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A toolset for complex decision-making in analyze phase of Lean Six Sigma project: a case validation
Authors: Singh Mahipal , Rathi Rajeev , Antony Jiju , Garza-Reyes Jose Arturo 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
The analyze phase of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project is an important phase where the project heads and organizational directors need to select the critical issues for further improvements. The present work is primarily focused on analyze phase of LSS project to prioritize the critical to quality (CTQ) in a particular case industry.

Design/methodology/approach
The CTQ prioritization is being done based on the five evaluation criteria found from the literature. The weights of the criteria are determined through the modified digital logic (MDL) method. The identified CTQs in assembly section of case industry have been ranked through the gray relational analysis (GRA) under fuzzy environment. The results of the study have been validated using fuzzy VlseKriterijumska Optimisacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR).

Findings
It is found that the “cost” criterion is the most significant among other criteria with MDL weight of 0.3. Through fuzzy-GRA, out of ten identified CTQs, non-availability of rack system is found to be the most critical issue in assembly section of case industry. The perceptions of industrial manager and production head of case industry are strongly in favor of the obtained results and have implemented the suggested solutions.

Originality/value
To sustain in the competitive environment and produce quality product at right time, organizations need to control their CTQs as per their criticality. For this, the decision-making becomes quite complex to select the most critical factors because of the fascinating nature of various criteria and sub-criteria. The present study is the first attempt that has implemented the multi-criteria decision-making approach in analyze phase of LSS project.
A point cloud registration-based calibration algorithm for robot offline programming automatic loading in aero-grinding applications
Authors: Mu Zixin , Cai Zhenhua , Zeng Chunnian , Li Zifan , Liang Xufeng , Yang Fan , Chen Tingyang , Dong Shujuan , Deng Chunming , Niu Shaopeng 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
During the process of the robotic grinding and polishing operations on aero-engine blades, the key problem of calibration error lies in fixture error and uneven margin. To solve this problem, this paper aims to propose a novel method to achieve rapid online calibration of the workpiece coordinate system through laser-based measurement techniques.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors propose a calibration strategy based on point cloud registration algorithm. The main principle is presented as follows: aero blade mounted on clamping end-effector is hold by industry robot, the whole device is then scanned by a 3D laser scanner to obtain its surface point cloud, and a fast segmentation method is used to acquire the point cloud of the workpiece. Combining Super4PCS algorithm with trimmed iterative closest point, we can align the key points of the scanned point cloud and the sampled points of the blade model, thus obtaining the translation and rotation matrix for calculating the workpiece coordinate and machining allowance. The proposed calibration strategy is experimentally validated, and the positioning error, as well as the margin distribution, is finally analyzed.

Findings
The experimental results show that the algorithm can well accomplish the task of cross-source, partial data and similar local features of blade point cloud registration with high precision. The total time spent on point cloud alignment of 100,000 order of magnitude blade is about 4.2 s, and meanwhile, the average point cloud alignment error is reduced to below 0.05 mm.

Originality/value
An improved point cloud registration method is proposed and introduced into the calibration process of a robotic system. The online calibration technique improves the accuracy and efficiency of the calibration process and enhances the automation of the robotic grinding and polishing system.
Modelling COVID-19 effect on the performance of MENA Health-care sector
Authors: Toumi Amina , El Khoury Rim , Harb Etienne , Nasrallah Nohade 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
This study models the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of the private health-care sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. This paper aims to address the economic, societal and sustainability of the health-care sector.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from Bloomberg and the sample consists of 534 firm-year observations from 55 firms listed over 2010–2020. The authors apply panel data and control for the country and governance effects.

Findings
The authors found heterogeneous results regarding the three sub-sectors. The pandemic has a negative effect on the accounting and market performances of the “Pharmaceutical companies” and an insignificant impact on “Healthcare Management and Facilities Services.” Moreover, the impact of COVID-19 on health-care firms’ performance depends on the country’s economic classification and the degree of regulatory and governance frameworks.

