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A systematic taxonomic review of the application of BIM and digital twins technologies in the construction industry
Authors: Rashidi Amirreza , Sarvari Hadi , Chan Daniel W.M. , Olawumi Timothy O. , Edwards David J. 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study provides a comprehensive analysis of the transition from Building Information Modelling (BIM) to digital twins (DT) in the construction industry. Specifically, the research explores the current state (themes and trends) and future directions of this emerging research domain.Design/methodology/approachA multi-stage approach was employed that combines scientometric and systematic review approaches. The scientometric analysis involves quantitative assessment of scientific publications retrieved from the Web of Science database – using software tools like VOSviewer and HistCite. The systematic review involved a rigorous synthesis and evaluation of the existing literature to identify research gaps, themes, clusters and future directions. Clusters obtained from the scientometric analysis of the co-occurrence network were then used as a subject base for a systematic study.FindingsEmergent findings reveal a rapidly growing interest in BIM-DT integration, with over 90% of publications since 2020. The United Kingdom, China and Italy are the leading contributing countries. Five prominent research clusters identified are: (1) Construction 4.0 technologies; (2) smart cities and urban environments; (3) heritage BIM and laser scanning; (4) asset and facility management; and (5) energy and sustainability. The study highlights the potential of BIM-DT integration for enhancing project delivery, asset management and sustainability practices in the built environment. Moreover, the project’s life cycle operation phase has garnered the most attention from researchers in this field compared to other phases.Originality/valueThis unique study is comprehensive in its approach by combining scientometric and systematic methods to provide a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the BIM-DT research landscape. Unlike previous reviews that focused solely on facility management, this study’s scope covers the entire construction sector. By identifying research gaps, challenges and future directions, this study establishes a solid foundation for researchers exploring this emerging field and envisions the future landscape of BIM-DT integration in the built environment.
Sustainability agendas and communication design pedagogy in HE
Authors: Ellis Thomas , Newton Vic 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Previous research has evidenced that communication design students wish to engage further with sustainable practices but struggle to understand how (Newton and Ellis, HER conference 2023). Whereas other design disciplines (fashion, product, furniture) can often focus on a “physical” output, communication design embraces multiple outcomes, distributed throughout a range of platforms, representing an area of industry and study which can prove difficult to define. This study aims to add further clarity as to how students consider sustainability aligned to their practice.

Design/methodology/approach
Previous focus group research sought to uncover how communication design students implicitly consider “sustainability”, uncovering that their knowledge is limited. Suggestions from participants emphasised that it was the role of the institution, not the student, to fully integrate sustainability into practice and to define methods they can deploy. This paper notes a subsequent workshop conducted with 33 Level 5 undergraduate students asking them to reflect on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 12/13 in relation to meaningful practice and institutional responsibility.

Findings
Workshops demonstrated the need to engage with sustainable thinking throughout every stage of development. It is clear that students demand more from academic staff at programme level, and from the institution at large, to provide further solutions to sustainability concerns which are relevant to their specific practice.

