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Business Analytics Competition (BAC@MC): A learning experience
Authors: Ammar Salwa , Kim Min Jung , Masoumi Amir H. , Tomoiaga Alin 
Published: December 2022

AbstractOver the past few years, academics have undertaken initiatives to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the ever‐growing field of business analytics, including implementing real‐life student projects in all shapes and forms. Every year since 2015, Manhattan College has invited student teams from across North America and elsewhere in the world to its campus in order to participate in an intercollegiate business analytics competition (BAC@MC). This well‐received event and the objectives behind it are described in this article. The program is shown to serve as an effective experiential learning adventure for the undergraduate students as it hones their data analytic skills in the context of an engaging real‐world business problem. The roles various stakeholders play in this high‐impact practice are highlighted. Furthermore, an example of a recent competition question is presented (along with a summary of the analytical approaches attempted) by the student teams. Descriptive visualizations, regression, and cluster algorithms implemented using python, R, Excel, or Tableau are among the typical analyses utilized by participating students. As witnessed by the students, faculty advisors, and the industry practitioners who attended the event, competitions such as BAC@MC can be rewarding, community‐building, and transformative experiences for undergraduate students who will soon become tomorrow's business analysts.
Modelling cancer metabolism in vitro: current improvements and future challenges
Authors: Dragic Helena , Chaveroux Cedric , Cosset Erika , Manie Serge N. 
Published: December 2022

Advances in cancer biology over the past decades have revealed that metabolic adaptation of cancer cells is an essential aspect of tumorigenesis. However, recent insights into tumour metabolism in vivo have revealed dissimilarities with results obtained in vitro. This is partly due to the reductionism of in vitro cancer models that struggle to reproduce the complexity of tumour tissues. This review describes some of the discrepancies in cancer cell metabolism between in vitro and in vivo conditions, and presents current methodological approaches and tools used to bridge the gap with the clinically relevant microenvironment. As such, these approaches should generate new knowledge that could be more effectively translated into therapeutic opportunities.
Antarctic conservation policies and practices: Towards a more inclusive and sustainable future
Authors: Senatore Maria Ximena 
Published: December 2022

AbstractContemporary archaeology brings a unique perspective from which to critically think about Antarctic Treaty System conservation policies and practices concerning material things. The paper begins by highlighting how they have relied on several underlying assumptions, which we summarise as the ‘wilderness’ and ‘heritage’ principles. It then discusses how these policies and practices have often led to non‐sustainable or non‐inclusive outcomes. In particular, the application of the wilderness and heritage principles to environmental conservation has, on the one hand, reinforced the dominant images and narratives of Antarctica, selectively neglecting and erasing diverse human and non‐human stories, and on the other hand, led to human–thing entanglements that are currently difficult to overcome. The paper's conclusions encourage readers to envision more inclusive and sustainable conservation models by challenging the assumptions underlying current policies and practices.
Predictive factors of de novo overactive bladder in clinically localized prostate cancer patients after robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy
Authors: Watanabe Kyohei , Otsuka Atsushi , Sano Asuka , Sato Ryo , Matsushita Yuto , Watanabe Hiromitsu , Tamura Keita , Motoyama Daisuke , Ito Toshiki , Sugiyama Takayuki , Miyake Hideaki 
Published: December 2022

ObjectivesTo assess the postoperative status of clinically localized prostate cancer patients who underwent robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with a focus on de novo overactive bladder (OAB).MethodsThe present study included 156 patients who did not have preoperative OAB and underwent RARP between December 2015 and April 2020 at our institution. Patients were divided into the de novo OAB group and non‐OAB group based on the findings of overactive bladder symptoms score (OABSS) 6 months after RARP, and comparative assessments were performed between the two groups.ResultsSix months after RARP, de novo OAB was detected in 38 (24.4%) out of 156 patients. Body mass index (BMI) and the proportion of patients with hypertension were significantly higher in the de novo OAB group than in the non‐OAB group. No significant differences were observed in the other characteristics examined. Furthermore, the preoperative findings of uroflowmetry and a urodynamic study did not significantly differ between the two groups. Despite the lack of significant differences in preoperative OABSS, total international prostate symptom score, the voiding symptom score, storage symptom score, and quality of life score between the two groups, all of these findings 6 months after RARP were significantly worse in the de novo OAB group than in the non‐OAB group. Among the several factors examined, only BMI was independently associated with the development of de novo OAB 6 months after RARP.ConclusionsPatients with a high BMI may develop de novo OAB after RARP, resulting in the significant deterioration of lower urinary tract symptoms.
