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Modern slavery, accountability and technology: evidence from a West Asian context
Authors: Diab Ahmed 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis study aims to present an institutional analysis of modern slavery to understand the accountability status for domestic workers in the West Asian context, notably Lebanon. This study also aims to explore how today’s modern age – where Internet technologies and social media platforms are highly dominant – affects modern slavery.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on conversations and secondary data such as previous studies, Internet websites and media reports published in the West Asian region, especially Lebanon.FindingsThe study found a context where different institutional factors are influential with no specific definition of accountability. The context specificities, including the misuse of Internet technologies, contributed to the migrant domestic workers’ precarious life and the absence of resistance and actions from the domestic workers’ side (account holders). Further, weak institutional settings and indigenous cultural factors have contributed to the lack of accountability and responsibility from power holders such as households and employers’ governments.Originality/valueThis study provides insights to researchers and other stakeholders concerned with socioeconomic issues in West Asia. Further, it has a social implication by highlighting the humanitarian problem of marginalised migrant domestic workers traveling from poor African and South Asian countries to West Asian countries and indicating to the broader society’s social responsibility or duty concerning this problem.
Financial intelligence (monitoring) of the transactions with virtual assets: new legislation and best practices of foreign countries
Authors: Utkina Maryna , Samsin Roman , Pochtovyi Maksym 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to illustrate how virtual assets are used in such criminal offenses as money laundering and seeks to study the role of financial intelligence (monitoring) of transactions with virtual assets effectively in combating money laundering.

Design/methodology/approach
This research methodology includes system and structural methods that help analyze the theoretical, organizational and legal bases of the financial intelligence (monitoring) of transactions with virtual assets. The authors use the doctrinal legal research approach to analyze and describe the legislation connected to the financial intelligence (monitoring) operations with virtual assets. To identify critical issues of understanding the “virtual assets” and “cryptocurrency” essence, the peculiarities of the scientific community views on the given definitions, the authors use the method of terminological analysis and concepts operationalization. The authors use the extrapolation method to determine the possibility of implementing the analyzed best practices of foreign countries in the domestic practice of financial intelligence (monitoring) of transactions with virtual assets as an effective way in combating money laundering.

Findings
This study demonstrates the role of financial intelligence (monitoring) of transactions with virtual assets as an effective way to combat money laundering.

Originality/value
The article is devoted to comprehensively studying “virtual assets” and “cryptocurrency” concepts. The authors carried out a comparative analysis of these two concepts with the definition of their features and the main characteristics and features that separate them from each other. The authors also stressed the need for countries to strengthen the requirements for situations and activities with virtual assets, where there is a high level of risk in a risk-based approach.
Effects of leadership and reward systems on employees' motivation and job satisfaction: an application to the Portuguese textile industry
Authors: Leitão Mariana , Correia Ricardo Jorge , Teixeira Mário Sérgio , Campos Susana 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis study explores the perception of employees in textile industry firms in Northern Portugal regarding the influence of leadership and reward systems (RS) on their motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) and job satisfaction (JS).Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was addressed to the employees of 12 firms, obtaining a sample of 256 valid responses, for which a structural equation model was estimated.FindingsThe results showed that leadership and RS influence JS only through the mediating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.Originality/valueThis study makes empirical and theoretical contributions, testing the relationship between leadership and employees' JS and how this relationship can be mediated by RS, and motivation – both intrinsic and extrinsic. Moreover, this study was conducted in Portugal, country where these issues have not been researched jointly before.
Responding to crises: rewilding accounting education for the Anthropocene
Authors: Powell Lisa , McGuigan Nicholas 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
Responding to COVID-19, this conceptual paper uses rewilding to interrupt anthropocentric and human/nature dualist properties of accounting education. Through rewilding accounting education, informed by posthumanist and ecofeminist thought, this paper aims to develop an accounting pedagogy that shapes greater ecocentric narratives. Accounting educators can contribute to addressing crises by evolving new pedagogies that radically transform the education of future accounting professionals.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors take a critical stance in analysing the human-centred accounting education model. They explore how this model can be reimagined through rewilding accounting education, resulting in learning interventions that foster an understanding of intrinsic value, complexity of systems and collective disposition with all species and the natural world.

Findings
Rewilding learning interventions embed an ecocentric approach in accounting curricula design to extend beyond a human focus. Rewilding learning interventions practically explored with application to accounting include learning with and from nature, Indigenous knowledge perspectives, play as a common language and empathy as a dialogical bridge.

