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Socially responsible investment behavior: a study of individual investors from India
Authors: Jonwall Renu , Gupta Seema , Pahuja Shuchi 
Published: July 2022

PurposeSocially responsible investment (SRI) is a niche and upcoming investment strategy in India. Very few researches have been conducted on SRI in the Indian context. This study identifies the SRI awareness level, attitude towards the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, willingness to invest in SRI avenues and obstacles in SRI investment decision-making by Indian retail investors. The second objective was among the awareness, attitude, willingness, obstacle, and demographic constructs to identify the most significant variables that impact an individual investor's SRI decision in India. .Design/methodology/approachData for the study have been collected through a self-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics are used to identify the importance of variables for individual investors. This paper used the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to understand the factors impacting individual investors' SRI behavior. Binary logistics regression analysis is used to recognize the variables that affect an individual investor's SRI decision.FindingsThe descriptive statistics indicate a low level of SRI awareness; the majority of the investors agreed that ESG issues are significant in investing and showed a willingness to invest in SRI avenues. However, the investors were not willing to accept lower returns from SRI. The majority of investors found, lower returns on SRIs, no tax benefit, lack of information about SRIs, and low liquidity as important obstacles in SRI investing. Binary logistics regression results indicated that awareness about SR/ESG indices, awareness about SR/ESG funds, and willingness to invest in SRI avenues significantly impact investors' SRI decisions but demographic variables have no significant impact on SRI decision-making.Practical implicationsThis study has implications for the ethical/SR mutual funds managers, policymakers, government, and international asset management companies. The study finds an urgent need for increasing awareness about SRI among individual investors in India. The study suggests that the issuers must provide adequate information about SRI avenues and probable risk and returns involved in these, while the regulators must make efforts to educate investors in India.Originality/valueThe context of the present study is original because hardly any of the earlier studies conducted in India have tried to find out the individual investors' SRI awareness level, investors' willingness towards SRI, investors' attitude towards ESG issues, and obstacles faced by investors in socially responsible investing.
Application of learning organization 2.0: a case study of Ricoh Ena Forest Japan
Authors: Frendy Frendy , Goi Hoe Chin , Hakeem Muhammad Mohsin , Law Kuok Kei 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to offer an empirical application of the concept of learning organization (LO) 2.0.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on fieldwork study, a case of Ricoh Ena Forest Project is presented to illustrate the contextualized and multi-stakeholder perspective of LO 2.0 in running an environmental sustainability project.

Findings
The case demonstrated the value of incorporating multiple stakeholders to develop a multi-party learning entity for sustainability pursuit. The findings also highlighted the importance of forfeiting managerial dominance and the creation of a shared commitment in implementing the concept of LO 2.0.

Originality/value
The study adds empirical evidence to the literature on how LO 2.0 can be implemented and provides guidance on tackling some of the potential challenges.
Performance analysis of variable thickness longitudinal fin with functionally graded material in dry and fully wet conditions
Authors: Bajpai Upendra , Soni Palash , Gaba Vivek Kumar , Bhowmick Shubhankar 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
When the temperature of an air conditioning unit’s fin surface goes below its dew point temperature, condensation forms on the unit’s surface. As a result, the cooling coil’s performance is compromised. By altering the cross-section and heat conductivity of the fins, the performance of such systems can be improved. This study aims to analyze the thermal performance of longitudinal fins made up of a variable thickness (assuming constant weight) and functionally graded material.

Design/methodology/approach
Different grading parameters are considered for an exponential variation of thermal conductivity. The humidity ratio and the corresponding fin temperatures are assumed to follow a cubic relationship. The Bvp4c solver in MATLAB® is used to solve the differential heat transfer equation resulting from balancing heat transfer in a small segment.

Findings
Validation of the methodology is provided by previous research presented in this area. For different combinations of grading parameters, geometry parameters and relative humidity, the normalized temperature distribution along the fin length and fin efficiency contours are plotted, and the results are very promising.

