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Branding Nordic indigeneities
Authors: Ren Carina , Thisted Kirsten 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
The study aims to explore the concept of the indigenous and how Greenlandic and Sámi indigeneities is expressed, made sense of and contested within a Nordic context by using the Eurovision Song Contest as a branding platform.

Design/methodology/approach
Initiating with an introduction of the historical and political contexts of Sámi and Greenlandic Inuit indigeneity, the study compares lyrics, stage performances and artefacts of two Sámi and Greenlandic contributions into the European Song Contest. This is used to discuss the situated ways in which indigenous identity and culture are branded.

Findings
The study shows how seemingly “similar” indigenous identity positions take on very different expressions and meanings as Arctic, indigenous and global identity discourses manifest themselves and intertwine in a Greenlandic and Sámi context. This indicates, as we discuss, that indigeneity in a Nordic context is tightly connected to historical and political specificities.

Research limitations/implications
The study argues against a “one size fits all” approach to defining the indigenous and even more so attempts to “pinning down” universal indigenous issues or challenges.

Practical implications
The study highlights how decisions on whether or how to use the indigenous in place or destination branding processes should always be sensitive to its historical and political contexts.

Originality/value
By focusing on the most prevalent European indigenous groups, the Sámi from the Northern parts of Norway and Greenlandic Inuit, rather than existing nation states, this study expands on current research on Eurovision and nation branding. By exploring the role of the indigenous in place branding, this study also contributes to the existing place branding literature, which overwhelmingly relates to the branding of whole nations or to specific places within nations, such as capital cities.
Female representation on the board of directors and accrual quality within the context of cultural dimensions and accounting values
Authors: Yousuf Asma , Aldamen Husam 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
This study aims to bridge the gap in the scarce and inconclusive literature concerning the impact of gender diversity on earnings quality by positioning this relationship within an institutional context. It aims to investigate the moderating effect of different cultural dimensions and accounting values on the relationship between board gender diversity and earnings quality.

Design/methodology/approach
The study uses an international sample from 46 countries (3,092 public firms) for the year 2017. A two-level hierarchical linear regression model is used to test the moderating effect of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and Gray’s accounting values on diversity and accruals quality relationship.

Findings
The findings suggest a positive relationship between board gender diversity and earnings quality. Results hold valid after controlling for endogeneity effect. More importantly, regarding national culture, results indicate that power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, professionalism, uniformity, secrecy and conservatism moderate the relationship between female directors and accruals quality. Furthermore, different levels of female representation are essential on boards of different societies to use the benefits of gender-diversified boards in enhancing earnings quality.

Research limitations/implications
The study provides empirical evidence on the effectiveness of various worldwide movements toward increasing board gender diversity. Additionally, the results speak directly to gender quota regulatory bodies suggesting that “no size fits all” for gender quota requirement.

Originality/value
The study contributes to the stream of literature concerning gender diversity and earnings quality by investigating this relationship through the lens of national culture and emphasizing the importance of considering institutional factors in examining social interactions.
Urban housing: a study on housing environment, residents’ satisfaction and happiness
Authors: Kumar Pankaj , Kumar Parveen , Garg Ramesh Kumar , Garg Rakesh 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
This study examines the effect of housing environment on residents’ satisfaction and happiness using the data collected from selected residents of Gurugram, an urban locality in India.

Design/methodology/approach
Using the convenience-cum-judgmental sampling technique, data was collected from 321 residents of 17 gated private housing estates and tested by performing factor analysis and partial least squares – structural equation modeling.

Findings
The results revealed that maintenance service at housing estates significantly influences residents’ satisfaction followed by social infrastructure, dwelling attributes and residential amenities, whereas the accessibility aspect has no significant impact on residents’ satisfaction and happiness. Results also show a significant impact of social infrastructure on residents’ happiness, and most notably, residents’ satisfaction has a significant influence on their happiness.

