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Examining the effect of brand coolness on communal brand connection and brand commitment: a mediation and moderation perspective
Authors: Amenuvor Fortune Edem , Akasreku Frank , Mensah Kobby A. 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this study, which draws on the stimulus organism response (S-O-R) theory, is to empirically examine the effect of brand coolness on communal brand connection and brand commitment, while assessing how the latter fosters brand trust and loyalty among smartphone users.Design/methodology/approachData are collected from 410 smartphone users in Ghana and analyzed with Smart-PLS utilizing the structural equations modeling technique.FindingsThe study's findings show that consumers' perceptions of brand coolness have a positive influence on their communal brand connection and brand commitment. The study also discovers that brand commitment influences brand loyalty, whereas communal brand connection influences brand commitment, loyalty and trust, respectively. Similarly, brand commitment and communal brand connection are identified as important mediating variables in the relationship between brand coolness and both brand loyalty and brand trust.Practical implicationsThe study underlines the significance of developing cool brand images and communicating same effectively to current and prospective customers, along with other stakeholders.Originality/valueThe study highlights the fact that properly creating cool brands can lead to increased communal brand connection, brand commitment, and, consequently, brand trust and loyalty.
Training and development in the hybrid workplace
Authors: Suravi Swati 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to discuss innovations in the training and development practices of companies and delineate a new approach to training and development in the context of the hybrid workplace using the ADDIE and Kirkpatrick training models.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper discusses innovations in training and development in modern times and builds on the instructional training design approach or the ADDIE Model and the Kirkpatrick Model of training evaluation.

Findings
The paper presents new approaches to training and development in the context of the hybrid work model applying the ADDIE Model and the Kirkpatrick Model. These new approaches are both necessitated and also made possible due to the technological advancements of modern times.

Originality/value
With the rapid transition of companies to the hybrid model of work in recent times, several human resource management practices need to be transformed to suit the requirements of the new work model. Training and development is one function that needs to change in the hybrid work model to ensure its effectiveness. This paper analyses innovations in the training and development practices of companies and discusses new approaches while applying existing training models, the ADDIE and Kirkpatrick Models, to adapt to the changes associated with the hybrid work model.
Perceived value of recommended product and consumer e-loyalty: an expectation confirmation perspective
Authors: Ampadu Seth , Jiang Yuanchun , Gyamfi Samuel Adu , Debrah Emmanuel , Amankwa Eric 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of perceived value of recommended product on consumer’s e-loyalty, based on the proposition of expectation confirmation theory. Vendors’ reputation is tested as the mediator in the perceived value of recommended product and e-loyalty relationship, whereas shopping enjoyment is predicted as the moderator that conditions the perceived value of recommended product and e-loyalty relationship through vendors reputation.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected via an online survey platform and through a QR code. Partial least squares analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to verify the research proposed model.

Findings
The findings revealed that the perceived value of recommended product had a significant positive effect on E-loyalty; in addition, the perceived value of the recommended product and e-loyalty link was partly explained by e-shopper’s confidence in vendor reputation. Therefore, the study established that the direct and indirect relationship between the perceived value of the recommended product and e-loyalty was sensitive and profound to shopping enjoyment.

Originality/value
This study has established that the perceived value of a recommended product can result in consumer loyalty. This has successively provided the e-shop manager and other stakeholders with novel perspectives about why it is necessary to understand consumers’ pre- and postacquisition behavior before recommending certain products to the consumer.
London's ULEZ: Where Next for Curbing Emissions?
Authors: Mabbett Deborah 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIf opposition to ULEZ really did tip the Uxbridge by‐election result, we should be surprised. Most voters drive compliant vehicles and might benefit from cleaner air. But the adversely‐affected minority had loud voices, and opposition was mobilised against the very principle of road pricing, with substantial input from home counties Conservatives outside Greater London. It didn't help that the scientific case for ULEZ is not straightforward, although it certainly exists. Especially when a lot of people are giving ‘don't know’ responses to pollsters, public opinion may be swayed by noisy dissent.
Pension benchmarks: empirical estimation and results for the United States and Germany
Authors: Dudel Christian , Schmied Julian 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBenchmark replacement rates are a key parameter for retirement plans. Often, a pension level of around 70 per cent of net income during working life is considered as an adequate choice. However, this heuristic value is left unjustified, and data‐based benchmarks are limited. In this paper, we propose to estimate a pension‐level benchmark based on keeping the living standard achieved during working life constant after retirement. Applying parametric, semi‐parametric and non‐parametric estimation methods to data from the United States and Germany, we find that a net pension income of around 100 per cent of the last net working‐life income, plus or minus 10 percentage points, is required to keep the living standard constant. However, we also find that the outcome of the exercise can depend on how ‘living standards’ are measured.
Critical, active, and well adapted: Antecedents and consequences of adolescents' critical consciousness profiles
Authors: Schwarzenthal Miriam , Baysu Gülseli , Diemer Matthew , Juang Linda P. , Schachner Maja K. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis preregistered study aimed to identify antecedents and consequences of adolescents' critical consciousness (CC) profiles with person‐centered approaches based on data from 663 ethnically diverse German adolescents collected from 2017 to 2019 (Mage = 12.91, 50% male, 50% female). Latent profile analyses of adolescents' critical reflection and interpersonal and structural critical action intentions yielded three profiles: “uncritical,” “armchair activists,” and “actionists.” Discrimination experiences, but not CC classroom climate, predicted a higher likelihood of being in the armchair activist or actionist profiles. The actionist profile showed better, but the armchair activist profile worse socioemotional and academic adaptation cross‐sectionally and over time (vs. the other profiles). The results highlight the potential of person‐centered approaches and of fostering developmentally appropriate forms of critical action among adolescents in novel contexts.
Understanding indirect meaning: A close replication
Authors: Knight Laetitia , Edmonds Amanda 
Published: August 2023

