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Evolution ofShewanella oneidensisMR-1 in competition withCitrobacter freundii
Authors: Zhao Biyi , Chen Geng , Chen Wei , Xiao Yong 
Published: June 2023

AbstractInterspecific competition is one of the most important metabolic interactions within microbial communities, and exoelectrogenic bacteria that can conduct extracellular electron transfer act essential roles in nature and engineering systems for pollutants removal. In the present study we investigated the long-term impact of substrate competition from non-exoelectrogenicCitrobacter freundiiAn1 on exoelectrogenicShewanella oneidensisMR-1. Without additional electron acceptor or with electron acceptor of oxygen,C. freundiiAn1 typically suppressed the growth ofS. oneidensisMR-1. In contrast,S. oneidensisMR-1 grown better with electron acceptor of ferrihydrite by taking advantage of extracellular electron transfer. However, the presence of ferrihydrite did not enhance the ferrihydrite reduction ofS. oneidensisMR-1 after the 160 d-acclimation. The whole genome resequencing showed a complex evolution ofS. oneidensisMR-1 when the strain faced the competition fromC. freundiiAn1 for substrate.
MeasuringC. elegansAgeing Through Non-Invasive Monitoring of Movement across Large Populations
Authors: Zavagno Giulia , Raimundo Adelaide , Kirby Andy , Saunter Christopher , Weinkove David 
Published: June 2023

AbstractFinding new interventions that slow ageing and maintain human health is a huge challenge of our time. The nematodeCaenorhabditis elegans, offers a rapidin vivomethod to determine whether a compound extends its 2-3 week lifespan. However, the standardC. eleganslifespan assay is hard to scale for large screens. Lifespan analysis produces only one data point per animal with no information about health. Here we describe automated monitoring of movement from early to mid-adulthood as a healthspan-based alternative to measure ageing. Using our WormGazer™ technology, over 100 petri dishes containingC. elegansworms are imaged simultaneously and non-invasively by an array of cameras. This approach demonstrates that most functional decline inC. elegansoccurs during the first week of adulthood. We find 7 days of imaging is sufficient to measure the dose-dependent efficacy of sulfamethoxazole to slow ageing, compared to 40 days required for a parallel lifespan experiment. Understanding any negative consequences of interventions that slow ageing is important. We show that the long-lived mutantage-1(hx546)stays active for longer than the wild type but it moves slower in early adulthood. Thus, continuous analysis of movement can rapidly identify interventions that slow ageing while simultaneously revealing any negative effects on health.
Job insecurity as a mediator between fearing COVID-19 and turnover intention: empirical evidence during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Kakar Abdul Samad , Misron Aervina , Rauza  , Meyer Natanya , Durrani Dilawar Khan 
Published: June 2023

PurposeThe fear of COVID-19 has been identified as a significant predictor of adverse work-related outcomes. Grounded on conservation of resource theory, this study examines the impact of fear of COVID-19 on faculty members' job turnover intention (TI) and job insecurity, as well as the relationship between job insecurity and TI. Additionally, the authors investigate job insecurity as a potential mediating variable between the fear of COVID-19 and TI.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from faculty members (n = 226) working in Pakistan's public sector universities and analysed through PLS-SEM using SmartPLS software.FindingsThe results indicated that fear of COVID-19 was positively and significantly associated with both TI and job insecurity. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that job insecurity has a positive correlation with TI. In addition, the study's findings endorsed the mediating role of job insecurity between fear of COVID-19 and TI.Practical implicationsThe study highlights the importance of addressing the fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among faculty members, as they are significant predictors of TI. The findings suggest employers should prioritise providing a safe work environment and reducing uncertainty to retain their workforce during the pandemic.Originality/value This study adds to the literature as it conceptualises the indirect mechanism that links fear of COVID-19 to TI and job insecurity and provides practical implications that may reduce faculty members' TI.
The relationship between consumer personality traits and celebrity personality traits
Authors: Hussain Shahzeb , Khaneja Suyash , Pacholi Kinnari , Yousef Waleed , Kourtoubelides Michael 
Published: June 2023

Purpose
This study aims to examine the relationship between the personality dimensions of consumers and celebrities; the effect of celebrity personality on attitude towards the celebrity; and the effect of attitude towards the celebrity on purchase intention.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were gathered from 400 respondents in the North of England to explore the connections between five consumer personality dimensions (agreeableness, extroversion, openness, conscientiousness and neuroticism) and nine celebrity personality dimensions (neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, sincerity, excitement, stylishness and positivity) and were analysed using structural equation modelling.

Findings
The findings suggested that some dimensions of consumer personality, i.e. conscientiousness, extroversion and openness, were significantly related to all the celebrity personality dimensions. Moreover, all the celebrity personality dimensions had a significant effect on consumers’ attitude towards the celebrity; however, only neuroticism, extroversion, openness, sincerity and positivity significantly affected purchase intention. Finally, attitude towards the celebrity had a significant effect on purchase intention.

