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Examining financial growth nexus of emerging European countries
Authors: Ahmad Nafisa , Azad Md. Abul Kalam 
Published: October 2023

PurposeBesides the extensive research on managerial efficiency in the financial sector worldwide, emerging economies in Europe remain untapped. This research scrutinises the impact of managerial performance and competitive structures on their financial industry growth in terms of services they offer and ability to liquefy stock in capital markets.Design/methodology/approachThis study contains data from selected emerging European countries' during the period of 2010–2020. This study uses data from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom to control for firm-level indicators. The fixed-effects (FE) method was used to explore the nexus between financial sector growth and management performance as well as competitive firm structure.FindingsThe findings provide evidence of the existing impact of firm indicators on the financial sector's growth. Two-step system the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimations are used for the robustness check of the authors' model. Whilst on a scavenger hunt through existing literature, the authors realise that there is an overwhelming lack of enthusiasm in this field.Originality/valueWith the intention of better assessment, the authors use regulatory contextual variables to look for any possible impacts and surprisingly discover a pattern in the financial growth nexus.
Investigation and optimization of hot pressed porcelain dental prostheses production by MSLA application
Authors: Cordeiro Ana Carla , Nuernberg Gustavo George Verdieri , Côcco Lilian Cristina , Cunico Marlon Wesley Machado 
Published: October 2023

Purpose
Different technologies may currently be used to produce dental prostheses, such as additive manufacturing and traditional milling. This study aims to evaluate and improve the fabrication process for hot-pressed porcelain dental prostheses and compare the use of masked stereolithography apparatus (MSLA) casting to computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) casting. The cost-benefit analysis of producing dental prostheses through various technologies, including additive manufacturing and traditional milling, has not been fully explored. The cost of materials and processes used to produce prostheses varies based on complexity of design and materials used, and long-term effects, such as durability and wear and tear, must be taken into account.

Design/methodology/approach
Using key elements of part costs and estimation cost models, a multivariable approach was used to evaluate the practicality of the recommended strategy and process improvement.

Findings
The research found that MSLA casting provides a higher return on investment than CAD/CAM casting, and the optimized production process could be more suitable for the size and annual demand for prostheses.

Originality/value
Overall, this study highlights the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the cost-benefit analysis of different dental prosthesis production methods and emphasises the importance of evaluating long-term effects on the cost-benefit analysis.
Is there any excuse for wrongdoing? The moderating role of perceived reasons for bank irresponsibility in blame appraisal and WOM recommendations
Authors: Zasuwa Grzegorz 
Published: October 2023

Purpose
This study aims to outline the role of causal attributions in consumer responses to irresponsible corporate behaviour. Specifically, this paper presents a moderated mediation model that explains how four types of perceived motives behind an irresponsible action shape corporate blame and word-of-mouth recommendations.

Design/methodology/approach
To test the hypotheses, the study uses data from a large survey assessing consumer reactions to a real case of corporate socially irresponsible behaviour in the banking industry.

Findings
The findings show that market-, unethicality- and rogue employee-driven attributions increase corporate blame and subsequently make people more likely to spread negative comments regarding the culprit. The difficult situation of a bank, as a perceived reason for wrongdoing, does not reduce the blame attributed to the irresponsible organisation.

Originality/value
The literature offers little information on the attributions people make following egregious corporate behaviour; however, such cognitions can play an important role in stakeholders’ reactions to wrongdoing. This study therefore extends the understanding of how irresponsibility attributions affect consumers’ responses to misbehaviour. Given the empirical context, the findings might be particularly important for communication and bank managers.
A benefit costing process for Lean Six Sigma programs
Authors: Crowdle Mary Margaret , McDermott Olivia , Trubetskaya Anna 
Published: October 2023

