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A review of public policies on Covid-19: the New Zealand experience
Authors: Gauld Robin 
Published: November 2022

PurposeThis article reviews New Zealand's journey through managing Covid-19. It provides a chronological overview of key developments. The article analyses the impacts of Covid-19 on business and society and offers lessons for others from the New Zealand case.Design/methodology/approachThe article draws on various sources, primarily media pieces and government information. It also critically analyses and interprets the New Zealand response.FindingsThe initial onset and response from the New Zealand government, albeit with closed borders, was effective in terms of keeping the country relatively Covid free. The country was slow to introduce vaccinations, but the uptake was swift. A vaccine mandate to coincide with a Delta outbreak was controversial. Importantly, the New Zealand case is characterised by political leadership strongly and explicitly informed by public health expertise and advice which was routinely demonstrated throughout the period in discussion.Originality/valueThe article offers an important overview and analysis of New Zealand's experience with Covid-19 and its response, with particular focus on the way in which the government and public health specialist advisors interacted.
Inward foreign direct investment in emerging economies: a review and future research avenues
Authors: Chowdhury Sharmistha , Sharma Revti Raman , Yu Yang 
Published: November 2022

Purpose
Given the surge in foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging economies (EEs) during the past four decades, inward FDI (IFDI) has spawned a rich, scholarly conversation on the topic. This paper aims to review the literature regarding EE IFDI determinants and the impact of IFDI on those economies. It also aims to provide some future research directions.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic review with thematic analysis of 372 articles on the topic, published between 1991 and 2021, is undertaken. In addition to using the relevant keywords, the snowballing approach was used to manually track the literature.

Findings
This review highlights EE IFDI determinants such as institutional quality, corruption and intellectual property rights, regional trade agreements and distances, formal and informal institutions and their interactions, national and subnational diversity and policy expectations. Further, IFDI impacts EEs both at macro- and micro-levels. This review also indicates a substantial increase in research during the period 2000 to 2010 and a decline thereafter; it also indicates Africa and Latin America being under-researched, with a focus on Africa recently increasing.

Research limitations/implications
Rich research opportunities exist in examining the mechanisms (mediators) and conditions (moderators) that influence relationships between the antecedents of IFDI and their outcomes. Further opportunities exist in examining the role of the context and in undertaking a multilevel analysis.

Originality/value
This review provides an understanding of what influences multinational enterprises’ FDI to EEs and how it impacts those economies. It also raises potential future research questions. It provides a holistic understanding of the chosen scope and domain.
Hotel robots: an exploratory study of Generation Z customers in China
Authors: Chen Yujia , Xue Tao , Tuomi Aarni , Wang Ziya 
Published: November 2022

Purpose
Given little light has been shed on the preference of Generation Z tourists or tourists from different cultural backgrounds toward service robot preference in hospitality contexts, this study aims to explore robot service preferences in the accommodation sector in the Chinese market, with a specific focus of Generation Z customers.

Design/methodology/approach
This study followed an exploratory sequential research design including two qualitative methods (i.e. projective techniques and semistructured interviews) to reach its objectives.

Findings
This study suggests that service robots are more preferred for routine tasks and gender differences exist in the preference of service robot’s anthropomorphism level. The preferences are driven by four factors based on different levels of hedonic and utilitarian values: experienced-hedonic value, utilitarian-hedonic value, task-relevant value and utilitarian value.

Research limitations/implications
First, because of the exploratory nature of this study, the data interpretation is unavoidably subjective; therefore, the results can be confirmed by using a more rigorous research method. Second, this study only focuses on the preference of Generation Z customers in China in the hotel sector; as the cultural differences exist in different countries, this study’s findings cannot be readily generalized across populations and service contexts. Finally, this study fails to dig into the effect of gender differences on varying levels of anthropomorphic attributes.

