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Quality of voluntary modern slavery disclosures: top Australian listed companies
Authors: Rao Kathyayini Kathy , Burritt Roger Leonard , Christ Katherine 
Published: March 2022

Purpose
There is a growing concern over the need for greater transparency of quality information by companies about modern slavery to contribute toward elimination of the practice. Hence, this paper aims to examine factors behind the quality of voluntary modern slavery disclosures and major sources of pressure on Australian company disclosures in a premodern slavery legislated environment.

Design/methodology/approach
Content analysis and cross- sectional regression modeling are conducted to analyze factors determining the quality of voluntary modern slavery disclosures of the top 100 firms listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and their implications for institutional pressures.

Findings
Results indicate that size, assurance by Big-4 firms and publication of stand-alone modern slavery statements are significant drivers of disclosure quality in the sample. Profitability, listing status and the degree of internationalization are found to be unrelated to the quality of voluntary modern slavery disclosures. Industry classification is significant but only partly supports the prediction, and further investigation is recommended.

Practical implications
This paper provides a foundation for regulators and companies toward improving the quality of their modern slavery risk disclosures with a particular focus on prior experience, assurance and size. In practice, contrary to suggestions in the literature, results indicate that monetary penalties are unlikely to be an effective means for improving the quality of modern slavery disclosure. Results of the study provide evidence of poor quality of disclosures and the need for improvement, prior to introduction of modern slavery legislation in Australia in 2018. It also confirms that regulation to improve transparency, through the required publication of a modern slavery statement, is significant but not enough on its own to increase disclosure quality.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research examining company level factors with an impact on voluntary modern slavery disclosure quality and the links to institutional pressures, prior to the introduction of the Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018.
Evaluation of smart irrigation systems in hot-arid climates for green roofs and walls: case of Doha, Qatar
Authors: Zaina Sara M. , Fadli Fodil , Hosseini Seyed Morteza 
Published: March 2022

PurposeThe study aims to develop recommendations for optimal Internet of things (IoT) based solutions for a smart precision irrigation automation platform using morphological thinking (MT). The smart irrigation system (SIS) can be applied for green roof and green wall (GRGW) design by studying the relationships and configurations that will be analyzed, listed and synthesized, representing “solutions spaces” and their possibilities.Design/methodology/approachThe research examines studying various cases of SIS; and assessing and analyzing the identified case studies through a decision support system (DSS) considering several factors regarding IoT, plant characteristics, monitoring, irrigation system and schedule, climate, cost and sensors used.FindingsTo develop recommendations for optimal IoT-based solutions for a smart precision irrigation automation platform.Originality/valueThe research paper analyzes and proposes a simultaneous solution to two conflicting problems. On the one hand, the paper proposes to apply greening of walls and roofs in hot arid regions, which will achieve greater environmental comfort. However, this is extremely difficult to implement in hot arid regions, since there is an objective problem – a lack of water. At the same time, the paper proposes the most rational approaches to organizing an irrigation system with the lowest water consumption and the highest efficiency for landscaping. Accordingly, this paper focuses on evaluating different types of SIS about the hot-arid climate in Qatar. The study aims to develop recommendations for optimal IoT-based solutions for a smart precision irrigation automation platform, which can be applied for green wall and roof design.
Tap water as a natural vehicle for microorganisms shaping the human gut microbiome
Authors: Lugli Gabriele Andrea , Longhi Giulia , Mancabelli Leonardo , Alessandri Giulia , Tarracchini Chiara , Fontana Federico , Turroni Francesca , Milani Christian , van Sinderen Douwe , Ventura Marco 
Published: March 2022

