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Advocacy and the role of human rights organizations in the Brazilian legislative branch: Rede Justiça Criminal campaigns
Authors: Santos Juliana 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThis study aims to understand, from the analysis of the work of a Brazilian network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), how advocacy on human rights issues is developed to defend causes before the legislative branch, identifying its contributions and effectiveness. For this, were observed, the strategies and tactics employed in the implementation of two advocacy campaigns promoted by a Brazilian NGOs network.Design/methodology/approachThe research adopts the method of inductive investigation with a qualitative approach and uses the techniques of semi-structured in-depth interviews and documentary research. The paper is developed within the scientific field of public relations (PR), uses as reference the critical theory and the rhetorical theory of PR, and is based on the concept of advocacy.FindingsSome results of the advocacy are observed, such as the greater awareness of political decision-makers, in addition to the influence on the definition of the political agenda and on the action of the political decision-makers.Research limitations/implicationsAmong the limitations of this study are the time span for analyzing the campaigns' actions, which could be extended to observe long-term results, as well as the dedication of the study exclusively to the legislative branch since the campaigns also sought to influence decision-making in the executive branch.Social implicationsThe results found encourage the strengthening of the democratic environment since it increases the power and influence of civil society in the political decision-making of the legislative branch.Originality/valueThe study showed that advocacy, as a PR activity, increases civil society participation in political decisions.
Women's roles in family businesses: some empirical evidence from Italy
Authors: Dettori Angela , Floris Michela 
Published: October 2022

PurposeAs women are still promoted to C-level roles at far lower rates than men, this paper examines whether there is a clear and direct relationship between women's formal roles and the effect of the socio-cultural context on their participation in strategic decisions in family businesses.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a quantitative research design and logistic regression to analyze empirical data from a randomly selected sample of 800 firms in Sardinia.FindingsIn general, the results show that women's formal roles and participation in the decision-making process are not related, except in a specific sector (agriculture and farming), and that the local context plays an unquestionable role in terms of replicating local customs and traditions in the workplace.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough limited by the sample of firms in the same territory, this study shows that women participate in strategic decision-making both when tasked to by virtue of their leadership role and when playing a minor role by way of implicit decision-making power. However, the sector can hinder women's participation, especially when strongly rooted in local culture.Originality/valueThe study shows that the socio-cultural context has a strong influence on women's involvement in strategic decision-making, highlighting the “silent” way women make the most relevant decisions. Therefore, this study questions whether it is still relevant to discuss the formal role of women or whether it is more pertinent to investigate their explicit or implicit power in making strategic decisions in family businesses.
Robust denoising-oriented point cloud plane fitting method based on a combined model of improved Cook’s distance and WTLS
Authors: Wu Chongjun , Shu Dengdeng , Zhou Hu , Fu Zuchao 
Published: October 2022

PurposeIn order to improve the robustness to noise in point cloud plane fitting, a combined model of improved Cook’s distance (ICOOK) and WTLS is proposed by setting a modified Cook’s increment, which could help adaptively remove the noise points that exceeds the threshold.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposes a robust point cloud plane fitting method based on ICOOK and WTLS to improve the robustness to noise in point cloud fitting. The ICOOK to denoise the initial point cloud was set and verified with experiments. In the meanwhile, weighted total least squares method (WTLS) was adopted to perform plane fitting on the denoised point cloud set to obtain the plane equation.Findings(a) A threshold-adaptive Cook’s distance method is designed, which can automatically match a suitable threshold. (b) The ICOOK is fused with the WTLS method, and the simulation experiments and the actual fitting of the surface of the DD motor are carried out to verify the actual application. (c) The results shows that the plane fitting accuracy and unit weight variance of the algorithm in this paper are substantially enhanced.Originality/valueThe existing point cloud plane fitting methods are not robust to noise, so a robust point cloud plane fitting method based on a combined model of ICOOK and WTLS is proposed. The existing point cloud plane fitting methods are not robust to noise, so a robust point cloud plane fitting method based on a combined model of ICOOK and WTLS is proposed.
The influence of ethical principles and policy awareness priming on university students’ judgements about ICT code of conduct compliance
Authors: Richards Deborah , Nazeer Khan Salma Banu , Formosa Paul , Bankins Sarah 
Published: October 2022

