bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Green Practices in Value Chain on Firm Performance in the Context of a Developing Country
Authors: Ong Jeen Wei , Goh Gerald Guan Gan , Yong Sally Hui Siang 
Published: June 2022

Background: Companies need to go green to remain relevant. Previous studies have confirmed that going green leads to superior performance for companies. However, research of green practices in a value chain requires further attention, especially in identifying the green value chain activities that lead to superior performance. A value chain analysis focuses on identifying competitive advantages of firms through five primary and four support activities. Methods: This study extends from Ong et al. (2019), who developed and validated the instrument for the nine green value chain activities, to also examine their effect on firm performance. The 207 valid responses in this study are collected through a questionnaire survey of the sampling frame consisting of companies in Bursa Malaysia and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers Directory. Results: The findings reveal that the companies’ green practices in primary value chain activities are higher than in the supporting value chain activities. Technological development is the activity with the lowest green attention among the nine value chain activities. Our multiple regression analysis shows that 25% of the variation in firm performance can be significantly explained by the nine green value chain activities. In terms of the individual green value chain activities, green technology development is the only activity that can positively and significantly explain firm performance. Conclusions: The findings of the study suggest that companies intending to build their green core competence need to engage in green technology development. Companies that go green for the purpose of complying to regulations and fulfilling minimum customers’ demands can still embed green practices into their green value chain without compromising their performance.
Seasonal asthma: should it be managed differently?
Authors: Bostock Beverley 
Published: June 2022

Triggers for asthma symptoms can alter during the course of the year. Beverley Bostock evaluates the management of seasonal asthma Asthma is an inflammatory condition, which is usually associated with an allergic trigger and response. Seasonal changes can influence asthma morbidity and mortality. The aim of asthma management is to optimise symptom control by impacting on the inflammatory cascade and, where possible, avoidance of known allergens. Triggers for asthma symptoms can alter during the course of the year as weather and airborne allergens change with the seasons. People living with seasonal allergic asthma should be taught to recognise their own triggers for their asthma symptoms and should be offered personalised, tailored advice, medication and action plans to proactively manage their asthma, optimise symptom control and prevent exacerbations.
Using a knowledge translation framework to identify health care professionals’ perceived barriers and enablers for personalised severe asthma care
Authors: Majellano Eleanor C. , Clark Vanessa L. , McLoughlin Rebecca F. , Gibson Peter G. , McDonald Vanessa M. 
Published: June 2022

Background
Whilst multidimensional assessment enables the detection of treatable traits in severe asthma and has the potential to improve patient outcomes, healthcare disparities exist, and little is known about the factors influencing optimal management in severe asthma. This study aimed to explore perceived barriers, and enablers to implementing personalised care in severe asthma, from the healthcare professionals’ perspective.

Methods
A descriptive, qualitative study involving a single focus group (n = 7) and semi-structured interviews (n = 33) with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals involved in severe asthma care was conducted. A hybrid thematic and content analysis was undertaken to identify themes, which were then deductively mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).

Results
Overall, three emergent themes were identified: (1) Barriers- (2) Enablers- to optimal management; (3) Desired model of care. Across all TDF domains, 6 constructs influenced development and implementation of optimal care: (1) belief about consequences, (2) environmental context and resources, (3) belief about capabilities, (4) social/professional role and identity, (5) goals and (6) knowledge.

Conclusion
Implementation of personalised care in severe asthma is complex and non-linear. The use of a theory-based approach effectively demonstrated how a variety of behaviours could be targeted to optimise and promote personalised care in different clinical setting.
Factorial validity and measurement invariance of the psychological need satisfaction in exercise scale across gender
Authors: Sabo Abdulwali , Kueh Yee Cheng , Musa Rabiu Muazu , Lu Frank J. H. , Kuan Garry 
Published: June 2022

Background
Based on the self-determination theory, the psychological requirements for competence, autonomy, and relatedness boost beneficial exercise behaviour for healthy living. However, there is no valid, reliable Malay version scale to investigate the extent to which these psychological needs are met. The main purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Malay version of the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise (PNSE-M) scale. In addition, the purpose of this study was to confirm the measurement and structural invariance of the PNSE-M across gender.

