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SDG commentary: services that provide opportunity for all humans
Authors: Raciti Maria M. , Alkire Linda , Beatson Amanda 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
This paper is part of the Special Issue series Improving Life on Planet Earth – A Call to Action for Service Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This paper aims to provide the groundwork for Service Research Theme 2 – services that provide OPPORTUNITY for all humans. Service Research Theme 2 comprises SDG4, quality education; SDG5, gender equality; and SDG10, reduced inequalities and seeks to mobilize ServCollab’s aspirations to reduce human suffering, improve human well-being and enable well-becoming.

Design/methodology/approach
A scoping review appraising existing service research related to SDG4, SDG5 and SDG10 was conducted, establishing interlinkages, identifying patterns within each SDG and then assembling a research agenda for service researchers.

Findings
The scoping review identifies 18 patterns in service research (six patterns per SDG) pertaining to Service Research Theme 2. Common patterns among the SDG4, SDG5 and SDG10 included underrepresentation, consumer-centricity, the absence of explicit SDG linkages, the predominance of one theoretical anchor and the preference for quantitative studies, particularly surveys. Overall, the scoping review found that service research related to Service Research Theme 2 is patchy in that it is overdeveloped in some topics, methodologies and methods yet underdeveloped or silent in others.

Originality/value
The high-level research problem of Service Research Theme 2 is as follows: How have services provided OPPORTUNITY for all humans? This paper analyzes patterns in service research and, from these patterns, assembles a research agenda that sparks and guides further research.
Developing and validating a cashless transaction adoption model (CTAM)
Authors: Raj L. Vimal , S. Amilan , K. Aparna 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to develop and validate a cashless transaction adoption model (CTAM) that integrates all essential elements to investigate the adoption of “cashless transactions (CLT)”.

Design/methodology/approach
The researchers surveyed 375 respondents from each of Bengaluru’s eight zones in India. In addition, using the respondents’ replies, a “partial least squares-based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM)” technique was used to analyse the relationship between the components.

Findings
The results of CTAM reveal that 12 independent variables explain 84.7% of the variation in behavioural intention to adopt CLT. In addition, performance expectancy is the strongest predictor of users’ intentions to embrace CLT, followed by perceptions of the economy’s security and economic offence reduction, social influence, perceived trustworthiness, the expected level of effort and innovativeness. Furthermore, in terms of impediments, perceived risk and cost are the negative influence factors that affect behavioural intention to adopt CLT.

Originality/value
The research successfully developed and validated a comprehensive CTAM that integrates essential elements to investigate the adoption of CLT. Consequently, this research, for the first time, elucidates the precise role of “Perceived Economic Offense Reduction (PEOR)”, “Perceived Economic Benefit (PEB)” and “Perceived Economy’s Security (PES)” in influencing individuals’ behavioural intentions towards adopting CLT. Accordingly, this CTAM offers a more in-depth explanation than any other research for understanding why individuals embrace CLT systems.
Overlap relationship between the priority of land consolidation and the floodplain wetland potential in paddy field
Authors: Osawa Takeshi 
Published: December 2023

