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Non-executive employee ownership and financial reporting quality: evidence from Europe
Authors: Adwan Sami , Alhaj-Ismail Alaa , Jelic Ranko 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis paper examines the association between non-executive employee shareholding and financial reporting quality. The analysis is conducted using a sample of non-financial firms listed in eleven European countries between 2006 and 2017. We find a positive association between non-executive employee ownership and financial reporting quality. Furthermore, we find this positive association to be more pronounced for firms operating in the following settings: higher labour union density, more industry peer firms and more flexible labour market regulations. Overall, these findings support the view that employee shareholding enhances the quality of financial reporting by aligning the interests of employees with those of shareholders through two channels: reduced agency problems and enhanced employee retention. Our study contributes to the research on the impact of ownership characteristics on financial reporting incentives. It underscores the role non-executive employee ownership can play in improving a firm’s corporate governance and therefore the quality of financial reporting.
Tough times for seasoned equity offerings: performance during the COVID pandemic
Authors: Zenzius Marc , Flore Christian , Schiereck Dirk 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis study analyzes the wealth effects of SEO announcements in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic and its main determinants. We find significantly negative abnormal returns of − 8.6%. This provides persuasive evidence that capital markets reacted particularly negative during this period, reflecting higher degrees of uncertainty. We furthermore find that larger firms experience a better SEO performance and that COVID-19 related biotech & healthcare firms react particularly negative. This effect is more negative the lower the company valuation beforehand.
(K)eine immunisierende Wirkung? Eine binnendifferenzierte Analyse zum Zusammenhang zwischen christlicher Religiosität und der Wahl rechtspopulistischer Parteien
Authors: Steinmann Jan-Philip 
Published: April 2022

ZusammenfassungDer Beitrag greift die in der bisherigen Forschung verbreitete Immunisierungshypothese auf, nach der christliche Religiosität vor der Wahl rechtspopulistischer Parteien schützt, und entwickelt eine alternative Lesart für diesen Zusammenhang. Dazu wird auf Basis der „German Longitudinal Election Study“ (GLES) von 2015 und 2017 und der „Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften“ (ALLBUS) von 2018 eine Binnendifferenzierung der christlichen Wählerschaft vorgenommen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen nicht gängige Dimensionen von Religiosität, sondern der Religionsanspruch der Christen. Es wird vermutet, dass christliche Wähler mit exklusivem Religionsanspruch im Vergleich zu denjenigen mit inklusivem Religionsanspruch häufiger rechtspopulistischen Parteien ihre Stimme geben und dass dafür die ausgeprägteren rechtspopulistischen Positionen von Christen mit exklusivem Religionsanspruch verantwortlich zeichnen. Theoretisch begründet werden diese Annahmen in vier Schritten. Erstens wird eine wahrgenommene Bedrohung unter der christlichen Wählerschaft mit exklusivem Religionsanspruch diagnostiziert. Zweitens werden Mobilisierungsargumente rechtspopulistischer Parteien identifiziert, die eine Antwort auf diese Bedrohungswahrnehmung geben können. Drittens werden Wechselwirkungen zwischen religiösen und politischen Weltanschauungen erläutert, die nahelegen, dass ein exklusiver Religionsanspruch und rechtspopulistische Positionen über die Funktion der Nomisierung verbunden sind. Zuletzt kann die Übersetzung rechtspopulistischer Positionen in die Wahl rechtspopulistischer Parteien plausibilisiert werden. Empirisch lassen sich sowohl Belege für den Zusammenhang von Religionsanspruch und der Wahl rechtspopulistischer Parteien als auch die vermittelnde Wirkung rechtspopulistischer Positionen finden. Damit zeigt sich, dass Religiosität bei Vorliegen eines inklusiven Religionsanspruchs immunisierend, aber im Falle eines exklusiven Religionsanspruchs eben auch katalysierend auf die Wahl rechtspopulistischer Parteien wirken kann. Dies deutet auf eine Verschiebung relevanter Konfliktlinien in der deutschen Wählerschaft hin.
Effects of conservation measures on crop diversity and their implications for climate-resilient livelihoods: the case of Rupa Lake Watershed in Nepal
Authors: Bai Yun-li , Fu Chao , Thapa Balaram , Rana Ram Balladur , Zhang Lin-xiu 
Published: April 2022

