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Strengthening consumer–brand relationships through avatars
Authors: Elsharnouby Mohamed H. , Jayawardhena Chanaka , Liu Hongfei , Elbedweihy Alaa M. 
Published: November 2022

PurposeAvatars have become increasingly prevalent on brand websites, yet their impact on consumers' use of these sites remains underexplored. The current study focuses on avatars, which are three-dimensional animated graphical web interfaces that verbally aid the brand stakeholders (e.g. customers, employees and suppliers). Avatars provide administrative and technical information through the brand website. Drawing upon the stimuli–organism–response (S-O-R) paradigm, this research examines the impact of avatars as an information provision and interacting tool (vs a traditional format) on consumers' perceptions, attitudes and behaviors toward a brand. It also investigates the roles of familiarity with avatar use and the language used by an avatar in shaping consumers' responses.Design/methodology/approachAcross two laboratory experiments, the authors examined and confirmed causal relationships between the use of avatars (vs a traditional format) on a website and attitudinal and behavioral constructs.FindingsWe show that avatars (vs written information) had a significant effect on controlling information. The users in our experiments had greater control over the information provided when it was presented as text on a website compared to the case of avatars “telling” the information. Different languages and familiarity with avatar use also affected the consumers' hedonism in terms of website use.Originality/valueWe advance the understanding of avatar use in website design, particularly avatars' verbal interaction, in shaping consumers' cognitive, affective, attitudinal and behavioral responses and add important empirical evidence to the growing body of research and practices involving avatar use in interactive marketing.
A service lens on cybersecurity continuity and management for organizations’ subsistence and growth
Authors: Thomas Godwin , Sule Mary-Jane 
Published: November 2022

PurposeThis paper proposes a holistic, proactive and adaptive approach to cybersecurity from a service lens, given the continuously evolving cyber-attack techniques, threat and vulnerability landscape that often overshadow existing cybersecurity approaches.Design/methodology/approachThrough an extensive literature review of relevant concepts and analysis of existing cybersecurity frameworks, standards and best practices, a logical argument is made to produce a dynamic end-to-end cybersecurity service system model.FindingsCyberspace has provided great value for businesses and individuals. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly motivated the move to cyberspace by organizations. However, the extension to cyberspace comes with additional risks as traditional protection techniques are insufficient and isolated, generally focused on an organization's perimeter with little attention to what is out there. More so, cyberattacks continue to grow in complexity creating overwhelming consequences. Existing cybersecurity approaches and best practices are limited in scope, and implementation strategies, differing in strength and focus, at different levels of granularity. Nevertheless, the need for a proactive, adaptive and responsive cybersecurity solution is recognized.Originality/valueThis paper presents a model that promises proactive, adaptive and responsive end-to-end cybersecurity. The proposed cybersecurity continuity and management model premised on a service system, leveraging on lessons learned from existing solutions, takes a holistic analytical view of service activities from source (service provider) to destination (Customer) to ensure end-to-end security, whether internally (within an organization) or externally.
Predicting the police code of silence in China: does rural or urban setting matter?
Authors: Wu Guangzhen 
Published: November 2022

PurposeThis study aims to examine disparities in the code of silence between rural and urban police officers in China.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from a national police university in China in 2017. In total, 608 Chinese police officers were surveyed, all of whom attended the in-service training program at the university.FindingsResults suggest that rural officers in China are more likely to embrace the code of silence than their urban counterparts. Additionally, this study demonstrates significant influences of such organizational and environmental factors as police type, agency location and perception of misconduct seriousness on adherence to the code of silence.Research limitations/implicationsThis study used a convenient sampling approach, which restricts the generalizability of the results.Practical implicationsGiven the stronger code of silence among rural officers, there should be more efforts devoted to cultivating a positive ethical climate within rural police organizations. These efforts may need to come from higher levels of government, given the administrative structure in China. In addition, police supervisors in rural agencies should play an important role, given that they are the first line of defense in detecting and responding to misconduct, and are essential in fostering and sustaining a good ethical environment within the police agency.Originality/valueUsing unique policing data collected from China, this study addresses an important gap in the literature regarding research on rural-urban differences in the police code of silence.
Pastoral power in leadership work: the relational leadership idiom in the construction industry
Authors: Styhre Alexander , Fasth Jonas , Löwstedt Martin 
Published: November 2022

