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Effects of absorptive capacity and innovation spillover on manufacturing flexibility
Authors: Pinheiro José , Lages Luis Filipe , Silva Graça Miranda , Dias Alvaro Lopes , Preto Miguel T. 
Published: February 2021

PurposeShifting demand and ever-shorter production cycles pressure manufacturing flexibility. Although the literature has established the positive effect of the firm's absorptive capacity on manufacturing flexibility, the separate role of the innovation competencies of exploitation and exploration in such a relationship is still under-investigated. In this study, the authors examine how these competencies affect manufacturing flexibility.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use survey data from 370 manufacturing firms and analyze them using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB–SEM).FindingsThe results indicate that absorptive capacity has a strong, positive and direct effect on exploitative and exploratory innovation competencies, proactive and responsive market orientations, and manufacturing flexibility. The authors’ findings also demonstrate that the exploitative innovation competencies mediate the relation between responsive market orientation and manufacturing flexibility. Essentially, these exploitative innovation competencies produce a direct positive effect on manufacturing flexibility while simultaneously being a vehicle for absorptive capacity's indirect effects on it. An exploration innovation strategy does not significantly affect manufacturing flexibility.Originality/valueThis study contributes by combining key strategic features of firms with manufacturing flexibility, while providing new empirical evidence of the mediation of the exploitative innovation competencies in the relation between responsive market orientation and manufacturing flexibility.
Will a green color and nature images make consumers pay more for a green product?
Authors: Samaraweera Manoshi , Sims Jeanetta D. , Homsey Dini M. 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
Would a green color label increase the dollar amount consumers are willing to pay for a green product? Would nature images (such as a leaf or flower) on the label have the same effect? This paper aims to examine the role of these labeling strategies in influencing consumer willing to pay.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a 2 × 3 experiment, the authors empirically test the research questions across two studies: in the controlled-lab setting with 160 students (Study 1) and in a field-setting with 268 consumers shopping at a grocery store (Study 2).

Findings
Results are consistent across both studies. Surprisingly, participants are willing to pay more for the product when it has a white-toned label rather than a green-toned one. Follow-up path analysis, with Study 2 data, reveals that a white-toned label has both an indirect (through more favorable evaluations of the product’s environmental friendliness), as well as a direct impact on willingness to pay. In providing a post hoc explanation, it is argued that a white-toned label better directs attention towards the claim signaling the product’s eco-friendliness, while providing a “clean”, “high-quality” look. In both studies however, nature images on the label did not have a significant effect.

Practical implications
Insights are particularly interesting for practitioners seeking to better label/package green products.

Originality/value
This investigation is the first to empirically examine how color and images on the label influence the dollar amount consumers are willing to pay for a green product. Findings reveal that counter to common belief, the heavy use of the color green on eco-friendly product labels might not be appropriate; a predominantly white-toned label works better.
Global shift towards stakeholder-oriented corporate governance? Evidence from the scholarly literature and future research opportunities
Authors: Yoshikawa Toru , Nippa Michael , Chua Gavin 
Published: February 2021

PurposeBy reviewing prior scholarly corporate governance (CG) literature and a review of more recent stakeholder studies, this paper aims to examine the extent to which stakeholders and their interests have gained in importance in recent years compared to the shareholder approach, which is dominant in many national economies and suggest future research opportunities.Design/methodology/approachThis study conducts a literature review to examine major findings in prior studies.FindingsThe reviews and analyses provide support for a formal and informal convergence of CG systems towards more stakeholder-oriented elements globally. In general, at the institutional and firm levels, there are remarkable shifts to adopt stakeholder-oriented rules and practices. However, there is limited evidence that all these trends will actually lead to full convergence towards a single stakeholder-oriented governance model.Originality/valueThe paper offers an extensive summary of prior studies that investigate the impact of CG on firm stakeholder-orientation and social performance. Based on the review, this study suggests promising research directions.
Reading routines: strategies of recall in graduate education
Authors: Fine Gary Alan , Wohl Hannah , Ispa-Landa Simone 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
This study aims to explore how graduate students in the social sciences develop reading and note-taking routines.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a professional socialization framework drawing on grounded theory, this study draws on a snowball sample of 36 graduate students in the social sciences at US universities. Qualitative interviews were conducted to learn about graduate students’ reading and note-taking techniques.

Findings
This study uncovered how doctoral students experienced the shift from undergraduate to graduate training. Graduate school requires students to adopt new modes of reading and note-taking. However, students lacked explicit mentorship in these skills. Once they realized that the goal was to enter an academic conversation to produce knowledge, they developed new reading and note-taking routines by soliciting and implementing suggestions from advanced doctoral students and faculty mentors.

Research limitations/implications
The specific requirements of the individual graduate program shape students’ goals for reading and note-taking. Further examination of the relationship between graduate students’ reading and note-taking and institutional requirements is warranted with a larger sample of universities, including non-American institutions.

