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How job resources can shape perspectives that lead to better performance: a remote worker field study
Authors: Keeler Justin B. , Scuderi Noelle F. , Brock Baskin Meagan E. , Jordan Patricia C. , Meade Laura M. 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the complexity of how demands and stress are mitigated to enhance employee performance in remote working arrangements.Design/methodology/approachA time-lagged snowball sample of 223 full-time remote working adults in the United States participated in an online survey. Data were analyzed using R 4.0.2 and structural equation modeling.FindingsResults suggest remote job resources involving organizational trust and work flexibility increase performance via serial mediation when considering information communication technology (ICT) demands and work–life interference (WLI). The findings provide insights into counterbalancing the negative aspects of specific demands and stress in remote work arrangements.Practical implicationsThis study provides insights for managers to understand how basic job resources may shape perspectives on demands and WLI to impact performance. Specific to remote working arrangements, establishing trust with the employees and promoting accountability with their work flexibility can play an important part in people and their performance.Originality/valueThis study contributes theoretically to the literature by evidencing how components of the E-Work Life (EWL) scale can be used with greater versatility beyond the original composite measurement because of the job-demand resource (JD-R) framework and conservation of resources theory (COR). This study answers several calls by research to investigate how ICT demands and WLI play a complex role in work performance.
Properties of accrual accounts in public sector entities: evidence from the Italian National Health Service
Authors: Columbano Claudio , Biondi Lucia , Bracci Enrico 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to contribute to the debate over the desirability of introducing an accrual-based accounting system in the public sector by examining whether accrual-based accounting information is superior to cash-based information in the context of public sector entities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper applies a quantitative research method to assess the degree of smoothness and relevance of the accrual components of income recorded by 302 entities of the Italian National Health Service (INHS) over the period 2014–2020.FindingsThe analysis reveals that net income is smoother than cash flows as a summary measure of economic results and that accounting for accruals improves the predictability of future cash flows. However, the authors' novel disaggregation of accrual accounts reveals that those accounts that contribute the most to making income smoother than cash flows – noncurrent assets and liabilities – are also those that contribute the least to predicting future cash flows.Originality/valueThe disaggregation of accrual accounts allows to identify the sources of the informational benefits of accrual accounting, and to document the existence of an informational “trade-off” between smoothness and relevance in the context of public sector entities.
Learning from experiments: exploring how short time-boxed experiments can contribute to organizational learning
Authors: Grosen Sidsel Lond , Edwards Kasper 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
The aim of this paper is to explore how the involvement of workplace teams in experimenting with changes in their work practices through short, time-boxed, experiments (STBEs) can support organizational learning. It is explored how staffs’ experiences with experimental practices give rise to shared knowledge and how this is supported by the design of the STBE-procedure. Also explored is how the STBEs support knowledge retainment.

Design/methodology/approach
The study builds on the authors’ participation in a research and development project across seven financial enterprises in Denmark. Qualitative material was developed as part of the experiments. Theoretically emphasizing experience, knowledge creation through dialogue and knowledge retention, the material was analyzed, focusing on participants’ experiences and interactions, as well as on procedures.

Findings
The STBEs occasioned direct experience with new work practices for managers and employees. Supported by the STBE-procedure, these experiences generated new knowledge individually, collectively and on an organizational level. The procedure also created routines that can underpin the retainment of the new practices and knowledge related to incorporating it in the organization.

Research limitations/implications
The study implicates experience with changes in work practices to be understood as predominantly mindful in opposition to simple, even when the changes appear to be simple.

Practical implications
The STBEs are applicable when working with organizational learning related to new work practices. Procedures supporting dialogue and mindful processes appear to be advantageous in relation to learning from experiments.

