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Family business succession: opportunities from the Victorian wine industry
Authors: Strickland Paul , Ratten Vanessa 
Published: September 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the opportunities of continuous family succession in operating small-to-medium-sized wineries (SMWs) in Victoria, Australia.Design/methodology/approachUsing case studies from Victoria, an exploratory qualitative approach was used to explore the benefits of continuous family succession in this conceptual paper. This included interviewing participants from wineries about their perceptions about family business succession. Themed analysis was applied to highlight the findings and overall conclusions about why the wine industry was affected more than other industries with regard to family business succession issues.FindingsThe three main findings of this study include family succession is extremely important in building a story customers can relate to; family reinvestment opportunities for financial sustainability and innovation of the winery and family succession for future employment and legacy. These three findings highlight the way family business succession is integral to the successfulness of the wine industry.Practical implicationsSmall-to-medium-sized wineries (SMWs) have many challenges including long-term financial sustainability and innovation opportunities. To assist in overcoming these challenges, the findings suggest winery owners need to create lasting legacy through story-telling, competitive advantage and family linkage (succession). This will assist wineries to create marketing campaigns focussing on family succession and brand attachment, seven opportunities for family reinvestment and innovation leading to financial sustainability and competitive advantage.Originality/valueThere is little research investigating family succession in the Victorian wine industry even though it is common practice and essential to marketing and communication campaigns. This paper supports continuous family succession as a legitimate marketing technique and long-term financial sustainability and innovation for small-to-medium-sized wineries (SMWs) through reinvestment opportunities. This is the first time small-to-medium-sized wineries have been defined as SMWs and reinvestment opportunities have been identified by wine stakeholders.
Immersive gaming in the fashion arena: an investigation of brand coolness and its mediating role on brand equity
Authors: Salem Suha Fouad , Alanadoly Alshaimaa Bahgat , Sulaiman Mohammed Ali Bait Ali 
Published: September 2023

PurposeThis study's aim was to investigate the role of the perceived values of gaming on consumers' perceptions of brands as cool as well as the impacts on the consumer–brand equity relationship. The study proposed a framework highlighting the influences of fashion-branded games on brand coolness and building fashion brands' overall equity. As significant factors affecting gamers, gender and gaming have been studied as moderators affecting the overall proposed framework.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative method was used to assess the significance of the relationships within the proposed model. Partial least squares structural equation modeling technique was implemented to assess the framework's relationships with a sample size of 248 active online gamers.FindingsThe findings indicate that brand equity is positively associated with perceived brand coolness. Furthermore, of the three core online game values, perceived enjoyment was most strongly associated with perceived brand coolness, with other values, such as self-expression and perceived emotional challenge, having a weaker association. The multigroup analysis results further suggest that in the fashion industry, building brand equity through online games is strongly related to perceived brand coolness among female respondents, with the role of perceived brand coolness affecting male respondents to a lesser degree.Originality/valueThe contribution of this study to the existing literature consists in providing a deeper understanding of the impact of branded games on fashion brands' overall equity. The results provide insights for fashion brand managers into the significant effect of fashion gaming collaborations on consumers' behavioral outcomes.
The role of service quality in achieving sustainable development goal 3: shaping students' psychological well-being in an Egyptian higher education context
Authors: Abdelnaeim Shrouk , El-Bassiouny Noha , Hauser Christian 
Published: September 2023

Purpose This study aims at exploring the role of higher education service quality in affecting students' psychological well-being through the lens of the sustainable development goals. This purpose is achieved through investigating the effects of functional and technical service quality dimensions on six psychological well-being dimensions, namely, environmental mastery, autonomy, self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, personal growth and purpose in life.Design/methodology/approach Using a survey, data were collected from 453 Egyptian students. The hypotheses are tested using structural equation modeling via SmartPLS 4. The study's limitations are the inability to use probability sampling techniques and length of the survey that led to low response rates.Findings The results show that functional service quality is positively associated with students' autonomy, positive relationships with others and self-acceptance, while functional service was found insignificant in affecting environmental mastery or self-acceptance. Further, positive results are found in the relationship between technical service quality and students' environmental mastery and self-acceptance. On the other hand, a negative relationship is detected between technical service quality and students' personal growth. Lastly, technical service quality is found to be insignificant in affecting students' autonomy or personal relationships with others.Originality/value This study responds to calls for more studies investigating how service quality can shape and affect customer well-being. Furthermore, this is the first study to investigate the different roles played by functional and technical service quality in affecting six psychological well-being dimensions of higher education students. Drawing on a sample of 453 Egyptian students, this study provides a novel contribution about the Egyptian higher education context, which is both understudied in the service literature and the well-being literature.
Two‐step morphology‐based denoising and non‐local means smoothing improves micro‐computed tomography digital rock images
Authors: Gupta Utkarsh , Periyasamy Vijitha , Hofmann Ronny , Prakash Jaya , Yalavarthy Phaneendra K. 
Published: September 2023

