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Ethical perspectives on metaverse technologies for libraries
Authors: Subaveerapandiyan A. , Butdisuwan Sujin , Lachaiah Bairaboina , Alam Abid Fakhre , Nair Aravind R. 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to explore the ethical perspectives surrounding adopting metaverse technologies in libraries. It focuses on critical areas such as privacy, security, intellectual property, accessibility and equity, providing insights into the challenges and opportunities these technologies present for library services.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a theoretical analysis of existing literature and ethical frameworks related to digital privacy, intellectual property and digital inclusion. Drawing on prominent theories and guidelines, this paper examines how libraries can navigate the ethical implications of integrating metaverse technologies into their services.

Findings
Integrating metaverse technologies into libraries presents significant ethical challenges, including protecting user privacy and security, managing intellectual property rights and ensuring equitable access and inclusion. Libraries must develop comprehensive ethical guidelines, invest in robust data protection measures and advocate for digital inclusion to address these challenges effectively.

Originality/value
This paper comprehensively analyzes the ethical implications of metaverse technologies in libraries, highlighting the need for tailored ethical guidelines and practices. It contributes to the ongoing discourse on digital ethics in library services and offers a framework for libraries to responsibly navigate the complexities of virtual environments.
A step towards community inclusion for individuals experiencing mental health challenges: promoting social inclusion and social recovery through physical activity
Authors: Benkwitz Adam , Ogundipe Esther , Spencer Kirsty 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
After initially positioning this paper within the broader mental health recovery literature, this paper aims to highlight the role that physical activity can play in promoting social inclusion and social recovery for those experiencing mental health challenges.

Design/methodology/approach
This conceptual paper draws together the limited, but growing, research on how physical activity can facilitate improved social inclusion and benefit an individual’s recovery.

Findings
For individuals suffering with mental health challenges, not being able to exercise their right to inclusion is concerning from a recovery perspective, because experiencing social inclusion is recognised as a facilitator of recovery. Initial research has demonstrated by embracing community inclusion and supporting initiatives such as physical activity programs, mental health services can better facilitate individuals’ journeys towards social inclusion and social recovery.

Research limitations/implications
Future research should appreciate the interplay between inclusion, recovery and physical activity. Collaborating with individuals with lived experience, peer mentors and social prescribing teams to explore options for physical activity within local communities fosters empowerment, social inclusion and ensures interventions align with individuals’ preferences and needs.

Practical implications
Practitioners in health service and community settings should recognise the wide-ranging benefits of physical activity for individuals with mental health challenges, especially in terms of helping their social inclusion and social recovery.

Originality/value
This paper is unique in synthesising the mental health literature relating to social inclusion, social recovery and physical activity. Initial findings show promise, but more attention is needed to explore the relationship between these elements and how individuals experiencing mental health challenges can be supported using physical activity.
UCAN: U-shaped context aggregation network for thin crack segmentation under topological constraints
Authors: Chen Jie , Zhu Guanming , Zhang Yindong , Chen Zhuangzhuang , Huang Qiang , Li Jianqiang 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Thin cracks on the surface, such as those found in nuclear power plant concrete structures, are difficult to identify because they tend to be thin. This paper aims to design a novel segmentation network, called U-shaped contextual aggregation network (UCAN), for better recognition of weak cracks.

Design/methodology/approach
UCAN uses dilated convolutional layers with exponentially changing dilation rates to extract additional contextual features of thin cracks while preserving resolution. Furthermore, this paper has developed a topology-based loss function, called ℓcl Dice, which enhances the crack segmentation’s connectivity.

Findings
This paper generated five data sets with varying crack widths to evaluate the performance of multiple algorithms. The results show that the UCAN network proposed in this study achieves the highest F1-Score on thinner cracks. Additionally, training the UCAN network with the ℓcl Dice improves the F1-Scores compared to using the cross-entropy function alone. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the UCAN network and the value of incorporating the ℓcl Dice in crack segmentation tasks.