Originality/value
Based on an original research and development project and unique qualitative material, the study adds to discussions on how to best conduct and learn from experiments in organizations.
The impacts of relational organizing for health system and community collaboration: Early evidence from a rapid multisite qualitative study
Authors: Tuepker Anaïs , Johnson Amanda , Manriquez Luis , Park Susan , Erin Rohanna , Zinler Katie Ashmore , Sciammas Chloe Liliane , Lacayo Benjamin A. , Park Brian 
Published: December 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo understand the ways relational organizing practices impacted collaborations between independent or health system‐affiliated community health clinics, public health offices, and community groups during the early COVID‐19 pandemic.Data Sources and Study SettingBetween November 2020 and June 2021, we interviewed clinical and public health workers, clinic‐based community organizers, and staff and volunteers at community organizations who participated in three COVID‐19 response collaborations in the Northwestern United States.Study DesignThis was a qualitative study employing participatory and rapid data collection and analysis methods.Data CollectionResearch team members invited key participants in organizing efforts to a semi‐structured virtual interview conducted by an independent health services researcher. A sensemaking team that included project participants analyzed interview data using an iterative, thematic approach and conducted a ripple effect mapping exercise to supplement interview data. A total of 19 people contributed data for analysis. Analysis was guided by the underlying research questions: whether and how relational organizing practices contributed to successful collaboration, and what challenges were encountered.Principal FindingsRelational organizing was perceived to contribute to multiple positive project outcomes, including greater self‐efficacy in a time of crisis and enhanced sense of connection; these outcomes contributed to a sense of successful collaboration. Four mechanisms were identified that explained relational organizing's collaborative efficacy: (1) mobilizing existing relationships for rapid community engagement; (2) bringing concrete skills for enhancing trust among cross‐sector partners; (3) recognizing and addressing power dynamics; and (4) creating vehicles for exercising collective community power. Lack of trust and unsurfaced power dynamics were perceived as common challenges to sustained collaboration, which relational organizing could sometimes mitigate.ConclusionsOur findings suggest relational organizing practices can be protective against common “pain points” faced by cross‐sectoral partnerships, especially in times of crisis. Further piloting of clinic‐based relational organizing is recommended, as is research on longer‐term impacts.
Assessing repeatability of spatial trajectories
Authors: Carrasco Josep L. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractRepeatability involves the assessment of the agreement among repeated measurements from the same cluster of subjects, and this concept has been widely used in different scientific fields when data is structured in clusters. In the context of spatial trajectories, a degree of repeatability implies that individual trips can be distinguished from those of other individuals.Repeatability is usually assessed by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), which is defined as the proportion of the total variance accounted for by among‐subject variability. However, where data are spatial trajectories the common approach to estimate the ICC does not apply because data involves sets of ordered spatial locations rather than single values.In this work, a novel approach based on spatial distances is proposed to estimate the ICC to assess the repeatability of spatial trajectories. The methodology is illustrated with a real case example of the flight trajectories of 36 Audouin's gulls (Ichthyaetus audouinii) moving through a heterogeneous landscape over a period of 18 days. Additionally, simulations were used to evaluate the performance of the approach under various scenarios.I demonstrate that ICC can be estimated on complex, spatially ordered data such as spatial trajectories, when using the appropriate spatial distance.
Transcriptome‐wide analysis reveals GYG2 as a mitochondria‐related aging biomarker in human subcutaneous adipose tissue
Authors: Ham Mira , Cho Yeonju , Kang Tae‐Wook , Oh Taeyun , Kim Hyoung‐June , Kim Kyu‐Han 
Published: December 2023

AbstractSubcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), a vital energy reservoir and endocrine organ for maintaining systemic glucose, lipid, and energy homeostasis, undergoes significant changes with age. However, among the existing aging‐related markers, only few genes are associated with SAT aging. In this study, weighted gene co‐expression network analysis was used on a transcriptome of SAT obtained from the Genotype‐Tissue Expression portal to identify biologically relevant, SAT‐specific, and age‐related marker genes. We found modules that exhibited significant changes with age and identified GYG2 as a novel key aging associated gene. The link between GYG2 and mitochondrial function as well as brown/beige adipocytes was supported using additional bioinformatics and experimental analyses. Additionally, we identified PPARG as the transcription factor of GYG2 expression. The newly discovered GYG2 marker can be used to not only determine the age of SAT but also uncover new mechanisms underlying SAT aging.
Comparing the distal pancreatectomy fistula risk score (D‐FRS) and DISPAIR‐FRS for predicting pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy
Authors: Tang Bingjun , Wang Pengfei , Ma Jiming , Shi Jun , Yang Shizhong , Zeng Jianping , Xiang Canhong , Wang Xuedong 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundsDistal pancreatectomy fistula risk score (D‐FRS) and DISPAIR‐FRS has not been widely validated for predicting postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after distal pancreatectomy (DP).MethodsWe retrospectively analysed 104 patients undergoing DP. The predictive value of the D‐FRS and DISPAIR‐FRS were compared. Risk factors associated with POPF were investigated by multivariate analysis.ResultsOf the 104 patients, 23 (22.1%) were categorized into the POPF group (all grade B). The areas under the ROC (AUCs) of the D‐FRS (preoperative), D‐FRS (intraoperative), and DISPAIR‐FRS were 0.737, 0.809, and 0.688, respectively. Stratified by the D‐FRS (preoperative), the POPF rates in low‐risk, intermediate‐risk, and high‐risk groups were 5%, 22.6%, and 36.4%, respectively. By the D‐FRS (intraoperative), the POPF rates in low‐risk, intermediate‐risk, and high‐risk groups were 8.8%, 47.1%, and 47.4%, respectively. By the DISPAIR‐FRS, the POPF rates in low‐risk, intermediate‐risk, and extreme‐high‐risk groups were 14.8%, 23.8% and 62.5%, respectively. Body mass index and main pancreatic duct diameter were independent risk factors of POPF both in preoperative (P = 0.014 and P = 0.033, respectively) and intraoperative (P = 0.015 and P = 0.039) multivariate analyses.ConclusionBoth the D‐FRS (preoperative), D‐FRS (intraoperative), and DISPAIR‐FRS has good performance in POPF prediction after DP. The risk stratification was not satisfactory in current Asian cohort.
Model averaged tail area confidence intervals in nested linear regression models
Authors: Kabaila Paul , Perera Ayesha 
Published: December 2023

