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Are Basel-III norms good for Indian banks? Examining performance, efficiency and resilience variance in private-sector and public-sector banks
Authors: Jaiwani Megha , Gopalkrishnan Santosh 
Published: October 2023

PurposeThe study examines whether the Basel-III regulations impact the financial performance, operational efficiency and resilience of Indian banks. Further, the study tests whether there is a variance in the impact between private- and public-sector banks.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses panel data regression on data from 16 private- and 12 public-sector banks from the years 2016–2022. Random-effect estimation is used, and robust standard errors are calculated.FindingsThe main findings indicate that the Basel-III regulations related to capital and leverage boost public-sector banks' financial performance and resilience. However, a similar impact is not detected in the case of private-sector banks.Practical implicationsThe findings signify that the Basel-III framework does not address the differences between public and private-sector banks. Therefore, the policy implications are of practical importance and indicate that Basel-III regulations should not be considered a one-size-fits-all type of bank. Instead, policymakers should consider the structural differences between private and public-sector banks concerning Basel-III regulations.Originality/valueThe study addresses a significant limitation of the Basel-III regulations, which, in their current state, somehow fail to account for the differences between the public- and private-sector banks.
Who still shops at omnichannel fashion department stores? An analysis of generational cohorts and intent to purchase
Authors: Meredith Robertson Cydni , Kopot Caroline 
Published: October 2023

PurposeWhile today's customer steadily adapts to various modes of shopping, their beliefs around fluency through each shopping channel, and personal factors such as income level, can impact their intention to patronage or purchase from omnichannel department stores. Hence, this study analysed the customers of omnichannel fashion department stores, using perceived fluency and income as indirect factors that help understand customers' patronage intention and purchase intention.Design/methodology/approachThe overarching framework for this research is the theory of reasoned action, in which patronage and purchase intentions represent the specific likelihood-of-performance behaviours. A Seemingly Unrelated Regression model was empirically used to analyse the relationships between generational cohorts, income, and perceived channel fluency and the behaviours that lead to patronage intention and purchase intention. Researchers conducted a survey among 552 omnichannel fashion department store consumers to examine today's retail environment.FindingsThe results of this study suggest that (1) consumers between the ages of 50 and 69 years, including older Generation X and younger Baby Boomers, who earn between $60,000 and $79,999 in annual salary show a significantly positive relationship with both patronage and purchase intentions through perceived fluency and (2) consumers between the ages of 38 and 49 years, including older Millennials and younger Generation X, who earn between $80,000 and $99,999 in annual salary show a significantly positive relationship with purchase intention through perceived fluencyOriginality/valueThis study analyses correlations between a generational cohort, perceived fluency as moderated by income and the relationship between these variables and customers' patronage and purchase intentions, which has not been studied before.
Citizens’ trust and digital attitudes: evidence from city digital transformation in Shanghai, China
Authors: Zhang Yang 
Published: October 2023

PurposeBased on the theory of trust and cost-benefit perspective, this paper examines the relationship between citizens’ trust and their digital attitudes by considering the mediating effects of performance expectancy and perceived risk, as well as the moderating effect of media use.Design/methodology/approachThe city digital transformation in Shanghai is chosen as the case in this study. 466 questionnaires were collected through a survey, with Structural Equation Modeling to test the hypotheses in AMOS.FindingsCitizens’ trust of government and trust of technology has no significant direct effect on their digital attitudes. However, performance expectancy mediates between the trust of government and digital attitudes, and perceived risk mediates the effect of trust of technology on attitudes. The use of social media significantly moderates the association between trust of technology and citizens’ attitudes.Originality/valueExploring why citizens shape supportive attitudes toward digitalization is critical to achieving digital governance goals in developing countries, especially large cities where digital transformation is accelerating. The originality lies in using cost-benefit analysis as a perspective and media use as a moderator to examine the mechanisms of citizens’ trust and digital attitudes.
