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Employer branding: design and development of a scale
Authors: Nanjundeswaraswamy T.S. , Bharath Sindu , Nagesh P. 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to design, develop and validate an instrument to measure employer branding by considering existing employee perceptions.Design/methodology/approachIn this systematic research, the predominant factors of employer branding are identified through Pareto analysis; using structured questionnaire information and data collected from 423 employees. The number of items and dimensions was reduced by conducting exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and validated extracted dimensions using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using statistical software (SPSS-21). The designed scale was verified by applying relevant statistical techniques, including a multicollinearity test, construct validity, content validity, divergent validity, convergent validity and reliability test. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed using AMOS, to explore the interrelationship between the dimensions of the scale.FindingsConsidering the perception of existing employees, seven factors along with 24 items scale were designed and developed to measure the employer branding. The identified seven factors are; career development opportunities; compensation and benefits; corporate social responsibility; training and development; work environment; organizational culture; and work-life balance. The proposed model explains a total variance of 70.35% and the model fit indices are within the acceptable range, validity and statistical reliability are established for seven dimensions of employer branding.Research limitations/implicationsEmployer branding is studied from existing employee perspective by collecting responses from the employees of the IT sector only.Practical implicationsThis validated scale is valuable for practitioners and academicians. The proposed dimensions in the scale may help practitioners explore the impact on the outcomes of organizations such as employee commitment, employee retention, employee satisfaction and total productivity. This novel instrument helps to measure employees' perception of their employers. Further, the authors identify the gaps and accordingly plan strategies to attract and retain the talented workforce.Originality/valueThe authors believe that this novel measuring instrument is comprehensive and the first of its kind. Employer branding has been modeled using SEM analysis by considering the perceptions of the present employees.
The integrated reporting quality, cost of equity and financial performance in Islamic banks
Authors: Chouaibi Yamina , Belhouchet Saida , Chouaibi Salim , Chouaibi Jamel 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of integrated reporting quality (IRQ) on the cost of equity and financial performance of Islamic banks (IBs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.Design/methodology/approachThis study examines 67 IBs in the MENA region over a period of six years (2015–2020). This paper is motivated by the use of the method of ordinary least on square panel data. A multiple regression model is used to analyze the impact of the quality of integrated reporting, on the one hand, on the cost of equity and, on the other hand, on the financial performance of IBs in the MENA region. Similarly, as an extension of the research, the authors exploited the dynamic effect of the data set through the generalized method of moments and estimated the impact of the one-year lagged value of the cost of equity.FindingsThe empirical results obtained do indicate that the quality of integrated reporting seems to have a significant negative effect on the cost of equity capital. It is also interesting to note that IRQ has a positive and significant impact on the financial performance of IBs.Research limitations/implicationsCurrent research can help and encourage IBs to provide quality information to reduce the cost of equity. Furthermore, this research could be a valuable source of information for policymakers, regulators and stakeholders on IB governance practices and disclosure. Finally, integrated reporting is very important for the progress and development of the Islamic banking sector.Originality/valueThis paper is motivated by the limited research on integrated reporting and financial performance of IBs. It makes an important contribution to the academic literature by adding to the limited body of research on the cost of equity, performance and quality of integrated reporting in the MENA region. This study is also important for the investors seeking to reduce the cost of equity to improve financial performance.
The original sin of crowd work for human subjects research
Authors: Xia Huichuan 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
Academic scholars have leveraged crowd work platforms such as Amazon Mechanical Turk for human subjects research for almost two decades. However, few scholars have reflected or questioned this mode of academic research. This paper aims to examine three fundamental problems of crowd work and elaborates on their lasting effects on impacting the validity and quality of human subjects research on crowd work.

Design/methodology/approach`
A critical analysis is conducted on the characteristics of crowd work, and three fundamental problems of crowd work since its origin were identified, namely, the position of “Human-as-a-service,” the confusion of terminology and crowd work platforms’ abdication of responsibilities.

Findings
This paper explains that the three identified fundamental problems of crowd work render at least two lasting problems in crowd work-based research: first, the negligence of the teleological difference between crowd work and academic research; second, the ontological schism between scholars and institutional review boards (IRBs) in their ethical concerns and practices.

