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Using consumer preference data in forecasting demand in apparel retailing
Authors: Sundararaman Banumathy , Ramalingam Neelakandan 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis study was carried out to analyze the importance of consumer preference data in forecasting demand in apparel retailing.MethodologyTo collect preference data, 729 hypothetical stock keeping units (SKU) were derived using a full factorial design, from a combination of six attributes and three levels each. From the hypothetical SKU's, 63 practical SKU's were selected for further analysis. Two hundred two responses were collected from a store intercept survey. Respondents' utility scores for all 63 SKUs were calculated using conjoint analysis. In estimating aggregate demand, to allow for consumer substitution and to make the SKU available when a consumer wishes to buy more than one item in the same SKU, top three highly preferred SKU's utility scores of each individual were selected and classified using a decision tree and was aggregated. A choice rule was modeled to include substitution; by applying this choice rule, aggregate demand was estimated.FindingsThe respondents' utility scores were calculated. The value of Kendall's tau is 0.88, the value of Pearson's R is 0.98 and internal predictive validity using Kendall's tau is 1.00, and this shows the high quality of data obtained. The proposed model was used to estimate the demand for 63 SKUs. The demand was estimated at 6.04 per cent for the SKU cotton, regular style, half sleeve, medium priced, private label. The proposed model for estimating demand using consumer preference data gave better estimates close to actual sales than expert opinion data. The Spearman's rank correlation between actual sales and consumer preference data is 0.338 and is significant at 5 per cent level. The Spearman's rank correlation between actual sales and expert opinion is −0.059, and there is no significant relation between expert opinion data and actual sales. Thus, consumer preference model proves to be better in estimating demand than expert opinion data.Research implicationsThere has been a considerable amount of work done in choice-based models. There is a lot of scope in working in deterministic models.Practical implicationThe proposed consumer preference-based demand estimation model can be beneficial to the apparel retailers in increasing their profit by reducing stock-out and overstocking situations. Though conjoint analysis is used in demand estimation in other industries, it is not used in apparel for demand estimations and can be greater use in its simplest form.Originality/valueThis research is the first one to model consumer preferences-based data to estimate demand in apparel. This research was practically tested in an apparel retail store. It is original.
PID and compliance control-based anti-sticking of drill rod in underground mining
Authors: Li Dongmin , Zhu Shiming , Xia Shangfei , Zhong Peisi , Fang Jiaqi , Dai Peng 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
During drilling in coal mines, sticking of drill rod (referred to as SDR in this work) is a potential threat to underground safety. However, no practical measures to deter SDR have been developed yet. The purpose of this study is to develop an anti-SDR strategy using proportional-integral-derivative (PID) and compliance control (PIDC). The proposed strategy is compatible with the drilling process currently used in underground coal mines using drill rigs. Therefore, this study aims to contribute to the PIDC strategy for solving SDR.

Design/methodology/approach
A hydraulic circuit to reduce SDR was built based on a load-independent flow distribution system, a PID controller was designed to control the inlet hydraulic pressure of the rotation motor and a typical compliance control approach was adopted to control the feed force and displacement. Moreover, the weight and optimal combination of the alternative admittance control parameters for the feed cylinder were obtained by adopting the orthogonal experiment approach. Furthermore, a fuzzy admittance control approach was proposed to control the feed displacement. Experiments were conducted to test the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Findings
The experimental results indicated that the PIDC strategy was appropriate and effective for controlling the rotation motor and feed cylinder; thus, the proposed method significantly reduces the SDR during drilling operations in underground coal mines.

Research limitations/implications
As the PIDC strategy solves the SDR problem in underground coal mines, it greatly improves the safety of coal mine operation and decreases the power cost. Consequently, it brings the considerable benefits of coal mine production and vast application prospects in other corresponding fields. Actual drilling conditions are difficult to accurately simulate in a laboratory; thus, for future work, drilling experiments can be conducted in actual underground coal mines.

