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Four research pathways for understanding the role of smart technologies in accounting
Authors: Mancini Daniela , Lombardi Rosa , Tavana Madjid 
Published: August 2021

PurposeThis paper aims to study the role of smart technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, blockchain and analytics, among others) in the accounting environment (AE). In this context, the nuances of innovation generated by such technologies allow for tracing the merging trends in accounting research.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses an integrated qualitative methodology composed of structured literature analysis and systematic literature analysis to study scientific papers published and stored in prominent databases from 2000 to 2020. This paper collected a data set sharing topics related to smart technologies and innovation in the AE.FindingsThe primary findings reveal four research paths of innovation, impact, implication and intelligence in accounting research as follows: smart technologies as innovations to be managed; smart technologies as impacting tools affecting the AE in certain circumstances; smart technologies as a source generating relevant implications; and smart technologies as factors requiring new and updated knowledge, skills and abilities of actors.Originality/valueThe joint investigation of the AE and smart technologies poses a milestone for future academic and professional accounting research. This paper proposes a new framework (SMATECHacc Framework) consisting of four pathways research that can be used by future researchers to consider and construct their own research designs.
Brand personality of fabric content: an application of the multidimensional implicit association test (md-IAT)
Authors: Lee Seung-Eun 
Published: August 2021

Purpose
This study aims to explore whether fabric contents, specifically cotton and polyester, possess particular personality dimensions, as posited by Aaker (1997). The author examined both explicit (conscious, deliberate) and implicit (unconscious, automatic) perceptions of brand personality traits of cotton and polyester.

Design/methodology/approach
The convenience sample of this study included 51 students from different merchandising classes in a Midwestern university. Participants were first directed to the multidimensional implicit association test (md-IAT) and their implicit perceptions were measured for the content of the two fabrics (cotton and polyester) on five different personality attribute dimensions (sincerity, excitement, competence, sophistication and ruggedness). After the IAT, participants completed the post-IAT survey, including explicit measures of brand personality attributes of cotton and polyester.

Findings
The findings of this study show that fabric contents can be successfully described and differentiated by Aaker’s brand personality dimensions. Compared with polyester, the distinctive brand personality of cotton was the favorable association between cotton and sincerity. This association was significantly higher than all other personality dimensions in both consumers’ implicit and explicit perceptions. Neither cotton nor polyester was significantly associated with the exciting, competent and sophisticated personality dimensions.

Originality/value
A unique contribution of this study is that it examines implicit perceptions of the brand personality traits of cotton and polyester. The use of the md-IAT in this study allowed the assessment of consumers’ automatic associations with cotton and polyester of which they may not be aware.
From reminiscence to robustness: an interview with professor Deborah Blackman on the ways organizations “learn”
Authors: Acharya Abhilash , Mishra Bijaya 
Published: August 2021

Purpose
This paper aims to understand in-depth the concepts applied to the domains of organizational learning (OL) and learning organization, based on the notional perspectives of Professor Deborah Blackman and traces the evolutionary path of her academic journey and contributions in this regard.

Design/methodology/approach
A conversation with the distinguished academician, Professor Deborah Blackman.

Findings
How OL has pivoted around “shared mental models” that will enable in collective evidence-based decision-making across the organizational hierarchy.

Originality/value
The interactive session with Professor Deborah Blackman captured her ideas and critique pertaining to the theme of OL and the crucial aspect of “shared mental models” which promote “learning” in an organization. Delving deeper, it is seen that this trajectory offers the space and orientation to researchers and professionals to verify.
Quality 4.0 conceptualisation and theoretical understanding: a global exploratory qualitative study
Authors: Antony Jiju , McDermott Olivia , Sony Michael 
Published: August 2021

