bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
“It's the work climate that keeps me here”: the interplay between the HRM process and emergent factors in the construction of employee experiences
Authors: Laiho Maarit , Saru Essi , Seeck Hannele 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the interplay between human resource management (HRM) and emergent factors in constructing a strong HRM climate. Specifically, the paper aims to shed light on how employee perceptions of the HRM process and emergent factors together construct a strong HRM climate, i.e. employees' shared perceptions of HRM.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses qualitative interview data (managers and employees) from two organisations operating in Finland. The data are analysed based on a systematic data analysis and gives an illustration of the interplay between high-performance work system and the emergent factors.FindingsThe findings illustrate the three types of interplay between HPWS and emergent factors – supplementation, substitution and suffocation – that construct employee experience.Originality/valueThe paper extends earlier discussions on the relationship between HRM and employee experience by empirically examining how the HRM process – together with emergent factors – constructs a strong HRM climate. The present study contributes to further theorising and increasing our understanding of the creation of employee experience.
Parental mosaic cutaneous‐gonadal GJB2 mutation: From epidermal nevus to inherited ichthyosis‐deafness syndrome
Authors: Cohen‐Barak Eran , Mwassi Bannan , Zagairy Fadia , Danial‐Farran Nada , Khayat Morad , Tatour Yasmin , Ziv Michael 
Published: December 2021

AbstractIchthyosis and deafness syndrome is a group of devastating genodermatoses caused by heterozygous mutations in GJB2, encoding the gap junction protein connexin 26. These syndromes are characterized by severe skin disease, hearing loss, recurrent infections, and cutaneous neoplasms. Cutaneous somatic mutations in the same gene are associated with porokeratotic eccrine ostial dermal duct nevus. Here we report a family in which a parent presented with localized epidermal nevus and his child suffered with hystrix‐like ichthyosis with deafness. Histologic examination of the parent's cutaneous lesion revealed verrucous epidermal nevus without features of porokeratotic eccrine ostial dermal duct nevus. Genetic analysis identified the same pathogenic variant, GJB2 c.148G>A (p.D50N), in DNA extracted from the parent's cutaneous lesion and the child's leukocytes, but not in the parent's leukocytes. This study expands the phenotypic heterogeneity of GJB2 mosaic variants in addition to porokeratotic eccrine ostial dermal duct nevus, and emphasizes the importance of molecular diagnosis of mosaic skin diseases considering the risk of severe inherited diseases in the offspring.
Impacts of herbivory by ecological replacements on an island ecosystem
Authors: Moorhouse‐Gann Rosemary J. , Vaughan Ian P. , Cole Nik C. , Goder Martine , Tatayah Vikash , Jones Carl G. , Mike Daevid , Young Richard P. , Bruford Michael W. , Rivers Malin C. , Hipperson Helen , Russo Isa‐Rita M. , Stanton David W. G. , Symondson William O. C. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

The use of ecological replacements (analogue species to replace extinct taxa) to restore ecosystem functioning is a promising conservation tool. However, this approach is controversial, in part due to a paucity of data on interactions between analogue species and established taxa in the ecosystem.

We conducted ecological surveys, comprehensively DNA barcoded an ecosystem's flora and inferred the diet of the introduced Aldabra giant tortoise, acting as an ecological replacement, to understand how it might have modified island plant communities on a Mauritian islet. Through further dietary analyses, we investigated consequential effects on the threatened endemic Telfair's skink.

Dietary overlap between tortoises and skinks was greater than expected by chance. However, there was a negative correlation between tortoise and skink preferences in herbivory and minimal overlap in the plants most frequently consumed by the reptiles.

Changes in the plant community associated with 7 years of tortoise grazing were characterised by a decrease in the percentage cover of native herbs and creepers, and an increase in the cover of an invasive herb when compared to areas without tortoises. However, tortoise dietary preferences themselves did not directly drive changes in the plant community.

