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Stemming the rising tide of anger in the workplace: how to build emotion control among employees before anger spills out
Authors: Smith Brad 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
The combined impact of the pandemic together with political and social disruption has led to a rising tide of anger that is impacting the workplace. The purpose of this article is to trace the range and depth of anger among employed adults in 2021 and to identify three practical ways for leaders to reduce the risk of anger in their workforce.

Design/methodology/approach
Web-based survey of 5,475 employed adults aged 18 and older.

Findings
Across the entire sample, 21% of employees report getting angry more easily or more often lately. While there was no significant difference between men and women, younger workers (younger than 30) were 1.4× more likely (31% for <30 vs 20% for 30+) to report getting angry more easily or more often. Managers were slightly more likely to report increases in anger compared to individual contributors (23% vs 21%).

Originality/value
While leaders cannot alter the root causes of the rising tide of anger, they can equip the workforce with the emotional and behavioral skills to improve self-management. Three practical steps for leaders are offered: acknowledge, assess and understand the problem by integrating data that helps identify the scope, scale and root cause of the challenges and frustrations the workforce is facing; adopt innovative strategies proven to support mental health; and empower a more resilient workforce by providing the tools and techniques that improve coping skills.
Boys Go, Girls Go Along: exploring gender and price differences regarding themes present on children’s graphic t-shirts
Authors: Lapierre Matthew A. , Ashtaputre Anjali , Stevens Aubrey Jennifer 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
Using gender schema theory, this study aims to explore how children’s graphic t-shirts from clothing retailers in the USA differed on gendered themes for graphic t-shirts targeting boys or girls, in addition to differences for shirts that were higher in cost.

Design/methodology/approach
This content analysis of children’s t-shirts included 866 child-targeted shirts taken from the online retail portals from 11 clothing retailers in the USA. Shirts were coded for gendered themes on the front torso part of the shirt and included traditional boy themes (e.g. aggression, instrumentality) and girl themes (e.g. compassion, passivity). In addition, the retail prices for each shirt were recorded at the time of data collection.

Findings
The results demonstrated that children’s graphic t-shirts starkly differentiate between femininity and masculinity based on their target. Boys’ shirts were significantly more likely to feature active themes, whereas girls’ shirts were more likely to focus on social belonging and interpersonal connection. Boys’ shirts were also more likely to display themes linked to dominance/aggression but not compassion. Girls’ shirts were more likely to tout both shyness and attention seeking. Finally, results generally showed that higher priced t-shirts were less likely to feature gender stereotypes than lower-priced t-shirts.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first known study that has looked at the marketing of children’s clothes in retail environments with a specific focus on gender and gender stereotyping.
Encapsulation: Governing actual uncertainty in the coronavirus pandemic
Authors: Rabi Michael , Samimian‐Darash Limor , Hilberg Eva 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe coronavirus pandemic has revived scholarly engagement with the concept of biopolitics, with interpretations diagnosing either the widespread adoption of a classic biopolitical regime or the full‐blown emergence of totalitarian repression (or both of these simultaneously). Relying on a close analysis of different interventions taken by Israeli authorities in response to the pandemic, this article argues that, rather than classic biopolitical strategies, such governmental interventions are better understood in relation to a problem of actual uncertainty. The case of Israel demonstrates how state apparatuses responded to actual uncertainty with technologies that are linked to different rationalities and how these technologies enabled the creation and management of a new milieu. The article further argues that, in making and intervening upon this milieu, state apparatuses employed a particular normalisation strategy that is tied to a form of power that we term encapsulation.
In vivo and cellular antiarrhythmic and cardiac electrophysiological effects of desethylamiodarone in dog cardiac preparations
Authors: Kohajda Zsófia , Virág László , Hornyik Tibor , Husti Zoltán , Sztojkov‐Ivanov Anita , Nagy Norbert , Horváth András , Varga Richárd , Prorok János , Szlovák Jozefina , Tóth Noémi , Gazdag Péter , Topal Leila , Naveed Muhammad , Árpádffy‐Lovas Tamás , Pászti Bence , Magyar Tibor , Koncz István , Déri Szilvia , Demeter‐Haludka Vivien , Aigner Zoltán , Ördög Balázs , Patfalusi Márta , Tálosi László , Tiszlavicz László , Földesi Imre , Jost Norbert , Baczkó István , Varró András 
Published: February 2022