AbstractPragmatic competence covers a range of skills, including the ability to interpret indirect meaning (i.e., any instance where there is a mismatch between literal and intended meaning). Past research has suggested that indirect meaning poses comprehension challenges for learners of a second language (L2). This result has been explained with reference to the influence of proficiency and the linguistic/discourse‐level conventionality of indirect meaning types. To verify and potentially extend these results, we conducted a close replication of a 2016 study of indirect meaning comprehension in L2 Spanish by Taguchi and colleagues, for which we used a group of L2 French learners. Results confirmed most of the study's findings. In our interpretation, we suggest that our results are consistent with the idea that difficulties with indirect meaning comprehension largely stem from lacunae in general oral comprehension, thus calling into question the idea that indirect meaning may be globally more difficult to interpret.
Hyperlipidemia impairs bone regeneration of closed bone defects and tooth extraction wounds in mice
Authors: Liu Wenchuan , Yang Jing , Li Shanshan , Ye Xin , Yang Pishan , Zhang Jin 
Published: August 2023

AbstractObjectivesTo evaluate the effect of hyperlipidemia on the healing of bone defects.Materials and MethodsApolipoprotein E (ApoE)‐deficient mice and wild‐type (WT) C57BL/6J mice were fed with an atherogenic high‐fat diet (HFD) or a standard chow diet (as control) for 6 weeks. Blood samples were collected to evaluate serum lipid levels. Closed bone defects and open tooth extraction wounds were then created in the mandibles of these animals. One or two weeks after surgery, animals were euthanized. Micro‐CT analysis and histomorphometric analysis were conducted to evaluate the healing of bone defects and the alveolar ridge resorption.ResultsBone regeneration of closed bone defects was considerably delayed in the hyperlipidemic Apoe−/− mice and WT mice. No obvious difference was detected in the new bone formation of the tooth extraction wounds. The HFD‐fed mice showed more prominent reduction in the lingual alveolar ridge height of the tooth extraction wounds when compared with the control group.ConclusionsHyperlipidemia results in delayed bone regeneration in large closed bone defects. Although tooth extraction wounds are small and normally regenerated in a hyperlipidemic microenvironment, the prominent reduction in the alveolar ridge height is also a challenge for future restoration of the dentition.
Adpositions and gapping
Authors: Kalinin Aleksandr 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe ungrammaticality of prepositional gapping has remained a challenge to the theory of ellipsis since the inception of gapping studies. Given that Russian ambivalent adpositions can be deleted under gapping, the issue becomes even more complicated. In this article, I propose a solution to these issues by analyzing adpositional gapping as head sharing, derived by Parallel Merge. I argue that only heads hosting unvalued uninterpretable features and edge features can be shared. Using this hypothesis, I correctly predict the properties of adpositional gapping.
Meta‐analysis of bacterial growth characteristics in platelet components: Refining the inputs of a simulation analysis comparing the relative safety of testing strategies
Authors: Walker Brandon S. , Schmidt Robert L. , White Sandra K. , Metcalf Ryan A. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBackgroundThe relative safety of bacterial risk control strategies for platelets that include culture with or without rapid testing has been compared using simulation analysis. A wide range of bacterial lag and doubling times were included. However, published data on growth rates are available and these data have not been synthesized. We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis to estimate growth rates and used these estimates to refine a comparative safety analysis of bacterial risk control strategies in the FDA guidanceStudy Design and MethodsData were extracted from published studies on bacterial growth rates in platelet components during storage. These data were used to estimate the practical range of growth rates. This refined the inputs for a simulation model comparing the safety of the testing strategies.ResultsIn total, 108 growth curves for 11 different aerobic organisms were obtained. Doubling times ranged from 0.8 to 12 h, but the lower 90% range was approximately 1–5 h. The revised comparative safety simulation using the narrower 1–5‐h range showed similar rankings to the prior simulation, with 48‐h large‐volume delayed sampling with 7‐day expiration (48C‐7) demonstrating the lowest‐ranking relative performance at the 103 and 105 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL exposure thresholds.DiscussionThis was a two‐step study. First, meta‐analysis of published data on aerobic bacterial growth rates in stored platelets showed the vast majority of doubling times were 1–5 h. Next, an updated comparative safety simulation yielded similar results to a prior study, with 48C‐7 showing the least favorable relative safety performance.
