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Individual psychological distance: a leadership task to assess and cope with invisible change
Authors: Abbas Ansar , Ekowati Dian , Suhariadi Fendy 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThe current research review aims to provide a conceptual framework for future research on individual psychological distance in leadership tasks.Design/methodology/approachThrough literature review, the authors developed an intended research framework.FindingsThe need of intended framework from theoretical perspective, meta-analysis and situational analysis is presented in this paper. The discussion on a present study about the various aspects of individual perspective, strategic leadership and its link with organizational outcomes are hypothetically aligned in the framework.Originality/valueStrategic change management is the process of managing change in an organization. Change is critical to measure existing structures in the thoughtful way. Mapping individual behavior change is a difficult task, and organizational goals, objectives and missions are an important element of the learning process. Through this framework, the authors attempt to reach the model.
Do dissimilarities in the family involvement in family firms lead to different levels of indebtedness? Evidence from Spain
Authors: Comino-Jurado María , Sánchez-Andújar Sonia , Parrado-Martínez Purificación 
Published: March 2021

PurposeThis paper examines how differences in the family involvement in a family business can influence its level of indebtedness. Assuming the influence of family is not the same for all family firms, we consider each company as a combination of the family involvement in three dimensions of the business: ownership, management and governance structure.Design/methodology/approachUsing the partial least squares technique allows us to address the heterogeneity of family firms through an integral concept of family involvement in business that jointly considers the level of family participation in the ownership, management and governance structure of each firm.FindingsOur results demonstrate that the level of family involvement in a family firm, considering the heterogeneity existing within the family business group, directly influences its level of indebtedness. In addition, we find that family involvement in ownership and governance structures individually considered are positively related to the level of indebtedness of the family business.Originality/valueOur findings prove that some indebtedness patterns, which previous literature has described as common to all Spanish family businesses, may actually be valid only for specific family firms with a particular level of family involvement. In addition, the way of measuring family business heterogeneity through our integral concept of family involvement can be replicated by other authors because of the manageability of the items, thus contributing to an increased understanding of the effects of family involvement in firms' development.
Exiting fieldwork “with grace”: reflections on the unintended consequences of participant observation and researcher-participant relationships
Authors: Franco Paolo , Yang Ye (Nicole) 
Published: March 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the methodological importance of how researchers exit fieldwork to draw attention to implications for participant and researcher well-being.

Design/methodology/approach
Reflecting in detail on one researcher’s final six-months exiting fieldwork at a retirement village, this paper critically examines the unintended consequences of participant observation and researcher-participant relationships.

Findings
The paper illustrates that difficulties to exit fieldwork can be unintended consequences of participant observation activities and developing researcher-participant relationships. The findings also discuss how fieldwork exit can impose upon participant and researcher well-being.

Research limitations/implications
The findings are built upon fieldwork at a retirement village where the researcher served as a volunteer. Thus, the discussion focusses on participant observation activities that are likely to lead to close researcher-participant relationships. However, this paper aims to serve as a useful resource for researchers when considering how to exit their unique fieldwork contexts “with grace”.

Practical implications
The paper provides practical suggestions to help marketing researchers such as ethnographers, manage fieldwork exits with participant and researcher well-being concerns in mind.

Social implications
The practical suggestions provided by this paper aim to enable marketing researchers to exit fieldwork contexts “with grace” through reflection and proactive management of the social impacts of their research activities.

