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Impact of digitalization on employee's autonomy: evidence from French firms
Authors: Zeshan Muhammad , Qureshi Tahir Masood , Saleem Irfan 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to clarify the relationship between digitalization and the employees’ autonomy. It proposes a positive relationship between digitalization and employees. It explains why strategic human resource management (HRM) is essential in this relationship. The study aims to solve the control autonomy paradox related to the use of technology in organizations.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper opted for the explanatory study using a cross-sectional design. Responses were received from the alumni of a French business school using the survey strategy. Structural equation modelling has been used to validate the measure and to test the hypotheses.

Findings
The paper provides empirical evidence for the positive relationship between digitalization and employees’ autonomy. It suggests that an enabling control-based HRM system mediates the positive relationship between digitalization and autonomy.

Originality/value
The study enriches the literature in information technology by solving the control autonomy paradox associated with information technology. Moreover, the study also highlights the importance of an enabling control-based HRM system by underlining its role in developing the empowering organizational context.
Characterization of rosacea patients in Tohoku area of Japan: Retrospective study of 340 rosacea cases
Authors: Wada‐Irimada Moyuka , Yamamoto Haruka , Terui Hitoshi , Omori‐Shimada Ryoko , Yamazaki Emi , Kikuchi Katsuko , Aiba Setsuya , Yamasaki Kenshi 
Published: February 2022

AbstractRosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with facial redness and acne‐like papules and pustules. The characteristics and background of rosacea patients in Japan have not been well documented. In this study, we retrospectively collected the medical information of rosacea patients, and investigated the background, complications, exacerbating factors, and status of allergy. Between January 2010 and December 2020, 431 cases were diagnosed as rosacea or rosacea‐like dermatitis. We selected 340 patients, in which we could confirm telangiectasia on facial skin. Females and males numbered 266 and 74, respectively. The average age of the first visit was 51.5 years, and the youngest and oldest were 11 and 88 years old. Among 340 cases, 323 had erythematotelangiectatic rosacea, 97 papulopustular rosacea, 20 phymatous rosacea presenting as rhinophyma, and four had symptoms of ocular rosacea. The most common complication was hay fever (93 individuals, 27.4%), and 66 (19.4%) had a medical history of contact dermatitis. Temperature differences (141 individuals, 41.5%) were the most common exacerbating factor followed by sunlight exposure (60 individuals, 17.6%). Seventy‐eight individuals received allergen‐specific immunoglobulin (Ig)E tests, and IgE for cedar was the most frequently observed (46 individuals, 59.0%). High frequencies of IgE for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus or D. farinae (33 individuals, 42.3%) and house dust I (31 individuals, 39.7%) suggested that environmental conditions at home would affect rosacea symptoms. Since the facial skin is exposed to environmental stimuli every moment, this retrospective observation suggested the importance of the daily lifestyle guidance as well as medical treatments.
Seven cases of contact dermatitis due to stearyl alcohol contained in topical medications
Authors: Nishioka Kazue , Koizumi Akiko , Takita Yuko 
Published: February 2022

AbstractStearyl alcohol is found in various cosmetics and topical medications and is regarded as safe. Allergic contact dermatitis is reported due to this chemical on rare occasions. We report seven cases, comprising three men and four women aged between 36 and 62 between the years 2013 to 2019, of allergic contact dermatitis due to the use of topical medication, where the patient showed a positive result to a patch test using stearyl alcohol. There were 10 topical medications that we considered to be the cause of this: three were from Oronine® H ointment, two from Eurax® cream, one from Eurax H cream, and four from topical antifungal medications. All these medications contained stearyl alcohol. Seven cases of patch tests with stearyl alcohol all showed positive results. Moreover, having done a patch test with cetyl alcohol, two out of three tests showed positive. When researching allergic contact dermatitis due to topical medications, it is important to test for allergy to stearyl alcohol as well as their main ingredients, because it is contained in numerous products and has the ability to cause allergic contact dermatitis.
Reconceptualizing HRU Threshold Definition in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Authors: Femeena Pandara Valappil , Karki Ritesh , Cibin Raj , Sudheer K.P. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model simulates a watershed by dividing it into subbasins which are further divided into hydrologic response units (HRUs). User‐defined area thresholds for land use, soil, and slope are often used when defining HRUs during model setup to improve computational efficiency by reducing the number of HRUs. This, however, results in loss of watershed biophysical information due to the reapportionment of HRUs that fail to exceed the threshold to other dominant HRUs. This study presents an improved HRU definition method that minimizes the loss of watershed biophysical information without considerably increasing the number of HRUs and lowering the user‐defined HRU thresholds. Comparison of land use and soil distribution showed that the new HRU model closely matched the no‐threshold full HRU model, unlike the default threshold SWAT model in which the landscape distribution characteristics were inadequately represented. Simulated hydrological and water quality variables, as well as model parameterization, were also better characterized when using the proposed HRU definition method when compared with the default SWAT model. The number of HRUs with the new method (934) was only slightly higher than the default threshold model (589) but considerably lower than the full HRU model (29,288). This new HRU definition method can help modelers perform computationally efficient modeling without compromising the accuracy of biophysical inputs to the model.
Posterior corneal vesicles are not associated with the genetic variants that cause posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Authors: Liskova Petra , Hafford‐Tear Nathaniel J. , Skalicka Pavlina , Malinka Frantisek , Jedlickova Jana , Ďuďáková Ľubica , Pontikos Nikolas , Davidson Alice E , Tuft Stephen 
Published: February 2022

