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Impact of personal innovativeness, perceived smartphone ease of use and mobile self-efficacy on smartphone-based personal information management practices
Authors: Ali Irfan , Warraich Nosheen Fatima 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
Although, smartphones have facilitated users to keep their personal information, nonetheless, less has been investigated about factors affecting personal information management (PIM) practices. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how personal innovativeness, perceived ease of use (PEOU) and mobile self-efficacy affect PIM (e.g. finding/re-finding, keeping, organizing and maintaining) practices.

Design/methodology/approach
Quantitative research design was used in this study. The authors collected data from 222 students of information management from public sector universities using a questionnaire. PLS modeling technique was used to analyze data.

Findings
The authors noted that personal innovativeness significantly impacts finding/refinding information, whereas it insignificantly affects keeping, organizing and maintaining information practices. In addition, smartphone PEOU significantly influences information finding and refinding, information keeping and organizing information, whereas insignificantly influences information maintaining. Moreover, mobile self-efficacy was noted to be significantly associated with finding and refinding information, information keeping, information organizing and information maintaining.

Originality/value
This research is an important contribution to the body of existing literature, as it proposed an integrated model based on constructs extracted from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Social Cognitive Theory, personal innovativeness and PIM. This study also has practical significance because the findings of this study would be helpful for smartphone application developers and LIS school directors to design programs for information literacy.
An investigation on consumers' preferences for parcel deliveries: applying consumer logistics in omni-channel shopping
Authors: Wang Xueqin , Wong Yiik Diew , Shi Wenming , Yuen Kum Fai 
Published: May 2023

PurposeOmni-channel shopping affords consumers a variety of delivery options to receive products based on their preferred times and locations. By considering consumers' contributions (physical, social and attentive efforts) in co-creating delivery services, this study investigates their preferences for parcel delivery.Design/methodology/approachA scenario-based questionnaire survey is conducted for data collection in Singapore (n = 483). Furthermore, a multinomial logistic regression is performed to assess consumers' choice mode of delivery among five alternatives, that is attended home delivery, unattended home delivery, automated self-collection locker, attended pickup point and click-and-collect.FindingsCompared to attended home delivery, consumers who choose the alternatives are found to be more willing to contribute physical effort but less interested in responding attentively to informational updates. Efforts required for social interactions discourage consumers from choosing attended deliveries, prompting unattended alternatives (e.g. home delivery and self-collection) as more attractive choices. Additionally, socio-demographic factors and product value also influence consumers' preferences.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by integrating the theoretical concept of consumer logistics into omni-channel studies, providing a new approach to examining consumers' channel behaviour. With detailed profiling that links product value and consumers' socio-demographics to their choice mode of delivery, the authors create practical insight into the optimal design of omni-channel distribution systems that best harness consumers' voluntary contributions.
The continuous usage of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mobile fitness applications: the goal-setting theory perspective
Authors: Lee Jung-Chieh , Lin Rongrong 
Published: May 2023

PurposeDue to the popularity of mobile devices and the development of artificial intelligence (AI), AI-powered mobile fitness applications (MFAs) have entered people's daily lives. However, the extant literature lacks empirical investigations that explore users' continuance usage intentions regarding AI-powered MFAs. To fill this research gap, this paper employs goal-setting theory to establish a research model for exploring how AI-enabled features (i.e. intelligence and anthropomorphism) affect users' perceptions of goal difficulties and goal specificities, which in turn affect their MFA continuance usage intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a survey method to analyze the research model, and a total of 223 responses are collected. The partial least squares (PLS) technique is utilized for data analysis.FindingsThe results show that intelligence and anthropomorphism affect the continuance usage intention of MFA users through their goal difficulty and specificity. Both intelligence and anthropomorphism positively influence goal specificity, whereas they negatively affect goal difficulty. In addition, goal specificity increases users' MFA continuance usage intention, whereas goal difficulty decreases users' continuance usage intention. The findings of this study provide theoretical contributions for AI technology adoption research and offer practical strategies for firms to retain MFA users.Originality/valueBased on goal-setting theory, this study reveals that as two primary AI features of contemporary mobile fitness apps, intelligence and anthropomorphism, can increase comprehension of users' perceptions regarding goal difficulty and specificity in the context of users' continuance usage intentions toward AI-powered MFAs.
Busy audit committee directors and corporate narrative disclosure in Oman
Authors: Al Lawati Hidaya , Hussainey Khaled , Sagitova Roza 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
This study aims to examine whether, and which type of, busy audit committee (AC) directors affect the quality and quantity of forward-looking disclosure (FLD).

