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Determinants of efficiency of non-bank financial institutions: an empirical evidence from Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman Mohammad Mizenur , Khaled Rahman Syed Mohammad , Ahmed Sakib 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of some internal features that influence the efficiency of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachThe study selected the top 15 Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)-listed NBFIs according to purposive sampling. The study period was from 2016 to 2020. Secondary data were collected from annual reports. The cost-to-income ratio was a dependent variable that was used as a proxy of operational efficiency. The ordinary least square regression technique was applied to measure the impact of firm-specific factors on efficiency.FindingsResults showed that number of employees, branch number, firm size and deposit ratio have a significant effect on efficiency at 5% level. The number of branches and employees showed a negative impact, whereas firm size and deposit ratio showed a positive effect on the firms' efficiency. The deposit ratio is negatively related because deposit interest expenses were more than offset by interest income generation through the conversion of deposits into loans.Practical implicationsThe study has practical and policy implications on NBFIs' managers, employees, shareholders, depositors, clients, regulatory authorities and government as efficiency enhancement would bring financial soundness.Originality/valueThis study shed light on some firm-specific factors that can be changed to increase operational efficiency or reduce the cost-to-income ratio. The novelty of the study is that it identified some significant associations between firm-specific factors and the operational efficiency of NBFIs.
Factors influencing change orders in oil and gas construction projects in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alkhalifah Sadeq J. , Tuffaha Firas M. , Al Hadidi Laith A. , Ghaithan Ahmad 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThe oil and gas construction projects in Saudi Arabia are commonly impacted by the frequent occurrence of change orders. Therefore, this study aims at determining the factors influencing change orders in the oil and gas construction projects in Saudi Arabia.Design/methodology/approachFirstly, the factors are extracted by examining the literature and further refined through experts' feedback. Twenty-one factors were identified in this manner. Thirdly, the factors are prioritized using a questionnaire survey. Responses from 162 professionals have been collected through surveys and ranked using the significance index. The correlation between factor rankings between classes is assessed using Spearman's correlation coefficient. Lastly, using principal component analysis, a change order-related factors conceptual model is developed.FindingsThe five most significant factors were identified and ranked in a general manner or per the category involved. Four main types were involved: project management team (PMT), consultants, contractors and clients. Moreover, a change order-related factors model is proposed. The factors are grouped under four main groups: project definition and planning factors, project stakeholder-related factors, project execution-related factors and project performance and control factors.Originality/valueDespite the vast factor-related literature in Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, there has never been a study that investigates the factors influencing change orders in oil and gas projects in Saudi Arabia before. This study not only identifies the change order-related factors but also proposes a model that captures the importance of these factors. This model can aid project professionals in mitigating the impact of the most critical factors encountered during the various phases of the project.
An automated BIM and system dynamics tool for assessing safety leading indicators in construction projects
Authors: Dadashi Haji Mostafa , Behnam Behrouz 
Published: February 2023

PurposeIt is a well-accepted note that to enhance safety performance in a project by preventing hazards, recognizing the safety leading indicators is of paramount importance.Design/methodology/approachIn this research, the relationship between safety leading indicators is determined, and their impacts on the project are assessed and visualized throughout the time of the project in a proactive manner. Construction and safety experts are first interviewed to determine the most important safety leading indicators of the construction industry, and then the relationships that may exist between them are identified. Furthermore, a system dynamics model is generated using the interviews and integrated with an add-on developed on the building information modeling (BIM) platform. Finally, the impacts of the safety leading indicators on the project are calculated based on their time of occurrence, impact time and effective radius.FindingsThe add-on generates a heat-map that visualizes the impacts of the safety leading indicators on the project through time. Moreover, to assess the effectiveness of the developed tool, a case study is conducted on a station located on a water transfer line. In order to validate the results of the tool, a survey is also conducted from the project's staff and experts in the field. Previous studies have so far focused on active safety leading indicators that may result in a particular hazard, and the importance of the effects that safety leading indicators have on another is not considered. This study considers their effects on each other in a real-time manner.Originality/valueUsing this tool project's stakeholders and staff can identify the hazards proactively; hence, they can make the required decisions in advance to reduce the impact of associated events. Moreover, two other potentially contributions of the presented work can be enumerated as: firstly, the findings provide a knowledge framework of active safety leading indicators and their interactions for construction safety researchers who can go on to further study safety management. Secondly, the proposed framework contributes to encouragement of time-based location-based preventive strategies on construction sites.
Numerical and experimental investigation of dynamic tube hydroforming to examine the prediction on it by genetic programming
Authors: Mohseni Arman , Rezapour Javad , Gohari Rad Sina , Rajabiehfard Reza 
Published: February 2023

