bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Grassroot processes of knowledge sharing to build social innovation capabilities
Authors: Fait Monica , Magni Domitilla , Perano Mirko , Farina Briamonte Massimiliano , Sasso Pasquale 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThis study aims to offer an empirical analysis to identify the relation between the adoption of knowledge management practices and the improvement of social innovation capabilities as an outcome of the knowledge sharing. Specifically, social innovation capabilities are triggered by knowledge-sharing enablers, such as intrinsic and extrinsic socially driven motivations.Design/methodology/approachBased on a sample from 300 nonprofit organizations, the study explains causal relationships in terms of the multiplicity of triggers that act on a social innovation capability. The research applied the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method through SmartPLS 3.3 software. Data are collected from an online survey and highlight the employees’ and volunteers’ boost in nonprofit organizations to seek positive social change as a priority goal of their business model.FindingsThe results support the existence of a direct and positive relationship between knowledge-sharing enablers (i.e. intrinsic and extrinsic socially driven motivations), the mechanism of the formation of knowledge-sharing behaviors (an inside-out and outside-in process) and social innovation capabilities.Research limitations/implicationsThe study combines the open innovation framework with social innovation activities and investigates the role of knowledge sharing in the building of social innovation capabilities. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the paper is the first attempt to describe a synergic framework, including open innovation literature, social innovation capability and knowledge-sharing processes.Originality/valueThis paper is a part of the research stream that focuses on the processes of distribution of knowledge flows along the boundaries of the organization. Thus, this study broadens the field of knowledge management and social innovation initiatives.
The evolution of e-government research over two decades: applying bibliometrics and science mapping analysis
Authors: Ramzy Mina , Ibrahim Bahaa 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThis study uses a bibliometric approach to analyze the overall status of e-government research by revealing patterns and trends that would help gain a broad understanding of global developments in the field and future directions.Design/methodology/approachAll documents related to e-government published from 2000 to 2019 were extracted from the Scopus and the Digital Government Reference Library databases. Bibexcel, Biblioshiny, and VOSviewer were used to perform the analyses and visualize the science mapping.FindingsThe results showed that 21,320 documents related to e-government research were published and cited 263,179 times. The annual growth rate of e-government research has reached 21.50%. The regression analysis showed that the growth rate is expected to increase gradually over the coming years. Despite the significant role that conference papers play in the e-government literature, the impact of articles far exceeds conference papers. The University of Albany (SUNY) has played an important role in e-government research in terms of production and impact. Furthermore, the study revealed some countries that are expected to play a prominent role in e-government research, as well as several topics that may attract more attention soon.Originality/valueThe results presented in this study and the comprehensive picture obtained about the e-government field make it an effective supplement to the expert evaluation. Thus, researchers, research managers, policymakers, institutions, funding agencies, and governments can rely on it.
Assessing mental health literacy in Pakistani youth using case-vignettes
Authors: Faize Fayyaz Ahmed , Idrees Samreen , Sohail Maheen 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
This study aims to assess mental health literacy (MHL) in the general population using six case vignettes related to depression, mania, psychosis, conversion disorder (CD), obsessive compulsion disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Design/methodology/approach
Each vignette had nine items related to MHL. The sample comprised 4,590 young adults conveniently selected from twin cities in Pakistan. Participants’ responses were converted into percentages and percentiles to find MHL levels.

Findings
The men had moderate MHL in depression and inadequate MHL in the remaining five illnesses. The women had adequate MHL in depression and moderate MHL in mania, psychosis, OCD and PTSD while inadequate in CD. Comparing item-wise understanding, the participants had an adequate understanding of identifying the illness, who could suffer and whether the illness was treatable. However, they struggled with naming the illness, knowing about it and how to treat and identify the person who can treat it.

Research limitations/implications
The findings of this study are helpful for mental health professionals, policymakers and individuals who identify the target areas for engagement and improving MHL in the general population.

Originality/value
This study provides data about MHL related to six mental illnesses, unlike previous studies focusing on a few illnesses. This study recommends awareness sessions, community workshops and engaging social and electronic media for improving MHL and seeking help from relevant health professionals for mental illnesses instead of spiritual healers and witchcraft.
Humour and mental health: a case study of Arthur Asa Berger
Authors: Berger Arthur Asa , Gonot-Schoupinsky Freda 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to elicit insight on how humour may support mental health from Arthur Asa Berger, Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University, author of more than 150 articles and 90 books, many on humour and humorous artist.

Design/methodology/approach
This case study, followed by a 10-question interview, intentionally embraces visual autobiography to present Arthur’s creative humorous contributions.

