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Evolution of semi-Kantian preferences in two-player assortative interactions with complete and incomplete information and plasticity
Authors: Alger Ingela , Lehmann Laurent 
Published: May 2023

AbstractWe model the evolution of preferences guiding behavior in pairwise interactions in group-structured populations. The model uses long-term evolution theory to examine different interaction scenarios, including conditional preference expression upon recognition of the partner’s type. We apply the model to the evolution of semi-Kantian preferences at the fitness level, which combine self-interest and a Kantian interest evaluating own behavior in terms of consequences for own fitness if the partner also adopted this behavior. We seek the convergence stable and uninvadable value of the Kantian coefficient, i.e., the weight attached to the Kantian interest, a quantitative trait varying between zero and one. We consider three scenarios: (a) incomplete information; (b) complete information and incomplete plasticity; and (c) complete information and complete plasticity, where individuals not only recognize the type of their interaction partner (complete information), but also conditionally express the Kantian coefficient upon it (complete plasticity). For (a), the Kantian coefficient generally evolves to equal the coefficient of neutral relatedness between interacting individuals; for (b), it evolves to a value that depends on demographic and interaction assumptions, while for (c) there are generally multiple uninvadable types, including the type whereby an individual is a pure Kantian when interacting with individuals of the same type and applies the Kantian coefficient that is uninvadable under complete information with zero relatedness when interacting with a different typed individual. Overall, our model connects several concepts for analysing the evolution of behavior rules for strategic interactions that have been emphasized in different and sometimes isolated literatures.
Is there a sicker sex? Dose relationships modify male-female differences in infection prevalence
Authors: Butterworth Nathan J. , Heffernan Lindsey , Hall Matthew D. 
Published: May 2023

ABSTRACTThroughout the animal kingdom there are striking differences in the propensity of one sex or the other to become infected. However, attempts to generalise when we should expect males or females to emerge as the sicker sex have proven challenging. We argue that this is because our current understanding of sex differences in susceptibility is inherently limited, as most inferences have come from field studies (where exposure dose is difficult to quantify), or by measuring infection ratesin vitroat a limited range of pathogen doses. Without considering how susceptibility changes across a range of pathogen doses (i.e., the dose-susceptibility relationship), we have likely underestimated the scope in which sex differences can arise, reducing our capacity to accurately characterise the ‘sicker’ sex. Here, to expand our scope, we use theDaphnia magniaandPasteuria ramosasystem to measure infection prevalence across a fifteen thousandfold change in pathogen dose and quantify male and female differences through formal models of environmental transmission. Through this, we reveal that the expression of sex differences in susceptibility is entirely dose-dependent, with males more susceptible at low doses, and females more susceptible at high doses. The scope for male-female differences to emerge is therefore much greater than previously expected – extending to differences in absolute resistance, per-propagule infectivity risks, and the dose-specific behaviour of pathogens. Crucially, none of these components in isolation could define the sicker sex. If we wish to understand the broader patterns underlying whether males or females are the sicker sex, there is a need to apply this expanded scope across the animal kingdom. This will help us understand when and why a sicker sex emerges, and the implications for diseases in nature – where sex ratios and pathogen densities vary drastically.
Does a probiotic (L. reuteri) lozenge taken twice daily over 3–4 weeks reduce probing pocket depth in patients with chronic periodontitis after 3 months? A systematic review of clinical trials (Preprint)
Authors: Mickenautsch Steffen , Rupf Stefan , Yengopal Veerasamy 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIntroductionChronic periodontitis is a slow-progressing, multifactorial inflammatory disease of the periodontium that may lead to its destruction, which is detectable as increasing probing pocket depth (PPD), subsequent tooth mobility and tooth loss. The purpose of this systematic review was to update and appraise the current trial evidence to the question: Does probiotic (L. reuteri) lozenge taken twice daily over 3–4 weeks reduce PPD in patients with chronic periodontitis after 3 months?Methods and analysisReference checks of previous systematic review and trial reports on the topic were conducted. PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) were searched. All selected trial reports were independently appraised by two reviewers, using the CQS-2B trial appraisal tool. Meta-analysis was conducted using a random effect model with the inverse variance method, stratified according to CQS-2B corroboration levels (C1–C4). The I2-test with 95% confidence interval was used to establish whether any statistical heterogeneity exists between datasets.ResultsSeven trials were included for appraisal and analysis. None complied with all appraisal criteria and thus were rated with an overall 0-score (high bias risk). Meta-analysis results at the lower C3-level (MD -0.64, 95% CI: -1.09 to -0.18) were found as being at risk of overestimating the true probiotic effect.ConclusionThe clinical evidence identified in this systematic review is at high risk of representing an overestimation of the true therapeutic effect due to systematic error. The results of large randomised control trials are needed before any clinically relevant answer to the review question can be made.
N6-methyladenosine demethylase FTO serves as an indicator for predicting prognosis and immunotherapy response in individuals with gastric cancer
Authors: Jia Shiheng , Zhou Heng , Cao Lanxin , Sun Cheng , Yu Xue , Li Yanshu , Li Kai 
Published: May 2023

