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A framework for implementing a Supplier Kanban System through an action research methodology
Authors: Hassan Mohamad Ghozali , Akanmu Muslim Diekola , Ponniah Pirabarkaran , Mohd Sharif Kamal Imran , Belal H.M. , Othman Adilah 
Published: June 2022

PurposeThe aim of this study is to develop a framework for the implementation of a Supplier Kanban System.Design/methodology/approachThe research was conducted within a factory focusing on the warehousing and supplier-related operations using an action research methodology.FindingsThe study period spanning over six years was aimed to reduce the inventory and the manpower required to manage this inventory. This initiative led to a substantial average savings of more than 500,000 Malaysian ringgit annually.Research limitations/implicationsThe focus of the study is on a framework for implementing a Supplier Kanban System in a small or medium-sized company within the automotive industry.Practical implicationsThis framework is designed to be self-sufficient such that the members of the organisation can use it without the help of external experts or consultants.Social implicationsReduction in inventory stored in the warehouse, the amount of redundant work carried out by the employees and other non-monetary improvements which are difficult to monetise resulted in a much better work environment and happier employees.Originality/valueThe change in the paradigm of the manufacturing value chain affects the Tier 1 and 2 suppliers in Malaysia. The lines and value chains posing challenges to the suppliers have brought the idea of the Supplier Kanban System. The Supplier Kanban System adopted the action research cycles and continuous learning cycles, and this process was documented and developed as the Framework for the Implementation of a Supplier Kanban System.
A conceptual construction management curriculum model grounded in scientometric analysis
Authors: Posillico John J. , Edwards David J. , Roberts Chris , Shelbourn Mark 
Published: June 2022

PurposeThis research aims to present a conceptual model for construction management programme curriculum development from the perspective of higher education institutes (HEIs) and aims to engender wider polemic debate and stimulate new insight into current higher education practice.Design/methodology/approachThe overarching epistemology adopts both interpretivist and pragmatist philosophical stances, couched within grounded theory, to critically analyse extant literature on construction management curriculum development. Inductive reasoning forms the basis of new emergent theory that maps curriculum development and highlights the external and internal factors impacting upon such.FindingsResearch findings illustrate that the prevailing body of knowledge lacks a cohesive nucleus of research on construction management curriculum development. Rather, bespoke curriculum development research predominates in uncommunicative silos. Premised upon these findings, the conceptual curriculum model developed defines and delineates the universal internal factors (e.g. student marketplace, course leadership and academic precedents) and external factors (e.g. accreditation, construction industry and professional bodies) that impact upon curriculum development. Identification of these factors provides a sound basis upon which further research can be propagated to enhance curriculum development and unify the current disparate approaches adopted.Originality/valueThis novel research highlights the lack of a cohesive agenda for curriculum development within mainstream construction management literature and based upon this, a conceptual model for future empirical analysis and testing is presented.
CARES and crime
Authors: Henke Alexander Robert , Hsu Linchi 
Published: June 2022

PurposeThe US signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 to alleviate the harsh economic effects of the pandemic and related shutdowns. A substantial part of the bill expanded and increased unemployment insurance payments, where a growing area of research estimates strong anti-poverty effects. The authors examine the effect of these policies on crime.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use new event study and difference-in-differences techniques to estimate the effect of increasing unemployment insurance payments on property crime and violent crime. Then, the authors estimate the effect of expanded unemployment qualification programs on crime. The authors use a rich set of controls including unemployment, contemporaneous policies and mobile device tracking data to estimate the degree to which people stayed at home.FindingsThey find that increasing unemployment insurance payments decreased crime by 20%, driven by a 24% decrease in property crime. The authors also find suggestive evidence that expanding unemployment qualifications decreases crime.Practical implicationsThe authors find a new and substantial benefit of expanded unemployment insurance beyond their antipoverty effects.Originality/valueTo the authors' knowledge, this is the first study that directly examines the impact of the CARES Act on crime.
Evaluation of two longitudinal faculty leadership training programs: behavioral change and institutional impact
Authors: Mayowski Colleen A. , Norman Marie K. , Proulx Chelsea N. , Hamm Megan E. , Martin Mary K. , Zellers Darlene F. , Rubio Doris M. , Levine Arthur S. 
Published: June 2022

