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Does a Financial Crisis Impair Corporate Innovation?
Authors: IMAI MASAMI , SAWADA MICHIRU 
Published: November 2024

AbstractWe examine whether financial crises affect innovation output in the context of the 1997–98 crisis in Japan by developing the data on patent counts and future patent citations. Innovative outputs of firms that relied more heavily on bank finance fell more, and that bank dependence matters more for small firms. By employing semiparametric propensity score weighting methods, we also show that small firms which had long‐term, precrisis relationships with the failed banks exhibited a large decline in innovative outputs. The results suggest that crisis‐induced disruptions in the provision of intermediated funds reduced the innovative capacity of the opaque, bank‐dependent firms.
A More Ethical Workplace? How and Why Perceived Socially Responsible Human Resource Management Makes a Difference
Authors: Pham Nhat Tan , Lu Jintao , Ogbonnaya Chidiebere , Tuan Tran Hoang , Degbey William Y. , Laker Benjamin 
Published: November 2024

AbstractSocially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) is a critical component of an organization's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. It focuses on promoting sustainability goals and creating a positive social environment for employees to observe, learn, and internalize the organization's ethical values. Drawing on social learning theory, we conducted two separate field studies to investigate the direct and indirect links between employee perceptions of SRHRM practices and ethical workplace behaviour, as well as the moderating role of supervisor ethical leadership. In Study 1, we analysed three‐wave data from 243 employees in Taiwanese organizations. The results show that perceived SRHRM practices shape ethical workplace behaviour both directly and indirectly through cognitive (value commitment) and morality‐based (moral ownership) mechanisms. Study 2 validates these findings using time‐lagged data from 302 employee–supervisor dyads in Vietnamese organizations. Additionally, this study reveals that the indirect positive relationship between perceived SRHRM and ethical behaviour is stronger when supervisors adopt an ethical leadership style. These findings offer a crucial Asia‐Pacific perspective, complementing the predominantly Western‐focused views on social responsibility in HRM and CSR research.
The efficacy and safety of dual orexin receptor antagonists in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials
Authors: Yeh Wei‐Chih , Li Ying‐Sheng , Chang Yang‐Pei , Hsu Chung‐Yao 
Published: November 2024

SummaryDual orexin receptor antagonists (DORAs) are indicated for the treatment of insomnia disorder. However, DORAs may change sleep parameters, thus having adverse effects on patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This meta‐analysis clarified the impact of DORAs in OSA treatment on sleep architecture and respiratory parameters. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases for randomised control trials published up to May 2024. The search focussed on studies discussing the effects of DORAs on sleep architecture in patients with OSA. Nonrandomised studies were excluded. A meta‐analysis using a random‐effects model was performed. The patients were categorised into subgroups based on the treatment protocol (single or multiple dosages). The Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomised trials assessed the risk of bias. Our meta‐analysis included four randomised placebo‐controlled trials, encompassing 126 patients with a mean age of 49.1 years. The effects of DORAs on sleep architecture and respiratory parameters were examined. The main findings were as follows: DORAs significantly increased the total sleep time and improved sleep efficiency. However, they did not affect rapid eye movement sleep. DORAs also showed a trend towards decreased wake after sleep onset and did not increase the apnea–hypopnea index. DORAs did not increase the percentage of total sleep time with oxygen saturation lower than 90% and 85% compared with placebo, respectively. Furthermore, DORAs were not associated with significantly higher adverse effects compared with placebo. This meta‐analysis demonstrated that DORAs improve sleep and do not impair nighttime respiratory function in patients with OSA.
Sex‐specific changes in sleep quality with aging: Insights from wearable device analysis
Authors: Tam Jonathan , Ferri Raffaele , Mogavero Maria P. , Palomino Melissa , DelRosso Lourdes M. 
