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DNA Nanostructure-Guided Assembly of Proteins into Programmable Shapes
Authors: Lu Qinyi , Xu Yang , Poppleton Erik , Zhou Kun , Sulc Petr , Stephanopoulos Nicholas , Ke Yonggang 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe development of methods to synthesize protein oligomers with precisely controlled number and configuration of components will enable artificial protein complexes and nanostructures with diverse biological and medical applications. Using DNA hybridization to link protein-DNA conjugates provides for a programmability that can be difficult to achieve with other methods, such as engineering multiple orthogonal protein-protein interfaces. However, it is still difficult to construct well-defined protein assemblies, and the challenge is magnified if only a single type of building block is used. To overcome this hurdle, we use a DNA origami as an “assembler” to guide the linking of protein-DNA conjugates using a series of oligonucleotide hybridization and displacement operations. We constructed several isomeric protein nanostructures on a DNA origami platform by using a C3-symmetric building block comprised of a protein trimer modified with DNA handles. By changing the number of protein-DNA building blocks attached to the origami, and the sequence of the linking and displacement strands added, we were able to produce dimers, two types of trimer structures, and three types of tetramer assemblies. Our approach expands the scope for the precise design and assembly of protein-based nanostructures, and will enable the formulation of functional protein complexes with stoichiometric and geometric control.
Accountability for responsibility: a case study of a more intelligent enactment of accountability
Authors: Helle Grete , Roberts John 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how hierarchical accountability can be enacted and accounting control systems mobilized in a way that promotes a sense of felt responsibility.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on interviews, shadowing and observations to explore the implementation of a strategy for “increasing accountability” in a Norwegian Oil Company. The case provided an opportunity to explore the dynamics of hierarchical accountability and felt responsibility, and in particular Roberts (2009) concept of “intelligent accountability”, in an empirical context.FindingsThe case study explores how the strategy of increasing accountability at OilCo was enacted around three operational issues; the control of costs, roles and relationships in the complex matrix structure, and the operation of the management system. It traces how the long history of Beyond Budgeting practices and philosophy in OilCo resulted both in an explicit recognition of the incompleteness of accounting numbers, and trust-based practices which avoided many of the dysfunctional individual and organizational effects typically associated with the exercise of hierarchical control.Originality/valueThe paper explores empirically how OilCo’s embrace of Beyond Budgeting practices and philosophy had created the conditions under which a more intelligent form of accountability could emerge. As a European case study, it calls into question the Anglo-American tradition of accounting research which suggests that externally imposed accountability within a hierarchy mitigates against employees’ felt responsibility.
Faculty members’ perceptions of internationalization of curriculum: globalization and localization, a comparative study
Authors: Zahid Gulnaz , Neary Siobhan 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis study explores faculty members’ (FMs’) perceptions of the internationalization of curriculum (IoC) at the undergraduate level through the collection of data from two countries: Pakistan and the UK. The similarities and differences in internationalization strategies were explored. Historical and existing educational ties between the two contexts and an equally emerging focus on internationalization at home (IaH) provided a major cornerstone for this study.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative data were collected from two universities using a cross-sectional and comparative research design by employing a reliable and valid scale with three subscales: curriculum embedded in labor market information, curriculum embedded in employability skills and curriculum embedded in global citizenship (CGC). A comparison between the perceptions of these two universities, by taking perceptions of FMs across their disciplines, and experienced and less experienced FMs was made.FindingsThe findings indicate a global influence on the local context for IaH and the importance of experienced FM. Various disciplines in these universities are congruent with respect to these three subscales, except for one, the CGC for engineering and design. The findings reveal the global influences on the local contexts in the internationalization of curriculum and the relevance of experienced FMs in terms of curriculum and labor market experiences rather than years of service. The findings examine the importance of IaH in both contexts. Since the study was quantitative in nature, an in-depth understanding of FMs’ experiences could not be obtained.Practical implicationsGlobalization and intercultural ties have led to IaH, as intercultural ties and connections seem to contribute to IoC. Context- and discipline-related differences provide implications for IoC, considering sociocultural and institutional factors.Originality/valueThis study provides a new perspective to help understand the influence of globalization on internationalizing higher education.
Effect of electromagnetic stirring on the transient flow, solidification and inclusion movements in the continuous casting slab mold
Authors: Kumar Rajneesh , Jha Pradeep Kumar 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore how a time-varying electromagnetic stirring (EMS) affects the fluid flow and solidification behavior in a slab caster continuous casting mold. Further, the study of inclusion movements in the mold is carried out under the effect of a time-varying electromagnetic field.

