bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Young Muslim consumers’ attitude towards green plastic products: the role of environmental concern, knowledge of the environment and religiosity
Authors: Suhartanto Dwi , Mohd Suki Norazah , Najib Mukhamad , Suhaeni Tintin , Kania Rafiati 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
Environmental pollution due to the enormous usage of conventional plastic products has alerted consumers to change their attitude towards green plastic products. This study aims to examine the effects of environmental concern, knowledge of the environment and religiosity on young Muslim consumers’ attitude towards green plastic products in Indonesia. Additionally, the moderating role of gender on these relationships is investigated.

Design/methodology/approach
An online survey was used as a method of data collection. Data gathered from 231 young Muslim consumers in Bandung, Indonesia, was analysed via the partial least squares-structural equation modelling approach.

Findings
The results revealed that environmental concern is the factor that has the biggest impact on consumers’ attitude and behavioural intentions, both directly and indirectly. This research implies that as a young Muslim’s concern for the environment grows, his or her attitude towards the environment improves, leading them to purchase and endorse green plastic products.

Practical implications
Green plastic product managers should increase the environmental concern of young Muslim consumers through effective marketing communication strategies and green education programs to disseminate a positive message that green plastic products consumption aids in making the environment safe and healthy.

Originality/value
This empirical study is imperative for green managers to improve their capabilities in boosting young Muslim consumers’ attitude towards green plastic products through strengthening consumers’ environmental concern, knowledge of the environment and religiosity towards supporting the sustainable development goals.
Failure to maintain customers: antecedents and consequences of service downgrades
Authors: Lin Liming , Guo Zhaoyang , Zhou Chenxi 
Published: February 2023

PurposeDespite service downgrades' undisputed practical relevance, service downgrades (e.g. customers shifting the price tier downward) have received surprisingly little attention from scholars. Previous studies have focussed on either the public policy issue of tiered pricing or optimal pricing by the service provider. Only a few studies have examined why customers shift across different price tiers and how such activities indicate their future behaviour.Design/methodology/approachBased on customer data collected from a major telecommunications company, the authors use a logistic regression model to investigate how two service modification levers (i.e. transaction- and relationship-level factors) influence the likelihood of service downgrade. The authors apply a survival model to study how service downgrades affect customer churn.FindingsTransaction-level factors such as service usage (e.g. the frequency and recency of underuse experiences) are positively associated with the likelihood of a downgrade. However, relationship-level factors (e.g. relationship duration and customer status) are negatively associated with the likelihood of downgrades. Customers engaging in downgrades are more likely to churn in the future.Originality/valueThe authors focus on downgrade behaviour, which can be perceived as customers' choice to move down the price tier, which likely ruins the service provider's performance. The authors conceptualise two fundamental driving forces behind a service downgrade: the misfits between the actual usage and the service plan chosen and the deteriorating relationships. The authors' empirical findings on the factors influencing downgrades provide insights for service providers seeking to prevent such behaviour.
Bioactive compounds of acacia, health benefits and its utilization in food processing industry: a critical review
Authors: Tiwari Manish , Panghal Anil , Mittal Vipul , Gupta Ravi 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review phytochemical potential of acacia and its associated health advantages. Acacia a moderate-sized, deciduous tree and recognised as health-promoting species because of availability of essential bioactive components. The bioactive compounds such as tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, fatty acids and polysaccharides (gums) present in the plant parts of acacia, namely, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, twigs and seeds, have medicinal value and thus are used to overlay the formulations of plant-based drugs and value-added foods.

Design/methodology/approach
Major well-known bibliometric information sources such as Web of Science, Scopus, Mendeley and Google Scholar were searched with keywords such as “nutrition value of acacia”, “bioactive compounds”, “health benefits”, “processing and safety” were chosen to obtain a database of 1,428 papers. The search considered papers in the English language from the past 18 years of publication in journals (2004–2022). The article selection process consisted of the screening of titles and abstracts, based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Articles that did not have acacia components as a study objective were taken into consideration for exclusion. A final database of 87 scientific sources was made after sorting and classifying them according to different criteria based on topic relevance, country of origin and year of publication. Articles with other random descriptors were also searched to complement the discussion of the results obtained.

Findings
The literature reflected that acacia contains all necessary phytochemicals like polyphenols, flavonoids, terpenoids, glucosinolates, alkaloids and carotenoids along with essential macro, micro-nutrients. Furthermore, processing methods such as soaking, cooking, roasting and dehusking significantly reduced the anti-nutritional factors present in acacia seeds of different species. This review also focused on the processing methods that are used to eliminate or lower down the anti-nutritional factors from the seeds. Previous findings related to acacia plant parts with respect to food development are explored and mentioned.