Risk takers: PDS partners developing and sustaining antifragile teachers
Authors: Jones Lianne , Rogers Rachelle , Rogers Doug , McClinton Austin , Painter Lisa 
Published: October 2023

PurposeThe ever-changing educational landscape, exacerbated by recent events surrounding COVID, political and cultural unrest, necessitates educators who are antifragile, able to withstand pressures and thrive amidst uncertainty. To this end, the pilot study reported here aims to examine mathematics educators’ initial reflections on what it means to be a risk-taker in the classroom, what prevents them from engaging in instructional risks and what would support their instructional risk-taking.Design/methodology/approachThe pilot study utilized interviews with participants, including four pre-service teachers who were enrolled at the university and seven in-service teachers who were employed on active PDS campuses within the school district.FindingsPreliminary findings suggest teacher beliefs concerning risk-taking, the barriers to engaging in such behaviors and the support needed to be able to take instructional risks. Results highlight the role of school–university partnerships in cultivating a culture of risk-taking through active collaboration and dialogue.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings have important implications for universities and PDS partners engaged in preparing teachers for an educational field that is unpredictable and continually changing. Additional research should be completed in varying PDS settings.Practical implicationsFindings highlight the role of school–university partnerships in cultivating a culture of risk-taking through active collaboration and dialogue.Originality/valueEducators are currently faced with an unprecedented instructional landscape. Antifragile, risk-taking teachers are needed who are adaptable and innovative, thus better equipped to enter the challenging and uncertain realities of education.
Duration of the active first stage of labour and severe perineal lacerations and maternal postpartum complications: a population‐based cohort study
Authors: Kogner Lisa , Lundborg Louise , Liu Xingrong , Ladfors Linnea V. , Ahlberg Mia , Stephansson Olof , Sandström Anna 
Published: October 2023

AbstractObjectiveThe impact of first stage labour duration on maternal outcomes is sparsely investigated. We aimed to study the association between a longer active first stage and maternal complications in the early postpartum period.DesignA population‐based cohort study.SettingRegions of Stockholm and Gotland, Sweden, 2008–2020.PopulationA cohort of 159 459 term, singleton, vertex pregnancies, stratified by parity groups.MethodsThe exposure was active first stage duration, categorised in percentiles. Poisson regression analysis was performed to estimate the adjusted relative risk (aRR) and the 95% confidence interval (95% CI). To investigate the effect of second stage duration on the outcome, mediation analysis was performed.Main outcome measuresSevere perineal lacerations (third or fourth degree), postpartum infection, urinary retention and haematoma in the birth canal or ruptured sutures.ResultsThe risks of severe perineal laceration, postpartum infection and urinary retention increased with a longer active first stage, both overall and stratified by parity group. The aRR increased with a longer active first stage, using duration of <50th percentile as the reference. In the ≥90th percentile category, the aRR for postpartum infection was 1.64 (95% CI 1.46–1.84) in primiparous women, 2.43 (95% CI 1.98–2.98) in parous women with no previous caesarean delivery (CD) and 2.33 (95% CI 1.65–3.28) in parous women with a previous CD. The proportion mediated by second stage duration was 33.4% to 36.9% for the different outcomes in primiparous women. The risk of haematoma or ruptured sutures did not increased with a longer active first stage.ConclusionsIncreasing active first stage duration is associated with maternal complications in the early postpartum period.
What Role Do Boards Play in Companies with Visionary CEOs?
Authors: JIANG XU , LAUX VOLKER 
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACTVisionary CEOs have strong beliefs about the right course of action for their firms. How should a board of directors that does not necessarily share the visionary CEO's confidence advise and monitor the CEO? We consider a model in which the board can acquire costly information about the firm's optimal strategic direction. The board not only advises the CEO on strategy, but also must approve it, and the CEO exerts effort to implement the strategy. We find that the board gathers less information when the CEO believes more strongly in his vision. Further, depending on the strength of the CEO's belief bias, the board either plays an advisory role, a monitoring role, or a rubberstamping role. The model predicts that in firms that are led by highly visionary CEOs, boards are passive in that they acquire little information and rubberstamp the visionary's proposal. Nevertheless, shareholders prefer the visionary over an unbiased manager in industries in which obtaining information about the correct course of action is difficult and costly.
