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Study on the impact of services offered on student satisfaction and the satisfaction led word of mouth by students pursuing management education
Authors: Kanduri Suseela , Radha B. 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThis paper purports to study and assess the impact of student satisfaction on various services offered by an educational institution offering management education and also the word of mouth communication (WoMC) done by such student in referring the institutions to others. The study aimed at various factors like core services, facilitating services and support services offered by institutions and measured the responses of the levels of satisfaction on a five-point Likert scale.Design/methodology/approachThe sample size of the study consists of 873 students pursuing management education such as BBA, BBM and MBA, belonging to government colleges, private colleges affiliated to state university, private universities and deemed universities in the state of Telangana, India.FindingsThe attributes used in this work showed positive and noteworthy impact on the students' satisfaction level though with varying degree of strength as evident from the regression analysis. However, core services (teaching quality of the faculty, their expertise and experience, course electives offered, library facilities, academic counselling services, etc.) was the most influencing factor and has highest impact on satisfaction of students amongst all the variables. Also, the study reiterates that gender of the student does not have any significant impact on the students' satisfaction on the services offered by the institutions nor on the recommendations made by them to others for admissions.Originality/valueThis study is unique in evaluating the determinants of students' satisfaction in a management institution/school as well as their influence of the recommendations made by them to the prospective students through word of mouth (WOM).
Keeping goods moving in the wake of a disaster: a qualitative study of intermodal transport
Authors: L'Hermitte Cecile , Wotherspoon Liam , Mowll Richard 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThis paper examines what facilitates the swift reconfiguration of freight movements across transport modes in the wake of a major disaster.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research approach focussing on the New Zealand (NZ) domestic freight transport operations in the wake of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake is used with data collected through 19 interviews with 27 informants. The interviews are thematically analysed by using the framework method.FindingsThe paper provides rich and detailed descriptions of the ability of a freight transport system to recover from a disaster through rapid modal shifts. This paper identifies nine factors enabling modular transport operations and highlights the critical role of physical, digital, operational and inter-organisational interconnectivity in the aftermath of a disaster.Originality/valueAlthough the management of freight disruptions has become a prevalent topic not only in industry and policy-making circles, but also in the academic literature, qualitative research focussing on the ability of commercial freight systems to adapt and recover from a disaster through rapid modal shifts is limited. This qualitative study sheds light on the mechanisms underlying the continuity of freight operations in the wake of a disaster and provides a comprehensive understanding of modular transport operations and the ability of freight systems to keep goods moving.
Caught in a time warp: evidence from time use of Indian women
Authors: Sheikh Rayees Ahmad , Gaurav Sarthak , Mishra Trupti 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThe study aims to examine the patterns of time allocated to paid employment activities by women in India as well as change in time allocating pattern of women over the period 1998 to 2019. In doing so, it attempts to highlight gender-asymmetry of time use and heterogeneity in time use of women residing in urban and rural areas as well as variations in time use by marital status, motherhood and age.Design/methodology/approachUsing unit-level data from two available Time Use Surveys (TUS) namely the Pilot Survey TUS 1998 and first nationally representative TUS 2019, the authors use Tobit model to estimate determinants of women’s time in employment. To explain the change in time spent on paid work by women over the two decades, the authors use counterfactual quantile regression decomposition.FindingsThe gender asymmetry in time allocation is stark, with women spending one fifth time compared to men paid employment activities. Over the two decades of interest, women’s time spent on employment activities in a day has reduced by half from around 4 h to 2 h, largely driven by rural women’s time. Regression results suggest the emergence of a “U-shaped” relationship between time spent on paid work and education of women. The counterfactual decomposition results suggest that women are spending lesser time on employment activities in 2019 than in 1998 across the time distribution.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to a novel understanding of time use by women in a developing country by analysing the changes in time use over two decades as well as distributional sensitivity to observed characteristics. The study informs about the intensive margins of female employment by incorporating dynamics of socio-economic development.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-03-2022-0164.
Buzzword or fuzzword: an event study of the metaverse in the Chinese stock market
Authors: Xu Yingbo , Liu Wei , He Tong , Tsai Sang-Bing 
Published: February 2023

Purpose“Metaverse” has become a buzzword in the Chinese stock market. However, it remains unclear whether a firm's metaverse-related announcements will elicit positive stock market reactions. Whether and how stakeholder reactions are influenced by a firm's metaverse-related readiness also needs to be further explored. This study aims to discuss the aforementioned objective.Design/methodology/approachThe authors derived a set of factors based on readiness theory and business ecosystem literature and extend them into the context of the metaverse. The authors used a sample of 642 Chinese listed firms in 2021 to investigate the hypotheses through the event study.FindingsThe study’s findings show that metaverse coverage induces a positive stock market reaction, but it is subject to three moderating effects. The authors introduce the novel concepts of IT readiness, ecosystem readiness and digital infrastructure readiness as the moderators. Stakeholders perceive metaverse announcements as overhyped, and stock prices do not fluctuate significantly after a metaverse announcement when the listed firms are not ready to embrace the metaverse.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first that introduces the event study method into the metaverse research, and it reveals that different levels of readiness influence stakeholders' evaluations and reactions to corporate metaverse coverage. This provides empirical evidence on metaverse development in China from the stock market's perspective.