Research limitations/implications
The findings of this study are likely to provide valuable insight into housing stakeholders (government officials; real estate developers; property and construction professionals, i.e. planners, architects and maintenance managers) to improve the attributes in urban housing setting and neighborhood facilities to upsurge the residents’ satisfaction and happiness level toward the housing estates and townships, which leads to quality and happiness in residents’ life.

Originality/value
According to the authors’ knowledge, the present study is the first to provide an inclusive way toward showcasing the key antecedents of residents’ satisfaction and happiness in the Indian urban housing context. Authors anticipate that future researchers will find present research as a valuable contribution to the residents’ satisfaction and happiness in urban housing planning and revitalization of urban locations.
Crisis information, communication strategies and customer complaint behaviours: the case of COVID-19
Authors: Liu Xinyi , Fu Xiao , Hua Chang , Li Zhiyong 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic plunged global tourism into a huge crisis in 2020. China was confronted with a wave of cancellations by tourism consumers due to COVID-19 and tourist complaints rose dramatically during this period. Although tourism enterprises have quickly introduced measures in response, the effectiveness of targeted policies is expected to be evaluated. Concerned about this phenomenon, this study aims to provide insights into the dim prospects of the tourism industry and to bridge the gap between tourists and enterprises.

Design/methodology/approach
The current study adopts a two-step method that combines automatic and manual content analysis to contrastively analyse 647 complaints from the Sina platform and the measures of five online travel agencies (OTAs) taken to deal with COVID-19.

Findings
The results reveal that the COVID-19-related information and policies issued by official departments had a promoting effect on tourist complaints. OTAs were the main target of complainers, and three themes of complaints were identified, namely, cancellation barriers, refund barriers and customer relationship management. Although tourism enterprises’ policies covered most dimensions of the three themes, more detailed and mutually beneficial policies need to be formulated in the face of a new round of cancellations.

Originality/value
This research attempts to investigate tourism customer complaint behaviours in the case of COVID-19 and to provide tourism enterprises receiving different complaints with practical insights into crisis management. It contributes to simultaneously minimizing business losses and maintaining customer relationships in the service industry, improving the industry’s performance under potential crises in the future.
BP230 IgE autoantibodies in topical‐steroid‐resistant bullous pemphigoid
Authors: Shih Yen‐chi , Yuan Huijie , Shen Jia , Zheng Jie , Pan Meng 
Published: June 2021

AbstractBackgroundIgE autoantibodies targeting BP230 can be identified in 38%–68% of bullous pemphigoid (BP) patients, yet the diagnostic and pathogenic value of anti‐BP230 IgE still remains inconclusive.ObjectiveWe intend to investigate the clinical and immunological characteristics of anti‐BP230 IgE in BP patients.Methods and ResultsFifty‐four BP patients were divided into two groups based on the responsiveness of a topical steroid. We investigated clinical features and IgE autoantibodies profiles by indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA and western blot between the two groups. BP disease area index (BPDAI) scores, total IgE, peripheral eosinophil counts, and anti‐BP230 IgE level were significantly higher in the topical‐steroid‐resistant group. The majority of topical‐steroid‐resistant patients present with blister/erythematous phenotype (64.3%) and anti‐BP230 IgE (59.5%), which correlates with total IgE levels. ELISAs of domain‐specific BP230 recombinant proteins indicated that IgE in the topical‐steroid‐resistant group can react with all seven domains of BP230 and more frequently with the BP230‐R1 epitope.ConclusionAnti‐BP230 IgE is more frequently observed in topical‐steroid‐therapy‐resistant patients and the prefers R1 domain of BP230, which is not included in commercially available testing kits. Our study further suggests the pathogenic role of anti‐BP230 IgE in BP. Performing anti‐BP230 IgE detection can serve as an indicator for initiating systemic steroid therapy.
Citizen Led Policing in the Digital Realm: Paedophile Hunters and Article 8 in the case of Sutherland v Her Majesty's Advocate
Authors: Holmes Allison M. 
Published: June 2021