SummaryFresh potable water is an indispensable drink which humans consume daily in substantial amounts. Nonetheless, very little is known about the composition of the microbial community inhabiting drinking water or its impact on our gut microbiota. In the current study, an exhaustive shotgun metagenomics analysis of the tap water microbiome highlighted the occurrence of a highly genetic biodiversity of the microbial communities residing in fresh water and the existence of a conserved core tap water microbiota largely represented by novel microbial species, representing microbial dark matter. Furthermore, genome reconstruction of this microbial dark matter from water samples unveiled homologous sequences present in the faecal microbiome of humans from various geographical locations. Accordingly, investigation of the faecal microbiota content of a subject that daily consumed tap water for 3 years provides proof for horizontal transmission and colonization of water bacteria in the human gut.
Anopheles gambiae strain (Ag55) cultured cells originated from Anopheles coluzzii and are phagocytic with hemocyte‐like gene expression
Authors: Mishra Ruchir , Hua Gang , Bagal Ujwal R. , Champagne Donald E. , Adang Michael J. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAnopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii are closely related species that are predominant vectors of malaria in Africa. Recently, A. gambiae form M was renamed A. coluzzii and we now conclude on the basis of a diagnostic PCR‐restriction fragment length polymorphism assay that Ag55 cells were derived from A. coluzzii. We established an Ag55 cell transcriptome, and KEGG pathway analysis showed that Ag55 cells are enriched in phagosome pathway transcripts. The Ag55 transcriptome has an abundance of specific transcripts characteristic of mosquito hemocytes. Functional E. coli bioparticle uptake experiments visualized by fluorescence microscopy and confocal microscopy and quantified by flow cytometry establish the phagocytic competence of Ag55 cells. Results from this investigation of Ag55 cell properties will guide researchers in the use and engineering of the Ag55 cell line to better enable investigations of Plasmodium, other microbes, and insecticidal toxins.
A global perspective in second‐line treatment patterns for patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Jaffe Dena H. , Gricar Joseph , DeCongelio Marc , Mackie deMauri S. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractBackgroundEsophageal cancer is a highly prevalent cancer associated with low survival, especially among those with advanced disease. Second‐line (2L) treatment patterns and related clinical outcomes of patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (advESCC) treated in routine clinical care were examined globally and regionally.MethodsA retrospective, noninterventional study collected physician‐provided chart data of patients aged ≥20 years receiving either 2L active systemic therapy or BSC following first‐line active therapy for advESCC from 11 countries in Asian and Western regions (September–October 2018). Bivariate analyses examined treatment and outcomes by region.ResultsAdvESCC patients (Asia = 192; West = 195) were examined, of which 58.1% (Asia n = 101; West n = 124) received active systemic therapy. While regional differences in tumor classification and staging at diagnosis were observed with less advanced tumors in Asia, no regional differences for these characteristics at 2L initiation were reported. Both taxane‐ and nontaxane‐based therapies were used as 2L therapy among Asian and Western patients, although more western than Asian patients received immuno‐ or targeted therapies (17.0% vs. 3.0%; p = 0.001). Alopecia (10.7%), neutropenia (9.3%), and fatigue (9.3%) were the most‐commonly reported adverse events (AEs) in both regions. Significantly higher 2L AE‐related emergency room visits (Asia = 22.5% vs. West = 8.0%; p < 0.001) and hospitalizations (Asia = 25.9 ± 31.2 vs. West = 4.7 ± 7.0, p < 0.001) were observed in Asian than in Western patients. No regional differences were reported for response to 2L treatment or the percent of patients who received third‐line treatment/died.ConclusionsWhile regional variations were observed throughout the course of a patient's advESCC journey, disease response and treatment outcomes were similar.
Segmented financial risk tolerances within the standardised initial public offering regulatory environment of the Australian Securities Exchange
Authors: Gilbey Kylie J. , Purchase Sharon 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis study examines differentiated financial risk tolerance attitudes between three listing branches within the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) standardised listing environment. Western Australia’s (WA) concentration of earlier‐stage IPOs (51% of all ASX small, (predominately mining) initial public offerings (IPOs)) appears to reflect a localised ‘entrepreneurial’ risk attitude towards smaller, higher‐risk transactions, comparative to New South Wales and Victoria . Our mixed method approach identifies that the concentration of small‐cap, capital raising experiences that are (in)/formally shared through key ‘gatekeepers’, shape locally adopted funding capabilities, business processes, and risk attitudes. Underlying risk attitudes were influenced by the shared confidence in the recognition and management of risk, thereby increasing the propensity to participate in more speculative opportunities, and WA’s presumptive higher risk tolerance.
Genetic and environmental correlational structure among metabolic syndrome endophenotypes
Authors: Cherny Stacey S. , Williams Frances M. K. , Livshits Gregory 
Published: March 2022