PurposeQuality 4.0 has a unique potential to create a competitive advantage for organisations by improving customer experience and enhancing profitability. The purpose of this study is to examine Quality 4.0, the9; benefits, motivating factors, critical success factors and the skills required by quality professionals in the successful implementation of Quality 4.0. The study also investigates the organisational readiness factors9 and challenges that need to be addressed before Quality 4.0 adoption and assess their importance.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative interview approach was utilised by interviewing a panel of senior management, engineering and continuous improvement (CI); professionals working in leading companies in Asia, Europe and America who are currently deploying Quality 4.0.FindingsThis study provides a theoretical base for the Quality 4.0 body of knowledge in terms of an organisation’s adoption and overcoming implementation challenges and providing examples of Quality 4.0 application. Organisations can use this study to understand what Quality 4.0 means to industry, the benefits and motivating factors for implementing, the Critical Success Factors, challenges, the organisational readiness factors and the role of leadership in a Quality 4.0 deployment. In addition, the study looks at the skills required by future Quality 4.0 professionals in terms of hard skills, soft skills and a curriculum for educating future quality management professionals. The respondents cited that predictive analytics, sensors and tracking, and electronic feedback loops are the most critical technologies for driving Quality 4.0.Research limitations/implicationsOne of the limitations of this research was that as this area is a nascent area the researchers were limited in their literature review. The second limitation was that the study was based on 12 interviews. A more comprehensive longitudinal study would yield more data so that better and robust conclusions can be derived from the study.Originality/valueThis is the first empirical study on Quality 4.0, which captures the viewpoints of senior management professionals on a full range of topics related to Quality 4.0 motivation for deployment, implementation and readiness for its adoption.
The mediating roles of knowledge transfer and supply chain quality management capabilities on organisational performance
Authors: Zaid Ahmed , Sleimi Mohammad , Saleh Mohammed W.A. , Othman Mohammed 
Published: August 2021

Purpose
The paper aims to investigate the relationship between supply chain quality management (SCQM) practices and organisational performance as well as the role of knowledge transfer (KT) and SCQM capabilities in mediating the SCQM practices–organisational performance relationship. Precisely, this study tried to examine how effective are SCQM practices in enhancing SCQM capabilities, KT processes and to illuminate the role both of SCQM capabilities and KT processes in improving a firm’s innovation and operational performance (OP).

Design/methodology/approach
This paper applied a quantitative method in which data were collected from a survey with 152 firms functioning in the most pollutant manufacturing sectors (i.e. food, construction, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors) in Palestine. The data analysis was conducted using the partial least squares structural equation modelling.

Findings
This paper provides empirical insights into how to enhance organisational performance via SCQM capabilities and KT. In addition, this study contributes to the conceptualisation of SCQM, involving quality combination capability, supply chain responsiveness capability, quality knowledge sharing capability and provides the managers the ability to train themselves regarding the SCQM with its implication.

Research limitations/implications
Because of the chosen research approach, the research results may lack generalisability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to test the proposed propositions further. Practical implications – this paper includes implications for the improvement of SCQM capabilities, the manufacturing organisations should concentrate on establishing modern information technology.

Practical implications
This paper includes implications for the improvement of SCQM capabilities, the manufacturing organisations should concentrate on establishing modern information technology.

Originality/value
This paper proposes a conceptual framework that tests the combined effect of SCQM practices, SCQM capabilities and KT on innovation and OP from a developing country perspective.
SET1/KMT2‐governed histone H3K4 methylation coordinates the lifecycle in vivo and in vitro of the fungal insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana
Authors: Ren Kang , Mou Ya‐Ni , Tong Sen‐Miao , Ying Sheng‐Hua , Feng Ming‐Guang 
Published: August 2021