Associations between skeletal muscle energetics and accelerometry‐based performance fatigability: Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging
Authors: Qiao Yujia (Susanna) , Santanasto Adam J. , Coen Paul M. , Cawthon Peggy M. , Cummings Steven R. , Forman Daniel E. , Goodpaster Bret H. , Harezlak Jaroslaw , Hawkins Marquis , Kritchevsky Stephen B. , Nicklas Barbara J. , Toledo Frederico G. S. , Toto Pamela E. , Newman Anne B. , Glynn Nancy W. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractPerformance fatigability is typically experienced as insufficient energy to complete daily physical tasks, particularly with advancing age, often progressing toward dependency. Thus, understanding the etiology of performance fatigability, especially cellular‐level biological mechanisms, may help to delay the onset of mobility disability. We hypothesized that skeletal muscle energetics may be important contributors to performance fatigability. Participants in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging completed a usual‐paced 400‐m walk wearing a wrist‐worn ActiGraph GT9X to derive the Pittsburgh Performance Fatigability Index (PPFI, higher scores = more severe fatigability) that quantifies percent decline in individual cadence‐versus‐time trajectory from their maximal cadence. Complex I&II‐supported maximal oxidative phosphorylation (max OXPHOS) and complex I&II‐supported electron transfer system (max ETS) were quantified ex vivo using high‐resolution respirometry in permeabilized fiber bundles from vastus lateralis muscle biopsies. Maximal adenosine triphosphate production (ATPmax) was assessed in vivo by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We conducted tobit regressions to examine associations of max OXPHOS, max ETS, and ATPmax with PPFI, adjusting for technician/site, demographic characteristics, and total activity count over 7‐day free‐living among older adults (N = 795, 70–94 years, 58% women) with complete PPFI scores and ≥1 energetics measure. Median PPFI score was 1.4% [25th–75th percentile: 0%–2.9%]. After full adjustment, each 1 standard deviation lower max OXPHOS, max ETS, and ATPmax were associated with 0.55 (95% CI: 0.26–0.84), 0.39 (95% CI: 0.09–0.70), and 0.54 (95% CI: 0.27–0.81) higher PPFI score, respectively. Our findings suggested that therapeutics targeting muscle energetics may potentially mitigate fatigability and lessen susceptibility to disability among older adults.
Improvement in quality of life among women and men aged 60 years and older following treatment for alcohol use disorder
Authors: Tryggedsson Jeppe Sig Juelsgaard , Andersen Kjeld , Behrendt Silke , Bilberg Randi , Bogenschutz Michael P. , Buehringer Gerhard , Søgaard Nielsen Anette 
Published: October 2023

AbstractBackgroundPrevious studies have yielded mixed results on the association between gender and alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment outcomes. Thus, additional research is needed to determine the effect of gender on AUD treatment outcomes, including quality of life (QoL), particularly among older adults.AimsIn a clinical sample of older adults with DSM‐5 AUD, we examined changes in QoL from the beginning of AUD treatment through 1 year of follow‐ups. We also examined the effect of gender and explored interaction effects with gender on QoL.MethodsWe utilized data from the “Elderly Study,” a multi‐national, single‐blind, randomized, controlled trial of 693 adults aged 60+ with DSM‐5 AUD. Alcohol use was assessed with the Form‐90, and QoL with the brief version of the World Health Organization QoL measure. Information was collected at treatment initiation and at 4‐, 12‐, 26‐, and 52‐week follow‐ups. Multilevel mixed‐effects logistic and linear regression models were used to examine QoL changes and the effect of gender on changes in QoL.ResultsFollowing treatment, small, but significant improvements were seen over time in overall perceived health (p < 0.05). Improvements that persisted over the 1‐year follow‐up period were seen in the QoL domains of physical health (β: 2.6, 95% CI: 1.4–3.9), psychological health (β: 3.5, 95% CI: 3.3–3.8), social relationships (β: 4.0, 95% CI: 2.5–5.6), and environmental health (β: 1.4, 95% CI: 0.4–2.4). No significant changes were seen over time in overall perceived QoL (p = 0.58). Gender was not associated with changes in any of the QoL outcome measures (all p ≥ 0.05).ConclusionsAmong 60+ year‐old adults receiving treatment for DSM‐5 AUD, improvements in QoL were achievable and maintained over time, but were not associated with gender.