AbstractMetabolic syndrome (MetS) is diagnosed by the presence of high scores on three or more metabolic traits, including systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP), glucose and insulin levels, cholesterol and triglyceride (TG) levels, and central obesity. A diagnosis of MetS is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The components of MetS have long been demonstrated to have substantial genetic components, but their genetic overlap is less well understood. The present paper takes a multi‐prong approach to examining the extent of this genetic overlap. This includes the quantitative genetic and additive Bayesian network modeling of the large TwinsUK project and examination of the results of genome‐wide association study (GWAS) of UK Biobank data through use of LD score regression and examination of the number of genes and pathways identified in the GWASes which overlap across MetS traits. Results demonstrate a modest genetic overlap, and the genetic correlations obtained from TwinsUK and UK Biobank are nearly identical. However, these correlations imply more genetic dissimilarity than similarity. Furthermore, examination of the extent of overlap in significant GWAS hits, both at the gene and pathway level, again demonstrates only modest but significant genetic overlap. This lends support to the idea that in clinical treatment of MetS, treating each of the components individually may be an important way to address MetS.
‘Kookaburras, kangaroos and my frilly‐necked lizard’: The value of wildlife, nature and companion animals for older community‐dwelling Australians
Authors: Dendle Kelli , Miller Evonne , Buys Laurie , Vine Desley 
Published: March 2022

