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Sustainability and profitability efficiencies: the moderating role of corporate social responsibility
Authors: Kuo Kuo‐Cheng , Lu Wen‐Min , Ganbaatar Oyunchimeg 
Published: April 2022

AbstractTo develop a better way of assessing the sustainability efficiency (SE) and profitability efficiency (PE) of mining multinational enterprises (MNEs), the two‐stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) network model is proposed. The study shows that slack‐based models (SBM) can strengthen the previous and present measurements of the mining industry. When we assess the SE and PE of 53 mining MNEs from 2016 to 2019, the overall efficiencies of both the sustainability and profitability of mining MNEs are not higher than 70%. Such results are shown to be helpful for suggesting that global mining companies need to improve their efficiencies. This study addresses filling the research gap in the literature review about SE positively and significantly influencing PE with the moderating effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in mining MNEs. The result reveals that higher sustainability yields higher returns to the companies. In other words, MNEs have improved their SE to achieve a higher PE. Furthermore, the value of SE significantly influences PE regardless of whether the moderating effect, CSR, is higher or lower. The results show that a higher governance pillar score (GPS) and social pillar score (SPS) lead them to have greater profitability. However, a higher Environmental Pillar Score (EPS) tends to create a weaker relationship between SE and PE. We addressed a few interpretations of why higher EPS negatively influences profitability. Nevertheless, our study strongly recommends companies to increase their CSR score. Last, this study proves that all hypotheses are supported.
Energetics and structure of the B‐type solid solution in the Nd2O3–Y2O3 system
Authors: Mandia Ramandeep , Navrotsky Alexandra 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThe system Nd2O3–Y2O3 contains solid‐solution phases with several different structures. Single‐phase B‐type (Nd1−xYx)2O3 solid solutions in the range of were formed at 1873 K and retained on cooling to ambient temperature. They showed a linear composition dependence of lattice parameters, enabling extrapolation to x = 0 and 1 for comparison with the structures of the stable endmembers. A positive enthalpy of formation from A‐type Nd2O3 and C‐type Y2O3 determined using oxide melt solution calorimetry indicated entropic stabilization of the B‐type phase. A positive interaction parameter for mixing in the B‐type solid solution, Ω 47.46 ± 4.04 kJ/mol, was obtained by fitting the data using a regular solution model. This value is significantly more positive than that obtained by previous phase diagram analysis using the CalPhaD approach. Exsolution into two B‐type phases is predicted to occur below 1427 K, making it unimportant for the equilibrium phase relations that will be dominated by other structures at low temperature.
A first assessment of the effect of storm climate trends and uncertainties on Dutch levee design
Authors: Groeneweg Jacco , Caires Sofia , van Nieuwkoop Joana , Bottema Marcel 
Published: April 2022

AbstractFor the safety assessment and design of levees in the Netherlands probabilistic tools are used, which account for both statistical and model uncertainties in the determination of hydraulic loads. However, climate change induced uncertainties in extreme wind climate or storminess are not yet accounted for. This paper presents a first assessment of the effect of uncertainties in storminess on Dutch levee design. An expert panel was consulted to define a range of plausible trends and uncertainties in extreme wind climate. Three scenarios were defined with variations of the current wind climate, including changes in wind speed high percentiles and in wind direction. For the defined scenarios probabilistic computations were carried out to determine the effect of the wind statistics variations on the water level, wave loads, and required levee height along the Dutch lakes and coast. In the case of an increase in wind percentiles (mean + 5%, standard deviation 12%), the required levee height increases significantly: up to 1.5–4 m along the Dutch coast and up to 1–2 m along the Dutch lakes. Given the large impact of the considered changes, it is first recommended to carry out a more robust assessment of the uncertainties in future storm climate and to measure and monitor evolution of future wind speeds.
CLO (Collateralized Loan Obligation) Market and Corporate Lending
Authors: GALLO ANGELA , PARK MIN 
Published: April 2022

