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The effects of the functional and geographical breadth of collaborations on radical innovation performance: the moderating role of firm size
Authors: Izotova Anna , Bolívar-Ramos María Teresa 
Published: September 2024

Purpose
Due to the constantly increasing competitiveness along with the complexity of knowledge, firms perceive collaboration as a key strategy that preserves firms' radical innovation performance. In this context, this paper aims to examine how firms’ partners’ diversity in open innovation activities influences the development of radical innovations, critical for social development. In particular, this study analyzes how the functional and geographical breadth of the firm’s collaboration portfolio affects its radical innovation performance. Furthermore, it also explores the role of firm size as a moderator in the relationships proposed.

Design/methodology/approach
This research employs panel data analysis, using a sample of 4,677 Spanish firms, with data sourced from the PITEC database.

Findings
The results of this study show that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the functional and the geographical breadth of collaborations and the firms’ radical innovation performance. Moreover, this study finds partial support for the moderating role of firm size, in the sense that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large firms vary in their optimal number of diversity of partners.

Originality/value
This research provides a better understanding on how partners’ functional and geographical diversity, along with organizational characteristics such as firm size, affect how firms benefit from collaboration for innovation. This study shows that both SMEs and large firms experience diminishing returns when their collaboration networks become overly diverse in pursuit of radical innovation, due to increased costs. However, in SMEs, the turning point occurs at a later stage, consistent with the idea that small firms need broader functional networks to access complementary and novel resources they usually lack.
The potential significance of geographic information systems (GISs) and remote sensing (RS) in sustainable tourism and decent community involvement in African-rural neighborhoods
Authors: Ramaano Azwindini Isaac 
Published: September 2024

PurposeThis study looked at the potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) for inclusive community development and participation, sustainable tourism, and rural community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in sub-Saharan Africa and other rural areas worldwide.Design/methodology/approachTo evaluate resource management systems for rural tourism and the environment in Africa and abroad. The study makes use of reviews of relevant literature and documents, and while linking applications for sustainable tourism and local community empowerment with CBNRM and GIS, vital content was manually analyzed.FindingsThe study shows a potential affinity between agricultural and tourism businesses that GIS in line with the CBNRM conception can strengthen. In many rural and underdeveloped regions of the continent, this highlights the need for a credible and varied tourism strategy to develop and empower the relevant communities.Originality/valueMost agricultural communities in Africa are located in low-income regions. Such areas are rich in natural wildlife and have popular tourist destinations. A mix of regional community development initiatives can be built using GIS, sustainable tourism, CBNRM, and community-based tourism (CBT).
The impact of COVID on the rate of return to schooling among US industries
Authors: Chen Yanan , Kelly Kyle 
Published: September 2024

PurposeThis empirical study aims to examine the COVID impact on the rate of return to schooling in 20 US industries.Design/methodology/approachAn extended Mincer earnings equation with the COVID dummy variable and dummy interactive terms is used to examine the COVID effect on the rate of return to schooling for different industries. We use Heckman selection model to account for sample selection bias.FindingsDuring COVID years, the change in the wage differential between college-and-above and below-college workers is different for industries, which leads to different changes in the rate or return to schooling among the 20 industries. During COVID, the rate of return to schooling increased for seven industries, decreased for seven industries and remained the same for six industries.Originality/valueThere is a lack of empirical tests of recession effects on the rate of return to schooling focusing on industry differentials. This study fills the research gap in this field. Our results will contribute to the ongoing discussion of the COVID impact on wages and returns from human capital investment.
Auditor mood and audit quality: evidence from music sentiment measure
Authors: Xu Qiao , Chen Lele , Kalelkar Rachana 
Published: September 2024

Purpose
Extant studies propose music sentiment as a novel measure of individuals’ sentiment. These studies argue that individuals’ choice of music reflects their emotional condition in real time and influences their cognitive ability, making it a powerful tool for assessing their mood. This study aims to use music sentiment as a proxy for auditors’ mood and explore its impact on audit quality.

Design/methodology/approach
A sample of the US firms from 2017 to 2020 is used in the study. The authors apply the ordinary least squares regressions and the logit regressions to the audit quality models. The authors use absolute discretionary accruals and the propensity to meet or beat earnings forecasts as proxies for audit quality and calculate a stream-weighted average sentiment measure for Spotify’s Top-200 songs of each day during the audit period of a client firm to capture the sentiment of auditors.

Findings
The authors find that music sentiment is positively associated with audit quality. The result is consistent with the mood maintenance hypothesis, which suggests that a positive mood can induce auditors to be more careful in risky situations. Furthermore, the result is robust to various sensitivity analyses.

