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Impact of supply chain integration on halal food supply chain integrity and food quality performance
Authors: Ali Mohd Helmi , Iranmanesh Mohammad , Tan Kim Hua , Zailani Suhaiza , Omar Nor Asiah 
Published: March 2021

Purpose
The current complex halal food supply chain (SC) has caused food scandals, which have illustrated the weakness of multiple food quality standards and certification and audits in ensuring food safety. Drawn on the resource-based view (RBV) theory, the purpose of this study is to explore the impacts of SC integration (SCI) on halal food SC integrity and, consequently, food quality.

Design/methodology/approach
Empirical data were collected from 275 halal-certified food companies in Malaysia and analysed using structural equation modelling – SmartPLS3.0.

Findings
The results confirmed that SCI, including internal, supplier and customer integrations, has significant effects on the dimensions of the halal food SC integrity which, in turn, lead to halal food safety and quality.

Practical implications
The importance of SCI in halal food SC is highlighted in this study. The impact of SCI is contexted in halal food SC integrity and food quality. Therefore, it provides a clear understanding to managers of SC applicability in the halal food industry.

Originality/value
Based on the RBV theory, this study contributes to the limited body of research of the relationships among SCI from the context of the halal industry with a specific focus on food supply chain integrity and food quality.
Cultivating product innovation performance through creativity: the impact of organizational agility and flexibility under technological turbulence
Authors: Puriwat Wilert , Hoonsopon Danupol 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThis study is to compare the impact of organizational agility and flexibility on performance of each type of product innovation (radical vs incremental innovation). Additionally, the moderating effect of technological turbulence on the relationship between the two types of organization is examined.Design/methodology/approachBased on gaps in the existing literature, the survey data are collected from managers who are in charge of developing new products in three industries: food and beverage, chemical and machinery (N = 431). Confirmatory factory analysis is used to verify measurement items and regression analysis is used to test hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that organizational agility increases performance in radical innovation both in a certain situation and an environment with technological turbulence. In contrast, the impact of organizational flexibility is limited to increasing performance in both radical and incremental innovation performance in a certain situation.Originality/valueOur study extends the knowledge of organizational agility and flexibility in the domain of product innovation. Adaptation of organization to respond the technological turbulence will stimulate creativity of new product development teams to produce new useful ideas and transform these ideas to product innovation. The different types of organizing a new product development team to handle technological turbulence will provide different results in product innovation performance. In addition, the findings provide a recommendation on how the organization of a new product development team can improve performance in each type of product innovation under technological turbulence.
Pre‐migration diffraction separation using generative adversarial networks
Authors: Lowney Brydon , Lokmer Ivan , O'Brien Gareth S. , Bean Christopher J. 
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACTDiffraction imaging is the process of separating diffraction events from the seismic wavefield and imaging them independently, highlighting subsurface discontinuities. While there are many analytic‐based methods for diffraction imaging which use kinematic, dynamic or both, properties of the diffracted wavefield, they can be slow and require parameterization. Here, we propose an image‐to‐image generative adversarial network to automatically separate diffraction events on pre‐migrated seismic data in a fraction of the time of conventional methods. To train the generative adversarial network, plane‐wave destruction was applied to a range of synthetic and real images from field data to create training data. These training data were screened and any areas where the plane‐wave destruction did not perform well, such as synclines and areas of complex dip, were removed to prevent bias in the neural network. A total of 14,132 screened images were used to train the final generative adversarial network. The trained network has been applied across several geologically distinct field datasets, including a 3D example. Here, generative adversarial network separation is shown to be comparable to a benchmark separation created with plane‐wave destruction, and up to 12 times faster. This demonstrates the clear potential in generative adversarial networks for fast and accurate diffraction separation.
First‐break automatic picking technology based on semantic segmentation
Authors: Xu Yinpo , Yin Cheng , Pan Yingjie , Ni Yudong , Zou Xuefeng , Yang Tianfu 
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACTWith the wide application of the high‐density and high‐productivity acquisition technology in the complex areas of oil fields, the first‐break picking of massive low signal‐to‐noise data is a great challenging job. Conventional first‐break automatic picking methods (Akaike information criterion method, energy ratio method, correlation method and boundary detection method) require a lot of manual adjustments due to their poor anti‐noise performance. A lot of adjustments affect the accuracy and efficiency of picking. First‐break picking takes up about one‐third of the whole processing cycle, which restricts petroleum exploration and development progress severely. In order to overcome the above‐mentioned shortcoming, this paper proposes the first‐break automatic picking technology based on semantic segmentation. Firstly, design the time window for primary wave and pick a certain quantity of first breaks from newly acquired data in different zones of the exploration area using the commonly used Akaike information criterion method and interactive adjustments; and then perform pre‐processing on the data within the time window to extract multiple first‐break attribute features and perform feature enhancement, to obtain multi‐dimensional features data blocks, at the same time, label the first breaks. Secondly, u‐shaped architecture network‐like encoding and decoding network is used to implement end‐to‐end feature learning from primary wave attribute data to first‐break labels. The encoding and decoding process of the encoding and decoding network is used to fuse the extraction and feature positioning of primary wave attribute features. At the same time, normalize each layer and use the rectified linear unit function as a non‐linear factor to improve the generalization and sensitivity of network model to low signal‐to‐noise primary waves. Finally, an optimized deep network model is used to predict the first breaks of the data to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the first‐break picking. This method innovatively fuses the multiple conventional automatic picking methods (Akaike information criterion method, energy ratio method, correlation method and boundary detection method) to extract multiple attribute features of primary wave, and improves the accuracy of the training network model to the first‐break detection using the improved UNet‐like encoding and decoding network. The feasibility of the new method is proved by model data. A comparative test is conducted between the new method and the Akaike information criterion method with the actual data, which verifies that the method in this paper has a higher picking accuracy and stable first‐break processing capability for the data with low signal to noise, our method shows a significant advantage when applied to low signal‐to‐noise seismic records from high‐productivity acquisition and can meet the demands of the accuracy and efficiency for near‐surface model building and static calculation of massive data.
Contrasting trends in biodiversity of birds and trees during succession following cacao agroforest abandonment
Authors: Arnold Haley , Deacon Amy E. , Hulme Mark F. , Sansom Alex , Jaggernauth Dan , Magurran Anne E. 
Published: March 2021