Originality/value
When compared to the efficiency of an isotropic homogenous rectangular longitudinal fin with optimal geometry and grading parameters, a 17% increase in efficiency under fully wet conditions is measured. When it comes to fin design, these efficiency contour plots are extremely useful.
Killing Two Birds with One Stone in the Nonmarket Environment: The Orchestration of Corporate Social Responsibility as a Political Strategy
Authors: Liedong Tahiru Azaaviele 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis paper explores how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is used as a political strategy. Drawing on social exchange theory and using data from firms operating in Ghana, the findings reveal that when CSR is politicized, it involves the design and implementation of politically charged CSR initiatives that entail firm–polity negotiated exchanges. Firms exchange social interventions for political influence in ways that allow politicians to take the credit to boost their re‐election. To do this, the choice of target politician hinges on political vulnerability, the selection of CSR initiatives is based on CSR orientation and CSR benefit personalization, the location of CSR is linked to politicians’ electoral constituencies and the timing of CSR is affected by election cycles. Overall, this paper provides new insights into how CSR is used in indirect social exchanges in political markets, shows that CSR can be CPA and thus extends nonmarket strategy integration from its focus on CSR's complementarity with CPA to its instrumentality in CPA. The findings have important theoretical and practical implications.
Atomic Fatherhood: ‘Uncle Louis’, ‘Ike’ and the Electoral Politics of Paternalism in Canada and the United States, 1949–53
Authors: Priest Allen G. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractLouis St Laurent and Dwight Eisenhower came to power during one of the most intense periods of the Cold War. The Soviets had recently developed a nuclear bomb, touching off an arms race, while both the Canadian and American governments ran desperate investigations to purge their ranks of suspected communist sympathisers. St Laurent's victories in 1949, and again in 1953, as well as Eisenhower's in 1952, are often seen as inevitable. This interpretation is rooted in the fact that both men managed to stir overwhelming support from the hearts of their citizens. However, this viewpoint often fails to examine how their campaigns did this – through the projection of a reassuring, paternalistic image that spoke to hegemonic masculine norms in the era. Elaine Tyler May argues that the nuclear family, with the father at the helm, was seen as a form of ‘domestic containment’ against external ills. This article extends that theory upwards and explores how voters responded positively to the projection of a fatherly image from St Laurent and Eisenhower. At the same time, it examines how their campaigns actively deployed masculine image‐making to discredit opponents and depict them as outside the hegemonic masculine ideal. By voting instead for St Laurent and Eisenhower, citizens could be reassured that their families would come under the protection of a calm father figure, who would guide the nation through the current period of intense instability.
Of False Hair, Spanish Wool, and Witchcraft: The Act of Parliament That Never Was
Authors: Daniell Alison 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe wording of the so‐called Hoops and Heels Act of 1770 ostensibly permitted the husbands of women who had used beauty aids to ‘betray [them] into matrimony’ to declare their marriages null and void, and for those wives to be punished as witches. A set form of words, this supposed Act of Parliament has been quoted and re‐quoted across the globe since the late eighteenth century, even though its provisions never existed in law. This article analyses some of the Hoops and Heels text's possible cultural origins: namely eighteenth‐century understandings of witchcraft, the moral panic surrounding divorce and adultery, satires surrounding cosmetic usage as well as long‐standing discourses that – even today – associate women's sexual power over men with witchcraft and deception.
Acoustic species distribution models (aSDMs): A framework to forecast shifts in calling behaviour under climate change
Authors: Desjonquères Camille , Villén‐Pérez Sara , De Marco Paulo , Márquez Rafael , Beltrán Juan F. , Llusia Diego 
Published: July 2022

Abstract

Species distribution models (SDMs) are a key tool for biogeography and climate change research, although current approaches have some significant drawbacks. The use of species occurrence constrains predictions of correlative models, while there is a general lack of eco‐physiological data to develop mechanistic models. Passive acoustic monitoring is an emerging technique in ecology that may help to overcome these limitations. By remotely tracking animal behaviour across species geographical ranges, researchers can estimate the climatic breadth of species activity and provide a baseline for refined predictive models. However, such integrative approach still remains to be developed.

Here, we propose the following: (a) a general and transferable method to build acoustic SDMs, a novel tool combining acoustic and biogeographical information, (b) a detailed comparison with standard correlative and mechanistic models, (c) a step‐by‐step guide to develop aSDMs and (d) a study case to assess their effectiveness and illustrate model outputs, using a year‐round monitoring of calling behaviour of the Iberian tree frog at the thermal extremes of its distribution range. This method aims at forecasting changes in environmental suitability for acoustic communication, a key and climate‐dependent behaviour for a wide variety of animal taxa.

aSDMs identified strong associations between calling behaviour and local environmental conditions and showed robust and consistent predictive performance using two alternative models (regression and boundary). Furthermore, these models better captured climatic variation than correlative models as they use observations at higher temporal resolution. These results support aSDMs as efficient tools to model calling behaviour under future climate scenarios.