Originality/value
This review emphasised mainly on recent studies that had been reported on ethnomedical acacia plants therapeutically, commercially and exponentially for further studies to increase the utilisation in food processing.
Do contingencies matter between organizational capabilities and SME export performance?
Authors: Cho Hyeon Jeong , Jin Byoungho Ellie , Shin Daeun Chloe 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
Drawing on the resource-based view and contingency theory, this study aims to investigate the effects of organizational capabilities – technology capability and marketing capability – on small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) export performance and the moderating roles of contingent factors in this relationship in the context of a highly competitive export-oriented economy.

Design/methodology/approach
The research framework was tested using a three-way stepwise hierarchical multiple regression analysis with data gathered from 531 Korean international SMEs.

Findings
In addition to the direct effects of two types of organizational capabilities on export performance, the results show that both capabilities were critical when the export market was competitive, and marketing capability was more important when exporting with a brand name and targeting a developing country.

Originality/value
This study further extends the literature on SMEs’ internationalization in the context of highly competitive export-driven markets and highlights the importance of strategically allocating SMEs’ capabilities to reap optimal export performance by considering dynamic contingencies.
Implementation of lean for small- and medium-sized construction organisational improvement
Authors: Dauda Jamiu A. , Ajayi Saheed , Omotayo Temitope , Oladiran Olayiwola O. , Ilori Olusegun M. 
Published: February 2023

PurposeSmall- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the construction sector are highly vulnerable to disruptions caused by political and economic decisions or even pandemics. This study evaluated the current operations of selected SMEs providing engineering design and consultancy services against Toyota Production System (TPS) lean tool. The purpose is to juxtapose SME operations and processes with TPS to ascertain the level of their operations conformity to the established TPS lean thinking tool.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a qualitative data collection and analysis approach to evaluate the current processes of participating SMEs against Liker's 14 management principles of TPS. The data collected were analysed using thematic analysis to identify patterns and themes that emerged from the qualitative data.FindingsThe analysis revealed that focus on short-term goals, immediate profit and duplication of effort resulting from insufficient collaboration is currently creating waste in participating SMEs' operations. Hence, the implementation of TPS was recommended as a lean tool and a framework based on TPS lean tool was developed for improving the operations of SMEs.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to SMEs operating only as consultants providing project planning design within the construction industry. Data collection is limited to qualitative even though observations would improve the outcome of the study.Originality/valueThe study advances contemporary issues in promoting lean implementation in construction sector and developed an improved framework based on the TPS to enhance the performance of SME construction businesses.
Vulnerable social enterprises: sensemaking of the COVID-19 crisis in the Czech Republic
Authors: Kročil Ondřej , Müller Michal , Kubátová Jaroslava 
Published: February 2023

PurposeDrawing on Weick’s sensemaking perspective, this study aims to describe how Czech social entrepreneurs shape the shared meaning of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and what approaches to the crisis the sensemaking process leads to.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on the principles of grounded theory. Through in-depth interviews with 25 social entrepreneurs, it captures the entrepreneurs’ experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of their understanding of social enterprise identity. Interviews with experts in the field of social entrepreneurship were also conducted to help achieve a deeper analysis of the entrepreneurial cases.FindingsResults of research show that despite the obstacles, most social entrepreneurs arrive at a positive redescription of the crisis. Enterprises not affected by the pandemic adopt a conventional approach. The most vulnerable enterprises are paralyzed and wait with uncertainty for future developments in their enterprise’s situation.Practical implicationsAs knowledge of vulnerabilities is a key prerequisite for crisis prevention, this research can serve as a useful material for business incubators and other institutions that provide mentoring and expertise to start-up social entrepreneurs including focus on crisis management implementation.Originality/valueThis study complements the theory of crisis sensemaking with the level of social entrepreneurship, which is characterized by a dichotomy of social and business goals that results in a specific shared meaning of identity which is tied to perceptions of vulnerabilities. This study describes the influence of perceived identity on coping with a crisis.
Cost of abating excess nitrogen on wheat plots in France: An assessment with multi‐technology modelling
Authors: Dakpo K. Hervé , Desjeux Yann , Latruffe Laure 
Published: February 2023