Originality/value
Even though researchers acknowledge fieldwork is social and personal by nature, little research attention has been paid to the management of researcher-participant relationships and the exit stage of fieldwork. This paper discusses and addresses this blind-spot in marketing research.
An investigation on the impact of shading devices on energy consumption of commercial buildings in the contexts of subtropical climate
Authors: Rana Md. Jewel , Hasan Md. Rakibul , Sobuz Md. Habibur Rahman 
Published: March 2021

PurposeApplication of appropriate shading device strategies in buildings can reduce direct solar heat gain through windows as well as optimize cooling and artificial lighting load. This study investigates the impact of common shading devices such as overhangs, fins, horizontal blinds, vertical blinds and drapes on energy consumption of an office building and suggests energy efficient shading device strategies in the contexts of unique Bangladeshi subtropical monsoon climate.Design/methodology/approachThis research was performed through the energy simulation perspective of a prototype office building using a validated building energy simulation tool eQUEST. Around 100 simulation patterns were created considering various types of shading devices and building orientations. The simulation results were analysed comprehensively to find out energy-efficient shading device strategies.FindingsOptimum overhang and fin height is equal to half of the window height in the context of the subtropical climate of Bangladesh. South and West are the most vulnerable orientations, and application of shading devices on these two orientations shows the highest reduction of cooling load and the lowest increment of lighting load. An existing building was able to save approximately 7.05% annual energy consumption by applying the shading device strategies that were suggested by this study.Originality/valueThe shading device strategies of this study can be incorporated into the Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) as new energy-efficient building design strategies because the BNBC does not have any codes or regulations regarding energy-efficient shading device. It can also be used as energy-efficient shading device strategies to other Southeast Asian countries with similar climatic contexts of Bangladesh.
Illuminating the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of ecological stability across scales
Authors: Ross Samuel R. P.‐J. , Suzuki Yuka , Kondoh Michio , Suzuki Kenta , Villa Martín Paula , Dornelas Maria 
Published: March 2021

AbstractOur knowledge of ecological stability is built on assumptions of scale. These assumptions limit our ability to reach a generalizable and mechanistic understanding of stability under global environmental change. Moving towards a multiscale approach—across space, time and environment—will allow us to better understand the intrinsic (e.g., demographic) and extrinsic (environmental) drivers of ecological stability. In this perspective, we review multiple sources of variation responsible for shaping ecological dynamics, and how scale affects our observation of these dynamics through its confounding effect on drivers of variation in ecosystems. We discuss the effect of temporal scale when combining empirical dynamic modeling with high‐resolution population time series to consider the time‐varying nature of multispecies interaction networks, highlighting interspecific interactions as an intrinsic driver of community dynamics. Next, we examine energy landscape analysis as a method for inferring stability and transience during community assembly and its interaction with spatial scale, emphasizing the intrinsic role of compositional variability in assembly dynamics. We then examine population dynamics at species' range margins and show how considering the interaction between spatial and temporal environmental heterogeneity, an extrinsic driver of population dynamics, can facilitate a nuanced understanding of population expansions, range shifts, and species invasions. Finally, we discuss broadly how the sources of intrinsic and extrinsic variation interact with each other and with spatiotemporal scale to shape ecological dynamics. Better recognition of the scale‐dependent nature of the relationship between drivers of variation and ecological dynamics will be invaluable to illuminate the dynamics influencing ecological stability across scales.
The Minaeans after Maʿīn? The latest presently dateable Minaic text and the God of Maʿīn
Authors: Weimar Jason 
Published: March 2021

AbstractHistorians of Ancient South Arabia have long questioned when the Minaean Kingdom collapsed and when the Minaean people disappeared thereafter. Scholarship presently leans towards dating the fall to sometime in the first century AD with the Minaeans dissipating shortly thereafter. Relevant for the question of the Minaeans’ disappearance is the Minaic RyIIIb stick inscription called L 53, which I decipher here. Based on a new paleographical dating system for RyIIIb inscriptions that I have developed, L 53 appears to date between the first to third centuries AD. This would make it the latest dateable Minaic text and quite possibly place its origins to after the fall of the Kingdom of Maʿīn. The text also contains the first attestations of the first person plural independent pronoun “we” nḥn in Ancient South Arabian in addition to a new divine moniker “the God of Maʿīn” (ʾlh mʿn). L 53 therefore might attest to a continuing Minaean linguistic and religious identity after the fall of their kingdom, which may be corroborated by Ptolemy’s statement that the Minaeans were a “great people” in the second century AD.
Chronic endometritis in women with suspected retained products of conception and their reproductive outcomes
Authors: Elder Simone , Bortoletto Pietro , Romanski Phillip A. , Spandorfer Steven 
Published: March 2021

AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether women who underwent operative hysteroscopy for suspected retained products of conception (rPOC) have histopathologic evidence of chronic endometritis (CE).DesignRetrospective cohort.SettingAcademic center.Patient(s)One hundred and eleven women who underwent operative hysteroscopy for suspected rPOC between 2016 and 2018.Intervention(s)None.Main Outcome Measure(s)Evidence of CE on histopathology and subsequent reproductive outcomes.Result(s)One hundred and eleven women with retained products of conception were included in our study of which 26 (23.4%) were diagnosed with CE. Women without CE had a higher median gravidity (1 vs. 2, p = .021) and a higher median number of prior pregnancy losses (1 vs. 2 prior losses, p = .005) compared to those with CE. Subsequent pregnancy data were available for 63 women. There was no difference in the subsequent pregnancy rate (61.5 vs. 54%, p = .626) between those with and without CE. Once pregnant, miscarriage (37.5 vs. 25.9%, p = .524) and live birth rates (50 vs. 44.4%, p = .782) were similar between the groups. Women with CE received antibiotics 57.7% of the time, the most common of which was doxycycline (46.6%). Of the women with CE who received antibiotics (n = 10), 8 became pregnant, and 4 of whom went on to have a live birth.Conclusion(s)Nearly 1 in 4 women undergoing hysteroscopy for rPOC was incidentally diagnosed with CE. It is not clear whether CE is a causative agent for retained products or a response to the pregnancy loss. In this cohort, a diagnosis of CE did not negatively impact subsequent reproductive outcomes.
Cryptotephras in the Lateglacial ICDP Dead Sea sediment record and their implications for chronology
Authors: Neugebauer Ina , Müller Daniela , Schwab Markus J. , Blockley Simon , Lane Christine S. , Wulf Sabine , Appelt Oona , Brauer Achim 
Published: March 2021

Due to a lack of visible tephras in the Dead Sea record, this unique palaeoenvironmental archive is largely unconnected to the well‐established Mediterranean tephrostratigraphy. Here we present first results of the ongoing search for cryptotephras in the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP) sediment core from the deep Dead Sea basin. This study focusses on the Lateglacial (~15–11.4 cal. ka BP), when Lake Lisan – the precursor of the Dead Sea – shrank from its glacial highstand to the Holocene low levels. We developed a glass shard separation protocol and counting procedure that is adapted to the extreme salinity and sediment recycling of the Dead Sea. Cryptotephra is abundant in the Dead Sea record (up to ~100 shards cm-3), but often glasses are physically and/or chemically altered. Six glass samples from five tephra horizons reveal a heterogeneous geochemical composition, with mainly rhyolitic and some trachytic glasses potentially sourced from Italian, Aegean and Anatolian volcanoes. Most shards likely originate from the eastern Anatolian volcanic province and can be correlated using major element analyses with tephra deposits from swarm eruptions of the Süphan Volcano ~13 ka BP and with ashes from Nemrut Volcano, presumably the Lake Van V‐16 volcanic layer at ~13.8 ka BP. In addition to glasses that match the TM‐10‐1 from Lago Grande di Monticchio (15 820±790 cal. a BP) tentatively correlated with the St. Angelo Tuff of Ischia, we further identified a cryptotephra with glass analyses which are chemically identical with those of the PhT1 tephra in the Philippon peat record (13.9–10.5 ka BP), and also a compositional match for the glass analyses of the Santorini Cape Riva Tephra (Y‐2 marine tephra, 22 024±642 cal. a BP). These first results demonstrate the great potential of cryptotephrochronology in the Dead Sea record for improving its chronology and connecting the Levantine region to the Mediterranean tephra framework.
Mapping leprosy‐associated coding variants of interleukin genes by targeted sequencing
Authors: Zhang Deng‐Feng , Li Hui‐Long , Zheng Quanzhen , Bi Rui , Xu Min , Wang Dong , Zhu Guo‐Ping , Li Yu‐Ye , Yao Yong‐Gang 
Published: March 2021

