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Investigation of a novel hydraulic tunnel composite lining with polyurea coating interlayer
Authors: Li Bingqi , Zhang Jilei , Liu Xiaonan , Meng Tianyi 
Published: July 2024

PurposeMultilayer composite liner structures are the primary structural form of hydraulic tunnels. However, the bearing mechanism of multilayer composite liners has not been investigated thoroughly. Many existing design schemes do not properly achieve a balance between structural safety, anti-seepage capacity, and cost effectiveness. Thus, a new composite liner structure type and its theoretical model was proposed.Design/methodology/approachA novel hydraulic tunnel composite liner structure with a polyurea spray coating interlayer was proposed in this study. A theoretical model based on the state-space method was developed and verified using FEM models and existing theoretical models. Parametric analysis was conducted based on the theoretical model to investigate the influence of various variables, including interfacial shear stiffness, inner liner thickness, and outer liner elastic modulus.FindingsIt was concluded that the proposed theoretical model can be used successfully to calculate multilayer composite liner structures with high calculation efficiency. The overall deformation stiffness of the composite liner system increased with the interfacial shear stiffness. The sprayed coating interlayer significantly affects the residual force distribution between the outer and inner liners, which can also be affected by the adjustment of the thickness of the outer and inner liners. Thus, attention should be paid to these factors in the rational design of the proposed composite liner system.Originality/valueWith the development of China’s water conservancy projects, complex geological conditions, high surrounding rock stress, high internal and external water pressures, and other unique application scenarios have gradually increased. This places higher requirements on the bearing performance and impermeability of hydraulic tunnel lining structures. On the other hand, conventional hydraulic tunnel lining structures can hardly achieve a satisfactory balance between economy, structural safety, and impermeability. Thus, the proposed structure has the potential to be used in a wide range of applications.
Identifying and prioritizing the barriers to TQM implementation in food industries using group best-worst method (a real-world case study)
Authors: Mohammadpour Mona , Afrasiabi Ahmadreza , Yazdani Morteza 
Published: July 2024

PurposeIn today’s age of globalization, every industry puts well-determined efforts toward surviving in the market. Industries are well aware of the fact that offering quality products and improving customer satisfaction is the strategic decision toward successful outcomes. During the recent years, food companies have undergone remarkable growth and development worldwide. In the Middle East, with a wide variety of demand and range of cultures, Iran is leading the food industries and possessed a top position of paramount importance. The present research aims to identify and prioritize barriers to implementing total quality management (TQM) in the Solico Food and Beverage Production Group (SFBPG) as a case study.Design/methodology/approachFirstly, an initial list of barriers is prepared based on a literature review. The identified barriers are then classified into four groups namely behavioral, technical-structural, human and cultural and strategic barriers based on the viewpoint of an expert team at a well-known food company. Secondly, the barriers are prioritized by adopting a special approach to multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) called the Group Best-Worst Method (GBWM).FindingsThe obtained results reveal that the most substantial barriers prohibiting the successful implementation of TQM are lack of top management commitment and participation (0.334), high organizational burnout rate (0.128), instability and frequent changes of senior managers (0.123).Originality/valueIn general, this research has ranked the barriers from the most important one to the least significant instance. Additionally, this can enable managers and practitioners in the food industry to make worthy decisions and suggest multiple solutions to cope with obstacles to the successful implementation of TQM.
Analysis of barriers for adopting blockchain in agri-food supply chain management: a decision support framework
Authors: Virmani Naveen , Singh Rajesh Kumar 
Published: July 2024

PurposeIntegrating digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain make the agri-food supply chain (ASCM) transparent, resilient and flexible. However, its adoption is quite complex due to various anticipated barriers. So, the presented research purposes to explore and investigate the barriers.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs hybrid approach including Best-Worst Method (BWM) and Graph Theoretic Approach (GTA). Data were collected from industry experts employed in the agri-food sector and analyzed by means of standard operating procedures.FindingsGTA results show that Technological barriers have the highest barrier intensity. Moreover, BWM results show that “Increased operational complexity” is the topmost barrier to adopting blockchain in ASCM. “Lack of interoperability” ranks second among the identified barriers.Research limitations/implicationsThe results benefit the managers, practitioners and researchers to understand the anticipated barriers so that necessary strategies can be developed, and organizations can become more resilient, agile, transparent and traceable.Originality/valueThe presented work is the first to develop a mathematical model and assess the industry’s eagerness to adopt blockchain in ASCM. The proposed framework will greatly benefit the stakeholders working in agri-food sector.
Demonstrating and communicating artificial intelligence brand capabilities: Amazon Web Services sponsorship with the National Football League
Authors: Fortunato John A. , Kosterich Allie 
Published: July 2024

