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An assessment of flash flood susceptibility in Golestan province, Iran, using multiple computational approaches
Authors: Hosseini Sabzevari Sayed Arash , Mehdipour Haleh , Aslani Fereshteh 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
Golestan province in the northern part of Iran has been affected by devastating floods. There has been a significant change in the pattern of rainfall in Golestan province based on an analysis of the seven heaviest rainfall events in recent decades. Climate change appears to be a significant contributing factor to destructive floods. Thus, this paper aims to assess the susceptibility of this area to flash floods in case of heavy downpours.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses a variety of computational approaches. Following the collection of data, spatial analyses have been conducted and validated. The layers of information are then weighted, and a final risk map is created. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process, geographic information system and frequency ratio have been used for data analysis. In the final step, a flood risk map is prepared and discussed.

Findings
Due to the complex interaction between thermal fluctuations and precipitation, the situation in the area is further complicated by climate change and the variations in its patterns and intensities. According to the study results, coastal areas of the Caspian Sea, the Gorganrood Basin and the southern regions of the province are predicted to experience flash floods in the future. The research criteria are generalizable and can be used for decision-making in areas exposed to flash flood risk.

Originality/value
The unique feature of this paper is that it evaluates flash flood risks and predicts flood-prone areas in the northern part of Iran. Furthermore, some interventions (e.g. remapping land use and urban zoning) are provided based on the socioeconomic characteristics of the region to reduce flood risk. Based on the generated risk map, a practical suggestion would be to install and operate an integrated rapid flood warning system in high-risk zones.
The sociodemographic determinants of stress level among the parents of preterm infants
Authors: Russo Concetta , Decataldo Alessandra , Fiore Brunella 
Published: November 2023

PurposeIntroduction: The birth of a preterm child requires hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which is a very stressful experience for parents. Aim: To determine the stress level of parents of preterm babies admitted to intensive and sub-intensive units in two hospitals in Northern Italy and its association with their sociodemographic variables and the clinical conditions of their newborns.Design/methodology/approachThe sampling was non-probabilistic and included parents of preterm babies admitted to intensive and/or sub-intensive care for at least 10 days. Instruments: (1) information deduced from the clinical record of preterm newborns; (2) sociodemographic determinants of parents' well-being deduced from a questionnaire; (3) parental stress scale: neonatal intensive care unit (PSS:NICU), which measures the perception of parents about stressors from the physical and psychological environment of the NICU.FindingsResults: A total of 104 parents of 59 hospitalized preterm babies participated in the study. The average parental stress level was 1.87 ± 0.837. The subscale score that got higher was parent-infant relationship subscale. Concerning the infant characteristics, the birth weight of the babies and the length of their hospitalization affected the parents' stress level. Looking at parents' sociodemographic characteristics instead, the greater predictors were gender, age and occupational social class.Originality/valueThe parental role alteration caused by infant premature birth and consequent hospitalization is a major stressor for parents and in particular for mothers. The variables that resulted positively associated with higher stress in parents of preterm infants hospitalized are specific parental characteristics, including not adequately or previously studied ones, and infant characteristics.
Using digital twin to enhance Sim2real transfer for reinforcement learning in 3C assembly
Authors: Mu Weiwen , Chen Wenbai , Zhou Huaidong , Liu Naijun , Shi Haobin , Li Jingchen 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
This paper aim to solve the problem of low assembly success rate for 3c assembly lines designed based on classical control algorithms due to inevitable random disturbances and other factors,by incorporating intelligent algorithms into the assembly line, the assembly process can be extended to uncertain assembly scenarios.

Design/methodology/approach
This work proposes a reinforcement learning framework based on digital twins. First, the authors used Unity3D to build a simulation environment that matches the real scene and achieved data synchronization between the real environment and the simulation environment through the robot operating system. Then, the authors trained the reinforcement learning model in the simulation environment. Finally, by creating a digital twin environment, the authors transferred the skill learned from the simulation to the real environment and achieved stable algorithm deployment in real-world scenarios.

Findings
In this work, the authors have completed the transfer of skill-learning algorithms from virtual to real environments by establishing a digital twin environment. On the one hand, the experiment proves the progressiveness of the algorithm and the feasibility of the application of digital twins in reinforcement learning transfer. On the other hand, the experimental results also provide reference for the application of digital twins in 3C assembly scenarios.

