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Overview of maternal morbidity in Morocco Marrakech-Safi region
Authors: Hababa Hanane , Assarag Bouchra 
Published: September 2022

AbstractObjectivesThe measurement of less severe maternal morbidity represents many challenges for women during pregnancy and postpartum, and for the organization of health services. This article aims to test the tools for measuring maternal morbidity less severe proposed by the WHO and describe the state of play of this morbidity at the level of the prefecture of Marrakech. The second phase is to study the feasibility and acceptability of integrating these tools into the Pregnancy and Childbirth Surveillance Program.MethodsThe analysis focused on the maternal morbidities declared and diagnosed in the test, and related the feasibility and acceptability as well as the relevance of the tools tested.ResultsMost of the women who participated in the study (55.95% antenatal and 52.17% postpartum care) were not in good health (A medical or obstetric condition is diagnosed). Of these women, 35.79% had direct (obstetric) complications and 33.85% indirect (medical) complications. In terms of feasibility, the results suggest that the implementation of the tools presents challenges in terms of time, resources and coordination. Regarding the acceptability of the WMOs, the women surveyed perceive it as a useful information tool that promotes communication with health professionals and makes it possible to assess their state of health and ensure their holistic care.ConclusionConsidering these results, the approach supports the relevance of implementing the MM measure in antenatal and postpartum care to improve the quality of care for women, to promote communication and continuity of care. However, constraints of time, resources and coordination must be taken into account for its implementation at primary health care.
Modelling services continuance intention: evidence from apps stores
Authors: Ng Sze Ling , Rezaei Sajad , Valaei Naser , Iranmanesh Mohammad 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThe objective of this study is to examine the drivers of retail apps satisfaction and continuance intention. An integrative theoretical framework was developed based on the IS success model, E-S-QUAL and expectancy and disconfirmation model to explain retail apps users’ satisfaction and continuance intention.Design/methodology/approachA total of 359 useable data were collected from the targeted Malaysian respondents who had experience in using retail apps services. Data were analysed using the partial least squares technique.FindingsThe results indicate that system quality and e-service quality positively influence retail apps usage satisfaction and have positive direct and indirect effects through satisfaction on continuance intention. The price level has a negative effect on retail apps usage satisfaction. Even though price level has no direct effect on continuance intention to use retail apps, it has an indirect effect on continuance intention through satisfaction.Originality/valueAlthough the success of a marketing channel mainly depends on its continuance usage rather than first-time usage, few studies have paid attention to retail apps services. This study contributes to the advancement of knowledge on retail apps by explaining the roles of system quality, e-service quality and price level on retail apps satisfaction and continuance intention. Interestingly, the findings of multi-group analysis imply that female Gen Y app users are more satisfied than males while such differences do not impact their continuance intention to use the retail apps. The findings also suggested that frequency of using apps has no relevance to retail apps user satisfaction, but highly relevant to their continuance intention to use retail Apps services.
A multigroup SEM analysis of the antecedents and moderating influence of culture on workplace deviance behavior
Authors: Narayanan Kanimozhi , Moon Chanki 
Published: September 2022

PurposeAntecedents and outcomes of workplace deviance have been studied over the past few decades but there is still a lack of research from an organizational climate, witness and cultural point of view. Theoretical considerations for the present research are based on the social cognitive theory perspective where the authors expect employees's involvement in workplace destructive deviance would depend on their organizational climate perception, witness behavior and cultural orientation.Design/methodology/approachA total of 987 participants from India (N = 404) and USA (N = 583) completed an online questionnaire, and multi-group structural equation modeling analysis was conducted to test the hypothesized model.FindingsAcross cultural groups, higher collectivism is associated with lower engagement in workplace deviance. Furthermore, employees' higher intervening witness behavior is associated with lower destructive deviant behaviors when employees showed higher endorsement of collectivism in India (not USA). However, employees' higher self-serving witness behavior is associated with higher destructive deviant behaviors. Interestingly, employees with higher endorsement of individualism associated with organizational climate are more likely to engage in destructive deviance.Originality/valueThe main originality of this study is to further increase the understanding of the relationship between organizational climate, witness behavior (self-serving and intervening behavior) and workplace deviance (organizational and interpersonal destructive deviance) considering the role of employees' cultural orientation (individualism vs collectivism).
Unveiling the tourist’s social media cycle: use of social media during travel decision-making
Authors: Gulati Shruti 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
This study aims to explore when and for what purpose is social media used by tourists in their decision-making; and to further interpret the nature of such usage.