AbstractObjectiveWith little research investigating older Australians' experience of companion animal (pet) ownership or wildlife encounters, this paper focuses on the value of animals in their lives.MethodsThree online focus groups explored 103 older adults' lived experience of home and community, with this paper focused on interactions with animals—companion animals and wildlife.ResultsMost (60%) had at least one pet, which brought love and joy into their lives. Reflexive thematic analysis identified three themes: pets as family; challenges of pet ownership; and connection to everyday wildlife and nature.ConclusionsIn addition to valuing companion animals (typically cats and dogs), this research is among the first to show that some older people also develop ongoing relationships with local Australian wildlife, such as kookaburras, kangaroos, lizards and birds, which raises the possibility that fostering connections with wildlife may enhance well‐being.
Olaparib maintenance monotherapy in Chinese patients with platinum‐sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer: China cohort from the phase III SOLO2 trial
Authors: Liu Jihong , Yin Rutie , Wu Lingying , Zhu Jianqing , Lou Ge , Wu Xiaohua , Zhou Qi , Gao Yunong , Kong Beihua , Lu Xin , Wang Jing , Chen Youguo , Cheng Ying , Wang Yueling , Lu Weiguo , Li Wei , Ma Xin , Hsu Kate 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAimThe phase III SOLO2 global study demonstrated the efficacy and safety of maintenance olaparib, a poly(adenosine diphosphate‐ribose) polymerase inhibitor, in platinum‐sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer patients with a BRCA mutation. This separate China cohort of SOLO2 investigated the efficacy and safety of maintenance olaparib in Chinese patients.MethodsPatients received olaparib (300 mg twice daily, oral, tablets) or matched placebo. Primary endpoint was investigator‐assessed progression‐free survival (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1). Safety and tolerability were also assessed.ResultsThirty‐two patients were treated. Olaparib treatment led to an improvement in progression‐free survival compared with placebo (hazard ratio = 0.44, 95% confidence interval: 0.17–1.19; median = 13.8 vs. 5.5 months). Results of secondary efficacy endpoints of time to first subsequent treatment/death and time to treatment discontinuation/death were consistent with progression‐free survival results. Time to second progression/death and time to second subsequent treatment/death data were immature at data cutoff. The most common adverse events in the olaparib arm were nausea (81.8%), anemia (45.5%), and decreased appetite (36.4%). Grade ≥3 adverse events were experienced by 36.4% of olaparib and 10.0% of placebo patients. No adverse events led to discontinuation of treatment. There were six deaths (olaparib, five; placebo, one); one death in the olaparib arm was due to an unknown cause, all others were related to disease progression.ConclusionsEfficacy and safety findings in the China SOLO2 cohort support the use of olaparib (300 mg twice daily) as maintenance treatment for Chinese patients with platinum‐sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation.
The Mediating Effect of Internal Control for the Impact of Institutional Shareholding on Corporate Financial Performance*
Authors: Li Xiao 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis study analyzes the mediating effect of internal control (IC) on corporate financial performance from an information economics perspective. The results show that effective IC has a significant mediating effect for institutional shareholding to improve financial performance. The mediating mechanism of IC is not reflected for institutional holdings other than Pressure‐resistant institutions. In addition, the magnitude of the mediating effect of IC for Stable long‐term institutional shareholding to improve financial performance is higher than that for Transactional short‐term institutional shareholding. Finally, this study provides some recommendations regarding strengthening the synergistic mechanism of external and internal governance on improving financial performance.
Castration and emasculation in the Middle Age. The andrological conundrum of Peter Abelard
Authors: Sansone Andrea , Jannini Tommaso B. , Dolci Susanna , Jannini Emmanuele A. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractPeter Abelard (1079–1142) is still considered one of the giants of philosophy, theology, and psychology, and the unsurpassed master of dialectical debate. Born in Le Pallet, near Nantes, Abelard became an academic and wandering cleric of great fame, founder of several schools that attracted students from all countries, arousing the admiration of his contemporaries and the profound envy of his colleagues. Around 1115, Abelard became master of the school of the Cathedral of Notre‐Dame. Shortly after, the canon Fulbert asked him to take his niece, the equally famous and highly cultured Héloïse d'Argenteuil (1092–1164), as a pupil. Thus a relationship began, celebrated for centuries to come, characterized by burning sexual and intellectual passion, by the famous correspondence, which will be the archetype of sentimental education and the template of romantic love letters, bythe birth of a son and consequent marriage, and by the cowardly revenge of Fulbert, who, together with a band of servants, mutilated “those parts of my body with which I had done what was the cause of their pain,” as Abelard wrote. While this unclear self‐description has suggested to contemporaries and to posterity that Abelard was castrated, we aim to question this belief by analyzing in‐depth this historical‐andrological clinical case to understand if there is any evidence that could suggest that Abelard was instead the victim of an even more brutal punishment: penectomy. Signs and symptoms gleaned from the personal writings and historical perspectives of Abelard and his time are used here to provide a possible answer to a thousand‐year‐old question: what makes a man … a man?
Inhabiting Dispossession in the Post‐Socialist City: Race, Class, and the Plan, in Bucharest, Romania
Authors: Lancione Michele 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe paper explores the racialised geography of a series of socialist blocs located in the southern periphery of Bucharest, labelled as a contemporary Romanian “ghetto”. Through extensive ethnographic and archival work, it expands on contemporary Western race‐aware urban scholarship, advancing an expansive reading of the “plan” as a key element to account for the endurance of foundational dispossession in the context of Bucharest. The goal is to trace how the social segmentations of “class” and “race” have been diagrammed through discontinuous city‐making in the last hundred years, refuting a reading of these complex processes as a matter of evolutionary stages between economic regimes, which ends up reproducing a stereotypical representation of the Eastern “other”. The paper contributes to a situated approach to racial urbanism, offering the basis for a trans‐Atlantic dialogue around the makings and unmakings of urban dispossession.
Decolonisation is a Political Project: Overcoming Impasses between Indigenous Sovereignty and Abolition
Authors: Curley Andrew , Gupta Pallavi , Lookabaugh Lara , Neubert Christopher , Smith Sara 
Published: March 2022

