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Community-based economic romance and integration: assessing the feasibility of a currency union in South Asia
Authors: Verdie Jean-François , Salloum Charbel , Jarrar Hajer , Dana Léo-Paul 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
This purpose of this study aims to critically evaluate the feasibility of establishing a single currency area within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) by examining the economic integration of its member states. The analysis focuses on the extent to which the region meets the criteria of the optimum currency area (OCA) theory, particularly in terms of business cycle synchronization, labor mobility and capital flows.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a vector autoregression (VAR) model within the aggregate demand-aggregate supply framework, this research investigates the symmetry of supply and demand shocks across SAARC economies. The study analyzes the synchronization of business cycles and the mobility of labor and capital to determine the readiness of SAARC for a unified currency.

Findings
The results indicate significant asymmetries in business cycles among SAARC countries, with substantial disparities in economic responses to shocks. These findings suggest that the region lacks the necessary economic synchronization required for a successful single currency area. Limited labor and capital mobility further complicate the potential for economic integration within SAARC.

Research limitations/implications
The study is constrained by data inconsistencies and the limited range of economic indicators available for SAARC countries. Future research should expand the analysis to include a broader set of socioeconomic factors and more comprehensive data sets to better assess the region’s potential for monetary integration.

Practical implications
The study highlights the challenges of forming a currency union in South Asia due to economic disparities and limited mobility. However, gradual steps toward deeper regional integration, improved financial infrastructure and enhanced cross-border collaboration could foster long-term economic stability, growth and social cohesion in the SAARC region.

Social implications
The research highlights the potential social benefits of enhanced economic integration, such as increased community resilience and social cohesion, while also warning of the risks associated with premature monetary union in a region with significant economic disparities.

Originality/value
This study provides a detailed analysis linking the theoretical framework of the OCA to the practical realities of economic integration in South Asia. By focusing on the specific economic conditions of SAARC member states, the research offers valuable insights for policymakers considering regional monetary integration.
A scoping review of robotic technology in hospitality and tourism
Authors: Sun Sunny , Ye Huiyue , Law Rob 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
With the disruptive evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), the roles of robotics in hospitality and tourism are shifting rapidly from automatic to emotional works. Although academics have focused on examining robotic applications in hospitality and tourism, concrete images of the different roles of robots are unclear. Thus, this study aims to systematically aggregate and evaluate existing robotic technology-related studies published in Social Science Citation Index-listed hospitality and tourism journals to link the fragmented knowledge and provide an up-to-date overview of robotic technology in hospitality and tourism.

Design/methodology/approach
This study retrieved 134 robotic technology-related articles and used descriptive and content analyses to analyze the retrieved papers thoroughly.

Findings
The top keyword identified was service robot. Robotic technologies are categorized into AI-supplemented, AI-generated, robotic technology anthropomorphism (RTA)-facilitated and RTA-mediated.

Research limitations/implications
Future studies can consider exploring service robots further from the perspectives of suppliers in tourism. A more comprehensive categorization of robotic technologies is also recommended.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the robotic research realm by providing a holistic view of robotic applications in hospitality and tourism research. This study also attempts to pin down the potential research directions to guide researchers in expanding future studies.
Looking to the past, considering the present and preparing for the future: digital technologies and the business model canvas
Authors: Matricano Diego , Liguori Eric W. 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to propose a reconfiguration of the business model canvas (BMC) to highlight the relevant, and often critical, role of digital technologies (DTs).

Design/methodology/approach
The authors review the business model literature to further clarify its dynamic nature (expressed by innovation, adaptation and experimentation) and the factors that may affect it. Ultimately, to better capture the role of DTs, the authors posit a new iteration of the BMC (namely, the digital business model canvas [DiBMC]).

Findings
Historically, DTs were not clearly represented in the BMC, often resulting in them being disparately woven into other boxes or not clearly captured at all. By reconfiguring the nine original building blocks, and adding two new ones related to DTs, the DiBMC supports a more complete visualization of how value is created and the role of DTs.

Originality/value
DTs are too relevant in today’s business environment to not more formally model them on BMCs. The proposed reconfiguration of the BMC into the DiBMC improves the utility of the tool for practitioners, scholars and students alike.
Creditor rights and investment sensitivity: evidence from an emerging market
Authors: Tripathi Pranshu , Sharma Anil K. 
Published: October 2024

