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Legitimacy of community-based social enterprises (CBSE) in service provision in rural areas
Authors: Rinne-Koski Katja , Lähdesmäki Merja 
Published: March 2024

PurposeMunicipalities seek new opportunities for co-producing services in rural areas. One potential partner is community-based social enterprises (CBSEs). However, whilst service co-production through CBSEs obscures the traditional roles of actors, it may lead to a legitimation crisis in local service provision. In this paper, the ways CBSEs are legitimised as service providers in rural areas are addressed from the CBSE and municipality perspectives.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data combine interviews with CBSE representatives and open-ended national survey responses from municipality decision-makers. The data analysis is based on a qualitative content analysis to examine legitimation arguments.FindingsResults show that unestablished legitimacy and un-institutionalised support structures for co-production models build mistrust between CBSEs and municipalities, which prevents the parties from seeing the benefits of cooperation in service production.Research limitations/implicationsThe research focusses on the legitimation of CBSEs in service co-production in rural areas. As legitimation seems to be a context-specific process, future research is needed regarding other contexts.Practical implicationsMunicipalities interested in the co-production of services might benefit from establishing a collaborative and responsive (rural) service policy forum that would institutionalise new models of co-production and enable better design and governance of service provision.Originality/valueResults will give new theoretical and practical insights into the importance of legitimacy in the development of service co-production relationships.
Combining theories to investigate the acceptance of accrual accounting
Authors: Bekiaris Michalis , Paraponti Thekla , Spanou Foteini 
Published: March 2024

PurposeThis paper develops and tests a theoretical model that draws on the Diffusion Contingency Model and the Theory of Human Behavior to explain the factors influencing users’ acceptance of accrual accounting in terms of two distinct dimensions: behavioral intention and usage behavior.Design/methodology/approachBased on surveyed data from financial departments and directorates of different Greek general government entities, the paper uses factor analysis to build a theoretical model that assesses the factors influencing behavioral intention to adopt and usage behavior of accrual accounting. Then, it tests the relationship between behavioral intention and usage behavior through structural equation modeling.FindingsThe theoretical model suggests that the expected improvement of the quality of financial information and political and financial support are the most important determinants of behavioral intention. Usage behavior is mainly influenced by the compatibility between the existing legal framework and the new accounting system. The structural equation modeling identifies a statistically significant positive influence of behavioral intention on usage behavior.Practical implicationsThe study provides valuable insights regarding the timing and focus of the actions taken by policymakers when designing accounting reforms. Special attention is drawn to the factors influencing behavioral intentions, as these are found to influence usage behavior significantly.Originality/valueThe study extends prior research on the diffusion of accounting innovations by breaking down the diffusion process into intentions-oriented actions aiming to promote accrual accounting and increase acceptance and implementation-oriented actions aiming to facilitate successful implementation.
Human capital development in sport marketing: industry insights
Authors: Mastromartino Brandon 
Published: March 2024

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to gather insights from sport marketing professionals and identify key opportunities, challenges and knowledge that sport marketing educators and researchers could utilize in developing curriculum and research agendas.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach was used, and data were collected through in-depth interviews with 15 sport marketing professionals. Participants were asked questions related to the knowledge, skills and experiences that they believe are important for students to have to be successful in the industry, as well as the types of research that would be most useful in their day-to-day work.FindingsIndustry professionals noted collaboration, transformation in digital marketing, data and analytics and experiential marketing as key trends facing the industry today. The findings suggest that sport marketing curriculum should focus on soft skill development such as communication, relationship building and empathy alongside hard skill development such as data analysis and storytelling. As well, findings show research areas where scholars can aid practitioners with a focus on consumer insights, technology, measuring ROI and experiential marketing.Originality/valueWith these findings, educators and scholars can better prepare students for successful careers in industry and contribute to the ongoing advancement of the scholarly field. This study serves as a starting point for further research in this area, and it is hoped that it will spark continued collaboration between academia and industry.
How review content, sentiment and helpfulness votes jointly affect trust of reviews and attitude
Authors: Li Jing , Xu Xin , Ngai Eric W.T. 
Published: March 2024