SummaryBiological control potential of insect‐pathogenic fungi against pests is an overall output of various cellular processes regulated by signalling and epigenetic networks. In Beauveria bassiana, mono/di/trimethylation of histone H3 Lys 4 (H3K4me1/me2/m3) was abolished by inactivation of the histone lysine methyltransferase SET1/KMT2, leading to marked virulence loss, reductions in conidial hydrophobicity and adherence to insect cuticle, impeded proliferation in vivo, severe defects in growth and conidiation, and increased sensitivities to cell wall perturbation, H2O2 and heat shock. Such compromised phenotypes correlated well with transcriptional abolishment or repression of carbon catabolite‐repressing transcription factor Cre1, classes I and II hydrophobins Hyd1 and Hyd2 required for cell hydrophobicity, key developmental regulators, and stress‐responsive enzymes/proteins. Particularly, expression of cre1, which upregulates hyd4 upon activation by KMT2‐mediated H3K4me3 in Metarhizium robertsii, was nearly abolished in the Δset1 mutant, leading to abolished expression of hyd1 and hyd2 as homologues of hyd4. These data suggest that the SET1‐Cre1‐Hyd1/2 pathway function in B. bassiana like the KMT2‐Cre1‐Hyd4 pathway elucidated to mediate pathogenicity in M. robertsii. Our findings unveil not only a regulatory role for the SET1‐cored pathway in fungal virulence but also its novel role in mediating asexual cycle in vitro and stress responses in B. bassiana.
Vertical community patterns of Labyrinthulomycetes protists reveal their potential importance in the oceanic biological pump
Authors: Bai Mohan , Xie Ningdong , He Yaodong , Li Jiaqian , Collier Jackie L. , Hunt Dana E. , Johnson Zackary I. , Jiao Nianzhi , Wang Guangyi 
Published: August 2021

SummaryThe biological pump plays a vital role in exporting organic particles into the deep ocean for long‐term carbon sequestration. However, much remains unknown about some of its key microbial players. In this study, Labyrinthulomycetes protists (LP) were used to understand the significance of heterotrophic microeukaryotes in the transport of particulate organic matter from the surface to the dark ocean. Unlike the sharp vertical decrease of prokaryotic biomass, the LP biomass only slightly decreased with depth and eventually exceeded prokaryotic biomass in the bathypelagic layer. Sequencing identified high diversity of the LP communities with a dominance of Aplanochytrium at all depths. Notably, ASVs that were observed in the surface layer comprised ~20% of ASVs and ~60% of sequences in each of the deeper (including bathypelagic) layers, suggesting potential vertical export of the LP populations to the deep ocean. Further analyses of the vertical patterns of the 50 most abundant ASVs revealed niche partitioning of LP phylotypes in the pelagic ocean, including those that could decompose organic detritus and/or facilitate the formation of fast‐sinking particles. Overall, this study presents several lines of evidence that the LP can be an important component of the biological pump through their multiple ecotypes in the pelagic ocean.
Bacteriophage isolated from non‐target bacteria demonstrates broad host range infectivity against multidrug‐resistant bacteria
Authors: Ngiam Lyman , Schembri Mark A. , Weynberg Karen , Guo Jianhua 
Published: August 2021

SummaryAntibiotic resistance represents a global health challenge. The emergence of multidrug‐resistant (MDR) bacteria such as uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) has attracted significant attention due to increased MDR properties, even against the last line of antibiotics. Bacteriophage, or simply phage, represents an alternative treatment to antibiotics. However, phage applications still face some challenges, such as host range specificity and development of phage resistant mutants. In this study, using both UPEC and non‐UPEC hosts, five different phages were isolated from wastewater. We found that the inclusion of commensal Escherichia coli as target hosts during screening improved the capacity to select phage with desirable characteristics for phage therapy. Whole‐genome sequencing revealed that four out of five phages adopt strictly lytic lifestyles and are taxonomically related to different phage families belonging to the Myoviridae and Podoviridae. In comparison to single phage treatment, the application of phage cocktails targeting different cell surface receptors significantly enhanced the suppression of UPEC hosts. The emergence of phage‐resistant mutants after single phage treatment was attributed to mutational changes in outer membrane protein components, suggesting the potential receptors recognized by these phages. The findings highlight the use of commensal E. coli as target hosts to isolate broad host range phage with infectivity against MDR bacteria.
Host–endoparasitoid–endosymbiont relationships: concealed Strepsiptera provide new twist toWolbachiain Australian tephritid fruit flies
Authors: Towett‐Kirui Sharon , Morrow Jennifer L. , Close Shannon , Royer Jane E. , Riegler Markus 
Published: August 2021