Originality/value
The PIDC-based anti-SDR strategy proposed in this study satisfactorily controls the rotation motor and feed cylinder and facilitates the feed and rotation movements. Furthermore, the tangible novelty of this study results is that it improves the frequency response of the entire drilling system. The drilling process with PIDC decreased the occurrence of SDR by 50%; therefore, the anti-SDR strategy can significantly improve the safety and efficiency of underground coal mining.
Onboarding: just how important is it?
Authors: Bowers Brett S. , Thal Alfred E. , Elshaw John J. 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
Employee retention has become a greater challenge for organizations as today’s employees are more likely to voluntarily change organizations than previous generations. Therefore, this paper aims to examine organizational experiences and how new employees are integrated into their work environments – a process known as onboarding. Specifically, this research explores the relationship between the onboarding processes that new employees experience and their levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job embeddedness.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors administered a Web-based survey and tested three hypotheses. The survey was distributed to 170 new employees, with 54 participants responding. The onboarding construct consisted of self-developed questions based on Bauer’s Four Cs (compliance, clarification, culture and connection) model. The constructs for job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job embeddedness were obtained from the literature.

Findings
The authors found that a new employee’s onboarding experience plays a significant role in shaping three variables negatively correlated with turnover: job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job embeddedness. More specifically, job satisfaction appears to be more correlated with the concrete, well-defined aspects of the onboarding experience. Furthermore, the highest level of Bauer’s onboarding model, connection, showed significant correlation with nearly all components of organizational commitment and job embeddedness.

Originality/value
Organizational leaders may use these findings to develop a better understanding of the retention implications of the first few months of a new employee’s time in the organization and then implement strategies that boost onboarding effectiveness to help mitigate losses due to voluntary turnover.
Vibrio cyclitrophicus population‐specific biofilm formation and epibiotic growth on marine copepods
Authors: Nuttall Ryan A. , Moisander Pia H. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractVibrio spp. form a part of the microbiome of copepods—an abundant component of marine mesozooplankton. The biological mechanisms of the Vibrio‐copepod association are largely unknown. In this study we compared biofilm formation of V. cyclitrophicus isolated from copepods (L‐strains related to other particle‐associated strains) and closely related strains originating from seawater (S‐strains), and visualized and quantified their attachment and growth on copepods. The S‐ and L‐strains formed similar biofilms in the presence of complete sea salts, suggesting previously unknown biofilm mechanisms in the S‐strains. No biofilms formed if sodium chloride was present as the only salt but added calcium significantly enhanced biofilms in the L‐strains. GFP‐L‐strain cells attached to live copepods at higher numbers than the S‐strains, suggesting distinct mechanisms, potentially including calcium, support their colonization of copepods. The cells grew on live copepods after attachment, demonstrating that copepods sustain epibiotic V. cyclitrophicus growth in situ. The results demonstrate that in spite of their 99.1% average nucleotide identity, these V. cyclitrophicus strains have a differential capacity to colonize marine copepods. The introduced V. cyclitrophicus—A. tonsa model could be informative in future studies on Vibrio‐copepod association.
The incurable self: Negotiating social bonds and dis/connection with metastatic breast cancer
Authors: Lewis Sophie , Newton Giselle , Kenny Katherine , Boyle Frances 
Published: August 2023

AbstractAs the culture of silence that once surrounded cancer has gradually given way to greater public awareness, normative visions of what cancer survivorship should entail have proliferated. These visions emphasise positivity and perseverance in pursuit of cure. While these visions provide comfort to many, for people with metastatic cancer, the emphasis on cure can undermine their sense of belonging to the broader collective of people living with cancer. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with 38 Australian women living with metastatic breast cancer, we explore how incurable cancer inflects understandings of self and transforms interpersonal relationships. Extending ideas around biosociality and belonging, we explore the tenuousness of social bonds, revealing how (in)visibility, (in)authenticity and (in)validation circulate within the daily lives of women with metastatic breast cancer. We conceptualise accounts according to four social bonds: (1) threatened bonds where a relationship is strained by misunderstanding, (2) severed bonds where a relationship is ruptured due to misunderstanding, (3) attuned bonds whereby a relationship is based on shared identification and (4) flexible social bonds when a relationship is based on mutual understanding. More broadly, we illustrate the persistence of normative visions of cancer survivorship and their enduring effects on those whom such visions exclude.
How does spelling contribute to reading comprehension in Chinese beginning readers? Testing the mediating role of word reading fluency
Authors: Zhao Ying , Wu Xinchun , Li Liping 
Published: August 2023

