bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a smartphone-based manikin to support pain self-reporting
Authors: van der Veer Sabine N. , Ali S. Mustafa , Yu Ziqiao , McBeth John , Chiarotto Alessandro , James Ben , Dixon William G. 
Published: February 2024

Abstract

Introduction:
Many people worldwide suffer from chronic pain. Improving our knowledge on chronic pain prevalence and management requires methods to collect pain self-reports in large populations. Smartphone-based tools could aid data collection by allowing people to use their own device, but the measurement properties of such tools are largely unknown.

Objectives:
To assess the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a smartphone-based manikin to support pain self-reporting.

Methods:
We recruited people with fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and/or osteoarthritis and access to a smartphone and the internet. Data collection included the Global Pain Scale at baseline and follow-up, and 30 daily pain drawings completed on a 2-dimensional, gender-neutral manikin. After deriving participants' pain extent from their manikin drawings, we evaluated convergent and discriminative validity, test–retest reliability, and responsiveness and assessed findings against internationally agreed criteria for good measurement properties.

Results:
We recruited 131 people; 104 were included in the full sample, submitting 2185 unique pain drawings. Manikin-derived pain extent had excellent test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.94), moderate convergent validity (ρ, 0.46), and an ability to distinguish fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis from rheumatoid arthritis (F statistics, 30.41 and 14.36, respectively; P < 0.001). Responsiveness was poor (ρ, 0.2; P, 0.06) and did not meet the respective criterion for good measurement properties.

Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that smartphone-based manikins can be a reliable and valid method for pain self-reporting, but that further research is warranted to explore, enhance, and confirm the ability of such manikins to detect a change in pain over time.
Ambulatory Robotic Colectomy: Factors Affecting and Affected by Postoperative Opioid Use
Authors: Vu Michael M. , Franko Jace J. , Buzadzhi Anna , Prey Beau , Rusev Maksim , Lavery Marta , Rashidi Laila 
Published: February 2024

Background:
The ongoing opioid crisis demands an investigation into the factors driving postoperative opioid use. Ambulatory robotic colectomies are an emerging concept in colorectal surgery, but concerns persist surrounding adequate pain control for these patients who are discharged very early. We sought to identify key factors affecting recovery room opioid use (ROU) and additional outpatient opioid prescriptions (AOP) after ambulatory robotic colectomies.

Methods:
This was a single-institution retrospective review of ambulatory robotic colon resections performed between 2019 and 2022. Patients were included if they discharged on the same day (SDD) or postoperative day 1 (POD1). Outcomes of interest included ROU [measured in parenteral morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs)], AOP (written between PODs 2 to 7), postoperative emergency department presentations, and readmissions.

Results:
Two hundred nineteen cases were examined, 48 of which underwent SDD. The mean ROU was 29.4 MME, and 8.7% of patients required AOP. Between SDD and POD1 patients, there were no differences in postoperative emergency department presentations, readmissions, recovery opioid use, or additional outpatient opioid scripts. Older age was associated with a lower ROU (−0.54 MME for each additional year). Older age, a higher body mass index, and right-sided colectomies were also more likely to use zero ROU. Readmissions were strongly associated with lower ROU. Among SDD patients, lower ROU was also associated with higher rates of AOP.

Conclusion:
Ambulatory robotic colectomies and SDD can be performed with low opioid use and readmission rates. Notably, we found an association between low ROU and more readmission, and, in some cases, higher AOP. This suggests that adequate pain control during the postoperative recovery phase is a crucial component of reducing these negative outcomes.
Pressure control of magnetic order and excitations in the pyrochlore antiferromagnet
MgCr2O4
Authors: Nassar L. S. , Lane H. , Haberl B. , Graves-Brook M. , Winn B. , Koohpayeh S. M. , Mourigal M. 
Published: February 2024

MgCr2O4 is one of the best-known realizations of the pyrochlore-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The strong antiferromagnetic exchange interactions are perturbed by small further-neighbor exchanges such that this compound may in principle realize a spiral spin liquid (SSL) phase in the zero-temperature limit. However, a spin Jahn-Teller transition below TN≈13 K yields a complicated long-range magnetic order with multiple coexisting propagation vectors. We present neutron scattering and thermomagnetic measurements of MgCr2O4 samples under applied hydrostatic pressure up to P=1.7 GPa demonstrating the existence of multiple close-lying nearly degenerate magnetic ground states. We show that the application of hydrostatic pressure increases the ordering temperature by around 0.8 K per GPa and increases the bandwidth of the magnetic excitations by around 0.5 meV per GPa. We also evidence a strong tendency for the preferential occupation of a subset of magnetic domains under pressure. In particular, we show that the k=(0,0,1) magnetic phase, which is almost negligible at ambient pressure, dramatically increases in spectral weight under pressure. This modifies the spectrum of magnetic excitations, which we interpret unambiguously as spin waves from multiple magnetic domains. Moreover, we report that the application of pressure reveals a feature in the magnetic susceptibility above the magnetostructural transition. We interpret this as the onset of a short-range ordered phase associated with k=(0,0,1), previously not observed in magnetometry measurements.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Sensor noise in
LISA