Originality/value
Discussion surrounding pedagogical practice across communication design lacks interrogation, yet the discipline represents a significant aspect of both design and contemporary society. It is paramount that methods for reinforcing implicit engagement with sustainable best practice within students, their development and their future beyond university are therefore developed.
How representational fidelity affects sociability and cyberself engagement in the Metaverse
Authors: Lee Seoyoun , Chang Younghoon , Park Jaehyun , Chong Alain Yee Loong , Yin Qiuju 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study examines how users' multidimensional representational fidelity factors affect sociability and cyberself engagement in the Metaverse platform; that is, how they interact with newly defined self-images as their personas in the environments. It investigates how representational fidelity serves platform users to perform social roles and increase their sociability by establishing a new cyberself, thus influencing continuous platform use.Design/methodology/approachThis study surveyed 314 users of the Metaverse platform Horizon, where users can create a virtual agent avatar, meet people in the same online environment in real time, and interact with a sense of three-dimensional immersion. Data were analyzed using partial least squares regression models.FindingsUser socialization significantly influenced the intention to use the Metaverse platform. Representational fidelity was a crucial variable for sociability, and activity representational fidelity was the most influential aspect among the four other elements. Platforms should consider how to enable users to create and use activities that faithfully represent their personas.Originality/valueThe novelty of this study is that it introduces representational fidelity based on representation theory into the context of virtual persona in the Metaverse platform. This study extended representational fidelity to the socialization perspective by utilizing the integrated model of user satisfaction and the technology acceptance model. Through the results, this study emphasized that users' sociability significantly influences their intention to use the Metaverse platform. Finally, this study provides a feasible guideline on how practitioners could design and strengthen their platforms so that users can represent their cyberselves faithfully.
Integrating geospatial intelligence and spatio-temporal modeling for monitoring tourism-related carbon emissions in the United States
Authors: Mansourihanis Omid , Maghsoodi Tilaki Mohammad Javad , Kookhaei Tahereh , Zaroujtaghi Ayda , Sheikhfarshi Shiva , Abdoli Nastaran 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study explores the spatial and temporal relationship between tourism activities and transportation-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States (US) from 2003 to 2022 using advanced geospatial modeling techniques.Design/methodology/approachThe research integrated geographic information systems (GIS) to map tourist attractions against high-resolution annual emissions data. The analysis covered 3,108 US counties, focusing on county-level attraction densities and annual on-road CO2 emission patterns. Advanced spatial analysis techniques, including bivariate mapping and local bivariate relationship testing, were employed to assess potential correlations.FindingsThe findings reveal limited evidence of significant associations between tourism activities and transportation-based CO2 emissions around major urban centers, with decreases observed in Eastern states and the Midwest, particularly in non-coastal areas, from 2003 to 2022. Most counties (86.03%) show no statistically significant relationship between changes in tourism density and on-road CO2 emissions. However, 1.90% of counties show a positive linear relationship, 2.64% a negative linear relationship, 0.29% a concave relationship, 1.61% a convex relationship and 7.63% a complex, undefined relationship. Despite this, the 110% national growth in tourism output and resource consumption from 2003–2022 raises potential sustainability concerns.Practical implicationsTo tackle sustainability issues in tourism, policymakers and stakeholders can integrate emissions accounting, climate modeling and sustainability governance. Effective interventions are vital for balancing tourism demands with climate resilience efforts promoting social equity and environmental justice.Originality/valueThis study’s innovative application of geospatial modeling and comprehensive spatial analysis provides new insights into the complex relationship between tourism activities and CO2 emissions. The research highlights the challenges in isolating tourism’s specific impacts on emissions and underscores the need for more granular geographic assessments or comprehensive emission inventories to fully understand tourism’s environmental footprint.
A temporal evolution of human resource management and technology research: a retrospective bibliometric analysis
Authors: Narzary Srumita , Makhecha Upam Pushpak , Budhwar Pawan , Malik Ashish , Kumar Satish 
Published: August 2024

PurposeResearch on human resource management (HRM) and technology has gained momentum recently. This review aims to create a bibliographic profile of the field of HRM and technology using bibliometric techniques, complemented by qualitative analysis, examining 239 articles published in the four key human resource (HR) journals.Design/methodology/approachFirst, using VOSviewer software, we analysed the research productivity by identifying authors, journals and influential articles, followed by insights on research themes and their evolution. Next, integrating bibliometric and qualitative approaches, we conducted a hybrid inquiry of the field to analyse current theories, methods and variables.FindingsThe bibliometric analysis highlighted the intellectual structure, key themes and distinctive developments categorised under four temporal phases that have shaped research in this field. In addition, qualitative analysis presents significant theoretical perspectives, the methods employed and the nomological framework of variables.Originality/valueOur study advances the extant literature on HRM and technology by quantifying the leading bibliometric performance indicators complemented by qualitative evaluation of the field, which entails exploring the possible research strands and related trends that have emerged in the past two decades.
The Equality Act 2010: evaluating the evolution and development of organisational strategy and professional practice
Authors: Hamerton Christopher 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to evaluate the evolution, development and endurance of the Equality Act 2010, providing a critical overview of influence and key legal principles, demonstrating how the Act has impacted strategic organisational and human resources policy and practice in the UK.

Design/methodology/approach
The research is based on a systematic review of relevant professional and academic literature, alongside an evaluation of the Act itself. The subject focus is seen as timely with the return of a Labour Government in the UK – the architects of the Equality Act – for the first time in 14 years. Due to word limitations, the treatment is condensed to provide a selective overview that will be of interest to practitioners and academics in strategic organisational management and human resources. The author is a socio-legal studies academic and non-practising barrister, with expertise in the corporate organisational field.

Findings
The Equality Act 2010, though now established, owes its historical inception to civil rights activism and a radical turn in legislative drafting and ambition – points frequently missed when discussing its scope and influence. A highly unusual anomaly is that having been created by an outgoing Labour Government its stewardship immediately passed to a Conservative administration. In particular, the principles consolidated and introduced by the Act have greatly impacted the workplace, crucially organisational behaviour and human resources practices, leading to greater responsibility and interpretive power being directed from employment lawyers towards organisational policy and professional practice.