PurposeWe investigate the joint impacts of three trust cues – content, sentiment and helpfulness votes – of online product reviews on the trust of reviews and attitude toward the product/service reviewed.Design/methodology/approachWe performed three studies to test our research model, presenting participants with scenarios involving product reviews and prior users' helpful and unhelpful votes across experimental settings.FindingsA high helpfulness ratio boosts users’ trust and influences behaviors in both positive and negative reviews. This effect is more pronounced in attribute-based reviews than emotion-based ones. Unlike the ratio effect, helpfulness magnitude significantly impacts only negative attribute-based reviews.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should investigate voting systems in various online contexts, such as Facebook post likes, Twitter microblog thumb-ups and up-votes for article comments on platforms like The New York Times.Practical implicationsOur findings have significant implications for voting system-providers implementing information techniques on third-party review platforms, participatory sites emphasizing user-generated content and online retailers prioritizing product awareness and reputation.Originality/valueThis study addresses an identified need; that is, the helpfulness votes as an additional trust cue and the joint effects of three trust cues – content, sentiment and helpfulness votes – of online product reviews on the trust of customers in reviews and their consequential attitude toward the product/service reviewed.
Mapping out focus for circular economy business models (CEBMs) research in construction sector studies – a bibliometric approach
Authors: Otasowie Osamudiamen Kenneth , Aigbavboa Clinton Ohis , Oke Ayodeji Emmanuel , Adekunle Peter 
Published: March 2024

Purpose
The circular economy business models (CEBMs) provide ways for firms operating in the construction industry to move from a linear to a circular approach. Thus, this study aims to explore CEBM research within the construction sector to show the focus area of studies, highlighting new areas that require attention.

Design/methodology/approach
This study adopted a bibliometric approach, using the Scopus database as the data source. The keywords used for paper extraction from the database were “circular economy business” OR “circular business” AND “model” OR “models” AND “construction industry” OR “building industry”. The VOSviewer software was then used to prepare a co-occurrence and co-authorship map based on the bibliographic data gathered.

Findings
The study’s findings reveal five research clusters in the construction industry. These clusters include circular construction intelligence, modular business modelling, eco-construction, sustainable construction economics and smart energy-efficient buildings. The two most cited scholars had two publications each, while the top journals are the Journal of Cleaner Production and Sustainable Production and Consumption. This study concludes that there is a need for research within the construction sector to focus on CEBMs’ archetypes and frameworks. This will enable a smooth transition from linear to circular business models in the sector.

Research limitations/implications
The information was gathered from a single database, Scopus; hence, using other databases, including Web of Science, Google Scholar and Dimensions, might produce more articles for examination and, consequently, different findings on the subject under investigation.

Practical implications
These findings would assist researchers in considering the areas mentioned, which are yet to receive attention, and, by extension, enhance economic development while maintaining environmental sustainability.

Originality/value
This paper made a significant contribution to the body of knowledge by identifying scholars and platforms that have been instrumental in advancing CEBM research and highlighting new areas that require attention in the construction sector.
The effect of organizational justice on police officers’ perception of procedural justice in the South Korea: the mediating roles of perceived discretion and responsiveness
Authors: Choi Nakbum , Jang Jaeseong 
Published: March 2024

