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Agent expectations and news sentiment in the dynamics of price in a financial market
Authors: Silver Steven D. 
Published: April 2024

PurposeAlthough the effects of both news sentiment and expectations on price in financial markets have now been extensively demonstrated, the jointness that these predictors can have in their effects on price has not been well-defined. Investigating causal ordering in their effects on price can further our understanding of both direct and indirect effects in their relationship to market price.Design/methodology/approachWe use autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) methodology to examine the relationship between agent expectations and news sentiment in predicting price in a financial market. The ARDL estimation is supplemented by Grainger causality testing.FindingsIn the ARDL models we implement, measures of expectations and news sentiment and their lags were confirmed to be significantly related to market price in separate estimates. Our results further indicate that in models of relationships between these predictors, news sentiment is a significant predictor of agent expectations, but agent expectations are not significant predictors of news sentiment. Granger-causality estimates confirmed the causal inferences from ARDL results.Research limitations/implicationsTaken together, the results extend our understanding of the dynamics of expectations and sentiment as exogenous information sources that relate to price in financial markets. They suggest that the extensively cited predictor of news sentiment can have both a direct effect on market price and an indirect effect on price through agent expectations.Practical implicationsEven traditional financial management firms now commonly track behavioral measures of expectations and market sentiment. More complete understanding of the relationship between these predictors of market price can further their representation in predictive models.Originality/valueThis article extends the frequently reported bivariate relationship of expectations and sentiment to market price to examine jointness in the relationship between these variables in predicting price. Inference from ARDL estimates is supported by Grainger-causality estimates.
How appreciation preferences compare across employees who speak different languages
Authors: White Paul 
Published: April 2024

Purpose
Research has demonstrated that employees desire to be shown appreciation in various ways. The five languages of appreciation provide a model for exploring these differences. This study aims to explore whether individuals who speak different languages (and are from various cultures) differ in how they prefer to be shown appreciation.

Design/methodology/approach
The Motivating By Appreciation Inventory (MBAI) is an online tool that assesses each person’s preferences in how they desire to be shown appreciation at work. Initially developed in English, the MBAI has been translated into seven additional languages. Over 2,200 employees took the MBAI in their preferred spoken language: Mandarin (Chinese), Danish, French (Canadian), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American), Thai and Turkish. The frequency of each group’s preferred appreciation languages was analyzed to determine similarities and differences across the languages spoken.

Findings
Given the non-normal distribution of the data, the Kruskal–Wallis test found that there was a significant difference in preferences for participants’ primary appreciation language across the seven groups of various spoken languages. One key theme was that words of affirmation were most frequently chosen by five of the seven language groups, whereas employees from Thailand and Turkey chose acts of service most frequently. Additionally, tangible gifts were the least frequently chosen appreciation language by all groups, and at rates below their US counterparts. In three of the languages, quality time was preferred significantly less compared with the other languages.

Research limitations/implications
Some of the groups’ findings (Portuguese, Thai) may be impacted by a confounding variable of the type of work setting (manufacturing) in which the employees worked – in comparison to office-based work settings.

Practical implications
One theme was, in comparison to other ways of receiving appreciation, tangible gifts are not highly valued by most employees across all language groups. Therefore, organizations using gifts as the primary way to communicate appreciation to employees may be wasting a lot of money. Similar to English-speaking employees, five of the seven language groups chose words as their preferred appreciation language. A wide range exists, however, across language groups with regards to the proportion who desire words, quality time or acts of service. Multicultural organizations should pay attention to employee preferences, lest they waste time and energy on undesired actions.

Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study that has examined the preferences of how employees like to be shown appreciation across seven different language groups.
The behavioural changes managers need to make to boost staff confidence – and how HR can help
Authors: Ashley-Timms Dominic 
Published: April 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to explore how HR leaders can help their managers ditch the traditional command-and-control leadership style and instead adopt an enquiry-led management approach – Operational Coaching®. This approach helps managers to develop coaching-related behaviours in their day-to-day interactions with teams, to cultivate a culture that is more collaborative, inclusive and innovative with measurable improvements in engagement, productivity and performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Responding to the UK’s woeful productivity and employee engagement levels, the Government sponsored a large-scale academic research study (designed, conducted and independently evaluated by the London School of Economics, LSE) to assess the impact of managers learning to use an Operational Coaching® style of management. Managers in 62 organisations across 14 sectors worked through a learning programme designed to build managers’ confidence in using intentional enquiry as a part of their everyday management style.

Findings
LSE proved, statistically significantly, that managers increased the amount of time they spent coaching their team members by an average of 70% and generated a 74 times return on investment. LSE also noted that intervention group organisations indicated a positive sixfold improvement in employee retention than in control group organisations.

