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Key factors in operational excellence for Industry 4.0: an empirical study and maturity model in emerging countries
Authors: Henriquez Rafael , Muñoz-Villamizar Andres , Santos Javier 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThis paper proposes a maturity model to indicate the operational excellence (OE) implementation status of businesses in emerging countries, considering its importance in Industry 4.0.Design/methodology/approachThe study involves four steps. First, undertake a study of the literature to identify the variables to consider in the maturity model; second, identify how to organize the variables found in the first step; third, structure a questionnaire to define the maturity model; and lastly, validate the variables found in the literature and the maturity levels.FindingsA total of 23 variables were validated through interviews with general managers, operation managers and experts within organizations. Interviews were carried out in 49 companies from different sectors. Five maturity levels were defined in this study: basic level, beginner level, training level, innovative level and champion level.Originality/valueMany businesses are implementing OE as a practice to remain competitive in their industries, targeting economic, environmental and social sustainability. However, OE implementation in companies from developing or emerging countries is far below the average level of that in developed companies due to cultural, political or economic constraints. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is no model that indicates the status of OE implementation in companies from emerging countries or the different levels to implement OE. This study fills the mentioned gap.
Exploring teachers’ knowledge of students’ friend networks: what do they know and how do they use it for instruction
Authors: Wardrip Peter , Gomez Louis 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe study seeks to understand what teachers know about students’ friend networks and how they use that information for instruction.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative study relied on interviews and sociograms that teachers drew of students’ friend networks.FindingsOur data suggest that teachers’ awareness of their students’ friend networks varies by their experience and their exposure to students. Also, their use of this information for instruction coalesces around dimensions of grouping and social support.Research limitations/implicationsThis study took place at one school. To more deeply understand what teachers perceive about their students’ friend networks and how they use that information for instruction, more studies could be done with teachers in more schools.Practical implicationsImplications might suggest developing teachers’ social competence to support their students’ learning and development.Originality/valueWhile studies cited in this paper have explored teachers’ knowledge of students’ social networks, this study builds on this work by exploring how that information can be useful for instruction. In addition, this study explores the use of teachers drawing sociograms as representations of what they know about students’ friend networks.
Sensory modulation implementation strategies within inpatient mental health services: an organisational case study
Authors: Azuela Gilbert , Sutton Daniel , van Kessel Kirsten 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
Sensory modulation is an emerging approach that aims to reduce distress and agitation in mental health service users and potentially avoid the necessity for coercive practices such as seclusion and restraint. Despite the growing use of this intervention, there has been limited research exploring the implementation of sensory modulation at an organisational level, both internationally and within the New Zealand context. The purpose of this study is to investigate the implementation of a sensory modulation programme in two New Zealand inpatient mental health services using an exploratory organisational case study design.

Design/methodology/approach
Organisational case study design methodology was used to explore the implementation of a sensory modulation programme in two New Zealand acute adult inpatient mental health services. This study explored how key organisational and staff factors (including policies and practices related to de-escalation and seclusion reduction) influence sensory modulation implementation. Cases were described and examined the pattern of findings.

Findings
Strategies found to support implementation were identified at environmental, organisational, group and individual staff levels. Aspects highlighted as being particularly important included taking an inter-professional approach in leadership and training, rostering flexibility and leeway in staffing levels to support training attendance and responsiveness to crises.

Practical implications
The facilitators and strategies highlighted in this study may be used to support the design and implementation of future sensory modulation programmes in New Zealand and internationally.

Originality/value
The complexity of factors that influenced the implementation of the sensory modulation approach within an inpatient setting made determining the effectiveness of the approach challenging. However, the general principles and strategies identified in this study offer useful insights for the design and implementation of future sensory modulation programmes.
Inclusive organizational behaviour – the dynamic rules of building new workplaces
Authors: Kar Subhasree , Yadav Mohit , Panda Tapan Kumar 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
This study aims to reflect on the future of work dimensions through the new concept of inclusive organizational behaviour (IOB) and its practices.

Design/methodology/approach
This work is a reflective concept development paper that focuses on new dimensions of organizational behaviour (OB) exploring IOB practices in the new workplace which can broaden the concept of OB that fits into the future of work.

Findings
The IOB practices will adapt and help in adapting to the new work dynamics that can create more humane and stimulating workplaces, thereby benefiting society at large. Individual positive psychological traits, team dynamics and a fusion of digital corporate culture with a human-centric approach and sustainability are highlighted in the redefined IOB, expanding the concept of OB from the three levels of analysis (individual, group and the entire organization’s behaviour) in the new normal post-COVID situation.

