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The potential of lesson study in enhancing secondary school mathematics teachers’ pedagogical practices in lesson planning: evidence from Ethiopia
Authors: Dibaba Temesgen Yadeta , Lemma Abbi , Faith Maina , Hunde Adula Bekele 
Published: July 2024

PurposeThe main purpose of this study was to explore how engaging in lesson study enhances secondary school mathematics teachers’ pedagogical practice in lesson planning in Jimma, Ethiopia.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a design-based research approach with qualitative and quantitative data collected from two secondary schools, and 12 mathematics teachers. A purposive sampling technique was used to select participants. Interviews, observations, questionnaires and document analysis were the main sources of data. Qualitative data were analyzed using themes with the support of Atlas-ti qualitative data analysis software. Quantitative data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon ranked signs test.FindingsThe findings revealed that engaging secondary school mathematics teachers in lesson study enhanced their lesson planning competence. As a result, teachers began to carefully plan detailed lessons, use curriculum materials and create more student-oriented lessons. Lesson study was found to be a potent model on which to build secondary school mathematics teachers’ lesson planning competence. Hence, it would be rewarding to integrate lesson study into the present school-based teachers’ pedagogical capacity-building program in the study settings.Research limitations/implicationsThe data were collected from particular localities with a small sample size in the quantitative phase. Therefore, it is difficult to generalize to the entire secondary school teachers in the country. However, thick descriptions were provided that would allow readers to determine the transferability of the findings to their specific school context. Future research should investigate the effects that enhanced TPP in lesson planning has on teachers’ mathematics teaching in more schools using a larger sample size.Practical implicationsThis study provides insight into and empirical evidence of how engaging in the process of LS is essential to enhance teachers’ lesson planning competence. It adds important knowledge to a small but growing model of lesson study research. It also informs future researchers in the practical use of LS where lesson planning is a crucial concern in many secondary schools of the country.Originality/valueThis research was originally conducted to build mathematics teachers' pedagogical practice in lesson planning through lesson study in Ethiopian secondary school contexts.
Social media use among neurodivergent college students: benefits, harms and implications for education
Authors: Akhmedova Aisel , Sutcliffe Jennifer , Greenhow Christine , Fisher Marisa H. , Sung Connie 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
Social media have been associated with social benefits and enhanced psychological well-being among non-disabled individuals; the purpose of this study is to examine whether social media may have similar benefits for young neurodivergent adults with autism, anxiety, or attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder who may experience communication differences. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this first-of-its kind study explores the nature of social media use and related psychological well-being among neurodivergent college undergraduates.

Design/methodology/approach
This qualitative study is part of a larger effort. The authors surveyed undergraduates with and without disabilities at U.S. higher education institutions on their social media use and psychological well-being. A total of 131 students responded, including 24 neurodivergent individuals, the results of which are reported elsewhere. Participants were 18–25 years old, of varied genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds; for neurodivergent adults, questions focused on social challenges. From the survey, a sample of five neurodivergent individuals was drawn for this small-scale, exploratory interview study.

Findings
This paper reports descriptive statistics from survey results to contextualize analysis of students’ social media use (e.g. purposes, practices, benefits and harms). Students used mainly Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to promote well-being primarily through engaging positive relationships and positive emotions. Students reported several benefits of using social media to develop their disability identity and few harms.

Originality/value
Understanding the impact of social media use on undergraduates with disabilities could help us not only improve services as teachers, counselors and other helping professionals who support young adults to leverage their everyday technologies-in-use but also address digital equity issues.
What influences consumer AI chatbot use intention? An application of the extended technology acceptance model
Authors: Liu Manzhi , Yang Yaxin , Ren Yue , Jia Yangzhou , Ma Haoyu , Luo Jie , Fang Shuting , Qi Mengxuan , Zhang Linlin 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
As information technology advances, the prevalence of AI chatbot products is on the rise. Despite optimistic market projections, consumer skepticism towards these agents persists. This paper aims to expand the scope of the technology acceptance model by integrating the aspect of appearance. It examines the influence of different attributes of AI chatbot, such as usefulness, ease of use and appearance, individually and in combination, on consumers' intentions to share and purchase.

Design/methodology/approach
Using an exploratory study of Web Texts, a 2 (usefulness: high vs low) × 2 (ease of use: high vs low) mixed design and a 2 (usefulness: high vs low) × 2 (ease of use: high vs low) × 2 (anthropomorphism appearance: humanoid vs cartoon) for between-subjects designs and the price level (high vs low) for within-subjects designs. The hypotheses were tested by Octoparse and SPSS 22.0.