Originality/value
When managers learn to use an Operational Coaching® style of management in their day-to-day work with others, it allows them to learn how to challenge, support and grow the capabilities of their team members in ways that measurably benefit the individual and the organisation. Colleagues are more engaged, recognised and rewarded. As their competency and confidence grows, managers are released from aspects of their to-do lists and are able to invest even more attention towards coaching their team members.
Centering community and collaboration in a multi-year literacy professional development initiative between a university and school district
Authors: Rogers Rebecca , Elias Martille , Smith LaTisha , Scheetz Melinda 
Published: April 2024

PurposeThis paper shares findings from a multi-year literacy professional development partnership between a school district and university (2014–2019). We share this case of a Literacy Cohort initiative as an example of cross-institutional professional development situated within several of NAPDS’ nine essentials, including professional learning and leading, boundary-spanning roles and reflection and innovation (NAPDS, 2021).Design/methodology/approachWe asked, “In what ways did the Cohort initiative create conditions for community and collaboration in the service of meaningful literacy reforms?” Drawing on social design methodology (Gutiérrez & Vossoughi, 2010), we sought to generate and examine the educational change associated with this multi-year initiative. Our data set included programmatic data, interviews (N = 30) and artifacts of literacy teaching, learning and leading.FindingsOur findings reflect the emphasis areas that are important to educators in the partnership: diversity by design, building relationships through collaboration and rooting literacy reforms in teacher leadership. Our discussion explores threads of reciprocity, simultaneous renewal and boundary-spanning leadership and their role in sustaining partnerships over time.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to our understanding of building and sustaining a cohort model of multi-year professional development through the voices, perspectives and experiences of teachers, faculty and district administrators.
Social networking platform and tourism destination evangelism: government regulatory responses
Authors: Mohammed Iddrisu , Preko Alexander , Agbanu Samuel Kwami , Zilevu Timothy K. , Wuttor Akorfa 
Published: April 2024

Purpose
This conceptual paper aims to explore government regulatory responses of social networking platforms (SNP) and tourism destination evangelism. This research draws on a two-phase data source review of government legislations that guarantee social media users and empirical papers related to social media platforms. The results revealed that Ghana has adopted specific legislations that manage and control SNP. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first of its kind that synthesized government legislation and empirical papers on social networking platforms in evangelising destinations which have been missing in extant literature.
Modelling individual variability in habitat selection and movement using integrated step‐selection analysis
Authors: Chatterjee Nilanjan , Wolfson David , Kim Dongmin , Velez Juliana , Freeman Smith , Bacheler Nathan M. , Shertzer Kyle , Taylor J. Christopher , Fieberg John 
Published: April 2024

Abstract

Integrated step‐selection analysis (ISSA) is frequently used to study habitat selection using animal movement data. Methods for incorporating random effects in ISSA have been developed, making it possible to quantify variability among animals in their space‐use patterns. Although it is possible to model variability in both habitat selection and movement parameters, applications to date have focused on the former despite the widely acknowledged and important role that movement plays in determining ecological processes from the individual to ecosystem level. One potential explanation for this omission is the absence of readily available software or examples demonstrating methods for estimating movement parameters in ISSA with random effects.

We demonstrated methods for characterizing among‐individual variability in both movement and habitat‐selection parameters using a simulated data set and by fitting two models to an acoustic telemetry data set containing locations of 35 red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). Movement kernels were assumed to depend on either the type of benthic reef habitat in which the fish was located (model 1) or the distance between the fish's current location and the nearest edge habitat (model 2). In both models, we also quantified habitat selection for different benthic habitat classes and distance to edge habitat, and we allowed for individual variability in movement and habitat‐selection parameters using random effects.

The simulation example highlights the benefits of a mixed‐effects specification, namely, we can increase precision when estimating individual‐specific movement parameters by borrowing information across like individuals. In our applied example, we found substantial among‐individual variability in both habitat selection and movement parameters. Nonetheless, most red snapper selected for hardbottom habitat and for locations nearer to edge habitat. They also moved less when in hardbottom habitat. Turn angles were frequently near ± π but were more dispersed when fish were far away from edge habitat.