AbstractIn Sutherland v Her Majesty's Advocate, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an appeal which argued that the use of communications obtained by a paedophile hunter group as evidence in criminal prosecution was a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case raises fundamental questions of the scope of the right to private life as regards to the content of communications and the role played by private actors in the criminal justice process. This note argues that by limiting the protection of Article 8 to private communications which satisfy a contents‐based test, the Court has bypassed the Article 8(2) balancing test to the detriment of the due process rights of the accused. The note concludes that the decision opens up the prospect of the state circumventing the accused's Article 8 privacy rights by lending tacit approval to the proactive investigations of these private ‘paedophile hunter’ groups.
Effect of concentration and hydraulic reaction time on the removal of pharmaceutical compounds in a membrane bioreactor inoculated with activated sludge
Authors: Rios‐Miguel Ana B. , Jetten Mike S. M. , Welte Cornelia U. 
Published: June 2021

SummaryPharmaceuticals are often not fully removed in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and are thus being detected at trace levels in water bodies all over the world posing a risk to numerous organisms. These organic micropollutants (OMPs) reach WWTPs at concentrations sometimes too low to serve as growth substrate for microorganisms; thus, co‐metabolism is thought to be the main conversion mechanism. In this study, the microbial removal of six pharmaceuticals was investigated in a membrane bioreactor at increasing concentrations (4–800 nM) of the compounds and using three different hydraulic retention times (HRT; 1, 3.5 and 5 days). The bioreactor was inoculated with activated sludge from a municipal WWTP and fed with ammonium, acetate and methanol as main growth substrates to mimic co‐metabolism. Each pharmaceutical had a different average removal efficiency: acetaminophen (100%) > fluoxetine (50%) > metoprolol (25%) > diclofenac (20%) > metformin (15%) > carbamazepine (10%). Higher pharmaceutical influent concentrations proportionally increased the removal rate of each compound, but surprisingly not the removal percentage. Furthermore, only metformin removal improved to 80–100% when HRT or biomass concentration was increased. Microbial community changes were followed with 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing in response to the increment of pharmaceutical concentration: Nitrospirae and Planctomycetes 16S rRNA relative gene abundance decreased, whereas Acidobacteria and Bacteroidetes increased. Remarkably, the Dokdonella genus, previously implicated in acetaminophen metabolism, showed a 30‐fold increase in abundance at the highest concentration of pharmaceuticals applied. Taken together, these results suggest that the incomplete removal of most pharmaceutical compounds in WWTPs is dependent on neither concentration nor reaction time. Accordingly, we propose a chemical equilibrium or a growth substrate limitation as the responsible mechanisms of the incomplete removal. Finally, Dokdonella could be the main acetaminophen degrader under activated sludge conditions, and non‐antibiotic pharmaceuticals might still be toxic to relevant WWTP bacteria.
EasyDCP: An affordable, high‐throughput tool to measure plant phenotypic traits in 3D
Authors: Feldman Alexander , Wang Haozhou , Fukano Yuya , Kato Yoichiro , Ninomiya Seishi , Guo Wei 
Published: June 2021

Abstract

High‐throughput 3D phenotyping is a rapidly emerging field that has widespread application for measurement of individual plants. Despite this, high‐throughput plant phenotyping is rarely used in ecological studies due to financial and logistical limitations.

We introduce EasyDCP, a Python package for 3D phenotyping, which uses photogrammetry to automatically reconstruct 3D point clouds of individuals within populations of container plants and output phenotypic trait data. Here we give instructions for the imaging setup and the required hardware, which is minimal and do‐it‐yourself, and introduce the functionality and workflow of EasyDCP.

We compared the performance of EasyDCP against a high‐end commercial laser scanner for the acquisition of plant height and projected leaf area. Both tools had strong correlations with ground truth measurement, and plant height measurements were more accurate using EasyDCP (plant height: EasyDCP r2 = 0.96, Laser r2 = 0.86; projected leaf area: EasyDCP r2 = 0.96, Laser r2 = 0.96).