SummaryThe performance, in terms of coverage and expected length, of the model averaged tail area (MATA) confidence interval, proposed by Turek & Fletcher (2012, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 56, 2809–2815), depends greatly on the data‐based model weights used in its construction. We generalise the computationally convenient exact formulae due to Kabaila, Welsh & Abeysekera (2016, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 43, 35–48) for the coverage and expected length of this confidence interval for two nested linear regression models to the case of two or more nested linear regression models. This permits the numerical assessment of the performance, in terms of coverage probability and scaled expected length, of the MATA confidence interval for any given data‐based model weights in the context of three or more nested linear regression models. We illustrate this numerical assessment of performance of the MATA confidence interval, for model weights based on any given Generalised Information Criterion, in the context of three nested linear regression models using the real life ‘Cholesterol’ data. This provides a very informative further exploration of the influence of these model weights on the performance of this confidence interval.
Prevalence and determinants of perinatal mental disorders in women with gestational diabetes in New Zealand: Findings from a national longitudinal study
Authors: Ohene‐Agyei Phyllis , Gamble Greg D. , Harding Jane E. , Crowther Caroline A. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIntroductionConcurrent diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus and mental disorders is associated with adverse outcomes for mother and child, but there is limited information about prevalence or which women are at risk.Material and methodsThis study was a prospective cohort study of women with gestational diabetes from 10 hospitals in New Zealand who reported anxiety (6‐item Spielberger State–Trait Anxiety Inventory), depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale) and health‐related quality of life (36‐Item Short‐Form General Health Survey) at time of gestational diabetes diagnosis (baseline), 36 weeks’ gestation, and 6 months postpartum. Potential predictors were assessed using multivariable logistic regression.ResultsAmong 414 respondents, 17% reported anxiety, 16% vulnerability to depression and 27% poor mental health‐related quality of life at time of gestational diabetes diagnosis. At 36 weeks’ gestation, prevalence decreased for vulnerability to depression (8%) and poor mental health‐related quality of life (20%). Younger maternal age, Pacific ethnicity, previous history of gestational diabetes, and older gestational age at time of gestational diabetes diagnosis were associated with poorer mental health outcomes. At 6 months postpartum the prevalence of mental disorders did not differ from in late pregnancy and they were associated with later gestational age at time of gestational diabetes diagnosis and elevated 2‐hour postprandial glucose concentrations.ConclusionsPerinatal mental disorders are common at time of diagnosis among women with gestational diabetes in New Zealand and had decreased by late pregnancy and at 6 months after birth. These disorders are more common among women with specific risk factors who may therefore benefit from additional support.
Ultrasonographic patterns of different regions of uterus according to pregnancy in cows and heifers
Authors: Olğaç Kemal Tuna , Yazlik Murat Onur , Kaya Ufuk , Tirpan Mehmet Borga 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to detect pregnancy within the first 20 days after artificial insemination by evaluating the ultrasonographic patterns of the different regions of uterus in Holstein heifers and cows. Animals were divided into subgroups according to pregnancy on 28th day as pregnant (heifer, n: 15; cow, n: 15) and non‐pregnant (heifer, n: 15; cow, n: 15). Images were taken from the ovulation‐side cornu uteri (OSC), non‐ovulation‐side cornu uteri (NOSC), and the corpus uteri (CU) on alternate days from D0 to D20. The images were evaluated by ImageJ software in terms of mean gray value (MGV), homogeneity (HOM), and contrast (CON) and endometrium thickness (ET). The mean MGV and G*T and P*T interactions, the mean CON and G*T and G*P interactions, the mean HOM and G*P interactions, and the mean ET and G*P interactions were statistically significant (p < 0.05). In receiver operating characteristic analyses, D2–D6 for CON and D2, D6, D8, D16, and D20 for HOM of OSC in cows and D8 and D10 MGV and D18 and D20 ET of OSC in heifers had high relationship with positive pregnancy (p < 0.05). The use of echogenicity evaluations and endometrium thickness measurements in reproductive management seems to be suitable for the prediction of pregnancy in cows and heifers.
Effects of intravaginal administration of prostaglandin F2α on luteolysis and subsequent estrus in Shiba goats (Capra hircus)
