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Understanding consumer behaviour in evolving subscription markets – lessons from sports season tickets research
Authors: McDonald Heath , Dunn Steven , Schreyer Dominik , Sharp Byron 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThe purpose is to review literature on sports season ticket subscriptions to distil current knowledge and guide future research and practice.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review is conducted of research on sports season tickets, a long-established and innovative subscription category.FindingsIn-depth examination of 28 papers showed a focus on drivers of satisfaction, churn and renewal causes, and product utilisation rates. Subscription markets typically involve many “solely loyal” consumers, most purchasing one or two subscriptions in a category. From reduced barriers to entry and exit to “curated” subscriptions, subscription marketing is changing very quickly. Sports marketers build relationships with subscribers using behavioural data, tier benefits to distinguish between casual and subscribing customers, and create recall and scarcity around key aspects of subscription to combat churn and increase utilisation.Research limitations/implicationsScarce research on subscription marketing practices remains the primary limitation. Existing research suggests that strong connections between subscriber and organisation, heavy product utilisation and/or strong barriers to switching drive customer satisfaction and retention.Practical implicationsRapid expansion of subscription products should reduce “excess loyalty”, meaning that subscription models' main benefit will be limited to reoccurring revenue. Exceptions occur when consumers are heavily connected to the product or have little provider choice, so allocate their category buying exclusively. New subscription products face myriad challenges. Guidance on effective subscription marketing from sports marketing research and practice is outlined.Originality/valueBy combining research on market structure, marketing empirical generalisations and subscription marketing, this paper guides future research and practice.
Sound absorption performance of composite structures from a kind of lightweight ceramic foam with perforated plate
Authors: Liu P.S. , Song S. , Sun J.X. 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is mainly to know: (1) the sound absorption coefficient of porous composite structures constituted by a new kind of lightweight ceramic foam and perforated plate; (2) the availability of an equivalent porous material model, recently proposed by the present author, to these composite structures in sound absorption.Design/methodology/approachA kind of lightweight ceramic foam with bulk density of 0.38–0.56 g·cm-3 was produced by means of molding, drying and sintering. The effect of stainless steel perforated plate on sound absorption performance of the ceramic foam was investigated by means of JTZB absorption tester.FindingsThe results indicate that the sound absorption performance could be obviously changed by adding the stainless steel perforated plate in front of the porous samples and the air gap in back of the porous samples. Adding the perforated plate to the porous sample with a relatively large pore size, the sound absorption performance could be evidently improved for the composite structure. When the air gap is added to the composite structure, the first absorption peak shifts to the lower frequency, and the sound absorption coefficient could increase in the low frequency range.Originality/valueBased on the equivalent porous material model and the “perforated plate with air gap” model, the sound absorption performance of the composite structures can be simulated conveniently to a great extent by using Johnson-Champoux-Allard model.
Attachment, stress and interactional justice
Authors: Richards David A. , Albert Lumina S. , Schat Aaron C.H. 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how individuals' attachment dispositions relate to interactional justice perceptions, how work stressors moderate this association, and how together they associate with attitudes (satisfaction, turnover intention, commitment) and citizenship behaviors at work.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were used in an observed variable path analysis examining mediation by interactional justice and moderation by stressors on the associations between attachment dimensions and work outcomes.FindingsAttachment avoidance was negatively related to interactional justice perceptions and attachment anxiety was also negatively related to interactional justice perceptions, but only under conditions of higher work stressors. Interactional justice mediated the associations between attachment avoidance and work outcomes, and between the interaction of attachment anxiety and work stressors on work outcomes.Practical implicationsThese findings are particularly relevant to multiple aspects of HR practice, including performance feedback, managing stressors, building resilience, reward allocation and recognition, designing wellness programs and other aspects of human resource management.Originality/valueThis research goes beyond contextual predictors of justice perceptions and demonstrates that jointly considering attachment dimensions and work stressors uniquely contributes to understanding the formation of justice perceptions and their combined influence on work attitudes and behavior.
A bibliometric visualization of behavioral biases in investment decision-making
Authors: Dhingra Barkha , Yadav Mahender , Saini Mohit , Mittal Ruhee 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis to provide a comprehensive picture and identify future research directions to enrich the existing literature on behavioral biases.

Design/methodology/approach
The data set comprises 518 articles from the Web of Science database. Performance analysis is used to highlight the significant contributors (authors, institutions, countries and journals) and contributions (highly influential articles) in the field of behavioral biases. In addition, network analysis is used to delve into the conceptual and social structure of the research domain.

Findings
The current review has identified four major themes: “Influence of behavioral biases on investment decisions,” “Determinants of home bias,” “Impact of biases on stock market variables” and “Investors’ decision-making under uncertainty.” These themes reveal that a majority of studies have focused on equity markets, and research on other asset classes remains underexplored.

