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Knowledge fusion-driven sustainable decision-making for mega transportation infrastructure projects
Authors: Li Long , Luan Haiying , Yuan Mengqi , Zheng Ruiyan 
Published: July 2024

PurposeAs the scale of mega transportation infrastructure projects (MTIs) continues to expand, the complexity of engineering construction sharply increases and decision-making sustainability faces severe challenges. Decision-making for mega transportation infrastructure projects unveils the knowledge-intensive characteristic, requiring collaborative decisions by cross-domain decision-makers. However, the exploration of heterogeneous knowledge fusion-driven decision-making problems is limited. This study aims to improve the deficiencies of existing decision-making by constructing a knowledge fusion-driven multi-attribute group decision model under fuzzy context to improve the sustainability of MTIs decision-making.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilizes intuitionistic fuzzy information to handle uncertain information; calculates decision-makers and indicators weights by hesitation, fuzziness and intuitionistic fuzzy entropy; applies the intuitionistic fuzzy weighted averaging (IFWA) operator to fuse knowledge and uses consensus to measure the level of knowledge fusion. Finally, a calculation example is given to verify the rationality and effectiveness of the model.FindingsThis research finally constructs a two-level decision model driven by knowledge fusion, which alleviates the uncertainty and fuzziness of decision knowledge, promotes knowledge fusion among cross-domain decision-makers and can be effectively applied in practical applications.Originality/valueThis study provides an effective decision-making model for mega transportation infrastructure projects and guides policymakers.
EnglishHelper: funding options for social enterprises
Authors: Batra Neetika , Nihar K. Lubza , Iyer S. Veena 
Published: July 2024

Learning outcomes
This case aims to introduce students to the social sector financing (internal and external) landscape, and its nuances. It specifically provides material to enable critical evaluation and decision-making around financing a for-profit social enterprise and its associated challenges.

Case overview/synopsis
The case highlights the fundraising options available to a social enterprise in an emerging economy like India. EnglishHelper Technologies Private Ltd. (EH) commenced operations in 2011 as a subsidiary of its parent Boston-based company, to provide technology-based learning solutions primarily to the underserved segments of the country’s population. Sanjay Gupta, co-founder and CEO, EH Inc., wanted to explore funding options suitable for the company’s next growth stage. The existing funding sources of equity from its parent company, grants and revenues (mainly from product sales to government schools) had worked well for EH in the initial years of its growth. But its financial performance was being impacted, and, additionally, further scaling up would require sources that could give a much larger quantum of funds and add support to EH’s operations. EH would also need to revisit its revenue model to strengthen its financial sustainability, by drawing lessons from the other prevalent ones in the ed-tech sector and make it more effective. The case encourages students to assess the various funding alternatives, internal and external, for a social sector private company with a for-profit model like EH, to enable it to achieve its scaling-up plans while serving its social mission.

Complexity academic level
The case is relevant for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and can be used in business administration programs.

Subject code
CSS 1: Accounting and finance.

Supplementary materials
Teaching notes are available for educators only.
A teaching-learning sequence to develop epistemic thinking in engineering students at master’s educational level
Authors: Cascarosa Salillas Esther , Sánchez-Azqueta Carlos , Gimeno Cecilia , Aldea C. 
Published: July 2024

PurposeThis research work had been a double objective, to help the students achieve the learning outcomes, scientific skills and on the other hand, to develop specific scientific sub-competences, all of these related not only with the conceptual knowledge but also with the knowledge of procedurals and epistemology.Design/methodology/approachA didactic sequence has been designed and applied with students of the University Catholique of Louvain (Belgium) in collaboration with teachers from the University of Zaragoza (also researchers in the knowledge areas of Electronics, Applied Physics and the Didactics of Experimental Sciences). Several methodologies were applied thorough the teaching-learning sequence as the flipped classroom is. A varied sample of assessment instruments was used.FindingsThe results suggest this sequence produces a more significant learning than a more conventional teaching, however there is no increase in the number of students who passed. The students explaining phenomena scientifically, evaluating and designing experiments and making researchable questions and interpreting data and scientific evidence, which are a consequence of the development of scientific knowledge (content, procedural and epistemic). In addition, the students kept motivated by this methodological change and maintained the perception of having achieved the expected learning according to the objectives of the course.Originality/valueUntil a few years ago, research in the didactics of experimental sciences, and the application in the classroom of the results obtained, was limited to education in non-university stages. The opportunity of this work is to expand knowledge in relation to the application of didactic strategies in physics education at a higher level.
Sustainable development, economic policy uncertainty and tax risk
Authors: Chen Wanyi , Meng Fanli 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
Unpredictable economic landscapes have led to a continuous escalation in global economic policy uncertainty (EPU). Improving risk management and sustainability in an environment with high macro risk is critical for business development. This study aims to explore the impact of corporate sustainable development on corporate tax risk.