Originality/value
In this paper, an exponentially dilated convolutional layer is constructed to replace the commonly used pooling layer to improve the model receptive field. To address the challenge of preserving fracture connectivity segmentation, this paper introduces ℓcl Dice. This design enables UCAN to extract more contextual features while maintaining resolution, thus improving the crack segmentation performance. The proposed method is evaluated using extensive experiments where the results demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Virtual reality tourism: intention to use mediated by perceived usefulness, attitude and desire
Authors: Teng Yi-Man , Wu Kun-Shan , Kuo Fang-Ju 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
COVID-19 halted global tourism, prompting stakeholders to use virtual reality (VR) tourism to maintain interest. Due to technological advancements and wider internet access globally, VR tourism has become increasingly popular. Guided by the attention-interest-desire-action (AIDA) model and the technology acceptance model (TAM) frameworks, and with the inclusion of personal innovativeness, this study aims to clarify consumer intentions toward engaging with VR tourism by investigating factors such as personal innovativeness, interest, perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), attitude and desire.

Design/methodology/approach
Data was gathered from 252 participants using a cross-sectional approach, with partial least squares structural equation modeling used to assess the research model.

Findings
The findings indicate consumers' personal innovativeness strongly influences VR tourism intention, mediated by PU, attitude and desire. VR tourism intention is also significantly impacted by interest in VR tourism and is mediated by PU and PEOU, attitude and desire. PEOU and PU are significantly linked to interest and determine attitude. Attitude, both directly and indirectly, significantly influences VR tourism intention through users' desire, which mediates the relationship. Through multiple group analysis, the path from desire to intention is found to be moderated by age, education and marital status.

Practical implications
Theoretically, this study pioneers a framework that merges AIDA, TAM and personal innovativeness to advance the understanding of VR tourism adoption dynamics and enrich tourism research. Managerially, it provides valuable guidance on targeting communications and technology toward increasing VR tourism engagement and presents a roadmap for industry practitioners.

Originality/value
This research addresses the identified gaps in extant literature by combining TAM and AIDA with personal innovativeness to investigate the process of consumers' VR tourism intention, triggered by consumers' personal innovativeness and interest in VR tourism. The study highlights significant managerial insights for both tourism industry practitioners and academic researchers, which can assist with decision-making to promote VR tourism development.
Intended legacies of transgender women who transitioned at 40+ years old: supporting younger transgender people and inspiring a trans-friendly society
Authors: Carvalho Rita , Casado Tatiana , Sousa Liliana , Guerra Sara , Tavares João 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This study aims to identify and characterize the intended legacies of transgender women from Spain and Portugal who embarked on their gender transition at 40+ years.

Design/methodology/approach
Semi-structured interviews focusing on intended legacies were performed with seven participants (three Portuguese and four Spanish), aged 52–66 years. The interviews were submitted for thematic analysis.

Findings
The main findings show that all participants reported intended legacies: personal, to be remembered as a good person; broader, to support younger transgender persons to come out earlier in life and to guide and mentor other transgender persons; and composite, to contribute by being a positive role model and being happily engaged in contributing to others.