PurposeThe process of hydroforming is defined as the formation of parts into the internal mold design using internal pressure. This process can extensively reduce parts and secondary operations, and adoption to the loading path is one of its most essential points. The purpose of this paper is to address these issues.Design/methodology/approachA dynamic loading path was taken into account in the current study, and a drop hammer was employed for this purpose, decreasing the time and requiring less number of systems.FindingsOne of the main observations of this research is that selecting side punches with a smaller central hole radius is proportional to the kinetic energy and the amount of fluid. Moreover, it can be effective in achieving the optimal loading path.Originality/valueIn addition to experiments for numerical analyses, the finite element simulation model was provided via Abaqus software in which the Eulerian–Lagrangian coupling method was utilized for evaluating the tube forming process through repeating the fluid flow formation because of the effect. Moreover, the genetic programming model was efficient for determining the most suitable input parameters regarding prediction for the minimum thickness which examined the efficiency of the process and presented a mathematical relationship.
Why switch? The role of customer variety-seeking and engagement in driving service switching intention
Authors: Menidjel Choukri , Hollebeek Linda D. , Urbonavicius Sigitas , Sigurdsson Valdimar 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
This study aims to examine the role of service customers’ variety-seeking and engagement in driving their service switching intention. The authors also explore the moderating role of customer relationship proneness in this association.

Design/methodology/approach
To test the hypotheses, the authors deployed a sample of 227 service customers, whose data was analyzed by using partial least squares structural equation modeling.

Findings
The findings show that customer engagement mediates the relationship of customer variety-seeking and their service switching intention, as hypothesized. Moreover, customer relationship proneness weakens the negative effect of engagement on customers’ service switching intention.

Originality/value
Though scholarly acumen of customer engagement is rapidly developing, little remains known regarding its theoretical interface with customer variety-seeking and switching intention. Addressing this gap, the authors test a model exploring the mediating role of customer engagement in the association of customer variety-seeking and switching intention, and the potentially moderating role of customer relationship proneness in the association of customer engagement and service switching intention.
Some long-term positive trends in youth detention in New South Wales (Australia)
Authors: Clancey Garner , Evans Jedidiah , Friedlander Leili 
Published: February 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to highlight some long-term positive trends in youth detention in New South Wales (NSW) (Australia).

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is based on a review of major inquiries into youth detention in NSW over the last 40 years and analysis of recently published youth custody statistics.

Findings
There have been a number of positive long-term trends in youth detention in NSW, including a significant reduction in the number of young people held in custody, including the number (as opposed to the proportion) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people; the total number of youth custody beds has fallen, and there has been a significant positive change in the physical accommodation provided to young people in youth detention, with new facilities replacing unsuitable former centres; and no young person has died in custody (though there was the tragic death of an assistant teaching instructor in 1999) since 1990. These significant positive long-term trends are often lost in the criticisms levelled at the youth justice system.

Originality/value
This paper highlights a series of positive developments that have generally received little or no attention in the extant literature. Australia, as with other jurisdictions, has had a series of damning reviews of youth detention in recent years. While the issues raised in these reviews and inquiries are important and should necessarily be addressed, it is equally important to acknowledge significant positive trends.
Sean Ansett and workers’ rights in a Tunisian leather goods factory
Authors: Wong Yim-Yu , Wang Lihua , Ungson Gerardo R. 
Published: February 2023

Research methodology
This case is based on an in-depth interview with Sean Ansett on March 6, 2020 in San Francisco. For a good reference book on the interview method in social science, please see Seidman (2019). Ansett is an alumnus of the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University. A follow-up interview was conducted on December 13, 2021, via Zoom. The case situations are factual, but the names of the luxury brand, the factory and the Tunisian social auditing firm were disguised. Selected video clips of the interviews are available upon request.