Originality/value
This paper critiques the foundation of crowd work-based research that has become growingly popular, extolled and taken for granted. Such a critique is deficient in literature and may seem a bit peculiar. However, we hold that it is time to take research ethics seriously in crowd work because we need to introspect and question ourselves as scholars: What is our motive or ethical stance in using crowd work for human subjects research? Is it for advancing scientific knowledge, promoting crowd workers’ welfare, or predominantly for benefiting ourselves from the fast, cheap and “good” data via crowd work?
Disrupting deficit dialogues with literature
Authors: Connelly Jeanne , Hayden Emily , Tuttle Prince Angela 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to connect disability studies to multicultural education. This paper advances equity discussions and positions educators as interrupters of deficit dialogues that exclude students with social/emotional/behavioural (SEB) differences, disrupting the ableism that is present in schools.Design/methodology/approachThe authors studied current children’s and young adult literature with representation of SEB differences to develop a three-dimensional model for educators. The authors synthesized interdisciplinary fields to provide educators guidance for planning, teaching and assessing student learning using such books.FindingsThe 3-D Model: Disrupting Deficit Dialogues with Literature (3-D model) is a framework that educators can use to evaluate SEB differences representation in books, deliver instruction that supports students’ critical thinking and assess student gains in literacy and social–emotional learning. This tool helps educators develop inclusive, interdisciplinary instruction, embedding social–emotional learning competencies in literacy lessons that disrupt deficit dialogues about SEB differences.Originality/valueWhile other frameworks exist for evaluating books portraying characters with differences, they are not solely focussed on the assets of children with social/emotional/ behavioural differences. The 3-D model supports interdisciplinary instruction to meet mandated standards, incorporating concepts from disability studies in education into multicultural education. There is little research or guidance for educators in this field. However, challenging assumptions about disability and societal norms foregrounds possibilities for change as a foundation of multiculturalism.
How to generate customer and firm benefits through online game product and brand community engagement – online and offline perspectives
Authors: Chang Chia-Wen , Hsu Chiu-Ping 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThis study aims to provide a conceptual framework for exploring the relationship between online game product engagement and online brand community engagement and how these two types of customer engagement affect subsequent offline benefit for customers and online and offline benefits for firms. This study also investigates the antecedents of online game product engagement from the virtual experience perspective.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected data from online gamers in Taiwan. Of the 580 responses, 548 were valid. Smart PLS 3 was used to test the measurement model and the hypotheses in the research model.FindingsThe conceptual model is supported. First, the findings show that learning, entertainment, flow and social interaction play key roles in explaining online game product engagement. Second, online game product engagement has a positive effect on online brand community engagement. Finally, online game product engagement and online brand community engagement are crucial drivers of customers’ offline benefit and firms’ online and offline benefits.Originality/valueFour contributions are made by this study. First, this study explores firms’ online benefit (virtual item purchase intention) and offline benefits, including licensed product and co-branded product purchase intention. Second, this study explores the customer’s offline benefit (offline skill development). Third, it focuses on two types of customer engagement, including online game product engagement and online brand community engagement, and explores the relationship between them. Finally, the concept of virtual experience is used to explore the antecedents of online game product engagement.
Epistemic injustice as a bridge between medical sociology and disability studies
Authors: Mladenov Teodor , Dimitrova Ina 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis paper explores the potential of the perspective of epistemic injustice to reconcile medical sociology's attention to the micro level of experience and interpersonal exchange, and disability studies' focus on the macro level of oppressive structures. The first part of the paper provides an overview of the concept of epistemic injustice and its key instances—testimonial, hermeneutical, and contributory injustice. We also consider previous applications of the concept in the fields of health care and disability, and we contextualise our investigation by discussing key features of postsocialism from the perspective of epistemic injustice. In the second part, we explore specific epistemic injustices experienced by people who use disability support by drawing on interviews and focus groups conducted with parents of disabled children in present‐day Bulgaria. In our conclusion, we revisit our methodological and theoretical points about the potential of epistemic injustice to facilitate mutually beneficial exchanges between medical sociology and disability studies.
Dynamic changes in systemic immune‐inflammation index predict pathological tumor response and overall survival in patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Authors: Demircan Nazım Can , Atcı Muhammed Mustafa , Demir Metin , Işık Selver , Akagündüz Baran 
Published: May 2022

