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Exploring the factors and outcomes of collaborative information monitoring: Findings of a cross‐case analysis
Authors: Granikov Vera , Bouthillier France , Pluye Pierre 
Published: March 2024

AbstractCollaborative information monitoring (CIM) involves intentional information monitoring activities pursued by a group and could help researchers keep up to date. This paper reports findings of a cross‐case analysis aimed to explore the perceived factors and outcomes of CIM. Seven cases were included in the study, representing 11 members of patient‐oriented research communities (i.e., researchers, trainees, clinicians, research professionals, managers), who have implemented projects in a dedicated CIM system called eSRAP. Data were collected with semistructured interviews, verified with system logs and CIM project documents. Data were analyzed using a deductive/inductive thematic analysis. Cross‐case analysis revealed four types of cases, those that engaged in CIM with eSRAP, without eSRAP, used eSRAP individually (i.e., did not collaborate), or did not collaborate and did not use eSRAP. Analysis confirmed theory‐based types of factors (personal, group, organizational, environmental, information sources, system, task) and outcomes (performance, behavioral, cognitive, affective, relational) and generated new subtypes. The factor specific to cases that engaged in CIM (with or without eSRAP) was group leadership. Specific outcomes were motivation and discussion. Our findings contribute to conceptualizing CIM and can inform practice by providing actionable recommendations for supporting and sustaining CIM projects.
Optical properties of blue‐light‐emitting Y2O3:Ce nanophosphor for solid‐state lighting application
Authors: Dutta M. , Kalita J.M. , Wary G. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe structural, surface morphological, optical absorption and emission features of Y2O3:Ce (0%–5%) were studied. The samples had a body‐centred cubic crystal structure. The undoped sample had a crystallite size of 29.03 nm, and it varied after doping with Ce. The grain size of the samples varied from 23.00 to 50.78 nm. All the samples exhibited a strong absorption band at 206 nm due to F‐centre absorption and absorption involving the delocalised bands. In addition, the doped samples exhibited a secondary band at ~250 nm due to 4f → 5d transitions of Ce3+ ions. The optical bandgap of the undoped sample was found to be ~5.37 eV, and it decreased to 5.20 eV with an increase in Ce concentration to 5%. The undoped sample under 350‐nm excitation exhibited a broad photoluminescence (PL) emission band with the maxima at 406 nm and a secondary band at 463 nm. In contrast, multiple PL peaks were centred at ~397, 436, 466, 488 and 563 nm in all the doped samples. The average lifetime of the emission band at 406 nm was 1.05 ns and that of the emission band at ~466 nm was 1.63 ns. The material has potential for solid‐state lighting applications.
Revolutionizing green business: The power of academic directors in accelerating eco‐innovation and sustainable transformation in China
Authors: Ullah Farid , Jiang Ping , Elamer Ahmed A. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis study investigates the relationship between academic directors and corporate eco‐innovation in Chinese A‐listed firms in the context of the growing urgency of climate change. Based on the argument that academic directors bring advanced knowledge, skills, experience, and expertise to a corporate board and are more socially responsible and ethical, we hypothesized that academic directors would have a positive influence on corporate eco‐innovation. We also examine how this nexus is moderated by pollutant firms and firms having qualified foreign institutional investors (QFIIs). Our results suggest that academic directors have a positive and significant impact on corporate eco‐innovation. The findings remain robust even after employing alternate proxies for both independent and dependent variables, minimizing reverse causality and endogeneity concerns, and addressing self‐selection bias through the entropy balancing method. Additionally, our study reveals that the positive nexus between academic directors and eco‐innovation is more pronounced in pollutant firms and firms having QFIIs. This study contributes to the literature on corporate governance, eco‐innovation, and emerging markets by providing evidence of the positive influence of academic directors on eco‐innovation, highlighting the importance of their contribution to enhancing corporate governance mechanisms to promote environmentally friendly activities and sustainability practices. Furthermore, our findings offer insight into the role of QFIIs in strengthening the positive association between academic directors and eco‐innovation, suggesting that foreign investors can support and encourage firms to adopt environmentally friendly practices for long‐term benefits.
Business strategies towards climate‐smart agriculture in Europe: A literature review