AbstractPrevious genotyping‐based assays have identified non‐coding variants of several interleukins (ILs) being associated with genetic susceptibility to leprosy. However, understanding of the involvement of coding variants within all IL family genes in leprosy was still limited. To obtain the full mutation spectrum of all ILs in leprosy, we performed a targeted deep sequencing of coding regions of 58 ILs genes in 798 leprosy patients (age 56.2 ± 14.4; female 31.5%) and 990 healthy controls (age 38.1 ± 14.0; female 44.3%) from Yunnan, Southwest China. mRNA expression alterations of ILs in leprosy skin lesions or in response to M. leprae treatment were estimated by using publicly available expression datasets. Two coding variants in IL27 (rs17855750, p.S59A, p = 4.02 × 10−8, odds ratio [OR] = 1.748) and IL1RN (rs45507693, p.A106T, p = 1.45 × 10−5, OR = 3.629) were significantly associated with leprosy risk. mRNA levels of IL27 and IL1RN were upregulated in whole blood cells after M. leprae stimulation. These data showed that IL27 and IL1RN are leprosy risk genes. Further functional study is required for characterizing the exact role of ILs in leprosy.
Winter weather and work hours: Heterogeneous effects and regional adaptation
Authors: Liu Bo , Hirsch Barry T. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractWe examine how work hours reported in the Current Population Survey vary with snowfall in 265 metropolitan areas during 2004–2014. The effects of snowfall on work vary across types of workers, occupation, industry, and region. Regions adapt to inclement weather. Losses in work hours from snow events are particularly large in Southern states and among construction workers. An average daily inch of snowfall during a week reduces work by an hour. Few of the hours lost are “made‐up” in subsequent weeks. A “back‐of‐an‐envelope” calculation suggests that in average years, snow reduces annual hours worked by 0.15%.
Using conservation criminology to understand the role of restaurants in the urban wild meat trade
Authors: Gluszek Sarah , Viollaz Julie , Mwinyihali Robert , Wieland Michelle , Gore Meredith L. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractAt unsustainable rates and in illegal contexts, the wild meat trade is a driver of species extinction; it can also threaten ecosystem services, local food security and contribute to the risk of zoonotic disease spread. The restaurant and catering sectors are understudied groups in conservation, both with regards to the legal and illegal wild meat trade and particularly in urban areas. Restaurateurs are key actors between wild meat consumers and suppliers and thus play a central role in the supply chain. This study applied a crime science hot product approach to characterize: (a) restaurateur perceptions of urban wild meat consumption; (b) wildlife species most at risk in the urban wild meat trade; and (c) the differences between restaurants in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo). Through focus groups in both cities, participants affirmed that in urban centers wild meat is considered a luxury item and sign of wealth. Monkeys were seen as a hot product in both cities, but we found a greater variety of hot wild meat products in Brazzaville. When looking at the differences between the restaurant tier levels, middle‐tiered restaurants identified pangolin and antelopes as being hot products, rather than monkeys as with upper and lower‐tiered restaurants. By applying a hot product analysis, we identified the wild meat groups most likely to be targeted by the urban wild meat trade. Findings herein offer novel opportunities to better tailor and prioritize conservation interventions against illegal trade using design against crime or other crime prevention strategies.
Pancreas transplantation would be easy if the recipients were not diabetic: A practical guide to post‐operative management of diabetic complications in pancreas transplant recipients
Authors: Cerise Adam , Chen Jeanne M. , Powelson John A. , Lutz Andrew J. , Fridell Jonathan A. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractDiabetes mellitus remains a major public health problem throughout the United States with over $300 billion spent in total cost of care annually. In addition to being a leading cost of kidney failure, diabetes causes a host of secondary hyperglycemic‐related complications including gastroparesis and orthostatic hypotension. While pancreas transplantation has been established as an effective treatment for diabetes, providing long‐term normoglycemia in recipients, the secondary complications of diabetes mellitus persist complicating the post‐operative course of an otherwise successful pancreas transplantation. This review describes the mechanism and impact of diabetic gastroparesis and orthostatic hypotension in the post‐operative course of pancreas transplant patients and analyzes the various treatment modalities, based on current data and extensive experience at our institution, to treat these respective complications. While gastroparesis and orthostatic hypotension remain challenging post‐operative conditions, the establishment of institutional protocols and step‐up treatment algorithms can help define more effective therapies.
The Global Kidney Exchange: Revisiting exploitation arguments
Authors: Reyneke Maryn , Borry Pascal 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThe Global Kidney Exchange (GKE) program, introduced by Rees et al. (2017), has been described as an innovative method to address the global shortage of kidneys for the purpose of transplantation. However, the concept of the GKE has evoked controversy and various international bodies have accused it of being a form of low‐ and middle‐income country (LMIC) exploitation. Using Julian Koplin's framework of exploitation, we consider three different conceptualizations of wrongful advantage taking in the unique setting formed by the GKE. The analysis contributes to a better understanding of the controversy and gives insight into how to deal with background conditions that influence the fairness of such a global social cooperation.
No time to look after the kids: The unintended consequences of export expansion on child health*
Authors: Dai Lihua , Fan Qi , Li Yanyun , Lin Faqin 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIn this paper, we examine the effect of export expansion on the health of children under the age of 6 years in China. Using the CHNS survey, we exploit trade exposure variation among regions after China's entry into the WTO to construct a difference‐in‐differences and instrumental variable identification. We show that 1% increase in export expansion over GDP share exacerbates child' illness rates by 0.6%, and the effect is more pronounced for less educated parents. The increasing workloads and having less time to look after the child account for the increasing illness rates, especially for mothers.
Hydrostatic pressure influence activity and assembly of bacterial communities in reservoir sediments
Authors: Wu Hainan , Li Yi , Zhang Wenlong , Niu Lihua , Gao Yu , Hui Cizhang , Bertilsson Stefan 
Published: March 2021

