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The impact of pandemic-driven changes and personal characteristics on auditors’ deviant behavior
Authors: Khalil Sandra 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the impact of changes in audit processes during the pandemic on auditors’ deviant behavior, considering auditors’ personal characteristics, including demographic variables, spirituality levels and personality traits.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey consisting of five parts was used to gather data from auditors employed at Big Four audit firms in the Middle East. The questionnaire collected data on auditors’ perceptions of changes in audit processes and deviant audit behavior during the pandemic, as well as information about their personal characteristics.

Findings
The findings revealed a significant positive association between changes in audit processes and a heightened perception of deviant audit conduct during the pandemic. Males and extravert auditors expressed less favorable attitudes toward such behavior.

Research limitations/implications
The sample size was limited to 107 auditors due to the challenges of soliciting responses from auditors during the pandemic. The sole focus on the Big Four audit firms limited the generalizability of the results. Upcoming research should integrate qualitative methods alongside surveys and collect data from larger, more diverse samples to enhance the understanding of the pandemic’s impact on audit behavior.

Practical implications
The findings provide guidance and recommendations for audit firms to mitigate deviant behavior during crises while considering auditors’ personal factors. Recommended strategies include the organization of trainings to raise awareness of these risks and the integration of artificial intelligence to modernize audit processes and enhance audit firms’ readiness to confront future crises.

Originality/value
This study offers a novel empirical investigation into how pandemic-driven changes in audit procedures relate to auditors' deviant behavior, while exploring the influence of auditors' individual traits, an unexplored area in the literature. It addresses this gap specifically in the context of the understudied Middle East region.
Factors influencing SME project returns on Islamic Fintech lending platform
Authors: Firmansyah Egi Arvian , Masri Masairol , Anshari Muhammad , Besar Mohd Hairul Azrin 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Islamic financial technology (fintech), primarily peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, plays a substantial role in funding the unbanked population and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by offering streamlined financial services through online digital technology. In addition, Islamic fintech lending offers a promising return rate for individual and institutional investors, and therefore, it is considered a worthy investment alternative for diversification. This study aims to examine the determinants of project returns of SMEs on Islamic fintech lending platforms, taking the case study of one Islamic fintech lending platform registered at the Financial Service Authority in Indonesia.

Design/methodology/approach
Project return information and other information, such as the name of the SME raising fund, project duration, location, contract (aqad) and value (amount of money) to be raised, were extracted from the Islamic fintech lending platform. Furthermore, a regression analysis was performed using the completed projects as sample data (n = 122) on the platform.

Findings
The results show that the rate of return is significantly affected by project duration and type of Sharia-compliant contract. Location and project value are, however, found to be statistically insignificant. This study’s overall results align with the Signaling theory, indicating the importance of information for decision-making.

Research limitations/implications
Due to limited access to the data, our study uses data from one of seven Islamic fintech lending platforms; thus, the study results may not be generalized to the general population.

