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Strategic information sharing in supply chain with value-perceived consumers
Authors: Tai Pham Duc , Anderson Malcolm Ringland , Hien Duc Truong Ton , Thai Tung Quang , Yuan Xue-Ming 
Published: March 2022

PurposeInformation sharing is one of essential collaboration methods for building effective system-level disruption responses and communication for supply chain resilience. However, supply chain members are often reluctant to share the members' business information for fear of losing competitiveness. To facilitate the cooperation among these members, the supply chain members' should be made aware of the value of information. As a result, the purpose of this paper is to quantify the benefit of information sharing and evaluate its magnitude under various factors.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, information sharing is measured in a two-stage supply chain containing a manufacturer and a retailer. A demand function is constructed as a linear combination of a first-order autoregressive [AR(1)] process, the retail and reference prices. The values of information sharing are quantified for four scenarios: (1) no information sharing, (2) full information sharing, (3) limited information sharing and (4) partial information sharing. Based on the four scenarios, the conditions for valuable information sharing are determined. In addition, the impact of several demand parameters on the usefulness of information sharing is analyzed.FindingsWhen the demand function is a pure AR(1) process (i.e. there is no impact from the retail and reference prices), information sharing is always valuable regardless of the autoregressive coefficient. Under the influence of the retail price and consumer behavior via the reference price, information sharing is not always beneficial. The boundaries for useful information sharing are analytically constructed. In addition to full information sharing, this study also quantifies the value of information under a partial sharing scheme. The results indicate that the information is more valuable as long as the information is inducible.Originality/valueThis study highlights several specific conditions for a beneficial information sharing agreement in consideration of consumer behaviors. These conditions enable supply chain members to design a sustainable partnership.
The long-run equilibrium in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Lipieta Agnieszka , Lipieta Artur 
Published: March 2022

PurposeA serious problem in the pandemic days is that in this period many firms face difficulties with remaining on the market. It causes that the entrepreneurs do not undertake activities which could result in introducing innovations. In this context, the authors examine new mechanisms which lead competitive economy to the long-run equilibrium under the assumption that producers are change-averse.Design/methodology/approachThe results have the form of theorems with rigorous proofs and provide the ideas on the way of developing the economic policy in respect of firms in the pandemic days.FindingsAs a result, the authors justify that in some cases it is worth leading an economic sector or a whole economy to the long-run equilibrium state.Originality/valueThe authors show that there exists a mechanism in the sense of Hurwicz which transforms the economy into an economic system being in the long-run equilibrium as well as the authors determine optimal mechanisms, under the criterion of distance minimization, in some subsets of the mechanisms designed.
Exploring patient's intention towards e-health consultation using an extended UTAUT model
Authors: Dash Ajitabh , Sahoo Anjan Kumar 
Published: March 2022

PurposeThis research explores the factors that influence patients' willingness to seek digital health advice in developing countries like India by extending the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) with perceived risk (PR) and trust.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses proposed for this study. The primary data for this study were acquired from 578 respondents using a judgmental sampling procedure.FindingsResults of this investigation reflected a positive and significant connexion of the intention of a patient towards e-health consultation with effort expectancy (EE), performance expectancy (PE), trust and social influence (SI); conversely, factors like facilitating condition (FC) and PR are not significantly connected with the same.Originality/valueThe findings of this study will not only add to the existing literature on the behavioral intention (BI) by introducing new dimensions in the context of digital health consultation, but they will also aid service providers in developing strategies to encourage the use of e-health consultation services in emerging economies such as India.
Accounting as rhetorical devices during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Australian universities
Authors: Hoque Zahirul , Mai Kate , Ozdil Esin 
Published: March 2022

PurposeThis paper has two purposes. First, it aims to explore how Australian universities used calculative rhetoric and practices through accounting numbers to persuade employees and legitimize their financial recovery plans to alleviate the financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, it aims to analyze how the accounting-based solutions were legitimized through a well-blended pathos, logos and ethos rhetoric.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on a rhetorical theory of diffusion, we employed a qualitative research design within all 37 Australian public universities involving Internet-based documentary analysis.FindingsThis study finds that in an urgent crisis like the fiscal crisis caused by COVID-19, universities again found rescue in accounting tools, in particular budgets, as a rhetorical device to justify their operational and strategic choices such as job-cuts, programs closures and staff pay-cuts. However, in this crisis, the same old accounting-based solutions were even more quickly to be accepted by being delivered in management’s colorful blending of pathos–logos–ethos rhetoric.Research limitations/implicationsWhile this study is constrained to Australian public universities’ financial responses, its findings have implications for university decision-makers and higher education policymakers across the globe when it comes to university management using calculative devices in persuading employees to work their way through financial hardship caused by an extreme health crisis-like COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThis study adds more evidence that the use of budgets as a calculative tool continues to play a key role in organizations in the construction, mobilization and preservation of certain strategic and operational choices during volatilities. Especially, the same way of creating calculative-based solutions can be communicated via the colorful blending of different rhetoric to make it acceptable.
Gender differences in use of suicide crisis hotlines: a scoping review of current literature
Authors: Krishnamurti Lauren Sealy , Monteith Lindsey L. , McCoy Ian , Dichter Melissa E. 
Published: March 2022