AbstractEcosystems that offer several ecosystem services can be used as green infrastructure for human well‐being. In recent years, human activities have substantially engineered ecosystems to produce the desired ecosystem services. However, such efforts could lead to losses of other ecosystem services. Paddy fields are a seminatural ecosystem that can provide several ecosystem services other than rice production. Land consolidation in paddy fields aim to increase the efficiency of food production as a provisioning service, but it could depress the quality of wetland habitat as a supporting service. Recently, the Japanese government aimed to agricultural production with biodiversity conservation. Therefore, prioritizing a control strategy for future land consolidation is needed. Land consolidation work is effective for large areas and may incorporate the paddy field, previously a floodplain wetland that played a crucial role in regional biodiversity. However, land consolidation could result in the loss of this function. In this study, I investigated the spatial overlapping between land consolidation and paddy fields, which were previously natural floodplain wetlands in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Here, terrain parameters and flow accumulation value (FAV), that can reflect wetland potential, along with the latest land use map, were used. The consolidation records in 1‐km cell for the whole of Kanagawa prefecture were used to test the hypothesis. Results showed that high FAV area with high wetland potential has large paddy fields and was heavily consolidated. Thus, there is need for drastic policy changes to align both food production and biodiversity in paddy fields in Japan.
Anthropology is good
Authors: Ingold Tim 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAnthropology does not just study people; it studies with people, drawing them into a conversation, of concern to everyone, about how to live. But this means turning the academic model of knowledge production outside in. As a way of knowing from the inside, through participant observation, anthropological study exposes its practitioners to other ways of being with the aim to learn from them, not to write them up. Its true purpose, then, is not ethnographic but educational. It requires of all of us to place our anthropic selves at the center of a shared world while acknowledging the exceptional responsibility we bear for its future flourishing.
Optogenetic action potentials and intrinsic pacemaker interplay in retrogradely identified midbrain dopamine neurons
Authors: Hammer Niklas , Vogel Pascal , Lee Sanghun , Roeper Jochen 
Published: December 2023

