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Understanding legitimacy building in contexts through digital entrepreneurship
Authors: Imiren Efe , Lassalle Paul , Mwaura Samuel , Nicolopoulou Katerina 
Published: November 2023

PurposeThis paper, through empirical evidence, presents a framework for exploring how entrepreneurs navigate the challenges of building legitimacy in a digital context. In so doing, this paper goes beyond the seemingly forgone conclusion that legitimacy is important for the entrepreneur's success by focusing on the contextualised mechanisms through which digital legitimacy is built.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical findings are drawn from semi-structured interviews conducted with 21 digital entrepreneurs in Nigeria, a leading example of the West African context and analysed using a phenomenological approach.FindingsThe paper shows how digital entrepreneurs in a non-Western context draw on an aspect of legitimation in the digital space, and in particular, highlights three mechanisms via which this takes place, namely: digital shielding, digital curating and digital networking. Presented via an inductive approach, the three mechanisms described in the paper provide a scaffold for thinking about and understanding entrepreneurial legitimacy within a contextual framework, which incorporates institutional, cultural and digital dimensions.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature on digital entrepreneurship by empirically identifying and theoretically elaborating themes that are important for understanding how entrepreneurs navigate the challenges of digital entrepreneurship and build entrepreneurial legitimacy in complex contexts.
Economic impact of gain in life expectancy: a case study of India
Authors: Das Sujoy 
Published: November 2023

PurposeFew empirical studies examined the relationship between life expectancy and income in India. This study aims to examine the impact of life expectancy on economic growth in India by incorporating all the major states of India.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on secondary data and includes 16 major states of India covering the periods 2000–2014. The author used panel fixed effect model (FEM) to examine the impact of life expectancy on economic growth.FindingsEmpirical analysis revealed a positive trend in life expectancy in India. In association with life expectancy, the author found continuous growth in the elderly population. The result of the FEM shows that gains in life expectancy positively affect economic growth in India. The empirical findings do not support any negative impact of life expectancy gains on economic growth.Originality/valueThis study is the outcome of the independent and original research work of the authors and contributes significantly to the literature on the demography–economic relationship. The findings of this study help the author to understand that life expectancy gain is in no way a constraint, rather the skill and experience of the workforce are crucial to determining economic growth.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-06-2022-0422.
Modelling and performance improvement of an annular grooved thrust air bearing
Authors: Chen Yinan , Huo Dehong , Wang Guorong , Zhong Lin , Gong Zheng 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to combine the grooves with an annular air thrust bearing with multi-hole restrictors and discusses the influence of the groove parameters on the bearing performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Four models of aerostatic bearings with grooves of different geometries are established. The pressure distribution, load-carrying capacity (LCC), stiffness and flow characteristics of the flow field in the bearing clearances are obtained by computational fluid dynamics simulation.

Findings
The numerical and simulation results show that air bearing with grooved restrictors can slow down the pressure drop at the air inlet and increase the LCC and stiffness of the bearing. The gas flow in the aerostatic bearing is also studied, and the air vortex in the recess is analyzed.

Originality/value
This research optimizes the structure of the annular air thrust bearing, analyzes the gas vortex in the recess, improves the LCC and stiffness of the bearing and provides a reference for the bearing in the selection of groove parameters.

Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-01-2023-0006/
Robots trends and megatrends: artificial intelligence and the society
Authors: Molfino Rezia , Cepolina Francesco E. , Cepolina Emanuela , Cepolina Elvezia Maria , Cepolina Sara 
Published: November 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to analyze the robot trends of the next generation.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is divided into two sections: the key modern technology on which Europe's robotics industry has built its foundation is described. Then, the next key megatrends were analyzed.

Findings
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are technologies of major importance for the development of humanity. This time is mature for the evolution of industrial and service robots. The perception of robot use has changed from threading to aiding. The cost of mass production of technological devices is decreasing, while a rich set of enabling technologies is under development. Soft mechanisms, 5G and AI have enabled us to address a wide range of new problems. Ethics should guide human behavior in addressing this newly available powerful technology in the right direction.