AbstractDigital rock physics is a workflow that relies on imaging techniques to quickly and cost‐effectively estimate the petrophysical properties of small core samples taken from reservoirs. By using digital representations of rock samples as input, physics‐based simulators can estimate properties such as porosity and permeability. The accuracy of these estimates depends on the quality of the digital volumes generated from micro‐computed tomography scans. To enhance the accuracy, denoising is necessary to reduce image noise caused by various experimental factors like electronic noise and bad pixels. This study introduces a novel two‐step denoising pipeline that combines adaptive morphological filtering with non‐local means smoothing, ensuring both noise reduction and preservation of edges. The effectiveness of the proposed pipeline is assessed through qualitative evaluation using optimal segmentation results and quantitative evaluation using a non‐reference metric and equivalent number of looks. Comparing the results of the two‐step approach with traditional non‐local means and morphology‐based filtering using a multi‐resolution structurally varying bitonic filter, the non‐reference metric and equivalent number of looks values are higher, indicating improved denoising performance. Furthermore, the denoised rock volume is subjected to the next step in the digital rock workflow to compute important petrophysical properties like porosity and permeability. The findings indicate that our proposed pipeline significantly improves the accuracy of estimating physical parameters such as porosity and permeability.
Glacier as a source of novel polyethylene terephthalate hydrolases
Authors: Qi Xiaoyan , Ji Mukan , Yin Chao‐Fan , Zhou Ning‐Yi , Liu Yongqin 
Published: September 2023

AbstractPolyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a major component of microplastic contamination globally, which is now detected in pristine environments including Polar and mountain glaciers. As a carbon‐rich molecule, PET could be a carbon source for microorganisms dwelling in glacier habitats. Thus, glacial microorganisms may be potential PET degraders with novel PET hydrolases. Here, we obtained 414 putative PET hydrolase sequences by searching a global glacier metagenome dataset. Metagenomes from the Alps and Tibetan glaciers exhibited a higher relative abundance of putative PET hydrolases than those from the Arctic and Antarctic. Twelve putative PET hydrolase sequences were cloned and expressed, with one sequence (designated as GlacPETase) proven to degrade amorphous PET film with a similar performance as IsPETase, but with a higher thermostability. GlacPETase exhibited only 30% sequence identity to known active PET hydrolases with a novel disulphide bridge location and, therefore may represent a novel PET hydrolases class. The present work suggests that extreme carbon‐poor environments may harbour a diverse range of known and novel PET hydrolases for carbon acquisition as an environmental adaptation mechanism.
What Would the British Party System Look Like under Proportional Representation?
Authors: Quinn Thomas 
Published: September 2023

AbstractBritish debates over electoral reform are invariably debates about what party system would emerge. While there is agreement that proportional representation (PR) would boost the size of existing smaller parties, there is no consensus over the emergence and prospering of new parties. The main weakness in the British debate concerns the types of governments that would form under PR. Some believe the Liberal Democrats would be perennial kingmakers. Others suggest that a ‘progressive alliance’ on the centre‐left would sweep all before it. This article considers the experience of west European multiparty systems since the 1980s and argues that party system fragmentation and the growth of non‐centrist parties would characterise Britain under PR. Moreover, the pattern of overlapping centrist coalitions seen in Germany and Benelux would be unlikely to emerge in Britain. Instead, a two‐bloc system, common in Scandinavia and southern Europe, would most likely develop.
Closed shutters or revolving doors? Elite career track similarity and elite sector transfers in Denmark
Authors: BINDERKRANTZ ANNE SKORKJÆR , CHRISTENSEN JØRGEN GRØNNEGÅRD , CHRISTIANSEN PETER MUNK , NIELSEN MARIE KALDAHL , PEDERSEN HELENE HELBOE 
Published: September 2023

AbstractA crucial aspect of elite dominance in modern democracies concerns the degree to which different political elites share similar career paths and shifts between different elite positions. Similarity in career paths and transfers across elite positions are crucial aspects of elite dominance in modern democracies. This paper argues that there are limits to elite career similarity and sector transfer because of varying recruitment criteria and reputational cargo across different political elite groups. We argue that career similarity and transfers across elite positions are lower when recruitment criteria are exclusive. We also argue that acquired reputation may be a career liability limiting transfers into other elite groups. Empirically, we examine career trajectories and transfers across elite groups by mapping the full career of Members of the Parliament, top bureaucrats and interest group leaders in Denmark. We demonstrate that within the Danish political elite, career paths are relatively distinct and transfer few. Career distinctiveness and lack of elite transfers are especially pronounced for the bureaucratic elite, which is guarded by stricter recruitment criteria and on guard against reputations that might taint its image as a pure merit civil service. In contrast to other studies, our results suggest that the shutters between elite sectors are relatively closed. However, the few individuals passing through these most exclusive revolving doors may have a significant political impact.
Establishment of an adverse effect prevention protocol on plasma exchange using fresh frozen plasma prior to ABO‐incompatible living donor kidney transplantation at our hospital
Authors: Tanaka Akihito , Watanabe Yu , Furuhashi Kazuhiro , Saito Shoji , Yasuda Yoshinari , Kosugi Tomoki , Sano Yuta , Kato Masashi , Maruyama Shoichi 
Published: September 2023