Tortoises successfully dispersed the seeds of an endemic palm, which in time may increase the extent of unique palm‐rich habitat. We found no evidence that tortoises have increased the extent of plant species hypothesised to be part of a lost Mauritian tortoise grazed community.

Synthesis and applications. Due to a negative correlation in tortoise and skink dietary preferences and minimal overlap in the most frequently consumed taxa, the presence of tortoises is unlikely to have detrimental impacts on Telfair's skinks. Tortoise presence is likely to be beneficial to skinks in the long term by increasing the extent of palm‐rich habitat. Although tortoises are likely to play a role in controlling invasive plants, they are not a panacea for this challenge. After 7 years, tortoises have not resurrected a lost tortoise grazed community that we hypothesise might have existed in limited areas on the islet, indicating that further interventions may be required to restore this plant community.
Characterization of genetic fundamentals for piglet mortality at birth in Yorkshire, Landrace, and Duroc sows
Authors: An M. , Zhou G. , Li Y. , Xiang T. , Ma Y. , Liu X. , Li X. , Zhao S. , Zhu M. 
Published: December 2021

SummaryPiglet mortality is an economically important complex trait that impacts sow prolificacy. Genetic analyses for piglet mortality at weaning have been reported in dozens of studies, but not for piglet mortality at birth. In this study, we used multi‐breed data sets from Yorkshire, Landrace, and Duroc sows to characterize the genetic fundamentals of piglet mortality at birth. The heritabilities from parity I to III were estimated to be 0.0630, 0.1031, and 0.1140 respectively. By using a combined strategy, a total of 21 SNPs were detected in three parities, of which six were observed in parity I, five in parity II and 10 in parity III. Genome annotation revealed that these SNPs were harbored within or close to 19 candidate genes. The candidate genes were found to associate with the reproductive system and embryonic development in the tissue expression database, which are reasonably related to piglet mortality. These findings are expected to provide much information for understanding the genetic and genomic fundamentals of farrowing mortality.
Examining the relationship between conspiracy theories and COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy: A mediating role for perceived health threats, trust, and anomie?
Authors: McCarthy Molly , Murphy Kristina , Sargeant Elise , Williamson Harley 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe COVID‐19 pandemic has led to an upswing in conspiracy theory beliefs, which creates challenges for effectively countering the pandemic, with higher rates of COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy found among conspiracy theorists. Research suggests health risk perceptions, trust in government and anomie may mediate the relationship between COVID‐19 conspiracy theory beliefs and vaccine hesitancy. However, the mediating role of trust in government and anomie on vaccine hesitancy have not been empirically examined in the context of COVID‐19, and it is not clear whether different conspiracy theories have distinct mediational pathways to vaccine hesitancy. The current study examines the extent to which perceptions of the health threat posed by COVID‐19, trust in government and anomie can explain the relationship between distinct COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy. Drawing on data from a national online survey of 779 Australian adults, a series of path analyses examining the influence of three distinct conspiracy theories on vaccination hesitancy revealed two key mediational pathways, which varied across conspiracy theory types. Anomie and perceptions of the health threat posed by COVID‐19 were the most common mediators of this relationship. Implications for COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy and for conspiracy theory research are discussed.
A framework for involving coproduction partners in research about young people with type 1 diabetes
Authors: Desborough Jane , Parkinson Anne , Lewis Fiona , Ebbeck Harry , Banfield Michelle , Phillips Christine 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackgroundInvolvement of end‐users in research can enhance its quality, relevance, credibility and legitimacy; however, the processes through which these changes occur are unclear. Our aim was to explore a coproduction research team's experiences of their involvement in research about young people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).MethodsSemi‐structured interviews conducted with two young people with T1DM, two parents, one diabetes educator, one endocrinologist‐scientist and one research‐engineer explored experiences of coproduction research and its impact on both the research and the participants. Drawing on grounded theory, we undertook inductive analysis and storyline mapping to develop a theorized framework of mechanisms supporting the process of coproduction in T1DM research with young people.FindingsThe framework involving coproduction partners in research about young people with type 1 diabetes centres on the unique expertize that different team members bring to the research and describes conditions that enable expert contributions through the enactment of a variety of expert roles. The framework also describes outcomes—the impact of the expert contributions on both the research and the team members involved.ConclusionThe findings of this small exploratory study provide a sound foundation to develop further understanding about structures and processes that are integral for the success of coproduction research teams. The framework may provide a guide for researchers planning to incorporate coproduction, on elements that are important for this model of research to succeed. It may also inform coproduction impact assessment research and be used for hypothesis testing and expansion in future studies.
Tracking the changing discourse on development in the International Labour Review
Authors: GHOSH Jayati , RANI Uma 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe introduction to this Centenary Issue presents the discourse of development as reflected in a number of articles published in the International Labour Review (ILR) between 1971 and 2020. The 13 articles selected for inclusion in this issue provide various perspectives on development at different points in time, focusing on income, structural transformation, improvement of the lives of people through social development, and the interactions of economic growth with employment and labour markets. By highlighting aspects of the relationship between economic development and labour, these analytical and empirical contributions are still relevant today to help us to understand development processes and policy discussions.
Behavior‐based price discrimination with nonuniform distribution of consumer preferences
Authors: Esteves Rosa‐Branca , Liu Qihong , Shuai Jie 
Published: December 2021