Authors: Isakhanyan Gohar , Galgo Christopher Jr. , Gemtou Marilena , Pedersen Søren Marcus 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIn response to increasing demands for sustainability, the entire agri‐food sector is in transition towards climate‐smart agriculture (CSA). The academic discourse on CSA has substantially expanded, including a large number of empirical studies, quite often case studies. There is a strong need to take stock of research, both from an academic and from a managerial point of view. This article integrates the dispersed insights in the literature and maps the implications for business strategies. Analysing 142 peer‐reviewed articles published in Scopus and Web of Science databases (2000–2022), we find that business strategies for CSA rely on formal institutions as well as on informal relationships characterised by trust and social interactions. The importance of a multi‐stakeholder network approach stems from the complexity of the CSA, the market failing to monetise environmental and social values and the substantial investments in new CSA technology that farmers cannot undertake independently. A successful interplay among stakeholders, however, requires alignment of value creation, distribution and capture at every individual actor and at the entire stakeholder group level.
New penta‐Coordinated Cadmium(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Thermal, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Cytotoxicity Properties
Authors: Nejadmirfathi M. , Montazerozohori M. , Naghiha R. , Panahi Kokhdan E. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIn this paper, a new tridentate Schiff base ligand (L) with nitrogen donor atoms and its cadmium(II) complexes with the general formula of CdLX2 (X=Cl−, Br−, I−, SCN−, N3−, NO3−) have been synthesized and characterized by physical and spectral (FT/IR, UV‐Vis, Mass, and 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopies) methods. Also nano‐structured cadmium chloride and bromide complexes were synthesized by sonochemical method and then used to prepare nanostructured cadmium oxide confirmed by XRD and SEM techniques. Thermal behavior of the compounds was studied in the temperature range of 25 to 900 °C under N2 atmosphere at a heating rate of 20 °C/ min. Moreover, thermo‐kinetic activation parameters of thermal decomposition steps were calculated according to the Coats‐Redfern relationship. Antimicrobial activities of the synthesized compounds against two gram‐positive and two gram‐negative bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and two fungi of Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger were investigated by well diffusion method. SEM technique was used to monitor the morphological changes of the bacteria treated with the compounds. The 2,2‐Diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) and the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) methods were used to evaluate the antioxidant ability of the ligand and its cadmium(II) complexes. In final, the cytotoxicity properties of the ligand and some cadmium(II) complexes against PC3 cancer cells were evaluated by MTT (3‐(4,5‐dimethylthiazol‐2‐yl)‐2,5‐diphenyl‐2H‐tetrazolium bromide) bioassay and nitric oxide (NO) level measurement. The morphological changes of prostate cancer (PC3) cells due to treatment with the ligand and its complexes confirmed their anticancer effectiveness.
Undescribed Lignanamide and Flavone C‐Glucoside Isolated from the Aerial Parts of Piper Samentosum with NO Production Inhibitory Activity in LPS Activated RAW 264.7 Cells
Authors: Huyen Le Thi , Thao Luu Thu , Hang Nga Nhu Thi , Ly Quach Thi Khanh , Son Nguyen Thi , Tai Bui Huu , Thinh Ngo Sy , Kiem Phan Van 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIn this study, two undescribed compounds (1 and 2), together with eight known compounds (3–10) were isolated from the aerial parts of Piper samentosum by various chromatography methods. Their chemical structures were determined to be 7′′′‐oxolyciumamide N (1), vitexin 2′′‐O‐β‐D‐(6′′′‐feruloyl)‐glucopyranoside (2), 1,2‐dihydro‐6,8‐dimethoxy‐7‐hydroxy‐1‐(3,4‐dihydroxyphenyl)‐N1,N2‐bis‐[2‐(−hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]‐2,3‐napthalene dicarboamide (3), vitexin 6′′‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside (4), vitexin 2′′‐O‐α‐L‐rhamnopyranoside (5), methyl 2‐hydroxybenzoate‐2‐O‐β‐D‐apiofuranosyl‐(1→2)‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside (6), ficuside G (7), methyl 2‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranosylbenzoate (8), methyl 2,5‐dihydroxybenzoate‐5‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside (9), and 3,7‐dimethyloct‐1‐ene‐3,6,7‐triol 6‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside (10) by spectroscopic data analysis including HR‐ESI‐MS, 1D‐, and 2D‐NMR spectra. Compounds 1–5 inhibited nitric oxide production in LPS‐stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages with the IC50 values of 27.62, 74.03, 38.54, 70.39, and 44.95 μM, respectively. The NMR data of 9 were firstly reported herein.
Drug coated balloons in large de novo vessels; fantasy or a reality?
Authors: Basavarajaiah Sandeep 
Published: March 2024