Practical implications
Graduate students benefit from explicit mentoring in reading and note-taking skills from doctoral faculty and advanced graduate students.

Originality/value
This study uncovers the perspectives of graduate students in the social sciences as they transition from undergraduate coursework in a doctoral program of study. This empirical, interview-based research highlights the centrality of reading and note-taking in doctoral studies.
Experimental admixture among geographically disjunct populations of an invasive plant yields a global mosaic of reproductive incompatibility and heterosis
Authors: Irimia Ramona E. , Hierro José L. , Branco Soraia , Sotes Gastón , Cavieres Lohengrin A. , Eren Özkan , Lortie Christopher J. , French Kristine , Callaway Ragan M. , Montesinos Daniel 
Published: February 2021

Abstract

Invasive species have the ability to rapidly adapt in the new regions where they are introduced. Classic evolutionary theory predicts that the accumulation of genetic differences over time in allopatric isolation may lead to reproductive incompatibilities resulting in decreases in reproductive success and, eventually, to speciation. However, experimental evidence for this theoretical prediction in the context of invasive species is lacking. We aimed to test for the potential of allopatry to determine reproductive success of invasive plants, by experimentally admixing genotypes from six different native and non‐native regions of Centaurea solstitialis, an invasive forb for which preliminary studies have detected some degree of reproductive isolation between one native and non‐native region.

We grew plants under common garden conditions and outcrossed individuals originating from different source populations in the native and introduced range to evaluate reproductive success in terms of seed to ovule ratio produced. We also assessed geographical and genetic isolation among C. solstitialis regions as a potential driving factor of reproductive success.

Experimental admixture generated mixed fitness effects, including significant increases, decreases and no differences in reproductive success as compared to crosses within population (control). Centaurea solstitialis invasive populations in the Americas generated preponderantly negative fitness interactions, regardless of the pollen source, suggesting selection against immigrants and reinforcement. Other non‐native populations (Australia) as well as individuals from the native range of Spain demonstrated an increase in fitness for between‐region crosses, indicating inbreeding. These differences show an asymmetrical response to inter‐regional gene flow, but no evidence of isolation by distance.

Synthesis. The speed of adaptation and the accumulation of reproductive incompatibilities among allopatric populations of invasive species might be more rapid than previously assumed. Our data show a global mosaic of reproductive outputs, showcasing an array of evolutionary processes unfolding during colonization at large biogeographical scales.
Strengths and challenges of the COSMIN tools in outcome measures appraisal: A case example for speech–language therapy
Authors: Kwok Elaine Yuen Ling , Rosenbaum Peter , Thomas‐Stonell Nancy , Cunningham Barbara Jane 
Published: February 2021

AbstractBackgroundThe COnsensus‐based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) is an international initiative that offers standardized and validated tools to guide the appraisal of patient‐reported outcome measures in healthcare.AimsTo explore the use of a new set of tools from the COSMIN to appraise studies on one outcome measure available to speech and language therapists (SLTs).Methods & ProceduresWe used the COSMIN tools to appraise seven studies and a user manual that reported the measurement properties of the Focus on the Outcomes of Children Under Six (FOCUS), a validated measure of pre‐schoolers’ communicative participation that is used in various contexts around the world.Outcomes & ResultsUsing COSMIN guidelines, the FOCUS was categorized as a ‘category A’ tool because there was a sufficient level of evidence to support its content validity and internal consistency. According to the COSMIN guidelines, this means that the FOCUS can be recommended for use. The quality of evidence supporting measurement properties of the FOCUS received a rating of ‘moderate’, meaning users can have moderate confidence in its measurement properties. Since these ratings from the COSMIN tools may be unclear to users of the FOCUS, we have provided more specific recommendations.Conclusions & ImplicationsThe COSMIN tools offer detailed standards to support the appraisal of outcome measures available to SLTs. However, several limitations were observed, and recommendations to support the application of the COSMIN tools are provided.
What this paper addsWhat is already known on the subject

Collecting outcome data is essential to ensure speech and language therapy is effective. Until the development of COSMIN there was a lack of standards in the way the measurement properties of outcome measure instruments were appraised.

What this paper adds to existing knowledge

This paper used the FOCUS, a measure of pre‐schoolers’ communicative participation outcomes in speech and language therapy, as a case example to illustrate the applications of the COSMIN tools. In doing so, the strengths and limitations of the current COSMIN tools in appraising the quality of outcome measure instruments are emphasized.

What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?