Originality/value
The Equality Act 2010 is usually discussed as an artifact rather than a radical creation and developing entity. This short paper approaches the Act as a “living” object with an eye on future reform.
The Australian Greens' Public Property Developer: An Input–Output Analysis
Authors: Satterlee Chad 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACTThe Australian Greens have recently proposed the establishment of a new federal government agency to build 360,000 extra homes over five years. These homes would be sold or rented at below‐market rates. The appraisal of this plan has so far been confined to a fiscal balance perspective, where completed homes are sold, rental income is received, and government administration and borrowing costs are serviced. This ignores the flow‐on effects on the broader economy from expanded residential building construction activity. This paper starts to fill this gap by using a simple Leontief input–output model to analyse a counterfactual in which the Greens' plan is partially implemented into the structure of the Australian economy in 2021–2022. In light of the $84.14 billion static change in the level of total national product that, other things equal, must have occurred to satisfy an augmented final use bill corresponding to the Greens' plan, the simulation finds that projected imposts on the federal budget are rendered relatively modest. Potential extensions and applications of the model for policymakers are considered.JEL Classification: D5, E1, P5
Conspiratorial narratives as cultural repertoires and methodological tools
Authors: Soytemel Ebru , Saglam Erol 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThis article builds on data and field work notes from two ethnographic studies conducted in two cities: Istanbul and Trabzon, Turkey. It examines the socio‐political dynamics behind the prevalence and impact of conspiratorial narratives. We explore the emergence, circulation, and effects of these narratives and how they shape political orientations and mobilisation. We raise methodological questions about these narratives and propose researchers closely scrutinise them rather than dismissing them as illogical or incoherent. Our research reveals three novel relational and methodological insights derived from conspiratorial narratives. First, these narratives serve as sense‐making tools during times of uncertainty. They provide accessible explanations for abrupt changes, and they rely and draw upon ‘cultural repertoires’. Second, by challenging the mainstream narratives, they shape subjectivities; empowering narrators to act as agents. Third, how conspiratorial narratives circulate has implications for the dynamics of state‐public relationships, often following the neoliberal logic, they portray political leaders as central figures in navigating complex decision‐making processes. Our case studies demonstrate that actors, even in less powerful positions, may not necessarily antagonise the state. We underscore the methodological significance of these narratives for researchers, to examine actors’ agency, group dynamics, and responses to everyday injustices.
Does economic inequality reduce political system support? Local‐level evidence from Denmark
Authors: COLOMBO FRANCESCO , DINESEN PETER THISTED , SØNDERSKOV KIM MANNEMAR 
Published: August 2024