Originality/value
The paper describes the impact of new technology, such as AI and soft robotics. The world of work must react quickly to these epochal changes to enjoy their full benefits.
BODIES AGAINST MODERNITY: Politics of Slum Rehabilitations in India
Authors: Jatkar Harshavardhan 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIndia continues to modernize, and the legacy of political modernity rooted in the European Enlightenment continues to reify itself in India through the performative practices of the body politic. The body politic is a totalized conceptualization of a society imagined in the form of a body, with real exclusionary effects on those without citizenship rights. This body politic is made real through performances of popular sovereignty, bureaucratic state practices and liberal democratic electoral procedures performed during urban development processes. Ethnographic accounts of politics of slum rehabilitations in Pune show that the modern body politic is indeed performatively practised, and reshaped, by the very bodies that are expected to be alienated for the making of the body politic. Bodies meet one another in different spaces and times and generate the possibility of reshaping the liberal body politic into relational and affective bodily politics. Together, bodies become both the site and the means through which political modernity is reshaped in India.
End‐of‐life care: A retrospective cohort study of older people who died within 48 hours of presentation to the emergency department
Authors: Sweeny Amy L , Alsaba Nemat , Grealish Laurie , May Katya , Huang Ya‐Ling , Ranse Jamie , Denny Kerina J , Lukin Bill , Broadbent Andrew , Burrows Erin , Ranse Kristen , Sunny Linda , Khatri Meghna , Crilly Julia 
Published: November 2023

AbstractObjectivesTo describe the characteristics of, and care provided to, older people who died within 48 h of ED presentation.MethodsA descriptive retrospective cohort study of people 65 years and older presenting to two EDs in Queensland, Australia, between April 2018 and March 2019. Data from electronic medical records were collected and analysed.ResultsTwo hundred and ninety‐five older people who died within 48 h of ED presentation were included. Nearly all arrived by ambulance (92%, n = 272) and 36% (n = 106) were from aged care facilities. Three‐quarters (75%, n = 222) were triaged into the most urgent triage categories (i.e. Australasian Triage Scale; ATS 1/2). Fewer than half were previously independent with mobility (38%, n = 111) and activities of daily living (43%, n = 128). Sixty‐one per cent (n = 181) had a pre‐existing healthcare directive. Twenty‐two per cent (n = 66) died in ED, most commonly due to pneumonia, intracerebral haemorrhage, cardiac arrest and/or sepsis. Over half had one or more ED visits (52%, n = 154) and/or hospital admissions (52%, n = 152) 6 months prior.ConclusionsIdentification of patients at end‐of‐life (EoL) is not always straightforward; consider recent reduction in independence and recent ED visits/hospital admissions. System‐based strategies that span pre‐hospital, ED and in‐patient care are recommended to facilitate EoL pathway implementation and care continuity.
Two‐year outcomes of anti‐reflux mucosectomy in treating gastroesophageal reflux disease: A Chinese prospective cohort study
Authors: Hu Jun Nan , Chen Song Feng , Jia Xing Yu , Luo Yu , Xing Xiang Bin , Tan Nian Di , Zhang Meng Yu , Zhuang Qian Jun , Wang Jin Hui , Xiao Ying Lian 
Published: November 2023

