bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Development and validation of the health education demand scale for HPV infected patients based on KANO model
Authors: Zhang Yuying , Luo Li , Du Shuaihui , Hou Die , Zhang Yaling , He Limin , Zhou Lihua 
Published: August 2024

Objective: The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the scale of health education demand of patients with HPV infection based on KANO model, so as to provide a tool for further exploring the types of health education demand and influencing factors of patients with HPV infection. Methods: This study is a scale development and validation study using a three-stage cross-sectional design. In stage 1, a preliminary item pool is formed using literature review, semi-structured interviews and the Delphi method. In stage 2, six experts were invited to assess content validity. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1169 patients with HPV infection, Questionnaire results from 583 patients were used for exploratory factor analysis. In stage 3, the remaining 586 patients to validate the factor structure through confirmatory factor analysis. Results: In stage 1, an initial 35-item scale was developed and the items were transformed positive and reverse based on KANO model. In stage 2, Exploratory factor analysis formed a scale of 28 items in 5 factors: disease information demand, social support, emotional demand, family support and health education style demand. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.940 for the entire scale and 0.763~0.908 for the five subscales in the positive items, 0.955 for the entire scale and 0.739~0.946 for the five subscales in reverse items. The content validity index of the scale: S-CVI/UA=0.91, S-CVI/Ave=0.98. In stage 3, the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the c2/df, RMSEA, CFI and TLI of the positive items after four model modifications were 3.650, 0.067, 0.901 ,0.888, and the SRMR value was < 0.001. The fitting of the five-factor model was good. Conclusion: The KANO model based questionnaire on health education demand of HPV infected patients has good reliability and validity, and is suitable for the investigation of health education demand of HPV infected patients.
The clinical antiprotozoal drug halofuginone promotes weight loss by elevating GDF15 and FGF21
Authors: Xu Suowen , Liu Zhenghong , Tian Tian , Zhao Wenqi , Wang Zhihua , Liu Monan , Xu Mengyun , Zhang Fanshun , Zhang Zhidan , Chen Meijie , Yin Yanjun , Su Meiming , Pan Wenhao , Liu Shiyong , Li Min-dian , Little Peter J. , Kamato Danielle , Zhang Songyang , Wang Dongdong , Offermanns Stefan , Speakman John R. , Weng Jianping 
Published: August 2024

AbstractObesity is a debilitating disease with increasing worldwide prevalence. Despite its high prevalence, specific pharmacologic intervention for obesity is challenging. Here, we report that halofuginone, an FDA-approved anti-scleroderma and anti-protozoal drug, is a promising anti-obesity agent in rodent models. Halofuginone suppressed food intake, increased energy expenditure, and resulted in weight loss in preclinical diet-induced obese mouse models, while also decreasing insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis. By combining genetic and pharmacological tools with transcriptomics, we identified that halofuginone increases FGF21 and GDF15 levels via ATF4. Using knockout mice, we show these hormones are both necessary for its anti-obesity effects. Thus, our study first reports the beneficial metabolic effects of halofuginone and underscores its utility to treat obesity and its associated metabolic complications.
The effect of extended cold storage and the use of extenders on motility and swimming kinematics of shortnose sturgeon sperm
Authors: Melanson Kenzie H. , Litvak Matthew K. 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACTShortnose sturgeon are listed as a species of special concern in Canada and as endangered in the US. Increasing knowledge about this species, particularly in the area of reproductive biology, will better the management of wild populations and aid in the development of assisted reproduction protocols. However, access to wild sperm is limited, so short-term and long-term storage of sperm from sturgeon is crucial for reproductive studies. Here we report on testing and development of a short-term storage protocol for shortnose sturgeon. Milt samples were collected from wild shortnose sturgeon caught in the Wolastoq River. Subsets of semen were mixed with different extenders with or without oxygen; control treatments without extenders were also run. We used computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) to determine sperm motility and swimming kinematics for the different treatments. All groups were examined immediately after collection and treatment application, and then 1, 2, and 7 days after storage in a fridge (4°C) for experiment 1, and days 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, and 24 for experiment 2. The response variables motility, curvilinear velocity (VCL), linearity (LIN), and wobble (WOB) showed an overall decrease over time with differences between extender treatments. While untreated milt maintained some motility up to day 21, the addition of an extender reduced decline in motility and improved longevity up to day 24. Milt treated with the Park and Chapman extender had the slowest motility decline of extenders used, and milt treated with the modified Tsvetkova extender showed less potential for contamination.
Geometry of
N=2
Minkowski vacua of gauged
N=2
supergravity theories in four dimensions
Authors: Jockers Hans , Kotlewski Sören 
Published: August 2024

