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Salinarimonas soli sp. nov., isolated from soil
Authors: Jin Chun-Zhi , Jin Long , Liu Min-Jiao , Kang Min-Kyoung , Park So Hee , Park Dong-Jin , Kim Chang-Jin 
Published: February 2022

A light pink coloured bacterium, designated strain BN140002T, was isolated from a soil sample collected in Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea. Cells of strain BN140002T were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile and rod-shaped. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed 94.7, 94.7, 93.9, 93.3, 93.4 and 93.0% similarities to

Salinarimonas rosea

KCTC 22346T,

Salinarimonas ramus

DSM 22962T,

Saliniramus fredricksonii

HL-109T,

Microvirga soli

R491T,

Chelatococcus caeni

EBR-4-1T and

Chelatococcus composti

PC-2T, respectively. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1
ω7c and/or C18 : 1
ω6c) and summed feature 1 (C12 : 0 aldehyde and/or unknown 10.98) and the predominant ubiquinone was Q-10. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain BN140002T was 70.1 mol%. The genomic orthoANI values between strain BN140002T and

Salinarimonas rosea

KCTC 22346T and

Salinarimonas ramus

DSM 22962T were 75.0 and 74.8 %, respectively. Strain BN140002T had a class I-C type CRISPR-Cas system (CRISPR-associated helicase Cas3, CRISPR-associated protein Cas8c, CRISPR-associated protein Cas7, CRISPR-associated RecB family exonuclease Cas4, CRISPR-associated protein 1, 2). Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain BN140002T should be assigned as a novel species of the genus

Salinarimonas

, for which the name Salinarimonas soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BN140002T (=KCTC 42643T=CCTCC AB 2017173T).
Variation of sexual dimorphism of wing shape in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)
Authors: Chursina M.A. , Maslova O.O. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractAlthough sexual dimorphism manifestations are widespread in the family Dolichopodidae, a detailed characterization of their phylogenetic significance is lacking. Purpose: in order to study the distribution patterns of wing sexual dimorphism, we analysed 57 species from 17 genera of 9 subfamilies. Methods: A comparative analysis of the evidence, obtained by geometric morphometry and molecular data, allowed us to assess the phylogenetic signal in the sexual dimorphism of the wing. Results: The results of the study confirm the presence of diverse patterns of sexual variability in the wings of this family. More often, females have larger wings with blunted apexes, whereas males are characterized by a more pointed apex. In some cases, the larger size of females’ wings is associated with an increase in body size, while in other cases, differences in shape and size can be explained by differences in behavioural and life patterns. Although there exists a general pattern of sexual dimorphism, its features differ even in closely related species. Conclusion: the absence of a significant phylogenetic signal in seven out of nine studied wing points indicates that the sexual dimorphism in form evolved, at least partially, in each of the studied species.
NEDD8 activity is important for direct antigen MHC class I antigen presentation
Authors: Vijayasimha Kartikeya , Leestemaker-Palmer Amy L. , Gibbs James S. , Yewdell Jonathan W. , Dolan Brian P. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractSuccessful direct MHC class I antigen presentation is dependent on the protein degradation machinery of the cell to generate antigenic peptides which can be loaded onto MHC class I molecules for surveillance by CD8+T cells of the immune system. Most often this process involves the ubiquitin-proteasome system, however other ubiquitin-like (UBL) proteins have also been implicated in protein degradation and direct antigen presentation. Here, we examine the role of neuronal precursor cell-expressed developmentally down-regulated protein 8 (NEDD8) in direct antigen presentation. NEDD8 is the UBL with highest similarity to ubiquitin and fusion of NEDD8 to the amino-terminus of a target protein can lead to the target proteins degradation. We find that appending NEDD8 to the N-terminus of the model antigen ovalbumin resulted in degradation by both the proteasome and autophagy protein degradation pathways, but only proteasomal degradation, involving the proteasomal subunit NEDD8 ultimate buster 1 (NUB1), resulted in peptide presentation. When directly compare to ubiquitin, NEDD8-fusion was less efficient at generating peptides. However, inactivation of the NEDD8-conugation machinery by treating cells with MLN4924, inhibited the presentation of peptides from Defective Ribosomal Products (DRiPs) derived from a model antigen. These results demonstrate that NEDD8 activity in the cell is important for direct antigen presentation, but not by directly targeting proteins for degradation.
Exercise Training Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Depend on Medications and Disease Conditions: Proposal of SEEM Score to Judge Exercise Suitability
Authors: Soejima Yukako , Yoshioka Hideki , Guro Sayuri , Sato Hiromi , Hatakeyama Hiroto , Sato Yasunori , Fujimoto Yoshihide , Anzai Naohiko , Hisaka Akihiro 
Published: February 2022

