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The grey and dark facets of online activities: a study of consumer perceptions
Authors: Handa Meenakshi , Ahuja Parul 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
The internet has provided a gamut of benefits to consumers. The digital world, however, also provides space for various illegal or unethical consumer activities. Consumers may not always be fully aware of the unethical or illegal nature of some of the online activities that they engage in. This study aims to examine the questionable side of online consumer behaviour in an emerging market where internet penetration and smart phone accessibility is rapidly expanding. Using a third-person technique, this study attempts to empirically capture the perceptions of Indian adults regarding the prevalence of various questionable online activities such as unauthorized downloading of digital content, spreading fake news/misinformation and fraudulent returns and to understand the extent to which these respondents believe that such actions are acceptable or illegal and unethical.

Design/methodology/approach
An online questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 212 consumers. Non-probability convenience and snowball sampling was used for the purpose.

Findings
Unauthorized watching or downloading of online content is reported to be the most prevalent among the various types of questionable behaviours examined. However, it is behaviours such as fraudulent returns and spreading misinformation through online channels which are considered to be the most unethical or illegal. Certain behaviours which may be deemed to be unethical and illegal nevertheless are seen as acceptable. Significant differences between demographics in the case of several of the unethical activities are reported.

Research limitations/implications
This study examines the grey and dark side of online behaviours among consumers in an emerging market and points to the need for action on several fronts to increase consumer awareness and sensitivity about the unethical or illegal nature of some of their online activities and the implications for multiple stakeholders. Based on the findings of this study, recommendations directed at consumers, marketers and policymakers are discussed.

Originality/value
Although the benefits of online communication channels have been extensively studied, their ability to facilitate certain unethical and even illegal activities is an under-researched area. The inclination to engage in these types of questionable behaviours may have been exacerbated by the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study highlights the importance of research on various grey consumer activities in the digital space and paves the way for further investigations by identifying online actions which are considered as most prevalent and/or unethical and illegal.
A scenario-based collaborative problem for a relief supply chain during post-disaster under uncertain parameters: a real case study in Dorud
Authors: Bakhshi Alireza , Aghsami Amir , Rabbani Masoud 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
Unfortunately, the occurrence of natural disasters is inevitable all over the world. Hence, this paper aims to analyze a scenario-based collaborative problem in a relief supply chain (RSC), where nongovernmental organizations can participate in relief activities with governmental organizations. This study focuses on location-allocation, inventory management and distribution planning under uncertain demand, budget, transportation and holding costs where government and private distribution centers receive relief items from suppliers then send them to affected areas. The performance of the proposed model is surveyed in a real case study in Dorud.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper develops a nonlinear mixed-integer programming model that seeks to maximize the coverage of demand points and minimize operating costs and traveled distance. The linear programming-metric technique and grasshopper optimization algorithm are applied to survey the model's applicability and efficiency.

Findings
This study compares noncollaborative and collaborative cases in terms of the number of applied distribution centers and RSC's goals, then demonstrates that the collaborative model not only improves the coverage of demand points but also minimizes cost and traveled distance. In fact, the presented approach helps governments efficiently surmount problems created after a disaster, notwithstanding existing uncertainties, by determining a strategic plan for collaboration with nongovernmental organizations for relief activities.

