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Supply chain finance in enhancing supply-oriented and demand-oriented performance capabilities – moderating role of perceived partner opportunism
Authors: Rajaguru Rajesh , Matanda Margaret Jekanyika , Zhang Wenqing 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
While supply chain scholars concur on the need to integrate supply chain finance (SCF) processes to meet ever-changing customer demands, it is unclear how SCF influences business performance in the presence of perceived opportunistic behavior. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the moderating role of perceived partner opportunism in the supply chain.

Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on the dynamic capability theory (DCT), this study investigates how perceived supply chain partner opportunism moderates the mediating role of supply- and demand-oriented performances on the link between SCF and business performance, from the retail industry perspective. Data was collected from Australian retailing firms. In all, 293 completed surveys were received. Moderated mediation analysis was conducted.

Findings
The results of this study indicate that supply- and demand-oriented performances serially mediate the relationship between SCF and business performance. The study also found that the effect of SCF on performance was higher when perceived partner opportunism was lower.

Practical implications
To respond to changes in consumer preferences and demand effectively, supply chain and marketing managers need to understand the complex interaction between supply- and demand-oriented performances and the key role of SCF in developing such capabilities.

Originality/value
The current study theorizes and demonstrates the effects of supply- and demand-oriented performances that can facilitate the effects of SCF on business performance. Also, the study reveals the effect of each dimension of SCF (accounts payable, accounts receivable and inventory finance) on supply- and demand-oriented performances. Additionally, the study shows the key role of perceived partner opportunism in supply chain management.
Engaging luxury brand consumers on social media
Authors: Kumar Vikas , Khan Imran , Fatma Mobin , Singh Amrinder 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
Although the consumption of luxury brands is significantly on the rise in emerging markets, a significant impetus is needed to boost their growth to achieve desired revenues and profitability. This paper aims to consider social media marketing activities and consumer-brand engagement as key constructs to realize these desired objectives.

Design/methodology/approach
The empirical relationships among social media marketing activities, consumer-brand engagement and consumer response have been examined with a sample of 465 respondents.

Findings
Social media marketing activities foster engagement among luxury brand consumers, translating into a favorable response. Besides this, informational marketer generated content (MGC) moderates the relationship between social media marketing activities and consumer-brand engagement.

Practical implications
Marketers can use the outcomes of this study to better engage consumers of luxury brands on social media platforms to engender a favorable response.

Originality/value
This paper highlights how consumers of luxury brands are engaged through different marketing activities in the social media context. Also, the moderating role of MGC has been explored.
The diagnostic accuracy of temporal artery ultrasound and temporal artery biopsy in giant cell arteritis: A single center Australian experience over 10 years
Authors: He Jianna , Williamson Luke , Ng Beverly , Wang Jeremy , Manolios Nicholas , Angelides Socrates , Farlow David , Wong Peter K. K. 
Published: January 2022

AbstractAimTo assess the diagnostic accuracy of temporal artery ultrasound compared with temporal artery biopsy and clinical diagnosis in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA) over 10 years in an Australian center.MethodPatients presenting to Westmead Hospital with possible GCA from March 2011 to December 2020 were retrospectively identified. The following parameters were obtained from the medical record: clinical presentation, inflammatory markers, temporal artery ultrasound findings, and temporal artery biopsy report. Data were assembled in a 2 × 2 table; sensitivity and specificity of temporal artery ultrasound compared with temporal artery biopsy and clinical diagnosis were calculated.ResultsOver the 10‐year study period, 65 temporal artery ultrasounds were performed in 63 patients (n = 65; 61.9% female) with a mean ± standard deviation age of 69.6 ± 12.3 years. Thirteen out of 65 (20%) temporal artery ultrasounds had findings suggestive of GCA. Twenty patients (31.7%) had a clinical diagnosis of GCA irrespective of sonographic or biopsy findings. Compared with temporal artery biopsy, temporal artery ultrasound had a sensitivity of 71.4% and specificity of 93.3%. Compared with clinical diagnosis made by the treating rheumatologist, temporal artery ultrasound had a sensitivity of 55% and specificity of 95.3%.ConclusionTemporal artery ultrasound is a useful non‐invasive investigation in the assessment of suspected GCA. If positive in the setting of a suggestive clinical presentation, a temporal artery ultrasound probably avoids the need for a temporal artery biopsy. Temporal artery ultrasound could be more widely used in the clinical management of GCA.
Auditors' Professional Identities: Review and Future Directions*
Authors: Stack Ryan , Malsch Bertrand 
Published: January 2022