ABSTRACTBackgroundExercise training is an accepted evidence-based adjunct treatment modality for patients with chronic heart failure. However, the influence of medications or conditions on exercise has not been fully explored.MethodsThe patient records of the Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study were obtained from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and analyzed by medications used at baseline (renin-angiotensin system inhibitors [RASIs], beta-blockers [BBs], and combination of both) with multivariable Cox regression models focusing on the interactions with exercise effects, and a score to indicate exercise training suitability was proposed accordingly.ResultsMedication type strongly influenced the exercise effect on all-cause death (AD) (P = 0.007) even though medication itself did not change prognosis significantly in HF-ACTION trial. In patients taking both BBs and RASIs at baseline, exercise reduced the AD risk (hazard ratio [HR], 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.75–0.98), whereas in patients not taking BBs, exercise increased the risk (HR, 4.58; 95% CI, 2.90–6.86). The exercise on AD was also influenced by pulse pressure, hemoglobin level, electrocardiography conditions, body mass index, and history of stroke. Accordingly, we constructed the Score for Eligibility of Exercise on Mortality (SEEM). When exercise training was chosen based on SEEM score, both AD and AD and hospitalization (ADH) risks were expected to reduce significantly (HR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.44–0.68; HR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.75–0.93, respectively).ConclusionsExercise training in patients with heart failure should be recommended carefully with consideration of patient background.Clinical Trial RegistrationClinicaltrials.govidentifier:NCT00047437. Trial registration date: 4 October 2002.
Maternal thyroid hormone increases neural cell diversity during zebrafish spinal cord neurodevelopment
Authors: Silva Nádia , Campinho Marco António 
Published: February 2022

AbstractMaternally derived thyroid hormone (MT3) is a fundamental factor for vertebrate neurodevelopment. In humans, mutations on the T3 exclusive transporter monocarboxylic acid transporter 8 (MCT8) lead to the Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS). Patients with AHDS present severe underdevelopment of the central nervous system with cognitive and locomotory consequences. Functional impairment of the zebrafish T3 exclusive membrane transporter MCT8 has been shown to phenocopy the symptoms observed in human patients with AHDS, thus providing an outstanding animal model to study this human condition. In this zebrafish model, MT3 acts as an integrator of different key developmental pathways during zebrafish neurodevelopment. Here we expand this knowledge by determining the developmental time of action of MT3 that occurs in very defined temporal intervals during zebrafish neurodevelopment. We have determined that MT3 is not involved in neural specification but is fundamental for developing particular neural progenitors and the consequent neural lineages that originate from them. Our data provide evidence that MT3 achieves this likely by modulation NOTCH signalling in a cell non-autonomous way. The findings show that MT3 expands the cell diversity output of neural progenitor cells, establishing a cellular background behind human AHDS and inherited limited CNS development.
Designing an optimized confidential-data management system using preeminent access-control and block-chain
Authors: Madhura K. , Mahalakshmi R. 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe blockchain system is required for coordinating and managing the information across the organizations. The internal assurance of the information system is under threat and requires a defined and arbitrary system for protective information sharing. The primary analysis of defining and providing the access to the data or information is proposed in this article. The major challenge faced by organizations is providing and maintaining security to the cumulated data infrastructure, protecting the confidential data flow within the infrastructure and to ascertain ethical operations within the organization.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, a top-down approach is utilized to solve the issues faced during confidential data storage, track and alert internal malignant access. The web content management system (WCMS) market is growing and the challenging desideratum of solving security issues are incrementing. This research proposes a top-down security implementation methodology which alters the access control of the organization running the WCMS, it is a highly secure access-control with activity tracker that records who did what activity and who is responsible for malignant access tracker.FindingsThe upgraded access control system is implemented utilizing the most influential blockchain technology where the hash engendered by the Inter Planetary File System (IPFS) cloud is stored on the block to implement a confidential data tracker; a supplemental level of security is integrated to the admin by verifying its account ID by storing it on to the astute contracts and applying two-step authentication. A caliber of security is integrated during storage by integrating RHS encryption.Research limitations/implicationsThis system is proposed for the confidential student data storage (for e.g. educational documents, marks cards etc.) and tracking maleficent access.Originality/valueThe upgraded access control system is implemented using the most influential blockchain technology where the hash generated by the IPFS cloud is stored on the block to implement a confidential data tracker, an additional level of security is added to the admin by verifying its account ID by storing it on to the smart contracts and applying two-step authentication.
Bank stock valuation theories: do they explain prices based on theories?
Authors: Leong Ken-Yien , Ariff Mohamed , Alireza Zarei , Bhatti M. Ishaq 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to investigate the validity of stock valuation theories and their forecasting ability by conducting an empirical study. It employs four most commonly used theories which are then tested using 19-year banking-firm market data. The usefulness of these models demonstrates with promising results.Design/methodology/approachThis paper conducts a multi-country study using the multi-model testing approach to evaluate validity of theories and forecast accuracy of banking firms. It employs four methodology models used in finance literature; (1) P/E multiples model, (2) accounting-information-based clean surplus model, (3) theoretical model based on Gordon and Shapiro (1956) method and (4) the Damodaran-Kottler Free Cash Flow or FCF theory based on discounting model.FindingsThe tests show that the four theories under tests have a significant fit with actual price formation. The explained variation ranges from 72 to 92%, so the explanatory power of the theories accounting for variations in bank prices over 19-year period is substantial. The models fit suggest that the P/E model has superior predictive power followed by the RIM, DDM and FCFE. These findings shed new lights on the relative performance of valuation models.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited in terms of the sample period size for 1999–2019. The availability of essential financial data prior to 2000 is very limited, so one can understand interpretation of statistical results under certain assumptions.Practical implicationsThe paper suggests that one-factor model is better than the two-factor model.Originality/valueThe work done in this paper is unpublished and original contribution to banking and finance literature and also not under consideration for publication in any other journal.
No recourse to public funds: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Authors: Jolly Andy , Singh Jasber , Lobo Sunila 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
This study aims to outlines the findings of the first qualitative evidence synthesis of empirical research on the impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) rule which prevents most temporary migrants from accessing social security benefits in the UK.