Incidence of acute haemolytic transfusion reaction among ABO‐incompatible recipients transfused with A3 blood: A case series
Authors: Latour Catherine , Gaussen Amaury , Beaudoin Julie , Leiva‐Torres Gabriel André , Rochette Samuel , Robitaille Nancy 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBackground and ObjectivesABO antigens are among the most immunogenic, but the haemolytic risks of ABO incompatibilities involving a donor with a weak ABO phenotype are little documented.Materials and MethodsThis retrospective case series assessed the incidence of acute haemolytic transfusion reaction (AHTR) among ABO‐incompatible recipients of A3 blood in Québec (Canada). Transfusion safety officers reported laboratory AHTR indicators measured ≤24 h pre‐ and post‐transfusion. Because the AHTR case definition of Québec's Hemovigilance System (QHS) leaves significant room for clinical judgement, a two‐step approach was used to assess potential cases: Step 1 consisted in a highly sensitive—but unspecific—initial screen that identified all candidate cases per QHS case definition, and Step 2 consisted in a detailed review of candidate cases by two haematologists.ResultsNine donors initially typed as Group B (N = 1) or O (N = 8) were subsequently found to display an A3B or A3O phenotype. Eighty‐one recipients received ABO‐incompatible blood, including 53 (65.4%) with interpretable data. Of these, 29 (54.7%) were classified as candidate cases after Step 1. Following Step 2, no conclusive evidence of AHTR was found: Abnormal pre‐ versus post‐transfusion changes appeared modest, within normal range, insufficient to ascertain AHTR, or were consistent with a pre‐existing condition unrelated to AHTR. Two candidate cases had a QHS‐reported transfusion reaction; both were unrelated to AHTR.ConclusionIn this case series, no conclusive evidence of serious AHTR was found among ABO‐incompatible recipients who were inadvertently transfused with A3 blood.
On the topological size of the class of Leray solutions with algebraic decay
Authors: Brandolese Lorenzo , Perusato Cilon F. , Zingano Paulo R. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn 1987, Michael Wiegner in his seminal paper (J. Lond. Math. Soc. (2), 35 (1987) 303–313) provided an important result regarding the energy decay of Leray solutions to the incompressible Navier–Stokes in : if the associated Stokes flows had their norms bounded by for some , then the same would be true of . The converse also holds, as shown by Skalák (J. Math. Fluid Mech. 16 (2014) 431–446) and by our analysis below, which uses a more straightforward argument. As an application of these results, we discuss the genericity problem of algebraic decay estimates for Leray solutions of the unforced Navier–Stokes equations. In particular, we prove that Leray solutions with algebraic decay generically satisfy two‐sided bounds of the form .
Steering Control Improvement of Active Surgical Needle Using Mosquito Proboscis-Inspired Cannula
Authors: Acharya Sharad Raj , Kim Doyoung , Hutapea Parsaoran 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Active needles have demonstrated superior tip deflection and improved accuracy compared to passive needles enhancing the efficacy of percutaneous needle insertion procedures. Successful navigation of these needles through tissues to reach targets relies on factors such as the actuation mechanism, tip shape, and surface geometry. In this study, we investigated the advantages of modifying the surface geometry of the active needle shaft, focusing on two improving crucial aspects: (a) needle tip deflection and (b) trajectory tracking during tissue insertion. Prior research had shown that modifying the surface geometry of passive needles reduced friction force, tissue displacement, and tissue damage. Building on this knowledge and being motivated by the surface geometry of mosquito proboscis, our study proposed a bio-inspired design modification on the active needle cannula. The active needle with the mosquito proboscis-inspired cannula was tested to measure the changes in insertion force, tip deflection, and trajectory tracking during polyvinyl chloride (PVC) phantom tissue insertions. Results showed that passive bevel-tip needles reduced insertion force by up to 10.67%. In active needles, tip deflection increased by 12.91% at 150 mm insertion depth when the cannula was modified. The bio-inspired cannula improved trajectory tracking error in the active needle by 39.00% while utilizing up to 17.65% lower control duty cycle. The enhancement of tip deflection and tracking control is expected to improve percutaneous procedures by achieving better patient outcomes and significantly mitigating the risk of complications.
Variations of Middle Cerebral Artery Hemodynamics Due to Aneurysm Clipping Surgery
