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Cost Malmquist productivity analysis during the COVID-19 outbreak: evidence from the largest dual banking industry
Authors: Alsharif Mohammad 
Published: January 2024

PurposeThis study attempts to comprehensively analyze the cost Malmquist productivity index of conventional and Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia, the largest dual banking sector in the world, during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs the novel approach of cost Malmquist productivity index, which focuses on production costs, to measure the change in cost productivity so that the actual impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could be captured.FindingsThe Saudi Central Bank has successfully mitigated the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the Saudi banking sector by implementing several policies and services. This success is reflected in the large positive shift in the production frontier of Saudi banks. Moreover, it was found that Islamic Saudi banks were by far more productive than conventional Saudi banks during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the total cost productivity index (CMPCH) of Islamic Saudi banks starts to decline sharply in the last quarter of 2022 compared to conventional Saudi banks, indicating that Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia are suffering the most from the tighter monetary policy recently implemented by the Saudi Central Bank.Practical implicationsThe results provide insights for policymakers and investors on how different types of banks respond differently to economic crises and monetary policy changes. Targeted support measures may be needed to ensure all banks remain productive and efficient.Originality/valueTo the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to use this innovative methodology to assess the impact of COVID-19 on bank performance in a dual banking sector.
Decision support factors evaluative model for affordable PPP public housing delivery in Ghana
Authors: Kwofie Titus Ebenezer , Addy Michael Nii , Duah Daniel Yaw Addai , Aigbavboa Clinton Ohis , Owusu Emmanuel Banahene , Olympio George Felix 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
As public–private partnerships (PPPs) have become preferred and veritable approach to deliver affordable housing, the seemingly lack of understanding of the significant factors that impact on success has become a notable setback. This study aims to delineate significant factors that can support decisions in affordable PPP public housing delivery.

Design/methodology/approach
Largely, a questionnaire survey was adopted to elicit insights from practitioners, policymakers and experts to develop an evaluative decision support model using an analytical hierarchy process and multi-attribute utility technique approach. Further, an expert illustration was conducted to evaluate and validate the results on the housing typologies.

Findings
The results revealed that energy efficiency and low-cost green building materials scored the highest weighting of all the criteria. Furthermore, multi-storey self-contained flats were found to be the most preferred housing typology and were significantly influenced by these factors. From the model evaluation, the scores on the factors of sustainability, affordability, cultural values and accountability were consistent across all typologies of housing whereas that of benchmarking, governance and transparency were varied.

Originality/value
The decision support factors captured varied dimensions of key factors that impact on affordable PPP housing that have not been considered in an integrated manner. These findings offer objective and systematic support to decision-making in affordable PPP housing delivery.
Short-term and long-term effects of foreign direct investment on tax revenue: empirical evidence from an emerging economy
Authors: Musah Abubakar , Kodjie Peter Kwasi , Abdulai Munkaila 
Published: January 2024

PurposeThis paper examines the short- and long-run effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on tax revenue in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts the autoregressive distributed lag approach to estimate FDI’s long-run and short-run effects on tax revenue. The study uses time-series data from 1983 to 2019 for Ghana, mainly obtained from The Bank of Ghana, the World Bank and the IMF.FindingsThe results show that, in the short-run, FDI has no significant effect on direct tax revenue and total tax revenue but significantly hurts indirect tax revenue. In the long run, however, the results show that FDI has significant positive effects on indirect tax revenue and total tax revenue but no significant effect on direct tax revenue.Originality/valueEmpirical studies often fail to analyse the short-run and long-run effects of FDI on tax revenue. This study contributes to the mixed literature by analysing the short-run and long-run effects of FDI on tax revenue in an emerging market context. Additionally, this study employs three tax revenue measures in analysing the nexus.
Teacher growth mindset and ICT integration in Indonesian classrooms: insights from in-service and preservice teacher programs
Authors: Baharuddin Fiskia Rera , Amiruddin Amiruddin , Nurlaela Nurlaela , Setialaksana Wirawan 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
This study explores the relationships among multiple factors, including growth mindset, lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD), influencing teachers’ integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into their teaching methods.

Design/methodology/approach
The study involved 1,095 Indonesian vocational high school teachers who participated in in-service or preservice teacher development programs. Data was collected through a survey, and a structural equation model with partial least squares parameter estimation was used to analyze the relationships and mediations.