Design/methodology/approach
The review used the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol guidelines. Data were analysed by using Thomas and Harden’s (2008) thematic synthesis methodology. An initial 321 articles were identified from 13 databases, of which 38 studies met the inclusion criteria.

Findings
The key insights were that NRPF causes destitution and extreme poverty and has a disproportionate impact on racialised women. Studies found that support services were underdeveloped, underfunded, inconsistent and had a culture of mistrust and racism towards migrants. Migrants were often fearful of services due to concerns around deportation, destitution and state intervention around children.

Research limitations/implications
The review focussed on qualitative research. Future empirical and theoretical research is needed in the following areas: NRPF as a practice of everyday bordering, the role of the Home Office in creating and sustaining the policy; differing gendered experiences of NRPF; and a broader geographical scope which includes all four UK nations and takes an international comparative approach.

Originality/value
Despite an estimated 1.4 million people in the UK with NRPF (Citizens Advice, 2020), there is little policy or theoretical discussion of the experience of having NRPF or the implications of the rule. This lack of analysis is a significant gap in both our understanding of the landscape of poverty in the UK, and the ways in which immigration policies create extreme poverty. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first systematic qualitative review on NRPF, bringing together the research evidence on how NRPF negatively affects outcomes for migrants, local authority and voluntary sector responses to NRPF and theoretical perspectives on NRPF.
Medical tourism brand equity in emerging markets: scale development and empirical validation
Authors: Guha Roy Diya , Bhattacharya Sujoy , Mukherjee Srabanti 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThis research theoretically proposed and empirically validated a Customer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) scale specifically for Medical Tourism for emerging economies including recent findings from tourism theories such as gravity model and signalling theory, but more specifically accommodating political, cultural, economic, legal and social influences.Design/methodology/approachIn-depth literature reviews from tourism, medical tourism, healthcare and hospitality domains are used to propose the theoretical model. The authors have used the lavaan package in R for the empirical analysis and model verification.FindingsThe research included, tested and verified the established latent variables such as “brand awareness”, “brand association”, “perceived quality” and “loyalty”, along with new observed variables for the CBBE scale from the theoretical perspectives of this research. “Infrastructure” has emerged as a new scale construct and “culture” was found to be a moderating variable for “perceived quality” in the CBBE scale, which are novel additions to the literature.Originality/valueThe research contributed to scale refining, latent construct assessment, and fine-tuning of the observed variables for the mentioned theoretical gaps.
Explicating the microfoundation of SME pro-environmental operations: the role of top managers
Authors: Zhao Li , He Qile 
Published: February 2022