Pathfinder
: Laser frequency noise and its coupling to the optical test mass readout
Authors: Armano M. , Audley H. , Baird J. , Binetruy P. , Born M. , Bortoluzzi D. , Brandt N. , Castelli E. , Cavalleri A. , Cesarini A. , Cruise A. M. , Danzmann K. , de Deus Silva M. , Diepholz I. , Dixon G. , Dolesi R. , Ferraioli L. , Ferroni V. , Fitzsimons E. D. , Flatscher R. , Freschi M. , García A. , Gerndt R. , Gesa L. , Giardini D. , Gibert F. , Giusteri R. , Grimani C. , Grzymisch J. , Guzman F. , Harrison I. , Hartig M.-S. , Hechenblaikner G. , Heinzel G. , Hewitson M. , Hollington D. , Hoyland D. , Hueller M. , Inchauspé H. , Jennrich O. , Jetzer P. , Johann U. , Johlander B. , Karnesis N. , Kaune B. , Killow C. J. , Korsakova N. , Lobo J. A. , López-Zaragoza J. P. , Maarschalkerweerd R. , Mance D. , Martín V. , Martin-Polo L. , Martin-Porqueras F. , Martino J. , McNamara P. W. , Mendes J. , Mendes L. , Meshksar N. , Monsky A. , Nofrarias M. , Paczkowski S. , Perreur-Lloyd M. , Petiteau A. , Plagnol E. , Ramos-Castro J. , Reiche J. , Rivas F. , Robertson D. I. , Russano G. , Sanjuan J. , Slutsky J. , Sopuerta C. F. , Steier F. , Sumner T. , Texier D. , Thorpe J. I. , Vetrugno D. , Vitale S. , Wand V. , Wanner G. , Ward H. , Wass P. J. , Weber W. J. , Wissel L. , Wittchen A. , Zweifel P. 
Published: February 2024

The (LPF) mission successfully demonstrated the feasibility of the technology needed for the future space borne gravitational wave observatory LISA. A key subsystem under study was the laser interferometer, which measured the changes in relative distance in between two test masses (TMs). It achieved a sensitivity of 32.0−1.7+2.4  fm/Hz, which was significantly better than the prelaunch tests. This improved performance allowed direct observation of the influence of laser frequency noise in the readout. The differences in optical path lengths between the measurement and reference beams in the individual interferometers of our setup determined the level of this undesired readout noise. Here, we discuss the dedicated experiments performed on LPF to measure these differences with high precision. We reached differences in path length difference between (368±5)  μm and (329.6±0.9)  μm which are significantly below the required level of 1 mm or 1000  μm. These results are an important contribution to our understanding of the overall sensor performance. Moreover, we observed varying levels of laser frequency noise over the course of the mission. We provide evidence that these do not originate from the laser frequency stabilization scheme which worked as expected. Therefore, this frequency stabilization would be applicable to other missions with similar laser frequency stability requirements.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Drivers of smartwatch use and its effect on environmental sustainability: evidence from SEM-ANN approach
Authors: Almheiri Eiman , Al-Emran Mostafa , Al-Sharafi Mohammed A. , Arpaci Ibrahim 
Published: February 2024

PurposeThe proliferation of smartwatches in the digital age has radically transformed health and fitness management, offering users a multitude of functionalities that extend beyond mere physical activity tracking. While these modern wearables have empowered users with real-time data and personalized health insights, their environmental implications remain relatively unexplored despite a growing emphasis on sustainability. To bridge this gap, this study extends the UTAUT2 model with smartwatch features (mobility and availability) and perceived security to understand the drivers of smartwatch usage and its consequent impact on environmental sustainability.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed theoretical model is evaluated based on data collected from 303 smartwatch users using a hybrid structural equation modeling–artificial neural network (SEM-ANN) approach.FindingsThe PLS-SEM results supported smartwatch features’ effect on performance and effort expectancy. The results also supported the role of performance expectancy, social influence, price value, habit and perceived security in smartwatch usage. The use of smartwatches was found to influence environmental sustainability significantly. However, the results did not support the association between effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and hedonic motivation with smartwatch use. The ANN results further complement these outcomes by showing that habit with a normalized importance of 100% is the most significant factor influencing smartwatch use.Originality/valueTheoretically, this research broadens the UTAUT2 by introducing smartwatch features as external variables and environmental sustainability as a new outcome of technology use. On a practical level, the study offers insights for various stakeholders interested in smartwatch use and their environmental implications.
Independent directors’ status and R&D: a study based on Chinese cultural background
Authors: Liang Shangkun , Fu Rong , Jiang Yanfeng 
Published: February 2024