AbstractDoes economic inequality dampen support for the political system? This question has been answered in the affirmative in prior work studying the relationship between economic inequality and various manifestations of political system support across countries or US states. However, recent work challenges the premise underlying such analyses by showing that citizens are generally ignorant about national‐level inequality. Relatedly, work on contextual effects finds that economic and social phenomena are particularly consequential for political attitudes when they reflect palpable everyday experiences. Combining these insights, we suggest that a more theoretically and methodologically appropriate test of the proposition that economic inequality reduces political system support should focus on local, neighbourhood‐level economic inequality, which citizens encounter on a daily basis. By linking multiple geo‐referenced surveys – both cross‐sectional and longitudinal – with Danish registry data, we create micro‐contextual measures of local economic inequality and relate them to a range of indicators of political system support. We find no evidence indicating that local inequality reduces political system support.
Combined interpretation of objective firearm evidence comparison algorithms using Bayesian networks
Authors: Spaulding Jamie S. , LaCasse Lauren S. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractTraditionally, firearm and toolmark examiners manually evaluate the similarity of features on two bullets using comparison microscopy. Advances in microscopy have made it possible to collect 3D topographic data, and several automated comparison algorithms have been introduced for the comparison of bullet striae using these data. In this study, open‐source approaches for cross‐correlation, congruent matching profile segments, consecutive matching striations, and a random forest model were evaluated. A statistical characterization of these automated approaches was performed using four datasets of consecutively manufactured firearms to provide a challenging comparison scenario. Each automated approach was applied to all samples in a pairwise fashion, and classification performance was compared. Based on these findings, a Bayesian network was empirically learned and constructed to leverage the strengths of each individual approach, model the relationship between the automated results, and combine them into a posterior probability for the given comparison. The network was evaluated similarly to the automated approaches, and the results were compared. The developed Bayesian network classified 99.6% of the samples correctly, and the resultant probability distributions were significantly separated more so than the automated approaches when used in isolation.
METTL14 promotes chondrocyte ferroptosis in osteoarthritis via m6A modification of GPX4
Authors: Liu Dawei , Ren Liang , Liu Jun 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundFerroptosis is caused by iron‐dependent peroxidation of membrane phospholipids and chondrocyte ferroptosis contributes to osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) plays a master role in blocking ferroptosis. N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) is an epigenetic modification among mRNA post‐transcriptional modifications. This study investigated the effect of methyltransferase‐like 14 (METTL14), the key component of the m6A methyltransferase, on chondrocyte ferroptosis via m6A modification.MethodsAn OA rat model was established through an intra‐articular injection of monosodium iodoacetate in the right knee. OA cartilages in rat models were used for gene expression analysis. Primary mouse chondrocytes or ADTC5 cells were stimulated with IL‐1β or erastin. The m6A RNA methylation quantification kit was used to measure m6A level. The effect of METTL14 and GPX4 on ECM degradation and ferroptosis was investigated through western blotting, fluorescence immunostaining, propidium iodide staining, and commercially available kits. The mechanism of METTL14 action was explored through MeRIP‐qPCR assays.ResultsMETTL14 and m6A expression was upregulated in osteoarthritic cartilages and IL‐1β‐induced chondrocytes. METTL14 depletion repressed the IL‐1β or erastin‐stimulated ECM degradation and ferroptosis in mouse chondrocytes. METTL14 inhibited GPX4 gene through m6A methylation modification. GPX4 knockdown reversed the si‐METTL14‐mediated protection in IL‐1β‐induced chondrocytes.ConclusionMETTL14 depletion inhibits ferroptosis and ECM degradation by suppressing GPX4 mRNA m6A modification in injured chondrocytes.
Feasibility of triple assessment of the anastomosis using an anastomotic checklist
Authors: Kelly Madeleine Louise , Cao Amy , Rajan Ruben ,   Objective Anastomotic Checklist Reviewers, Clark David A 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundColorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second highest cause of cancer mortality in Australia. Despite advances in colorectal surgery, anastomotic leak still occurs in low‐risk patients and is a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality. Many operative strategies are used to assess anastomotic integrity such as an air leak test or intraoperative flexible sigmoidoscopy, however an objective anastomotic checklist is yet to be developed and studied. This study aims to develop a photodocumentary anastomotic specific checklist and determine its feasibility for implementation.MethodsPatients undergoing left sided colorectal resections with primary anastomosis without a de‐functioning ileostomy were prospectively included between May 2021 and December 2022. A photographic checklist assessing anastomotic perfusion, integrity via either air test or endoscopic image, evidence of complete operative doughnut specimens and the assessment of tension was implemented. The feasibility of an anastomotic checklist was externally validated by four independent colorectal surgeons from Australia, New Zealand and United States of America.ResultsThe anastomotic checklist was completed in 44 patients. Mean age was 62 years, with 43% male and mean BMI 28. Operations included high anterior resection (45%), low anterior resection (18%), ultra‐low anterior resection (20%), reversal of Hartmann's (11%). Median length of stay was 4 days. Complications post operatively were documented in six patients with anastomotic leak in 2% and wound infection in 6.8%. Intraclass correlation coefficients were poor amongst all reviewers with air leak and tension having no inter‐reviewer correlation.ConclusionThe introduction of an anastomotic checklist was a feasible tool to systematically assess and document anastomotic integrity. Unfortunately, with the small sample size there was significant discrepancy in inter‐observer variability, and this led to poor correlation regarding which patients were typically high risk requiring a temporary ileostomy. Larger studies on the implementation of an anastomotic checklist will be needed to evaluate if it is an inherently feasible approach and if there is an effect on anastomotic leak.
A history of advocacy in breast cancer: lessons for all of us in putting advocacy to work – or ‘how to just get things done!’
Authors: Saunders Christobel M. , Tyson Thomas M. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractAdvocacy in breast cancer has a history going back eight decades, influencing funding for research, giving women a voice in their treatment, and helping destigmatise the disease and its management. We aim to outline this trajectory. This is a retrospective historical narrative. We have identified a number of prominent women diagnosed with breast cancer who have had significant political influence and describe the grassroots movement of patient advocacy groups who now have a seat at the policy table and are integral to the research agenda. We also report on how as surgeons we can advocate for better treatments and care pathways, and importantly help build the evidence‐base to inform better practice and policy. Surgical advocacy and consumer advocacy have led to huge improvements in management and outcomes for those affected by breast cancer.