AbstractDissecting the diversity of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons by optotagging is a promising addition to better identify their functional properties and contribution to motivated behavior. Retrograde molecular targeting of DA neurons with specific axonal projection allows further refinement of this approach. Here, we focus on adult mouse DA neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) projecting to dorsal striatum (DS) by demonstrating the selectivity of a floxed AAV9‐based retrograde channelrhodopsin‐eYFP (ChR‐eYFP) labeling approach in DAT‐cre mice. Furthermore, we show the utility of a sparse labeling version for anatomical single‐cell reconstruction and demonstrate that ChR‐eYFR expressing DA neurons retain intrinsic functional properties indistinguishable from conventionally retrogradely red‐beads‐labeled neurons. We systematically explore the properties of optogenetically evoked action potentials (oAPs) and their interaction with intrinsic pacemaking in this defined subpopulation of DA neurons. We found that the shape of the oAP and its first derivative, as a proxy for extracellularly recorded APs, is highly distinct from spontaneous APs (sAPs) of the same neurons and systematically varies across the pacemaker duty cycle. The timing of the oAP also affects the backbone oscillator of the intrinsic pacemaker by introducing transient “compensatory pauses”. Characterizing this systematic interplay between oAPs and sAPs in defined DA neurons will also facilitate a refinement of DA neuron optotagging in vivo.
Non‐linear thresholds in the effect of area on three dimensions of diversity of herpetofauna in the West Indies
Authors: Gao De , Wang Yanping 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAimThe small‐island effect (SIE) describes an anomalous feature of the species–area relationship (SAR) on smaller compared to larger islands. However, previous studies on SIEs mainly focused on taxonomic diversity and overlooked phylogenetic and functional diversity. In this study, we explored SIEs in three dimensions of diversity. We expect to see the non‐linear thresholds in the effect of area on three dimensions of diversity as well as on community structures, because the dominant assembly processes vary across spatial scales.LocationThe West Indies.TaxonHerpetofauna.MethodsWe derived data on the presence/absence of 199 amphibian species on 163 islands and 614 reptile species on 748 islands in the West Indies. We built a species‐level phylogenetic tree and a species‐level functional tree to estimate six taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity indices. Four community metrics on behalf of the phylogenetic and functional community structure of each island were calculated using a null modelling framework and was quantified using the standardized effect size (SES). We explored the non‐linear thresholds in the effect of area for each of the diversity indices and SES values of community metrics by comparing six piecewise regression models with a linear regression model and a null model.ResultsWe found evidence of SIEs in four diversity indices representing all three dimensions of diversity. Besides, area thresholds were also found in the phylogenetic and functional community structure for both amphibians and reptiles. Random extinction, competitive exclusion and adaptive radiation are the dominant processes structuring reptile communities on small, intermediate and large islands respectively.Main ConclusionsTo conduct a comprehensive biodiversity conservation plan concerning taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity, we suggest it is necessary to explore the SIEs in various diversity indices representing all three dimensions of diversity and apply the lowest threshold value to make management strategies.
Microglia‐derived extracellular vesicles in homeostasis and demyelination/remyelination processes
Authors: Wies Mancini V. S. B. , Mattera V. S. , Pasquini J. M. , Pasquini L. A. , Correale J. D. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractMicroglia (MG) play a crucial role as the predominant myeloid cells in the central nervous system and are commonly activated in multiple sclerosis. They perform essential functions under normal conditions, such as actively surveying the surrounding parenchyma, facilitating synaptic remodeling, engulfing dead cells and debris, and protecting the brain against infectious pathogens and harmful self‐proteins. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are diverse structures enclosed by a lipid bilayer that originate from intracellular endocytic trafficking or the plasma membrane. They are released by cells into the extracellular space and can be found in various bodily fluids. EVs have recently emerged as a communication mechanism between cells, enabling the transfer of functional proteins, lipids, different RNA species, and even fragments of DNA from donor cells. MG act as both source and recipient of EVs. Consequently, MG‐derived EVs are involved in regulating synapse development and maintaining homeostasis. These EVs also directly influence astrocytes, significantly increasing the release of inflammatory cytokines like IL‐1β, IL‐6, and TNF‐α, resulting in a robust inflammatory response. Furthermore, EVs derived from inflammatory MG have been found to inhibit remyelination, whereas Evs produced by pro‐regenerative MG effectively promote myelin repair. This review aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of MG‐derived Evs, their impact on neighboring cells, and the cellular microenvironment in normal conditions and pathological states, specifically focusing on demyelination and remyelination processes.
Emerging patterns of accumulation in land redistribution in South Africa
Authors: Mtero Farai , Gumede Nkanyiso , Ramantsima Katlego 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis article contributes to the wider debates on the impacts and outcomes of state efforts to create agrarian capitalists in land reform and agriculture in most countries of the global South. Specifically, this article presents empirical evidence on South Africa's State Land Lease and Disposal Policy (SLLDP) and analyses emerging accumulation dynamics in land redistribution. The evidence presented demonstrates that most of the SLLDP farm beneficiaries are capitalists from non‐agrarian sectors who increasingly see land reform as the new frontier for accumulation with significant opportunities to access state land and production support. Other agrarian capitalists leverage political influence and accumulate through privileged access to public resources. In contrast, accumulation from below through the reinvestment of farming proceeds remains constrained. Promoting a small segment of already wealthy capitalists greatly limits the potential of land reform to transform social relations in property in favour of historically marginalised social classes.
climenv: Download, extract and visualise climatic and elevation data
Authors: Tsakalos James Lee , Smith Martin Ross , Luebert Federico , Mucina Ladislav 
Published: December 2023

