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University-supported job search methods and educational mismatch in bachelor's and master's graduates
Authors: Albert Cecilia , Davia Maria A. 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThis paper addresses the relevance of job search methods and strategies in determining vertical mismatch and the risk of underusing skills or knowledge in first jobs amongst graduates from bachelor's and master's programmes in Spain. Support from universities (via internships and career services) is compared to support from public institutions and informal strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use the 2019 University Graduate Job Placement Survey. The dependent variables are estimated with a bivariate probit model with sample selection on a subsample of graduates who were not working at graduation.FindingsInternships and university career employment offices significantly improve the quality of first job matches. Job banks and public examinations also contribute to finding well-matched first positions, while for public employment services, results are mixed. When the job search is not supported by institutions, graduates generally do worse finding their first jobs, particularly when temporary employment agencies are involved. There are also large differences in mismatch risks across fields of study.Practical implicationsIf more graduates found their first jobs through internships and university job placement services, educational mismatch rates would decrease substantially. Further collaboration between universities and employers for the provision of high-quality internships may foster their conversion into regular, well-matched jobs. Industrial policies addressed to knowledge-based economic activities would enhance the creation of highly skilled positions. Further orientation towards STEM degrees is required to improve imbalances between supply and demand for graduate labour in Spain.Originality/valueEvidence about education mismatch among master's degree graduates is very scarce. This paper compares them to bachelor's degree graduates. It addresses two complementary types of education mismatch and takes into account potential self-selection into post-graduation job search.
A critical reflection on analytics and artificial intelligence based analytics in hospitality and tourism management research
Authors: Mariani Marcello , Wirtz Jochen 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This work consists of a critical reflection on the extent to which hospitality and tourism management scholars have accurately used the term “analytics” and its five types (i.e. descriptive, exploratory, predictive, prescriptive and cognitive analytics) in their research. Only cognitive analytics, the latest and most advanced type, is based on artificial intelligence (AI) and requires machine learning (ML). As cognitive analytics constitutes the cutting edge in industry application, this study aims to examine in depth the extent cognitive analytics has been covered in the literature.

Design/methodology/approach
This study is based on a systematic literature review (SLR) of the hospitality and tourism literature on the topic of “analytics”. The SLR findings were complemented by the results of an additional search query based on “machine learning” and “deep learning” that was used as a robustness check. Moreover, the SLR findings were triangulated with recent literature reviews on related topics (e.g. big data and AI) to generate additional insights.

Findings
The findings of this study show that: there is a growing and accelerating body of research on analytics; the literature lacks a consistent use of terminology and definitions related to analytics. Specifically, publications rarely use scientific definitions of analytics and their different types; although AI and ML are key enabling technologies for cognitive analytics, hospitality and tourism management research did not explicitly link these terms to analytics and did not distinguish cognitive analytics from other forms of analytics that do not rely on ML. In fact, the term “cognitive analytics” is apparently missing in the hospitality and tourism management literature.

Research limitations/implications
This study generates a set of eight theoretical and three practical implications and advance theoretical and methodological recommendations for further research.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that explicitly and critically examines the use of analytics in general, and cognitive analytics in particular, in the hospitality and tourism management literature.
Do government incentives increase indigenous innovation commercialisation? Empirical evidence from local Ghanaian firms
Authors: Adjimah Harrison Paul , Atiase Victor , Dzansi Dennis Yao 
Published: January 2023

PurposeGovernment incentives are critical for successful indigenous innovation commercialisation, yet there are concerns about the efficacy of these incentives. Therefore, this study examines the effectiveness of government incentives on successful indigenous innovation commercialisation in the context of low-income economies by testing the effects of demand and supply-side incentives on firm performance in the small-scale industry in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical framework for this study is built on the below-the-radar theory of innovation (Kaplinsky et al., 2009). Using a sample of 557 firms engaged in commercialising various indigenous innovations in the small-scale industry in Ghana, PLS-SEM was deployed to assess 11 hypothesised paths based on a validated questionnaire.FindingsThe model results, at a 5% significance level, indicate that supply-side incentives are statistically insignificant on sales and profitability but have significant positive effects on employment. The direct and moderating influence of supply-side incentives and market factors on overall firm performance is also insignificant, while demand-side incentives to buyers have significant positive effects on all the performance metrics and positively moderate the effects of market factors.Originality/valueThe research focused on commercialising indigenous innovation in the context of low-income economies. Few studies, if any, have separately explored the effect of demand and supply-side government incentives on indigenous innovation in the context of low-income economies. The findings suggest that innovation support should focus more on the demand side of the innovation value chain.
Do consumers appreciate promotional gifts?
Authors: Hudik Marek , Karlíček Miroslav , Říha David 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to examine whether consumers’ appreciation of promotional gifts exceeds firms’ cost of providing these gifts. The paper also compares characteristics of appreciated and unappreciated gifts.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors surveyed 1,289 college students in five European countries. The authors use willingness to accept cash (WTA) for an item to assess consumers’ appreciation of promotional gifts. They then compare WTA to firms’ estimated cost of providing the gifts.