Findings
Structural equation modeling revealed that a growth mindset positively affects both lifelong learning and CPD. Moreover, lifelong learning positively impacts CPD. Furthermore, all of these variables demonstrate a positive effect on teachers’ ICT integration in the classroom. The findings indicate that lifelong learning and CPD partially mediate the relationship between a growth mindset and ICT integration.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature on the determinants of teachers’ ICT usage postparticipation in in-service and preservice teacher programs. The findings underscore the significant impact of a growth mindset on teachers’ ICT use in the classroom.
Quality assurance: a conceptual framework for teaching and learning standards in vocational and technical education programs
Authors: Wafudu Satumari John , Bin Kamin Yusri 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
The issue of quality assurance in vocational and technical education (VTE) programs identifies a perilous need to develop a conceptual framework for teaching and learning standards. This study aims to identify standard components for teaching and learning to ensure quality delivery for the achievement of VTE objectives. The quality assurance framework for teaching and learning is envisioned as a closed-loop management process that functions as an effective operational scheme to coordinate teaching processes that support the structure for quality assurance in VTE programs.

Design/methodology/approach
Survey data were collected through a questionnaire developed to examine the quality standards for teaching and learning in VTE from 259 respondents from colleges of education. The identified quality components for teaching and learning and their quality indicators were analysed.

Findings
The conceptual framework for teaching and learning with the 12 quality components and 62 quality indicators is the key standard for improving quality teaching and learning to meet the desired goals of VTE programs.

Originality/value
The framework proposed is flexible and can be applied to many other programs to ensure that teachers are professional enough to teach effectively to provide adequate learning outcomes.
Investigating the large strain compression properties of PLA parts manufactured by FDM using experiments and constitutive modeling
Authors: Maheshwari Shrushti , Alam Zafar , Singh Sarthak S. 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to experimentally investigate the large deformation compression characteristics of fused deposition modelling (FDM)-printed poly lactic acid (PLA), considering the combined effect of infill density and strain rate, and to develop a constitutive viscoplastic model that can incorporate the infill density to predict the experimental result.

Design/methodology/approach
The experimental approach focuses on strain rate-dependent (2.1 × 10−4, 2.1 × 10−3, and 2.1 × 10−2 s−1) compression testing for varied infill densities. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging of compressed materials is used to investigate deformation processes. A hyperelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model is constructed that can predict mechanical deformations at different strain rates and infill densities.

Findings
The yield stress of PLA increased with increase in strain rate and infill density. However, higher degree of strain-softening response was witnessed for the strain rate corresponding to 2.1 × 10−2 s−1. While filament splitting and twisting were identified as the damage mechanisms at higher strain rates, matrix crazing was observed as the primary deformation mechanism for higher infill density (95%). The developed constitutive model captured yield stress and post-yield softening behaviour of FDM build PLA samples with a high R2 value of 0.99.

Originality/value
This paper addresses the need to analyse and predict the mechanical response of FDM print polymers (PLA) undergoing extensive strain-compressive loading through a hyperelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model. This study links combined effects of the printing parameter (infill density) with the experimental parameter (strain rate).
Impact of cat-assisted therapy (Ca-AT) among elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease at home: a case study
Authors: Shawish Najah , Kawafha Mariam , Abu Kamel Andaleeb , Al-Maghaireh Dua’a , Bani Hani Salam 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
This study aims to explore the effects of cat-assisted therapy (Ca-AT) on a patient in their homes, specifically investigating the effects on patient’s memory, behavioral pathology and ability to perform activities of daily living, independently.

Design/methodology/approach
A case study design was used in patient’s homes using three measuring scales, namely, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Barthel index (BI) and Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Rating Scale.

Findings
The MMSE and BI mean scores were increased, whereas the Behavioral Pathology mean score was decreased. Patient negative behaviors were improved specifically, aggressiveness, anxieties, phobias, and caregiver burden was decreased.

Practical implications
Patients with AD could significantly benefit from Ca-AT in their own homes, and it could decrease caregiving burden.

Originality/value
Ca-AT is a newly developed type of animal-assisted therapy that uses cats to treat patients, especially elderly people with AD, in their homes.
Companion animals and/or social media use among Portuguese community-dwelling older adults: profile and impact on well-being and social interaction
Authors: Sousa Liliana , Fernandes Jéssica , Sá-Couto Pedro , Tavares João 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
Companion animals and social media are two important factors of social interaction and well-being among the older population. This study aims to compare social media use and/or having companion animals with respect to sociodemographic variables in conjunction with loneliness, social isolation, depression, satisfaction with life and satisfaction with social support.

Design/methodology/approach
This cross-sectional study involves a sample of 250 older community-dwelling adults. The questionnaire comprised sociodemographic, companion animals and social media questions and scales to assess social isolation, loneliness, satisfaction with life and social support and depression. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Findings
Four groups emerged: “companion animal/s, no social media” (37.6%); “none” (33.6%); “social media and companion animal/s” (14.4%); and “social media, no companion animal/s” (14.4%). Social media users (with or without companion animals) are the youngest and with higher levels of education; caregivers of companion animals (no social media use) are in-between in terms of age and level of education; and those without companion animals and no social media users are the oldest and with less formal education.