Abstract

Understanding how transformed habitats act as reservoirs of biodiversity is a key challenge at a time when ecosystems are under unprecedented pressure. Here we compare tree and bird biodiversity in actively cultivated and abandoned cacao agroforests, and use a space for time approach to ask how this diversity has changed over 100 years of succession.

Tree and bird communities were surveyed in cacao agroforests, secondary forests at different stages of succession and primary forests in the Northern Range of Trinidad, West Indies, to test the prediction that there are consistent temporal trends in alpha and beta‐diversity across taxa.

Temporal alpha‐diversity was taxon dependent. We found that tree alpha‐diversity increased with forest age. In contrast, there was no temporal trend in bird alpha‐diversity. Tree and bird species richness were negatively correlated.

Tree and bird composition varied with forest age and environmental distance. A greater proportion of native trees, and of highly forest‐dependent and insectivorous birds were found in older forests.

Our analyses show that actively cultivated and young abandoned cacao agroforests can sustain high bird alpha‐diversity, despite lower levels of tree alpha‐diversity. Old secondary and primary forests have unique species compositions including more sensitive and specialist species. Compositional shifts with successional stage for both trees and birds produce a patchwork of habitats that contribute to regional gamma‐diversity.

Synthesis and applications. Our research highlights the value of actively cultivated cacao agroforests and secondary forest alongside primary forests as reservoirs of biodiversity. By supporting both biodiversity and livelihoods, traditionally grown shade‐cacao agroforests fall within a people and nature framework. Taken together, these results emphasise the contributions of secondary forests, which are often overlooked, to conservation.
Colchicine treatment can improve outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19): A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Hariyanto Timotius Ivan , Halim Devina Adella , Jodhinata Claudia , Yanto Theo Audi , Kurniawan Andree 
Published: March 2021

AbstractCurrently, there is no widely acceptable and proven effective treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Colchicine has been shown to offer a benefit in reducing the inflammation in several inflammatory diseases. This study aims to analyze the efficacy of colchicine administration and outcomes of COVID‐19. We systematically searched the PubMed and Europe PMC database using specific keywords related to our aims until January 29, 2021. All articles published on COVID‐19 and colchicine treatment were retrieved. The quality of the study was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) tool for observational studies and Revised Cochrane risk‐of‐bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) for clinical trial studies. Statistical analysis was done using Review Manager 5.4 software. A total of eight studies with 5778 COVID‐19 patients were included in this meta‐analysis. This meta‐analysis showed that the administration of colchicine was associated with improvement of outcomes of COVID‐19 [OR 0.43 (95% CI 0.34–0.55), p < 0.00001, I2 = 0%, fixed‐effect modelling] and its subgroup which comprised of reduction from severe COVID‐19 [OR 0.44 (95% CI 0.31–0.63), p < 0.00001, I2 = 0%, fixed‐effect modelling] and reduction of mortality rate from COVID‐19 [OR 0.43 (95% CI 0.32–0.58), p < 0.00001, I2 = 0%, fixed‐effect modelling]. Our study suggests the routine use of colchicine for treatment modalities of COVID‐19 patients. More randomized clinical trial studies are still needed to confirm the results from this study.
Macroeconomic stability under balanced‐budget rules and no‐income‐effect preferences