AbstractIntroductionSimple plasma exchange (PE) with fresh‐frozen plasma replacement allows antibody removal for ABO‐incompatible living donor kidney transplantation, but is associated with a high incidence of allergic reactions. We developed, implemented, and evaluated a protocol for safe preoperative PE.MethodsThe protocol comprised pretreatment (125 mg methylprednisolone infusion, 400 mg acetaminophen and 30 mg diphenhydramine orally) with a replacement fluid rate < 20 mL/min. Allergic reaction incidence was investigated in controls who underwent ABO‐incompatible living donor kidney transplantation between 2016 and March 2020 (group C) and patients who underwent the protocol and procedure between April 2020 and February 2023 (group N).ResultsTen (group C) and 19 (group N) patients performed 11 and 30 sessions of PE, respectively. Allergic reactions occurred in 81.8% and 36.7% (p = 0.014), respectively, with an odds ratio of the protocol was 0.056 (95% CI 0.0059–0.5380, P = 0.013).ConclusionOur protocol resulted in a significantly lower incidence of allergic reactions.
Predictors of symptom course in alcohol use disorder
Authors: Conlin William E. , Hoffman Michaela , Steinley Douglas , Vergés Alvaro , Sher Kenneth J. 
Published: September 2023

AbstractBackgroundSymptoms often play an important role in the scientific inquiry of psychological disorders and have been theorized to play a functional role in the disorders themselves. However, little is known about the course of specific symptoms and individual differences in course. Understanding the course of specific symptoms and factors influencing symptom course can inform psychological theory and future research on course and treatment.MethodsThe current study examined alcohol use disorder (AUD) criteria to explore how etiologically relevant covariates differentially affected the course of individual criteria. The study examined 34,653 participants from Wave 1 (2001–2002) and Wave 2 (2003–2004) of the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), to analyze the extent to which AUD symptom course is predicted by alcohol consumption patterns, family history of alcoholism, the presence of internalizing and externalizing disorders, and race.ResultsThe course of all AUD criteria was significantly influenced by these predictors, with the magnitude of the influence varying across different criteria and different aspects of the course (i.e., onset, persistence, recurrence). The strength of the relationship is partially related to the theoretical proximity of a given covariate to AUD symptomatology, with heavy drinking being the strongest and family history of AUD being the weakest. The course of all criteria was strongly associated with the prevalence of the criterion in the overall sample.ConclusionsThe course of AUD criteria is heterogeneous, appearing to be influenced by conceptually proximal predictors, the prevalence of the criterion, and perhaps an underlying common factor. Diagnostic accuracy may be improved by including a criterion related to alcohol consumption. Future work should include exploring the interchangeability of criteria and alternative operationalization of them.
Can work integrated learning deliver employability? International post‐graduate accounting students
Authors: Crawford Vanessa , Brimble Mark , Freudenberg Brett 
Published: September 2023

AbstractInternational students studying a Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA), or equivalent postgraduate degree in accounting, in Australia were designed to fill the skills shortage gap for accountants, but employability rates appear low at 25% compared to 75% for domestic graduates. University work integrated learning (WIL) programs have been implemented to provide opportunities to increase employability, yet participation rates for international students appear low. This study uses an exploratory, qualitative approach, with semi‐structured interviews of industry and students, to explore the participation rates, experiences and expectations of stakeholders in relation to WIL. Implications of the findings for stakeholders include preparation programs and simulated WIL opportunities.
Translational bioethics as a two‐way street. Developing clinical ethics support instruments with and for healthcare practitioners
Authors: Metselaar Suzanne 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThis article discusses an approach to translational bioethics (TB) that is concerned with the adaptation—or ‘translation’—of concepts, theories and methods from bioethics to practical contexts, in order to support ‘non‐bioethicists’, such as researchers and healthcare practitioners, in dealing with their ethical issues themselves. Specifically, it goes into the participatory development of clinical ethics support (CES) instruments that respond to the needs and wishes of healthcare practitioners and that are tailored to the specific care contexts in which they are to be used. The theoretical underpinnings of this participatory approach to TB are found in hermeneutic ethics and pragmatism. As an example, the development of CURA, a low‐threshold CES instrument for healthcare professionals in palliative care, is discussed. From this example, it becomes clear that TB is a two‐way street. Practice may be improved by means of CES that is effectively tailored to specific end users and care contexts. The other way around, ethical theory may be enriched by means of the insights gained from engaging with practice in developing CES in a process of co‐creation. TB is also a two‐way street in the sense that it requires collaboration and commitment of both bioethicists and practitioners, who engage in a process of mutual learning. However, substantial challenges remain. For instance, is there a limit to the extent to which a method of moral reasoning can be adapted in order to meet the constraints of a given healthcare setting? Who is to decide, the bioethicist or the practitioners?
Muted responses to heat in a nocturnal tropical rodent
Authors: Breit Ana M. , Kleinhause‐Goldman Gedalyahou Tal , Ikhwan Awang Khairul , Isaac Marcellinus , Tuen Andrew Alek , Levesque Danielle L. 
Published: September 2023

