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Engineering ssRNA tile filaments for (dis)assembly and membrane binding
Authors: De Franceschi Nicola , Hoogenberg Baukje , Dekker Cees 
Published: October 2022

AbstractCytoskeletal protein filaments such as actin and microtubules confer mechanical support to cells and facilitate many cellular functions such as motility and division. Recent years have witnessed the development of a variety of molecular scaffolds that mimic such cytoskeletal filaments. Indeed, filaments that are programmable and compatible with biological systems may prove useful in studying or substituting such proteins. Here, we explore the use of ssRNA tiles to build and modify cytoskeletal-like filamentsin vitro. We engineer a number of functionalities that are crucial to the function of natural cytoskeletal systems into the ssRNA tiles, including the abilities to assemble or disassemble filaments, to tune the filament stiffness, to induce membrane binding, and to attach binding proteins. The work paves the way for building dynamic cell-like cytoskeletal systems made out of rationally designed ssRNA tiles that can be transcribed in natural or synthetic cells.
Analogue signaling of somato-dendritic synaptic activity to axon enhances GABA release in young cerebellar molecular layer interneurons
Authors: Trigo Federico F. , Kawaguchi Shin-ya 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAxons are equipped with the digital signaling capacity by which they generate and faithfully propagate action potentials (APs), and also with the analogue signaling capacity by which subthreshold activity in dendrites and soma is transmitted down the axon. Despite intense work, the extent and physiological role for subthreshold synaptic activity reaching the axonal boutons has remained elusive because of the technical limitation to record from them. To address this issue, we made simultaneous patch-clamp recordings from the axonal varicosities of cerebellar GABAergic interneurons together with their parent soma or postsynaptic target cells in young rat slices and/or primary cultures. Ourtour-de-forcedirect functional dissection indicates that the somatodendritic spontaneous EPSPs are transmitted down the axon for significant distances, depolarizing presynaptic boutons. These analogously transmitted EPSPs augment presynaptic Ca++influx upon arrival of an immediately following AP through a mechanism that involves a voltage-dependent priming of the Ca++channels, leading to an increase in GABA release, without any modification in the axonal AP waveform or residual Ca++. Our work highlights the role of the axon in synaptic integration.
Corporate accountability during crisis in the digitized era
Authors: Firoozi Maryam , Ku Chih Hao 
Published: October 2022