PurposeDrawing on the literature on pastoral power, a term introduced by Foucault that denotes a specific form of authority based on the subordinate's open communication regarding aspirations, interests and personal concerns, having the full faith in the leader's care of the subordinate's welfare, this article report empirical material from a study of Swedish construction industry.Design/methodology/approachLeadership practices are contingent on context and situation, and over time, authoritative leadership practices have been complemented by relational leadership that increasingly emphasizes the bilateral communication between manager and subordinate. The more communicative and “soft” leadership idiom may have both benefits and incur unanticipated consequences and conditions that need to be studied on basis of empirical materials.FindingsManagers in the construction industry emphasize how subordinates increasingly turn to their closest managers to address a variety of concerns. Even though managers recognizes the value of providing personalized support, there is a risk that such a leadership idiom distract both managers and subordinates, i.e. counseling activities consume too much resources, making agents less prone to fully attend to proper project goals.Originality/valueTo consider contemporary leadership practices as partially premised on pastoral power provides new analytical possibilities that shed light on how leadership practice needs to correspond with new demands in the corporate setting.
Spatial consistency in drivers of population dynamics of a declining migratory bird
Authors: Nater Chloé R. , Burgess Malcolm D. , Coffey Peter , Harris Bob , Lander Frank , Price David , Reed Mike , Robinson Robert A. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Many migratory species are in decline across their geographical ranges. Single‐population studies can provide important insights into drivers at a local scale, but effective conservation requires multi‐population perspectives. This is challenging because relevant data are often hard to consolidate, and state‐of‐the‐art analytical tools are typically tailored to specific datasets.

We capitalized on a recent data harmonization initiative (SPI‐Birds) and linked it to a generalized modelling framework to identify the demographic and environmental drivers of large‐scale population decline in migratory pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding across Britain.

We implemented a generalized integrated population model (IPM) to estimate age‐specific vital rates, including their dependency on environmental conditions, and total and breeding population size of pied flycatchers using long‐term (34–64 years) monitoring data from seven locations representative of the British breeding range. We then quantified the relative contributions of different vital rates and population structure to changes in short‐ and long‐term population growth rate using transient life table response experiments (LTREs).

Substantial covariation in population sizes across breeding locations suggested that change was the result of large‐scale drivers. This was supported by LTRE analyses, which attributed past changes in short‐term population growth rates and long‐term population trends primarily to variation in annual survival and dispersal dynamics, which largely act during migration and/or nonbreeding season. Contributions of variation in local reproductive parameters were small in comparison, despite sensitivity to local temperature and rainfall within the breeding period.

We show that both short‐ and long‐term population changes of British breeding pied flycatchers are likely linked to factors acting during migration and in nonbreeding areas, where future research should be prioritized. We illustrate the potential of multi‐population analyses for informing management at (inter)national scales and highlight the importance of data standardization, generalized and accessible analytical tools, and reproducible workflows to achieve them.
Pinpointing stage‐specific causes of recruitment bottlenecks to optimize seed‐based wetland restoration
Authors: Zhao Zhiyuan , Zhang Liquan , Yuan Lin , Bouma Tjeerd J. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Attaining the goals of ‘The UN‐Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’ requires efficient methods for large‐scale restoration of degraded ecosystems. Seed‐based approaches may offer opportunities for massive recovery of native vegetation but are prone to failure when applied to highly valued coastal wetlands such as salt marshes. Pinpointing the impact of early life stage transitions on recruitment variation across species and contexts is a critical first step toward amplifying seed‐based restoration efficiency.

Large‐scale field experiments were conducted in 100 microhabitats across eight salt marshes to investigate root causes of variation in seed retention and seedling emergence, using four globally occurring salt marsh species as models. The resulting insights and dataset were then translated into predictors using machine learning, for targeted application in disentangling recruitment bottlenecks.

Seed retention, regardless of species, was identified as the principal bottleneck in recruitment with hydrodynamic intensity, bed‐level dynamics, and burial depth as critical governing factors. Seedling emergence was discerned as the critical bottleneck driving cross‐species recruitment variability and was pivotally influenced by soil salinity and burial depth.

Predictions using machine learning under different restoration scenarios indicated that simple management, such as seed burial or species selection, can create opportunities to bypass potential recruitment bottlenecks.

Synthesis and applications. Our results suggest that the failure of seed‐based coastal wetland restoration should be attributed to multiple recruitment bottlenecks that arise from different life stage transitions and are context/species dependent. In planning future seed‐based restoration practices, managers should assess the variability of life stage‐specific dominant factors at target sites to identify site‐specific recruitment bottleneck(s). Our work underscores the need for strategic management that buffers against recruitment bottlenecks to improve restoration efficiency and advances the application of data‐driven techniques to make seed‐based restoration predictive.
Place in legal geography: Agency and application in agriculture research
Authors: Bartel Robyn , Graham Nicole 
Published: November 2022

