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Clinical health outcomes of Ebola virus disease survivors eight years post recovery: a cross-sectional study in Sierra Leone
Authors: Schindell Brayden G. , Titanji Boghuma K. , Rimoin Anne W. , Shaw Souradet Y. , Kangbai Jia B. , Kindrachuk Jason 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic that occurred between 2013-2016 resulted in >28,000 confirmed cases and >11,000 fatalities. Thousands of survivors necessitate an understanding of the long-term health effects and future medical needs of these patients.MethodsA cross-sectional study of 595 EVD survivors from Sierra Leone and 403 close contacts (n=998). An in-person survey conducted between November 2021 and March 2022 included demographics, clinical health symptomology assessment of each organ system and a reproductive health assessment including sexual dysfunction question sets. The frequency of each disorder was examined and the association of each disorder with EVD survival was assessed.ResultsOf 12 number of symptom types, five were reported by >50% of EVD survivors (Ocular, Neurological, Constitutional, Genitourinary, Dermatological), and all but one were reported by >40% of EVD survivors. Symptom types associated with EVD survival included ENT symptoms (AOR: 8.75, 95% CI: 5.63 – 13.60, p < 0.001), ocular symptoms (AOR: 7.18, 95% CI: 5.02 – 10.25, p < 0.001), dermatological symptoms (AOR: 4.16, 95% CI: 3.06 – 5.65, p < 0.001) and cardiovascular symptoms (AOR: 2.96, 95% CI: 2.12 – 4.13, p < 0.001).ConclusionThe West Africa EVD epidemic resulted in a high prevalence of persistent health issues among disease survivors. Continued support for survivor services in West Africa is crucial, and future outbreak response planning should include dedicated funding to ensure adequate care for survivors, both during the acute phase of infection and throughout the post recovery period.
Novel localized waves and dynamics analysis for a generalized (3+1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation
Authors: Quan Jingfeng , Tang Xiaoyan 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to explore new variable separation solutions for a new generalized (3 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation, construct novel nonlinear excitations and discuss their dynamical behaviors that may exist in many realms such as fluid dynamics, optics and telecommunication.

Design/methodology/approach
By means of the multilinear variable separation approach, variable separation solutions for the new generalized (3 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation are derived with arbitrary low dimensional functions with respect to {y, z, t}. The asymptotic analysis is presented to represent generally the evolutions of rogue waves.

Findings
Fixing several types of explicit expressions of the arbitrary function in the potential field U, various novel nonlinear wave excitations are fabricated, such as hybrid waves of kinks and line solitons with different structures and other interesting characteristics, as well as interacting waves between rogue waves, kinks, line solitons with translation and rotation.

Research limitations/implications
The paper presents that a variable separation solution with an arbitrary function of three independent variables has great potential to describe localized waves.

Practical implications
The roles of parameters in the chosen functions are ascertained in this study, according to which, one can understand the amplitude, shape, background and other characteristics of the localized waves.

Social implications
The work provides novel localized waves that might be used to explain some nonlinear phenomena in fluids, plasma, optics and so on.

Originality/value
The study proposes a new generalized (3 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation and derives its nonlinear variable separation solutions. It is demonstrated that a variable separation solution with an arbitrary function of three independent variables provides a treasure-house of nonlinear waves.
Incorporating a partner’s strategic value into a fast-and-frugal heuristic for decision-making
Authors: Marle Franck , Robin François 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis paper aims to propose an accurate and efficient decision-making process adapted to the specific context of Claim Management situations, implying partners engaged in a high-involvement relationship.Design/methodology/approachWe used a three-step approach: first, an inductive phase based on 12 past case studies. Second, a theory-building phase. Third, a theory-testing phase based on an ongoing case study to observe and test our propositions.FindingsProposal 1: Partner’s Strategic Value is an influential decision parameter that must be incorporated into Claim Management-related decision-making processes in high-involvement relationships. Proposal 2: The Fast-and-Frugal Heuristic is adapted to the intense, interactive and iterative nature of the Claim Management context. Our final proposal combines these two findings, i.e. a Fast-and-Frugal Heuristic incorporating the Partner’s Strategic Value and based on using decision criteria as a sequence, not simultaneously.Originality/valueIn the context of high-involvement business relationships and Claim Management, this study introduces the importance of selecting an appropriate decision methodology and integrating a strategic decision parameter (Partner’s Strategic Value) into an operational decision-making context. Furthermore, the principle of considering decision parameters in a specific sequence corresponds to the iterative and interactive nature of the Claim Management processes.
Nexus between geopolitical risk, female CEOs and firm performance relationship: an international evidence
Authors: Barman Siddhartha , Mahakud Jitendra 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the nexus between geopolitical risk, female CEOs and firm performance through a cross-country analysis.Design/methodology/approachThe study period ranges from 2014 to 2021, and the dataset uses an unbalanced panel of 4,955 companies across 50 nations comprising both developed and emerging economies. Our study has employed a fixed-effect panel regression model, to examine this issue. This analysis was supplemented with applying a dynamic panel technique, i.e. System generalized method of moments (SGMM), to address any endogeneity problems.FindingsThe study reveals that female CEOs positively impact firm performance, while geopolitical risks decrease it. Gender plays a significant role in this relationship, with firms with female executives tending to make conservative financial decisions amidst increased risks. The study also shows that geopolitical threats (GPRT) have a greater impact on female CEOs-firm performance relationship in developed nations.Originality/valueThis study is a new investigation that explores the intertwining relationship between geopolitical risk, female CEOs and firm performance across the countries.
Strategy for auditing investigation records and information: a case study of records and information management in the Royal Malaysian Police
Authors: Abd Kadir Widura , Mokhtar Umi Asma’ , Yusof Zawiyah M. 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This study aims to conduct an analysis of the strategy used by Royal Malaysian Police in auditing investigation records and information.