AbstractWe investigate whether access to the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market as collateral managers or underwriters affects lenders' ability to overcome an idiosyncratic adverse shock in the corporate lending market. In a triple difference‐in‐differences setting, we find that lenders decrease their origination of loans following a negative shock; however, those with CLO access become more likely to arrange deals with securitizable facilities (Term B). Moreover, they choose to arrange deals with smaller size on‐balance‐sheet lending (Term A). The results suggest that securitization is actively used by lenders to switch to off‐balance‐sheet lending and to reduce the risk retained on the balance sheet.
Effects of perceived scarcity on COVID‐19 consumer stimulus spending: The roles of ontological insecurity and mutability in predicting prosocial outcomes
Authors: Leary R. Bret , Mesler Rhiannon MacDonnell , Simpson Bonnie , Meng Matthew D. , Montford William 
Published: April 2022

AbstractIn 2021, the United States government provided a third economic impact payment (EIP) for those designated as experiencing greater need due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. With a particular focus on scarcity and ontological insecurity, we collected time‐separated data prior to, and following, the third EIP to examine how these variables shape consumer allocation of stimulus funds. We find that scarcity is positively associated with feelings of ontological insecurity, which, interestingly, correlates to a greater allocation of stimulus funds toward charitable giving. We further find evidence that mutability moderates the relationship between ontological insecurity and allocations to charitable giving. In other words, it is those who feel most insecure, but perceive that their resource situation is within their control, who allocated more to charity giving. We discuss the implications of these findings for theory, policy‐makers, and the transformative consumer research (TCR) movement.
Continued use of scrotal ultrasounds for the workup of undescended testes: Confirmation bias and inaccuracies
Authors: Annick Erin T , Ko Joan , Baker Zoë G , Hannallah Arthi , De Filippo Roger E , Chang Andy Y 
Published: April 2022

AimScrotal ultrasounds are utilised in some primary care settings for suspected cryptorchidism, despite inaccuracies. We aim to identify the correlation between ultrasound and primary care provider (PCP) findings of undescended testicles (UDTs) as a potential source of confirmation bias.MethodsMales referred for suspected UDT by PCPs who underwent scrotal ultrasound and paediatric urologist examination from 2014 to 2019 were included. Correlation between PCP and ultrasound findings and diagnostic accuracy were evaluated. Logistic regression was utilised to determine associations between patient factors and UDT misdiagnosis.ResultsOut of 145 testes, ultrasound corroborated PCPs' UDT diagnoses 87.6% of the time, 49.6% of which were confirmed as UDT by paediatric urologists. Ultrasound had a false positivity rate of 81.0% and specificity of 19.0%. Ultrasound versus paediatric urologist findings regarding testicle location were significantly different (P < 0.0001). Patients aged ≥8 years old had 5.2 times greater odds of being misdiagnosed with UDT than patients <8 years old (95% confidence interval: 1.6–16.7; P < 0.002) by PCP and ultrasound.ConclusionScrotal ultrasound highly corroborated PCPs' UDT diagnoses. Older patients were more likely to be misdiagnosed with UDT by PCP and ultrasound. As ultrasounds rarely refute PCP examinations for suspected UDTs and are highly inaccurate, confirmation bias may explain the use of ultrasound in the workup of UDT.
The human side of innovation management: Bridging the divide between the fields of innovation management and organizational behavior
Authors: Weiss Matthias , Baer Markus , Hoegl Martin 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThe human side of innovation management focuses on the people that are carrying out innovative endeavors in organizations. It marks the intersection between research on innovation management and organizational behavior. However, these two research areas are not well integrated in the current literature, despite the many promises such an integration holds to address the challenges innovative organizations, as well as their employees, are facing in general and in times of uncertainty and transformation in particular. This editorial provides an overview of the special issue and illustrates the divide between research on innovation management and organizational behavior. Applying bibliometric analysis, we point to the need to bridge research in these two areas. Aimed to act as a catalyst for such bridging efforts, this special issue on the human side of innovation brought together research based on different theoretical perspectives and diverse methodological approaches. In this regard, the analysis of the intellectual structure of the special issue articles, reported in this editorial, provides evidence the effectiveness of the intended catalysis.
Association of hydromyelia and acute compressive myelopathy caused by intervertebral disc extrusion in dogs
Authors: Johnson Philippa J. , Todd‐Donato Amy B. , Miller Andrew D. , Wang Yu , Holm Chris , Panisello‐Manterola Carolina I. , Colón Acevedo Claudia S. , Wood Jonathan H. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractBackgroundHydromyelia is a common magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding associated with compressive myelopathy caused by intervertebral disc extrusion (IVDE).ObjectivesTo describe the MRI features of hydromyelia and explore its relationship to clinical history, neurological severity, and the duration of cord compression.AnimalsNinety‐one client‐owned dogs with a focal compressive myelopathy secondary to thoracolumbar IVDE.MethodsA retrospective observational study was conducted in which MRIs were blindly evaluated to grade and localize hydromyelia and measure the degree of spinal cord compression. Duration and severity of clinical signs were recorded. Differences between hydromyelia grades in these variables were statistically assessed using a Wilcoxon and Kruskal Wallis test. Receiver operator curve analysis was used to determine the sensitivity and specificity for duration of clinical signs to predict the presence of hydromyelia.ResultsHydromyelia was identified at sites of IVDE in 84 of 91 dogs. An absence of hydromyelia was associated a with statistically longer duration of clinical signs (mean 73.1, IQR 76 days) when compared to cases with mild (mean 17.7, IQR 7.25 days, P = .006) or severe (mean 17.9, IQR 10.25 days, P = .006) hydromyelia. Duration of clinical signs <14 days was 78.6% sensitive and 85.7% specific for predicting the presence of hydromyelia.Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceThe MRI finding of hydromyelia might be a predictor of lesion chronicity in focal IVDE, helping to guide planning of hemilaminectomy surgery.
Pushing past the plateau
Authors: Hamm Joseph A. , Cavanagh Caitlin , Lee Sung 
Published: April 2022