Design/methodology/approach
An online questionnaire was administered to 530 Indians who qualified as recent tourists and social media users. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyse hypothesised relationships; the results helped us to unveil the tourist social media cycle which is a conceptual model of the results obtained.

Findings
PLS-SEM results indicate that social media is predominantly used in the pre-travel stage for evaluation purposes, during travel stage for purchase purposes and post-travel stage for post-purchase behaviour. Also, it is noted that social media use by a tourist is an ongoing process, and thus, a conceptual model in the form of tourist social media cycle is unveiled.

Practical implications
This study reveals the unique behaviour of Indian tourists with respect to using social media for travel decision-making, which establishes a different perspective of understanding and further strategizing social media’s use in tourism for a developing nation. Also, the tourist social media cycle stresses on the importance of social media as a digital repository where continuously the user-generated content is used by self (existing) or “others” (potential tourists).

Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study that addresses the population and knowledge gap of understanding social media–based tourist behaviour providing a perspective of a developing nation, specifically India. Further, it unveils the nature of social media use by tourist in the form of a first ever tourist social media cycle.
A new sorting algorithm-based merging weighted fraction Monte Carlo method for solving the population balance equation for particle coagulation dynamics
Authors: Wang Fei , Chan Tat Leung 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to present a newly proposed and developed sorting algorithm-based merging weighted fraction Monte Carlo (SAMWFMC) method for solving the population balance equation for the weighted fraction coagulation process in aerosol dynamics with high computational accuracy and efficiency.

Design/methodology/approach
In the new SAMWFMC method, the jump Markov process is constructed as the weighted fraction Monte Carlo (WFMC) method (Jiang and Chan, 2021) with a fraction function. Both adjustable and constant fraction functions are used to validate the computational accuracy and efficiency. A new merging scheme is also proposed to ensure a constant-number and constant-volume scheme.

Findings
The new SAMWFMC method is fully validated by comparing with existing analytical solutions for six benchmark test cases. The numerical results obtained from the SAMWFMC method with both adjustable and constant fraction functions show excellent agreement with the analytical solutions and low stochastic errors. Compared with the WFMC method (Jiang and Chan, 2021), the SAMWFMC method can significantly reduce the stochastic error in the total particle number concentration without increasing the stochastic errors in high-order moments of the particle size distribution at only slightly higher computational cost.

Originality/value
The WFMC method (Jiang and Chan, 2021) has a stringent restriction on the fraction functions, making few fraction functions applicable to the WFMC method except for several specifically selected adjustable fraction functions, while the stochastic error in the total particle number concentration is considerably large. The newly developed SAMWFMC method shows significant improvement and advantage in dealing with weighted fraction coagulation process in aerosol dynamics and provides an excellent potential to deal with various fraction functions with higher computational accuracy and efficiency.
How to invest in total quality management practices for enhanced operational performance: findings from PLS-SEM and fsQCA
Authors: Acquah Innocent Senyo Kwasi , Quaicoe Judith , Arhin Michael 
Published: September 2022

PurposeConsumer expectations of quality have grown in recent years, forcing organisations, both service and manufacturing, to adopt total quality management (TQM) principles to satisfy customer demands efficiently. However, previous studies on the performance impacts of total quality management practices have mainly focused on the financial performance of firms in the manufacturing sector. This study focusses on the research questions: (1) What is the effect of TQM practices on operational performance? and (2) How do TQM practices combine to influence the operational performance of healthcare facilities?Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 154 health facilities (i.e. private hospitals, pharmacies, maternity clinics, and diagnostic centres), the authors applied symmetric (PLS-SEM) and asymmetric (fsQCA) data analysis approaches to examine how TQM practices influence the operational performance of health facilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.FindingsThe PLS-SEM results revealed that five out of the seven TQM practices investigated influenced operational performance. However, the fsQCA results identify five different complex combinations of TQM practices that lead to operational performance.Research limitations/implicationsLongitudinal studies can be conducted in the future to assess changes in the variables over time. A control variable, such as firm size, should be considered to assess the level of implementation of TQM practices based on firm size. A different performance measure, for instance, sustainability indicators or the balance score card, could be used to examine performance.Practical implicationsA proper and coordinated integration of the TQM practices is required for firms to be able to achieve operational performance. TQM practices vary in their sufficiency for operational outcomes; therefore, management needs to carefully consider their implementation as part of the organisation's strategy.Originality/valueThis research, by focussing on TQM practices from both symmetrical and asymmetrical perspectives, contributes to the understanding of the literature on TQM, thereby providing actionable insight on how to invest in the various TQM practices for improved operational performance.
Grasslands enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality above and below‐ground in agricultural landscapes
Authors: Tamburini Giovanni , Aguilera Guillermo , Öckinger Erik 
Published: September 2022

Abstract

Managing agricultural landscapes integrate production, biodiversity conservation and the flow of ecosystem services (ES) is of paramount importance to simultaneously meet production goals and environmental challenges. However, the response of farmland biodiversity and multiple ES to land‐use change at multiple spatial scales remains poorly understood.

