bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Green project management practices, green knowledge acquisition and sustainable competitive advantage: empirical evidence
Authors: Malik Mehwish , Ali Murad , Latan Hengky , Chiappetta Jabbour Charbel Jose 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
This study aims to envisage the impact of green project management (GPM) practices on sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). Moreover, this study also accessed the mediating role of green knowledge acquisition (GKA) as a mechanism between GPM and SCA.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a quantitative field survey, the data were collected from the multi-sector manufacturing enterprises (n = 265) in Pakistan. The measurement and structural model were tested through Analysis of Moment Structure by conducting a covariance structure analysis.

Findings
The findings suggest that GPM practices are positively related to SCA. In addition to this direct effect, GKA play a significant role in explaining the associations between GPM practices and SCA. The findings bring essential insights for the enterprises, policymakers, practitioners and project managers to promote GPM practices for low-carbon projects to achieve SCA.

Research limitations/implications
The data used in this study is cross-sectional in nature. The geographic location is limited to firms in Pakistan, while well-validated subjective measures are used to make the survey more convenient for participants.

Practical implications
The practitioners in general, while project managers in particular, are recommended to implement GPM practices and GKA to achieve high performance of SCA.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to examine GPM practices and its effect on SCA directly and via GKA in a single model.
Energizing and depleting? The daily effects of organizationally focused citizenship behaviors
Authors: Kelemen Thomas , Matthews Samuel , Henry Sarah , Zhang Yejun , Bradley Bret 
Published: February 2023

PurposePrior research suggests that organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) can have both positive and negative effects on employees; however, it is unclear about the mediating mechanisms of this relationship and how the effects of challenging and supportive OCB may differ. Drawing on the dual-pathway model of proactivity and OCB research, the authors derive a theoretical model that attempts to reveal how different types of employees' daily organizationally focused citizenship behaviors can affect employees.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examine the relationships using a daily-diary study using experience sampling methodology (ESM). The survey includes 72 employees who completed three surveys a day for 10 working days resulting in 614 daily observations.FindingsThe authors find that advocacy participation increases perceptions of prosocial impact, which in turn increases daily job satisfaction; the authors also find that advocacy participation decreases ego depletion, which then reduces daily job stress. Daily voice likewise increases perceptions of prosocial impact, which in turn increases daily job satisfaction; however, unlike advocacy participation, voice increases ego depletion, which then increases daily job stress.Originality/valueThe study is one of the first studies to simultaneously examine the personal perceptions and emotions of engaging in daily organizationally focused OCB and recognize the fact that different types of prosocial behavior have differential outcomes. The authors also extend prior research by documenting the mechanisms by which OCB impacts employees.
How emotions impact the interactive value formation process during problematic social media interactions
Authors: Frau Moreno , Cabiddu Francesca , Frigau Luca , Tomczyk Przemysław , Mola Francesco 
Published: February 2023

PurposePrevious research has studied interactive value formation (IVF) using resource- or practice-based approaches but has neglected the role of emotions. This article aims to show how emotions are correlated in problematic social media interactions and explore their role in IVF.Design/methodology/approachBy combining a text mining algorithm, nonparametric Spearman's rho and thematic qualitative analysis in an explanatory sequential mixed-method design, the authors (1) categorize customers' comments as positive, neutral or negative; (2) pinpoint peaks of negative comments; (3) classify problematic interactions as detrimental, contradictory or conflictual; (4) identify customers' main positive (joy, trust and surprise) and negative emotions (anger, dissatisfaction, disgust, fear and sadness) and (5) correlate these emotions.FindingsDespite several problematic social interactions, the same pattern of emotions appears but with different intensities. Additionally, value co-creation, value no-creation and value co-destruction co-occur in a context of problematic social interactions (peak of negative comments).Originality/valueThis study provides new insights into the effect of customers' emotions during IVF by studying the links between positive and negative emotions and their effects on different sorts of problematic social interactions.
Auditor – client match: timing of auditor change following mismatch and improvement through the change
Authors: Lai Kam-Wah , Leung Patrick W. 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to first investigate auditor change following mismatch by focusing on the number of times mismatch occurred prior to auditor change and on clients mismatched continuously with auditors for two or more years. Subsequently, it studies the relation of mismatch in the current year with auditor change for clients mismatched in the past year. These issues are important because of the call for regulatory intervention in auditor selection. If market forces achieve improvement in matching, then those forces should be relied upon in auditor selection.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper adapts the literature to estimate mismatch and uses logistic regressions on an auditor change model to study the timing of auditor change by mismatched clients and on a mismatch model to examine improvement in matching following auditor change.