Abstract

Reservoir sediments are subjected to highly variable hydrostatic pressures, but little is known about the direct impacts of this environmental variable on microbial communities and biogeochemical processes mediated by microbes in the numerous deep reservoirs (>100 m) scattered across our planet.

To address this gap, the organic matter degradation and community assembly of sediment bacteria were studied in bioreactors maintained under different hydrostatic pressures (0.5–3.0 MPa) and explored using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing analysis.

Our results showed that rates of CO2 and CH4 production and microbial activity decreased significantly with increasing pressure, at least when exceeding 1.0 MPa. In contrast, α‐diversity and community structure of the active (16S rRNA) and total (16S rRNA gene) bacterial communities did not show any significant response to the different hydrostatic pressures, but a co‐occurrence network demonstrated that interactions between bacterial populations were stronger at higher pressures (≥1.5 MPa).

Moreover, ecological null model analyses revealed that when the pressure exceeded 1.5 MPa, the main assembly processes of bacterial communities changed from stochastic to deterministic. These findings corroborate an important role of pressure in the assembly and emerging interactions within sediment bacterial communities.

Our results imply that increased hydrostatic pressure caused by dam constructions may hamper the metabolism of the sediment microbiota, and that this may result in enhanced sediment burial of nutrients and organic matter, at least when pressures exceed 1.0 MPa.