Originality/value
This research examines and compares two key influencers of older adults’ well-being and social interaction (social media and companion animals), that have been researched mostly separately. Findings underlined the cohort effect in the use of social media, suggesting that future older adult cohorts will use more social media whether they have or do not have companion animals.
Environmental policies with the excess burden of public funds and privatisation
Authors: Kim Doori , Lee Sang‐Ho 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis study investigates the interaction of environmental policies with the shadow cost of public funds and the efficiency of green research and development (R&D), while considering the presence of a public firm. In the policy combination of emission taxes and green R&D subsidies, we find that it has an implementable region where the shadow cost is neither high nor low, but the green R&D efficiency is high. We also demonstrate that the privatisation of public firms decreases the rates of both emission taxes and green R&D subsidies under a single policy regime. This increases (decreases) the implementable region of the policy combination of the emission tax (green subsidy) and is only implementable in the presence of a public firm. Finally, privatisation is shown to increase welfare when the shadow cost is lowest and green R&D is less efficient. These findings highlight that public ownership substitutes for environmental policies, while the shadow cost of public funds and the green R&D efficiency are critical when privatising public firms.
Performance Feedback and Innovative Search Strategies: An Integrative Perspective of Motivation and Capacity for Risk Taking
Authors: Zhang Zhiqun , Gu Xin , Yang Xue 
Published: January 2024

AbstractInnovative search is a critical component of strategic decision making, and its different dimensions convey various levels of risk. Prior research on the behavioural theory of the firm has focused on motivation logic or capacity logic to predict the effects of performance feedback on risk taking but has paid limited attention to their joint effects. To construct a comprehensive framework in the behavioural theory of the firm, we consider both motivation and capacity logic to analyse the impact of performance feedback on risk taking. We argue that underperformance feedback positively affects innovative search scope and that overperformance feedback entails a U‐shaped relationship with innovative search scope, while innovative search depth shows the opposite trend. Using a unique dataset consisting of 9,730 firm‐year observations of 2,102 Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2018, we conduct fixed‐effect regression analyses to test our hypotheses and find support for most theoretical predictions. We also identify the boundary roles of environmental dynamism. This study contributes to the literature on the behavioural theory of the firm by predicting innovative search strategies using a consistent and integrative framework.
Analyst Coverage and Synchronous Knowledge Search: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Authors: Xiao Fenglong 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis study develops a theory concerning the ways in which firms manage knowledge search in relation to the search behaviours of competitors. While the search behaviours of competitors provide information cues regarding the possible distribution of valuable innovation opportunities in the knowledge space, a focal firm may search with competitors synchronously (i.e. searching with competitors in the same knowledge areas at the same time) or asynchronously (i.e. searching in different knowledge areas from competitors). This study examines the quest for legitimacy under institutional pressure as a key contingency that shapes firms’ propensity to search with competitors synchronously or asynchronously. Focusing on scrutiny by security analysts as a source of institutional pressure, and employing mergers and acquisitions of brokerage houses as a natural experiment that results in exogenous drops in analyst coverage, this study finds that firms are more prone to search with competitors asynchronously following an exogenous drop in analyst coverage, providing support to the theory. Additional analysis shows that the positive relationship between an exogenous drop in analyst coverage and a firm's asynchronous search behaviour is less pronounced when the firm in question has proven its ability to capture valuable innovation opportunities via high innovation performance.
Integrated Devices: A New Regulatory Pathway to Promote Revolutionary Innovation
Authors: CHO TED , GOWDA VRUSHAB , SCHULZRINNE HENNING , MILLER BRIAN J. 
Published: January 2024