Practical implications
As hotels adopt service robots more widely, managers need to identify customers’ service preferences and prioritize tasks between robots and human resources for more efficient service. Particularly important is understanding the benefits and challenges of specific robot implementations rather than looking for a one-size-fits-all mode of operation.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to understand robot service preference with regard to specific tourist groups in illustrating their preference for service delivery. Drawing on self-determination theory, this study potentially provides a theoretical basis for hotel service process optimization.
Keloidal dermatofibroma: Clinicopathological comparison of 52 cases with a series of 2077 other dermatofibromas
Authors: Nishimoto Akana , Ansai Shin‐ichi , Akaishi Satoshi , Dohi Teruyuki , Ogawa Rei 
Published: November 2022

AbstractDermatofibroma is a common benign skin lesion with a contested etiology: some believe it is a neoplasm while others propose minor injuries initiate it. Many dermatofibroma variants have been described, including keloidal dermatofibroma, which is unusual by bearing keloidal collagen. Keloidal dermatofibroma was first described in 1998 and only 15 cases have been reported. Since keloids are driven by skin injuries, the existence of keloidal dermatofibroma has been suggested to support the injury hypothesis of dermatofibroma etiology. To better understand keloidal dermatofibroma characteristics and gain clues regarding dermatofibroma etiology, consecutive keloidal dermatofibroma cases (n = 52) and dermatofibroma without keloidal collagen (n = 2077) that were histopathologically diagnosed in 2016–2019 were identified from the records of a Japanese dermatopathology laboratory and compared in terms of demographic, clinical, and histopathological characteristics by univariate analyses. Compared to other dermatofibromas, keloidal dermatofibromas occurred more frequently on the forearm and hand (P < 0.0001 and 0.0019), especially the wrist dorsum, and in the superficial skin layer (P < 0.0001). Keloidal dermatofibromas also demonstrated more cellularity and hemorrhage (both P < 0.0001). Correlation analyses between keloidal collagen amount and keloidal dermatofibroma size (a proxy of time‐since‐onset) did not support the notion that keloidal collagen deposition and keloidal dermatofibroma formation are triggered simultaneously. Recent injury, as indicated by fresh hemorrhage, was equally common in putatively older and younger keloidal dermatofibromas. Thus, keloidal collagen in keloidal dermatofibromas could be due to injury to preexisting dermatofibromas, which suggests that the keloidal dermatofibroma entity does not prove the injury hypothesis. Commonalities between keloids and keloidal dermatofibromas suggest a link between genetics, provocative events that induce myofibroblast differentiation, and keloidal collagen production.
Time to consider pharmacological interventions against infectious disease in wildlife
Authors: Wilkinson Vicky , Richards Shane A. , Næsborg‐Nielsen Christina , Carver Scott 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Interventions against infectious diseases in wildlife are increasingly necessary but remain problematic. Dissimilar to public and domestic animal health, pharmacological interventions (PIs) are rarely used against disease in wildlife populations.

However, drugs can combat a range of pathogen types while aligning with positive ethical, epidemiological, evolutionary and socio‐economic outcomes.

We discuss how recent conceptual and technological advances could overcome barriers, improve safety and begin a new era of contemporary wildlife management that embraces PIs. We then provide a framework that supports an objective comparison of intervention suitability, including PIs.

We find numerous directions for PI optimisation through innovation and transdisciplinary collaboration and demonstrate the utility of the framework for judging the appropriateness of a PI.

