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Too thin to be cute: the influence of letter height-to-width ratio on consumer perception
Authors: Xie Zhipeng , Wang Tao , Zhao Jing , Qin Huanyu 
Published: December 2022

Purpose
This study aims to test the possible correlation between the letter height-to-width ratio and consumers’ perception of cuteness.

Design/methodology/approach
Through the design of three groups of experimental questionnaires, this paper carried out experiments on subjects with different professional backgrounds.

Findings
The result shows that perceived cuteness is only beneficial for consumers who adopt communal relationship (rather than exchange relationship) with the brand. Compared to consumers who adopt communal relationship with brands, letters of lower height-to-width ratio are perceived as cuter and thus more preferable than thinner ones, whereas for consumers who adopt exchange relationship with brands, thinner letters are preferred.

Research limitations/implications
To rule out interference, this study focuses only on the height-to-width ratio of the letters. In the future, researchers can pay more attention to the mobility of brand relationships, consumers’ reading strategy and logos’ visual elements that influence consumers’ brand perception (besides height-to-width ratio).

Practical implications
The research reminds scholars that the height-to-width ratio of letters/logos is not only of aesthetic value but also imposes a great impact on consumer perception. And the result of this research explains the contradiction in consumers’ preference for wide vs thin letter shapes and provides evidence for the interaction between brand relationship norms and letter preferences.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is the first to explore the influence of letter height-to-width ratio in marketing.
Seeking the resilience of service firms: a strategic learning process based on digital platform capability
Authors: Liu Ruhong , Long Jing , Liu Longjun 
Published: December 2022

Purpose
How to improve the resilience of service firms in the crisis, such as the COVID-19 epidemic, to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage becomes a growing concern worldwide. Digital platform capability (DPC) provides a series of opportunities and advantages for service firms to shape resilience in the crisis. This study aims to clarify the effect and mechanism of DPC on service firms’ resilience, and provides a new mediator (strategic learning [SL]), as well as two boundary conditions (legal inefficiency [LIE] and legal incompleteness [LIC]).

Design/methodology/approach
Questionnaires were used to obtain firm data, and executives answered these key questions. Data from 293 service firms during the COVID-19 period were used for hypothesis testing.

Findings
DPC was positively related to the adaptive capacity (AC) and planning capacity (PC) of service firms. SL mediated the positive effect of DPC on the AC and PC of service firms. The positive effect between DPC and SL was weakened when LIE and LIC were high.

Practical implications
This study suggests that it is a very desirable measure to improve DPC to gain organizational resilience (OR) in the crisis. In addition, a SL process in the crisis is crucial, because service firms need to absorb key strategic information from digital platforms to cope with uncertainty. The services firms need to realize that the benefits of DPC will be weakened in the dysfunctional institutional environment of LIE and LIC.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to link the DPC with the resilience of service firms, and provides a new explanation mechanism and some boundary conditions for this important relationship. Furthermore, this study takes a step forward, because these efforts respond to the widespread call of the literature on digitalization and OR, and provide new insights for understanding digital resilience.
Analytical studies of Eyring-Powell fluid models
Authors: Pinar Izgi Zehra 
Published: December 2022