Design/methodology/approach
The authors use content analysis to measure the quality and quantity of FLD. The authors use a sample of Omani financial institutions listed on the Muscat Securities Market for the period 2014–2018.

Findings
The authors find that overlapped AC chairs and total overlapped AC directors negatively (positively) affect disclosure quantity (quality). The authors also find that overlapped AC directors with financial expertise and those with multiple directorships positively affect disclosure quantity and quality.

Originality/value
This study offers new insights to policymakers (and managers) as it informs them about the benefits of overlapping AC directorship. It suggests that corporate governance codes should not limit overlapped AC direcotorship.
Investigating the quality of the relationship, supply risk mitigation on medium and large-sized manufacturing firms' supply chain performance in the developing countries: the moderating effect of supplier involvement
Authors: Al-Shboul Moh'd Anwer 
Published: May 2023

PurposeDue to the current volatile environment and fierce competition, manufacturing firms (MFs) must improve their performance to survive. In this regard, checking and monitoring the suppliers' risk should significantly improve the performance of MFs. In addition, a relation based on not being an opportunist, confidence and reliance are influential factors in reducing the supplier defaults on his/her supply obligations and improving supply chain performance (SCP). Besides, the moderator function of supplier involvement (SI) in the relationship between quality of the relationship (QoR) and supply risk mitigation (SRM) is undeniable.Design/methodology/approachBased on the survey of 148 samples from small to large-sized MFs in Jordan, Turkey and Egypt, empirical evidence has been conducted to support a majority of the authors’ hypotheses. This paper provides a theoretical review of buyer–supplier relationships and supply risk. Hypotheses were tested by using structural equation modeling (SEM)/Smart PLS-4.FindingsAccording to the results, confidence and reliance have statistically significant and positive impacts on SRM, resulting in better SCP. Moreover, the findings show that SI positively affects and moderates the relationship between confidence (C) and SRM, while it has no statistically significant influence on the relationship between reliance (R) and SRM.Practical implicationsThis study provides necessary material for managers and decision-makers in MFs to confirm the importance and understanding of the QoR in building relationships and business dealings with partners in the SC, in addition to limiting and mitigating the risks of an interruption in supply in particular. Therefore, building a high-quality relationship as a practice based on trust and reliability with suppliers positively affects the performance of the SCs of MFs.Originality/valueThis research paper offers empirical evidence for using QoR within SRM resources of MFs' context for enhancing their supply chain performance. This study is one of few studies that examine the QoR and SRM that contribute to enhancing SCP in MFs in developing countries, which also can serve as a reference for many SC managers and practitioners.
‘Missed Revolutions’: Historical Narratives During Italian Fascism (from Delio Cantimori to Camillo Pellizzi)
Authors: CHIANTERA‐STUTTE PATRICIA 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThis article analyses some examples of historical narratives that, long before the emergence of so‐called postmodern history, had a specific narrative character: the reconstructions of ‘missed revolutions’ taking into account a possible alternative history and tracing back the reasons for a social, political, and economic crisis to an interrupted process, one that, had it been completed, would have triggered some sort of progress. Even if this kind of historical representation cannot properly be classified as a form of alternate history, it can be placed between traditional historical accounts of the past and a more innovative pattern, which entails a more speculative argumentation, and therefore has been used to justify or suggest specific political claims. One of the most obvious examples of this literature are the narrations of the ‘unaccomplished Risorgimento’, which was a highly debated theme in the political, intellectual, and historical discussion from the period of the Italian unification until the economic and political reconstruction following the Second World War. This article will stress four possible functions of the ‘missed revolution’ narratives: first, as a way to discover some currents that have been underestimated by the official historiography or mainstream political discourse; second, to observe the role assigned to particular events in altering the destiny of a nation; third, to show how political and intellectual actors use history to justify political actions or events; and finally, to reveal how, conversely, by reconstructing ‘missed revolutions’ individual historians and, more generally, public intellectuals can take up a specific political stance while writing history.