The coupled task scheduling problem: an improved mathematical program and a new solution algorithm
Authors: Khatami Mostafa , Salehipour Amir 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe general single machine coupled task scheduling problem with the objective function of minimizing the makespan, which is strongly NP‐hard, aims to schedule a set of coupled task jobs on one machine such that the completion time of the last job is minimized. We propose a new mixed‐integer program (MIP) for the problem. We also propose a relax‐and‐solve (R&S) matheuristic algorithm as the solution method. We show that the new MIP outperforms the available models and improves the quality of solutions. Also, the proposed MIP significantly improves the average gap to the best known feasible solution of an existing binary search algorithm. We show that our R&S matheuristic produces new best solutions for almost 50% of the instances.
Long‐term efficacy (up to 68 weeks) of Baricitinib in combination with topical corticosteroids in adult patients with moderate‐to‐severe atopic dermatitis: Analysis of treatment responders, partial responders and nonresponders originating from study BREEZE‐AD7
Authors: Silverberg Jonathan I. , Simpson Eric L. , Thyssen Jacob Pontoppidan , Werfel Thomas , Cardillo Tracy E. , Colvin Stephanie , Pierce Evangeline , Chen Yun‐Fei , Chen Sherry , Eichenfield Lawrence 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundBaricitinib demonstrated efficacy in treating adults with moderate‐to‐severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in Phase 3 clinical trials.ObjectiveTo examine long‐term efficacy of baricitinib combined with topical corticosteroids (TCS) in adult patients from a Phase 3 study, BREEZE‐AD7 (NCT03733301), enrolled in ongoing extension study, BREEZE‐AD3 (NCT03334435).MethodsUpon BREEZE‐AD7 completion, responders or partial responders (RPR [vIGA‐AD™ ≤2]) receiving baricitinib 2‐mg or 4‐mg + TCS maintained their original treatment doses in BREEZE‐AD3. Nonresponders (NR; vIGA‐AD 3,4) receiving baricitinib 2‐mg were rerandomized 1:1 to baricitinib 2‐mg or 4‐mg; NR receiving baricitinib 4‐mg remained on same dose. Integrated data from all patients (RPR + NR = baricitinib 4‐mg intent‐to‐treat [ITT] cohort) receiving continuous baricitinib 4‐mg in BREEZE‐AD7 through BREEZE‐AD3 were analysed, along with baricitinib 4‐mg or 2‐mg RPR cohorts. Primary endpoint was proportion of patients with vIGA‐AD (0,1) at Weeks 16, 36 and 52 (Weeks 32, 52 and 68 of continuous therapy). Additional outcomes included improvement in EASI75 and Itch NRS (up to Week 32). Missing data were imputed by last observation carried forward.ResultsIn baricitinib 4‐mg ITT cohort (N = 102), proportions of patients achieving vIGA‐AD (0,1) at Week 32, Week 52, and Week 68 were 21.6%, 26.5% and 23.5%; EASI75 were 46.1%, 40.2% and 43.1%, respectively. Itch NRS ≥4‐point improvement (Itch ≥4) were 47.3% at Week 16 and 40.6% at Week 32.In baricitinib 4‐mg RPR cohort (N = 63), proportions of patients achieving vIGA‐AD (0,1) at Week 32, Week 52 and Week 68 were 31.7%, 33.3% 34.9%, respectively; EASI75 were 57.1%, 49.2% and 49.2%, respectively. Itch ≥4 were 53.6% at Week 16 and 46.4% at Week 32. Corresponding proportions for baricitinib 2‐mg RPR cohort (N = 53) for vIGA‐AD (0,1) were 39.6%, 45.3% and 30.2%; EASI75 were 77.4%, 69.8% and 58.5%, respectively. Itch ≥4 were 56.3% at Week 16 and 47.9% at Week 32.ConclusionBaricitinib 4‐mg and 2‐mg combined with TCS maintained clinically meaningful sustained efficacy over 68 weeks of continuous treatment.