Findings
This paper finds that the more frequent mismatches occurred in the past four years, the higher the likelihood of switching in the current year. Clients mismatched continuously for two or more years are more likely to change auditors. This paper also reports that mismatched clients who switch auditors are less likely to be mismatched again after the switch.

Research limitations/implications
Because market forces reduce mismatch through auditor change, free choice by clients and auditors should be allowed, and regulatory intervention should be introduced cautiously. As investors and other users of financial statements have an interest in seeing that clients get the appropriate auditors for the audit, they will be assured that market forces could achieve the purpose. Thus, the results of this paper address public concern in the regulatory regime and support current audit market practices.

Originality/value
Prior studies assume a one-year time frame for auditor change to follow mismatch. This paper relaxes this assumption, to better reflect audit market practices, by showing that clients who are more often mismatched with auditors or those mismatched continuously for two or more years could also change auditors. Furthermore, prior studies find that mismatching motivates auditor change, but they do not show that matching improves after the change. This paper extends the literature by shedding new light to show that auditor change improves auditor–client matching.
Attitude and post-retirement work intentions: a mediator-moderator effect of job satisfaction and education
Authors: Tarkar Preeti 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThe research paper investigated the intentions of superannuated persons toward the post-retirement work. This study aims to examine the role of attitude, job satisfaction and education in post-retirement work intensions.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was administered for collecting the data. It was submitted to the 300 government retirees. Data was analyzed by using Process macro. Intention toward work was used as an outcome variable. Attitude as a predictor variable, job satisfaction as a mediator and education as a moderator variable were used. The impact of attitude on intentions toward work was examined through job satisfaction and education.FindingsThe findings of the research showed the significance of experimented model. Therefore, the positive effect of attitude in determining the intentions has been proved and the effect of mediator-moderator was also significant.Originality/valueThe study is related to retired persons only and suggested that the level of education plays a major role in determining work intentions after retirement. This study addressed a research gap about how the interaction of job satisfaction and education affects the association among attitude and work intentions of superannuated persons.
Prognostic value of diffuse reduction of spleen density on postoperative survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A retrospective study
Authors: Zheng Jiuyi , He Bangjie , Deng Liming , Zhu Xuewen , Li Rizhao , Chen Kaiyu , Zheng Chongming , Wang Daojie , Wang Yi , Yu Chang , Chen Gang 
Published: February 2023

