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Primary healthcare managers’ perceptions of management competencies at different management levels in digital health services: secondary analysis
Authors: Ylitalo Antti , Laukka Elina , Heponiemi Tarja , Kanste Outi Ilona 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to describe primary health-care managers’ perceptions of management competencies at different management levels in digital health services using the management competency assessment program as a framework.

Design/methodology/approach
A secondary analysis study involving 21 semi-structured individual interviews was conducted among Finnish primary health-care managers at different management levels (frontline, middle and senior). The deductive framework method was used to analyze the data.

Findings
Similarities and differences were found in management competencies between different levels of management. Competencies related to the use of digitalization were highlighted by managers at all management levels. Managers at all management levels were involved in developing digital solutions and supporting employees in using digital solutions in their work. Frontline and middle managers emphasized more issues related to day-to-day management and communication with employees, whereas senior managers highlighted the management of large entities.

Research limitations/implications
In the secondary analysis, data were used for purposes other than originally intended. Therefore, the data are subject to limitations of the methodology applied and should be transferred to other contexts with caution.

Practical implications
Identifying the management competencies needed to manage digital health services is important to target managers’ training according to needs in the future.

Social implications
The results could be used to develop the management of digital health services, as well as improve digital health services and their deployment.

Originality/value
Previous literature mostly examined managers’ informatics competencies and paid little attention to other management competencies. This study discusses more broadly the management competencies that digital health services require from managers at different levels of management.
Corporate governance in a weak legal environment: a systematic review focusing on Zimbabwe
Authors: Nyakurukwa Kingstone , Seetharam Yudhvir 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
Literature shows that corporate governance matters more in countries with weak legal environments. The purpose of this study is to synthesise and map research that has been done so far on corporate governance in Zimbabwe, a country that has been characterised by weak legal systems and lack of respect for property rights.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 20 articles indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases was carried out to establish the trends and evolution of corporate governance in Zimbabwe.

Findings
The articles reviewed looked at the association between corporate governance attributes and firm performance, disclosure of information and economic growth. The proportion of independent directors was found to significantly affect firm performance and information disclosure in most of the studies. The majority of the studies used descriptive statistics and simple regression in their methodologies. The stakeholder theory is the most used in the studies reviewed.

Originality/value
The study highlights the need to strengthen the state infrastructure that enhances corporate governance at the firm level. When state-owned companies adhere to good corporate governance practices, this can cascade to the private sector.
A study on the thermal responsive behavior of hydrogel-based materials and their potential use in medical applications
Authors: Junaid Aniqa , Najabat Ali Murtaza , Mir Mariam , Hassan Sadia 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present synthesis protocol of hydrogel composed of Chitosan (CS) and Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and establish an understanding of its thermal responsive behavior. It aims to prove the basic temperature sensing ability of a novel CS-PEG-based hydrogel and define its sensing span.

Design/methodology/approach
This study includes synthesis of CS and PEG-based hydrogel samples by first performing dissolution of both constituents, respectively, and then adding Glutaraldehyde as the cross-linking agent. It further includes proposed hydrogel’s swelling studies and dynamic behavior testing, followed by hydrogel characterization by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and SEM. The last section focuses on the use of proposed hydrogel as a temperature sensor.

Findings
Detailed experimental results show that a hydrogel comprising of CS and PEG presents a thermally responsive behavior. It offers potential to be used as a temperature responsive hydrogel-based sensor which could be used in medical applications.

Originality/value
This research study presents scope for future research in the field of thermally responsive bio-sensors. It provides basis for the fabrication of a thermal responsive sensor system based on hydrogels that can be used in specific medical applications.
Does source credibility matter in promoting sustainable consumption? Developing an integrated model
Authors: Kumar Rakesh , Kaushal Shailesh Kumar , Kumar Kishore 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to explore the role of source credibility while purchasing environment-friendly products using Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behavior as underpinning model.

Design/methodology/approach
The proposed theoretical model was empirically tested with the data collected from 334 respondents using structural equation modeling.

Findings
The results gave empirical support to the addition of source credibility to the original theory of planned. Moreover, consumer attitude was found mediating the effect of corporations’ credibility on purchase intention. Also, attitude and perceived behavioral control were found as the most important predictors of consumer’s intention to purchase environment-friendly products.

Practical implications
This study provides valuable insights for the marketers engaged in sustainable business practices. Amid, ever-increasing carbon emission, promoting the use of environment-friendly products has become the need of the time. Credibility plays a crucial role while promoting and communicating an organization’s sustainable practices among its stakeholders including consumers. Therefore, the marketer should formulate appropriate marketing communication strategy to communicate the consumer about the green practices and environment-friendly products they produce. The results suggest that corporation’s credibility shapes consumer attitude and influences intention to purchase environment-friendly products. Earning trust of the consumer is pivotal to achieve success in the market. Therefore, results may help the marketers to better understand consumer’s response toward their marketing strategies and further convince and persuade them to buy their products.