Published: November 2024

SummaryPrior studies evaluating sleep quality have found that women often have better polysomnography‐defined sleep quality than men, but women subjectively report a greater frequency of sleep disturbances. Although these studies can be partially attributed to study design, it is currently unclear what may be causing these discrepancies. In this study, we aim to identify potential differences in objectively assessed sleep quality between men and women with further emphasis on subgroup analysis based on age. We hypothesize that women's sleep worsens after menopause. Sleep quality was assessed by comparing the Sleep Quality Index, Arousal Index, sleep efficiency and apnea–hypopnea index, as provided by the SleepImage Ring@ 2.3.0, between men and women, with a sub‐group analysis performed by age (18–40 years, 41–50 years, 51–60 years, 61–70 years, and > 70 years), run separately for women and men. In total, 1444 subjects (704 women and 740 men) with a mean age of 53.6 ± 14.71 years were enrolled in this analysis. In women, a significant drop in Sleep Quality Index was noted after age 51 years. Regression analysis demonstrated that age, Arousal Index, sleep efficiency and apnea–hypopnea index correlated significantly with Sleep Quality Index – with age, Arousal Index and apnea–hypopnea index negatively correlated, and sleep efficiency positively correlated. The highest correlation coefficient was obtained for Arousal Index in both women and men. In women, age older than 50 years was associated with a more rapid decrease of sleep quality than men, as defined by an increase in Arousal Index and apnea–hypopnea index with a concurrent decrease in Sleep Quality Index.
Connecting Variety Trialling Systems Across Two Countries
Authors: Piepho Hans‐Peter , Malik Waqas Ahmed 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTIn Europe, before acceptance to a country's national list, crop variety candidates must undergo testing for value for cultivation and use (VCU) in multi‐environment trials. Once a variety is accepted to the national list of a country, it can be marketed in that county. Moreover, it may be marketed in other European countries as well, even if it has not been tested for VCU, and hence, there is no performance assessment in those other countries. This paper investigates how VCU trialling systems of two countries can be connected and integrated so that performance can be assessed for both countries without altering the capacity of the trialling systems. Our statistical calculations based on VCU trial data for maize from Germany and Poland highlight the benefit of a joint analysis of data from two countries. Moreover, we show how the efficiency of each country's VCU testing system can be improved—without altering the overall capacity of the systems in terms of the number of trials and the number of plots per trial—by ensuring that each variety is tested in both countries.
Determinants of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Rural Women in Zimbabwe
Authors: Mundagowa Paddington T. , Tapera Oscar , Guzha Bothwell , Fitzpatrick Megan Burke , Mandishora Racheal S. Dube , Kanyangarara Mufaro 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo identify the determinants of cervical cancer (CC) screening among underserved rural women in Zimbabwe.DesignCommunity‐based cross‐sectional survey.Sample840 rural women (25–65 years).MeasurementsA structured, pretested questionnaire was used to collect data on sociodemographic characteristics and factors influencing screening. The outcome was defined as self‐reported ever screening for CC. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the association between CC screening and independent variables.ResultsOf the 840 women included, 33% had a history of screening. Women 25–45 years (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 0.43; 95% CI: 0.30–0.61) and without medical insurance (aOR: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.45–0.97) had reduced odds of CC screening. Conversely, women who had seen or heard messages on CC screening (aOR: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.03–2.13), were living with HIV (aOR: 1.87; 95% CI: 1.22–2.87) reported recent antibiotic use (aOR: 4.50; 95% CI: 1.47–13.79) and had malaria in the last 6 months (aOR: 2.45; 95% CI: 1.02–5.86) had increased odds of CC screening.ConclusionThere is a need for intensified efforts to improve CC screening uptake, particularly in underserved rural areas with suboptimal screening rates and high CC burden. Strategies should include widespread tailored awareness messaging targeting younger women, women living with HIV, and women without medical insurance.
