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Translating the impacts of social advertising on Muslim consumers buying behavior: the moderating role of brand image
Authors: Rehman Fazal Ur , Zeb Ali 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
This study aims to examine the impact of social advertising (informative, entertainment, credibility, ease of use, privacy and contents) on the buying behavior of Muslim consumers toward the fashion clothing brands during the Holy Month of Ramadan along with the moderating role of brand image. Precisely, it focuses on the marketing techniques and strategies in social advertising to enhance buying behavior.

Design/methodology/approach
Using the convenience sampling technique, data was collected from 304 Muslim consumers during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Questionnaires were self-administered, and data was analyzed via Smart partial least square structural equation modeling.

Findings
Social advertising (informative, entertainment, credibility, privacy, ease of use, contents) and brand image have a positive relationship with the buying behavior of Muslim consumers toward the fashion clothing brands during the Holy Month of Ramadan, while the brand image has nonmoderating effects. Furthermore, social advertising has a positive and significant relationship with the brand image.

Research limitations/implications
This study is only limited to fashion clothing brands in the Malaysian Muslim community and is based only on the few dimensions of the theory of reasoned action and technology acceptance model (TAM).

Practical implications
Results clarified the impact of social advertising and brand image on the buying behavior of Muslim consumers toward the fashion clothing brands during the Holy Month of Ramadan and the moderating role of brand image in achieving the business objectives.

Originality/value
This study has evaluated the effects of social advertising and brand image in enhancing the buying behavior of Muslim consumers during the Holy Month of Ramadan toward the fashion clothing brands along with the moderating role of brand image based on the theory of reasoned action and TAM model. Precisely, this study examined the unique characteristics of social advertising and the relative importance of informative, entertainment, credibility, ease of use, privacy and content in enhancing the buying behavior of Muslim consumers during the Holy Month of Ramadan, where consumers are emotionally involved in buying fashion clothing brands due to Eid al Fitr celebration.
Citrate-mediated impregnation of silver nanoparticles for durable antibacterial cellulosic fabric
Authors: Habib Saima , Kishwar Farzana , Raza Zulfiqar Ali 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to apply silver nanoparticles on the cellulosic fabric via a green cross-linking approach to obtain antibacterial textiles. The cellulosic fabrics may provide an ideal enclave for microbial growth due to their biodegradable nature and retention of certain nutrients and moisture usually required for microbial colonization. The application of antibacterial finish on the textile surfaces is usually done via synthetic cross-linkers, which, however, may cause toxic effects and halt the biodegradation process.

Design/methodology/approach
Herein, we incorporated citrate moieties on the cellulosic fabric as eco-friendly crosslinkers for the durable and effective application of nanosilver finish. The nanosilver finish was then applied on the citrate-treated cellulosic fabric under the pad-dry-cure method and characterized the specimens for physicochemical, textile and antibacterial properties.

Findings
The results expressed that the as-prepared silver particles possessed spherical morphology with their average size in the nano range and zeta potential being −40 ± 5 mV. The results of advanced analytical characterization demonstrated the successful application of nanosilver on the cellulosic surface with appropriate dispersibility.

Practical implications
The nanosilver-treated fabric exhibited appropriate textile and comfort and durable broad-spectrum antibacterial activity.

Originality/value
The treated cellulosic fabric expressed that the cross-linking, crystalline behavior, surface chemistry, roughness and amphiphilicity could affect some of its comfort and textile properties yet be in the acceptable range for potential applications in medical textiles and environmental sectors.
Functionally graded porous plate reinforced by carbon nanotubes subjected to low-velocity impact: an analytical and numerical analysis
Authors: Al-Menahlawi Natiq Yaseen Taha , Khoshravan Azar Mohammad Reza , Chakherlou Tajbakhsh Navid , Al-Bugharbee Hussein 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study is a numerical simulation and an analytical analysis about the low-velocity impact on a functionally graded porous plate with porosity distribution in the thickness direction. In this article, polymethyl methacrylate is used for matrix, and single-walled carbon nanotube (CNTs) (10,10) with consideration agglomeration sizes and lumping of CNT inside the agglomerations is applied for reinforcement.

