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Behavior of repaired heat-damaged self-compacted concrete slabs with openings using NSM-CFRP strips
Authors: Obaidat Ala Taleb , Obaidat Yasmeen Taleb , Ashteyat Ahmed 
Published: August 2024

PurposeIn this experimental investigation, the behavior of strengthened/repaired heat-damaged one-way self-compacted concrete (SCC) slabs with opening utilizing near-surface-mounted-carbon fiber reinforced polymers (NSM-CFRP) strips was explored.Design/methodology/approachCFRP strip configurations, number of strips and inclination were all investigated in this study. For three hours, slabs were exposed to temperatures of 23°C and 500°C. Four-point load was applied to control slabs, enhanced slabs and repaired slabs.FindingsThe results indicate that exposing the slabs to high temperatures reduces their load capability. The number of strips and angle of inclination around the slab opening have a considerable impact on the performance of the strengthened and/or repaired slabs, according to the experimental results. The load capacity, toughness and ductility index of a strengthened and/or repaired slab with opening increase as the number of CFRP strips increases by 143.8–150.5%, 137.3–149.9% and 122.3–124.5%, respectively. The use of NSM strips around the opening with zero inclination showed higher load compared to the NSM strips around the opening with other angles.Originality/valueIt is frequently important to construct openings in the slabs for ventilation, electrical supply, and other purposes. Making openings in slabs might affect the structure’s performance since the concrete and reinforcing would be cut off. SCC is a new type of concrete mixture that can fill in all the voids in the formwork with its own weight without the help of external vibration. As a result, it is necessary to reinforce the slab under flexure and increase the flexural strength of the SCC slab. Therefore, this work investigates the effect of using NSM-CFRP strip on the behavior of one way SCC slabs that have been heat-damaged.
Blockchain technology adoption and its impact on SME performance: insights for entrepreneurs and policymakers
Authors: Kumar Jitender , Rani Garima , Rani Manju , Rani Vinki 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This study aims to empirically examine and analyze the factors that influence the adoption of blockchain technology, particularly within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The study also predicts how adopting blockchain technology may affect SMEs’ market and financial performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The research is grounded in the theoretical frameworks of the “technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework” and the “resource-based view (RBV)” perspective. The researchers collected 407 responses from a survey conducted on SMEs in India. The statistical package for social science, followed by the “partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)” technique, was applied for the data analysis.

Findings
This paper offered a robust research framework for blockchain technology adoption in which one of the two proposed technological factors (relative advantage), one organizational factor (top management support) and two environmental factors (competitive pressure and market dynamics) significantly influence blockchain technology adoption. Similarly, there is a substantial association between blockchain technology adoption and both market and financial performance. More specifically, the complexity and perceived investment cost have been recognized as barriers to SMEs adopting blockchain technology.

Research limitations/implications
The primary focus of this research lies in examining the adoption of blockchain technology among SMEs in India. Consequently, there exists an opportunity to broaden the scope of this study to include various other countries. Such an expansion holds the potential to yield more precise and comprehensive results, enabling a comparative analysis across diverse international contexts.

Practical implications
The outcomes have practical significance for SMEs as they navigate their strategies for adopting blockchain technology. Moreover, policymakers and practitioners can use these findings to enact specific measures targeting barriers, fostering the adoption of blockchain in Indian SMEs and creating a more supportive environment for technological integration and growth.

Originality/value
This study introduces a novel theoretical framework focusing on the impact of blockchain adoption on SMEs. Its distinctive contribution lies in investigating the mediating role of blockchain adoption in the relationship between market and financial performance, specifically within emerging economies. By addressing this gap, the study enhances the understanding of how blockchain adoption shapes SME performance in evolving economic landscapes.
The significance of ethnomathematics learning: a cross-cultural perspectives between Indonesian and Thailand educators
Authors: Payadnya I Putu Ade Andre , Wulandari I Gusti Ayu Putu Arya , Puspadewi Kadek Rahayu , Saelee Sompob 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Ethnomathematics can help understand math concepts but is challenging in countries like Indonesia and Thailand due to its complexity. This study explores how math educators in these countries view integrating ethnomathematics into teaching. The purpose of this study is to see its importance in helping students understand and apply math concepts in different cultural settings. By looking at educators’ opinions, the study seeks strategies to effectively use ethnomathematics in education.

Design/methodology/approach
The research used a mixed-methods approach with questionnaires and interviews to gather data from 138 Indonesian and 145 Thai educators, including lecturers, teachers and preservice teachers. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to classify responses. Qualitative data analysis involves reducing, presenting, concluding and validating data to ensure accuracy. This approach aimed to provide a complete understanding of educators’ views on ethnomathematics.