Authors: Guo Jang‐Ting , Zhang Yan 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIt has been shown that under an additively separable preference formulation between consumption and hours worked, indeterminacy and sunspots may arise in a standard one‐sector or two‐sector real business cycle model when the labor tax rate is endogenously determined by a balanced‐budget rule with a pre‐specified constant level of government expenditures. Our analysis finds that this indeterminacy result will completely disappear within either setting if the period utility function is postulated to exhibit no income effect on the householdʼs demand for leisure. In particular, the modelʼs low‐tax steady state displays saddle‐path stability and equilibrium uniqueness; whereas the high‐tax steady state is either a source or a saddle point.
Comparative study between laparoscopically harvested omental flap and glandular flap in immediate reconstruction after conservative surgery in breast cancer
Authors: El‐Sherpiny Waleed Y. , Abdelshafi Abdulhamid M. , Ghazaly Mohamed , Elnemr Ayman A. , Darwish Ahmed A. , Mlees Mohamed A. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractAimOncoplastic breast surgery involves reconstruction of the resection defect by either volume displacement or volume replacement. Glandular flap insertion is an easy, quick, and acceptable method to correct breast defects after breast conserving surgery (BCS). The value of the omentum in extraperitoneal reconstruction was not appreciated until the mid‐20th century. The aim of this study was to assess the aesthetic outcome after immediate breast reconstruction with either glandular flap or laparoscopic‐harvested omental flap in early breast cancer after BCS.Patients and MethodsThis study was conducted on 44 patients with early breast cancer in the Surgical Oncology Unit, General Surgery Department, Tanta University Hospital during the period from October 2018 to May 2019. All patients underwent breast conserving surgery followed by immediate breast reconstruction by either glandular flap (group I; 20 patients) or omentoplasty (group II; 24 patients). The operative time, postoperative complications, the length of hospital stay, and aesthetic outcome were compared between the two groups.ResultsThe operative time in group I ranged from 90 to 120 minutes with a mean time of 113 minutes, whereas that in group II ranged from 110 to 160 minutes with a mean of 133 minutes. The hospital stay in group I ranged from 4 to 5 days with a mean of 4 days, whereas that in group II it ranged from 4 to 6 days with a mean of 5 days. In group I, two patients (10%) developed wound seroma and two patients (10%) developed fat necrosis, whereas in group II, eight patients (33.3%) developed fat necrosis and two patients (8.3%) developed epigastric incisional hernia with no wound seroma reported. Concerning the aesthetic outcome evaluated using patient's self‐evaluation, in group I, 70% of the patients were satisfied with the overall aesthetic results and 30% were dissatisfied, whereas in group II, 91.7% of the patients were satisfied and 8.3% were dissatisfied. With regard to the aesthetic outcome evaluated based on objective assessment with the Breast Cancer Conservation Treatment Cosmetic results software (BCCT.core), in group I, excellent results were obtained in 20% of cases, good results in 40% of cases, fair results in 20% of cases, and poor results in 20% of cases, whereas in group II, excellent results were obtained in 41.7% of cases, good results in 33.3% of cases, fair results in 16.7% of cases, and poor results in 8.3% of cases. No local recurrence or distant metastasis was reported.ConclusionThe glandular flap has shorter operative time and requires less extensive surgery than the omental flap. The omental flap has the potential to recreate a soft, naturally ptotic breast shape that is ideal for matching with the contralateral breast.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the ampulla of Vater: Use of endoscopic ultrasound for local evaluation and guidance of management plan
Authors: Chan Sze‐ling , Ho Kit‐man , Lam Shi , Chan Ka‐man , Cheng Kai‐chi 
Published: March 2021

AbstractGastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) account for less than 1% of all gastrointestinal tumours. It mainly involves the stomach and small intestines and very rarely involves the ampulla of Vater. Endoscopic biopsy and endoscopic ultrasound allow for preoperative tissue diagnosis and local evaluation of the ampullary lesions. We herein report the case of a patient with GIST of the ampulla of Vater presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding and undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. The management of ampullary GIST is reviewed.
Biotechnological synthesis of Pd/Ag and Pd/Au nanoparticles for enhanced Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling activity
Authors: Kimber Richard L. , Parmeggiani Fabio , Neill Thomas S. , Merroun Mohamed L. , Goodlet Gregory , Powell Nigel A. , Turner Nicholas J. , Lloyd Jonathan R. 
Published: March 2021

SummaryBimetallic nanoparticle catalysts have attracted considerable attention due to their unique chemical and physical properties. The ability of metal‐reducing bacteria to produce highly catalytically active monometallic nanoparticles is well known; however, the properties and catalytic activity of bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized with these organisms is not well understood. Here, we report the one‐pot biosynthesis of Pd/Ag (bio‐Pd/Ag) and Pd/Au (bio‐Pd/Au) nanoparticles using the metal‐reducing bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis, under mild conditions. Energy dispersive X‐ray analyses performed using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) revealed the presence of both metals (Pd/Ag or Pd/Au) in the biosynthesized nanoparticles. X‐ray absorption near‐edge spectroscopy (XANES) suggested a significant contribution from Pd(0) and Pd(II) in both bio‐Pd/Ag and bio‐Pd/Au, with Ag and Au existing predominately as their metallic forms. Extended X‐ray absorption fine‐structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) supported the presence of multiple Pd species in bio‐Pd/Ag and bio‐Pd/Au, as inferred from Pd–Pd, Pd–O and Pd–S shells. Both bio‐Pd/Ag and bio‐Pd/Au demonstrated greatly enhanced catalytic activity towards Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling compared to a monometallic Pd catalyst, with bio‐Pd/Ag significantly outperforming the others. The catalysts were very versatile, tolerating a wide range of substituents. This work demonstrates a green synthesis method for novel bimetallic nanoparticles that display significantly enhanced catalytic activity compared to their monometallic counterparts.
Faecal proteomics as a novel method to study mammalian behaviour and physiology
Authors: Tsutaya Takumi , Mackie Meaghan , Sawafuji Rikai , Miyabe‐Nishiwaki Takako , Olsen Jesper V. , Cappellini Enrico 
Published: March 2021