Design/methodology/approach
Qualitative methodologies were used based on the pragmatic philosophy and a case study approach.

Findings
This paper discusses the strategy for auditing the investigation records and information (AIRI), which includes the pre-auditing (input), auditing (process) and post-auditing (output) phases that will be used to develop the AIRI framework.

Research limitations/implications
This study focuses on auditing investigative records and information that may not be universally applicable to all organisations.

Practical implications
The implications arising from this paper are those related to the need to understand, promote and implement auditing of records and information in organisations.

Originality/value
This study presents an opportunity and establishes the foundation for enhancing and broadening the scope of information auditing, a crucial component within the records and information management (RIM) life cycle.
When my organization is socially irresponsible: the joint effect of moral obligation and ideological psychological contract in digital employee activism
Authors: You Leping , Jin Jie 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Facilitated by social media, employee activism is on the rise, often in response to organizations' own socially irresponsible behavior. Given that digital employee activism is a vital yet underexplored research arena, the purpose of this study is to propose and test a theoretical model for understanding this phenomenon.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey was launched on Dynata, a US-based consumer panel company. A total of 657 representative full-time employees working at different levels of positions participated the survey to indicate their perceptual and behavioral responses to organizational social irresponsibility.

Findings
Moral obligation was a significant factor in mediating the relationship between organizational social irresponsibility and digital employee activism. Ideological psychological contract adds supplemental weights moderating the mediation effect on digital employee activism.

Originality/value
This study, based on social regulation theory, explores the rise of employee activism in response to organizations’ socially irresponsible behavior. The study identifies moral obligation and ideological psychological contract as the driving forces behind digital employee activism. This study advances digital employee activism scholarship by incorporating the normative lens of moral obligation and ideological psychological contract.
Translational science in the science of reading: A case study
Authors: Daniel Johny , Clucas Lauryn , Wenqing Chen , Collier Katherine , Moss Jennifer 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThis study explores the perceived effectiveness of an open educational reading programme for primary school pupils with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) such as dyslexia. The programme, implemented by experienced teaching assistants (TAs), encompassed multiple aspects of reading, including phonics, sight word reading, reading fluency, vocabulary development and comprehension strategies, addressing the diverse needs of students with SpLD. Past observational studies have shown a disconnect between recommended reading practices and actual teaching approaches, often leading to a neglect of crucial skills like vocabulary, reading fluency and reading comprehension instruction for this student population. The current study aimed to bridge this research‐to‐practice gap, involving educators in programme development to ensure its effectiveness and practicality. Findings from interviews with five TAs indicate a strong need for comprehensive programmes that integrate various reading skills. The open educational reading programme received positive feedback from TAs, highlighting its role in engaging students and supporting active participation. This research underscores the significance of translating scientific insights into practical, transformative educational resources, emphasising the critical role of public engagement in advancing reading education. Additionally, this study emphasises the imperative of developing educator‐oriented programmes that are research‐based and easily accessible, thereby enhancing the practical application of scientific knowledge.
Comparative analysis of the qualities of traditional and sous‐vide marinated duck drumsticks
Authors: Zhao Lingling , Xu Bin , Wu Ruifang , Chen Mingyue , Yi Yang , Wang Hongxun , Guo Danjun , Xu Wei 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThe sous‐vide technique is increasingly used to improve the quality of poultry meat; the study aimed to compare the quality of traditional and sous‐vide marinated (SVM) duck drumsticks by analyzing the sensory‐related, nutritional, storage‐related, and in vitro digestive‐related quality of duck meat. The results showed that the sensory quality scores of color, odor, and appearance, L* and a* values of duck drumsticks in SVM group were significantly increased compared with the traditional marinated (TM) group (t‐test, p < 0.05, the same below), and the b* values on the outside and inside of duck drumsticks were decreased by 22.47% and 38.04%, respectively. Compared with TM group, hardness, springiness, chewiness, adhesion, cohesion, and resilience of duck drumsticks in SVM group decreased by 43.32%, 29.52%, 65.08%, 62.35%, 20.23%, and 30.33%, respectively. The moisture content and total fat content of duck drumsticks in SVM group were significantly higher than those in TM group (p < 0.05), and the protein loss, total volatile basic nitrogen, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances values were decreased by 61.4%, 25.86%, and 20.45%, respectively. The results of in vitro digestion experiments showed that the content of free sulfhydryl groups of duck drumsticks in SVM group was significantly increased (p < 0.05), and the contents of Schiff base and carbonyl groups were significantly decreased compared with the TM group (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the SVM technology could significantly improve the sensory‐related qualities, reduce the loss of nutrients, and improve the storage‐related qualities of duck drumsticks. This study provided theoretical reference for the high‐value application of SVM technology in duck meat.
Drought risk management in agriculture: A copula perspective on crop diversification
Authors: Schmitt Jonas , Offermann Frank , Ribeiro Andreia F. S. , Finger Robert 
Published: August 2024

