bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Assessment of Nurses' Job Satisfaction and Associated Factors in Management of Neurosurgery Procedures at Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital (Aichi, Nagoya, Japan)
Authors: Simon Ilunga Kandolo , Dieumerci Kabulo Kantenga , Okubo Mai , Katayama Tomoka , Yamada Sachiko , Suhara Yuki , Yamazaki Tomiyoshi , Aihara Akiko , Fuminari Komatsu , Kalangu Kazadi , Kato Yoko 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Introduction Job satisfaction is a professional aspect that contributes to the achievement of objectives in general and in the health sector; it is a golden standard for having quality care. The satisfaction of nurses is a path toward humanized nursing. This article aims to evaluate the job satisfaction among nurses of the neurosurgery department at Bantane Hospital.
Materials and Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study including 74 nurses at Bantane Hospital in Nagoya Japan in August 2023. Nurses responded to a questionnaire relating to job satisfaction. Univariate analysis was supported by bivariate analyses at the 95% significance level.
Results The survey revealed that nurses aged between 18 and 29 were mostly represented (62.2%). Drip-injection medication was the most preferred activity (15 times) by Bantane nurses. The satisfaction rate was 63.5% and the fact of considering nurses point of view, good interpersonal relationships, and a considerable lunchtime period was statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Conclusion Transcendental motivation is a priority in the approach to humanize nursing by considering both monetary and nonmonetary incentives to motivate nurses.
Predicting Occluded Middle Cerebral Artery Morphology for Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Contralateral Shape Analysis Approach
Authors: Takenoya Naoki , Oya Soichi , Watanabe Takehiro , Shojima Masaaki , Matsui Toru , Yoshino Yoshikazu 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Introduction Predicting the shape of the occluded middle cerebral artery (MCA) from the contralateral MCA might help catheterization in endovascular mechanical thrombectomy (EMT).
Materials and Methods We analyzed magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in 100 consecutive patients who had MR imaging for diseases other than acute ischemic stroke. To assess the symmetricity of MCA, the shape of M1, length of M1, number of M2, number of early branches (EBs), and distance from the top of the internal carotid artery to EB were investigated.
Results The shape of M1 was upward in 42%, horizontal in 47%, and downward in 11%. The M1 shape was the same on both sides in 64%, which exceeded the probability assumed to be left–right independent. The number of M2 trunks and EBs matched left and right in 86 and 55% of patients, respectively; however, these agreement rates were not higher than those with independent left and right sides. No left–right correlation was found between the M1 length and the distance from the internal carotid artery to EB.
Conclusion Based on our data, the symmetry of MCA was observed only in the shape of the M1 segment. This finding could be beneficial for EMT targeting MCA embolisms.
Olfactory combinatorial coding supports risk-reward decision making inC. elegans
Authors: Saad Md Zubayer Hossain , Ryan V William G. , Edwards Chelyan A. , Szymanski Benjamin N. , Marri Aryan R. , Jerow Lilian G. , McCullumsmith Robert , Bamber Bruce A. 
Published: June 2024

AbstractOlfactory-driven behaviors are essential for animal survival, but mechanisms for decoding olfactory inputs remain poorly understood. We have used whole-network Ca++imaging to study olfactory coding inCaenorhabditis elegans.We show that the odorant 1-octanol is encoded combinatorially in the periphery as both an attractant and a repellant. These inputs are integrated centrally, and their relative strengths determine the sensitivity and valence of the behavioral response through modulation of locomotory reversals and speed. The balance of these pathways also dictates the activity of the locomotory command interneurons, which control locomotory reversals. This balance serves as a regulatory node for response modulation, allowingC. elegansto weigh opportunities and hazards in its environment when formulating behavioral responses. Thus, an odorant can be encoded simultaneously as inputs of opposite valence, focusing attention on the integration of these inputs in determining perception, response, and plasticity.
Student responses to climate knowledge: enabling climate concern to flourish
Authors: Williams Sara-Jayne , Portus Rosamund , De Laurentis Carla 
Published: June 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to examine a co-produced initiative implemented at the University of the West of England, UWE (UWE) between September 2022 and April 2023. The student-led project (Climate, Conversations and Cake: The 3C’s) addressed environmental and climate crisis awareness through monthly gatherings where, in partnership, students, academic staff and professional personnel gathered to share food, engage in conversations and partake in joint activities.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper draws upon a mix of student and staff feedback, gathered through surveys and written/verbal reflections, to explore the value and impact of this project.