Authors: Akamatsu Yumi , Tanaka Tomomi , Endo Natsumi 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis study examined the effects of intravaginal administration of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) on luteolysis and subsequent estrus in cycling goats. Goats with functional corpus lutea received one of five treatments: 2 mg of PG intramuscularly (IM2 × 1; n = 6), 2 mg of PGF2α intravaginally (IVG2 × 1; n = 7), 4 mg of PGF2α intravaginally (IVG4 × 1; n = 7), and 1 or 2 mg of PGF2α intravaginally 8 h apart (IVG1 × 2 group; n = 6 and IVG2 × 2; n = 8). Blood samples were collected at 24‐h intervals from 0 to 7 days after PGF2α administration. Estrus was checked twice daily during the experiment. The proportion of goats with complete luteolysis (reduction of progesterone concentrations to <1 ng/mL until 48 h after treatment) in the IVG2 × 1 group (28.6%) was significantly lower than in the other groups (IM2 × 1; 100%, IVG4 × 1; 57.1%, IVG1 × 2; 87.5%, IVG2 × 2; 100%, respectively). For goats completing luteolysis, there was no significant difference in the onset and duration of estrus among the groups. These results suggest that intravaginal administration of PGF2α can be applied as an alternative to intramuscular administration.
Prenatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An increase in barriers from early to mid‐pandemic in the United States
Authors: Diamond‐Smith Nadia , Logan Rachel , Adler Aliza , Gutierrez Sirena , Marshall Cassondra , Kerns Jennifer L. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic led to changes in the provision of pregnancy and postpartum care. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in access to prenatal and postpartum care over time, from early in the pandemic (July 2020) to mid‐pandemic (January 2021) and to explore socioeconomic and COVID‐19‐related economic factors associated with experiencing barriers to care.MethodsWe recruited two cross sections of women and birthing people in the US in July 2020 (N = 4645) and January 2021 (N = 3343) using Facebook and Instagram Ads.ResultsThree out of four women in the prenatal period and four out of five women in the postpartum period reported barriers to scheduling a visit. The likelihood of not having a visit (OR = 4.44, 95% CI 2.67–7.40), being unable to schedule a visit (OR = 2.73, 95% CI 1.71–4.35), and not being offered visits (OR = 4.26, 95% CI 2.32–7.81) increased over time. Participants were more likely to report barriers attending scheduled prenatal or postpartum appointments over time (OR = 2.72, 95% CI 2.14–3.45). Women who experienced more economic impacts from COVID‐19 were older, less educated, and were Black, Indigenous, or a person of color, and were more likely to have barriers to attending appointments.ConclusionsCertain subgroups are more at risk during COVID‐19, and around 9 months into the pandemic, women were not only still facing barriers to care, but these had been amplified. Additional research using other data sources is needed to identify and ameliorate barriers and inequalities in access to prenatal and postpartum care that appear to have persisted throughout the pandemic.
Complex in vitro model: A transformative model in drug development and precision medicine
Authors: Wang Luming , Hu Danping , Xu Jinming , Hu Jian , Wang Yifei 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn vitro and in vivo models play integral roles in preclinical drug research, evaluation, and precision medicine. In vitro models primarily involve research platforms based on cultured cells, typically in the form of two‐dimensional (2D) cell models. However, notable disparities exist between 2D cultured cells and in vivo cells across various aspects, rendering the former inadequate for replicating the physiologically relevant functions of human or animal organs and tissues. Consequently, these models failed to accurately reflect real‐life scenarios post‐drug administration. Complex in vitro models (CIVMs) refer to in vitro models that integrate a multicellular environment and a three‐dimensional structure using bio‐polymer or tissue‐derived matrices. These models seek to reconstruct the organ‐ or tissue‐specific characteristics of the extracellular microenvironment. The utilization of CIVMs allows for enhanced physiological correlation of cultured cells, thereby better mimicking in vivo conditions without ethical concerns associated with animal experimentation. Consequently, CIVMs have gained prominence in disease research and drug development. This review aimed to comprehensively examine and analyze the various types, manufacturing techniques, and applications of CIVM in the domains of drug discovery, drug development, and precision medicine. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive understanding of the progress made in CIVMs and their potential future use in these fields.