Research limitations/implications
This study extracted data from a single database (Web of Science) to ensure standardization of results. Consequently, future research could broaden the scope of the bibliometric review by incorporating multiple databases.

Originality/value
The novelty of this research is to provide valuable guidance by evaluating the existing literature and advancing the knowledge base on the conceptual and social structure of behavioral biases.
IT consulting leaders need to level-up in 2023 to meet the big challenges of the talent arms race
Authors: Mankertz Toby 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
With almost 95% of employers in the tech space experiencing a skills shortage, it is vital that IT consultants act now to futureproof their own skillsets to ensure they can provide business support services in the future. This paper aims to outline precisely how consulting businesses can overcome this industry challenge.

Design/methodology/approach
The author draws on his first-hand industry experience and third-party research to highlight how IT consultancy firms can futureproof operations and safeguard against major skills shortages.

Findings
During the course of research, three key industry challenges were uncovered and addressed. These provide the basis of the paper and focus on intelligent automation to transform operations, the reallocation of resources to support hybrid working and evergreen cloud automation supported by Managed Services Providers to mitigate against cybersecurity risk.

Practical implications
This paper aims to guide IT consulting businesses seeking to counteract industry challenges by ensuring a strong digital infrastructure. The desired outcome of this paper is to encourage businesses to take the necessary next steps to become digitally mature enough to bridge the skills divide.

Originality/value
This paper comes during a period when businesses are being negatively impacted by supply chain shortages and economic downturn, as well as skill shortages. It provides a digestible checklist of the support that comes from a strong digital backbone and how this will help IT consulting businesses address the future of work challenges today.
The learner's pathway to argumentation: an analysis of social studies inquiry design
Authors: Fitzgerald Jason 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to illuminate for social studies teachers and teacher educators the ways in which students' disciplinary writing is scaffolded within the context of the inquiry design model; trends in such scaffolding are called “the learner's pathway,” since it leads students to more abstract levels of historical argumentation. The author argues that engaging historical writing genres is a necessary component of historical thinking and that understanding the ways that teachers support students' historical writing capacities can help them to make more intentional choices when building inquiries.Design/methodology/approachTo study genre-related scaffolding across inquiries, this study draws on systemic functional linguistics (SFL)-based genre theory as an analytical structure and seventy-four history-focused secondary social studies inquiries to determine any patterns in the ways that teachers scaffold students' writing genres through an inquiry.FindingsFindings suggest that there is a learner's pathway that teachers use to develop students' argumentative writing capacities; however, there is also evidence to suggest that notetaking and source synthesis are not valued instructional products, limiting the potential impact of historical thinking work within the inquiry process.Practical implicationsThe existence of this learner's pathway has implications for the ways that teachers and preservice teachers can be professionally developed to leverage this pathway. Rather than the often-used methods of support students' generic writing capacities, professional development should focus on the ways social studies teachers can guide students to more abstract reasoning through their writing. This study's findings also have implications for the ways that social studies teachers assess students' summative arguments. Assessment practices should focus on the genre-features of “argument” rather than just the stages of the argumentative essay.Originality/valueThis piece is original because genre-based research is missing from much of the social studies education research. This study's findings present an additional paradigm through which social studies teachers and teacher leaders can explore the purposes of historical writing tasks and assessment.
Ultrasonic S‐wave indirectly detects the very narrow gap at contact of grains: Glass beads and Ottawa sands
Authors: Li Guangquan , Li Xiang , Wang Yuchao 
Published: August 2023

AbstractConsiderably different from sandstones, sands have point‐like contact of grains. In contrast, sandstones have cementation between grains, which has diminished the very narrow gap at contact of grains. In this paper, ultrasonic S‐wave in brine‐saturated glass beads and Ottawa sands is used to detect the very narrow space at contact of grains. The data of the dry beads/sands and brine are inputted into Biot theory to yield phase velocity of the saturated beads/sands. By fitting the theoretical velocity with the ultrasonic measurement, phase velocity, the quality factor and S‐wave permeability are determined as functions of frequency. The predicted ultrasonic quality factors appear to be very close to that of water‐saturated Berea sandstone. Our previous study showed that for Berea sandstone, the low‐frequency S‐wave permeability is approximately half of Darcy permeability. However, for glass beads and Ottawa sands, the S‐wave permeabilities at low frequencies are one‐order magnitude lower than Darcy permeabilities. This well shows that S‐wave permeability of the beads/sands is associated with the very narrow gap at contact of grains which is successfully detected by ultrasonic S‐wave in the indirect way.
The Power of Unintended Consequences: Strategic Naïvety, China and the End of the US Empire
Authors: Ogden Chris , Bhaskar Mark 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe decline of major global empires has frequently rested upon an act of strategic naïvety. Such an action or decision, although innocuous at the time, results many decades later in those empires collapsing. History is punctuated by examples of great powers that have misjudged the intentions of a rising power, leading to a highly adversarial relationship. Such unintended consequences can be seen in United States policy towards China, which has allowed Beijing to emerge as a clear competitor that is threatening to usurp US hegemony. This article considers these dynamics across seven major empires, dating from ancient Carthage circa 814 BC to modern day Pax Americana. By connecting the past to the present, we find that comparable acts of strategic naïvety by other empires are now increasingly evident in current US‐China relations, and which have often occurred for similar reasons.
Isolation, identification, and community diversity of microorganisms during tank fermentation of Liupao tea
Authors: Long Junyao , Yu Lian , Huang Li , Xia Ning , Teng Jianwen , Wei Baoyao 
Published: August 2023

