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Development and validation of a college organisational sustainability scale
Authors: Zhang Ge , Chen Pengfei , Xu Si 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Given that the current sustainability assessment in higher education institutions primarily relies on qualitative methods with relatively limited quantitative tools, the purpose of this study is to design a tool that could be used to comprehensively assess the overall state of higher education institutions’ sustainability.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors based the “Model to Assess the Sustainability of Higher Education Institutions” on the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) framework of economic, environmental and social factors, and established its primary dimensions as educational level, research capacity, community outreach, campus operations, campus experience and assessment reports. They designed the College Organisational Sustainability Scale (CO-SS) based on this research model, drawing their inspiration from the qualitative research tool, the Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire, and taking the following validation steps: expert review (n = 10), pilot testing (n = 150) and formal experiments (n = 1108). These steps were taken to optimise the scale items, test the model’s validity and assess its reliability.

Findings
After undergoing rigorous scientific validation, CO-SS was unequivocally confirmed as an effective and reliable tool, demonstrating its accurate reflection of the level of sustainability in higher education institutions.

Originality/value
The authors took an industry-specific approach by relying on the TBL and the Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire to construct and validate the CO-SS. Furthermore, the CO-SS has the potential to evolve into a self-assessment tool for higher education institutions, and a reliable foundation for data-driven decision-making in the realm of organisational sustainability at universities.
Artificial intelligence drivers' effect on willingness to adopt the human capital supply chain in manufacturing firms: an empirical investigation from developing countries – a mediation model
Authors: AL-Shboul Moh’d Anwer 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study tries to examine the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) drivers on the willingness to adopt the human capital supply chain (HCSC) in manufacturing firms (MFs) in developing countries (DCs) including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which are listed in the Chambers of Industry of these countries.Design/methodology/approachThe quantitative methodology with a simple random sampling method was adopted using a questionnaire survey-based approach to collect data from 233 out of 1,055 participants (human resource (HR) managers and information technology (IT) senior managers) from various MFs (private and commercial), representing a 22% response rate. Covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) was used to analyze the raw data using Amos V.25.FindingsThe results of this study showed that there are positive and statistically significant direct association effects between the reliability of use (RoU), competitive pressures (CPs) and user confidence (UC) factors on the willingness to adopt AI in HCSC in the MFs in DCs. At the same time, there is no significant effect on a firm’s infrastructure readiness (FIRs), in addition to the indirect effect of UC in the relationship between CPs and FIRs on the willingness to adopt AI in HCSC.Originality/valueSuch findings of this study can provide insightful implications for stakeholders and policymakers regarding the importance of using predictive AI drivers' effect on willingness to adopt the HCSC in the MFs in DCs as emerging economies. Additionally, the managers might focus on the existence of a significant positive indirect effect of UC as a mediating factor in the relationship between FIRs and willingness to adopt AI and its applications in HCSC systems and departments.
Price transparency in international retailing on digital platforms
Authors: Kim Kacy , Ryoo Yuhosua , Zdravkovic Srdan , Yoon Sukki 
Published: August 2024