AbstractAimSystemic inflammation has been associated with chemoresistance and prognosis in solid tumors. Systemic immune‐inflammation index (SII) is a novel marker derived from complete blood count. We investigated whether differences between SIIs measured before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) are associated with tumor regression grade (TRG) and survival in gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer patients.MethodsRecords of gastric and GEJ cancer patients treated with NACT in two centers were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were categorized according to difference between pre‐ and post‐NACT SII values (ΔSII). Association between clinicopathological factors and TRG was analyzed using logistic regression method. Predictors of disease‐free and overall survival (DFS and OS) were determined with Cox regression models.ResultsThe study included 140 patients. Patients with ΔSII<0 were more likely to achieve TRG 0/1 (45.2% vs. 19.1%, p = 0.003) and ΔSII<0 was an independent predictor of TRG 0/1 (OR = 6.05, p<0.001). DFS and OS of patients with ΔSII<0 were also significantly longer (p = 0.031 and p = 0.006, respectively). After adjustment for other variables, ΔSII≥0 was an independent prognostic factor for OS (Hazard ratio (HR) = 2.13, p = 0.008).ConclusionsChanges in SII, which is a low‐cost and easily accessible marker, may be used to estimate prognosis, individualize postoperative treatment and optimize surveillance in gastric and GEJ cancer patients treated with NACT.
A walk‐in clinic as an alternative approach to reaching non‐attenders of the cervical cancer screening program in the North Denmark region—a pilot study
Authors: Bonefeld Rikke Ekkelund , Poulsgaard Frandsen Anna , Christensen Jette , Larsen Thomas , Kahr Henriette Strøm 
Published: May 2022

AbstractIntroductionUp to 39% of women in Denmark do not participate regularly in the cervical cancer screening program and initiatives to increase participation are called upon. The primary aim of this study was to describe previous screening history and characteristics of women attending screening in a walk‐in clinic. Furthermore, we wanted to investigate barriers to cervical cancer screening.Material and methodsWe designed a walk‐in clinic that was open 2 days a week from 16.00 to 19.00 h, located in the Departments of Gynecology in the two main hospitals of the North Denmark Region. The main purpose of the clinic was cervical cancer screening and the study period was 5 months. Women who were not eligible for screening or had other health complaints were referred to their general practitioner. The women included in the study, filled out a questionnaire regarding educational and occupational status; their screening history was registered using data from the Danish Pathology Register.ResultsDuring the study period, 255 women visited the walk‐in clinic. The final study population consisted of 249 women who met the inclusion criteria. Age range of participants was 23–77 years, with a median age of 45 years. The majority of the participants were currently employed (81%) or students (10%), the remaining being retired (5%) or unemployed (4%). Screening history showed that 138 (55.4%) of the women were on time for the screening or delayed less than 6 months compared to their recommended screening interval. Sixty‐one women (24.5%) were delayed >6 months but <2 years. Fifty women (20.1%) were classified as non‐attenders, with more than a 2‐year delay in their screening. In the group of non‐attenders, eight women had never been screened. Of the remaining 42 women, the median time since last screening was 8.2 years (range 5.0–25.3 years).ConclusionsWomen attending the walk‐in clinic tended to be primarily actively working or students (91%). All age groups in the screening population were represented. Screening history showed that 44.6% had not followed the recommended screening program.
Predictability of carcass traits in live Tan sheep by real‐time ultrasound technology with least‐squares support vector machines
Authors: Fan Naiyun , Liu Guishan , Zhang Chong , Zhang Jingjing , Yu Jiangyong , Sun Yourui 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the performance of least‐squares support vector machines to predict carcass characteristics in Tan sheep using noninvasive in vivo measurements. A total of 80 six‐month‐old Tan sheep (37 rams and 43 ewes) were examined. Back fat thickness and eye muscle area between the 12th and 13th ribs were measured using real‐time ultrasound in live Tan sheep. All carcasses were dissected to hind leg, longissimus dorsi muscle, lean meat, fat, and bone to determine carcass composition. Multiple linear regression (MLR), partial least squares regression (PLSR), and least‐squares support vector machines (LSSVM) were applied to correlate the live Tan sheep characteristics with carcass composition. The results showed that the LSSVM model had a better efficacy for estimating carcass weight, longissimus dorsi muscle weight, lean meat weight, fat weight, lean meat, and fat percentage in live lambs (R = 0.94, RMSE = 0.62; R = 0.73, RMSE = 0.02; R = 0.86, RMSE = 0.47; R = 0.78, RMSE = 0.63; R = 0.73, RMSE = 0.02; R = 0.65, RMSE = 0.03, respectively). LSSVM algorithm was a potential alternative to the conventional MLR method. The results demonstrated that LSSVM model might have great potential to be applied to the evaluation of sheep with superior carcass traits by combining with real‐time ultrasound technology.
The role of the classroom learning environment in students’ mathematics anxiety: A scoping review
Authors: O’Hara Gabrielle , Kennedy Heather , Naoufal Michael , Montreuil Tina 
Published: May 2022