Originality/value
The study introduces a celebrity personality scale and explores a topic that has not previously been researched.
Herding behavior before and after COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the Vietnam stock market
Authors: Nguyen Yen Vy Bao , Vo An Hoang Kim 
Published: June 2023

PurposeThe priority of this study is to contribute to the literature by examining herding behavior at different periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, this study aims to investigate the herding behavior conditioned on market liquidity and information demand.Design/methodology/approachThis study investigates herding behavior in Vietnam's stock exchanges (Ha Noi Stock Exchange and Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange) on a sample of daily stock closing prices of 425 firms from 2018 to the first half of 2022.FindingsThe research confirms the existence of herding behavior not only for the whole but also during and post-COVID periods. These results are robust in both bull and bear markets, further confirming the influence of COVID-19 on herding in Vietnamese background. Moreover, when the authors condition exogenous factors for each period, the herding tendency is more evident at the medium market liquidity level than at high and low levels. Besides, the pandemic causes herding behavior of investors with low and medium information demand.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings imply some recommendations that facilitate investors, policymakers and researchers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the herding literature by examining herd behavior during the post-COVID period, suggesting the long-term impact of the health crisis. Furthermore, the research provides new evidence of herding behavior conditioned on market liquidity and information demand during different COVID sub-periods.
The influence of multitasking on creative work involvement: a conservation of resources perspective
Authors: Yang Jianfeng , Xie Peng , Ming Xiaodong 
Published: June 2023

