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The curious case of Facebook commerce: an analysis of the digital commerce management guide 2021
Authors: Bhuiyan Shehreen Amin , Abedin Minhazul 
Published: September 2023

PurposeThe very criticism of public policy being rigid and generalized on one hand, and insouciant and noncustomizable on the other has to be addressed to cope up with the comingled economic, social and environmental challenges. Policies that fail the litmus test of changing and challenging conditions will run the risk of not achieving their purpose and obstructing the ability of citizens, communities and businesses. This paper draws the case of Bangladesh to explore the principles of adaptive policies in the surfacing of the recently adopted Digital Commerce Management Guide 2021 under the National Digital Commerce Policy, 2020.Design/methodology/approachThis is a qualitative paper that is based on both primary and secondary data. While secondary data on the policy crafted a strong call for increased adaptiveness, primary data extracted from the interviews presented several lacking and loopholes from respondents’ firsthand experiences. Based on secondary content and primary data from consumers and business owners of the most-used social commerce platform (a form of digital commerce), Facebook commerce, hereto referred to as F-commerce, this paper discusses the possible characteristics of adaptive policy-making for more innovative, contextual, gender-inclusive, efficient and environmentally sustainable policies.FindingsThe paper points out some reform and adjustment scope for the recently introduced digital commerce policy to make it more adaptive to the present and upcoming policy context.Research limitations/implicationsIt must be mentioned that there is a dearth of research on digital commerce policy and the platform as a whole.Originality/valueHence, this paper offers a fresh perspective toward time befitting policy formulation in the digital commerce sector and set in motion the policy attention that this platform requires.
Auditing safety leadership: three railroad catastrophes
Authors: Craig Russell , Amernic Joel 
Published: September 2023

Purpose
This paper addresses leadership and strategy issues associated with the management of safety. The paper proposes that companies conduct an annual safety leadership audit involving collaboration between their external financial auditors and their internal operational safety experts.

Design/methodology/approach
Three possible questions auditors should address in such a safety leadership audit are highlighted. The railroad industry is drawn upon for empirical support, including by reference to recent major railroa0d crashes in the US, Greece, and India.

Findings
The paper highlights the potential benefits of conducting a safety leadership audit, including that it will help assess whether a leader’s claims regarding safety are verifiable and accord with the data reported in financial statements. Several matters of critical but under emphasized importance in good safety leadership are highlighted.

Originality/value
This paper explores the somewhat novel idea of using audit procedures and external financial auditors to address matters of safety strategy and leadership. The paper proposes that a leader’s claims in respect of safety should be assessed in terms of whether they encourage a climate of “psychological safety,” report meaningful safety indicators, and use a “vocabulary of safety leadership.”
Digital team coaching for workplace communication: longitudinal evaluation of recipients’ perceptions
Authors: Giusino Davide , De Angelis Marco , Kubík Rudolf , Axtell Carolyn , Pietrantoni Luca 
Published: September 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of a digital-based team coaching intervention aimed at improving team communication in the workplace through social network visualization. The study examined recipients’ perceptions of the intervention at two time points and assessed the temporal stability of various factors, including the intervention’s integrity, design, transferability, acceptance and the usability of the adopted visualization tool. The moderating role of digital usability was also evaluated.

Design/methodology/approach
Four team coaching sessions were delivered to 62 participants from seven teams across three departments within a large public health-care organization in Northern Italy. Perceptions of the intervention dimensions were collected after the second and fourth sessions.

Findings
Results indicated that, at both time points, recipients appreciated the intervention’s integrity and usability more than its design, transferability and acceptance. Furthermore, no significant changes in recipients’ perceptions were observed over time. The transferability of the intervention was significantly associated with its acceptance, but only when the usability of the digital tool was high.

Research limitations/implications
The study enriches existing literature on digital interventions in group communication by focusing on process dimensions like recipients’ perceptions of various aspects and the implementation process. Furthermore, the study underscores the potential of integrating specific techniques such as sociomapping and coaching within health-care organizations, encouraging more research and development in these areas.

Practical implications
The study emphasizes the critical role of usability and integrity in digital-based team coaching interventions, suggesting that high-quality, user-friendly tools not only lead to initial effectiveness but also sustain positive impacts over time, while also increasing transferability and acceptance.

Originality/value
The present study uniquely deploys a longitudinal approach to examine recipients’ perceptions of a digital-based intervention that combines social network visualization and team coaching to enhance team communication.
Norms and consumer behaviors in tourism: a systematic literature review
Authors: Wasaya Allah , Prentice Catherine , Hsiao Aaron 
Published: September 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to review norms and their relationship with consumer behavior in the tourism sector. The review aims to identify gaps in relation to various norms and their impact on the literature to provide future research recommendations.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review method was used to analyze norms in consumer behavior research within the context of tourism and hospitality. The review focused on the research context, conceptualizations, roles, measurements, theoretical backgrounds and the major findings.