EasyDCP is an open‐source software tool to measure phenotypic traits of container plants with high‐throughput and low labour and financial costs.
Immunophenotypic analysis of the distribution of hepatic macrophages, lymphocytes and hepatic stellate cells in the adult rat liver
Authors: Pervin Munmun , Hasan Imam , Kobir Md. Alamgir , Akter Latifa , Karim Mohammad Rabiul 
Published: June 2021

AbstractThe liver consists of parenchymal hepatocytes and non‐parenchymal cells. Non‐parenchymal cells, Kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells and cholangiocytes have crucial roles in liver homeostasis and liver pathology. To establish baseline data, this study investigated immunohistochemically the distribution of non‐parenchymal cells in perivenular areas (PV), periportal areas (PP) and Glisson's sheath (GS) of adult rat liver. Liver tissues were collected from the left lateral lobe of rats. CD163‐positive macrophages were seen along the sinusoid of PV and PP areas, indicating Kupffer cells. Double immunofluorescence showed, Kupffer cells partly co‐expressed CD68 and MHC class II antigens in the liver. The numbers of Kupffer cells were significantly high in PP areas as compared with PV or GS areas. CD68‐positive exudative macrophages were highly localized in PP and GS areas and a comparatively low PV area. MHC class II‐positive dendritic cells (activated macrophages) were localized mainly in GS. Granzyme B‐positive NK cells were mainly localized in the Glisson's sheath. CD3‐positive T cells and CD20‐positive B cells were distributed along the sinusoids of the PP and PV areas of hepatic lobules. Vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)‐positive hepatic stellate cells were localized along sinusoids in the hepatic lobules of the liver. Cholangiocytes reacting to cytokeratin 19 were seen on interlobular bile ducts in Glisson's sheath of the liver. This study shows that heterogeneous macrophage populations, liver‐resident lymphocytes and hepatic stellate cells localized in PP and PV areas or GS areas of the liver with cells specific patterns.
Effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulation treatment beyond 1 year after venous thromboembolism in patients at intermediate recurrence risk
Authors: Johnsen Søren P. , Rasmussen Thomas B. , Falstie‐Jensen Anne Mette , Harboe Louise , Stynes Gillian , Dybro Lars , Hansen Morten L. , Brandes Axel , Grove Erik L. , Münster Anna‐Marie 
Published: June 2021

AbstractEffectiveness and safety of long‐term anticoagulation treatment are uncertain in venous thromboembolism (VTE) patients at intermediate risk of recurrence. We examined the association between treatment beyond 1 year and outcomes in a Danish nationwide register‐based study. VTE patients at intermediate risk of recurrence, that is, non‐cancer patients with a first‐time unprovoked VTE, who started oral anticoagulation treatment within 30 days and were alive 365 days after the index VTE were included and followed between 2007 and 2015. Exposure was extended (>365 days) or intermediate (91–365 days) treatment. Analyses were done using Cox regression on a propensity score weighted population. We included 18 609 patients with 7232 (38.9%) receiving extended treatment. Mean duration of follow‐up was 2.6 years. Compared with intermediate treatment, treatment beyond 365 days was associated with a lower weighted risk of recurrent VTE (hazard ratio [HR] 0.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.49–0.65) and all‐cause mortality (HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.72–0.90) and an increased risk of major bleeding (HR 1.87, 95% CI 1.58–2.22). In conclusion, extended anticoagulation treatment (predominantly warfarin) beyond 1 year was in real‐life settings associated with a lower risk of recurrent VTE and all‐cause mortality among VTE patients with an intermediate risk of recurrence. However, an increased bleeding risk should be considered.
Doping, fairness, and unequal responsiveness: A response to Lavazza
Authors: Petersen Thomas Søbirk , Lippert‐Rasmussen Kasper 
Published: June 2021