Design/methodology/approach
In analytical formulation, the non-linear Hertz contact law is applied for interaction between projectile and plate surface. High-order shear deformation plate theory is developed, and energy of the system for impactor and plate is written. The governing equations are derived using Ritz method and Lagrange equations and are solved using the fourth-order Runge–Kutta method. Also, ABAQUS finite element model of functionally graded porous plate with all edges simply supported and reinforced by CNT under low-velocity impact is simulated and is compared with those is achieved in the present analytical approach.

Findings
In parametric studies, the influence of porosity distribution patterns include uniform, non-uniform symmetric and non-uniform asymmetric on the histories of contact force and impactor displacement of simply supported plate reinforced by CNT are presented. Eventually, the effects of porosity coefficient, impactor initial velocity, impactor radius and CNTs lumping inside agglomerations for non-uniform symmetric distribution patterns are discussed in impact event in detail.

Originality/value
In this paper, the effect of combination of polymethyl methacrylate and CNTs with consideration agglomeration sizes and lumping of CNTs inside the agglomerations in the form of a functionally graded porous plate is studied in the problem of low-velocity impact analysis.
Search tools and scholarly citation practices in literary studies
Authors: Lehnen Carl A. , Insua Glenda M. 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThe wide adoption of web-scale discovery tools calls into question the usefulness and viability of traditional subject indexes. This study examines this question of usefulness in the context of the discipline of literary studies. To what extent can researchers rely on the primary database devoted to language and literature study to discover relevant scholarship, and how does the database's performance compare to other common search tools?Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a random sample of citations from articles published in the flagship journal, PMLA, to see how well the sources cited by literature scholars are covered in various search tools, including the MLA International Bibliography.FindingsOf the search tools investigated, Google Scholar found the largest number of citations, even when limiting to literary scholarship. However, the eclecticism of citations suggests that scholars benefit from using a variety of search tools and methods.Originality/valueAlthough other studies have looked at discoverability in certain subject areas, this one focuses on literary studies. An understanding of the relative coverage of different search tools can inform librarian practices and recommendations.
Enhanced top‐down control of herbivore population growth on plants with impaired defences
Authors: Legarrea Saioa , Janssen Arne , Dong Lin , Glas Joris J. , van Houten Yvonne M. , Scala Alessandra , Kant Merijn R. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract

Herbivore densities can be regulated by bottom‐up and top‐down forces such as plant defences and natural enemies, respectively. These forces can interact with each other to increase plant protection against herbivores; however, how much complementarity exists between bottom‐up and top‐down forces still remains to be fully elucidated. Particularly, because plant defences can hinder natural enemies, how these interactions affect herbivore performance and dynamics remains elusive.

To address this topic, we performed laboratory and greenhouse bioassays with herbivorous mite pests and predatory mites on mutant tomato plants that lack defensive hairs on stems and leaves. Particularly, we investigated the behaviour and population dynamics of different phytophagous mite species in the absence and presence of predatory mites.

We show that predatory mites do not only perform better on tomatoes lacking defensive hairs but also that they can suppress herbivore densities better and faster on these hairless plants. Hence, top‐down control of herbivores by natural enemies more than compensated the reduced bottom‐up herbivore control by plant defences.

Our results lead to the counter‐intuitive insight that removing, instead of introducing, plant defence traits can result in superior protection against important pests through biological control.

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Rapid niche shifts in bacteria following conditioning in novel soil environments
Authors: Yates Caylon F. , Trexler Ryan V. , Bonet Idalys , King William L. , Hockett Kevin L. , Bell Terrence H. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract

Realized niche breadth is generally expected to be smaller than fundamental niche breadth. For soil microorganisms, this is due in part to competition from co‐occurring microbes, so removing competitors should allow for expanded use of resource and habitats (i.e. ecological release).