AbstractPurposePosterior corneal vesicles (PCVs) have clinical features that are similar to posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD). To help determine whether there is a shared genetic basis, we screened 38 individuals with PCVs for changes in the three genes identified as causative for PPCD.MethodsWe prospectively recruited patients for this study. We examined all individuals clinically, with their first‐degree relatives when available. We used a combination of Sanger and exome sequencing to screen regulatory regions of OVOL2 and GRHL2, and the entire ZEB1 coding sequence.ResultsThe median age at examination was 37.5 years (range 4.7–84.0 years), 20 (53%) were male and in 19 (50%) the PCVs were unilateral. Most individuals were discharged to optometric review, but five had follow‐up for a median of 12 years (range 5–13 years) with no evidence of progression. In cases with unilateral PCVs, there was statistically significant evidence that the change in the affected eye was associated with a lower endothelial cell density (p = 0.0003), greater central corneal thickness (p = 0.0277) and a steeper mean keratometry (p = 0.0034), but not with a higher keratometric astigmatism or a reduced LogMAR visual acuity. First‐degree relatives of 13 individuals were available for examination, and in 3 (23%), PCVs were identified. No possibly pathogenic variants were identified in the PPCD‐associated genes screened.ConclusionWe found no evidence that PCVs share the same genetic background as PPCD. In contrast to PPCD, we confirm that PCVs is a mild, non‐progressive condition with no requirement for long‐term review. However, subsequent cataract surgery can lead to corneal oedema.
Center variations in patient selection for simultaneous heart‐kidney transplantation
Authors: Shaw Brian I. , Samoylova Marya L. , Barbas Andrew S. , Cheng Xingxing S. , Lu Yee , McElroy Lisa M. , Sanoff Scott 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThere are no established regulations governing patient selection for simultaneous heart‐kidney (SHK) transplantation, creating the potential for significant center‐level variations in clinical practice.MethodsUsing the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Standard Transplant Analysis and Research (STAR) file, we examined practice trends and variations in patient selection for SHK at the center level between January 1, 2004 and March 31, 2019.ResultsOverall, SHK is becoming more common with most centers performing heart transplants also performing SHK. Among patients who underwent heart transplant who were receiving dialysis, the rate of SHK varied from 22% to 86% at the center level. Among patients not on dialysis, the median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of patients receiving SHK varied between 19 and 59 mL/min/1.73 m2. When adjusting for other factors, the odds of SHK varied 57‐fold between the highest and lowest SHK performing centers.ConclusionVariation in SHK at the center level suggests the need for national guidelines around the selection of patients for SHK.
Robustness of the rule‐learning effect in 7‐month‐old infants: A close, multicenter replication of Marcus et al. (1999)
Authors: Geambașu Andreea , Spit Sybren , van Renswoude Daan , Blom Elma , Fikkert Paula J.P.M. , Hunnius Sabine , Junge Caroline C.M.M. , Verhagen Josje , Visser Ingmar , Wijnen Frank , Levelt Clara C. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWe conducted a close replication of the seminal work by Marcus and colleagues from 1999, which showed that after a brief auditory exposure phase, 7‐month‐old infants were able to learn and generalize a rule to novel syllables not previously present in the exposure phase. This work became the foundation for the theoretical framework by which we assume that infants are able to learn abstract representations and generalize linguistic rules. While some extensions on the original work have shown evidence of rule learning, the outcomes are mixed, and an exact replication of Marcus et al.'s study has thus far not been reported. A
recent meta‐analysis by Rabagliati and colleagues brings to light that the rule‐learning effect depends on stimulus type (e.g., meaningfulness, speech vs. nonspeech) and is not as robust as often assumed. In light of the theoretical importance of the issue at stake, it is appropriate and necessary to assess the replicability and robustness of Marcus et al.'s findings. Here we have undertaken a replication across four labs with a large sample of 7‐month‐old infants (N = 96), using the same exposure patterns (ABA and ABB), methodology (Headturn Preference Paradigm), and original stimuli. As in the original study, we tested the hypothesis that infants are able to learn abstract “algebraic” rules and apply them to novel input. Our results did not replicate the original findings: infants showed no difference in looking time between test patterns consistent or inconsistent with the familiarization pattern they were exposed to.
Musical groove shapes children's free dancing
Authors: Kragness Haley E. , Anderson Lucy , Chow Ester , Schmuckler Mark , Cirelli Laura K. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe drive to move to music is evident across a variety of contexts, from the simple urge to tap our toe to a song on the radio, to massive crowds dancing in time at a rock concert. Though seemingly effortless, beat synchronization is difficult to master and children are often poor beat synchronizers. Nevertheless, auditory‐motor integration is fundamental for many daily processes, such as speech. A topic that has been relatively understudied concerns how stimulus properties affect young children's movement in responses to auditory stimuli. In the present study, we examined how musical groove (adult‐rated desire to move) affected 3.0‐ to 6.9‐year‐old children's free dancing in the comfort of their home (n = 78). In the high groove conditions, children danced more and with more energy compared to the low groove conditions. Moreover, in the high groove condition, children's movement tempos corresponded better with the tempos of the music. Results point to early childhood sensitivity to the musical features that motivate adults to move to music. High groove music may therefore prove especially effective at facilitating early auditory‐motor integration. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at https://youtu.be/vli0‐6N12Ts.