PurposeCreditor rights reduce or increase agency problems in corporations, affecting financial decisions. This study examines the impact of India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the Code) on firms’ investment and investment sensitivity based on their health, considering this Code as more creditor-friendly than pre-existing bankruptcy laws.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a quasi-natural experiment that employs the difference-in-differences (DID) and propensity score matching difference-in-differences (PSM DiD) approach by considering the Code as treatment and categorizing the firms into distressed (treated group) and healthy (control group) firms. For the purpose of analysis, a fixed-effect regression model is used.FindingsThis study finds that distressed firms reduce their investment after the Code, but healthy firms do not observe any change. It shows that the reduction in investment of the distressed group is significantly greater than that of the healthy group due to agency conflict and the liquidation bias hypothesis. However, the reduction in investment is not followed by the change in investment sensitivity.Originality/valueThis study adds to the existing studies on the impact of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 on investment. No study explores the relationship between this Code and investment based on the financial health of the firms. Also, none of the studies explores the impact of the Code on investment sensitivity. The results show that this Code has provided stronger protection to the creditors, which hurts the internal stakeholders’ interests. The study has implications for policymakers and academicians.
Comparable yet distinct: a systematic review of social and small and medium-sized enterprises growth trajectories
Authors: Figueroa Herrera María Fernanda , Murcia María José 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
This study aims to expand the concept of business growth by incorporating sustainability demands, particularly in the context of the Anthropocene era. It explores the growth trajectories of social enterprises (SEs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), examining how SEs integrate social and environmental objectives into their growth process. Through a systematic literature review (SLR), this study compares these approaches with traditional SME growth paradigms, highlighting the need for a holistic understanding of business growth that addresses contemporary socioenvironmental challenges.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative SLR was conducted, using a structured search algorithm to identify and evaluate research on growth and scaling in SMEs and SEs. The search of the Web of Science database with specific growth-related keywords yielded 5,362 articles, which were narrowed to 194 after filtering by journal relevance. Content analysis, guided by an inductively developed codebook, examined growth definitions, operationalizations, and methodologies. This paper focused on key growth dimensions (economic, social and environmental) and identified whether growth was addressed as an outcome or process, along with its enablers and barriers.

Findings
While there are areas of intersection between the literatures, the findings reveal that traditional SME growth frameworks do not entirely align with SEs growth conception and management. Furthermore, SE’s growth barriers and facilitators, as well as growth trajectories more broadly, emerge as distinct from those of traditional SMEs. The results distill insights from SE growth paths that can be valuable for traditional SME managers, particularly in terms of managing stakeholders and the institutional environment. Social entrepreneurs commonly use strategies for reshaping business norms, influencing consumer culture and raising social issues awareness, leveraging the values of stakeholders to secure essential support.

Originality/value
As SMEs confront escalating pressure to align with the sustainable development agenda, the findings underscore the critical significance of drawing insights from the burgeoning SE growth literature. This suggests that traditional SME growth literature stands to gain invaluable insights from recent SE research, fostering a more nuanced comprehension of sustainability-centric SME growth trajectories.
Large invasive herbaceous plants decrease the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of birds via their reproductive traits
Authors: Grzędzicka Emilia , Reif Jiří , Hanzelka Jan 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Birds are among the organisms most impacted by plant invasions, the effects of which are particularly conspicuous during the breeding season. Birds can incorrectly assess the suitability of large, invasive hogweeds Heracleum sp. in south‐eastern Poland when selecting nesting sites early in spring when the developing invaders do not yet differ substantially in form from the rest of the vegetation.

One would expect lower bird breeding success in areas with invasive hogweeds. Furthermore, this may shift bird community composition towards species with filtered traits, which may then be reflected in various measures of diversity. To assess these expectations, we conducted bird surveys at 74 sites, arranged as 37 pairs (with invasive Heracleum vs. control).

The presence of Heracleum was associated with lower bird taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. Functional richness (calculated based on species' reproductive traits) was also lower at sites with these invaders. The species detected at Heracleum sites were characterised by traits associated with rapid breeding, for example, small clutches, short incubation periods and short fledging periods.

We show that the bird community at sites with hogweeds became less diverse and composed of random species sharing similar reproductive traits. Bird communities with low diversity at Heracleum sites tended to exhibit a common trait syndrome. These patterns provide insights into the mechanisms of how invasive plants may lead to the loss of some traits and species in bird communities.

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The role of indirect interspecific effects in the stochastic dynamics of a simple trophic system
Authors: Bartra‐Cabré Laura , Hansen Brage B. , Lee Aline M. , Layton‐Matthews Kate , Loonen Maarten J. J. E. , Fuglei Eva , Loe Leif E. , Grøtan Vidar 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Indirect interspecific effects (IIEs) occur when one species affects another through a third intermediary species. Understanding the role of IIEs in population dynamics is key for predicting community‐level impacts of environmental change. Yet, empirically teasing apart IIEs from other interactions and population drivers has proven challenging and data‐demanding, particularly in species‐rich communities.