AbstractMammalian faeces can be collected noninvasively during field research and provide valuable information on the ecology and evolution of the source individuals. Undigested food remains, genome/metagenome, steroid hormones, and stable isotopes obtained from faecal samples provide evidence on diet, host/symbiont genetics, and physiological status of the individuals. However, proteins in mammalian faeces have hardly been studied, which hinders the molecular investigations into the behaviour and physiology of the source individuals. Here, we apply mass spectrometry‐based proteomics to faecal samples (n= 10), collected from infant, juvenile, and adult captive Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), to describe the proteomes of the source individual, of the food it consumed, and its intestinal microbes. The results show that faecal proteomics is a useful method to: (i) investigate dietary changes along with breastfeeding and weaning, (ii) reveal the taxonomic and histological origin of the food items consumed, and (iii) estimate physiological status inside intestinal tracts. These types of insights are difficult or impossible to obtain through other molecular approaches. Most mammalian species are facing extinction risk and there is an urgent need to obtain knowledge on their ecology and evolution for better conservation strategy. The faecal proteomics framework we present here is easily applicable to wild settings and other mammalian species, and provides direct evidence of their behaviour and physiology.
Dilmun Boat shaped votive bowls for the Moon‐god Nanna?
Authors: Terp Laursen Steffen 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThe Early Dynastic sources make it clear that there existed a distinct Dilmun boat connected to foreign sea trade. The Babylonian Moon god (Nanna/Suen/Sîn) was symbolically associated with both a bowl and a boat that sailed across the night sky during stages in the monthly cycle before Nanna ultimately would “rise” from the bowl and boat at full moon. Sources from the Early Dynastic IIIa period mention actual votive bowls that are related to the “bowl” stage in the lunar cycle. Votive bowls shaped as boats are also mentioned in documentary sources associated with different deities. The boat shaped bowls for Nanna probably existed as a convergence of the cyclical concepts of the “Bowl” and the “Boat”. Importantly, from an Arabian Gulf perspective, these boat‐shaped bowls are occasionally explicitly stated to have been fashioned in the shape of Dilmun boats. In this article the ideological concepts are outlined and discussed and a series of boat‐shaped copper bowls from Babylonia are suggested as a possible match to the votive bowls shaped as Dilmun boats of the texts.
Preoperative and intraoperative assessment of myometrial invasion in endometrial cancer—A Swedish Gynecologic Cancer Group (SweGCG) study
Authors: Jónsdóttir Björg , Marcickiewicz Janusz , Borgfeldt Christer , Bjurberg Maria , Dahm‐Kähler Pernilla , Flöter‐Rådestad Angelique , Hellman Kristina , Holmberg Erik , Kjølhede Preben , Rosenberg Per , Tholander Bengt , Åvall‐Lundqvist Elisabeth , Stålberg Karin , Högberg Thomas 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIntroductionDeep myometrial invasion (≥50%) is a prognostic factor for lymph node metastases and decreased survival in endometrial cancer. There is no consensus regarding which pre/intraoperative diagnostic method should be preferred. Our aim was to explore the pattern of diagnostic methods for myometrial invasion assessment in Sweden and to evaluate differences among magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), transvaginal sonography, frozen section, and gross examination in clinical practice.Material and methodsThis is a nationwide historical cohort study; women with endometrial cancer with data on assessment of myometrial invasion and FIGO stage I‐III registered in the Swedish Quality Registry for Gynecologic Cancer (SQRGC) between 2017 and 2019 were eligible. Data on age, histology, FIGO stage, method, and results of myometrial invasion assessment, pathology results, and hospital level were collected from the SQRGC. The final assessment by the pathologist was considered the reference standard.ResultsIn the study population of 1401 women, 32% (n = 448) had myometrial invasion of 50% of more. The methods reported for myometrial invasion assessment were transvaginal sonography in 59%, MRI in 28%, gross examination in 8% and frozen section in 5% of cases. Only minor differences were found for age and FIGO stage when comparing methods applied for myometrial invasion assessment. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy to find myometrial invasion of 50% or more with transvaginal sonography were 65.6%, 80.3%, and 75.8%, for MRI they were 76.9%, 71.9%, and 73.8%, for gross examination they were 71.9%, 93.6%, and 87.3%, and for frozen section they were 90.0%, 92.7%, and 92.0%, respectively.ConclusionsIn Sweden, the assessment of deep myometrial invasion is most often performed with transvaginal sonography, but the sensitivity is lower than for the other diagnostic methods. In clinical practice, the accuracy is moderate for transvaginal sonography and MRI.