AbstractIn our target article (Hamm et al., Legal and Criminological Psychology, 2022), we propose a Concentric Diagram of Legitimacy as an organizing tool for legitimacy theory. In so doing, we hoped to stimulate a scholarly discussion about the state of the literature and the best avenues for pushing past the field’s current intellectual plateau. Six experts took us up on this call and provided three commentaries that push our thinking but, more importantly, identify important opportunities for advancing legitimacy theory. In our response here, we distil their rich insights into key criticisms which then lead to opportunities for future research.
Equipment activity recognition and early fault detection in automated construction through a hybrid machine learning framework
Authors: Harichandran Aparna , Raphael Benny , Mukherjee Abhijit 
Published: April 2022

AbstractExisting studies on automated construction equipment monitoring have focused mainly on activity recognition rather than fault detection. This paper proposes a novel equipment activity recognition and fault detection framework called hybrid unsupervised and supervised machine learning (HUS‐ML). HUS‐ML first identifies normal operations and known faulty conditions through supervised learning. Then, an anomaly detection algorithm is applied to spot any unseen faulty conditions. The framework is tested using acceleration measurements from a low‐rise automated construction system prototype. HUS‐ML outperformed the conventional machine learning approach in activity recognition and fault detection with an average F1 score of 86.6%. The conventional approach failed to detect unseen faulty operations. HUS‐ML identified known faulty operations and unseen faulty operations with F1 scores of 98.11% and 76.19%, respectively. The generalizability of the framework is demonstrated by validating it on an independent benchmark dataset with good results.
Nation as conceptualised in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Authors: Sungur Zeynep Tuba 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThe departing point of this study is to understand the implications of ‘nation‐building’ as a Western initiative in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) particularly in terms of the local conceptualisation of nation or millat. Based on this larger question, the goal of this study is to reveal the idea of nation as presented in the discourse of education constructed by the state of Afghanistan. To this end, the study employs three major primary resources: official state documents, school textbooks and expert interviews conducted at the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan. Pursuing a qualitative research methodology, the study uncovers four major elements that make up the idea of the ‘nation of Afghanistan’ or the millat‐e Afghanistan: (1) Islam, (2) watan (homeland), (3) qawm and (4) Afghaniyat (Afghanness). Reflecting a very specific understanding of nation that is peculiar to the context of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, this study concludes that the Western‐imposed form of nation has a local content which struggles hard to keep the idea of nation together.
Cântecul Gintei Latine: Vasile Alecsandri, ‘race’ connections and the Latinity of the Romanians (1850s–1870s)
Authors: Zantedeschi Francesca 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis article reconstructs Vasile Alecsandri's political and cultural activities at an international level, as he attempted to raise public awareness (particularly in France and Italy) for the Romanian national cause, namely, by staking claim to the ‘Latinity’ of Romanians. It takes account of the European historical and political context in which the process took place, against the cultural backdrop of a growing interest in Romania, its people and language, and the development of the pan‐Latin ideal (and of macro‐nationalisms in general). In 1878, Alecsandri participated in theFêtes Latinesin Montpellier, competing for the best ‘Song of the Latin race’, illustrating his ability to use all available communication channels to further the Romanian Latin cause and bolster pan‐Latinism.