Findings
Arthur conveys the importance of humour, not so much from joke-telling, which can be problematic, but in fun conversations, witty remarks and puns. We learn of his 45 humour techniques, and ways to apply humour in teaching, writing and drawing for therapeutic benefit.

Research limitations/implications
This is a personal narrative, albeit from someone who has been academically and personally involved with humour for over 60 years.

Practical implications
Evidence of the benefits of humour for mental health is mounting. Appreciating and harnessing humour, including with the 45 humour techniques, whenever you can, is recommended.

Social implications
Humour supports relationship building and social inclusion. Social humour is best when it amuses others, offers positive insights into social relationships and is life affirming to both the humourist and their audience.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, Arthur was the first to publish a PhD dissertation on a comic strip and has been at the vanguard of humour application in teaching, academic writing, drawing, popular comedy and humorous murder mysteries for decades. Arthur will be 90 years old in 2023.
Predicting thrust force during drilling of composite laminates with step drills through the Gaussian process regression
Authors: Zhang Yun , Xu Xiaojie 
Published: September 2022

PurposeHere, the authors use step angles, stage ratios, feed rates and spindle speeds as predictors to develop a Gaussian process regression for predicting thrust force during composite laminates drilling with step drills.Design/methodology/approachUse of machine learning methods could benefit machining process optimizations. Accurate, stable and robust performance is one of major criteria in choosing among different models. For industrial applications, it is also important to consider model applicability, ease of implementations and cost effectiveness.FindingsThis model turns out to be simple, accurate and stable, which helps fast estimates of thrust force. Through combining the Taguchi method's optimization results and the Gaussian process regression, more data could be expected to be extracted through fewer experiments.Originality/valueThrough combining the Taguchi method's optimization results and the Gaussian process regression, more data could be expected to be extracted through fewer experiments.
Reflexivity in the field encounter in qualitative research: learning from Gadamer
Authors: McBride Neil Kenneth 
Published: September 2022

PurposeReflexivity involves critical reflection by the qualitative researcher as to the influence of the researcher's culture, history and belief on the conduct and outcome of the research. It is often seen as a practice exercised in the analysis of results in order to attempt to objectify the research. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the value of reflexivity is located in its practice in the field encounter as a means of recognising and embracing subjectivity. In order to widen reflexivity as hermeneutics, the paper draws on Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics as developed in “Truth and Method”.Design/methodology/approachThis is a conceptual paper which distils critical themes from Gadamer's truth and method and applies them to the concept of reflexivity as applied in the field.FindingsThe paper suggests that reflexivity is an important component in the field encounter. Immersion in the language and terms of the field is critical to understanding meaning; who I am, my past, my lived experience are essential inputs to my research; the researcher's opinions, ideas and outspoken statements are part of the fabric of qualitative research; qualitative interpretation as a creative exercise; qualitative research should bring insight and understanding that can be applied to catalyse change.Practical implicationsUnderstanding and applying reflexivity in the field will provide innovative insights which can be carried through to the data analysis.Originality/valueThis study uniquely applies Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics to reflexivity and the field encounter.
Dispersed communities in age-friendly work: an intersectional approach to place-based working
Authors: Wilkinson Sarah , Lang Luciana , Yarker Sophie 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present alternative ways of addressing inequality in age-friendly work by drawing attention to the limitations of place-based approaches in meeting the needs of dispersed communities.

Design/methodology/approach
A case study of the age-friendly programme Ambition for Ageing (AfA) is used to explore three examples of working with minority communities.

Findings
Place-based age-friendly development risks further marginalising older people belonging to dispersed communities of identity or experience; therefore, we need to adopt adopt an intersectional approach to inequality in later life.

Practical implications
Three ways that age-friendly programmes may become more inclusive of minority groups who are geographically dispersed are identified: bringing community members together; co-production; and supporting visibility in mainstream settings.