Originality/value
The study contributes to the scarce literature that focuses on auditors’ emotional state and highlights the importance of monitoring auditor mindset during the audit period.
Métissage – somewhere between hope and happening
Authors: Vicars Mark Aldous , Manning-Lewis Tanya , Maddalozzo Frances Macapagal , Zaid-Kilani Dima , Savage Raymond 
Published: September 2024

PurposeWithin minutes, our group, who had no prior introduction, began to learn the value of emerging from a relational space of (re)presenting and (re)storying our experiences. “I” became “We”, which became “Us”Design/methodology/approachRecently, the seventh bi-annual conference of the World Federation for Teacher Education 2023 focused on the theme of “Re-imagining Teacher Education: From Words to Action.” During the session on métissage as methodology, participants from four different countries, three ethnic backgrounds and gender and sexual differences were invited into dialogue to explore the nuances of our identities, academic positions and life experiences.FindingsDoing métissage as novices, our subsequent discussion problematized the perpetuation of procedural narratives that contested the Cartesian cuts of methodological normalcy.Originality/valueSharing our stories of self in our group we referenced how institutional frameworks had shaped and were reconstructing contexts for our being and belonging in the academy. In our narrating vulnerability we were once again located in telling relations to do with identity, power and social being. Jones (2015, p. 8) has asked. “Other than dry academic reports, how can we retell these stories in sensitive and ethical ways to wider audiences? How do the stories themselves inspire creativity in retelling them? How can we involve participants in the retelling of their stories?”
Eco-friendly functionalisation on cotton and blended textile using Annona squamosa and Moringa oleifera extracts
Authors: Sornapudi Sirisha Deepthi , Srivastava Meenu , Manchikatla Srinivas , H. Samuel Thavaraj , B. Senthil Kumar 
Published: September 2024

Purpose
Natural extracts produced with Annona squamosa and Moringa oleifera leaves through the methanol-based solvent were coated on 100% cotton and 80%:20% polyester/cotton blends to improve the functional properties such as antimicrobial activity, wicking, stiffness and crease recovery of the fabric using an eco-friendly 1,2,3,4-butane tetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) crosslinking agent.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, 100% cotton and 80:20% Polyester/Cotton fabrics with surface densities of 113.5 g/m2 and 101 g/m2 were treated BTCA. Eight different samples were produced by padding through the natural extracts. The FTIR investigation was performed on all the fabric samples. These coated fabrics were studied for their antimicrobial activity, wicking, stiffness and crease recovery properties.

Findings
It was found that the BTCA cross-linked fabrics showed higher antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Similarly, the percentage crease recovery angle was higher for the Annona squamosa coated sample than for Moringa Oleifera leaf extract in both cotton and polyester cotton blend samples. Furthermore, no significant variation in stiffness values was discovered between the control samples of cotton and polyester cotton blend and its treatment one. It was interesting to note that treating the fabrics with cross-linker showed improved vertical wicking properties, which were closer to control fabric values. The study confirms that crosslinking the fabrics with BTCA has improved the functional properties of the fabrics. The zone of inhibition values of BTCA cross-linked moringa methanolic leaves extract coated cotton and polyester cotton blend were 6 to 6.5 cm, which was more than 50% higher than non-BTCA cross-linked fabric, and BTCA cross-linker has improved the vertical wicking properties.

Research limitations/implications
The outcome of this study will help to gain a better understanding of BTCA cross-linkers for improving the functional coating on textile substrates.

Originality/value
This study was conducted to improve the natural extract coating on textile material with eco-friendly aspects, enhancing the commercial utility of these finished fabrics
An artificial neural network-based predictive model for tensile behavior estimation under uncertainty for fused deposition modeling
Authors: Obaidat Sinan , Tamimi Mohammad Firas , Mumani Ahmad , Alkhaleel Basem 
Published: September 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to present a predictive model approach to estimate the tensile behavior of polylactic acid (PLA) under uncertainty using the fused deposition modeling (FDM) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D638’s Types I and II test standards.

Design/methodology/approach
The prediction approach combines artificial neural network (ANN) and finite element analysis (FEA), Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) and experimental testing for estimating tensile behavior for FDM considering uncertainties of input parameters. FEA with variance-based sensitivity analysis is used to quantify the impacts of uncertain variables, resulting in determining the significant variables for use in the ANN model. ANN surrogates FEA models of ASTM D638’s Types I and II standards to assess their prediction capabilities using MCS. The developed model is applied for testing the tensile behavior of PLA given probabilistic variables of geometry and material properties.

Findings
The results demonstrate that Type I is more appropriate than Type II for predicting tensile behavior under uncertainty. With a training accuracy of 98% and proven presence of overfitting, the tensile behavior can be successfully modeled using predictive methods that consider the probabilistic nature of input parameters. The proposed approach is generic and can be used for other testing standards, input parameters, materials and response variables.