The proposed approach offers a promising basis to explore the capacity of vocal species to deal with climate change, supported by an innovative integration of two disciplines: bioacoustics and biogeography. aSMDs are grounded on ecologically realistic conditions and provide spatially and temporally explicit predictions on calling behaviour, with direct implications in reproduction and survival. This enables to precisely forecast shifts in breeding phenology, geographic distribution or species persistence. Our study demonstrates how acoustic monitoring may represent an increasingly valuable tool for climate change research.
Continuous glucose monitoring: A cost‐effective tool to reduce pre‐term birth rates in women with type one diabetes
Authors: Sekhon Jasmin , Graham Dorothy , Mehrotra Chhaya , Li Ian 
Published: July 2022

BackgroundWomen with type one diabetes experience poorer obstetric outcomes than normoglycaemic women in pregnancy.ObjectiveTo investigate the cost and clinical effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring (GCM) compared to self‐monitoring of blood glucose in improving obstetric outcomes in women with type one diabetes during pregnancy.Materials and MethodsThis retrospective cohort study included women with type one diabetes referred to a state‐wide tertiary obstetric centre before and after the introduction of government‐funded CGMs in Australia in March 2019. Forty‐nine women using CGMs were propensity matched on a range of clinical features with a historical group of 49 women with type one diabetes who exclusively used intermittent self‐monitoring of blood in the year prior to the introduction of funding of sensors. Medical records and administrative cost data were audited to quantify cost and clinical effectiveness.ResultsThere were significantly lower pre‐term (95% CI 0.39–0.922; P = 0.026) and very pre‐term birth rates (95% CI 1.002–1.184; P = 0.041) in the CGM group. There was a significant reduction in the length of antenatal inpatient hospital stay (P < 0.01) and adult special care unit stay (P = 0.013) and neonatal admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (P = 0.0262) in the continuous glucose monitoring group. CGMs represented a net cost saving to the health care sector of $12 063 per pregnancy where the device was used, with an incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio of $3275 per prevented pre‐term birth.ConclusionsCGM use in pregnancy is a cost‐effective intervention for reducing the risk of pre‐term birth in women with type one diabetes, resulting in a net cost benefit to the health sector.
Effects of probiotic administration on the digestibility characteristics and growth performance of finishing beef cattle fed a total mixed ration containing different levels of corn stover
Authors: Wu Qingyu , Cao Manyu , Xie Huade , Huang Qiulian , Zhou Xin , Guo Jun , Sun Yun , Yang Jingjing , Lei De , Zhang Aizhong , Zuo Feng , Cao Yang 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn this study, we aimed to assess the effects of probiotic administration on the digestibility characteristics and growth performance of finishing beef cattle fed a total mixed ration (TMR) containing different levels of corn stover. One hundred and sixty Simmental × Continental crossbred bulls were randomly allocated to two animal houses (80 bulls each) and randomly assigned four TMR differing in the level of corn stover—high (HCT) and low (LCT)—with or without probiotics in each animal house. Feeding HCT supplemented with probiotics increased (P < 0.05) the apparent digestibility of crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF). Regardless of probiotic supplementation, the nitrogen intake and fecal nitrogen levels of animals fed HCT were lower than those fed LCT (P < 0.05). Additionally, feeding probiotics increased (P < 0.05) the efficiency of ruminal fermentation, final body weight, and average daily gain (ADG) of animals, with this effect being stronger in animals fed HCT. In conclusion, supplementing probiotics with HCT has a positive effect on the growth of finishing beef cattle, thereby providing economic benefits.
Population pharmacokinetic analyses of regorafenib and capecitabine in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (SAKK 41/16 RECAP)
Authors: Schmulenson Eduard , Bovet Cédric , Theurillat Regula , Decosterd Laurent Arthur , Largiadèr Carlo R. , Prost Jean‐Christophe , Csajka Chantal , Bärtschi Daniela , Guckenberger Matthias , von Moos Roger , Bastian Sara , Joerger Markus , Jaehde Ulrich 
Published: July 2022

AimsLocally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is an area of unmet medical need with one third of patients dying from their disease. With response to neoadjuvant chemo‐radiotherapy being a major prognostic factor, trial SAKK 41/16 assessed potential benefits of adding regorafenib to capecitabine‐amplified neoadjuvant radiotherapy in LARC patients.MethodsPatients received regorafenib at three dose levels (40/80/120 mg once daily) combined with capecitabine 825 mg/m2 bidaily and local radiotherapy. We developed population pharmacokinetic models from plasma concentrations of capecitabine and its metabolites 5′‐deoxy‐5‐fluorocytidine and 5′‐deoxy‐5‐fluorouridine as well as regorafenib and its metabolites M‐2 and M‐5 as implemented into SAKK 41/16 to assess potential drug–drug interactions (DDI). After establishing parent‐metabolite base models, drug exposure parameters were tested as covariates within the respective models to investigate for potential DDI. Simulation analyses were conducted to quantify their impact.ResultsPlasma concentrations of capecitabine, regorafenib and metabolites were characterized by one and two compartment models and absorption was described by parallel first‐ and zero‐order processes and transit compartments, respectively. Apparent capecitabine clearance was 286 L/h (relative standard error [RSE] 14.9%, interindividual variability [IIV] 40.1%) and was reduced by regorafenib cumulative area under the plasma concentration curve (median reduction of 45.6%) as exponential covariate (estimate −4.10 × 10−4, RSE 17.8%). Apparent regorafenib clearance was 1.94 L/h (RSE 12.1%, IIV 38.1%). Simulation analyses revealed significantly negative associations between capecitabine clearance and regorafenib exposure.ConclusionsThis work informs the clinical development of regorafenib and capecitabine combination treatment and underlines the importance of studying potential DDI with new anticancer drug combinations.
Gene‐dosage effect of Pfkfb3 on monocyte/macrophage biology in atherosclerosis
Authors: Guo Shuai , Li Anqi , Fu Xiaodong , Li Zou , Cao Kaixiang , Song Mingchuan , Huang Shuqi , Li Ziling , Yan Jingwei , Wang Litao , Dai Xiaoyan , Feng Du , Wang Yong , He Jun , Huo Yuqing , Xu Yiming 
Published: July 2022

