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Managing disasters integrating traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge systems: a study from Narayani basin, Nepal
Authors: Pandey Chandra Lal , Basnet Anoj 
Published: January 2022

PurposeManaging disasters using modern science and traditional knowledge systems in silos has several prospects and limitations. Despite the catalyst role of the traditional knowledge in reducing the risks of disasters and adapting to climate change, this knowledge has not featured prominently in any of the existing disaster policies and disaster science. The authors demonstrate how traditional knowledge and modern science can be integrated for holistic approach of disaster risk reduction and management.Design/methodology/approachUsing qualitative research method complemented by thorough literature review, this article captures traditional knowledge and practices of communities in the Narayani Basin for flood disaster risks reduction and management and shows ways to integrate traditional knowledge and modern science for holistic approach of disaster risk reduction and management.FindingsThe authors found that traditional knowledge system and practices have worked as an alternative to modern technoengineering approaches of disaster risk reduction and management and hold immense potential to contribute against disasters; therefore, this knowledge system of the communities not only needs to be recognized, conserved and documented but also is to be incorporated into efforts to formulate effective disaster management strategies and be amalgamated with the technoengineering practices for a holistic approach so that it can ensure disaster safety and security of the communities.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors conducted this study collecting primary data from Narayani basin only; however, the authors believe that these practices and findings of the research may still be representative.Practical implicationsThe practical implication of this research is that traditional knowledge system needs to be integrated with technobureaucratic knowledge of disaster management, enabling to develop a more robust and holistic approach of disaster risk reduction and management.Social implicationsThis research documents being extinct traditional knowledge system and empowers communities by supporting them to integrate and use both traditional knowledge and modern technobureaucratic knowledge for building communities flood resilient.Originality/valueThis research is based on both primary and secondary data and original in case of its findings and conclusion, and no similar research contextualizing the role of traditional knowledge system in flood disaster management has been conducted in Narayani Basin of Nepal in the past.
Female underrepresentation in the cybersecurity workforce – a study on cybersecurity professionals in Sri Lanka
Authors: Withanaarachchi Amila , Vithana Nisansala 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis study aims to identify factors impacting female underrepresentation among cybersecurity professionals in Sri Lanka.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on survey data from 75 female professionals working in the cybersecurity sector of Sri Lanka. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data.FindingsResults showed that female self-efficacy on their capabilities, family, organisational culture, mentors and role model act as antecedents for women’s perceived motivation to select cybersecurity as a career option.Originality/valueThe study advances the literature on workforce gaps in the cybersecurity sector and claims that there is no single factor causing significant female underrepresentation in the cybersecurity industry. While clarifying the complexity of such factors, the study presents how such factors can systematise to attract females into the cybersecurity field.
Fracture properties of fibrous self compacting concrete using three-point bend test and wedge splitting test methods
Authors: Raja Rajeshwari B. , Sivakumar M.V.N. 
Published: January 2022