PurposeBy recognizing the decisive role of top managers (TMs) of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this study attempts to explicate the microfoundation of pro-environmental operations of SMEs by examining the influence of institutional pressure on managerial cognition and subsequent SME pro-environmental operations. This study highlights the personal ethics of TMs, so as to examine the moderating effect of TMs' place attachment on SMEs' pro-environmental operations.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data are collected from a questionnaire survey of 509 SMEs in China. Hierarchical regression results are subject to cross-validation using secondary public data.FindingsThis study demonstrates that coercive and mimetic pressures have invertedU-shaped effects, whilst normative pressure has aU-shaped effect on the threat cognition of TMs. The results also show that TMs' threat cognition (as opposed to opportunity cognition) positively influences SMEs' pro-environmental operations. Moreover, both the emotional (place identity) and functional (place dependence) dimensions of place attachment have positive moderating effects on the relationship between threat cognition and SMEs' pro-environmental operations.Practical implicationsFindings of this study lead to important implications for practitioners such as regulators, policy makers and trade associations. Enabling better understanding of the nature of SMEs' pro-environmental operations, they allow for more targeted development and the provision of optimal institutional tools to promote such operations.Originality/valueThis study allows some important factors that differentiate SMEs from large firms to surface. These factors (i.e. institutional pressures, managerial cognition and place attachment) and the interactions between them form important constituents of the microfoundations of SMEs' pro-environmental operations.
Bisindo-based rational emotive behaviour therapy model: study preliminary prevention of sexual harassment in women with deafness
Authors: Marlina Marlina , Ningsih Yuninda Tria , Fikry Zulian , Fransiska Dea Resti 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
Women with deafness are one of the vulnerable groups who experience sexual harassment. As a result, they experience psychological disorders such as stress, anxiety, fear and trauma. This problem is made worse because women with deafness have language and speech disorders. This paper aims to explore sexual harassment of women with deafness and develop Bisindo-based rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) to deal with sexual harassment against women with deafness.

Design/methodology/approach
Using the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation model of the R&D approach, this preliminary research study was carried out in four stages. The research respondents for the need assessment were 166 people with ten professional backgrounds spread throughout Indonesia. Respondents for model validation tests are ten people: REBT experts, psychologists, Bisindo experts, teachers, lecturers, Head of Women's Organization (WCC) and Head of the Deaf Community (Gerkatin) in West Sumatra. Data were collected by questionnaire.

Findings
The results showed that many women with deafness experienced sexual harassment. The handling model using REBT mediated by Bisindo is needed in further research to test its effectiveness. The validity test results show that the Bisindo-based REBT model has been declared feasible, helpful, accurate and practical to be used as a response model for sexual harassment in women with deafness.

Originality/value
The results of this study imply the need for the application of therapies that follow the characteristics of victims, such as Bisindo-based REBT for female sexual victims.
Improvements or deteriorations? A bibliometric analysis of corporate governance and disclosure research (1990–2020)
Authors: Effah Nana Adwoa Anokye , Asiedu Michael , Otchere Octavia Ama Serwaa 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThis work aims to analyze and observe the trends in the literature on corporate governance and disclosure. The study presents bibliometric analyses from the Scopus database for the period 1991–2020.Design/methodology/approachA bibliometric analysis is conducted on 1,697 studies on corporate governance and disclosure across several countries. The articles were assessed and visualized with Vosviewer based on the authors, sources and countries with the highest publication rate, journals with the most published research and highly cited articles and authors.FindingsThe analyses provide a comprehensive outlook of the field, and the results show the dominance of documents on corporate governance and disclosure in 2020. The results have been discussed with avenues for further research.Originality/valueThis paper focuses on corporate governance and disclosure research from the Scopus database to highlight the extensive and somewhat ignored areas in extant literature. This would aid upcoming researchers in identifying scholars in the field when exploring future research avenues to close ensuing gaps.
Citizens' information behavior in relation to electronic-government services: a systematic review
Authors: Hertzum Morten 
Published: February 2022

PurposeGovernment information and services are increasingly delivered online through the Internet or other digital means. To benefit citizens, such electronic government (e-government) must be incorporated in their government-related information behavior. This study reviews citizens' information behavior in relation to e-government.Design/methodology/approachFollowing procedures for systematic reviews, this study reviews 53 papers about citizens' e-government information behavior.FindingsThe review finds that citizens (1) employ a rich set of quality, accessibility and non-utilitarian criteria in their perception of e-government; (2) use e-government in combination with offline channels; (3) choose channels on the basis of demographic and situational factors; (4) make frequent use of interpersonal sources and (5) may or may not achieve the intended outcome of their e-government information behavior. E-government information behavior has a lot in common with information behaviors in other domains, but it also accentuates certain facets of information behavior, such as the simultaneous use of multiple channels. In addition, mixed findings are common.Research limitations/implicationsInterpersonal sources, both lay and professional, are integral to citizens' e-government information behavior. Yet, theoretical frameworks for understanding information behavior tend to focus on the individual citizen.Practical implicationsOn its own, e-government is most suited for simpler problems. More complex problems require an information behavior that combines e-government with interpersonal sources.Originality/valueE-government shapes how citizens satisfy their government-related information needs. This study provides an overview of the otherwise scattered research on this information behavior.