Gauging isometries of four-dimensional N=2 supergravity theories yields an N=2 supersymmetric theory with a scalar potential. In this paper, we study the well-known constraints for four-dimensional N=2 Minkowski vacua of such theories. We propose that classically a projective special Kähler submanifold of the projective Kähler target space of the ungauged theory describes the moduli space of the complex scalar fields of massless vector multiplets for N=2 Minkowski vacua configurations, which then receives quantum corrections from integrating out massive fields. Subloci of projective special Kähler manifolds appear as supersymmetric flux vacua in the context of type IIB Calabi–Yau threefold compactifications with background fluxes as well. While these flux vacua equations arise from the critical locus of an N=1 superpotential, we show that these equations can also be obtained from the N=2 supersymmetric Minkowski vacuum equations of gauged N=2 supergravity theories upon gauging suitable isometries in the semiclassical universal hypermultiplet sector of type IIB string Calabi–Yau threefold compactifications. Thus, we give an intrinsic N=2 supersymmetric interpretation to the flux vacua equations.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Consumer intention to buy products containing fish with better welfare: the role of empathy in an extended value–belief–norm model
Authors: Govaerts Florent , Altintzoglou Themistoklis 
Published: August 2024

PurposeA limited number of studies have aimed at understanding behavior towards animal welfare. However, there are indications that consumers make an important distinction between land animals and fish. As no studies have attempted to explain the factors that influence consumer behavior towards the welfare of fish, this study aims to explain the behavior using the value–belief–norm (VBN) model. In addition, we extend the model by using empathy as a factor influencing the formation of personal norms. This study argues that by adding empathy to the model, we will improve the ability of the VBN to explain moral behavior.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on survey data from 416 Norwegian consumers. A structural equation modeling analysis with latent constructs is used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings validate the ability of the VBN model to explain consumer intention to buy products containing fish with better welfare. We also showed that empathy and beliefs strongly influence personal norms. The extended VBN model increased the explained variance of personal norm by 11,54%. Consumers with biospheric values are strongly likely to have empathetic feelings towards fish suffering and believe that fish can feel pain. However, consumers with hedonistic values are significantly negatively related to beliefs and empathy.Practical implicationsBy understanding the role of empathy, companies can develop marketing strategies that appeal to consumers' values, empathy and beliefs and ultimately encourage them to make purchases that support fish welfare.Originality/valuePractically, this study explores consumers' beliefs towards fish welfare and identifies consumers who are more likely to purchase products containing fish with better welfare based on their values.
F-BWM-MARCOS approach for performance evaluation of Türkiye's top 500 industrial enterprises in the pre-pandemic and pandemic era
Authors: Ergülen Ahmet , Çalık Ahmet 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of companies using a hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach. Specifically, the study examines Türkiye’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises to analyze their performance before and during the pandemic, and to capture their performance in determining investment and production strategy.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the study’s objectives, the Fuzzy Best-Worst Method (F-BWM) was used to obtain importance levels of performance indicators, decreasing the vagueness in experts’ decision-making preferences. The Measurement Alternatives and Ranking According to Compromise Solution (MARCOS) method was used to rank enterprises based on their performance.FindingsThe COVID-19 pandemic has clearly had a substantial impact on the performance of Türkiye’s top 500 industrial enterprises. While some companies suffered decreased sales, others reported that their revenues increased or remained constant during the outbreak. The results reveal that the pandemic caused a shift in the initial ranking outcomes for the first two enterprises.Research limitations/implicationsThe study’s limitations include the sample size and the time period under consideration, which may have an impact on the generalizability of the findings.Practical implicationsDecision-makers’ investment, employment and operational decisions were influenced by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results provide insights for decision-makers on how to achieve higher growth and performance under the pressure of the pandemic.Social implicationsThe study’s practical consequences help decision-makers understand how to attain higher growth and performance in the face of the epidemic.Originality/valueThe originality of this study lies in using a hybrid MCDM approach to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on company performance. A hybrid MCDM approach is proposed to help decision-makers make the best possible investment and implementation decisions.
Can smart city policies foster digital innovation in the construction industry? Evidence from BIM-related patents in China
Authors: Liu Yuyang , Heng Mingzhu , Hu Caiwen , Zhang Huiling , Wang Zixuan , Ma Guofeng 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThe construction of smart cities holds the potential to drive digital innovation in the construction industry through various means, such as enhancing supply and demand. This study echoes the urgent need for the construction industry to overcome development challenges. Hence, it is necessary to study the extent and ways in which smart city policies promote digital innovation in the construction industry.Design/methodology/approachThis study treats China’s smart city policies as quasi-natural experiments. Using a dataset of Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2007 to 2021 and a difference-in-differences model, the study scrutinizes the impact of smart city policies on digital innovation within the construction industry.FindingsThe study reveals a substantial positive influence of smart city policies on digital innovation in the construction industry. In addition, the study explains these results by analysing supply-side and demand-side mechanisms. Moreover, the effect of smart city pilot policies on promoting digital innovation within the construction industry displays noteworthy heterogeneity across cities at different regional and political levels.Originality/valueBy exploring the impact and mechanisms of smart city policies on digital innovation in the construction industry, this research contributes to a more comprehensive and profound comprehension of the role of policies in facilitating the digital transformation of the construction sector. It is a valuable reference for policymakers and industry practitioners aiming to advance digital development.
Fostering innovation through governance systems: empirical insights from South Asian countries
Authors: Farooq Umar , Tabash Mosab I. , Al-Faryan Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Innovation is necessary to ensure consistent economic growth and to meet the global competition. In view of this, the purpose of this study to check the effect of governance quality as a tool for fostering innovation performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The empirical analysis was arranged on 20 year’s (2000–2019) data from South Asian economies. Subject to the existence of cointegration, the authors use the fully modified ordinary least square model for regression analysis and check the robustness through robust least square model.