Research limitations/implications
Limited research studies are being conducted to investigate the future of work dynamics in the new standard post-COVID environment, which is dominated by digitization. The lack of literature and the changing situations that impact OB are the limitations.

Practical implications
Corporate houses, policymakers and leaders who understand the workplace dynamics in the post-COVID scenario can effectively leverage the insights from this work and may chalk out a road map for future work through IOB practices.

Originality/value
This research extends knowledge pertaining to IOB practices and the changing dynamics that need to be followed in the future OB practices.
Spatial and ontogenetic variance in local densities modify selection on demographic traits
Authors: Mutz Jessie , Inouye Brian D. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract

Local density can affect individual performance by altering the strength of species interactions. Within many populations, local densities vary spatially (individuals are patchily distributed) or change across life stages, which should influence the selection and eco‐evolutionary feedback because local density variance affects mean fitness and is affected by traits of individuals. However, most studies on the evolutionary consequences of density‐dependent interactions focus on populations where local densities are relatively constant through time and space.

We investigated the influence of spatial and ontogenetic variance in local densities within an insect population by comparing a model integrating both types of local density variance with models including only spatial variance, only ontogenetic variance, or no variance. We parameterized the models with experimental data, then used elasticity and invasion analyses to characterize selection on traits that affect either the local density an individual experiences (mean clutch size) or individuals' sensitivity to density (effect of larval crowding on pupal mass).

Spatial and ontogenetic variance reduced population elasticity to effects of local density by 76% and 34% on average, respectively.

Spatial variance modified selection and adaptive dynamics by altering the tradeoff between density‐dependent and density‐independent vital rates. In models including spatial variance, strategies that maximized density‐dependent survival were favoured over fecundity‐maximizing strategies even at low population density, counter to predictions of density‐dependent selection theory. Furthermore, only models that included spatial variance, thus linking the scales of oviposition and density‐dependent larval survival, had an evolutionarily stable clutch size.

Ontogenetic variance weakened selection on mean clutch size and sensitivity to larval crowding by disrupting the relationship between trait values and performance during critical life stages.

We demonstrate that local density variance can strongly modify selection at empirically observed interaction strengths and identify mechanisms for the effects of spatial and ontogenetic variance. Our findings reveal the potential for local density variance to mediate eco‐evolutionary feedback by shaping selection on demographically important traits.

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Early Cretaceous Thrust and Nappe Tectonics in North Qilian Shan, Northern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from Field Mapping, Geochronology, and Deep Structural Analysis
Authors: HAN Lele , DING Weicui , CHEN Xuanhua , SHAO Zhaogang , ZHANG Da , XIAO Yongjun , HE Chengguang , WANG Zengzhen , LI Bing , ZHANG Yiping , XU Shenglin , WANG Ye 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThe North Qilian Shan fold and thrust belt, located at the northern Tibetan Plateau and southern margin of the Hexi Corridor, is a key tectonic unit to decode the formation and expansion of the plateau. Previous studies emphasize the Cenozoic deformation due to the far‐field response to the Indo–Asian collision, but the Mesozoic deformations are poorly constrained in this area. We conducted detailed field mapping, structural analysis, geochronology, and structural interpretation of deep seismic reflectional profiling and magnetotelluric (MT) sounding, to address the superposed results of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic deformation. The results recognized the North Qilian thrust and nappe system (NQTS), the root and the frontal belt are the North Qilian thrust (NQT), and the Yumu Shan klippe (YK), respectively. The middle belt is located between the NQT and the YK. Monzonitic granite zircon U‐Pb dating from the middle belt yields an age of ca. 415 Ma, which is similar to south NQT. The thrusting displacement is estimated at ca. 48 km by structural interpretation of deep profiles. The timing is constrained in the early stage of the Early Cretaceous by the formation of simultaneous growth strata. We suggest that the NQTS has resulted from the far‐field effect of the Lhasa–Qiangtang collision, and the Yumu Shan is uplifted by the superposed Cenozoic deformation.
Diagnostic and treatment preferences for cracked posterior teeth
Authors: Fong J. , Tan A. , Ha A. , Krishnan U. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractBackgroundLongitudinal cracks in teeth are common and often present challenges in diagnosis and management. This study investigated the preferred diagnostic process and treatment modalities for these cracked teeth.MethodsDentists currently registered with Dental Board of Australia and practising within Australia were invited to complete an online Qualtrics‐based survey on their perspectives on the presentations, diagnosis, and treatment preferences for cracked teeth.ResultsOf respondents, 56.8% chose to place an indirect cuspal‐coverage restoration on an asymptomatic cracked vital tooth. When the tooth was mildly cold sensitive, direct cuspal‐coverage restoration was favoured (64.9%), while 36.8% preferred placing an orthodontic band in a tooth with biting pain. Respondents had higher odds of recommending indirect restoration when CAD–CAM milling was available on‐site or magnification was routinely used, regardless of presenting symptoms. Almost half (46.8%) preferred to extract if the tooth undergoing root canal treatment had a crack with a 5 mm probing pocket depth. Most (71.4%) demonstrated a poor understanding of cracked tooth biomechanics.ConclusionAustralian dentists varied in their diagnostic and treatment preferences for cracked teeth, reflecting a need for more well‐controlled clinical studies in the diagnostic process, clinical biomechanics and treatment modalities for these teeth. © 2023 Australian Dental Association.
White coat color of a Black Angus calf attributed to an occurrence of the delR217 variant of MITF
Authors: Petersen Jessica L. , Sieck Renae L. , Steffen David J. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractA white calf, with minimal pigmented markings, was born to two registered Black Angus parents. Given the possibility of an unknown recessive or de novo dominant mutation, whole‐genome sequencing was conducted on the trio of individuals. A 3‐bp in‐frame deletion in MITF was identified; this mutation was unique to the calf but identical to the delR217 variant reported in both humans and murine models of Waardenburg syndrome type 2A and Tietz syndrome. Given the coat color phenotype and identity of the mutation, our data support that this calf represents the first instance of this recurring MITF mutation in cattle.
Aspirational architecture and AK‐47s: Fragmented violence in Liberia from settlement to the contemporary
Authors: Reilly Matthew C. , Banton Caree A. , Stevens Craig 
Published: April 2023