PurposeBased on conservation of resources theory, this study explored the relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement through the mediation of emotional exhaustion, taking regulatory focus as a first-stage moderator.Design/methodology/approachBased on a three-wave and two-source survey among a sample of 418 employees and 116 leaders, this study conducted multilevel analyses to examine the conceptual model.FindingsThe results showed that multitasking was negatively associated with creative work involvement and that emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement. Furthermore, promotion focus and prevention focus moderated the relationship between multitasking and emotional exhaustion and the indirect relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement via emotional exhaustion.Practical implicationsOrganizations can promote creative work involvement through interventions that reduce employees' multitasking or emotional exhaustion. In addition, supervisors should be aware of the different responses to multitasking exhibited by employees with different regulatory focuses and could potentially assign multiple tasks to employees with either a high promotion focus or a low prevention focus.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on multitasking and creative work involvement by exploring whether and how multitasking is related to creative work involvement.
Nanohaloarchaea as beneficiaries of xylan degradation by haloarchaea
Authors: La Cono Violetta , Messina Enzo , Reva Oleg , Smedile Francesco , La Spada Gina , Crisafi Francesca , Marturano Laura , Miguez Noa , Ferrer Manuel , Selivanova Elena A. , Golyshina Olga V. , Golyshin Peter N. , Rohde Manfred , Krupovic Mart , Merkel Alexander Y. , Sorokin Dimitry Y. , Hallsworth John E. , Yakimov Michail M. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractClimate change, desertification, salinisation of soils and the changing hydrology of the Earth are creating or modifying microbial habitats at all scales including the oceans, saline groundwaters and brine lakes. In environments that are saline or hypersaline, the biodegradation of recalcitrant plant and animal polysaccharides can be inhibited by salt‐induced microbial stress and/or by limitation of the metabolic capabilities of halophilic microbes. We recently demonstrated that the chitinolytic haloarchaeon Halomicrobium can serve as the host for an ectosymbiont, nanohaloarchaeon ‘Candidatus Nanohalobium constans’. Here, we consider whether nanohaloarchaea can benefit from the haloarchaea‐mediated degradation of xylan, a major hemicellulose component of wood. Using samples of natural evaporitic brines and anthropogenic solar salterns, we describe genome‐inferred trophic relations in two extremely halophilic xylan‐degrading three‐member consortia. We succeeded in genome assembly and closure for all members of both xylan‐degrading cultures and elucidated the respective food chains within these consortia. We provide evidence that ectosymbiontic nanohaloarchaea is an active ecophysiological component of extremely halophilic xylan‐degrading communities (although by proxy) in hypersaline environments. In each consortium, nanohaloarchaea occur as ectosymbionts of Haloferax, which in turn act as scavenger of oligosaccharides produced by xylan‐hydrolysing Halorhabdus. We further obtained and characterised the nanohaloarchaea–host associations using microscopy, multi‐omics and cultivation approaches. The current study also doubled culturable nanohaloarchaeal symbionts and demonstrated that these enigmatic nano‐sized archaea can be readily isolated in binary co‐cultures using an appropriate enrichment strategy. We discuss the implications of xylan degradation by halophiles in biotechnology and for the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
The impact of fixation type for intertrochanteric femoral fracture on patient survival
Authors: Ramsay Niamh , Close Jacqueline C. T. , Harris Ian A. , Harvey Lara A. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackgroundIntramedullary (IM) nail fixation for intertrochanteric fractures is potentially associated with improved postoperative function but may have an increased mortality risk compared to sliding hip screw (SHS) fixation. This study investigated postoperative mortality risk between surgical fixation type for intertrochanteric fracture in patients aged 50 years and older using linked data from the Australian Hip Fracture Registry and National Death Index.MethodsDescriptive analysis and Kaplan–Meier survival curves performed unadjusted analysis of mortality and fixation type (short IM nail, long IM nail and SHS). Multilevel logistic regression (AMLR) and Cox modelling (CM) performed adjusted analysis of fixation type and mortality following surgery. Instrumental variable analysis (IVA) was conducted to minimize the effect of unknown confounders.ResultsThe 30‐day mortality was 7.1% for short IM, 7.8% for long IM and 7.8% for SHS fixation (P = 0.2). The AMLR demonstrated significant increase in 30‐day mortality risk for long IM nail compared to short IM nail (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.0–1.4, P < 0.05) but no significant difference for SHS fixation (OR = 1.1, 95% CI = 0.9–1.3, P = 0.5). No significant difference between groups and postoperative mortality was demonstrated by the CM at 30‐days nor 1‐year nor by the IVA at 30‐days.ConclusionDespite a significant increase in 30‐day mortality risk for long IM nail compared to short IM nail fixation in the adjusted analysis, this was not demonstrated in the CM nor IVA indicating the role of confounders influencing the regression findings. There was no significant association in 1‐year mortality between long IM nail and SHS compared to short IM nail fixation.
Contact allergy to corticosteroids: Is the European baseline series sufficient?
Authors: Svendsen Sebastian Vigand , Bindslev‐Jensen Carsten , Mortz Charlotte G. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackgroundPatients are consecutively screened for contact allergy to corticosteroids with budesonide and tixocortol‐21‐pivalate in the European baseline series. Centres using TRUE Test also include hydrocortisone‐17‐butyrate. A supplementary corticosteroid patch test series is used in case of suspicion of corticosteroid contact allergy or when a marker of corticosteroid contact allergy is positive.ObjectiveThe aims were to evaluate (1) the efficacy of corticosteroids in the TRUE Test and (2) co‐sensitization patterns.MethodsThis retrospective study analysed patients patch tested with TRUE Test corticosteroids plus supplementary corticosteroid series in the period 2006–2020 at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital.ResultsOf 1852 patients tested, 119 were sensitised to TRUE Test corticosteroids and supplementary testing found additional reactions to other corticosteroids in 19 of 119 patients. TRUE Test corticosteroids gave more positive and stronger reactions compared to allergens in petrolatum/ethanol. Fourteen percent of sensitised patients were co‐sensitised to multiple corticosteroid groups. Baeck group 3 corticosteroids accounted for 9 of 16 patients not identified by TRUE Test.ConclusionsBudesonide, hydrocortisone‐17‐butyrate, and tixocortol‐21‐pivalate in combination are sensitive corticosteroid markers. In case of clinical suspicion of corticosteroid contact allergy, patch testing with supplementary corticosteroids is highly recommended.
“State of happiness”? Petroreligion and petromelancholia in Norway
Authors: Grau Marion 
Published: June 2023