AbstractBackgroundN6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation is the most common chemical decoration in mammalian RNAs which exerts vital effects on numerous cellular processes. Recently, m6A regulators have been validated to participate in promoting immune evasion and act as prognostic factors in various cancers. Nevertheless, the predictive abilities of m6A regulators for the prognosis and immunotherapy response in gastric cancer (GC) remain indistinct.MethodsHerein, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) database, The Human Protein Atlas (HPA), and a clinical GC cohort were applied for differential expression analysis, correlation analysis, survival analysis, and hazard model construction. Consensus clustering analysis was performed to authenticate the PD-L1 (CD274) expression, stemness features, immune cell infiltration, and tumor microenvironment (TME) in GC individuals. Furthermore, protein-protein interaction, immunotherapy response prediction, and drug susceptibility prediction were performed, respectively. Additionally, tissue microarray (TMA), immunohistochemical staining, western blot assay, Transwell assay, and flow cytometry assay were adopted to evaluate the protein expression, the prognostic value, and the influence of FTO on GC malignant phenotypes as well as the expression of PD-L1.ResultsIn agreement with the majority of m6A regulators, FTO was overexpressed and predicted poor prognosis in GC. Based on consensus clustering analysis, two independent subgroups (G1/G2) were identified. Notably, FTO was upregulated in the G1 subgroup. Meanwhile, the infiltration level of CD8+ T cells was strikingly decreased while the stemness features were enhanced in the G1 subgroup. More importantly, FTO was negatively correlated with microsatellite instability (MSI) and tumor mutation burden (TMB). Furthermore, immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) response prediction indicated that patients with upregulated FTO showed high tumor immune dysfunction and exclusion (TIDE) scores. Subsequently, FTO was confirmed to be related to multiple immune checkpoints, particularly PD-L1. Specifically, FTO was dramatically upregulated in GC cell lines and clinical cancer samples. Functional experiments illustrated that FTO acted as an oncogene to facilitate malignant phenotypes. Notably, PD-L1 was remarkably downregulated after RNA interference-mediated knockdown of FTO.ConclusionFTO can aggravate GC malignant phenotypes. More importantly, it could be utilized to predict the long-term prognosis and the immunotherapy response in GC individuals. However, larger trials should be performed to verify the prediction accuracy.
Integration of innovative work behavior through transformational leadership in the Saudi healthcare sector: a systematic review
Authors: Alshahrani Ibraheem 
Published: May 2023

PurposeThis systematic review aims to examine integrating innovative work behavior through transformational leadership in the Saudi healthcare sector. A thorough literature research was carried out to address this problem.Design/methodology/approachA total of 50 papers reporting research on innovative work behavior, healthcare organizational performance and transformational leadership were included in the review.FindingsAs employees are motivated and developed, their innovative work behaviors are boosted, which improves organizational performance. It can be concluded that innovative work behavior and transformational leadership are correlated. The capacity of a healthcare company to create and execute benefits to the employees may assure service delivery efficiency in employees' performance.Practical implicationsThis systematic review will allow contemporary advancements, efficient health status monitoring and reliable solutions that aid optimal, equal and effective treatment in Saudi’s healthcare industry.Originality/valueIn an innovative workplace, workers may pitch fresh ideas to their management. Hence, employees see their employer as more transformational.
Defining the characteristics of an effective psychological therapist for people with intellectual disability and mental health problems: a Q-sort study
Authors: Clarke Charlotte , Beail Nigel , Kellett Stephen 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
There is little consensus regarding what constitutes an effective therapist when working with adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) who have a mental health problem. This study aims to explore whether clusters of clinical psychologists (CPs) could be differentiated with regards to beliefs as to what defines an effective therapist for adults with ID experiencing psychological distress and seeking treatment.

Design/methodology/approach
Four interviews with CPs and an associated thematic analysis created the 49-item Q-set. These items were then sorted into a forced quasi-normal distribution by N = 27 CPs via an online Q-sorting task.