Conceptual and practical challenges of assessing soil quality
Authors: Celis Ricardo Andrés Oviedo , Gamboa Cristhian Hernández , Pascual José Antonio , Ros Margarita 
Published: November 2024

AbstractSoil supports and maintains all life systems on the planet, but society has used it in a way that depletes and degrades it, affecting soil quality. Based on a systemic review of publications appearing between 2000 and 2020, this article analyses the conceptual evolution of soil quality, addressing aspects such as management, sampling depth, methods and indicators of soil quality, and the challenges soil science faces to achieve comprehensive quality assessments that promote soil conservation and its sustainable use. The analysis reveals the conceptual evolution of soil quality and how, from its new conception, the holistic understanding of this natural resource is promoted by including soil ecosystem services and the social component. New methods and indicators have allowed researchers to increase their knowledge of soil quality, and they are relevant in each of the study contexts analysed. However, the minimum data sets (MDS) do not always comprise physical, chemical, and biological attributes. The priorities for comprehensive soil quality assessment include strengthening the participatory approach, introducing sustainability‐based scenarios, including biochemical indicators, and establishing a legal framework that articulates the results of assessments for decision‐making. In the current global context of land use, soil quality should not only be seen as a concept but as a scientific and social instrument that can contribute to comprehensive land planning and management.
Ultraconserved element (UCE) phylogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history and biogeography of Dorymyrmex pyramid ants
Authors: Oberski Jill T. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractLatitudinal diversity gradients are one of the most widely discussed patterns in global biogeography, generally in the context of high diversity in tropical regions. In contrast, ‘amphitropical’ or ‘inverse’ distributions, once thought to be unusual, are increasingly recognized as common among many hymenopteran insects. One such group is the ant genus Dorymyrmex, which specializes in arid habitats throughout the Americas. To evaluate when and how Dorymyrmex acquired its present‐day distribution, I sequenced partial genomes of 167 Dorymyrmex representing 69 species by targeting ultraconserved elements (UCEs). A matrix of 870 genetic loci was used to infer maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenies, estimate divergence dates and reconstruct hypothesized ancestral areas. These new analyses reveal that Dorymyrmex comprises four species groups, the D. flavescens, tener, wolffhuegeli, and pyramicus groups. The D. pyramicus group likely dispersed from South America to North America only once, via Central America. Like many Hymenoptera, this dispersal occurred before the traditional closure date of the Isthmus of Panama, corroborating and extending the results of previous studies. Finally, I discuss life history strategies of Dorymyrmex that may have contributed to the geographic and genetic radiation of the D. pyramicus group, detail significant insights into Dorymyrmex morphology and classical taxonomy with new comparative illustrations, and provide recommendations for future work.
Our resolutions and their causes: Twardowski on free will in ethical and legal contexts
Authors: Brożek Anna 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe paper aimed to reconstruct Twardowski's approach to the problem of free will and his analyses of the consequences of various solutions to this problem in ethics and criminal law. According to Twardowski, if we understand ‘free will’ as the possibility of making resolutions other than actually made, then (most probably) nobody has free will. Our resolutions are determined by a set of mental dispositions (character) and incentives that activate these dispositions. However, the existence of freedom of will such understood is not a necessary condition for the correct functioning of ethical systems or criminal law. On the contrary, ethical systems and criminal law seem to assume that at least some of our resolutions are determined by our relatively stable dispositions. Only then can these resolutions and the actions that follow them be ascribed to certain agents. Twardowski's views on free will are presented here in the context of the metaphilosophical positions of the Lvov–Warsaw School, the central European branch of analytic philosophy. His position is also juxtaposed with Brentano's view of free will and Łukasiewicz's approach to the determinism/indeterminism debate. This juxtaposition illustrates the variety of philosophical positions and the diversity of the metaphilosophical toolkit applied in early analytic philosophy.