The COSMIN tools offer a step‐by‐step, standardized approach to appraise various measurement properties in outcome instruments. Due to existing limitations of the COSMIN tools, appraisal should provide clear and specific recommendations so users of outcome measures (e.g., SLTs, researchers) can identify the appropriate uses of each instrument.
The Feasibility of Systemic Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Difficulties in Latin American Countries: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review
Authors: González Moller Josefa , Heaphy Grace , Urrutia Ortiz Jorge 
Published: February 2021

This systematic review aims to assess the feasibility of systemic interventions for the prevention and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems in Latin American countries. A mixed studies systematic review was conducted, and 18 studies were included. Data was synthesized using the framework of Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group to build a Best Fit Framework. Stakeholders presented high levels of satisfaction and reported that systemic interventions met the young people’s mental health needs. Barriers to feasibility included lack of collaboration and delays in resource allocation. This review is a valuable resource to systemic intervention developers looking to expand the application of systemic interventions for the prevention and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems in different cultural settings. Future research is needed to assess the applicability of the study’s innovative methodology to synthesize feasibility outcomes of systemic interventions.Practitioner PointsClinicians and families of young people with mental health problems from Latin American countries felt satisfied with systemic interventions which have a focus on relationships.More support in strengthening community networks was deemed necessary by families in order to consolidate interventions at a family level.Systemic interventions developed in Western countries require considered adaptations when delivered in Latin American Countries.
“I don’t think anybody really knows”: Constructing reflexive ignorance in climate change adaptation
Authors: Bowden Vanessa , Nyberg Daniel , Wright Christopher 
Published: February 2021

AbstractResponding to the existential threat of climate change is often seen as requiring greater reflexivity. Imbued with notions of resilience and reflection, reflexivity is assumed to contribute to pro‐environmental change. However, as the need to manage climate impacts becomes more immediate, political struggles over climate adaptation have become increasingly apparent. These impacts occur most often within local communities, in the context of competing economic interests and differing interpretations of climate science. Thus while it is increasingly difficult to deny climate change, conflicting priorities can lead to ignorance. In these circumstances, how communities build and share knowledge, and negotiate responses is central. Based on a study of a vulnerable region in Australia, we identify three processes through which the local community mobilized to disrupt local climate change adaptation. These included emphasizing uncertainty about the science of climate change, encouraging fear about property prices, and repositioning property owners as victims of climate adaptation policy. We argue that this response to climate adaptation constitutes the production of reflexive ignorance, which reinforces skepticism around scientific authority and defends particular economic interests.
Differences in patient perceptions of integrated care among black, hispanic, and white Medicare beneficiaries
Authors: Ling Emilia J. , Frean Molly , So Jody , Tietschert Maike , Song Nancy , Covington Christian , Bahadurazada Hassina , Khurana Sonia , Garcia Luis , Singer Sara J. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractObjectiveThis study sought to identify potential disparities among racial/ethnic groups in patient perceptions of integrated care (PPIC) and to explore how methodological differences may influence measured disparities.Data SourceData from Medicare beneficiaries who completed the 2015 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and were enrolled in Part A benefits for an entire year.Study DesignWe used 4‐point measures of eight dimensions of PPIC and assessed differences in dimensions among racial/ethnic groups. To estimate differences, we applied a “rank and replace” method using multiple regression models in three steps, balancing differences in health status among racial groups and adjusting for differences in socioeconomic status. We reran all analyses with additional SES controls and using standard multiple variable regression.Data Collection/Extraction MethodsNot applicable.Principal FindingsWe found several significant differences in perceived integrated care between Black versus White (three of eight measures) and Hispanic versus White (one of eight) Medicare beneficiaries. On average, Black beneficiaries perceived more integrated support for self‐care than did White beneficiaries (mean difference = 0.14, SE = 0.06, P =.02). Black beneficiaries perceived more integrated specialists’ knowledge of past medical history than did White beneficiaries (mean difference = 0.12, SE = 0.06, P =.01). Black and Hispanic beneficiaries also each reported, on average, 0.18 more integrated medication and home health management than did White beneficiaries (P <.01 and P <.01). These findings were robust to sensitivity analyses and model specifications.ConclusionsThere exist some aspects of care for which Black and Hispanic beneficiaries may perceive greater integrated care than non‐Hispanic White beneficiaries. Further studies should test theories explaining why racial/ethnic groups perceive differences in integrated care.
Drone aerial imagery for the simulation of a neonate burial based on the geoforensic search strategy (GSS)
Authors: Rocke Benjamin , Ruffell Alastair , Donnelly Laurance 
Published: February 2021