AbstractUnderstanding the relationship between climate and vegetation requires climate data to be linked with ecological data, including habitat types and vegetation mapping. Our new R package climenv allows researchers to efficiently acquire, extract and visualise data sets that are commonly used by researchers to quantify the climatic envelope of vegetation. climenv offers integrated downloading and processing capabilities for three globally recognised data sets: WorldClim 2, CHELSA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data. The package allows users to easily download and extract these data sets for single and multi‐geospatial polygon and point data sets, facilitating studies that explore the relationship between vegetation and climate. Furthermore, climenv allows users to plot traditional Holdridge life zone classification, Walter–Lieth climate diagrams and new customised plots, which combine aspects of both these systems with other biologically relevant climate variables. By enhancing the usability and flexibility of these data sets, climenv helps to explore the intricacies of the relationships between climate and vegetation. Our package is accessible from CRAN (https://CRAN.R‐project.org/package=climenv) or GitHub (https://github.com/jamestsakalos/climenv).
A mutually communicable external system resource in remote monitoring for cardiovascular implantable electronic devices
Authors: Hasumi Eriko , Fujiu Katsuhito , Nakamura Kentaro , Yumino Dai , Nishii Nobuhiro , Imai Yasushi , Shoda Morio , Komuro Issei 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundUsing third‐party resources to manage remote monitoring (RM) data from implantable cardiac electronic devices (CIEDs) can assist in device clinic workflows. However, each hospital‐acquired data is not used for further analysis as big data.Methods and resultsWe developed a real‐time and automatically centralized system of CIED information from multiple hospitals. If the extensive data‐based analysis suggests individual problems, it can be returned to each hospital. To show its feasibility, we prospectively analyzed data from six hospitals. For example, unexpected abnormal battery levels were easily illustrated without recall information.ConclusionsThe centralized RM system could be a new platform that promotes the utilization of device data as big data, and that information could be used for each patient's practice.
Rising from the shadows: Selective foraging in model shoot parasitic plants
Authors: Bawin Thomas , Krause Kirsten 
Published: December 2023

AbstractDespite being sessile, plants nonetheless forage for resources by modulating their growth. Adaptative foraging in response to changes in resource availability and presence of neighbours has strong implications for performance and fitness. It is an even more pressing issue for parasitic plants, which draw resources directly from other plants. Indeed, parasitic plants were demonstrated over the years to direct their growth towards preferred hosts and invest resources in parasitism relative to host quality. In contrast to root parasites that rely mostly on chemical cues, some shoot parasites seem to profit from the ability to integrate different types of abiotic and biotic cues. While significant progress in this field has been made recently, there are still many open questions regarding the molecular perception and the integration of diverse signalling pathways under different ecological contexts. Addressing how different cues are integrated in parasitic plants will be important when unravelling variations in plant interaction pathways, and essential to predict the spread of parasites in natural and agricultural environments. In this review, we discuss this with a focus on Cuscuta species as an emerging parasitic model, and provide research perspectives based on the recent advances in the topic and plant–plant interactions in general.
Direct reference and the Goldbach puzzle
Authors: Rinner Stefan 
Published: December 2023

AbstractSo‐called Neo‐Russellians, such as Salmon, Braun, Crimmins, and Perry, hold that the semantic content of ‘ is ’ in a context is the singular proposition o, P, where is the referent of the name in , and is the property expressed by the predicate in . This is also known as the Neo‐Russellian theory. Using truth ascriptions with names designating propositions, such as ‘Goldbach's conjecture’, in this paper, I will argue that, together with highly plausible principles regarding a priori knowledge, the Neo‐Russellian theory leads to unacceptable consequences. I will call this ‘the Goldbach puzzle’. Since the solution to the Goldbach puzzle cannot be to reject the discussed principles regarding a priori knowledge, the puzzle will undermine the Neo‐Russellian theory.
A substantial number of patients with rest pain, ulceration or gangrene are unable to undergo current non‐invasive perfusion testing—Could another modality be utilised?
Authors: Hart Odette , Hong Qiantai , Lee Khai Tuck , Gormley Sinead , Tehan Peta , Sommerset Jill , Khashram Manar 
Published: December 2023

