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Identifying factors influencing purchase intention of sustainable luxury retailing products
Authors: Lavuri Rambabu , Kaul Dimple , Mohan Geetha , Jayawardena Nirma Sadamali , Thaichon Park 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThis study investigated the antecedents influencing purchase intentions of sustainable luxury products using the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) model.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 513 participants through surveys about recent purchases of sustainable luxury products. As part of this study, the authors visited luxury retail outlets in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai, and AMOS version 23 was used to analyze the data.FindingsConsumer trust and attitude (organism) are positively influenced by utilitarian, hedonic, epistemic, social and self-image (SEI) stimuli. Consumer trust and attitude (organism) have a significant impact on sustainable luxury purchase intention (response). In addition, escapism (ESC) moderated the organism–response relationship.Practical implicationsAs a result of the findings regarding utilitarian, hedonistic, epistemic, social and SI aspects of luxury brands, practitioners can develop sustainable marketing strategies that will promote luxury brands.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing literature by examining the moderating role of entertainment (ENT) and ESC in the S-O-R model in terms of antecedents influencing the purchase intention of sustainable luxury products. Furthermore, this new model contributes by providing a deeper understanding of sustainable luxury shoppers' intentions in India through analyzing purchase intentions for sustainable luxury products.
Assessing the factors influencing intention to use e-government in Tanzania: the perspective of trust, participation and transparency
Authors: Mushi Renatus Michael 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThis research involves empirical evidence from the Tanzanian context to find out whether participation, trust and transparency have a significant impact on the acceptance of e-government systems.Design/methodology/approachThe research employs a survey of 153 respondents followed by structural equation modelling-variance based (CB-SEM) analysis using PLS 4. The conceptual framework was developed by extending the technology acceptance model (TAM) with additional constructs before testing it in quantitative research.FindingsResults of the model show that the perceived ease of use (PEU) had neither a significant relationship with behaviour intention nor with perceived transparency, while all the other relationships were found to be significant.Research limitations/implicationsAmong others, this research provides theoretical underpinnings to the area of acceptance of technologies as well as providing areas for future research and policy implications.Practical implicationsThe study presents the relationships involving transparency, trust and participation in e-government systems by the citizens and how they can potentially influence intention to use e-government systems.Social implicationsThe regulatory authorities, mobile service operators and government can use this research to enhance decision-making and governance towards effective use of mobile phone technology in accessing government services.Originality/valueThis research delivers a refined, extended model of TAM that comprises extra constructs, namely, trust, transparency and participation. This model provides the basis for upcoming research in the area of technology acceptance, e-government and in behavioural science.
Beyond methodology: unveiling multisited entrepreneurship
Authors: Becker Bas , Roessingh Carel 
Published: December 2023

PurposeMultisited ethnography has primarily been portrayed as a challenge for the following field-worker, with the researcher taking the central role and neglecting research participants also experiencing a multisited nature of their work. The authors argue that literature on multisited ethnography merely discusses multisitedness as a methodological theme. In correspondence, the authors propose to think of multisitedness not just as a methodological theme but also as an empirical theme.Design/methodology/approach The authors contend etic and emic perspectives to address multisitedness empirically, which enables researchers to compare and contrast the multisited topic of inquiry in academic “outsider” terms with the etic analysis and considering the perspective of the research participants' multisited experiences using the emic perspective. To show the fruitfulness of discussing multisitedness using the complementary etic and emic analysis, the authors present the example of Mennonite entrepreneurial activities in Belize, a heterogeneous group of migrants that established themselves as successful traders and entrepreneurs.Findings Through an etic multisited ethnographic perspective, the authors compare and contrast four communities of Mennonites in terms of their entrepreneurial activities, technology and energy use. Through an emic perspective, the authors demonstrate how Mennonites, while preferring an in-group focus, navigate their multisited entrepreneurial activities, which require interaction with the outside world.Originality/value The authors highlight the value of combining etic–emic reflections to acknowledge and include the multisited nature of many social phenomena as experienced by the research participants.