We provide code templates and functions for quantifying variability in movement and habitat‐selection parameters when implementing ISSA with random effects. In doing so, we hope to encourage ecologists conducting ISSA to take full advantage of their ability to model among‐individual variability in both habitat‐selection and movement patterns.
IgG1 glycosylation highlights premature aging in Down syndrome
Authors: Streng Bianca M. M. , Van Coillie Julie , Wildenbeest Joanne G. , Binnendijk Rob S. , Smits Gaby , den Hartog Gerco , Wang Wenjun , Nouta Jan , Linty Federica , Visser Remco , Wuhrer Manfred , Vidarsson Gestur , Bont Louis J. ,   the PRIDE study group
Published: April 2024

AbstractDown syndrome (DS) is characterized by lowered immune competence and premature aging. We previously showed decreased antibody response following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in adults with DS. IgG1 Fc glycosylation patterns are known to affect the effector function of IgG and are associated with aging. Here, we compare total and anti‐spike (S) IgG1 glycosylation patterns following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in DS and healthy controls (HC). Total and anti‐Spike IgG1 Fc N‐glycan glycoprofiles were measured in non‐exposed adults with DS and controls before and after SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) of Fc glycopeptides. We recruited N = 44 patients and N = 40 controls. We confirmed IgG glycosylation patterns associated with aging in HC and showed premature aging in DS. In DS, we found decreased galactosylation (50.2% vs. 59.0%) and sialylation (6.7% vs. 8.5%) as well as increased fucosylation (97.0% vs. 94.6%) of total IgG. Both cohorts showed similar bisecting GlcNAc of total and anti‐S IgG1 with age. In contrast, anti‐S IgG1 of DS and HC showed highly comparable glycosylation profiles 28 days post vaccination. The IgG1 glycoprofile in DS exhibits strong premature aging. The combination of an early decrease in IgG1 Fc galactosylation and sialylation and increase in fucosylation is predicted to reduce complement activity and decrease FcγRIII binding and subsequent activation, respectively. The altered glycosylation patterns, combined with decreased antibody concentrations, help us understand the susceptibility to severe infections in DS. The effect of premature aging highlights the need for individuals with DS to receive tailored vaccines and/or vaccination schedules.
Diurnal expression of Dgat2 induced by time‐restricted feeding maintains cardiac health in the Drosophila model of circadian disruption
Authors: Guo Yiming , Abou Daya Farah , Le Hiep Dinh , Panda Satchidananda , Melkani Girish C. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractCircadian disruption is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic disorders and cardiac diseases. Time‐restricted feeding/eating (TRF/TRE), restricting food intake within a consistent window of the day, has shown improvements in heart function from flies and mice to humans. However, whether and how TRF still conveys cardiac benefits in the context of circadian disruption remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that TRF sustains cardiac performance, myofibrillar organization, and regulates cardiac lipid accumulation in Drosophila when the circadian rhythm is disrupted by constant light. TRF induces oscillations in the expression of genes associated with triglyceride metabolism. In particular, TRF induces diurnal expression of diacylglycerol O‐acyltransferase 2 (Dgat2), peaking during the feeding period. Heart‐specific manipulation of Dgat2 modulates cardiac function and lipid droplet accumulation. Strikingly, heart‐specific overexpression of human Dgat2 at ZT 0–10 significantly improves cardiac performance in flies exposed to constant light. We have demonstrated that TRF effectively attenuates cardiac decline induced by circadian disruption. Moreover, our data suggests that diurnal expression of Dgat2 induced by TRF is beneficial for heart health under circadian disruption. Overall, our findings have underscored the relevance of TRF in preserving heart health under circadian disruptions and provided potential targets, such as Dgat2, and strategies for therapeutic interventions in mitigating cardiac aging, metabolic disorders, and cardiac diseases in humans.
Substance use patterns, quantities, and associated risk factors in women with polysubstance misuse
Authors: Fogelman Nia , Tate Marshall , Wemm Stephanie , Sullivan Liam , Hart Rachel , Vacey Erin , Fox Helen C. , Sinha Rajita 
Published: April 2024

AbstractPolysubstance use (PSU), the use of two or more substances proximally, is highly prevalent and has amplified the risk for morbidity and mortality. However, PSU patterns and associated risk factors are not well characterized. This may be especially relevant to women who are known to be vulnerable to stress/trauma, craving, pain, and anxious and depressive symptoms as associated risk factors for PSU. A cross‐sectional observational study was conducted to characterize substance use patterns in women who regularly used cocaine, opioids, marijuana, alcohol, benzodiazepines and/or nicotine and were being assessed for a placebo‐controlled study of guanfacine treatment (n = 94; ages 19–65). Data on stress/traumatic life events, drug cravings for each substance, pain ratings, and anxiety and depressive symptoms were also obtained using standardized well‐validated surveys. High use per day of two or more drugs was observed (72.7% ± 33.3%) and opioid amounts were high relative to other drug amounts (p's < 0.001). Notably, higher stress/trauma events and higher cravings are each associated with cumulative PSU days, amounts and probability of an individual PSU day (p's < 0.02). This remained when PSU versus single substance use was compared. Pain, anxiety and depressive symptoms were not associated with PSU metrics. These findings characterize specific patterns of PSU in women and show that average drug craving and stress/trauma events are associated with PSU. Interventions that focus on stress/trauma and craving management could be of benefit in reducing PSU risk in women.
Genome‐wide association study identified five quantitative trait loci and two candidate genes for digestive traits in Suhuai pigs
Authors: Li Kaijun , Hou Liming , Du Taoran , Pu Guang , Liu Chenxi , Liu Gensheng , Zhou Juan , Huang Ruihua , Zhao Qingbo , Li Pinghua 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis work aimed to identify markers and candidate genes underlying porcine digestive traits. In total, 331 pigs were genotyped by 80 K Chip data or 50 K Chip data. For apparent neutral detergent fiber digestibility, a total of 19 and 21 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were respectively identified using a genome‐wide efficient mixed‐model association algorithm and linkage‐disequilibrium adjusted kinship. Among them, three quantitative trait locus (QTL) regions were identified. For apparent acid detergent fiber digestibility, a total of 16 and 17 SNPs were identified by these two methods, respectively. Of these, three QTL regions were also identified. Moreover, two candidate genes (MST1 and LATS1), which are functionally related to intestinal homeostasis and health, were detected near these significant SNPs. Taken together, our results could provide a basis for deeper research on digestive traits in pigs.
Successful treatment of dyshidrotic palmoplantar eczema with tralokinumab
Authors: Parmar Nisha V. , Hammadi Anwar Al 
Published: April 2024