AbstractDrawing on qualitative field studies, this literature review synthesizes research on the formation of professional identities. This journey is organized based on employee level, from the pre‐exposure phase of recruitment, up the hierarchy to staff‐, manager‐, and partner‐level work at auditing firms, to the level of those who leave professional service firms to pursue other work. Our analysis highlights the importance of acquiring soft skills over technical training in identity building, including the ability to incorporate unwritten rules and norms of professionalism that persist throughout professional careers. Our review reveals a scarcity of studies on the identity formation of managers. We also question the relevance of the literature on the socialization of staff auditors and partners and the impact on their identity. Critically, prior literature on auditor professional identity has emphasized one type of practitioner and setting—Western, urban, and Big 4 oriented—to the exclusion of other sites and perspectives. This emphasis has led to a disconnect between the extant research and the diversity of the realities in which auditing practices and auditors evolve. Thus, this review recognizes a need for new research directions and calls for research on professional services firms outside the Big 4 and in new and emerging markets. In addition, it advocates a greater focus on individuals and groups that have been excluded from prior research as the face of the profession changes.
Prediction models for severe manifestations and mortality due to COVID‐19: A systematic review
Authors: Miller Jamie L. , Tada Masafumi , Goto Michihiko , Chen Hao , Dang Elizabeth , Mohr Nicholas M. , Lee Sangil 
Published: January 2022

AbstractBackgroundThroughout 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has become a threat to public health on national and global level. There has been an immediate need for research to understand the clinical signs and symptoms of COVID‐19 that can help predict deterioration including mechanical ventilation, organ support, and death. Studies thus far have addressed the epidemiology of the disease, common presentations, and susceptibility to acquisition and transmission of the virus; however, an accurate prognostic model for severe manifestations of COVID‐19 is still needed because of the limited healthcare resources available.ObjectiveThis systematic review aims to evaluate published reports of prediction models for severe illnesses caused COVID‐19.MethodsSearches were developed by the primary author and a medical librarian using an iterative process of gathering and evaluating terms. Comprehensive strategies, including both index and keyword methods, were devised for PubMed and EMBASE. The data of confirmed COVID‐19 patients from randomized control studies, cohort studies, and case–control studies published between January 2020 and May 2021 were retrieved. Studies were independently assessed for risk of bias and applicability using the Prediction Model Risk Of Bias Assessment Tool (PROBAST). We collected study type, setting, sample size, type of validation, and outcome including intubation, ventilation, any other type of organ support, or death. The combination of the prediction model, scoring system, performance of predictive models, and geographic locations were summarized.ResultsA primary review found 445 articles relevant based on title and abstract. After further review, 366 were excluded based on the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Seventy‐nine articles were included in the qualitative analysis. Inter observer agreement on inclusion 0.84 (95%CI 0.78–0.89). When the PROBAST tool was applied, 70 of the 79 articles were identified to have high or unclear risk of bias, or high or unclear concern for applicability. Nine studies reported prediction models that were rated as low risk of bias and low concerns for applicability.ConclusionSeveral prognostic models for COVID‐19 were identified, with varying clinical score performance. Nine studies that had a low risk of bias and low concern for applicability, one from a general public population and hospital setting. The most promising and well‐validated scores include Clift et al.,15 and Knight et al.,18 which seem to have accurate prediction models that clinicians can use in the public health and emergency department setting.
Recruitment to higher specialty training in anaesthesia in the UK during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a national survey
Authors: Subramaniam J. , Durrant F. , Edwardson S. , El‐Ghazali S. , Holt C. , McCrossan R. , Pramanik I. , Wong D. J. N. 
Published: January 2022