Purpose This study aimed to bridge the gap between the financial measurement of process improvement ideas and Lean Six Sigma measurements. It was required to increase employee engagement in process improvement initiatives.Design/methodology/approachThrough both a practical and theoretical application of the Design for Lean Six Sigma methodology, the researcher was able to design a process and a benefit measuring methodology that was acceptable by finance and aligns with the benefits expected from the elimination of the Lean wastes.FindingsThe project found that benefit measurement methodology is not understood by most employees, which leads to a lack of engagement in working on improvements. The result of the study was a model for employees to identify and quantify these benefits. This has resulted in a model for cost-benefit analysis aligning financial costs with non-value add waste costs and cost of poor-quality costs resulting in increased process improvement ideas and activity.Research limitations/implicationsWhile this study was limited to one company, applying this methodology could benefit any company experiencing the same difficulties.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to try and cost the benefits of LSS projects both from an organisational and generic viewpoint.
Mechanical and morphological properties of unsaturated polyester resin composites reinforced with recycled PET fibers of varying lengths
Authors: Dehas Ouided , Babouri Laidi , Biskri Yasmina , Bardeau Jean-Francois 
Published: October 2023

Purpose
This study aims to deal with both the development and mechanical investigations of unsaturated polyester matrix (UPR) composites containing recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers as new fillers.

Design/methodology/approach
UPR/PET fibers composites have been developed as mats by incorporating 5, 8, 13 and 18 parts per hundred of rubber (phr) of 6-, 10- and 15-mm length PET fibers from the recycling of postconsumer bottles. The mechanical and physical properties of the composites were investigated as a function of fiber content and length. A significant increase in stress at break and in ultimate stress (sr) were observed for composites reinforced with 5 and 8 phr of 15-mm length PET fibers. The Izod impact strength of UPR/mat PET fiber composites as a function of fiber rate and length showed that the 5 and 8 phr composites for the 15-mm length PET fiber have the optimal mechanical properties 13.55 and 10.50 Kj/m2, respectively. The morphological study showed that the strong adhesion resulting from the affinity of the PET fiber for the UPR matrix. The ductile fracture of materials reinforced with 5 and 8 phr is confirmed by the fiber deformation and fracture surface roughness.

Findings
This study concluded that the PET fiber enhances the properties of composites, a good correlation was observed between the results of the mechanical tests and the structural analysis revealing that for the lower concentrations, the PET fibers are well dispersed into the resin, but entanglements are evidenced when the fiber content increases.

Originality/value
It can be shown from scanning electron microscopy micrographs that the fabrication technique produced composites with good interfacial adhesion between PET fibers and UPR matrix.
Teaching online amid the Covid‐19 pandemic: Exploring first‐time online lecturers' lived experiences
Authors: Chikasha Jubilee 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe study explored the lived experiences of online teaching by first time online lecturers in institutions of higher education in South Africa during COVID‐19. The study adopted a qualitative approach. Findings show positive and negative experiences influenced by variables related to personality, technology, workload and physical teaching environment among others. Personality traits like fear of risks, attitudes to online teaching, emotional management skills serve to model experiences. Participants with negative attitude towards online teaching and low emotional intelligence generally had negative experiences of online teaching exacerbated by a lack of technical and psycho‐social support. Positive experiences were found to be a result of positive attitude towards change, positive emotional intelligence and access to different kinds of support. This group experienced high levels of job satisfaction and positive online teaching experiences. Understanding lecturers’ experiences is thus crucial in establishing best practices in online teaching which ensure job satisfaction and quality of teaching.
A note on European farmers' preferences under cumulative prospect theory
Authors: Finger Robert , Garcia Viviana , McCallum Chloe , Rommel Jens 
Published: October 2023