We used stochastic population models parameterized with long‐term time series of individual data to simulate population trajectories and examine IIEs in a simple high‐arctic vertebrate food chain consisting of the wild Svalbard reindeer, its scavenger (the Arctic fox) and the barnacle goose, a migratory prey of the fox.

We used the simulated population trajectories to explore co‐fluctuations between the species within the food chain. Additionally, we adjusted the model in two ways: first, to isolate the impact of fluctuations in the abundance of a species by keeping its abundance constant; and second, to isolate the impact of a trophic interaction on the dynamics of other species by setting the abundance of the influencing species to zero.

We found that fluctuations in reindeer carcasses shaped fox abundance fluctuations, which subsequently affected goose population dynamics. Reindeer and goose population growth rates were nevertheless only weakly correlated, probably in part due to demographic and environmental stochasticity, density dependence and lagged dynamics in the geese. However, removing the fluctuations in reindeer abundance or setting reindeer abundance to zero indeed demonstrated strong underlying IIEs on goose population dynamics and extinction probability.

This study thus highlights the importance of species interactions, including IIEs, on species coexistence and communities in the long‐term, that is beyond immediate effects and covariation in short‐term fluctuations.
Impacts of wild herbivores on soil seed banks are explained by precipitation conditions in protected areas across semi‐arid to arid regions
Authors: Xu Tongtong , Cornwell Will , Wang Ling , Wijas Baptiste , Liu Chen , Yuan Zuoqiang , Letnic Mike 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Protected areas form the backbone of global conservation efforts. Vegetation is the primary foundation for achieving conservation goals, and soil seed banks is a cryptic biodiversity reservoir for recruiting species that may not be represented in above‐ground vegetation. Unfortunately, unmanaged grazing by wild herbivores has led to vegetation degradation in semi‐arid to arid regions. However, experimental evidence on the long‐term impacts of wild herbivores on soil seed banks is largely lacking.

Here, with the aim of examining how wild herbivores impact soil seed banks, we investigated the composition of the germinable seed banks in three protected areas (Yathong, Mungo and Boolcoomatta) along a semi‐arid to arid precipitation gradient in south‐eastern Australia.

The density and species richness of the soil seed banks increased with increasing aridity, which indicated that the soil seed banks in arid regions is an important biodiversity reservoir. The effects of wild herbivores on soil seed density were strongly dependent on precipitation. Wild herbivores disrupted the soil seed banks at the most arid site but promoted the accumulation of seeds in the soil at the least arid site. Grazing was linked to an increase in the frequency of the seeds of introduced species and decrease in the frequency of the seeds of perennials.

Synthesis and applications: Disruption of the soil seed banks by the grazing of wild herbivores could lead to the failure of post‐rain pulses of vegetation growth and hamper efforts to restore vegetation in protected areas. Therefore, suppressing wild herbivore numbers is a strategy that could enhance soil seed bank reserves and revegetation efforts in arid protected areas.
Prevalence of clinical deterioration in the pre‐hospital setting
Authors: Bourke‐Matas Emma , Doan Tan , Bowles Kelly‐Ann , Bosley Emma 
Published: October 2024

AbstractObjectiveImproved understanding of the deteriorating patient in the pre‐hospital setting may result in earlier recognition and response. Considering the effects of undetected deterioration are profound, it is fundamental to report the prevalence of pre‐hospital clinical deterioration to advance our understanding. The present study investigated the prevalence of pre‐hospital clinical deterioration and adverse events (AEs) within 3 days of the pre‐hospital episode of care.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study was based on pre‐hospital incidents involving adult patients attended by Queensland Ambulance Service between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2020. Due to lacking a standardised definition of pre‐hospital clinical deterioration, established early warning scores (NEWS, MEWS and Q‐ADDS) were calculated from pre‐hospital vital signs to identify clinical deterioration. Linked hospital data were used to identify the occurrence of an AE.ResultsSome degree of physiological derangement was initially observed in over half of the patients, and pre‐hospital clinical deterioration was seen in 2.7%–4% of patients. The prevalence of AEs was 3.2%. Patients that experienced an AE were more likely to be male, elderly, suffering from a medical (non‐trauma) condition, and had a greater burden of disease. Concerningly, almost 50% of patients that suffered an AE did not meet escalation thresholds of NEWS, MEWS or Q‐ADDS.ConclusionsThe present study found the prevalence of pre‐hospital clinical deterioration and AEs subsequent to pre‐hospital episodes of care to be low. Future research should prioritise using standardised criteria to define pre‐hospital clinical deterioration and evaluate the performance of early warning scores.
From ‘cooking wife’ to ‘cooking mother’: Exploring generational shifts in perceptions regarding domestic cooking practices
Authors: Mazzonetto Ana Claudia , Melo Jackeline Nass Machado , Dean Moira , Fiates Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck 
Published: October 2024