Findings
The research highlights the significant role of usefulness, ease of use and anthropomorphic appearance in shaping consumer attitudes towards AI chatbots, thus influencing their intentions to share information and make purchases. Grouped regression analysis reveals that lower prices exert a more pronounced positive influence on consumers' inclinations to both share and purchase, compared to higher prices. Moreover, novelty-seeking behavior moderates the effect of perceived usefulness or ease of use on attitude. Specifically, heightened novelty-seeking tendencies mitigate the impact of low perceived usefulness or ease of use, leading to sustained positive attitudes towards AI chatbots among consumers.

Originality/value
This study innovatively incorporates product appearance into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), considering both the functional attributes and appearance of AI chatbot and their impact on consumers. It offers valuable insights for marketing strategies, extends the scope of TAM application and holds significant practical implications for enhancing enterprise product planning.
Can digital technology promote the equalization of regional basic public services?
Authors: Han Chaoliang , Sun Xu , Liu Mingyu 
Published: July 2024

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the impact of digital technology on promoting the equalization of basic regional public services based on measuring the level of digital technology and the equalization level of regional basic public services.Design/methodology/approachBased on the inter-provincial panel data from 2013 to 2021, this article utilizes the method of replacing digital technology to verify the robustness of the conclusion, evaluating the impact of digital technology on promoting the equalization of basic regional public services, while carrying out an extended analysis of government intervention, population density and regional heterogeneity.FindingsAccording to our findings, digital technology has significantly promoted the equalization of basic public services in the region. According to the result of the heterogeneity test, digital technology has a better effect on promoting the equalization of public services in regions with moderate government intervention and relatively low population density. Moreover, the development of digital technology can significantly promote the equalization of public services in China’s eastern region.Originality/valueThis article elaborates on the impact of digital technology on the equalization of basic regional public services from three perspectives: reducing the cost of public services, increasing the degree of marketization of public services and realizing the sharing of public service resources. Thus, it enriches the empirical research literature on digital technology and the equalization of regional public services.
Adopting adalimumab combined surgery in the management of moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa: Experience from a single medical center in southern Taiwan
Authors: Lai Po‐Ta , Tseng Han‐Chi 
Published: July 2024

AbstractHidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder primarily affecting the intertriginous and anogenital regions. Guidelines recommend various treatments for HS, including biologic agents like adalimumab for moderate to severe cases. Adalimumab is a type of human monoclonal IgG1 antibody designed to target tumor necrosis factor α. Recent studies have shown the effectiveness of adalimumab, either alone or combined with surgery, in managing HS. We retrospectively analyzed the medical chart of HS patients in a southern Taiwan medical center from 2019 to 2022 and investigated clinical features and treatment response. The institutional review board at Chang Gung Medical Foundation granted approval for the study. We primarily focused on moderate to severely affected patients. One hundred and two clinically diagnosed HS patients participated, with a male‐to‐female ratio of 2:1 and an average age of 31.8 at diagnosis. Among them, 41.2% were in Hurley stage III and 32.4% in stage II. Nineteen patients received excision with pre‐surgical adalimumab; their average age at diagnosis was 31.1, with a gender ratio of 5.3:1. Surgery was most common on the buttocks (68%), axillae (21%), and groin (10%). Excision patients were primarily in advanced stages (Hurley III 94.7%, II 5.3%) with high body mass index. Adalimumab and surgery combined yielded a 68.4% improvement rate, while 15.8% remained stable and 15.8% did not respond as expected. In addition, smoking and obesity were prevalent among patients. Adalimumab showed promising results in moderate to severe HS, with significant improvement observed in our cases. The combination of adalimumab and surgery appeared effective in advanced HS patients with larger involved areas and more tunnels. No severe adverse events were reported. However, our study was limited by its retrospective nature and the lack of a control group. Despite these limitations, our study revealed the benefits of integrating adalimumab with suitable surgical procedures in managing patients experiencing moderate to severe HS in real‐world scenarios.
Construction and analysis of regional financial stability index in China: Regional system status, difference measure and spatio‐temporal variation
Authors: Wang Jinsong , Wu Wenhui 
Published: July 2024

