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Near-chromosome level genome assembly of devil firefish,Pterois miles
Authors: Kitsoulis Christos V. , Papadogiannis Vasileios , Kristoffersen Jon B. , Kaitetzidou Elisavet , Sterioti Aspasia , Tsigenopoulos Costas S. , Manousaki Tereza 
Published: January 2023

AbstractDevil firefish (Pterois miles), a member of Scorpaenidae family, is one of the most successful marine non-native species, dominating around the world, that was rapidly spread into the Mediterranean Sea, through the Suez Canal, originating from the Indian Ocean. Even though lionfishes (Scorpaenidae) are identified among the most prosperous marine invaders, within this taxonomic group, the genomic resources are scant, while reference genome assemblies are totally absent. Here, we built and analyzed the first reference genome assembly ofP. milesand explored its evolutionary background. The resulting genome assembly consisted of 660 contigs and scaffolds (N50 = 14,5 Mb) with a total size of about 902 Mb, while delivering 98% BUSCO completeness. We identified and described the large amount of transposable elements present in the genome and based on genomic data we constructed the first teleost phylogeny which includes a member of genusPterois. The high-quality and contiguityde novogenome assembly built herein provides a valuable resource for future studies in species’ biology and ecology, lionfish phylogeny, the influence of transposable elements on the evolution of vertebrate genomes and fish toxins evolution.
Diverse methanotrophs from alpha and gammaproteobacteria dwell in a stone quarry: a study from Western India wetland
Authors: Mohite Jyoti A. , Manvi Shubha S. , Deshpande Shrinidhi , Patange Sanjana , Bahulikar Rahul A. , Pardhi Kajal , Rahalkar Monali C. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractFreshwater wetlands are a rich habitat for aerobic or micro-aerophilic methanotrophs. In the present study, we sampled a wetland ecosystem from Western India, a stone quarry with water situated amidst a hill. The wetland is surrounded by the macrophyteTyphasp. (cat-tail). To study the methanotroph diversity in this ecosystem, we collected mud samples from the mini-lakes and rhizospheric soil ofTyphaby random sampling. A serial dilution enrichment in liquid followed by isolation on agarose plates in a methane-air atmosphere was used. The high abundance of methanotrophs was indicated by the fact that growth was obtained till dilutions: 10−9or 10−10. InTypharoot-associated soil, Type I methanotrophs:Methylomonas koyamaeand unculturedMethylococcuswere isolated from the lower dilutions: 10−3-10−6. Type II methanotrophsMethylocystis sp. andMethylosinusspp were isolated from the higher dilutions. TheMethylococcusstrain isolated was about 97.4% (16S rRNA gene similarity) related toMethylococcus capsulatusandMethylococcus geothermalisand was predicted to represent a putative novel species. Three more methanotrophs, non-axenic, related toMethylomagnum-Methylocaldum spp, Methylocucumis oryzae, andMethylocystisspp, were cultured. Their affiliation was predicted based on thepmoAgene sequence. The mud samples showed relatively less diversity and mainly yielded twoMethylomonasstrains related toM. koyamae.
Applying models of care for total hip and knee arthroplasty: External validation of a published predictive model to identify extended stay risk prior to lower-limb arthroplasty
Authors: Harrison-Brown Meredith , Scholes Corey , Ebrahimi Milad , Bell Christopher , Kirwan Garry 
Published: January 2023