PurposeIndependent directors are important corporate decision participants and makers. Based on the Chinese cultural background, this paper interprets the listing order of independent directors as independent directors’ status, exploring their influence on the corporate research and development (R&D) behavior.Design/methodology/approachThis paper studies A-share listed firms in China from 2008 to 2018 as the sample. The main method is ordinary least square (OLS) regression. We also use other methods to deal with endogenous problems, such as the firm fixed effect method, change model method, two-stage instrumental variable method, and Heckman two-stage method.Findings(1) Higher independent directors’ status attribute to more effective exertion of supervision and consultation function, and positively enhance the corporate R&D investment. The increase of the independent director’ status by one standard deviation will increase the R&D investment by 4.6%. (2) The above effect is more influential in firms with stronger traditional culture atmosphere, higher information opacity and higher performance volatility. (3) High-status independent directors promote R&D investment by improving the scientificity of R&D evaluation and reducing information asymmetry. (4) The enhancing effect of independent director’ status on R&D investment is positively associated with the firm’s patent output and market value.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to understanding the relationship between the independent directors’ status and their duty execution from an embedded cultural background perspective. The findings of the study enlighten the improvement of corporate governance efficiency and the healthy development of the capital market.
Multinational firms as emissaries of decent work: worker responses to progressive HRM in a foreign retailer in Japan
Authors: Bozkurt Ödül , Chung Chul , Kawai Norifumi , Honda-Howard Motoko 
Published: February 2024

Purpose
The paper aims to provide an understanding of how the transfer of progressive human resource management (HRM) practices may or may fail to render multinational enterprises (MNEs) institutional entrepreneurs creating change in job quality and decent work to underprivileged workers in the low-pay retail sector in Japan.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper draws on survey questionnaire data and interviews with workers and management in a foreign retailer in Japan.

Findings
The findings suggest that even where MNEs may provide some measurable material improvements in job quality, in this case equal pay for equal work, the total outcomes are nevertheless shaped by institutional context and constraints. In this case, the improvement in pay was intertwined with flexibility demands that were possible to meet for some workers but not others. In particular, women with care responsibilities and competing demands on their time were not able to experience “decent work” in the same way as others.

Research limitations/implications
The study had a relatively low response rate, due to lack of discretion over time experienced by workers in Japan, as well as limited data on program outcomes, with interviews conducted with a small number of participants.

Practical implications
The study suggests that spaces and opportunities exist for MNEs to diverge from dominant practices in given host country locations and exercise a level of agency as emissaries of decent work but successful outcomes require a very thorough understanding of individual worker experiences within the institutional constraints of given environments.

Social implications
The study offers insights into the complexities of initiatives by MNEs to contribute to the provision of decent work, particularly for workers in underprivileged positions including women in low-pay sectors such as retail, as firm-level practices lead to variable outcomes when filtered through local institutions.

Originality/value
The study brings together a focus on firm-level practices that inform much of the international HRM and international management scholarship with an emphasis on the experiences of workers, which is pursued in the sociology of work, to investigate whether MNEs can be actors in the realising of the Sustainable Development Goals around decent work.
Improving accessibility of digitization outputs: EODOPEN project research findings
Authors: Kavčič Čolić Alenka , Hari Andreja 
Published: February 2024

Purpose
The current predominant delivery format resulting from digitization is PDF, which is not appropriate for the blind, partially sighted and people who read on mobile devices. To meet the needs of both communities, as well as broader ones, alternative file formats are required. With the findings of the eBooks-On-Demand-Network Opening Publications for European Netizens project research, this study aims to improve access to digitized content for these communities.

Design/methodology/approach
In 2022, the authors conducted research on the digitization experiences of 13 EODOPEN partners at their organizations. The authors distributed the same sample of scans in English with different characteristics, and in accordance with Web content accessibility guidelines, the authors created 24 criteria to analyze their digitization workflows, output formats and optical character recognition (OCR) quality.

Findings
In this contribution, the authors present the results of a trial implementation among EODOPEN partners regarding their digitization workflows, used delivery file formats and the resulting quality of OCR results, depending on the type of digitization output file format. It was shown that partners using the OCR tool ABBYY FineReader Professional and producing scanning outputs in tagged PDF and PDF/UA formats achieved better results according to set criteria.

Research limitations/implications
The trial implementations were limited to 13 project partners’ organizations only.

