bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The impact of fiscal opacity on business confidence: empirical investigation from an emerging economy
Authors: de Mendonça Helder Ferreira , Vereda Oliveira Luciano , Dias Matheus Ignacio Santos 
Published: June 2024

PurposeThe relevance of transparency related to public finances is considered fundamental for good economic policy management. An environment of greater fiscal transparency allows the private sector greater predictability, improving the entrepreneur’s decision-making ability. This study empirically analyzes fiscal opacity’s effect on business confidence in an emerging economy.Design/methodology/approachWe use monthly data from the Brazilian economy from January 2010 to March 2023. Based on Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) regressions, we analyze whether fiscal opacity, measured by the signal-to-noise ratio, affects business confidence. Moreover, to evaluate the duration of a shock transmitted by the fiscal opacity on business confidence, we consider an impulse-response function generated by a Vector Auto-Regressive (VAR).FindingsWe found that fiscal opacity resulting from the lack of information to anticipate the budgetary result of the public sector deteriorates business confidence.Practical implicationsWe present robust empirical evidence that allows us to assume that using a strategy to reduce fiscal opacity through mechanisms that provide reliable economic data and fiscal forecasts is essential for fiscal policy to affect business confidence positively. Reducing fiscal opacity provides greater clarity regarding the budget outcome, reduces economic uncertainty and improves the fiscal policy expectation channel.Originality/valueThis paper is the first to analyze how the lack of information for market agents to anticipate the government’s budget execution accurately (fiscal opacity) affects business confidence.
Uncovering the research trends of family-owned business succession: past, present and the future
Authors: Ahmad Zeshan , Najam Usama , Mustamil Norizah 
Published: June 2024

PurposeThe succession phenomenon in family-owned businesses (F-OB) determines their future viability and success. This study aims to provide insight into key research areas related to F-OB’s succession and identify gaps in current literature that can be explored in future research.Design/methodology/approachThe research article analysis was conducted using bibliometric techniques with VOS viewer and R-Studio Software. This study analyzed 799 articles from the Web of Science (1993–2023) to assess succession in F-OBs and future research directions.FindingsThis bibliometric study provides evolutionary publication trends on the succession of F-OBs. It also identified journals, universities, future trends, thematic maps, cluster networks, authorship countries, theoretical lenses and research gaps linked with F-OB’s succession.Originality/valueThis study focuses on the trends and research themes that have influenced and progressed the comprehension of succession phenomena and dynamics associated with the survival of F-OBs. By conducting a bibliometric analysis of these influential studies, the research provides an overview of significant advancements. It highlights gaps that can be addressed as future research opportunities to enhance the succession processes of F-OBs.
On a wing and a prayer: professional ethics and the prison library
Authors: Wilson Kerry 
Published: June 2024

PurposeIn response to instrumental cultural policy agendas in the United Kingdom, the paper explores the practice of collaborative cultural work in the criminal justice system through the lens of professional ethics in prison libraries. It seeks to balance narratives on the value of arts and culture in cross-government policy agendas with a nuanced consideration of the realities of such work in non-conventional organisational settings.Design/methodology/approach“Instrumental Values: Professional ethics in collaborative cultural work” was a two-year empirical study (2017–2019), including ethnographic fieldwork in three case study sites representing prison library services in England. Following a “communities of practice” conceptual framework, research methods included participant observation of day-to-day cultural work and specific events; successive research interviews with library and prison service staff and volunteers; and interviews with key collaborating organisations from extended professional networks.FindingsData from three prison library case studies show consistent ethical implications relating to the extent of collaborative complexity in the field and its impact on participants’ emotional resilience; navigation of the prison regime by cultural workers; consequences for emotional labour and care in the field; and the re-negotiation of ethical boundaries and practices.Originality/valueThe research makes an original contribution to debates on the instrumental value of arts and culture via its intimate focus on prison libraries as microcosms of situated, truly integrated cultural work, both from a physical, organisational perspective and in their representation of a cross-policy function for arts and culture.
The role of perceived knowledge on key brand community constructs of trust, involvement and engagement
Authors: Haverila Matti , Haverila Kai Christian , McLaughlin Caitlin , Rangarajan Akshaya , Currie Russell 
Published: June 2024