AbstractIntroduction/AimsMultiple predictive tools have been developed to identify patients requiring an extended hospital stay following lower limb arthroplasty. Use at new sites requires verification of appropriate data coverage and evidence of validity in a new population. The aim of this study was to externally validate a previously reported model for identifying patients requiring an extended (5+ day) stay following total hip or knee replacement in a medium-sized public hospital orthopaedic department.MethodsElectronic medical records were accessed and retrospective data extracted from 200 randomly selected total hip or knee arthroplasty patients. Data fields were matched to the candidate model and organised for validation analysis. Model validation was assessed with model discrimination, calibration on both original (unadjusted) and adjusted forms of the candidate model. Decision curve analysis was conducted on the outputs of the adjusted model.ResultsThe original model performed poorly in the validation dataset, grossly overestimating length of stay. Performance improved following adjustment of the model intercept and model coefficients, although the model remained poorly calibrated at low and medium risk threshold and net benefit of the adjusted model was modest.ConclusionConsideration of predictive models to improve resource allocation for postoperative management of arthroplasty patients should include practical assessment of discrimination, calibration and net benefit of intervention at a clinically acceptable threshold prior to implementation within their local setting. This forms a clinically meaningful assessment of the accuracy, as well as costs and benefits associated with the desired change in practice. The selection of an appropriate model for quality care improvement remains challenging.
Digital transformation adoption in human resources management during COVID-19
Authors: Al-Alawi Adel Ismail , Messaadia Mourad , Mehrotra Arpita , Sanosi Sohayla Khidir , Elias Hala , Althawadi Aysha Hisham 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to discover the factors related to human resource (HR) digital transformation (DT) in Bahrain during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to analyze the impact of e-human resource management (e-HRM) on organizational performance. These factors are funding, information technology (IT) infrastructure, technical support, digital skills or talents, organizational culture, employee resistance and top management support. These factors were tested to determine whether they affected HR DT in Bahrain during COVID-19. There are no findings in the researched literature regarding the proposed factors that affect HR DT in Bahrain during COVID-19 in this study.Design/methodology/approachFor data collection, a quantitative method was applied by conducting an online survey and distributing it to HR executives and employees from multiple organizations in Bahrain, both in the private and public sectors.FindingsThis study proposes a DT adoption model based on seven factors extracted from the literature review. A questionnaire was deployed, and accurate data were collected, processed and then analyzed. The logit model shows determinants factor to the DT adoption where all variables have a positive effect.Originality/valueUsing technology in an organization’s HR practices, known as e-HRM or HR DT, is becoming more crucial since the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike European countries, the HR sector in Bahrain is not prepared to adopt the e-HRM process. This paper proposes a model that enables the HR sector to adopt digital technologies. This model is based on the key factors that enable an effective transition to the sector’s digitalization (e-HRM). Future research is sought to provide additional insights into the same factors and measure their effect on HR DT during COVID-19 in other countries.
The link between transformational leadership and the EFQM model elements
Authors: Tarí Juan José , Portela Maquieira Silvia , Molina-Azorín José F. 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThis work examines the relationship between transformational leadership and enablers and results of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model 2013 and the relationship between the EFQM model elements (enablers and results).Design/methodology/approachThe work employs partial least squares (PLS) and empirical data from 102 hotels.FindingsTransformational leadership is key to facilitate the enablers of the EFQM model (strategy, people, partnership and processes) and improve customer, employee and social results and organizational performance.Originality/valueThe present work expands previous studies that focus on analyzing the link between enablers and results of EFQM by showing that transformational leadership is an appropriate leadership style to foster the EFQM model elements. It empirically supports the view that transformational leadership is a facilitator that can foster the EFQM enablers and improve results in hotels. Thus, it also sheds light on the controversial link between transformational leadership and various performance measures (customer, employee and social results and organizational performance).
Can intrinsic motivation be attained through psychological detachment and job crafting: the mediating role of emotional stability
Authors: Nehra Nagendra Singh , Sarna Shilpi , Kumar Jitender , Singh Sonia , Marne Mrunal Mahendra , Pandey Ashutosh 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThis paper conceptualizes the broaden-build and self-determination theories that act as the major theoretical framework to investigate the role of psychological detachment and job crafting behaviours in predicting intrinsic motivation through emotional stability. It was hypothesized that emotionally stable employees are better able to detach themselves from work and craft their job according to their preference and abilities, which would inculcate experience and make them intrinsically motivated.Design/methodology/approachThe sample comprised 396 employees, who are employed in different organizations across India. To test the hypotheses, the authors conducted structural equation modelling on SPSS AMOS 22.FindingsThe results highlight the partial mediating role of emotional stability in the association of psychological detachment with intrinsic motivation as well as the fully mediating role between job crating and intrinsic motivation.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is conducted in a non-western collectivist culture and it makes significant contribution to the available literature on intrinsic motivation by proving that psychological detachment and job crafting act as predictor and highlighting the psychological state through emotional stability. The study further adds toward theory building around the construct of emotional stability, as it is still in its infancy.Practical implicationsThis study has depicted that emotionally stable employees who are psychologically detached and have proactive job crafting behaviour can achieve higher intrinsic motivation.Originality/valueOn the basis of the recovery process (i.e. the effort-recovery model), the broaden and build theory and self-determination theory (SDT), this paper demonstrates that emotional stability plays the role of mediator that drives psychological detachment and encourages job crafting, which has the ability to intrinsically motivate the employees.
Linking hotel environmental management initiatives and sustainable hotel performance through employees’ eco-friendly behaviour and environmental strategies: a moderated-mediated model
Authors: Rehman Shafique Ur , Elrehail Hamzah , Alshwayat Dana , Ibrahim Blend , Alami Rachid 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
The purpose and current research objective is to determine sustainable hotel performance through hotel environmental management initiatives (HEMI) with the mediating influence of employee’s’ eco-friendly behaviour (EEB), and to determine the moderating role of environmental strategies (ES) in the relationship between HEMI and EEB.