PurposeTo protect information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and resources against poor cyber hygiene behaviours, organisations commonly require internal users to confirm they will abide by an ICT Code of Conduct. Before commencing enrolment, university students sign ICT policies, however, individuals can ignore or act contrary to these policies. This study aims to evaluate whether students can apply ICT Codes of Conduct and explores viable approaches for ensuring that students understand how to act ethically and in accordance with such codes.Design/methodology/approachThe authors designed a between-subjects experiment involving 260 students’ responses to five scenario-pairs that involve breach/non-breach of a university’s ICT policy following a priming intervention to heighten awareness of ICT policy or relevant ethical principles, with a control group receiving no priming.FindingsThis study found a significant difference in students’ responses to the breach versus non-breach cases, indicating their ability to apply the ICT Code of Conduct. Qualitative comments revealed the priming materials influenced their reasoning.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors’ priming interventions were inadequate for improving breach recognition compared to the control group. More nuanced and targeted priming interventions are suggested for future studies.Practical implicationsAppropriate application of ICT Code of Conduct can be measured by collecting student/employee responses to breach/non-breach scenario pairs based on the Code and embedded with ethical principles.Social implicationsShared awareness and protection of ICT resources.Originality/valueCompliance with ICT Codes of Conduct by students is under-investigated. This study shows that code-based scenarios can measure understanding and suggest that targeted priming might offer a non-resource intensive training approach.
Do clean development mechanisms promote sustainable development in Brazil? a cross-sectoral investigation
Authors: Gurfinkel M. Godoy Sara , Macchione Saes Maria Sylvia , Schnaider Paula Sarita Bigio , Castro Souza Piao Roberta 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThis paper intends to verify the extent to which Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects intend to contribute to sustainable development (SD) in Brazil, one of the top three leading countries in terms of the number of CDM projects. The authors assess the impact of CDMs not only in environmental aspects, but also social and economic ones.Design/methodology/approachThe authors define a set of qualitative sustainability indicators and scrutinize documents regarding a sample of almost half of all the projects registered in Brazil between 2004 and 2020 (219 projects).FindingsThe findings of this study contradict many previous studies finding very limited evidence of SD in CDMs in many different countries: most projects in Brazil intend to contribute to some extent with SD, with 91% and 75% claiming to improve social and economic aspects, respectively.Practical implicationsThe authors derive lessons from Brazil that can be used in other researches.Social implicationsThe authors derive lessons from Brazil and propose paths for public policy toward encouraging sustainable development.Originality/valueThe empirical data set relies on data collected directly from each of the projects in Brazil (roughly half of all of them) between 2004 and 2020. This is not only up to date, but pushes further the analytical scope of previous works.
Replacing staff with students to monitor LibChat service: transition process and lessons learned
Authors: Goss Harold , Decker Emy Nelson 
Published: October 2022

PurposeThis article aims to detail the incorporation of student assistants into a newly implemented chat service. It details the approaches used for training students and developing the chat repertoire.Design/methodology/approachThis article reviews the existing literature on the topics of student assistants participating in library reference services and peer-to-peer engagement. It then details the first step of the transition process used for moving primary chat monitoring responsibility to library student assistants and away from staff and librarians as it existed previously.FindingsIncorporating student assistants into the chat rotation was beneficial to the libraries and to the students participating in the chat service. While librarians and staff enjoyed help in covering the hours, student assistants learned research skills on the job that would potentially assist them in completing their course assignments.Originality/valueUtilizing student assistants in library chat services is becoming increasingly popular with budget cuts and the scheduling demands that continue to grow for librarians and library staff. This article provides context for incorporating students and shows the value that the students receive via their participation in a chat service.
Numerical modelling of the delamination in multi-layered ceramic capacitor during the thermal reflow process
Authors: Ng Fei Chong , Abas Aizat , Ramli Mohamad Riduwan , Mohd Sharif Mohamad Fikri , Che Ani Fakhrozi 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to study the interfacial delamination found in the boundary of the copper/copper-epoxy layers of a multi-layer ceramic capacitor.

Design/methodology/approach
The thermal reflow process of the capacitor assembly and the crack propagation from the initial micro voids presented in the boundary, and later manifested into delamination, were numerically simulated. Besides, the cross section of the capacitor assembly was inspected for delamination cracks and voids using a scanning electronic microscope.

Findings
Interfacial delamination in the boundary of copper/copper-epoxy layers was caused by the thermal mismatch and growth of micro voids during the thermal reflow process. The maximum deformation on the capacitor during reflow was 2.370 µm. It was found that a larger void would induce higher vicinity stress, mode I stress intensity factor, and crack elongation rate. Moreover, the crack extension increased with the exerted deformation until 0.3 µm, before saturating at the peak crack extension of around 0.078 µm.