The Use of Attendance Incentive Differentials for Managing Worker Shortages: A Study of Export Manufacturers in Global Supply Chains
Authors: Jayasinghe Mevan 
Published: December 2022

AbstractAmidst frequent and consequential worker shortages, export manufacturers in developing economies use incentives to reward workers for perfect attendance each month. However, it is unclear to what extent the attendance incentive differentials observed between export manufacturers are shaped by both employers' and workers' interests. By applying prior pay setting theory in the context of evidence of when consequential worker shortages occur due to workers' pursuit of personal or professional interests during workdays, I develop a framework that explains export manufacturers' policy decisions on the incentive level to reward workers' perfect attendance. Hypotheses are tested using data on 104 export apparel manufacturing establishments in Sri Lanka. The findings imply that attendance incentive pay setting is shaped not only by export manufacturers' strategic interest in minimizing vulnerability to worker shortages but also by their understanding of workers' willingness to forgo personal/professional interests (e.g., time‐off, alternative careers/jobs) to attend on every workday.
Sitting Meditation and Mindfulness Effects on Overall Anxiety and Test Anxiety Among College Students
Authors: Lothes John E. , Matney Sara , Naseer Zayne , Pfyffer Riley 
Published: December 2022

AbstractResearch shows that mindfulness interventions for test anxiety in a college student population are beneficial (Lothes, Matney, & Naseer, 2022). This study assessed the effects of online mindfulness practices over a 5‐week period on anxiety and test anxiety in college students. Participants included 20 students that were randomly assigned to either a sitting meditation or a wait list control (WLC). A weekly schedule of mindfulness practices was given to participants to complete on their own for 5 weeks. The WLC did not do any mindfulness for the first 5 weeks. Participants in the both conditions showed significant within‐group reductions in test anxiety, overall anxiety, and DASS scores during their mindfulness interventions. Both groups also showed significant increases in FFMQ scores. Mindfulness may play a role in the reduction of anxiety and test anxiety. Further research is needed to assess how mindfulness may affect anxiety and test anxiety in college students.
Speciation without gene‐flow in hybridizing deer
Authors: Kessler Camille , Wootton Eric , Shafer Aaron B. A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractUnder the ecological speciation model, divergent selection acts on ecological differences between populations, gradually creating barriers to gene flow and ultimately leading to reproductive isolation. Hybridisation is part of this continuum and can both promote and inhibit the speciation process. Here, we used white‐tailed (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (O. hemionus) to investigate patterns of speciation in hybridizing sister species. We quantified genome‐wide historical introgression and performed genome scans to look for signatures of four different selection scenarios. Despite ample modern evidence of hybridisation, we found negligible patterns of ancestral introgression and no signatures of divergence with gene flow, rather localized patterns of allopatric and balancing selection were detected across the genome. Genes under balancing selection were related to immunity, MHC and sensory perception of smell, the latter of which is consistent with deer biology. The deficiency of historical gene‐flow suggests that white‐tailed and mule deer were spatially separated during the glaciation cycles of the Pleistocene and genome wide differentiation accrued via genetic drift. Dobzhansky‐Muller incompatibilities and selection against hybrids are hypothesised to be acting, and diversity correlations to recombination rates suggests these sister species are far along the speciation continuum.