Originality/value
Relief strategies considered in previous research have not been sufficiently examined from the perspective of collaboration of governmental and nongovernmental organizations and provided an approach to develop the coverage of affected areas and reducing costs and traveled distance despite various uncertainties. Hence, the authors aim to manage RSCs better by offering a mathematical model whose performance has been proved in a real case study.
Exploring the frontiers in reality-enhanced service communication: from augmented and virtual reality to neuro-enhanced reality
Authors: Hilken Tim , Chylinski Mathew , de Ruyter Ko , Heller Jonas , Keeling Debbie Isobel 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThe authors explore neuro-enhanced reality (NeR) as a novel approach for enhancing service communication between customers, frontline employees, and service organizations that extends beyond current state-of-the-art approaches based on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies.Design/methodology/approachThe authors first take stock of research on reality-enhanced service communication with AR and VR, then complement these insights with emerging neuroscientific research to conceptualize how NeR enables innovative forms of service communication. On this basis, the authors develop a research agenda to guide the future study and managerial exploitation of NeR.FindingsAR and VR already offer unique affordances for digital-to-physical communication, but these can be extended with NeR. Specifically, NeR supports neuro-to-digital and digital-to-neuro communication based on neuroimaging (e.g. controlling digital content through thought) and neurostimulation (e.g. eliciting brain responses based on digital content). This provides a basis for outlining possible applications of NeR across service settings.Originality/valueThe authors advance knowledge on reality-enhanced service communication with AR and VR, whilst also demonstrating how neuroscientific research can be extended from understanding brain activity to generating novel service interactions.
How communications by AI-enabled voice assistants impact the customer journey
Authors: Grewal Dhruv , Guha Abhijit , Schweiger Elisa , Ludwig Stephan , Wetzels Martin 
Published: May 2022

PurposeArtificial intelligence–enabled voice assistants (VAs), such as Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple's Siri, are available in smartphones, smart speakers, and other digital devices and channels. Use of these VAs is growing rapidly and are expected to significantly impact purchase intentions. This article focuses on how the communications enabled and provided by these VAs influence VA evaluations and usage intentions, contingent on the stage of the customer journey.Design/methodology/approachThis paper builds from work on VAs, work on artificial intelligence (AI) and work on communications, to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of how VA evaluations and usage intentions may be impacted by the communications from VAs, contingent on the stage of the customer journey.FindingsThis paper proposes a model for VA enabled communications impact VA evaluations. It builds from work on VAs, AI, communications, and customer journey management. In the proposed model, VA evaluations are not only impacted by source, message and recipient characteristics (per prior communication models), but also by (1) VA/AI specific features, like perceptions of humanness and perceptions of artificiality, and (2) stage of the customer journey.Practical implicationsThis paper provides guidance to firms, as regards how VA communications may influence VA evaluations and usage intentions. As an initial conjecture, (1) increasing perceptions of humanness, (2) decreasing perceptions of artificiality (3) a better fit between communications style (e.g. abstract vs concrete), and request type (e.g. transactional vs informational) (4) a better fit between VA communications (e.g. information vs banter), and consumer perceptions of the VA (servant vs partner) and (5) a better fit between VA communications and the stage of the customer journey may positively influence VA evaluations and VA usage intentions.Originality/valueThis paper provides a fresh look at the impact of VA communications, clarifying how such communications impact VA evaluations and usage intentions at various stages of the customer journey.
Exploring marketing control mechanisms from a strategy perspective
Authors: Ortiz-Rendon Paola Andrea , Munuera-Aleman Jose-Luis , Montoya-Restrepo Luz Alexandra 
Published: May 2022

PurposeManagement is constantly looking for ways to show how exactly the competitive advantage can be enhanced to achieve the desired results. As such, control mechanisms that are designed to ensure that the desired results are achieved play an important part in the successful implementation of a business strategy, which is why, in this study, the authors analyze how formal and informal control levels are deduced from the marketing decisions that operationalize the organizational strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a cross-section survey among 301 marketing managers. To determine which types of strategies are prevalent, the authors performed a hierarchical cluster analysis using the IBM SPSS Statistics 24 software and then constructed an ANOVA table to see whether there are differences in the characteristics of the different clusters. To determine the configuration of marketing control across strategy typologies, the authors conducted a mean difference test, aligning marketing control mechanisms with the strategies under study, significantly changing the intensity levels from one to another.FindingsIt is worth emphasizing that higher levels of control are related to prospector strategic business units (SBUs) and that informal control was significantly more prevalent than formal control for all the strategy typologies the authors' studied.Originality/valueThis research provides empirical evidence to gain a better understanding of the role marketing decisions play on formal and informal control mechanisms.
Investigating the prevalence and utility of police body-worn cameras in the George Floyd protests
Authors: Gaub Janne E. , White Michael , Malm Aili , Watts Seth , Brown Katharine Leigh 
Published: May 2022