Case overview/synopsis
In 2010, Sean Ansett, a social auditor with more than 25 years of experience in promoting workers’ rights in the global supply chain, faced a momentous decision. He was hired by a luxury brand company to conduct a social audit of a Tunisian leather goods factory. During his visit to the factory, he observed the troubling signs of child labor and alarming health and safety concerns in the work environment. Should he report the factory’s situation to the local authority? What should he advise his client, the luxury brand company, to do? Ansett realized that this was not a cut-and-dried decision as reporting to the local authority may affect workers adversely if the factory was closed. This case highlights the ethical dilemmas of human rights in the global supply chain. It also raises critical questions for multinational firms regarding what constitutes an ethical brand and how to ensure effective code of conduct implementation.

Complexity academic level
This case can be used in undergraduate or graduate business courses or curated sessions and seminars related to corporate social responsibility, ethics and social auditing in supply chain management.
Sex differences in risk factors for end‐stage kidney disease and death in type 2 diabetes: A retrospective cohort study
Authors: Oshima Megumi , Iwata Yasunori , Toyama Tadashi , Kitajima Shinji , Hara Akinori , Sakai Norihiko , Shimizu Miho , Furuichi Kengo , Haneda Masakazu , Babazono Tetsuya , Yokoyama Hiroki , Iseki Kunitoshi , Araki Shinichi , Ninomiya Toshiharu , Hara Shigeko , Suzuki Yoshiki , Iwano Masayuki , Kusano Eiji , Moriya Tatsumi , Satoh Hiroaki , Nakamura Hiroyuki , Makino Hirofumi , Wada Takashi 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackgroundThis study investigated the sex differences in the risk of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD) and mortality, as well as the effect modification of sex on associated factors in patients with type 2 diabetes.MethodsThis multicenter observational cohort study included 4328 patients with type 2 diabetes. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of sex for ESKD and death were estimated using Cox proportional regression with adjustment for baseline covariates. For assessing risk modification, HRs and incidence rates for ESKD and death were compared between sexes across patient characteristics using Cox proportional and Poisson regression models.ResultsDuring a median follow‐up of 7 years, 276 patients (70% men) developed ESKD, and 241 patients (68% men) died. Men had higher risks of ESKD (HR 1.34; 95% CI 1.02–1.75; p = .034) and death (HR 1.64; 95% CI 1.24–2.16; p = .001) versus women after adjusting for multiple covariates. Among patients with microalbuminuria, men had a substantially higher risk of ESKD versus women, compared to those with normo‐ and macroalbuminuria (p for interaction .04). Incidence rates were also increased in men versus women with albuminuria of around 300 mg/g. No differences were detected in the association of sex and death across baseline patient subgroups.ConclusionsIn type 2 diabetes, men had an increased risk of ESKD and death versus women. Moderately increased albuminuria was strongly associated with sex difference in developing ESKD.
Telemental health in emergency care settings: A qualitative analysis of considerations for sustainability and spread
Authors: Roddy McKenzie K. , Chen Patricia , Jeffery Alvin D. , Gutierrez Jeydith , Rubenstein Melissa , Campbell Corey , Blake Eric , Ward Michael J. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractObjectivesFollowing rapid uptake of telehealth during the COVID‐19 pandemic, we examined barriers and facilitators for sustainability and spread of telemental health video (TMH‐V) as policies regarding precautions from the pandemic waned.MethodsWe conducted a qualitative study using semistructured interviews and observations guided by RE‐AIM. We asked four groups, local clinicians, facility leadership, Veterans, and external partners, about barriers and facilitators impacting patient willingness to engage in TMH‐V (reach), quality of care (effectiveness), barriers and facilitators impacting provider uptake (adoption), possible adaptations to TMH‐V (implementation), and possibilities for long‐term use of TMH‐V (maintenance). Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using framework analysis. We also observed TMH‐V encounters in one emergency department (ED) and one urgent care (UC) to understand how clinicians and Veterans engaged with the technology.ResultsWe conducted 35 interviews with ED/UC clinicians and staff (n = 10), clinical and facility leadership (n = 7), Veterans (n = 5), and external partners (n = 13), January–May 2022. We completed 10 observations. All interviewees were satisfied with the TMH‐V program, and interviewees highlighted increased comfort discussing difficult topics for Veterans (reach). Clinicians identified that TMH‐V allowed for cross‐coverage across sites as well as increased safety and flexibility for clinicians (adoption). Opportunities for improvement include alleviating technological burdens for on‐site staff, electronic health record (EHR) modifications to accurately capture workload and modality (telehealth vs. in‐person), and standardizing protocols to streamline communication between on‐site and remote clinical staff (implementation). Finally, interviewees encouraged its spread (maintenance) and thought there was great potential for service expansion.ConclusionsInterviewees expressed support for continuing TMH‐V locally and spread to other sites. Ensuring adequate infrastructure (e.g., EHR integration and technology support) and workforce capacity are key for successful spread. Given the shortage of mental health (MH) clinicians in rural settings, TMH‐V represents a promising intervention to increase the access to high‐quality emergency MH care.
