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Ownership and corporate governance across institutional contexts
Authors: Castañer Xavier , Goranova Maria , Hermes Niels , Kavadis Nikolaos , Zattoni Alessandro 
Published: November 2022

AbstractResearch Question/IssueThe purpose of this special issue (SI) is to encourage research examining the effect of different ownership types in and from different countries on corporate governance and objectives.Research Findings/InsightsThe articles included in this SI provide novel insights as to the influence of different types of owners, including states and sovereign wealth funds, families, and different types of institutional investors, as well as of other features of ownership structures, on various aspects of corporate governance, in a variety of institutional contexts.Theoretical/Academic ImplicationsAs companies face different institutional contexts when they operate internationally, and shareholders have become increasingly global, the resulting heterogeneity of shareholder types poses new challenges in our understanding of their behavior. This SI is a step in the direction of disentangling the complex implications of ownership for corporate governance across institutional contexts.Practitioner/Policy ImplicationsTogether with other owner types, the ever‐increasing $100 trillion global asset management industry representing 40% of global market capitalization (PwC, 2020) fuels corporate governance and performance pressures on portfolio companies. The articles included in the SI provide useful insights as to the new ownership landscape and its consequences for operating firms in different countries.
Increased alcohol‐specific mortality in Germany during COVID‐19: State‐level trends from 2010 to 2020
Authors: Kilian Carolin , Carr Sinclair , Schulte Bernd , Manthey Jakob 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIntroductionThe COVID‐19 pandemic may have led to an increase in the alcohol‐specific mortality. Against this backdrop, the aim of this report is to explore alcohol‐specific mortality trends in Germany of the years 2010 to 2020.MethodAlcohol‐specific mortality data aggregated by sex, 5‐year age groups and state were collected from the annual cause‐of‐death statistics and analysed descriptively by visual inspection.ResultsThe overall alcohol‐specific mortality rate (age‐standardised) has mainly decreased between 2010 and 2020. However, increased alcohol‐specific mortality rates for the year 2020 compared to 2019 were found for both, women (+4.8%) and men (+5.5%), particularly in age groups between 40 and 69 years. Changes in alcohol‐specific mortality rates differed between federated states, with steeper increases in East Germany.Discussion and ConclusionsDifferent mechanisms related to the increase in alcohol consumption, particularly among high‐risk drinkers, and reduced resources in health care may have led to an increase in alcohol‐specific mortality in Germany in 2020. Despite the recent decline in the alcohol‐specific mortality in Germany, an increase in the death toll was observed in 2020.
Late bloomer or language disorder? Differences in toddler vocabulary composition associated with long‐term language outcomes
Authors: Perry Lynn K. , Kucker Sarah C. , Horst Jessica S. , Samuelson Larissa K. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractChildren with delays in expressive language (late talkers) have heterogeneous developmental trajectories. Some are late bloomers who eventually “catch‐up,” but others have persisting delays or are later diagnosed with developmental language disorder (DLD). Early in development it is unclear which children will belong to which group. We compare the toddler vocabulary composition of late talkers with different long‐term outcomes. The literature suggests most children with typical development (TD) have vocabularies dominated by names for categories organized by similarity in shape (e.g., cup), which supports a bias to attend to shape when generalizing names of novel nouns—a bias associated with accelerated vocabulary development. Previous work has shown that as a group, late talkers tend to say fewer names for categories organized by shape and are less likely to show a “shape bias” than TD children. Here, in a retrospective analysis of 850 children, we compared the vocabulary composition of groups of toddlers who were late bloomers or persisting late talkers. At Time 1 (13‐27 months), the persisting late talkers said a smaller proportion of shape‐based nouns than both TD children and late bloomers who “caught up” to typically sized vocabularies months later (18‐38‐months). Additionally, children who received a DLD diagnosis between 4 and 7 years said a significantly smaller proportion of shape‐based nouns in year two than TD children and children with other diagnoses (e.g., dyslexia). These findings bring new insight into sources of heterogeneity amongst late talkers and offer a new metric for assessing risk.Research Highlights