PurposeDespite an increasing trend in adoption of social media by for-profit organizations and their chief executive officers (CEOs), there is little understanding of how these new channels of communication are incorporated into the broader communication domain of a firm to discharge accountability during a crisis, when accountability is of critical importance. More importantly, research on how people perceive a crisis and voice their opinions to firms and CEOs on social media in reaction to that crisis is rather limited. Therefore, in this study the authors investigate these questions.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on a case. The authors focus on the biggest data breach in Internet history in a pioneer technology firm, the Yahoo data breach. The authors conduct descriptive and dramaturgical analyses informed by Goffman to investigate how Yahoo manages its several front stages (communication channels), including social media during and after the Yahoo data breach announcements, and how people respond to the Yahoo's front stage management.FindingsThe results show that, during this crisis, Yahoo engages in management of its front stages by first limiting them to a few, then by redrawing the line between its back and front stages, and finally by expanding its front stages to include two-way communication channels, including social media. An ongoing accountability process back stage guides Yahoo's management of its front stages and undermines Yahoo's accountability in front stages. However, social media audiences challenge Yahoo's control of its front stages by using various frames to make sense of the crisis, and to demand accountability.Originality/valueThis study furthers the understanding of how social media platforms are positioned in a firm's broader communication channels during a crisis. It also enhances understanding of accountability demand, especially during critical times in a digitized era.
The influence of the eye of competence on project success: exploring the indirect effect of people on both perspective and practice
Authors: Cruz Cristiane Esteves , Scur Gabriela , Vilas Boas Viveiros Lopes Ana Paula , Carvalho Marly M. 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThere is a lack of investigation on three areas of competence in the Individual Competence Baseline 4 (ICB4) (IPMA). Furthermore, some studies pointed out the importance of soft skills over hard skills, but this relationship was not explored from the project manager’s competence perspective. This paper aims to analyze the influence of project manager competencies on project success.Design/methodology/approachThe survey involved 100 Brazilian project management professionals. Structural equation modeling (SEM) using a partial least squares (PLS) approach was employed for data analysis.FindingsThe competence people was the protagonist of all project success. It affects practice with indirect effects on the impact on the customer. The paper highlights the project manager’s soft skills in reaching customer perception. Besides, the competence people also impacts perspective and, indirectly, preparation for the future.Research limitations/implicationsPersonal and interpersonal skills enable the project manager to interrelate with the project environment (organization strategy, governance, structures, processes, standards, power and interest, culture and values) and, therefore, to open a panorama for opportunities as a new market, product or technology. Thus, the new competence area perspective introduced in ICB4 brings an important insight for this research and future studies.Originality/valueBesides investigating the effect of behavioral competencies on project performance, this research addressed the importance of looking at the indirect effects when exploring models and testing hypotheses for a complete understanding of the relationship between variables.
Networking Hybridizations within the Semiosphere: a research trajectory for the Cultural Transposition of the Chinese Lesson Study within a Western context
Authors: Arzarello Ferdinando , Funghi Silvia , Manolino Carola , Ramploud Alessandro , Bartolini Bussi Maria Giuseppina 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to describe teachers’ professional development in Lesson Study (LS) as processes situated in Semiosphere and generated by the unevenness due to different cultural traditions. The authors characterise teachers’ professional development in two LS experiments as processes generating new knowledge to point out their products, i.e. new professional frame teachers produce after these experiments. The authors use Hybridization, a particular form of Networking of Theories (NWT).Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected video-registration of several Italian LS meetings. The authors analyse two LSs, where time emerged as a conflictual aspect. Through Hybridization components, the authors show how teachers make sense of LS and how teachers revise their professional frame.Theoretical frameworkIn NWT different theories are deployed to study the same problem. To grasp the issue of unevenness in our LS, we use Hybridization of a Theory, a form of NWT characterised by a structural asymmetry. It is given when a construct c is introduced coherently, operatively and productively into a theory T, obtaining a hybridized theory T'.FindingsHybridization lens allows to describe potentialities and limits of LS as a tool for teachers’ development. The two analysed LS are different: in one of them Hybridization process produced a new theory T', whilst in the second one it was limited to the awareness of a gap between LS and initial teachers’ professional frame.Practical implicationsIdentifying links between different Hybridization components is a helpful tool for teacher educators/researchers to foster the shift from one another. For instance, through this tool, teacher educators could keep track of what happens in successive LS and mirror the dialogue between teachers, moving towards group-shared metareflections. This initiates the advancement of a new theory T', where asymmetries are interpreted.Originality/valueIn this approach teachers are protagonists of the construction of a new professional frame. LS is a tool for teachers’ professional development, allowing teachers to question their own educational intentionalities. Hybridization components provide a tool to analyse such a process.
Implementing sustainability via organizational learning: case study of a French business school
Authors: Mukhi Umesh 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
This study aims to clarify how higher educational institutions (HEI now onwards) can engage in organizational learning process to implementing sustainability initiatives. Through the case study of business school in France, it shows how sustainability integration is a longitudinal process, influenced by contextual factors which facilitate and impede the learning process. It aims to contribute to the literature of sustainability in higher education by bringing in insights from organizational learning theory.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses the case study method to analyze the sustainability integration over the specific period. To do so, data was compiled by analyzing internal documents, publicly available sustainability reports. Further data was also complimented by the interviews, which gave intra-organizational level insights.

Findings
The case highlights that organizational learning for sustainability is stimulated by deans, faculty and institute of sustainability. It provides insights about how designing and implementing sustainability initiatives within an HEI is not a fixed goal; on the contrary, it is an ongoing learning process. However, this learning is also prone to barriers due to the ambiguous nature of sustainability.

Research limitations/implications
This research was conducted within a specific time, geographical and cultural context; hence, its result may lack generalization. Further comparative research is encouraged to explore similarity and differences within different HEI settings.

Practical implications
This research also gives potential insights for developing contextual awareness to prioritize, design and implement sustainability initiatives. Thus, it may be useful for the HEI administrators such as deans, sustainability managers and faculty members.