PurposeBuilding leadership skills among faculty in academic medicine is essential, yet professional development programs focused on leadership are not always attentive to the needs of faculty on diverse career pathways or at differing career stages—nor are they often rigorously assessed. Evaluations commonly focus on participant satisfaction and short-term learning but not behavior change and institutional impact, which are difficult to assess but arguably more meaningful. Given the substantial time and money invested in these programs, more rigorous evaluation is critical.Design/methodology/approachThe authors evaluated an intensive, shared leadership-focused training program for early-career and mid-career faculty, offered by the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine over the course of a year. They administered a pre/post-program assessment of confidence in key skill areas, and conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 participants between 1–4 years after program completion.FindingsParticipants in both programs showed statistically significant improvement (p < 0.001) on every item measured in the pre/post-test. Analysis of the interviews revealed indications of substantial behavior change as well as institutional impact. The evaluation also suggested particular benefits for female professionals.Originality/valueThe authors conducted a long-term assessment of leadership training focused on career pathway and career stage and found that it (a) prompted both positive behavioral change and institutional impact and (b) suggested benefits for female faculty in particular, which could potentially help to eliminate gender-based disparities in leadership in academic medical centers.
A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees
Authors: Subramanian Ilayaraja , Finsterwalder Jörg , Hall C. Michael 
Published: June 2022

Purpose
This study aims to systematically review and conceptualise service-related research on refugees to identify gaps in the literature, derive future research avenues and stimulate interdisciplinary research and practice to improve well-being of refugees.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a systematic literature review (SLR) of 102 journal articles published or available online from 2010 to 2020.

Findings
Ten themes are identified across the three phases of the refugees’ service journey (entry, transition and exit). Most of the articles focus on the exit phase. One-third of the literature analyses refugees’ access and adaptation to health-care services. The dearth of research on other refugee services reflects the failure to attend to all aspects of service provision across all phases of the refugee service journey.

Research limitations/implications
While the ten themes across the three phases require scholars’ and practitioners’ attention, different aspects of the SLR’s findings necessitate further investigation. To reinvigorate research and practice, and stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, a novel Communities of Practice approach is suggested.

Practical implications
Practitioners and policymakers should place more focus on the entry and transition phases of the refugee service journey.

Social implications
Lack of research and engagement with the first two phases of the refugee journey might come at the expense of refugees. More service support is needed to buffer the journey from homeland to host country.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this SLR on refugee-related services is the first of its kind from a service research perspective.
Productivity gap and expatriate utilization
Authors: Lee Sooyoung , Whang Unjung , Nahm Sihoon , Oh Chang Hoon 
Published: June 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate how the gap between a multinational enterprise’s (MNE) productivity and that of its competitor determines the utilization of expatriate managers in its foreign subsidiaries.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors first develop a formal analytical model where expatriate managers are relatively more reliable and expensive while local managers are prone to job-hopping. The authors then test the predictions of the analytical model using subsidiary-level data of Korean MNEs.

Findings
The findings show a positive relationship between the productivity gap and the share of expatriate managers in a foreign subsidiary. The empirical findings also show that the job position (middle versus top managers) is another key determinant of the utilization of expatriate managers.

Originality/value
The results of this paper are consistent with the literature that finds that MNEs choose a governance structure that minimizes the hazard of opportunism in their subsidiaries, yet the paper reveals a novel aspect of the determinants of expatriate utilization.
Sand mining and land-based livelihood security in two selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana
Authors: Anokye Nana Amma , Mensah John Victor , Potakey Harriet Muriel Dzifa , Boateng Janet Serwah , Essaw David Wellington , Tenkorang Emmanuel Yamoah 
Published: June 2022

PurposeGlobally, rapid urbanisation characterised by increasing demand for housing and infrastructure needs has resulted in sand mining. In Ghana, sand mining can create or destroy the livelihoods of people in urban and rural areas. This paper examines the interaction between sand mining and land-based livelihood security in Awutu Senya District (ASD) and Awutu Senya East Municipality (ASEM).Design/methodology/approachBased on pragmatism philosophy, the study used a mixed methods approach to collect quantitative data and qualitative data from 431 household heads, ten core staff of the Assemblies, five traditional leaders, two tipper truck drivers' associations and ten farmer groups. Statistical Product and Service Solutions, version 21 and NVivo 12 facilitated quantitative data analysis and qualitative data analysis, respectively.FindingsThe study revealed that sand mining had different consequences on land-based livelihood security. Some block makers and truck drivers acknowledged positive effects of sand mining on their livelihoods while the majority of the household respondents and other key informants claimed that sand mining had negative effects on their livelihoods.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper focuses on two selected local government areas in Ghana. Therefore, the results may be generalised on the country with caution because local government areas have different characteristics. Further research is needed to contact the customers of sand in Accra.Originality/valueThis study provides new insight into the connections between sand mining and people's livelihood security in two local government areas. It also introduces a novel idea of collaboration among stakeholders to address negative effects associated with unsustainable sand mining.
Variable relationships between trait diversity and avian ecological functions in agroecosystems
Authors: Peña Rocío , Schleuning Matthias , Miñarro Marcos , García Daniel 
Published: June 2022