PurposeFracture properties of concrete are mainly influenced by specimen shape, size and type of testing method. The study aims to identify the characteristic divergence in fracture – evaluating testing methods, i.e. three-point bend test and wedge splitting test for fibrous self-compacting concrete.Design/methodology/approachA total of nine mixes with three different coarse aggregate sizes (20, 16 and 12.5mm) and three coarse to fine aggregate quantities (40–60, 45–55 and 50–50) were considered to examine the influence of materials on fracture parameters of fibrous self-compacting concrete. For three-point bend test, size effect method was considered to analyze the fracture properties.FindingsThe experimental investigation revealed that fracture energy calculated from wedge splitting test was reasonably on higher side for maximum coarse aggregate-based specimens for all coarse to fine aggregate quantities, while for the size effect method, fracture energy value was maximum for least coarse aggregate sized specimens.Originality/valueThe fracture properties of fibrous self-compacting concrete obtained from wedge splitting test method was higher than the size effect method. This is due to the consideration of only peak load for determining the fracture properties in size effect method analysis.
The effect of internal branding on organisational financial performance and brand loyalty: mediating role of psychological empowerment
Authors: Soleimani Maryam , Dana Leo Paul , Salamzadeh Aidin , Bouzari Parisa , Ebrahimi Pejman 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis study explores the effect of internal branding on organisational financial performance and brand loyalty with the mediating role of psychological empowerment.Design/methodology/approachThe data gathered from 200 Pasargad insurance employees in Iran were analysed. Structural equation modelling and R were used to evaluate the model. Financial performance was measured by four concepts (ROI, ROE, Sales growth, ROA) based on available data from March 2010 to March 2020.FindingsThe results revealed that internal branding and psychological empowerment have no significant effect on financial performance, but both have a significant positive effect on brand loyalty. Likewise, the mediating role of psychological empowerment on the subject of the impact of internal branding on brand loyalty was confirmed. Furthermore, psychological empowerment did not play a mediating role in the impact of internal branding on financial performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study could be important for managers of organisations active in the insurance industry to highlight internal branding and enhance psychological empowerment and employee brand loyalty. Moreover, managers' perception of the effective role of psychological empowerment to enhance employee brand loyalty is another practical aspect of this research.Originality/valueConsidering the mediating role of psychological empowerment to the effect of internal branding on financial performance and brand loyalty is an innovative aspect of the present study. Meanwhile, the use of R software for VB-SEM was another point to surge the value of this paper.
Financial development: Is it an advantage or obstacle for monetary policy?
Authors: Ho Thi Lam 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThe objective of this study is to assess the impact of financial development (FD) on monetary policy efficiency (MPE) in developed G7 countries in the period 1980–2017, based on data availability.Design/methodology/approachThis study followed a two-step process as follows: (1) using the Monte Carlo simulation based on Taylor curve theory to build the MPE measure and (2) evaluating the effect of FD on MPE by feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) estimation.FindingsThe results of this study show that (1) MPE varies over time. Monetary policy appears ineffective during the crisis period and is subject to many impacts of domestic and external shocks. On the contrary, the ability to influence the economy to achieve the central bank's goal tends to increase in the recovery stages, and this is in line with the actual. (2) FD has a negative impact on MPE. Interestingly, when considering the role of component FD indicators, the development of financial markets (FMs) has a negative impact on MPE while the development of financial institutions (FIs) has a positive impact. In particular, the impact of FI on MPE is mainly attributed to the impact of the depth of FI. Meanwhile, the impact of FM on MPE is mainly due to the impact of the efficiency in the FM.Originality/valueTo the author’s knowledge, this is the first study that evaluates the impact of FD on MPE in the context of measuring MPE by using the Taylor curve theory. Results from this study suggest a scientific and practical MPE measure and provide significant policy implications. This paper also offers suggestions for future research.
String theory and knots: a 50 year journey through organizational studies
Authors: Seashore Louis Karen 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis paper explores the emergence and shift in critical theories and problems-of-practice over the last 50 years.Design/methodology/approachQuipu is an Incan record-keeping system used across the Andes. Using multiple strings of different colors, hundreds of different knots were used to count, record historical events. The underlying idea of Quipu was that the intersection of knots and strings is a way of making memory tangible. I use the image of Quipu as a framework to organize my analytic memories and interpretation of research on school organization across spaces, people and generations.Findings I explore my own research and that of others who have influenced me, linking the strings of organizational theory to the knots representing changes in the educational environment that motivate research.Originality/valueThe paper is, in part, not only a reflective review of the literature but also a summation of the problems-of-practice that have engaged me and other scholars over a relatively long period of time.
Modeling user preferences in online stores based on user mouse behavior on page elements
Authors: SadighZadeh Saeid , Kaedi Marjan 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
Online businesses require a deep understanding of their customers’ interests to innovate and develop new products and services. Users, on the other hand, rarely express their interests explicitly. The purpose of this study is to predict users’ implicit interest in products of an online store based on their mouse behavior through various product page elements.

