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Towards a circular economy: a knowledge-attitude gap between demand and supply-side operators on green building construction in Ghana
Authors: Dadzoe Florence , Addy Michael , Duah Daniel Yaw Addai , Adesi Michael 
Published: November 2022

PurposeTo be able to achieve the uptake and usage of green buildings requires various actors within the construction value chain to be engaged. Despite its global uptake, green building construction is still at its nascent stage in Ghana. Most studies in sub-Saharan Africa point to the lack of knowledge as one of the mitigating factors against its development. However, there is a dearth of studies assessing the level of knowledge of stakeholders. The terms “knowledge” and “awareness” of green building construction are often used interchangeably in the Ghanaian Construction Industry (GCI). This study seeks to unearth the level of knowledge of stakeholders on green building construction through a comparative analysis of construction professionals and demand-side operators.Design/methodology/approachA structured questionnaire was issued to professionals in the various recognised bodies in the construction industry and public and private institutions in Ghana. Frequency, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, median statistics and Mann–Whitney U-Test were used to rank and analyse the level of knowledge of stakeholders.FindingsConstruction professionals were more aware of green building construction than the demand-side operators. It was further identified that only a few of these stakeholders had hands-on experience as the majority of them have gained their awareness through research studies. Based on the findings of the study, it was revealed that the concept of green building construction is more abstract to stakeholders than practical despite their positive attitude towards its adoption.Practical implicationsContextually, the study has aided in showing the level of knowledge of stakeholders on green building construction. The findings of the study aside from it aiding policymakers have also helped in identifying the perceptions and attitudes of stakeholders, their strengths and weakness in green building construction. It is recommended that due to the differences in socio-political structures and construction methods, a clear definition of green building based on the availability of resources in the GCI will encourage its adoption.Originality/valueThe study used two stakeholder groupings in the GCI as the unit of analysis. This enabled insightful discoveries into the knowledge-attitude gap of Ghanaian stakeholders that are driving the adoption of green building.
ANN-based performance prediction of electrical discharge machining of Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloys
Authors: Xames Md Doulotuzzaman , Torsha Fariha Kabir , Sarwar Ferdous 
Published: November 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to predict the machining performance of electrical discharge machining of Ti-13Nb-13Zr (TNZ) alloy, a promising biomedical alloy, using artificial neural networks (ANN) models.

Design/methodology/approach
In the research, three major performance characteristics, i.e. the material removal rate (MRR), tool wear rate (TWR) and surface roughness (SR), were chosen for the study. The input parameters for machining were the voltage, current, pulse-on time and pulse-off time. For the ANN model, a two-layer feedforward network with sigmoid hidden neurons and linear output neurons were chosen. Levenberg–Marquardt backpropagation algorithm was used to train the neural networks.

Findings
The optimal ANN structure comprises four neurons in input layer, ten neurons in hidden layer and one neuron in the output layer (4–10-1). In predicting MRR, the 60–20-20 data split provides the lowest MSE (0.0021179) and highest R-value for training (0.99976). On the contrary, the 70–15-15 data split results in the best performance in predicting both TWR and SR. The model achieves the lowest MSE and highest R-value for training in predicting TWR as 1.17E-06 and 0.84488, respectively. Increasing the number of hidden neurons of the network further deteriorates the performance. In predicting SR, the authors find the best MSE and R-value as 0.86748 and 0.94024, respectively.

Originality/value
This is a novel approach in performance prediction of electrical discharge machining in terms of new workpiece material (TNZ alloys).
Environmental Performance Feedback and Timing of Reshoring: Perspectives from the Behavioural Theory of the Firm
Authors: Zhang Minhao , Shui Xiaolong , Smart Palie , Wang Xiaojun , Chen Jing 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe behavioural theory of the firm (BTOF) claims that firms’ performance feedback is significant for strategic decision‐making. Building upon this, we shift our focus from the widely researched topic of financial performance to sustainability performance. We theorize that firms’ environmental performance feedback (i.e. performance relative to aspirations) influences their reshoring decisions. Based on a sample of publicly traded manufacturing multinational enterprises (MNEs) from 15 developed countries, we find that firms with below‐aspiration environmental performance (BEP) are slower to engage in reshoring activity. In contrast, firms with above‐aspiration environmental performance (AEP) are quicker to engage in reshoring. Moreover, we substantiate the moderating role of financial performance feedback: positive financial performance feedback enables firms with higher BEP to engage in reshoring activity even more slowly. Nevertheless, the moderating role of positive financial performance feedback has not been confirmed in the relationship between higher AEP and the timing of reshoring.