AbstractExisting theories of competition with behavior‐based price discrimination (BBPD, also known as price discrimination based on purchase history), typically assume that consumer valuations are distributed uniformly. This assumption implies that the availability of BBPD creates a prisoner's dilemma in which firms are worse off and consumers better off in equilibrium, relative to uniform pricing. In this paper, we consider a wider class of consumer distributions and show that profit and welfare results change qualitatively. When consumers are sufficiently massed at the center of the market (e.g., triangular distribution), BBPD boosts industry profits at the expense of consumers. Otherwise, the usual findings prevail. Our results highlight how assumptions on the density of consumer valuations play a decisive role on pricing and welfare outcomes.
Associations of MCM8 rs3761873 and rs16991617 variants with abnormal uterine bleeding induced by copper intrauterine device
Authors: Shen Yupei , Xu Linfen , Zhu Weiqiang , Zhang Zhaofeng , Liu Junwei , Jiang Lifang , Liu Xiaoli , Mao Yanyan , Xu Jianhua , Yan Xiaoqin , Sun Junjie , Liu Fang , Xiong Xiumei , Chen Xiujuan , Che Yan , Du Jing 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAimIntrauterine device (IUD) is a commonly used contraceptive method worldwide. Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most common side effects of Cu‐IUDs. Since AUB varies among Cu‐IUD users, changes in the bleeding‐related genetic factors may contribute to AUB. This study aimed to determine the genetic risk factors of AUB after Cu‐IUD insertion.MethodsWe conducted a case–control study on women who experienced AUB after Cu‐IUD insertion (case:control = 62:59). Six candidate variants were genotyped using the Sequenom MassARRAY. Genotype and allele frequencies were analyzed using SHEsisPlus. We performed Pearson's Chi‐squared test to analyze categorical data, and ESEfinder to predict the impact on splicing regulation.ResultsMCM8 coding sequence variants: rs3761873‐A>C was in Exon 7 and rs16991617 A>G was in Exon 12 of all 19 exons, both of which were significantly different between cases and controls (pallele = 0.039 and pgenotype = 0.092). rs6022 and rs6029 in F5 gene and rs3761873 and rs16991617 in the MCM8 gene showed strong linkage disequilibrium (R2 > 0.8). ESEfinder indicated that the variants of MCM8 may affect the splicing regulation.ConclusionsMCM8 rs376187 and rs16991617 were associated with AUB in Cu‐IUDs users. MCM8 may play a role in AUB by regulating functions of reproductive organs and primary ovarian insufficiency. Our findings may improve the understanding of the genetic basis of AUB caused by Cu‐IUDs.
Effect of urine‐specific gravity on performance of bacteriuria in predicting urine culture results
Authors: Torre M. , Furrow E. , Foster J. D. 
Published: December 2021