Background and PurposeThe aim of the present study was to study the antiarrhythmic effects and cellular mechanisms of desethylamiodarone (DEA), the main metabolite of amiodarone (AMIO), following acute and chronic 4‐week oral treatments (25–50 mg·kg−1·day−1).Experimental ApproachThe antiarrhythmic effects of acute iv. (10 mg·kg−1) and chronic oral (4 weeks, 25 mg·kg−1·day−1) administration of DEA were assessed in carbachol and tachypacing‐induced dog atrial fibrillation models. Action potentials were recorded from atrial and right ventricular tissue following acute (10 μM) and chronic (p.o. 4 weeks, 50 mg·kg−1·day−1) DEA application using the conventional microelectrode technique. Ionic currents were measured by the whole cell configuration of the patch clamp technique in isolated left ventricular myocytes. Pharmacokinetic studies were performed following a single intravenous dose (25 mg·kg−1) of AMIO and DEA intravenously and orally. In chronic (91‐day) toxicological investigations, DEA and AMIO were administered in the oral dose of 25 mg·kg−1·day−1).Key ResultsDEA exerted marked antiarrhythmic effects in both canine atrial fibrillation models. Both acute and chronic DEA administration prolonged action potential duration in atrial and ventricular muscle without any changes detected in Purkinje fibres. DEA decreased the amplitude of several outward potassium currents such as IKr, IKs, IK1, Ito, and IKACh, while the ICaL and late INa inward currents were also significantly depressed. Better drug bioavailability and higher volume of distribution for DEA were observed compared to AMIO. No neutropenia and less severe pulmonary fibrosis was found following DEA compared to that of AMIO administration.Conclusion and ImplicationsChronic DEA treatment in animal experiments has marked antiarrhythmic and electrophysiological effects with better pharmacokinetics and lower toxicity than its parent compound. These results suggest that the active metabolite, DEA, should be considered for clinical trials as a possible new, more favourable option for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation.
Cancer metabolism challenges genomic instability and clonal evolution as therapeutic targets
Authors: Takeda Yu , Chijimatsu Ryota , Ofusa Ken , Kobayashi Shogo , Doki Yuichiro , Eguchi Hidetoshi , Ishii Hideshi 
Published: February 2022

AbstractAlthough cancer precision medicine has improved diagnosis and therapy, refractory cancers such as pancreatic cancer remain to be challenging targets. Clinical sequencing has identified the significant alterations in driver genes and traced their clonal evolutions. Recent studies indicated that the tumor microenvironment elicits alterations in cancer metabolism, although its involvement in the cause and development of genomic alterations has not been established. Genomic abnormalities can contribute to the survival of selected subpopulations, recently recognized as clonal evolution, and dysfunction can lead to DNA mutations. Here, we present the most recent studies on the mechanisms of cancer metabolism involved in the maintenance of genomic stability to update current understanding of such processes. Sirtuins, which are NAD+‐dependent protein deacetylases, appear to be involved in the control of genomic stability. Alterations of deleterious subpopulations would be exposed to selective pressure for cell survival. Recent studies indicated that a new type of cell death, ferroptosis, determines the survival of clones and exert cancer‐restricting or ‐promoting effects to surrounding cells in the tumor microenvironment. Suppressing genomic instability and eliminating deleterious clones by cell death will contribute to the improvement of cancer medicine. Furthermore, the elucidation of the mechanisms involved is seen as a bridgehead to the pharmacologic suppression of such refractory cancers as pancreatic cancer.
Measuring optimal ultrasound speed using endoscopic ultrasound in patients with chronic pancreatitis, including early stage
Authors: Minaguchi Takahito , Yamamiya Akira , Tominaga Keiichi , Kashima Ken , Kunogi Yasuhito , Sakuma Fumi , Fukushi Koh , Nagashima Kazunori , Izawa Naoya , Yamabe Akane , Hoshi Koki , Iijima Makoto , Goda Kenichi , Haruyama Yasuo , Irisawa Atsushi 
Published: February 2022