Social implications
This case emphasizes that HEI like business schools need to expand their relevance via social responsibility. This could be done so by encouraging leadership to engage with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Originality/value
This research uses organizational learning theory to understand determinants of sustainability design and implementation at French HEI. In doing so, this research contributes macro-level process of sustainability integration of an HEI.
Examining the role of measuring impact in higher education innovation creation
Authors: Prihandono Dorojatun , Wijaya Angga Pandu , Wiratama Bayu , Wijayanto Andhi , Suhud Usep 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThis study responds to the need for further research to examine determinants that impact innovation creation in higher education institutions.Design/methodology/approachThe study is a quantitative analysis; it uses 133 responses derived from respondents from several universities in Indonesia. The data are analyzed by using SEM-PLS. In the analysis, after having the inner model, then, the outer model is calculated. The research establishes a 95% confidence interval and conducts 500 bootstraps.FindingsThe results of this study indicate, firstly, the business and university partnerships, entrepreneurship orientation, and information technology facilities significantly influence innovation creation; secondly, measuring the impact in universities will strengthen the business and university partnerships, entrepreneurship orientation, and information technology facilities on the innovation creation.Research limitations/implicationsThis research implies that universities need to measure the impact and develop a proper measurement to enhance innovation through their relationship with their industrial partnerships and information technology facilities. However, the research has a limitation; the study is only conducted in state universities.Practical implicationsThe research measures the impact of the university–business partnership, entrepreneurship orientation, and IT facility. These determinants' effectiveness needs a measurement scheme to improve the innovation creation outputs, quantity, and quality.Originality/valueUniversities have an essential role in developing entrepreneurship competence for students and staff by nurturing innovation creation. It will benefit the staff in managing tasks and the students after they graduate to create businesses. This study aims to provide an in-depth analysis of determinants that affect innovation creation in higher education institutions in Indonesia.
Evaluating NGO accounting and reporting practices in a developing economy: the case for reforms
Authors: Pariag-Maraye Neeveditah , Soobaroyen Teerooven , Mooneeapen Oren , Panchoo Oorvashi 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThis study investigates non-government organisations' (NGO) current accounting and reporting practices in a developing economy context (Mauritius) and argues the case for reforms to enhance their transparency and accountability.Design/methodology/approachA content analysis of a sample of NGO annual returns was carried out followed by interviews with NGO officers and actors on the state of accounting and reporting practices in Mauritius. The authors analyse the data from a public accountability perspective.FindingsThe content analysis revealed poor accounting and reporting practices by Mauritian NGOs. Based on interview insights, the authors find that these poor practices arise due a lack of (1) NGO-specific accounting standards, (2) engagement with narrative reporting, (3) properly trained NGO officers and (4) proper monitoring and control. Some of the interviewees expressed their support for introducing online filing systems and accounting requirements that are commensurate with NGO size, improving regulatory oversight, while ensuring that NGO accounts are made available to the public.Originality/valueWhile there are many calls for better NGO accountability and transparency in developing economies, little is known about the state of accounting and reporting mechanisms (and regulatory framework thereof) that could provide the basis for relevant reforms towards enhancing accountability. Considering the opacity of NGO information in Mauritius and recent concerns about money laundering practices and the perceived ineffectiveness of regulatory oversight, this first national assessment of accounting and reporting practices sheds light on current challenges and formulates locally appropriate recommendations for the sector.
Audit fees, audit report lag and abnormal tone: evidence from China
Authors: Teng Zhong-Lu , Han Jin 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
This study aims to provide evidence on the association between abnormal tone and audit fees, as well as between abnormal tone and audit report lag.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a fixed-effects model to examine the relationship between abnormal positive tone and audit engagement (audit fees and audit report lag). Following Blanco et al., the authors used propensity score matching to examine the robustness of the findings.

Findings
Abnormal positive tone affects the audit process. An abnormal positive tone in annual reports is associated with greater audit effort and higher audit fees.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the determinants of audit fees and audit lag by analyzing the impact of an abnormal positive tone on audit engagement. The literature analyzing the determinants of audit engagement often focuses on the quality of non-textual information. This study analyzes the impact of the quality of textual information (measured by abnormal tone) on audit engagement, which provides evidence of the association between textual disclosure and audit.
Partner cross-contagion in audit offices and client reporting quality
Authors: Goodwin John , Kent Pamela Fae , Kent Richard , Routledge James 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine if partner cross-contagion in audit offices is associated with client reporting quality. To this end, the authors test if the presence in an audit office of a partner with a highly aggressive style is associated with the reporting quality of other partners’ clients. Partners with a highly aggressive style are identified by their tendency to approve favorable client reporting. The authors add to the existing literature that provides limited and equivocal evidence on audit office cross-contagion.

Design/methodology/approach
Partner style is determined in an estimation period from 2010 to 2014. Aggressive style is identified when partners tend to approve favorable client reporting, which is shown by a positive value for their clients’ median discretionary accruals. Partners are considered to exhibit a highly aggressive style if they have positive median client discretionary accruals within the 90th percentile. Cross-contagion analysis is then conducted in a test period from 2015 to 2019 by determining if the presence in an office of a partner with a highly aggressive style is associated with the reporting quality of other partners’ clients. Two measures of client reporting quality used. These are the accuracy of current-period accruals in predicting period-ahead cash flows and earnings management related to benchmark beating.