PurposeRecently, the interest of scholars studying procedural justice in policing has shifted from the relationship between procedural justice and citizen compliance to trust in police officers’ perceptions of who exercises it. This study explores the relationship between organizational justice and the perception of procedural justice from the perspective of police officers. Furthermore, it investigates the mediating roles of discretion and responsiveness.Design/methodology/approachUsing 441 survey responses from South Korean police officers, a mediation model is outlined and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that police officers’ perceptions of organizational justice had indirect effects on the perceived importance of procedural justice. Moreover, discretion and responsiveness mediate the relationship between organizational justice and perceived procedural justice.FindingsOfficers who perceive police fairness are more likely to have a positive perception of procedural justice toward citizens when they have a higher level of discretion and responsiveness. However, police officers’ perceptions of organizational justice are not directly linked to their perceptions of procedural justice.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the generalization of knowledge by empirically testing Van Craen’s theoretical model of the Korean police. It also expands the existing theoretical model by investigating the influence of overall organizational justice and its possible mediators on procedural justice.
Improved numerical solution of anisotropic poroelastic wave equation in microseismicity: Graphic process unit acceleration and moment tensor implementation
Authors: Zheng Jing , Li Tiezhu , Xie Jingyu , Sun Yuan 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe accuracy and computational efficiency of full waveform forward modelling in poroelastic media are crucial for microseismic monitoring. It enables intuitive, precise and efficient simulation of subsurface responses, thereby improving the reliability of moment tensor inversion and seismic source mechanism interpretation. Additionally, it reflects the role of fluid effects in waveform evolution. In this paper, based on the Biot mechanism, we derived the first‐order velocity–stress equation of poroelastic media and discretized the model using a rotated staggered grid. The rotated staggered grid can well adapt to anisotropic media with high contrast parameters. We provide the finite difference formula based on graphic process unit–acceleration and moment tensor and also provide the graphic process unit workflow for forward modelling of anisotropic poroelastic media. First, two models with different grid sizes were run based on single graphic process unit, 1‐thread Central Processing Unit (CPU) and 16‐thread CPU. The results show that the speedup factors are approximately 14.3 and 3.7, respectively, compared with the running time of 1‐thread CPU and 16‐thread CPU. Then, we compare and evaluate the response of three basic source mechanisms (isotropic expansion, double couple and compensated linear vector dipole) in the model. The comparison of analytical and numerical results verifies the effectiveness of the method. Furthermore, wavefield snapshots of two typical anisotropic media (vertical transversely isotropic and horizontal transversely isotropic) are analysed to correspond to different moment tensor sources. The results showed that the source mechanism does not change the isotropic and anisotropic plane and the wave travel time, but it does change the polarization amplitude of the velocity component. The attenuation of slow qP‐wave increases along with the increase of the value of viscosity. The effect of permeability on wavefield appears with the opposite effect of viscosity. Finally, the seismic waveform differences between multi‐layer elastic media and poroelastic media are compared and analysed. The results showed that the seismic wavefield and waveform of poroelastic media are more complex, the propagation speed of seismic waves is faster, but the attenuation of seismic waves is stronger.
Rhubarb powder: Potential uses as a functional bread ingredient
Authors: Göksu Feriha , Özlü Zeynep , Bölek Sibel 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAs a traditional staple food, bread lacks several nutrients such as fiber and minerals. In this study, the possibilities of using rhubarb powder to enrich wheat bread were investigated. Rhubarb powder was replaced with wheat flour at the ratios of 0%, 4%, 8%, and 12%. In order to reveal effects of rhubarb powder on quality properties of bread, color, moisture, total protein, fat content, antioxidant activity, textural, and sensory analysis were conducted. As the rhubarb powder ratio increased, the fiber (10.60 ± 0.55), ash (4.34 ± 0.13), and fat content (2.17 ± 0.55) of bread samples increased significantly (p < 0.05). Antioxidant activity (19.61% ± 0.53%) and total phenolic contents (916.38 ± 2.69) of bread samples also increased significantly (p < 0.05). The colors of the enriched breads were relatively dark. The breads containing 12% rhubarb powder had the highest ash content (4.34 ± 0.13). The samples containing 4% rhubarb powder took the highest sensory scores from the sensory panel in terms of odor, flavor, and overall impression. However, as the ratio of rhubarb powder increased, the sensory values of bread samples decreased. According to the results of this study, rhubarb powder could be used up to 4% to produce acceptable breads in terms of sensory properties with improved nutritional quality.
Mild steam treatment: Enhancing the rehydration performance of instant rice noodles by changing the physicochemical properties and gel structure of rice starch
Authors: Yue Daheng , Zhang Han , Zhang Tiantian , Yang Cheng , Yang Tongliang , Qu Zihan , Zhang Yifu , Chen Guiyun , Li Shuhong , Chen Ye 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe “instant” quality of instant rice noodles is significantly affected by slow rehydration during cooking. This happens as a result of the native rice starch's low ability to gelatinize as well as the high shear and pressure utilized in industries during the widely used extrusion molding process. In order to address this issue, the rice flour was pretreated with mild steam (MS) technology. The results revealed that the rehydration qualities of the rice noodles that were extruded from the steam‐treated flour significantly improved. There was a reduction of 25.5% in the rehydration time, from 443 to 330 s. The MS‐treated rice starch's peak viscosity increased to 4503 from 4044 mPa/s. Decreases in gelatinization enthalpy (ΔH) and short‐range ordering also suggest a reduction in difficulty in accomplishing starch gelatinization. Scanning electron microscopy studies showed particle aggregation increased as the treatment duration lasted longer. In conclusion, our findings indicate that we successfully addressed the issue of slow rehydration in instant rice noodles while presenting a novel approach for their manufacturing in the manufacturing sector.
Investigating major trauma in Māori youth at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau
Authors: Sobhy Mira M. , Brand Maria , Henshall Kevin , MacCormick Andrew D. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe Ninth Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) report found the likelihood of death was over three times higher in Māori youth compared to non‐Māori (age: 15–18 years) in the 30‐days following major trauma. The aim of our study is to investigate variations in care provided to Māori youth presenting to Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau (TWO‐CM) with major trauma, to inform policies and improve care.MethodsThis was a retrospective, observational study of 15–18‐year‐olds admitted to Middlemore Hospital from January 2018 to December 2021 following major trauma (Injury Severity Score (ISS) >12 or with (ISS) <12 who died). Data were obtained from the New Zealand Trauma Registry (NZTR). Six key performance indicators were studied against hospital guidelines/international consensus: Deaths, Cause‐of‐death, trauma call, RedBlanket activations, time‐to‐computed tomography (CT), and time‐to‐operating theatre (OT).ResultsOf 77 patients, five deaths occurred, four non‐Māori, and one Māori (P = 0.645). Five trauma calls were not activated (P = 0.642). There was no statistically significant difference for both median time to CT (P = 0.917) and time to CT for patients with GCS >13 (P = 0.778) between Māori and non‐Māori. Five patients did not meet guidelines for time‐to‐OT (three non‐Māori and two Māori) (P = 0.377).ConclusionNo statistically significant variations in care were present for Māori youth presenting with major trauma, these findings did not match the national trend.
Prevalence of at‐risk MASH, MetALD and alcohol‐associated steatotic liver disease in the general population
Authors: Schneider Carolin V. , Schneider Kai Markus , Raptis Anastasia , Huang Helen , Trautwein Christian , Loomba Rohit 
Published: March 2024