Combined healthy lifestyle in early pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study
Authors: Wu Linjing , Ouyang Jing , Lai Yuwei , Wu Ping , Wang Yi , Ye Yixiang , Wang Jingyi , Hu Mengyan , Zhang Jijuan , Xu Jiajing , Yang Xue , Yuan Jiaying , Zhao Bin , Song Xingyue , Yan Shijiao , Lv Chuanzhu , Liu Gang , Pan An , Pan Xiong‐Fei 
Published: May 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association of a combined healthy lifestyle in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) risk.Design, setting and populationA Chinese prospective cohort study with 6980 pregnant women.MethodsIndividual modifiable lifestyle factors were assessed in early pregnancy and a combined lifestyle score was derived from the sum of the lifestyle factors, with a higher score indicating a healthier lifestyle. The association of a combined healthy lifestyle with GDM risk was examined.Main outcome measuresGestational diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in middle pregnancy according to the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group criteria or diagnoses in medical records.ResultsOverall, 501 (7.2%) pregnant women were diagnosed with GDM. Being physically active (total energy expenditure in upper three quintiles, i.e. ≥100.1 metabolic equivalent of task [MET]‐hours/week; odds ratio [OR] 0.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.63–0.92), healthy diet (total intake of vegetables and fruits ≥5 times/day; OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.59–0.94), sufficient sleep (night‐time sleep duration ≥7 hours/night; OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.48–0.90) and healthy weight (early‐pregnancy BMI <24.0 kg/m2; OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.46–0.71) were associated with lower GDM risk. The GDM risk decreased linearly across the combined lifestyle score (Ptrend <0.001): women with 2, 3 and 4 lifestyle factors compared with those with 0–1 factor had 38% (OR 0.62, 95% CI 0.46–0.84), 57% (OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.31–0.58) and 66% (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.22–0.52) lower risks of GDM, respectively.ConclusionA healthy lifestyle in early pregnancy was associated with a substantially lower GDM risk.
Contextualizing physical activity in rural adults: Do relationships between income inequality, neighborhood environments, and physical activity exist?
Authors: Baxter Samuel L. K. , Corbie Giselle , Griffin Sarah F. 
Published: May 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo examine if income inequality, social cohesion, and neighborhood walkability are associated with physical activity among rural adults.Data SourceCross‐sectional data came from a telephone survey (August 2020–March 2021) that examined food access, physical activity, and neighborhood environments across rural counties in a southeastern state.Study DesignMultinomial logistic regression models assessed the likelihood of being active versus inactive and insufficiently active versus inactive in this rural population. Coefficients are presented as relative risk ratios (RRRs). Statistical significance was determined using 95% confidence intervals (CIs). All analyses were performed in STATA 16.1.Data Collection/Extraction MethodsTrained university students administered the survey. Students verbally obtained consent, read survey items, and recorded responses into Qualtrics software. Upon survey completion, respondents were mailed a $10 incentive card and printed informed consent form. Eligible participants were ≥18 years old and current residents of included counties.Principal FindingsRespondents in neighborhoods with relatively high social cohesion versus low social cohesion were more likely to be active than inactive (RRR = 2.50, 95% CI: 1.27–4.90, p < 0.01), after accounting for all other variables in the model. Income inequality and neighborhood walkability were not associated with different levels of physical activity in the rural sample.ConclusionsStudy findings contribute to limited knowledge on the relationship between neighborhood environmental contexts and physical activity among rural populations. The health effects of neighborhood social cohesion warrant more attention in health equity research and consideration when developing multilevel interventions to improve the health of rural populations.