We explored the effects of land‐use at local (grassland vs. oilseed rape fields) and landscape scale (cover of permanent grasslands) on the provision of biodiversity (plants, arthropods, birds), five ES (pollination, pest control, soil fertility, carbon storage and water regulation) and overall ES‐multifunctionality.

ES‐multifunctionality was higher in grasslands than in crop fields, by 25.2% above‐ground and by 106.1% below‐ground. Multiple threshold analyses highlighted a particularly poor level of performance for below‐ground functions in crop fields. This habitat type was however capable of providing numerous above‐ground functions simultaneously, although at low levels of performance when compared to the maximum values recorded in the study. Grasslands supported higher biodiversity and provision of pollination, soil fertility, carbon storage and water regulation.

Landscape composition influenced the provision of multiple ES: a 10% increase in grassland cover in the landscape enhanced above‐ground ES‐multifunctionality by 11.0% in both habitats. In particular, grasslands cover in the landscape supported the provision of arthropod diversity, pollination and pest control provided by carabids.

Synthesis and applications. The results of this field study show the key importance of preserving semi‐natural grasslands in agricultural landscapes for the conservation of farmland biodiversity, for the protection of soils and the delivery of multiple ES critical for crop production. Maximization of multifunctionality necessitates the integration at the landscape scale (0.5–2 km) of semi‐natural patches within the intensively farmed agricultural matrix. This would require not only the protection of existing grasslands, but also their restoration in simplified landscapes. The promotion of mixed farming (i.e., both crop and livestock production) might increase semi‐natural grassland cover at the landscape scale.
Xenobiotic estradiol‐17ß alters gut microbiota of hatchling American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
Authors: Murphy Kaitlyn M. , Watkins Madison M. , Finger John W. , Kelley Meghan D. , Elsey Ruth M. , Warner Daniel A. , Mendonça Mary T. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractEnvironmental oestrogens pose serious concerns for ecosystems through their effects on organismal survival and physiology. The gut microbiome is highly vulnerable to environmental influence, yet the effects of oestrogens on gut homeostasis are unknown because they are poorly studied in wildlife populations. To determine the influence of environmental oestrogens (i.e., xenoestrogens) on the diversity and abundance of gut microbiota, we randomly assigned 23 hatchling American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) to three ecologically relevant treatments (control, low, and high oestrogen concentrations) for 10 weeks. We predicted that xenoestrogen exposure would decrease microbial diversity and abundance within the digestive tract and that this effect would be dose‐dependent. Microbial samples were collected following diet treatments and microbial diversity was determined using 16S rRNA gene‐sequencing. Individuals in oestrogen‐treatment groups had decreased microbial diversity, but a greater relative abundance of operational taxonomic units than those in the control group. In addition, this effect was dose‐dependent; as individuals were exposed to more oestrogen, their microbiome became less diverse, less rich and less even. Findings from this study suggest that oestrogen contamination can influence wildlife populations at the internal microbial‐level, which may lead to future deleterious health effects.
The Other made visible: creative methods, inner figures and agents of change when working through early childhood trauma in adulthood1
Authors: Swan‐Foster Nora 
Published: September 2022

AbstractJung used creative methods such as picture‐making and active imagination to work with complexes and in particular trauma and dissociation. A clinical example of a 60‐year‐old woman demonstrates the benefits of using creative methods to work with issues linked to early life, such as somatic intrusions of early childhood trauma. Significant inner figures were delineated, including the original figure associated with the infantile dissociative split. The figures illustrated Jung’s complex theory by making visible the nonverbal inner states that were initially feared and experienced as Other. Within an analytic relationship that included a working through, an innate creative process unfolded that permitted inner figures to become agents of change within her psyche. This paper highlights the value of Jung’s complex theory and the use of creative methods when working with dissociation, regression and unformulated infantile states, even when the analysand is in the later stages of adulthood.
Comparative study of neuropeptide signaling systems in Hemiptera
Authors: Gao Han , Li Yanxiao , Zhang Hui , Wang Suisui , Feng Fan , Tang Jing , Li Bin 
Published: September 2022