ObjectivesAnti‐reflux mucosectomy (ARMS) is an emerging and promising endoscopic treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In the current study we aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ARMS in treating Chinese GERD patients.MethodsThis was a single‐center prospective cohort study. ARMS was performed in GERD patients by an experienced endoscopist. The patients were required to undergo symptom assessment as well as endoscopic examination, high‐resolution manometry (HRM), and impedance‐pH monitoring before and after ARMS.ResultsTwelve patients were enrolled. Follow‐up was completed by all patients at 3 and 6 months, 11 patients at 1 year, and 8 patients at 2 years after ARMS, respectively. Symptom improvement was achieved in 66.7%, 75.0%, 72.7%, and 50.0% of the patients at 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after ARMS, respectively. Postoperative dysphagia was reported by 25.0%, 25.0%, 27.3%, and 25.0% of patients at 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after surgery, none of whom required additional invasive treatment. All patients with preoperative esophagitis healed after ARMS. For impedance‐pH monitoring parameters, number of acidic reflux episodes and the proportion of patients with acid exposure time (AET) >4.0% decreased significantly after ARMS.ConclusionsARMS was safe and effective in Chinese GERD patients. The efficacy of ARMS was not short‐term and remained evident throughout the 2‐year follow‐up. Further multicenter studies with larger sample sizes are needed to verify our findings.
Counterfactual evaluation of two Austrian agri‐environmental schemes in 2014–2018
Authors: Uehleke Reinhard , Leonhardt Heidi , Hüttel Silke 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis article investigates the causal effect of farm participation in two Austrian agri‐environmental schemes (AES), Immergrün (ground cover) and Zwischenfrucht (catch cropping), on fertilizer and plant protection expenditures in the 2014 programming period. Combining European Farm Accountancy Data Network data with information on scheme participation from administrative control data offers identifying farm participation in specific schemes targeted at reducing input intensity. Given the overall small sample, we maximized the utilizable sample size by combining difference‐in‐difference and kernel matching with automated bandwidth selection. To address the remaining post‐matching covariate imbalances, we used double machine learning (DML) techniques for a guided selection of potential confounding covariates. Our results suggest that, given the available sample, we cannot substantiate moderate effects of AES participation, and that guided covariate selection by DML offers no gain over non‐guided covariate selection for the small sample. Our results underline the need to increase the number of farms and the duration in available farm panels to substantiate future counterfactual‐based evaluations of policy.
Efficacy and safety of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of inoperable patients with pulmonary malignant nodules
Authors: Qie Peng , Xun Xuejiao , Nie Xiaodong , Yin Qifan , Cui Hongshang , Liu Lijun , Wang Huien 
Published: November 2023

AbstractBackgroundRadiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been recently applied as an alternative treatment in the patients with pulmonary malignancies. The aim of our study was to assess the incidence of complications and survival rate of RFA for malignant lung nodules, and evaluate the efficacy and safety of RFA in the treatment of inoperable patients with pulmonary malignant nodules.MethodsThe clinical data of 50 patients with primary and metastatic lung malignant nodules treated with RFA from June 2015 and July 2017 in Hebei General Hospital were considered, and the characteristics and clinical data of these patients were analysed. Complications, progression‐free survival and overall survival at 1, 2 and 5 years of these patients were evaluated.ResultsFollowing the procedure. There were no major complications and deaths during the operation. 26 (52%) patients presented mild‐to‐moderate chest pain that was easily controlled by analgesic drugs. 8 (16%) patients with pneumothorax, 4 (8%) haemoptysis, 6 (12%) pneumonia, 7 (14%) pleural effusion and 1 (2%) postoperative bronchopleural fistula. Needle‐track implantation was observed in 2 (4%) patients. Median progression‐free survival (PFS) was 24.6 months. The PFS at 1, 2, 5 years was 76%, 52% and 20%, respectively. Median overall survival (OS) was 35.5 months. The OS at 1, 2 and 5 years was 80%, 58% and 32%, respectively.ConclusionRFA is a safe and effective alternative treatment for the inoperable patients with primary or metastatic pulmonary malignant nodules. The clinical impact and long‐term results of RFA need to be further confirmed in a larger series of patients, and RFA should ideally be compared with surgery.
Using Robson classification to analyze cesarean section and induction rates in relation to changes in the standards of perinatal care in one hospital in Poland
Authors: Węgrzynowska Maria , Baranowska Barbara , Sys Dorota , Kajdy Anna , Karzel Katarzyna , Bączek Grażyna , Szlendak Beata , Tataj‐Puzyna Urszula 
Published: November 2023