Key points
This study by Cortese et al. has shown low rates of clinical outcomes especially target lesion revascularization (9%) in patients treated with Sirolimus coated balloon in large vessels.
This is a nonrandomized single‐arm registry and hence significant impact on clinical practice is unlikely to be huge.
Head‐to‐head randomized control trials comparing clinical outcomes between drug coated balloon versus drug eluting stents in large vessels is the way forward. Such studies are in the enrollment phase, and we eagerly look forward to the results from these studies.
Salmonella hvittingfoss, a rare case of postoperative endometritis: A case report and review of the literature
Authors: Baïli Sarah , Vereeck Sascha , Jacquemyn Yves 
Published: March 2024

Key clinical messageMicrobiological diagnosis of endometritis and appropriate antibiotic treatment based on the antibiogram is essential. We should remain critical about the potential etiologic pathogens, especially when traveling abroad and during pregnancy. Therefore, it is essential to obtain cultures prior to the administration of antibiotics.AbstractWe present a case of postoperative endometritis in a patient with incomplete miscarriage, who underwent dilatation and curettage. Blood, cervical and stool cultures revealed the presence of Salmonella hvittingfoss. Gynecological postoperative infections with Salmonella spp. are rare according to the current literature.
CHARGE syndrome with early fetal ear abnormalities: A case report
Authors: Liang Yu , He Sijie , Yang Liuqiao , Li Tao , Zhao Lijian , Sun Cong‐xin 
Published: March 2024

Key Clinical MessageCHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by several distinct features. The presence of fetal ear abnormalities could be the early indicator of CHARGE syndrome. Subsequent prenatal diagnosis is essential to confirm the disorder. This is significant because the patient may receive genetic counseling and appropriate disposal based on the accurate diagnosis.AbstractCHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with multiple specific clinical features. The prenatal diagnosis is crucial but rarely achieved. We report a fetus with fetal external ear abnormality detected by ultrasound at 22nd week of gestation. Postnatal examination revealed an external ear abnormality, a mild atrial septal defect, and other clinical signs of CHARGE syndrome. A de novo pathogenic nonsense mutation in the CHD7 gene (c.406C > T, p.Q136X in exon 2) was identified to cause the disorder. Our study demonstrated that prenatal diagnosis and genetic testing were recommended to obtain a solid diagnosis of CHARGE syndrome when fetal external ear abnormality was detected by ultrasound examination.
Electrochemical Multicomponent Cascade Radical Process Enabling Synthesis of Iodomethyl Spiropyrrolidinyl‐Oxindoles
Authors: He Jingrui , Mei Haibo , Escorihuela Jorge , Han Jianlin 
Published: March 2024

Comprehensive SummaryA novel electrochemical multicomponent cascade reaction of indole‐tethered alkenes with CF3SO2Na and n‐Bu4NI has been developed, which enables the rapid assembly of spiropyrrolidinyl‐oxindoles in good yields. The experimental results and DFT calculations suggest that this reaction proceeds through the oxidation of CF3SO2Na, radical coupling with alkene, spirocyclization, oxidation of sulfinate, iodide substitution, and water coupling. This strategy features mild reaction conditions, easy‐to‐handle reactants, and good chemical yields. This finding not only enriches the research contents of indole‐tethered alkenes but also provides a green strategy for the construction of spiropyrrolidinyl‐oxindoles compared with the existing methodologies.
Cross‐network service recommendation in smart cities
Authors: Mezni Haithem , Sellami Mokhtar , Al‐Rasheed Amal , Elmannai Hela 
Published: March 2024