Originality/value
In this work, the authors designed a new encoder structure in the simulation environment to encode image information, which improved the model’s perception of the environment. At the same time, the authors used the fixed strategy combined with the reinforcement learning strategy to learn skills, which improved the rate of convergence and stability of skills learning. Finally, the authors transferred the learned skills to the physical platform through digital twin technology and realized the safe operation of the flexible printed circuit assembly task.
Secondary sneaker market: Investigating the motives, activities, resources and capabilities of the triadic framework
Authors: Slaton Kelcie , Pookulangara Sanjukta 
Published: November 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the elements of the triadic framework (e.g. consumer motives, activities, resources and capabilities) and their influence on consumer attitudes and the theory of reasoned action (TRA) elements of subjective norms and eventual purchase intention of secondary sneakers.Design/methodology/approachThe framework draws from two models, the triadic framework for collaborative consumption and the TRA. Data was collected using an online survey, which consisted of demographic questions and reliable scales. The hypothesized relationships were tested through structural equation modeling.FindingsThe findings indicate that reducing risks and the customer activity of providing information was significant in influencing consumers' attitudes. However, the customer motives of economic and environmental as well as technical skills were not significant in influencing attitudes.Practical implicationsThis study attempts to inform secondary and full-priced retailers offering used products strategies to provide the best experience to millennial and generation Z consumers to ensure they can attract and retain them.Originality/valueIt can be stated with a high degree of certainty that sneaker resale remains one of the most permanent trends in the market today with sneaker resale is significantly outperforming the broader ecommerce ecosystem suggesting more research into the motivations of secondary sneaker consumption.
Institutional work for IFRS adoption: the case of IFRS 17 insurance contract for Islamic insurance in Malaysia
Authors: Wahyuni Ersa Tri , Azhar Zubir , Fajriati Novy 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
The global insurance industry has implemented International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 insurance contracts effective from January 1, 2023. The Islamic insurance (Takaful) industry would find itself at a crossroads if IFRS 17 should also be adopted for Takaful contracts. This paper aims to explore the process of IFRS 17 adoption for Takaful contracts in Malaysia and the implementation of the standard in the early adoption year.

Design/methodology/approach
Applying a qualitative approach, this study uses a literature review search and interviews to analyze deeper into the adoption process in Malaysia. Using institutional work, this paper analyses the process timeline, the actors and their roles and actions in the adoption process. The authors interviewed 12 informants from different backgrounds comprising the national standard setters, preparers and the IFRS 17 consultants.

Findings
The adoption process of IFRS 17 in Malaysia is an interplay between the accounting standard setter, the government and the industry associations who are the major actors in the process. These actors have different roles and contributions, but they work together to accomplish a single vision, adopting IFRS 17 for all. There is an interplay between actors to disrupt the accounting practice and involved in creating various institutional work to ensure the concerns of Takaful practitioners are well addressed. This research also found that the companies faced significant challenges in applying the standard in the early months of implementation.

Research limitations/implications
This paper contributes to the literature by providing an explanation and examples of the IFRS adoption for Shariah transactions. The story of Malaysia can become a case study for other countries that are still deciding on adopting IFRS 17, especially for the Islamic insurance industry.

Practical implications
The story of Malaysia can become a case study for other countries that are still deciding on adopting IFRS 17, especially for the Islamic insurance industry.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the literature on the debate of the application of IFRS to Shariah transactions by using institutional work theory as a framework.
“You get good at becoming secretive, at hiding it.” Shame and loneliness: the mental health impacts of skin picking disorder
Authors: Isibor Marta , Sagan Olivia 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report on a study into the lived experience of skin picking disorder (SPD) and to explore the psychological impact of the disorder.

Design/methodology/approach
Researchers employed a qualitative phenomenological approach, using Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).

Findings
The study found that the sense of shame, common among participants, led to self-stigma, hiding, concealing and avoidance. Shame of SPD also interplayed with and compounded the shame of loneliness.

Research limitations/implications
Limitations included a lack of a longitudinal component to the work. This is deemed important, as both the SPD and the experience of loneliness can shift over time as circumstances change, and individuals develop strategies for coping or, conversely, experience a worsening of the condition and the shame, loneliness and social isolation it can induce.

Practical implications
This study draws attention to the complex nature of both SPD and loneliness. It highlights how those living with the disorder are reluctant to seek help, resulting in low rates of treatment access and distrust in health providers.

Social implications
As SPD is little understood, it can be erroneously deemed a “choice”; seldom discussed as a condition, it can lead to exclusion and withdrawal. The sense of shame of both appearance and behaviour interplays with and compounds the shame of loneliness and can force the individual into a further cycle of withdrawal and isolation.

Originality/value
While research suggests SPD should be acknowledged as a public health issue, research and literature is still relatively limited, and there are no qualitative phenomenological studies as yet that report on the lived experience of SPD.
Learning-driven strategic renewal: systematic literature review
Authors: Maharani Ida Ayu Kartika , Sukoco Badri Munir , Usman Indrianawati , Ahlstrom David 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to systematically review and synthesize existing research on learning-driven strategic renewal and examines the findings to elucidate the dimensions, antecedents, mechanisms and consequences associated with learning-driven strategic renewal, thereby addressing gaps in the existing literature.