AbstractIn a thought‐provoking article in Bioethics, Andrea Lavazza defends the view that for reasons of fairness, those who cannot benefit from the use of performance‐enhancing methods such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) should receive compensation for their inability. First, we argue that Lavazza’s proposal to compensate athletes who are non‐responsive to tDCS is practically unfeasible. Second, the compensation principle—which he appeals to in his defense of his compensation scheme—is false, as it is incoherent to focus only on the compensation of athletes who respond less well to tDCS, and not to compensate athletes who respond less well to all other types of enhancers such as mental training and food supplements.
Neutrophil degranulation biomarkers characterize restrictive echocardiographic pattern with diastolic dysfunction in patients with diabetes
Authors: Ministrini Stefano , Andreozzi Francesco , Montecucco Fabrizio , Minetti Silvia , Bertolotto Maria , Liberale Luca , Mannino Gaia Chiara , Succurro Elena , Cassano Velia , Miceli Sofia , Perticone Maria , Sesti Giorgio , Sciacqua Angela , Carbone Federico 
Published: June 2021

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the potential association between neutrophil degranulation and patterns of myocardial dysfunction in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).BackgroundTwo distinct phenotypes of diabetic cardiomyopathy have been described: a restrictive phenotype with diastolic dysfunction (restrictive/DD) and a dilative phenotype with systolic dysfunction (dilative/SD). However, the underlying determinants of these two patterns are not yet recognized.MethodsIn this single‐centre, observational, cross‐sectional study, 492 patients were recruited. Ultrasonographic measurements were performed by two experienced sonographers, blinded to the clinical data of the participants. Serum biomarkers of neutrophil degranulation were measured by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent sandwich assay (ELISA).ResultsAfter adjustment for confounders, resistin, myeloperoxidase, matrix metalloproteinase 8 and matrix metalloproteinase 9/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 complex were positively associated with the restrictive/DD pattern compared with the normal pattern. Similarly, MPO was positively associated with the dilative/SD pattern compared with the normal pattern, and resistin was negatively associated with the dilative/SD pattern compared with the restrictive/DD pattern.ConclusionsNeutrophil degranulation is associated with the restrictive/DD echocardiographic pattern in patients with T2DM, but not with the normal pattern and dilative/SD patterns. Neutrophils could have a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of myocardial dysfunction, and particularly diastolic dysfunction, in patients with T2DM.
Propagule pressure rather than population growth determines colonisation ability: a case study using two phytophagous mite species differing in their invasive potential
Authors: Majer Agnieszka , Laska Alicja , Hein Gary , Kuczyński Lechosław , Skoracka Anna 
Published: June 2021

1. Colonisation, i.e. the establishment of dispersed individuals in an unoccupied area, is a fundamental biological process that drives the distribution and range dynamics of organisms. It is crucial to understand the basic mechanisms of colonisation, especially in invasive species.2. In this study, we investigated the importance of dispersal success (the proportion of settlers and founders) and intrinsic population growth rate for colonisation ability in phytophagous mites that spread both passively and actively. We performed laboratory experiments using two eriophyid mite species:Aceria tosichella[wheat curl mite (WCM)] andAbacarus hystrix[cereal rust mite (CRM)]. These are obligate herbivores of economic importance because they feed on cereal plants, including wheat.3. To test the colonisation ability of WCM and CRM on wheat when dispersed actively by walking and passively when blown by air currents, we estimated the number of individuals that established new populations after dispersal and calculated the intrinsic population growth rate (r) for both species.4. WCM had a higher colonisation ability on wheat than CRM. This resulted from the higher dispersal success of WCM; however, the two species did not differ inr. This pattern was consistent for both dispersal modes. Moreover, both species had higher colonisation success when dispersing actively, albeit with a very limited spatial range.5. These results underline the role of successful dispersal in the colonisation ability of species. The knowledge of the colonisation process of WCM and CRM is important for understanding their invasiveness and for predicting their potential geographical distributions.