Top and middle management characteristics and internationalization speed
Authors: Hsu Wen-Tsung , Chen Hsiang-Lan 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThis study aims to bridge the gap between firms' internationalization speed research and the emerging study of the interface of a top management team (TMT) and a middle management team (MMT). Accordingly, this study examines the effect of TMT output function and the moderating effect of similarity between TMT and MMT in functional background and international experience on internationalization speed.Design/methodology/approachA two-way fixed-effects approach is used to analyze a dataset of 1,040 observations.FindingsThe results suggest that an output-oriented TMT tends to promote rapid internationalization and that MMT members who are similar with TMT members in functional backgrounds and international experience may be more inclined to support and facilitate internationalization speed advocated by TMT.Originality/valueThis study highlights the importance of demographic similarity between TMT and MMT in speeding up a firm's international expansion, thus advancing the notion that demographic similarity may align the perspectives and perceptions among multi-echelons, leading to consensus on strategy development.
The real unmet need: A multifactorial approach for identifying sensitized kidney candidates with low access to transplant
Authors: Maldonado Angela Q. , Bradbrook Keighly , Sjöholm Kristoffer , Kjellman Christian , Lee Joshua , Stewart Darren 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackgroundAt the start of 2020, the kidney waiting list consisted of 2526 candidates with a calculated panel reactive antibody (CPRA) of 99.9% or greater, a cohort demonstrated in published research to have meaningfully lower than average access to transplantation even under the revised kidney allocation system (KAS).MethodsThis was a retrospective analysis of US kidney registrations using data from the OPTN [Reference (https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/about‐data/)]. The period‐prevalent study cohort consisted of US kidney‐alone registrations who waited at least 1 day between April 1, 2016, when HLA DQ‐Alpha and DP‐Beta unacceptable antigen data became available in OPTN data collection, to December 31, 2019. Poisson rate regression was used to model deceased donor kidney transplant rates per active year waiting and using an offset term to account for differential at‐risk periods. Median time to transplant was estimated for each IRR group using the Kaplan–Meier method. Sensitivity analyses were included to address geographic variation in supply‐to‐demand ratios and differences in dialysis time or waiting time.ResultsIn this study, we found 1597 additional sensitized (CPRA 50–<99.9%) candidates with meaningfully lower than average access to transplant when simultaneously taking into account CPRA and other factors. In combination with CPRA, candidate blood type, Estimated Post‐Transplant Survival Score (EPTS), and presence of other antibody specificities beyond those in the current, 5‐locus CPRA were found to influence the likelihood of transplant.ConclusionIn total, this suggests approximately 4100 sensitized candidates are on the waiting list who represent a community of disadvantaged patients who may benefit from progressive therapies and interventions to facilitate incompatible transplantation. Though associated with higher risks, such interventions may nevertheless be more attractive than remaining on dialysis with the associated accumulation of mortality risk over time.
Heart failure treatment in patients with and without obesity with an ejection fraction below 50%
Authors: Aga Yaar S. , Radhoe Sumant P. , Aydin Dilan , Linssen G. C. M. , Rademaker Philip C. , Geerlings Peter R. , van Gent Marco W. F. , Aksoy Ismail , Oosterom Liane , Brunner‐La Rocca Hans‐Peter , van Dalen Bas M. , Brugts Jasper J. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess heart failure (HF) treatment in patients with and without obesity in a large contemporary real‐world Western European cohort.MethodsPatients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50% and available information on body mass index (BMI) were selected from the CHECK‐HF registry. The CHECK‐HF registry included chronic HF patients in the period between 2013 and 2016 in 34 Dutch outpatient clinics. Patients were divided into BMI categories. Differences in HF medical treatment were analysed, and multivariable logistic regression analysis (dichotomized as BMI <30 kg/m2 and ≥30 kg/m2) was performed.ResultsSeven thousand six hundred seventy‐one patients were included, 1284 (16.7%) had a BMI ≥30 kg/m2, and 618 (8.1%) had a BMI ≥35 kg/m2. Median BMI was 26.4 kg/m2. Patients with obesity were younger and had a higher rate of comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSAS). Prescription rates of guideline‐directed medical therapy (GDMT) increased significantly with BMI. The differences were most pronounced for mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) and diuretics. Patients with obesity more often received the guideline‐recommended target dose. In multivariable logistic regression, obesity was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of receiving ≥100% of the guideline‐recommended target dose of beta‐blockers (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.10–1.62), renin–angiotensin system (RAS)‐inhibitors (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.15–1.57) and MRAs (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.04–1.87).ConclusionsGuideline‐recommended HF drugs are more frequently prescribed and at a higher dose in patients with obesity as compared to HF patients without obesity.