Findings
This study finds partner cross-contagion of highly aggressive style in Big 4 offices that is associated with lower client reporting quality for non-Metals and Mining industry clients. This cross-contagion only occurs when the contagious partner has a very high level of aggressive style. This study finds Big 4 partners are susceptible to aggressive style cross-contagion regardless of their own idiosyncratic style. The results of this study show more cross-contagion in small Big 4 offices and mitigation of cross-contagion for economically important clients. Cross-contagion in non-Big 4 offices is observed for Metals and Mining industry clients.

Originality/value
By determining style from partners’ past clients’ discretionary accruals, this study extends prior cross-contagion research that relies on restatements to identify style. This study examines several other cross-contagion issues not addressed in prior studies. These include differences in cross-contagion for Big 4 and non-Big 4 offices and for large and small Big 4 offices, partners’ susceptibility to cross-contagion and the influence of client importance.
Thank you for sharing! Unravelling the perceived
usefulness of word of mouth in public procurement for small and medium
enterprises
Authors: Ismail Ismail Juma , Changalima Ismail Abdi 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
Over time, the concept of word of mouth (WOM) has spread beyond marketing
into other disciplines. This is because WOM is important in decision-making
at both the individual and organisational levels. Also, people are more
likely to trust recommendations from their peers than those from companies.
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived
usefulness of WOM messages for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
suppliers in participating in Tanzanian public procurement
opportunities.

Design/methodology/approach
The study collected cross-sectional data from 214 SME suppliers who supply
common use items to public procuring organisations in Dodoma City, Tanzania.
Structural equation modelling was used to test the direct relationships
between study variables, and Hayes' PROCESS macro was used to test
for the indirect effect of WOM message delivery on WOM attributes and the
perceived usefulness of WOM.

Findings
WOM attributes that include expertise differential, perceptual homophily, and
trustworthiness are related to the perceived usefulness of WOM. Also, WOM
message delivery mediates the relationship between the WOM attributes and
the perceived usefulness of WOM in enhancing public procurement
participation. Therefore, the study's findings revealed that WOM is
applicable in the public procurement context, under which public buyers act
as senders and suppliers act as receivers. The latter finds out about public
procurement opportunities and responds to them, while the former gives
suppliers whatever information they need to respond to public procurement
tenders that have been advertised.

Research
limitations/implications
Because the study was cross-sectional, it was difficult to determine whether
the opinions gathered over time remained consistent. Furthermore, only
suppliers who are parties to framework contracts under Government
Procurement Services Agency were included in the study. Therefore, the
sample was limited to only suppliers supplying common use items to various
public organisations in Dodoma City, Tanzania.

Originality/value
This paper integrates the concept of WOM from the marketing discipline and
public procurement. As a result, the study adds to the understanding of the
use of information transmission in terms of the contribution of WOM messages
from public buyers to suppliers to enhance small and medium
enterprises' participation in public procurement opportunities.
Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands
Authors: Morford Scott L. , Allred Brady W. , Twidwell Dirac , Jones Matthew O. , Maestas Jeremy D. , Roberts Caleb P. , Naugle David E. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Rangelands of the United States provide ecosystem services that benefit society and rural economies. Native tree encroachment is often overlooked as a primary threat to rangelands due to the slow pace of tree cover expansion and the positive public perception of trees. Still, tree encroachment fragments these landscapes and reduces herbaceous production, thereby threatening habitat quality for grassland wildlife and the economic sustainability of animal agriculture.

Recent innovations in satellite remote sensing permit the tracking of tree encroachment and the corresponding impact on herbaceous production. We analysed tree cover change and herbaceous production across the western United States from 1990 to 2019.

We show that tree encroachment is widespread in US rangelands; absolute tree cover has increased by 50% (77,323 km2) over 30 years, with more than 25% (684,852 km2) of US rangeland area experiencing tree cover expansion. Since 1990, 302 ± 30 Tg of herbaceous biomass have been lost. Accounting for variability in livestock biomass utilization and forage value reveals that this lost production is valued at between $4.1–$5.6 billion US dollars.

Synthesis and applications. The magnitude of impact of tree encroachment on rangeland loss is similar to conversion to cropland, another well‐known and primary mechanism of rangeland loss in the US Prioritizing conservation efforts to prevent tree encroachment can bolster ecosystem and economic sustainability, particularly among privately‐owned lands threatened by land‐use conversion.