Purpose
Little is known about the gender profile of callers to crisis hotlines, despite distinct gender differences in suicide risk and behavior. The authors assessed current knowledge of the role of caller gender in the use of crisis hotlines for suicide, specifically whether there are differences in frequency, reason for call and caller outcomes by gender.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted a scoping literature review of peer-reviewed studies published since 2000 in Medline, PubMed and PsychInfo, examining a total of 18 articles based on 16 studies.

Findings
Overall, women represent a higher percentage of calls to crisis hotlines worldwide, despite men having higher rates of suicide. Primary reasons for calling hotlines were the same for men and women, regardless of geography or culture. When gender differences in reason for call were reported, they were consistent with literature documenting gender differences in the prevalence of risk factors for suicide, including higher rates of substance use among men and higher instances of domestic violence/abuse among women.

Research limitations/implications
There was variability in the studies the authors examined. This review was limited to research on crisis telephone hotlines and did not include text or chat services. Due to data reporting, the findings are constrained to reporting on a male/female gender binary.

Originality/value
Findings on gender differences in crisis line use suggest a need for continued research in this area to determine how to best meet the needs of callers of all genders.
Strip intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape enhances biodiversity and biological pest control in a conventionally managed farm scenario
Authors: Alarcón‐Segura Viviana , Grass Ingo , Breustedt Gunnar , Rohlfs Marko , Tscharntke Teja 
Published: March 2022

Abstract

Conventional agriculture in the global north is typically characterized by large monocultures, commonly managed with high levels of pesticide or fertilizer input and mechanization. Strip intercropping, that is, diversifying cropland by growing strips of different crops using conventional machinery, may be a viable strategy to promote natural predator diversity and associated biological pest control in such conventional farming systems.

We tested the influence of strip intercropping of conventionally managed winter wheat with oilseed rape, using common machinery with 27–36 m broad strips, on arthropod predator diversity and biological pest control. We characterized spider and carabid beetle communities, calculated pest aphid and pollen beetle densities and recorded parasitism rates for both crops (number of mummified aphids on wheat and number of parasitized pollen beetle larvae on oilseed rape).

We observed a significant reduction in the densities of wheat aphids (50% decrease) and pollen beetle larvae (20% decrease) in strip intercropping areas compared to monocultures. Parasitism rates of wheat aphids increased significantly from 10% in monocultures to 25% in strip intercropping areas. The number of parasitized pollen beetle larvae did not show the same pattern but was higher towards the centre of the oilseed rape strip. Overall, the composition of predator communities benefited from the close neighbourhood of the two crop species in the strips, as carabid beetles were more abundant in oilseed rape and spiders were more abundant in wheat fields. Overall, strip intercropping reduced the dominance of one predator group and allowed for an equal representation of both spiders and carabid beetles in the mixture.