Design/methodology/approach
This research covers learning-driven strategic renewal from 1992 to 2022, using hybrid snowball sampling techniques and Boolean searches on the Scopus and Web of Science databases to extract 49 papers.

Findings
This review proposes an organizing framework for learning-driven strategic renewal, building upon existing literature. The framework identifies various dimensions of the process, including antecedents, mechanisms and consequences. The antecedents are categorized into individual, organizational and external factors. The mechanisms for learning-driven strategic renewal were explored within the context of Crossan’s established 4I framework, which serves as a lens for emphasizing the balance between exploratory and exploitative learning. Within this framework, intuiting, interpreting, integrating and institutionalizing are the four “Is” that guide the renewal process. These mechanisms require a robust system to enforce the prescribed processes effectively, thereby contributing to long-term firm performance and sustainability.

Research limitations/implications
Despite using search terms similar to those in existing literature on strategic renewal, the scope and depth of this study may be limited. Further research may benefit from bibliometric screening or more refined inclusion criteria.

Originality/value
While there has been extensive research into both organizational learning and strategic renewal, no coherent framework links them. This study fills this gap by building a framework that identifies connections between these two concepts, providing valuable insights that may be used to foster successful strategic renewal efforts. The review offers valuable knowledge and understanding of the subject matter, serving as useful guidance for effectively driving renewal initiatives within organizations.
Ethics without borders: solidarity and difference in inter‐community dialogue
Authors: Egorova Yulia 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe article offers an ethnographically embedded analysis of a UK‐based Jewish‐Muslim inter‐community network to contribute to anthropological research into the ethical efforts that groups seen as polarized invest in negotiating boundaries of difference. The article makes two sets of arguments. First, it suggests that sometimes such groups have to negotiate not one but several ‘borders across difference’ and follow diverse ethical routes to navigate them depending upon how they conceptualize these borders. Second, it shows that in negotiating different sets of boundaries, network members often use techniques that at first glance appear to be artificial or even superficial in that they build on formal rules and/or contain no promise of achieving a consensus on issues important for the participants. However, I argue that these seemingly superficial efforts could still be seen as ethical endeavours underpinned by a strong commitment to inter‐group solidarity and that they could be best understood as what Ruth Sheldon has described in her recent intervention in the ethics of Jewish ethnography as the movement between surface and depth.
BETWEEN DREAMS AND SURVIVAL: The (Dis)Embeddedness of Neoliberalism among Entrepreneurial Workers from São Paulo's Peripheries
Authors: Fontes Leonardo 
Published: November 2023

AbstractOver the past few decades, the desire of residents on urban peripheries in Brazil to have their own businesses has grown. Consequently, several authors have critically pointed out the advance of neoliberal ideas among the urban popular classes. In this article I discuss the origins of this ‘entrepreneurial disposition’ and its relationship with neoliberal discourse that seeks to encourage ‘entrepreneurialism of oneself’. The analysis presented in this article is based on ethnographic research carried out among entrepreneurial workers on the outskirts of São Paulo through in‐depth interviews focusing on life histories and participant observation in strategic spaces (online and in person) during 2020 and 2021. I explore adherence and opposition to and resignification of neoliberal entrepreneurial ideology from different cultural and material backgrounds by retelling the history of five entrepreneurs from three different families. I argue that rather than neoliberal ideas being an ideological conviction, they are embedded in social practices that are quite common in the periphery of São Paulo. Therefore, they should be analysed in the light of these previously existing practices and moralities. From a peripheral point of view, ethnographic analysis also allows us to examine the limits of this embeddedness and shed light on possible forms of resistance.
SARS‐CoV‐2—Placental effects and association with stillbirth
Authors: Merriel Abi , Fitzgerald Brendan , O’Donoghue Keelin 
Published: November 2023