ObjectiveTo determine the effect of urine‐specific gravity (USG) on using microscopic evaluation of bacteriuria to predict urine culture results in dogs and cats.Materials and MethodsWe performed a retrospective medical record review of canine and feline patients that had a urinalysis and urine culture performed simultaneously. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of microscopic bacteriuria for predicting urine culture results were calculated, stratified by USG. Multivariable regression was performed to test the effect of USG, pyuria, haematuria and species on the agreement between microscopic bacteriuria and culture results.ResultsA total of 481 dogs and 291 cats with paired urinalysis and urine culture results were included in the study. Microscopic bacteriuria had moderate sensitivity (76% in dogs, 64% in cats) and high specificity (97% in dogs, 96% in cats) for predicting urine culture bacterial growth. Samples with rod bacteria were more likely to have bacterial growth than those with cocci (OR=Infinity, 95% CI 4.8 – Infinity). As compared to isosthenuric+hyposthenuric samples (USG ≤1.012), agreement was lower in moderately concentrated (OR=0.44, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.91) samples. Absence of bacteriuria, pyuria and haematuria had a high negative predictive value for no bacterial growth (96%).Clinical SignificanceMicroscopic bacteriuria has a high specificity in predicting urine culture results, regardless of USG. The finding that microscopic bacteriuria has better agreement with urine culture results in isosthenuric+hyposthenuric urine argues against reflex culture in these samples, especially if pyuria and haematuria are also absent. Urine microscopy can aid clinicians in determining the likelihood of urine culture growth.
Adenovirus vector encoding TPPII ignites HBV‐specific CTL response by activating autophagy in CD8+ T cell
Authors: Tan Quanhui , chen Jie , Gao Gao , Yizhang  , Chen Xiaohua , Yu Yongsheng , Zang Guoqin , Tang Zhenghao 
Published: December 2021

AbstractEarly studies have shown that autophagy and TPPII are associated with HBV infection. In this study, adenovirus vector containing TPPII was constructed to immunize HBV transgenic mice in vivo to explore the potential mechanism of autophagy and HBV infection. Our goal is to provide new ideas for immunotherapy of hepatitis B. First, adenovirus vector containing TPPII was constructed. Then, we used adenovirus to immunize HBV transgenic mice and ATG5 knockout HBV transgenic mice. The autophagy of CD8+ T cells was detected by transmission electron microscopy and immunofluorescence electron microscopy, Western blot was used to detect the expression of autophagy LC3 and BECN1, CTL reaction, HBV DNA and HBsAg in serum, HBsAg and HBcAg in liver tissues by immunohistochemistry, to further examine the possible mechanisms involved in autophagy. Adv‐HBcAg‐TPPII promotes autophagy of CD8+ T lymphocyte, activates CTL response, inhibits HBV DNA replication and HBsAg expression, and PI3K/ Akt /m TOR signalling pathway may be involved in autophagy. This study demonstrates that autophagy of CD8+ T cells was induced by Adv‐HBcAg‐TPPII and the molecular mechanism may be related to the PI3K/ Akt /m TOR signalling pathway, providing a possible theoretical basis for immunotherapy of hepatitis B.
A multi‐country, multi‐commodity Ricardian trade model with link commodities and Keynesian unemployment
Authors: Sato Hideo 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis study constructs a multi‐country, multi‐commodity Ricardian trade model with link commodities, defined as commodities commonly produced in more than one country, and Keynesian unemployment arising from deficient effective demand. Given production techniques, available labour, and demand in each country, the model determines patterns of international division of labour, commodity prices, wage rates, outputs, and employment in each country. The main results indicate that demand changes effectuate quantity adjustments without price changes, each country must expand domestic demand to increase domestic employment, and each country must raise the labour productivity of link commodities to increase relative domestic wage rates.
Utility‐pole Detection Based on Interwoven Column Generation from Terrestrial Mobile Laser Scanner Data
Authors: Talebi Nahr Siamak , Saadatseresht Mohammad 
Published: December 2021