Short-duration gamma-ray bursts from Kerr–Newman black hole mergers
Authors: Ali Shad 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBlack hole (BH) mergers are natural sources of gravitational waves (GWs) and are possibly associated with electromagnetic events. Such events from a charged rotating BH with an accretion on to it could be more energetic and ultra-short-lived if the magnetic force dominates the accretion process because the attraction of ionized fluid with a strong magnetic field around the rotating BH further amplifies the acceleration of the charged particle via a gyromagnetic effect. Thus a stronger magnetic field and gravitational pull will provide an inward force to any fluid displaced in the radial direction and move it toward the axis of rotation with an increasing velocity. After many twists during rotation and the existence of restoring agents, Such events could produce a narrow intense jet starts in the form of Poynting flux along the axis of rotation resembling the Blandford–Znajek (BZ) mechanism. We investigated a charged rotating BH and obtained characteristic results (e.g., the remnant mass, magnetic field strength, luminosity, opening angle, viewing angle, and variation of viewing angle on the SGRB luminosity detection) that have a nice coincidence with rare events having GW associated with EM counterparts. This study gives a new insight into events with a strongly magnetized disk dominating the accretion process of energy extraction.
Retinal Layer and Choroidal Changes in Deep and Scuba Divers: Evidence of Pachychoroid Spectrum‐Like Findings
Authors: Demir Nur , Kayhan Belma , Acar Mertan , Sevincli Sukru , Sonmez Murat 
Published: November 2024

Purpose: Diving is an intense physical activity under hyperbaric and hyperoxic conditions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the long‐term effects of diving on the thicknesses of retinal layers and retinal anatomy in professional deep and scuba divers.Methods: The study included 52 eyes of deep divers who dive to depths of more than 130 feet (ft), 49 eyes of scuba divers who dive up to 130 ft, and 66 eyes of the control group, consisting of nondiving but regularly exercising males. Measurements of macular retinal layer thicknesses, peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and peripheral retinal examinations with scleral indentation were performed and statistically compared between the groups.Results: The mean diving duration was 455.00 ± 318.88 h in deep divers and 451.67 ± 281.10 h in scuba divers. The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) was statistically significantly thicker in deep divers than in scuba divers and the control group on the 3 mm ring of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study grid. Subfoveal choroidal thickness was significantly thicker in deep divers than in scuba divers (p < 0.05). RPE abnormalities showed a significant increase in both the deep and scuba diver groups (p = 0.01).Conclusion: An increased thickening of the subfoveal choroid and RPE, resembling pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy, was detected in deep divers over a long‐term duration.
Low‐Dose Prophylactic Oral Iron Supplementation (Ferrous Fumarate, Ferrous Bisglycinate, and Ferrous Sulphate) in Pregnancy Is Not Associated With Clinically Significant Gastrointestinal Complaints: Results From Two Randomized Studies
Authors: Milman Nils Thorm , Bergholt Thomas 
Published: November 2024

Background: Many pregnant women are reluctant to follow the recommendation concerning oral iron prophylaxis due to concerns about gastrointestinal (GI) side effects.Objective: To assess the frequency of GI complaints during low‐dose oral iron prophylaxis and compare three iron formulas in equipotent doses: ferrous fumarate versus ferrous bisglycinate versus ferrous sulphate, in healthy women with an uncomplicated single pregnancy.Methods: Results from two randomized, double‐blind studies are reported: the Gentofte study comprising 404 women allocated into four groups taking 20, 40, 60, and 80 mg of elemental iron as ferrous fumarate/day and the Naestved study comprising 78 women allocated into two groups: 25 mg of elemental iron as ferrous bisglycinate/day and 50 mg of elemental iron as ferrous sulphate/day between meals from 15 to 19 weeks of gestation to delivery. GI complaints (nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain/pyrosis, belching, meteorism, borborygmi, intestinal colic, flatulence, loose stools, constipation, and use of laxatives), as well as black stools, were recorded by interview at the time of inclusion and at regular intervals during gestation.Results: At inclusion, the frequency of total combined GI complaints in all women (n = 482) was 21%. The Gentofte study showed that in the groups taking 20–60 mg iron/day as fumarate, there was no association between the iron dose and the frequency of GI side effects. An iron dose of 80 mg as fumarate was associated with significantly higher frequencies of constipation and the use of laxatives. Comparing the three equipotent doses of iron formulas, which can prevent iron deficiency, ferrous bisglycinate 25 mg iron had the most favourable GI side effect profile, while ferrous fumarate 40 mg iron and ferrous sulphate 50 mg iron had higher but similar GI side effect profiles. The frequency of black stools increased with the iron dose. Ferrous bisglycinate 25 mg iron had a lower frequency of black stools (8%) than ferrous fumarate 40 mg iron (22%) and ferrous sulphate 50 mg iron (31%).Conclusion: Low‐dose iron supplementation appears to have no clinically significant GI side effects, as none of the included women presented with GI complaints of such severity that it necessitated either reduction of iron dose, change to an alternative iron formula, or discontinuation of iron supplement. However, ferrous bisglycinate 25 mg iron/day is associated with significantly fewer GI complaints than ferrous fumarate 40 mg iron/day and ferrous sulphate 50 mg iron/day. Ferrous bisglycinate may be preferred for iron prophylaxis, especially in women experiencing GI side effects when taking other conventional iron formulas.