Practical implications
The root cause of interfacial delamination issues in capacitors due to thermal reflow has been identified, and viable solutions proposed. These can eliminate the additional manufacturing cost and lead time incurred in identifying and tackling the issues; as well as benefit end-users, by promoting the electronic device reliability and performance.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the mechanism of delamination occurrence in a capacitor during has not been reported to date. The parametric variation analysis of the void size and deformation on the crack growth has never been conducted.
Blame games and democratic responsiveness
Authors: HINTERLEITNER MARKUS 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe link between opinion and policy is central to the functioning of representative democracy. Democracies are responsive to their citizens’ preferences if citizens can influence governments’ policy output. This article conceptualizes political blame games about policy controversies as venues of democratic responsiveness to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the opinion‐policy link in policy‐heavy, conflictual democracies. The article shows how political actors convert public feedback to a policy controversy into blame game interactions, which in turn lead to political and policy responses by the government. A comparative‐historical analysis of nine blame games in the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland reveals how institutions structure blame game interactions, and thus influence a political system's responsiveness during blame games. The analysis suggests that an important, yet neglected, expression of democratic quality of political systems is their ability to translate blame game interactions into policy responses. The study of blame games as venues of democratic responsiveness thus provides a new conceptual tool for assessing the health of representative democracies in more conflictual times.
Host genetic requirements for DNA release of lactococcal phage TP901‐1
Authors: Ruiz‐Cruz Sofía , Erazo Garzon Andrea , Kelleher Philip , Bottacini Francesca , Breum Solvej Østergaard , Neve Horst , Heller Knut J. , Vogensen Finn K. , Palussière Simon , Courtin Pascal , Chapot‐Chartier Marie‐Pierre , Vinogradov Evgeny , Sadovskaya Irina , Mahony Jennifer , van Sinderen Douwe 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe first step in phage infection is the recognition of, and adsorption to, a receptor located on the host cell surface. This reversible host adsorption step is commonly followed by an irreversible event, which involves phage DNA delivery or release into the bacterial cytoplasm. The molecular components that trigger this latter event are unknown for most phages of Gram‐positive bacteria. In the current study, we present a comparative genome analysis of three mutants of Lactococcus cremoris 3107, which are resistant to the P335 group phage TP901‐1 due to mutations that affect TP901‐1 DNA release. Through genetic complementation and phage infection assays, a predicted lactococcal three‐component glycosylation system (TGS) was shown to be required for TP901‐1 infection. Major cell wall saccharidic components were analysed, but no differences were found. However, heterologous gene expression experiments indicate that this TGS is involved in the glucosylation of a cell envelope‐associated component that triggers TP901‐1 DNA release. To date, a saccharide modification has not been implicated in the DNA delivery process of a Gram‐positive infecting phage.
Joint operation rules considering the uncertainty of energy available for multiple cascaded hydropower system
Authors: Wu Xinyu , Cheng Ruixiang , Cheng Chuntian , Ying Qilin 
Published: October 2022