AbstractExplaining farmer decision making using cumulative prospect theory is of increasing importance. We present a systematic review on European farmers' preferences under the cumulative prospect theory framework. We identified 17 studies covering 2324 farmers from 12 European countries. All studies report that (on average) farmers are: (i) risk averse, (ii) loss averse, and (iii) overweight small probabilities and underweight large probabilities. However, there is a large heterogeneity across and within studies. These findings have implications for the analysis and design of policy and insurance.
Interventional effect of compound sugar and salt on the thermal instability behavior of liquid egg yolk
Authors: Yu Qian , Chi Yujie , Chi Yuan 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIn this study, the influence of compound sugar (glucose, sucrose, trehalose, and arabinose) and compound sugar and salt (glucose, sucrose, trehalose, arabinose, and NaCl) on the thermal stability of heat‐treated liquid egg yolk was explored. The results showed that the addition of 4% compound sugar or 4% compound sugar salt could significantly enhance the heat resistance of liquid egg yolk and increase the denaturation temperature of liquid egg yolk to above 77°C. Moreover, the addition of sugar and salt could improve the functional properties of liquid egg yolk to varying degrees, allowing it to maintain excellent emulsification and soluble protein content after heat treatment. Further analysis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy showed that the increase in α‐helix content in liquid egg yolk treated with sugar salt also contributes to improving the thermal stability of egg yolk. The method of inhibiting egg yolk aggregation caused by heat treatment provided in this study provides a selective method and theoretical basis for the commercial production of heat‐resistant liquid egg yolk.
Treatment of functional dyspepsia in Chinese adult patients with domperidone: A multicenter, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled pilot study
Authors: Fang Xiu Cai , Lin Zhi Hui , Wu Yong Dong , Tian De An , Liu Shi , Wu Dong Sheng , Lin Han , Meng Fan Dong , Liu Mei , Du Fan , Shu Hui Jun , Wang Zhi Feng , Zhuo Jian Min , Wang Ping , Li Meng Yu , Xu Jian 
Published: October 2023

ObjectiveThis pilot study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of domperidone for the treatment of Chinese patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) who were diagnosed according to the Rome IV criteria and to identify the FD subtypes that potentially responded better to domperidone.MethodsThis multicenter prospective study was conducted in China from August 2018 to July 2020, consisting of a 1‐week screening phase and a 2‐week double‐blind treatment phase. Participants were randomized to receive domperidone 10 mg or matching placebo tablets thrice daily for 14 days. The primary end‐point was the overall treatment effect (OTE) response rate after 2‐week therapy.ResultsAltogether 160 patients were included, with 80 patients in each group. The OTE response rate after 2‐week therapy was significantly higher for domperidone compared with placebo (60.7% vs 46.0%; relative risk [RR] 1.318, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.972–1.787). Moreover, the OTE response rate after 2‐week domperidone or placebo treatment was 60.3% versus 54.9% for postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) (RR 1.098, 95% CI 0.750–1.607) and 60.6% versus 35.2% for overlapping PDS–epigastric pain syndrome (EPS) (RR 1.722, 95% CI 0.995–2.980). Adverse events were reported by seven patients in the domperidone group and 12 patients in the placebo group. None of the adverse events in the domperidone group were serious.ConclusionDomperidone showed a positive pattern regarding OTE response rates after 2‐week therapy compared to placebo in patients with FD, as well as in subtypes of PDS and overlapping PDS–EPS. No new safety issue was observed.
PacBio high‐throughput multi‐locus sequencing reveals high genetic diversity in mushroom‐forming fungi
Authors: Swenie Rachel A. , Looney Brian P. , Ke Yi‐Hong , Alejandro Rojas J. , Cubeta Marc A. , Langer Gitta J. , Vilgalys Rytas , Matheny P. Brandon 
Published: October 2023