Methods
The study participants included 919 students (male: 49.6%, female: 50.4%), with a mean age of 20.4 years (standard deviation = 1.5). The participants were selected through convenience sampling. The 18-item PNSE-M was used to measure psychological need satisfaction in exercise. The English version of the PNSE was translated into Malay using standard forward-backward translation. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and invariance tests were performed on the three domains of the PNSE-M model. Composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), internal consistency based on Cronbach’s alpha, and test-retest reliabilities using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were also computed.

Results
After some model re-specification, the CFA findings based on the hypothesised measurement model of three factors and 18 items indicated acceptable factor structure (CFI = .936, TLI = .923, SRMR = .054, RMSEA = .059). The CR and AVE values were .864–.902 and .573–.617, respectively. Cronbach’s alpha was .891–.908, and the ICC was .980–.985. The findings supported the full measurement and structural invariance of the PNSE-M for both male and female participants. The CFA model matched the data well for both male (CFI = .926, SRMR = .057, RMSEA = .066) and female (CFI = .926, SRMR = .060, RMSEA = .065) participants.

Conclusion
The PNSE-M with three factors and 18 items is considered to be a valid, reliable instrument for university students in Malaysia. It is valid for use to make meaningful comparisons across gender.
A mixed-methods study on health learning materials utilization for COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement among health workers in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: Implication for response to pandemic
Authors: Debele Taye , Teshome Firanbon , Amdisa Demuma , Bacha Girma , Birhanu Zewdie , Kebede Yohannes 
Published: June 2022

Background
Risk communication and community engagement are among the key strategies used in response to pandemics. Effective risk communication and community engagement can be achieved when assisted by health learning materials. However, their utilization was not known in Ethiopia. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the utilization of COVID-19 health learning materials (HLMs), and explore barriers and facilitating factors.

Methods
A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study consisting of two phases was carried out. The first phase was a cross-sectional survey to assess the utilization of COVID-19 HLMs and their predictors. In this phase, a multistage sampling technique was used to select 530 health workers. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Epi-data manager version 4.6.0.2 and STATA version 16 were used for data entry and analyses, respectively. Descriptive analyses were carried out as necessary. Ordinal logistic regression analyses were done to identify the predictors of COVID-19 HLMs utilization. Phase two is a qualitative study to explore enablers and barriers to COVID-19 HLMs utilization. A judgmental sampling technique was used and 14 key informants were recruited. The collected data were uploaded into Atlas ti version 7.0.71. An inductive process of thematic analysis was employed and the data were coded, categorized, and thematized.

Results
Findings showed that out of the total 530 respondents, 210(39.6%), 117(22.1%), and 203(38.3%) of them never use COVID-19 HLMs, use sometimes, and always, respectively. Health workers’ perceived quality of COVID-19 HLMs [AOR = 6.44 (95% CI: 4.18–9.94)], health workers’ perceived usefulness of COVID-19 HLMs [AOR = 2.82 (95% CI: 1.88–4.22)], working facility [AOR = 1.83 (95% CI: 1.07–3.14)], educational level of the respondents [AOR = 1.73 (95% CI: 1.11–2.72)] and availability of COVID-19 HLMs [AOR = 1.45(95% CI: 1.01–2.08)] had statistically significant association with the utilization status of COVID-19 HLMs. Findings from the qualitative study showed that materials-related factors, and structure and health workers-related factors had influence on HLMs utilization.