Synthesis and applications. Our study presents evidence of the benefits of adopting strip intercropping with relatively large strips (adapted to existing machinery) for natural predator diversity and biological pest control in a large‐scale conventionally managed farm scenario. Wheat–oilseed rape strip intercropping reduced pest densities, increased parasitism of wheat aphids and promoted equal representation of natural predator groups well beyond the areas of monoculture. Overall, by reducing the area dedicated to only one crop, the implementation of strip intercropping adapted to mechanized agricultural scenarios can be used to increase crop heterogeneity at regional scales and enhance biodiversity and biological control, even in simplified landscapes dominated by large‐scale conventional agriculture.
Common ownership and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China
Authors: Jiang Ping , Ma Yunbiao , Shi Beibei 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis study examines whether common ownership affects stock price crash risk (SPCR). Using 3,159 companies listed in China between 2006 and 2019, this paper finds that companies with common ownership are associated with lower SPCR. This finding can be explained by the monitoring effect of common ownership which holds that common ownership can curb the hoarding of bad news by managers and thereby reduces SPCR. We further show that the effect is more evident when common owners hold a relatively larger number of same‐industry firms, when common owners hold more shares, and for state‐owned‐enterprises. Moreover, this paper also demonstrates how common ownership facilitates effective monitoring and finds that common ownership reduces earnings management and increases accounting conservatism in firms. Our evidence suggests that common ownership serves as an effective form of monitoring by constraining managers' opportunistic behaviour, thereby reducing SPCR.
Strategies for Climate Change Post COP26
Authors: Bloomfield Jon , Steward Fred 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDespite the many disappointments of the UN COP26 conference, both public awareness of global warming and the profile of the environmental movements seeking to halt it have gained political momentum. Climate denialists are in retreat. After four decades in absentia, government intervention is back. The need to tackle climate change is increasingly recognised across the political, business and civic spectrum. This article assesses these developments and argues that such is the scale and urgency of the climate emergency that the time is ripe for cross‐ideological ‘green new deal’ coalitions to emerge. The article proposes a policy framework that can bring together a range of political and social forces in a common endeavour over a protracted period of time. The new German coalition agreement, with its strategic focus on an ecological, social market economy, offers a signpost to the way ahead.
Making a drama out of a mental health crisis
Authors: Williams Emma 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
A recent production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theatre in London has foregrounded the themes of mental health and a sick society. My essay begins by exploring the controversial reception of the 2021 production. But Shakespeare's play has a number of key features that are undecidable, by design. These are directly relevant to the kinds of things we are concerned with when it comes to mental health. Perhaps the critics of the 2021 production are therefore missing a trick … And are there not lessons for the mental health of young people today to be taken from the fact that romance seems to have withdrawn from the world of this contemporary Romeo and Juliet?
Property market liquidity and REIT liquidity
Authors: Downs David H. , Zhu Bing 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis study examines the asset–stock liquidity relationship for firms with location‐specific assets. Using a sample of real estate investment trusts (REITs), we extend the concept of asset liquidity to include information based on local property market turnover. Our findings confirm that holding more cash increases REIT stock liquidity. More importantly, we find a positive relation between property market liquidity and REIT stock liquidity. This relation is stronger for REITs with lower growth opportunities, less information advantage, and greater financial constraints. Our findings also provide evidence that managers can actively influence stock liquidity through asset structure.
Dysfunctional telomeres through mitostress‐induced cGAS/STING activation to aggravate immune senescence and viral pneumonia
Authors: Lv Nianyin , Zhao Yufang , Liu Xiaoyi , Ye Lusha , Liang Zihao , Kang Yanhua , Dong Yeping , Wang Wei , Kolliputi Narasaiah , Shi Liyun 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDisproportionately high incidence and mortality of respiratory infection such as influenza A virus (IAV) and SARS‐CoV‐2 have been evidenced in the elderly, but the role and the mechanism of age‐associated immune deregulation in disease exacerbation are not well defined. Using a late generation of mice deficient in telomerase RNA (Terc−/−), we herein demonstrated that aged mice were exquisitely susceptible to respiratory viral infection, with excessive inflammation and increased mortality. Furthermore, we identified the cGAS/STING pathway, which was essentially induced by the leaked mitochondrial DNA, as a biologically relevant mechanism contributing to exaggerated inflammation in Terc−/− mice following viral infection. Innate immune cells, mainly, macrophages with shortened telomeres, exhibited hallmarks of cellular senescence, mitochondrial distress, and aberrant activation of STING and NLRP3 inflammasome pathways, which predisposed mice to severe viral pneumonia during commonly mild infections. Application of STING inhibitor and, more importantly, senolytic agent, reduced the burden of stressed macrophages, improved mitochondrial integrity, and suppressed STING activation, thereby conferring the protection for Terc−/− mice against respiratory infection. Together, the findings expand our understanding of innate immune senescence and reveal the potential of the senolytics as a promising treatment to alleviate the symptom of viral pneumonia, particularly for the older population.
Alcohol dependence decreases functional activation of the caudate nucleus during model‐based decision processes
Authors: Magrabi Amadeus , Beck Anne , Schad Daniel J. , Lett Tristram A. , Stoppel Christian M. , Charlet Katrin , Kiefer Falk , Heinz Andreas , Walter Henrik 
Published: March 2022