AbstractIn this article we seek to intervene in conversations that frame Black abolition and decolonisation as antagonistic political projects. We respond to Garba and Sorentino’s (2020) “Slavery is a metaphor”, which critiques Tuck and Yang (2012; “Decolonization is not a metaphor”) and decolonisation. Our concern is that scholarship in this vein denies Indigenous sovereignty and futurity while unnecessarily characterising decolonisation as antiblack. We contend that ontological, epistemological, and disciplinary traps lead to this problem: reductions, conflations, and taking settler‐enslavers’ word as truth. We suggest that critiques of settler colonial studies shouldn’t be confused with the aims of Indigenous decolonisation, where the former is largely driven by white scholarship and the latter is an Indigenous‐led project rooted in Indigenous epistemologies. We focus on questions of land and sovereignty, gesturing toward framings that are inclusive of Black, Native, and immigrant communities.
Birthweight z‐score and fat‐free mass at birth predict body composition at 3 years in Danish children born from obese mothers
Authors: Berglund Nanna R. , Lewis Jack I. , Michaelsen Kim F. , Mølgaard Christian , Renault Kristina M. , Carlsen Emma M. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAimWe investigated associations between newborn body composition and anthropometry and body composition at 3 years in Danish children born from obese mothers.MethodsAnalyses are based on data from the observational cohort study SKOT II (SKOT; small children's diet and well‐being (Danish)). Body composition at birth and at 3 years was assessed by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), respectively. Multiple linear regression models were applied to determine associations between newborn body composition and anthropometry and body composition at 3 years.ResultsBirthweight z‐score (BWZ) was positively associated with fat‐free mass (FFM), height, fat‐free mass index (FFMI), fat mass (FM) and fat mass index (FMI) at 3 years. Newborn FFM was positively associated with FFM, height, FFMI and FM at 3 years, and positive trends were seen between newborn FM and FM and FMI at 3 years.ConclusionWe showed that infants born with a higher BWZ go on to be taller at 3 years. They also grow to be heavier, to which FM and FFM both contribute, independently of linear growth. Additionally, it seems that FFM tracks into early childhood, thus supporting intrauterine programming of later health.
Economic contact in service encounters between groups in protracted conflict
Authors: Kushnirovich Nonna , Lissitsa Sabina 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe study examines whether qualitative and quantitative characteristics of intercultural service encounters (ISEs) between majority customers and ethnic minority service providers are associated with better attitudes toward the entire minority group. The study was conducted in Israel through an online survey of 402 respondents. The study revealed that the customers derived pleasure from high perceived value of services and from taking advantage of a good deal. This pleasure, in turn, was positively related to attitudes toward the outgroup. High perceived value of service was associated with higher frequency of ISE that may be interpreted as repurchasing behavior. Overall, the total effect of perceived value of services between majority population and ethnic minority on attitudes toward this minority was significant and positive. Thus, economic beneficiality, which is a very important component of ISE, may contribute to improving relationships between groups in deep conflict.
Patients with XLP type 1 have variable numbers of NKT cells
Authors: Ralph Elizabeth , Evans Josie , Booth Claire , Gilmour Kimberly 
Published: March 2022

SummaryX‐linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP1) is a rare primary immunodeficiency that usually presents in early childhood. Patients with XLP1 have been reported to have absent NKT cells, and it has been suggested that this can be diagnostic for the disorder. Whilst NKT frequency in adults is variable, little is known about their frequency in children. Therefore, we established a paediatric reference range for these cells. In contrast to previous reports, in our cohort of XLP1 patients, NKT cell numbers were found to be variable, and we would advise against using the finding of NKT cells to exclude a diagnosis of XLP1.