Design/methodology/approach
First, user mouse behavior data is collected throughout an online store website. Next, several mouse behavioral features on the product pages elements are extracted and finally, several models are extracted using machine learning techniques to predict a user’s interest in a product.

Findings
The results indicate that focusing on mouse behavior on various page elements improves user preference prediction accuracy compared to other available methods.

Research limitations/implications
User mouse behavior was used to predict consumer preferences in this study, therefore gathering additional data on user demography, personality dimensions and emotions may significantly aid in accurate prediction.

Originality/value
Mouse behavior is the most repeated behavior during Web page browsing through personal computers and laptops. It has been referred to as implicit feedback in some studies and an effective way to ascertain user preference. In these studies, mouse behavior is only assessed throughout the entire Web page, lacking a focus on different page elements. It is assumed that in online stores, user interaction with key elements of a product page, such as an image gallery, user reviews, a description and features and specifications, can be highly informative and aid in determining the user’s interest in that product.
Remote working in Italian SMEs during COVID-19. Learning challenges of a new work organization
Authors: Barabaschi Barbara , Barbieri Laura , Cantoni Franca , Platoni Silvia , Virtuani Roberta 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how remote working has been carried out during the first wave of the pandemic in Italian SMEs, representing at the same time an organizational challenge and an excellent opportunity for individual and organizational learning.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper involved 60 Italian SMEs of various sectors and 330 employees: 217 clerks (average age 42) and 113 managers (average age 48) belonging to different functional units and with a different education backgrounds. Two different questionnaires, one addressed to clerks and one to managers/executives who coordinate the remote working activity, were prepared and sent. This paper investigates the issues of perceived productivity, technological preparation, coordination, programming and control with specific attention to how the participants faced the remote working experience from the learning point of view.

Findings
Before the pandemic, Italian SMEs did not feel the necessity to adopt a structured policy on remote working. The COVID-19 emergency has forced them to consider that working remotely is possible and can produce benefits and positive results for what they learned in terms of autonomy, motivation and trust, to the detriment of physical presence, which is not as fundamental to ensure productivity.

Originality/value
While large, formalized and structured companies encountered modest difficulties being already technologically and culturally prepared for remote working, the big challenge was that of SMEs, who found themselves obliged to adopt it. This paper examines how Italian SMEs lived and evaluated the switch to a new work organization and turned it into an occasion for workplace learning.
Correlation of whole blood hydroxychloroquine concentration with cutaneous lupus erythematosus and factors associated with it: First multicenter, cross‐sectional analysis in Malaysia
Authors: Peh D. , Wan Ahmad Kammal W. S. L. , Beh P. J. , Yong A. C. H. , Tan W. C. , Lim A. L. , Thevarajah S. , Stanslas J. , How Kang Nien 
Published: January 2022

AbstractHydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is the first‐line systemic treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE). Whole blood HCQ concentration (WBHCQ) was found to correlate with CLE severity among Caucasians. However, studies on Asians are scarce. We aim to explore the relationship of WBHCQ with CLE disease activity among multi‐racial Malaysians and the factors associated with WBHCQ. A cross‐sectional study targeting patients with CLE was conducted from 1 June till 30 November 2019. Disease activity was assessed using Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index – Activity Score (CLASI‐AS). Blood was analyzed for WBHCQ concentration using a high‐performance liquid chromatography technique. Statistical analysis was done using R studio version 1.2.1335. A total of 88 subjects (male : female, 4.5:1) with a median age of 41 years old were recruited. The median duration CLE was 5 years. The majority had acute cutaneous lupus (n = 45, 51.1%). The median WBHCQ was 946.8 ng/mL. Indians were found to have the highest WBHCQ (median ± interquartile range [IQR], 1515.4 ± 1494.8 ng/mL). Males had a lower WBHCQ (median ± IQR, 733.5 ± 573.8 ng/mL) than females (995.5 ± 925.1 ng/mL). However, no statistically significant association between race and sex with WBHCQ was demonstrable (p = 0.247, p = 0.066). No correlation was demonstrated between WBHCQ and CLASI‐AS (r = −0.02, p = 0.851). A positive correlation was found between HCQ dosage (ideal bodyweight) and WBHCQ (r = 0.24, p = 0.027). No other factors were found associated with WBHCQ. Indians and females were observed to have higher WBCHQ; however, no significant correlation was identified. Further study is required to confirm the finding.
Levelling the playing field: Exploring inequalities and exclusions with a community‐based football league for people with experience of mental distress
Authors: Pettican Anna , Speed Ewen , Bryant Wendy , Kilbride Cherry , Beresford Peter 
Published: January 2022