Distinct skin microbiome modulation following different topical acne treatments in mild acne vulgaris patients: A randomized, investigator‐blinded exploratory study
Authors: Wongtada Chanidapa , Prombutara Pinidphon , Asawanonda Pravit , Noppakun Nopadon , Kumtornrut Chanat , Chatsuwan Tanittha 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe effects of topical non‐antibiotic acne treatment on skin microbiota have rarely been demonstrated. In the study, we randomized 45 mild acne vulgaris participants into three treatment groups, including a cream‐gel dermocosmetic containing Aqua Posae Filiformis, lipohydroxy acid, salicylic acid, linoleic acid, niacinamide and piroctone olamine (DC), retinoic acid 0.025% cream (VAA) and benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel (BP). At months 0, 1 and 3, skin specimens were swabbed from the cheek and forehead and sequenced by targeting V3‐V4 regions of the 16 S rRNA gene. QIIME2 was used to characterize bacterial communities. Acne severity, sebum level and tolerability were assessed concomitantly in each visit. We found that both VAA and BP could significantly reduce the bacterial diversity at month 1 (p‐value = 0.010 and 0.004 respectively), while no significant reduction was observed in DC group. The microbiota compositions also significantly altered for beta diversity in all treatments (all p‐value = 0.001). An increased Cutibacterium with decreased Staphylococcus relative abundance was observed at months 1 and 3 in DC group, while an opposite trend was demonstrated in VAA and BP groups. These findings suggest a potential impact of DC, VAA and BP on the diversity and composition profiles of the skin microbiota in mild acne participants.
Time to complain about pain: Children's self‐reported procedural pain in a randomised control trial of Hall and conventional stainless steel crown techniques
Authors: Boyd Dorothy H. , Foster Page Lyndie A. , Moffat Susan M. , Thomson W. Murray 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackgroundChildren's pain in dentistry has undesirable short‐ and long‐term consequences; therefore, less invasive treatments merit consideration.AimTo investigate procedural pain scores for two treatments for carious primary molars in New Zealand primary care.DesignThis study was a split‐mouth randomised control trial, with secondary outcome analysis. Children (4–8 years) with proximal carious lesions on matched primary molars had one tooth treated with the Hall technique (HT) and one treated with a conventional stainless steel crown (CT); treatment type and order of treatment were randomly allocated (allocation concealment). The Wong–Baker self‐report pain scale measured pretreatment dental pain, procedural pain at each treatment and post‐operative pain.ResultsData were analysed for 103 children: 49 children had the HT first and 54 children had the CT first. Procedural pain scores did not differ by treatment type, with 71.8% and 76.7% of children reporting low pain for the HT and the CT, respectively. Fewer children reported low procedural pain for the second treatment than the first (p = .047). Most children reported low procedural pain for both treatments (58.3%), although 41.7% experienced moderate–high procedural pain with at least one treatment.ConclusionsThe HT caused pain for as many children as the CT. There is an opportunity for better dental pain management in this setting.
Global prevalence of needle stick injuries among nurses: A comprehensive systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Abdelmalik Mohammed A. , Alhowaymel Fahad M. , Fadlalmola Hammad , Mohammaed Mohammaed O. , Abbakr Ibrahim , Alenezi Atallah , Mohammed Almoez M. , Abaoud Abdulaziz F. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackgroundNurses usually provide direct patient care. However, they account for the majority of healthcare workers (HCWs) injured by needles or other sharp objects.ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence of needle stick injuries (NSI) among nurses worldwide; according to WHO regions, the socioeconomic development index (SDI) of countries, and the developmental status of individual countries, and in the Middle East.DesignSystematic review and meta‐analysis.MethodsWe searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. We calculated the pooled NSI prevalence estimates using a random‐effect meta‐analysis with the Comprehensive Meta‐Analysis software. The report of the study was in accordance with the PRISMA 2020 statement.ResultsThe overall worldwide NSI prevalence pooled from our analysis was 40.97% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 31.29–50.63%, p = .00001). A subgroup analysis of NSI prevalence according to WHO regions revealed the highest prevalence in Southeast Asia (49.9%, 95% CI: [23.4–76.3%]) and the lowest in the United States of America (25.1%, 95% CI: [18.1–32.1%]), respectively. The pooled prevalence in developed and developing countries was 30.5% (95% CI: 27.3–33.8%) and 46.6% (95% CI: 33.7–59.5%), respectively. According to the SDI, NSI prevalence was highest in low‐middle SDI countries (48.9% [95% CI: 30.7–67.2%]).ConclusionOur results showed a high NSI prevalence among nurses worldwide. Developing countries had a significantly higher NSI prevalence than developed countries, especially low‐middle SDI countries.Relevance to Clinical PracticeThis study highlighted the prevalence of NSI risk among nurses practising in clinical settings worldwide. The study findings suggest that continuous training programs should be implemented for nurses to enhance their knowledge, performance and attitude toward NSI prevention in clinical settings.No Patient or Public ContributionContributions from patients or the public are irrelevant because the purpose of this study was to examine the global prevalence of NSIs in nurses.