PurposeIn the digital era, price transparency—the practice of disclosing cost breakdowns in product manufacturing—has become present on digital platforms. Although its benefits are well-documented and consumers should theoretically desire costless and relevant information for informed decision-making, this paper proposes that consumers may resist overly transparent pricing, particularly when it pertains to premium-priced (vs regular-priced) products from countries with high equity.Design/methodology/approachOur research comprises three experimental studies utilizing both student and representative online Prolific samples, covering various products and countries with different equity levels. Initially, a pilot study identifies an interpersonal should-want conflict induced by price transparency when purchasing premium-priced products, leading to information avoidance. Subsequent studies further explore this phenomenon by examining the moderating role of country equity and the mediating role of price unfairness perceptions.FindingsPrice transparency can backfire when purchasing premium-priced products due to the want-should conflict among consumers—the desire to receive disclosure of cost breakdowns versus the inclination not to view it. This conflict results in increased resistance to receiving transparent price information and decreased brand attitudes and purchase intentions, especially for products originating from high-equity countries. Heightened perceptions of price unfairness explain these dynamics.Research limitations/implicationsThe study primarily relies on experimental designs with limited sample sizes. To enhance the generalizability of the findings, incorporating large-scale real market data across diverse domains and countries would be beneficial.Originality/valueGrounded in the should-want conflict and information avoidance theories, this paper uniquely explores the adverse effects of price transparency on digital platforms. We extend this by demonstrating that this conflict is influenced by country equity, where the perceived value added by the association of a product with a given country name affects whether consumers experience the conflict. Our investigation of perceived price unfairness further deepens our understanding of the nuanced effects of price transparency.
Governance disclosure quality and firm performance: empirical evidence from an emerging economy
Authors: Ronoowah Rishi Kapoor , Seetanah Boopen 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis study examines the types, quality, and financial effects of explanations for non-compliance (NCEs) with corporate governance codes.Design/methodology/approachThis study used content analysis to examine various types of NCEs and developed an NCE index (NCEI) to assess their quality and degree of informativeness. Static and dynamic multivariate panel data regression models were used to analyze the relationship between NCEI and firm performance (FP) of 38 non-financial listed Mauritian firms from 2009 to 2019.FindingsListed Mauritian firms do not provide explanations for all non-compliance, and the most common type of NCE is momentary deviation. The NCEI is 0.243, which implies that the overall quality of the NCEs is poor or uninformative. The NCEI varies according to the listing status and industry type. NCEI has a negative and insignificant relationship with both ROA and Tobin’s Q. The results are inconsistent with the agency, stakeholder, stewardship, and resource dependency theories. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the findings were robust.Practical implicationsMultiple theoretical frameworks offer a deeper understanding of corporate governance practices than a single theory does. A decline in the NCEI in 2019 indicates that the move from the “comply or explain” to the “apply or explain” principle does not necessarily result in enhancements in the degree of informativeness. Regulators should develop guidelines on how to disclose NCEs better. Investors appear to be more concerned about “comply/apply or perform” than the “comply/apply or explain” approach.Originality/valueThis study adds to the extant literature by providing new evidence on the types and quality of NCEs as well as their relationship with FP in emerging economies, where such studies are rare.
Product market competition and audit fees: new evidence
Authors: Chung Hanyong , Kim Jae B. 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between product market competition and audit fees by using firm-level product market competition measures and mitigating the endogeneity issues.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses 12,136 US firms from 2004 and 2019. To ensure the robustness of the main findings, this study uses three firm-level product market competition measures and import trade tariff rate reductions of the USA as a quasi-natural experiment. This study also performs three cross-sectional tests and validation tests.

Findings
This study demonstrates that there is a negative relation between product market competition and audit fees and establishes a causal relation. Moreover, it reveals that the findings become more pronounced when auditors possess industry-specific expertise, when client firms are younger, and when operating within more homogeneous industries. Additionally, a validation analysis supports the findings.

Practical implications
This study offers significant insights for regulators by highlighting how product market competition plays a constructive role in overseeing firm management.

Originality/value
The authors contribute to the existing literature by showing that there is a negative association between product market competition and audit fees after controlling external monitoring mechanisms. The authors also find the causal relation. These findings indicate that competitive pressures originating from product markets exert a significant influence on disciplining a client firm’s management.
Compliance towards health safety practices by students at the dyeing studio in Ghana
Authors: Seidu Raphael Kanyire , Fobiri George Kwame , Tekper Edwina , Ofori Emmanuel Abankwah , Eghan Benjamin , Afriyie Alex Osei , Acquaye Richard , Asinyo Benjamin Kwablah , Howard Ebenezer Kofi 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Safety-related issues are prominent in dyeing workplaces and studios that result in accidents. The purpose of this study is to investigate the compliance towards health safety practices by students at the dyeing studios in selected universities in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach
A structured online questionnaire was developed and used to collect 285 responses from students studying at the textile and fashion department of ten universities in Ghana. The study used the partial least square (PLS) algorithm of the structural equational modelling (SEM) by bootstrapping with 5,000 samples in the SmartPLS-SEM version 4.0.

Findings
Students exhibited good attitudes with significant knowledge regarding health safety hazards at the dyeing studio. Results revealed that students’ attitudes significantly and positively affect their knowledge of health safety hazards; hence, as attitude increases, their knowledge of health safety hazards also increases. However, institutional support significantly and negatively affects the knowledge of health safety hazards by students at the dyeing studio. Subsequently, institutional support significantly and positively affects students’ attitudes towards health safety hazards at the dyeing studio; hence, as institutional support increases, their attitude towards health safety hazards also increases. In the moderation analysis, results showed that students’ attitude dampens the negative relationship between institutional support and student’s knowledge.

Practical implications
Work-related safety at the dyeing studios is very important to help drive for an injurious free hands-on practice with dyeing activities. Hence, the findings of this study call on institutions to provide appropriate personal protective equipments and first aid kits, effective training and supervision for workspace safety at the dyeing studios for students. This would go a long way to maintain good health safety practices during students’ dyeing activities at the studio, hence eliminating possible hazards.