Findings
The review reveals that the conceptualizations and dimensionality of norms in the existing studies are inconsistent, and most research in the tourism context only adopted the concept partially without capturing the totality of the concept. The theoretical gaps and measurement of norms were also identified for future research.

Research limitations/implications
This study contributes to a better understanding of the role of norms in shaping tourist behavior and can guide practitioners in developing effective marketing strategies. The findings suggest the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the concept of norms in tourism in relation to theoretical underpinnings, measurement and application. The recommendations provided in this study can guide future research on norms and tourist behavior.

Originality/value
Norms have been extensively discussed in the literature. This paper is the first to systematically review norms and their influence on consumer behavior in the tourism sector.
Asymmetric volatility transmission and hedging strategies among REIT, stock, and oil markets
Authors: Mensi Walid , Jiang Zhuhua , Vo Xuan Vinh , Yoon Seong‐Min 
Published: September 2023

AbstractHow do price fluctuations in the real estate investment trust (REIT) market relate to price fluctuations in other financial markets, such as the stock and commodity markets? In order to grasper this topic, we examine the transmission of shocks and volatility spillover among the REIT, stock, and oil markets using a trivariate asymmetric GARCH model with BEKK specification. The empirical results indicate that there exists shock transmission from REIT to the oil markets and from the stock market to both the oil and REIT markets. The results also show that the volatility of the REIT market is transmitted to both oil and stock markets. Conditional correlations among the volatility of these markets are dynamic and crisis‐sensitive. The correlations are positive between the volatility of stock and both REIT and oil markets. However, equity investors should be more interested in adding REIT assets to equity portfolios than oil futures to minimise risk, without reducing expected returns.
Genome‐wide DNA methylation sequencing reveals epigenetic features and potential biomarkers of Sjögren syndrome
Authors: Lu Ding‐qi , Yao Xin‐yi , Ren Ya‐ting , Zhang Kai‐yuan , Zhu Xin‐chao , Hong Tao , Yu Xue , Xie Zhi‐min , Chen Li‐ying , Wang Xin‐chang 
Published: September 2023

AbstractAimSjögren syndrome (SS) is a slowly progressive, inflammatory, autoimmune disease. The aim of this study was to construct the DNA methylation profiles of whole blood of SS patients and healthy controls (HC), and to explore the role of differentially methylated genes in the pathogenesis of the disease.MethodsWhole‐genome bisulfite sequencing was performed on three SS patients and four HC. The biological function of genes associated with differentially methylated regions (DMRs) was investigated using Gene Ontology functional analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis, using network‐based key driver analysis (KDA) to find KDA genes. In clinical samples of SS patients and controls, the expression levels of KDA genes were validated by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical analysis. Moreover, the diagnostic value of KDA genes for SS was confirmed using receiver operating characteristic curves.ResultsWe identified 322 DMRs, annotated as 162 associated genes. Six genes were selected via the number of networks of KDA genes. Differential expression of genes such as human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I, ADAR, and OAS2 was observed in patients' peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the minor salivary glands, which can be used as potential diagnostic biomarkers for SS.ConclusionClinical sample validation suggested that HLA class I, ADAR, and OAS2 might play a role in the development of SS. Our study shows epigenetic regulatory mechanisms and potential disease markers associated with SS, which in turn will enable us to identify new therapeutic targets.
Social cognitive theory to improve symptom appraisal and help‐seeking among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: A qualitative study
Authors: Xiang Ling , Yoon Sungwon , Low Andrea H. L. , Leung Ying Ying , Fong Warren , Lau Tang Ching , Koh Dow Rhoon , Thumboo Julian 
Published: September 2023

AbstractAimSocial cognitive theory (SCT) has been successfully employed to improve symptom appraisal and help‐seeking among patients with various conditions but is yet to be applied in the context of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs). This study aimed to explore the applicability of SCT in and possible approaches to improving symptom appraisal and help‐seeking of patients with ARDs, one of the key barriers to earlier diagnosis.MethodsSemi‐structured interviews were conducted with 33 ARD patients with a prolonged pre‐diagnosis interval (>3 months). We coded the transcripts deductively using SCT as the overarching framework and inductively for approaches identified from the interviews.ResultsAll six main concepts of SCT (behavioral capacity, expectations, self‐efficacy, observational learning, reinforcements, and reciprocal determinism) were observed in the three stages of symptom appraisal and help‐seeking (detection, interpretation, and response) of patients with ARDs. While many participants reported that they were able and confident to detect their symptoms, they lacked the behavioral capacity and self‐efficacy to interpret symptoms correctly, which resulted in delayed help‐seeking and diagnosis. Possible approaches to address this suggested by participants (such as education of the general population) could improve behavioral capacity and self‐efficacy in symptom interpretation and enhance expectations, observational learning, reinforcements, and reciprocal determinism in symptom response.ConclusionLack of behavioral capacity and self‐efficacy was observed in symptom interpretation of patients with ARDs, which resulted in delayed help‐seeking. Approaches could target the behavioral capacity and self‐efficacy for symptom interpretation to facilitate early help‐seeking and, in turn, earlier diagnosis among individuals with possible ARDs.
Pyrotinib plus antiangiogenic agents for HER2‐altered advanced non‐small cell lung cancer: A retrospective real‐world study
Authors: Yang Yaning , Yang Guangjian , Li Weihua , Hao Xuezhi , Zhang Shuyang , Ai Xin , Lei Siyu , Xu Haiyan , Wang Yan 
Published: September 2023