BackgroundSpelling is a prevalent strategy to teach children to read. However, research on the mechanism underlying the contribution of spelling to reading comprehension in Chinese children is limited.MethodsThe primary aim of this study was to investigate the concurrent and longitudinal associations between spelling and reading comprehension and further test the mediating role of word reading fluency with 127 Chinese children (Mage = 76.01 months). Children were required to perform the tasks of nonverbal intelligence, expressive vocabulary, morphological awareness, phonological awareness, orthographic awareness, spelling, word reading fluency and reading comprehension at Grade 1. Then, reading comprehension was measured again 1 year later at Grade 2. The concurrent and longitudinal mediation models were fitted to the data by structural equation modelling.ResultsThe results showed that spelling was related to reading comprehension concurrently, and it predicted reading comprehension 1 year later while controlling for nonverbal intelligence, age, expressive vocabulary, metalinguistic awareness and the autoregressive effect of reading comprehension. Moreover, word reading fluency played mediating roles in the influence of spelling on reading comprehension in the concurrent and longitudinal models.ConclusionsThese findings provided evidence that spelling is an important factor of reading comprehension and shed light on the nature of this association, highlighting the role of word reading fluency in linking spelling and Chinese children's reading comprehension.
Identification of immune‐related genes from the transcriptome of the venom gland in Cotesia plutellae
Authors: Cha Wook Hyun , Na Young‐Eun , Lee Dae‐Weon 
Published: August 2023

AbstractCotesia plutellae, an endoparasitoid wasp is the natural enemy against the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Successful parasitization of C. plutellae requires maternal factors such as polydnavirus, venom proteins, and ovary proteins into the host, protecting their eggs from the host's immune system. To identify the immune‐related genes from the venom glands, we analyzed the transcriptome of venom glands via RNA‐seq. RNA‐seq analysis reveals that 39,207 transcripts were identified. Totally 106 immune‐related genes such as peptidoglycan‐recognition proteins, serpins, spätzles, phenoloxidase, defensin, and calreticulin, etc. were identified and classified into pathogen recognition, immune signal modulation, Toll pathway, IMD pathway, effectors, and other immune genes, depending on their biological functions. These results suggest that the transcriptome of the venom glands of C. plutellae can expand the understanding of insect immune response.
Intracranial granuloma in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis under rituximab maintenance: A case report
Authors: Ince Burak , Eroğlu Elif , Barburoğlu Mehmet , Yalçinkaya Yasemin , Artim‐Esen Bahar , Gül Ahmet , Inanç Murat 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBackgroundRituximab (RTX) is being used for both induction and maintenance of anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) ‐associated vasculitis. However, the efficacy of RTX for the granulomatous findings of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) has not been demonstrated as clearly as its vasculitic manifestations.Case summaryA 46‐year‐old man was diagnosed in 2019 with GPA with constitutional symptoms, bilateral mastoiditis, prostatic necrosis, nodules in both lungs, pauci‐immune necrotizing glomerulonephritis and high level of PR3‐ANCA. He reached clinical remission after induction with high‐dose corticosteroids and intravenous cyclophosphamide pulses at the 3rd month. Two months following the second cycle of RTX as maintenance, he developed multiple cranial mass lesions, and excisional biopsy revealed necrotizing vasculitis with granuloma formation. Remission was achieved with long‐term high‐dose corticosteroid therapy after surgical excision.ConclusionWe observed a relapse of GPA with intracranial granulomatous lesions in a patient under RTX maintenance. Limited efficacy of RTX should be considered for mainly granulomatous manifestations in patients with GPA.
Development and content validation of an NOC‐based instrument for measuring knowledge and self‐care behaviors in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: CoNOCiTHE
Authors: Ulloa Sabogal Iliana Milena , Romero Sánchez José Manuel , Paloma Castro Olga , Arias Rojas Mauricio 
Published: August 2023