Conclusions
In this study, we found that only a few of the respondents were regularly utilizing COVID-19 HLMs. Perceived quality, usefulness, and availability of HLMs, and health workers’ educational status and working facility determined the level of COVID-19 HLMs utilization. There is a need for giving due attention to HLMs, evaluating their quality, availing them to health facilities, and providing training for health workers.
Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing, Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot (2018)
Authors: Thode-Arora Hilke 
Published: June 2022

Review of: Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing, Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot (2018)
Wellington: Te Papa Press, 320 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 99413 624 4 (hbk), NZ$75.00
Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860, Ian Smith (2019)
Authors: Burke Rebecca 
Published: June 2022

Review of: Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860, Ian Smith (2019)
Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 328 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 94749 248 9 (hbk), NZ$59.99
Slippery Jim or Patriotic Statesman? James Macandrew of Otago, R. J. Bunce (2018)
Authors: Belgrave Michael 
Published: June 2022

Review of: Slippery Jim or Patriotic Statesman? James Macandrew of Otago, R. J. Bunce (2018)
Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 384 pp.,
ISBN 978 1 98853 135 9 (pbk), NZ$45
The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Since 1950, Coral Ann Howells, Paul Sharrad and Gerry Turcotte (Eds) (2017)
Authors: Maufort Jessica 
Published: June 2022

Review of: The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Since 1950, Coral Ann Howells, Paul Sharrad and Gerry Turcotte (Eds) (2017)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 654 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 19967 977 5 (hbk), £110
Das críticas de Herbert Marcuse a Wilhelm Reich
Authors: Matthiesen Sara Quenzer 
Published: June 2022

Resumo: Uma análise da crítica que Herbert Marcuse dirige a Wilhelm Reich, em Eros e civilização, aponta o abandono dos "vislumbres crítico sociológicos" e que levaram Reich a orientar a Psicanálise "no sentido da relação entre as estruturas social e instintiva", salientando o "grau em que a repressão sexual é imposta pelos interesses de dominação e exploração", em prol de um "primitivismo arrasador", sinônimo, talvez, de uma "racionalidade instintiva" no âmago do pensamento reichiano, cuja análise conceitual revelou significados coerentes com a proposta de trabalho muitas vezes distorcida de Reich e que permitem um diálogo com a "dimensão biológica" marcuseana.

Abstract: An analysis of the criticism that Herbert Marcuse adresses to Wilhelm Reich in Eros and civilization, points out the abandoning of the "critical-sociological glimmers" and that took Reich to orient the Psycoanalysis "in the sense of the relation between the social and the instintive structures", salienting the grade in which the sexual repression is imposed by the interests of domination and exploration, in behalf of a "crushing primitivism", similar maybe, of an "instintive rationality" in the heart of Reichian thinking, which conceptual analysis revealed meanings coherent with the proposal work-many times distorted -of Reich and that allow a dialogue with the Marcuse's "biological dimension".
Eclosão no Brasil das vertentes positivistas
Authors: Carvalho José Maurico de 
Published: June 2022

Resumo: Este trabalho traça o perfil das principais vertentes do positivismo brasileiro e explica suas especificidades a partir da herança lusa. Os moralistas da geração pombalina semearam certas crenças que irão influenciar no modo como os ideais positivistas foram veiculados no Brasil. Esta circunstância explica as diferenças entre as vertentes francesa e brasileira do movimento.
Palavras-chave: positivismo; vertentes; moral; sociedade; polítical.

Résume: Ce travail trace le profil des principaux versants du positivisme brésilien et explique leurs spécificités à partir de l'héritage lusitanien. Les moralistes de la génération pombalienne ont cultivé certaines croyances qui influenceront de la manière où les idéaux positivistes ont été véhículé au Brésil. Cette circonstance explique les différences entre les versants français et brésilien du mouvement
Mots-clé: positivisme; versant; morale; societé; politique.
Especialização em ensino de geociências:
Authors: Negrão Oscar Braz Mendonza 
Published: June 2022