Findings
Three participant clusters were identified in the principal components analysis that accounted for 49% of the variance. These clusters were labelled the creative collaborator, the reflective expert and the system integrator.

Research limitations/implications
Differences exist regarding beliefs as to what the psychotherapeutic approaches effective therapists working with ID and comorbid mental health problems should take. These differences approximated to preferred psychological therapy models. This study is critiqued to enable future research on this topic to progress.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to explore what constitutes an effective psychological therapist for people who have ID.
Big data analytics-enabled dynamic capabilities and firm performance: examining the roles of marketing ambidexterity and environmental dynamism
Authors: Saeed Munazza , Adiguzel Zafer , Shafique Imran , Kalyar Masood Nawaz , Abrudan Denisa Bogdana 
Published: May 2023

PurposeDrawing from dynamic capability (DC) theory, this study aims to investigate how big data analytics (BDA)-enabled dynamic capabilities (DCs) prompt firm performance. This study proposes that BDA-enabled DCs lead firms toward simultaneous exploration and exploitation of new knowledge about markets and products (i.e. marketing ambidexterity) which in turn improves firms' market and financial performance. This study also examines if environmental dynamism strengthens the aforementioned relationship.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses survey questionnaire and data were collected in the form of two heterogeneous samples from Turkey and Pakistan. Partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsResults reveal that BDA-enabled DCs positively affect both dimensions of marketing ambidexterity (exploration and exploitation). Marketing exploration and exploitation have positive effects on firms' market and financial performance. Results also demonstrate that environmental dynamism moderates the link between BDA-enabled DCs and firms' marketing exploitation. The moderating effect for BDA-enabled DCs and firms' marketing exploration was not consistent across both samples.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the literature of BDA and marketing ambidexterity in the light of DC theory in a way that when and how the marketing ambidexterity, derived from BDA-enabled DCs, has a positive impact on firm performance. Moreover, findings imply that the development and enhancement of BDA-enabled DCs facilitate firms to calibrate marketing exploitation and exploration to seek new knowledge about markets and products and using such knowledge to achieve superior performance.Originality/valueThe novelty of present study is development of dynamic capabilities-based framework which sheds light on the role of big data for sensing, seizing and (re)configuring firms' resources to develop marketing ambidextrous capabilities in order to stay successful. From methodological perspective, this study uses two heterogeneous samples to assess robustness of results for ensuring greater generalizability and theoretical resonance.
Neutral-point-clamped inverter based synchronous reluctance motor drive for solar pump application
Authors: V. Rajini , M. Jassem , V.S. Nagarajan , Galla N.V. Sai Sreeya , Rb Jeyapradha 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
Industrial drives require appropriate control systems for reliable and efficient performance. With synchronous reluctance machines (SynRMs) slowly replacing the most commonly used induction, switched reluctance and permanent magnet machines, it is essential that the drive and its control be properly selected for enhanced performance. But the major drawback of synchronous reluctance motor is the presence of high torque ripple as its design is characterized by large number of variables. The solutions to reduce torque ripple include design modifications, choice of proper power electronic inverter and PWM strategy. But little has been explored about the power electronic inverters suited for synchronous reluctance motor drive to minimize torque ripple inherently by obtaining a more sinusoidal voltage. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the potential multilevel inverter topologies applicable to SynRM drives used in solar pumping applications.

Design/methodology/approach
The most significant field-oriented control using maximum torque per ampere algorithm for maximizing the torque production is used for the control of SynRM. Simulation results carried out using Matlab/Simulink are presented to justify the choice of inverter and its control technique for SynRM.

Findings
The five-level inverter drive gives lesser core or iron losses in the SynRMin comparison to the three- and two-level inverters due to lower Id current ripple. The five-level inverter reduces the torque ripple of the SynRM significantly in comparison to the three- and two-level inverter fed SynRM drives. The phase disposition-PWM control method used for the inverter shows the least total harmonic distortion (THD) levels in output voltage compared with the other level shifted PWM techniques.

Originality/value
Among the available topologies, a fitting topology is proposed for use for the SynRM drive to have minimal THD, minimal current and torque ripple. Additionally, this paper presents various modulation techniques available for the selected drive system and reports on a suitable technique based on minimal THD of output voltage and hence minimal torque ripple.
The determinants of inward FDI in India in the 2000s
Authors: Wagner Chris , Delios Andrew 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
Unlike the traditional growth model of emerging markets after economic liberalization, India’s inward foreign direct investment (FDI) surged paralleling its strong economic growth in the 2000s, despite the failure to establish a strong secondary sector. This creates an opportunity to deepen the conceptual and contextual understanding of the pivotal mechanisms that impel foreign multinational enterprises to invest into India and provides a natural setting to better understand the nature of its institutional, political and economic environment.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors develop a theory contextualized to Indian inward FDI patterns for the 2000–2017 period. The theoretical framework expands upon received investment motives, with explicit consideration given to the idiosyncrasies of developments in India’s recent macro and socioeconomic environment. The authors test the hypotheses using panel data from 134 countries that invested in India, using a Hausman–Taylor estimation.