PurposeAs artificial intelligence (AI) continues to influence sports league and team operations, the brands providing these services are sponsoring sports properties to demonstrate and communicate their performance capabilities. This article examines Amazon Web Services (AWS) sponsorship with the National Football League (NFL). This sponsorship features functional congruence, which is when a sponsor has a participatory role in performing services for the property.Design/methodology/approachThe AWS sponsorship with the NFL is captured by examining specially created websites, in-game sponsored elements, and television commercials aired during the broadcast of NFL games. The AWS website focuses on the services profiled in this article.FindingsAWS provides the NFL with performance-based (on-the-field) and business-based (off-the-field) services. Of particular note, AWS capabilities help the NFL create the game schedule and address the issue of player health and safety. Demonstrating functional congruence appears to be especially valuable in business-to-business marketing where purchase decisions are more focused on brand reliability. AWS television commercials feature the tagline, “if AWS can do this for the NFL, imagine what it can do for your business.”Originality/valueWith the role of AI in sports in its relative infancy, it is imperative to document what services AI brands are performing for a professional sports league. Examining AWS sponsorship with the NFL provides a timely, practical example of how an AI brand communicates and positions itself using sponsorship as a marketing strategy.
Investigating in-service teachers’ views on ChatGPT integration
Authors: Hojeij Zeina , Kuhail Mohammad Amin , ElSayary Areej 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
This study aims investigate in-service teachers’ perspectives on the integration of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chatbot, into United Arab Emirates (UAE) private schools. As the UAE progresses towards a knowledge-based economy, aligning with the goals of the UAE 2030 vision, this research assesses the capacity of ChatGPT to enhance the educational experience within the framework of technological pedagogical content knowledge.

Design/methodology/approach
A mixed-methods approach is used, combining a survey assessing teachers’ attitudes and a thematic analysis of open-ended responses, to explore the effectiveness, challenges and pedagogical implications of ChatGPT’s use in the classroom.

Findings
Findings reveal that teachers value ChatGPT for its potential to individualize learning and streamline the creation of educational materials, aligning with the shift towards student-centred approaches and the demands of 21st-century skills. However, significant challenges are noted, including ethical concerns, the need for reliable content and a necessity for extensive professional development to fully realize ChatGPT’s benefits.

Practical implications
While ChatGPT transforms teaching and learning practices, realizing this potential requires addressing critical issues through adaptive policy-making, continuous educator training and thoughtful integration into the curriculum.

Originality/value
The study highlights the importance of a collaborative approach to dealing with the details of AI in education, ensuring that advancements like ChatGPT align with the evolving educational paradigms of the UAE.
Visualising accountability: nurturing care and trust
Authors: Oliveira Lídia , Caria Ana , Nunes Diogo 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
Based on the comprehensive definition of accounting of Carnegie et al. (2021a, 2021b), this study examines how visual imagery can expand and enhance accountability to stakeholders and create room for more human-centric accounts. This study aims to understand how this use can elucidate and prompt interpretations of rhetorical features aimed at envisioning legitimacy and being perceived as accountable.

Design/methodology/approach
Following a methodological interpretative approach, this paper draws on a qualitative case study based on a Portuguese charity, the Santa Casa da Misericordia do Porto, from 2019 to 2021, including the COVID-19 crisis period, analysing visual rhetoric in annual and sustainability reports.

Findings
The study illuminates how the visual images interact and evoke shared cultural understandings, shaping meanings that can symbolically foster organisational legitimacy and envisions accountability. These symbolic and emotive elements capture and make visible social impacts and reflect broader societal concerns.

Originality/value
The study of visual images within the accounting context can enrich the understanding of accounting as a technical, social and moral practice, while expanding the scope of accountability and promoting a more human-centred approach to accounting. It also adds to the literature on the persuasiveness and rhetoric of accounting and reporting visualisations and on charities’ accountability in crisis period.
Product market competition, debt rollover risk and financial default risk: evidence from Indian corporates
Authors: Chaturvedi Anurag , Singh Archana 
Published: July 2024