AbstractIntroductionSport workforce strategy in the United Kingdom (UK) has identified the occupational therapy profession as being ideally positioned to contribute to public health agendas relating to tackling physical inactivity amongst marginalised populations, such as disabled people and people with experience of mental distress. However, a robust understanding of the enablers, restrictions, and exclusions such groups encounter when seeking to participate in sport and physical activity is currently lacking.MethodsThis study aimed to gain an in‐depth understanding of the different ways people with experience of mental distress talked about their participation in a community‐based football league in England, in the UK. Nine people took part in this strand of a larger participatory action research (PAR) study, which used go‐along interviews as the method of data collection. In alignment with PAR seeking to address power imbalances, the data from the go‐along interviews were analysed through a Foucauldian lens using a collaboratively produced analytic framework.FindingsParticipants constructed the community‐based football league as fostering feelings of purpose and belonging, against a backdrop of them describing experiencing stigma and exclusion when seeking to be active in their wider communities. They used the concept of occupational marginalisation to further interpret their situation.ConclusionUnderstanding why and how people participate in football extends beyond seeing it as an individual exercise to shared social lives and occupations. With this perspective, occupational therapists could address occupational marginalisation in partnership with community sports organisations, collaborating for wider social change beyond specialist services.
Microbiome‐related aspects of locust density‐dependent phase transition
Authors: Lavy Omer , Lewin‐Epstein Ohad , Bendett Yonatan , Gophna Uri , Gefen Eran , Hadany Lilach , Ayali Amir 
Published: January 2022

SummaryLocust plagues are a notorious, ancient phenomenon. These swarming pests tend to aggregate and perform long migrations, decimating cultivated fields along their path. When population density is low, however, the locusts will express a cryptic, solitary, non‐aggregating phenotype that is not considered a pest. Although the transition from the solitary to the gregarious phase has been well studied, associated shifts in the locust's microbiome have yet to be addressed. Here, using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, we compared the bacterial composition of solitary desert locusts before and after a phase transition. Our findings revealed that the microbiome is altered during the phase transition, and that a major aspect of this change is the acquisition of Weissella (Firmicutes). Our findings led us to hypothesize that the locust microbiome plays a role in inducing aggregation behaviour, contributing to the formation and maintenance of a swarm. Employing a mathematical model, we demonstrate the potential evolutionary advantage of inducing aggregation under different conditions; specifically, when the aggregation‐inducing microbe exhibits a relatively high horizontal transmission rate. This is the first report of a previously unknown and important aspect of locust phase transition, demonstrating that the phase shift includes a shift in the gut and integument bacterial composition.
Siderophores provoke extracellular superoxide production by Arthrobacter strains during carbon sources‐level fluctuation
Authors: Ning Xue , Liang Jinsong , Men Yujie , Wang Yuhan , Chang Yangyang , Bai Yaohui , Liu Huijuan , Wang Aijie , Zhang Tong , Qu Jiuhui 
Published: January 2022

