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Enhancing building performance of post-fire refurbished apparel manufacturing buildings in Sri Lanka
Authors: Rathnayake Ishara , Sridarran Pournima , Abeynayake Mahesh , Jayakodi Shashini 
Published: March 2023

PurposeThe creation of occupant satisfaction can be reached through the involvement of building performance mandates (BPMs) while enhancing the functionality of buildings. BPMs comprise five mandates namely, spatial performance, thermal performance, indoor air quality performance, acoustic performance, and visual performance. BPMs have been recognized as a vital element when refurbishing post-fire apparel buildings. However, the evaluation of post-fire refurbishment projects is mainly focused on mechanical and physical properties while ignoring the BPMs. Further, there is insufficient literature on the BPMs in post-fire building refurbishment. Hence, the purpose of this research is to identify the importance of BPMs, and its challenges and propose strategies to enhance the building performance of post-fire refurbished apparel manufacturing buildings in Sri Lanka.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted by involving a qualitative research approach. An extensive literature review and eighteen semi-structured interviews under three fire-affected apparel cases were involved as data collection methods and collected data were analyzed using content analysis.FindingsFindings highlighted the procedure of post-fire refurbishment and the importance of BPMs for apparel buildings to enhance building performance in post-fire situations. The research identified 42 challenges encountered in maintaining BPMs of post-fire refurbished apparel buildings and provided 70 strategies to overcome the identified challenges.Originality/valueThis study offers a comprehensive analysis of challenges in maintaining BPMs and strategies to overcome the identified challenges which facilitate enhancing the performance of post-fire refurbished apparel buildings in Sri Lanka.
High-pass negative group delay analysis of single capacitor three-port circuit
Authors: Murad Nour Mohammad , Jaomiary Antonio , Yazdani Samar , Haddad Fayrouz , Guerin Mathieu , Chan George , Rahajandraibe Wenceslas , Baccar Sahbi 
Published: March 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to develop high-pass (HP) negative group delay (NGD) investigation based on three-port lumped circuit. The main particularity of the proposed three-port passive topology is the consideration of only a single circuit element represented by a capacitor.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology of the paper is to consider the S-matrix equivalent model derived from admittance matrix approach. So, an S-matrix equivalent model of a three-port circuit topology is established from admittance matrix approach. The frequency-dependent basic expressions are explored to perform the HP-NGD analysis. Then, the existence condition of HP-NGD function type is analytically demonstrated. The specific characteristics and synthesis equations of HP-NGD circuit with respect to the desired optimal NGD value are established.

Findings
After computing the frequency expressions to perform the HP-NGD analysis, this study demonstrated the existence condition of HP-NGD function type analytically. The validity of the HP-NGD theory is verified by a prototype of three-port circuit. The proof-of-concept (POC) single capacitor three-port circuit presents an NGD response and characteristics from analytical calculation and simulation is in very good correlation.

Originality/value
An innovative theory of HP-NGD three-port circuit is studied. The proposed HP-NGD topology is constituted by only a single capacitor. After the topological description, the S-matrix model is established from the Y-matrix by means of Kirchhoff voltage law and Kirchhoff current law equations. A POC of single capacitor three-port circuit was designed and simulated with a commercial tool. Then, a prototype with a surface-mounted device component was fabricated and tested. As expected, simulation and measurement results in very good agreement with the calculated model show the feasibility of the HP-NGD behavior. This work is compared to other NGD-type function with diverse number of ports and components.
The effect of life cycle stages on capital expenditures: evidence from an emerging market
Authors: Can Gökberk , Demiraj Rezart , Mersni Hounaida 
Published: March 2023