AbstractSARS‐CoV‐2 has had a significant impact on pregnancy outcomes due to the effects of the virus and the altered healthcare environment. Stillbirth has been relatively hidden during the COVID‐19 pandemic, but a clear link between SARS‐CoV‐2 and poor fetal outcome emerged in the Alpha and Delta waves. A small minority of women/birthing people who contracted COVID‐19 developed SARS‐CoV‐2 placentitis. In many reported cases this was linked to intrauterine fetal death, although there are cases of delivery just before imminent fetal demise and we shall discuss how some cases are sub‐clinical. What is surprising, is that SARS‐CoV‐2 placentitis is often not associated with severe maternal COVID‐19 infection and this makes it difficult to predict. The worst outcomes seem to be with diffuse placental disease which occurs within 21 days of COVID‐19 diagnosis. Poor outcomes are often pre‐dated by reduced fetal movements but are not associated with ultrasound changes. In some cases, there has also been maternal thrombocytopenia, or coagulation abnormalities, which may provide a clue as to which pregnancies are at risk of fetal demise if a further variant of concern is to emerge. In future, multidisciplinary collaboration and cross‐boundary working must be prioritised, to identify quickly such a phenomenon and provide clinicians with clear guidance for reducing fetal death and associated poor outcomes. While we wait to see if COVID‐19 brings a future variant of concern, we must focus on appropriate future management of women who have had SARS‐CoV‐2 placentitis. As a placental condition with an infectious aetiology, SARS‐CoV‐placentitis is unlikely to recur in a subsequent pregnancy and thus a measured approach to subsequent pregnancy management is needed.
A Thriving Bioeconomy Needs Better Tools for Measuring and Monitoring
Authors: Carrez Dirk , Rupp Marco 
Published: November 2023

SummaryLast year, the United States issued an Executive Order announcing the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, a 2 billion dollar initiative supporting biotechnology and biomanufacturing innovations in health, climate change, energy, food security, agriculture and supply chain resilience. Together with their 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, investment for the commercial deployment of the whole bioeconomy across the entire supply chain is financially supported. The US is not alone – other countries are also developing their own initiatives.If Europe wants to keep its competitive position in the bio‐based industries, it needs a better recognition in EU policy and more regulatory foresight to bring innovative products to the market. Bio‐based products and materials have to be recognised as an important Carbon Capture and Utilisation tool, lowering the use of fossil fuels, and contributing to climate mitigation. The European bioeconomy is well‐positioned for finding a greener way to build a more robust economic base, reduce strategic dependencies and reinforce the supply of critical materials. However, to realise this, access to finance should be made easier and there needs to be sufficient supply of renewable feedstock.Although Europe has made good progress in recent years, more can and should be done to make the bio‐based industries a stronger part of a new sustainable growth and investment model. This article describes some possible recommendations.
Exploring pathways to food science careers in Southern California: A case study in food science career development
Authors: Hsu Jeremy L. , Ahles Sarah , Senger Lilian W. , Prakash Anuradha 
Published: November 2023

AbstractSouthern California is a diverse region that is home to a high concentration of food science companies, with an increasing demand for additional food scientists and technologists to join this workforce. Despite this abundance of food science companies and the high demand for jobs, there is currently a shortage in the number of qualified food scientists and technologists in the region. This shortage is also observed within higher education, with declining enrollments in the food science graduate and undergraduate programs across Southern California. Here, we conduct a case study to explore the factors that influence students from Southern California to pursue or not pursue careers in food science. We surveyed both undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in food science as well as industry professionals in the region to determine sources of knowledge about the discipline, and motivations and barriers for pursuing careers in food science. We also surveyed high school educators in the region to gain additional perspectives on how food science is being introduced at the secondary level, if at all. Our results demonstrate that many students and high school educators are not knowledgeable about career options within food science and that students who are pursuing food science largely report similar motivations for pursuing the discipline as those currently working in the food science industry. We conclude by discussing implications for the food science education community within Southern California and beyond.
Anatomic and morphometric examination of auditory ossicles in sheep
Authors: Kamaşak Arpaçay Burcu , Yağmur Berat , Uğuz Emre , Çömlekçi Elif , Öncü Ruken , Ulcay Tufan , Aycan Kenan 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIt is important to know the morphometry of the auditory ossicles for middle ear surgical applications. The present study aims to investigate the morphometric measurements of sheep auditory ossicles and the relationship between these ossicles. In this study, 100 malleus, incus and stapes of 50 Akkaraman sheep were examined using at trinocular stereo microscope and a total of 19 morphometric measurements were taken. The mean values of the morphometric measurements were obtained, and correlation analysis was performed between each part of each auditory ossicle. Similarities were found between the measurements of the lengths of the malleus, manubrium mallei and incus, and the width of the base of the stapes with morphometric measurements in human auditory ossicles. A significant positive correlation was found between the length of the malleus with the length of the manubrium mallei, between the length of the incus with the lengths of the long crus and corpus incudis, between the length of the stapes with the lengths of the rostral crus, caudal crus, caput stapedis, and the length and width of the intercrural foramen. Due to the anatomic similarities between sheep and human auditory ossicles, it was concluded that the auditory ossicles of sheep are suitable for use in the training of human ear surgery applications.