ABSTRACTThis article discusses the intersection between the symbol systems of petroculture and religion in development of the Norwegian oil age. The public TV series State of Happiness (2018‐now) dramatizes Norway's adventure with oil and gas, beginning in 1969. Drawing parallels to Darren Dochuk's work on the mutual construction of petroculture and American religion in Anointed with Oil, this essay argues that State of Happiness retells the story of Norway's adventure with oil framed by some in terms of salvation, as a blessing and as the arrival of a better, messianic age. The characters in the series negotiate their religious commitments with the enchantments of the emerging petroculture in the Stavanger region, engaging the themes of Advent, Christmas, Baptism, and Trinity.
Resting state electroencephalography power correlates with individual differences in implicit sequence learning
Authors: Lum Jarrad A. G. , Byrne Linda K. , Barhoun Pamela , Hyde Christian , Hill Aron T. , Enticott Peter G. , Clark Gillian M. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractNeuroimaging resting state paradigms have revealed synchronised oscillatory activity is present even in the absence of completing a task or mental operation. One function of this neural activity is likely to optimise the brain's sensitivity to forthcoming information that, in turn, likely promotes subsequent learning and memory outcomes. The current study investigated whether this extends to implicit forms of learning. A total of 85 healthy adults participated in the study. Resting state electroencephalography was first acquired from participants before they completed a serial reaction time task. On this task, participants implicitly learnt a visuospatial‐motor sequence. Permutation testing revealed a negative correlation between implicit sequence learning and resting state power in the upper theta band (6–7 Hz). That is, lower levels of resting state power in this frequency range were associated with superior levels of implicit sequence learning. This association was observed at midline‐frontal, right‐frontal and left‐posterior electrodes. Oscillatory activity in the upper theta band supports a range of top‐down processes including attention, inhibitory control and working memory, perhaps just for visuospatial information. Our results may be indicating that disengaging theta‐supported top‐down attentional processes improves implicit learning of visuospatial‐motor information that is embedded in sensory input. This may occur because the brain's sensitivity to this type of information is optimally achieved when learning is driven by bottom‐up processes. Moreover, the results of this study further demonstrate that resting state synchronised brain activity influences subsequent learning and memory.
Plant productivity response to inter‐ and intra‐symbiont diversity: Mechanisms, manifestations and meta‐analyses
Authors: Magnoli Susan M. , Bever James D. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractSymbiont diversity can have large effects on plant growth but the mechanisms generating this relationship remain opaque. We identify three potential mechanisms underlying symbiont diversity–plant productivity relationships: provisioning with complementary resources, differential impact of symbionts of varying quality and interference between symbionts. We connect these mechanisms to descriptive representations of plant responses to symbiont diversity, develop analytical tests differentiating these patterns and test them using meta‐analysis. We find generally positive symbiont diversity–plant productivity relationships, with relationship strength varying with symbiont type. Inoculation with symbionts from different guilds (e.g. mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia) yields strongly positive relationships, consistent with complementary benefits from functionally distinct symbionts. In contrast, inoculation with symbionts from the same guild yields weak relationships, with co‐inoculation not consistently generating greater growth than the best individual symbiont, consistent with sampling effects. The statistical approaches we outline, along with our conceptual framework, can be used to further explore plant productivity and community responses to symbiont diversity, and we identify critical needs for additional research to explore context dependency in these relationships.
Differential proteomic expression profiles in vulvar lichen planus as compared to normal vulvar tissue, vulvar lichen sclerosus, or oral lichen planus: An exploratory study
Authors: Xie Fangyi , Dasari Surendra , Deschaine Maria , Gleue Casey A. , Sartori‐Valinotti Julio C. , Torgerson Rochelle R. , Davis Mark D. P. , Charlesworth M. Cristine , Meves Alexander , Lehman Julia S. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractVulvar lichen planus (VLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease which adversely affects patients' quality of life. The pathogenesis of VLP is unknown although Th1 immune response has been implicated. We aimed to discover specific tissue‐based protein biomarkers in VLP compared to normal vulvar tissue (NVT), vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) and oral lichen planus (OLP). We used laser capture microdissection‐liquid chromatography‐ tandem mass spectrometry to assess protein expression in fixed lesional mucosal specimens from patients with VLP (n = 5). We then compared proteomic profiles against those of NVT (n = 4), VLS (n = 5), OLP (n = 6) and normal oral mucosa (n = 5), previously published by our group. IL16, PTPRC, PTPRCAP, TAP1 and ITGB2 and were significantly overexpressed in VLP compared to NVT. Ingenuity pathway analysis identified antigen presentation and integrin signalling pathways. Proteins overexpressed in both VLP versus NVT and OLP versus NOM included IL16, PTPRC, PTPRCAP, TAP1, HLA‐DPB1, HLA‐B and HLA‐DRA. This proteomic analysis revealed several overexpressed proteins in VLP that relate to Th1 autoimmunity, including IL16. Overlapping pathways, including those involving IFNγ and Th1 signalling, were observed between VLP, VLS, and OLP.
Effects of using a stress ball on anxiety and depression in patients undergoing hemodialysis: A prospective, balanced, single‐blind, crossover study
Authors: Ozen Nurten , Berse Soner , Tosun Betul 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIntroductionUse of a stress ball is a known t non‐pharmacological method to distract attention and to relieve stress and anxiety. The goal of our study was to evaluate the effect of stress ball use on anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients.MethodsThe study utilized a single‐blind, balanced crossover design. There were two sequential 4‐week intervention periods separated by a 4‐day washout period. During one intervention period stress ball use at home was encouraged while the other 4‐week “intervention” period served as a control. The order in which the two evaluation periods were applied was randomized for a given patient. Anxiety and depression were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale before and after each 4‐week intervention period.FindingsA total of 65 patients participated in this study. There were statistically significant reductions in both anxiety (p < 0.001) and depression (p < 0.001) during the stress ball intervention periods vs. no change during the control interventions. A delayed follow‐up evaluation showed that the anxiety level of patients remained reduced after 1 month of no longer using a stress ball.DiscussionThe use of a stress ball at home for 4 weeks significantly decreased anxiety and depression levels in our group of hemodialysis patients.