Toddler vocabulary composition, including the proportion of names for categories organized by shape, like spoon, was used to retrospectively compare outcomes of late talking children
Persisting Late Talkers said a smaller proportion of shape‐based nouns during toddlerhood relative to Late Bloomers (late talkers who later caught up to have typically‐sized vocabularies)
Children with later DLD diagnoses said a smaller proportion of shape‐based nouns during toddlerhood relative to children without a DLD diagnosis
The data illustrate the cascading effects of vocabulary composition on subsequent language development and suggest vocabulary composition may be one important marker of persisting delays
The way to a patient's heart is through their esophagus: A case of esophago‐pericardial fistula
Authors: Ormanci Doğan , Doğanay Kübra , Ari Hasan , Ari Selma , Melek Mehmet , Bozat Tahsin , Yildirim Çınar 
Published: November 2022

AbstractHere in we present a 74‐year‐old case of esophago‐pericardial fistula with pericardial effusion and pneumopericardium. Bone‐related esophageal trauma was the cause of the esophago‐pericardial fistula. The esophago‐pericardial fistula was diagnosed with echocardiography, computerized tomography (CT) and endoscopy. Pericardiocentesis was performed for drainage the pericardial effusion. The esophago‐pericardial fistula was treated with covered self‐expandable esophageal stent.
Hope: Being Human in the Anthropocene
Authors: Ward Graham 
Published: November 2022

AbstractGiven the calamities involved in climate change and the impact it is having – and will continue to have, on lives driven towards subsistence – what can be said about the goodness of creation? This essay explores how privileged theologians might rethink the notion of the common good in a situation where the majority are under‐privileged. It argues for a need for imaginative investment to develop empathy, not sympathy; a need to listen in ways that are attentive and tending; and for a learning to accompany, such that dependence can be empowering when recognised and practised as mutual. Theologically, the sharing and accompaniment necessary has to be appreciated as inhering to the existence of all things, such that relationality and dependence are living expressions of the goodness of creation. Such sharing and accompaniment are expressions and incarnations of the uncreated goodness of the Triune God, operating in and through the ongoing processes of creation.
Thinking Faith
Authors: Käfer Anne 
Published: November 2022

AbstractFaith and science have been continuously portrayed as incompatible counterparts. This article argues conversely that scientific reflection on faith, namely academic theology, is not opposed to but essential for a Christian life. The contents of faith require precise description, as they constitute the Church community and can be even dangerous if unprecise or incorrect. In cooperation with other disciplines, theology contributes to ethical debates, such as the question of interhuman relationships and welfare of non‐human creatures and future generations.
Theology for the Life of the World
Authors: Croasmun Matthew 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe purpose of theology is to discern, articulate, commend, and embody visions of flourishing life in light of the self‐revelation of God in the life, death, resurrection, exaltation, and coming‐in‐glory of Jesus Christ. This purpose of theology is timeless, but its articulation at this time has a particular shape to it. Aspects of this shape are sketched in light of a number of contemporary material and intellectual contexts. Material contexts include growing economic disparities, ecological crisis, displacement of peoples, and the social fact of pluralism. Intellectual contexts include the dominance of instrumental reason, of negation, and of whiteness.
Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period
Authors: Baca Mateusz , Popović Danijela , Lemanik Anna , Bañuls‐Cardona Sandra , Conard Nicholas J. , Cuenca‐Bescós Gloria , Desclaux Emmanuel , Fewlass Helen , Garcia Jesus T. , Hadravova Tereza , Heckel Gerald , Horáček Ivan , Knul Monika Vlasta , Lebreton Loïc , López‐García Juan Manuel , Luzi Elisa , Marković Zoran , Mauch Lenardić Jadranka , Murelaga Xabier , Noiret Pierre , Petculescu Alexandru , Popov Vasil , Rhodes Sara E. , Ridush Bogdan , Royer Aurélien , Stewart John R. , Stojak Joanna , Talamo Sahra , Wang Xuejing , Wójcik Jan M. , Nadachowski Adam 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAimMany species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter‐gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on rodent populations is likely to be negligible. This study investigated which climatic and/or environmental factors affect the population dynamics of the common vole. This temperate rodent is widespread across Europe and was one of the most abundant small mammal species throughout the Late Pleistocene.LocationEurope.TaxonCommon vole (Microtus arvalis).MethodsWe generated a dataset comprised of 4.2 kb long fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 148 ancient and 51 modern specimens sampled from multiple localities across Europe and covering the last 60 thousand years (ka). We used Bayesian inference to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and to estimate the age of the specimens that were not directly dated.ResultsWe estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of all last glacial and extant common vole lineages to be 90 ka ago and the divergence of the main mtDNA lineages present in extant populations to between 55 and 40 ka ago, which is earlier than most previous estimates. We detected several lineage turnovers in Europe during the period of high climate variability at the end of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3; 57–29 ka ago) in addition to those found previously around the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. In contrast, data from the Western Carpathians suggest continuity throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) even at high latitudes.Main ConclusionsThe main factor affecting the common vole populations during the last glacial period was the decrease in open habitat during the interstadials, whereas climate deterioration during the LGM had little impact on population dynamics. This suggests that the rapid environmental change rather than other factors was the major force shaping the histories of the Late Pleistocene faunas.
Optimization of functional properties of plasma treated kodo millet (open air multipin) using response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network with genetic algorithm (ANN‐GA)
Authors: Jaddu Samuel , Abdullah S. , Dwivedi Madhuresh , Pradhan Rama Chandra 
Published: November 2022

AbstractFunctional properties of kodo millet flour were analyzed using multipin plasma system. The functional properties such as oil absorption capacity (OAC), water absorption capacity (WAC), swelling capacity (SC), and solubility index (SI) were analyzed at 10–20 kV of output voltage and duration of 10–30 min for kodo millet flour. Response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network with genetic algorithm (ANN‐GA) were adopted for modeling and optimization. RSM optimized was found at 17.5 kV and 16 min and contrary, ANN‐GA optimal values were at 14.1 kV and 28 min. Optimized RSM values of OAC, WAC, SC, and SI were 1.39 g/g, 1.63 g/g, 3.91 g/g, and 0.08 g/g and optimized ANN‐GA values were 1.48 g/g, 1.65 g/g, 4.23 g/g, and 0.09 g/g, respectively. Different instrumental analysis was performed using X‐ray diffractometer, differential scanning calorimetry, fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. ANN showed lesser values of statistical parameters with higher value of R2 compared to RSM. Therefore, ANN‐GA was treated as the best model for optimization and modeling of cold plasma treated kodo millet flour. Hence, the ANN‐GA optimized values of cold plasma treated flour could be utilized for practical applications in food processing industries.Practical ApplicationsPlasma treated kodo millet flour with improved functionality makes the flour well suitable for various food applications due to increase in solubility, water absorption, and swelling ability. Increase in soluble solids can be helpful for better digestibility. This flour can be widely used for preparation of baked products, soups, and sausages and also will draws the attention of food processors in grain processing sector to enhance the properties, quality, and for developing new food products.