Originality/value
This paper brings together insights from the AfA programme, critically assessing place-based approaches in relation to working with dispersed communities of identity. It offers some ways to mitigate limitations through adopting tailored equality approaches.
Geoalkalibacter halelectricus SAP‐1 sp. nov. possessing extracellular electron transfer and mineral‐reducing capabilities from a haloalkaline environment
Authors: Yadav Sukrampal , Singh Ramandeep , Sundharam Shiva S. , Chaudhary Srishti , Krishnamurthi Srinivasan , Patil Sunil A. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractThe extracellular electron transfer (EET)‐capable electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) play crucial roles in mineral cycling and interspecies electron transfer in different environments and are used as biocatalysts in microbial electrochemical technologies. Studying EAMs from extreme environments is desired to advance the electromicrobiology discipline, understanding their unique metabolic traits with implications to extreme microbiology, and develop specific bioelectrochemical applications. Here, we present a novel haloalkaliphilic bacterium named Geoalkalibacter halelectricus SAP‐1, isolated from a microbial electroactive biofilm enriched from the haloalkaline lake sediments. It is a rod‐shaped Gram‐negative heterotrophic anaerobe that uses various carbon and energy sources and respires on soluble and insoluble terminal electron acceptors. Besides 16S‐rRNA and whole‐genome sequence‐based phylogeny, the GGDC values of 21.7%, ANI of 78.5%, and 2.77% genomic DNA GC content difference with the closest validly named species Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus (DSM 17813T) confirmed its novelty. When grown with the solid‐state electrode as the only electron acceptor, it produced 460 ± 23 μA/cm2 bioelectrocatalytic current, thereby confirming its electroactivity. Further electrochemical analysis revealed the presence of membrane redox components with a high formal potential, putatively involved in the direct mode of EET. These are distinct from EET components reported for any known electroactive microorganisms, including well‐studied Geobacter spp., Shewanella spp., and Desulfuromonas acetexigens. The capabilities of G. halelectricus SAP‐1 to respire on soluble and insoluble electron acceptors including fumarate, SO42−, Fe3+, and Mn4+ suggests its role in cycling these elements in haloalkaline environments.
Adaptability and variety adoption: Implications for plant breeding policy in a changing climate
Authors: Torshizi Mohammad , Gray Richard 
Published: September 2022

AbstractAdaptability of a seed variety to a wide range of environmental conditions is important in farmers' variety adoption decisions, especially with the increased environmental volatility induced by climate change. Despite the apparent need for information, variety trial reports generally report average relative yields, but they do not provide farmers with measures of variety adaptability. Our theoretical model postulates that the adaptability of seed varieties matters in farmers' variety adoption choices. To test this conjecture, and to measure the magnitude of the effect, we develop a new measure of variety adaptability and estimate an empirical model of adoption in Western Canada. We find that a 1% increase in the adaptability of a variety will increase its adoption by 0.45%. This effect is statistically and economically significant. Our results imply that adding a measure of variety adaptability to crop variety guides could enhance the adoption of superior crop varieties, benefiting both farmers and breeders.
Working it out: Will the improved management of leaky bodies in the workplace create a dialogue between medical sociology and disability studies?
Authors: Remnant Jennifer , Sang Katherine , Myhill Katriona , Calvard Thomas , Chowdhry Sushila , Richards James 
Published: September 2022

AbstractThis article focuses on the workplace as a significant site of convergence between the disciplines of medical sociology and disability studies. As disability remains on the margins of sociological exploration and theorising relating to health and work, disabled workers remain on the margins of the workforce, subject to disproportionate rates of unemployment, under employment and workplace mistreatment. The article focuses on the experiences of people with ‘leaky bodies’, focussing specifically on employees who experience troubling menstruation and/or have gynaecological health conditions. It brings together data from three studies conducted between 2017 and 2020; interviews with disabled academics (n = 75), university staff with gynaecological health conditions (n = 23), and key stakeholders in universities (n = 36) (including university executives, line managers and human resources staff). These studies had separate, but linked foci, on the inaccessibility of workplaces, managing gynaecological health conditions at work and supporting disabled people at work respectively. Drawing on the Social Relational Model of disability and theories of embodiment, we explore the experiences and management of workers with leaky bodies in UK University workplaces. Data illustrates how workplace practices undermine embodied experiences of workers with ‘leaky’ bodies by maintaining workplaces which ignore their material reality. We highlight that addressing embodied needs alongside acknowledging disabled people as an oppressed political category represents a theoretical meeting point for disability studies and medical sociology.
Austerity and identity formation: How welfare cutbacks condition narratives of sickness
Authors: Altermark Niklas , Plesner Åsa 
Published: September 2022