Originality/value
This understanding may help in developing adequate practices that promote involvement of transgender persons who are in middle to late life in supporting transgender persons rights and well-being.
First record of Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868 (Diptera: Muscidae) in France
Authors: Mouttet R. , Taddei A. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThe first record of the pepper fruit fly, Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868, in mainland France is reported in this paper. Larvae were found in 2022 in fruits of Capsicum annuum and adults were reared in 2023 from Passiflora caerulea fruits in two localities of southern France. This species has pantropical distribution and is characterized by sarco‐saprophagous habits, but in some conditions can act as a primary pest of Solanaceae crops.
Development and validation of a multiplex real‐time RT‐PCR test for the screening of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) for the detection of pepino mosaic virus
Authors: Berendsen Sven M. H. , Thomas Ludivine A. , Woudenberg Joyce H. C. , Speksnijders Yorick , Jonkers Wilfried , Pannu Sukhi , Viles Anna M. , Baldwin Thomas K. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractPepino mosaic virus (PepMV) is known to cause a wide range of symptoms in cultivated tomato plants, damaging fruits and crops. Currently, five genotypes of PepMV are known (US1, CH2, EU, LP and PES), which can all infect tomato plants. Tomato seed is a proven pathway for PepMV, and the virus is known to easily spread mechanically during crop handling. A multiplex real‐time reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) test was developed and validated for the specific identification of PepMV isolates from tomato seeds. This test is designed to be used for diagnostics and seed health tests as a pre‐screen to distinguish negative PepMV samples from suspect samples or as a confirmation test of a positive ELISA or bioassay test result. The multiplex real‐time RT‐PCR test consists of two PepMV‐specific real‐time RT‐PCR tests and a Bacopa chlorosis virus real‐time RT‐PCR test as an internal amplification control. The analytical specificity of the developed test was evaluated by in vitro and in silico analyses. The analytical sensitivity was evaluated by creating three dilution series of naturally PepMV‐infected leaf tissue in healthy tomato seed extracts and the diagnostic specificity and sensitivity were validated on a collection of seed lots.
Can the Briganti 2019 nomogram be modified to predict lymph node metastasis risk in patients with prostate cancer detected with in‐bore biopsy?
Authors: Madendere Serdar , Kılıç Mert , Gürses Bengi , Vural Metin , Armutlu Ayşe , Kulaç İbrahim , Tarım Kayhan , Esen Barış , Aykanat İbrahim Can , Veznikli Mert , Canda Abdullah Erdem , Balbay Derya , Baydar Dilek Ertoy , Kordan Yakup , Esen Tarık 
Published: August 2024

ObjectivesWe aimed to modify the Briganti 2019 nomogram and to test whether it is valid for patients who were diagnosed with prostate cancer through in‐bore prostate biopsies.MethodsData for 204 patients with positive multiparametric prostate MRI and prostate cancer identified either by mpMRI‐cognitive/software fusion or in‐bore biopsy and who underwent robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection between 2012 and 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The Briganti 2019 nomogram was applied to the mpMRI‐cognitive/software fusion biopsy group (142 patients) in the original form, and then, two modifications were tested for the targeted component. Original and modified scores were compared. These modifications were adapted for the in‐bore biopsy group (62 patients). The final histopathologic stage was regarded as the gold standard.ResultsNodal metastases were identified in 18/142 (12.6%) of mpMRI‐cognitive/software fusion biopsy patients and 8/62 (12.9%) of the in‐bore biopsy patients. In the mpMRI‐cognitive/software fusion biopsy group, tumor size/core size (%) of targeted biopsy cores and positive core percentage on systematic biopsy were significant parameters for lymph node metastasis based on univariate logistic regression analyses (p < 0.05). With the modifications of these parameters for the in‐bore biopsy group, V1 modification of the Briganti 2019 nomogram provided 100% sensitivity and 31.5% specificity (AUC:0.627), while V2 modification provided 75% sensitivity and 46.3% specificity (AUC:0.645).ConclusionsBriganti 2019 nomogram may be modified by utilizing tumor size/core size (%) for targeted biopsy cores instead of positive core percentage on systematic biopsy or by not taking both parameters into consideration to detect node metastasis risk of patients diagnosed with in‐bore biopsies.
Association of vitamin D status and vitamin D receptor polymorphism in diabetic foot ulcer patients: A prospective observational study in a South‐Indian tertiary healthcare facility
Authors: Kurian Shilia Jacob , Baral Tejaswini , Benson Ruby , Munisamy Murali , Saravu Kavitha , Rodrigues Gabriel Sunil , Sunil Krishna M. , Shetty Sahana , Kumar Amit , Miraj Sonal Sekhar 
Published: August 2024