Resumo: No início da década de 80, a Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia promoveu pesquisa-diagnóstico que confirmou a necessidade e importância de formação pedagógica para os professores dos cursos de graduação em Geologia. Parte das sugestões e reivindicações que surgiram então no âmbito da comunidade geológica, no sentido de contemplar essa formação, foram atendidas com o oferecimento do Curso de Especialização em Ensino de Geociências na UNICAMP, a partir de 1984. Destinado a professores de disciplinas geológicas e afins, usualmente graduados em Geologia, Geografia, Engenharia e Ciências Biológicas, o curso é estruturado em três fases, nas quais o participante executa atividades respectivamente de planejamento de ensino, aplicação desse planejamento e, finalmente, avaliação do conjunto da experiência. O trabalho do participante na própria instituição de origem constitui o ponto de partida para seu aprofundamento teórico e também a meta a ser atingida, na forma de trabalho renovado. A análise sistemática do curso permitiu detectar deficiências e propor mudanças visando aperfeiçoá-lo.
Palavras-chave: Educação permanente; Geociências; Metodologia de ensino.

In the beginnings of the 80's the Brazilian Geological
Abstract: Society sponsored a research that confirmed the need and importance of pedagogic development for undergraduate courses's teachers in geology. A group of suggestions and demands that arose in the midst of the geological community, aiming at this development were met with the offer of the "Specialization Course in the Teaching of Geosciences" at UNICAMP since 1984. Directed to teachers of geological subjects and similar ones, usually graduate in geology, geography, engineering and biological sciences, this course is organized in three stages, where the student is engaged in activities of teaching planning, use of this planning and assessment of this overall trial. The previous work of the participant in his/her original institution set the starting point to the theoretical in-depth study, and also the goals to be attained. This research is oriented to the systematic analysis of this course, aiming at detecting deficiencies and proposing changes that may lead to its improvement.
Descriptors: Continuing education; Earth science; Teaching methods.
The morphogenesis of religion and religious self-organization (with a focus on polytheism and Christianism)
Authors: Wildgen Wolfgang 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Cognitive semiotics should not only use psychology and neurology as the background of multi-modal sign usage, but it must also take into account the biological, and specifically the evolutionary and developmental aspects of communication with signs, or in Cassirer’s terms, of “symbolic forms”. This article deals with questions of the emergence of religion (in general) and the morphogenesis of specific religious (and mythical) forms. As a theoretical background, it has recourse to René Thom’s “morpho-dynamics” and “semio-physics”. The contours of a catastrophe-theoretical model of morphogenesis of religions and their possible implosion after a phase of hyper-complexity are described with a focus on polytheistic features of Hinduism and its implosion in the Buddhist “revolution”. A section on Christianism describes the early phases of its self-organization (after the death of Jesus) and its stabilization as a state religion. The basic attractors of this morphogenesis are Jesus and (his mother) Mary. Finally, the further unfolding of religion, its semio- and ratio-genesis, are commented on. The morpho-dynamic modeling of religion avoids traditional, cultural and philosophical biases and raises the highly controversial topic of religion to a scientific level, accessible to mathematical treatment and empirical evaluation.
Long-term follow-up of alkaptonuria patients: single center experience
Authors: Bozaci Ayse Ergul , Yazici Havva , Canda Ebru , Uçar Sema Kalkan , Guvenc Merve Saka , Berdeli Afig , Habif Sara , Coker Mahmut 
Published: June 2022

Abstract

Objectives
Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder resulting from the deficiency of homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase (HGD), the third enzyme in the tyrosine degradation pathway. Homogentisic acid produced in excess oxidizes into ochronotic pigment polymer. Accumulation of this pigment in various tissues leads to systemic disease.

Methods
Clinical, laboratory, molecular findings and treatment characteristics of 35 patients followed up in Ege University Pediatric Nutrition, and Metabolism Department with the diagnosis of alkaptonuria were evaluated retrospectively.

Results
Twenty-four males (68.57%) and 11 females (31.42%) with a confirmed diagnosis of alkaptonuria from 32 different families were included in the study. We identified 11 different genetic variants; six of these were novel. c.1033C>T, c.676G>A, c.664G>A, c.731_734del, c.1009G>T, c.859_862delins ATAC were not previously reported in the literature. 24 (68.57%) patients only adhered to a low-protein diet in our study group. Seven (20%) patients initiated a low protein diet and NTBC therapy. Mean urinary HGA decreased by 88.7% with nitisinone. No statistical changes were detected in urinary HGA excretion with the low protein diet group.