AbstractAgrobiodiversity conservation is vital for achieving sustainability, but empirical studies on the effects of different practices or measures on crop diversity are rare. This study aims to estimate the effects of raising conservation awareness (RCA), building diversity blocks (BDB), and their combination on crop diversity among 240 randomly selected households surrounding the Rupa Lake Watershed in Nepal. Based on descriptive analysis and multiple regression models, the results indicate that the two single measures had no significant effect on the numbers of crop species and varieties grown by households in 2018. However, the combination of RCA and BDB had a significantly positive effect on the number of crop varieties, especially for grain and vegetable crops. Considering that these crops are essential in the daily lives of local people, the results indicate that a strategy that combines both awareness raising and on-farm conservation measures can generate higher crop diversity and better serve the climate-resilient livelihoods of people in mountainous areas.
Erratum to: Impact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistan
Authors: Islam Muhammad , Razzaq Abdul , Zubair Muhammad , Hassan Sawsan , Ahmad Sarfraz , Gul Shamim , Rischkowsky Barbara , Louhaichi Mounir 
Published: April 2022

The article “Impact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistan”, written by ISLAM Muhammad, RAZZAQ Abdul, ZUBAIR Muhammad, HASSAN Sawsan, AHMAD Sarfraz, GUL Shamim, RISCHKOWSKY Barbara and LOUHAICHI Mounir, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 27 December 2021 without open access. With the author’s decision to opt for open choice the copyright of the article changed in 02/2022 to © The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.The original article has been corrected.
The Onsager Reciprocity Relations Revisited
Authors: Ågren John 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThe Onsager relations are discussed and it is suggested that they should be interpreted as there is a frame of reference where all the transport processes are independent. The concepts are illustrated with isobarothermal diffusion in simple metallic phases as well as complex ionic systems. A transformation from lattice-fixed frame of reference to number-fixed frame gives the Kirkendall effect as a cross effect.
Investigation of the friction conditions of self-pierce rivets by means of a compression-torsion tribometer
Authors: Rossel Moritz , Meschut Gerson 
Published: April 2022

AbstractLightweight design is an effective lever for achieving fuel consumption and emission-oriented goals. Therefore micro-alloyed steels and high-strength aluminium materials are included in the multi-material mix of the car body. In this context self-pierce riveting has become established for joining in body-in-white production. For the dimensioning of the joint, numerical simulation is increasingly being used. In order to make reliable predictions about joint quality, knowledge of the friction in the joining process is necessary and needs to be identified experimentally. In previous investigations, the process parameters in the friction test were not comparable to the joining process. Therefore, a new friction test method is presented in this paper, where the process conditions are comparable between joining and friction testing especially regarding the interface pressure. The local joining process parameters between rivet and sheet are derived numerically. In the framework of the investigations, the influences of the local joining process parameters, like interface pressure, relative velocity and temperature, on the friction are investigated and mapped close to the joining process. Additionally a comparison of different rivet coatings is carried out. The rivet contact to the sheet metal HX340LAD as well with aluminium EN AW-5182 is taken into account.
CEO narcissism, brand acquisition and disposal, and stock returns
Authors: Cao Zixia , Xu Kehan 
Published: April 2022

AbstractChief executive officer (CEO) narcissism is an ingrained personality trait referring to the degree to which an individual CEO has an inflated level of self-admiration and seeks to gain attention and social praise by pursuing vanity-driven strategic objectives. We find evidence that narcissistic CEOs are less likely to dispose of brands but more likely to acquire brands than their less narcissistic counterparts. Further, narcissistic CEOs are more likely than their counterparts to lead their companies to acquire high-awareness brands and more likely to dispose of low-awareness brands. We also propose a moderated mediation model in which CEO narcissism increases target brand asset overvaluation, and through this mediator, CEO narcissism has a negative indirect impact on the acquirer’s abnormal returns but a positive indirect impact on the seller’s abnormal returns associated with the brand transactions. Brand awareness and perceived quality weaken the relationship between target brand asset overvaluation and abnormal returns.
Assessment of the Oxidative Damage and Genotoxicity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Exploring the Protective Role of Holy Basil Oil Nanoemulsions in Rats
Authors: Sallam Mohamed F. , Ahmed Helmy M. S. , El-Nekeety Aziza A. , Diab Kawthar A. , Abdel-Aziem Sekena H. , Sharaf Hafiza A. , Abdel-Wahhab Mosaad A. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis study was designed to evaluate the oxidative damage, genotoxicity, and DNA damage in the liver of rats treated with titanium nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) with an average size of 28.0 nm and ξ-potential of − 33.97 mV, and to estimate the protective role of holy basil essential oil nanoemulsion (HBEON). Six groups of Male Sprague–Dawley rats were treated orally for 3 weeks as follows: the control group, HBEO or HBEON-treated groups (5 mg/kg b.w), TiO2-NPs-treated group (50 mg/kg b.w), and the groups treated with TiO2-NPs plus HBEO or HBEON. Samples of blood and tissues were collected for different analyses. The results revealed that 55 compounds were identified in HBEO, and linalool and methyl chavicol were the major compounds (53.9%, 12.63%, respectively). HBEON were semi-round with the average size and ζ-potential of 120 ± 4.5 nm and − 28 ± 1.3 mV, respectively. TiO2-NP administration increased the serum biochemical indices, oxidative stress markers, serum cytokines, DNA fragmentation, and DNA breakages; decreased the antioxidant enzymes; and induced histological alterations in the liver. Co-administration of TiO2-NPs plus HBEO or HBEON improved all the tested parameters and the liver histology, and HBEON was more effective than HBEO. Therefore, HEBON is a promising candidate able to protect against oxidative damage, disturbances in biochemical markers, gene expression, DNA damage, and histological changes resulting from exposure to TiO2-NPs and may be applicable in the food and pharmaceutical sectors.
Regulation Enforcement
Authors: Gmeiner Michael , Gmeiner Robert 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis paper compares the effectiveness of two mechanisms of regulation enforcement: (1) the frequency of inspections and (2) penalties for violations. Threat effects of increased penalties and inspection rates, rather than corrective effects upon receiving an inspection or penalty, are the focus of analysis. Mining industry data from 2004–2009 are used to analyze the responses of mines to separate increases in inspections and citation penalties regarding regulations of safety standards. Mines did not improve safety in response to increased penalties at the ex-ante inspecting rates; however, mines significantly reduced accidents under increased inspections when implemented at those higher penalty rates. The identification strategy results in a local average treatment effect that implies increasing inspection rates from current levels would likely increase social welfare. Results are shown to be robust to bandwidth changes and model specification. The interpretation of the estimated local effect in the context of selection is analyzed. Robustness checks regarding selection exploit staffing changes and restrict to similar samples of treated and non-treated mines, justifying that results are representative.
Meta-mood knowledge moderates the relationship between neuroticism and depression but not between neuroticism and anxiety in a sample of nonclinical adolescents
Authors: Yildirim Damla , Vives Jaume , Ballespí Sergi 
Published: April 2022