AbstractMobile lidar scanning is one of the recent technologies that is used to map street scenes rapidly. Among street objects, utility‐poles are more critical to energy companies to monitor regularly through time. This paper presents a novel approach to detect utility‐poles from mobile lidar data in complex city scenes. After removing ground points, the scene is gridded into blocks based on a shared‐partitioning algorithm. Next, an interwoven column generation algorithm is used to create columns. Finally, each of these columns is considered to be a utility‐pole or not. The proposed algorithm is tested on two test areas. The algorithm achieved Completeness, Correctness and Quality of 92.8%, 97.5% and 90.6% in Area 1, and 92.8%, 92.2% and 86.1% in Area 2. The total number of utility‐poles in both areas was 265. The algorithm shows promising results in utility‐pole detection in complex city scenes with attached walls.
A Novel and Inexpensive Technique for High-Tension Tendon Clamping With Expandable Mesh Sleeving for In Vitro Foot Biomechanics Testing
Authors: Golubovsky Joshua L. , Gillespie Callan M. , Nagle Tara F. , Loss Jeremy G. , Colbrunn Robb W. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
In vitro biomechanical testing is common in the field of orthopedics when novel devices are investigated prior to human trials. It is typically necessary to apply loads through tendons to simulate normal activities, such as walking during a foot and ankle study. However, attachment of tendons to linear actuators has proven challenging because of the tendency of clamps to either slip off or rupture the tendon. Various techniques have been utilized. Freeze clamping is generally accepted as the gold standard for very high load testing in excess of 3000 N, but is expensive, time-consuming, and requires significant ancillary equipment. Purely mechanical solutions such as metal jaw clamps, wire meshes, and others have been explored, but these techniques are either costly, have low load capacities, or have not proven to be reproducible. We have developed a novel tendon clamping technique that utilizes a slip-resistant polyester mesh sleeving that encases the tendon and is fixated at the bottom of the tendon/sleeve interaction with a giftbox suture. The loose end of the sleeving can then be tied in to the linear actuator or load cell apparatus using a timber hitch knot. The sleeving technique allows for loads of 2000–2500 N on the Achilles tendon, and is inexpensive, reproducible, and can be modified to apply loads to smaller tendons as well, though a length of tendon/sleeve overlap of at least 16 cm is required to reach maximum loads. This technique should assist researchers in integrating muscle forces into future biomechanical study designs.
Reaction Forces and Flexion–Extension Moments Imposed on Functional Spinal Units With Constrained and Unconstrained In Vitro Testing Systems
Authors: Zehr Jackie D. , Callaghan Jack P. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract
A mechanical goal of in vitro testing systems is to minimize differences between applied and actual forces and moments experienced by spinal units. This study quantified the joint reaction forces and reaction flexion–extension moments during dynamic compression loading imposed throughout the physiological flexion–extension range of motion. Constrained (fixed base) and unconstrained (floating base) testing systems were compared. Sixteen porcine spinal units were assigned to both testing groups. Following conditioning tests, specimens were dynamically loaded for 1 cycle with a 1 Hz compression waveform to a peak load of 1 kN and 2 kN while positioned in five different postures (neutral, 100% and 300% of the flexion and extension neutral zone), totaling ten trials per functional spinal unit (FSU). A six degree-of-freedom force and torque sensor was used to measure peak reaction forces and moments for each trial. Shear reaction forces were significantly greater (25.5 N–85.7 N) when the testing system was constrained compared to unconstrained (p &lt; 0.029). The reaction moment was influenced by posture (p = 0.037), particularly in C5C6 spinal units. In 300% extension (C5C6), the reaction moment was, on average, 9.9 N·m greater than the applied moment in both testing systems and differed from all other postures (p &lt; 0.001). The reaction moment error was, on average, 0.45 N·m at all other postures. In conclusion, these findings demonstrate that comparable reaction moments can be achieved with unconstrained systems, but without inducing appreciable shear reaction forces.