Findings
The quantitative results showed strong support among Indonesian educators (average score 4.77) for integrating cultural elements in math education. Thai educators were slightly less enthusiastic (average score 4.57), but still positive. Interviews revealed unique cross-cultural perspectives and emphasized the need for theoretical and practical applications of ethnomathematics in the classroom. This perspective highlights the importance of social context and interaction in learning and calls for innovative teaching methods that use students’ cultural backgrounds.

Originality/value
This study offers new insights into how Indonesian and Thai educators view ethnomathematics, considering their cultural contexts. It underscores the importance of adapting teaching approaches to fit each country’s cultural characteristics, showing the close link between ethnomathematics and cultural development.
Finding “the center point”: decolonial and indigenous methodologies in education historical research
Authors: Oxendine Christy L. 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis paper centers a decolonial and Indigenous methodological approaches to educational history research. This research offers how Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith impacts one education historian’s scholarship alongside conversations of historiography concerning the Lumbee people and how their education history becomes contextual and reclaimed through decolonial and Indigenous methodological approaches.Design/methodology/approachLeaning on epistemological questioning and historical research with decolonial and Indigenous methodologies to provide a needed approach to historical education analysis.FindingsThis research demonstrates how history and epistemology work together to decolonize educational histories by understanding the impacts of settler colonization and recenters histories with Indigenous (Lumbee) voices.Originality/valueThis approach to qualitative historical research provides space for Indigenous epistemology and decolonial and Indigenous methodological approaches to education history that critically examines history told from a European/Western epistemological lens as a way forward to center Indigenous communities.
How Islamic work ethics predict work engagement: a double mediation model
Authors: Tarab Sheema 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Positive work attributes and moral behaviors are vital for creative organizations, their people and sustainable work systems. The twofold purpose of this study is first, to describe the concept and importance of work ethics in the light of Quranic verses, and second, to examine the link that explains how Islamic work ethics (IWE) predicts work engagement in an individual. A dual mediation path is identified and tested.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected using a cross-sectional design, and a sample of 373 health-care employees provided empirical evidence for the conceptualized model.

Findings
Results showed full mediation for both mediators, meaning individuals demonstrating higher IWE have strong cognitive and emotional resources that help them to immerse in work constructively. Data was analyzed using SPSS V.16. Implications and future directions are further discussed.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the scant area of identifying IWE consequences in contemporary organizations and extends the understanding of work engagement by linking it with an affective resource as a potential mediator in the mechanism.
Interfacial IMC growth behavior of Sn-3Ag-3Sb-xIn solder on Cu substrate
Authors: Zhou Jiacheng , Shi Jinglin , Xu Lei , Zhang Fuwen , Wang Zhigang , Hu Qiang , He Huijun 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
The reliability of solder joints is closely related to the growth of an intermetallic compound (IMC) layer between the lead-free solder and substrate interface. This paper aims to investigate the growth behavior of the interfacial IMC layer during isothermal aging at 125°C for Sn-3Ag-3Sb-xIn/Cu (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Wt.%) solder joints with different In contents and commercial Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu/Cu solder joints.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, Sn-3Ag-3Sb-xIn/Cu (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Wt.%) and commercial Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu/Cu solder were prepared for bonding Cu substrate. Then these samples were subjected to isothermal aging for 0, 2, 8, 14, 25 and 45 days. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to analyze the soldering interface reaction and the difference in IMC growth behavior during the isothermal aging process.

Findings
When the concentration of In in the Sn-3Ag-3Sb-xIn/Cu solder joints exceeded 2 Wt.%, a substantial amount of InSb particles were produced. These particles acted as a diffusion barrier, impeding the growth of the IMC layer at the interface. The growth of the Cu3Sn layer during the aging process was strongly correlated with the presence of In. The growth rate of the Cu3Sn layer was significantly reduced when the In concentration exceeded 3 Wt.%.

Originality/value
The addition of In promotes the formation of InSb particles in Sn-3Ag-3Sb-xIn/Cu solder joints. These particles limit the growth of the total IMC layer, while a higher In content also slows the growth of the Cu3Sn layer. This study is significant for designing alloy compositions for new high-reliability solders.
Land use history and landscape forest cover determine tropical forest recovery
Authors: Hordijk Iris , Poorter Lourens , Meave Jorge A. , Bongers Frans , van der Sande Masha T. , López Mendoza Rey David , Jamangapé Romero Pascual , de Jong Johan , Martínez‐Ramos Miguel 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

To conserve biodiversity and combat climate change it is vital to restore forest ecosystems. Natural forest regrowth is a nature‐based solution to restore forests, but it has rarely been evaluated how this is affected by the combination of previous land use intensity and surrounding forest cover, and how this varies between the two main tropical forest types; dry and wet forests.