Social implications
The findings of this study may be useful for marketers, strategists, policymakers and government while formulating promotional strategies to make consumer aware, educate and persuade them to purchase products which do not cause harm to the environment.

Originality/value
The study is novel in terms of exploring role of source credibility and extending theory of planned behavior in the context of sustainable consumption.
Partnering with people living with dementia and care partners in technology research and design: Reflections and recommendations
Authors: Liddle Jacki , Worthy Peter , Frost Dennis , Taylor Eileen , Taylor Dubhglas 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIntroductionOccupational therapists may recommend and support technology use for facilitating independence, safety, wellbeing, and participation. There are high expectations for technology for people living with dementia. However, there is recognition that technologies will need to improve to deliver these expected benefits. People living with dementia have historically been excluded from direct involvement in research and design. A program of participatory research was undertaken to codesign technologies and technology research with people living with dementia and care partners. This work aims to capture the requirements, actions, and barriers experienced in forming these partnerships in technology research and design.MethodsA shared metareflection of experiences was conducted by members (5) of the research teams involved in three participatory research and technology design studies. The team comprising living experience experts, an occupational therapist, and interaction designer reflected on their experiences and derived recommendations. Key considerations for effective partnerships were drawn inductively by the authors from study experiences, materials, and reflexive discussion.FindingsSix core areas were identified. These were four action areas—(1) Agree on the value; (2) The time to start partnering is now; (3) Ask not assume; and (4) Push back on ‘we always have’—(5) barriers and tensions, and (6) unexpected benefits. The reflections indicated that genuine partnerships and engagements were possible with living experience experts in research and design teams. These required resourcing and focussed actions to promote partnership. Despite some structural changes that encourage partnering, there are considerable barriers to this engagement; however, benefits beyond the expected ones can be realised.ConclusionGenuine partnerships in technology research and design with living experience experts are possible and lead to benefits for the team, research outcomes, and technologies. Recommended actions could support expansion of effective partnerships with people living with dementia and care partners as well as other partnerships in research.
Serotiny as a reproductive strategy in the specially protected speciesAriocarpus kotschoubeyanus(Cactaceae)
Authors: Jiménez‐Sierra Cecilia L. , Arroyo‐Pérez Erika , Flores Joel , Zavala Hurtado José A. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractPlant species with aerial seed banks are commonly referred to as “serotinous,” an adaptation in which seed release happens in response to an environmental trigger. Individuals ofAriocarpus kotschoubeyanus(Cactaceae), a specially protected species, store some seeds on the plant over 1 year. We examined the seed retention time, the release mechanism, and the germination behavior of this species in Central Mexico. Flowers produced in a population ofA. kotschoubeyanuswere monitored, and the number of fruits retained or expelled was determined to calculate the serotiny degree (the number of seeds retained in the tubercules of the plant divided by the total number of seeds produced per plant). The seed retention in previous years was estimated for 30 individuals. The dynamics of retained seeds in the mother plant (seed age in “rings”) were determined from the annual average production of tubercules per individual, using observations for 5 years. A germination test employing the seeds collected from recently formed fruits and those obtained from different rings was conducted. We observed that 86.6% of the plants showed seed retention (aerial seed bank) in some ring of the aerial stems. The serotiny degree was 37.3, having 32.68 seeds per plant. Seeds retained in the “rings” from 1‐ to 24‐year‐old plants had a higher germination proportion (between 0.40 and 0.73) than fresh seeds (0.13). Seeds increase their germination proportion with age; thus, seed retention by tubercules (serotiny) represents a reproductive strategy to conserve germplasm until favorable conditions to germinate are present.
Impact assessment of job reallocation on unemployment in Morocco: An ARDL approach
Authors: Beladel Asmae , Raouf Radouane 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis paper investigates the impact of the sectoral reallocation of labor on unemployment in Morocco. Using the Lilien index for job reallocation, we estimate an autoregressive distributed lag model using quarterly data between 2001 and 2019. The analysis yielded two key findings. In the short run, job reallocation raises unemployment, which can be attributed to the inadequacy of the quantity of newly created jobs in the emerging sectors, the mismatch between the actual and the needed skills of the workforce, and the costs of job search. In the long run, job reallocation reduces unemployment as the emerging sectors develop and the workforce adapts to the changes in the labor market. Policymakers should design strategies that accelerate the adaptation of labor supply to the needs of emerging sectors and reduce transitional unemployment. Public policy should focus on identifying and developing emerging and labor‐intensive sectors that can absorb the surplus of skilled and unskilled labor.
The Future of Irish‐UK Relations: Borders and Identities after Brexit: Introduction
Authors: Colfer Barry , Diamond Patrick 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIt is apparent that the consociational framework established by the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (B/GFA) is under threat, while the UK's withdrawal from the EU poses major challenges for maintaining peace, prosperity and social cohesion in Northern Ireland (NI). The contributions to this special collection examine key elements of the post‐Brexit reality, with a particular focus on NI and the future of the intergovernmental bodies established by the B/GFA. The implications of the UK government's attempt unilaterally to disapply parts of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland are examined.
Vocational guidance and vocational counsellors (1920)
Authors: Fischer Aloys , Winch Christopher 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
This classic essay—‘Berufsberatung und Berufsberater’ by Aloys Fischer (1880–1937) is here published for the first time in English, in a translation by Christopher Winch. Fischer discusses the vocational situation after the end of the First World War and considers the needs of young people seeking to choose an occupation in difficult circumstances. He emphasises that vocational choice is difficult and requires specialist help. To this end he describes what he takes to be the aims and duties of the role of vocational counsellor and describes that kind of preparation that such a counsellor needs in order to properly fulfil his/her role. Much turns in the discussion on differences between German and English expressions, and these are discussed in the complementary essay, ‘Aloys Fischer: Vocational Orientation and Vocational Choice as Fundamental Prerequisite for Vocational Education’ by Erika Gericke, which also explores Fischer's significance in the light of contemporary German VET. An introduction to the broader context is provided in ‘Founding German Vocational Education: Kerschensteiner, Spranger and Fischer as key figures in the classical German VET Theory’ by Christian Steibe, Dina Kuhlee and Christopher Winch, the Editors of this Special Issue.
Potential to be more effective: Reduction in lower urgency emergency department presentations during theCOVID‐19 period in New South Wales, Australia
Authors: Zhao Jiaying , Powell Ian , Chessman Julia 
Published: October 2022