Impact of therapeutic and low volume plasma exchange on clinical laboratory parameters in patients treated for Alzheimer's disease from the AMBAR study
Authors: Grifols Carlota , Barceló Miquel , Núñez Laura , Szczepiorkowski Zbigniew M. , Boada Mercè , López Oscar L. , Páez Antonio 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIntroductionLittle is known about the impact of plasma exchange (PE) on clinical laboratory parameters in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.MethodsAD patients in the AMBAR trial (N = 322) received weekly therapeutic PE (TPE) for 6 weeks followed by monthly low‐volume PE (LVPE) for12 months. Treatment were placebo (sham PE), low‐albumin, low‐albumin + IVIG (i.e., albumin alternated with intravenous immunoglobulin) and high‐albumin + IVIG.ResultsCoagulation parameters transiently increased post‐TPE. Blood calcium, platelets, and albumin levels decreased but remained within the reference range. Leukocyte counts increased. Fibrinogen, hemoglobin, total protein, gamma globulin, and IgG, transiently dipped below the reference range. Hypogammaglobulinemia (7.2 g/L) persisted in pre‐TPE measurements. No changes were observed during the LVPE period. Cerebrospinal fluid parameters and vital signs were unchanged throughout.ConclusionLaboratory parameters of AD patients were affected by TPE similarly to effects of PE‐treatment for other pathologies. These effects were less pronounced or non‐existent for LVPE.
Evaluation of antioxidant films of chitosan with Aquilaria agallocha extract as packaging material
Authors: Karkar Büşra , Şahin Saliha , Bekiz Dilara , Akça Bekir , Özakın Cüneyt 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIn this study, the bark of the Aquilaria agallocha was extracted, and the phenolic content of A. agallocha extract was determined using high‐performance liquid chromatography–diode array detector. The A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films were prepared by using a different amount of A. agallocha extract (0, 1, 4, and 8 mL) and chitosan solution. Some physical properties of A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films, water vapor permeability, solubility, swelling ratio, humidity ratio, thickness, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis were investigated. The antibacterial activities, total phenolic content, and antioxidant capacity analysis of the A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films were performed. The total phenolic content (0, 1, 4, and 8 mL of A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films 0.92 ± 0.09, 1.34 ± 0.04, 2.94 ± 0.10, and 4.62 ± 0.10 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g film, respectively) and antioxidant capacity (0, 1, 4, and 8 mL of A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films 52.61 ± 2.85, 104.28 ± 4.78, 304.30 ± 18.23, and 592.11 ± 0.67 mg Trolox equivalent (TE)/g film, respectively) of A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films increased with the increase in the amount of extract. At the same time, the increase in the amount of antioxidant capacity improved the physical features of the films. The results of the antibacterial activity studies showed that all of the A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible films prevented bacterial growth from Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus considering controlling group.Practical ApplicationsTo investigate the activity of antioxidant extract–biodegradable film, the A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible film had prepared. The results showed that A. agallocha extract–chitosan edible film was antioxidant and antibacterial properties and was used as food packaging material successfully.
Volcanism Pacing Slumping Gravity Flow Deposits during the Late Carboniferous in the Southern Margin of the Junggar Basin, China
Authors: LI Shixin , ZHANG Tingshan , ZHANG Xi , LIANG Zeliang , JI Dongsheng , POPA Mihai Emilian , YONG Jinjie , LUO Jinyu , ZENG Jianli , ZHU Haihua 
Published: May 2023