Originality/value
Using the proposed predictive approach, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the tensile behavior of PLA is predicted for the first time considering uncertainties of input parameters. Also, incorporating global sensitivity analysis for determining the most contributing parameters influencing the tensile behavior has not yet been studied for FDM. The use of only significant variables for FEA, ANN and MCS minimizes the computational effort, allowing to simulate more runs with reduced number of variables within acceptable time.
How does tourism development affect the land market? Evidence from land transaction data in China
Authors: Song Changyao , Yin Tingting , Zhi Qian , Gu Jiaqian , Li Xinjian 
Published: September 2024

Purpose
Land is the basis for economic development as well as tourism development. There is a close relationship between tourism development and the land market. However, research on the effect of tourism development on land prices is insufficient. This paper aims to investigate the effect and mechanism of tourism development on land prices.

Design/methodology/approach
The econometric paradigm is the main research method. Fixed effect models, instrumental variable models and mediating effect models are introduced to examine the impact of tourism development on land prices. The data include three types: land transaction data, city-level data and scenic spot data. More than 360,000 samples of land transactions for 284 prefecture-level cities in China from 2007 to 2021 are applied.

Findings
Tourism development can significantly increase land prices. This conclusion holds after using instrumental variables to address endogeneity and testing for robustness. Meanwhile, tourism development’s effect on land price is influenced by land type, city type, city tier and city location. The land price increase effect of tourism is more significant for tourism land, tourist cities, central cities and Western cities. The paper also reveals the mechanisms of the public service enhancement effect, infrastructure upgrading effect and environmental optimization effect in tourism development’s effect on land price.

Originality/value
The study contributes to the literature on the relationship between tourism development and land market. The generality and specificity of tourism development’s effect on land price are revealed from the micro and macrolevel research level. The findings enrich the literature on tourism price effects, point to rational ways to optimize and regulate land prices and provide new ideas for land-market development.
Tapinarof cream for the treatment of atopic dermatitis: Efficacy and safety results from two Japanese phase 3 trials
Authors: Igarashi Atsuyuki , Tsuji Gaku , Fukasawa Shuichi , Murata Ryusei , Yamane Satoshi 
Published: September 2024

AbstractTapinarof is a nonsteroidal, topical, aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of tapinarof cream 1% in Japanese patients aged ≥12 years with atopic dermatitis (AD) in two phase 3 trials, ZBB4‐1 and ZBB4‐2. ZBB4‐1 (N = 216) consisted of an 8‐week, double‐blind, vehicle‐controlled treatment period (period 1) and a 16‐week extension treatment period (period 2). Patients were randomized 2:1 to tapinarof or vehicle in period 1; subsequently, all patients who enrolled in period 2 received tapinarof. ZBB4‐2 (N = 291) was a 52‐week, open‐label, uncontrolled trial in which all patients received tapinarof. In period 1 of ZBB4‐1, the proportion of patients who achieved an Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) score of 0 (clear) or 1 (almost clear) with ≥2‐grade improvement from baseline at week 8 (IGA treatment success, the primary end point) was 20.24% in the tapinarof group and 2.24% in the vehicle group (p = 0.0007). The proportion of patients with ≥75% improvement from baseline in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) score at week 8 (EASI‐75 response, the key secondary end point) was 40.3% in the tapinarof group and 4.3% in the vehicle group (p < 0.0001). In ZBB4‐2, IGA treatment success rate was 28.1% at week 16, 32.3% at week 24, and 41.3% at week 52, and EASI‐75 response rate was 53.3% at week 16, 63.7% at week 24, and 76.6% at week 52, indicating that efficacy responses improved over time and were maintained over 52 weeks. Across the two trials, most adverse events (AEs) were mild or moderate; common AEs included folliculitis, acne, and headache. In summary, tapinarof cream 1% was effective and generally safe for up to 52 weeks of treatment in Japanese patients with AD.
Case of tinea corporis caused by a terbinafine‐sensitive Trichophyton indotineae strain in a Vietnamese worker in Japan
Authors: Mochizuki Takashi , Anzawa Kazushi , Bernales‐Mendoza Andrea Marie , Shimizu Akira 
Published: September 2024