Safety “works”: the influence of safety coaching on work engagement
Authors: Shukla Mudit , Tyagi Divya , Pandey Jatin 
Published: December 2023

PurposeDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations undertook initiatives such as safety coaching to ensure the safety of their employees and to prevent the spread of the disease. However, the question arises if such measures can have a spill-over effect on other important work-related outcomes. Hence, the objective of the current study is to uncover the impact of safety coaching on one such outcome, i.e. work engagement.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the authors developed a quantitative model with the help of the social exchange theory. The responses of 250 working professionals captured using a three-wave study were analyzed using the SPSS PROCESS macro.FindingsThe authors found that safety coaching does not directly affect work engagement. It is only when safety coaching is perceived to be effective or appropriate and/or invokes organizational trust that it significantly affects organizational members' work engagement.Practical implicationsThis study motivates practitioners to adopt safety coaching by highlighting the benefits that it has to offer beyond safety-related behavior. Moreover, this study discusses mechanisms that can aid organizations in facilitating organizational trust and satisfaction with corporate philanthropic COVID-19 response among employees.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies that examines the spillover effect of safety coaching on other work-related outcomes. It also uncovers novel antecedents of satisfaction with corporate philanthropic COVID-19 response and organizational trust.
A comparison of short form Marlowe–Crowne and “best friends” social desirability bias measures
Authors: Rojas-Méndez José I. , Davies Gary 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to compare two different types of measures of social desirability bias (SDB), a short form of the Marlowe–Crowne measure, a popular direct measure, and an example of a projective technique where half of the respondents record the views of their “best friends”.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected using an online survey of members of a consumer panel. The context chosen to test the SDB measures was that of attitudes toward counterfeit products and xenocentrism in Colombia. Counterfeit proneness, attitude toward counterfeit products and consumer xenocentrism were selected as variables likely to be affected by SDB. Vertical and horizontal collectivism were included as variables likely to influence the first group of variables while not being themselves subject to SDB.FindingsThe projective technique consistently identified higher levels of SDB effects, as hypothesized. Marked differences emerged in the apparent strength of the relationships between the operational constructs depending upon which measure of SDB was used. At times, whether any such relationship might exist depended on the SDB measure used. Contrary to some prior work, no systematic gender effects were identified using either approach.Originality/valueThe first study to provide evidence of the comparative effects of different types of measures of SDB in research into ethical issues. One of the few to demonstrate how apparent relationships between variables can be created by SDB.
Comparison of primary and metastatic site‐related PD‐L1 expression in predicting ORR in patients with advanced NSCLC who received ICB‐based therapy
Authors: Zhou Danhong , Wang Yang , Ning Weiwei , Chen Cheng 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundWhether the value of PD‐L1 expression from metastatic sites to predict the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)‐based treatment is equivalent to that from a primary tumor is uncertain. This study aimed to compare the utility of PD‐L1 TPS from a primary lung tumor and metastatic sites to predict the overall response rate (ORR) of first‐line ICB‐based treatment.MethodsThis study included 249 patients with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received first‐line ICB‐based treatment. All subjects underwent PD‐L1 testing prior to ICB‐based treatment and were divided into two cohorts corresponding to the different biopsy sites: lung primary site‐sampled cohort (PT cohort, n = 167) and metastatic site‐sampled cohort (MT cohort, n = 82).ResultsThere was no statistical significance in PD‐L1 TPS distribution between the two cohorts (p = 0.742). PD‐L1 TPS ≥50% was also related to high ORR compared with PD‐L1 < 50% in the PT cohort (34.3% vs. 14.1%, p = 0.004). In contrast, ICB‐based therapy could bring comparable ORR (35.1% vs. 33.3%, p = 0.871) in the MT cohort regardless of PD‐L1 TPS status (≥50%, or <50%). As supported, when the cutoff value of TPS was selected as 50%, it was suggested that PT‐related PD‐L1 was the independent predictor of ORR (OR 2.870, 95% CI: 1.231–6.694, p = 0.015) rather than MT‐related PD‐L1 (OR 0.689, 95% CI: 0.236–2.013, p = 0.495). Furthermore, ROC proved that PT‐related PD‐L1 expression manifested a better AUC of 0.621 (p = 0.026) than that of MT‐related PD‐L1 (AUC = 0.565, p = 0.362).ConclusionCompared with PT‐related PD‐L1 expression, MT‐related PD‐L1 expression showed limited value in predicting ORR in patients with advanced NSCLC receiving ICB‐based therapy. It was concluded that even patients with low MT‐related PD‐L1 expression could benefit from ICB‐based therapy.