AbstractTank fermentation is a novel approach to fermenting teas; however, the species of microorganisms present remain unclear. The microbial community composition of Liupao tea at various stages of tank fermentation was analyzed using high‐throughput sequencing. Sphingomonas, Aquabacterium, Pelomonas, Acinetobacter, Blastobotrys, Aspergillus, Debaryomyces, and Aureobasidium were the predominant genera, which is different from pile fermentation. Fifteen genera (including Lactobacillus, Debaryomyces, Candida, Allobaculum, Flavobacterium, Caulobacter, Blastobotrys, Aspergillus, and Rasamsonia) were identified as biomarkers. PICRUSt analysis predicted that the most abundant functional genes were related to metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, cofactors, vitamins, and other secondary metabolites. Using the pure culture method, 283 strains were isolated at various stages of fermentation, representing 20 genera and 29 species of bacteria, and 11 genera and 18 species of fungi. Most of the dominant Sphingomonas, Staphylococcus, Aspergillus, and Blastobotrys identified by sequencing were also isolated. Of these, Sphingomonas olei, Aspergillus luchuensis, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus aculeatus, Aspergillus amstelodami, Blastobotrys adeninivorans, Candida metapsilosis, and Candida blankii were beneficial strains that might be used to ferment Liupao tea. This study provides a basis for the development of processing technologies and utilization of microbial strains in the production of dark teas.Practical Application
Microbial diversity in tank-fermented Liupao tea was reported for the first time.
8 microorganisms were the predominant genera.
The species, functions and potential risks of microorganisms was revealed.
We clarified the differences between tank and pile fermentation.
Knowledge and the Picturesque: Encountering Syria in the Eighteenth Century
Authors: Tadié Alexis 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis essay looks at the West's engagement with Syria in the eighteenth century, through the writings of travellers and through the history of the publications they brought back from their travels. It argues that these publications provoked a rethinking of various tropes in the description of the Levant, helping to define attitudes to ruins as well as providing a model for thinking about the customs of the inhabitants of that part of the world. It shows the growing awareness for knowledge about the province. It looks in particular at the place of Palmyra through the writings of Wood and Volney and of Aleppo through the Natural History of Aleppo, written by the Russell brothers, who were both physicians and naturalists and who studied the effects of the plague in Aleppo.
Hybrid warfare and disinformation: A Ukraine war perspective
Authors: Dov Bachmann Sascha‐Dominik , Putter Dries , Duczynski Guy 
Published: August 2023

AbstractMisinformation, disinformation and mal information are part of the information disorder construct, dominating the information warfare domain. These are key enablers associated with grey zone operations, and an integral part of current adversaries' and competitors' hybrid warfare tool kit. Disinformation, in combination with influence operations, also plays an important role within the concept of hybrid warfare; both from a threat–and own resilience perspective. This article reflects on these information warfare tools and their application by Russia in the current Russo‐Ukraine war, offering potentially considerable force multipliers in the information domain for the Russian aggressor. Hybrid warfare and associated threats, specifically focusing on aspects of information warfare, disinformation, deception (typically within the context of political activity or warfare so commonly associated with Russian active measures) and as part of an adversary's grey zone operations approach are all discussed raising awareness towards building resilience by means of a comprehensive approach to counter such threats to national security.
Auditor judgment in the fourth industrial revolution
Authors: Samiolo Rita , Spence Crawford , Toh Dorothy 
Published: August 2023

