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Impact of multifaceted morality on employee well­being: a systematic literature review
Authors: Khushk Amir , Zhiying Liu , Yi Xu , Liu Haonan 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
Morality in the workplace has become a significant determinant of organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. This research aims to conduct an in-depth review of the past literature on multidimensional morality and provide insight into its impact on the modern workplace and employee well-being.

Design/methodology/approach
The literature search resulted in 3,589 papers published between 2012 and 2024. This paper analyzed 30 research studies on workplace morality based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria to ensure methodological rigor.

Findings
Research findings show the need to promote workplace ethics to avoid counterproductive workplace behaviors. Also, effective leadership adheres to ethical principles, together with the ethical framework of an organization, which includes codes of ethics and a commitment to corporate social responsibility, contributing to the overall well-being of individuals by providing a sense of support and resolving conflicts. Ethical conflicts are associated with decreased well-being and increased turnover, underscoring the need for organizational solutions.

Practical implications
Understanding intricate morality is essential for organizations to foster moral cultures and improve performance. HR specialists can use this knowledge to create policies that uphold moral principles and improve employee job satisfaction.

Originality/value
This study extends the current body of knowledge by synthesizing research on multifaceted moral issues in modern workplaces. It provides useful insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in promoting ethical organizational cultures by addressing ethical shortcomings.
IFRS 16 and firms’ risk in emerging markets: the impact of managerial overconfidence
Authors: Mansour Karim , Sayed Emad , Hussainey Khaled 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to (1) investigate how IFRS 16 affects firms’ risk in Egypt and (2) examine the moderating role of managerial overconfidence on this relation.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses data from the annual reports of 38 Egyptian firms from 2014 to 2022. This study employs the generalized method of moments (GMM) and the three-stage least squares (3SLS) as estimation techniques.FindingsThe results show that IFRS 16 positively affects Egyptian firm risk, while managerial overconfidence reduces this positive effect.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has some limitations. First, the sample size was relatively small. Second, our analysis did not incorporate other metrics of managerial overconfidence owing to the unavailability of relevant data in Egypt.Practical implicationsThis study assists stakeholders and regulators in realising the implications of IFRS 16 on a firm’s risk, especially in emerging markets. Also, it enables managers to identify and assess lease-related risks more accurately to assist in developing appropriate risk mitigation strategies and optimizing lease-related decision-making processes. Furthermore, it aids in enhancing comprehension and knowledge of the interplay between managerial behaviour and firm outcomes.Originality/valueGrounded in agency theory, this study reveals novel empirical insights into the impact of IFRS 16 on firm risk, especially in the context of emerging markets. Utilizing behavioural decision theory and upper echelons theory, it examines the previously unexplored influence of managerial overconfidence on this relationship.
Private equity activity and corporate governance’s spillover
Authors: Herrera-Echeverri Hernán , Cueto Diego , Gaitan Sandra , Fragua Daniel 
Published: January 2025