Design/methodology/approach
After using a sample of companies that were A-share listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2011 to 2021, this paper applies ordinary least squares and a moderate effect model.

Findings
Better environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance can weaken corporate tax risk by improving green innovation capability, reputation and information transparency. Meanwhile, the restraining effect of ESG on tax risk was more significant amid high EPU. These impacts were amplified amid higher market competition, lower tax supervision and a lower degree of corporate digital transformation.

Practical implications
The findings emphasize the need for the government to establish a healthy business and tax environment so that enterprises can improve sustainable development and increase their risk management abilities, especially post-COVID-19.

Social implications
This study guides enterprises and the entirety of society to in paying attention to and promoting ESG practices, which can enhance enterprise tax management.

Originality/value
This study expands the research on the economic consequences of sustainable development and the factors influencing corporate tax risk and EPU.
A double‐blind pilot study of oral baricitinib in adult patients with lupus erythematosus panniculitis
Authors: Chen Jingjing , Luo Yijin , Duan Yuanyuan , Wang Liangchun , Long Hai , Liu Yi , Yao Xu , Lu Qianjin 
Published: July 2024

AbstractLupus erythematosus panniculitis (LEP) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a significant impact on the overall well‐being of patients. The safety and efficacy of oral baricitinib for the treatment of LEP have not been studied. This study aimed to explore the efficacy of oral baricitinib in patients with LEP who are recalcitrant or intolerant to conventional therapies. Patients (aged ≥18 years) with active LEP (with a revised cutaneous lupus erythematosus disease area and severity index [RCLASI]‐active score ≥4] were randomly assigned 2:1 to baricitinib (4 mg) or placebo (once daily for 20 weeks). The placebo group was switched to baricitinib (4 mg) at week 13, and the final evaluation was conducted at week 24. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with an RCLASI‐A score decreased by 20% at week 12. The secondary endpoints included the changes in the Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index active‐(CLASI‐A) score, the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), the Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) score, and safety. Five patients were enrolled. Three patients received baricitinib (4 mg), and two patients were treated with placebo. Two patients in the baricitinib treatment group showed a significant RCLASI‐A decrease at week 12 and week 24. Two patients in the placebo group had no change in RCLASI‐A at week 12 and a significant decrease at week 24. No new safety events were observed. Treatment with baricitinib was effective and well tolerated in patients with LEP.
Working knowledge, uncertainty and ontological politics: An ethnography of UK long covid clinics
Authors: Greenhalgh Trisha , Darbyshire Julie , Ladds Emma , Van Dael Jackie , Rayner Clare 
Published: July 2024