AbstractDeep‐water gravity depositional processes and evolution in arc systems have become topics of intense research focus in recent years. This study discusses the co‐evolution of volcanism and deep‐water gravity flow deposits at the southern margin of the Junggar Basin, based on petrology, geochronology and geochemical analyses. The results show that a massive collapse of unstable sediments from the slope was triggered by volcanism, resulting in the formation of slumping gravity flows. The occurrence of volcanic beds in the slump deposits confirm that synchronous volcanism likely affected sediment instability, triggering gravity flows. The Th/Yb, Ta/Yb and Th/Ta elemental ratios, U‐Pb ages of detrital zircons and paleocurrent directions indicate that the North Tianshan (NTS) island arc represents the provenance of the Qianxia Formation. Moreover, statistical data on the pyroclastic components in the gravity flow deposits reveal an intensity index of volcanism, indicating that volcanism is strongly related to gravity flow deposits, especially in terms of the type and distribution of the deposits. A model for volcanically‐triggered deep‐water gravity flow deposits is established, in order to provide a more in‐depth understanding of the co‐evolution of volcanism and gravity flow deposits within the depositional setting of the late Paleozoic NTS oceanic subduction margin in the Junggar Basin.
The moderation journey of Kurdish Islamism in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Authors: Raza Hardy Hasib 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThis project assesses the process of moderation within three Islamist political parties, specifically, the Kurdistan Justice Party, the Kurdistan Islamic Union and the Islamic Movement in Kurdistan. The process of Islamist moderation is a gradual and complicated one and there are numerous factors affecting this process. In the literature, ‘inclusion‐moderation theory’ is a key thesis that outlines the factors concerning Islamist moderation. It argues that the inclusion of Islamists in the political arena consequently gives rise to their moderation. However, this study expands upon this thesis and argues that while it holds true for these three Islamist parties, there are other essential factors associated with the moderation journey experienced by these parties. These parties' behavioural changes, in the form of political moderation, are more common compared to ideological moderation. This conclusion is based on two distinct sources of evidence. First, the parties' formal documents, such as internal and programme guides and secondly, first‐hand data obtained by means of interviewing the political elites or leaders of these three Islamist parties.
The Riverine Organism Drift Imager: A new technology to study organism drift in rivers and streams
Authors: de Schaetzen Frédéric , Impiö Mikko , Wagner Basil , Nienaltowski Patryk , Arnold Michael , Huber Martin , Meyer Matthias , Raitoharju Jenni , Silva Luiz G. M. , Stocker Roman 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Drift or downstream dispersal is a fundamental process in the life cycle of many riverine organisms. In the face of rapidly declining freshwater biodiversity, there is a need to enhance our capacity to study the drift of riverine organisms, by overcoming the limitations of traditional labour‐intensive sampling methods that result in data of low temporal and spatial resolution.

To address this need, we developed a new technology, the Riverine Organism Drift Imager (RODI), which combines in situ imaging with machine‐learning classification. This technique expands on the traditional methodology by replacing the collection cup of a drift net with a camera system that continuously images riverine organisms as they drift through the device. After being imaged, organisms are released into the environment unharmed. A machine‐learning classifier is used after field sampling to identify drifting organisms. Therefore, RODI provides a non‐invasive sampling method that can quantify organism drift at unprecedented temporal resolution.

Multiple deployments have served to validate the performance of the technology in the field. In its current implementation, images are captured continuously for 1.5 h at 50 frames per second. We demonstrate that the quality of the resulting images enables a convolutional neural network classifier to identify organisms to the family level. The weighted F1 score, a metric for the performance of the classifier, was 94%, based on training and testing on a field‐collected dataset consisting of 4598 images of 285 organisms belonging to seven classes (one species, five families and one order).

In conclusion, this work provides a proof of concept, demonstrating the viability of the deployment of RODI as an automated, in situ organism drift sampler. This novel approach offers the possibility to advance our fundamental understanding of the drift of riverine organisms and how this is affected by human impacts in natural streams while, at the same time, can serve as a cost‐effective tool for biodiversity monitoring.