The Everyday Economy: Introduction
Authors: Killick Anna , Mabbett Deborah 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis introduction to the everyday economy collection provides a brief summary of the concept as advanced by Julie Froud, Karel Williams and their collaborators at Manchester's Centre for Research on Socio‐Cultural Change, followed by an overview of articles by Anna Coote, Tess Lanning and Rachel Laurence, Sarah Longlands, Alex Colás and Jason Edwards, David Edgerton, Christine Berry, Luke Raikes and Anna Killick.
The problem with faith-based carve-outs: RSE policy, religion and educational goods
Authors: Wareham Ruth J 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn September 2020, relationships and sex education (RSE) became compulsory in all English secondary schools, and relationships education became compulsory in all English primary schools, marking a significant step forward in the fight to establish children's rights. Although the new RSE regime will help to ensure that many English schools provide pupils with a far more comprehensive RSE curriculum than ever before, the statutory guidance underpinning it includes a number of caveats that mean, although the subject is compulsory, not all children will receive the same content. Arguably, along with the right to withdraw (which is often exercised on religious grounds), the most insidious of these ‘carve-outs’ allows faith schools to teach RSE according to their ‘distinctive religious character’. This exemption has been used to defend the use of religious RSE resources that critics maintain are misogynistic, homophobic and often draw heavily on pseudoscience, as well as to justify leaving certain topics (such as same-sex relationships or trans rights) out of classroom discussion altogether. Drawing on empirically informed normative case studies and recent reforms to the curriculum in Wales, I argue that faith-based carve-outs to RSE policy imperil children's access to a distinct package of educational goods. Using a recent framework for educational decision-making based on these goods developed by Brighouse et al. I go on to conclude that such policies are politically and morally unjustifiable (at least if one agrees that the relevant package of goods is desirable). I further maintain that, even when considered from the perspective of human rights law—which is often given as a pragmatic reason to allow more permissive policies with respect to teaching topics that may impinge upon parents’ deeply held convictions—there are no necessary grounds for governments to legislate for the subject to be circumscribed by the religious beliefs of parents or the faith ethos of the schools children attend.
The influence of partners' known preferences on auditors' sceptical judgements: The moderating role of perceived social influence pressure
Authors: Ying Sammy Xiaoyan , Patel Chris , Dela Cruz Aeson Luiz 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWe examine the moderating effect of auditors' perceived social influence pressure on the influence of partners' known preferences on auditors' sceptical judgements in China. We invoke social influence theory to provide complementary insights into the driving forces behind auditors' judgements, over and above the pressure arising from accountability. We hypothesise that the influence of partners' known preferences on auditors' sceptical judgements is stronger for auditors who perceive higher social influence pressure than those who perceive lower pressure. Our results support the hypothesis and establish the value of understanding auditors' perceived social influence pressure in managing partners' communication with audit teams.
Impacts of the New York State COVID‐19 disaster emergency orders on prescription dispensing for opioids and medication for opioid use disorder
Authors: Suri Abhinav , Feaster Daniel J. , Balise Raymond R. , Quinn James , Nunes Edward V. , Gilbert Louisa , El‐Bassel Nabila , Rundle Andrew G. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAimsThe aim of this study is to examine whether the March 2020 New York State (NYS) SARS‐CoV‐2 emergency orders were associated with an initial surge in opioid dispensing and a longer‐term reduction in access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).DesignTime‐series analyses of the dispensing of non‐MOUD opioid and MOUD prescriptions using IQVIA's longitudinal prescription claims database (n = 16 087 429) in NYS by week, from 1 January 2018 to 31 July 2020. IQVIA is a multi‐national company that provides biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services.Setting and ParticipantsNYS Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) codes (n = 1218) in which prescriptions were dispensed.MeasurementFor each ZIP code, for each week, the following dispensing measures were calculated: total weekly morphine milligram equivalents/day (MME/day), total weekly MME/day dispensed via prescriptions for ≤ 7 days and the count of MOUD prescriptions dispensed. Differences in dispensing metrics, comparing each week in 2020 with corresponding weeks in 2019, were calculated for each ZIP code.ResultsDuring the study period, weekly MME/day per ZIP code of dispensed non‐MOUD opioids steadily declined. Compared with the difference in dispensing between 2019 and 2020 during the first week in 2020, there was a significantly larger drop in dispensed weekly total MME/day beginning 21 March 2020, and lasting until the week of 17 April (P < 0.05 for each week). Mean weekly total MME/day dispensed from 21 March to 17 April 2020 was 17.07% lower [95% confidence interval (CI) = 13.97%, 20.17%] than in the 4 weeks before 21 March almost entirely due to a drop in MME/day dispensed for prescriptions of ≤ 7 days. There was not a discernable drop in MOUD dispensing associated with the period of the emergency orders.ConclusionsNew York State emergency orders in March 2020 to reduce SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission and preserve hospital capacity appeared to be associated with a decline in dispensing of opioids not used as MOUD. Access to MOUD appeared to be unaffected by the orders, probably because of policy initiatives by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