AbstractDrought events are a major cause of large crop yield losses with implications for food security and farmers’ incomes. Growing multiple crops simultaneously during a cropping season is a well‐known on‐farm risk management strategy to cope with these drought risks. However, the effectiveness of this crop diversification under different severity levels of drought and how this effectiveness is influenced by the crop composition is unclear. This article provides new methodological and empirical insights to assess the effectiveness of such diversification, in particular to cope with extreme drought. We apply and evaluate nested Archimedean copulas and elliptical copulas to assess simultaneous farm‐level yield losses of different cash crops in German agriculture (winter wheat, winter barley, winter rapeseed, sugar beet, and grain maize) under different drought severity levels (N = 249,756; regionally pooled farm‐level crop‐yield pairs, 1995–2019). We show that on‐farm crop diversification contributes to cope with drought risks, but its effectiveness varies considerably across regions, crop pairs, and drought severity. Our results underline that cropping system diversification alone is often not sufficient to cope with drought risks, but that the right crop combinations are needed. For example, during a severe drought (one in 20 years event), 26.4% of farmers in eastern Germany suffered simultaneous yield losses of at least 20% in winter wheat and winter barley, while 19.1% of farmers in eastern Germany suffered simultaneous yield losses of at least 20% in winter wheat and sugar beet. Farmers should therefore be encouraged to grow crops with more diverse phenological requirements throughout the year.
Resisting Post‐Political Adaptation to Climate Change: How a Small Community Stood Up to Big Development
Authors: Mikulewicz Michael 
Published: August 2024

AbstractRecent critical scholarship has brought attention to local resistance in the spaces of adaptation, with reported instances of local communities rejecting planned adaptation interventions around the world. As adaptation funding is only expected to grow, so should our understanding of this resistance. In this article, I investigate one such dispute where residents of a small village in São Tomé and Príncipe refused to participate in an adaptation project implemented by the national government and the United Nations Development Programme. I ground my analysis in the literature on post‐politics and discuss the community's resistance as a Rancièrian “political interruption” of the post‐political adaptation configuration in the country. I also investigate the factors that arguably led to local resistance, including the residents’ disillusion with what I term Big Development, and their political subjectivation through a local grassroots initiative. The paper concludes with reflections on countering the post‐politics of adaptation as a prerequisite for more democratic and equitable local climate governance.
Modelling and drug targeting of a myeloid neoplasm with atypical 3q26/MECOM rearrangement using patient‐specific iPSCs
Authors: Nakamura Momoko , Chonabayashi Kazuhisa , Narita Megumi , Matsumura Yasuko , Nishikawa Misato , Ochi Yotaro , Nannya Yasuhito , Hishizawa Masakatsu , Inoue Daichi , Delwel Ruud , Ogawa Seishi , Takaori‐Kondo Akifumi , Yoshida Yoshinori 
Published: August 2024