Research limitations/implications
Further studies may consider a larger sample and other regions. It is recommended to address the health-care sector's challenges to invest in new technologies such as “digital twin” and predictive and personalized medicine. It is worth testing model development theory and its effects on speeding up and designing models to ensure the proper functioning and developing mathematics to determine uncertainties in patient data and model predictions.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is novel as it is unique in modeling the impact of COVID-19 on the health-care public companies in the MENA region. The findings pinpoint firms’ and countries’ heterogeneous impacts on financial and market performances.
Contesting Mintzberg's five Ps for strategy: it is time for a product recall
Authors: Khalifa Azaddin Salem 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contest Mintzberg's influential “five Ps for strategy”. It exposes the negative side effect of these “five Ps” and urges a rethinking of the concept of strategy. It also points to an alternative direction for further research building on a more robust definition of strategy that does not aim to combine the five Ps but to focus instead on, and to draw boundaries around, the substance of strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe key arguments of Mintzberg's article are critically evaluated and alternative arguments are advanced.FindingsNone of the “five Ps for strategy” satisfies the criteria of a good definition. However, their impact is still evident, especially the definition of “strategy as pattern” and the idea that any decision can be “more or less” “strategic”. The “five Ps” have served their intent at the time, and their impact now is more negative than positive.Research limitations/implicationsThe “five Ps” are no longer useful in advancing the descriptive or prescriptive purposes of the strategy field. Researchers need to rethink the concept of strategy.Practical implicationsLeaders should not be confused by the “five Ps”. Instead, they should look for more rigorous and relevant definitions that help them think through their dynamic and uncertain environment.Originality/valueThis paper is probably the first to specifically contest the five definitions of strategy offered by Mintzberg and the argument behind them.
In the short-term, it is never the wrong time to certify: the mitigating impact of certification on firm valuation
Authors: Pelzer Josette Edwards , Hogan Robert Stephen 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
This study aims to examine the timing of the disclosure of a firm’s environmental certification. In general, certifications comply with signaling and legitimacy theories and serve to bolster a firm’s reputation, financial performance and valuation, among other benefits. However, when a firm finds itself facing a reputational threat, it is unclear whether disclosing a recent certification would provide those same benefits or be perceived by investors as “greenwashing” or a disingenuous distraction from the threat.

Design/methodology/approach
This study is based on a case and survey the authors developed that is supported in methodology and approach by past academic work.

Findings
The findings suggest that in the short term, the disclosure of the certification benefits the firm regardless of the current reputational environment, good or bad. More specifically, investors view the certification as a benefit (rather than an attempt to distract) even when its disclosure was immediately proceeded by a reputational threat.

Research limitations/implications
This study is limited by the population of survey respondents from which the authors collected data and their internal predispositions and biases.

Practical implications
This work is applicable to firms that have engaged in certifications or are considering such certifications as well as firms that provide certification services. The study is also relevant to stakeholders and consumers of information related to certifications.

Originality/value
This study is operationalized through the use of a case and survey the authors developed. The research question the authors attempt to answer is derived from a question raised in the literature. The authors are unaware of any other study that addresses this question.
Internet use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer+ older adults during COVID-19
Authors: Gates Trevor G. , Hughes Mark , Thepsourinthone Jack , Dune Tinashe 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
This brief paper aims to examine the extent to which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) older adults in Australia used the internet for social, informational and instrumental needs, including how internet use changed during COVID-19.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors used a survey advertised to LGBTIQ+ older adults (N = 394), recruited as a sample of convenience, on social networking sites and via LGBTIQ+ and aged care organizations.

Findings
Self-reported internet use decreased during COVID-19, with various significant between-group differences in purposes of internet use and sexuality, gender, living arrangements and time.

Originality/value
The internet can be a critical form of social contact for LGBTIQ+ older adults, and this is among the first studies in Australia about their internet use during COVID-19. Findings from the study suggest patterns of internet use may be decreasing among LGBTIQ+ older adults during the pandemic.
Predicting harvest impact and establishment success when translocating highly mobile and endangered species
Authors: Fischer Johannes H. , Wittmer Heiko U. , Kenup Caio F. , Parker Kevin A. , Cole Rosalind , Debski Igor , Taylor Graeme A. , Ewen John G. , Armstrong Doug P. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract

Harvesting individuals for translocations can negatively impact source populations, a critical challenge for species reduced to small populations. Consequently, translocation cohorts often remain small, reducing the establishment probability at the destination. Balancing the potential benefits and risks of such translocations is further complicated by philopatry and natural metapopulation dynamics if the target species is highly mobile. These challenges highlight the importance of translocation feasibility assessments, but such assessments often remain qualitative to date.

The critically endangered Kuaka (Whenua Hou Diving Petrel; Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) is a philopatric, highly mobile seabird that could benefit from conservation translocations, but only one small population remains. Through expert elicitations with a user‐friendly Shiny app, we developed a novel metapopulation extension to an integrated population model fitted to long‐term data, allowing us to simultaneously project harvest impact on the source and establishment of destination populations under alternative translocation scenarios, while accounting for philopatry and metapopulation dynamics.

Establishment of a destination population without excessive impact on the source was possible, but subject to uncertainty about philopatry and metapopulation dynamics. Accounting for juveniles returning to the source post‐translocations reduced impact on the source, but also decreased establishment at the destination. Natural movements of adults and juveniles between source and destination populations were predicted to modulate effects of different harvest intensities.