AbstractGlobal awareness of Liberia's recent past is largely limited to the long‐term bloodshed that erupted with a 1980 coup and the civil conflict that followed soon thereafter (1989–2003). What remains understudied is how recent episodes of violence are tethered to the decades following Liberia's founding as a settler colony of the American Colonization Society in 1822. Our collaborative Back‐to‐Africa Heritage and Archaeology (BAHA) project, the first to archaeologically investigate the Back‐to‐Africa movement, explores processes of nineteenth‐century settlement at sites established by West Indians and Black Americans. In this article, we focus on the Barbadian‐settled township of Crozierville to highlight the complex ways in which materials associated with the colonizing project are linked to vestiges of recent violence that persist on the postwar landscape. With a specific focus on settler‐community architecture, in addition to the material vestiges of civil conflict, this article highlights the need to understand recent episodes of violence through Liberia's unique history of Back‐to‐Africa settlement and the Black/African Diaspora.
All about power after all? A multi‐level analysis of employers’ organization membership in Europe
Authors: Lehr Alex , Jansen Giedo , Brandl Bernd 
Published: April 2023

AbstractEmployers’ organizations (EOs) are the voice of business interests in social partnership and socio‐economic policy making. Their legitimacy depends on the willingness of employers to join them as members. We examine the role of two types of power that EOs confer onto their members as drivers of EO membership: countervailing power against labour and organizational power. By analysing large‐scale micro‐level data on more than 30,000 business establishments across 27 EU countries in 2013 and 2019, we find that at the micro‐level, company size, workplace unionization and the presence of trade unions and works councils are positively associated with membership, as is union density at the macro‐level. These findings suggest that, in contrast to contemporary arguments in the EO literature, countering the collective power of labour remains an important motivation for EO membership. The positive impact of company size also suggests that organizational power, that is the ability to influence public policies and collective agreements through EOs, dominates the services provided by EOs to their members as a selective incentive for EO membership. Further tests of this argument, however, yield inconclusive results.
Upregulation of the ZNF148/PTX3 axis promotes malignant transformation of dendritic cells in glioma stem‐like cells microenvironment
Authors: Cheng Shan , Liu Liang , Wang Delin , Li Yongdong , Li Suwen , Yuan Jiaqi , Huang Shilu , Xu Zhipeng , Jia Bin , Li Zhe , Dong Jun 
Published: April 2023