Abstract

The diversity of traits within animal assemblages has been shown to affect the magnitude of animal‐provided ecological functions. However, little is known about how consistent trait diversity effects are across ecological functions and ecosystems. More importantly, the importance of trait diversity in driving ecosystem functioning, relative to other components of biodiversity, has rarely been assessed. It also remains unclear how environmental gradients filter trait diversity and, ultimately, modulate ecological functions.

Here, we test how different biodiversity components (i.e., trait diversity, phylogenetic diversity and abundance) affect the magnitude of avian seed dispersal and insect predation along large environmental gradients. We sampled frugivorous and insectivorous birds and their ecological functions across gradients of forest cover and fruit and insect abundances in woodland pastures and apple orchards in Northern Spain. We measured 6 morphological traits and compiled phylogenetic information on 43 bird species. We used Structural Equation Models to disentangle the effects of environmental gradients and biodiversity components on ecological functions.

We found that different avian functions in the same agroecosystem were controlled by different biodiversity components. While seed dispersal was positively driven by bird abundance in woodland pastures, insect predation responded positively to trait and phylogenetic diversity. The positive effects of trait diversity on insect predation were, on the other hand, consistent across woodland pastures and apple orchards.

Our results also pinpointed forest cover and resource availability as filters of the different components of avian diversity, suggesting that environmental gradients condition the effects of biodiversity on avian ecological functions.

Our findings reveal variable effects of trait diversity on two different avian ecological functions, but consistent effects on the same function across agroecosystems. Consolidating the generalities of trait diversity effects will require further multi‐function studies, as well as a unifying framework for animal‐driven functions that integrates the causal links between environmental gradients, the different biodiversity components, and ecological functions.

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Bacteriophages vehiculate a high amount of antibiotic resistance determinants of bacterial origin in the Orne River ecosystem
Authors: Sagrillo Charlène , Changey Frédérique , Bellanger Xavier 
Published: June 2022