The visceral sensitivity index: A novel tool for measuring GI‐symptom‐specific anxiety in inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Trieschmann Kimberly , Chang Lin , Park Sarah , Naliboff Bruce , Joshi Swapna , Labus Jennifer S. , Sauk Jenny S. , Limketkai Berkeley N. , Mayer Emeran A. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractBackgroundIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. GI symptom‐specific anxiety (GSA) is the cognitive, affective, and behavioral response stemming from fear of GI symptoms. The Visceral Sensitivity Index (VSI) measures GSA and is validated in IBS and may be useful in IBD.MethodsWe compared VSI scores in IBD participants to IBS participants and healthy controls (HCs). Using validated questionnaires, we assessed the VSI's correlation with anxiety, health‐related quality of life (HRQOL), and IBD activity.Key ResultsWe recruited 222 age‐ and sex‐matched participants (74 IBD [23 Crohn's disease; 51 ulcerative colitis], 74 IBS, and 74 HCs). IBD and IBS participants had higher VSI scores compared with HCs (IBD = 26.62 ± 16.64, IBS = 38.83 ± 15.06; HCs = 3.42±5.06; all p's < 0.001). VSI scores were lower in IBD vs IBS (p < 0.001). In IBD, VSI modestly correlated with current anxiety (R = 0.35, p = 0.002) and the physical component of HRQOL (R = −0.45, p = 0.0001) but less with the mental component of HRQOL (R = −0.23, p = 0.05).Conclusions & InferencesOur findings suggest the VSI is a useful measure in IBD. The VSI in IBD is related to general anxiety but is measuring a different construct and is not affected by the presence of trait anxiety. IBD patients have GSA that is associated with decreased HRQOL, which can negatively affect treatment compliance and other long‐term disease outcomes. Future studies are needed to further validate the VSI in IBD and to assess its correlation with disease activity.
Relationships between Paraspinal Muscle and Spinopelvic Sagittal Balance in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Authors: Wang Wei , Sun Zhuoran , Li Weishi , Chen Zhongqiang 
Published: April 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the relationships between measurements of paraspinal muscle and spinopelvic sagittal parameters and the predictive value of lumbar indentation value (LIV) on sagittal balance in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.MethodsIt was a retrospective study. We collected the data of 110 patients, who were diagnosed as lumbar spinal stenosis from December 2018 to May 2019. The total cross‐sectional area (tCSA), functional cross‐sectional area (fCSA), and fatty infiltration (FI) of paraspinal muscle were measured. The spinopelvic sagittal parameters were also measured, including sagittal vertical axis (SVA), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS), lumbar lordosis (LL), thoracic kyphosis (TK), and PI minus LL (PI‐LL). Correlations between measurements of paraspinal muscle and sagittal parameters were investigated by Pearson correlation analysis. The multiple linear regression analysis was used to investigate the LIV, age, gender, and BMI for assessing spinopelvic sagittal balance. Receiver‐operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to find out the most optimum cut‐off point of LIV for evaluating SVA.ResultsThere were 42 males and 68 females in this study and the mean age was 59.9 ± 10.9 years old. By Pearson correlation analysis, MF tCSA showed significant association with LL (r = 0.455, P < 0.01) and PI‐LL (r = −0.286, P < 0.01). MF fCSA had a significant correlation with LL (r = 0.326, P < 0.01) and PI‐LL (r = −0.209, P < 0.05). LIV was also significantly correlated to spinopelvic sagittal parameters, including SVA (r = −0.226, P < 0.05), LL (r = 0.576, P < 0.01), TK (r = 0.305, P < 0.01), and PI‐LL (r = −0.379, P < 0.01). By multiple linear regression analysis, LIV was independently associated with sagittal parameters, including PI‐LL and SVA. The cut‐off value of LIV for SVA ≤ 50 mm was 10.5 mm (AUC = 0.641). According to the best cut‐off value, patients were divided into two groups. For patients with LIV ≤ 10.5 mm, the percentage of SVA ≤ 50 mm was 54.5% (18/33), while it was 83.1% (64/77) for patients with LIV >10.5 mm.ConclusionsAs a new index to evaluate paraspinal muscle atrophy, the LIV was independently correlated to spinopelvic sagittal balance. Degeneration of paraspinal muscle was associated with spinopelvic sagittal balance.
Impact of the potato inoculation date on potato virus Y load and viral distribution in daughter tubers at harvest
Authors: Boulard Frédéric , Rohaut Gallien , Dupré David , Barbe Barrailh Florian , Person Amélie , Leclerc Melen , Jacquot Emmanuel , Glais Laurent 
Published: April 2022