Thirty‐three plots were established on abandoned agricultural fields in a dry (13 plots) and wet (20 plots) tropical forest in Mexico and monitored 3 years for the following tree community attributes: structure, diversity, regeneration mode, potential symbioses with N fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi. Previous land use intensity was described using interviews, and landscape forest cover and fragmentation within a 1000 m radius surrounding the plots were quantified using satellite images.

Variable importance analyses indicated that land use intensity was more important than forest cover and fragmentation for the state of the tree community attributes after 3 years. This suggests that previous land use impacts the start of succession and leaves important legacies on the vegetation. Land use intensity, forest cover and fragmentation were equally important in determining the change in tree community attributes over time, indicating that both management practices and dispersal shape subsequently community assembly.

A higher land use intensity decreases tree richness recovery, while size of the largest forest patch decreases tree density and connectivity of these patches increases tree density.

The dry forest had a faster increase in tree density recovery compared to the wet forest through a high initial resprouting capacity and abiotically dispersed trees.

Synthesis and applications: Both a higher land use intensity and fragmented forest landscape decreases the speed of forest recovery, indicating that human actions and landscape transformation shape the course of succession. Restoration in fragmented forest landscapes through natural regeneration is more suitable in areas with low previous land use intensity, higher forest connectivity and abiotically dispersed species. Effective restoration should therefore consider both land use history and landscape forest cover and be tailored to local socio‐ecological conditions.
Centimetre scale functional dispersal limitation of freshwater copiotrophs
Authors: Dannenmann Marie , Le Moigne Alizée , Hofer Cyrill , Pernthaler Jakob 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThe freshwater microbiome harbours numerous copiotrophic bacteria that rapidly respond to elevated substrate concentrations. We hypothesized that their high centimetre‐scale beta diversity in lake water translates into pronounced metabolic variability, and that a large fraction of microbial ‘metabolic potential’ originates from point sources such as fragile organic aggregates. Three experiments were conducted in pre‐alpine Lake Zurich over the course of a harmful cyanobacterial bloom: Spatially explicit 9 ml ‘syringe’ samples were collected in situ at centimetre distances along with equally sized ‘mixed’ samples drawn from pre‐homogenized lake water and incubated in BIOLOG EcoPlate substrate arrays. Fewer compounds promoted bacterial growth in the syringe than in the mixed samples, in particular during the pre‐ and late bloom periods. Community analysis of enrichments on three frequently utilized substrates revealed both pronounced heterogeneity and functional redundancy. Bacterial consortia had higher richness in mixed than in syringe samples and differed in composition. Members of the Enterobacter cloacae complex dominated the EcoPlate assemblages during the mid‐bloom period irrespective of treatment or substrate. We conclude that small‐scale functional dispersal limitation among free‐living copiotrophs in lake water reduces local biotransformation potential, and that lacustrine blooms of harmful cyanobacteria can be environmental reservoirs for metabolically versatile potential pathogens.
Using contingent behaviour analysis to estimate benefits from coral reefs in Kume Island, Japan: A Poisson‐inverse Gaussian approach with on‐site correction
Authors: Nohara Katsuhito , Narukawa Masaki , Hibiki Akira 
Published: August 2024

AbstractCoral reefs face a critical crisis worldwide because of rising ocean temperature, excessive use of resources and soil erosion. As reefs have great recreational and tourism value, the degradation of their quality may have a significant effect on tourism. This study employs a contingent behaviour approach to estimate the effect of reef extinction on the recreational demand for Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan. We propose a Poisson‐inverse Gaussian (PIG) model with correction for on‐site sampling issues to derive a more accurate estimate of consumer surplus (CS). The results show that the annual CS per‐person trip is 5898 yen (US$ 49.15 in 2015 currency) according to the random‐effects PIG model.
Community interventions in the administration of justice
Authors: Horz Carlo M. , Simpson Hannah K. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractIn theory, the administration of criminal justice is state business: Defendants are arrested, tried, and punished by state agents. In reality, citizens often attempt to intervene in this process—for example, by imposing their own punishments in lieu of, or in addition to, state penalties. We build a game‐theoretic model to investigate how such behavior affects state justice provision. Illustrating our results with examples from, inter alia, the Jim Crow South, we show that community intervention warps both court procedures and the mapping between court attitudes and court decisions: Relative to a baseline without interference, it can lead courts to under‐ or over‐convict, and can disrupt court incentives to use or acquire information at trial. More broadly, the threat of community interference can distort the behavior of all actors in the criminal justice system—and neither courts themselves nor other state actors may be able to mitigate these distortions.
Outcomes in term breech birth according to intended mode of delivery—A Swedish prospective single‐center experience of a dedicated breech birth team
Authors: Yaouzis Olsson Nicolas , Bartfai Emma Debora , Åmark Hanna , Wallström Tove 
Published: August 2024