PurposeThe study investigates the impact of the interaction effect of product market competition and rollover risk on the default risk of the firms.Design/methodology/approachThe study used the sample of unbalanced panel data from Indian corporates without any survivability bias over the period from 2009 to 2020 consisting of 30,396 firm-year observations of 6,718 firms spread across 143 industry groups. The panel data regression tests the interaction effect in the context of the asset substitution problem, predation threat theory, competitive shock, and competitive risk.FindingsThe empirical results highlighted the dominance of the predatory effect of competition over the disciplinary advantage of short-term debts. The competitive shock to the industry results in a higher credit spread for refinancing short-term debt and significantly increases rollover risk for firms. Smaller firms have higher default risk from rollover losses than larger firms in the face of competition due to asset-substitution problems and strong rivalry. For firms with weaker fundamentals, the interaction effect of rollover risk and competition exacerbates the flight-to-quality problem, resulting in a systemic event.Practical implicationsThe investors can benefit by factoring ex-ante the interdependence of competition, debt market illiquidity, and default premia while calculating the credit risk. The shareholders of competitive firms can reduce the moral hazard of refinancing the rollover losses and defaulting at a higher fundamental default threshold, by reducing sub-optimal utilization of funds by managers and agency costs.Originality/valueAs per the best of author knowledge, the present study is the first to study the moderating effect of product market competition in exacerbating default risk through the rollover channel.
Efficacy and safety of risankizumab by baseline corticosteroid use and achievement of corticosteroid‐free clinical and endoscopic outcomes in patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease
Authors: Schreiber Stefan , Cross Raymond K. , Panaccione Remo , D'Haens Geert , Bossuyt Peter , Dotan Iris , Colombel Jean‐Frederic , Louis Edouard , Dubinsky Marla C. , Kligys Kristina , Neimark Ezequiel , Song Alexandra , Zambrano Javier , Kalabic Jasmina , Cheng Erica , Zhang Yafei , Ferrante Marc 
Published: July 2024

SummaryBackgroundRisankizumab is efficacious and well tolerated in adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease (CD).AimTo evaluate the corticosteroid‐sparing effect of risankizumab in CD.MethodsDuring the 12‐week induction period, patients maintained stable baseline corticosteroid doses, up to 20 mg/day prednisone or equivalent. At week 0 of maintenance, a mandatory corticosteroid taper was started. This post hoc analysis evaluated corticosteroid‐free clinical and endoscopic outcomes at week 52 of maintenance; safety was also assessed.ResultsOf 889 patients randomised to induction with risankizumab 600 mg or placebo, 285 (32.1%) were taking baseline concomitant corticosteroids. Week 12 clinical remission and endoscopic response rates were greater for risankizumab 600 mg versus placebo, regardless of concomitant corticosteroid use. At week 52, 66.7%, 50.0% and 41.2% of patients taking risankizumab 180 mg, risankizumab 360 mg and (withdrawal) placebo, respectively, discontinued corticosteroids. Week 52 corticosteroid‐free clinical remission per stool frequency/abdominal pain score (risankizumab 180 mg [42.7%] or 360 mg [49.8%]; [withdrawal] placebo [39.0%]), corticosteroid‐free clinical remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index (risankizumab 180 mg [51.0%] or 360 mg [49.5%]; [withdrawal] placebo [40.2%]), and corticosteroid‐free endoscopic response (risankizumab 180 mg [44.6%] or 360 mg [44.7%]; [withdrawal] placebo [20.7%]) rates were greater for risankizumab than placebo. Adverse event rates were generally similar, regardless of baseline corticosteroid use.ConclusionsEfficacy of risankizumab 600 mg induction therapy was independent of concomitant corticosteroid use. Risankizumab 180 and 360 mg maintenance therapy yielded high rates of corticosteroid‐free clinical and endoscopic outcomes at week 52.
The feasibility and acceptability of delivering a group trauma‐focused intervention to children in care
Authors: Davis Rebecca S. , Devaney John , Halligan Sarah L. , Meiser‐Stedman Richard , Oliveira Paula , Smith Patrick , Stallard Paul , Kandiyali Rebecca , Phillips Alice , John Aalia , Hiller Rachel M. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractObjectiveYoung people in care (i.e., in the child welfare system) are a group who have often experienced very high rates of potentially traumatic events, including maltreatment. It is well‐documented that they have high rates of trauma‐related mental health difficulties, such as posttraumatic stress. To address the needs of the large number of young people who may benefit from support, scalable interventions are crucial. But also important is that they are effective and deliverable – particularly given the complexity of this group and services. We assessed a five‐session group CBT‐based intervention for PTSD. The primary goal was to understand core procedural and protocol uncertainties to address prior to a definitive trial.MethodsParticipants were 34 10–17 year olds in care, with moderate to severe posttraumatic stress symptoms, and their caregiver. We ran seven groups (four online), delivered in social care and NHS‐based mental health teams. Data were collected via pre‐, post‐, 3‐month follow‐up questionnaires and qualitative interviews.ResultsOf the 34 participants allocated to the intervention, 27 (80%) attended at least three of the five sessions (most attended all). Caregiver attendance was lower (50%). There was generally good completion of assessment measures. Qualitatively, most participants were positive about the intervention, and many reported improvements in areas such as coping, sleep, and willingness to talk about experiences. However, there were important concerns about the lack of ongoing support, given this was a low‐intensity intervention for a group who often had complex needs.ConclusionThe intervention and research protocols were acceptable to most young people and carers. With modifications, a future definitive trial would likely be possible. However, key considerations include: how (and whether) to screen for PTSD; the trial design; and the option to embed high‐intensity support (e.g., via assessing a stepped‐care model).
Hypertonicity and/or acidosis induce marked rheological changes under hypoxic conditions in sickle trait red blood cells
Authors: Ellsworth Patrick , Pawlinski Izabela J. , Sielaty Rachel , Ilich Anton , Prokopenko Yuriy , Moonla Chatphatai , Monroe Dougald M. , Pawlinski Rafal , Key Nigel S. 
Published: July 2024