AbstractWe use a multi‐equation model of polluting technologies to evaluate excess nitrogen's marginal abatement cost (MAC). The MAC is estimated using the convex non‐parametric quantile regression. The empirical application is conducted at the plot level for wheat production in France in 2017. Results show a median shadow price for excess nitrogen of about €21 per kilogram. If the current European Union's Nitrates Directive (which sets a 170‐kg constraint on organic nitrogen per hectare) were extended to mineral nitrogen, this would allow a reduction of total excess nitrogen by 9.5%, but this would be accompanied by a 3.1% decrease in wheat revenue.
MicroRNA miR‐252‐5p regulates the Notch signaling pathway by targeting Rab6 in Drosophila wing development
Authors: Lim Do‐Hwan , Choi Min‐Seok , Jeon Ji Won , Lee Young Sik 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe Notch signaling pathway plays a central role in the development of various organisms. However, dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs), which are crucial regulators of gene expression, can disrupt signaling pathways at all stages of development. Although Notch signaling is involved in wing development in Drosophila, the mechanism underlying miRNA‐based regulation of the Notch signaling pathway is unclear. Here, we report that loss of Drosophila miR‐252 increases the size of adult wings, whereas the overexpression of miR‐252 in specific compartments of larval wing discs leads to patterning defects in the adult wings. The miR‐252 overexpression‐induced wing phenotypes were caused by aberrant Notch signaling with intracellular accumulation of the full‐length Notch receptor during development, which could be due to defects in intracellular Notch trafficking associated with its recycling to the plasma membrane and autophagy‐mediated degradation. Moreover, we identified Rab6 as a direct target of miR‐252‐5p; Rab6 encodes a small Ras‐like GTPase that regulates endosomal trafficking pathways. Consistent with this finding, RNAi‐mediated downregulation of Rab6 led to similar defects in both wing patterning and Notch signaling. Notably, co‐overexpression of Rab6 completely rescued the wing phenotype associated with miR‐252 overexpression, further supporting that Rab6 is a biologically relevant target of miR‐252‐5p in the context of wing development. Thus, our data indicate that the miR‐252‐5p‐Rab6 regulatory axis is involved in Drosophila wing development by controlling the Notch signaling pathway.
Dietitians' perceptions of identifying and managing malnutrition and frailty in the community: A mixed‐methods study
Authors: Roberts Shelley , Gomes Kristin , Rattray Megan 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAimThis study aimed to explore dietitians' perceptions of their current practice for identifying and managing malnutrition/frailty in the community, to fill an evidence gap.MethodsThis mixed‐methods study involved an online survey distributed to dietitians practising in Australia and New Zealand, and semi‐structured interviews with a subset of survey participants. The 34‐item survey and interviews explored dietitians' practices for identifying/managing malnutrition and frailty, focusing on the community setting. Survey data were analysed descriptively and some simple association tests were conducted using statistical software. Interview data were analysed thematically.ResultsOf the 186 survey respondents, 18 also participated in an interview. Screening and assessment for malnutrition varied in the community and occurred rarely for frailty. Dietitians reported practising person‐centred care by involving clients/carers/family in setting goals and selecting nutrition interventions. Key barriers to providing nutrition care to community‐dwelling adults included a lack of awareness/understanding of nutrition by clients and other health professionals (leading to them not participating in or valuing nutrition care), lack of time and resources in the community, and client access to foods/supplements. Enablers included engaging family members/carers and coordinating with other health professionals in nutrition care planning.ConclusionReported practices for identifying malnutrition and frailty vary in the community, suggesting guidance may be needed for health professionals in this setting. Dietitians reported using person‐centred care with malnourished and frail clients but encountered barriers in community settings. Engaging family members/carers and multidisciplinary colleagues may help overcome some of these barriers.
Expansion of human alpha‐cell area is associated with a higher maximum body mass index before the onset of type 2 diabetes
Authors: Ozawa Harutoshi , Fukui Kenji , Fujita Yukari , Ishibashi Chisaki , Yoneda Sho , Nammo Takao , Fujita Shingo , Baden Megu Yamaguchi , Kimura Takekazu , Tokunaga Ayumi , Kozawa Junji , Eguchi Hidetoshi , Shimomura Iichiro 
Published: February 2023