AbstractLong covid (persistent COVID‐19) is a new disease with contested aetiology and variable prognosis. We report a 2‐year ethnography of UK long covid clinics. Using a preformative lens, we show that multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) built working knowledge based on shared practices, mutual trust, distributed cognition (e.g. emails, record entries), relational knowledge of what was at stake for the patient, and harnessing uncertainty to open new discursive spaces. Most long covid MDTs performed the working knowledge of ‘rehabilitation’, a linked set of practices oriented to ensuring that the patient understood and strove to ‘correct’ maladaptive physiological responses (e.g. through breathing exercises) and pursued recovery goals, supported by physiotherapists, psychologists and generalist clinicians. Some MDTs with a higher proportion of doctors (e.g. cardiologists, neurologists, immunologists) enacted the working knowledge of ‘microscopic damage’, seeking to elucidate and rectify long covid’s underlying molecular and cellular pathology. They justified non‐standard investigations and medication in selected patients by co‐constructing an evidentiary narrative based on biological mechanisms. Working knowledge was ontologically concordant within MDTs but sometimes discordant between MDTs. Overt ontological conflict occurred mostly when patients attending ‘rehabilitation’ clinics invoked the working knowledge of microscopic damage that had been generated and circulated in online support communities.
Symptom flares in women with chronic pelvic pain: Questionnaire study within a cohort study (translational research in pelvic pain (TRiPP))
Authors: Coxon Lydia , Lugt Celia , Horne Andrew W. , Evans Emma , Abreu‐Mendes Pedro , Arendt‐Nielsen Lars , Aziz Qasim , Becker Christian M. , Birch Judy , Charrua Ana , Demetriou Lysia , Ferreira‐Gomes Joana , Hoffman Anja , Hummelshoj Lone , Krassowski Michal , Lunde Claire E. , Meijlink Jane , Missmer Stacey A. , Perro Danielle , Zondervan Krina T. , Sieberg Christine B. , Cruz Francisco , Nagel Jens , Vincent Katy 
Published: July 2024

AbstractObjectiveTo quantify the variation, triggers and impact on quality of life of symptom flares in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP).DesignCross‐sectional questionnaire within the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain clinical cohort study.SettingWomen with CPP, with subgroups of women with endometriosis (EAP), interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (BPS), comorbid endometriosis and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (EABP), and those with pelvic pain without endometriosis or interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (PP).Population or SampleA total of 100 participants.MethodsDescriptive and comparative analysis from flares questionnaire.Main Outcome MeasuresThe prevalence, characteristics and triggers of short, medium and long symptom flares in CPP.ResultsWe received 100 responses of 104 questionnaires sent. Seventy‐six per cent of women with CPP have ever experienced symptom flares of at least one length (short, medium and/or long). Flares are associated with painful and non‐painful symptoms. There is large variation for the frequency, duration, symptoms and triggers for flares. Over 60% of participants reported flares as stopping them from doing things they would usually do, >80% reported thinking about symptoms of flares and >80% reported flares being bothersome.ConclusionsFlares are prevalent and clinically very important in CPP. More research is needed to elucidate the mechanisms and characteristics underlying flares. Clinical practice should include an enquiry into flares with the aim of finding strategies to lessen their burden.
Membranous nephropathy with Kimura's disease: A case report and review of literature
Authors: Loganathan Sathish Kumar , Mondal Sanjib , Basu Suprit , Thangaraj Abarna , Vignesh Pandiarajan , Nada Ritambhra , Suri Deepti 
Published: July 2024

AbstractKimura's disease (KD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by nontender lymphadenopathy involving the head and neck region. Renal involvement in KD is rare, especially in children. We report a 12‐year‐old boy who had been previously treated for classical KD and had presented with anasarca and oliguria after 4 years. There were no swellings or lymphadenopathy. The kidney biopsy revealed membranous nephropathy. Remission was achieved with oral prednisolone and tacrolimus therapy. This patient highlights the need to regularly monitor patients with KD for the evolution of renal diseases, even if lymphadenopathy regresses. Serial monitoring for eosinophilia, inflammatory markers, and urine examination is needed to help identify subclinical disease early and prompt initiation of specific therapy.
Computed tomography imaging‐based radiologic evaluation of pulmonary artery thrombosis in a series of patients with Behcet's disease
Authors: Germe Serife Asya , Ozsoy Zehra , Bulat Bugu , Durhan Gamze , Fırlatan Büşra , Kilic Levent , Akdogan Ali 
Published: July 2024

