMLST types were found, 28% common to different animals and/or surfaces within the same farm and 21% previously reported elsewhere in the context of food and human surveillance. Listeria monocytogenes prevalence was not affected by farm hygiene but by season: higher prevalence was observed during winter in cattle, and during winter and spring in sheep farms. Cows in their second lactation had a higher probability of L. monocytogenes faecal shedding. This study highlights dairy farms as a reservoir for hypervirulent L. monocytogenes.
Turning the gaze: Digital patient feedback and the silent pathology of the NHS
Authors: Montgomery Catherine M. , Powell John , Mahtani Kamal , Boylan Anne‐Marie 
Published: December 2021

AbstractOnline review and rating sites, where patients can leave feedback on their experience of the health‐care encounter, are becoming an increasing feature of primary care in the NHS. Previous research has analysed how digital surveillance is re‐shaping the clinical gaze, as health‐care professionals are subject to increased public monitoring. Here, we draw on an empirical study of 41 GP practice staff to show how the gaze is turning, not simply from the patient to the health‐care provider, but additionally to the body politic of the NHS. Drawing on focus group and interview data conducted in five UK practices, we show how discourses of online reviews and ratings are producing new professional subjectivities among health‐care professionals and the extent to which the gaze extends not only to individual health‐care interactions but to the health‐care service writ large. We identify three counter‐discourses characterising the evolving ways in which online reviews and ratings are creating new subjects in primary care practices: victimhood, prosumption versus traditional values and taking control. We show how the ways in which staff speak about online feedback are patterned by the social environment in which they work and the constraints of the NHS they encounter on a day‐to‐day basis.
Location density, systematic risk, and cap rates: Evidence from REITs
Authors: Fisher Gregg , Steiner Eva , Titman Sheridan , Viswanathan Ashvin 
Published: December 2021

AbstractA property's location is often considered to be the ultimate determinant of its investment performance. But how exactly does a property's location influence its risk and return? We focus on the effects of location density on the risk and return of commercial real estate investments. We do this by studying the geographical characteristics of the property portfolios of U.S. equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). We show that REITs with property holdings in high‐density locations experience higher rental growth and carry higher systematic risk than their otherwise comparable peers in low‐density locations. Consistent with those higher rental growth rates, high‐density REITs also have lower implied cap rates. Our results suggest that location density is an important determinant of REIT performance outcomes, implying that geographical characteristics can drive investment risk and return across commercial real estate markets.
Labile sex chromosomes in the Australian freshwater fish family Percichthyidae
Authors: Pavlova Alexandra , Harrisson Katherine A. , Turakulov Rustam , Lee Yin Peng , Ingram Brett A. , Gilligan Dean , Sunnucks Paul , Gan Han Ming 
Published: December 2021

AbstractSex‐specific ecology has management implications, but rapid sex‐chromosome turnover in fishes hinders sex‐marker development for monomorphic species. We used annotated genomes and reduced‐representation sequencing data for two Australian percichthyids, Macquarie perch Macquaria australasica and golden perch M. ambigua, and whole genome resequencing for 50 Macquarie perch of each sex, to identify sex‐linked loci and develop an affordable sexing assay. In silico pool‐seq tests of 1,492,004 Macquarie perch SNPs revealed that a 275‐kb scaffold was enriched for gametologous loci. Within this scaffold, 22 loci were sex‐linked in a predominantly XY system, with females being homozygous for the X‐linked allele at all 22, and males having the Y‐linked allele at >7. Seven XY‐gametologous loci (all males, but no females, are heterozygous or homozygous for the male‐specific allele) were within a 146‐bp region. A PCR‐RFLP sexing assay targeting one Y‐linked SNP, tested in 66 known‐sex Macquarie perch and two of each sex of three confamilial species, plus amplicon sequencing of 400 bp encompassing the 146‐bp region, revealed that the few sex‐linked positions differ between species and between Macquarie perch populations. This indicates sex‐chromosome lability in Percichthyidae, supported by nonhomologous scaffolds containing sex‐linked loci for Macquarie‐ and golden perches. The present resources facilitate genomic research in Percichthyidae, including formulation of hypotheses about candidate genes of interest such as transcription factor SOX1b that occurs in the 275‐kb scaffold ~38 kb downstream of the 146‐bp region containing seven XY‐gametologous loci. Sex‐linked markers will be useful for determining genetic sex in some populations and studying sex chromosome turnover.