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Observation of post-yield supply chain impediments for spoilage mitigation and revenue generation opportunities at countryside
Authors: Priyadarshi Rahul 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
The countryside population has always been depended on the revenues earned from agricultural yields. These yields often suffer losses in the absence of coordination guidelines in the post-yield supply chains (PYSC). This study aims to identify, address and mitigate the post-yield supply chain impediments (PYSCIs) that lead to enormous amounts of waste and revenue losses. These are the parameters that require government and stakeholders’ attention for alleviation from losses.

Design/methodology/approach
Structural equation modelling (SEM) was performed to categorise the identified PYSCIs as “standard measures”. The motive for SEM results is to attract the stakeholders’ attention toward PYSCIs for business sustainability. The PYSCIs were clustered into three “standard measures” (i.e. strategic, tactical and operational measures) for revenue generation and reduced fresh produce spoilage in the countryside.

Findings
The SEM results suggest that the focus should be on revising minimum support prices and government support for initiatives, subsidy schemes and incentives at the strategic level. Tactical initiatives focus on linking markets including exports, research and development, attitude towards certification, value addition process adoption and reduced number of stages in the supply chain. The operational initiatives are attitudes towards agriculture and entrepreneurship, transportation infrastructure, supply chain coordination, information visibility, scientific design for packaging and handling and storage space availability for both long and short term at the village level.

Research limitations/implications
This study was performed in India; thus, the research outcomes of this study are restricted to adaption into the developing sub-continents with sub-tropical climates.

Practical implications
The existing level of losses in the PYSC demands introspection and policy changes at the farm level. In the era of cold chains, the Internet of Things, and other advanced mechanisms, a few elementary parameters must be worked upon to reduce PYSC losses. These parameters were identified as impediments to PYSC, requiring public, government and stakeholders’ attention. There is an urgent need for guidelines to be issued to mitigate losses. SEM was performed to attract the public, government and stakeholders’ attention toward impediments to fresh produce spoilage, opportunity generation and business sustainability.

Originality/value
This study uses a novel SEM approach where the PYSCIs were identified and empirically validated in an Indian context. The SEM approach will help in effective decision-making. Similar studies to manage the PYSCIs to reduce fresh produce spoilage with standard measures have not been reported in the literature.
The nexus of knowledge management processes and innovation performance: the moderates of big data analytical
Authors: Abualoush Shadi 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to identify how knowledge management processes impact innovation performance in the Jordanian medical sector (private hospitals) as well as identify how big data analytics moderates this performance.Design/methodology/approachTwo hundred ninety-one questionnaires were analyzed for the purpose of this study. A structural equation model (SEM) was used to test convergence validity, discriminant validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, bootstrapping was used.FindingsThe empirical results showed that all knowledge management processes are statistically significant in influencing innovation performance. Furthermore, big data analytics moderates the relationship between knowledge management processes and innovation performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this cross-sectional study are limited to one country and one industry due to methodological limitations, and the results represent a snapshot at a particular point in time.Originality/valueJordan's medical leaders will benefit from this study, since it emphasizes the importance of knowledge management processes to enhance innovation performance, especially given the importance of big data analytics in the field, increasing innovation capabilities in the medical field, thereby increasing innovation levels.
A 3D coaxial transition with continuous ground wall fabricated by a 12-inch wafer-level packaging method for radio frequency applications
Authors: Zhao Xinran , Pang Yingying , Wang Gang , Xia Chenhui , Yuan Yuan , Wang Chengqian 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to realize the vertical interconnection in 3D radio frequency (RF) circuit by coaxial transitions with broad working bandwidth and small signal loss.

Design/methodology/approach
An advanced packaging method, 12-inch wafer-level through-mold-via (TMV) additive manufacturing, is used to fabricate a 3D resin-based coaxial transition with a continuous ground wall (named resin-coaxial transition). Designation and simulation are implemented to ensure the application universality and fabrication feasibility. The outer radius R of coaxial transition is optimized by designing and fabricating three samples.

Findings
The fabricated coaxial transition possesses an inner radius of 40 µm and a length of 200 µm. The optimized sample with an outer radius R of 155 µm exhibits S11 < –10 dB and S21 > –1.3 dB at 10–110 GHz and the smallest insertion loss (S21 = 0.83 dB at 77 GHz) among the samples. Moreover, the S21 of the samples increases at 58.4–90.1 GHz, indicating a broad and suitable working bandwidth.