AbstractPurposeIt is difficult to predict the prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) before radical operation. The purpose of this study was to explore the connection between the diffuse reduction of spleen density on computed tomography (DROSD) and the postoperative prognosis of patients with PDAC.Patients and methodsA total of 160 patients with PDAC who underwent radical surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were enrolled. Cox regression analysis was used to cast the overall survival (OS) and evaluate the prognostic factors. Nomogram was used to forecast the possibility of 1‐year, 3‐year, and 5‐year OS. The prediction accuracy and clinical net benefit are performed by concordance index (C‐index), calibration curve, time‐dependent receiver operating characteristics (tdROC), and decision curve analysis.ResultsIn multivariable Cox analysis, DROSD is independently related to OS. Advanced age, TNM stage, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, and severe complications were also independent prognostic factors. The calibration curves of nomogram showed optimal agreement between prediction and observation. The C‐index of nomogram is 0.662 (95%CI, 0.606–0.754). The area under tdROC curve for a 3‐year OS of nomogram is 0.770.ConclusionDROSD is an independent risk factor for an OS of PDAC. We developed a nomogram that combined imaging features, clinicopathological factors, and systemic inflammatory response to provide a personalized risk assessment for patients with PDAC.
Demolition and Discontent: Governing the Authoritarian City
Authors: Norton Sean T. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe presence of large cities increases the probability of authoritarian breakdown, but the literature has offered
little empirical insight as to how challenges to authoritarian rule develop in urban space. I develop a theory of cities as complex sociopolitical spaces that are difficult to govern, particularly in the absence of democratic institutions. This complexity makes both co‐optation and coercion difficult, meaning the very tactics that authoritarian cities use to control discontent can become its proximate cause. Using a large, city‐financed housing project in Moscow targeted at rewarding regime supporters, I utilize a Bayesian semi‐parametric model to demonstrate that even a seemingly well‐targeted co‐optive exchange contributed to a surprising defeat for the regime in a subsequent municipal election. My results suggest that the relative illegibility of cities plays an important part in the development of opposition to authoritarian rule.
IceAgeSafari in Central Europe along the Rhine Valley migration channel – Mid‐Late Pleistocene spotted, brown, stripped hyena palaeobiogeography and evolution
Authors: Diedrich Cajus G. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAt the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene (MIS 21, 800,000 BP), three distinct hyenas remained to appear in Europe with the spotted hyena (Crocuta), brown hyena (Parahyaena) and striped hyena (Hyaena). Each developed in monophyletic lineages, whereas rare brown hyenaParahyaena brunnea mosbachensis(Geib, 1915) and striped hyenaHyaena hyaena priscaDe Serres, Dubreuil and Jeanjean, (1828) did not change in their dentition morphology much to their modern forms. Those warm period extinct hyenas did not migrate from Africa over the Rhine Graben migratory channel to Central Europe after the late Mid‐Pleistocene Holsteinian Interglacial (MIS 9). The spotted hyenas took over the niche of European hyenas with their appearance in warm and cold periods. Those used more and more cave entrances as dens between Spain and Siberia. Their more rapid dental change coevolved from the largest “giant hyena”Crocuta brevirostrisBoule, (1893) (Early Pleistocene, MIS 40‐20), overCrocuta intermediaDe Serres, Dubreuil and Jeanjean, 1828 (Early Mid‐Pleistocene, MIS 19‐12),C. praespelaeaSchütt, 1971 (Early Mid‐Pleistocene, MIS 11‐6), toCrocuta crocuta spelaea(Goldfuss, 1823) (Early Mid‐Pleistocene, MIS 5‐3), which is genetically a subspecies to Modern African extantCrocuta crocuta crocutaErxleben, 1777 (MIS 2‐1). Spotted hyenas developed a perfect thick‐skin cutter M1 by elongation and bone crusher conical P4 teeth. This adaptation to their main thick‐skin big game guilt: elephants, rhinos and hippos.
Lactic acidosis after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation potentially related to letermovir
Authors: Manczak Bérénice , Verdier Marie‐Clémence , Dewulf Joseph P. , Lemaitre Florian , Haufroid Vincent , Hantson Philippe 
Published: February 2023