Highlights
We examined whether maximum body mass index (BMI) before the onset of diabetes (MBBO) affects histological findings of islet cells.
We divided patients into two groups according to an MBBO cutoff of 25 kg/m2 or BMI cutoff of 21 kg/m2. We compared immunohistochemical parameters between the MBBO groups or BMI groups.
The relative alpha‐cell area in the high MBBO group was significantly higher than that in the low MBBO group. There was no difference in the other parameters between the MBBO groups or BMI groups.
Recovery of 197 eukaryotic bins reveals major challenges for eukaryote genome reconstruction from terrestrial metagenomes
Authors: Saraiva Joao Pedro , Bartholomäus Alexander , Toscan Rodolfo Brizola , Baldrian Petr , Nunes da Rocha Ulisses 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAs most eukaryotic genomes are yet to be sequenced, the mechanisms underlying their contribution to different ecosystem processes remain untapped. Although approaches to recovering Prokaryotic genomes have become common in genome biology, few studies have tackled the recovery of eukaryotic genomes from metagenomes. This study assessed the reconstruction of microbial eukaryotic genomes using 6000 metagenomes from terrestrial and some transition environments using the EukRep pipeline. Only 215 metagenomic libraries yielded eukaryotic bins. From a total of 447 eukaryotic bins recovered 197 were classified at the phylum level. Streptophytes and fungi were the most represented clades with 83 and 73 bins, respectively. More than 78% of the obtained eukaryotic bins were recovered from samples whose biomes were classified as host‐associated, aquatic, and anthropogenic terrestrial. However, only 93 bins were taxonomically assigned at the genus level and 17 bins at the species level. Completeness and contamination estimates were obtained for a total of 193 bins and consisted of 44.64% (σ = 27.41%) and 3.97% (σ = 6.53%), respectively. Micromonas commoda was the most frequent taxon found while Saccharomyces cerevisiae presented the highest completeness, probably because more reference genomes are available. Current measures of completeness are based on the presence of single‐copy genes. However, mapping of the contigs from the recovered eukaryotic bins to the chromosomes of the reference genomes showed many gaps, suggesting that completeness measures should also include chromosome coverage. Recovering eukaryotic genomes will benefit significantly from long‐read sequencing, development of tools for dealing with repeat‐rich genomes, and improved reference genomes databases.
MiR‐216a‐3p inhibits the proliferation and invasion of fibroblast‐like synoviocytes by targeting dual‐specificity phosphatase 5
Authors: Ni Rongrong , Liu Heting , Song Guojing , Fu Xiaohong , Deng Bingqian , Xu Zhizhen , Dai Shuangshuang , Huang Gang 
Published: February 2023

AbstractDual‐specificity phosphatase 5 (DUSP5) is a novel anti‐inflammatory modulator in many inflammatory diseases. However, the role of DUSP5 in fibroblast‐like synoviocytes (FLS) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains unknown. In this study, we aimed to explore the biological function and regulation of DUSP5 in FLS. We found that lower DUSP5 expression level was detected in collagen‐induced arthritis (CIA) and synoviocyte MH7A. Overexpression of DUSP5 markedly decreased the proliferation, migration, and invasion of MH7A, which correlated with suppressing the phosphorylation of extracellular signal‐regulated kinase (ERK). Moreover, DUSP5 was identified as a novel target gene of miR‐216a‐3p, which was upregulated in FLS. Therefore, DUSP5 expression was negatively regulated by miR‐216a‐3p, and the effect of DUSP5 overexpression on FLS was reversed by miR‐216a‐3p mimics. Overall, our study demonstrates that DUSP5 is a miR‐216a‐3p target gene and its anti‐inflammatory function in FLS via inactivation of ERK. These results revealed that the miR‐216a‐3p/DUSP5 pathway may play a crucial role in the malignant behavior of FLS, which may serve as a new target for the treatment of RA.
The EU's strategic autonomy in times of politicisation of international trade: The future of commission accountability
Authors: Weiß Wolfgang 
Published: February 2023

AbstractTrade relations face unprecedented challenges, which has led to an increased politicisation and contestation of trade rules. In response, the EU has changed its trade policy under the motto ‘Open Strategic Autonomy’ towards a more assertive policy. The EU seeks to significantly expand its room of manoeuvre and to gain more autonomy by strengthening the enforcement of its trade rights and by ensuring more effectively, including unilaterally, a level playing field. This reorientation engenders several new or amended trade policy instruments, but meets with reservations as the renewed politicisation of EU trade policy will have internal consequences and raise demands for more democratic accountability of the European Commission. The new policy instruments will enlarge its leeway in trade policy. The future of the EU's multilateral, rule‐ instead of power‐oriented political stance becomes unclear, which might undermine its negotiation position in WTO reform and collide with the EU's respect for international law. The tensions of the EU's new hybrid approach with its international commitments even more fuel demands for increased accountability of the Commission as a safeguard against employing the new powers for protectionism and disrespect to international law. The contribution analyses the need for increased Commission accountability in the redirected trade policy.