AbstractAimsUtilising the life course perspective as the theoretical framework, we investigate how women from different generations perceive their cooking experiences and articulate their feelings regarding this activity.MethodFollowing a review of the literature and four exploratory focus groups, an interview guide was developed and piloted. Interviews were conducted with 22 Brazilian women spanning three distinct generations. Participants were prompted to recall their life stories, spanning from childhood to the present day and focused on cooking‐related situations. Interviews were transcripted and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsThere were three major themes developed. The first theme outlines variations in the food context across generations. The second theme encompasses perceptions of the responsibility for cooking as being linked to the female gender, indicating a generational shift from the role of the ‘cooking wife’ to that of the ‘cooking mother’. The third theme explores thoughts and reflections on feelings of obligation, oppression, and liberation in cooking, tied to changes in the social and temporal context in which these women operate.ConclusionStrategies promoting cooking should consider the meanings attributed to it, contribute to the deconstruction of gender‐specific family dynamics, and encourage the pursuit for pleasure, satisfaction and autonomy in this practice. This study contributes novel insights into cooking, including reflections on obligation or oppression versus liberation and the evolving social roles of women as primary cooks.
Potential mechanisms of metabolic reprogramming induced by ischemia–reperfusion injury in diabetic myocardium
Authors: Ma Haiping , Zhao Jiyao , Zheng Yan , Wang Junjie , Anwar Yultuz , He Yuxuan , Wang Jiang 
Published: October 2024

AbstractObjectiveThis study aimed to explore metabolic reprogramming in diabetic myocardium subjected to ischemia–reperfusion injury (I/RI) and potential mechanisms.BackgroundIncreased vulnerability after I/RI in diabetic myocardium is a major cause of the high prevalence of perioperative adverse cardiac events, and the specific alterations in energy metabolism after I/RI in diabetic myocardium and the impact on increased vulnerability are not fully understood.MethodsMetabolomic methods were used to explore the differences and characteristics of metabolites in the heart tissues of four groups, and then, single‐cell RNA sequencing (ScRNA‐seq) was used to explore the potential mechanism of metabolic reprogramming.ResultsIt was found that the fatty acid metabolism of db/db mouse I/RI (DMI) showed a significant upward trend, especially the metabolites of ultra‐long and medium‐long‐chain fatty acids; the metabolic flow analysis found that the U‐13C glucose M + 6 was significantly higher in the C57BL mouse sham operation (NM) group than in the db/db mouse sham operation (DM) group, and in the C57BL mouse I/RI (NMI) than in the DMI group. Compared with the NMI group, the intermediate metabolites of glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle were significantly reduced in the DMI group; all comparisons were statistically significant (p < 0.05), indicating that the glucose uptake of diabetic myocardetis, the ability of glucose glycolysis after I/RI, and the contribution of glucose to TCA were significantly reduced. The results of ScRNA‐seq revealed that the number of Cluster 0 myocardial isoforms was significantly increased in diabetic myocardium, and the differential genes were mainly enriched in fatty acid metabolism, and the PPARA signaling pathway was found to be over‐activated and involved in the regulation of metabolic reprogramming of diabetic myocardial I/RI.ConclusionMetabolic reprogramming of diabetic myocardial I/RI may be the main cause of increased myocardial vulnerability. The number of myocardial subtype Cluster 0 increased significantly, and PPARA PPARA is a ligand‐activated receptor of the nuclear hormone receptor family that plays a central regulatory role in lipid metabolism. signaling pathway activation may be a potential mechanism for reprogramming metabolism in diabetic myocardium.image
A comparison of joint species distribution models for percent cover data
Authors: Korhonen Pekka , Hui Francis K. C. , Niku Jenni , Taskinen Sara , van der Veen Bert 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Joint species distribution models (JSDMs) have gained considerable traction among ecologists over the past decade, due to their capacity to answer a wide range of questions at both the species‐ and the community‐level. The family of generalised linear latent variable models in particular has proven popular for building JSDMs, being able to handle many response types including presence‐absence data, biomass, overdispersed and/or zero‐inflated counts.

We extend latent variable models to handle percent cover response variables, with vegetation, sessile invertebrate and macroalgal cover data representing the prime examples of such data arising in community ecology.

Sparsity is a commonly encountered challenge with percent cover data. Responses are typically recorded as percentages covered per plot, though some species may be completely absent or present, that is, have 0% or 100% cover, respectively, rendering the use of beta distribution inadequate.

We propose two JSDMs suitable for percent cover data, namely a hurdle beta model and an ordered beta model. We compare the two proposed approaches to a beta distribution for shifted responses, transformed presence‐absence data and an ordinal model for percent cover classes. Results demonstrate the hurdle beta JSDM was generally the most accurate at retrieving the latent variables and predicting ecological percent cover data.