PurposeUnlike protests against police brutality in the past (2014 and earlier), police officers responding to First Amendment-protected demonstrations in summer 2020 likely were wearing body-worn cameras(BWCs). This study seeks to understand police perceptions of the effects of BWCs when used in the George Floyd protests.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use survey data from 100 agencies with federally-funded BWCs to assess the prevalence of BWC deployment to George Floyd protests and perceived benefits and limitations of the technology within this unique context.FindingsAbout three-quarters of agencies encountered some level of demonstration/protest related to the killing of George Floyd, and the majority of those deployed BWCs during these demonstrations. Respondents indicated evidentiary value of footage was a key reason for doing so, and at least three preconditions for a civilizing effect were present.Originality/valueResearch has documented numerous benefits associated with BWCs, from reductions in use of force and citizen complaints to evidentiary value. However, the extent to which BWC benefits extend to public protests is unclear. The George Floyd protests represent an opportunity to understand the prevalence and usefulness of BWCs in policing public protests.
Coccomyxa sp.KJ extract affects the fate of T cells stimulated by toxic shock syndrome toxin‐1, a superantigen secreted by Staphylococcus aureus
Authors: Ohshima Shino , Komatsu Satoko , Kashiwagi Hirofumi , Goto Yumiko , Ohno Yusuke , Yamada Soga , Kanno Akiko , Shimizu Tomoka , Seki Toshiro , Yasuda Atsushi , Kuno Hitoshi , Kametani Yoshie 
Published: May 2022

AbstractT cell stimulation by bacterial superantigens induces a cytokine storm. After T cell activation and inflammatory cytokine secretion, regulatory T cells (Treg) are produced to suppress the immune response. Coccomyxa sp.KJ (IPOD FERM BP‐22254), a green alga, is reported to regulate immune reactions. Therefore, we examined the effects of Coccomyxa sp.KJ extract (CE) on the superantigen‐induced immune response. When human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were stimulated with toxic shock syndrome‐1 (TSST‐1) in the presence of CE, the number of activated T cells decreased moderately. Purified T cells stimulated in the presence of CE comprised more non‐proliferating cells than those stimulated in the absence of CE, whereas some T cells proliferated more quickly. The levels of activation markers on the stimulated T cells increased in the presence of CE. Most of the inflammatory cytokines did not change but IL‐1β, IL‐17, IL‐4, and IL‐13 secretion increased, whereas that of IL‐2, TNF‐α, and IL‐18 decreased. IL‐10 secretion was also decreased by CE treatment, suggesting that the immune response was not suppressed by Treg cells. CE enhanced the expression of stem cell‐like memory cell markers in T cells. These results suggest that CE can regulate the fate of T cells and can help to ameliorate superantigen‐induced T cell hyperactivation and immune suppression.
Consume and Transform: Perfumes and healing in vegetalista healing practices of the Peruvian Amazon
Authors: Marcus Olivia 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe use of perfumes, incense, colognes, and plant and flower essences in Amazonian healing practices is a hallmark feature of vegetalismo, a form of healing in Peru’s Amazonian regions. Sprayed, smoked, rubbed on bodies, and poured in medicinal baths, these odorous tools are vital allies to the curandero for cleansing bodies and spaces, for protection, or to add potency to medicinal plants. Certain perfumes are more common than others, particularly the citrusy Agua de Florida, an 18th Century eau de cologne from the United States. Focusing in on the history of Agua de Florida and its ubiquity in Western Amazonia, I suggest the necessity of a sensory anthropology for exploring the vast healing potential of vegetalismo. Going beyond the visual to consider other sensory experiences lends insight into the various healing mechanisms in Amazonian shamanism that are often overlooked by western epistemologies of health and healing.
Editorial: what is normal function of a pelvic pouch? Authors' reply
Authors: Quinn Kevin P. , Busciglio Irene A. , Burton Duane D. , Inoue Akitoshi , Lee Yong S. , Heiken Jay P. , Sheedy Shannon P. , Fletcher Joel G. , Raffals Laura E. 
Published: May 2022