Originality/value
The present study provides an in-depth understanding of how key variables such as institutional support influence the knowledge and attitude of students towards studio dyeing practices. Key findings from the study reiterated the importance of training workshops, state-of-the-art studios and adherence to safety by students to prevent injuries.
Root traits and soil legacies drive species competition outcomes
Authors: Dabu Xilatu , Ji Hui , Yang Liang , Bezemer T. Martijn , Jing Jingying 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

Plant competition can be affected by plant functional traits but also by differences in fitness mediated by soil microbes. Climatic conditions such as drought further influence plant competition. Yet little is known about how soil microbes and drought interact with plant species that have distinct root traits and how this influences plant competition outcomes.
We grew three plant species that co‐occur in temperate grasslands in China (Stipa krylovii, Artemisia frigida, Agropyron cristatum) in monocultures and mixtures and subjected the plant combinations to five soil inocula (root‐associated soil of S. krylovii, A. frigida, A. cristatum, an equal mixture of the three root zone soils and sterilized soil) as well as to a drought treatment. The relative change in plant biomass was used to determine plant competition outcomes.
The three species exhibited clear differences in competitive abilities with A. cristatum > S. krylovii > A. frigida, and soil inocula or the drought treatment did not change the order. The relative yield (RY) of plants was affected by soil inocula, drought and plant arrangement. The strongest competitor, A. cristatum, with high total root length, root surface area and root volume experienced more negative biotic feedback, and drought enhanced the magnitude of these negative effects. On the contrary, the most inferior competitor, A. frigida, with high specific root length tended to have neutral or positive biotic feedback, and drought had no effect. Furthermore, the RY and fitness difference (reflected as the competitive ability in the mixture) of the three species were differentially influenced by root traits and plant–soil feedback. RY of A. cristatum could be predicted by the feedback effect in the mixture, and the fitness difference was mainly related to root traits. Both RY and fitness differences of A. frigida (the weakest competitor) could be predicted by root trait differences and feedback effects. Differences in root traits were the best predictors of the intermediate competitor S. krylovii.
Our study shows that competition outcomes of co‐existing species depend on root traits and species‐specific PSF effects in mixture. Future work should examine the mechanisms that explain how plant competition and soil microbial heterogeneity act in conjunction with climate change in influencing plant coexistence.

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Jung, the Rebirth Motif and Psychedelics I: Documenting Jung’s Contact with the British Pioneers
Authors: Hill Ginny 
Published: August 2024