AbstractDiscourse proclaiming the advent of a fourth industrial revolution predicts significant disruption to various work domains in the near future. Auditing is one of the domains where bold claims about the potential of technology are being made, with technology expected to augment auditors' judgments and, in time, possibly automate them. Drawing on 44 in‐depth interviews with auditors, regulators, and emergent artificial intelligence software providers, we question the prevailing narrative around technological change in auditing which suggests that ostensibly simple, low‐level technical tasks are areas where little judgment is at play and thus are ripe for automation. We show that significant elements of deliberation, sensemaking, and reflexivity, arguably critical for the socialization of early career auditors into the profession, may be lost when automating areas of work perceived as low value, leading us to question what it means to apply judgment in auditing. Conversely, higher‐level aspects of the audit process may be assisted by technology and augmented in different ways, yet new technological structures generate new areas of indeterminacy that pose new and yet unresolved demands on auditors' judgment. Overall, the paper shows how auditor habits are changing and highlights the risks posed by new technologies to the acquisition of practical knowledge by auditors.
Membrane phospholipid peroxidation promotes loss of dopaminergic neurons in psychological stress‐induced Parkinson's disease susceptibility
Authors: Lin Xiao‐Min , Pan Ming‐Hai , Sun Jie , Wang Meng , Huang Zi‐Han , Wang Guan , Wang Rong , Gong Hai‐Biao , Huang Rui‐Ting , Huang Feng , Sun Wan‐Yang , Liu Hai‐Zhi , Kurihara Hiroshi , Li Yi‐Fang , Duan Wen‐Jun , He Rong‐Rong 
Published: August 2023

AbstractParkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with α‐synuclein aggregation and dopaminergic neuron loss in the midbrain. There is evidence that psychological stress promotes PD progression by enhancing glucocorticoids‐related oxidative damage, however, the mechanisms involved are unknown. The present study demonstrated that plasma membrane phospholipid peroxides, as determined by phospholipidomics, triggered ferroptosis in dopaminergic neurons, which in turn contributed to stress exacerbated PD‐like motor disorder in mice overexpressing mutant human α‐synuclein. Using hormonomics, we identified that stress stimulated corticosteroid release and promoted 15‐lipoxygenase‐1 (ALOX15)‐mediated phospholipid peroxidation. ALOX15 was upregulated by α‐synuclein overexpression and acted as a fundamental risk factor in the development of chronic stress‐induced parkinsonism and neurodegeneration. Further, we demonstrated the mechanism by which corticosteroids activated the PKC pathway and induced phosphatidylethanolamine‐binding protein‐1 (PEBP1) to form a complex with ALOX15, thereby facilitating ALOX15 to locate on the plasma membrane phospholipids. A natural product isolated from herbs, leonurine, was screened with activities of inhibiting the ALOX15/PEBP1 interaction and thereby attenuating membrane phospholipid peroxidation. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that stress increases the susceptibility of PD by driving membrane lipid peroxidation of dopaminergic neurons and suggest the ALOX15/PEBP1 complex as a potential intervention target.
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with enhanced sensitivity to cellular lipopolysaccharide challenge
Authors: Burnette Elizabeth M. , Grodin Erica N. , Olmstead Richard , Ray Lara A. , Irwin Michael R. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBackgroundInflammation has been associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD). A novel method to characterize AUD‐related immune signaling involves probing Toll‐like receptor (TLR)‐4 stimulated monocyte production of intracellular cytokines (ICCs) via lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We evaluated relationships between AUD and ICC production at rest and after LPS stimulation.MethodsWe analyzed blood samples from 36 participants (AUD N = 14; Controls N = 22), collected across time, with ICC expression assessed at rest (i.e., unstimulated) and following stimulation with LPS (i.e., a total of 5 repeated unstimulated or stimulated measures/participant). Markers assessed included tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α), interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), TNF‐α and IL‐6 co‐expression, and interferon (IFN). For each marker, we constructed linear mixed models with AUD, LPS, and timepoint as fixed effects (BMI as covariate), allowing for random slope and intercept. AUD × LPS was included as an interaction.ResultsFor TLR4‐stimulated monocyte production of TNF‐α, there were effects of AUD (p < 0.01), LPS (p < 0.001), and AUD × LPS interaction (p < 0.05), indicating that individuals with AUD showed greater unstimulated‐ and stimulated monocyte expression of TNF‐α. Similarly, for TLR4‐stimulated monocyte co‐expression of TNF‐α and IL‐6, there were effects of AUD (p < 0.01), LPS (p < 0.001), and AUD × LPS interaction (p < 0.05). No AUD or LPS effects were found for IL‐6. Timepoint effects were observed on IL‐6 and TNF‐α/IL‐6 co‐expression (p < 0.001). Finally, for IFN there were also effects of AUD (p < 0.05), LPS (p < 0.001), and AUD × LPS (p < 0.001).ConclusionsIndividuals with AUD showed greater resting or unstimulated levels of intracellular monocyte expression of TNF‐α and IL‐6/TNF‐α co‐expression than controls. AUD was associated with increases in TLR4‐stimulated monocyte production of TNF‐α and co‐production of IL‐6 and TNF‐α. This is, to our knowledge, the first study to investigate relationships between AUD and monocyte production of proinflammatory cytokines, at rest and in response to TLR4 stimulation with LPS. The study extends previous findings on the roles of proinflammatory cytokines in AUD and serves as a critical proof of concept for the use of this method to probe neuroimmune mechanisms underlying AUD.