Background and PurposeMacrophage‐rich atherosclerotic arteries are highly active in glycolysis. PFKFB3, a key glycolytic enzyme, has emerged as a potential therapeutic target in atherosclerosis. Small‐molecule inhibitors of PFKFB3, such as 3PO and PFK158, have demonstrated efficacy in hampering atherogenesis in preclinical models. However, genetic studies elucidating the role of Pfkfb3 in atherogenesis need to be conducted to validate pharmacological findings and to unveil potential pharmacological side effects.Experimental ApproachApoe−/− mice with global heterozygous or myeloid cell‐specific Pfkfb3 deficiency were fed a Western diet (WD), after which atherosclerosis development was determined. Monocyte subsets in atherosclerotic mice and patients were examined by flow cytometry. Monocyte infiltration was assayed by a Ly6Chi monocyte‐specific latex labelling procedure. In situ efferocytosis was assessed on mouse aortic root sections. Additionally, metabolic status, macrophage motility, efferocytosis, and involved mechanisms were analysed in peritoneal macrophages.Key ResultsGlobal heterozygous or myeloid cell‐specific Pfkfb3 deficiency reduced atherogenesis in Apoe−/− mice. Mechanistic studies showed that PFKFB3 controlled the proliferation and infiltration of proinflammatory monocytes. Moreover, PFKFB3 expression was associated with inflammatory monocyte expansion in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Surprisingly, homozygous loss of Pfkfb3 impaired macrophage efferocytosis and exacerbated atherosclerosis in Apoe−/− mice. Mechanistically, PFKFB3‐driven glycolysis was shown to be essential for actin polymerization, thus aiding the efferocytotic function of macrophages.Conclusion and ImplicationsCollectively, these findings suggest the existence of a double‐edged sword effect of myeloid PFKFB3 on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and highlight the need for caution in developing anti‐atherosclerotic strategies that target PFKFB3.
Forecasting in the face of ecological complexity: Number and strength of species interactions determine forecast skill in ecological communities
Authors: Daugaard Uriah , Munch Stephan B. , Inauen David , Pennekamp Frank , Petchey Owen L. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe potential for forecasting the dynamics of ecological systems is currently unclear, with contrasting opinions regarding its feasibility due to ecological complexity. To investigate forecast skill within and across systems, we monitored a microbial system exposed to either constant or fluctuating temperatures in a 5‐month‐long laboratory experiment. We tested how forecasting of species abundances depends on the number and strength of interactions and on model size (number of predictors). We also tested how greater system complexity (i.e. the fluctuating temperatures) impacted these relations. We found that the more interactions a species had, the weaker these interactions were and the better its abundance was predicted. Forecast skill increased with model size. Greater system complexity decreased forecast skill for three out of eight species. These insights into how abundance prediction depends on the connectedness of the species within the system and on overall system complexity could improve species forecasting and monitoring.
Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection
Authors: Leith Noah T. , Fowler‐Finn Kasey D. , Moore Michael P. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThermal ecology and mate competition are both pervasive features of ecological adaptation. A surge of recent work has uncovered the diversity of ways in which temperature affects mating interactions and sexual selection. However, the potential for thermal biology and reproductive ecology to evolve together as organisms adapt to their thermal environment has been underappreciated. Here, we develop a series of hypotheses regarding (1) not only how thermal ecology affects mating system dynamics, but also how mating dynamics can generate selection on thermal traits; and (2) how the thermal consequences of mate competition favour the reciprocal co‐adaptation of thermal biology and sexual traits. We discuss our hypotheses in the context of both pre‐copulatory and post‐copulatory processes. We also call for future work integrating experimental and phylogenetic comparative approaches to understand evolutionary feedbacks between thermal ecology and sexual selection. Overall, studying reciprocal feedbacks between thermal ecology and sexual selection may be necessary to understand how organisms have adapted to the environments of the past and could persist in the environments of the future.