AbstractBackgroundImpaired decision making, a key characteristic of alcohol dependence (AD), manifests in continuous alcohol consumption despite severe negative consequences. The neural basis of this impairment in individuals with AD and differences with known neural decision mechanisms among healthy subjects are not fully understood. In particular, it is unclear whether the choice behavior among individuals with AD is based on a general impairment of decision mechanisms or is mainly explained by altered value attribution, with an overly high subjective value attributed to alcohol‐related stimuli.MethodsHere, we use a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) monetary reward task to compare the neural processes of model‐based decision making and value computation between AD individuals (n = 32) and healthy controls (n = 32). During fMRI, participants evaluated monetary offers with respect to dynamically changing constraints and different levels of uncertainty.ResultsIndividuals with AD showed lower activation associated with model‐based decision processes in the caudate nucleus than controls, but there were no group differences in value‐related neural activity or task performance.ConclusionsOur findings highlight the role of the caudate nucleus in impaired model‐based decisions of alcohol‐dependent individuals.
Diet of small mammals in semi‐deciduous forest fragments in Central Brazil
Authors: Parreira Claro Hermes Willyan , Hannibal Wellington 
Published: March 2022

AbstractMarsupials and rodents are two of the most specious mammalian group, displaying a variety of diet and feeding habits. However, the knowledge about diet for several small mammal species is scant in the scientific literature, and most species are classified as insectivore–omnivore (marsupials), or frugivore–graminivore (rodents). In this study, we described diet composition based on digestive tract contents of 12 species of small mammals (7‐rodents and 5‐marsupials), in semi‐deciduous forest fragments of Central Brazil. We analysed 47 digestive tract contents belong to Calomys tener (10), Oecomys bicolor (10), Gracilinanus agilis (6), Marmosa murina (5), Rhipidomys macrurus (5), Calomys expulsus (2), Cryptonanus chacoensis (2), Monodelphis kunsi (2), Oecomys catherinae (2), Caluromys philander (1), Oligoryzomys mattogrossae (1) and Necromys lasiurus (1). We found parts of arthropods and fruits in the digestive tract of all species, with the exception of N. lasiurus, which contained only arthropods. The most representative arthropod taxa were Hymenoptera (present in 11 species), Coleoptera (9 spp.), Arachnida (7 spp.) and Isoptera (6 spp.). The seeds of Piperaceae (present in 3 small mammal species), Myrtaceae (2 spp.) and Poaceae (1 sp.) were also identified. This study reports the first records of diet composition for the marsupials C. chacoensis and M. murina, and rodents C. expulsus, C. tener, O. bicolor, O. catherinae and R. macrurus. Our findings contribute to understanding the diet composition and natural history of the Brazilian Savanna small mammals.
Allient™ hemodialysis machine: Sorbent‐based, single‐needle, UF‐controlled dialysis reborn
Authors: Ash Stephen R. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractBy the year 2000, there was rising interest in home hemodialysis in the United States. HemoCleanse decided to resurrect the BioLogic‐HD machine, using updated components. A spin‐off company Renal Solutions (RSI) created the Allient™, with sorbent regeneration of dialysate, hollow fiber dialyzer, pressure‐controlled blood flow rate, controlled filtration, and single‐ or dual‐needle access. RSI merged with Sorb Technology and the Allient™ was built, tested, and FDA‐approved to market. In 2007 Fresenius Medical Corporation (FMC) bought RSI. FMC began an extensive re‐design of the machine to fit the needs of both in‐center and home dialysis. The redesigned machine never was marketed.
Orthopaedic adverse events among adolescents and adults treated with asparaginase for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Authors: Valtis Yannis K. , Place Andrew E. , Silverman Lewis B. , Vrooman Lynda M. , DeAngelo Daniel J. , Luskin Marlise R. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractOsteonecrosis (ON) is a complication of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treatment with patient‐ (age, female sex, genetic polymorphisms, presence of metabolic syndrome) and treatment‐specific (glucocorticoid type and schedule) risk factors described. The potential role of asparaginase in increasing risk of ON via effects on coagulation, lipid metabolism, and steroid clearance is now also recognised. Paediatric studies consistently identify age as a key risk factor for ON, with adolescents at higher risk than young children. Fewer studies comprehensively report on risk of ON in adults, but available evidence suggests that adolescents and young adults (AYAs) treated with corticosteroid and asparaginase‐containing paediatric‐inspired regimens are more at risk than older adults treated with paediatric‐inspired or traditional adult regimens. There are few proven strategies to prevent or mitigate the severity of ON and other orthopaedic complications of ALL therapy. Future clinical trials should carefully ascertain orthopaedic adverse events in adults. Evidence‐based guidelines should be developed for management of orthopaedic adverse events in adults being treated for ALL, especially high‐risk AYAs being treated with paediatric‐inspired regimens.