PurposeThe purpose of the article is to examine the effect of life cycle stages on capital expenditures, using Borsa Istanbul-listed companies.Design/methodology/approachThe panel data estimation procedure was used as the primary method to test the hypothesis. The authors used four additional analyses to check the robustness of the results. The model was tested for endogeneity using the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation. Quantile regression was utilized for the non-parametric test of the model. In the third robustness test, the sample was divided into two using financial constraints with the Size-Age (SA) Index proposed by Hadlock and Pierce (2010). The last analysis removed the global financial crisis (GFC) years from the sample.FindingsBorsa Istanbul-listed companies tend to invest less as they move forward in their life cycle stages. The results show that market capitalization, operating cash flow levels and leverage positively affect capital expenditure investments. The empirical evidence also revealed that cash holding levels have a negative effect on capital expenditure decisions. Robustness tests support the results.Practical implications The findings are potentially useful for investors and managers. Having the information that decreasing capital expenditures signals that the company is in the last stages of its life would be a sign for managers to improve their investment strategies to avoid getting out of business and survive. They need to find options and solutions to propel their companies back on a path of growth. Additionally, the same information could be vital for investors' investment decisions.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence about the effect of life cycle stages on capital expenditures from an emerging market. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is the first paper to investigate empirically how moving forward in the life cycle stages affects capital expenditures in an emerging market.
A bibliometric analysis of psychological contract research: current status development and future research directions
Authors: Kozhakhmet Sanat , Rofcanin Yasin , Nurgabdeshov Assylbek , Las Heras Mireia 
Published: March 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review and analyse the literature on psychological contract (PC) phenomena to date as well as give future research directions in this research area.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have conducted a bibliometric analysis of 33 years of research on PC. The bibliometric findings have identified various perspectives by drawing the landscape and developmental trajectory of PC research over time. A specific bibliographic analysis and visualization tool VOSviewer was employed to evaluate and process 1999 publications in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) database from 1989 to 2022, also author citation analysis, journal co-citation analysis, reference analysis and analysis of 100 milestone articles.FindingsThe authors detected and visualized the landscape of PC area and track how this landscape has developed. Secondly, the authors present the findings emerged from this study’s bibliometric review, with emphasize on future research directions and implications.Originality/valueThis paper presents bibliometric analysis of more than 1,000 research articles from main databases and review of 100 most prominent papers on PC research topic. This article offers academicians and researchers a more sophisticated understanding of the intellectual and conceptual framework of the research body. The authors are providing insights about its structural body of knowledge through an overview of the current state of scholarly development in the field of PC.
Irish transgender voices on mental health and mental health care
Authors: de Vries Jan , Downes Carmel , Sharek Danika , Doyle Louise , Murphy Rebecca , Begley Thelma , McCann Edward , Sheerin Fintan , Smyth Siobhan , Higgins Agnes 
Published: March 2023

Purpose
People who identify as transgender face stigma, isolation and harassment while often struggling to come to terms with their gender identity. They also disproportionately experience mental health difficulties. The purpose of this paper is to present the voices of transgender people in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) in regard to the issues they are facing, improvements they would like to see made to schools, workplaces, services and society in general and whether mental health supports fulfil their needs.

Design/methodology/approach
Ten open questions were embedded within a quantitative online survey (LGBTIreland study) on factors impacting social inclusion, mental health and care. These open questions were re-analysed with exclusive focus on the transgender participants (n = 279) using content/thematic analysis.

Findings
The participants in this study reported significant signs of mental distress. The following themes emerged: impact of stigma, deficiencies in mental health services, need for education on transgender identity, importance of peer support, achieving self-acceptance and societal inclusion questioned.

Research limitations/implications
Efforts to recruit young participants have led to a possible over-representation in this study.

Practical implications
The findings suggest the need for improvement in mental health support services, including further education in how to meet the needs of transgender individuals.

Social implications
Transgender people in Ireland experience social exclusion. The need for more inclusivity was emphasised most in secondary schools. Education on transgender identities in all contexts of society is recommended by the participants.

Originality/value
This study reports on the largest group of transgender participants to date in RoI. Their voices will affect perceptions on social inclusion and mental health care.
Integrating AI into business processes and corporate strategies to enhance customer value
Authors: Leavy Brian 
Published: March 2023

Purpose
This is a thought-leadership interview with digital-era experts Thomas Davenport and Nitin Mittal on the strategic desirability and implications for legacy companies on being fully committed to becoming AI-driven businesses.

Design/methodology/approach
An interview with thought-leaders in the area of digital strategy.

Findings
The interview explains what it means to be an AI-driven company and how to manage the kind of transformation that legacy will need to go through to become AI-fueled leaders in their sector.

Originality/value
The main value is the direct dialog with digital-era experts on their latest research insights.
Fostering inclusion for refugees and migrants and building trust in the digital public space
Authors: Kuneva Leda , Hough Karen Latricia 
Published: March 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits of co-creation methods when designing information and communications technology (ICT) solutions to aid migrant integration by outlining the process of co-creating an innovative platform with migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees, and non-governmental organisation representatives and public service providers.

Design/methodology/approach
The study used mixed methods and was divided into three stages. Researchers carried out an extensive literature review and case studies, whilst data were collected via surveys, focus groups and in-depth interviews.

Findings
The paper demonstrates that co-creation methods are essential in the development of ICT solutions for vulnerable groups like migrants, asylum seekers and refugees enabling researchers to counter the adverse effects of eurocentric bias by improving inclusiveness and trust in the platform vis-à-vis migrant users.