Design/methodology/approach
A three-dimensional coupled numerical model of solidification and magnetohydrodynamics has been developed for slab caster mold to investigate the inclusions transport by discrete phase model with the use of user-defined functions. Enthalpy porosity and the Lagrangian approach are applied to analyze the behavior of solidification and inclusion.

Findings
The study shows that the magnetic field density distribution has a radial symmetry in relation to the stirrer’s center. As the EMS current intensity increases, the strength of the lower recirculation zone gradually decreases and nearly disappears at higher intensities. Additionally, the area of localized remelting zone expands in the solidification front with rising current intensity. The morphology of inclusions and EMS current intensity have a significant impact on the behavior and movement of inclusions within the molten steel.

Practical implications
By using the model, one can optimize the EMS parameter to enhance the quality of steel casting through the elimination of impurities and by improving the microstructure of cast that mainly depend on solidification and flow patterns of molten steel.

Originality/value
Until now, the use of time-varying EMS in the slab caster mold to study solidification and inclusion behavior has not been explored.
The trend of Japanese pop culture and its differentiating approach through event tourism
Authors: Severino Filipe Segurado , Silva Francisco 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis study focuses on analysing Japanese pop culture events to determine whether they may be useful marketing tools for a location with a distinctive culture from where they are organized. It also examines how the popular culture events differ from other events and what impacts they have on these destinations.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-method approach is used to analyse data from a questionnaire provided to 364 participants from these events and seven semi-structured interviews with event organizers or their representatives from events on this topic in Portugal, France, Spain, Denmark and North America.FindingsAccording to the research, these events are regarded as unique and unusual from the perspective of the customer due to the variety of activities they offer, the use of imagination they inspire and the engaged fan participation. These occasions have been found to strengthen and propagate Japanese popular culture outside of its place of origin and arouse interest in it.Originality/valueSeveral studies have examined the appeal of Japanese pop culture, but few have investigated the impact of events to enhance the destination's image where they are held, as well as their potential outside of Japan. With already over a hundred official events of this theme held annually, with a sizable number of participants, a study of this paradigm exposes its potential for promoting a culture that is growing in popularity outside of its place of origin and understanding the effects it has on these various regions.
Exploring job preferences of business and economics students from Colombia, Ecuador and Spain: a discrete choice experiment
Authors: Morejón Cabrera Gabriela , Mariel Petr 
Published: August 2023

Purpose This study analyses the future job characteristics that are preferred by economics and business administration students in three specific regions of Spain, Colombia and Ecuador, and estimates their willingness to accept each.Design/methodology/approach A discrete choice experiment (DCE) is carried out in these three regions. The econometric approach is based on the Random Parameter Logit model, which accounts for both the observed and unobserved heterogeneity by the use of socio-demographic variables and correlated random parameters.Findings The main conclusions indicate that the most important job characteristic for students in all three countries is the long-term career prospects at the company, while a permanent contract is one of the least important job attributes. Regarding the more specific conclusions related to each country, the Ecuadorian students seem to have a higher preference for training opportunities, given the strong relationship between the level of education and the job category. The Spanish students seem to value their commuting time more highly than the South American students.Originality/value To authors’ best knowledge, this is the first DCE-based study of economics and business administration students’ preferences for future jobs that has been conducted simultaneously in three countries on two different continents. Furthermore, this study presents fresh cross-country data that allow authors to compare student choices between South American and European countries. As a result, by focusing on the DCE approach, this study estimated the monetary amount that students from each country are willing to accept for each of the analysed job characteristics. Thus, this research fills a vacuum in the literature on student job preferences between three Latin speaking countries.
The paradox of supplier development in technology-based luxury supply chains
Authors: Barbieri Paolo , Dattée Brice , Mahapatra Santosh K. 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how collaborative supplier development (SD) activities, supplier capabilities and buyer–supplier relationship interrelate in technology-based, luxury product business contexts characterized by small volumes, difficult targets and resource constraints relative to those targets.Design/methodology/approachUsing inductive case research method, the authors investigate multiple embedded cases involving six dyadic buyer–supplier relationships of two luxury product manufacturers in the motorcycle and automotive industries. Each dyad represents an important sub-system for which the buying firm committed significant SD efforts to help the supplier successfully achieve difficult targets.FindingsThe analysis reveals how paradoxical tensions might emerge as the firms engage in successful SD activities, which could lead to decreasing relationship commitment ultimately resulting in the termination of the relationship. The authors utilize the “value co-creation and value capture” paradox framework to understand the SD and relationship dynamic and characterize it as developing-leveraging paradox to explain its dualities, i.e. commitment-based SD efforts (increasing value co-creation), and unilateral leveraging of the newly acquired capabilities (increasing value capture) by both the buyer and the supplier. Overemphasis on value capture by one of the exchange partners spurs a detrimental vicious cycle leading to the decline of the relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe study explains the paradoxical dynamics that may emerge in SD activities of innovative, technologically complex, luxury product firms. The findings contribute to the SD literature by highlighting how learnings from SD activities could contribute to the dark sides of buyer–supplier relationship. The technologically complex, luxury product contextual characteristics of the study may limit the generalizability of the study findings.Originality/valueThe study provides novel insights into the emergence and management of paradoxes in buyer–supplier relationships, in terms of virtuous and vicious dynamics of developing-leveraging.
Pay-for-performance in healthcare provision: the role of discretion in policy implementation in Turkey
Authors: Aktas Puren , Hammond Jonathan , Richardson Liz 
Published: August 2023