AbstractNumerous physiological processes in insects are tightly regulated by neuropeptides and their receptors. Although they form an ancient signaling system, there is still a great deal of variety in neuropeptides and their receptors among different species within the same order. Neuropeptides and their receptors have been documented in many hemipteran insects, but the differences among them have been poorly characterized. Commercial grapevines worldwide are plagued by the bug Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). Here, 33 neuropeptide precursors and 48 putative neuropeptide G protein‐coupled receptor (GPCR) genes were identified in D. vitifoliae. Their expression profiles at the probe and feeding stages reflected potential regulatory roles in probe behavior. By comparison, we found that the Releasing Hormone‐Related Peptides (GnRHs) system of Sternorrhyncha was differentiated from those of the other 2 suborders in Hemiptera. Independent secondary losses of the adipokinetic hormone/corazonin‐related peptide receptor (ACP) and corazonin (CRZ) occurred during the evolution of Sternorrhyncha. Additionally, we discovered that the neuropeptide signaling systems of Sternorrhyncha were very different from those of Heteroptera and Auchenorrhyncha, which was consistent with Sternorrhyncha's phylogenetic position at the base of the order. This research provides more knowledge on neuropeptide systems and sets the groundwork for the creation of novel D. vitifoliae management strategies that specifically target these signaling pathways.
Adaptation criterion for segmentectomy in small‐sized early stage non‐small cell lung cancer
Authors: Motono Nozomu , Mizoguchi Takaki , Ishikawa Masahito , Iwai Shun , Iijima Yoshihito , Uramoto Hidetaka 
Published: September 2022

AbstractBackgroundAlthough the utility of segmentectomy for early‐stage non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported, the adaptation criterion for segmentectomy is unclear.MethodsIn total, 171 NSCLC patients who underwent segmentectomy or lobectomy with a consolidation tumor diameter on computed tomography of ≤20 mm were analyzed.ResultsConsolidation diameter (p = 0.01), consolidation to tumor ratio (CTR) (p < 0.01), maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) (p < 0.01), and segmentectomy (p = 0.01) were significantly different upon univariate analysis among patients stratified by recurrence. Positive correlations were observed between the consolidation diameter on CT and CEA (correlation coefficient; r = 0.19, p = 0.01), SUVmax (r = 0.48, p < 0.01), and CTR (r = 0.83, p < 0.01). Because there was a significant correlation among the consolidation diameter of tumors on CT, CTR, and SUVmax in this study, we integrated these factors into one. Consolidation, CTR, and SUVmax (hazard ratio [HR]: 3.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.35–11.29, p = 0.01) and segmentectomy (HR: 0.24, 95% CI: 0.03–0.90, p = 0.03) were risk factors for recurrence in a multivariate analysis. There was a significant difference between the segmentectomy and lobectomy groups (5‐year relapse‐free survival [RFS] 96.5% vs. 80.7%, p = 0.02).ConclusionsConsolidation tumor diameter on CT, CTR, and SUVmax is a risk factor for recurrence. These results suggest that for patients with small‐sized early stage NSCLC, this combined factor is important for determining the indication for segmentectomy.
Fluctuating ecological networks: A synthesis of maximum‐entropy approaches for pattern detection and process inference
Authors: Caruso Tancredi , Clemente Giulio Virginio , Rillig Matthias C. , Garlaschelli Diego 
Published: September 2022

Abstract

Ecological networks such as plant–pollinator systems and food webs vary in space and time. This variability includes fluctuations in global properties such as the total number and intensity of interactions in the network but also in the number and intensity of local (i.e. node level) species interactions.

Fluctuations of species' properties can significantly affect higher‐order network features, for example, robustness and nestedness, and should therefore be taken into account in null models for pattern detection and hypothesis testing.

In ecological research, classical null models treat node‐level properties as ‘hard’ constraints that cannot fluctuate. Here, we review and synthesize a set of maximum‐entropy methods that allow for fluctuating (‘soft’) constraints, offering a new addition to the classical toolkit of the ecologist. We illustrate the methods with some practical examples, pointing to currently available open‐source computer codes. We clarify how this approach can be used by experimental ecologists to detect non‐random patterns with null models that not only rewire, but also redistribute interaction strengths by allowing fluctuations in the enforced constraints.

Explicit modelling of interspecific heterogeneity through local (i.e. species level) fluctuations of topological and quantitative constraints offers a statistically robust and expanded (e.g. including weighted links) set of tools to understand the assembly and resilience of ecological networks.