ObjectivesUltrasound speed (USS) correction improves image quality by estimating the optimal USS correcting the deviation from a predetermined USS. This study assessed USS differences between chronic pancreatitis (CP), early CP (ECP), and normal pancreas when using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). The usefulness of measuring optimal USS was evaluated for patients with CP, including early stage patients.MethodsThis study enrolled 116 consecutive patients for whom USS was measured using an EUS system. The USS correction principle is generation of a B‐mode image by changing the USS in all ranges while correcting the delay in the received data. Final diagnoses were made according to the Japanese diagnostic criteria for CP in 2019. They were classified as CP, ECP, or normal. We compared USS applied for these three groups.ResultsThe medians and ranges of USS values for patients in the normal, ECP, and CP groups were 1506.0 (1407–1600) m/s, 1580.0 (1520–1630) m/s, and 1574.0 (1537–1610) m/s, respectively. The USS values of the ECP and CP groups were significantly higher than those of the normal group (P < 0.001). Analyses of the receiver operating characteristic curve in the normal pancreas, ECP, and CP revealed the area as 0.957, with specificity and sensitivity of 95.9% and 87.5%, respectively, using the USS of 1535 m/s as a cut‐off.ConclusionMeasurement of USS might be particularly useful for distinguishing between normal and ECP imaging.
Law enforcement spillover effects in the financial sector
Authors: Agarwal Shivam , B. Muckley Cal 
Published: February 2022

AbstractRecipient firms but also comparable peer firms exhibit a sizeable negative capital market reaction to United Kingdom's regulatory enforcement actions. This result is invariant to the identification of peer firms as belonging to the same industry classification or as having comparable propensity scores to attract a sanction. Indiscriminate regulatory contagion, however, is ruled out. As per expectation, enforcement actions which pierce the ‘corporate veil’, that is, target an individual within a firm, are related to no significant firm‐level market reactions. These findings, in the financial sector, indicate that sanctions are associated with a material spillover effect consistent with informed regulatory contagion.
Performative Finitude: Theological Language and the God–World Relationship in Nicholas of Cusa’s De Non Aliud
Authors: Aspray Silvianne 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIn Christ the Heart of Creation, Rowan Williams regrets that he cannot explore Nicholas of Cusa’s ‘uniquely lucid insights’ concerning the relationship between God and the world. This article takes up the challenge, enquiring how Cusanus approaches this relationship in his treatise De Non Aliud. First, the article attends to how Cusanus understands theological language, arguing that he invites his readers into a self‐reflective process, taking seriously the finite mode of our knowing and speaking. Secondly, it is shown how this same attention to human finitude, and to the performative aspect of attempting to understand a relationship which defines our very being, is evident in Cusanus’ approach to theological metaphysics.
Student motivation and satisfaction: Why choose an international academic franchise programme rather than a home one?
Authors: Aminu Nasir , Pon Kevin , Ritchie Caroline , Ivanov Stanislav 
Published: February 2022