Cerebrospinal fluid and blood profiles of transfer RNA fragments show age, sex, and Parkinson's disease‐related changes
Authors: Paldor Iddo , Madrer Nimrod , Vaknine Treidel Shani , Shulman Dana , Greenberg David S. , Soreq Hermona 
Published: November 2022

AbstractTransfer RNA fragments (tRFs) have recently been shown to be an important family of small regulatory RNAs with diverse functions. Recent reports have revealed modified tRF blood levels in a number of nervous system conditions including epilepsy, ischemic stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases, but little is known about tRF levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). To address this issue, we studied age, sex, and Parkinson's disease (PD) effects on the distributions of tRFs in the CSF and blood data of healthy controls and PD patients from the NIH and the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) small RNA‐seq datasets. We discovered that long tRFs are expressed in higher levels in the CSF than in the blood. Furthermore, the CSF showed a pronounced age‐associated decline in the level of tRFs cleaved from the 3′‐end and anti‐codon loop of the parental tRNA (3’‐tRFs, i‐tRFs), and more pronounced profile differences than the blood profiles between the sexes. In comparison, we observed moderate age‐related elevation of blood 3’‐tRF levels. In addition, distinct sets of tRFs in the CSF and in the blood segregated PD patients from controls. Finally, we found enrichment of tRFs predicted to target cholinergic mRNAs (Cholino‐tRFs) among mitochondrial‐originated tRFs, raising the possibility that the neurodegeneration‐related mitochondrial impairment in PD patients may lead to deregulation of their cholinergic tone. Our findings demonstrate that the CSF and blood tRF profiles are distinct and that the CSF tRF profiles are modified in a sex‐, age‐, and disease‐related manner, suggesting that they reflect the inter‐individual cerebral differences and calling for incorporating this important subset of small RNA regulators into future studies.image
Agrarian change, populism, and a new farmers' movement in 21st century Pakistani Punjab
Authors: Aftab Muhammad Yahya , Ali Noaman G. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractActivists and scholars have debated whether “agrarian populisms” premised on multiple classes and groups can pursue progressive objectives if exploiters and exploited are in the same movements. In Pakistan, the militant Pakistan Kissan Ittehad emerged in 2012 by uniting different classes of owner‐cultivators who are largely not in direct relations of exploitation with each other. We argue that the PKI nevertheless advances the interests of a “second tier” of rural capitalists, who exploit rural labourers, while underplaying the interests of owner‐peasant farmers. This divergence of interests has contributed to the fragmentation of PKI along class and political lines, including attempts by peasant farmers to independently organize around issues particular to them. We suggest that progressive agrarian populism must hinge on the interests of rural labourers and peasant farmers and that second‐tier capitalist farmers may be tactical allies as they oppose neoliberal globalization. However, rural labourers and peasants are ideologically and organizationally weak, and thus, the possibility of left‐wing agrarian populism requires much legwork.
A mixed methods study: The grief experience of registered nurses working on the frontlines during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors: Williams Loretta Alexia , Accardo Dwayne , Dolgoff Jennifer , Farrell Alise , McClinton Tracy , Murray Emma , Jacob Susan R. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAim and ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to generate a conceptual definition and theory of grief for nurses working on the frontlines during the COVID‐19 pandemic using grounded theory methodology.BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic has had a negative impact on nurses working on the frontlines. The increasing flow of diagnosed COVID‐19 cases, diverse unknowns and demands in the treatment of patients with COVID‐19, and depression related to countless deaths can trigger grief experiences.DesignA mixed methods approach, including the qualitative method of grounded theory and a quantitative 30‐question survey, was used in this study.MethodsEight focus group sessions were conducted with registered nurses working on the frontlines during the pandemic. Sessions were audio recorded and analysed using constant comparative data analysis. Following the interviews, a survey including demographics and self‐report inventories was completed by participants. The COREQ checklist was used to assess study quality.ResultsMajor concepts that emerged include ‘facing a new reality’, ‘frustrations’, ‘stress’ and ‘coping’. Core concepts were combined into a conceptual definition of grief and a grounded theory of the experience of nurses working on the frontlines during the pandemic. Cross comparisons of qualitative and quantitative findings were made and compared with the literature.ConclusionsThis study provides a better understanding of the grief experience of nurses working on the frontlines during the COVID‐19 pandemic. It is necessary to recognise professional grief and develop intervention strategies that lead to grief reconciliation.Relevance to Clinical PracticeFindings provide useful insights for healthcare administrators to provide support and develop interventions to reduce frustrations and stress of frontline registered nurses.Patient or Public ContributionThis study design involved registered nurses participating in focus group sessions. Participants detailed their experience working on the frontlines of the COVID‐19 pandemic with patients, family and hospital administration.