PurposeWe examine the impact of private equity on corporate governance across industries and countries.Design/methodology/approachWe gathered data from 15 countries and 16 industries spanning the period from 2005 to 2015 to construct an average corporate governance index and track private equity deals across both industries and countries. We analyze a country-industry-year panel dataset and address endogeneity issues.FindingsThe results indicate a strong and significant relationship between private equity activity and corporate governance quality. When the private equity investment begins earlier, it is more relevant to the corporate governance quality. Foreign private equity investment seems to complement domestic private equity to improve corporate governance in settings with low domestic private equity activity. The experience of the fund that originates the private equity activity is also a determinant of the quality of the corporate governance spillover.Practical implicationsGovernments and institutions should promote private equity by creating a regulatory environment that attracts investment funds to countries or sectors that lack robust governance frameworks. Investors can design more effective governance practices according to the specific needs of their industries and countries. Shareholders would better understand how private equity corporate governance practices complement the company’s long-term strategies. Finally, the market would benefit from the confidence in private equity investors that promote international corporate governance practices that are valuable to the stakeholders.Originality/valueThis research expands our understanding of the benefits of private equity activity on corporate governance quality across industries. We posit the importance of foreign private equity investors complementing domestic private equity activity and fund characteristics such as their experience in boosting corporate governance.
The environmental committee: corruption, accountability and sustainable supply chain transparency
Authors: Karaman Abdullah S. , Viana Fernando Luiz E. , Ellili Nejla Ould Daoud , Uyar Ali 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate whether public governance quality (i.e. control of corruption and voice and accountability) and corporate governance strength (i.e. environmental committee existence) are influential in stimulating supply chain transparency and how these two governance characteristics interact in enhancing supply chain transparency.Design/methodology/approachOur investigation draws on a sample of 25,096 firm-year observations affiliated with the manufacturing industry in 50 countries and executes country-year fixed effects.FindingsWe find that the strength of control of corruption, voice and accountability is positively associated with supply chain transparency, supporting institutional theory. Furthermore, the environmental committee’s existence is positively related to sustainable supply chain transparency, confirming the upper echelons theory. The moderating analysis rejects the complementary effect but supports the substitution effect, confirming the negative moderating role of the environmental committee between the control of corruption and voice and accountability and sustainable supply chain transparency.Originality/valueNo empirical study has drawn on an international sample to (1) explicate the worldwide adoption of sustainable supply chain transparency, (2) link corruption and accountability to green supply chain transparency or (3) investigate how sustainable supply chain transparency is affected by the interplay of institutions and environmental management committees. Thus, we highlight the substitutive or complementary role of internal and external governance mechanisms in inciting firms toward greener supply chain management by developing a novel sustainable supply chain transparency index that draws on five indicators.
Changes in blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) wing morphology during succession in rat carcasses across forest and grassland habitats in South Brazil
Authors: Colares Lucas Ferreira , Herdina Anita da Silva , Bender Mariana , Dambros Cristian de Sales 
Published: January 2025

AbstractSuccession is one of the most extensively studied ecological phenomena, yet debates persist about the importance of dispersal and external factors in driving this process. We aimed to quantify the influence of these factors by investigating how wing‐related traits evolve across succession of blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) communities in South Brazil. Rat carrion was placed in both forest and grassland habitats, and the associated blowfly communities were documented throughout the decomposition process. Using morphometric analysis, we measured wing and thorax traits and assessed trait changes over succession through mixed models. Our findings revealed that carrion succession follows distinct trajectories in forest and grassland environments. Specifically, we observed that Calliphora lopesi predominantly visited carcasses during the final phase of decomposition, resulting in significant differences in species composition and wing size between habitats. In forests, wing size increased toward the later stages of succession, whereas an opposite trend was observed in grasslands. Notably, these trait patterns were only evident at the species level, indicating that intraspecific trait variation is irrelevant. Stronger dispersers tend to arrive during the later stages of succession, suggesting that dispersal has a negligible role in shaping successional dynamics. Instead, environmental differences between habitats drive trait patterns throughout succession. Our results suggest that community composition in ephemeral resources is governed by deterministic processes and that successional stages can be predicted based on blowfly wing traits. Specifically, the presence of the large‐winged C. lopesi indicates late decay, while the small‐winged Chrysomia albiceps and Lucilia eximia are indicative of early decay
Elasticity of trachea in the silkworm: A role of gene BmMuc91C
Authors: Chen Yifei , Dong Haonan , Xiao Chunxia , Wang Qinglang , Gong Jing , Hou Yong 
Published: January 2025