AbstractBackgroundAlthough some targeted therapies have been shown to be effective in treating HER2‐altered non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the survival demands have not yet been met due to the high cost and limited availability. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of pyrotinib plus antiangiogenic agents, including apatinib, anlotinib, and bevacizumab, in previously treated patients with HER2‐altered advanced NSCLC.MethodsIn this retrospective real‐world study, patients with HER2‐altered NSCLC who received pyrotinib plus antiangiogenic agents as a second‐ or later‐line treatment between November 2015 and January 2022 were reviewed. The objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), progression‐free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety profiles of patients were analyzed.ResultsA total of 107 patients were included in the analysis, of which 59 patients (55.1%) had received at least two lines of prior chemotherapy or tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Most of them (87.9%) were identified as harboring HER2 exon 20 insertions. At the data cutoff date (May 13, 2022), the ORR, DCR, median PFS, and median OS were 19.6% (21/107), 94.4% (101/107), 7.13 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.26–8.01), and 19.50 months (95% CI: 12.83–26.17), respectively. There was no difference in the PFS between patients receiving apatinib or anlotinib/bevacizumab (median PFS, 7.13 vs. 6.27 months, hazard ratio [HR] = 1.49, 95% CI: 0.87–2.54, p = 0.15). The most frequent grade 3 or higher treatment‐related adverse events was diarrhea (17.6%), followed by hypertension (11.0%) and nausea (3.3%). No treatment‐related death occurred.ConclusionIn this study, pyrotinib plus antiangiogenic agents demonstrated promising efficacy and were tolerable in HER2‐altered NSCLC patients.
euka: Robust tetrapodic and arthropodic taxa detection from modern and ancient environmental DNA using pangenomic reference graphs
Authors: Vogel Nicola Alexandra , Rubin Joshua Daniel , Swartz Mikkel , Vlieghe Juliette , Sackett Peter Wad , Pedersen Anders Gorm , Pedersen Mikkel Winther , Renaud Gabriel 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Ancient environmental DNA (aeDNA) is a crucial source of information for past environmental reconstruction. However, the computational analysis of aeDNA involves the inherited challenges of ancient DNA (aDNA) and the typical difficulties of eDNA samples, such as taxonomic identification and abundance estimation of identified taxonomic groups. Current methods for aeDNA fall into those that only perform mapping followed by taxonomic identification and those that purport to do abundance estimation. The former leaves abundance estimates to users, while methods for the latter are not designed for large metagenomic datasets and are often imprecise and challenging to use.

Here, we introduce euka, a tool designed for rapid and accurate characterisation of aeDNA samples. We use a taxonomy‐based pangenome graph of reference genomes for robustly assigning DNA sequences and use a maximum‐likelihood framework for abundance estimation. At the present time, our database is restricted to mitochondrial genomes of tetrapods and arthropods but can be expanded in future versions.

We find euka to outperform current taxonomic profiling tools and their abundance estimates. Crucially, we show that regardless of the filtering threshold set by existing methods, euka demonstrates higher accuracy. Furthermore, our approach is robust to sparse data, which is idiosyncratic of aeDNA, detecting a taxon with an average of 50 reads aligning. We also show that euka is consistent with competing tools on empirical samples.

euka's features are fine‐tuned to deal with the challenges of aeDNA, making it a simple‐to‐use, all‐in‐one tool. It is available on GitHub: https://github.com/grenaud/vgan. euka enables researchers to quickly assess and characterise their sample, thus allowing it to be used as a routine screening tool for aeDNA.
Environmental DNA‐based detection of pathogens in trade and captive settings: Best practices and validation for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Authors: Brunner Jesse L. , Yarber Christian M. , Pearhill Robert A. I. , Goldberg Caren S. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Detecting pathogens in the live animal trade is critical for tracking and preventing their movement, introduction and spillover into susceptible fauna. However, the scale of the live animal trade makes individually testing animals infeasible for all but the most economically important taxa. For instance, while the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), threatens amphibian, particularly caudate diversity, in Europe and the Americas, screening even a fraction of the millions of live amphibians imported into the United States, alone, is impractically laborious and expensive. A promising alternative to individual‐level sampling (e.g. swabbing the skin of salamanders) is to instead collect DNA from the animals' environment (e.g. housing container or water) which allows us to screen a whole group of animals at a time.