AbstractAs globalisation increases, Higher Education Institutions are challenged to produce more young graduates to meet the corporate world's demand for highly qualified, mobile international managers. Business and management programmes are required to have international components to attract the best students. To date, the majority of research has focused on the management and quality of such programmes with few studies undertaken from the students’ perspective. This article examines students’ motivations to study on an internationally franchised academic programme, prior expectations and whether these were met. Students of international franchised management programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level studying in five different countries were asked what motivated them to choose this form of study over other possibilities open to them, their prior expectations and how satisfied they were with their actual experiences. The results confirmed some previous findings, i.e. the significance of enhanced employability potential. However, they also identified new themes, showing how the students’ funders influenced the choice of study and how that influence was affected by gender. The results also queried students’ true motivation for these programmes and the international academic franchisees’ potential to meet those expectations fully.
Assessing Aedes aegypti candidate genes during viral infection and Wolbachia‐mediated pathogen blocking
Authors: Sigle Leah T. , Jones Matthew , Novelo Mario , Ford Suzanne A. , Urakova Nadya , Lymperopoulos Konstantinos , Sayre Richard T. , Xi Zhiyong , Rasgon Jason L. , McGraw Elizabeth A. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractOne approach to control dengue virus transmission is the symbiont Wolbachia, which limits viral infection in mosquitoes. Despite plans for its widespread use in Aedes aegypti, Wolbachia's mode of action remains poorly understood. Many studies suggest that the mechanism is likely multifaceted, involving aspects of immunity, cellular stress and nutritional competition. A previous study from our group used artificial selection to identify a new mosquito candidate gene related to viral blocking; alpha‐mannosidase‐2a (alpha‐Mann‐2a) with a predicted role in protein glycosylation. Protein glycosylation pathways tend to be involved in complex host–viral interactions; however, the function of alpha‐mannosidases has not been described in mosquito–virus interactions. We examined alpha‐Mann‐2a expression in response to virus and Wolbachia infections and whether reduced gene expression, caused by RNA interference, affected viral loads. We show that dengue virus (DENV) infection affects the expression of alpha‐Mann‐2a in a tissue‐ and time‐dependent manner, whereas Wolbachia infection had no effect. In the midgut, DENV prevalence increased following knockdown of alpha‐Mann‐2a expression in Wolbachia‐free mosquitoes, suggesting that alpha‐Mann‐2a interferes with infection. Expression knockdown had the same effect on the togavirus chikungunya virus, indicating that alpha‐Mann‐2a may have broad antivirus effects in the midgut. Interestingly, we were unable to knockdown the expression in Wolbachia‐infected mosquitoes. We also provide evidence that alpha‐Mann‐2a may affect the transcriptional level of another gene predicted to be involved in viral blocking and cell adhesion; cadherin87a. These data support the hypothesis that glycosylation and adhesion pathways may broadly be involved in viral infection in Ae. aegypti.
Nudging a Pseudo‐Science Towards a Science—The Role of Statistics in a Rainfall Enhancement Trial in Oman
Authors: Chambers Ray , Beare Stephen , Peak Scott , Al‐Kalbani Mohammed 
Published: February 2022

SummaryAlthough cloud seeding is a commonly used and plausible method for rainfall enhancement, its practical efficacy has not been established for seeding of convective clouds with hygroscopic materials. Other methods of rainfall enhancement are viewed as much less plausible. Thus, although increased electrical charge has been shown to enhance precipitation in cloud chamber experiments, exactly how ionisation of clouds can increase rainfall in the open atmosphere remains conjectural. A trial of the efficacy of ionisation for rainfall enhancement in the Hajar Mountains of Oman was carried out over 2013–2018. This paper provides some background to this non‐mainstream approach to increasing rainfall, showing how statistical modelling of rainfall data might be used to nudge rainfall enhancement via ionisation towards a more scientifically acceptable status. Analysis of the data collected in the trial shows that ionisation led to a statistically significant enhancement in positive rainfall in gauges located up to 70 km downwind of the ionisers. A headline analysis specified prior to commencement of the trial resulted in an estimate of 16.23% enhancement relative to rainfall that would have fallen without any ionisation, while a more sophisticated after the event analysis increased this estimate to 17.64%.
Know your competitors: Customer identity disclosure by competitors and a firm's production efficiency
Authors: He Jie , Chen Xi , Chan Kam C. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWhen planning production, a firm must consider internal factors and factors related to their competitors as well. We examine whether the disclosure of customer identity by competitors is associated with a firm's production efficiency. Using a sample of Chinese firms, we find that a firm's total factor productivity is positively related to the disclosure, suggesting that a firm benefits from knowing the identity of its competitors' customers. The effect is more salient when a firm belongs to a competitive industry or is a market leader, suggesting a firm may be able to optimize its productivity when the information is more critical to its business.
Negative pressure wound therapy versus conventional wound care in cancer surgical wounds: A meta‐analysis of observational studies and randomised controlled trials
Authors: Putri Indri Lakhsmi , Adzalika Lavonia Berlina , Pramanasari Rachmaniar , Wungu Citrawati Dyah Kencono 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe application of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in cancer surgical wounds is still controversial, despite its promising usage, because of the risks of increased tumorigenesis and metastasis. This study aimed to review the risks and benefits of NPWT in surgical wounds with the underlying malignant disease compared with conventional wound care (CWC). The first outcome was wound complications, divided into surgical site infection (SSI), seroma, hematoma, and wound dehiscence. The secondary outcome was hospital readmission. We performed a separate meta‐analysis of observational studies and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with CI 95%. Thirteen observational studies with 1923 patients and seven RCTs with 1091 patients were included. NPWT group showed significant decrease in the risk of SSI (RR = 0.45) and seroma (RR = 0.61) in observational studies with P value <0.05, as well as RCTs but were not significant (RR = 0.88 and RR = 0.68). Wound dehiscence (RR = 0.74 and RR = 1.15) and hospital readmission (RR = 0.90 and RR = 0.62) showed lower risks in NPWT group but were not significant. Hematoma (RR = 1.08 and RR = 0.87) showed no significant difference. NPWT is not contraindicated in cancer surgical wounds and can be considered a beneficial palliative treatment to promote wound healing.
Associations between Place of Birth, Type of Attendant, and Small for Gestational Age Births among Pregnant non‐Hispanic Black Medicaid Recipients
Authors: Hansel Shantoy , Kuyateh Medjatu H. , Bello‐Ogunu Faustina , Stranton Derek T. , Hicks Kayla , Huber Larissa R. Brunner 
Published: February 2022