SummarySuperoxide and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) shape microbial communities and drive the transformation of metals and inorganic/organic matter. Taxonomically diverse bacteria and phytoplankton produce extracellular superoxide during laboratory cultivation. Understanding the physiological reasons for extracellular superoxide production by aerobes in the environment is a crucial question yet not fully solved. Here, we showed that iron‐starving Arthrobacter sp. QXT‐31 (A. QXT‐31) secreted a type of siderophore [deferoxamine (DFO)], which provoked extracellular superoxide production by A. QXT‐31 during carbon sources‐level fluctuation. Several other siderophores also demonstrated similar effects to A. QXT‐31. RNA‐Seq data hinted that DFO stripped iron from iron‐bearing proteins in electron transfer chain (ETC) of metabolically active A. QXT‐31, resulting in electron leakage from the electron‐rich (resulting from carbon sources metabolism by A. QXT‐31) ETC and superoxide production. Considering that most aerobes secrete siderophore(s) and undergo carbon sources‐level fluctuation, the superoxide‐generation pathway is likely a common pathway by which aerobes produce extracellular superoxide in the environment, thus influencing the microbial community and cycling of elements. Our results pointed that the ubiquitous siderophore might be the potential driving force for the microbial generation of superoxide and other ROS and revealed the important role of iron physiology in microbial ROS generation.
Unraveling mass incarceration: Criminology's role in the policy process*
Authors: Nagin Daniel S. 
Published: January 2022

AbstractIn this address I argue that large reductions in unproductive and unjust uses of imprisonment requires curtailment of the over use of life imprisonment. I go on to discuss how criminologists should engage the policy process to achieve material reductions in prison populations by the accumulation of many incremental reductions in the overuse of incarceration.
Stability of oil‐in‐water emulsions with eggplant flesh pulp (Solanum melongena L.) emulsifier: Effects of storage time, pH, ionic strength, and temperature
Authors: Zhu Yuxia , Peng Zengqi , Wu Junjun , Zhang Yawei 
Published: January 2022

AbstractIn this study, we investigated the stability of oil‐in‐water emulsions prepared using eggplant flesh pulp (EFP) as natural emulsifier. The effects of time and environmental stresses on the stability of emulsions with different EFP concentrations were evaluated using the creaming indices (CIs), particle sizes, and zeta potentials of the emulsions. The emulsions with EFP concentrations of up to 1.50% remained stable for at least 90 days. The CIs, mean particle diameters (MPDs ]d3,2]), and zeta potentials of the emulsions with adequate EFP concentrations remained unchanged in the pH range of 3–9. Microstructure observations revealed that flocculation occurred for the emulsion with an EFP concentration of 1.50% at pH 3, whereas flocculation and coalescence occurred in the emulsion with a low EFP concentration of 0.50%. Upon increasing the concentration of NaCl from 0 to 0.5 M, the MPDs (d3,2) of the emulsions with EFP concentrations of 1.00% and 1.50% remained nearly constant (57 and 48 µm, respectively). Moreover, the MPDs (d3,2) and zeta potentials of the emulsions with EFP concentrations of 1.00% and 1.50% did not change significantly upon increasing temperature from 4 to 100°C. Hence, the emulsions with adequate EFP concentrations presented long storage times and were stable under various environmental stresses. Our results indicate that EFP is an effective and inexpensive emulsifier that can confer emulsions long‐term storage stability and good resistance to environmental stresses.Practical ApplicationEggplant, which is a common crop, is a rich source of natural materials. In this study, eggplant flesh pulp (EFP) was prepared via mechanical homogenization and its emulsifying properties for oil‐in‐water emulsions were evaluated. Our results demonstrated that the EFP‐stabilized oil‐in‐water emulsions featured long storage times and were stable under environmental stresses (pH, ionic strength, and temperature). These properties render EFP‐stabilized emulsions suitable as delivery systems for encapsulating and releasing nonpolar active ingredients in food products.