Practical implications
The results suggest that investors aspiring to invest their funds in SME projects on Islamic fintech lending platforms should consider the project duration and contractual agreement since these factors significantly influence the return. Additionally, society may consider the Islamic fintech lending platform a viable investment instrument since its return rate follows the risk-return principle in classical and established finance theories. That is why Islamic fintech lending platforms are competitive compared to the more established ones, such as the Islamic stock market.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first study using an empirical approach to reveal the project return determinants of SMEs on Islamic fintech lending platform.
Competitions among sub-financial sectors and growth of green bond markets in ASEAN plus three countries
Authors: Kim Sung Suk , Nugroho Vina , Handoko Liza 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study aimed to explore the determining factors for green bond markets in ASEAN plus three countries. In contrast to previous publications that primarily examined the incentives for green bonds and institutional differences among economies, the analysis focused on the role of competition among sub-financial sectors in fostering the growth of green bond markets.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopted Driscoll and Kraay fixed effect panel methods to account for country-level heterogeneity and enhance efficiency, using quarterly data from 2016 to 2022.FindingsThe findings showed that healthy competition among sub-financial sectors was crucial for the growth of green bond markets. Growth in specific sub-financial sectors such as brown corporate bond and stock markets as well as banks contributed positively to these markets. Variables related to market microstructure also had no significant impact on green bonds but macroeconomic factors did.Practical implicationsThe findings suggested that governments should promote healthy competition among sub-financial sectors and implement diverse policies to ensure the sustainable growth of green bond markets.Originality/valueThis study further pioneered the importance of competition among sub-financial sectors for the development of green bond markets.
Insights into the use of theories in knowledge hiding studies: a systematic review
Authors: Tokyzhanova Talshyn , Durst Susanne 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this systematic literature review (SLR) is to examine the theoretical landscape of knowledge hiding (KH) research, identifies prevailing theories, the different ways KH is understood within these theories and the underlying assumptions that shape these views. Based on this, ideas for further research are derived to advance the theoretical basis of KH studies.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a theory-based SLR, the authors analysed 170 scientific papers from Scopus and Web of Science. This involved thematic analysis to categorise theories frequently applied in KH research and a detailed examination to link core assumptions to these theoretical perspectives.

Findings
The analysis revealed a reliance on 86 distinct theories, with a notable emphasis on social exchange theory and conservation of resources theory. KH is predominantly conceptualised as a negative, objective, reactive and relational behaviour rooted in social reciprocity and resource conservation. The review uncovers the multifaceted nature of KH, challenging the field to incorporate broader theoretical views that encompass positive aspects, subjective experiences, strategic intentions and non-relational determinants of KH.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to systematically map and analyse the theoretical underpinnings of KH research. It offers a unique contribution by categorising the diverse theories applied in KH studies and explicitly linking these theories to their inherent assumptions about KH. This approach provides a comprehensive overview that not only identifies gaps in the current research landscape but also proposes alternative theoretical perspectives for exploring KH, thereby setting a new direction for future studies in this field.
Nickel accumulation in plants from the Shebenik Mountain massif, Albania
Authors: Bani Aida , Gjeta Ermelinda , Pavlova Dolja , Ibro Vjollca , Shahu Edmira , Shallari Seit , Selvi Federico , Hipfinger Christina , Puschenreiter Markus , Echevarria Guillaume 
Published: August 2024