Findings
The authors find that India’s transition toward a knowledge economy attracts asset augmenting rather than asset exploiting FDI. Investors appear to target long-term investments by gaining access to India’s digital capabilities, R&D, and growing talent base with a high degree of specialization within analytics, biotechnology, engineering, or pharmaceuticals. Foreign investors do not seem to be notably deterred by infrastructural challenges nor by legal and regulatory restrictions.

Originality/value
By providing a new perspective on India’s atheoretical economic development and FDI environment, this study offers a distinct point of comparison with regard to established hypotheses within the extant literature on FDI into emerging markets. Rethinking contemporary investment motive theory by introducing an adapted conceptual framework provides further opportunity to inform the understanding of firm strategies in similar environments.
The emergence of a values-based premium private label brand reputation within a multiple-tier brand portfolio
Authors: Arantola Noora , Juntunen Mari 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
This study aims to increase the understanding of the emergence of a values-based (VB) premium private label (PL) brand reputation within a multiple-tier PL brand portfolio in retailing.

Design/methodology/approach
By building on the research on PLs, brand image, brand reputation and consumer values, this study creates a conceptual foundation for the emergence of VB PL brand reputation within a multiple-tier brand portfolio among consumers and examines the emergence of such reputation empirically using interpretive exploratory qualitative laddering interviews in the context of fast-moving consumer goods.

Findings
The findings of this study illustrate that the VB reputations of the premium PL product brand and the PL brand store intertwine, ultimately relating to two terminal values: pleasure and doing good. These reputations differ remarkably from the VB reputations of the economy PL brand and the umbrella brand of the retail chain (not doing good and financial security).

Research limitations/implications
This study explains the emergence of VB brand reputation within a multiple-tier brand portfolio and introduces the use of the laddering technique in such research.

Practical implications
This study reminds brand managers to carefully design the relevant brand strategy for brands and their relationships under a brand umbrella.

Originality/value
Although much is known about PL brands and brand reputation, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study might be the first to increase the understanding of how a VB premium PL brand reputation emerges and accumulates from brand images within a multiple-tier brand portfolio.
Incorporating cultural content into English language learning through collaborative podcast series project
Authors: Ferdiansyah Sandi , Humairoh Mega Fariziah Nur , Royani Ahmad , Marsitoh Rani Shintya 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
This brief report demonstrates how collaborative podcast series project to teach cultural content in English language classroom is design and implemented. This paper aims not only to facilitate speaking practice but also to build students’ cultural awareness, exercise creativity, promote critical thinking and foster learning collaboration.

Design/methodology/approach
This classroom observation study involved 78 students majoring English education department in a state Islamic university in East Java, Indonesia. The pedagogical intervention which facilitates this project includes extensive reading and viewing of local culture materials, interview practice project and collective reflections. After completing the project, students wrote collective reflective accounts, submitted their podcast links and followed focus group interview.

Findings
From the data analysis, it can be seen that incorporating local culture into English language learning can enhance student learning engagement, cultural awareness and tolerance, and collective reflective practice.

Originality/value
The finding of the study contributes to practical implications addressed to teachers and teacher educators in designing and implementing technology mediated cultural learning.
The effect of audit inspections on audit fees
Authors: Hay David , Rainsbury Elizabeth , Van Dyk Debbie 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the cost of the introduction of independent audit inspections in New Zealand.

Design/methodology/approach
The research is conducted using audit fee data from New Zealand and examines the overall impact of the reforms on the cost imposed on auditees.

Findings
The findings show that there was no general increase in audit fees but a significant increase in audit fees for small listed companies compared to audit fees for unlisted companies and large listed companies.

Practical implications
The practical implications of this study suggest that the introduction of independent inspections led to increased costs for some clients, particularly smaller listed companies, and that audit firms were able to pass on these costs to their clients. These results have important implications for policymakers and auditors alike.

Originality/value
This study provides new insights into the cost of the introduction of independent audit inspections, which have been the subject of ongoing criticisms and recommendations for improvement.