Originality/value
The wafer-level TMV additive manufacturing method is applied to fabricate coaxial transitions for the first time. The fabricated resin-coaxial transitions show good performance up to the W-band. It may provide new strategies for novel designing and fabricating methods of RF transitions.
DiGeorge syndrome presenting with palmoplantar pustules: Comparative analysis of serum IL‐22, NETs and IL‐8 with usual palmoplantar pustulosis
Authors: Ogura Yasuaki , Kondo Shumpei , Suzuki Tsuyoshi , Otsuka Masaki , Inuzuka Manabu , Honda Tetsuya , Tokura Yoshiki 
Published: December 2023

AbstractDiGeorge syndrome, also known as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, shows cellular immunodeficiency due to by thymic hypoplasia and hypocalcemia caused by hypoparathyroidism. It was reported that erythrodermic psoriasis occurred in a patient with 22q11 deletion syndrome. Here, we report the first case of DiGeorge syndrome presenting with a severe palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP)‐like eruption with extra‐palmoplantar lesions on the distal limbs. Given that PPP is a subtype of pustular psoriasis, the pustular eruption may be associated with DiGeorge syndrome. We measured serum levels of citrullinated histone H3 (CitH3), a representative marker of neutrophil extracellular traps, interleukin (IL)‐8, and IL‐22 and compared them with nine cases of typical PPP. In the PPP patients, the three markers were higher than in healthy subjects with significant correlations between CitH3 and IL‐8/IL‐22. In our patient, CitH3, IL‐8, and IL‐22 were also high, and IL‐22 was remarkably elevated compared with the PPP patients. Our case suggests that a certain T cell abnormality associated with DiGeorge syndrome induces IL‐22 overproduction, leading to the PPP‐like eruption with extra‐ palmoplantar lesions.
Nitrogen redistribution and seasonal trait fluctuation facilitate plant N conservation and ecosystem N retention
Authors: Zhao Qingzhou , Wang Peng , Smith Gabriel Reuben , Hu Lingyan , Liu Xupeng , Tao Tingting , Ma Miaojun , Averill Colin , Freschet Grégoire T. , Crowther Thomas W. , Hu Shuijin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Low available soil nitrogen (N) limits plant productivity in alpine regions, and alpine plants thus resorb and reallocate N from senescing tissues to conserve this limited N during the non‐growing season. However, the destination and extent of N redistribution during plant senescence among above‐ and below‐ground organs, let alone other processes of translocation outside of plants and into the soil components, remain poorly understood.

Utilizing 15N stable isotope as a tracer, we quantified N redistribution among above‐ and below‐ground plant organs and different soil components during senescence in an alpine meadow ecosystem, and explored the relationship between 15N partitioning among plant–soil N pools with seasonal fluctuations of plant functional traits.

We found a substantial depletion of 15N in fine roots (−40% ± 2.8%) and above‐ground tissues (−51% ± 5.1%), and an enhanced 15N retention primarily in coarse roots (+79% ± 27%) and soil organic matter (+37% ± 10%) during plant senescence, indicating a dual role of roots with coarse roots acting as an N sink and fine roots as a source of N recycling during senescence. In parallel, we observed a temporal variation in plant functional traits, representing a shift from more acquisitive to more conservative strategies as the growing season ends, such as higher coarse root N and coarse root to fine root ratio. The seasonal trait variations were highly correlated with the 15N retention in coarse roots and soil organic matter. Particularly, 15N retention in particulate and mineral‐associated organic matter increased by 30% ± 12% and 24% ± 9%, respectively, suggesting a potential pathway through which fine root and microbial mortality contribute to 15N redistribution into soil N pools during senescence.