AbstractBackgroundPoland has one of the highest cesarean birth (CB) rates in Europe. For this study, we used the Robson Ten‐Group Classification System (TGCS) to analyze trends in the induction and CB rates in one hospital in Poland over a period of 11 years. We compare these trends with changes in National Legislative and Medical Guidelines introduced during this time that were aimed at lowering rates of unnecessary medical interventions.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective study including all births after 24 weeks' gestation between 2010 and 2020 from one tertiary hospital (n = 66,716 births). After the deletion of records with missing data, 66,678 births were included in the analysis. All births were classified according to the Robson TGCS. The size, CB rate, and contribution of each group for every year were calculated. Linear regression analyses were used to analyze trends over time.ResultsThe total CB rate varied from 29.6% to 33.0% during the study period, with a linear increase of 0.045 percentage points annually (R2 = 0.021; F(1) = 0.189; p = 0.674). This study was considerably lower than the total CB rate for Poland, which rose from 33.9% in 2010 to 45.1% in 2020, increasing at a rate of 1.13 percentage points per year (R2 = 0.93; F(1) = 61.88; p < 0.001). Induction rates among both nulliparous (R1 + R2) and multiparous (R3 + R4) women at term also increased. Study groups R5 (previous cesarean birth), R2 (nulliparous in induced or prelabor cesarean delivery), and R1 (nulliparous women at term with single cephalic pregnancy in spontaneous labor) were the highest contributors to the overall CB rate. The greatest decrease in the CB rate was detected in group R5b (more than one previous CB). None of the groups showed statistically significant increases in CB rates over the study period.ConclusionsThe CB rate in the hospital where the study was conducted was considerably lower than the total CB rate in Poland. When compared with countries with similar CB rates, group R2b (women with nulliparous, prelabor cesarean birth) in our study was considerably larger. More comparisons across different hospital settings in Poland are needed. However, as hospitals are not encouraged to routinely collect the data needed to construct TGCS, such comparisons are very difficult to conduct.
Regular resident becomes aggressive enemy: Diagnosed on cytology
Authors: Joshi Anvitha Lakshminarayan , Pradeep Immanuel , Nigam Jitendra Singh , Arora Abhishek Jagdishchander , Ramamourthy Balaji 
Published: November 2023

AbstractActinomycosis, an oral cavity commensal, causes cervicofacial infection in patients associated with an immunosuppression state and local mucosal injuries. Bone involvement by this commensal is rare. In the present case, we report a case of left peri mandibular soft tissue, soft to firm, tender swelling in a 39‐year‐old immunocompetent male diagnosed as Actinomycosis infection on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and cell block preparation.
Prevalence and pattern of maxillofacial injuries associated with domestic violence: A retrospective study at a major trauma center
Authors: Yari Amir , Fasih Paniz , Bagheri Abbas , Aryanezhad Seyed Sasan , Sani Mohammad Khosousi 
Published: November 2023