Findings
The project received two UWE student Union awards for teaching sustainability and for student welfare, and was a finalist in the UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards. The 3C’s provided a platform for emotional expression by fostering a safe and supportive environment and encouraged students to reflect, share, apply and deepen their learning experiences in an informal setting characterised by compassion and empathy. This paper highlights the importance of developing supportive and compassionate pedagogical practices which recognise and normalise climate concern.

Originality/value
The findings contribute to the growing body of literature on co-produced projects within higher education institutions, showcasing the potential of such initiatives to encourage meaningful engagement and empower students in addressing the pressing challenges of climate crisis. In addition to providing an evidence base for the value of such initiatives, through outlining the specifics of this student-led project, a framework that can be used by other institutions to develop their own initiatives is offered.
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions
Authors: Cubas Anelise Leal Vieira , Provin Ana Paula , Dutra Ana Regina de Aguiar , Andrade Guerra José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de , Mussi Clarissa Carneiro 
Published: June 2024

Purpose
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a pivotal role in global sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to assess the QualEnv Consortium's contributions (QualEnv, a cooperative network of 16 universities across several countries, aimed to promote sustainability within HEIs). This paper focuses on three key objectives: illustrating QualEnv's successful, replicable sustainability strategies, highlighting their application and outcomes and contributing to the discourse on sustainable practices in HEIs.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses qualitative and exploratory methods to provide an in-depth view of sustainability practices and strategies within universities. This study relies on documentation, specifically the “Sustainability Handbooks” of the QualEnv project, as a source of evidence.

Findings
This study reveals that the QualEnv Consortium's strategies have significantly improved the environmental and social performance of participating HEIs. Notably, this research identifies substantial enhancements in key sustainability metrics, including reduced carbon emissions, increased adoption of eco-friendly practices and stronger community engagement.

Research limitations/implications
This study has some limitations. First, the choice of a qualitative methodological approach may constrain the generalizability of the findings. Another relevant limitation is related to the uniformity in adopting sustainable practices. The effectiveness of actions linked to the Sustainable Development Goals may depend on consistency in implementation among participating universities, and variations in this aspect can affect the direct comparison of adopted strategies.

Originality/value
This research contributes to the sustainability in higher education field by comprehensively examining the QualEnv Consortium's innovative approach. By focusing on QualEnv's experiences and outcomes, this research offers valuable insights and serves as a model for HEIs worldwide seeking to align their academic, research and community engagement efforts with sustainable development goals.
Examining the dynamics of risk associated with green investment in India: a study on fintech and green bonds for clean energy production
Authors: Sreenu Nenavath 
Published: June 2024

PurposeThe research investigates how green bonds and Fintech contribute to advancing sustainable energy adoption in India while addressing the intricate investment risks associated with green initiatives.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs a stringent approach, conducting an extensive examination of data to analyze the interplay among green bonds, Fintech, and the renewable energy industry in India.FindingsThe study unveils Fintech’s capacity to optimize financing for renewable projects in India by leveraging blockchain technology and digital platforms, enhancing accessibility and investor confidence. Additionally, it underscores the role of green bonds in fostering the development of eco-friendly energy sources.Originality/valueThis research offers novel insights into the dynamic relationship among green bonds, Fintech, and India’s renewable energy sector. It emphasizes the importance of adaptable regulatory frameworks in facilitating sustainability efforts and provides valuable guidance for stakeholders navigating environmental initiatives.
“Connect” me! Social networking in commercial real estate
Authors: Cifci Eren , Tidwell Alan 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe use of social networking sites (SNS) within professional contexts is increasingly prevalent, yet studies examining their impact within the real estate sector remain limited. In this study, using LinkedIn followers as an indicator of professional networks, we investigate the effect of professional networking on performance within the commercial real estate market. By leveraging an agent's LinkedIn followers, we introduce a novel measure of professional network into the real estate literature. Findings suggest that listing agents with a larger number of SNS followers tend to engage in more property transactions, achieve higher sales prices, and experience shorter sale times than agents with fewer SNS connections. Similarly, agents considered “active” on the SNS also perform better than agents that have an account but are not “active.” These findings persist after accounting for various agent, property, and location characteristics, suggesting that SNS can be a helpful tool for real estate agents in utilizing and expanding their professional network.
Eligible offender samples are missing in CODIS: A statewide approach to performing a lawfully owed DNA census
Authors: Salinas Orlando C. 
Published: June 2024