AbstractAimPulmonary artery involvement is a severe complication of Behcet's disease (BD). Although venous thrombosis is common in BD, pulmonary embolism is considered to be rare because the inflammatory nature makes the thrombi strongly adherent to the venous walls. This study aimed to define the radiological characteristics of pulmonary artery thrombosis (PAT) on computed tomography (CT) imaging in BD patients.MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated 165 BD patients with vascular involvement. Among the patients with venous involvement (n = 146), we identified 65 patients who had undergone thorax CT imaging previously. Fourteen patients who were diagnosed with PAT were included in the study. Expert radiologists re‐evaluated the patients' initial and control thorax CT scans, classified the PAT as acute or chronic based on their radiological features.ResultsThe patients' median age was 35 (min–max: 15–60) years at the time of the initial CT scan, and nine were male. Twelve (85.7%) patients were symptomatic at the time of CT evaluation. Upon re‐evaluating the thorax CTs, acute PAT was diagnosed in six (42.8%); chronic PAT was detected in eight (57.1%) patients. Two patients with chronic PAT also had acute PAT. Pulmonary artery aneurysms were present in three (21.4%) patients, and intracardiac thrombus was found in three (21.4%) patients.ConclusionA significant number of BD patients with venous involvement had radiological findings consistent with acute PAT potentially due to pulmonary emboli in this study. The clinical importance of these lesions has to be defined with future studies.
New blockholder and investor limited attention: Evidence from private acquisitions
Authors: Akbulut Mehmet E. , Huang Emily Jian , Ma Qingzhong , Zhang Athena Wei 
Published: July 2024

AbstractIn acquisitions of private firms, new blockholders (NewBs) are expected to form when substantial stocks are paid. Investors react strongly to a NewB signal, given the perceived monitoring and certification benefits. However, they largely ignore value‐relevant but less salient signals, such as the true quality of the acquisition. Investors' limited attention allows financially weak firms to adopt the NewB strategy and take speculative deals. Our results support this inattention hypothesis: NewB acquirers are financially weaker and earn higher announcement‐period returns, but lower long‐run returns; moreover, acquirers' financial weakness negatively predicts long‐run performance.
Microangiopathic thrombocytopenia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency responding to plasma exchange
Authors: Dwyre Denis M. , Reddy Jyotsna , Fernando Leonor P. , Donnelly Jacob M. , Miller Joshua W. , Green Ralph 
Published: July 2024

SummaryA young adult African American female presented with normocytic microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, elevated lactate dehydrogenase and thrombocytopenia. The patient responded to therapeutic plasma exchanges (TPE) for presumed thrombotic microangiopathy caused by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). After relapsing, the patient was found to have pancytopenia, megaloblastic bone marrow and low vitamin B12 consistent with pernicious anaemia, which improved with intramuscular B12 and discontinuation of TPE. B12‐deficient macrocytosis was not seen at presentation due to concomitant alpha‐thalassaemia. Initial clinical/laboratory improvement is attributed to B12 present in TPE plasma. B12 deficiency can mimic TTP. Vigilance is needed regarding atypical presentations of pernicious anaemia.
“We, the parents”: The activist collective identity of parents of LGBTQ individuals in Poland
Authors: Uryga Danuta 
Published: July 2024