We hypothesized that conditioning bacterial isolates to biotically cleared soils would allow for niche breadth expansion relative to ancestral bacteria, and that this niche expansion would be driven by habitat‐dependent niche shifts between derived populations. We grew two taxonomically divergent bacteria for 3 months in four biotically cleared soils and a biotically cleared ‘home’ soil. We then assessed changes in the niche breadth and fitness (i.e. growth; respiration; carbon resource use) of conditioned bacteria.

Post‐conditioning, Pseudomonas populations showed the potential for increased growth rate in‐culture and in‐soil when conditioned to soils, and constrained resource use relative to the ancestral population, while Paenibacillus showed minimal changes in soil habitat breadth, but expanded resource use in conditioned populations.

When introduced into complex novel environments containing reduced biotic pressure, soil bacteria can undergo rapid niche shifts, but this response varies across taxa and habitats. This suggests that species identity and habitat should interact to shape near‐term niche shifts when microbes establish in new soil environments.

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Publicize or Perish—Challenger party success through megaphones and locomotives
Authors: DOLLBAUM JAN FABIAN , DOLLBAUM JAN MATTI 
Published: September 2022

AbstractWhat makes some challenger parties succeed and others fail? Existing research on party‐level factors finds that it is essential for parties to close a representational gap. However, this condition cannot be sufficient. For each successful challenger, there are many others proclaiming a similar message but going unheard. Hence, we argue that, instead of only to the messages, more attention should be paid to parties’ abilities to communicate their messages effectively.Using an original dataset on 74 challenger parties in five countries in a similar political and economic situation (during the post‐2008 economic crisis), we show that communication is key for electoral success. In particular, we show that challenger parties can win over voters by, on the one hand, harnessing the prominence of a well‐known personality (a locomotive) and by, on the other hand, establishing a means of contacting voters which bypasses the traditional news media and amplifies their message (like a megaphone). But this megaphone only works if it amplifies a message that fills a representational gap (here: an anti‐austerity message) – only then do parties benefit. Furthermore, we provide evidence for the widespread but unproven claim that populism helps challenger parties succeed, but this, too, depends on whether parties are able to contact voters on a large scale.By including three crucial aspects of communication (sender, channel, and message), we can explain a large share of the high variability in challenger party success.
A colloidal gold immunochromatography for the detection of flumioxazin residues in fruits
Authors: Wang Peng , Xu Xinxin , Liu Liqiang , Song Shanshan , Kuang Hua , Xu Chuanlai , Wu Xiaoling 
Published: September 2022

AbstractIn this study, an excellent monoclonal antibody (mAb) was produced that could sensitively and specifically recognize Flu in fruit samples. The mAb belonged to the IgG2 subclass and had a half‐inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.59 ng/ml and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.13 ng/ml. A cross‐reactivity test revealed that the mAb had good specificity for Flu. A gold nanoparticle‐based lateral‐flow immunochromatographic (ICA) strip was used for the rapid screening of Flu in fruit samples. The method had a visual cut‐off value of 10 µg/kg for Flu in three different fruit samples when evaluated with the naked eye. The LODs were 5.25, 3.13, and 4.64 µg/kg for Flu in apples, grapes, and oranges, respectively, as obtained with the aid of a strip scan reader. Therefore, this ICA strip assay represented a potential tool for the detection of Flu in fruit samples.
Antifungal activity of protective cultures against the yogurt drink‐specific spoilage yeasts
Authors: Safdarianghomsheh Reza , Majdinasab Marjan , Razmjooei Maryam , Sazegari Sima , Eskandari Mohammad Hadi 
Published: September 2022