AbstractHyperaccumulators are unusual plants that accumulate specific metals or metalloids in their living tissues to concentrations that may be hundreds or thousands of times greater than those normal for most plants. Hyperaccumulator plants are of practical importance as they can be used in soil remediation technologies. The Shebenik Mountain massif, located on the eastern border of Albania, hosts a wide diversity of rare and endemic plant species, including nickel hyperaccumulators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the taxa present on the Shebenik Mt. in relation to soil conditions and to test their potential for phytomining in a replicated field trial. Previous morphological and karyological analyses of material from field collections across ultramafic outcrops of the Shebenik resulted in the identification of the following nickel hyperaccumulator taxa: Odontarrhena chalcidica (Janka) Španiel & al., Odontarrhena smolikana subsp. glabra (Nyár.) Španiel & al., Odontarrhena rigida (Nyár.) L. Cecchi & Selvi, and Bornmuellera baldaccii (Degen) Heywood. In addition, a species of the genus Noccaea, formerly referred to Noccaea ochroleuca (Boiss. & Heldr.) F.K. Mey, but likely belonging to a still undescribed taxon, was also collected. An in situ replicated trial was undertaken to evaluate the potential for phytomining of three nickel (Ni) hyperaccumulators collected in the Shebenik Mt. Measurement of aboveground biomass, analysis of nickel in the biomass, and analyses of plant‐available nickel in the soil allowed calculation of bioaccumulation and phytoextraction yield. This provides a realistic evaluation of the efficacy of the plant taxa in hyperaccumulating nickel and their potential use for phytoextraction/phytomining technologies.
Accuracy of surgical death information: comparison of data held by Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality and Victorian Agency for Health Information
Authors: McCahy Philip , Kattini Ribal , Tan Kennice , Chen Andrew , Vinluan Jessele , Vithanage Ushan , Procter Nathan 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality (VASM) investigates all surgically related deaths in Victoria. The Victorian Admitted Episodes Database (VAED) is an administrative dataset maintained by the Health Department's Victorian Agency of Health Information (VAHI). We have reviewed clinical records to assess the correlation between deaths reported to the databases.MethodsData July 2019 to June 2020 were compared. All hospitals that had surgical deaths not reported to VASM were asked to provide clinical summaries which were analysed to assess the deaths should have been reported. Case note review of 280 deaths only reported to VAHI through VAED was undertaken to establish whether these should have been reported to VASM.ResultsVASM received 1763 reported surgical deaths with VAHI recording 1907. Using individual patient identifiers, 517 (29.3%) of the VASM deaths were not reported to VAHI but subsequent data analysis revealed they were correctly identified as reportable deaths in 385 (74.5%). There were 914 (47.9%) VAED recorded deaths that were not reported to VASM. 280/914 (30.6%) were reviewed from 21 hospitals. Only 24 (8.6%) of these had a surgical procedure in the patient's final admission and should have been reported. This suggests that the current method of VASM capture of surgical mortality only missed 4% cases for the 2019/20 year.ConclusionThere were major differences between surgical deaths reported to VASM and those reported by health services and recorded in VAED. Less than 5% of cases are not reported to VASM and thus not subjected to peer review.
Expectancy violations after moral transgressions: Exploring the role of moral disengagement on online vindictive word of mouth
Authors: Yakut Enis , Gökbunar Ramazan 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThis study investigates the complex relationship between Transgression type (for‐profit vs. non‐profit) and individual‐level variables in shaping moral perceptions and online victimization of wrongdoer organizations (OVWOM) following transgressions by conducting two experimental studies (N1 = 111, N2 = 164). Study 1 utilizes real‐world organizations to investigate the impact of transgression type (for‐profit vs. non‐profit), whereas Study 2 employs fictitious entities to alleviate potential response bias and focuses on moral disengagement as a moderating factor. Findings reveal a decrease in perceived morality post‐transgression across both transgression types, with non‐profits not eliciting significantly higher OVWOM. However, the influence of transgression type on perceived morality is found to be contingent upon individual moral disengagement, affecting OVWOM in Study 2. Moreover, factors such as desire for revenge, social desirability bias, gender, and educational background emerge as significant predictors of perceived morality and OVWOM. These results highlight the nuanced nature of public responses to organizational transgressions, emphasizing the complex interplay between organizational characteristics and individual psychological mechanisms. The study underscores the necessity of integrating moral disengagement and individual‐level factors into crisis management strategies for organizations.
Flea beetle (Phyllotreta spp.) management in spring‐planted canola (Brassica napus L.) on the northern Great Plains of North America
Authors: Mittapelly Priyanka , Guelly Kristen N. , Hussain Altaf , Cárcamo Héctor A. , Soroka Juliana J. , Vankosky Meghan A. , Hegedus Dwayne D. , Tansey James A. , Costamagna Alejandro C. , Gavloski John , Knodel Janet J. , Mori Boyd A. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractCanola (Brassica napus L. and B. rapa L. [Brassicales: Brassicaceae]) is a major oilseed crop grown globally as a source of vegetable oil, animal feed and biofuel feedstock. The global demand for canola oil as a biofuel feedstock has increased due to recent regulations in the European Union, United States, and Canada. In North America, canola production is centered on the northern Great Plains where it is challenged by two highly destructive flea beetle species, the crucifer (Phyllotreta cruciferae Goeze, 1777) and the striped (Phyllotreta striolata Fabricius, 1803) flea beetles. In the spring, adult P. cruciferae and P. striolata begin feeding on canola seedlings, creating a ‘shot hole’ appearance, which can reduce the plant's photosynthetic capacity leading to uneven plant emergence and growth, reduced plant stand density, and reduced seed yield. Losses resulting from flea beetles are estimated in the tens of millions of dollars annually. At present, the principle means for flea beetle control are insecticides applied as systemic seed treatments and/or subsequent foliar sprays. The continued use of these products is being questioned due to environmental concerns and acquisition of resistance. As such, significant research effort is being directed toward the development of an integrated pest management system for these abundant and hard to manage pests of canola. Here, we review the ecology, pest status, and management of flea beetles in North America and discuss future research needed to promote flea beetle management and sustainable canola production.
‘LIKE SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER’: ANIMAL AGENCY AND ECHOES OF THE HOLOCAUST IN WOLFDIETRICH SCHNURRE'S WRITING
Authors: Duffy Helena 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACTThis article examines the writings of Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–89) through a combined lens of zoocriticism and Holocaust studies. Drawing on Anna Barcz's concept of ‘vulnerable realism’, it posits an analogy between Jews targeted by the Nazis’ exterminatory programme, who struggled to articulate their suffering in the language of empirical historiography, and animals who, excluded from the human system of moral rights and laws, have no means of voicing the oppression they endure. The article argues, however, that, rather than portraying animals as mute and helpless victims, Schnurre's short stories – ‘Die Tat’, ‘Der Verrat’ and ‘Das Manöver’ (1958) – endow their nonhuman protagonists with moral agency and with an ensuing capacity to resist their tormentors. Read in dialogue with Schnurre's Holocaust novel, Ein Unglücksfall (1981), and in the light of the human–animal entanglement advocated by his writings, these stories can be interpreted as a subtle contestation of the idea of Jewish passivity during the Nazi era.
Treatment trends in patients with de novo metastatic prostate cancer in the era of upfront combination therapy
Authors: Miura Hikari , Hatakeyama Shingo , Tabata Ryuji , Fujimori Daiji , Kawashima Yohei , Moriyama Shingo , Oishi Takuya , Horiguchi Hirotaka , Soma Osamu , Noro Daisuke , Tanaka Toshikazu , Okamoto Teppei , Yamamoto Hayato , Sato Satoshi , Ohyama Chikara 
Published: August 2024