A new and a known species of the Taeniacanthidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida), recovered from Japanese fishes (Actinopterygii)
Authors: Izawa Kunihiko 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Anchistrotos kojimensis Do & Ho, 1983 is redescribed on the basis of a single female recovered from the original host, Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Perciformes, Gobiidae), and Taeniacanthus uranoscopi sp. nov. is described based on specimens of both sexes recovered from Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 (Perciformes, Uranoscopidae). The family Uranoscopidae is a new host group for the Taeniacanthidae.
Doubts about Normative Skepticism
Authors: Schueler G. F. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The ‘error theory’ holds that all normative claims are false. Of course, if there is any reason to believe the error theory then, since it would be a reason to believe something, that would show the error theory itself to be false. A recent book (Streumer, 2017) tries to block this argument by arguing on the basis of the claim that the error theory itself can’t be believed that there can be no reason to believe it. This is a paradoxical conclusion since it leaves the possibility that the error theory is true even though it is impossible to believe it and we can have no reason to believe it.
In this paper I argue for a different paradox. Even if we can believe the error theory, we are committed to rejecting it, but this still leaves normative skepticism unanswered.
Rural Boy Groups: Awkward (Ga) Dance, Reflexive Gimmick, and the Livestreaming Craze in China
Authors: Wang Huanruo 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article examines the recent emergence on Chinese livestreaming platforms of what I call ‘rural boy groups’. Mostly self-employed and self-trained, the members of rural boy groups capitalize on the most accessible resources that they have – their own bodies – to become digital entrepreneurs, instead of following the conventional path as migrant workers or manual laborers in urban cities. Engaging with Sianne Ngai’s concept of the gimmick, the article investigates what makes their performance gimmicky: namely, ‘earthy taste’ (tuwei) aesthetic, ‘awkwardness’ (ga), and atmospheric interaction. It shows that this gimmicky entertainment by rural boy groups simultaneously exposes and exploits the underlying conditions of their labor, such as class divides and platform exploitation, which ends up perpetuating their precarious situation.
Vita Communis Taking a More Secular Shape: Samuel Pufendorf’s Concept of Community Applied by Ernst König to Civic Education in West (Royal) Prussia
Authors: Oseka Matthew 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The concept of community formulated by Samuel Pufendorf, Protestant philosopher and civil servant, in the 17th century, on the one hand, drew upon the Reformation legacy, and on the other hand, explored a more secular and less confessional approach to this issue. The present paper examines how Ernst König, Protestant scholar and President of the Academic Gymnasia in Thorn and in Elbing, applied Pufendorf’s concept of community to civic education in West Prussia (Royal Prussia). König was diligent in applying Pufendorf’s concept of community to civic education (philosophia / doctrina civilis) as cultivated at the Academic Gymnasia in Thorn and in Elbing where he served as President. He also promoted the idea of civic education in all his ethical writings and made use of Pufendorf’s De officio hominis et civis, working with his students. Likewise, supervising works submitted by his students, König made them familiar with Pufendorf’s thought.