Synthesis and applications: Interrogating how and when pharmacological interventions can be used to the greatest effect reduces risks and improves outcomes for wildlife, while empowering decision makers to draw from the full suite of intervention methods to find the most appropriate disease management solutions.
Fiscal deficits and the socioeconomic consequences of rebalancing: Insights from a TVP‐VAR with stochastic volatility
Authors: Pham Binh Thai , Sala Hector 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis article connects two salient economic features: (i) Fiscal shocks have asymmetric effects across business cycle phases (Gechert, Horn, & Paetz, 2019); (ii) the unemployment‐output trade‐off is time varying and may be unstable. The intertwined dynamic behaviour of fiscal deficit shocks and the unemployment‐output trade‐off is studied in this article using a time‐varying parameter (TVP) vector autoregression (VAR) with stochastic volatility techniques applied to the analysis of data from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States of America. We confirm the trade‐off heterogeneity across country, and its time‐varying nature across time, showing in addition its fluctuation around a long‐run reference value. We document significant short‐run impacts of fiscal shocks on the unemployment‐output trade‐off which, based on the experience of the Global Financial Crisis, becomes larger in periods of economic turmoil. Policy‐wise, the rebalancing of public finances may have unexpected adverse effects on job creation if implemented during slumps, precisely when the labour market sensitivity with respect to the performance of the product market is likely to be more acute. This message is particularly relevant in the aftermath of the Covid‐19 pandemic.
Automation Anxiety and Augmentation Aspiration: Subtexts of the Future of Work
Authors: Kelan Elisabeth K. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractHow are gender, class, and race imagined in relation to automation and augmentation in popular books on the future of work? This paper problematises intersectional inequality subtexts in books on the future of work to develop new research directions. The paper shows how automation anxiety is conceptualised as relating to the threat that men might lose their jobs. While working‐class men are constructed as unable to reinvent themselves, middle‐class men are presented as unable to remain the main provider for a nuclear family. Augmentation aspirations relate to how social and emotional skills are considered as future‐proof, but who gets credit for displaying such skills remains uncertain. Creating and working with machines is also considered future‐proof, but there are silences around inequality subtexts in relation to data, the designers, and the design of those technologies. The article suggests a research agenda that can be used to understand how inequalities emerge and how they can be diminished in discussions about automation and augmentation in the future of work.
Why the Everyday Economy is the Innovation Labour Needs
Authors: Edgerton David 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe foundational economy/everyday economy approach promises much for Labour. It is fitted for a world of crises, where control of real resources matters, and is in line with the social democratic tradition. It marks a radical break with the kind of approach which has characterised political economic policy since the 1980s (and indeed earlier). It represents an opportunity for Labour to articulate a fresh analysis, critique and policy offering. Rachel Reeves has deployed the everyday economy idea and this has found repeated expression in her speeches—and now those of Keir Starmer. And yet, the idea suggests a much more radical rethinking of policies than Labour is offering: it casts doubt on the wisdom of aiming for more growth to be achieved by unleashing start‐ups, science and technology and innovation. That represents a return to conventional opinion while the foundational/everyday approach suggests a new way forward.
Differences between integrated and non‐integrated plans in Medicare Advantage
Authors: Park Sungchul , Langellier Brent A. , Meyers David J. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo understand differences in financial performance, quality performance, supplemental benefits provision, and enrollee composition between integrated and non‐integrated plans in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.Data SourcesWe used data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for 2015–2017. We included 156 integrated MA plans (31 unique contracts) and 2096 non‐integrated MA plans (392 unique contracts).Study DesignWe estimated linear probably models for financial performance, quality performance, supplemental benefits provision, and enrollee composition with state fixed effects and contract random effects. We adjusted for county‐level market structure‐related factors, cost‐related factors, and demand‐related factors. Our primary independent variable was an indicator of plan‐provider