LINKED CONTENTThis article is linked to Quinn et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16859 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.16916
Enhancing our chances of picking a winner in higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Authors: Wei Andrew H. , Seymour John F. 
Published: May 2022

SummaryHypomethylating agents remain the current standard of care for patients with higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Adès et al. report outcomes from a randomised ‘pick‐a‐winner’ study design that examined the addition of either lenalidomide, valproic acid or idarubicin in combination with azacitidine, compared to azacitidine alone.Commentary on: Adès et al. A randomised phase II study of azacitidine (AZA) alone or with lenalidomide (LEN), valproic acid (VPA) or idarubicin (IDA) in higher‐risk MDS: GFM’s ‘pick a winner’ trial, with the impact of somatic mutations. Br J Haematol 2022;198:535‐544.
Discovery of novel 1,3,5‐triazines as potent antibacterial agent against urinary tract infection‐causing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli via inhibition of DNA Gyrase
Authors: Xia Qier , Li Jun , Yang Zhenyu , Zhang Dingguo , Tian Jinjun , Gu Bin 
Published: May 2022

AbstractA novel series of 1,3,5‐triazine‐phenylthiazole‐pyrazole derivatives were synthesized and subsequently tested for Escherichia coli DNA Gyrase inhibitory activity where they showed excellent inhibitory activity. The top‐three ranked DNA gyrase inhibitor (4e, 4g and 4h) were further subjected to antibacterial and anti‐biofilm activity against clinical isolates of resistant E. coli strains obtained from Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) patients (CREC81, CREC106, CREC163). Compound 4h was identified as most potent antibacterial agent in the above study. The compound 4h was further evaluated in murine model of E. coli UTI in BALB/c mice infected by transurethral injection of CREC106 strain. Results of the study suggest that compound 4h reduces bacterial load of CREC106 in the treated mice and found approximately equipotent to Novobiocin as standard.
Impact of medical eligibility criteria and OPTN policy on simultaneous liver kidney allocation and utilization
Authors: Singal Ashwani K. , Kuo Yong‐Fang , Kwo Paul , Mahmud Nadim , Sharma Pratima , Nadim Mitra K. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractBackgroundOrgan Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented medical eligibility and safety‐net policy on 8/10/17 to optimize simultaneous liver‐kidney (SLK) utilization. We examined impact of this policy on SLK listings and number of kidneys used within 1‐yr. of receiving liver transplantation (LT) alone.Methods and resultsOPTN database (08/10/14‐06/12/20) on adults (N = 66 709) without previous transplant stratified candidates to listings for SLK or LT alone with pre‐LT renal dysfunction at listing (eGFR < 30 mL/min or on dialysis). Outcomes were compared for pre (08/10/14‐08/09/17) vs. post (08/10/17‐06/12/20) policy era. SLK listings decreased in post vs. pre policy era (8.7% vs. 9.6%; P < .001), with 22% reduced odds of SLK listing in the postpolicy era, with a decrease in all OPTN regions except regions 6 and 8, which showed an increase. Among LT‐alone recipients with pre‐LT renal dysfunction (N = 3272), cumulative 1‐year probability was higher in post vs. prepolicy period for dialysis (5.6% vs. 2.3%; P < .0001), KT listing (11.4% vs. 2.0%; P < .0001), and KT (3.7% vs. .25%; P < .0001). Sixty‐seven (2.4%) kidneys were saved in post policy era, with 18.1%, 16.6%, 4.3%, and 2.9% saving from regions 7, 2, 11, and 1, respectively.ConclusionMedical eligibility and safety‐net OPTN policy resulted in decreased SLK use and improved access to LT alone among those with pre‐LT renal dysfunction. Although decreased in postpolicy era, regional variation of SLK listings remains. In spite of increased use of KT within 1‐year of receiving LT alone under safety net, less number of kidneys were used without impact on patient survival in postpolicy era.
Seasonal reproductive allocation in landlocked Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, in the context of niche construction and eco‐evolutionary feedbacks
Authors: Mouchlianitis Foivos A. , Schultz Eric T. , Ganias Kostas 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe bidirectional dynamics between species and their biotic and abiotic environments, known as eco‐evolutionary feedbacks, may shift the direction of evolution and alter the ecological role of species. Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, is an exemplary species to study reciprocal feedbacks between ecology and evolution, owing to repeated independent derivations of a landlocked life history from an ancestral anadromous form. In this study we analysed the reproductive allocation during the spawning season in a landlocked Alewife population in the context of eco‐evolutionary feedbacks. We also compared our findings with previous results from a neighbouring anadromous population of the species. Similarities were found between the two Alewife populations in relation to their ovarian development, oocyte release strategy and fecundity type, but also differences in seasonal patterns of energy investment. Anadromous Alewives invested more in the size of the first oocyte batch of the season and subsequently tapered their reproductive allocation, while spawning batch in landlocked Alewife was invariant as the spawning season progressed. The evolutionary change from ancestral tapering to equitability of seasonal reproductive investment can be explained with reference to eco‐evolutionary changes that occurred upon landlocking related to the availability of zooplankton prey and feeding opportunity.
First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum siamense on Ligustrum japonicum ‘Howardii’ in Anqing, China
Authors: Li Ping , Yu Bixia , Bi Zhangyou , Liu Dong , Tan Wei 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe aim of the present study was to identify the pathogen responsible for anthracnose observed in Ligustrum japonicum Thunb ‘Howardii’ in the Anqing area of China. Three representative isolates of the pathogen were collected from the leaves of infected plants at different locations, using a tissue isolation method and then identified based on colony characteristics, morphology, multi‐locus phylogenetic analysis and pathogenicity tests. All three representative isolates formed a phylogenetic clade with reference sequences of Colletotrichum siamense. This is the first study to report C. siamense as a causative agent of anthracnose on L. japonicum in Anqing, China.
Specific form of ageism in dental care: Convergent validity of the Ageism Scale for Dental Students and its implications for education
Authors: Sophie Piaton , Valerie Roger‐Leroi , Guillaume Vallet 
Published: May 2022