AbstractA woman reporting the homicide and burial of an infant in 2004 prompted the creation of an experimental simulated neonate grave shortly before the real search commenced. The real case, documented here, did not use aerial imagery, but used ground‐penetrating radar (calibrated to the test site described here) to identify two locations that were probed for gas release and the deployment of victim recovery dogs. We suggest technological advances in remotely sensed aerial imagery that have developed since 2004 will demonstrate their use in focusing such searches by informing a Geoforensic Search Strategy (GSS) and suggesting locations accessible by a perpetrator to identify a burial location using the still‐existent analogue site. To test this, in the spring of 2020 a DJI Mavic Pro drone was flown over the control site containing the simulated 2004 burial. Aerial image processing included the creation of orthomosaics, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Visual Atmospheric Resistance Index (VARI), and photogrammetry. Conventional ground‐based geophysical surveys using ground‐penetrating radar, guided by this new type of information integrated into the GSS, confirmed that anomalies seen in drone data were the 16‐year‐old burial. We test this strategy using both the original simulated burial in Northern Ireland and further evaluate it in two recent simulated graves in the United States in more complex scenarios, but with successful results.
Deodorization films based on polyphenol compound‐rich natural deodorants and polycaprolactone for removing volatile sulfur compounds from kimchi
Authors: Jeong Suyeon , Lee Hyun‐Gyu , Cho Chi Heung , Yoo SeungRan 
Published: February 2021

AbstractAs natural polyphenols have been known to have the deodorizing activity, the deodorizing properties and mechanisms of action of polyphenols, the main constituents of green tea extract (GTE), black tea extract (BTE), and grape seed extract (GSE), against volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) in kimchi were investigated. Six VSCs were targeted and detected to be in high abundance in kimchi. The deodorizing activity (%) toward VSCs was found to be in the following order: GSE (58.4 to 91.8) >GTE (37.6 to 73.8) >BTE (28.4 to 60.3). This was attributed to the high phenolic (892.6 ± 10.5 mg GAE/g) and flavonoid (666.5 ± 23.9 mg CE/g) contents in GSE, that is, polymeric proanthocyanidins (85.97%). Particularly, the hydroxyl groups in the polyphenols showed deodorizing activity against VSCs via a sulfur‐capture reaction. For packaging applications, deodorization films based on GSE and polycaprolactone were developed, and the GSE/polycaprolactone 20% films exhibited strong deodorizing effects (54.9 to 99.8%) against kimchi VSCs.
A survey of arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead residues in seafood (fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods) from the south‐eastern Mediterranean Sea
Authors: Ramon Debra , Morick Danny , Croot Peter , Berzak Ran , Scheinin Aviad , Tchernov Dan , Davidovich Nadav , Britzi Malka 
Published: February 2021

AbstractSeafood is capable of bioaccumulating heavy metals (HM), making it a potentially major dietary source of HM for humans. Presently, little data exists on seafood from the eastern‐most boundary of the Mediterranean Sea. This study aims to provide exposure insight of the Israeli population to HM through the consumption of locally caught seafood by assessing the levels of arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead in raw tissues of seafood. A wide survey of local fisheries was conducted providing 296 samples from 11 different species, including seven fish, two crustacean, and two cephalopod species. Total arsenic, cadmium, and lead were analyzed by graphite‐furnace atomic absorption. Total mercury was measured by cold‐vapor mercury analyzer. Arsenic speciation was performed by anion chromatography‐inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry. Results suggested that the total arsenic concentrations were significantly higher in crustaceans and cephalopods than fish. Arsenic speciation revealed two samples that exceed 1 mg/kg of inorganic arsenic, whereas methylated arsenic was below the detection limit. Elevated mercury levels were detected in the commercial benthic speciesMullus barbatus(red mullet), cadmium was detected in one‐third of the samples, and lead detected in eight samples. Comparing the results to health guidelines, 99.4% of seafood tested in this study abide with acceptable levels of heavy metals in seafood, as defined by both Israeli and European Union guidelines.
Dielectric properties of fresh rabbit meat in the microwave range
Authors: Gómez‐Salazar Julián Andrés , Alvarado‐Iglesias Rosalía , Kaur Tejinder , Corona‐Chávez Alonso , Olvera‐Cervantes José Luis , Rojas‐Laguna Roberto , Sosa‐Morales María Elena 
Published: February 2021

AbstractDielectric properties (DPs) of fresh rabbit meat in the microwave range (0.5 to 20 GHz) were determined. Three different muscles (Biceps femoris, Tensor fasciae latae, and Longissimus thoracis) from California rabbits (male and female) were measured with the open‐ended coaxial probe method at temperatures of 20, 40, and 60 °C. To assess the possible effect of age, females of 100 and 180 days old were analyzed. DPs were affected by frequency, muscle type, age, gender, and temperature (p < 0.05). Dielectric constant decreased with increasing frequency. Loss factor decreased from 0.5 to 2.5 GHz due to ionic conduction, followed by an increase up to 20 GHz, dominated by dipolar relaxation.Practical ApplicationThese results are key parameters for further quality sensing applications and for heating processes of meat rabbit using microwaves. Longer penetration depths were achieved at 915 MHz; this frequency is recommended for further applications. Besides, dielectric properties have potential to be a tool for identification of gender and age for slaughtered rabbits.