AbstractRespiration is a vital process essential for organism survival, with most terrestrial insects relying on a sophisticated tubular tracheal network. In the current study, a gene with repetitive sequence was identified within the silkworm genome. Designated as BmMuc91C, it contains a dozen repeated motifs “PSSSYGAPX” and “GGYSSGGX” in its sequence. BmMuc91C exhibits specific expression in the tracheal system of silkworm larvae, with significantly higher expression levels during the molting stage. Overexpression of BmMuc91C in individual silkworms resulted in a marked increase in tracheal diameter, particularly during the molting stage. Immunofluorescence staining using a BmMuc91C antibody revealed a noticeable thickening of the apical extracellular matrix in the trachea. Tensile testing confirmed a considerable enhancement in tracheal elasticity. Additionally, a BmMuc91C mutation strain of silkworms was generated using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) / CRISPR‐associated nuclease 9 system. Although no significant differences were observed in the growth, development, and molting of BmMuc91C mutant silkworms, mechanical tests demonstrated a decrease in tracheal elasticity. Transcriptomic techniques revealed that a significant number of cuticular and chitin‐binding proteins were among the differentially expressed genes between mutant and wild‐type silkworms. Furthermore, the recombined BmMuc91C protein was successfully expressed using the Escherichia coli system. Cross‐linking experiments with horseradish peroxidase demonstrated the formation of macromolecular complexes of BmMuc91C, which exhibited spontaneous luminescent properties under ultraviolet light. This research sheds light on the role of elastic proteins in insect tracheae and provides valuable insights for the development of elastic biomaterials.
Using artificial neural networks to explain the attraction of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to colored traps
Authors: Santer Roger D. , Akanyeti Otar 
Published: January 2025

AbstractJewel beetles pose significant threats to forestry, and effective traps are needed to monitor and manage them. Green traps often catch more beetles, but purple traps catch a greater proportion of females. Understanding the function and mechanism of this behavior can provide a rationale for trap optimization. Jewel beetles possess UV‐, blue‐, green‐, and red‐sensitive photoreceptors, and perceive color differently from humans. Jewel beetle photoreceptor signals were calculated for tree leaf and tree bark stimuli, representing feeding and oviposition sites of adult jewel beetles respectively. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were trained to discriminate those stimuli using beetle photoreceptor signals, providing in silico models of the neural processing that might have evolved to drive behavior. ANNs using blue‐, green‐, and red‐sensitive photoreceptor inputs could classify these stimuli with very high accuracy (>99%). ANNs processed photoreceptor signals in an opponent fashion: increasing green‐sensitive photoreceptor signals promoted leaf classifications, while increasing blue‐ and red‐sensitive photoreceptor signals promoted bark classifications. Trained ANNs were fed photoreceptor signals calculated for traps, wherein they always classified green traps as leaves, but often classified purple traps as bark, indicating that these traps share salient features with different classes of tree stimuli from a beetle's eye view. A metric representing the photoreceptor opponent mechanism implicated by ANNs then explained catches of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, at differently colored traps from a previous field study. This analysis provides a hypothesized behavioral mechanism that can now guide the rational selection and improvement of jewel beetle traps.
Seven up regulates reproductive diapause initiation via juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi
Authors: Wang Kou , Zhao Yu‐Lian , Jiang Yan‐Zi , Liu Wen , Wang Xiao‐Ping 
Published: January 2025