Synthesis. N redistribution and seasonal plant trait fluctuation facilitate plant N conservation and ecosystem N retention in the alpine system. This study suggests a coupled above‐ground‐below‐ground N conservation strategy that may optimize the temporal coupling between plant N demand and ecosystem N supply in N‐limited alpine ecosystems.
Harnessing the power of microbes for sustainable development: Climate change mitigation and sustainable food security
Authors: Ahmed Abeer Ahmed Qaed , McKay Tracey Jill Morton 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe effects of releasing carbon from the terrestrial pool into the atmosphere have significant long‐term and short‐term implications that affect many parts of our globe. Agricultural fields might help to address these concerns and provide cost‐effective solutions, such as lowering carbon dioxide levels (CO2) in the atmosphere while raising carbon levels in the soil. In order to increase agricultural land's potential to absorb and store carbon, the proper selection of suitable microbial inoculants with the capability to sequester carbon into soils is critical. Soil quality and characteristics would improve as a result, and atmospheric carbon would therefore be reduced. Soil microbes have the potential to influence the level of organic matter, which has an impact on the soil's ecological system and characteristics. Soil microbes play a role in carbon sequestration in soils by regulating multiple and distinct pathways for CO2 inputs and losses, such as biochemical processes that could sequester CO2, the capacity to sediment carbonates, the rigid nature of their components and vegetative tissues, or the composition of complex substances that preserve carbon in the soil. Further research is needed to investigate if particular microbial strains that can sequester carbon will help enhance soil quality and prevent climate change.
Dual functional roles of nutritional additives in nutritional fortification and safety of thermally processed food: Potential, limitations, and perspectives
Authors: Shi Baoping , Wang Huaixu , Nawaz Asad , Khan Iftikhar Ali , Wang Qi , Zhao Danyue , Cheng Ka‐Wing 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe Maillard reaction (MR) has been established to be a paramount contributor to the characteristic sensory property of thermally processed food products. Meanwhile, MR also gives rise to myriads of harmful byproducts (HMPs) (e.g., advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and acrylamide). Nutritional additives have attracted increasing attention in recent years owing to their potential to simultaneously improve nutritional quality and attenuate HMP formation. In this manuscript, a brief overview of various nutritional additives (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, dietary fibers, and miscellaneous micronutrients) in heat‐processed food is provided, followed by a summary of the formation mechanisms of AGEs and acrylamide highlighting the potential crosstalk between them. The main body of the manuscript is on the capability of nutritional additives to modulate AGE and acrylamide formation besides their traditional roles as nutritional enhancers. Finally, limitations/concerns associated with their use to attenuate dietary exposure to HMPs and future perspectives are discussed. Literature data support that through careful control of the addition levels, certain nutritional additives possess promising potential for simultaneous improvement of nutritional value and reduction of AGE and acrylamide content via multiple action mechanisms. Nonetheless, there are some major concerns that may limit their wide applications for achieving such dual functions, including influence on sensory properties of food products, potential overestimation of nutrition enhancement, and introduction of hazardous alternative reaction products or derivatives. These could be overcome through comprehensive assay of dose–response relationships and systematic evaluation of the diverse combinations from the same and/or different categories of nutritional additives to establish synergistic mixtures.
Analysis of environmental factors in sediment based on benthic macroinvertebrates in streams, Korea
Authors: Kim Myoung Chul , Kim Ji Won , Lee Taek Guen , Kim Jung Woo , Cheon Seung‐Phil , Kim Hong Geun , Yu Tae Sik , Kwak Ihn Sil 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis research summarizes the data on benthic macroinvertebrates collected in the 15 streams during spring (June) and fall (September–October) of 2022. The objectives of this study were (i) to evaluate the quality of surface waters, sediments, and benthic macroinvertebrates; and (ii) to compare the relationship with the environmental variables in water, sediments and benthic macroinvertebrates that inhabit 15 streams. A total of 114 taxa were collected. The assemblages from the 15 sites were dominated by Chironomidae and Tubificidae, especially Chironomidae constituted 45.0% density occurrence. The low grades of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Index (BMI) were calculated in 10 sites with disturbed (“poor” or “very poor”). Low BMI sites mostly showed Tubificidae or Chironomidae dominant characteristics. The biological indices, BMI, % Tubificidae, and % Chironomidae, were significantly correlated with DO and conductivity. DO was also significantly correlated with all the benthic macroinvertebrate factors and diversity except percent Tubificidae. The heavy metal parameters were correlated mostly with species number, BMI, and diversity index. The objectives of this study examine the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate in the 15 streams and investigate the relative importance of environmental quality for benthic macroinvertebrate distribution.
The impact of a diabetes diagnosis on health and well‐being: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Authors: Kristensen Camilla Böhme , Chilcot Joseph , Jackson Sarah E. , Steptoe Andrew , Hackett Ruth A. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundPoorer health and well‐being are associated with diabetes risk. However, little is known about the trajectory of health and well‐being from before to after diabetes diagnosis. We compared depressive symptoms, quality of life, self‐rated health, and loneliness at three time points (prediagnosis, diagnosis, 2–4 years post diagnosis) in individuals who developed diabetes and a comparison group.MethodsHealth and well‐being measures were self‐reported by 3474 participants from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Repeated measures analysis of variance and generalized estimating equations were used to investigate differences by group, time, and group‐by‐time interactions.ResultsA total of 473 (13.6%) participants developed diabetes. The diabetes group reported greater depressive symptoms (W2(1) = 20.67, p < .001) and lower quality of life (F = 1, 2535 = 10.30, p = .001) and were more likely to rate their health as fair/poor (W2(1) = 67.11, p < .001) across time points, adjusting for age, sex, and wealth. They also reported greater loneliness (F = 1, 2693 = 9.70, p = .002) in unadjusted analyses. However, this was attenuated to the null in adjusted analyses. The group‐by‐time interaction was significant for quality of life (F = 1.97, 5003.58 = 5.60, p = .004) and self‐rated health (W2(2) = 11.69, p = .003), with a greater decline in these measures over time in the diabetes group in adjusted analyses.ConclusionPeople who received a diabetes diagnosis had greater depressive symptoms, lower quality of life, and poorer self‐rated health than those who did not develop diabetes. Quality of life and self‐rated health deteriorated more rapidly following a diagnosis. Screening for these factors around the time of diagnosis could allow for interventions to improve the health and well‐being of those with diabetes.image
The synchronization between Korea's and Japan's business cycles
Authors: Lee Keun Yeong 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis article analyzes the evolution of the dynamic interactions between Korea's and Japan's business cycles. The logarithmic industrial production is first decomposed into trends and cycles using bounceback models. The estimation results of the two‐state Markov switching model show that the synchronization coefficient of Korea–Japan is positive and time‐varying. However, according to the estimation results of the heteroscedasticity‐based VAR model, the Japanese business cycle shock has a positive effect on the contemporaneous Korean business cycle, but not vice versa. Based on these results, I estimate a TVP‐VAR model assuming Cholesky decomposition and find that Japanese upward shocks do not have positive impacts on the Korean business cycle in the period before the global financial crisis or the period after the global financial crisis and before the COVID‐19 outbreak. The response of Korea to the Japanese shock is smaller in the three‐variable TVP‐VAR compared to the two‐variable TVP‐VAR without the United States. The Korean business cycle upward shock also has a similar effect on the Japanese business cycle, albeit smaller, depending on the period. Overall, the size of the response seems to be closely related to global events as well as changes in trade, FDI, and political conditions between two countries.
Opposite effects of RWA and SDO on war support: Chinese public opinion toward Russia's war in Ukraine
Authors: Hsu Han‐Yu , Wang Tao 
Published: December 2023