PurposeAgainst social cognitive and social exchange theories, this research paper aims to investigate the significance and interaction between perceived knowledge, involvement, trust and brand community engagement in brand communities (BC).Design/methodology/approachBC participants (n= 503) completed a cross-sectional survey for this research. Analysis was performed using PLS-SEM via SmartPLS (v. 4.1.0.2) and the novel Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA).FindingsAn integrative KITE model with positive and significant relationships of key BC constructs was established. The perceived BC knowledge influenced involvement and engagement. Furthermore, the constructs of involvement and trust were discovered to have a positive and significant impact on engagement, with trust having a substantial effect on BC engagement. The indirect effects of the trust construct via the BC knowledge and BC involvement constructs were also significant.Originality/valueThis research advances the existing conceptual approaches by introducing knowledge as the key BC constructs. The study illustrates that members’ knowledge about a BC facilitates their involvement in the BCs. The vital role of trust is revealed in the KITE model, as it is significantly related to BC knowledge, BC involvement and BC engagement with at least medium to large effect sizes. Notably, the role of trust is enhanced as it is the only necessary must-have (instead of “should-have”) condition to achieve high levels of BC engagement. Furthermore, the KITE model provides insights for marketers to develop a valuable BC.
A story of social entrepreneurship through the creation of the Hopeboots project
Authors: Graci Sonya , Rasmussen Yvette , Washbrook Kaitlyn 
Published: June 2024

Research methodology
This case was developed by using primary data collected from two separate one on one interviews, a panel interview in which Josee was featured and secondary data collected from news articles and publications featuring Josee. Information specific to Atikuss’ offerings was found through the Atikuss website. A translation software was used to understand many of the articles about Josee, as many were in French.

Case overview/synopsis
Atikuss (meaning young caribou in Innu) is the sustainable business founded by Josee LeBlanc, an Indigenous woman from Northern Quebec. As a workshop-boutique, Attikuss offers a diverse selection of hand-made traditional Indigenous items from her own Indigenous culture. Hopeboots is a project run through Atikuss which allows customers to create their own Mukluks while learning about Indigenous culture and the story behind every design. When starting her business, Josee learned that the women making mukluk boots were not earning a livable wage for their work. Her dilemma when creating a sustainable business was whether to increase the beaders wages to a fair wage, costing her and the consumer more, or maintaining the status quo by continuing to pay the beaders less then five dollars an hour. Josee’s decision to increase wages generated opportunities and increased well being through social investments in her community. This decision considers the cost to many stakeholders and offers an Indigenized perspective to entrepreneurship. This case is relevant to Indigenous entrepreneurship, sustainability, social innovation, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility.

Complexity academic level
This case is targeted toward university-level students and can be relevant to graduate-level students as well.
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus influences the emergence of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri by regulating key cuticular proteins
Authors: Yuan Chen‐Yang , Gao Yi‐Fan , Liu Yi , Fan Jia‐Yao , Yuan Ying‐Zhe , Yi Long , Jing Tian‐Xing , Dou Wei , Wang Jin‐Jun 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, is the primary vector of the HLB pathogen, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). The acquisition of CLas shortens the developmental period of nymphs, accelerating the emergence into adulthood and thereby facilitating the spread of CLas. Cuticular proteins (CPs) are involved in insect emergence. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying CLas‐promoted emergence in D. citri via CP mediation. Here, a total of 159 CP genes were first identified in the D. citri genome. Chromosomal location analysis revealed an uneven distribution of these CP genes across the 13 D. citri chromosomes. Proteomic analysis identified 54 differentially expressed CPs during D. citri emergence, with 14 CPs exhibiting significant differential expression after CLas acquisition. Five key genes, Dc18aa‐1, Dc18aa‐2, DcCPR‐24, DcCPR‐38 and DcCPR‐58, were screened from the proteome and CLas acquisition. The silencing of these 5 genes through a modified feeding method significantly reduced the emergence rate and caused various abnormal phenotypes, indicating the crucial role that these genes play in D. citri emergence. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the role of CPs in D. citri and reveals that CLas can influence the emergence process of D. citri by regulating the expression of CPs. These key CPs may serve as potential targets for future research on controlling huanglongbing (HLB) transmission.
Encouraging loyalty and defection: The impact of campaigns on tactical voting in Britain
Authors: Núñez Lucas 
Published: June 2024