Findings
The empirical findings infer that all dimensions of governance have a positive significant impact on both research and development expenditures and trademark applications jointly known as innovation performance. In addition, the empirical analysis discloses the positive effect of all control variables, including FDI inflow, banking sector development, economic growth, ease of doing business index and government subsidies on innovation activities. The analysis confirms the “grease the wheel” role of governance in fostering innovation.

Practical implications
It is apparently recommended to strengthen the exercise of better governance to harvest better innovation scores.

Originality/value
This study advocates the positive role of individual dimensions of governance recommended by existing literature and complements the literature by jointly exploring the impact of all governance dimensions on overall innovation performance.
Rhetorical strategies in the climate change disclosures of Bangladeshi banking companies
Authors: Hossain Dewan Mahboob , Mazumder Mohammed Mehadi Masud , Alam Md. Saiful 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThe main objective of this article is to explore the rhetorical persuasive strategies in the climate change-related disclosures of the annual reports of Bangladeshi banking companies.Design/methodology/approachTo fulfil this objective, content and rhetorical analyses are conducted on the climate change-related disclosures in the annual reports of Bangladeshi banks. The analysis is interpreted with the help of Aristotle’s rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos and pathos).FindingsEvidence suggests that Bangladeshi banks disclose climate change-related issues in annual reports. These issues include demonstrating a genuine concern for climate change and exhibiting commitment to green finance and investment, paper and energy conservation, tree plantation, biodiversity and climate change risk funds. They also underscore challenges linked to carbon emissions, air pollution, and natural disasters. These disclosures are persuasive, and rhetorical strategies such as ethos, logos, and pathos are evident. However, the disclosures lacked consistency and comparability because of the absence of reporting regulations and a prescribed framework.Practical implicationsThis study informs managers and policymakers about climate change disclosures in Bangladesh, particularly within the banking industry. The research suggests the need for improved reporting consistency and comparability, potentially achieved through standardised climate change reporting guidelines and mandatory requirements.Originality/valueThis paper’s uniqueness lies in its application of Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle to enhance our understanding of how banking companies in a developing economy strategically employ climate change-related disclosures to influence readers. Rhetorical analysis is limitedly used by accounting scholars in analysing corporate climate-change disclosures.
Revisiting design principles and guidelines for online makerspace services and programming in public libraries
Authors: Jung Yong Ju , Kim Soo Hyeon , Choi Gi Woong 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to revisit previous design principles and guidelines for online makerspaces in public libraries (Kim et al., 2020) and expand the design principles with more updated implications and examples from the literature published during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors reviewed recently published papers about online transitions of makerspaces, especially during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, summarized their implications and deduced applicable design principles and guidelines.

Findings
This paper proposes updated design principles and guidelines based on four key areas: Program and service design; Tools and materials; Facilitation; and Logistic support. These updated design principles considered a wider range of patrons that public library makerspaces may serve, the digital divide issues and logistic concerns that should be addressed beyond the scope of a single makerspace.