Flower diversity on organic farms increases invasive ants rather than non‐invasive natural enemies
Authors: Sparer Amy E. , Madden Melina K. , Blubaugh Carmen K. 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Increasing plant diversity in agroecosystems is well‐known to strengthen natural pest suppression, yet reliably predicting which non‐crop management practices best support natural enemies remains a challenge. Farmers often supplement diversity with managed flower patches or by allowing weedy non‐crop plant growth, both of which may support diverse, abundant and balanced communities of insect predators that provide biocontrol.
At the same time, evenness among predators and effectiveness of biocontrol may be compromised by dominant arthropod invaders that co‐benefit from non‐crop diversity.
We examined whether floral resources or adjacent weeds had stronger effects on the evenness and abundance of natural enemies by surveying plants and insects on zucchini crops at 37 organic farms.
Neither flower richness nor weed richness affected insect predator evenness. Instead, the abundance of an invasive predator, the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren), increased with floral resource diversity, which negatively predicted the evenness and abundance of non‐invasive predators.
These results suggest that floral diversity might be a less reliable predictor of natural enemy diversity when invasive predators interfere. Habitat management recommendations for bolstering biocontrol services should consider and potentially mitigate unintended consequences of floral resource provisions on farms where invasive predators dominate.
Ketogenic propensity is differentially related to lipid‐induced hepatic and peripheral insulin resistance
Authors: Mey J. T. , Vandagmansar B. , Dantas W. S. , Belmont K. P. , Axelrod C. L. , Kirwan J. P. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractAimDetermine the ketogenic response (β‐hydroxybutyrate, a surrogate of hepatic ketogenesis) to a controlled lipid overload in humans.MethodsIn total, nineteen young, healthy adults (age: 28.4 ± 1.7 years; BMI: 22.7 ± 0.3 kg/m2) received either a 12 h overnight lipid infusion or saline in a randomized, crossover design. Plasma ketones and inflammatory markers were quantified by colorimetric and multiplex assays. Hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivity was assessed by the hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamp. Skeletal muscle biopsies were obtained to quantify gene expression related to ketone body metabolism and inflammation.ResultsBy design, the lipid overload‐induced hepatic (50%, p < 0.001) and peripheral insulin resistance (73%, p < 0.01) in healthy adults. Ketones increased with hyperlipidemia and were subsequently reduced with hyperinsulinemia during the clamp procedure (Saline: Basal = 0.22 mM, Insulin = 0.07 mM; Lipid: Basal = 0.78 mM, Insulin = 0.51 mM; 2‐way ANOVA: Lipid p < 0.001, Insulin p < 0.001, Interaction p = 0.07). In the saline control condition, ketones did not correlate with hepatic or peripheral insulin sensitivity. Conversely, in the lipid condition, ketones were positively correlated with hepatic insulin sensitivity (r = 0.59, p < 0.01), but inversely related to peripheral insulin sensitivity (r = −0.64, p < 0.01). Hyperlipidemia increased plasma inflammatory markers, but did not impact skeletal muscle inflammatory gene expression. Gene expression related to ketone and fatty acid metabolism in skeletal muscle increased in response to hyperlipidemia.ConclusionThis work provides important insight into the role of ketones in human health and suggests that ketone body metabolism is altered at the onset of lipid‐induced insulin resistance.