AbstractMulti‐locus sequence data are widely used in fungal systematic and taxonomic studies to delimit species and infer evolutionary relationships. We developed and assessed the efficacy of a multi‐locus pooled sequencing method using PacBio long‐read high‐throughput sequencing. Samples included fresh and dried voucher specimens, cultures and archival DNA extracts of Agaricomycetes with an emphasis on the order Cantharellales. Of the 283 specimens sequenced, 93.6% successfully amplified at one or more loci with a mean of 3.3 loci amplified. Our method recovered multiple sequence variants representing alleles of rDNA loci and single copy protein‐coding genes rpb1, rpb2 and tef1. Within‐sample genetic variation differed by locus and taxonomic group, with the greatest genetic divergence observed among sequence variants of rpb2 and tef1 from corticioid Cantharellales. Our method is a cost‐effective approach for generating accurate multi‐locus sequence data coupled with recovery of alleles from polymorphic samples and multi‐organism specimens. These results have important implications for understanding intra‐individual genomic variation among genetic loci commonly used in species delimitation of fungi.
GenAPoPop 1.0: A user‐friendly software to analyse genetic diversity and structure from partially clonal and selfed autopolyploid organisms
Authors: Stoeckel Solenn , Becheler Ronan , Bocharova Ekaterina , Barloy Dominique 
Published: October 2023

AbstractAutopolyploidy is quite common in most clades of eukaryotes. The emergence of sequence‐based genotyping methods with individual and marker tags now enables confident allele dosage, overcoming the main obstacle to the democratization of the population genetic approaches when studying ecology and evolution of autopolyploid populations and species. Reproductive modes, including clonality, selfing and allogamy, have deep consequences on the ecology and evolution of population and species. Analysing genetic diversity and its dynamics over generations is one efficient way to infer the relative importance of clonality, selfing and allogamy in populations. GenAPoPop is a user‐friendly solution to compute the specific corpus of population genetic indices, including indices about genotypic diversity, needed to analyse partially clonal, selfed and allogamous polysomic populations genotyped with confident allele dosage. It also easily provides the posterior probabilities of quantitative reproductive modes in autopolyploid populations genotyped at two‐time steps and a graphical representation of the minimum spanning trees of the genetic distances between polyploid individuals, facilitating the interpretation of the genetic coancestry between individuals in hierarchically structured populations. GenAPoPop complements the previously existing solutions, including SPAGEDI and POLYGENE, to use genotypings to study the ecology and evolution of autopolyploid populations. It was specially developed with a simple graphical interface and workflow, and comes with a simulator to facilitate practical courses and teaching of population genetics for autopolyploid populations.
Evaluation of sequential filtration and centrifugation to capture environmental DNA and survey microbial eukaryotic communities in aquatic environments
Authors: Atteia Ariane , Bec Béatrice , Gianaroli Camille , Serais Ophélie , Quétel Isaure , Lagarde Franck , Gobet Angélique 
Published: October 2023