Originality/value
This research paper can be a valuable contribution to the field of massive digitization practices, particularly in terms of improving the accessibility of the output delivery file formats.
The role of conflict and opportunism on the duality of satisfaction in B2B sales relationships
Authors: Ferro-Soto Carlos , Padin Carmen , Roberts-Lombard Mornay , Svensson Goran , Høgevold Nils 
Published: February 2024

Purpose
This study aims to explore the direct and indirect effects of sales opportunism and sales conflict as well as of non-economic and economic satisfaction in business-to-business (B2B) sales relationships. This understanding offers B2B buyers enhanced knowledge of sales business expectations towards sustainable business relationships in the future.

Design/methodology/approach
Through self-administered questionnaires, data were obtained from 237 sales or marketing managers/directors of small- and medium-sized companies across industries in Spain, who were randomly contacted via LinkedIn. The multivariate analysis of measurement and structural models was based on IBM SPSS Amos 27.

Findings
The study confirms that sales opportunism positively affects sales conflict. Moreover, sales opportunism is negatively associated with non-economic sales satisfaction, whereas non-economic sales satisfaction is positively associated with economic sales satisfaction. Consequently, if all associates are pleased with the relationship and the gains it can provide, a long-standing orientation can be achieved.

Research limitations/implications
The study expands existing theory on seller–buyer relationships in a B2B context. It contextualises direct and indirect relationships between two antecedents (sales opportunism and sales conflict) and two postcedents (economic sales satisfaction and non-economic sales satisfaction) in sales business–buyer settings.

Practical implications
The study guides buyers in B2B relationships towards an improved understanding of how sales businesses perceive opportunism and conflict (as negative precursors) to impact non-economic satisfaction and how it can influence economic satisfaction.

Originality/value
Most studies explore B2B relationship building from the perspective of the buyer, thereby creating a shortfall in developing an understanding of all partner expectations in B2B relational intent. Moreover, the measurement of satisfaction as a multidimensional construct secured the integration of non-economic satisfaction and economic satisfaction within a single model allowing the constructs measured in this study to be holistically assessed.
Work readiness and trending avenues for future studies: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis
Authors: Amarathunga Buddhini , Khatibi Ali , Talib Zunirah Mohd 
Published: February 2024

PurposeThis study aims to undertake a theoretical and technical exploration of the literature on Work Readiness (WR) through the implementation of a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. The present study addresses seven distinct research questions: (1) an examination of the descriptive features characterizing the literature on WR, (2) an analysis of trends in annual scientific publications related to WR, (3) the identification of the most pertinent and high-impact sources contributing to WR, (4) the delineation of the globally cited articles exerting the most influence on WR, (5) the determination of the most relevant countries associated with WR, (6) an evaluation of the outcomes derived from Bradford’s Law of Scattering and Lotka’s Law of scientific productivity in the context of WR, and (7) the identification of the prevailing research avenues that hold significance for future studies on WR.Design/methodology/approachThe present study employed Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and bibliometric analysis mapping techniques to analyze 521 articles extracted from the Scopus database. The analysis utilized Biblioshiny software and VOSviewer software as the primary tools.FindingsThe findings reveal that WR constitutes a steadily expanding subject discipline, showcasing a notable 9.12% annual growth in scientific production spanning from 1975 to 2023. Australia, the USA, and Canada emerged as the most productive countries within the field of WR, as evidenced by their cumulative scientific production. The thematic map of keyword analysis suggests several burgeoning pathways for future researchers in the WR domain, including workplace learning, functional capacity evaluation, graduate WR, digital literacy, blended learning, resilience, and curriculum.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the WR discourse by providing a comprehensive literature review. The findings of this study hold significance for graduates, universities, employers, the higher education industry, and the broader community.
Analysis of open channel flow with various layered vegetation using CFD, considering different near-wall treatment methods
Authors: Şibil Rahim 
Published: February 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of near-wall treatment approaches, which are crucial parameters in predicting the flow characteristics of open channels, and the influence of different vegetation covers in different layers.

Design/methodology/approach
Ansys Fluent, a computational fluid dynamics software, was used to calculate the flow and turbulence characteristics using a three-dimensional, turbulent (k-e realizable), incompressible and steady-flow assumption, along with various near-wall treatment approaches (standard, scalable, non-equilibrium and enhanced) in the vegetated channel. The numerical study was validated concerning an experimental study conducted in the existing literature.

Findings
The numerical model successfully predicted experimental results with relative error rates below 10%. It was determined that nonequilibrium wall functions exhibited the highest predictive success in experiment Run 1, standard wall functions in experiment Run 2 and enhanced wall treatments in experiment Run 3. This study has found that plant growth significantly alters open channel flow. In the contact zones, the velocities and the eddy viscosity are low, while in the free zones they are high. On the other hand, the turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence eddy dissipation are maximum at the solid–liquid interface, while they are minimum at free zones.

Originality/value
This is the first study, to the best of the author’s knowledge, concerning the performance of different near-wall treatment approaches on the prediction of vegetation-covered open channel flow characteristics. And this study provides valuable insights to improve the hydraulic performance of open-channel systems.