AbstractC. G. Jung wrote very little about psychedelic drugs and he took a sceptical view of them. However, he was sufficiently impressed by Aldous Huxley’s 1954 account of taking mescaline, The Doors of Perception, to invite Huxley to visit him in Switzerland. Huxley declined Jung’s invitation but Huxley’s collaborator Humphry Osmond met Jung instead. This paper documents Jung’s contact with the British pioneers of psychedelics research and presents the scant material illuminating his views about these drugs. It also determines the efforts of British psychiatrist Ronald Sandison, who was the first to develop an “explicitly Jungian approach” to psychedelic‐assisted psychotherapy (Hill, 2013), and it highlights a connection between Sandison’s initiative and the Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP) through the involvement of two SAP members: Margot Cutner, Sandison’s colleague, and Michael Fordham, who supervised a trainee working with one of Sandison’s former patients. Despite Jung’s objections to the use of psychedelics, Sandison and Cutner developed ground‐breaking protocols during the 1950s and they were among the first to document the phenomenon of “spiritual rebirth symbolized in the birth experience known to many LSD therapists” (Sandison, 2001). In two companion papers, I consider Jung’s treatment of the rebirth motif in his commentary on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, which later became a central text in the psychedelic movement, and I chart the evolution in psychedelics research from an association with schizophrenia during the 1950s to the mystical paradigms of the 1960s and beyond.
The intergenerational association of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Seid Abdulbasit , Cumpston Miranda S. , Ahmed Kedir Y. , Bizuayehu Habtamu Mellie , Thapa Subash , Tegegne Teketo Kassaw , Dadi Abel F. , Odo Daniel Bogale , Shifti Desalegn Markos , Belachew Sewunet Admasu , Kibret Getiye Dejenu , Ketema Daniel Bekele , Kassa Zemenu Yohannes , Amsalu Erkihun , Bore Meless G. , Hassen Tahir Ahmed 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundAround half of preterm births lack identifiable causes, indicating the need for further investigation to understand preterm birth risk factors. Existing studies on the intergenerational association of preterm birth showed inconsistency in effect size and direction.ObjectiveThis systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to review existing studies and provide comprehensive evidence on the intergenerational association of preterm births.Search StrategyWe searched MEDLINE, Embase and Maternity and Infant Care databases, from the inception of each database to 04 April 2024.Selection CriteriaEligibility criteria included studies that reported on women who had given birth and had recorded information about a family history of preterm birth in one or both of the child's biological parents.Data Collection and AnalysisData were extracted by two independent reviewers. A random‐effects model was used to compute pooled estimates using odds ratios.Main ResultsSixteen eligible studies with a total of 2 271 612 mothers were included. The findings indicated a 1.44 (OR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.34, 1.54) fold increase in odds of giving preterm births among women who were born preterm. Additionally, having a sibling born preterm (OR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.24, 1.87) and having a partner born preterm (OR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.25) were associated with increased likelihood of giving preterm births among women.ConclusionThe study revealed that women with a family history of preterm birth face an increased risk of giving preterm births. Screening pregnant women for a family history of preterm birth is essential, with those having a positive family history requiring closer follow‐up.
Microhabitat and seasonal influence on bess beetle (Coleoptera: Passalidae) assemblage in Altitudinal Atlantic Forest
Authors: Araújo Josival F. , da Silva Pedro V. , Salomão Renato P. , Moura Rita C. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractUnderstanding the spatiotemporal distribution of diversity has been a significant challenge in the field of conservation biology. Presently, there exists a limited understanding of the spatial distribution of passalid beetles within decomposing logs, as well as their distribution in microhabitats such as the cortex, heartwood and trunk–soil interface. Moreover, there is a scarcity of studies that delve into the temporal distribution patterns of passalid beetles. We evaluate the effect of seasons of the year and microhabitats on the distribution of passalid in an Altitudinal Atlantic Forest. More specifically, the effects of the period of the year and microhabitats were analysed on an assemblage scale and population structure scale. Collections were actively conducted monthly, during dry and rainy seasons, and distinct microhabitats of logs (tree cortex, heartwood and trunk–soil interface) were sampled. We discovered passalid galleries within 235 logs, housing a total of 785 individuals representing nine species across six genera and two tribes. Within the three examined microhabitats, the heartwood and cortex harboured the majority of individuals. In contrast, the trunk–soil interface microhabitat displayed reduced diversity and abundance and the absence of indicator species, exhibiting a distinct community structure compared with the others. The dry season stood out with a greater number of individuals, underscoring the influence of precipitation on passalid activity in this study. Our study contributes to understanding the ecological dynamics of these insects and evaluating their resilience to current landscape transformations on the planet.
Mepolizumab depletes inflammatory but preserves homeostatic eosinophils in severe asthma
Authors: Fricker Michael , Harrington John , Hiles Sarah A. , Gibson Peter G. 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundEosinophils are key therapeutic targets in severe asthma that are suppressed by IL5 (mepolizumab) and IL5 receptor (benralizumab) blockade. The effect of IL5 pathway biologics on recently described homeostatic (hEOs) and inflammatory (iEOs) eosinophil subsets is unknown. We aimed to determine the relative impact of mepolizumab and benralizumab treatment on eosinophil subset and phenotype, and explore clinical associations of eosinophil subsets with severe asthma characteristics and treatment response.MethodsWe performed a cross‐sectional observational study of severe asthma (eosinophilic n = 32, non‐eosinophilic n = 23, mepolizumab‐treated n = 25), with longitudinal follow‐up of 30 eosinophilic participants at two timepoints (4–24 weeks, >24 weeks) post‐commencement of mepolizumab (n = 20) or benralizumab (n = 10). Blood hEOs and iEOs were measured by flow cytometry assessment of surface CD62L protein.ResultsiEO proportion was significantly lower in mepolizumab‐treated participants in both the cross‐sectional and longitudinal study. Mepolizumab and benralizumab depleted iEOs to a similar extent, however a significantly greater number of hEOs remained in mepolizumab participants at follow‐up. Greater iEO proportion correlated with poorer asthma control in eosinophilic but not non‐eosinophilic asthma. Higher residual iEO proportion correlated with poorer asthma control in mepolizumab‐treated individuals. Reduced blood eosinophil viability was observed in around half of mepolizumab‐treated participants, which was associated with significantly better asthma control and spirometry.ConclusionsMepolizumab depletes iEOs and reduces circulating eosinophil viability in severe asthma but preserves a residual population of circulatory hEOs. In contrast benralizumab depleted both iEOs and hEOs. Higher iEO abundance and eosinophil viability are associated with poorer clinical outcomes following mepolizumab‐treatment. Monitoring circulating eosinophil phenotype and viability may be useful to predict biologic treatment response in severe asthma.
Wood species of Karaburun anchors used in archaic period ships
Authors: Kocabaş Ufuk , Akkemik Ünal , Asal Rahmi 
Published: August 2024

AbstractTwo anchors discovered at Karaburun on the Black Sea coast in 2011 are very rare examples of wooden anchors from the Archaic period. The anchors, dated to the Archaic period, measure 460.5 cm (KA1) and 502 cm (KA2) in length. The solid piece of wood used to form the body and arms of the anchors was identified as a member of the white oak group (Quercus Sect. Quercus); in addition, holm oak (Quercus ilex L.), common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea L.), and bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) were used in the manufacturing of the other elements. The anchors are believed to have originated from the Black Sea shores.