Design/methodology/approach
A total of 95 five-star hotels were contacted, with data collected from only 30 of them. The study used only 433 questionnaires for the final analysis with SPSS 25.0 and SmartPLS 3.2.8.

Findings
The results revealed that HEMI is positively associated with sustainable hotel performance and with EEB. EEB is positively associated with sustainable hotel performance. ES significantly influence EEB, and significantly strengthen the relationship between HMEI and EEB. EEB significantly mediates the relationship between HEMI and sustainable hotel performance.

Practical implications
The current research highlights a significant issue: how the management of the hotel industry uses HEMI, ES and EEB to improve sustainable performance. The study fills the gap in the literature and enables hotel management to concentrate on studying exogenous variables to increase sustainable performance.

Originality/value
The current research contributes to the body of knowledge by concentrating on factors that influence sustainable hotel performance. It examines HEMI influence on sustainable performance with moderating (ES) and mediating (EEB) effects, from the leans of natural resource-based view (RBV) theory.
Measuring the impact of CSR practices on customer satisfaction during pandemic: a quantitative study in the Philippines
Authors: Olazo Danzen Bondoc 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This study aims to analyze how consumers perceive the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices carried out by a local water district in Angeles City, Philippines. The main objective of the study is to investigate how CSR practices influence customer satisfaction. To achieve this, several pieces of literature were mentioned to prove that CSR has an important role to its stakeholders.

Design/methodology/approach
The study used a descriptive and quantitative approach to test the hypotheses. The participants of the study were the residents of the top three barangays in Angeles City, Philippines, in terms of the most consumed water supply, namely: Cut-cut, Pampang and Anunas. Using the Raosoft sample size calculator, the computed sample size was 382 respondents and distributed using stratified sampling. Methodologically, the study used statistical treatment to test all the variables and validated the instrument.

Findings
The result of the study shows that CSR practices significantly impact customer satisfaction. In the test of the degree of relationship between the dimensions of CSR and customer satisfaction, it was found that there is a significant relationship between the two variables.

Research limitations/implications
The future study may explore the relationship between CSR and the resource-based view theory of the firm. The resource-based perspectives are useful to understand why firms engage in CSR activities and disclosure. From a resource-based perspective, CSR is seen as providing internal or external benefits, or both.

Practical implications
The water district must promote social welfare and behave as good corporate citizens; they must spend the resources allocated to CSR initiatives in ways that yield optimum benefits to society as well as to the stakeholders of the company.

Social implications
The paper points out that the water supply industry is one of the most regulated sectors, as the operation requirements are tighter than any other activity. The authors emphasize that water companies must assume special responsibility because their activities are directly related to the use of natural resources, environmental pollution, and public health.

Originality/value
This study used a descriptive-explanatory strategy to determine the significant variables using PLS-SEM. This paper addressed how consumers perceive the CSR practices carried out by the local water district in Angeles City, Philippines.
Comparative nectar dynamics in four ornithophilous Melocactus (Cactaceae) species in a seasonally dry tropical forest
Authors: Bezerra‐Silva Alexsandro , Albuquerque‐Lima Sinzinando , Nadia Tarcila L. , Machado Isabel Cristina , Funch Ligia Silveira 
Published: January 2023