AbstractObjectiveDiverting lower urgency ED presentations to more suitable healthcare is a key goal of several healthcare systems. During the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020, there was a substantial drop in ED presentations in New South Wales (NSW), potentially because of lower risk of illness and injury through social restrictions, or ED avoidance for lower urgent care. The present study aimed to better understand the impact of social restrictions during the pandemic on ED presentations, to inform potential shifts to alternative modes of care in emergency medicine.MethodsWe conducted a quasi‐experimental study of public ED presentations in NSW. We compared changes in weekly ED presentation counts by urgency, during and after the period of tightest social restrictions in contrast to the baseline period. Expected weekly counts were estimated using segmented quasi‐Poisson regression, accounting for age and seasonality.ResultsLower urgency presentations fell more than mid‐high urgency presentations, both during and after the period of tightest social restrictions. Lower urgency presentations reduced 30.9% compared to the baseline period during tightest restrictions, in contrast to 20.9% reduction for mid‐high urgency presentations. Lower urgency presentations remained 14.4% lower after the tightest restrictions compared to the baseline period, whereas mid‐high urgency presentations returned to usual levels.ConclusionsThis finding suggests that reducing lower urgency ED presentation beyond the COVID‐19 pandemic maybe feasible, by supporting alternative, more appropriate sources of care.
Super‐selective Gelfoam embolisation in high‐flow priapism
Authors: Yap Joshua D , Power Mark A 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIntroductionHigh‐flow priapism is a rare condition with limited data in the literature, particularly in Australia. There is therefore no clear consensus regarding treatment. We aim to present our institutional network experience in managing this condition over the last decade with super‐selective gelatin sponge (Gelfoam) embolisation of the internal pudendal artery.MethodsWe retrospectively searched for and reviewed the patient records of all cases of priapism encountered within our multicentre institutional network over the last 10 years. Of these, the cases of high‐flow priapism treated with embolisation were analysed in depth and compared with the current literature.ResultsOverall, 93 patients in our network were diagnosed with priapism from 1 January 2012 to 1 January 2022. And 89 of these patients (96%) had low‐flow priapism and four patients (4%) had high‐flow priapism. Of these four patients, two were treated within our network with super‐selective Gelfoam embolisation of the internal pudendal artery. Following embolisation, both patients achieved rapid detumescence and returned to baseline premorbid erectile function. There was no report of recurrence or erectile dysfunction on follow‐up.ConclusionSuper‐selective embolisation of the internal pudendal artery should be considered as a treatment option for high‐flow priapism, with Gelfoam as an appropriate temporary embolic agent of choice. We show that it was a safe and effective option for the patients treated in this series, enabling quick and long‐term return to baseline erectile function. Our results support data provided by the limited number of cases in the literature.
Discovery of Early Tonian Calc‐alkaline and Shoshonitic Metamafic Rocks from the North Purulia Shear Zone, Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex, Eastern India: Implications of Proterozoic Sub‐continental Lithospheric Mantle
Authors: GOSWAMI Bapi , DAS Susmita , BASAK Ankita , BHATTACHARYYA Chitta 
Published: October 2022