ObjectivesThe objective of this study is to assess the trends in treatment selection for patients with de novo metastatic castration‐sensitive prostate cancer in the era of upfront combination therapy.MethodsThis multicenter retrospective study included 595 patients treated with either upfront combination therapy (upfront novel hormonal therapies and taxane‐based chemotherapy) or vintage therapy (androgen deprivation therapy with or without bicalutamide) between 2016 and 2021. High tumor burden metastatic disease was defined when a patient met the CHAARTED or LATITUDE criteria. We evaluated trends in treatment selection and reasons for selecting vintage therapy.ResultsOf the 595, 123 and 472 patients were classified as having low and high tumor‐burden disease, respectively. The Use of upfront combination therapy was found to be rapidly increasing with utilization rates of 72% and 54% in 2021 for high and low tumor‐burden disease, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analysis found older age, poor performance status, and nonacademic center were significantly associated with the selection of vintage therapy. Of the 163 patients who received vintage hormone therapy after approval of upfront therapy, 74.2% had a specific reason for avoiding upfront therapy. The reasons for selecting vintage therapy included refusal (39.8%), older age (67.6%), frailty (56.3%), and comorbidity (40.8%). Furthermore, 16.9% of patients declined upfront combination therapy due to cost concerns.ConclusionUpfront combination therapy use has 72% and 54% prevalence among patients with high and low tumor burden diseases, respectively, in this current practice. Older age, poor performance status, and facility bias were negatively associated with the use of upfront combination therapy.
Comparison of masticatory performance and oral hygiene status using cream‐type denture adhesives and home liners: A cross‐sectional study using propensity‐score matching
Authors: Yamaguchi Kohei , Hama Yohei , Sasaki Yoshiyuki , Soeda Hitomi , Okada Mitsuzumi , Futatsuya Ryota , Matsuzaki Mayuko , Minakuchi Shunsuke 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundDifferences in the effects of cream‐type denture adhesives and home liners remain unclear.ObjectiveThis cross‐sectional study aimed to clarify the differences in the oral‐hygiene status and masticatory performance between participants using cream‐type denture adhesives and those using home liners.MethodsMasticatory performance with and without cream‐type denture adhesives and home liners was evaluated using colour‐changeable chewing gum. Oral hygiene was assessed using the tongue coating index (TCI). Propensity‐score matching was performed using oral moisture, presence of palatal or mandibular protuberances, type of residual ridge, denture type (complete or partial denture), and denture retention as background factors. Wilcoxon signed‐rank test was used to examine the differences in masticatory performance with and without cream‐type denture adhesives and home liners and differences in masticatory performance and TCI between the cream‐type denture adhesive and home‐liner groups.ResultsThis study included 38 and 40 cream‐type adhesive and home‐liner users, respectively, and 17 pairs were obtained after propensity‐score matching. The Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests showed that masticatory performance was significantly different with and without the use of home liners, and higher values were obtained with the use of home‐liners. However, the cream‐type denture adhesive and home‐liner groups showed no significant differences in terms of the change in masticatory performance with the use of them. Furthermore, Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests showed that TCI values were significantly high in the cream‐type adhesive group.ConclusionThe findings in this study suggest that home liners improve masticatory performance and that participants regularly using cream‐type denture adhesives have poorer oral hygiene.
Multidimensional Latent Religiosity Profiles and Sexual Behaviors in Late Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Authors: Sevic Sandra , Landripet Ivan , Štulhofer Aleksandar 
Published: August 2024