Originality/value
The research reflects on the development of an innovative platform, created and validated in situ with migrants and other end-users. It provides an often-unexplored analysis of the link between methodological approaches in ICT tools development (co-creation), and real-life impacts for migrants in terms of mitigating digital exclusion and white ethnocentric bias. The article complements two whitepapers and other policy briefs written on the results of this research that have informed EC policy-making in the area of migration, including the EU action plan on integration and inclusion 2021–2027.
Species mixtures increase fine root length to support greater stand productivity in a natural boreal forest
Authors: Huang Chenyan , Chen Han Y. H. , Chang Scott X. , Cahill James F. , Ma Zilong 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Species mixtures have been widely reported to increase aboveground productivity; however, how tree species mixtures affect root systems in natural forests remains unclear. We hypothesize that mixtures have a greater fine root length compared to single species‐dominated stands to support their greater productivity.

Here, we collected monthly root images from the minirhizotrons installed in 18 stands either dominated by Populus tremuloides, Pinus banksiana, and their mixtures for three years (2015–2017) in post‐fire boreal forests of two stand ages (8 and 34 years old) to test our hypotheses.

We found that the fine root length was higher in mixtures than in single species‐dominated stands, and the magnitude of mixture effects was greater in the 34‐ than in the 8‐year‐old stands in the third year. The mixture effects on fine root length revealed a positive relationship with forest net primary productivity. Root length production, which is the growth of new roots within a year, was not affected by tree species mixtures except for the 8‐year‐old stand in 2015. Tree species mixtures did not affect root length turnover. Root length and root biomass were not significantly correlated at stand level.

Synthesis. Our results show that tree species mixtures positively affect fine root length, with that positive effect increasing with stand development in the studied natural forests. Our results suggest that the greater root length in species mixtures supported the greater forest productivity in species mixtures as the greater root length benefits plant uptake of nutrients and water. Therefore, conserving tree species diversity has implications for improving forest productivity and carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems.
Applying core lexicon analysis in patients with anomic aphasia: Based on Mandarin AphasiaBank
Authors: Jiang Yu‐Er , Liao Xiao‐Yu , Liu Na 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackgroundPatients with anomic aphasia experience difficulties in narrative processing. General discourse measures are time consuming and require necessary skills. Core lexicon analysis has been proposed as an effort‐saving approach but has not been developed in Mandarin discourse.AimsThis exploratory study was aimed (1) to apply core lexicon analysis in Mandarin patients with anomic aphasia at the discourse level and (2) to verify the problems with core words among people with anomic aphasia.Methods & ProcedureThe core nouns and verbs were extracted from narrative language samples from 88 healthy participants. The production of core words for 12 anomic aphasia and 12 age‐ and education‐matched controls were then calculated and compared. The correlation between the percentages and the Aphasia Quotients of the revised Western Aphasia Battery was analyzed as well.Outcomes & ResultsThe core nouns and verbs were successfully extracted. Patients with anomic aphasia produced fewer core words than healthy people, and the percentages differed significantly in different tasks as well as word classes. There was no correlation between the core lexicon use and the severity of aphasia in patients with anomic aphasia.Conclusions & ImplicationsCore lexicon analysis may potentially serve as a clinician‐friendly manner of quantifying core words produced at the discourse level in Mandarin patients with anomic aphasia.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDSWhat is already known on the subject
Discourse analyses in aphasia assessment and treatment have increasingly garnered attention. Core lexicon analysis based on English AphasiaBank has been reported in recent years. It is correlated with microlinguistic and macrolinguistic measures in aphasia narratives. Nevertheless, the application based on Mandarin AphasiaBank is still under development in healthy individuals and patients with anomic aphasia.What this paper adds to existing knowledge
A Mandarin core lexicon set was developed for different tasks. The feasibility of core lexicon analysis to evaluate the corpus of patients with anomic aphasia was preliminarily discussed and the speech performance of patients and healthy people was then compared to provide a reference for the evaluation and treatment of clinical aphasia corpus.What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?
The purpose of this exploratory study was to consider the potential use of core lexicon analysis to evaluate core word production in narrative discourse. Moreover, normative and aphasia data were provided for comparison to develop clinical use for Mandarin patients with anomic aphasia.
Outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus‐associated Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma treated in Australia: A report from the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance
Authors: Lim Kenneth J. C. , Di Ciaccio Pietro , Polizzotto Mark N. , Milliken Sam , Cochrane Tara , Goh Zhong , Shaw Briony , Perry Evelyn , Gilbertson Michael , Kermode William , Cheah Chan Y. , Latimer Maya , Hamad Nada , Ku Matthew 
Published: March 2023

SummaryAntiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved outcomes for human immunodeficiency virus‐associated non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (HIV‐NHL). This is an analysis of 44 patients with HIV with Burkitt lymphoma (HIV‐BL) and diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (HIV‐DLBCL) treated in Australia over a 10‐year period (2009–2019) during the ART and rituximab era. At HIV‐NHL diagnosis, the majority of presenting patients had adequate CD4 counts and undetectable HIV viral load <50 copies/mL. More than 80% of patients received chemotherapy with curative intent, rituximab, and concurrent ART with chemotherapy (immunotherapy). R‐CODOX‐M/IVAC or R‐Hyper‐CVAD (55%) were most commonly used in HIV‐BL. CHOP (58%) was the most commonly used chemotherapy backbone for HIV‐DLBCL, although 45% of patients received more intense chemotherapy regimens. Overall, 93% of patients who received curative therapy completed their intended course. The 2‐year progression‐free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for the HIV‐BL cohort was 67% and 67% respectively. The 2‐year PFS and OS for the HIV‐DLBCL cohort was 77% and 81% respectively. Treatment related mortality was 5%. In all, 83% of patients achieved a CD4 count of >0.2 ×109/L 6 months after the end of treatment. Current Australian practice favours the treatment of HIV‐BL and HIV‐DLBCL similarly to the HIV‐negative population with the use of concurrent ART, achieving outcomes comparable to the HIV‐negative population.
Effect of male–female relatedness on aggression and inbreeding in an egg parasitoid wasp
Authors: Yin Si‐Yu , Tao Yu‐Mei , Liu Peng‐Cheng 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAggressive behavior is important for acquiring crucial resources in many animals. As such behavior is costly, selection favors contestants that can accurately gather information regarding the likely costs and benefits of conflict to enable appropriate tactical decisions. Mate choice based on relatedness is widespread among animals and has severe consequences. Theoretically, due to the potential costs of inbreeding, contestants may benefit from discriminating between relative and nonrelative mates and adjusting their behavior accordingly. If inbreeding results in fitness costs, related mates might be perceived as less valuable and individuals might be expected to invest less in costly aggression, and vice versa. However, the role of male–female relatedness in aggression has been less addressed. The egg parasitoid wasp Anastatus disparis, which exhibits extreme male–male aggressive behavior for mating opportunities, was used as an experimental model to explore the role of male–female relatedness in aggression. Inconsistent with our prediction, male–female relatedness had no significant effect on male–male fighting frequency or intensity in A. disparis. The ability of males to discriminate relative from nonrelative females is a prerequisite for male–female relatedness to affect males’ aggression. However, A. disparis males did not exhibit any mating preferences for relative or nonrelative females. Besides, inbreeding did not result in depression in terms of longevity, fecundity or sex ratio in A. disparis. Our finding of no effect of male–female relatedness on male–male fights in A. disparis may be caused by a lack of kin discrimination ability or/and a lack of benefits from discriminating relatives from nonrelatives.
Subnetwork ensembling and data augmentation: Effects on calibration
Authors: Demir A. Çağrı , Caton Simon , Dondio Pierpaolo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractDeep Learning models based on convolutional neural networks are known to be uncalibrated, that is, they are either overconfident or underconfident in their predictions. Safety‐critical applications of neural networks, however, require models to be well‐calibrated, and there are various methods in the literature to increase model performance and calibration. Subnetwork ensembling is based on the over‐parametrization of modern neural networks by fitting several subnetworks into a single network to take advantage of ensembling them without additional computational costs. Data augmentation methods have also been shown to enhance model performance in terms of accuracy and calibration. However, ensembling and data augmentation seem orthogonal to each other, and the total effect of combining these two methods is not well‐known; the literature in fact is inconsistent. Through an extensive set of empirical experiments, we show that combining subnetwork ensemble methods with data augmentation methods does not degrade model calibration.
A survey of mothers' experiences of shared parenting and domestic violence
Authors: Archer‐Kuhn Beth , Saini Michael , Hughes Judith , Tam Dora , Trudgill Diane I. N. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis cross‐sectional survey reports on the experiences and impact of mothers in shared parenting arrangements and their young children ages 0–4 years across three provinces in Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario). The purpose of the study was to explore shared parenting arrangements in the context of domestic violence, and we sought to recruit mothers from a range of experiences regarding reported violence in their relationships with their ex‐partners. The online survey consisted of standardized tools to measure child development, depression, substance use, and anxiety, extent and severity of domestic violence, and coparenting. Recruiting during the pandemic was challenging, which required various recruitment strategies. The total sample included 84 mothers who completed questionnaires. Findings show that while mothers experienced various forms of domestic violence in shared parenting arrangements, experiences of coercive control were most evident. Implications are identified and discussed in relation to parenting plans, shared parenting and all forms of domestic violence including coercive control.