Findings
On average, consumers’ appreciation of promotional gifts is 2.4 times the estimated cost of these gifts to sellers. Appreciated gifts tend to be less costly, tend to accompany more expensive purchased items and are more likely to complement these items. The results also reveal that more expensive items come with more costly gifts, although the gifts’ cost increases less than proportionally with the associated items’ price. The gift items are appreciated by men more than women.

Originality/value
This study enriches the literature on promotional gifting by introducing a simple measurement that can help firms decide whether to use gifts or discounts to promote their products.
Neighbourhood effect of weeds on wheat root endospheric mycobiota
Authors: Hu Jie , Ricono Claire , Fournier Paola , Mondy Samuel , Vandenkoornhuyse Philippe , Mony Cendrine 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Micro‐organisms associated with plants provide essential functions to their hosts, and therefore affect ecosystem productivity. Agricultural intensification has modified microbial diversity in the soil reservoir and may affect plant–microbial recruitment. Weeds develop spontaneously in crop fields, and could influence micro‐organisms associated with crop plants through a neighbourhood effect. We explore the effect of weed species on crop plant microbiota as potentially auxiliary plants that affect agricultural productivity.

We combined field and controlled laboratory studies to analyse the neighbourhood effect of weeds on wheat root endospheric mycobiota (i.e. fungi within roots) and growth. First, we analysed the effect of weed species diversity and identity recorded in the neighbourhood of individual wheat plants on soil and wheat root mycobiota in the field. Second, we used a plant‐matrix design in laboratory conditions to test the effect of weed identity (nine weed treatments) and their ability to transmit root mycobiota to wheat roots, and the resulting impact on wheat growth.

In contrast to soil mycobiota, we demonstrated that wheat root endospheric mycobiota was influenced by the diversity and identity of weeds developing in their 1 m2 neighbourhood. Wheat root endospheric microbiota strongly differs in terms of richness and composition depending on the neighbouring weed plant species. Weed species transmitted from 13% to 74% of their root microbiota to wheat roots depending on weed identity in controlled conditions.

Synthesis. Weed neighbours modified wheat plant performance, possibly as a result of competitive interactions and changes in microbiota. Our findings suggest that crop root mycobiota was variable and was modulated by their weed neighbourhood. Synergistic effects between mycobiota of crops and weeds could therefore contribute to soil biodiversity and sustainable agriculture.
Fifty Years of Trust Research in Health Care: A Synthetic Review
Authors: TAYLOR LAUREN A. , NONG PAIGE , PLATT JODYN 
Published: January 2023

Policy Points
First, policymakers can create conditions that will facilitate public trust in health care organizations by making creating and enforcing health policies that make exploitative behavior costly.
Second, policymakers can bolster the trustworthiness of health care markets and organizations by using their regulatory authority to address and mitigate harm from conflicts‐of‐interest and regulatory capture.
Third, policymakers and government agencies can further safeguard the public's trust by being transparent and effective about their role in the provision of health services to the public.
ContextTrust plays a critical role in facilitating health care delivery and calls for rebuilding trust in health care are increasingly commonplace. This article serves as a primer on the trust literature for health policymakers, organizational leaders, clinicians, and researchers based on the long history of engagement with the topic among health policy and services researchers.MethodsWe conducted a synthetic review of the health services and health policy literatures on trust since 1970. We organize our findings by trustor–trustee dyads, highlighting areas of convergence, tensions and contradictions, and methodological considerations. We close by commenting on the challenges facing the study of trust in health care, the potential value in borrowing from other disciplines, and imperatives for the future.FindingsWe identified 725 articles for review. Most focused on patients’ trust in clinicians (n = 499), but others explored clinicians’ trust in patients (n = 11), clinicians’ trust in clinicians (n = 69), and clinician/patient trust in organizations (n = 19) and systems (n = 127). Across these five subliteratures, there was lack of consensus about definitions, dimensions, and key attributes of trust. Researchers leaned heavily on cross‐sectional survey designs, with limited methodological attention to the relational or contextual realities of trust. Trust has most commonly been treated as an independent variable related to attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. We suggest two challenges have limited progress for the field: (1) conceptual murkiness in terms and theories, and (2) limited observability of the phenomena. Insights from philosophy, sociology, economics, and psychology offer insights for how to advance both the theoretical and empirical study of health‐related trust.ConclusionConceptual clarity and methodological creativity are critical to advancing health‐related trust research. Although rigorous research in this area is challenging, the essential role of trust in population health necessitates continued grappling with the topic.
Optimizing forest canopy structure retrieval from smartphone‐based hemispherical photography
Authors: Díaz Gastón Mauro 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Hemispherical photography (HP) is a long‐standing tool for forest canopy characterization. Currently, there are low‐cost fisheye lenses to convert smartphones into highly portable HP equipment (smartphone‐based HP, hereafter SHP). However, there is an obstacle to having a close‐to‐ideal method for citizen science and large‐scale or opportunistic sampling: the known sensitivity of HP to illumination conditions. The purpose of this paper is to test a ready‐to‐use approach based on previous research and to contribute to quantifying the errors associated with choosing SHP in non‐recommended light conditions over well‐established HP practices.