AbstractIntroductionThe World Health Organisation considers ageism as an important barrier to age‐appropriate care for older adults. An Ageism Scale for Dental Students (ASDS) has been validated in the United States, Brazil, Greece, Romania and in France. At present, the convergent validity of ASDS has never been evaluated. Moreover, a specialised and disciplinary tool as the ASDS may not overlap with more general ageism assessment which may highlight the need for specific courses during the education of the future health professionals.Materials and MethodsThe survey was administered from December 2020 to January 2021. All the undergraduate students of the last 3 years of study at the dental school of Clermont‐Ferrand were invited to complete both scales. Two hundred sixteen students were randomly divided into two equal groups. The first group answered first Aging Semantic Differential‐ ASD then ASDS, the second in reverse order. The convergent validity between ASDS and ASD was assessed by computing a Pearson correlation coefficient and discriminant analysis between each component of the two scales.ResultsThe response rate was of 53.7%. The correlation analysis conducted on the total scores of the ASDS and of the ASD shows a significant, yet weak relationship. The discriminant analysis indicates that only the first component of the ASDS is significantly associated with each dimension of the ASD, whereas the second component is totally independent from the ASD and the third component almost independent from the ASD, except for the integrity dimension.ConclusionsThis specialised questionnaire may assess a form of ageism that is not captured at all in more general scales. Such a scale may help to identify the different dimensions of ageism among dental students which is required to reduce ageism in medical care. This reduction should pass by adapted courses in gerodontology.