AbstractSequential membrane filtration of water samples is commonly used to monitor the diversity of aquatic microbial eukaryotes. This capture method is efficient to focus on specific taxonomic groups within a size fraction, but it is time‐consuming. Centrifugation, often used to collect microorganisms from pure culture, could be seen as an alternative to capture microbial eukaryotic communities from environmental samples. Here, we compared the two capture methods to assess diversity and ecological patterns of eukaryotic communities in the Thau lagoon, France. Water samples were taken twice a month over a full year and sequential filtration targeting the picoplankton (0.2–3 μm) and larger organisms (>3 μm) was used in parallel to centrifugation. The microbial eukaryotic community in the samples was described using an environmental DNA approach targeting the V4 region of the 18S rRNA gene. The most abundant divisions in the filtration fractions and the centrifugation pellet were Dinoflagellata, Metazoa, Ochrophyta, Cryptophyta. Chlorophyta were dominant in the centrifugation pellet and the picoplankton fraction but not in the larger fraction. Diversity indices and structuring patterns of the community in the two size fractions and the centrifugation pellet were comparable. Twenty amplicon sequence variants were significantly differentially abundant between the two size fractions and the centrifugation pellet, and their temporal patterns of abundance in the two fractions combined were similar to those obtained with centrifugation. Overall, centrifugation led to similar ecological conclusions as the two filtrated fractions combined, thus making it an attractive time‐efficient alternative to sequential filtration.
School‐based multidisciplinary student‐led clinics in health and Australian accreditation standards: A scoping review
Authors: Maple Myfanwy , O'Neill Kristy , Gartshore Scott , Clark Jane , White James , Pearce Tania 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIntroductionStudent‐led clinics can provide health services to marginalised groups where service offerings are sparse or difficult to access, such as rural areas. Offering these services to children and young people can promote health and well‐being by addressing the individual challenges and the social determinants of health. There is uncertainty, however, as to whether student‐led clinics can meet Australian accreditation standards for health professionals completing degree programs.ObjectiveThis study aims to determine the capacity for health student placements in school‐based student‐led clinics to meet accreditation standards.DesignA systematic scoping review was conducted based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework and the PRISMA‐ScR statement.SettingSeveral databases were examined, including Ebsco (Academic Source and CINAHL), ProQuest (PsycINFO, ERIC) and grey literature sources along with a desktop review of accreditation standards across seven health disciplines. Two independent reviewers screened eligible studies.FindingsThe search retrieved 1037 records with 65 full‐text papers assessed for eligibility. Eleven papers met the inclusion criteria. Based on the evidence, both nursing and exercise and sports science accreditation standards were best suited to student‐led clinics.DiscussionAlthough broad categories of work‐integrated learning activities were applied, it appears feasible to expect accreditation standards for health disciplines at an Australian university to be a good fit for health student‐led school‐based clinics.ConclusionIncreasing health student placement opportunities within student‐led clinics can improve the health and well‐being of children and young people in regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas of Australia who may otherwise have limited access to allied health services.
Stereotypes of adolescence: Cultural differences, consequences, and intervention
Authors: Qu Yang 
Published: October 2023

AbstractAdolescence is often viewed in Western cultures as a time of rebellion and irresponsibility. In this article, I synthesize recent research on stereotypes of adolescence that uses an interdisciplinary approach, integrating developmental psychology, cultural psychology, and neuroscience. I first discuss empirical evidence on cultural differences in stereotypes of adolescence, highlighting the importance of avoiding a one‐size‐fits‐all assumption about such stereotypes across cultures. Then I summarize the impact of teen stereotypes on youth's academic, behavioral, emotional, and neural development. Finally, I present an experimental intervention that can change youth's teen stereotypes and promote positive youth development. Taken together, this body of work suggests that how individuals navigate the adolescent years is driven in part by social constructions of this phase of development. The work also calls for more attention to changing negative stereotypes of adolescence at the policy and societal levels.
Rigorous evaluation of genetic and epigenetic effects on clinical laboratory measurements using Japanese monozygotic twins
Authors: Taniguchi Jumpei , Masuda Tatsuo , Iwatani Yoshinori , Yamamoto Kenichi ,   Osaka Twin Research Group, Sakai Norio , Okada Yukinori , Watanabe Mikio 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe investigation of environmental effects on clinical measurements using individual samples is challenging because their genetic and environmental factors are different. However, using monozygotic twins (MZ) makes it possible to investigate the influence of environmental factors as they have the same genetic factors within pairs because the difference in the clinical traits within the MZ mostly reflect the influence of environmental factors. We hypothesized that the within‐pair differences in the traits that are strongly affected by genetic factors become larger after genetic risk score (GRS) correction. Using 278 Japanese MZ pairs, we compared the change in within‐pair differences in each of the 45 normalized clinical measurements before and after GRS correction, and we also attempted to correct for the effects of genetic factors to identify Cytosine‐phosphodiester‐Guanine (CpG) sites in DNA sequences with epigenetic effects that are regulated by genetic factors. Five traits were classified into the high heritability group, which was strongly affected by genetic factors. CpG sites could be classified into three groups: regulated only by environmental factors, regulated by environmental factors masked by genetic factors, and regulated only by genetic factors. Our method has the potential to identify trait‐related methylation sites that have not yet been discovered.