SummaryDeformability and sickling of red blood cells (RBCs) from individuals with sickle cell trait (SCT) was evaluated under harsh biophysical conditions that mimic certain vascular beds in vivo. RBC deformability in osmotic‐gradient ektacytometry was decreased in HbAS (SCT) compared to HbAA (wild‐type) RBCs at supraphysiological osmolalities. RBC deformability was also measured by oxygen‐gradient ektacytometry. Whereas RBC sickling was not observed under isotonic and neutral pH conditions, hypertonicity and acidosis alone or in combination induced reversible sickling of SCT RBC. These data suggest that hyperosmolality and/or acidosis enhance hypoxia‐induced sickling of SCT RBC.
Selective impacts of subsistence hunting on mammal communities in Manu National Park, Peru
Authors: McFarlane Jennifer Jane , Chacón Oscar Mujica , Arauco‐Aliaga Roxana Patricia , Braunholtz Laura , Sanderson Roy , Pfeifer Marion 
Published: July 2024

AbstractResearch on impacts of subsistence hunting on habitat use and species communities of forest wildlife is limited. Subsistence hunting of mammals in one of the world's most biodiverse region, Manu National Park, Peru, is considered sustainable, but this is based on sparse evidence. We analyzed change in species relative abundance and functional composition of mammal communities, including non‐hunted species along a hunting pressure gradient. We used camera trap data and tested for confounding effects of environmental and disturbance gradients (distances to rivers, lakes, settlements, and trails; NDVI at survey point). We found that sites with no hunting or at further distances from settlements harbor relatively more species with a larger body mass, long generation lengths, and small litters (primarily carnivores: 36% at non‐hunted site vs. 13%–29% at hunted sites), indicating selective impacts of hunting pressure on mammal communities. However, all carnivore species still occurred at all sites. Species with a smaller body mass, short generation lengths, and large litters were more prevalent at the hunted sites (mostly rodents: 23%–31% at hunted sites vs. 20% at non‐hunted site). Surprisingly, large herbivores appeared unaffected by hunting despite being one of the most hunted mammals in Manu (25% at non‐hunted site vs. 23%–27% at hunted sites). Our findings suggest that current hunting pressure is largely sustainable with only local depletion of a few sensitive species. Habitat is more important for some species than hunting pressure (e.g., distance to lake), further emphasizing the importance of local forest management.
Penicillin Allergy in China: Consequences of Inappropriate Skin Testing Practices and Policies
Authors: Shi Weihong , Liu Ning , Huang Jin‐xian , Xiao Hao , Meng Juan , Li Philip H. 
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACTPenicillins are the most frequently prescribed class of medications worldwide and first‐line antibiotic of choice for most bacterial infections. They are also commonly labelled as the culprit of drug ‘allergy’; leading to obligatory use of second‐line antibiotics, suboptimal antibiotic therapy and increased antimicrobial resistance. However, the majority of reported penicillin ‘allergy’ labels are found to be incorrect after allergy testing, emphasising the importance of proper drug allergy testing and evaluation. Penicillin skin testing (PST) remains an important component of drug allergy diagnosis; however, its practice and policies significantly differ across the world. Inappropriate and non‐evidence‐based PST practices can lead to consequences associated with allergy mislabelling. Even within different regions of China, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, there are marked differences in the implementation, execution and interpretation of PST. This review aims to examine the differences in PST between Mainland China, Hong Kong and the rest of the world. We critically analyse the current practice of ‘pre‐emptive’ PST in Mainland China, which has a significant false‐positive rate leading to high levels of penicillin allergy mislabelling. Non‐evidence‐based practices further compound the high false‐positive rates of indiscriminatory PST. We postulate that inappropriate PST policies and practices may exacerbate the mislabelling of penicillin allergy, leading to unnecessary overuse of inappropriate second‐line antibiotics, increasing antimicrobial resistance and healthcare costs. We advocate for the importance of more collaborative research to improve the contemporary workflow of penicillin allergy diagnosis, reduce mislabelling and promote the dissemination of evidence‐based methods for allergy diagnosis.