AbstractIn the course of its steady development, China's financial landscape confronts an array of risks and challenges. Against the backdrop of China's sustained commitment to regional coordinated development strategies, the imperative of achieving coordinated financial stability across regions becomes paramount for fostering macro‐financial stability. This study addresses this imperative by formulating a regional financial stability index grounded in the provincial financial stability index. The ensuing analyses encompass the delineation of regional financial stability status, the quantification of disparities, and the scrutiny of temporal and spatial dynamics. Our findings reveal a relatively high level of regional financial stability in China, with a modest overall variance between national and regional financial stability. Notably, the financial stability of the eastern region assumes a pivotal role in influencing the nationwide financial stability landscape. The regional financial stability index demonstrates dynamic evolutionary features characterised by temporal fluctuations and discernible spatial differentiation patterns. Drawing upon these insights, the article proffers a set of targeted policy recommendations, with practical implications for fortifying macro‐financial stability not only in China but also in other nations.
Small‐volume blood sample collection tubes in adult intensive care units: A rapid practice guideline
Authors: Callum Jeannie , Putowski Zbignew , Alhazzani Waleed , Belley‐Cote Emilie , Møller Morten Hylander , Curry Nicola , Al Duhailib Zainab , Fung Mark , Giocobbo Louise , Granholm Anders , Louw Vernon , Maybohm Patrick , Muller Marcella , Nielsen Nathan , Oleschuk Curtis , Raza Sheharyar , Scruth Elizabeth , Siegal Deborah , Stanworth Simon J. , Vlaar Alexander P. J. , White Micheline , Oczkowski Simon 
Published: July 2024

AbstractBackgroundThis Intensive Care Medicine Rapid Practice Guideline (ICM‐RPG) provides an evidence‐based recommendation to address the question: in adult patients in intensive care units (ICUs), should we use small‐volume or conventional blood collection tubes?MethodsWe included 23 panelists in 8 countries and assessed and managed financial and intellectual conflicts of interest. Methodological support was provided by the Guidelines in Intensive Care, Development, and Evaluation (GUIDE) group. We conducted a systematic review, including evidence from observational and randomized studies. Using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach, we evaluated the certainty of evidence and developed recommendations using the Evidence‐to‐Decision framework.ResultsWe identified 8 studies (1 cluster and 2 patient‐level randomized trials; 5 observational studies) comparing small‐volume to conventional tubes. We had high certainty evidence that small‐volume tubes reduce daily and cumulative blood sampling volume; and moderate certainty evidence that they reduce the risk of transfusion and mean number of red blood cell units transfused, but these estimates were limited by imprecision. We had high certainty that small‐volume tubes have a similar rate of specimens with insufficient quantity. The panel considered that the desirable effects of small‐volume tubes outweigh the undesirable effects, are less wasteful of resources, and are feasible, as demonstrated by successful implementation across multiple countries, although there are upfront implementation costs to validate small‐volume tubes on laboratory instrumentation.ConclusionThis ICM‐RPG panel made a strong recommendation for the use of small‐volume sample collection tubes in adult ICUs based on overall moderate certainty evidence.
Innovation stakeholders: Developing a sustainable paradigm to integrate intellectual property and corporate social responsibility
Authors: Orozco David 
Published: July 2024

AbstractInnovation is usually framed in terms of expanding the knowledge frontier or the commercialization of new ideas. However, it is much more than that. Innovation is also about providing greater well‐being for society and the various stakeholders that support a firm's efforts to innovate. This article examines the paradoxical status of innovation and its related legal domain of intellectual property rights, which largely exists beyond the purview of corporate social responsibility (CSR) theory, practice, and discourse. To address this conceptual deficiency, this article interlinks intellectual property, innovation, and CSR to offer three contributions. First, this article provides a working definition of the various stakeholders that must be identified to define CSR goals related to innovation. A critical aspect of CSR is the identification of relevant stakeholders. Second, this article discusses how established CSR approaches will accommodate these innovation stakeholders. Third, this article introduces and positions the managerial strategy of open innovation as a feasible and desirable approach that ethically recognizes, engages, and balances the interests of innovation stakeholders with the interests held by the firm and society. The normative argument made is that the firm's fiduciary leaders have an ethical obligation to pursue open innovation practices as a default norm to achieve the best CSR results for the firm and its various innovation stakeholders.
A cross‐dataset study on automatic detection of autism spectrum disorder from text data
Authors: Wawer Aleksander , Chojnicka Izabela , Sarzyńska‐Wawer Justyna , Krawczyk Małgorzata 
Published: July 2024