IntroductionAlthough non‐Hispanic Black women have increased risks of adverse birth outcomes compared with non‐Hispanic white women in the United States, there is a lack of research specifically focusing on non‐Hispanic Black women. Thus, this study's purpose was to evaluate whether place of birth and type of attendant used during labor is associated with having a newborn born small for gestational age (SGA) among non‐Hispanic Black Medicaid recipients.MethodsThis study used 2017 Natality data from the National Vital Statistics System for non‐Hispanic Black women who used Medicaid as a source of payment (N = 322,604). Type of attendant (ie, the medical professional who assisted during childbirth), place of birth (ie, setting where the woman gave birth), maternal factors, and SGA were obtained from birth certificates. We used multivariate logistic regression to investigate the association between place of birth, type of birth attendant, and newborns born SGA.ResultsAfter adjustment, women who used a certified nurse‐midwife or other midwife as an attendant during labor had statistically significant decreased odds of having a neonate born SGA compared with those who had a physician as an attendant (odds ratio [OR], 0.69; 95% CI, 0.66‐0.71 and OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.55‐0.85, respectively). Those who gave birth in a birthing center or had planned home births also had statistically significant decreased odds of having a neonate born SGA (OR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.38‐0.69 and OR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.21‐0.66, respectively). However, those who had an unplanned home birth had twice the odds of having a neonate born SGA compared with those who gave birth at a hospital or clinic (OR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.50‐2.64).DiscussionGiven the racial disparity in adverse birth outcomes for non‐Hispanic Black women, the observed associations provide justification for future research to determine whether birthing location and birth attendant are related to SGA.
Dirty Hands, Supreme Emergencies, and Catholic Moral Theology
Authors: Sandsmark Evan 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIs it ever permissible to commit an intrinsically evil act in order to avert catastrophe? Consequentialists say yes, denying the very concept of intrinsic evil, since the action that leads to the best consequences is by definition right. Moral absolutism, in contrast, insists that it is never permissible to commit an action that is inherently evil, regardless of the consequences. However, there is a middle position, occupied by “dirty hands” theorists, who claim that actions can be both necessary and immoral. I argue that Catholic moral theology, although generally associated with moral absolutism, can and should make conceptual space for the idea of dirty hands, both because it saves the Church from committing itself to what seem to be moral absurdities and because the phenomenon of dirty hands captures a genuine dimension of our moral experience in a fallen world.