AbstractNectar is an important floral resource, often representing the only source of water for pollinators in arid environments. We investigated whether successive nectar removal would affect the nectar production dynamics of four Melocactus species growing in the Caatinga domain. Nectar was serially extracted from flowers four times per day at regular 60‐min intervals after anthesis. The cactus species showed a consistent pattern of secretion linked to ornithophily, with no significant responses to successive nectar removal and no reabsorption. Nectar secretion covered the entire period of anthesis, starting at 2:30 p.m. and continuing to 5:30 p.m., with the production of 11–38 μl per flower, with sugar concentrations of 10%–32% (3–16 mg of sugar). Individual flowers produced average amounts of 16.9–3.43 mg of sugar per day, corresponding to energy values of 0.06–0.28 kJ. Sympatric populations produced an average of 150–200 flowers per day. The nectar produced by Melocactus can therefore meet the daily energy needs of hummingbirds, which is of special importance during the dry season, when resources are scarce in the Caatinga.
The effects of behavioral health integration in Medicaid managed care on access to mental health and primary care services—Evidence from early adopters
Authors: McConnell K. John , Edelstein Sara , Hall Jennifer , Levy Anna , Danna Maria , Cohen Deborah J. , Lindner Stephan , Unützer Jürgen , Zhu Jane M. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the impacts of a transition to an “integrated managed care” model, wherein Medicaid managed care organizations moved from a “carve‐out” model to a “carve‐in” model integrating the financing of behavioral and physical health care.Data Sources/Study SettingMedicaid claims data from Washington State, 2014–2019, supplemented with structured interviews with key stakeholders.Study DesignThis mixed‐methods study used difference‐in‐differences models to compare changes in two counties that transitioned to financial integration in 2016 to 10 comparison counties maintaining carve‐out models, combined with qualitative analyses of 15 key informant interviews. Quantitative outcomes included binary measures of access to outpatient mental health care, primary care, the emergency department (ED), and inpatient care for mental health conditions.Data CollectionMedicaid claims were collected administratively, and interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a thematic analysis approach.Principal FindingsThe transition to financially integrated care was initially disruptive for behavioral health providers and was associated with a temporary decline in access to outpatient mental health services among enrollees with serious mental illness (SMI), but there were no statistically significant or sustained differences after the first year. Enrollees with SMI also experienced a slight increase in access to primary care (1.8%, 95% CI 1.0%–2.6%), but no sustained statistically significant changes in the use of ED or inpatient services for mental health care. The transition to financially integrated care had relatively little impact on primary care providers, with few changes for enrollees with mild, moderate, or no mental illness.ConclusionsFinancial integration of behavioral and physical health in Medicaid managed care did not appear to drive clinical transformation and was disruptive to behavioral health providers. States moving towards “carve‐in” models may need to incorporate support for practice transformation or financial incentives to achieve the benefits of coordinated mental and physical health care.
A fairer and more resilient multilateral trading system will require a reinvigorated WTO
Authors: Koopman Robert B. , Madell Mary Lisa 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe multilateral trading system, first established formally in 1947 with the goal of bringing about sustainable peace and greater prosperity through increased cross‐border commerce underpinned by globally agreed upon rules, has contributed significantly to economic development and reduced poverty. However, as the global trading system enters the 2020s it cannot rely on past success and must adapt to a rapidly changing world, one that requires both more and different kinds of inclusion in order to address new challenges around inequality and global economic and geopolitical shocks. To address these new challenges the World Trade Organization (WTO) must be updated and reformed by its member governments, who must also recognise that many current global challenges have linkages across trade, tax, environment, and health areas which require increased coordination across global bodies. Further, the challenges of growing domestic inequality in many countries, while a domestic policy concern, will have significant impact on the political will to undertake the necessary updating and reform of the multilateral trading system and the required enhanced coordination with other international bodies and agreements. The recent positive outcomes from the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference in June of 2022 show that global cooperation on trade issues is possible. Building on this success, the WTO can reshape itself to be fairer and more resilient and better able to address current global and domestic challenges.
Optimally designing drone‐based surveys for wildlife abundance estimation with N‐mixture models
Authors: Brack Ismael V. , Kindel Andreas , de Oliveira Luiz Flamarion B. , Lahoz‐Monfort José J. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Hierarchical N‐mixture models have been suggested for abundance estimation from spatiotemporally replicated drone‐based count surveys, since they allow modeling abundance of unmarked individuals while accounting for detection errors. However, it is still necessary to understand how these models perform in the wide variety of contexts and species in which drone surveys are being used. This knowledge is fundamental to plan study designs with optimal allocation of scarce resources in ecology and conservation.

We conduct a simulation study to address N‐mixture model (binomial and multinomial) performance and optimal survey effort allocation in different scenarios of local abundance and detectability of individuals, focusing on their application for drone‐based surveys. We also investigate the benefits of using a double‐observer protocol (either human or algorithm) in image review to decompose the detection process in availability and perception. Finally, we illustrate our simulation‐based survey design considerations by applying them to abundance estimation of marsh deer in the Pantanal wetland (Brazil).

Accuracy of abundance estimation with N‐mixture models increases with local abundance in sites and especially with the availability of individuals. The optimal design requires more visits at fewer sites when the availability probability is lower, and the optimal design is more flexible as local abundance increases. Two observers checking images can increase the estimator performance even at very high perception probabilities. We quantified how much the use of a double‐observer protocol in image review can reduce fieldwork effort while achieving the same accuracy.

N‐mixture models can deliver accurate abundance estimates from spatiotemporally replicated drone surveys in a wide variety of contexts while accounting for imperfect detection. The improvements achieved by a consciously planned design, rearranging survey efforts among sites and visits, as well as using a second observer in image review, can be crucial to detect trends when monitoring a population or to categorize a species as threatened or not.