AbstractResearch shows a strong link between neuroticism and internalizing psychopathology, such as depression and anxiety. However, it is unclear to what extent meta-mood knowledge (i.e., attention to emotion and emotional clarity) plays a role as a moderator in this relationship. To investigate this, we collected data on meta-mood knowledge, personality traits, depression, and anxiety in a sample of adolescents (N = 244; 53.7% girls) aged 12 to 18 years (M = 14.6, SD = 1.7) from Catalonia, Spain. Regarding the relationship between neuroticism and depression, results showed that emotional clarity buffered this relationship. Although attention to emotion did not, the joint moderating effect of attention to emotion and emotional clarity was significant. The results on the four different combinations of attention to emotion and emotional clarity showed that the relationship between neuroticism and depression was strongest for high attention and low clarity, less strong for low attention and low clarity, and even lower for high attention and high clarity. And importantly, these similar patterns of association disappeared at low attention and high clarity. In contrast to the relationship between neuroticism and depression, we found no statistically significant moderating effects for the relationship between neuroticism and anxiety. Based on these results, we argue the importance of examining individual differences in emotion-based cognition and understanding when the benefits of emotional clarity are associated with fewer disadvantages of excessive attention. These results provide preliminary evidence that the combination of low attention and high clarity may be an adaptive version of emotional self-awareness in relation to neuroticism and depression.
Inter-laboratory Validation of an HPLC–MS/MS Method for the Detection of Microbial Transglutaminase in Meat and Meat Products
Authors: Jira Wolfgang , Behnke Thomas , Brockmeyer Jens , Frost Kirstin , Hiller Ekkehard , Möllers Manfred , Niedzwiecka Alicia , Pöpping Bert , Uhlig Steffen , Weidner Markus , Wittke Stefan , Becker René 
Published: April 2022