AbstractObjective of the study was to find the association of vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms (Fokl, Taql and Apal) with vitamin D levels in diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) patients in South India. In this case–control study, plasma vitamin D levels and VDR genotype frequencies of 70 cases (DFU patients) were compared with 70 diabetic (diabetes mellitus [DM] [non‐DFU]) patients and 70 apparently healthy controls (HC) from South India. Plasma vitamin D levels were measured using the ELISA technique, and genotyping of VDR polymorphisms was carried out using real‐time polymerase chain reaction. Logistic regression was used to find the association between DFU versus HC and DFU versus DM traits. Association analysis was performed based on additive, dominant and recessive models with age and gender as covariates. A 45.7% of DFU patients have sufficient vitamin D levels than 48.6% and 40% of DM patients and HC, respectively. Linkage disequilibrium analysis for DFU versus HC and DFU versus DM traits shows that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) Taq1 (rs731236) and Apal (rs7975232) are in strong linkage disequilibrium in DFU patients. The alleles and genotype frequencies were similar in all three groups. Although the additive model does not show statistical significance, age and sex correlate with the three SNPs (Fokl, Taql and Apal). No association was found between VDR gene polymorphisms and vitamin D levels in DFU patients in Southern India. On the other hand, age and sex correlate with the three SNPs.
Interactive effects of osmotic, acid, heat, cold, and freezing stresses on the biofilm formation ability of Salmonella serotypes
Authors: Kaboudari Ata , Aliakbarlu Javad , Mehdizadeh Tooraj 
Published: August 2024

AbstractFood‐related stresses such as heating and freezing may influence the biofilm formation ability of bacteria. This study aimed to investigate the main and interactive effects of food‐related stresses on the biofilm formation potential of Salmonella strains isolated from meat. Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhi, and Salmonella typhimurium were subjected to osmotic, acid, heat, cold, and freezing stresses. The colorimetric microtiter plate method was used to measure the biofilm formation ability as a response to the stresses. Among the main effects, freezing time had the most significant effect on the biofilm formation responses of three Salmonella serovars. Freezing reduced the biofilm formation ability of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis but increased that of Salmonella typhi (p < 0.05). Among the interaction effects, the most significant effect on the biofilm formation response of Salmonella typhi was the interaction between pH and heat, which had a negative effect on the biofilm formation response. In contrast, the interaction between osmotic pressure and cold stresses was the most significant interactive effect on the biofilm formation responses of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium, which had an increasing effect. This study concluded that the food‐related stresses could change the biofilm formation capacity of Salmonella serotypes, and each serotype might show different biofilm formation abilities in response to different stresses.
Performance benchmarking for regulating electricity distribution: Insights from empirical academic research
Authors: Arocena Pablo , Kumbhakar Subal C. , Lien Gudbrand 
Published: August 2024

AbstractGiven its technological characteristics, the electricity distribution is managed by regional monopolies worldwide. Effective regulation of these monopolies requires rigorous performance benchmarking analysis across comparable peers in the industry. This article provides a comprehensive review of empirical studies examining efficiency and productivity change within the electricity distribution over the past three decades. We provide an overview of the main methodological frontier approaches employed, alongside an analysis of the findings from previous empirical studies. We identify methodological and data‐related issues while highlighting challenges to be addressed in future research on benchmarking analysis for regulation.
One‐year follow‐up of clinical convergence measures in children enrolled in the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial—Attention and Reading Trial
Authors: Morrison Ann M. , Kulp Marjean T. , Cotter Susan A. , Scheiman Mitchell M. , Jenewein Erin C. , Roberts Tawna L. , Mitchell G. Lynn , Arnold L. Eugene , Retnasothi Dashaini , Bade Annette , Hertle Richard , Borsting Eric ,   the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial—Attention and Reading (CITT‐ART) Investigator Group
Published: August 2024