SummaryThere were more applications for higher specialty training posts in anaesthesia in the UK starting in August 2021 than in previous years, with approximately two‐thirds being unsuccessful. We surveyed applicants to investigate their experience of the recruitment process (response rate 536/1056; 51%). Approximately 61% of respondents were not offered ST3 posts (n = 326). We enquired about their career plans for the next 12–24 months. Most respondents (79%) intended to take up a post equivalent to a third year of core training or a clinical fellow post from August 2021. Other options considered included: pursuing work abroad (17%); embarking on career breaks (16%); taking up higher training posts in intensive care medicine (15%); and permanently leaving medicine (9%). Nine per cent of respondents also expressed plans to pursue training in another medical specialty. Some expressed an intention to pursue further education or research (10%). A large proportion (42%) expressed a lack of confidence in being able to achieve the training requirements to later apply for a higher training post. The majority reported not feeling confident in achieving specialist registration in anaesthesia in the future without a training number (75%), and noted disruption to their wider life plans from the impending time out of training (78%). Sentiment analysis of free‐text responses indicated generally negative sentiment about the recruitment process. Themes elicited included: feeling the recruitment process was unfair; burnout and negative impact on well‐being; difficulties in making life plans; and feeling undervalued and abandoned. These results suggest that junior anaesthetic doctors in the UK negatively perceived postgraduate training structures and changes to the postgraduate curriculum and experienced difficulties in securing higher training.
Disadvantage, discrimination, and despair: Parental experiences of caring for children with disability in Bangladesh
Authors: Hussain Muhammed Muazzam , Raihan Mohammad Mojammel Hussain 
Published: January 2022

AbstractThis paper explored parental experiences of caring for children with disability (CWD) living in the Sylhet city corporation area of Bangladesh. This study applied a qualitative research approach. The purposive snowball sampling method was employed to recruit study participants. Twenty‐one in‐depth interviews and two focus group discussions with parents of children with physical, hearing, vision, and intellectual disabilities were conducted to learn more about their experiences and identify the difficulties and challenges they confront in their everyday lives. The results showed that respondents experience various disadvantages, for example, treatment‐related challenges, financial incapacity, housing, and transportation issues. The study also indicates that parents are subjected to discrimination, experience stress, and tension, and become depressed when they consider the future distressing condition of CWD after their death. Poverty, the societal stigma associated with disability, and a lack of social supports exacerbate parents' mental anguish and limit their ability to care for CWD patients. Therefore, it is recommended to develop new services delivery strategy, including home care, respite care, and monetary transfers for CWD caregivers, as well as community mobilization and inter‐professional collaboration, to enhance their current situation and overall well‐being.
Smooth muscle Rac1 contributes to pulmonary hypertension
Authors: Dilasser Florian , Rio Marc , Rose Lindsay , Tesse Angela , Guignabert Christophe , Loirand Gervaise , Sauzeau Vincent 
Published: January 2022