SummaryBackgroundThe prevalence of at‐risk metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatohepatitis (at‐risk MASH) has not been systematically assessed.AimTo delineate the prevalence of at‐risk MASH in a large population‐based cohort.MethodsWe conducted a cross‐sectional analysis of 40,189 patients in the UK Biobank who underwent liver MRI. Hepatic steatosis was determined by proton density fat fraction (PDFF) ≥5%. Based on AASLD criteria, participants were classified as alcohol‐associated steatotic liver disease (ALD), metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), combined metabolic alcoholic liver disease (MetALD) and at‐risk MASH.ResultsAmong 40,189 patients, 10,886 (27.0%) had a PDFF ≥5%, indicating SLD. Among patients with SLD, 1% had ALD, 89.0% had MASLD, 7.9% had MetALD and 2.2% had at‐risk MASH. The at‐risk MASH group, which included 0.6% of the general population, had the highest mean liver fat on MRI and the highest BMI. Serum biomarkers highlighted increased inflammation and metabolic changes in at‐risk MASH. The prevalence of MASLD was significantly higher among men with a BMI ≥30 kg/m2. Non‐obese women showed only a 12% risk of MASLD. Conversely, MetALD had similar prevalence in obese men and women and was absent in non‐obese women.ConclusionsMASLD is prevalent among patients with elevated PDFF on MRI. There are different sex‐ and BMI‐specific prevalence of different steatotic liver disorders. At‐risk MASH demonstrates the most severe metabolic and inflammatory profiles. This study provides novel estimates for the at‐risk MASH population that will be eligible for treatment with pharmacologic therapy when approved by regulatory authorities.
Media narratives of industrial plant closures in Ontario, Canada, from 2000 to 2019
Authors: Sutton Jesse , Arku Godwin 
Published: March 2024

AbstractSince the 1970s, a defining feature of advanced economies has been industrial plant closures, stemming from the broader process of economic restructuring. Plant closures have been extensively covered by the media due to their adverse effects on localities. However, no media analysis of closures has been conducted in the plant closure literature. In addition to providing a wealth of information, such an analysis can provide insight into media narratives of closures. Media profoundly affects economies by disseminating narratives that influence society, institutions, and politics. To bridge the plant closure and media literature, this paper conducts a media analysis of closures in Ontario, Canada, from 2000 to 2019. Like other advanced economies, the province has experienced many plant closures over the past several decades. The paper found that the overarching narrative presented by the media was that ‘no one is responsible’ for plant closures and therefore ‘no one can or should act’. Also, it was found that differences in media narratives of closures were primarily due to the political slant of news outlets, not city size or scale of news outlets or whether news outlets were independently owned or part of a media conglomerate. Lastly, the paper found that the dissemination of media coverage on plant closures throughout the province was primarily based on the number of job losses, resulting in media coverage of smaller closures remaining localised, while media coverage of larger closures spreading throughout the province.
Ruminal degradation characteristics of bagasse with different fermentation treatments in the rumen of beef cattle
Authors: Lai Anqiang , Huang Yanru , Luo Haocen , Jin Yadong , Wang Langzhou , Chen Binlong , Deng Kaimei , Huang Wenming , Zhang Yi 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis experiment aimed to study the degradation characteristics of bagasse after three fermentation treatments in beef cattle. Bagasse 1 was treated with 0.3% lactic acid bacteria (w/w). Bagasse 2 was treated with 0.3% mixed strains (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, and lactic acid bacteria at 2:1:1:1). Bagasse 3 was treated with 0.1% cellulase and 0.1% xylanase in addition to 0.3% mixed strains of bagasse 2. The dry matter (DM), crude ash (ASH), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) in the bagasses were determined. Compared to the control bagasse (without the strain and enzyme treatments), three fermented bagasses showed higher DM after 4 h fermentation. The CP and ASH contents in fermented bagasse 3 were the highest, while the contents of NDF and ADF in fermented bagasse 3 were the lowest among all the groups. The effective degradability of DM, CP, NDF, and ADF was highest in fermented bagasse 3 among the evaluated bagasse feed, followed by fermented bagasse 2 > fermented bagasse 1 > bagasse. Overall, fermented bagasse 3 was better than the control and other treated bagasses, thus fermented bagasse 3 is a hopeful source for ruminant diet of beef cattle.