AbstractBackground/AimThis study aimed to analyze the frequency and pattern of maxillofacial injuries associated with domestic violence.Materials and MethodsMedical records of victims of domestic violence between May 2016 and May 2023 were scrutinized retrospectively. The following data were analyzed: gender and age, history of previous abuse, hospital admission, pregnancy, type of facial injuries, anatomical location of injuries, side of injuries, concomitant injuries, mechanism of impact, treatment modality, and history of drug and alcohol abuse.ResultsSeventy‐eight patients were included, comprising of 75 (96.2%) women and 3 (3.8%) men. Domestic violence was an etiology of 2.7% of all maxillofacial injuries. The mean age was 27.06 ± 5.5 years. 33.3% of cases had a history of previous domestic violence. The assailant was drug addicted in 47.4% of cases. The attacker was the current partner of the victim in 79.5% of the victims. Soft tissue injuries were found in 96.1% of cases. Maxillofacial fracture was observed in 52.6% of victims among which zygoma was the most common (16.7%) followed by the nose and mandible (15.4%). Isolated fracture was observed in 85.3% of patients and 71.8% of the injuries were observed on the left. Concomitant injuries were present in 51.3% of patients with arms/hands being the most frequent (48.7%). Punch (67.9%) constituted the majority of the mechanism of impact. Based on the statistical analysis, punches resulted in significantly higher soft tissue contusion (p = .046), and injuries that required no intervention were significantly higher in punched victims (p = .002).ConclusionMaxillofacial soft tissue injuries with or without isolated fracture on the left side of the zygoma, mandibular angle, or nose in association with arms/hands injuries in young adult women could be clues of domestic violence. Appropriate care such as preventive programs for drug or alcohol abuse should be implemented to reduce domestic violence, thereby reducing these injuries.
European gay fathers via surrogacy: Parenting, social support, anti‐gay microaggressions, and child behavior problems
Authors: D'Amore Salvatore , Green Robert‐Jay , Mouton Benedicte , Carone Nicola 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe present study investigated child behavior problems, parenting styles, coparenting, and couple relationship satisfaction in 67 European gay father families via surrogacy and 67 European heterosexual parent families via unassisted conception, all with children aged 1.5–10 years (M = 3.57 years, SD = 2.09). The two family groups were matched for child age and gender. In the gay father group only, the associations between family anti‐gay microaggressions, family/friend support, and other main variables also were explored. Children of gay fathers had fewer externalizing and internalizing problems compared to children of heterosexual parents. Also, gay fathers reported more effective parenting styles, greater coparenting quality, and higher couple relationship satisfaction compared to heterosexual parents. Overall, child externalizing problems (i.e., aggression, rule‐breaking) and internalizing problems (i.e., anxiety, depression) were more strongly associated with being raised in a heterosexual parent family, more authoritarian parenting, and lower positive coparenting. Specific to the gay father sample, anti‐gay microaggressions experienced by family members were associated with more child internalizing problems, lower positive coparenting, and lower social support from family and friends. These results refute concerns about possible detrimental effects on child development of surrogacy conception or of being raised by gay fathers. The results further suggest that family therapists treating child behavior problems should focus mainly on improving the coparenting relationship, reducing authoritarian/punitive parenting styles, and (for gay father families specifically) coping with anti‐gay microaggressions and lack of social support outside the nuclear family.
Contribution of cosmetic ingredients and skin care textures to emotions
Authors: Roso Alicia , Aubert Arnaud , Cambos Sophie , Vial Francis , Schäfer Julia , Belin Marielle , Gabriel Damien , Bize Cécile 
Published: November 2023

AbstractObjectiveEmotions play an important role in consumers' perception of a sensory experience. The objective of this work was to investigate the ability of basic skin care formulas (i.e. without interference of odour, colour and packaging) and pillar ingredients (i.e. emollients and rheology modifiers) to elicit emotions. Another objective was to track, as claimed by neurocosmetics, the possible effect of formulas to trigger emotions from their direct biochemical effects on the skin.MethodsStandard methodologies were mobilized, combining subjective and behavioural parameters (i.e. verbatim, prosody and gesture). Sense and Story methodology based on a collection of metaphoric verbatim was conducted after an induction phase. In addition, an experimental electrophysiological real‐time visualization method was tried as a first experience in cosmetics. Finally, the ability of formulations with emotional benefits to modulate the release of neuropeptides by sensory neurons was evaluated on a 3D human model (epidermis co‐cultured with sensory neurons).ResultsSkin care formulas were shown to play a role in emotional potential and the types of emotion generated, while changing one ingredient mostly acted on the intensity of the emotions. Verbatim provided contrasted answers depending on the protocol, highlighting the interest of non‐verbal approaches to detect subtle effects. The in vitro model substantiated physiological effects of skin care formulas with emotional potential on human skin sensory neuron activity.ConclusionEmotions were impacted by the change in ingredients and were better captured through non‐verbal methods.