Background and PurposePulmonary hypertension (PH) is a multifactorial chronic disease characterized by an increase in pulmonary artery (PA) resistance leading to right ventricle (RV) failure. Endothelial dysfunction and alteration of NO/cGMP signalling in PA plays a major role in PH. We recently described the involvement of the Rho protein Rac1 in the control of systemic blood pressure through its involvement in NO‐mediated relaxation of arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC). The aim of this study was to analyse the role of SMC Rac1 in PH.Experimental ApproachPH is induced by exposure of control and SMC Rac1‐deficient (SM‐Rac1‐KO) mice to chronic hypoxia (10% O2, 4 weeks). PH is assessed by the measurement of RV systolic pressure and hypertrophy. PA reactivity is analysed by isometric tension measurements. PA remodelling is quantified by immunofluorescence in lung sections and ROS are detected using the dihydroethidium probe and electronic paramagnetic resonance analysis. Rac1 activity is determined by immunofluorescence.Key ResultsRac1 activation in PA of hypoxic mice and patients with idiopathic PH. Hypoxia‐induced rise in RV systolic pressure, RV hypertrophy and loss of endothelium‐dependent relaxation were significantly decreased in SM‐Rac1‐KO mice compared to control mice. SMC Rac1 deletion also limited hypoxia‐induced PA remodelling and ROS production in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs).Conclusion and ImplicationsOur results provide evidence for a protective effect of SM Rac1 deletion against hypoxic PH. Rac1 activity in PASMCs plays a causal role in PH by favouring ROS‐dependent PA remodelling and endothelial dysfunction induced by chronic hypoxia.
Exponential rise in the discovery of endemic plants underscores the need to conserve the Indian savannas
Authors: Nerlekar Ashish N. , Chorghe Alok R. , Dalavi Jagdish V. , Kusom Raja Kullayiswamy , Karuppusamy Subbiah , Kamath Vignesh , Pokar Ritesh , Rengaian Ganesan , Sardesai Milind M. , Kambale Sharad S. 
Published: January 2022

AbstractBiodiversity of tropical grasslands and savannas (tropical grassy biomes, TGBs) remains poorly documented compared with tropical forests. This is in part due to the misplaced notion of TGBs being anthropogenic forest derivatives that support negligible biodiversity and endemism. For the Indian savannas, the legacy of colonial forestry has led to their misinterpretation as anthropogenic wastelands of low conservation value. One key assumption underlying the devaluation of Indian savannas against Indian forests is the presumed absence of endemic species. Through a systematic review, we test this assumption by collating data of plants endemic to the peninsular Indian savannas and analyze their spatiotemporal discovery patterns. We found that the Indian savannas contain 206 endemic plant species, of which 43% were described in the last two decades. Spatial discovery patterns revealed two species discovery hot spots, the eastern edge of the Western Ghats Mountains and the Eastern Ghats Mountains. Years taken for an endemic plant species to be described was related positively to latitude and elevation of the type locality, and negatively to range size and plant height. Our results of an exponential rise in the endemic plant discovery run counter to the assumption of Indian savannas supporting no endemic plants. Our findings have important implications on future plant discoveries by predicting most endemics awaiting discovery are likely to be short‐statured and range‐restricted, and occupy higher latitudes and elevations. The presence of endemic plants calls for abandoning the outdated colonial‐era view of Indian savannas being low conservation value ecosystems and revising conservation policies to better protect these ancient ecosystems.
Unaccompanied immigrant children in long‐term foster care: Identifying and operationalizing child welfare outcomes
Authors: Crea Thomas M. , Evans Kerri , Lopez Anayeli , Hasson Robert G. , Palleschi Caroline , Sittley Libby 
Published: January 2022