AbstractSystemic failure of our land management, legal, and regulatory institutions is revealed by the serious and adverse social and environmental impacts of land use practices in private agriculture, evident in severe land and water degradation, precipitous decline in biodiversity, and reduced resilience to natural hazards and climate change. The efficacy of the standard treatment of environmental law and regulation is often hampered by the cultural and legal priority of property rights. We take a different approach, using legal geography to refocus attention on the salience and agency of place and responses to degradation, such as conservation farming and regenerative agriculture, which are reforming dominant land management cultures and institutions from within. By recognising the role of place in leading geographically responsive land use decision‐making and more sustainable, resilient, and productive agricultural practices, an alternative model of private land ownership may be possible, as well as greater environmental sustainability. For researchers, our approaches too must be sensitive and responsive to place agency and our methodologies must evolve to acknowledge the agency of place. Place agency in legal geography has great potential for application in reforming suboptimal industrial agricultural practices and legal models of property ownership, and also for revitalising our scholarship.
Green credit policy and corporate cash holdings: Evidence from China
Authors: Li Weiping , Chen Xiaoqi , Yuan Tao 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn 2012, China implemented a green credit policy (GCP) that restricts bank credits to heavily polluting firms. Using a difference‐in‐differences research design, we find that polluting firms increased their cash reserves by 9.5% after the GCP's issuance relative to non‐polluting firms. We also document that the GCP significantly reduces firms' access to bank finance but increases the value of cash. Cross‐sectional analysis shows that the increase in cash holdings is more significant for firms with greater financial constraints, firms with more investment opportunities, and high‐tech companies. Overall, our findings are consistent with a constraint explanation: when external financing is restricted, firms retain more cash to meet future investment needs.
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity—a summary of the third edition
Authors: Babor Thomas F. , Casswell Sally , Graham Kathryn , Huckle Taisia , Livingston Michael , Rehm Jürgen , Room Robin , Rossow Ingeborg , Sornpaisarn Bundit 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackground and AimsThis article summarizes the findings and conclusions of the third edition ofAlcohol: No Ordinary Commodity. The latest revision of this book is part of a series of monographs designed to provide a critical review of the scientific evidence related to alcohol control policy from a public health perspective.DesignA narrative summary of the contents of the book according to five major issues.FindingsAn extensive amount of epidemiological evidence shows that alcohol is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, disability and death in high‐, middle‐ and low‐income countries. Trends in alcohol products and marketing are described, indicating that a large part of the global industry has been consolidated into a small number of transnational corporations that are expanding their operations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The main part of the book is devoted to a review of strategies and interventions designed to prevent or minimize alcohol‐related harm. Overall, the most effective strategies to protect public health are taxation that decreases affordability and restrictions on the physical availability of alcohol. A total ban on alcohol marketing is also an effective strategy to reduce consumption. In addition, drink‐driving counter‐measures, brief interventions with at‐risk drinkers and treatment of drinkers with alcohol dependence are effective in preventing harm in high‐risk contexts and groups of hazardous drinkers.ConclusionAlcohol policy is often the product of competing interests, values and ideologies, with the evidence suggesting that the conflicting interests between profit and health mean that working in partnership with the alcohol industry is likely to lead to ineffective policy. Opportunities for implementation of evidence‐based alcohol policies that better serve the public good are clearer than ever before as a result of accumulating knowledge on which strategies work best.
Longhorn beetles and predatory clerid beetles attracted to a blend of longhorn beetle pheromone compounds in a Central European oak forest (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Cleridae)
Authors: Imrei Zoltán , Lohonyai Zsófia , Orgován Edit , Muskovits József , Csóka György , Fail József , Tóth Miklós , Hanks Lawrence M. , Millar Jocelyn G. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
A blend of longhorn beetle pheromones was tested as a generic attractant in a Central European oak forest. Overall, 20 cerambycid species totalling 1250 specimens were captured using two trap types.
More adults of Phymatodes testaceus and Leiopus nebulosus nebulosus were attracted to pheromone‐baited traps compared to solvent controls. Significant numbers of four other species were caught by panel traps but not funnel traps. For the cerambycine Pyrrhidium sanguineum, significantly more beetles were caught in treatment traps than controls. For the cerambycine Anaglyptus mysticus, lepturines Cortodera humeralis and Rhagium sycophanta, the numbers of beetles caught in treatment or control traps were similar, indicating no attraction to the lure blend. Adults of a predatory clerid beetle Clerus mutillarius were caught in significantly larger numbers by both baited trap types in comparison to controls, totalling 1514 specimens.
Antennae of both sexes of C. mutillarius showed responses to 3‐hydroxyhexan‐2‐one and 2‐methylbutan‐1‐ol, and males also responded to syn‐2,3‐hexanediol.