AbstractBackgroundMath anxiety is a common experience that interferes with learning and achievement in mathematics. Considering that mathematics learning mostly takes place within the classroom, it is critical to examine how math anxiety develops in this context.AimsThe purpose of the current scoping review was to identify classroom‐learning environment factors associated with math anxiety in elementary and high school students.Sample(s)Out of an initial sample of 3011 studies, 28 were eligible for inclusion.MethodsData on author(s), publication year, and study location; sample demographics; classroom variables; intervention details (if applicable); measures; and key results were extracted from articles.ResultsNumerous protective and vulnerability factors were identified.ConclusionsDirections for future research and methodological implications were explored.
Loss of function mutation in DNAH7 induces male infertility associated with abnormalities of the sperm flagella and mitochondria in human
Authors: Gao Yang , Liu Liting , Shen Qunshan , Fu Feifei , Xu Chuan , Geng Hao , Lv Mingrong , Li Kuokuo , Tang Dongdong , Song Bing , Wu Huan , Xu Yuping , Zhang Ying , Tao Fangbiao , Zhou Ping , Wei Zhaolian , He Xiaojin , Cao Yunxia 
Published: May 2022

AbstractMale infertility is an increasingly serious health problem affecting couples of reproductive age. Mutations in axoneme‐associated genes cause male infertility. Dynein arm proteins are essential in sustaining normal axonemes and promote flagellar motility. However, the function of DNAH7 in male fertility in vivo remains unclear. Herein, we showed that DNAH7 disruption in humans results in male infertility, which was characterised by multiple morphological abnormalities of sperm flagella. The axoneme structure of the sperm from a DNAH7‐deficient patient revealed the loss of inner dynein arms. Moreover, the mitochondria of the sperm flagella detached and dispersed outside the axoneme, leading to abnormalities in the mitochondrial sheath in the mid‐piece region. Live birth was achieved via intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Thus, DNAH7 is critical for axoneme and mitochondrial development in human sperm. These findings further clarify the spectrum of DNAH7 biology and provide new insights for diagnosing infertility and treating patients harbouring DNAH7 mutations.
Packing the donor heart: Is SherpaPak cold preservation technique safer compared to ice cold storage
Authors: Bitargil Macit , Haddad Osama , Pham Si M. , Garg Neha , Jacob Samuel , El‐Sayed Ahmed Magdy M. , Landolfo Kevin , Patel Parag C. , Goswami Rohan M. , Leoni Moreno Juan Carlos , Yip Daniel S. , Sareyyupoglu Basar 
Published: May 2022

AbstractIntroductionThe present study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of heart transplant patients whose donor hearts were preserved with the SherpaPak controlled cold organ system versus the conventional ice storage technique.MethodsAll patients undergoing heart transplantation at our center between January 2019 and April 2021 were divided into two groups according to the technique used during donor heart preservation and transport. The first group consisted of 34 SherpaPak controlled temperature preservation patients, and the second group consisted of 47 patients where the conventional three bags and ice technique was utilized during organ transportation. The two groups were compared based on demographics, operative details, and postoperative outcomes.ResultsThere were no significant differences between the groups regarding Vasoactive Inotropic Score (VIS), Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD), and the need for a transient pacer. However, the VIS, PGD, and pacing trends were lower in the SherpaPak patients even though the total ischemic and cardiopulmonary bypass times were significantly longer. Furthermore, SherpaPak patients exhibited a shorter stay in the ICU with no severe PGD and mortality.ConclusionThe SherpaPak donor heart preservation provides safe outcomes in heart transplant patients. Further research is needed to utilize this method for longer durations of ischemic time and expand travel distances for organ transportation.
Attentional control in middle childhood is highly dynamic—Strong initial distraction is followed by advanced attention control
Authors: Volkmer Sindram , Wetzel Nicole , Widmann Andreas , Scharf Florian 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe ability to shield against distraction while focusing on a task requires the operation of executive functions and is essential for successful learning. We investigated the short‐term dynamics of distraction control in a data set of 269 children aged 4–10 years and 51 adults pooled from three studies using multilevel models. Participants performed a visual categorization task while a task‐irrelevant sequence of sounds was presented which consisted of frequently repeated standard sounds and rarely interspersed novel sounds. On average, participants responded slower in the categorization task after novel sounds. This distraction effect was more pronounced in children. Throughout the experiment, the initially strong distraction effects declined to the level of adults in the groups of 6‐ to 10‐year‐olds. Such a decline was neither observed in the groups of the 4‐ and 5‐year‐olds, who consistently showed a high level of distraction, nor in adults, who showed a constantly low level of distraction throughout the experimental session. Results indicate that distraction control is a highly dynamic process that qualitatively and quantitatively differs between age groups. We conclude that the analysis of short‐term dynamics provides valuable insights into the development of attention control and might explain inconsistent findings regarding distraction control in middle childhood. In addition, models of attention control need to be refined to account for age‐dependent rapid learning mechanisms. Our findings have implications for the design of learning situations and provide an additional source of information for the diagnosis and treatment of children with attention deficit disorders.