AbstractFungal agents emerged as post‐pasteurization contamination are responsible for the spoilage in yogurt drink. In this work, the antifungal effects of some lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on the spoilage yeasts isolated from yogurt drink (Doogh) were evaluated. First, the microbial growth in the yogurt drink samples during the storage time was investigated, and the isolated microorganisms were identified using biochemical methods and sequencing of the specific amplicons. Yeasts (3–7 log CFU ml–1) were found to be the most abundant microorganisms (specific spoilage organisms) in several samples. Using the amplification technique of rDNA by ITS1 and ITS4 primers, the dominant yeasts were identified as Pichia kudriavzevii, Kluyveromyces marxianus, and Candida parapsilosis. Then, the antimicrobial activity of 37 strains of LAB against the isolated yeasts was studied using broth microdilution. Eventually, the strains of Lacticplantibacillus plantarum (245, 24, P6, and P7), Lactiplantibacillus pentosus (20), and Levilactobacillus brevis (30) exhibited significant antifungal activity. In the most effective impacts, lag times of C. parapsilosis, K. marxianus, and P. kudriavzevii were increased by almost 12–19 h, 12–19 h, and 2–6 h, respectively, while the area under the growth curve for these yeasts was reduced to lower than 40%, near 16%, and approximately 67%, in the order given. Overall, these bacteria showed high potential as the substituents for chemical preservatives in yogurt drinks.Practical ApplicationSpoilage yeasts were isolated from yogurt drink and identified by molecular method. Isolated yeasts belonged to Pichia, Kluyveromyces, and Candida genera. Inhibitory effects of 37 strains were evaluated against the spoilage yeasts. Cell‐free supernatant was used against the isolated fungi in microdilution method. Several LAB strains showed a significant antimicrobial activity.
Computational prediction of Lee retention indices of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by using machine learning
Authors: Sun Linkang , Zhang Min , Xie Liangxu , Xu Xiaojun , Xu Peng , Xu Lei 
Published: September 2022

AbstractGiven the difficult of experimental determination, quantitative structure–property relationship (QSPR) and deep learning (DL) provide an important tool to predict physicochemical property of chemical compounds. In this paper, partial least squares (PLS), genetic function approximation (GFA), and deep neural network (DNN) were used to predict the Lee retention index (Lee‐RI) of PAHs in SE‐52 and DB‐5 stationary phases. Four molecular descriptors, molecular weight (MW), quantitative estimate of drug‐likeness (QED), atomic charge weighted negative surface area (Jurs_PNSA_3), and relative negative charge (Jurs_RNCG) were selected to construct regression models based on genetic algorithm. For SE‐52, PLS model showed best prediction power, followed by DNN and GFA. The relative error (RE), root mean square error (RMSE), and regression coefficient (R2) of best PLS regression model are 1.228%, 5.407, and 0.980. For DB‐5, DNN model showed best prediction power, followed by GFA and PLS. The RE, RMSE and R2 of best DNN regression model for DB‐5‐1 and DB‐5‐2 are 1.058%, 4.325%, 0.976%, 0.821%, 3.795%, and 0.970%, respectively. The three regression models not only show good predictive ability, but also highlight the stability and ductility of the models.
Certification by financial and legal advisors in private debt markets
Authors: Power Gabriel J. , Soumaré Issouf , Tandja M. Djerry C. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractTheory predicts that certification by prestigious financial intermediaries signals investment quality. We provide a direct empirical test of certification by financial and legal advisors using data on large‐scale projects. We find that advisor effects are complementary: financial advisors allow firms to obtain longer loan maturities, while legal advisors (only if prestigious) help firms obtain greater leverage and lower loan spreads. We also document heterogeneity in observables: advisor effects vary across projects based on observable factors. Our results are consistent with firms hiring advisors to help them negotiate better loan agreements by conveying an absence of conflicts of interest.
Preferential Retention and Transport of Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid in a Dolomite Aquifer
Authors: Jahn Kalle L. , Lincoln Sara A. , Freeman Katherine H. , Saffer Demian M. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractPer‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can represent a significant human health risk if present in aquifers used as a drinking water source. Accurate assessment of PFAS exposure risks requires an improved understanding of field‐scale PFAS transport in groundwater. Activities at a former firefighter training site in University Park, Pennsylvania introduced perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) to the underlying dolomite aquifer. Groundwater sampling from 2015 to 2018 delineated a PFOS plume with two concentration maxima located approximately 20 and approximately 220 m downgradient of the training site, separated by a zone of lower concentrations. We use a combination of analytical and numerical models, informed by independent measurements of aquifer porosity, hydraulic conductivity, and organic carbon content, to interpret the field observations. Our analysis demonstrates that preferential retention and transport resulting from simple heterogeneity in bedrock sorption, as caused by organic carbon (OC) content variability, provides a plausible explanation for plume separation. Dissolved PFOS partitions strongly to organic solids (high Koc), so even a small OC (<1 wt%) significantly retards PFOS transport, whereas zones with little to no OC allow for transport rates that approximate those of a conservative solute. Our work highlights an important consideration for modeling the groundwater transport of PFOS, and other compounds with high Koc. In aquifers with discrete layers of varying OC, models using a uniform site‐average OC will underestimate transport distances, thereby misrepresenting exposure risks for downgradient communities.
Quality financial inclusion and financial vulnerability
Authors: Chipunza Kudakwashe Joshua , Fanta Ashenafi Beyene 
Published: September 2022