AbstractBackgroundThe recent development of dendritic cell (DC)‐based immunotherapy has resulted in advances in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treatment. However, the cell fate of DCs in the GBM microenvironment, especially in microenvironments in which glioma stem cell (GSCs)‐mediated remodeling has resulted in highly immunosuppressive conditions, has not yet been fully investigated.MethodsObserved the interaction between GSCs and primary cultured DCs in a dual‐color tracing model, monoclonal and continuously passaged highly proliferative DCs, and named transformed DCs (t‐DCs). The expression of DC‐specific surface markers was analyzed using RT‐PCR, chromosome karyotype, and flow cytometry. The expression of long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) and its transcription factor zinc finger protein 148 (ZNF148) in t‐DCs was detected using qRT‐PCR and western blot. CCK8 and transwell assays were conducted to assess the effect of ZNF148 and PTX3 on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of t‐DCs. Bioinformatics analysis, dual‐luciferase reporter assay, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)‐qPCR assay were used to explore the relation between ZNF148 and PTX3.ResultsTransformed DCs (t‐DCs) still expressed DC‐specific surface markers, namely, CD80 and CD11c, and immune‐related costimulatory molecules, namely, CD80, CD86, CD40, and ICAM‐1. However, the expression levels of these molecules in t‐DCs decreased moderately compared to those in naive DCs. Stable overexpression of PTX3 further promoted the proliferation and migration of t‐DCs in vitro, decreased the expression of costimulatory molecules, and increased the tumorigenicity of t‐DCs in vivo. The transcription factor zinc finger protein 148 (ZNF148) was directly bound to the PTX3 promoter region and enhanced PTX3 expression. Downregulation of ZNF148 significantly decreased PTX3 expression and reduced the proliferation and migration of t‐DCs. Overexpression of ZNF148 significantly increased PTX3 expression and promoted the proliferation and migration of t‐DCs, achieving the same biological effects as PTX3 overexpression in t‐DCs. Simultaneously, the downregulation of ZNF148 partially reversed the effect of PTX3 overexpression in t‐DCs.ConclusionThe ZNF148/PTX3 axis played an important role in regulating the malignant transformation of DCs after cross‐talk with GSCs, and this axis may serve as a new target for sensitizing GBM to DC‐based immunotherapy.
Consciousness, Exascale Computational Power, Probabilistic Outcomes, and Energetic Efficiency
Authors: Stoll Elizabeth A. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractA central problem in the cognitive sciences is identifying the link between consciousness and neural computation. The key features of consciousness—including the emergence of representative information content and the initiation of volitional action—are correlated with neural activity in the cerebral cortex, but not computational processes in spinal reflex circuits or classical computing architecture. To take a new approach toward considering the problem of consciousness, it may be worth re‐examining some outstanding puzzles in neuroscience, focusing on differences between the cerebral cortex and spinal reflex circuits. First, the mammalian cerebral cortex exhibits exascale computational power, a feature that is not strictly correlated with the number of binary computational units; second, individual computational units engage in noisy coding, allowing random electrical events to gate signaling outcomes; third, this noisy coding results in the synchronous firing of statistically random populations of cells across the neural network, at a range of nested frequencies; fourth, the system grows into a more ordered state over time, as it encodes the predictive value gained through observation; and finally, the cerebral cortex is extraordinarily energy efficient, with very little free energy lost to entropy during the work of information processing. Here, I argue that each of these five key features suggest the mammalian brain engages in probabilistic computation. Indeed, by modeling the physical mechanisms of probabilistic computation, we may find a better way to explain the unique emergent features arising from cortical neural networks.
RETRACTED: An improved differential bond energy algorithm with fuzzy merging method to improve the document clustering for information mining
Authors: Tejasree S. , Chandra Mohan B. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThe vast and diversified text materials on the internet in recent years have drastically increased the importance of information mining. By organizing documents into cohesive groupings, a document clustering method is a suitable tool for dealing with massive amounts of documents. Text documents, on the other hand, include sparse and uninformative features like noise, unrelated, and unneeded features, which reduce the efficiency of the document clustering methods. For noise removal, this work employs the hyperclique pattern‐based data cleaner pre‐processing approach. Then, differential bond energy algorithm (DBEA) is combined with a fuzzy merging approach and termed improved differential bond energy algorithm with fuzzy merging (IDBEFM) to handle the issues present in text document clustering. It seeks to discover and display natural variable clusters among large amounts of data. IDBEFM clusters are documented in three steps: in the first step, a cluster similarity matrix is instantiated by applying the DBEA. The second step develops an innovative technique for automatically dividing the cluster matrix into compact cohesive clusters, and in the third step, a fuzzy merging approach is used for combining identical clusters by the correlations and interrelationships between the resultant clusters. The test findings demonstrated that the accomplishment of the proposed technique is much superior to standard clustering algorithms.