Unpacking the relation between morphological awareness and reading comprehension in Chinese children
Authors: Wang Zhenliang , Xie Ruibo , Wu Xinchun , Xia Yue , Yu Yanling , Nguyen Thi Phuong , Cheng Zizhuo 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackground and AimsMorphological awareness is an essential ability for successful reading. This study aimed to explore the contribution of morphological awareness to reading comprehension (RC) in Chinese. Particularly, this study sought to determine whether the relation between morphological awareness and RC differs across various facets of morphological awareness (homophone awareness, homonym awareness, and compounding awareness), grades, or ability levels.Samples and MethodsA total of 148 Chinese students were evaluated on a battery of tests from third to sixth grade. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the unique roles of homophone, homonym, and compounding awareness on RC in different grades. Quantile regression analyses were conducted to investigate the more or less influences of facets of morphological awareness on RC across the ability range.ResultsA series of multiple and quantile regressions revealed that (1) compounding awareness rather than homophone awareness and homonym awareness, directly and uniquely explained the development of RC, (2) the effect of compounding awareness on RC increased with grade level, and (3) the contribution of compounding awareness to RC decreased as children move from poor to better readers.ConclusionsThe findings reveal a developmental shift in the relation between morphological awareness and RC, as well as clarify when and for whom to enhance which facet of morphological awareness is particularly important.
Hierarchies, classifications, cladograms and phylogeny
Authors: Brower Andrew V. Z. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractFigure 18 of Hennig's Phylogenetic Systematics (University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 1966) shows a phylogenetic tree (a generative hierarchy) and what appear to be nested sets (an inclusive hierarchy) that he stated were two representations of the same pattern of relationships. This essay questions whether this is correct or not, explores the meanings of different hierarchical patterns, reviews various interpretations of Hennig's figure, and discusses the conceptual path from systematic evidence to phylogenetic explanation. The crux of the argument is that systematic hierarchies as we know them scientifically are nested sets that group theoretical entities based on patterns of synapomorphy. The notions of phylogeny and common ancestry reflect this hierarchical pattern.
Global distribution and richness of terrestrial mammals in tidal marshes
Authors: Canepuccia Alejandro D. , Fanjul María Sol , Iribarne Oscar O. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAimUnderstanding the determinants of species distribution and richness is key to explaining global ecological patterns. We examined the current knowledge about terrestrial mammals in tidal marshes and evaluated whether species richness increased with the marsh surface area and/or with their proximity to the equator and whether species distribution ranges decreased with latitude.LocationGlobal.MethodsWe reviewed the existing literature on terrestrial mammals in tidal marshes. We examined their ecological characteristics (e.g. habitat specialists, native or alien), predicted their variation in species richness and range size along latitude, and explored factors, such as surface area, underlying the global patterns found.ResultsWe found 962 records, describing 125 mammalian species using tidal marshes worldwide, also including several alien species. Most species (95%) were not marsh specialized, and some (18%) were of conservation concern. There were information gaps in South America, Africa, Australia and Asia, and a lack of information about mammalian ecological roles worldwide. We found that species richness increased with surface area, and showed a bimodal pattern peaked between 40° and 50° latitude in each hemisphere. We found no relationship between latitude and species range size.Main conclusionsOur worldwide findings revealed a broader range of tidal marshes inhabited by terrestrial mammals, and higher values of species richness than previously reported. The bimodal pattern of species richness was consistent with the species–area hypothesis, but it also suggested that further studies of species distribution in relation to historical and environmental factors will yield significant insights about variables driving richness in tidal marshes. Despite terrestrial mammal ubiquitous distribution in these ecosystems, there are considerable geographic gaps as regards knowledge about their functional importance and the impact of alien species on tidal marsh functioning. Consequently, extending our research efforts is key to planning the conservation of these coastal ecosystems.