AbstractWe measured the thermoregulatory characteristics of a common, tropical murid rodent, Sundamys muelleri. Subcutaneous body temperatures and evaporative water loss increased at ambient temperatures above 33°C, but no increases in metabolic rate were observed as high as 38.2°C, indicating tropical rodents may be resilient as climate change progresses.Abstract in Malay is available with online material.
Clinical and histologic evaluation of heterotopic mucosa transpositioning at teeth and dental implants
Authors: Imber Jean‐Claude , Roccuzzo Andrea , Stähli Alexandra , Bosshardt Dieter D. , Muñoz Fernando , Ramseier Christoph A. , Lang Niklaus P. , Sculean Anton 
Published: September 2023

AbstractAimTo investigate the healing after heterotopic mucosa transpositioning at dental implants and teeth.Materials and MethodsOne hemimandible per dog (n = 4) was allocated to receive 3 implants (test), whereby 3 premolars on the contralateral side served as controls. After osseointegration, a Z‐plasty was performed on the buccal aspect of the test and control sites to heterotopically move the zone of keratinized tissue (KT) into a region with non‐keratinized tissue (nKT) and vice versa. Clinical measurements were performed before (T0) and at 12 weeks following heterotopic transposition (T1). Thereafter, specimens were processed for histological analysis.ResultsClinical measurements revealed that at T1, a band of KT was reestablished at teeth (mean: 2.944 ± 1.866 mm), whereas at implants, the transpositioned nKT resulted in a mucosa without any signs of keratinization (mean: 0 mm; p < .0001). At implant sites, the probing attachment level loss was more pronounced compared to tooth sites (−1.667 ± 1.195 mm and −1.028 ± 0.878 mm, respectively; p = .0076). Histologically, the transpositioned nKT, was accompanied by the formation of KT at the tooth but not at implant sites. The supracrestal soft tissues were statistically significantly higher at tooth compared to implant sites (2.978 ± 0.483 mm and 2.497 ± 0.455 mm, p = .0083). The transpositioned KT remained mostly unaltered in its morphological characteristics.ConclusionsThe findings of this study indicate that: (a) transpositioned KT may retain its morphological characteristics; and (b) transpositioned nKM was accompanied by the formation of KT at the tooth but not at implant sites.
The effect of stoma self‐efficacy of people with stoma on their sexual function and satisfaction
Authors: Yilmaz Sezer Neslihan , Aker Menekşe Nazlı , Öner Cengiz Hatice , Ersöz Şiyar , Uçar Serpil 
Published: September 2023

AbstractAimThe aim of this research is to determine the effect of stoma self‐efficacy of people with stoma on their sexual function and satisfaction.MethodThis descriptive research was carried out between November 2022 and May 2023. One hundred and forty people with stoma were included in the research. A descriptive information form, a visual analogue scale (VAS) for satisfaction with sexual life, the Stoma Self‐Efficacy Scale (Stoma SE) and the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) were used for the research.ResultsAccording to the findings of the research, it was established that 90% of the participants had sexual dysfunction according to the ASEX. The average VAS satisfaction with sexual life score was 2.77 ± 3.19, the average Stoma SE Total score was 76.26 ± 19.63 and the average ASEX score was 21.62 ± 7.88. The VAS‐satisfaction with sexual life score of the participants had a positive relationship with the social self‐efficacy score and a negative relationship with the ASEX score. There was a negative relationship between the social self‐efficacy score and the ASEX score of the participants. It has been determined that the social self‐efficacy scores of the participants affect their ASEX and VAS‐satisfaction with sexual life scores.ConclusionDevelopment of care self‐efficacy is as critical as the development of social self‐efficacy for people with stoma. Development of social self‐efficacy by people with stoma can contribute to their sexual function and satisfaction with sexual life.