AbstractReports of shoshonitic rocks in Precambrian terrains are relatively rare. Pl‐Grt amphibolites and Hbl‐Bt mafic granulites occurring in the migmatitic gneisses of the Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex (CGC) show calc‐alkaline and shoshonitic characteristics. Relict porphyritic, sub‐ophitic and poikilitic textures are noted in these rocks. Their parent magma was emplaced during the waning phase of the regional metamorphism. Geochemically, these metamafics are similar to the Group III potassic and ultrapotassic rocks of Foley et al. (1987). The magma was derived from the metasomatized subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). Subduction‐related sediment melts metasomatized the SCLM. Compositionally, the SCLM is a metasomatized phlogopite‐amphibole‐spinel‐bearing harzburgite. 1%–5% batch melting of the SCLM could produce the parental magma of the mafic granulites. Pressures and temperatures of metamorphic equilibration were carried out by pseudosection modeling. Peak metamorphic assemblage (M1: Grt‐Cpx‐Pl‐Qz) in garnetiferous amphibolite equilibrated at 740°C and 8.7 kbar. The Cpx‐Pl corona appeared around the garnet during decompression (M2: 655°C, 6 kbar). The Hbl‐Pl symplectites around garnet formed during isobaric cooling (M3: 580°C and 5.9 kbar). The emplacement of shoshonitic magma and subsequent decompression happened at the slab break‐off stage of continental collision (∼990 Ma).
Influence of Acid Treatment on Pore Structure and Fractal Characterization of a Tight Sandstone: A Case Study from Wudun Sag, Dunhuang Basin
Authors: GENG Weile , WANG Jiandong , ZHANG Xuecai , WANG Jun , DONG Chenqiang , ZHOU Guangqing , HUANG Gun , LI Lin 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIn this study, X‐ray diffraction, N2adsorption (N2A), and mercury intrusion (MI) experiments were used to investigate the influence of acid treatment on pore structure and fractal characterization of tight sandstones. The results showed that acid treatment generated a certain number of ink‐bottle pores in fine sandstone, aggravated the ink‐bottle effect in the sandy mudstone, and transformed some smaller pores into larger ones. After the acid treatment, both the pore volume in the range of 2–11 nm and 0.271–8 μm for the fine sandstone and the entire pore size range for the sandy mudstone significantly increased. The dissolution of sandstone cement causes the fine sandstone particles to fall off and fill the pores; the porosity increased at first but then decreased with acid treatment time. The fractal dimension obtained using the Frenkel‐Halsey‐Hill model was positively correlated with acid treatment time. However, the total fractal dimensions obtained by MI tests showed different changes with acid treatment time in fine sandstone and sandy mudstone. These results provide good guiding significance for reservoir acidification stimulation.
Risk factors and protective factors for alcohol‐related liver disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Zhang Ru , Tang Zongzhe , Xu Wenjie , Ding Yajie , Zhang Mengting , Guan Qing , Jiang Rong , Chen Yue , Hua Yingxue , Wang Jie 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackgroundAlthough alcohol‐related liver disease (ALD) is a global health threat, there are no specific effective treatments for it. Thus, efforts at preventing ALD are important and could be enhanced by using strategies based on validated risk and protective factors for the disease.MethodsThe literature on factors influencing the risk for ALD was systematically searched from PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane library databases from inception to June 2022. Factors suitable for quantitative analysis were submitted to meta‐analysis using fixed‐effects and random‐effects models to calculate each factor's risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).ResultsTen cohort studies (covering 1,005,339 subjects) that reported a clear causal relationship were included in the analysis, involving 11 potential risk factors (sex, race, education level, body mass index, alcohol consumption, types of alcoholic beverage, duration of drinking, drinking frequency, smoking, coffee consumption, and tea consumption). Three of these factors (sex, alcohol consumption, and smoking) were subjected to meta‐analysis, and the results showed that male sex (RR = 2.84, 95% CI = 1.86–4.36), alcohol consumption ≥280 g/week (RR = 4.96, 95% CI = 2.71–9.07), and smoking (RR = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.97–2.89) were risk factors for ALD.ConclusionsMany factors are likely to influence the incidence of ALD, and male sex, heavy alcohol consumption, and smoking increase the risk of ALD. The relationship between other factors and ALD risk needs further evaluation.