Social implications
The authors present an accounting pedagogy that fosters among accounting students and educators a relational orientation and ecological consciousness that encompasses compassion and openness to others, including non-human species and nature. This will ensure that accounting graduates are better prepared for addressing future crises that stem from our disconnect with nature.

Originality/value
This paper adds to limited research investigating accounting and the Anthropocene. Investigations into the Anthropocene’s human-centred discourse in accounting education are vital to respond adequately to crises. This paper extends social and environmental accounting education literature to encompass less anthropocentric discourse and greater relational learning.
Utilisation of Diospyros kaki L. (persimmon) as a functional ingredient to produce functional foods: a review
Authors: Kaur Naman , Kumari Anjana , Agarwal Aparna , Sabharwal Manisha , Dipti Saumya 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
This study aims to discuss the nutritional value and potential nutraceutical properties of Diospyros kaki L. (DKL); to encapsulate recent studies conducted across the world to develop functional foods using different parts of Persimmon fruit to emphasise on the need for further research on Persimmon fruit.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology of the study involved surveying primary and secondary information generated in the respective field of interest. The papers found most suited for the research problem and objective of the study were selected. The perspectives taken by different studies and researchers were synthesised to generate a solution to the research problems and to bridge the research gaps in the field.

Findings
As a result of the global rise in the prevalence of metabolic disorders, researchers are aimed at identifying nutrient rich foods and techniques to develop functional foods for the population. Researchers have recognised the role of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and probiotics, are now interested in leveraging these foods by incorporating them in conventional foods, such as breads, jams, pastas and yoghurts as functional ingredients. One such food that has gained the interests of various researchers is DKL. Owing to its rich macro-and micro-nutrient, as well as phytochemical content various studies have been conducted to explore the possibility of using it as a functional ingredient to develop a range of foods.

Research limitations/implications
A limited studies are available that have investigated the effect of the functional foods developed using different parts of Persimmon fruit on different ailments.

Originality/value
This study collected the data/information from recently published research in the field of health and medicinal benefits of Persimmon fruits and its utilisation to develop functional food.
Real‐world safety and effectiveness of adalimumab in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa: 12‐week interim analysis of post‐marketing surveillance in Japan
Authors: Hayashi Nobukazu , Hayama Koremasa , Takahashi Kenzo , Kurokawa Ichiro , Okazaki Masateru , Kashiwagi Tomoko , Iwashita Eri , Terui Tadashi 
Published: January 2022

AbstractHidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a painful chronic skin disease characterized by abscesses, nodules, and tunnels in the skin. Adalimumab, a monoclonal antibody against tumor necrosis factor‐α, is approved for the treatment of HS in Europe, the USA, and Japan. This multicenter, open‐label, post‐marketing, observational study (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03894956) evaluated the safety and effectiveness of adalimumab in routine clinical practice in Japan (March 2019–May 2021). Patients with HS were treated with s.c. doses of adalimumab according to the dosage described in the package insert. The primary end‐point was safety (data cut‐off, December 2020). Secondary end‐points assessed effectiveness, including HS Clinical Response (HiSCR), skin pain, Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), and C‐reactive protein (CRP). Here, we report 12‐week interim effectiveness results. A total of 84 eligible patients from 65 sites were enrolled; 83 patients were included in this analysis. Mean age was 42.0 years, mean body mass index was 26.9 kg/m2, 78.3% of patients were male, 61.4% had Hurley stage III disease, 39.8% had a disease duration ≥10 years, and 7.2% had a family history of HS. The most common affected sites were the axilla (60.2%), buttocks (59.0%), and the inguinal and femoral regions (47.0%). Mean abscess and inflammatory nodule count was 13.0 (standard deviation, 12.0). Among patients with a comorbidity (57.8%), the most common were diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease. No patient reported a serious infection or any safety event of special interest. One patient died from a serious adverse event of cardiac failure unrelated to adalimumab. At week 12, 57.4% of patients achieved HiSCR, and significant reductions from baseline in skin pain, DLQI (both p < 0.0001), and CRP (p = 0.0029) were observed. These results support the administration of adalimumab as a well‐tolerated and effective treatment for Japanese patients with HS in real‐world clinical practice.
Do social protection cash transfers reduce poverty in Rwanda? Evidence from an econometric analysis of Vision Umurenge Program Direct Support
Authors: Nirere Maurice 
Published: January 2022