A 53‐year‐old woman with a history of acute myeloid leukaemia received a second allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant and was prescribed, among other medications, acyclovir and letermovir (480‐mg daily oral dose) for prophylaxis of, respectively, herpes simplex and cytomegalovirus infection. The patient was admitted in the intensive care unit for dyspnoea and oliguria. Laboratory investigations revealed acute kidney injury but also a severe and progressive lactic acidosis. Liver function tests were within normal range. The combination of lactic acidosis, hypoglycaemia and acylcarnitine profile in plasma raised the suspicion of mitochondrial toxicity. Letermovir therapy was interrupted, and determination of plasma letermovir pharmacokinetics revealed a prolonged terminal half‐life (38.7 h) that was not significantly influenced by continuous venovenous haemofiltration. Exploration for genetic polymorphisms revealed that the patient was SLCO1B1*5/*15 (c.521T>C homozygous carrier and c.388A>G heterozygous carrier) with a predicted nonfunctional organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 protein. The relationship between letermovir accumulation and development of lactic acidosis requires further observations.
Management of rectal neuroendocrine tumours by transanal endoscopic microsurgery
Authors: Lie Jessica J. , Yoon Hyea Min , Karimuddin Ahmer A. , Raval Manoj J. , Phang P. Terry , Ghuman Amandeep , Lee Lik Hang , Stuart Heather , Brown Carl J. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAimThe objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transanal endoscopic microsurgery for rectal neuroendocrine tumours.MethodA retrospective cohort study of all pathology‐confirmed rectal neuroendocrine tumours treated by transanal endoscopic microsurgery from April 2007 to December 2020 at a tertiary care centre was performed. Demographic, clinical, radiographic and pathological data were collected. Characteristics of patients with recurrence were examined. Descriptive statistics were performed.ResultsThere were 58 patients treated by transanal endoscopic microsurgery excision. Referrals were for primary excision (15, 25.9%), completion re‐excision after incomplete endoscopic removal (38, 65.5%) or locally recurrent rectal neuroendocrine tumours (5, 8.6%). The mean age of patients was 56.4 ± 11.9 years and 26 patients were women (44.8%). Mean tumour size was 7.4 ± 3.8 mm (range 1.0–15.0 mm). Most (86.4%) were Grade 1 tumours. Mean operative time was 37.2 ± 17.2 min and 56 patients (96.6%) were discharged on the same day. All patients had negative margins on final pathology. Of the 38 patients who were referred for completion re‐excision after incomplete endoscopic removal, eight (21.1%) had residual tumour on final pathology. Three recurrences were diagnosed at 2.1, 4.5 and 12.5 years after excision. All recurrences were from Grade 1 or 2 primary tumours, less than 2 cm, and diagnosed radiographically.ConclusionTo date, this is the largest North American study looking at transanal endoscopic microsurgery for rectal neuroendocrine tumours. This technique is effective in managing primary, incompletely excised and recurrent tumours with good clinical and oncological outcomes.
The diagnostic potential of plasma SCUBE‐1 concentration for pulmonary embolism: A pilot study
Authors: Xiao Lu , Wang Minlian , Yang Sicong , Li Shulin , Huang Qijun , Xu Lan , Li Yazhen , Fu Yingyun 
Published: February 2023