The role of micrometastasis in high‐risk skin cancers
Authors: Sinclair Robert , Wong Xin Lin , Shumack Stephen , Baker Christopher , MacMahon Beth 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe propensity to metastasize is the most important prognostic indicator for solid cancers. New insights into the mechanisms of early carcinogenesis have revealed micrometastases are generated far earlier than previously thought. Evidence supports a synergistic relationship between vascular and lymphatic seeding which can occur before there is clinical evidence of a primary tumour. Early vascular seeding prepares distal sites for colonisation while regional lymphatics are co‐opted to promote facilitative cancer cell mutations. In response, the host mounts a global inflammatory and immunomodulatory response towards these cells supporting the concept that cancer is a systemic disease. Cancer staging systems should be refined to better reflect cancer cell loads in various tissue compartments while clinical perspectives should be broadened to encompass this view when approaching high‐risk cancers. Measured adjunctive therapies implemented earlier for low‐volume, in‐transit cancer offers the prospect of preventing advanced disease and the need for heroic therapeutic interventions. This review seeks to re‐appraise how we view the metastatic process for solid cancers. It will explore in‐transit metastasis in the context of high‐risk skin cancer and how it dictates disease progression. It will also discuss how these implications will influence our current staging systems and its consequences on management.
Why do I write anthropology? Why do you?
Authors: Gottlieb Alma 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWhat role do passion and poetry play in our research‐based quest to promote social justice? In this piece—a manifesto of sorts—I make a case for prioritizing both passion and poetry in our ethnographic writing. Such a commitment will allow our insights to be learned, our interlocutors’ and our own voices to be heard, and our policy recommendations to be heeded. But writing poetically from a place of passion is just the first step. User‐friendly, public writing deserves a sociologically friendly platform. Hence, in the second part of this manifesto, I outline a series of steps that I recommend our discipline take in order to radically scale up our commitment to practice an engaged anthropology. Such tactics will allow us to more realistically promote our knowledge as we advocate for social justice.
Comparing Western and traditional Chinese medicine for male sexual dysfunction: can Klotho represent a silk road?
Authors: Wang Fu , Colonnello Elena , Zhang Hui , Sansone Andrea , Wang Chunlin , Dolci Susanna , Guo Jun , Jannini Emmanuele A. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine both have shown efficacy in treating male sexual dysfunction (MSD). The aim of this perspective paper is to discuss a possible link between Western medicine and TCM in the MSD field as represented by the entity of Klotho. Klotho is a recently discovered protein, mainly expressed in the kidney, encoded by the anti‐aging gene klotho. Not only is Klotho significantly correlated with the development and progression of kidney diseases and their complications, but increasing evidence indicates that it is also closely related to MSD. A comprehensive search within PubMed database was performed to retrieve available evidence on Klotho's roles, particularly in kidney and in MSD. Indeed, in the TCM theory, the concept of the “kidney” is entirely different from the Western medicine: it is closely related to metabolism and to the reproductive, nervous, endocrine systems, being more than just a urinary organ. According to the “Kidney storing essence (jīng) and governing reproduction” (KSEGR) theory, a cornerstone in TCM, the treatment of MSD mainly consists of restoring the kidney's function. Signs of decreasing kidney essence show a consistent similarity to deficiencies of Klotho, also for what regards the male sexual function. Based on the current evidence, Klotho may represent a potential biological indicator for sexual desire and sexual function and a kind of new scientific Silk Road between TCM and Western medicine for MSD; nevertheless, there is a need to conduct further high‐quality research to prove this hypothesis.
The impact of school exclusion in childhood on health and well‐being outcomes in adulthood: Estimating causal effects using inverse probability of treatment weighting
Authors: Obsuth Ingrid , Madia Joan E. , Murray Aja L. , Thompson Ian , Daniels Harry 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundPrevious evidence has suggested a strong association between school exclusion and health outcomes. However, as health risks are themselves related to the risk of experiencing a school exclusion, it has been challenging to determine the extent to which school exclusion impacts later health outcomes, as opposed to reflecting a marker for pre‐existing risks.AimThe aim of the current study was to address this challenge in estimating the medium‐to‐long‐term impact of school exclusion of health and well‐being outcomes.MethodsTo this end, we used an inverse propensity weighting approach in the Next Steps data set (N = 6534, from wave 1, 2014, to wave 8, 2015).ResultsWe found that after weighting for propensity of treatment scores estimated based on a wide range of factors, including previous health indicators, there was a significant effect of school exclusion on a wide range of health and well‐being outcomes.DiscussionThese results provide some of the most robust evidence to date that school exclusion harms long‐term health outcomes.ConclusionThe findings suggest that policies should aim to reduce exclusion and ensure access to preventative health support for those who experience a school exclusion.