AbstractPurposeTo assess the long‐term stability of clinical measures of convergence (near point of convergence [NPC] and positive fusional vergence [PFV]) in participants enrolled in the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial‐Attention and Reading Trial (CITT‐ART) who received 16 weeks of office‐based vergence/accommodative therapy.MethodsA total of 310 children, 9–14 years old, with symptomatic convergence insufficiency were enrolled in CITT‐ART. Some 270 completed both their 16‐week primary outcome visit followed by a 1‐year follow‐up visit. Of those 270, 181 (67%) were randomised to the vergence/accommodative therapy. Of the 181 in the vergence/accommodative group, 121 (67%) reported not receiving any additional treatment after the 16‐week primary outcome visit. The mean change in NPC, PFV and percentages of children classified by the predetermined success criteria of convergence (normal NPC [<6 cm] and/or improved by ≥4 cm; normal PFV [passing Sheard's criterion and base‐out break >15Δ] and/or improved by ≥10Δ) were compared at the 16‐week primary outcome visit and 1 year later.ResultsOf the 121 who returned for their 1‐year follow‐up visit, there was no significant change in mean adjusted NPC (reduction of −0.2 cm; 95% CI: −1.0 to 0.5 cm) at 1 year. There was a statistically significant decrease in mean‐adjusted PFV (−4.7∆; 95% CI: −6.5 to −2.8Δ) at 1 year. There were similar percentages of participants classified as ‘normal’ (p = 0.30), ‘normal and/or improved’ (p > 0.50) and ‘normal and improved’ (p > 0.14) based on NPC and PFV at the 1‐year visit compared with the 16‐week primary outcome visit.ConclusionThe improvements in NPC and PFV following 16 weeks of vergence/accommodative therapy (with no reported additional treatment thereafter) in children with symptomatic convergence insufficiency persisted 1‐year post‐treatment.
Why do politicians perceive the same financial conditions differently?
Authors: Donatella Pierre , Karlsson David 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBehavioral public administration research has provided empirical evidence of several perception biases when individuals process information. Building on these findings, we seek to advance the literature by analyzing politicians' financial perceptions of their own government. Drawing on the theory of motivated reasoning, we examine the context of Swedish municipalities and find financial perception gaps associated with politicians' party affiliation (establishment or anti‐establishment), parliamentary position (opposition or governing party), and formal hierarchical rank. Specifically, politicians representing anti‐establishment and opposition parties, as well as those occupying lower positions in the political hierarchy—and thus having less influence over and less responsibility for municipal affairs—tend to perceive the financial situation more negatively. These findings suggest the presence of a motivationally driven bias in politicians' perceptions of financial conditions; moreover, they illustrate that these perceptions are influenced by factors beyond the traditional financial, socioeconomic, and demographic ones examined in previous research.
Persistence of quantal synaptic vesicle recycling in virtual absence of dynamins
Authors: Afuwape Olusoji A. T. , Chanaday Natali L. , Kasap Merve , Monteggia Lisa M. , Kavalali Ege T. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractDynamins are GTPases required for pinching vesicles off the plasma membrane once a critical curvature is reached during endocytosis. Here, we probed dynamin function in central synapses by depleting all three dynamin isoforms in postnatal hippocampal neurons down to negligible levels. We found a decrease in the propensity of evoked neurotransmission as well as a reduction in synaptic vesicle numbers. Recycling of synaptic vesicles during spontaneous or low levels of evoked activity were largely impervious to dynamin depletion, while retrieval of synaptic vesicle components at higher levels of activity was partially arrested. These results suggest the existence of balancing dynamin‐independent mechanisms for synaptic vesicle recycling at central synapses. Classical dynamin‐dependent mechanisms are not essential for retrieval of synaptic vesicle proteins after quantal single synaptic vesicle fusion, but they become more relevant for membrane retrieval during intense, sustained neuronal activity.
imageKey points
Loss of dynamin 2 does not impair synaptic transmission.
Loss of all three dynamin isoforms mostly affects evoked neurotransmission.
Excitatory synapse function is more susceptible to dynamin loss.
Spontaneous neurotransmission is only mildly affected by loss of dynamins.
Single synaptic vesicle endocytosis is largely dynamin independent.