AbstractCountries across the world continue to invest in social protection programs with the goal of ending poverty by 2030. It is important to examine these programs to know whether they are serving the purpose of reducing poverty. In Rwanda, the impact of the Vision Umurenge Program (VUP) regarding poverty‐related outcomes has not been consistently revealed. This leads to uncertainty about the program's effectiveness in achieving the stated goals. This paper intends to fill this gap by estimating the impact of the VUP Direct Support on poverty outcomes. It uses the Propensity Score Matching method to compare the effects of the VUP with a counterfactual outcome. The findings show that the program is benefitting households in response to economic risks. However, the scheme is not lifting them above the national poverty lines. The main contribution of the paper is that it uses a novel method using the latest statistics to evaluate the VUP. In addition, it uses the most recent household data. The study provides a significant contribution to evaluation of the effectiveness of anti‐poverty interventions in Rwanda, as well as the Sub‐Saharan region, where the journey towards achieving the goal of reducing poverty is demanding.
Shared secrecy: teasing, attachment, and children's emotional management in rural southern Mongolia
Authors: Michelet Aude 
Published: January 2022

AbstractIn recent decades, anthropologists have scrutinized psychologists’ claim that humans process information about others by imputing mental states. The debate remains open whether cross‐cultural variability in how people conceive of minds and inner states reflects differences in their folk theories only, or whether it engenders deep‐grained psychological differences. In this article, I look at the very onset of children's apprenticeship in emotional management to examine its cognitive consequences. In the context of rural Mongolia in the late 2000s, questions about homesickness prompted by adults raised children's awareness of the existence of a private self and by the very same process discouraged verbalization or public display of personal feelings. I start by presenting interactions where children were routinely teased about homesickness, and invited to deny that they missed their family. I contextualize this teasing routine within local conceptions about emotional control and linguistic ideology to unveil how it introduced children to the performative power of words while also making them face moral dilemmas. The irreconcilable tension between behaving according to expectations of self‐control and experiencing separation induced children's discovery of the possibility of disconnecting intimate feelings from public self‐presentation, thus transforming the experience of separation into an experience of secret connection. I speculate that the secrecy that hallows homesickness contributed to making it all the more poignant. The way adults constantly checked on whether children were missing their home prompted children to actually identify some emotional state or aspect of their experience as ‘missing home’. It gave a name to a personal experience which thus became social and guaranteed that it became a shared feeling, albeit a secret one.
Site‐based payment differentials for ambulatory services among individuals with commercial insurance
Authors: Sen Aditi P. , Singh Yashaswini , Anderson Gerard F. 
Published: January 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo compare prices paid by commercial insurers for ambulatory services in physician office and hospital outpatient settings.Data SourcesMarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database obtained from Truven Health Analytics.Study DesignWe examined ambulatory service claims for a sample of privately insured individuals who were continuously enrolled in a health maintenance organization plan, preferred provider organization plan, high‐deductible/consumer‐driven health plan, or exclusive provider organization plan in 2018. We categorized services into five categories: Evaluation & Management, Medical Services & Procedures, Pathology/Lab, Radiology, and Surgical. We identified services commonly provided in both outpatient and office settings and computed the price differential between outpatient and office services overall and for each service category, controlling for observable patient characteristics and geography.Data CollectionWe examined 89 services (defined by Current Procedural Terminology [CPT] code) that were provided in both office and outpatient settings in our sample (102.7 million claims, 8.3 million individuals).Principal FindingsAdjusting for patient and geographic characteristics and across all services, total payment for an ambulatory service was, on average, 145% higher in a hospital outpatient department than the same service in a physician office. Out‐of‐pocket spending was 109% higher. Price differences between outpatient and office services were highest for pathology/laboratory services. Patients receiving services in outpatient departments had higher mean risk scores and received more services on the date of their visit (in addition to the index CPT being studied) than patients receiving the same index CPT in a physician's office.ConclusionsPayments in hospital outpatient departments were significantly higher than payments for the same services in physician offices among commercially insured patients. Policies such as site‐neutral payment would lower costs and could reduce incentives for further consolidation in health care markets. Care must be given to adjusting for patient severity across settings.
The Next CAP will Disappoint Farmers and Not Green the Markets
Authors: Osinga Klaas Johan 
Published: January 2022