AbstractPurposeThe aim of this study is to design and validate the content of an instrument based on the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) “Knowledge: disease process” and “Risk control: hypertension” to measure pregnant women's knowledge and self‐care behaviors about hypertensive disorders.MethodsThe study was carried out in three phases: (a) content validity of the indicators, (b) construction, and (c) content validity of the instrument.FindingsThe instrument contains 72 items with an average content validity ratio and representativeness of 0.92. The items that did not reach the established values were eliminated or reformulated according to the observations made by the experts.ConclusionsThis study provides the first instrument for perinatal maternal care designed from the NOC that has demonstrated adequate content validity and representativeness of the NOCs on which it is based. The next phase in the development of the instrument is to test its validity and reliability.Implications for nursing practiceCoNOCiTHE is a tool that can be useful in assessing pregnant women's knowledge and self‐care behaviors about hypertensive disorders, contributing to the documentation and quality of maternal perinatal nursing care.
White‐faced and Black‐faced ibises foraging on predictable anthropogenic food subsidies in Patagonia, Argentina
Authors: Frixione Martín G. , Lisnizer Nora , Yorio Pablo 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWaste associated with human activities can benefit opportunistic species at the individual and population levels but could also expose them to pathogens or toxins. We provide information on unreported foraging habits of White‐faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) and Black‐faced ibis (Theristicus melanopis) in the Chubut River Valley, an urban and agricultural landscape in eastern Patagonia, Argentina. Both species were recorded during monthly counts made between February and June 2021 at anthropogenic food sources along the lower river valley, although almost exclusively at those sites offering waste from livestock production. This is the first record of both species foraging at this type of food source of human origin. White‐faced and Black‐faced ibises were present in numbers that varied between 2 and 679 individuals and between 1 and 18 individuals, respectively, depending on the site and month. Both species were recorded walking over carcasses and viscera and probing into these remains or on the soft soil surrounding the ponds where liquids generated by rendering processes were disposed. Given the current growth in livestock production in the area, further monitoring and assessment at other months of the year are needed to adequately interpret the species trophic ecology and the potential conflicts with human populations.
Long‐acting glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists boost erectile function in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus complaining of erectile dysfunction: A retrospective cohort study
Authors: Lisco Giuseppe , Bartolomeo Nicola , De Tullio Anna , De Pergola Giovanni , Guastamacchia Edoardo , Jirillo Emilio , Piazzolla Giuseppina , Triggiani Vincenzo , Giagulli Vito Angelo 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIntroductionThe pharmacological management of erectile dysfunction (ED) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) is challenging as ED has a multifactorial etiology. The therapeutic potential of certain antihyperglycemic medications, such as glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1RAs), has yet to be entirely studied in this setting.Material and methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted on 108 outpatients (median age 60 [56, 65] years) with T2D complaining of ED. Data were extracted from a database referring to patients with a 1‐year follow‐up on stable treatment with metformin alone (n = 45) and GLP‐1RAs as an add‐on to metformin (n = 63). Erectile function was assessed by the 5‐item International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF5) at baseline and after 1 year of stable treatment . Values were compared between baseline (T0) and after 12 months of treatment (T12).ResultsED was confirmed in all at baseline, with an IIEF5 score range between 13 and 19 points. After 12 months of treatment, glucose management was better in patients treated with GLP‐1RAs plus metformin (HbA1c T0: 8.3 ± 0.2 vs. HbA1c T12: 7% ± 0.3%, p < 0.0001) than in those on metformin alone (HbA1c T0: 7 ± 0.5 vs. HbA1c T12: 7.3 ± 0.4, p = 0.0007). GLP‐1RAs plus metformin over metformin alone resulted in a significant weight loss (−5.82 ± 0.69 kg, p < 0.0001), reduction in waist circumference (−4.99 ± 0.6 cm, p < 0.0001), improvement in HbA1c (−0.56% ± 0.13%, p < 0.0001), and fasting plasma glucose (−25.54 ± 3.09 mg/dL, p < 0.0001), increase in total (+41.41 ± 6.11 ng/dL, p < 0.0001) and free (0.44 ± 0.09 ng/dL, p < 0.0001) testosterone levels, and gain in self‐reported erectile function (IIEF5 score: +2.26 ± 0.26, p < 0.0001). The gain in the IIEF5 score was more relevant in patients with higher baseline IIEF5 score (estimated coefficient: 0.16 ± 0.08, p = 0.045), those having carotid stenosis (0.50 ± 0.24, p = 0.045), and showing weight loss from baseline (−0.08 ± 0.03, p = 0.013). The leading determinant of the final IIEF5 score was a 1‐year treatment with GLP‐1RAs plus metformin over metformin alone (2.74 ± 0.53, p < 0.0001).DiscussionGLP‐1RAs plus metformin over metformin alone improved ED regardless of different background characteristics of patients and partially irrespective of therapeutic targets achieved after 12 months of treatment. GLP‐1RAs may have induced positive vasculature effects, resulting in improved erectile function in T2D.ConclusionDue to the retrospective nature of the study, a potential cause–effect relationship between the use of GLP‐1RAs plus metformin over metformin alone in improving ED cannot be verified and confirmed. Randomized clinical trials are needed to provide evidence supporting the use of GLP‐1RAs for treating ED in T2D.
Loitering with (research) intent: Remote ethnographies in the immigration tribunal
Authors: Hynes Jo 
Published: August 2023