SummaryNowadays, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other revolutionary technologies (e.g., edge and fog computing) have become the pillar of smart cities. These latter make users' lives easier, thanks to a wide variety of smart services offered in different dimensions (e.g., smart living, smart mobility, smart economy, smart governance). However, the rapid adoption of smart services by users and the full servicelization of several cities around the world is faced with two major issues: the lack of knowledge regarding smart services' capacities (e.g., features, contextual requirements, pricing models, privacy policies, provisioning terms, etc.), and the lack of unified rating and quantification of smart services' QoS behavior. Indeed, interested users often exploit traditional search tools (e.g., Web search engines, social networks) to find and rate the needed services. This behavior has scattered the smart services' usage data (e.g., users contexts, ratings) across multiple providers platforms, which makes the search task beyond the capacity of users and, even, other service providers. Although recommender systems are a natural solution to exempt users from exploring the huge space of the offered smart services, current recommendation approaches for smart city environments are unable to deliver correct recommendations. In fact, they have been initially designed to single‐network settings (a single service repository), while smart services' consumers often are involved in multiple provider platforms. To the best of our knowledge, there exists no approach that treated smart service recommendation across multiple information networks. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to propose a cross‐network recommender system for smart cities. We first model the multiplex network of smart services' providers as a multirelational fuzzy lattice family thanks to fuzzy relational concept analysis (fuzzy RCA), which is a powerful mathematical method for data analysis and clustering. We also use the concept of anchor users to connect providers networks via the users involved in more than one provider platform. Guided by anchors' cross‐network relations, we compute the similarity between users and we define algorithms for exploring the smart services' information network, i.e. lattice family. Extensive experiments have proved the effectiveness of cross‐network recommendation and the quality of produced recommendations, compared to state‐of‐the‐art single‐network recommendation.
An autonomous blockchain‐based computational broker for e‐science
Authors: Alimoğlu Alper , Özturan Can 
Published: March 2024

AbstractBlockchain infrastructures have emerged as a disruptive technology and have led to the realization of cryptocurrencies (peer‐to‐peer payment systems) and smart contracts. They can have a wide range of application areas in e‐Science due to their open, public nature and global accessability in a trustless manner. We propose and implement a smart contract called eBlocBroker, which is an autonomous blockchain‐based middleware system for volunteer computing and providing data resources for e‐Science. The eBlocBroker infrastructure connects requesters who need to combine applications (jobs) with datasets and run them via an Ethereum‐based private blockchain network (Bloxberg) on providers that utilize computational and data resources on clouds or home servers. It uses cloud storage, such as B2DROP, IPFS, or Google Drive, to store and transfer data between requesters and providers. Each provider utilizes the Slurm workload manager to execute jobs submitted through eBlocBroker. In this paper, we demonstrate how an autonomous organization programmed as a smart contract can be used to deploy a marketplace that supports data and computation‐intensive research projects. We propose a cost model implemented as a function in the smart contract which calculates and records computation and dataset usage costs. We develop a Python‐based system to communicate with eBlocBroker and orchestrate jobs' execution on the provider's end. We present eBlocBroker's features, infrastructure, implementation, algorithms and experimental results.
Particle Size of Calcium Hydroxide Prepared by Wet Digestion: Influencing Factors and Mechanism
Authors: Wang Xin , Wei Ming , Liu Kun , Cui Kuixin , Yang Yahui , Tian Zhongliang 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe wet dissolution process of lime is an effective approach for synthesizing calcium hydroxide. Process parameters and additives exert influence on the product particle. Among the process parameters, lime particle size, reaction temperature, and time have a significant impact on product particle size, followed by liquid‐solid ratio and stirring speed. The experiment proved that reaction time affects product particle size by affecting the crystal growth, while other process parameters affect the particle size by affecting the ion diffusion behavior. In terms of inorganic additives, Ca(OH)2 has minimal effect on product particle size; however, NaOH and CaCl2 can significantly enhance it with a greater dose leading to a larger increase. The experiment proved that Ca(OH)2, NaOH, and CaCl2 influence particle size through their impact on ion diffusion behavior. Regarding organic additives, soluble starch exhibits the greatest effect on product size followed by triethanolamine and polyvinylpyrrolidone K30. The experiment proved that soluble starch, triethanolamine, and polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 affect product particle size by influencing its crystallization position. Finally, an ultrafine slurry of calcium hydroxide was prepared using the lime wet digestion method based on the aforementioned research, with particle size distribution characterized by D10, D50, and D90 values of 0.303, 1.750, and 4.534 µm respectively.
Digital technology innovation and corporate environmental, social, and governance performance: Evidence from a sample of listed firms in China
Authors: Feng Yuan , Nie Changfei 
Published: March 2024

AbstractCorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance is gaining significance in global sustainable development. Corporations can improve ESG performance through digital technology innovation (DTI). However, few studies systematically examined the relationship between DTI and ESG performance. This study uses digital technology patent application data as a proxy for DTI to provide empirical evidence. Analysis of Chinese A‐share firms from 2009 to 2021 shows that DTI significantly improves ESG performance, particularly for small‐sized and non‐state‐owned firms. Mediation analysis indicates that DTI promotes ESG performance by increasing internal control quality and human capital. Institutional environment and government digital attention optimization enhances DTI's promotion effect on ESG performance. Firms with advanced digital transformation can better improve ESG performance through DTI. The findings expand the theoretical understanding of DTI's role in corporate sustainability and provide practical insights into how managers can leverage DTI opportunities to strengthen ESG performance.
Dual‐Tuning Azole‐Based Ionic Liquids for Reversible CO2 Capture from Ambient Air
Authors: Wang Kaili , Zhang Zhaowei , Wang Shenyao , Jiang Lili , Li Haoran , Wang Congmin 
Published: March 2024

AbstractA strategy of tuning azole‐based ionic liquids for reversible CO2 capture from ambient air was reported. Through tuning the basicity of anion as well as the type of cation, an ideal azole‐based ionic liquid with both high CO2 capacity and excellent stability was synthesized, which exhibited a highest single‐component isotherm uptake of 2.17 mmol/g at the atmospheric CO2 concentration of 0.4 mbar at 30 °C, even in the presence of water. The bound CO2 can be released by relatively mild heating of the IL‐CO2 at 80 °C, which makes it promising for energy‐efficient CO2 desorption and sorbent regeneration, leading to excellent reversibility. To the best of our knowledge, these azole‐based ionic liquids are superior to other adsorbent materials for direct air capture due to their dual‐tunable properties and high CO2 capture efficiency, offering a new prospect for efficient and reversible direct air capture technologies.
Enabling collaborative lesson research
Authors: Bamber Sally , Blears‐Chalmers Sarah , Egan‐Simon Daryn , Packer Christine , Guest Sarah , Hall Joanna 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIn this paper, we interrogate and justify the design of a local project that used collaborative design research in a secondary school in England. As authors, we represent teachers and teacher educators engaged in design research, whereby we acknowledge the difficulties implicit to university and school collaborations within a performative culture. Our analysis recognises the struggle for research‐informed professional judgement in the decision‐making and actions of educators that are situated in schools. A professional learning project is analysed to position teachers and teacher educators as practitioner researchers. In this respect, Stenhouse's work provides an analytical framework that is both a lens through which to interpret the nature of collaborations, as well as a methodology that allows us to understand the way in which we navigate the gap between educators' aspirations and the curriculum design and teaching within the project. The collaborative design research project was stimulated by an aspiration to make trigonometry accessible to low prior attaining pupils in a secondary mathematics classroom. This provides a stimulus for understanding the conditions that enable collaborative lesson inquiry and to question whether it can provoke raised aspirations for young people in inclusive classrooms. This allows us to understand the work of teachers as researchers and research users in an increasingly messy teacher education context. We interrogate the potentially problematic connection between research and practice within collaborative inquiry, as we understand how we enable research that is “held accountable for its relevance to practice” because “that relevance can only be validated by practitioners” (Stenhouse, 1988, p. 49).