Authors: Davidson Haleigh , Scardino Brooke , Gamage Peshala Thibbotuwawa , Taebi Amirtahà 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Cerebral aneurysms are potentially life-threatening cerebrovascular conditions where a weakened blood vessel in the brain bulges or protrudes over time. The most common way to treat aneurysms is surgical clipping, an approach where blood flow to the aneurysm is blocked by a permanently placed clip on the artery. However, not all aneurysms are identical; thus, there has been a need for patient-specific treatment options, where each aneurysm is treated based on its individual characteristics. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling can offer insights to predict how different treatment procedures will affect cerebral hemodynamics. In that regard, the goal of this pilot study was to investigate the flow characteristics and hemodynamic parameters in cerebral arteries before and after neurosurgical clipping. For this purpose, two patient-specific cerebral artery geometries with at least one aneurysm at the middle cerebral artery bifurcation were selected from an online dataset. A companion postclipping model was created for each geometry by removing the aneurysm from the original geometry. Tetrahedral mesh elements were then generated and CFD simulations were conducted to compare the blood velocity profile, secondary flow, flow streamline, and wall shear stress in the computational models with and without aneurysm. Results showed that the clipping treatment led to changes in the velocity profiles, secondary flow structures, and wall shear stress in the middle cerebral artery. In conclusion, our results suggest that CFD modeling can assist in predicting hemodynamic parameters prior to treatment, thus facilitating more tailored planning for each patient’s treatment.
Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Using Inverted Glancing Angle Deposition (I-GLAD)
Authors: Qu Chuang , McNamara Shamus , Walsh Kevin 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
This paper presents a novel approach for fabricating superhydrophobic surfaces using inverted glancing angle deposition (I-GLAD). GLAD is an advanced physical vapor deposition technique that utilizes substrate tilt and rotation to create three-dimensional nanofeature arrays. Unlike conventional top-down nanofabrication methods, GLAD offers unique advantages in generating various nanofeatures such as pillars, springs, chevrons, ribbons, and nanoporous membranes. Superhydrophobicity, inspired by natural examples like lotus leaves and cicada wings, relies on highly porous micro/nanostructures that reduce surface energy and impart water-repellent properties. GLAD’s capability to produce hierarchical and porous nanostructures makes it an ideal candidate for superhydrophobic surface fabrication. Previous researches have proposed GLAD processes for superhydrophobic surfaces; however, these approaches suffer from flaws such as being time-consuming or requiring challenging template assistance. In this paper, we introduce a new I-GLAD approach for creating superhydrophobic surfaces that eliminates the need for a seeding layer and an additional coating, simplifying the fabrication process. The fabrication process of I-GLAD includes natural seeding, growing, capping, and inverting. The resulting superhydrophobic surfaces exhibit a high water contact angle of over 155 deg. We further explore additional GLAD recipes to create surfaces with different water contact angles, enabling a comprehensive analysis of superhydrophobic properties. Potential applications for superhydrophobic surfaces include anti-icing coatings, self-cleaning surfaces, and antimicrobial surfaces.
Exploring Basic Needs, Motivation, and Retention Among Female Sport Officials
Authors: Sunde Janna K. , Tharle-Oluk Robin , Theriault Alice A. , Hancock David J. 
Published: August 2023

Sport officials in general, and female sport officials specifically, are underrepresented in the research. More work is required to better understand what attracts female sport officials to the role, along with what facilitates their retention. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between female sport officials’ motivations, basic needs, and intentions to remain as officials. Through an online survey, 186 female sport officials responded to (a) the Basic Needs Satisfaction in Sport Scale (BNSSS), (b) the Referee Retention Scale (RRS), and (c) questions assessing Reasons for Becoming Officials. Pearson correlation tests established relationships among various subscales, and regression tests were conducted to determine whether any variables predicted RRS scores. All five BNSSS subscales significantly correlated with most RRS subscales and one Reasons for Becoming Officials subscale. Further, regression analysis revealed that increased scores on the BNSSS—specifically feelings of competence, choice, volition, and relatedness—predicted intentions to remain as officials, as measured by the RRS. Since the BNSSS predicts retention, sporting organizations should implement retention strategies that focus on building competence, volition, and relatedness among female sport officials.