Negotiating legitimacy and belonging: Disabled students' and practitioners' experience
Authors: Jarus Tal , Krupa Terry , Mayer Yael , Battalova Alfiya , Bulk Laura , Lee Michael , Nimmon Laura , Roberts Earllene 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIntroductionPeople with disabilities are underrepresented in health professions education and practice. Barriers for inclusion include stigma, disabling discourses, discriminatory programme design and oppressive interactions. Current understandings of this topic remain descriptive and fragmented. Existing research often includes only one profession, excludes particular types of disability and focuses on one aspect of the career journey. To expand understanding, we examined the recurrent forms of social relations that underlie the participation of disabled individuals in learning and practice contexts across five health professions.MethodWe analysed 124 interviews with 56 disabled health practitioners and students. Participants were interviewed up to three times over 1.5 years. Using constructivist grounded theory, authors used a staged analytic approach that resulted in higher level conceptual categories that advance interpretations of social processes. Finally, the authors compared and integrated findings among students and practitioners.ResultsParticipants experience challenges to their sense of legitimacy and belonging as health providers. They describe tensions within the health education and practice between the commitment to inclusion and the day‐to‐day realities experienced by disabled participants. We identified six distinct, but related, conditions underlying these tensions: (i) validity and transparency of competencies' evaluation; (ii) the social and physical contexts; (iii) integration of inclusive practices; (iv) boundaries between personal and professional identities; (v) vulnerability to authority figures; and (vi) dynamic person‐level factors.DiscussionIf we are to commit to health practitioners and students with disabilities experiencing an overall sense of legitimacy and belonging, priority needs to be given to system‐level practices and policies to support inclusion. Attention to the day‐to‐day marginalisation of students and practitioners with disabilities in the health professions is also needed. Additionally, inclusive and transparent delineation of competency requirements is needed. Finally, educational actions are needed to increase understanding of disability in the health professions, with particular attention to promoting social relations that foster collective responsibility for supporting inclusion.
Platform nations
Authors: Mihelj Sabina 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThis article introduces the concept of platform nations to capture an important recent shift in the way nations and nationalism operate in the public domain. If the rise of the internet initially led to a weakening of state control over public expressions of national belonging, the growing monopoly of platforms enables states to reassert control over national imagination, while also opening doors for other political and corporate actors to interfere in the process. This shift appears to be contributing, at least in some parts of the world, to a disciplining of national imagination online, partially reversing the trend to greater democratisation seen in the early stages of the internet.
A meta‐analysis of the nomological network of knowledge hiding in organizations
Authors: Arain Ghulam Ali , Bhatti Zeeshan Ahmed , Hameed Imran , Khan Abdul Karim , Rudolph Cort W. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractOver the past two decades, knowledge hiding has rapidly emerged as an important research stream in organizational behavior and knowledge management literature. However, our understanding of this phenomenon is limited, because of a lack of synthesis across the nomological network of knowledge hiding and its related constructs. Therefore, we present the first comprehensive meta‐analysis (k = 104 studies, representing N = 31,822 employees) of the nomological network of knowledge hiding. We examined twenty‐five antecedents and seven outcomes of knowledge hiding along with its three dimensions (i.e., evasive hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized hiding). We also examined the distinctiveness between knowledge hiding and knowledge sharing as well as among evasive hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized hiding dimensions of knowledge hiding to establish their relative contribution to the nomological network of knowledge hiding. Additionally, we conducted exploratory analyses considering the association between demographics and knowledge hiding and the moderating effects of demographic, methodological, and industrial settings. Overall, we present the first meta‐analytic study that not only summarizes the extensive body of empirical knowledge hiding literature but also follows contemporary meta‐analytic methods and best practices to produce scientific findings that are transparent and reproducible. Our results likewise contribute to theorizing on knowledge hiding and offer practical implications and actionable directions for future research on knowledge hiding.
Optimizing seed injection as a seagrass restoration method
Authors: Gräfnings Max L. E. , Heusinkveld Jannes H. T. , Hoeijmakers Dieuwke J. J. , Smeele Quirin , Wiersema Henk , Zwarts Maarten , van der Heide Tjisse , Govers Laura L. 