An exploration of flavours in studies of e‐cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analyses of a systematic review with meta‐analyses
Authors: Lindson Nicola , Butler Ailsa R. , Liber Alex , Levy David T. , Barnett Phoebe , Theodoulou Annika , Notley Caitlin , Rigotti Nancy A. , Hartmann‐Boyce Jamie 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAimsTo estimate associations between e‐cigarette flavour and smoking cessation and study product use at 6 months or longer.MethodsSecondary analysis of data from a living systematic review, with meta‐analyses and narrative synthesis, incorporating data up to January 2022. Included studies provided people who smoked combustible cigarettes with nicotine e‐cigarettes for the purpose of smoking cessation compared with no treatment or other stop smoking interventions. Measurements included smoking cessation and study product use at 6 months or longer reported as risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI); and flavour use at any time‐points.ResultsWe included 16 studies (n = 10 336); 14 contributed to subgroup analyses and 10 provided participants with a choice of e‐cigarette flavour. We judged nine, five and two studies at high, low and unclear risk of bias, respectively. Subgroup analyses showed no clear associations between flavour and cessation or product use. In all but one analysis, tests for subgroup differences resulted in I2 values between 0 and 35%. In the comparison between nicotine e‐cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) (I2 = 65.2% for subgroup differences), studies offering tobacco flavour e‐cigarettes showed evidence of a greater proportion of participants still using at 6 months or longer (RR = 3.81; 95% CI = 1.45–10.05; n = 1181; I2 = 84%), whereas there was little evidence for greater 6‐month use when studies offered a choice of flavours (RR = 1.44; 95% CI = 0.80–2.56; n = 454; I2 = 82%). However, substantial statistical heterogeneity within subgroups makes interpretation of this result unclear. In the 10 studies where participants had a choice of flavours, and this was tracked over time, some switching between flavours occurred, but there were no clear patterns in flavour preferences.ConclusionsThere does not appear to be a clear association between e‐cigarette flavours and smoking cessation or longer‐term e‐cigarette use, possibly due to a paucity of data. There is evidence that people using e‐cigarettes to quit smoking switch between e‐cigarette flavours.
Illegal behaviors as a consequence of gambling disorder
Authors: Grant Jon E. , Chamberlain Samuel R. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackground and ObjectivesGambling disorder has been associated with illegal behaviors; however, research using validated scales and in‐person assessments has been less common.MethodsFour hundred and twenty‐seven people with gambling disorders taking part in clinical trials completed multiple instruments and select cognitive tasks. Two groups were identified: those with illegal behaviors linked to gambling disorder and those without. Differences between the groups were examined.Results43.3% of people with gambling disorders reported gambling‐related illegal behaviors. Illegal behaviors were associated with earlier gambling symptom onset, higher levels of depressive symptoms, worse quality of life, and higher non‐planning impulsivity. In those with illegal behaviors, the most common activities reported were writing bad checks/paying bills from accounts that no longer had funds (75.1%), and theft (9.6%). People with illegal gambling‐related behaviors did not differ from those without, in terms of levels of symptom severity, or likelihood of responding to treatment in the subsequent clinical trials.Discussion and ConclusionsIllegal behaviors are commonplace in people with gambling disorders and linked to worse quality of life, but people with gambling‐related illegal behaviors respond to core treatments to the same extent as people without these behaviors.Scientific SignificanceThe findings from this study extend previous research and support the novel notion that rather than more intensive treatment being indicated for gambling disorders linked to illegal activities, it may be prudent to consider illegal behaviors as part of a wider profile of gambling‐related harms that merit interventions in their own right.
Temporary phrenic nerve stimulated patients: What is the role of ultrasound examination?
Authors: Soták Michal , Tyll Tomáš , Roubík Karel 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundProlonged mechanical ventilation caused by ventilator‐induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD) is a serious problem in critically ill patients. Identification of patients who will have difficulty weaning from ventilation along with attempts to reduce total time on mechanical ventilation is some of the aims of intensive care medicine.ObservationsThis article briefly summarizes current options for temporary phrenic nerve stimulation therapy in an effort to keep the diaphragm active as direct prevention and treatment of ventilator‐associated diaphragmatic dysfunction in patients on mechanical ventilation. The results of feasibility studies using different approaches are promising but so far, the clinical relevance is low. One important question is which tool would reliably identify early signs of diaphragmatic dysfunction and also be useful in guiding therapy. The authors present a brief overview of the current options considering the advantages and disadvantages of the available examination modalities. Despite the fact that current data point out some limitations of ultrasound examination, we believe that it still has a unique position in the bedside examination of critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation.ConclusionTemporary phrenic nerve stimulation, regardless of the specific approach used, has the potential to directly treat or reverse VIDD, and ultrasound examination plays an important role in the comprehensive care of critically ill patients.