AbstractMulti‐reservoir operation rules have been widely used in practice operation. The operation rules are often derived from historical or simulated run‐off information through implicit stochastic optimization or parameterization‐simulation‐optimization. The output decisions of operation rules are usually obtained without considering inflow forecasting or using perfect runoff forecast information, which is hardly implemented in practical applications. This paper proposes robust joint operation rules for multiple cascaded reservoirs considering the uncertainty of energy available. The rule parameters are optimized using multi‐step genetic algorithm for minimum‐power maximization. A case study for a three‐cascaded‐reservoirs system shows that, compared with deterministic joint operation rules, the accuracy of energy available estimation of joint operation rules is increased by 2.3%, considering inflow uncertainty. The simulated minimum‐power decision of joint operation rules considering the uncertainty of energy available is 40.4% higher than that of determinate joint operation rules. Results indicate that there is a possibility of obtaining greater and more effective power decisions through the joint operation rules considering the uncertainty of available energy.
The effect of primary tumour resection on patients with synchronous metastatic colorectal cancer treated with cetuximab‐containing regimens
Authors: Sertesen Elif , Yekedüz Emre , Köksoy Elif Berna , Ürün Yüksel , Erkek Ayhan Bülent , Demirci Salim , Ünal Ali Ekrem , Utkan Güngör 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackgroundThis study aims to assess the effect of primary tumour resection (PTR) on patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treated with cetuximab.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary cancer center in Turkey. Patients with mCRC between January 2009 and December 2020 were extracted from the electronic hospital management system. Patients with RAS wild‐type synchronous metastatic left‐sided colon or rectum cancer who had cetuximab‐containing treatment protocol were included in the study. The primary outcomes were overall survival (OS) and progression‐free survival (PFS). The secondary outcome was response rates.ResultsA total of 111 patients with mCRC were included in this study. PTR was performed in 57.7% of all patients. Fifty‐nine (53.2%) and 52 (46.8%) patients had rectal and left colon tumours, respectively. The combination treatment with cetuximab was FOLFIRI in 62.2% and FOLFOX in 29.7% of all patients. In subgroup analysis, the median PFS was 7.9 and 9 months in PTR (+) and PTR (−) patients, respectively. The difference between the groups was not statistically significant (P = 0.3). The median OS was 33 months in all patients. In subgroup analysis, the median OS was 39 and 27.9 months in PTR (+) and PTR (−) patients, respectively. The difference between the groups was statistically significant (P = 0.002). After adjusting for confounding factors, PTR and ECOG performance score were the independent prognostic factors for OS.ConclusionPTR improved the OS in patients with RAS wild‐type synchronous left‐sided colon or rectum cancer treated with cetuximab‐containing chemotherapy regimens.
(Infra)structural Discontinuity: Capital, Labour, and Technological Change
Authors: Cole Matthew 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe so‐called age of AI, industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, etc. all attempt to conjure into existence a new technological paradigm. Should we believe the hype? This paper draws on neo‐Schumpeterian and régulation theory to widen the scope of this debate and examine techno‐economic and institutional discontinuities. In exploring these discontinuities, this paper argues, first, that growth regimes are not necessarily tenable as indicators of new paradigms, and, second, that there are (infra)structural discontinuities between the ICT/post‐Fordist era and those of the AI/platform era. Platformisation entails a distinct institutional logic, regime of accumulation (RA) and mode of social régulation (MSR). The clusters of technological and institutional changes behind this shift have not yet been sufficiently addressed by economic geography and associated literatures. In reconceptualising the shift in terms of (infra)structural discontinuity, the paper synthesises neo‐Schumpeterian and régulation theory to identify both technological and institutional changes in the régulation of capitalist accumulation.
Extraction and the Ocean “Frontier”: Dispossession, Exclusion, and Resistance in Namibia
Authors: Carver Rosanna 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe perceived neglect of the ocean to state and industry actors has seen frontier rhetoric emerge as it is rendered visible under the Blue Economy agenda. By framing the marine scape as underutilised, capitalist expansion is being legitimised. Drawing on the case of Namibia, I argue that the afterlives of colonialism and apartheid are being repurposed to present the ocean as a Blue Economy opportunity. The physical disconnection of citizens from the marine scape, and the dominance of fishing and mining industries, has been used by state and development actors to present it as empty of socio‐cultural relations. However, to declare Namibia’s coasts and ocean as forgotten unless articulated through capital is to conceal that they have been labelled “no‐go” zones. I argue that, by considering exclusions and looking beyond proximity in discussions of equity and representation, the marine scape is articulated by civil society, to elucidate forms of resistance.
A Platform for Art: Infrastructural Citizenship Beyond Monumentality in Toronto’s Transit Art
Authors: Enright Theresa 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe flourishing of transit art globally reflects a widespread belief in the power of aesthetic practices to promote infrastructural and civic revitalisation. This article analyses how transit art engages spaces and practices of publicness and how art explores ideas of mobility in Toronto. It argues that while arts are frequently deployed to reproduce status quo relations of power and to bolster elite and exclusionary forms of urbanisation, they can also work to challenge these. Through the notion of infrastructural citizenship, I show how arts can unsettle grounds of public space and public life and illuminate the contentious relations that cohere in public transit space. Overall, I claim that transit networks are a key platform through which the politics of public art are staged and that despite existing constraints, there are many affordances for transit art to critically intervene into neoliberal urban processes.
Justice in triad: Revisiting supplier involvement in new product development
Authors: Zhang Jindan , Zou Qi , Wang Yuan 
Published: October 2022

AbstractRecognizing the importance of involving suppliers in the new product development (NPD) process, extensive studies have examined this issue at a buyer–supplier dyadic level. However, how supplier involvement leads to better NPD performance is not clearly explained. Additionally, extending the dyadic relationships to triadic relationships and addressing how to manage the two competing suppliers with fair conduct remains unexplored. To answer these questions, this study developed a conceptual model theorizing the role of supplier involvement, information sharing, and justice in the NPD process within a buyer–supplier–supplier triadic relationship. Based on survey data collected from 200 U.S. firms, Structural Equation Modeling is used to test the hypothesis. The results first confirmed the criticality of involving both primary and secondary suppliers during NPD. Second, the positive effect of triadic supplier involvement on innovation performance is fully mediated by information sharing. Finally, this study explored the different roles of procedural justice and distributive justice; the results confirmed that procedural justice acts as a moderator for the relationship between triadic supplier involvement and information sharing, whereas distributive justice moderates the effect between information sharing and innovation performance. Our findings contribute to the literature of triadic supplier involvement‐new product development and relationship management. Accordingly, these findings highlight key implications for managers and policymakers.