SummaryStructural variations involving enhancer hijacking induce aberrant oncogene expression and cause tumorigenesis. A rare translocation, t(3;8)(q26.2;q24), is associated with MECOM and MYC rearrangement, causing myeloid neoplasms with a dismal prognosis. The most recent World Health Organization classification recognises myeloid neoplasms with MECOM rearrangement as acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with defining genetic abnormalities. Recently, the increasing use of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has helped elucidate the pathogenic processes of haematological malignancies. However, its utility for investigating enhancer hijacking in myeloid neoplasms remains unclear. In this study, we generated iPSC lines from patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) harbouring t(3;8)(q26.2;q24) and differentiated them into haematopoietic progenitor cells to model the pathophysiology of MDS with t(3;8)(q26.2;q24). Our iPSC model reproduced the primary patient's MECOM expression changes and histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation (H3K27ac) patterns in the MECOM promoter and MYC blood enhancer cluster (BENC). Furthermore, we revealed the apoptotic effects of the bromodomain and extra‐terminal motif (BET) inhibitor on iPSC‐derived MDS cells by suppressing activated MECOM. Our study demonstrates the usefulness of iPSC models for uncovering the precise mechanism of enhancer hijacking due to chromosomal structural changes and discovering potential therapeutic drug candidates for cancer treatment.
A case of coronary sinus ostium atresia misdiagnosed as patent foramen ovale
Authors: Li Fangzhou , Li Xiaoqiang 
Published: August 2024

AbstractA 15‐year‐old male patient presented with a 3‐year history of recurrent dizziness and headaches and was initially diagnosed with patent foramen ovale. A transcatheter closure procedure was planned and conducted under general anesthesia, utilizing ultrasound guidance through the femoral vein. Preadmission echocardiography confirmed the presence of a patent foramen ovale. However, further investigation with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) performed under general anesthesia, revealed that the observed atrial septal anomaly was not a patent foramen ovale. Instead, real‐time TEE identified it as the left atrial opening of the coronary vein. Subsequent detailed TEE tracking confirmed a rare case of coronary sinus ostium atresia with left atrial reflux of the coronary vein, leading to a significant revision of the initial diagnosis and planned treatment.
Multi‐omics correlates of insulin resistance and circadian parameters mapped directly from human serum
Authors: Du Ngoc‐Hien , Sinturel Flore , Nowak Nora , Gosselin Pauline , Saini Camille , Guessous Idris , Jornayvaz François R. , Philippe Jacques , Rey Guillaume , Dermitzakis Emmanouil T. , Zenobi Renato , Dibner Charna , Brown Steven A. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractWhile it is generally known that metabolic disorders and circadian dysfunction are intertwined, how the two systems affect each other is not well understood, nor are the genetic factors that might exacerbate this pathological interaction. Blood chemistry is profoundly changed in metabolic disorders, and we have previously shown that serum factors change cellular clock properties. To investigate if circulating factors altered in metabolic disorders have circadian modifying effects, and whether these effects are of genetic origin, we measured circadian rhythms in U2OS cell in the presence of serum collected from diabetic, obese or control subjects. We observed that circadian period lengthening in U2OS cells was associated with serum chemistry that is characteristic of insulin resistance. Characterizing the genetic variants that altered circadian period length by genome‐wide association analysis, we found that one of the top variants mapped to the E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH1 involved in insulin sensitivity. Confirming our data, the serum circadian modifying variants were also enriched in type 2 diabetes and chronotype variants identified in the UK Biobank cohort. Finally, to identify serum factors that might be involved in period lengthening, we performed detailed metabolomics and found that the circadian modifying variants are particularly associated with branched chain amino acids, whose levels are known to correlate with diabetes and insulin resistance. Overall, our multi‐omics data showed comprehensively that systemic factors serve as a path through which metabolic disorders influence circadian system, and these can be examined in human populations directly by simple cellular assays in common cultured cells.
Return of showjumping horses to sporting activity after colic surgery
Authors: Giusto Gessica , Gandini Marco 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe return to performance after colic surgery is crucial for competition horses. While studies have investigated racehorse performance following colic surgery by analysing racing participation and earnings, this approach does not apply to showjumping horses, leaving a gap in the literature regarding their objective performance evaluation.ObjectivesTo assess the short‐ and long‐term survival and return to performance in showjumping horses after colic surgery.Study designRetrospective case series.MethodsMedical records of horses with acute colic requiring surgical treatment were analysed, and data for showjumping horses (Group 1) were retrieved. Telephone follow‐ups were conducted and national competition databases were used to collect pre‐ and postoperative showjumping competition entries for Group 1 and for randomly selected horses (Group 2) participating in the same competitions as a comparison group.ResultsOf 253 horses undergoing colic surgery, 96 were recorded as showjumpers. The median long‐term survival was 2.73 (0.01–6.14) years. Among these horses, 59 were competing at the time of surgery, and of these, 46 (78%) returned to competition and 41 (89.1%) competed at the same or higher level, while 5 (10.9%) competed at a lower level. At a 2‐year follow‐up, 63.6% of the showjumping horses that underwent colic surgery were alive. No significant differences were observed in the level of competition and career length between horses, which underwent colic surgery, and the randomly selected comparison group.Main limitationsSmall sample size and a single‐centre design.ConclusionsShowjumping horses can make a successful return to competition after colic surgery, with the majority performing at the same or higher level as before the procedure.