AbstractStudies assessing the relationship between religiosity and sexual behaviors in youth are limited by their use of single‐aspect measures of religiosity, assumption of linearity, and focus on coital behaviors. This study assessed how multidimensional latent profiles of religiosity were associated both with sexual risk behaviors and noncoital sex. Data were gathered using a national sample of emerging adults in Croatia (N = 1,210; Mage = 21.74, 48.0 percent female). Latent profile analysis provided a three‐profile model as the most robust solution, differentiating among the low, moderate, and high religiosity groups. The gradient pattern (differences among all profiles) was observed only in the association between religiosity and the frequency of masturbation and experiencing oral sex. The relationship between religiosity and other sexual behaviors either was nonlinear or not found. Overall, religiosity was associated with a more limited sexual repertoire. Its protective effect in sexual risk taking was small but relevant for the most religious youth.
Co‐regulatory mechanisms and potential markers of oxidative stress‐related genes in vitiligo and alopecia areata
Authors: Sun Chao , Ding Honghua , Zhang Li , Wang Junling , Su Mengyun 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe specific role of oxidative stress (OS) in vitiligo and alopecia areata (AA) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze and identify the key markers of OS in vitiligo and AA by bioinformatics.MethodsWe obtained vitiligo and AA datasets from gene expression omnibus (GEO) database. The difference‐expressed genes of vitiligo and AA were identified by differential analysis, and the functions of difference‐expressed genes were identified by gene ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) enrichment analysis. Subsequently, Veen package was used to obtain the intersection genes of OS‐related genes with vitiligo and AA. Finally, we used CIBERSORT to assess the infiltration of immune cells in vitiligo and AA.ResultsThrough enrichment analysis, we found that vitiligo and AA were mainly enriched in cell cycle and cell adhesion molecular channels. We identified KLB and EIF3C as key genes in OS regulation of vitiligo and AA, and found that KLB and EIF3C participate in disease progression by regulating T cells and neutrophils.ConclusionsAccording to our findings, KLB and EIF3C play a crucial role in the progression and development of vitiligo and AA, which have been identified as biomarkers and target for early diagnosis of patients.