AbstractDespite existing evidence suggesting that financial inclusion enhances consumers' welfare, there has been no attempt to examine the link between financial inclusion and financial vulnerability, measured along multiple dimensions. We computed more comprehensive indices of financial vulnerability and financial inclusion using polychoric principal component analysis based on a nationally representative financial inclusion survey in South Africa. Results from quantile regressions show that only the top 20% of the financially included had lower vulnerability but the effect was weaker among the more vulnerable categories. Also, the decline in financial vulnerability was less pronounced when financial inclusion was narrowly defined by excluding quality indicators. These findings suggest that financial inclusion is benefitting a few consumers in South Africa which points to the need for a bottom‐up approach in designing financial products that improve the welfare of the financially included consumers.
Associations between maternal metabolic parameters during pregnancy and fetal and child growth trajectories from 20 weeks' gestation to 5 years of age: Secondary analysis from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study
Authors: Bartels Helena C. , O'Keeffe Linda M. , Yelverton Cara A. , O'Neill Kate N. , Geraghty Aisling A. , O'Brien Eileen C. , Killeen Sarah Louise , McDonnell Ciara , McAuliffe Fionnuala M. 
Published: September 2022

SummaryObjectiveTo examine the association between maternal metabolic parameters in pregnancy and growth trajectories up to 5 years of age.MethodsData from mother–child pairs who participated in the ROLO study, a randomized trial examining the impact of a low glycaemic index diet on the recurrence of macrosomia, were analysed. Fetal and child growth trajectories were developed from longitudinal measurements from 20 weeks gestation up to 5 years of age. We examined associations between maternal fasting glucose, insulin, HOMA‐IR and leptin, taken in early pregnancy (14–16 weeks) and late pregnancy (28 weeks), and weight (kg) and abdominal circumference (cm) trajectories using linear spline multilevel models.ResultsWe found no strong evidence of associations between any maternal metabolic parameters and fetal to childhood weight and abdominal circumference trajectories from 20 weeks gestation to 5 years.ConclusionIn a cohort of women with obesity with infants at risk of macrosomia, maternal metabolic markers were not strongly associated with trajectories of weight or abdominal circumference from 20 weeks gestation to 5 years of age.
Construct validity of a personality assessment game in a simulated selection situation and the moderating roles of the ability to identify criteria and dispositional insight
Authors: Barends Ard J. , de Vries Reinout E. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractThere is scant research on the validity of personality assessment games in selection situations. Therefore, in two experimental simulated selection studies, the construct validity of an assessment game developed to assess honesty‐humility was tested. Both studies found no differences between a control condition and a simulated selection condition on honesty‐humility game scores. Moreover, convergent and discriminant validity with self‐reported personality were not affected by the manipulation. We obtained mixed evidence that individual differences in dispositional insight and the ability to identify criteria influenced the validity of the game. As the validity of the personality assessment game was not significantly affected in the simulated selection context, our findings may imply that well‐designed personality assessment games can be used for high‐stakes selection assessments.