SummaryThe new CAP integrates both CAP Pillars in one National Strategic Plan. Basic area payments, eco‐schemes and agri‐environmental measures are its three important cornerstones. There remains a direct payment per hectare but the ‘new conditionality’ raises the bar for farmers. This is like putting the horse behind the cart! The CAP should see a transition from measures (compliance) to outcomes (performance) but for the moment, farmers are facing more rules. The budget remains the limiting factor for the many ambitions of the CAP. Transferring more money from direct payments to environmental measures undermines the income safety net for farmers but is politically attractive. Income support is still a key objective of the CAP but it seems sometimes to be forgotten. Growers of high value crops such as vegetables, ornamental crops and seed potatoes will, in particular, carefully consider if the next CAP is still something to sign up to. Social conditionality is new with the possibility of deduction of direct payments if minimum labour standards are not met. The arrival of the new Commission with its Green Deal ambitions may further jeopardise farm incomes, particularly if land has to be taken out of production. We now wait to see how EU Member States will shape their National Strategic Plans. We accept the need for transition but the economics must also work for our farmers to make it happen.
Potential of phenolic compounds in Ligustrum robustum (Rxob.) Blume as antioxidant and lipase inhibitors: Multi‐spectroscopic methods and molecular docking
Authors: Gao Hao‐Xiang , Liang Heng‐Yu , Chen Nan , Shi Bi , Zeng Wei‐Cai 
Published: January 2022

AbstractLigustrum robustum (Rxob.) Blume is traditionally served as a functional tea in China. In this work, the antioxidant activities of L. robustum (Rxob.) Blume extract (LRE) were evaluated and its inhibitory effect and mechanism on pancreatic lipase were further investigated. With the high contents of phenols (139.70 ± 1.41 mg gallic acid equivalent/g extract) and flavonoids (326.46 ± 7.36 mg rutin equivalent/g extract), LRE showed significant antioxidant activities (p < 0.05) for scavenging free radicals and hydrogen peroxide, inhibiting lipid peroxidation and providing strong reducing power. Meanwhile, LRE displayed remarkable inhibitory activity on pancreatic lipase with a low half‐effective inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 2.469 ± 0.005 mg/ml which was further determined as non‐competitive inhibition. The spectroscopic results showed that LRE inhibited the activity of pancreatic lipase by modifying the tertiary and secondary structures of lipase. Moreover, four phenolic compounds (acteoside, lipedoside A, oleuropein and ligurobustoside C) were identified from LRE by the high performance liquid chromatography‐quadrupole‐ time of flight‐mass spectrometry. In addition, according to molecular docking analysis, the four phenols could interact with pancreatic lipase by hydrogen bonds, so as to change the spatial structure of pancreatic lipase and inhibit its catalytic activity. The present results suggest that LRE not only exhibits strong antioxidant capacity but possesses effectively inhibitory activity on pancreatic lipase, which might have the potential to be developed as functional food and nutraceuticals for the prevention of metabolic diseases.Practical ApplicationLigustrum robustum (Rxob.) Blume extract has been confirmed to possess antioxidant activity and lipase inhibitory activity, which indicates that the L. robustum extract has the potential to prevent oxidative stress and regulate fat metabolism. This work suggests that L. robustum extract can be served as a novel resource to prepare nutraceuticals and functional food in food industries.
Deodorizing effects of rosemary extract on silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and determination of its deodorizing components
Authors: Huang Pimiao , Wang Zhirong , Shi Yue , Zhang Rui , Feng Xiya , Kan Jianquan 
Published: January 2022

AbstractFishy odor in fish products severely influences both eating quality and commercial acceptability, and natural plant extracts, particularly spices, have recently become popular for the removal of fishy odor. This study aimed to explore the potential of rosemary extract for the deodorization of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), as well as to identify the deodorizing components in rosemary extract. Results showed that all of the spice extracts used in this study (ginger, garlic, angelica dahurica, fennel, rosemary, nutmeg, white cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, and bay leaf) significantly reduced the fishy odor value of silver carp, among which rosemary extract was most effective, decreasing the fishy odor value by about 58%. Gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry analysis and sensory evaluation showed that the fishy odor value and concentrations of the fishy odor‐active compounds were significantly reduced by the application of rosemary extract. However, the lower the total phenolic content of rosemary extract, the poorer the deodorizing effects against silver carp, suggesting that the deodorizing effect was primarily driven by polyphenols. Fourteen phenolic compounds were measured in rosemary extract, and three individual phenolic compounds (rosmarinic acid [RA], carnosic acid [CA], and carnosol [CS]) were chosen for deodorizing experiment. Sensory detection results and changes of contents of volatile showed that these three phenolic compounds are effective at removing the fishy odor. These results suggest that polyphenols are the main deodorizing components, and RA, CA, and CS are the main deodorizing active compounds in rosemary extract.Practical ApplicationThe results of this study may provide a new way to determine the deodorizing components of spice extracts. Moreover, it can provide guidance for further research in investigating the deodorizing mechanism of sipce extracts.