AbstractA 42‐year‐old Vietnamese egg factory worker in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, presented with itchy concentric erythema on the trunk and left calf. The lesions tested positive by direct potassium hydroxide examination, and two fungal strains were isolated. The isolates produced conidia abundantly and were morphologically indistinguishable from Trichophyton mentagrophytes/interdigitale, but were identified as Trichophyton indotineae by internal transcribed spacer sequence of ribosomal DNA. The lesions were refractory to treatment with topical luliconazole (LLCZ) cream for 4 weeks but subsided with oral itraconazole (ITCZ) 100 mg/day for 4 weeks in combination with topical lanoconazole (LCZ) cream. The lesions recurred 6 weeks after discontinuation of oral ITCZ, and an additional isolate was cultured. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of antimycotics for the isolate cultured at the first visit were: terbinafine (TBF) 0.03 μg/mL, ITCZ 0.015 μg/mL, LLCZ 0.0005 μg/mL, and LCZ 0.002 μg/mL. No TBF‐resistant mutation in the amino acid sequence of squalene epoxidase, i.e., Leu 393 Ser/Phe or Phe 397 Leu, was detected in the isolate. The reason for recalcitrance in this case, despite the isolate's sensitivity to antimycotics, was unclear. Possible factors include insufficient use of the antimycotics, incomplete removal of abundantly produced conidia from the lesions, the patient's environment, and a language gap between the patient and physician hindering communication.
Emulsifying properties of egg proteins: Influencing factors, modification techniques, and applications
Authors: Tian Yujuan , Lv Xiaohui , Oh Deog‐Hwan , Kassem Jihan Mohamed , Salama Mohamed , Fu Xing 
Published: September 2024

AbstractAs an essential food ingredient with good nutritional and functional properties and health benefits, eggs are widely utilized in food formulations. In particular, egg proteins have good emulsification properties and can be commonly used in various food products, such as mayonnaise and baked goods. Egg protein particles can act as stabilizers for Pickering emulsions because they can effectively adsorb at the oil–water interface, reduce interfacial tension, and form a stable physical barrier. Due to their emulsifying properties, biocompatibility, controlled release capabilities, and ability to protect bioactive substances, egg proteins have become ideal carriers for encapsulating and delivering functional substances. The focus of this review is to summarize current advances in using egg proteins as emulsifiers. The effects of influencing factors (temperature, pH, and ionic strength) and various modification methods (physical, chemical, and biological modification) on the emulsifying properties of egg proteins are discussed. In addition, the application of egg proteins as emulsifiers in food products is presented. Through in‐depth research on the emulsifying properties of egg proteins, the optimization of their applications in food, biomedical, and other fields can be achieved.
Effect of withering/spreading on the physical and chemical properties of tea: A review
Authors: Qi Dandan , Shi Yali , Lu Min , Ma Chengying , Dong Chunwang 
Published: September 2024

AbstractWithering and spreading, though slightly differing in their parameters, share the same aim of moisture reduction in tea leaves, and they have a strong impact on the physical and chemical properties of tea. Even though researchers tend to pay close attention to the characteristic crafts of different teas, increasing investigations begin to focus on the withering process due to its profound effects on the composition and content of quality‐related compounds. This review provides an overview of tea withering process to address questions comprehensively during withering. Hence, it is expected in this review to figure out factors that affect withering results, the way withering influences the physical and chemical properties of withered leaves and tea quality, and intelligent technologies and devices targeted at withering processes to promote the modernization of the tea industry. Herein, several key withering parameters, including duration, temperature, humidity, light irradiation, airflow, and more, are tailored to different tea types, demanding further exploration of advanced withering devices and real‐time monitoring systems. The development of real‐time monitoring technology enables objective and real‐time adjustment of withering status in order to optimize withering results. Tea quality, including taste, aroma, and color quality, is first shaped during withering due to the change of composition and content of quality‐related metabolites through (non)enzymatic reactions, which are easily influenced by the factors above. A thorough understanding of withering is key to improving tea quality effectively and scientifically.
Effects of weir‐induced habitat fragmentation on the diversity and community composition of benthic macroinvertebrates in an agricultural stream
Authors: Lim Sung‐Ho , Do Yuno 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThis research delves into the effects of weir‐induced habitat fragmentation on the diversity and structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Topyeong Stream in the Republic of Korea. Through comprehensive zonation, environmental assessments and analyses of macroinvertebrate populations, the study brings to light the significant impact of physical barriers within aquatic ecosystems. Findings reveal notable differences in macroinvertebrate diversity among various stream zones, with alpha diversity measurements demonstrating the significant influence of habitat conditions on biodiversity. Beta diversity analyses uncovered considerable species turnover, pointing to distinct ecological features within fragmented habitats. Mantel tests solidified a significant link between geographical separation and species composition, highlighting the critical impact of spatial isolation arising from habitat fragmentation. The research also pinpointed environmental factors, including habitat size and depth variation, as critical influences on macroinvertebrate community dynamics. Discussions on conservation tactics centered on habitat restoration and forward‐thinking water management strategies aim to counteract the negative consequences of fragmentation and drought. This study emphasizes the essential need for cohesive conservation initiatives to preserve aquatic biodiversity and the functionality of ecosystems amidst human‐induced challenges.