We used a series of experiments with Bsal‐spiked water and substrates and experimentally infected rough‐skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) to determine which methods yield the most Bsal environmental DNA (eDNA) and evaluate the capacity of these methods to detect Bsal‐infected animals in conditions found in captive settings and trade.

We found that filtering water housing infected animals for even an hour can consistently recover detectable levels of Bsal eDNA, that there is little evidence of Bsal eDNA being clumped in housing containers or swamped or inhibited by dirty housing containers, and that eDNA‐based methods achieves an equivalent or higher chance of detecting Bsal infections in a (virtual) population of co‐housed newts with fewer samples than individual swabs.

By sampling the genetic materials accumulated from a whole group of animals, eDNA‐based methods are a powerful means of detecting pathogens, such as Bsal, in shipments and captive populations. These methods bring routine pathogen surveillance into reach in many more contexts and can thus be an important tool in conservation and disease control.
Ultrastructural evidence of telocytes in the embryonic chick heart
Authors: Junatas Khan Lamanero , Couck Liesbeth , Tay Hanna , Sinowatz Fred , Van Den Broeck Wim 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThe cardiac telocyte (TC) is a novel interstitial cell type with a unique ultrastructure and great potential in therapy. The present study examined its presence in the heart of chicken embryos ageing 7–15 days old (Hamburger‐Hamilton [HH] stages 31–41) using transmission electron microscopy. TCs were identified across all stages in the atrial and ventricular myocardium, close to maturing cardiomyocytes, blood vessels and lymphatics. Early‐stage TCs have immature features resembling mesenchymal cells. Late‐stage TCs were distinct, possessing the cytoplasmic prolongations termed telopodes (Tps), which are very long and thin, usually 1–3 in number, and display a moniliform appearance and have an average thickness below 0.2 μm. TCs residing in the epicardium and endocardium were also detected. In the subepicardium near developing coronary vessels, they were localized in the cardiac stem cell niches, coexisting with cardiac stem cells and cardiomyocyte progenitors. Electron‐dense structures and the release of extracellular vesicles were observed between embryonic TCs and surrounding structures, suggesting roles in intercellular communication, cardiomyocyte differentiation and maturation, angiogenesis, and stem cell nursing and guidance.
An adaptationist model of selfhood: Examining the cross‐cultural measurement invariance of the scales of dual independence and interdependence
Authors: Suzuki Shinobu 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThis study revisits the concepts and measurement scales of Hashimoto and Yamagishi's (Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2016, 19, 286) adaptationist model of self‐construals, which provides a promising framework for intercultural and cross‐cultural research. Responding to a call for the establishment of measurement invariance of the scales across cultures, this study revised the scales and conducted a series of tests including tests of their dimensionality and measurement invariance across cultures. Additionally, this study examined construct and predictive validity of the revised scales across cultures. A total of 649 undergraduates from Japan and the United States were invited to respond to a survey designed for the purposes of the study. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the four‐factor model, which consists of dual interdependence (harmony seeking and rejection avoidance) and dual independence (distinctiveness of the self and self‐expression), fit the data better than alternative models across cultures. The invariance tests provided evidence to support partial configural, metric, and scalar invariance of the revised scales across cultures. The validity tests provided evidence to support construct and predictive validity of the revised scales across cultures. The results were discussed and the implications were offered.
Impact of social support on life satisfaction in older adults: Considering socioeconomic status as moderator
Authors: Park Soowon 
Published: September 2023

AbstractThis study examined the associations between changes in different types of social support and change in life satisfaction in retired older adults, and the moderating role of socioeconomic status (education and income). Data were extracted from a nationally representative sample of 2837 older adults taken from the survey of the 7th (2018) and 8th (2020) waves of the Korean Retirement and Income Study. The study employed regression analysis to explore the relationships between changes in three types of social support (emotional, informational, instrumental) and changes in life satisfaction. The results of the study indicate that the associations between changes in social support and life satisfaction differed by type of social support and participants' changes in income. Specifically, an increase in emotional social support positively related to an increase in life satisfaction, with a stronger association observed among older adults with decreased income compared to those with increased income. Meanwhile, changes in informational social support were positively related to changes in life satisfaction regardless of education or income level. Finally, changes in instrumental social support were not found to be significantly associated with changes in life satisfaction. This study highlights the importance of considering the types of social support that older adults have and need, as well as changes in their economic status, when seeking to understand their life satisfaction.