AbstractReproductive diapause is an insect survival strategy in which reproduction temporarily halts in response to adverse environmental changes. This process is characterized by arrested ovarian development and lipid accumulation in females. A reduction in juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis is known to initiate reproductive diapause, but its regulatory mechanism remains unclear. Seven up (Svp), a transcription factor from the nuclear receptor family, plays a crucial role in various developmental processes in insects. In this study, using the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi as a model, we observed higher expression of Svp in the heads of female adults under reproductive photoperiodic conditions (short‐day [SD]) compared to diapause conditions (long‐day [LD]). RNA interference‐mediated knockdown of Svp in SD females induced typical diapause phenotypes, including ovarian arrest and lipid accumulation. The application of methoprene (ME), a JH receptor agonist, reversed these diapause phenotypes and restored reproduction, indicating that Svp’s regulation of reproductive diapause is dependent on JH signaling. Additionally, Svp knockdown led to the downregulation of JH pathway genes and a reduction in JH titers. Further evidence suggested that Svp regulates the expression of JHAMT1, a critical gene in JH biosynthesis, which determines diapause entry in C. bowringi. These findings suggest that diapause‐inducing photoperiods suppress Svp expression, blocking JH production and triggering diapause. This work reveals a critical transcription factor that regulates reproductive diapause initiation through modulating JH production, providing a potential target for controlling pests capable of entering reproductive diapause.
Targeting the Hh and Hippo pathways by miR‐7 suppresses the development of insect wings
Authors: Li Mingming , Yu Xuan , Yao Zhihao , Gao Xuequan , Liu Qingxin , Zhou Zizhang , Zhao Yunhe 
Published: January 2025

AbstractWings are important organs of insects involved in flight, mating, and other behaviors, and are therefore prime targets for pest control. The formation of insect wings is a complex process that is regulated by multiple pathways. The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway regulates the distribution of wing veins, while the Hippo pathway modulates wing size. Any interventions that can manipulate these pathways have the potential to disrupt wing development and could be used for pest control. In this study, we find that overexpression of miR‐7 in Drosophila results in smaller wings with disordered veins. Mechanistically, miR‐7 directly targets both ci and yki via different mature miRNAs (miR‐7‐5p and miR‐7‐3p), thereby disrupting the Hh and Hippo pathways. Importantly, this regulatory mechanism is also observed in another insect species, Helicoverpa armigera. Finally, by utilizing a nanocarrier delivery system, we show that introducing miR‐7 via star polycation (SPc) leads to wing defects in H. armigera. In conclusion, these findings uncover that miR‐7 inhibits wing formation by targeting both the Hippo and Hh pathways, indicating its potential for use in pest control strategies.
Assessing the Impacts of Water Diversion Project on Water Resource System Sustainability
Authors: Chen Wen , Zhang Ruikang , Liu Dedi , Wang Junde , Cheng Yufei , Chen Jie 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTInterbasin water diversion project has been considered as an effective way to assure water resource system sustainability. In order to assess the impacts of water diversion on sustainability, we propose a framework in terms of reliability, resilience, and vulnerability. The estimated water availability from hydrological models and the projected water demand are input to a water resource allocation model. The water resource allocation model allocates the two available water sources (i.e., the local and the diverted water) in the water‐receiving areas. The differences of the allocated water resources between these two water sources are figured out to quantify the impacts of water diversion on water resource system sustainability. The water‐receiving area of Bailong River Water Diversion Project, located in Gansu, China, was selected as a case study. The results show that compared to the reference planning years, the runoff in future planning years will be reduced, while their water demands will almost increase under all scenarios. Although the current designed water diversion scheme is effective in increasing resilience, there is still potential for increasing resilience through optimizing the designed scheme. Further, the more unfavorable the water supply and demand conditions are, the larger the space for optimizing the system sustainability. This study can help understand the impacts of water diversion on water resource system sustainability in a changing environment.
Protective Effect of Nerolidol on Paclitaxel‐Induced Reproductive Toxicity in Rats: Oxidative Stress and Inflammation
Authors: Ayhan İdris , Turkmen Nese Basak , Taslidere Asli , Aydin Muhterem , Ciftci Osman 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTPaclitaxel (PAC), derived from Taxus brevifolia, is used to treat solid tumours but causes reproductive toxicity due to oxidative stress, affecting sperm quality and testicular tissue. Nerolidol (NRL), an antioxidant sesquiterpene alcohol, has not been studied for its potential to reduce PAC‐induced reproductive damage. This study investigates NRL's ability to mitigate PAC‐induced reproductive toxicity in rats. Forty healthy adult male Spraque Dawley rats were randomly divided into four equal groups (Control, PAC, NRL, PAC + NRL). PAC was given intraperitoneally at a dose of 2 mg/kg once a week for 4 weeks. NRL was given orally at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks. Control group received PAC and NRL vehicles. After 4 weeks, testis tissue samples were collected, and parameters, including oxidants, antioxidants, sperm motility, density, abnormal spermatozoon ratios and cytokines, were measured. PAC administration increased oxidant levels and decreased antioxidant enzyme activities. Nerolidol mitigated these alterations significantly. Similarly, PAC elevated IL‐1, IL‐6, TNF‐α levels and lowered IL‐10 levels, these effects attenuated by nerolidol in the PAC + NRL group. In conclusion, it was determined that PAC induces reproductive toxicity through oxidative stress, and NRL demonstrates potential in ameliorating these effects through its antioxidant activity.
Negative interpretation bias and repetitive negative thinking as mechanisms in the association between insomnia and depression in young adults
Authors: Clegg Isabel , Notebaert Lies , Whittle‐Herbert Amy , Richardson Cele 
Published: January 2025