In 30 locations distributed in broadleaf and coniferous woodlands, a total of 1080 photographs were taken with two smartphone models, manipulating the exposure, and under varied sky conditions. After image binarization, accurate reference data was employed to evaluate the reliability of extracting canopy parameters from SHP.

The proposed methodology can reliably quantify canopy openness (RMSE ~0.04) and plant area index (RMSE ~0.4).

Results suggest that SHP, when used following the recommendations of the present study, allows retrieval of reliable canopy metrics independently of sky conditions and forest type.
Age‐associated adipose tissue inflammation promotes monocyte chemotaxis and enhances atherosclerosis
Authors: Song Jianrui , Farris Diana , Ariza Paola , Moorjani Smriti , Varghese Mita , Blin Muriel , Chen Judy , Tyrrell Daniel , Zhang Min , Singer Kanakadurga , Salmon Morgan , Goldstein Daniel R. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractAlthough aging enhances atherosclerosis, we do not know if this occurs via alterations in circulating immune cells, lipid metabolism, vasculature, or adipose tissue. Here, we examined whether aging exerts a direct pro‐atherogenic effect on adipose tissue in mice. After demonstrating that aging augmented the inflammatory profile of visceral but not subcutaneous adipose tissue, we transplanted visceral fat from young or aged mice onto the right carotid artery of Ldlr−/− recipients. Aged fat transplants not only increased atherosclerotic plaque size with increased macrophage numbers in the adjacent carotid artery, but also in distal vascular territories, indicating that aging of the adipose tissue enhances atherosclerosis via secreted factors. By depleting macrophages from the visceral fat, we identified that adipose tissue macrophages are major contributors of the secreted factors. To identify these inflammatory factors, we found that aged fat transplants secreted increased levels of the inflammatory mediators TNFα, CXCL2, and CCL2, which synergized to promote monocyte chemotaxis. Importantly, the combined blockade of these inflammatory mediators impeded the ability of aged fat transplants to enhance atherosclerosis. In conclusion, our study reveals that aging enhances atherosclerosis via increased inflammation of visceral fat. Our study suggests that future therapies targeting the visceral fat may reduce atherosclerosis disease burden in the expanding older population.
Comparative analyses of copy number variations between swamp buffaloes and river buffaloes
Authors: Yang Lv , Han Jiazheng , Deng Tingxian , Li Fan , Han Xiaotao , Xia Han , Quan Fanfan , Hua Guohua , Yang Liguo , Zhou Yang 
Published: January 2023

AbstractAs an important source of genomic variation, copy number variation (CNV) contributes to environmental adaptation in worldwide buffaloes. Despite this importance, CNV divergence between swamp buffaloes and river buffaloes has not been studied previously. Here, we report 21 152 CNV regions (CNVRs) in 141 buffaloes of 20 breeds detected through multiple CNV calling strategies. Only 248 CNVRs were shared between river buffalo and swamp buffalo, reflecting great variation of CNVRs between the two subspecies. Population structure analysis based on CNVs successfully separated the two buffalo subspecies. We further assessed CNV divergence by calculating FST for genome‐wide CNVs. Totally, we identified 110 significantly divergent CNV segments and 44 putatively selected genes between river buffaloes and swamp buffaloes. In particular, LALBA, a key gene controlling milk production in cattle, presented a highly differentiated CNV in the promoter region, which makes it a strong functional candidate gene for differences between swamp buffaloes and river buffaloes in traits related to milk production. Our study provides useful information of CNVs in buffaloes, which may help explain the genetic differences between the two subspecies.
Toxicity profile of patients treated with proton and carbon‐ion therapy for primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Yahya Noorazrul , Mohamad Salleh Siti Athiyah , Mohd Nasir Nurul Faiqah , Abdul Manan Hanani 
Published: January 2023