AbstractRest pain, ulceration and gangrene are hallmark features of chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia (CLTI). Wound healing can be challenging, and this is compounded by an inability to measure lower limb perfusion via non‐invasive tools such as toe pressure (TP). Novel perfusion tests, such as pedal acceleration time (PAT), may overcome some limitations. This study aimed to quantify the proportion of patients with CLTI that were unable to undergo TP measurement. Over a three‐year duration, 344 consecutive patients with CLTI underwent PAT assessment (403 limbs). Overall, 32% of limbs were unable to undergo first toe TP, and 12.9% were unable to undergo first and second toe TP due to forefoot/digit amputation or tissue loss. Inability to measure first toe TP disproportionately impacted CLTI patients with diabetes compared to patients without diabetes (39.6% limbs (106/268); vs. 17% limbs (23/135); p < 0.001). Novel modalities may provide a useful tool for assessing perfusion in CLTI.
Feasibility of a Wearable Soft Robot Triggered by Brain-Computer Interface for Stroke Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
Authors: Cantillo-Negrete Jessica , Carino-Escobar Ruben I. , Yao Wei 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Conventional robot designs have been applied as feedback stages in brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for stroke upper limb neurorehabilitation, showing promising results. Soft -robotic devices can be simpler and less expensive to manufacture, and provide ergonomic advantages over traditional designs, allowing to increase the efficacy and availableness of BCI systems for stroke neurorehabilitation. However, patients' degrees of control, neurophysiological activity, and system's usability with a BCI, using a soft robotic device as feedback, have not been assessed in stroke. For these reasons, a BCI system with a soft robotic feedback device was assessed in stroke patients. Fifty trials were acquired to setup the system, and another fifty trials were performed for evaluating patients' BCI control and cortical activity during movement intention (MI) and robotic feedback. User experience with the BCI was also assessed. Classification accuracy was in the range of 71.3% to 97.5%. Significant decrease in alpha power was observed during both motor intention and robotic feedback, but significant decrease in beta power was only observed during motor intention. BCI performance was high and in the range of reported BCI stroke interventions that used traditional robotics as feedback. Power decrease observed predominantly in alpha during soft robotic feedback was likely due to the eliciting of motor-related mechanisms. Quantification of user experience with the BCI implied that the system complexity is adequate for stroke patients. Therefore, a BCI system aimed at stroke neurorehabilitation can incorporate a soft robotic design as feedback and has potential for upper extremity interventions.
Dynamic Modeling of the Ball-on-Flexible Beam Using Euler–Lagrangian Formulation
Authors: Choi Du-Soon , Chung Seong Youb , Ryu Ji-Chul 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Nonprehensile manipulation involves moving objects without physical grasping using methods such as rolling, sliding, pushing, and throwing. In the context of rolling manipulation, a novel nonconventional type manipulator, referred to as the ball-on-flexible beam system, is presented in this paper. A flexible beam with multiple linear actuating rods attached to the underside of it can be controlled to move an overlying ball using rolling manipulation. Since the absence of physical grasping in nonprehensile manipulation often requires taking into account the dynamics of the system, we focus on the derivation of the dynamic model of the ball-on-flexible beam in this paper. The dynamic model is derived using the Euler–Lagrangian formulation. In the calculation of the kinetic and potential energies of the beam and the ball, the deflection of the flexible beam is taken into account based on the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The accuracy of the derived model is verified through a finite element analysis (FEA) case study.
Swirl Enhancement Effect on Turbine Rim Seal Performance
Authors: Choi Mingeun , Goo Bonhan , Cho GeonHwan , Song Seung Jin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In gas turbines, sealing flow is extracted from the high-pressure compressor and supplied into the turbine wheel-space to suppress hot gas ingestion. Such hot gas ingestion is thought to be driven by the difference in either the static pressure or swirl between the mainstream and wheel-space flows. For the first time, experiments have been conducted in a low-speed single-stage axial turbine with a single-radial clearance rim seal and a “swirler” on the rotor disk. The objective is to evaluate the impact of enhanced wheel-space flow swirl on the rim seal performance. The swirler does not affect the mainstream flow. In the wheel-space, however, the swirler reduces static pressure; increases swirl; and improves rim seal performance (i.e., reduces the minimum sealing flowrate needed for hot gas ingestion prevention). Thus, the seal performance improvement occurs with increased difference in pressure and reduced difference in swirl between the mainstream and wheel-space flows. Therefore, it can be inferred that the rim seal performance depends more strongly on swirl than pressure. Preliminary gas turbine cycle performance studies indicate that net cycle efficiency benefits can be obtained.