AbstractPrevious research has identified the combined effects of Right‐Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) on individuals' militant attitudes. Much of the existing studies have been conducted in the United States and Europe, where political cleavage is drawn between liberalism and conservatism and where RWA and SDO are aligned with conservatism. In this article, we argue that in a different ideological backdrop where RWA and SDO are not bound by conservative ideology, their influence on war support varies. We use the case study of China, in which socialist ideology upholds authoritarianism but opposes social dominance. We hypothesize that in a war in which the state acquiesces, regime loyalists high on RWA and low on SDO tend to back the war, while regime critics low on RWA and high on SDO are less supportive. Using longitudinal data with a nationwide online sample (Time 1: N = 1000, Time 2: N = 500) collected during the war in Ukraine, we confirmed the opposite effects of RWA (measured by the traditionalism subscale) and SDO (measured by the dominance subscale) on war support. The findings extend our understanding of the impacts of authoritarianism and social dominance in a context beyond the United States and Europe.
CD40 is expressed in the subsets of endothelial cells undergoing partial endothelial–mesenchymal transition in tumor microenvironment
Authors: Takahashi Kazuki , Kobayashi Miho , Katsumata Hisae , Tokizaki Shiori , Anzai Tatsuhiko , Ikeda Yukinori , Alcaide Daniel M. , Maeda Kentaro , Ishihara Makoto , Tahara Katsutoshi , Kubota Yoshiaki , Itoh Fumiko , Park Jihwan , Takahashi Kunihiko , Matsunaga Yukiko T. , Yoshimatsu Yasuhiro , Podyma‐Inoue Katarzyna A. , Watabe Tetsuro 
Published: December 2023

AbstractTumor progression and metastasis are regulated by endothelial cells undergoing endothelial–mesenchymal transition (EndoMT), a cellular differentiation process in which endothelial cells lose their properties and differentiate into mesenchymal cells. The cells undergoing EndoMT differentiate through a spectrum of intermediate phases, suggesting that some cells remain in a partial EndoMT state and exhibit an endothelial/mesenchymal phenotype. However, detailed analysis of partial EndoMT has been hampered by the lack of specific markers. Transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β) plays a central role in the induction of EndoMT. Here, we showed that inhibition of TGF‐β signaling suppressed EndoMT in a human oral cancer cell xenograft mouse model. By using genetic labeling of endothelial cell lineage, we also established a novel EndoMT reporter cell system, the EndoMT reporter endothelial cells (EMRECs), which allow visualization of sequential changes during TGF‐β‐induced EndoMT. Using EMRECs, we characterized the gene profiles of multiple EndoMT stages and identified CD40 as a novel partial EndoMT‐specific marker. CD40 expression was upregulated in the cells undergoing partial EndoMT, but decreased in the full EndoMT cells. Furthermore, single‐cell RNA sequencing analysis of human tumors revealed that CD40 expression was enriched in the population of cells expressing both endothelial and mesenchymal cell markers. Moreover, decreased expression of CD40 in EMRECs enhanced TGF‐β‐induced EndoMT, suggesting that CD40 expressed during partial EndoMT inhibits transition to full EndoMT. The present findings provide a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying TGF‐β‐induced EndoMT and will facilitate the development of novel therapeutic strategies targeting EndoMT‐driven cancer progression and metastasis.