AbstractObjectiveThe article presents a study on the collective identity of members of the Polish organization “We, the Parents—the association of mothers, fathers, and allies of LGBTQIA individuals.”BackgroundThe research contributes to the field of social movement studies, specifically focusing on the rights of sexual and gender minorities and parental activism, and is grounded in social constructionism.MethodUsing a qualitative case study with an ethnographic approach, the study employed participatory observation, interviews, document analysis, and autoethnography, analyzed through grounded theory.ResultsFindings highlight the cultural roots of the collective identity (“parent”), its interaction with individual identities, and its complex structure, identifying categories such as “accepting parenthood,” “normal parenthood,” “proxy parenthood,” and “intervening parenthood.”ConclusionsThe concept of “parenthood” both strengthens the collective identity and reveals internal tensions. Members engage with diverse audiences, including the public, the LGBTQ community, and power centers, using strategies like promoting “good parenting,” transforming social norms on sexuality and gender, supporting the LGBTQ community, and influencing public discourse on LGBTQ rights. Their modes of expression include narrative, evaluative, performative, and persuasive approaches.ImplicationsThe study offers valuable insights for practitioners in education, health care, and family support, especially in areas with adverse sociocultural climates. It demonstrates how parents adapt after their child's coming out, gain empowerment, and form alliances to improve LGBTQ family well‐being. The research also inspires policy initiatives and public health strategies addressing the mental well‐being and institutional discrimination faced by LGBTQ individuals.
Using cephalopod‐inspired chemistry to extend long‐wavelength ultraviolet and visible light protection of mineral sunscreens
Authors: Deravi Leila F. , Cui Isabel , Martin Camille A. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractObjectiveThe emergence of new human and environmental‐related toxicity data associated with some common UV filters has catalysed growing interest in the inclusion of boosters and stabilizing ingredients in sunscreens. One approach is to incorporate alternative materials inspired by or mimetic of systems in biology, which offer a notable evolutionary advantage of multifunctionality and stability with increased biocompatibility. We describe the use of a natural product, Xanthochrome® (INCI: Ammonium Xanthommatin), in a series of studies designed to not only assess its safety with marine systems but also its formulation compatibility and function in water‐in‐oil mineral sunscreens. Xanthochrome is the synthetic form of the naturally occurring chromophore xanthommatin (XA) present in cephalopod skin, which doubles as a photostable antioxidant; however, it has never been explored in combination with mineral UV filters in finished formulations.MethodsGiven the recent controversies associated with the environmental toxicological effects of some chemicals used in sunscreens, the safety of XA with coral cuttings was first validated at concentrations 5× above those used in our formulations. Next, a particle‐based delivery of XA was designed and incorporated into a zinc oxide (ZnO)‐based water‐in‐oil sunscreen, where the SPF, critical wavelength, and visible light (VL) blocking potential were measured.ResultsWe observed no adverse effects of XA at 100 mg/L when tested with coral cuttings, demonstrating its safety at concentrations exceeding those used in our sunscreens. When formulated with ZnO‐based sunscreens, the inclusion of XA increased the total UV absorbance profile by 28% and the total blocking potential of VL by 45%. The formulations also elicited no dermal irritation or sensitization in a human insult repeat patch test (N = 100 subjects).ConclusionsXA is differentiated as a photostable, water‐soluble compound that is a VL booster proven safe for skin and coral cuttings. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other boosters that can be classified as such, despite a growing body of literature highlighting the need in the industry.
Calcium nitrate effectively mitigates alkali–silica reaction by surface passivation of reactive aggregates
Authors: Xiao Rui , Prentice Dale , Collin Marie , Balonis Magdalena , La Plante Erika , Torabzadegan Mehrdad , Gadt Torben , Sant Gaurav 
Published: July 2024

AbstractCalcium nitrate (CN: Ca(NO3)2) has been shown to mitigate alkali–silica reaction (ASR) in concrete. Such ASR mitigation has been suggested to be on account of precipitate (i.e., barrier or passivation layer) formation‐induced dissolution inhibition of reactive/dissolving aggregate surfaces. Herein, we examine the ability of CN to mitigate ASR across two cements (Type I/II and Portland Limestone Cement), for aggregates of varying reactivity, and across different types and dosages of SCMs (supplementary cementitious materials, i.e., amorphous steel slag and Class C and Class F fly ashes). Based on expansion measurements carried out as per ASTM C1260/C1567, it is observed that CN, as a function of dosage, substantively mitigates ASR in mortar formulations across aggregate types. Careful microstructural examinations, dissolution studies, and thermodynamic calculations indicate that CN induces the formation of C–S–H, portlandite (Ca(OH)2), and calcite (CaCO3) precipitate mixtures, which form on aggregate surfaces at the expense of typical ASR gels. Such precipitates create a dissolution barrier and inhibit ASR in both SCM‐free and SCM‐containing formulations. The outcomes indicate that CN is an efficient and cost‐effective ASR mitigation additive (∼$250–$600 per tonne), particularly in a time of dwindling fly ash supplies and unaffordable lithium prices (>∼$12 000 per tonne).