AbstractCourt ethnographies have commonly relied on the physical presence of the ethnographers. This paper explores the opportunities and the challenges of conducting court ethnographies without this physical presence. Specifically, it examines what it means to conduct remote ethnographies of legal processes where neither the ethnographer nor the other hearing participants are physically co‐present. The sudden shift towards remote hearings in fieldwork conducted during the COVID‐19 pandemic presented an opportunity to compare in‐person and remote ethnographic methods. Through a case study of bail hearings in the immigration tribunal in the UK, this paper explores the value and challenges associated with conducting remote ethnographies and asks how they can help to shed light on the impact of absences in legal events.
Human ‘knockouts’ of CSF3 display severe congenital neutropenia
Authors: Khouj Ebtissal , Marafi Dana , Aljamal Bayan , Hajiya Anwar , Elshafie Reem M. , Hashem Mais O. , Abdulwahab Firdous , Jaafar Amal , Alshidi Tarfa , Aboelanine Ashraf H. , Awaji Ali , Alkuraya Fowzan S. 
Published: August 2023

SummaryColony‐stimulating factor 3 (CSF3) is a key factor in neutrophil production and function, and recombinant forms have been used clinically for decades to treat congenital and acquired neutropenia. Although biallelic inactivation of its receptor CSF3R is a well‐established cause of severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), no corresponding Mendelian disease has been ascribed to date to CSF3. Here, we describe three patients from two families each segregating a different biallelic inactivating variant in CSF3 with SCN. Complete deficiency of CSF3 as a result of nonsense‐mediated decay (NMD) could be demonstrated on RT‐PCR using skin fibroblasts‐derived RNA. The phenotype observed in this cohort mirrors that documented in mouse and zebrafish models of CSF3 deficiency. Our results suggest that CSF3 deficiency in humans causes a novel autosomal recessive form of SCN.