PurposeNew Public Management-informed pay-for-performance policies are common in public sectors internationally but can be controversial with delivery agents. More attention is needed on contingent forms of bottom-up implementation of challenging policies, in emerging market economies, for professionals who face tensions between policies and their codes of practice. Street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) mediate policy implementation through discretionary practices; health professionals have enhanced space for discretion based on autonomy derived from professional status. The authors explore policy implementation, adaptation and resistance by physicians, focusing on payments for health workers in Turkey.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 12 physicians in Turkish hospitals and thematic analysis of interview transcripts, using a blended (deductive and inductive) approach.FindingsThe policy fostered discretionary behaviours such as cherry-picking (high volume, low risk procedures) and pro-social rule-breaking (e.g. “upcoding”), highlighting clinical autonomy to navigate within policy restrictions. Respondents described damage to relationships with patients and colleagues, and dissonance between professional practice and perverse policy incentives, sometimes leading to disengagement from clinical work. Policymakers were perceived to be detached from the realities experienced by SLBs. Tensions between the policy and professional values risked alienating physicians.Research limitations/implicationsThis study utilises participant self-reported perceptions of discretionary behaviours. Further work may adopt alternative methods to explore the relationship between self-reporting and observed practice.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to research on differentiated, contingent roles of groups with high scope for discretion in bottom-up implementation, pointing to the potential for policy-professional role conflicts between top-down P4P policies, and the values and codes of practice of professional SLBs.
Comparative analysis of responses to COVID-19 in UNESCO Landscapes and World Heritage sites from Southern Europe and America
Authors: López-Urbaneja Aida , Escribano-Ruiz Sergio , Cortés-Avizanda Ainara , Gutierrez Ilabaca Álvaro , Aramburu Lasa Juan José , Garai Lopez Mikel , Castro Ortiz de Pinedo Kepa , García Porras Alberto , Azkarate Garai-Olaun Agustin 
Published: August 2023

PurposeDue to the global COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO Landscapes and World Heritage sites have faced unstable situations. Both at the sites themselves and in the research centres, universities and even the homes of the people involved, they have acted and responded to the best of their ability. In this context, the aim of the comparative analysis of different cases carried out here is to understand the main effects of the pandemic in the short term. On the one hand, the purpose is to determine what the general response trends have been and, on the other, to measure the resilience capacity in each case.Design/methodology/approachUp to eight cases studies representing different and diverse kinds of Heritage and Protected Natural sites from Southern Europe and America are compared.FindingsIn a context of uncertainty, new responses, unique opportunities and hitherto unseen weaknesses have arisen in research and management of natural and cultural heritage. In general terms, the dialogue between officials, technicians and researchers that have put together this article underlines the need to work towards a governance model that engages everyone in dialogue. Discrepancies between overlapping strategies and plans, which is the main conflict detected, should be avoided while a decentralisation of policies could be more operational. In this sense, situated knowledge may be of help in configuring practical management tools.Originality/valueThis paper compares and contrasts for first time the effects of the pandemic in Europe and Latin America. This exercise has provided a valuable diagnostic for present and future heritage management.
Paradox and family business: a perspective article
Authors: Roth Steffen 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis perspective article provides an overview of current research on paradoxes within family business settings and outlines emerging trends and potential avenues for future research in this field.Design/methodology/approachThis article is inspired by a systems-theoretical approach to business family paradoxes.FindingsThe article suggests that increasing research interest in more-than and neither-nor approaches to paradox could propel the digital transformation of paradox theory and facilitate the strategic management of family business paradoxes in multi-stakeholder environments.Originality/valueThis article synthesises the state of the arts in the field of research on family business paradoxes and proposes future research agendas.
Recombinant collagen-like protein: ethical policy and consumers’ likelihood to consume
Authors: Duasa Jarita , Zainan Nazri Nurul Jannah , Fatah Yasin Raudlotul Firdaus 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the tendency that Malaysian consumers will choose the recombinant collagen-like protein (RCLP) from bacteria as an alternative source of collagen in their consumption and the determinants of the consumer acceptance.