SummaryAquatic environments are important dissemination routes of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from and to pathogenic bacteria. Nevertheless, in these complex matrices, identifying and characterizing the driving microbial actors and ARG dissemination mechanisms they are involved in remain difficult. We here explored the distribution/compartmentalization of a panel of ARGs and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in bacteria and bacteriophages collected in the water, suspended material and surface sediments from the Orne River ecosystem (France). By using a new bacteriophage DNA extraction method, we showed that, when packaging bacterial DNA, bacteriophages rather encapsidate both ARGs and MGEs than 16S rRNA genes, i.e. chromosomal fragments. We also show that the bacteria and bacteriophage capsid contents in ARGs/MGEs were similarly influenced by seasonality but that the distribution of ARGs/MGEs between the river physical compartments (water vs. suspended mater vs. sediment) is more impacted when these markers were carried by bacteria. These demonstrations will likely modify our understanding of the formation and fate of transducing viral particles in the environment. Consequently, they will also likely modify our estimations of the relative frequencies of the different horizontal gene transfer mechanisms in disseminating antibiotic resistance by reinforcing the roles played by environmental bacteriophages and transduction.
Comparative effects of vacuum or conventional frying on the polyphenol chemistry and in vitro colon cancer stem cell inhibitory activity of purple‐flesh potatoes
Authors: Stewart Lauriel , Indukuri Vijaya Varma , Charepalli Venkata , Chrisfield Benjamin J. , Anantheswaran Ramaswamy C. , Lambert Joshua D. , Vanamala Jairam K. P. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractPotatoes are an important food crop that undergo postharvest storage, reconditioning, and cooking. Colored‐flesh varieties of potatoes are rich in phenolic acids and anthocyanins. Previous studies have suggested that purple‐flesh potatoes can inhibit colon cancer cells in vitro and reduce colon carcinogenesis in vivo. Vacuum frying (VF), as an alternative to conventional frying (CF), reduces fat content and may promote polyphenol retention in potato chips. We examined the impacts of reconditioning (storing at 13°C for 3 weeks following the 90‐day cold storage at 7°C) and frying method on phenolic chemistry and in vitro colon cancer stem cell (CCSC) inhibitory activity of purple‐flesh potato chips. We found that reconditioned chips exhibited higher total phenolic content (TPC) than nonreconditioned chips. We found that VF chips had lower TPC than CF chips. We observed no interaction between treatments. We found that VF chips had 27% higher total monomeric anthocyanin levels than CF chips, and observed a significant interaction between treatments. We found that VF chips had higher concentrations of caffeic acid (42%–72% higher), malvidin (46%–98% higher), and pelargonidin (55%–300% higher) than CF chips. We found that reconditioning had no effect. We found that VF chips had greater in vitro CCSC inhibitory activity than CF chips. Our results suggest that VF can improve the phytochemical profile and health‐related functionality of purple‐flesh potato chips, but additional studies are needed to determine if these results translate to the in vivo situation.Practical ApplicationOur current study shows that vacuum frying of purple‐flesh potato chips results in higher levels of total monomeric anthocyanins and concentrations of specific polyphenols as compared to chips produced by conventional frying. These differences correlated with better in vitro colon cancer stem cell inhibitory activity. Although additional in vivo studies are needed, our current results suggest that it may be possible for potato processors to improve the health‐related functionality of purple‐flesh potato chips through the use of vacuum frying.
Integrating Land Use Planning and Water Management in U.S. Cities: A Literature Review
Authors: Stoker Philip , Albrecht Tamee , Follingstad Gretel , Carlson Eric 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThis literature review covers the research and practice related to the integration of land use planning and water management in the United States (U.S.). Research articles are the primary source of information for this review, but reports published by consultancies, public utilities, municipalities, and advisory groups are also included. This review presents strategies to better integrate the two professions. We describe each strategy and provide examples that have been published in the literature. Strategies are divided into legal strategies which would require either federal, state, or local governments to pass new legislation, and strategies that could be implemented in the absence of new laws. This review is intended to be a resource for researchers, students, and practitioners seeking to advance the quality and effectiveness of land use planning and water management in the U.S.
Fraction of inspired oxygen during general anesthesia for non‐cardiac surgery: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Høybye Maria , Lind Peter C. , Holmberg Mathias J. , Bolther Maria , Jessen Marie K. , Vallentin Mikael F. , Hansen Frederik B. , Holst Johanne M. , Magnussen Andreas , Hansen Niklas S. , Johannsen Cecilie M. , Enevoldsen Johannes , Jensen Thomas H. , Roessler Lara L. , Klitholm Maibritt P. , Eggertsen Mark A. , Caap Philip , Boye Caroline , Dabrowski Karol M. , Vormfenne Lasse , Henriksen Jeppe , Karlsson Mathias , Balleby Ida R. , Rasmussen Marie S. , Pælestik Kim , Granfeldt Asger , Andersen Lars W. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractBackgroundControversy exists regarding the effects of a high versus a low intraoperative fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) in adults undergoing general anesthesia. This systematic review and meta‐analysis investigated the effect of a high versus a low FiO2 on postoperative outcomes.MethodsPubMed and Embase were searched on March 22, 2022 for randomized clinical trials investigating the effect of different FiO2 levels in adults undergoing general anesthesia for non‐cardiac surgery. Two investigators independently reviewed studies for relevance, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. Meta‐analyses were performed for relevant outcomes, and potential effect measure modification was assessed in subgroup analyses and meta‐regression. The evidence certainty was evaluated using GRADE.ResultsThis review included 25 original trials investigating the effect of a high (mostly 80%) versus a low (mostly 30%) FiO2. Risk of bias was intermediate for all trials. A high FiO2 did not result in a significant reduction in surgical site infections (OR: 0.91, 95% CI 0.81–1.02 [p = .10]). No effect was found for all other included outcomes, including mortality (OR = 1.27, 95% CI: 0.90–1.79 [p = .18]) and hospital length of stay (mean difference = 0.03 days, 95% CI −0.25 to 0.30 [p = .84). Results from subgroup analyses and meta‐regression did not identify any clear effect modifiers across outcomes. The certainty of evidence (GRADE) was rated as low for most outcomes.ConclusionsIn adults undergoing general anesthesia for non‐cardiac surgery, a high FiO2 did not improve outcomes including surgical site infections, length of stay, or mortality. However, the certainty of the evidence was assessed as low.