Organizing male infertility: Masculinities and fertility treatment
Authors: Cervi Lucia , Knights David 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThis paper explores how organizations within the fertility treatment sector in the UK discursively construct (cis) male infertility and whether, in so doing, they reinforce or reproduce prevailing institutionalized discourses and practices of masculinity. We seek to address the gender disparity in contemporary understandings of reproductive health in Organization Studies (OS) where women's experience of infertility and its impact is well researched, but only occasionally does this extend to issues of male infertility. Specifically, we build on existing literature in the social sciences and OS on male infertility and expand it by investigating the organizations that treat fertility issues. We examine and discuss how they may inadvertently contribute to this neglect, by reflecting and reproducing the masculine norms that surround male infertility. We employ a thematic analysis to examine texts produced by organizations involved in the fertility sector and find that male infertility is discussed and presented through three intersecting lenses: (a) a hegemonic masculinization of infertility; (b) male infertility as an othering experience; and (c) disembodied masculinity. We highlight how these gendered organizational narratives (re)produce prevailing norms and practices of masculinity, and how an organizational shift within the sector needs to take place if substantial changes toward more caring, relational, and collective approaches to gender and reproductive health are to be achieved.
Women who host: An intersectional critique of rentier capitalism on AirBnB
Authors: Maier George , Gilchrist Kate R. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractScholarship on AirBnB has often brought critical focus to the advancement of rentier capitalism and gentrification through the sharing economy. In this article we draw upon in‐depth interviews with women in London who host their shared living space on AirBnB, to present meaningful empirical examples of women utilizing the platform as a way of surviving. Often, women in our research turned to AirBnB after facing exclusion from traditional labor markets, based on gender, age and/or disability. Others relied on AirBnB to meet their own housing needs, for instance: subletting their own bed to meet rent payments. Rather than departing from a critical class analysis, we instead hope to nuance understandings of rentierism on AirBnB by focusing on these women as complex intersectional subjects of capitalism. While many hosts fall clearly into the category of rentier capitalists, making money through property ownership, the lived realities of hosting were often more complex. We therefore use these women's lived experiences to complicate understandings of class subjectivity in the “sharing economy”, drawing upon an intersectional perspective to showcase women who are hosting in order to subsist.
Clinical application of an algorithm to screen for malignant cells in body fluids using an automated hematology analyzer
Authors: Cho Ha‐eun , Kim Young Jin , Cho Sun Young , Park Tae Sung , Park Kyung Sun 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIntroductionThe detection of malignant cells in body fluids (BF) with an automated hematology analyzer has been proposed as an alternative to morphological examination owing to its various advantages; however, its limitations have also been highlighted. In this study, we devised a practical algorithm to screen for malignant cells in BFs using an automated hematology analyzer.MethodsA total of 558 BF samples, including 232 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples and 326 non‐CSF samples, were consecutively collected. Thereafter, the results obtained using the BF mode of Sysmex XN‐350 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) were compared with the cytological diagnosis. A cutoff was also established to screen for malignant cells using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis based on the final clinical judgment.ResultsThe automated hematology analyzer showed a moderate correlation or good agreement with the existing cytological diagnosis. Further, of the ROC curves for detecting malignant cells, the absolute value of highly fluorescent cells on BF (HF‐BF) in total body fluids showed the highest area under the curve (0.85 [95% confidence interval 0.82–88], p < .0001, Youden index >7×106/L, sensitivity 93%, and specificity 65%).ConclusionAn automated hematology analyzer could function as a complement to cytological examination. We propose a practical and comprehensive algorithm for cytological examination that requires low‐ and high‐resolution microscopy based on the absolute value of HF‐BF in BF samples suspected of malignancy. This algorithm can more usefully detect malignant cells while taking advantage of the automated analyzer and cytological examination.
The Ethics of Killing in a Pandemic: Unintentional Virus Transmission, Reciprocal Risk Imposition, and Standards of Blame
Authors: Davis Jeremy 
Published: February 2022