Design/methodology/approach
Quantitative approach is adopted in the study. Descriptive analysis and logistic regression are used to analyze primary data collected from a survey.

Findings
The likelihood of consumers choosing RCLP as an alternative source of collagen is higher among elderly and females. The choice is significantly influenced by the idea that the collagen should support maqasid al-syariah, approved by national Islamic body, should clear on the ingredients used and could boost local economic activities in the future.

Research limitations/implications
An ethical halal policy should be outlined as the guiding principles to the potential producers of RCLP.

Originality/value
An alternative source of collagen using bacteria as proposed is not yet being introduced in Malaysian industry, and the analysis on probability that consumers will accept this new sourced collagen product is using primary data from survey.
Libraries in the metaverse: the need for metaliteracy for digital librarians and digital age library users
Authors: Tella Adeyinka , Ajani Yusuf Ayodeji , Ailaku Ugonna Vivian 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
As the metaverse gains popularity, libraries have the potential to play a vital role in this virtual world. However, digital librarians and digital age library users need to develop metaliteracy skills to effectively navigate and evaluate digital information in the metaverse. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the link between libraries and the metaverse, define metaliteracy and highlight its importance for librarians and library users. The challenges of developing metaliteracy skills in the metaverse are discussed, as well as the need for ongoing training and support. This paper also explores the role of libraries and librarians in the metaverse and provides recommendations for enhancing metaliteracy skills.

Design/methodology/approach
Through a review of the literature, this paper analyzes various library websites and consulting literature relating to the link between libraries and the metaverse, metaliteracy and its importance for librarians and library users and the challenges of developing metaliteracy skills in the metaverse.

Findings
As the metaverse continues to evolve, libraries and librarians must adapt and develop the necessary skills to continue providing valuable resources and services to their communities in virtual environments.

Originality/value
To the best of authors’ knowledge, this paper is the original idea that highlights the importance of metaliteracy for librarians and library users. The challenges of developing metaliteracy skills in the metaverse.
Major postpartum haemorrhage after frozen embryo transfer: A population‐based study
Authors: Al‐Khatib Amélie , Sagot Paul , Cottenet Jonathan , Aroun Massinissa , Quantin Catherine , Desplanches Thomas 
Published: August 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the effect on major postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) of mode of conception, differentiating between naturally conceived pregnancies, fresh embryo in vitro fertilisation (fresh‐IVF) and frozen embryo transfer (frozen‐IVF).DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingThe French Burgundy Perinatal Network database, including all deliveries from 2006 to 2020, was linked to the regional blood centre database.Population or sampleIn all, 244 336 women were included, of whom 240 259 (98.3%) were singleton pregnancies.MethodsThe main analyses were conducted in singleton pregnancies, including 237 608 naturally conceived, 1773 fresh‐IVF and 878 frozen‐IVF pregnancies. Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted on maternal age, body mass index, smoking, parity, induction of labour, hypertensive disorders, diabetes, placenta praevia and/or accreta, history of caesarean section, mode of delivery, birthweight, birth place and year of delivery, were used.Main outcome measuresMajor PPH was defined as PPH requiring blood transfusion and/or emergency surgery and/or interventional radiology.ResultsThe prevalence of major PPH was 0.74% (n = 1749) in naturally conceived pregnancies, 1.92% (n = 34) in fresh‐IVF pregnancies, and 3.30% (n = 29) in frozen‐IVF pregnancies. The risk of major PPH was higher in frozen‐IVF pregnancies than in both naturally conceived pregnancies (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.63, 95% CI 1.68–4.10) and fresh‐IVF pregnancies (aOR 2.78, 95% CI 1.44–5.35).ConclusionsWe found that frozen‐IVF pregnancies have a higher risk of major PPH and they should be subject to increased vigilance in the delivery room.