AbstractIntroductionThis study aimed to investigate the potential application of plasma signal peptide‐complement C1r/C1s, Uegf and Bmp1‐epidermal growth factor domain‐containing protein 1 (SCUBE‐1) as a biomarker in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE).MethodsThis cross‐sectional study enrolled 177 patients who underwent PE diagnostic test and 87 healthy controls. The results of CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) were used as reference standards for PE diagnosis. The levels of SCUBE‐1 and D‐dimer in participants' plasma were detected with enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay and compared among patients with confirmed PE, suspicious PE and healthy controls. The diagnostic values were analysed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. In addition, differences in plasma SCUBE‐1 levels were compared among patients with different risk stratifications.ResultsThe plasma SCUBE‐1 concentration levels in patients with CTPA confirmed PE (14.28 ± 7.74 ng/ml) was significantly higher than those in the suspicious patients (11.11 ± 4.48 ng/ml) and in healthy control (4.40 ± 3.23 ng/ml) (P < 0.01). ROC curve analysis showed that at the cut‐off of 7.789 ng/ml, SCUBE‐1 has significant diagnostic value in differentiating PE patients from healthy control (AUC = 0.919, sensitivity = 81.25%, specificity = 92.13%), and the performance is more accurate than D‐dimer (cut‐off 273.4 ng/ml, AUC = 0.648, sensitivity = 65.75%, specificity = 67.42%). The combination of D‐dimer with SCUBE‐1 did not further improve the diagnostic value. However, SCUBE‐1 did not show significant diagnostic value in identifying PE among suspicious patients There was no significant difference in SCUBE‐1 level among different risk groups (P > 0.05).ConclusionWe believe that SCUBE‐1 could be a potential coagulation‐related marker for the diagnosis of PE.
Empagliflozin versus sitagliptin for ameliorating intrahepatic lipid content and tissue‐specific insulin sensitivity in patients with early‐stage type 2 diabetes with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: A prospective randomized study
Authors: Hiruma Shigenori , Shigiyama Fumika , Kumashiro Naoki 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAimTo compare the effects of sodium‐glucose co‐transporter‐2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors on ectopic fat accumulation and tissue‐specific insulin sensitivity.Materials and MethodsThis randomized controlled trial enrolled 44 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). They were randomly assigned to receive either empagliflozin 10 mg/day or sitagliptin 100 mg/day for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint was the change in intrahepatic lipid content (IHL) measured using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H‐MRS). The secondary endpoints included intramuscular and extramuscular lipid content seen in 1H‐MRS, body composition seen through dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry and tissue‐specific insulin sensitivity shown through hyperinsulinaemic‐euglycaemic clamp using stable isotopic glucose. Liver biopsy samples were pathologically evaluated at baseline.ResultsAt baseline, the mean duration of diabetes, HbA1c level and IHL were 3.7 years, 7.2% and 20.9%, respectively. The median NAFLD activity score was 3.0. IHL was significantly more decreased in the empagliflozin group than that in the sitagliptin group (between‐group difference was −5.2% ± 1.1% and −1.9% ± 1.2%, respectively, (95% confidence interval); −3.3 (−6.5, −0.1), P = .044). However, there were no significant between‐group differences in the change of insulin sensitivity in the liver, muscle or adipose tissues. Interestingly, hepatic insulin sensitivity was significantly increased only in the empagliflozin group and was significantly negatively associated with the change in IHL.ConclusionsEmpagliflozin significantly improves hepatic steatosis compared with sitagliptin, and this may protect against subsequent hepatic insulin resistance. Early administration of SGLT2 inhibitors is preferable for T2D patients with NAFLD.
Ranked soft sets
Authors: Santos‐García Gustavo , Alcantud José Carlos R. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThis article defines ranked soft sets and establishes their fundamental theory. This new model of uncertain knowledge is a non‐numerical yet powerful improvement of soft sets. The model relies on a qualitative improvement of the basic parameterized description posed by soft sets. We define relations between ranked soft sets and some existing models (N‐soft sets, fuzzy soft sets, probabilistic soft sets) that enhance the soft set spirit with the help of additional quantities. Primary contributions to their development include set‐theoretic operations and representation theorems, at a theoretical level; and scores and aggregation operators, at a practical level. Finally we design a multi‐person decision‐making strategy for data in the form of ranked soft sets that takes advantage of these elements.
The Kuchi‐kara Taberu index as a predictive marker of oral intake recovery in patients with aspiration pneumonia
Authors: Otsubo Hisanori , Okita Ikumi , Suzuki Madoka , Nakanishi Sayaka , Asai Hitoshi , Inaoka Pleiades T. 
Published: February 2023

AimIn recent years, the Kuchi‐kara Taberu (KT) index has been used as a new tool for the evaluation of dysphagia; however, its predictive ability remains unknown. This study was conducted to examine the validity of oral intake recovery prediction using the KT index in patients with aspiration pneumonia.MethodsThe subjects were older inpatients admitted to an acute‐care hospital for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to clarify factors significantly associated with oral intake recovery. In addition, cut‐off values of the predictors were calculated using a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis with the area under the curve (P < 0.05).ResultsA total of 124 patients (mean age 84.3 ± 7.9 years old, 70 males, 54 females) were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups at discharge: the oral intake group (62.1%) and the non‐oral intake group (37.9%). The significant predictors of the recovery of oral intake were the pre‐treatment period, treatment period, and the total score of the KT index; the respective odds ratios were 1.082 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.013–1.156), 1.018 (1.003–1.033) and 0.850 (0.780–0.927), and the respective areas under the curve were 0.407 (95% CI 0.300–0.515), 0.304 (0.208–0.399), and 0.732 (0.640–0.824). The cut‐off value of the total score of the KT index was 30. The model showed 85.7% sensitivity and 57.4% specificity.ConclusionThe KT index is suggested to be a valid variable for predicting whether or not a patient with aspiration pneumonia can recover their oral intake ability during acute‐care hospitalization. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; 23: 221–226.