AbstractObjectiveThe goals of this article are as follows. First, to investigate the possibility of detecting autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from text data using the latest generation of machine learning tools. Second, to compare model performance on two datasets of transcribed statements, collected using two different diagnostic tools. Third, to investigate the feasibility of knowledge transfer between models trained on both datasets and check if data augmentation can help alleviate the problem of a small number of observations.MethodWe explore two techniques to detect ASD. The first one is based on fine‐tuning HerBERT, a BERT‐based, monolingual deep transformer neural network. The second one uses the newest, multipurpose text embeddings from OpenAI and a classifier. We apply the methods to two separate datasets of transcribed statements, collected using two different diagnostic tools: thought, language, and communication (TLC) and autism diagnosis observation schedule‐2 (ADOS‐2). We conducted several cross‐dataset experiments in both a zero‐shot setting and a setting where models are pretrained on one dataset and then training continues on another to test the possibility of knowledge transfer.ResultsUnlike previous studies, the models we tested obtained average results on ADOS‐2 data but reached very good performance of the models in TLC. We did not observe any benefits from knowledge transfer between datasets. We observed relatively poor performance of models trained on augmented data and hypothesize that data augmentation by back translation obfuscates autism‐specific signals.ConclusionThe quality of machine learning models that detect ASD from text data is improving, but model results are dependent on the type of input data or diagnostic tool.
To translocate or not to translocate? Embedding population modelling in an inclusive structured decision‐making process to overcome a conservation impasse
Authors: Parlato E. H. , Fischer J. H. , Steeves T. E. , Graydon K. , Kennedy E. , Makan T. , Patterson E. , Thurley T. , Welch J. , Parker K. A. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractThe need for effective conservation strategies to combat the ongoing biodiversity crisis is well recognised. Conservation translocations are an important and frequently used form of conservation management for species recovery. Despite this, the uncertainty prevalent throughout the translocation cycle often makes it challenging to determine whether translocations should be included in the suite of actions to achieve desired conservation outcomes. Further, the fundamental question of whether translocations should occur is seldom assessed as a formal decision. We applied a formal decision analysis for the conservation management of a highly threatened bird (karure | kakaruia | Chatham Island black robin | Petroica traversi) to evaluate whether translocation and/or other actions should be implemented for species recovery. The species' precarious status (<330 adults), combined with uncertainty about translocation outcomes, meant that for years, decision‐makers were reluctant to act given the potentially severe consequences of translocation failure. We used structured decision‐making in conjunction with population modelling to estimate the consequences of translocations and other actions across a range of objectives identified by Moriori and Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri (Indigenous Peoples of Rēkohu | Wharekauri | the Chatham Islands), the local community and government agencies. Structured decision‐making facilitated an inclusive approach that ensured all participants were actively engaged in the decision‐making process including the identification of the best management alternative while balancing multiple objectives. This process overcame the long‐standing conservation impasse, resulting in rapid implementation of actions, including translocation, that would have otherwise been difficult to achieve. The preferred alternative across objectives involved multiple translocations, illustrating the vital role translocations have in the desired future management for the species. The methods used in our study can be readily applied in other species recovery programmes to help decision‐makers navigate the complexities and uncertainties inherent in conservation decisions.
Granulocytes and mast cells in AllergoOncology—Bridging allergy to cancer: An EAACI position paper
Authors: Pascal Mariona , Bax Heather J. , Bergmann Christoph , Bianchini Rodolfo , Castells Mariana , Chauhan Jitesh , De las Vecillas Leticia , Hartmann Karin , Álvarez Elena Izquierdo , Jappe Uta , Jimenez‐Rodriguez Teodorikez‐Wilfox , Knol Edward , Levi‐Schaffer Francesca , Mayorga Cristobalina , Poli Aurélie , Redegeld Frank , Santos Alexandra F. , Jensen‐Jarolim Erika , Karagiannis Sophia N. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractDerived from the myeloid lineage, granulocytes, including basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils, along with mast cells, play important, often disparate, roles across the allergic disease spectrum. While these cells and their mediators are commonly associated with allergic inflammation, they also exhibit several functions either promoting or restricting tumor growth. In this Position Paper we discuss common granulocyte and mast cell features relating to immunomodulatory functions in allergy and in cancer. We highlight key mechanisms which may inform cancer treatment and propose pertinent areas for future research. We suggest areas where understanding the communication between granulocytes, mast cells, and the tumor microenvironment, will be crucial for identifying immune mechanisms that may be harnessed to counteract tumor development. For example, a comprehensive understanding of allergic and immune factors driving distinct neutrophil states and those mechanisms that link mast cells with immunotherapy resistance, might enable targeted manipulation of specific subpopulations, leading to precision immunotherapy in cancer. We recommend specific areas of investigation in AllergoOncology and knowledge exchange across disease contexts to uncover pertinent reciprocal functions in allergy and cancer and allow therapeutic manipulation of these powerful cell populations. These will help address the unmet needs in stratifying and managing patients with allergic diseases and cancer.