AbstractThe Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 was developed with the goal of increasing the safety, permanency, and well‐being of children involved in U.S. child welfare systems. A growing number of unaccompanied immigrant children (UC) are being served in long‐term foster care (LTFC) under the auspices of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). UC are placed in care because an appropriate sponsor is not available pending immigration hearings. Yet, the research literature has been silent on how outcomes for UC can be articulated and operationalized to guide policy and practice. This study fills this gap by exploring how safety, permanency and well‐being may be defined for this population. Seventy‐nine service providers working unaccompanied children in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States participated in 22 focus groups. Findings indicated that safety, permanency, and well‐being are fundamental for UC but include different aspects, such as emotional safety in addition to physical safety, the nuances of legal permanency and placement stability in addition to family reunification, and cultural integration as a factor of well‐being and mental health. This study's results can inform organizational data collection procedures, culturally relevant assessments, and a deeper understanding of the experiences of UC in foster care.
Multicenter study on the genetics of glomerular diseases among southeast and south Asians: Deciphering Diversities ‐ Renal Asian Genetics Network (DRAGoN)
Authors: Lu Liangjian , Yap Yok‐Chin , Nguyen Duc Quang , Chan Yiong‐Huak , Ng Jun‐Li , Zhang Yao‐Chun , Chan Chang‐Yien , Than Mya , Liu Isaac Desheng , Asim Sadaf , Moorani Khemchand , Naeem Bilquis , Ijaz Iftikhar , Nguyen Thi Minh Tan , Lee Ming‐Lee , Eng Caroline , Huque Syed Saimul , Ng Yong‐Hong , Ganesan Indra , Chao Sing‐Ming , Chong Siew‐Le , Tan Puay‐Hoon , Loh Alwin , Davila Sonia , Kumar Vikrant , Ling Joanna Zhi‐Jie , Moorakonda Rajesh Babu , Tan Karen Mei‐Ling , Ng Alvin Yu‐Jin , Poon Kok‐Siong , Schaefer Franz , Lipska‐Zietkiewicz Beata , Yap Hui‐Kim , Ng Kar‐Hui ,   Deciphering Diversities: Renal Asian Genetics Network (DRAGoN)
Published: January 2022

AbstractMultinational studies have reported monogenic etiologies in 25%–30% of children with steroid‐resistant nephrotic syndrome. Such large studies are lacking in Asia. We established Deciphering Diversities: Renal Asian Genetics Network (DRAGoN) and aimed to describe the genetic and clinical spectrums in Asians. We prospectively studied a cohort of 183 probands with suspected genetic glomerulopathies from South and Southeast Asia, of whom 17% had positive family history. Using multi‐gene panel sequencing, we detected pathogenic variants in 26 (14%) probands, of whom one‐third had COL4A4 or COL4A5 variants (n = 9, 5%). Of those with COL4A5 defects, only 25% had features suggestive of Alport syndrome. Besides traditional predictors for genetic disease (positive family history and extrarenal malformations), we identified novel predictors, namely older age (6.2 vs. 2.4 years; p = 0.001), hematuria (OR 5.6; 95% CI 2.1–14.8; p < 0.001), and proteinuria in the absence of nephrotic syndrome (OR 4.6; 95% CI 1.8–11.8; p = 0.001) at first manifestation. Among patients who first presented with proteinuria without nephrotic syndrome, the genetic diagnostic rates were >60% when a second risk factor (positive family history or extrarenal manifestation) co‐existed. The genetic spectrum of glomerulopathies appears different in Asia. Collagen IV genes may be included in sequencing panels even when suggestive clinical features are absent.
Do children estimate area using an “Additive‐Area Heuristic”?
Authors: Yousif Sami R. , Alexandrov Emma , Bennette Elizabeth , Aslin Richard N. , Keil Frank C. 
Published: January 2022

AbstractA large and growing body of work has documented robust illusions of area perception in adults. To date, however, there has been surprisingly little in‐depth investigation into children's area perception, despite the importance of this topic to the study of quantity perception more broadly (and to the many studies that have been devoted to studying children's number perception). Here, in order to understand the interactions of number and area on quantity perception, we study both dimensions in tandem. This work is inspired by recent studies showing that human adults estimate area via an “Additive Area Heuristic,” whereby the horizontal and vertical dimensions are summed rather than multiplied. First, we test whether children may rely on this same kind of heuristic. Indeed, “additive area” explains children's area judgments better than true, mathematical area. Second, we show that children's use of “additive area” biases number judgments. Finally, to isolate “additive area” from number, we test children's area perception in a task where number is held constant across all trials. We find something surprising: even when there is no overall effect of “additive area” or “mathematical area,” individual children adopt and stick to specific strategies throughout the task. In other words, some children appear to rely on “additive area,” while others appear to rely on true, mathematical area – a pattern of results that may be best explained by a misunderstanding about the concept of cumulative area. We discuss how these findings raise both theoretical and practical challenges of studying quantity perception in young children.