AbstractAged plants are more difficult to infect than young plantlets. This modification of susceptibility is described as mature plant resistance (MPR). For potato virus Y (PVY), MPR is known to lead to low infection rates of plants inoculated at the postflowering stage and a decrease in the number of infected daughter tubers. However, the impact of inoculation date on the capacity of PVY to accumulate in daughter tubers has not been studied so far. Field and greenhouse experiments were carried out to better understand PVY epidemiology and to help potato growers to evaluate consequences of early/late infections on the quality of their crops. In field trials, potato plants (cv. Bintje) were covered by insectproof nets from planting to harvest except for a 14‐day period to expose plants to natural PVY infections. Under controlled conditions, potato plants were mechanically inoculated with PVY at different dates from preflowering stages (early inoculations) to postflowering stage (late inoculations). At harvest, daughter tubers were individually collected and analysed to define proportions and viral load of infected tubers according to the time between virus inoculation and harvest. Our results showed that although the age of plants at the time of inoculation can modify their susceptibility to PVY infection, in return, early and late PVY inoculations lead to similar rates of infected tubers at the plant scale and equivalent viral accumulation in infected tubers. All together, these data revealed that both early/late infections are high risks for the sanitary quality of potato tubers.
Development of a qPCR test to detect and quantify Elsinoë piri in unsprayed and organic apple orchards and assessment of apple cultivar susceptibility to the disease
Authors: Chandelier Anne , Mingeot Dominique , Ghrissi Ibtihel , Song Jang Hoon , Lateur Marc 
Published: April 2022

AbstractRecently, Elsinoë piri has become an important pathogen in unsprayed and organic apple orchards. The increasing demand for organic apples as well as the limited use of fungicides imposed by European legislation has turned this pathogen, which has been known for over a century in Europe, into a resurgent phytosanitary threat. It also represents a new trait to be taken into account in apple breeding programmes. As E. piri is extremely difficult to isolate and causes symptoms that can be confused with those caused by other pathogens, a quantitative PCR (qPCR) test has been developed based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the rDNA gene. This test, which displays a low limit of detection, allows the early detection of the fungus in apple leaves. As a quantitative method, it is a promising tool for breeding purposes as it can be used on leaves to assess the level of quantitative resistance of apple cultivars to the disease. The molecular test is also useful to gain knowledge on the epidemiology of this re‐emerging fungal disease. Spore trapping conducted in 2015, 2016 and 2020 using Rotorod devices and the qPCR test showed that airborne inoculum is released at the end of the growing season. Tests were also carried out to demonstrate that the pathogen was detected in buds during winter. A comparison of 18 E. piri isolates based on the sequencing of five genome regions highlighted a high genotypic diversity. All these isolates were detected with the qPCR test developed in this study.