SummaryWolbachiaare widespread endosymbionts that affect arthropod reproduction and fitness. Mostly maternally inherited,Wolbachiaare occasionally transferred horizontally. Previously, twoWolbachiastrains were reported at low prevalence and titres across seven Australian tephritid species, possibly indicative of frequent horizontal transfer. Here, we performed whole‐genome sequencing of field‐caughtWolbachia‐positive flies. Unexpectedly, we found complete mitogenomes of an endoparasitic strepsipteran,Dipterophagus daci, suggesting thatWolbachiain the flies are linked to concealed parasitization. We performed the first genetic characterization ofD. daciand detectedD. daciinWolbachia‐positive flies not visibly parasitized, and most but not allWolbachia‐negative flies wereD. daci‐negative, presumably reflecting polymorphism for theWolbachiainfections inD. daci. We dissectedD. dacifrom stylopized flies and confirmed thatWolbachiainfectsD. daci, but also foundWolbachiain stylopized fly tissues, likely somatic, horizontally transferred, non‐heritable infections. Furthermore, noWolbachia cifandwmkgenes were detected and very low mitogenomic variation inD. daciacross its distribution. Therefore,Wolbachiamay influence host fitness without reproductive manipulation. Our study of 13 tephritid species highlights that concealed early stages of strepsipteran parasitization led to the previous incorrect assignment ofWolbachiaco‐infections to tephritid species, obscuring ecological studies of this common endosymbiont and its horizontal transmission by parasitoids.
Environmental parameters associated with incidence and transmission of pathogenic Vibrio spp.
Authors: Brumfield Kyle D. , Usmani Moiz , Chen Kristine M. , Gangwar Mayank , Jutla Antarpreet S. , Huq Anwar , Colwell Rita R. 
Published: August 2021

SummaryVibrio spp. thrive in warm water and moderate salinity, and they are associated with aquatic invertebrates, notably crustaceans and zooplankton. At least 12 Vibrio spp. are known to cause infection in humans, and Vibrio cholerae is well documented as the etiological agent of pandemic cholera. Pathogenic non‐cholera Vibrio spp., e.g., Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus, cause gastroenteritis, septicemia, and other extra‐intestinal infections. Incidence of vibriosis is rising globally, with evidence that anthropogenic factors, primarily emissions of carbon dioxide associated with atmospheric warming and more frequent and intense heatwaves, significantly influence environmental parameters, e.g., temperature, salinity, and nutrients, all of which can enhance growth of Vibrio spp. in aquatic ecosystems. It is not possible to eliminate Vibrio spp., as they are autochthonous to the aquatic environment and many play a critical role in carbon and nitrogen cycling. Risk prediction models provide an early warning that is essential for safeguarding public health. This is especially important for regions of the world vulnerable to infrastructure instability, including lack of ‘water, sanitation, and hygiene’ (WASH), and a less resilient infrastructure that is vulnerable to natural calamity, e.g., hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes, and/or social disruption and civil unrest, arising from war, coups, political crisis, and economic recession. Incorporating environmental, social, and behavioural parameters into such models allows improved prediction, particularly of cholera epidemics. We have reported that damage to WASH infrastructure, coupled with elevated air temperatures and followed by above average rainfall, promotes exposure of a population to contaminated water and increases the risk of an outbreak of cholera. Interestingly, global predictive risk models successful for cholera have the potential, with modification, to predict diseases caused by other clinically relevant Vibrio spp. In the research reported here, the focus was on environmental parameters associated with incidence and distribution of clinically relevant Vibrio spp. and their role in disease transmission. In addition, molecular methods designed for detection and enumeration proved useful for predictive modelling and are described, namely in the context of prediction of environmental conditions favourable to Vibrio spp., hence human health risk.
Vibrio splendidus persister cells induced by host coelomic fluids show a similar phenotype to antibiotic‐induced counterparts
Authors: Li Yanan , Wood Thomas K. , Zhang Weiwei , Li Chenghua 
Published: August 2021