Extragonadal recurrence of benign mature teratoma in the pouch of Douglas
Authors: Sato Miho , Nasu Kaei , Matsumoto Harunobu , Konishi Kota , Yasumi Shunsuke , Sato Yusuke , Yano Mitsutake , Kobayashi Eiji 
Published: October 2023

AbstractLaparoscopic cystectomy for mature teratomas is associated with a high incidence of intraperitoneal spillage and tumor spread; however, extragonadal recurrence of this benign tumor is rare. We hereby present an additional case of extragonadal mature teratoma that recurred in the pouch of Douglas after ovarian cystectomy. A 43‐year‐old Japanese woman presented with atypical genital bleeding. A 7 cm mature teratoma was detected using transvaginal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. At 26 years old, she underwent bilateral cystectomy for bilateral mature teratoma of the ovary. During laparoscopic surgery, a cystic tumor appeared in the pouch of Douglas and was firmly adhered to the surrounding tissues. Both ovaries were normal. The resected tumor was diagnosed as extragonadal, benign, mature teratoma. To avoid the extragonadal recurrence of mature teratoma, removal of tumor contents from intraperitoneal spillage by lavage should be performed at the end of surgery.
The development of audiovisual speech perception in Mandarin‐speaking children: Evidence from the McGurk paradigm
Authors: Weng Yi , Rong Yicheng , Peng Gang 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe developmental trajectory of audiovisual speech perception in Mandarin‐speaking children remains understudied. This cross‐sectional study in Mandarin‐speaking 3‐ to 4‐year‐old, 5‐ to 6‐year‐old, 7‐ to 8‐year‐old children, and adults from Xiamen, China (n = 87, 44 males) investigated this issue using the McGurk paradigm with three levels of auditory noise. For the identification of congruent stimuli, 3‐ to 4‐year‐olds underperformed older groups whose performances were comparable. For the perception of the incongruent stimuli, a developmental shift was observed as 3‐ to 4‐year‐olds made significantly more audio‐dominant but fewer audiovisual‐integrated responses to incongruent stimuli than older groups. With increasing auditory noise, the difference between children and adults widened in identifying congruent stimuli but narrowed in perceiving incongruent ones. The findings regarding noise effects agree with the statistically optimal hypothesis.
Role of acrylates in the development of contact dermatitis in diabetic patients—A Polish dermatology tertiary centre experience
Authors: Cichoń Mikołaj , Myśliwiec Małgorzata , Trzeciak Magdalena 
Published: October 2023

AbstractBackgroundIn recent years, an increasing number of contact dermatitis cases triggered by acrylates contained in diabetes medical devices have been reported. Acrylates seem to play a major role in the development of irritant contact dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in diabetic patients.ObjectivesTo study a group of patients with contact dermatitis caused by diabetes medical devices with a focus on acrylates as possible allergens responsible for contact dermatitis.Patients and MethodsFifteen patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 and contact dermatitis from diabetic devices were patch tested to 25 acrylate allergens.ResultsThree patients (20%) reacted to the following allergens: three patients reacted to isobornyl acrylate (IBOA) and one of them additionally to 2‐hydroxyethyl acrylate (2‐HEA); results were of clinical relevance. All three patients were using insulin pumps and glucose sensors (GS)—in one patient contact dermatitis was towards the insulin pump and the GS, in one patient only towards the insulin pump and in one patient only towards the GS. Twelve patients (80%) did not show any skin reaction towards the allergens tested.ConclusionA majority of diabetic patients showed no reactions towards any acrylate allergen tested; yet, the presence of untested allergens must be kept in mind. IBOA proved to be a cause of ACD in diabetes patients. 2‐HEA might be another culprit allergen, but its presence in the devices must first be confirmed.