AbstractMicrobial transglutaminase (TG) is an enzyme isolated on an industrial scale from Streptomyces mobaraensis. Technical TG, a formulated powder, is primarily used to restructure meat in the meat-processing industry, typically at a 1% concentration and is often referred to as “meat glue.” In the European Union, meat restructured with TG requires the indication “formed meat” on the label according to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. In order to detect food fraud like the undeclared TG usage in meat and meat products, a qualitative mass spectrometric method using specific tryptic marker peptides has been published in 2017. Here the successful inter-laboratory validation and first-time standardization of a proteomics method for food control is described, which was subsequently included into the Official Collection of Analysis Methods according to the German Food and Feed Code (§ 64 LFGB). Thirteen laboratories from governmental, academic, and private institutions participated in the study, whereas four laboratories did not meet the minimal quality criteria and therefore their results had to be excluded. Three different test materials containing between 0.2 and 2% technical TG as well as blank samples were produced and tested. The laboratories used triple-quadrupole mass spectrometers from several vendors as well as quadrupole time-of-flight instruments. The detection of TG was considered to be positive, if three mass transitions for the marker peptides VTPPAEPLDR (TG-1) and SPFYSALR (TG-2), each, showed a signal-to-noise ratio of at least 3. The level of detection LOD95% for the median laboratory with intermediate performance was 0.31%, the false-positive rate was 0% and the false-negative rate was 2.1%.
Investigating the palaeoenvironmental context of Late Pleistocene human dispersals into Southeast Asia: a review of stable isotope applications
Authors: McAllister Meghan S. , Morley Mike W. , Tyler Jonathan J. , McInerney Francesca A. , Blyth Alison J. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractWe review palaeoenvironmental applications of stable isotope analysis to Late Pleistocene archaeological sites across Southeast Asia (SEA), a region critical to understanding the evolution ofHomo sapiensand other co-existing Late Pleistocene (124–11.7 ka) hominins. Stable isotope techniques applied to archaeological deposits offer the potential to develop robust palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, to contextualise the occupational and non-occupational history of a site. By evaluating the published research in this field, we show that sediments, guano, tooth enamel, speleothem and biomolecular material such as leaf waxes have great potential to provide site-specific palaeoenvironmental records and local and catchment-scale landscape context to hominin dispersal in the region. However, stable isotope techniques used in these contexts are in their infancy in SEA, and the diagenetic controls associated with hot and humid environments that typify the region are not yet fully understood. Additionally, availability of sources of stable isotopes varies between sites. Nonetheless, even the limited research currently available shows that stable isotope analyses can aid in developing a better understanding of the role of the environment on the nature and timing of dispersals of our species eastwards into SEA and beyond.
Lithologic Controls on Geomorphic Evolution of the Central Western Ghats: An Example from the Aghnashini Catchment, Karnataka, India
Authors: Das Sumit , Kandekar Avinash M. , Sangode Satish J. 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In spite of the prolonged exposure and denudation (for &gt;50 Ma), the catchments of the Western Ghats escarpment depict significant relief and rugged topography along the Indian passive margin. In this study, an endeavour has been made to comprehend the function of lithology in landscape dynamics of the Aghanashini catchment through quantitative geomorphology. Longitudinal profiles of this catchment demonstrate disequilibrium through anomalous high stream gradient index and normalized steepness index (ksn) that are related to topographic breaks. Correlation between lithology types and ksn inferred predominant lithologic control on drainage disequilibrium. Transformed coordinate (χ-plot) of the longitudinal profile explained the knickpoint dynamics in an extensive manner where the outcomes suggested river capture process, formation of steep gorge, and series of hanging waterfalls due to sudden change in boundary conditions. This study indicates strong lithologic control under the influence of intense precipitation on shifting knickpoints throughout the catchment area forcing to maintain the valley relief and hillslope angles responsible for rugged and high relief topography of Aghnashini catchment of the Western Ghats.
Assessing Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Parts of Chandrapur District, Wardha Valley Coalfield, Maharashtra Using Geospatial Techniques
Authors: Khan Zadan , Akram Javed 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Wardha valley coalfield of Central India is one of the major coalfields which fulfils the requirement of coal in Maharashtra and other adjoining states. Chandrapur district falls within the Wardha valley coalfield covering an area of 11,364 km2. The district has its economic and industrial importance due to availability of coal reserves, which contributes to core sector of India with both open and underground mining. An attempt has been made to assess the land use/cover changes in parts Wardha valley coalfield, Chandrapur district using multi-temporal satellite data. Survey of India toposheets (55P/8 and 56M/5) have been used for preparation of base map, whereas multi-temporal satellite data of LANDSAT 5 (TM), IRS 1D LISS III and IRS P6 LISS III corresponding to 1991, 2001 and 2011, respectively have been utilized for LU/LC mapping and change detection. Visual interpretation technique has been followed to delineate LU/LC categories supplemented with ground truth verification /field work. Satellite data interpretation led to the identification and delineation of 14 land use/cover categories, namely dense forest, degraded forest, open scrub, plantation, cultivated land, uncultivated land, waste land, mining area, overburden dumps, thermal power plant, industrial area, settlement/built-up, water body and dry river. Arc GIS has been used for digitization, editing, computation and generating vital statistics. The analysis of LU/LC statistics suggests that area has undergone significant land use/cover changes during two decades (1991-2011) due to increasing mining activity, industrialization and urbanization. There has been significant reduction in areas under dense forest (9.49 km2) and open scrub (10.83 km2). The other notable changes have been observed in uncultivated land which reduced by 1.54 km2 and waste land by 2.75 km2. On other hand, significant increase in area has been observed under plantation (5.08 km2), cultivated land (6.25 km2), mining area (2.16 km2), overburden dumps (3.37 km2) and settlement/built-up (5.22 km2). Area under degraded forest has increased by 2.32 km2, industrial area by 0.18 km2 and water body by 1.14 km2.