Policy Points
Current medical device regulatory frameworks date back half a century and are ill suited for the next generation of medical devices that involve a significant software component.
Existing Food and Drug Administration efforts are insufficient because of a lack of statutory authority, whereas international examples offer lessons for improving and harmonizing domestic medical device regulatory policy.
A voluntary alternative pathway built upon two‐stage review with individual component review followed by holistic review for integrated devices would provide regulators with new tools to address a changing medical device marketplace
Contextual factors influencing the association between the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and Veteran VA‐Medicaid dual enrollment
Authors: O'Mahen Patrick N. , Eck Chase S. , Jiang Cheng (Rebecca) , Petersen Laura A. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate changes in dual enrollment after Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion by VA priority group, (e.g., service connection), sex, and type of state expansion.Study SettingOur cohort was all Veterans ages 18–64 enrolled in VA and eligible for benefits due to military service‐connection or low income from 2011 to 2016; the unit of analysis was person‐year.Study DesignDifference‐in‐difference and event‐study analysis. The outcome was dual VA‐Medicaid enrollment for at least 1 month annually. Medicaid expansion, VA priority status, whether a state expanded by a Section 1115 waiver, and sex were independent variables. We controlled for race, ethnicity, age, disease burden, distance to VA facilities, state, and year.Data Extraction MethodsWe used data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) regarding age and VA Priority Group to select our cohort of VA‐enrolled individuals. We then took the cohort and crossed checked it with Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX) and T‐MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) to determine Medicaid enrollment status.Principal FindingsService‐connected Veterans experienced lower dual‐enrollment increases across all sex and state‐waiver groups (3.44 percentage points (95% CI: 1.83, 5.05 pp) for women, 3.93 pp (2.98, 4.98) for men, 4.06 pp (2.85, 5.27) for non‐waiver states, and 3.00 pp (1.58 to 4.41) for waiver states) than Veterans who enrolled in the VA due to low income (8.19 pp (5.43, 10.95) for women, 9.80 pp (7.06, 12.54) for men, 10.21 pp (7.17, 13.25) for non‐waiver states, and 7.39 pp (5.28, 9.50) for waiver states).ConclusionsMedicaid expansion is associated with dual enrollment. Dual‐enrollment changes are greatest in those enrolled in the VA due to low income, but do not differ by sex or expansion type. Results can help VA identify groups disproportionately likely to have potential care‐coordination issues due to usage of multiple health care systems.
Preliminary examination of the histochemistry of the semitendinosus muscle microstructure in Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) and the correlations with muscle score
Authors: Prawira Andhika Yudha , Supratikno  , Anwar Saiful , Khaerunnisa Isyana , Furqon Ahmad , Novelina Savitri , Prihatin Koko Wisnu 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBali cattle (Bos javanicus) are a local breed from Indonesia with the potential for beef production, but its meat has been reported to be tough. This indicates that there is a need to develop various methods that can be used for assessment to improve the quality of the meat. One such method is muscle scoring (MS), which is often used to predict the amount of meat in the carcass from live animals, but the muscle microstructure contributing to the quality is often neglected. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the correlation between the muscle score of Bali cattle and the quality of muscle microstructure in terms of myofibril morphometric and connective tissue composition using a histochemistry approach. The population consisted of 31 Bali cattle, and MS was performed by evaluating the muscle line using a range of 1 to 15. The three individuals with the highest scores (Hi) and the three with the lowest (Lo) were sampled for semitendinosus muscle microstructural observation. The results showed that cattle in the Hi group had a higher surface area of myofibril and sarcomere length, but had a significantly lower relative percentage of intramuscular collagen compared to others in the Lo group (p < 0.05). Generally, muscle score had a positive correlation with body weight, surface area of myofibril and sarcomere length. In all cattle, the fibres identified were similar, where the thick types were dominant in the epimysium and perimysium, followed by the thin variants. Furthermore, the endomysium prominently contained non‐fibrous or other types of fibre. This study can provide the basic data that can be used as a pilot for future studies of muscle score assessment in Indonesian cattle.
Progressive peripapillary capillary vessel density loss and long‐term visual field progression in Normal tension glaucoma
Authors: Chen De‐Fu , Wang Chenmin , Zhou Weihe , Si Yuqing , Chu Xizhong , Hu Chengju , Shang Xiao , Wang Xiaoyan , Zuo Jingjing , Huang Qiangjie , Lu Xiaonan , Cheng Gangwei , Leung Dexter Y. L. , Liang Yuanbo 
Published: January 2024

AbstractPurposeTo explore the association between progressive peripapillary capillary vessel density (pcVD) reduction and the progression of visual field (VF) impairment in individuals with normal tension glaucoma (NTG).DesignProspective cohort study.MethodsThe study enrolled 110 participants with one eye each, totalling 110 NTG eyes. VF defects were evaluated using standard automated perimetry mean deviation (MD), while pcVD measurements were obtained using optical coherence tomography angiography throughout the follow‐up period. Estimates of VF progression were determined by event‐based and trend‐based analyses. Fast VF progression was defined as an MD slope steeper than −0.5 dB/year, while the slow progression or stable VF was defined as an MD slope better or equal to −0.25 dB/year. Linear mixed‐effects models were employed to analyse the rates of change in pcVD reduction and VF MD decline over time. Additionally, univariable and multivariable linear models were used to examine the relationship between pcVD changes and VF loss rates in NTG.ResultsSlow VF progression or stable VF was observed in 45% of subjects, while 25% had moderate progression and 30% showed fast progression. Patients with VF progression exhibited faster rate of pcVD reduction in peripapillary global region (−0.73 ± 0.40%/year vs. −0.56 ± 0.35%/year, p = 0.022). Moreover, this rate positively correlated with VF MD decline in NTG (estimate 0.278, 95% CI 0.122–0.433, p = 0.001).ConclusionIn individuals with NTG, faster VF progression was linked to a quicker reduction in pcVD, suggesting a positive correlation between pcVD decline and VF deterioration.