ABSTRACTThe COVID‐19 global pandemic has shone a light on several important ethical questions, ranging from fairness in resource allocation to the ethical justification of government mandates. In addition to these institutional issues, there are also several ethical questions that arise at the interpersonal level. This article focuses on several of these issues. In particular, I argue that, despite the insistence in public health messaging that avoiding infecting others constitutes ‘saving lives’, virus transmission that results in death constitutes an act of killing. Whether this killing is wrongful depends on several factors. I consider one intuitively plausible view – namely, that in many cases, killing via unintentional transmission is not wrongful, because the parties in question have implicitly waived their rights against this harm, often via reciprocal‐risk imposition. I argue that this view is mistaken, but that its central insight can be better captured by identifying the appropriate standards of blame that we ought to apply during a pandemic. I conclude by showing how these conclusions can be fruitfully applied to certain institutional questions, such as helping to justify restrictive government mandates.
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator with a low false alarm rate
Authors: Poole Jeanne E. , Gleva Marye J. , Birgersdotter‐Green Ulrika , Branch Kelley R. H. , Doshi Rahul N. , Salam Tariq , Crawford Thomas C. , Willcox Mark E. , Sridhar Arun M. , Mikdadi Ghiath , Beinart Sean C. , Cha Yong‐Mei , Russo Andrea M , Rowbotham Ron K. , Sullivan Joseph , Gustavson Laura M. , Kivilaid Kaisa 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIntroductionA wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is indicated in appropriate patients to reduce the risk for sudden cardiac death. Challenges for patients wearing a WCD have been frequent false shock alarms primarily due to electrocardiogram noise and wear discomfort. The objective of this study was to test a contemporary WCD designed for reduced false shock alarms and improved comfort.MethodsOne hundred and thirty patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40% and an active implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) were fitted with the ASSURE WCD (Kestra Medical Technologies) and followed for 30 days. WCD detection was enabled and shock alarm markers recorded, but shocks and shock alarms were disabled. All WCD episodes and ICD ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) episodes were adjudicated. The primary endpoint was the false‐positive shock alarm rate with a performance goal of 1 every 3.4 days (0.29 per patient‐day).ResultsOf 163 WCD episodes, 4 were VT/VF and 159 non‐VT/VF (121 rhythms with noise, 32 uncertain with noise, 6 atrial flutter without noise). Only three false‐positive shock alarm markers were recorded; one false‐positive shock alarm every 1333 patient‐days (0.00075 per patient‐day, 95% confidence interval: 0.00015–0.00361; p < .001). No ICD recorded VT/VF episodes meeting WCD detection criteria (≥170 bpm for ≥20 s) were missed by the WCD during 3501 patient‐days of use. Median wear was 31.0 days (interquartile range [IQR] 2.0) and median daily use 23.0 h (IQR 1.7). Adverse events were mostly mild: skin irritation (19.4%) and musculoskeletal discomfort (8.5%).ConclusionThe ASSURE WCD demonstrated a low false‐positive shock alarm rate, low patient‐reported discomfort, and no serious adverse events.
Transcriptomic profile investigations highlight a putative role for NUDT16 in sepsis
Authors: Huang Susie Shih Yin , Rinchai Darawan , Toufiq Mohammed , Kabeer Basirudeen Syed Ahamed , Roelands Jessica , Hendrickx Wouter , Boughorbel Sabri , Bedognetti Davide , Van Panhuys Nicholas , Chaussabel Damien , Garand Mathieu 
Published: February 2022

AbstractSepsis is an aberrant systemic inflammatory response mediated by the acute activation of the innate immune system. Neutrophils are important contributors to the innate immune response that controls the infection, but harbour the risk of collateral tissue damage such as thrombosis and organ dysfunction. A better understanding of the modulations of cellular processes in neutrophils and other blood cells during sepsis is needed and can be initiated via transcriptomic profile investigations. To that point, the growing repertoire of publicly accessible transcriptomic datasets serves as a valuable resource for discovering and/or assessing the robustness of biomarkers. We employed systematic literature mining, reductionist approach to gene expression profile and empirical in vitro work to highlight the role of a Nudix hydrolase family member, NUDT16, in sepsis. The relevance and implication of the expression of NUDT16 under septic conditions and the putative functional roles of this enzyme are discussed.