AbstractBackgroundProton and carbon‐ion therapy may spare normal tissues in regions with many critical structures surrounding the target volume. As toxicity outcome data are emerging, we aimed to synthesize the published data for the toxicity outcomes of proton or carbon‐ion therapy (together known as particle beam therapy [PBT]) for primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).Materials and methodsWe searched PubMed and Scopus electronic databases to identify original studies reporting toxicity outcomes following PBT of primary NPC. Quality assessment was performed using NIH's Quality Assessment Tool. Reports were extracted for information on demographics, main results, and clinical and dose factors correlates. Meta‐analysis was performed using the random‐effects model.ResultsTwelve studies were selected (six using mixed particle‐photon beams, five performed comparisons to photon‐based therapy). The pooled event rates for acute grade ≥2 toxicities mucositis, dermatitis, xerostomia weight loss are 46% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]—29%–64%, I2 = 87%), 47% (95% CI—28%–67%, I2 = 87%), 16% (95% CI—9%–29%, I2 = 76%), and 36% (95% CI—27%–47%, I2 = 45%), respectively. Only one late endpoint (xerostomia grade ≥2) has sufficient data for analysis with pooled event rate of 9% (95% CI—3%–29%, I2 = 77%), lower than intensity‐modulated radiotherapy 27% (95% CI—10%–54%, I2 = 95%). For most endpoints with significant differences between the PBT and photon‐based therapies, PBT resulted in better outcomes. In two studies where dose distribution was studied, doses to the organs at risk were independent risk factors for toxicities.ConclusionPBT may reduce the risk of acute toxicities for patients treated for primary NPC, likely due to dose reduction to critical structures. The pooled event rate for toxicities derived in this study can be a guide for patient counseling.
Spontaneous (idiopathic) rupture of the urinary bladder: a systematic review of case series and reports
Authors: Reddy Deshin , Laher Abdullah Ebrahim , Lawrentschuk Nathan , Adam Ahmed 
Published: January 2023

ObjectivesTo perform a systematic review of all cases of spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder (SRUB) and to describe the demographic data, associated comorbidities, clinical presentation, diagnosis, relevant laboratory findings, associated factors, management, morbidity and mortality associated with the presentation of SRUB.MethodsThe study protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO). A search was carried out across the following electronic databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Full texts of selected studies were analysed, and data extracted. The review was reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA).ResultsA total of 278 articles comprising 240 case reports and 38 case series, with a total of 351 patients were included. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of all included patients was 47.5 (33–65) years. The median (IQR) time to presentation was 48 (24–96) h, with the major presenting symptom being abdominal pain (76%). In patients in whom the diagnosis was made prior to any intervention, the condition was misdiagnosed in 64% of cases. The diagnosis was confirmed during explorative open surgery in 42% of cases. Pelvic radiation (13%) and alcohol intoxication (11%) were the most common associated factors. Intraperitoneal rupture (89%) was much more common, with the dome of the bladder being most frequently involved (55%). The overall mortality was 15%.ConclusionThis review identified a number of key factors that appear to be associated with an increased incidence of SRUB. It also emphasized the high rate of misdiagnosis and challenge in confirming the diagnosis. Overall, it highlighted the importance of the need for increased awareness and maintaining a high index of suspicion for this condition.
Adultification, neglect and sexual abuse at home: Selected narratives of orphaned girls in KwaMashu, South Africa
Authors: Ngidi Ndumiso Daluxolo , Mayeza Emmanuel 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThis paper explores two orphaned girls' accounts of victimization and vulnerability to child sexual abuse in their family homes. Interviews with these girls revealed a trend of neglect, adversity and processes of adultification which involved accounts of sexual abuse within their family homes. According to the data, the participants are vulnerable and they experience victimization as they are routinely sexually abused by older male relatives and non‐related men and boys inside their family homes – where they are supposed to feel safe and protected. We argue that these two young girls' experiences need to be understood as consequences of the prevailing cultures of toxic heteropatriarchal masculinities which have produced and normalized the distribution of male power over girls. The kinds of interventions required to address toxic masculinities and to insulate orphan girls from sexual abuse and neglect are also discussed.