Hemadsorption in patients requiring V‐A ECMO support: Comparison of Cytosorb versus Jafron HA330
Authors: Lesbekov Timur , Nurmykhametova Zhuldyz , Kaliyev Rymbay , Kuanyshbek Aidyn , Faizov Linar , Bekishev Bolat , Jabayeva Nilufar , Samalavicius Robertas , Pya Yuriy 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundECMO support is associated with the development of a systemic hyper‐inflammatory response, which may become quite significant and extreme in some cases. We hypothesize that Cytosorb or Jafron therapy may benefit patients on V‐A ECMO in terms of levels of inflammatory markers such as IL‐6, complications, and overall outcomes.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective study of prospectively collected data in a single tertiary care center between January 2021 and April 2022. At the time of the analysis of this article, 20 patients on V‐A ECMO had cytokine adsorption while on ECMO support: Cytosorb group (n = 10), Jafron group (n = 10). In 10 ECMO‐supported patients cytokine adsorption was not used, this group served as a control group, which may be quite significant in some cases. Evaluation of the level of inflammatory markers (IL‐1, 6, 8; CRP, Leukocyte, Lactate, PCT, NT‐proBNP, TNF‐α) was performed.ResultsThere was statistically significant longer CPB time, aortic cross‐clamp time and ICU stay in cytokine adsorption groups than in the control group, but there were no differences between subgroups with different types of haemoadsorption used. Moreover, in the control group mortality rate was higher than in the cytokine adsorption groups (60% vs. 20%, p = 0.02). All patients had an elevation of inflammatory markers in the perioperative and immediate postoperative periods. After 72 h of intensive care, blood inflammation markers had a tendency to decline.ConclusionAt the time of writing, hemadsorption in patients requiring V‐A ECMO support represents a good therapeutic effect. This effect is permanent for the whole period of extracorporeal cytokine hemadsorption application for both CytoSorb and Jafron HA330 devices.
Predicting visual outcomes after decompression of pituitary tumours based on stratified inner‐retinal layer thickness and age
Authors: Lee Ga‐In , Park Kyung‐Ah , Lee Dongyoung , Oh Sei Yeul , Kong Doo‐Sik , Hong Sang Duk 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPurposeThe purpose of the study was to evaluate the potential role of stratified preoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements and age in predicting postoperative visual field (VF) improvement among adult patients with chiasmal compression due to pituitary tumours after decompression surgery.MethodsPostoperative visual outcomes were analysed using mean deviation of the VF test. Eyes were divided into three groups based on preoperative OCT parameters including peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (pRNFL) and ganglion cell‐inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness: groups 1, 2 and 3 with pRNFL thickness <65 μm, 65 μm or more but <85 μm, and 85 μm or more, respectively. The GCIPL thickness was also divided into three groups based on values ranging from 55 to 77 μm. Each group was further categorized according to age: 20 years or older but younger than 40 years, 40 years or older but younger than 60, and 60 years or older.ResultsThis study included 197 eyes of 197 patients with chiasmal compression due to pituitary tumours. No patient showed complete VF recovery in group 1 with a preoperative pRNFL thickness <65 μm or a GCIPL thickness <55 μm regardless of age. These groups showed the worst VF outcome (pRNFL, p = 0.0001; GCIPL, p < 0.0001). However, a significant recovery in VF (greater than 2 dB) was observed in 45% of group 1 patients based on pRNFL thickness and in 61.54% of group 1 patients according to GCIPL thickness. In groups 2 and 3 with a preoperative pRNFL thickness of 65 μm or more and a GCIPL thickness of 55 μm or more, the rate of complete VF recovery decreased as subjects' ages increased. Group 3 with a preoperative pRNFL thickness of 85 μm or more and a GCIPL thickness of 77 μm or more were 2.5‐fold and 4.0‐fold more likely to completely recover VF, respectively, compared with group 2.ConclusionsStratified preoperative pRNFL and GCIPL thicknesses measured via OCT in different age categories are effective biomarkers for predicting visual functional outcomes.
Pharmacological cognitive enhancement and the value of achievements: An intervention
Authors: Gordon Emma C. , Willis Rebecca J. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPharmacological cognitive enhancements nontherapeutically improve cognitive functioning, though recent critics have challenged their use by claiming that cognitive success, aided by the use of cognitive enhancement, is less valuable than otherwise. We criticize two recent responses to this objection, due to Carter and Pritchard and Wang, and propose a different response on behalf of proponents of cognitive enhancement that is shown to be more promising.