Published: December 2022

Due to the major declines of seagrasses worldwide, there is an urgent need for effective restoration methods and strategies. In the Dutch Wadden Sea, intertidal seagrass restoration has proven very challenging, despite numerous restoration trials with different restoration methods. Recently, however, the first field trial performed with a newly developed “dispenser injection seeding” method (DIS) resulted in record‐high plant densities and seed recruitment. Here, we present the further development of the methodology and consequently improved restoration results. During two consecutive growing seasons, we honed the seeding technique and experimentally investigated how seeding depth (2/4 cm), injection density (25/100 injects/m2), and seed amount (2/20 seeds/inject) affected restoration of intertidal annual Zostera marina. We found that all variables had a significant impact on plant establishment. Seeding deeper (4 cm) had the largest positive effect on restored plant densities, while lowered seed densities (2 seeds/inject) had the largest positive impact on seed recruitment. The optimized DIS method, combined with an altered placement of the seeding hole, resulted in a 50‐fold increase in restored plant densities (from approximately 1 to 57 plants/m2) and a simultaneous increase in seed recruitment (from 0.3 to 11.4%). These improvements stem from the method's ability to counteract a recruitment bottleneck, where seeds are lost through hydrodynamic forcing. The methodological improvements described here are important steps toward restoring self‐sustaining seagrass populations in the future and our study demonstrates the high potential of the seed‐based DIS method for seagrass restoration.
Orality, gender, and West African Christian spirituality: Exploring women's voices
Authors: Fubara‐Manuel Jessie Ini , Fretheim Sara 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThis article explores orality in the context of West African Christian women's voices, arguing that their oral expressions highlight their lived faith experiences and function as a significant resource within the study of Christianity in Africa. The article first outlines concepts of orality in relation to gender, spirituality, language, and community engagement. We argue that women's oral contributions are a rich source of insight into West African Christian spirituality but are predominantly marginalised from more formal theological discourse. We further note that orality is not a stepping‐stone to formal academic discourse but is instead an equal and important counterpoint requiring attention. These concepts are elucidated through two ethnographic case studies. The first engages Afua Kuma, a non‐literate Ghanaian oral artist who adapted chiefly praises for Christologically centred prayers. The second focuses on Hannah (not her real name), a well‐educated Nigerian woman living with a disability, for whom singing proved spiritually transformative. We conclude with some of the challenges and benefits of engaging orality.
Exponential asymptotics of woodpile chain nanoptera using numerical analytic continuation
Authors: Deng Guo , Lustri Christopher J. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractTraveling waves in woodpile chains are typically nanoptera, which are composed of a central solitary wave and exponentially small oscillations. These oscillations have been studied using exponential asymptotic methods, which typically require an explicit form for the leading‐order behavior. For many nonlinear systems, such as granular woodpile chains, it is not possible to calculate the leading‐order solution explicitly. We show that accurate asymptotic approximations can be obtained using numerical approximation in place of the exact leading‐order behavior. We calculate the oscillation behavior for Toda woodpile chains, and compare the results to exponential asymptotics based on previous methods from the literature: long‐wave approximation and tanh‐fitting. We then use numerical analytic continuation methods based on Padé approximants and the adaptive Antoulas–Anderson (AAA) method. These methods are shown to produce accurate predictions of the amplitude of the oscillations and the mass ratios for which the oscillations vanish. Exponential asymptotics using an AAA approximation for the leading‐order behavior is then applied to study granular woodpile chains, including chains with Hertzian interactions—this method is able to calculate behavior that could not be accurately approximated in previous studies.
Posterior consistency for the spectral density of non‐Gaussian stationary time series
Authors: Tang Yifu , Kirch Claudia , Lee Jeong Eun , Meyer Renate 
Published: December 2022

AbstractVarious nonparametric approaches for Bayesian spectral density estimation of stationary time series have been suggested in the literature, mostly based on the Whittle likelihood approximation. A generalization of this approximation involving a nonparametric correction of a parametric likelihood has been proposed in the literature with a proof of posterior consistency for spectral density estimation in combination with the Bernstein–Dirichlet process prior for Gaussian time series. In this article, we will extend the posterior consistency result to non‐Gaussian time series by employing a general consistency theorem for dependent data and misspecified models. As a special case, posterior consistency for the spectral density under the Whittle likelihood is also extended to non‐Gaussian time series. Small sample properties of this approach are illustrated with several examples of non‐Gaussian time series.