Correcting for measurement error under meta‐analysis of z‐transformed correlations
Authors: Zhang Qian , Wang Qi 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis study mainly concerns correction for measurement error using the meta‐analysis of Fisher's z‐transformed correlations. The disattenuation formula of Spearman (American Journal of Psychology, 15, 1904, 72) is used to correct for individual raw correlations in primary studies. The corrected raw correlations are then used to obtain the corrected z‐transformed correlations. What remains little studied, however, is how to best correct for within‐study sampling error variances of corrected z‐transformed correlations. We focused on three within‐study sampling error variance estimators corrected for measurement error that were proposed in earlier studies and is proposed in the current study: (1) the formula given by Hedges (Test validity, Lawrence Erlbaum, 1988) assuming a linear relationship between corrected and uncorrected z‐transformed correlations (linear correction), (2) one derived by the first‐order delta method based on the average of corrected z‐transformed correlations (stabilized first‐order correction), and (3) one derived by the second‐order delta method based on the average of corrected z‐transformed correlations (stabilized second‐order correction). Via a simulation study, we compared performance of these estimators and the sampling error variance estimator uncorrected for measurement error in terms of estimation and inference accuracy of the mean correlation as well as the homogeneity test of effect sizes. In obtaining the corrected z‐transformed correlations and within‐study sampling error variances, coefficient alpha was used as a common reliability coefficient estimate. The results showed that in terms of the estimated mean correlation, sampling error variances with linear correction, the stabilized first‐order and second‐order corrections, and no correction performed similarly in general. Furthermore, in terms of the homogeneity test, given a relatively large average sample size and normal true scores, the stabilized first‐order and second‐order corrections had type I error rates that were generally controlled as well as or better than the other estimators. Overall, stabilized first‐order and second‐order corrections are recommended when true scores are normal, reliabilities are acceptable, the number of items per psychological scale is relatively large, and the average sample size is relatively large.
Mechanisms analysis for Formononetin counteracted‐Osimertinib resistance in non‐small cell lung cancer cells: From the insight into the gene transcriptional level
Authors: Yin Runyang , Gao Jing , Liu Yang 
Published: December 2023

AbstractFormononetin is one of the main isoflavone components, which has strong anti‐cancer effects in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the potentials and the mechanisms of Formononetin to counteract the Osimertinib resistance in NSCLC are unclear. In this study, Formononetin‐induced cell apoptosis, cell proliferation, and clonal formation were detected in Osimertinib‐resistant NSCLC cells (H1975_OR). RNA sequencing analysis was conducted to study the gene expression profiles of Formononetin‐induced H1975_OR cells. The results indicated that Formononetin could significantly induce cell apoptosis, whereas dramatically inhibited cell proliferation and clonal formation on H1975_OR cells. Furthermore, a total of 4309 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between Formononetin‐treated and nontreated H1975_OR cells were had been detected. Gene Ontology (GO) annotation enrichment analysis, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis and the Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) showed that Formononetin affected the expression of genes involving in anatomical structure morphogenesis, anatomical structure development, and multicellular organism development via regulating inflammation‐ and metabolism‐related signaling pathways. Taken together, our study preliminarily revealed the mechanisms of Formononetin to counteract the Osimertinib resistance in NSCLC cells from the transcriptional level and provided a potential treatment method for Osimertinib‐resistant NSCLC patients.
Translation in action: Influence, collaboration, and evolution of COVID‐19 research with Clinical and Translational Science Awards consortium support
Authors: Llewellyn Nicole , Nehl Eric J. , Dave Gaurav , DiazGranados Deborah , Flynn David , Fournier Deborah , Hoyo Verónica , Pelfrey Clara , Casey Shannon 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium aims to accelerate translational processes that move discoveries from bench to bedside. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic presented unmatched challenges and applications for CTSA hubs nationwide. Our study used bibliometrics to assess features of COVID‐19 publications supported by the national CTSA program to characterize the consortium's response to the pandemic. Our goal was to understand relative scientific influence, collaboration across hubs, and trends in research emphasis over time. We identified publications from NIH's curated iSearch COVID‐19 Publication Portfolio from February 2020 to February 2023; 3234 peer‐reviewed articles relevant to COVID‐19 cited a CTSA grant. All 66 CTSA hubs were represented, with large‐size and longstanding hubs contributing more publications. Most publications cited UL1 grants, 457 cited KL2/TL1 training grants, and 164 cited multiple hub grants. Compared to a random sample of non‐CTSA‐supported COVID‐19 publications, the CTSA portfolio exhibited greater clinical relevance, more human research, and higher altmetric and citation influence. Results were similar for multi‐hub publications involving networked initiatives like multi‐site clinical trials or the National COVID‐19 Cohort Collaborative. Shifts from molecular/cellular‐oriented research toward human‐oriented research over time were evident, demonstrating translation in action. Results illuminate how the CTSA consortium confronted the pandemic through high‐quality projects oriented toward human research, working across hubs on high‐value collaborations, advancing along the translational spectrum over time. Findings validate CTSA hubs as critical support structures during health emergencies.