AbstractIntroductionThe appropriate mode of delivery for breech babies is a topic of ongoing debate. After the publication of the Term Breech Trial in 2000, the proportion of breech babies delivered vaginally in Sweden rapidly dropped to 7% from 26%. In 2015, international guidelines changed to once again recommend offering vaginal breech deliveries in select cases. In 2017, a Swedish hospital established a dedicated Breech Team to provide safe vaginal breech deliveries according to the new guidelines. The aim of this study is to compare neonatal morbidity in the group planned for cesarean breech delivery with the group planned for vaginal breech delivery treated in accordance with the new guidelines. The study adds to the literature by providing insights into the consequences of reintroducing vaginal breech births in a high‐resource health‐care setting.Material and MethodsA prospective observational study was conducted at Södersjukhuset's maternity ward with 1067 women who gave birth to a single breech fetus at term. Outcomes were compared between the planned vaginal and planned cesarean delivery groups using intention‐to‐treat analysis and multivariate analysis to control for confounders.ResultsOut of the 1067 women, 78.9% were planned for cesarean delivery and 21.1% were planned for vaginal delivery. The planned vaginal group had a significantly greater risk for neonatal morbidity compared to the planned cesarean group (3.1% vs. 0.7%; OR 4.44, 95% CI 1.48–13.34). The risk difference remained significant after controlling for confounders.ConclusionsPlanned vaginal breech delivery was associated with an increased risk of neonatal mortality and short‐term morbidity compared to planned cesarean breech delivery in accordance with the new guidelines. The potential risks and benefits of planned vaginal breech delivery should be carefully weighed against those of planned cesarean delivery.
Opposing sequential biases in direction and time reproduction: Influences of task relevance and working memory
Authors: Cheng Si , Chen Siyi , Shi Zhuanghua 
Published: August 2024

AbstractOur current perception and decision‐making are shaped by recent experiences, a phenomenon known as serial dependence. While serial dependence is well‐documented in visual perception and has been recently explored in time perception, their functional similarities across non‐temporal and temporal domains remain elusive, particularly in relation to task relevance and working memory load. To address this, we designed a unified experimental paradigm using coherent motion stimuli to test both direction and time reproduction. The direction and time tasks were randomly mixed across trials. Additionally, we introduced pre‐cue versus post‐cue settings in separate experiments to manipulate working memory load during the encoding phase. We found attractive biases in time reproduction but repulsive biases in direction estimation. Notably, the temporal attraction was more pronounced when the preceding task was also time‐related. In contrast, the direction repulsion remained unaffected by the nature of the preceding task. Additionally, both attractive and repulsive biases were enhanced by the post‐cue compared to the pre‐cue. Our findings suggest that opposing sequential effects in non‐temporal and temporal domains may originate from different processing stages linked to sensory adaptation and post‐perceptual processes involving working memory.
British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) consensus document for the management of benign female urethral lesions
Authors: Kujawa Magda , Biers Suzanne , Pakzad Mahreen , Sahai Arun , Ali Ased , Rashid Tina , Hashim Hashim , Osman Nadir I. , Kozan Andy , Belal Mo ,   BAUS Section of Female, Neurological and Urodynamic Urology
Published: August 2024

ObjectiveTo provide a consensus document for the management of benign female urethral lesions.MethodsThe British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Female, Neurological and Urodynamic Urology (FNUU) Section created a consensus document to guide the management of the commonest of urethral swellings using expert consensus with a modified Delphi technique.ResultsBenign urethral lesions in females can include urethral mucosal prolapse, urethral caruncle, Skene's gland cysts and urethral diverticulum. They can present in a variety of ways including haematuria, lower urinary tract symptoms and voiding dysfunction, and can initially be overlooked or not recognised, resulting in delayed management.ConclusionThis consensus statement led by the FNUU Section of the BAUS, in consultation with BAUS members and consultants working in units throughout the UK, aimed to create a comprehensive and pragmatic management pathway for the assessment, investigation and treatment of benign urethral lesions in females.