Zero Matching Records Found: Enforced Disappearance in the Carceral Web Landscape
Authors: Loera Lilia 
Published: February 2023

AbstractIn 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officially launched its online locator system, an internet‐based public tool designed to assist attorneys, family members, and interested entities in locating detained individuals in ICE custody. In November 2019, Freedom For Immigrants (FFI), an immigrant rights organization, conducted surveys of individuals and organizations attempting to locate detainees and found 698 instances of migrants disappearing from the online locator system, with the search stating “zero matching records.” With this in mind, this essay explores technologies of invisibility of the carceral web through ethnographic observation and testimonies collected in immigration detention. I use the term “carceral web” by Susila Gurusami to refer to the spatial intersection between carceral institutions and digital technologies that unveil the entanglements and workings of the carceral edgelands. I argue that the ICE locator system, a public tool for migrant identification and placement, not only showcases state‐enforced disappearance but reveals a process of invisibilization and structural violence temporally and spatially at work.
Achieving net‐zero emissions targets: An analysis of long‐term scenarios using an integrated assessment model
Authors: Dafnomilis Ioannis , den Elzen Michel , van Vuuren Detlef P. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractMore than 100 countries have communicated or adopted new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and net‐zero target pledges. We investigate the impact on global, national, sectoral, and individual greenhouse gas emissions projections under different scenarios based on the announced NDCs and net‐zero pledges using the IMAGE integrated assessment model. Our results show that while the net‐zero pledges, if implemented, could be an important step forward, they are still not enough to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of well below 2°C and preferably 1.5°C by the end of the century. Still, our net‐zero scenarios project significant all‐sector decarbonization, in particular, electricity; however, certain sectors like industry and transport prove hard to completely abate.
Norm rigidity for arithmetic and profinite groups
Authors: Polterovich Leonid , Shalom Yehuda , Shem‐Tov Zvi 
Published: February 2023

AbstractLet be a commutative ring, and assume that every non‐trivial ideal of has finite index. We show that if has bounded elementary generation then every conjugation‐invariant norm on it is either discrete or precompact. If is any group satisfying this dichotomy, we say that has the dichotomy property. We relate the dichotomy property, as well as some natural variants of it, to other rigidity results in the theory of arithmetic and profinite groups such as the celebrated normal subgroup theorem of Margulis and the seminal work of Nikolov and Segal. As a consequence we derive constraints to the possible approximations of certain non‐residually finite central extensions of arithmetic groups, which we hope might have further applications in the study of sofic groups. In the last section we provide several open problems for further research.
Multidimensional time-lapse of a relict species Canarium strictum Roxb. from a sacred landscape in Pune District, India
Authors: Mahabaleshwarkar Mukul , Ghayal Nivedita , Mahabaleshwarkar Supriya , Ghate Vinaya 
Published: February 2023

The traditional practice of conservation on religious basis along with commercial linkages at a local level is an interesting system from the point of view of its ecological, economical as well as institutional sustainability. Dhoop-rahat, in the Western Ghats region of Bhor Taluka in Pune District, is possibly the only sacred grove dedicated to a religiously important species Canarium strictum Roxb. Dhoop (black dammar resin) is traditionally extracted from C. strictum. The present study attempts to assess Dhoop-rahat and its surrounding historic sacred landscape with focus on the rare C. strictum individuals in the backdrop of changes in the ecological, geographical, socio-cultural, and economical dimensions associated with it, over time. Field and market surveys were conducted and RS-GIS techniques were used in the study. Community conserved Dhoop-rahat sacred grove has two individuals of C. strictum along with seven endemic and one IUCN Red Listed species. Successful regeneration of C. strictum is not observed. Once commercially harvested from this location, this species is now used only for ritualistic purposes. The two individuals of C. strictum have endured the drastic changes in the surrounding vegetation. In the business-as-usual scenario, there is a high risk of losing the last two individuals of C. strictum in the region and eventually the grove itself. Newer approaches of conservation by combining community-based traditional ecological knowledge with modern day scientific methods should be applied for protection of this sacred landscape. Long-term periodic monitoring of sacred groves and their surrounding landscape is essential for ensuring their sustainable existence.