AbstractDyshidrotic palmoplantar eczema or pompholyx is considered to be a part of the spectrum of atopic dermatitis with a significant impact on the quality of life and limited treatment options. Tralokinumab is a new fully human monoclonal antibody which neutralizes interleukin 13, a chief cytokine in itch pathogenesis and skin barrier defects. Tralokinumab is FDA‐approved for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in adults and EMA‐approved for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in adults and adolescents. We, hereby, report a 40‐year‐old female with severe dyshidrotic palmoplantar eczema who was successfully treated with tralokinumab. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the efficacious use of tralokinumab in dyshidrotic eczema.
How to deter earnings manipulation in Chinese banks? A study from the combined effects of corporate governance, enterprise resources, and supervisory mechanisms
Authors: Wang Shuangjin , Dang Lili , Downs John , Foley Maggie 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThe study proposes methods for deterring earnings manipulation in Chinese commercial banks, recognizing it as an ongoing problem with the potential to destabilize investors and financial markets. The increasing integration of the global financial system has heightened the importance of addressing this issue, given the systemic risk posed by large individual financial institutions. Utilizing the Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis method (fsQCA) on 139 Chinese commercial banks in 2021, the paper explores factors influencing banks' earnings manipulation behavior. The study reveals several key findings: (1) Factors associated with reducing the likelihood of earnings manipulation in commercial banks are diverse and multifaceted. (2) Multiple paths exist to achieve earnings manipulation, categorized into Resource‐guided, Corporate Governance, Resource and Supervisory Mechanism, Supervisory Mechanism, and Corporate Governance as the main mechanism. Among these, the Supervisory Mechanism exhibits the highest consistency. (3) Hiring “Big Four” accounting firms as auditors emerges as a significant deterrent against earnings manipulation in commercial banks. (4) Banks with powerful major shareholders affiliated with the government or ample resources are effective in deterring earnings manipulation. These two factors are complementary, while a bank's growth prospects and industrial competition serve as substitute factors.
Public preferences for pharmacogenetic testing in the NHS: Embedding a discrete choice experiment within service design to better meet user needs
Authors: McDermott John H. , Sharma Videha , Newman William G. , Wilson Paul , Payne Katherine , Wright Stuart 
Published: April 2024

AimsGenetic testing can be used to improve the safety and effectiveness of commonly prescribed medicines—a concept known as pharmacogenetics. This study aimed to quantify members of the UK public's preferences for a pharmacogenetic service to be delivered in primary care in the National Health Service.MethodsMembers of the UK population were surveyed via an online panel company. Respondents completed 1 of 2 survey versions, asking respondents to select their preferred pharmacogenetic testing service in the context of a presentation of low mood or pain. A conditional logit model was estimated, before the best functional form for the dataset was identified. Preference heterogeneity was identified via latent class analysis. Coefficients from the final selected models were used to estimate uptake in the context of different hypothetical pharmacogenetic services.ResultsResponses from 1993 individuals were included in the analysis. There were no differences observed in preference between the 2 clinical scenarios. Conditional logit analysis, using maximum likelihood estimation, indicated that respondents preferred to have noninvasive tests and wanted their data to be shared between different healthcare organizations to guide future prescribing. There was a preference for regional over national data sharing initiatives, and respondents preferred to have access to their data. Predicted uptake varied considerably, ranging from 51% to >99%, depending on design of the service.ConclusionThis study identifies public preferences for a pharmacogenetic testing service and demonstrates how predicted uptake can be impacted by relatively minor adaptations. This highlights areas for prioritization during development of future pharmacogenetic services.