PurposeWhen the literature is reviewed carefully, the analytical solutions of these types of models are missing. First using appropriate similarity transformation, the equations are reduced to dimensionless form (NODE). To solve the reduced models, ansatz-based methods are considered. Finally, the explicit form solutions are obtained and the effects of material parameters and Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature profiles are shown in figures by the exact solutions. This study aims to discuss the aforementioned solution.Design/methodology/approachOne of the non-Newtonian fluids is Eyring-Powell (EP) fluid which is derived from the kinetic theory of fluids. Two variations of EP model are considered to obtain the exact solutions that are missing in the literature. In order to obtain exact solutions, one of the ansatz-based methods is considered. The effects of material parameters and Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature profiles are shown in figures by the exact solutions. The results will guide to develop the model to predict the velocity profile and temperature profile when experimental data for dimensionless material parameters of EP fluid are available.FindingsFinally, the explicit form solutions are obtained and the effects of material parameters and Prandtl number are shown in the figures. The results will guide to develop of the model to predict the velocity profile and temperature profile when experimental data for dimensionless material parameters of EP fluid are available. For the modified EP models, only special cases are considered. The generalized form, i.e. the modified EP models, which include deformation parameters, will be considered in the authors’ future work.Originality/valueWhen the literature is reviewed carefully, the analytical solutions of these types of models are missing so by this work, the gap in the literature is filled. The explicit form solutions are obtained and the effects of material parameters and Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature profiles are shown in figures.
An assessment of selection and acquisition practices in meeting library users' information needs at Kenyan National Museum Library
Authors: Bonaya Kaltuma Sama 
Published: December 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show how quality information materials are maintained in Kenyan museum libraries by examining collection development policy, skills and processes used by librarians in acquisition.Design/methodology/approachA total of 137 respondents, which included 130 registered library users and seven members of staff, completed the questionnaires. This included the principal librarian, for whom an interview schedule was used to collect the required data. A pilot study to ensure data validity and reliability was carried out at the Kenya Medical Research Institute Library. Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the research data.FindingsThe findings, which were presented both textually and graphically, show that the National Museum of Kenya library lacks a collection development policy to guide the acquisition process, as well as a diverse set of information resources that are both comprehensive and current to meet the current user information needs. Furthermore, the key impediment to the acquisition of information materials was revealed to be financial constraints, and there was a positive effort to involve library users in the acquisition process.Research limitations/implicationsThe study focus on library users and library staff at the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) library in Nairobi, it may not be, therefore, representative of the acquisition processes at all Kenyan museum libraries. Although NMK has other branches across the country, they were not included in this study.Practical implicationsThis paper purposes to provide the Kenyan museum library with important information about maintaining quality information materials from the perspectives of librarians and library users. Despite efforts to improve information materials, the management faces financial challenges.Social implicationsThe study unveils underlying picture in selection and acquisition practices which will inform on meeting library users information needs.Originality/valueThe paper is of value as a case study of Kenya Museums Library.
Research progress on working conditions in supply chains: a comprehensive literature review and future research propositions
Authors: Bag Surajit , Dhamija Pavitra 
Published: December 2022

PurposeThe International Labour Organization (ILO) has emphasized advancing decent employment in global supply chains. Supply chains (SC) are responsible for the growth of any economy and are positively correlated with job creation. However, studies show that decent working conditions are becoming a major concern. Hence, this study is a modest attempt to examine the shortcomings that result in a lack of decent working conditions in global SCs' and further discuss what kind of guidelines, programs, policies, initiatives or principles are necessary to stimulate decent jobs and/or make it easier to enhance decent working conditions in SC.Design/methodology/approachThe present paper first applied the systematic literature review and second used the TCM (Theory-Context-Methods), which is a framework-based review, further reporting the analysis of 59 journal research articles/papers listed in the Scopus database.FindingsThe most commonly used theories in the selected studies are institutional theory. As per these theories, governance, rules and regulations play a crucial role in stopping forced labour, child labour practices and social injustice among workers. The findings of this study comply with SDG eight, which states the significance of decent working conditions. Further, the topic modeling reveals four themes: (1) Nature of working conditions (2) Corporate legitimacy (3) Corporate governance mechanisms and (4) Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and ethics in firms. Lastly, we proposed a research framework that shows all the leading factors that influence working conditions in the supply chain.Practical implicationsManagers must focus on integrating decent working conditions in SC activities in their respective organizations and factories. Managers must realize and shoulder this responsibility with other top officials in the organization that improving the SC working conditions is the need of the hour. Consultation with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) five (gender equality) (emphasize gender equality); and SDG eight (decent work and economic growth) (promote sustainable economic growth) is also recommended for managers. Lastly, managers need to develop suitable strategies keeping in mind the interplay between the leading factors (such as top management support, organizational culture, SA 8000 certification, occupational health and safety, stop forced labour and child labour practices, ethics training, enforce modern slavery act, global compliance regimes, buyer-supplier joint auditing, social responsible sourcing, stoppage of unauthorized sub-contracting, maintain SC transparency and CSR disclosure).Originality/valueUsing systematic literature review and TCM approach has provided some good takeaway points for managers. The study provides a valuable framework and fourteen research propositions which can be tested in the future.
Examination of the nutritional intake of patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy: A systematic review
Authors: Waddington Freya , Naunton Mark , Thomas Jackson , Kyle Greg , Wheatley Brendon , Oguoma Victor 
Published: December 2022

AbstractAim This systematic review aimed to determine the level of existing research that investigates the intake, specifically macro and micronutrient intake, of patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy.MethodsA systematic review was conducted across PubMed, Embase, Cochrane and CINAHL databases using a pre‐determined protocol. Studies published between 2001 and 2022 assessing macronutrient or micronutrient intake in opioid replacement therapy patients were included. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist was utilised for quality appraisal. Data from each of the included papers was synthesised in a narrative manner. Data extracted included all measurements of nutrition including macronutrient, and micronutrient intake and any bioanalysis results and methods utilised.ResultsSeven papers (one cohort study and six cross‐sectional studies, n = 443) were included that investigated an aspect of nutritional intake in patients receiving opioid replacement therapy. The majority of included papers reported an assessment of both macro and micronutrient and resulting energy intake as determined by food consumption. The included papers described a picture of irregular nutritional intake in patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy.ConclusionMinimal research into the nutritional intake of opioid replacement therapy patients exists. The existing research is suggestive of irregular nutritional intake from both macro and micronutrient consumption and indicates a need for further studies and increased attention on this vulnerable patient group.
Are international organisations in decline? An absolute and relative perspective on institutional change
Authors: Debre Maria J. , Dijkstra Hylke 
Published: December 2022