Strong attraction of C. mutillarius suggests eavesdropping on the pheromones of cerambycids and that such attractant baits, without traps, might be used to manipulate the local population density of predators in a push‐pull biological control program.
Genome‐wide association study for antibody response to Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratubeculosis in goats
Authors: Minozzi Giulietta , De Iorio Maria Grazia , Palazzo Fiorentina , Gandini Gustavo , Biffani Stefano , Paolillo Gianluigi , Ciani Elena , Di Marco Lo Presti Vincenzo , Stella Alessandra , Williams John L. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractMycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP), causes Johne's disease (JD), or paratuberculosis, a chronic enteritis of ruminants, which in goats is characterized by ileal lesions. The work described here is a case–control association study using the Illumina Caprine SNP50 BeadChip to unravel the genes involved in susceptibility of goats to JD. Goats in herds with a high occurrence of Johne's disease were classified as healthy or infected based on the level of serum antibodies against MAP, and 331 animals were selected for the association study. Goats belonged to the Jonica (157) and Siriana breeds (174). Whole‐genome association analysis identified one region suggestive of significance associated with an antibody response to MAP on chromosome 7 (p‐value = 1.23 × 10−5). These results provide evidence for genetic loci involved in the antibody response to MAP in goats.
Benefits and challenges to ophthalmology training via the Specialist Training Program
Authors: Jessup Belinda , Allen Penny , Khanal Santosh , Baker‐Smith Victoria , Barnett Tony 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIntroductionThe Specialist Training Program (STP) is a commonwealth funding initiative to support specialist medical training positions in regional, rural and remote areas, and in private settings. The program helps to improve the skills and distribution of the specialist medical workforce by providing trainees experience of a broader range of healthcare settings.ObjectiveTo examine the benefits and challenges of ophthalmology training delivered by the STP in regional, rural, remote, and/or private settings across Australia.DesignQualitative design involving semi‐structured in‐depth interviews with thirty‐two participants experienced in the delivery of ophthalmology training at STP posts including ophthalmology trainees (n = 8), STP supervisors and clinical tutors (n = 16), and other stakeholders (n = 8).FindingsTraining delivered at STP posts was reportedly beneficial for ophthalmology trainees, their supervisors and the broader community given it enabled exposure to regional, rural, remote and private settings, access to unique learning opportunities, provided workforce support and renewal, and affordable ophthalmic care. However, all participants also reported challenges including difficulties achieving work/life balance, unmet training expectations, a lack of professional support, and financial and administrative burden. Malalignment between trainee preferences for STP posts, low STP literacy and limited regional, rural and remote training experiences were also seen as missed opportunities to foster future rural ophthalmic workforce development.DiscussionThe STP improves access to ophthalmic care in underserved populations while enabling valuable rural and/or private practice exposure for medical specialist trainees and workforce support for supervising ophthalmologists.ConclusionEfforts are needed to improve the quality of training experiences provided at STP posts and post sustainability. Although research is needed to investigate the longer‐term benefits of the STP to rural and/or private workforce recruitment and retention, RANZCO should develop further regional, rural and remote STP posts to help realise future rural practice intention amongst ophthalmology trainees.
Trust in institutions and subjective well‐being: Evidence from the Philippines
Authors: Piosang Tristan , Grimes Arthur 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWe examine the institutional drivers of subjective well‐being (SWB). Using a repeated cross‐sectional data set from the Philippines spanning three decades, we estimate the relationship of people's trust in public institutions and SWB, measured in terms of people's satisfaction with their lives. Our findings, based on estimates which control for a range of individual‐level characteristics, show that people's trust in public institutions is strongly associated with their well‐being. In particular, a great deal of trust in the Police, Congress, and Judiciary is positively associated with people's satisfaction with their lives while a lack of trust in Congress, Civil Service, and Executive is negatively related to life satisfaction. Findings are discussed vis‐à‐vis their implications for Philippine public policy and to well‐being‐oriented policy regimes more generally.
The complex associations between scientific reasoning and advanced theory of mind
Authors: Osterhaus Christopher , Koerber Susanne 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis 6‐wave longitudinal study (2014–2018) of 161 German 5‐ to 10‐year‐olds from a midsized city and rural area in southern Germany (89 females, 72 males; predominantly White; mostly middle class) found that scientific‐reasoning abilities first develop at 6 years. Abilities were highly stable, with the kindergarten score predicting 25% of end‐of‐elementary‐school variance. Individual but not developmental differences were related to language abilities (0.39), mindreading skills (0.33), and parental education (0.36). In early elementary school, mindreading skills predicted scientific reasoning (0.15), but not vice versa; in late elementary school, bidirectional associations emerged (0.11–0.33). Our findings suggest that mindreading is a precursor for the development of scientific reasoning and that older children use scientific reasoning to revise their advanced theories of mind.