Conclusions
In our study, alkaptonuria patients were diagnosed at different ages, from infancy to adulthood, and progressed with other systemic involvement in the follow-up. Since the initial period is asymptomatic, giving potentially effective treatment from an early age is under discussion. Raising disease awareness is very important in reducing disease mortality and morbidity rates.
Aristoteles und die athenischen Liturgien
Authors: Dietze-Mager Gertrud 
Published: June 2022

ZusammenfassungAn keiner Stelle in seinen Schriften diskutiert Aristoteles das athenische Liturgiesystem, sondern setzt bei seinen wenigen Informationen dazu dessen Kenntnis voraus. An seiner Kritik der athenischen Liturgien im 4. Jahrhundert als ungerechter Belastung der Reichen läßt er allerdings keinen Zweifel. Welches sind die Gründe für seine Ablehnung, und wie sollten die Liturgien Aristoteles zufolge besser organisiert sein? Wir vergleichen Aristoteles’ Aussagen und Bewertung des Liturgiesystems mit Informationen aus externen Quellen und kommen zu dem Schluß, daß viele seiner Vorstellungen in der Verfassung des Demetrios von Phaleron verwirklicht worden sind. Unsere Diskussion beleuchtet die Entwicklung von der privat finanzierten Liturgie zum öffentlichen Amt sowie die problematische Frage, wie in einer Demokratie die nötigen Eigenmittel zur Erledigung der Aufgaben generiert werden konnten, die zuvor von Liturgen ausgeführt wurden, eine Entwicklung, die zu den von Euergeten finanzierten Amtsliturgien in der hellenistischen Zeit führte.
Some Notes on the Athenian Gymnasiarch
Authors: Fauconnier Bram 
Published: June 2022

SummaryThis paper investigates the Athenian gymnasiarchy, an office that remains badly understood. Originally a festival liturgy, the gymnasiarchy was transformed into a magistracy at the end of the fourth century BC. This paper first examines the reasons for the shift and argues that it was connected to broader political currents in late Classical Athens. Secondly, it sheds new light on the nature of the office in the Hellenistic period. Whereas earlier scholars assumed that the Athenian gymnasiarch was a minor official under thekosmetes, epigraphic and literary sources reveal that he was a fully-fledged gymnasium director, just as in otherpoleis.
β2-Adrenergic receptor expression in subchondral bone of patients with varus knee osteoarthritis
Authors: Yang Xiaochun , Liang Xuegang , Guo Haohui , Ma Long , Jian Li , Zhao Xin , Wang Jian , Yang Lvlin , Meng Zhiqiang , Jin Qunhua 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
An important causative factor in osteoarthritis (OA) is the abnormal mechanical stress-induced bone remodeling of the subchondral bone. β2-adrenergic receptor (Adrb2) plays a major role in mechanical stresses that induce bone remodeling. The medial tibial plateau (MTP) and lateral tibial plateau (LTP) of patients with varus Knee osteoarthritis (KO) bear different mechanical stresses. The present study aimed to investigate the expression of Adrb2 in medial tibial plateau subchondral bone (MTPSB) and lateral tibial plateau subchondral bone (LTPSB) in patients with varus KO. A total of 30 tibial plateau samples from patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty for varus KO and MTPSB and LTPSB were studied. Statistical analysis was performed using paired sample t-tests. Safranin O-Fast Green staining and Micro-computed tomography showed significant differences in the bone structure between MTPSB and LTPSB. Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive cell density in MTPSB was higher than that in LTPSB. Immunohistochemistry, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and Western blot analysis revealed that compared to LTPSB, the levels of Adrb2, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and osteocalcin increased significantly in MTPSB. Double-labeling immunofluorescence showed Adrb2 was present in the majority of TRAP-positive multinuclear cells of the MTPSB. The expression of Adrb2 and TH was significantly higher in MTPSB than in LTPSB, confirming the involvement of these molecules in the development of OA.