AbstractMany international organisations (IOs) are currently challenged, yet are they also in decline? Despite much debate on the crisis of liberal international order, contestation, loss of legitimacy, gridlock, pathologies and exiting member states, there is little research on IO decline. This article seeks to clarify this concept and argues that decline can be considered in absolute and relative terms. Absolute decline involves a decrease in the number of IOs and their authority, membership and output, whereas relative decline concerns a decrease in the centrality of IOs in international relations. Reviewing a wide range of indicators, this article argues that, whereas there is limited decline in absolute terms since 1945, there may well be important decline in relative terms. Relative decline is more difficult to measure, but to probe its significance this article presents data from speeches during the United Nations General Assembly General Debate. It shows that IOs were most often mentioned in 1996 and that there has been a decline since. These findings indicate that, whereas IOs might survive as institutions, they are decreasingly central to international relations.
Can the Unfree Be Held Morally Responsible? A Douglassonian Conception of Freedom and Distributed Moral Agency
Authors: Singer Abraham 
Published: December 2022

AbstractCan those dominated and oppressed by racialized power structures be held responsible for their actions? On some plausible accounts of moral responsibility, the answer is “no”: domination exempts the oppressed from moral obligations because they are structurally deprived of the freedom to make choices for which one might be blameworthy. In this article, I use the work of Frederick Douglass to offer a different understanding of moral responsibility. Attending to specific arguments that Douglass makes regarding the moral responsibility of slaves, and the tensions it raises with other parts of his corpus, I argue that one's ability to act as a moral agent is deeply tied to the environmental resources at their disposal. Drawing on distributed theories of cognition, I offer a Douglassonian conception of “distributed moral agency,” contending that Douglass's writings draw our attention to various environmental factors that can scaffold moral responsibility, even among the enslaved.
Dexmedetomidine for adult cardiac surgery: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis
Authors: Poon W. H. , Ling R. R. , Yang I. X. , Luo H. , Kofidis T. , MacLaren G. , Tham C. , Teoh K. L. K. , Ramanathan K. 
Published: December 2022

SummaryThe effects of dexmedetomidine in adults undergoing cardiac surgery are inconsistent. We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis to analyse the effects of peri‐operative dexmedetomidine in adults undergoing cardiac surgery. We searched MEDLINE via Pubmed, EMBASE, Scopus and Cochrane for relevant randomised controlled trials between 1 January 1990 and 1 March 2022. We used the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology checklist to assess study quality and the GRADE approach to certainty of evidence. We assessed the sensitivity of results to false data. We used random‐effects meta‐analyses to analyse the primary outcomes: durations of intensive care and tracheal intubation. We included 48 trials of 6273 participants. Dexmedetomidine reduced the mean (95%CI) duration of intensive care by 5.0 (2.2–7.7) h, p = 0.001, and tracheal intubation by 1.6 (0.6–2.7) h, p = 0.003. The relative risk (95%CI) for postoperative delirium was 0.58 (0.43–0.78), p = 0.001; 0.76 (0.61–0.95) for atrial fibrillation, p = 0.015; and 0.49 (0.25–0.97) for short‐term mortality, p = 0.041. Bradycardia and hypotension were not significantly affected. Trial sequential analysis was consistent with the primary meta‐analysis. Adjustments for possible false data reduced the mean (95%CI) reduction in duration of intensive care and tracheal intubation by dexmedetomidine to 3.6 (1.8–5.4) h and 0.8 (0.2–1.4) h, respectively. Binary adjustment for methodological quality at a Joanna Briggs Institute score threshold of 10 did not alter the results significantly. In summary, peri‐operative dexmedetomidine reduced the durations of intensive care and tracheal intubation and the incidence of short‐term mortality after adult cardiac surgery. The reductions in intensive care stay and tracheal intubation may or may not be considered clinically useful, particularly after adjustment for possible false data.
The obesity paradox in ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: A meta‐analysis
Authors: Liu Si‐Han , Lin Ying‐Zi , Han Shuo , Jin Yuan‐Zhe 
Published: December 2022

AbstractObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate whether there was a difference in survival after initial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with different body mass index (BMI).MethodsLiterature retrieval was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI, and Wanfang databases to obtain the published studies on the survival of STEMI patients with different BMI after initial PCI from the establishment of the database to 2022. All statistical analyses were performed using STATA16.0.ResultsTwo hundred thirty‐nine studies were retrieved, and 12 studies were eventually included. Meta‐analysis showed that overweight patients [OR = 0.66, 95% CI (0.58, 0.76), p < .001] and obese patients [OR = 0.60, 95% CI (0.51, 0.72), p < .001] had lower in‐hospital mortality than healthy‐weight patients. Overweight patients [OR = 0.66, 95% CI (0.58, 0.74), p < .001] and obese patients [OR = 0.62, 95% CI (0.53, 0.72), p < .001] had lower short‐term mortality than healthy‐weight patients. In addition, overweight patients [OR = 0.63, 95% CI (0.58, 0.69), p < .001] and obese patients [OR = 0.59, 95% CI (0.52, 0.66), p < .001] also had lower long‐term mortality than healthy‐weight patients. There was no significant difference in in‐hospital mortality [OR = 1.06, 95% CI (0.89, 1.27), p > .05], short‐term mortality [OR = 1.04, 95% CI (0.89, 1.22), p > .05], and long‐term mortality [OR = 1.07, 95% CI (0.95, 1.20), p > .05] between overweight and obese patients.ConclusionThis meta‐analysis confirmed an obesity paradox in STEMI patients following PCI. The obesity paradox exists in in‐hospital, short‐term, and long‐term conditions.
Intraluminal oxygen mitigates acute mesenteric ischaemia: a systematic review of methods and outcomes in animal studies
Authors: Joh Daniel , Morreau Mathew , Lee Angela , Pendharkar Sayali , Stokes Bruce , Warren Roger , Hickey Anthony , Phillips Anthony J. , Windsor John A 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundAcute Mesenteric Ischaemic (AMI) is a rare condition with significant morbidity and mortality. Many causes of AMI exist, which usually begin with mucosal injury. Onset is insiduous and there is frequent diagnostic delay. Current treatments can only control established injury and prevent propagation, hence new interventions are needed. The prevention and treatment of AMI by intraluminal delivery of oxygen has yet to be investigated in the clinical setting. This article aims to systemically review experimental studies investigating this novel therapy.MethodsFollowing the PRISMA guidelines, searches of PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE databases were performed up to June 2022. Two independent investigators extracted the data.ResultsThere were 20 experimental studies, 16 of which used an occlusive ischaemia reperfusion model. Six different formulations were used to deliver intraluminal oxygen, with perflurocarbon being the most common. Studies consistently showed local and systemic benefits. Intraluminal oxygen therapy improved histological severity of mucosal injury in all studies when oxygen was delivered during the ischaemia phase, but could cause harm if given during the reperfusion phase. Improvement was also demonstrated in endpoints assessing intestinal function, biomarkers of intestinal damage, measures of systemic physiological derangement and mortality.ConclusionIntraluminal oxygenation appears to be an effective treatment for AMI. There remain significant questions regarding optimal timing and delivery formulation before clinical translation of this treatment strategy.
The delayed, durable effect of expressive writing on depression, anxiety and stress: A meta‐analytic review of studies with long‐term follow‐ups
Authors: Guo Lin 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundExpressive writing is a promising tool to heal the wounds with words.AimsThis meta‐analysis evaluated the current state of efficacy of expressive writing on depression, anxiety and stress symptoms among healthy and subclinical samples.Materials and MethodsThirty‐one experimental studies (N = 4012) with randomized controlled trials and follow‐up assessments were analysed.ResultsResults showed that expressive writing had an overall small but significant effect (Hedges'g = −0.12, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.04]) on reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. Change score analyses suggested that the intervention effect emerged after a delay, as evidenced by assessments at follow‐up periods. Moderator analyses indicated that the effect sizes varied as a function of one intervention feature: interval. Studies that implemented short intervals (1–3 days) between writing sessions yielded stronger effects (Gdiff = −0.18,p = .01) relative to studies that implemented medium intervals (4–7 days) or long intervals (>7 days). The effects of expressive writing remained consistent across other intervention features including focus, instruction, number of sessions, topic repetition and delivery mode.DiscussionTogether, these findings provide evidence for the delayed, durable effect of expressive writing and underscore the importance of scheduling writing sessions at short intervals.ConclusionImplications for incorporating expressive writing into clinical practice and daily life are discussed.