AbstractI study the impact of party campaigns on tactical voting, focusing on voters with tactical incentives. Focusing on three UK Elections, I exploit panel data within each election to address endogeneity in party behavior, which would otherwise bias the estimates of campaign effects. My findings show that party contacts during campaigns have an influence in encouraging loyalty to preferred nonviable parties and defection to alternative viable ones. These findings are important as relatively little is known about what influences voters’ decision to cast tactical votes, beyond their demographic characteristics and the electoral circumstances they may find themselves in.
The vaccination divide: Exploring moral reasoning associated with intergroup antipathy between vaccinated and unvaccinated people
Authors: Hatchman Kate , Hornsey Matthew J. , Barlow Fiona Kate 
Published: June 2024

AbstractObjectivesThere is growing evidence of intergroup hostility between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, a process of polarization that threatens to derail population health efforts. This study explores the moral underpinnings of intergroup antipathy between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.DesignA cross‐sectional design was employed to investigate the associations between the view of vaccination as a social contract or individual choice, perceived vulnerability to disease, perceptions of outgroup morality, feelings of warmth, and experiences of schadenfreude.MethodsData were extracted from an online, quantitative survey of 233 vaccinated and 237 unvaccinated participants collected between June and July 2022.ResultsResults revealed that vaccinated people had stronger negative attitudes towards unvaccinated people than vice versa. In line with hypotheses, the extent to which vaccinated people saw vaccination as a social contract was significantly associated with perceiving unvaccinated people as immoral. For unvaccinated people, seeing vaccination as an individual choice (the opposite of a social contract) was significantly associated with perceiving vaccinated people as immoral. Among both groups, viewing the other as immoral was associated with feeling significantly less warmth towards the opposing vaccination group, and more schadenfreude in the face of an outgroup member's suffering. Participants' perceived vulnerability to disease played a relatively small role in explaining polarization between vaccinated and unvaccinated people.ConclusionsThis research builds on previous studies by identifying moral mechanisms associated with intergroup antipathy in the vaccine debate.
Are sporadic colorectal cancers in young patients distinct from those in elderly patients?
Authors: Yang In Jun , Kim Duck‐Woo , Lee Jeehye , Ahn Hong‐Min , Oh Heung‐Kwon , Kang Sung‐Bum , Suh Jung Wook , Kim Min Hyun , Oh Hyeon Jeong , Kim Hyung Kyung , Kim Min Jung , Park Ji Won , Ryoo Seung‐Bum , Park Kyu Joo , Jeong Seung‐Yong , Oh Jae Hwan 
Published: June 2024

AbstractAimThe aim of this study was to compare the clinicopathological and oncological characteristics of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) between young and elderly patients without any genetic mutations that cause hereditary CRC.MethodIn this cross‐sectional, retrospective study conducted at three tertiary referral hospitals, we enrolled 1599 patients with CRC who underwent surgery between January 2010 and December 2017, including 157 young patients (age ≤ 40 years; yCRC) and 1442 elderly patients (age ≥ 70 years; eCRC). The clinicopathological and oncological outcomes were compared between the two groups.ResultsThe median age at diagnosis was 37 years in the yCRC group (range 33.0–39.2 years) and 76 years in the eCRC group (range 72.0–79.0 years). The yCRC group did not present with advanced stages at diagnosis compared with the eCRC group, and the distribution of tumour stages was similar between the two groups. Microsatellite instability (MSI) testing revealed no difference in the frequency of tumours with high MSI (7.8% in yCRC, 5.8% in eCRC), and the frequency of mutations in the KRAS, NRAS and BRAF genes was also similar. The 3‐year overall survival was better in the yCRC group than in the eCRC group (97.4% vs. 83.5%, p < 0.001); however, no such difference was observed in cancer‐specific survival.ConclusionGenetically proven sporadic CRCs did not differ significantly between young and elderly patients in terms of tumour stage, tumour location and various molecular features.Clinical Trial Registration NumberThe study was retrospectively registered with Clinical Trials.gov (no. NCT05601609).
Assessment of treatment retention rates and predictors of retention on opioid agonist treatment among adolescents
Authors: Shakya Pooja , Jangra Jaswant , Rao Ravindra , Mishra Ashwani Kumar , Bhad Roshan 
Published: June 2024

AbstractIntroductionOpioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid dependence syndrome in adults. However, studies on effectiveness of OAT in adolescents are limited; existing studies show varying retention rates. The present study aimed to assess OAT retention rates in adolescent patients with opioid dependence syndrome registered in a community drug treatment clinic in Delhi, India, and to analyse factors associated with retention at 1 year.MethodsRetrospective cohort study. All adolescents (n = 130) aged 10–19 years, started on OAT from January 2020 to July 2022 were included. Baseline and follow‐up data was extracted from online record system maintained at the clinic. OAT retention rates at different timepoints were assessed. Multivariable logistic regression was used to discern factors associated with one‐year retention.ResultsThe participants' mean age was 16.9 (SD 1.4) years. Mean age of starting opioids was 14.9 (SD 2.2) years; 29.5% (n = 38) injected opioids. The 6‐, 12‐, 18‐ and 24‐month retention rate on OAT was 64.4%, 45.6%, 38.7% and 29% respectively. The retention rates with buprenorphine and methadone were comparable. Multivariate logistic regression showed retention for less than 12 months to be significantly associated with younger age of starting heroin, involvement in illegal activities, absenteeism from school and substance use in family.Discussion and ConclusionsThe 12‐month retention rates on OAT in adolescents is comparable to retention rates in adults. Various factors associated with early age of onset of opioid use are also associated with lower retention rates on OAT.
Advances in salmonid genetics—Insights from Coastwide and beyond
Authors: Narum Shawn R. , Campbell Matthew , Coykendall Katharine , Meek Mariah , O'Malley Kathleen G. , Wellenreuther Maren 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis article summarizes the Special Issue of Evolutionary Applications focused on “Advances in Salmonid Genetics.” Contributions to this Special Issue were primarily presented at the Coastwide Salmonid Genetics Meeting, held in Boise, ID in June 2023, with a focus on Pacific salmonids of the west coast region of North America. Contributions from other regions of the globe are also included and further convey the importance of various salmonid species across the world. This Special Issue is comprised of 22 articles that together illustrate major advances in genetic and genomic tools to address fundamental and applied questions for natural populations of salmonids, ranging from mixed‐stock analyses, to conservation of genetic diversity, to adaptation to local environments. These studies provide valuable insight for molecular ecologists since salmonid systems offer a window into evolutionary applications that parallel conservation efforts relevant and applicable beyond salmonid species. Here, we provide an introduction and a synopsis of articles in this Special Issue, along with future directions in this field. We present this Special Issue in honor of Fred Utter, a founder and leader in the field of salmonid genetics, who passed away in 2023.
Population pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate in patients treated for interstitial lung disease (EVER‐ILD study)
Authors: Xu Yan‐Min , Ternant David , Reynaud‐Gaubert Martine , Bejan‐Angoulvant Théodora , Marchand‐Adam Sylvain 
Published: June 2024

AbstractBackgroundMycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has been used to treat interstitial lung disease (ILD), but mycophenolate (MPA) pharmacokinetics was not reported for this use. This ancillary study of the EVER‐ILD protocol aimed at describing the pharmacokinetic variability of MPA using population modelling in ILD.MethodsConcentrations of MPA were measured during an 8‐h course for 27 ILD patients treated with 1000 mg MMF b.i.d. Absorption, distribution and elimination of MPA were described using population compartment models with first‐order transfer and elimination rate constants, while accounting for both absorption peaks using gamma absorption models.ResultsThe pharmacokinetics of MPA was best described using a two‐compartment model and two gamma absorption models, model performances of this model were still similar to those of a one gamma absorption model. This pharmacokinetics seemed to be notably influenced by body weight, renal function and inflammatory status. The distribubtion value area under the concentration curve between two administrations of MMF was AUC12 = 52.5 mg.h/L in median (interquartile range: 42.2–58.0 mg.h/L).ConclusionThis is the first study reporting MPA pharmacokinetics in ILD. This pharmacokinetics appears to be similar to other indications and should be further investigated in future studies.
Cobalt as a potential limiting factor for heterocyst frequency in nitrogen‐limited Aphanizomenon and Dolichospermum: Evidence from experimental and field studies
Authors: Shah Purnank , Venkiteswaran Jason J. , Molot Lewis A. , Higgins Scott N. , Schiff Sherry L. , Baulch Helen M. , Zastepa Arthur 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Evidence suggests that low cobalt (Co) may limit heterocyst frequency (HF) in filamentous diazotrophic cyanobacteria. Therefore, the effect of three Co concentrations on HF in four species in the genera Aphanizomenon and Dolichospermum was examined in N‐depleted (N was not added) culture. Long‐term HF data were also analysed in experimentally fertilised N‐limited Lake 227.

HF ranges and means at 0.17, 17, and 170 nmol Co/L were 4.1%–5.7% (4.6%), 5.4%–7.4% (6.4%), and 5.9%–9.3% (7.4%), respectively, after 11 days of growth in batch cultures suggesting that Co plays a role in regulating HF. HF at 0.17 nmol/L was significantly different from HF at the two higher concentrations in all species implicating Co in heterocyst differentiation. However, growth rates and final biovolume yields were not significantly affected by Co in any of the species.

Applying the ratio of total phosphorus (TP)/Co in culture media (106) at 0.17 nmol Co/L to an N‐limited system implies that dissolved Co would have to be less than 1 pmol/L to severely limit HF at 1 μmol TP/L. This Co concentration is much lower than dissolved Co in Lake 227 during an Aphanizomenon skujae bloom with 1 μmol TP/L in 2017. Furthermore, Co increased from 0.7 to 2.0 nmol/L simultaneously increasing with HF and cyanobacteria biomass suggesting that Co probably did not limit HF and bloom biomass in Lake 227.

Mean summer HFs in Lake 227 during 2000–2020 were 3.4% (epilimnion) and 4.0% (metalimnion), similar to HF at the lowest Co in the cultures. However, HF was significantly higher after 2015 following a shift in dominant bloom species from A. schindlerii to the smaller A. skujae. Calculations suggest that the decrease in cell size may have prompted a higher HF in A. skujae in order to fix an amount of N per unit biomass similar to that fixed by the larger A. schindlerii. Thus, two previously unidentified factors, Co and cell size, can be added to the list of factors that affect HF.
Rising algae density affects the influences of Daphnia magna on the competitive outcome between Brachionus rotifer species
Authors: Xu Huanhuan , Li Chen , Niu Cuijuan 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Superior competitors are known to regulate community structure by influencing competitive outcomes between species of inferior competitors with overlapping ecological niches. However, more research is needed to obtain a detailed understanding of the ecological process.

We examined how the superior competitor Daphnia magna influenced competition–exclusion between two coexisting Brachionus rotifer species.

Brachionus angularis was no longer the superior competitor when D. magna was introduced into the cultured Brachionus calyciflorus + B. angularis system. Small‐sized D. magna (1.6–1.9 mm in body length) mediated population dynamics and facilitated the persistence of the two Brachionus species, while large‐sized D. magna (2.0–2.3 mm in body length) excluded only B. angularis at the high food level (3 × 106 cells/ml Chlorella) or both rotifer species at the low food level (1 × 106 cells/ml Chlorella).

These findings indicate that the different body sizes of a superior competitor species can reverse competitive results between inferior competitor species in relation to food abundance.

Our results highlight the dynamic nature of populations in multispecies communities and the need to understand species interactions in relation to their environment.