AbstractIn recent years, Swedish sick insurance has become more restrictive. In this article, we analyse how people not being granted payments, despite being seriously ill, are affected. Scholarship on identity formation and sickness stress the importance of constructing narratives in order to come to terms with one’s situation. Our analysis of 30 qualitative interviews with people diagnosed with ME/CFS shows that workfare politics conditions such identity formation and often prevents it from taking place. Interviewees describe extreme stress as a result of their contacts with the Social Insurance Agency (SIA), which results in a perpetual crisis that is renewed with each new denied application. In particular, the sense of not having a future means that it is hard to construct narratives to make sense of one’s situation. To escape the perpetual crisis, some people have politicised their situation, constructing a narrative about themselves as suffering from oppressive politics. Others have escaped by not applying for sick insurance or other social insurances. But generally speaking, the most common effect of being denied sick insurance is an ongoing crisis that leads to deteriorating health.
Prednisolone and enoxaparin (clexane) therapy (‘the Bondi protocol’) for repeated IVF failure
Authors: Sacks Gavin , Zhang Jessica 
Published: September 2022

AbstractProblemWhat is the impact of an empirical immune therapy protocol of prednisolone and enoxaparin (clexane) (the ‘Bondi protocol’) on women with repeated in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure?Method of studyThis was a retrospective review of live birth outcomes conducted on all transfer cycles performed by a single clinician (GS) at IVFAustralia between February 2016 and April 2020. This study consisted of 1786 transfer cycles, including 460 cycles treated with the Bondi protocol and 1326 without. Women with repeated IVF failure were given the Bondi protocol based on blood NK cell activity. Primary outcome was live birth and statistical analysis was performed with GraphPad Prism software with significance for P‐values < .05.ResultsOverall ‘Bondi’ and ‘normal’ protocol cycles had similar rates of IVF/ICSI, fresh/frozen transfers and use of preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). Women given the Bondi protocol were older, had more previous cycles and had higher blood NK cell activity. There was no significant difference in live birth rates (Bondi 26%, normal 28%). Bondi protocol live birth rates per transfer cycle were as high as 40% in patients under 38 years old. The Bondi protocol was more effective as NK activity increased from ‘normal’ to ‘borderline’ to ‘high’. For high NK cell activity levels, live birth rates were over four times higher for women on the Bondi protocol (28%) than those on normal protocols (6%, P = .0007).ConclusionThis study describes a simple and relatively safe immune therapy protocol that may improve IVF success rates in women with evidence of immune dysfunction.
Effect of perceived public stigma on internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt: Outness as a moderator
Authors: Liu Fangsong , Ye Zilan , Chui Harold , Chong Eddie S.K. 
Published: September 2022

Although previous studies found that distal minority stress contributes to proximal minority stress and shame/guilt among the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population, it is unclear whether the extent to which LGB individuals' open display and discussion their sexual orientation moderates these relationships. A total of 1,452 Chinese LGB adults provided demographic information and completed measures of outness, perceived public stigma, internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt. Structural equation modelling was conducted to test the hypothesized moderation analyses. Perceived public stigma had positive associations with internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt. Outness played a moderating role in the associations of perceived public stigma with internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt. Specifically, when LGB individuals had higher levels of outness, the effects of perceived public stigma on internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt were lower. Moreover, such moderating effect did not differ by sexual orientation. The degree to which sexual minority individuals' sexual orientation is known by and openly discussed with others may lower the extent to which LGB individuals internalize sexual stigma, expect rejection after coming out, and develop shame and guilt as a result of perceived social prejudice and discrimination.
Standard and flexible tip bougie for tracheal intubation using a non‐channelled hyperangulated videolaryngoscope: a randomised comparison#
Authors: Oxenham O. , Pairaudeau C. , Moody T. , Mendonca C. 
Published: September 2022

SummaryBougie impingement during tracheal intubation can increases the likelihood of prolonged intubation time, failed intubation and airway trauma. A flexible tip bougie may overcome this problem, which can occur when using a non‐channelled, hyperangulated videolaryngoscope with a standard bougie. This randomised controlled study compared standard and flexible tip bougies using a non‐channelled videolaryngoscope (C‐MAC® D‐blade) in 160 patients. The primary outcome measure was the modified intubation difficulty scale score. Secondary outcome measures were: laryngoscopy time; total tracheal intubation time; first attempt success rate; and postoperative sore throat verbal rating score. The median (IQR [range]) modified intubation difficulty scale scores for standard bougie and flexible tip bougie were 1 (0–2[0–5]) and 0 (0–1[0–3]), respectively (p = 0.001). There was no significant differences in laryngoscopy time, total tracheal intubation time, first attempt success rate and postoperative sore throat between the two groups. Both the flexible tip and standard bougies can be used with a high first attempt success rate for tracheal intubation using a C‐MAC D‐blade videolaryngoscope. The flexible tip bougie demonstrated a significantly better modified intubation difficulty scale score and lower incidence of bougie impingement.