AbstractIn 2019, the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) Texas Ranger Division (TRD) identified approximately 3300 registered sex offenders (RSOs) from whom a “lawfully owed” DNA sample was missing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Lawfully owed DNA (LODNA) is defined as a DNA sample from a qualifying offender who should have had their sample entered into CODIS, but for unknown reasons did not. As a result of those findings, TXDPS then applied for and was awarded a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to collect DNA specimens from these RSOs, and to perform a statewide LODNA census. TXDPS TRD sought to determine: Are the missed DNA collection problems limited to RSO's or are they occurring among individuals with a qualifying arrest or conviction as specified by state law too? What processes are used to identify individuals who are eligible for DNA sample collection? How is an individuals' DNA collection eligibility conveyed to external agencies? The findings from TXDPS' LODNA census, identified 43,245 individuals who were likely eligible for DNA collection between 1995 and 2020, therefore indicating statewide DNA collection issues. Over 4 years, collection efforts pertaining to the aforementioned lawfully owed census, have yielded 5183 LODNA sample collections, and 276 CODIS hits. This manuscript aims to create an awareness within other agencies of the importance of implementing best practices to ensure the collection and upload of LODNA from every eligible individual.
Towards understanding interactions in a complex world: Design and analysis of multi‐species functional response experiments
Authors: Rosenbaum Benjamin , Li Jingyi , Hirt Myriam R. , Ryser Remo , Brose Ulrich 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

The functional response describes feeding rates of consumers as a function of resource density. While models for feeding on a single resource species are well studied and supported by a large body of empirical research, consumers feeding on multiple resource species are ubiquitous in nature. However, laboratory experiments designed for parameterizing multi‐species functional responses (MSFR) are extremely rare, mainly due to logistical challenges and the non‐trivial nature of their statistical analysis.

Here, we describe how these models can be fitted to empirical data in a Bayesian framework. Specifically, we address the problem of prey depletion during experiments, which can be accounted for through dynamical modelling. In a comprehensive simulation study, we test the effects of experimental design, sample size and noise level on the identifiability of four distinct MSFR models. Additionally, we demonstrate the method's versatility by applying it to a list of empirical datasets.

We identify experimental designs for feeding trials that produce the most accurate parameter estimates in two‐ and three‐prey scenarios. Although noise introduces systematic bias in parameter estimates, model selection performs surprisingly well for the four MSFRs, almost always identifying the correct model even for small datasets.

This flexible framework allows the simultaneous analysis of feeding experiments from both single‐ and multi‐prey scenarios, either with or without prey depletion. This will help to elucidate mechanisms such as prey selectivity, prey switching and their implications for food web stability and biodiversity. Our approach equips researchers with the appropriate statistical tools to improve the understanding of feeding interactions in complex ecosystems.
Croatia: Political Developments and Data in 2023
Authors: NIKIĆ ČAKAR DARIO , RAOS VIŠESLAV 
Published: June 2024

AbstractIn 2023, Croatia joined both the euro and the Schengen area, thus completing full EU integration. No elections were held, and the Parliament experienced some minor cases of floor crossing while the government, although maintaining its party composition, reshuffled four ministers. The opposition criticized the government over political corruption and infringements upon media freedom.
The market risk premium in Australia: Forward‐looking evidence from the options market
Authors: Aspris Angelo , Félez‐Viñas Ester , Foley Sean , Malloch Hamish , Svec Jiri 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis paper analyses forward‐looking estimates of the expected market return in Australian. By utilising option prices, we compute a lower bound for the capital gain and dividend components of the expected return. Over a 17‐year period, the average 1‐month expected return lower bound is found to be 8.6% per annum, compared with an average realised return of 10.9% per annum. Our option‐based estimates demonstrate significant predictive power beyond historical averages and enable direct measurement of the expected return term structure. This approach complements traditional measures of expected returns and offers valuable insights for practitioners, academics, and policymakers in Australia.
Beggars cannot be choosers? Legitimacy deficiency and the use of trade credit by family firms
Authors: Wu Qi , Xu Jing , Song Boliang , Liu Bin 
Published: June 2024