integration.Principal FindingsIntegrated MA plans were associated with $19.4 (95% CI: 9.2, 29.7) and $16.6 (95% CI: 10.3, 22.9) higher Part C and Part D monthly premiums, but were associated with higher star quality ratings. There were no significant differences in revenues and plan payments per enrollee between integrated and non‐integrated MA plans. Integrated MA plans were associated with $40.5 (95% CI: −54.0, −26.9) lower non‐claims costs than non‐integrated MA plans. There was limited evidence that integrated MA plans provided more generous supplemental benefits than non‐integrated MA plans. Enrollment rates in integrated MA plans were particularly low among socially marginalized groups (3.4 [95% CI: −5.9, −1.0], 4.7 [95% CI: −8.5, −0.9], and 4.4 [95% CI: −6.4, −2.4] percentage points lower among non‐Hispanic Black, Medicare–Medicaid dual eligible, and the disabled).ConclusionsOur findings suggest that integrated MA plans may achieve higher efficiency and quality, but these benefits may not be experienced by all beneficiaries due to disparities in enrollment. As these models continue to spread, it is critical to develop policies to ensure that MA enrollees have equal access to integrated plans.
Reaching new heights: Testing the performance of metric approaches to estimate stature from burned skeletal remains
Authors: Wolska Bogumiła , Vassalo Ana Rita , Marques Maria Paula M. , Esteves Batista de Carvalho Luís , Gonçalves David 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBone heat‐induced changes complicate osteometric stature estimation of human remains from forensic settings. The validity of current methods has not been tested to a great extent. Our aim was to determine how precise are stature estimations obtained from three different approaches, namely by using (i) Rösing's method (Rösing 1977), (ii) a 10% shrinkage correction factor (Strzałko et al. 1972) and (iii) chemosteometry (Gonçalves et al. 2020). For this purpose, pre‐ and post‐burned head measurements from the humerus, radius and femur were used. The sample comprised 46 human skeletons of known sex and age‐at‐death. These were experimentally burnt to maximum temperatures ranging from 700 to 1100°C (attained after 90–188 min) for other research purposes. Stature estimations were performed through measurements in both pre‐burned and burned bones using the three approaches and based on the method of Olivier and Tissier (1975). Mean absolute differences and the relative technical errors of measurements (TEM%) between the pre‐burned and the estimations were calculated. Absolute mean differences indicated that the chemosteometric approach allowed for potentially more precise stature estimations than the other two procedures. However, the TEM% was very low for all approaches (smaller or close to 1%), and stature estimations were thus well within the error margin reported by Olivier and Tissier (1975). Results suggest that the chemosteometric approach enables more accurate predictions of the actual heat‐induced shrinkage of each bone thus rendering more precise stature estimations. Nonetheless, the other procedures also provided quite reliable estimations although they require confirmation that the bone is calcined.
NGSEP 4: Efficient and accurate identification of orthogroups and whole‐genome alignment
Authors: Tello Daniel , Gonzalez‐Garcia Laura Natalia , Gomez Jorge , Zuluaga‐Monares Juan Camilo , Garcia Rogelio , Angel Ricardo , Mahecha Daniel , Duarte Erick , Leon Maria del Rosario , Reyes Fernando , Escobar‐Velásquez Camilo , Linares‐Vásquez Mario , Cardozo Nicolas , Duitama Jorge 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWhole‐genome alignment allows researchers to understand the genomic structure and variation among genomes. Approaches based on direct pairwise comparisons of DNA sequences require large computational capacities. As a consequence, pipelines combining tools for orthologous gene identification and synteny have been developed. In this manuscript, we present the latest functionalities implemented in NGSEP 4, to identify orthogroups and perform whole genome alignments. NGSEP implements functionalities for identification of clusters of homologus genes, synteny analysis and whole genome alignment. Our results showed that the NGSEP algorithm for orthogroups identification has competitive accuracy and efficiency in comparison to commonly used tools. The implementation also includes a visualization of the whole genome alignment based on synteny of the orthogroups that were identified, and a reconstruction of the pangenome based on frequencies of the orthogroups among the genomes. NGSEP 4 also includes a new graphical user interface based on the JavaFX technology. We expect that these new developments will be very useful for several studies in evolutionary biology and population genomics.
Rituximab for connective tissue disease‐associated interstitial lung disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Wang Yilin , Li Liren 