Social welfare and the unrepresentative representative consumer
Authors: Jerison Michael 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIf, for all prices, income distribution is optimal for a planner with a social welfare function, then aggregate demand is the same as that of a single “representative consumer” whose preferences over aggregate consumption are the same as the planner's. This paper shows that the converse is false. Aggregate demand may be the demand function of a representative consumer although the income distribution is not optimal for any social welfare function. The representative consumer may be Pareto inconsistent, preferring situation A to B when all the actual consumers prefer B to A. We give conditions under which existence of a representative consumer implies that the income distribution satisfies first order conditions for optimality. Satisfying the first order optimality conditions for an additively separable social welfare function is essentially equivalent to aggregate demand for every pair of consumers having a symmetric Slutsky matrix.
Size, number and phospholipid composition of milk fat globules are affected by dietary conjugated linoleic acid
Authors: Zhang Menglu , Fu Tong , Huang Qixue , Xing Zhiyang , Yang Jingna , Lu Wenyan , Hu Mingyue , Han Li Qiang , Loor Juan J. , Gao Teng Yun 
Published: November 2022

AbstractMilk fat globules (MFGs) surround the triacylglycerol core that composes milk fat. The aim of this study is to induce milk fat depression via dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation to study MFG size parameters, number and glycerophospholipid composition. Eighteen Holstein dairy cows (136 ± 28 days in milk, 571 ± 37.9 kg body weight, 27.6 ± 2.1 kg milk/day) were selected and randomly assigned to a control or CLA group for a 14‐day period. Cows were fed a basal diet (control, n = 8) or the control plus 400 g/day CLA (C18:2 cis‐9, trans‐11 38.1% and C18:2 trans‐10, cis‐12 36.8%) (n = 10) for 7 days after which the CLA group was switched to the basal diet for another 7 days along with the control group. Cow performance, milk composition, MFG size and numbers were measured daily. On the seventh day after the start of the experiment, milk samples were identified and the quantification of glycerophospholipid compounds, and RNA were isolated from milk fat samples for a real‐time polymerase chain reaction. Compared with control, at Day 7 from the start of feeding, supplemental CLA did not affect milk production (28.09 vs. 28.50 kg/day), dry matter intake (14.9 vs. 15.4 kg/day), or milk protein (3.55/100 vs. 3.70 g/100 ml) and lactose contents (5.11/100 vs. 5.17 g/100 ml). However, although the specific surface area of MFG (2138 vs. 1815 m²/kg) was greater, CLA reduced milk fat content (1.95/100 vs 3.64 g/100 ml on Day 7) and particle size parameters of MFG. The number of MFG gradually decreased until Day 7 of feeding, and then increased by Day 14 (2.96 × 109 on Day 1, 1.63 × 109 on Day 7 and 2.28 × 109 on Day 14) in the CLA group. Compared with control, glycerophospholipid analysis revealed that concentrations of phosphatidylcholine (PC) (e.g., PC [16:0/18:1] 20322 vs. 29793 nmol/L), lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) (e.g., LPE [18:1] 956 vs. 4610 nmol/L) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) (e.g., PE [16:0/18:1] 7000 vs. 9769 nmol/L) in milk lipids decreased during CLA feeding. In contrast, concentrations of phosphatidylinositol (PI) (e.g., PI [18:0/18:1] 4052 vs. 1799 nmol/L) and phosphatidylserine (PS) (e.g., PS [18:1/18:2] 9500 vs. 6843 nmol/L) increased. The messenger RNA abundance of fatty acid synthase, diacylglycerol O‐acyltransferase 1, glycerol‐3‐phosphate acyltransferase 4 and phosphate cytidylyltransferase 1, choline, alpha (PCYT1A) were downregulated in the CLA group, confirming published data demonstrating a negative effect of CLA on lipogenesis in the mammary gland. Overall, these results provided evidence for the important role of lipogenic gene expression in the regulation of MFG size, number and glycerophospholipid composition.