AbstractWhile prior literature conceives financial distress as the primary driver of trade credit usage, organisational idiosyncratic characteristics and the situated institutional environment may also play a role. Building on the legitimacy‐based view, this study investigates whether family firms (FFs) – a special group of firms that are relatively understudied in the finance and accounting literature – in transitioning economies like China exhibit unique patterns of the use of trade credit. We found that increased family ownership leads to more usage of trade credit. Such inclination is stronger among FFs undergoing intergenerational succession, whereas it is weaker for FFs located in more developed subnational regions.
Learning ESG from stock prices: Evidence from a quasi‐natural experiment in China
Authors: Huang Zeyuan , Si Yi , Tian Gaoliang , Xia Chongwu , Zhang Lei 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis study examines the impact of stock market liberalisation on managerial environmental, social and governance (ESG) learning from stock prices. Using a quasi‐natural experiment, specifically the Shanghai‐Hong Kong Stock Connect (SHHKC) and Shenzhen‐Hong Kong Stock Connect (SZHKC), we find that stock market liberalisation enhances firms' ESG expenditure sensitivity to stock prices, implying that managers extract greater amounts of ESG information from stock prices. Additionally, the mechanism test shows that liberalisation influences managerial learning by enabling stock prices to incorporate foreign investors' private ESG information at both aggregated and granular levels. Moreover, we demonstrate the specific ESG information that managers acquire from stock prices. We also find that the learning effects are stronger for firms in polluting industries, without ESG‐proficient managers, and without access to alternative learning channels, lending further support to managerial ESG learning from stock prices. Finally, we demonstrate that the increase in ESG expenditure leads to subsequent ESG performance improvement. Our findings provide the managerial implication that managers under transformation pressure may seek information from ESG‐related stock price reactions.
Conspire to one's own detriment: Strengthening HPV Program Support Through Debunking Epistemically Suspect Beliefs
Authors: Adamus Magdalena , Ballová Mikušková Eva , Kohut Michal 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe study experimentally tested an intervention that debunks epistemically suspect beliefs about vaccines. After answering questions about pre‐existing epistemically suspect beliefs (irrational health beliefs and conspiracy mentality), 565 participants were randomly assigned into one of three conditions and exposed either to neutral information about domestic animals, salient epistemically suspect content about vaccination or an intervention that debunks epistemically suspect beliefs about vaccination. Afterwards, the participants answered questions about vaccination‐related conspiracy narratives (manipulation check), vaccination attitudes, intentions to vaccinate against HPV, support for an HPV vaccination programme and intentions to seek health guidance. Although the intervention demonstrated the potential to inhibit the endorsement of conspiracy narratives, we found no differences in the other outcome variables. Nevertheless, across the conditions, pre‐existing epistemically suspect beliefs were associated with less favourable attitudes towards vaccination, lower intentions to vaccinate against HPV, less support for the vaccination programme and lower intentions to seek health guidance. The results indicate that debunking may be futile in curbing long‐term negative impacts associated with epistemically suspect beliefs, and they contribute to the debate about assessing the effectiveness of interventions related to highly controversial topics such as vaccination. The study enhances understanding of persistent adverse impacts that epistemically suspect beliefs may have on public health outcomes.
Dental caries status and related factors among 12‐year‐old Somali school children in Hargeisa
Authors: Dahroug Abdelrahman Eid , Heen Espen Kolstad , Hussein Mohamed A. , Madar Ahmed Ali 
Published: June 2024

AbstractObjectivesThere is little data on the oral health conditions of Somali children. The aim was to assess the dental caries status and related risk factors of 12‐aged children in primary schools in Hargeisa, Somaliland.MethodsA school‐based survey was conducted in Hargeisa in December 2022. Using 2‐stage cluster sampling, 405 children (12‐aged) were randomly selected from 16 primary schools. Data collection involved WHO structured interviewer‐administered questionnaire and clinical examinations. The DMFT index was measured according to WHO criteria, and accordingly, the mean for the significant caries index (SiC) was calculated. The association between the DMFT and the relevant variables was analysed using negative binomial regression in STATA.ResultsThe overall prevalence of dental caries was found to be 62.7%, with a mean DMFT of 1.7 and a SiC score of 3.7. Non‐public school pupils showed significantly higher prevalence of dental caries and mean DMFT compared to public school counterparts (68.5% vs. 58.6%) and (1.91 vs. 1.48), respectively. Merely 14.7% of the participants utilized dental care services in the previous year. The multivariable analysis showed a significant positive association of the DMFT outcome with attending a non‐public school (95% CI 1.16–2.12) and having many previous dental visits (95% CI 1.22–2.83). In the adjusted model, fathers of low education had children with better dental caries status (lower mean DMFT) than their well‐educated counterparts. The mean DMFT was not significantly influenced by the factors sex, location, educational attainment (school class of the participants) and frequency of teeth cleaning.ConclusionAlthough the overall mean DMFT of school children in Hargeisa could be regarded low, the high levels of untreated caries especially in the one‐third most affected are a cause for concern. Children enrolled in non‐public schools formed the high‐risk group. Preventive oral public health programs targeting Somali school children are recommended.