AbstractObjectivesDespite evidence supporting sleep's role in the development and maintenance of depression, mechanisms underlying this association in young people are less established. Negative interpretation bias (the tendency to interpret ambiguous situations negatively) and repetitive negative thinking (RNT) are important candidate mechanisms. Whilst negative interpretation bias is implicated in depression development, it is a transdiagnostic process and may result from insomnia. Yet, research relating to these constructs is lacking. RNT is another transdiagnostic process implicated in association between negative interpretation bias, depression and insomnia. However, an elaborated model that includes both mechanisms is yet to be tested. It was hypothesised that negative interpretation bias and RNT would sequentially mediate the relationship between sleep/insomnia and depressive symptoms in young people.DesignThe associations predicted by this hypothesis were tested via cross‐sectional mediation in a sample of 214 participants (Mage = 19.19 years, SD = 1.67, Rangeage = 17–24 years, 20% male).MethodsParticipants completed questionnaire measures of insomnia symptoms, depression symptoms and RNT, an ambiguous scenarios task and a 1‐week sleep diary.ResultsResults were consistent with negative interpretation bias and RNT as sequential mechanisms which partially account for the relationship between sleep (i.e., insomnia severity and sleep parameters) and depression.ConclusionsThis study supports negative interpretation bias and RNT as mechanisms linking insomnia and depression in young people, as the predicted associations between these variables were observed. Future research should investigate the causal/directional associations. However, results support theoretical models, and suggest sleep, interpretation bias and RNT may be important processes to target in preventing and treating depression.
Influence of the sluggish diffusion effect on stability by analyzing the Cr diffusion behavior in (CoCrFeMnNi)3O4 films
Authors: Wang Xinmiao , Fan Yanwei , Gao Bo , Dou Yingying , Chang Aimin , Kong Wenwen 
Published: January 2025

AbstractIntroducing the concept of high entropy in functional materials is a promising way to improve the stability, but the mechanism of its influence has rarely been discussed in detail. In this work, (CoCrFeMnNi)3O4 spinel films were prepared by the alloy oxidation method. The effect of sputtering power on the structure, electrical properties, and electrical stability of films was investigated. The results showed that the increase of ion energy during sputtering promotes grain growth resulting in the decrease of resistivity. The selective oxidation and kinetically controlled oxidation during oxidation process caused the gradient distribution of Cr3+, which affected the sluggish diffusion effect and further lead to the better electrical stability of the films. Notably, the fastest Cr3+ diffusion rate had the highest disorder of the Cr3+ distribution in the 30 W films, whose resistivity drift rate under accelerated aging at 125°C for 400 h is reduced from 9.67% to 1.05%. This work provided a research case for improving the electrical stability of manganese‐based spinel films by the sluggish diffusion effect and the scientific basis for high stability electronic devices fabrication.