Published: November 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the efficacy of rituximab (RTX) on lung function and the prevalence of adverse events (AEs) in connective tissue disease‐associated interstitial lung disease (CTD‐ILD) by meta‐analysis.MethodsEMBASE, Web of Science, PubMed and ClinicalKey were searched up to July 16, 2021. The lung function (forced vital capacity, FVC% predicted, and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, DLCO% predicted) and prevalence of AEs of RTX in CTD‐ILD were analyzed by meta‐analysis, and 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated. Subgroup analyses and meta‐regression were used to explore the heterogeneity.ResultsWe identified 29 studies, including 827 CTD‐ILD patients with a median age of 53.05 years. In observational studies, FVC% (mean difference − 1.24, 95% CI [−2.35, −0.12]; P = .030) and DLCO% (−7.71, [−11.79, −3.63]; P = .014) of CTD‐ILD decreased significantly after RTX treatment. In randomized controlled trials, FVC% of CTD‐ILD decreased after RTX treatment (−5.24, [−9.94, − 0.54]; P = .029), but the difference of DLCO% was not significant (1.15, [−4.33, 6.63]; P = .681). The prevalence of AEs, all‐cause mortality and infections was 29.7% (95% CI [0.17, 0.42]), 11.6% (95% CI [0.08, 0.16]) and 20.9% (95% CI [0.15, 0.27]), respectively.ConclusionsRTX was associated with AEs such as decreased pulmonary function, all‐cause mortality, and infections in CTD‐ILD. Adverse reactions during and after RTX treatment should be carefully monitored. Further prospective studies are needed to compare RTX with other immunosuppressants, antifibrotic drugs or placebos, which can provide therapeutic approaches for CTD‐ILD.
Adolescent (mis)perceptions of peer alcohol posts on social media: Prospective associations with alcohol attitudes and use
Authors: Meisel Samuel N. , Nesi Jacqueline , Janssen Tim , Jackson Kristina M. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundSocial media is a central context in which teens interact with their peers, creating opportunities for them to view, post, and engage with alcohol content. Because adolescent peer interactions largely occur on social media, perceptions of peer alcohol content posting may act as potent risk factors for adolescent alcohol use. Accordingly, the preregistered aims of this study were to (1) compare perceived friend, typical person, and an adolescent's own posting of alcohol content to social media and (2) examine how these perceptions prospectively relate to alcohol willingness, expectancies, and use after accounting for offline perceived peer alcohol use.MethodsThis longitudinal study included 435 adolescents (Mage = 16.91) in 11th (48%) and 12th grade (52%). Participants completed measures of alcohol content social media posts, perceived peer alcohol use, willingness to drink alcohol, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use at two time points, 3 months apart.ResultsConsistent with preregistered hypotheses, adolescents reported that 60.3% of the typical person their age and 30.6% of their friends post alcohol content on social media. By contrast, only 7% of participants reported that they themselves posted such content to social media. After accounting for offline perceived peer drinking norms, neither perceived friend nor typical person alcohol content social media posts were prospectively associated with willingness to drink or positive or negative alcohol expectancies. Perceived friend alcohol content posts were prospectively positively associated with past 30‐day alcohol consumption even after controlling for offline perceived peer drinking norms.ConclusionsAdolescents misperceived the frequency of alcohol‐related posting to social media among their peers, and perceptions of friend alcohol content posts prospectively predicted alcohol use. Given the results from the current study and the ubiquity of social media among adolescents, prevention efforts may benefit from addressing misperceptions of alcohol‐related posting to social media.
Working the Waste Commodity Frontier: Metabolic Value and Informal Waste Work
Authors: Irvine Benjamin 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAmbitions for a European “circular economy” imply waste is becoming an important “commodity frontier”. Increased recycling in Europe has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal waste work. “Southern” geographies of informal recyclers provide resources for interpreting this phenomenon but studies of a commodity frontier in urban waste have tended to focus on moments when informal waste workers are displaced by capital intensive waste management systems. I draw on concepts in world‐ecology and materialist ecofeminism to explore the proliferation of informal waste workers in Barcelona and the way their (re)production produces “Metabolic Value”. Informal waste work is shown to emerge and persist as part of a commodity frontier process—where the appropriation of unpaid work from non‐commodified spaces is the hallmark of how capitalism secures “Cheap Nature”. The study suggests that, rather than internalising ecological costs, recycling often rests on the appropriation of value from uncommodified spaces.