SummaryPersister cells are dormant variants of regular cells that are multidrug tolerant and have heterogeneous phenotypes; these cells are a potential threat to hosts because they can escape the immune system or antibiotic treatments and reconstitute infectious. Skin ulcer syndrome (SUS) frequently occurs in the sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus), and Vibrio splendidus is one of the main bacterial pathogens of SUS. This study found that the active cells of V. splendidus became persister cells more readily in the presence of A. japonicus coelomic fluids. We showed that the A. japonicus coelomic fluids plus antibiotics induce 100‐fold more persister cells in V. splendidus compared with antibiotics alone via nine sets of experiments including assays for antibiotic resistance, metabolic activity, and single‐cell phenotypes. Furthermore, the coelomic fluids‐induced persister cells showed similar phenotypes as the antibiotic‐induced persister cells. Further investigation showed that guanosine pentaphosphate/tetraphosphate (henceforth ppGpp) and SOS response pathway involved in the formation of persister cells as determined using real‐time RT‐PCR. In addition, single‐cell observations showed that, similar to the antibiotic‐induced V. splendidus persister cells, the coelomic fluids‐induced persister cells have five resuscitation phenotypes: no growth, expansion, elongation, elongation and then division, and elongation followed by death/disappearance. In addition, dark foci formed in the majority of persister cells for both the antibiotic‐induced and coelomic fluids‐induced persister cells. Our results highlight that the pathogen V. splendidus might escape from the host immune system by entering the persister state during the process of infection due to exposure to coelomic fluids.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using short‐type double‐balloon enteroscope: Experience in Hong Kong
Authors: Cheng Ka Shing , Li Michael Kin Kong , Yip Wai Man , Choi Wai Lok , Fong Man Chung 
Published: August 2021

ObjectiveTo illustrate the efficacy and safety profile of double‐balloon enteroscopy (DBE)‐assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) using a short enteroscope in patients with surgically altered anatomy.MethodsA retrospective study was performed to review the endoscopic outcomes of patients undergoing DBE‐assisted ERCP for biliary diseases in Tuen Mun and Pok Oi hospitals in Hong Kong SAR, China from December 2015 to December 2020.ResultsAltogether 46 DBE‐assisted ERCP procedures were performed in 37 patients. The enteroscopic success rate, defined as reaching the papilla or bilioenteric anastomosis, was 95.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] 85.2%‐99.5%), which was significantly lower in patients with intact stomach than in those who had a previous gastrectomy (67% vs 100%, P = 0.014). The diagnostic ERCP success rate, defined as performance in an informative cholangiogram, was 84.1% (95% CI 69.9%‐93.4%) in cases where it was attempted. Intended biliary therapeutic interventions were successfully performed in 76.1% (95% CI 61.2%‐87.4%) of all procedures. Adverse events were reported in six (13.0%) procedures (95% CI 4.9%‐26.3%), including the micro‐perforation of the intestine in two (4.3%) patients with prior Roux‐en‐Y gastrectomy, three (6.5%) of acute cholangitis and one (2.2%) of acute pancreatitis. All adverse events were managed successfully using conservative methods except in one case of micro‐perforation, which required a laparotomy.ConclusionsDBE‐assisted ERCP using a short enteroscope is a promising technique for managing biliary diseases in patients with surgically altered anatomy. It must be performed to avoid perforation, particularly in patients with a Roux‐en‐Y reconstruction.