Originality/value
This paper compiles various lessons learned and strategies regarding online makerspaces and maker programming for public libraries and provides helpful design principles and guidelines for the continued use of online components for makerspace services and programs.
Inter-organisational cooperation networks: a strategy for the knowledge-sharing and performance of higher education institutions
Authors: Silvério Ana , Franco Mário 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study aims to present how an inter-organisational cooperation network can contribute to the competitive performance of higher education institutions (HEI) and also to students’ academic performance. The intention is also to examine how knowledge-sharing processes should develop to meet the needs of maintaining cooperation networks.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a qualitative approach, using the case study (network) method. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, group interviews and documentary analysis. The convenience sampling technique was used. Data analysis was carried out through a data triangulation process.FindingsThe general benefits arising from cooperation networks are encouraging. The HEIs improved not only through creating an environment that supports learning processes and knowledge-sharing efficiently, but also through cooperation between students and lecturers.Practical implicationsThe cooperation network experience studied here can be used by other universities or HEIs as an approach/strategy to launch a cooperation initiative in order to increase levels of knowledge, learning, innovation and competitiveness. The results also help university or HEI leaders to understand the importance of academic cooperation networks, letting them form innovative teaching strategies that stimulate academic and competitive performance, as well as economic growth.Originality/valueThe central elements of originality lie in advancing a new vision of cooperation networks, creating a new, innovative framework that considers the dimensions presented from the theoretical and practical point of view. The framework helps to understand what is necessary for network cooperation to develop and create value for HEIs. Combining different perspectives of the cooperation network inevitably represents a significant innovation.
Selling soldiering: Marketisation, gender complementarity and the promise of military femininity in 1990s Sweden
Authors: Strand Sanna , Cottrell‐Sundevall Fia 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThis article examines the first large‐scale attempts to recruit women as soldiers and officers in 1990s Sweden, focusing on the techniques and promises employed by the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). Building on a wide range of documents and audiovisual sources, we demonstrate how the SAF utilised various marketing techniques, including advertisements and sponsorships, to attract and ‘sell’ soldiering to young women. Analysing these efforts through scholarship on neoliberal governmentality and gendered military identity, we argue that these strategies marked the onset of military marketisation, reflecting broader neoliberal trends in 1990s Sweden. Moreover, we show how the SAF's marketing techniques promised women a narrowly defined, complementary, feminine military identity that reinforced existing gender stereotypes in the name of gender equality. Our findings shed new light on the instability of gender equality policies deemed progressive and pioneering and, in contrast, the stability of the global racialised hierarchies that inscribe some nations as gender equality forerunners.
Association between serum β2‐microglobulin and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross‐sectional study
Authors: Zhang Yuling , Peng Guiliang , Leng Weiling , Li Ying , Li Haiyan , Zhou Ling , Ge Lichao , Shao Jiaqing , Li Xing , Long Min 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundBeta 2‐microglobulin (β2‐MG) is a component of the class I major histocompatibility complex (MHCI) and has recently been reported to be involved in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease. However, the association of β2‐MG with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in T2DM patients remains unknown. This study aims to investigate the correlation between serum β2‐MG and LVH in T2DM patients.MethodsThe retrospective analysis included 4602 eligible T2DM patients, divided into LVH and non‐LVH groups based on echocardiography results. Serum β2‐MG levels were measured, and participants were categorized into four groups (Q1–Q4) by their serum β2‐MG quartile. The relationship of serum β2‐MG level with LVH was evaluated using logistic regression, restricted cubic spline (RCS), subgroup analysis, and machine learning.ResultsThe prevalence of LVH in T2DM patients was 31.12%. Each standard deviation increase in serum β2‐MG level corresponded to a 1.17‐fold increase in the prevalence of LVH [OR = 1.17, (95% CI: 1.05–1.31); p = 0.006]. When considering β2‐MG as a categorical variable (quartile), Q3 [OR = 1.36, (95% CI: 1.09–1.69); p = 0.007] and Q4 [OR = 1.77, (95% CI: 1.36–2.31); p < 0.001] had a significantly higher prevalence of LVH than Q1. RCS analysis found a nonlinear association between β2‐MG and LVH prevalence (p for nonlinearity <0.05). Additionally, machine learning results confirmed the importance of β2‐MG for LVH in T2DM patients.ConclusionElevated serum β2‐MG levels were likely to be associated with an increased prevalence of LVH in T2DM patients, suggesting its potential role in LVH development.image