Synthesis and application. Using state‐of‐the art integrated population models and expert elicitations, we illustrate how translocation feasibility can be evaluated transparently and quantitatively, even when targeting endangered, philopatric and highly mobile species. Our approach is a considerable improvement on current qualitative feasibility assessments. However, we also illustrate that, ultimately, the favoured translocation strategy depends on balancing biological and other fundamental objectives inherent to translocations. Therefore, the ideal strategy cannot be determined solely mathematically, and feasibility assessments should incorporate explicit value statements. Our methodology is applicable to any future translocation scenario.
Discovery of a chalcone derivative as potent necroptosis inhibitor for the treatment of acute kidney injury
Authors: Li Chao , Chen Qiang‐yu , He Yuan , Liu Yu‐hai , Meng Xiao‐ming , Liu Ming‐ming 
Published: May 2022

AbstractNecroptosis, a form of inflammation‐related programmed cell death, is a major mechanism of proximal tubular cell injury in acute kidney injury (AKI). Blockade of necroptosis signalling represents a promising strategy for clinical therapy of AKI. Previously, we identified a small molecular receptor‐interacting protein kinases (RIPK)1 inhibitor Cpd‐71 with nephroprotective activities. To discover more nephroprotective agents, in this study, 20 chalcone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their anti‐necroptosis and nephroprotective activities. Among the chalcone derivatives, Cpd‐2 exhibited the most potent anti‐necroptosis activity (IC50 = 1.08 μM) and protective activity (EC50 = 1.49 μM) through directly binding to RIPK1 and blocking RIPK1‐RIPK3‐mixed‐lineage kinase domain‐like protein (MLKL) signalling pathway. Furthermore, Cpd‐2 effectively attenuated cisplatin or hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)‐induced injury and necroptotic inflammation in renal cell models. Moreover, in cisplatin‐ or ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) induced AKI mouse model, detection of creatinine and urea nitrogen in blood showed that Cpd‐2 improved kidney function. Periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) staining and immunofluorescence analysis indicated that Cpd‐2 also reduced pathological damage and inhibited inflammatory development in kidney tissues. In summary, although some chalcone derivatives have been reported to prevent kidney injury previously, our present study not only discovered a promising leading compound Cpd‐2, but also provided a novel and successful practice for the development of necroptosis inhibitors from natural products derivatives as AKI therapeutic agents.
Ecriture et identité féminines. Giustiniana Wynne Orsini v. Rosenberg: Economie relationnelle et formation d’identité de femme auteur dans ses correspondances
Authors: von Kulessa Rotraud 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe Anglo‐Venetian Giustiniana Wynne, Countess of Rosenberg Orsini, best known for her novel Les Morlaques (1788), had epistolary relations with friends from the Veneto as well as across Europe and is therefore part of the network of the European Republic of Letters. Attached to her homeland, the Republic of Venice, and also a cosmopolitan, she took advantage of her personal network to develop an authorial identity. After a bio‐bibliographical overview, I trace how a woman of letters created herself through the relational economy manifest in the letters addressed to William Beckford, Aurelio Bertola, and Elisabetta Mosconi.
Successes and limitations of quantitative diet metabarcoding in a small, herbivorous mammal
Authors: Stapleton Tess E. , Weinstein Sara B. , Greenhalgh Robert , Dearing M. Denise 
Published: May 2022

AbstractDNA metabarcoding is widely used to determine wild animal diets, but whether this technique provides accurate, quantitative measurements is still under debate. To test our ability to accurately estimate the abundance of dietary items using metabarcoding, we fed wild‐caught desert woodrats (Neotoma lepida) diets consisting of constant amounts of juniper (Juniperus osteosperma, 15%) and varying amounts of creosote (Larrea tridentata, 1%–60%), cactus (Opuntia sp., 0%–100%) and commercial chow (0%–85%). Using metabarcoding, we compared the representation of items in the original diet samples to that in the faecal samples to test the sensitivity and accuracy of diet metabarcoding, the performance of different bioinformatic pipelines and our ability to correct sequence counts. Metabarcoding, using standard trnL primers, detected creosote, juniper and chow. Different pipelines for assigning taxonomy performed similarly. While creosote was detectable at dietary proportions as low as 1%, we failed to detect cactus in most samples, probably due to a primer mismatch. Creosote read counts increased as its proportion in the diet increased, and we could differentiate when creosote was a minor and major component of the diet. However, we found that estimates of juniper and creosote varied. Using previously suggested methods to correct these errors did not improve accuracy estimates of creosote, but did reduce error for juniper and chow. Our results indicate that metabarcoding can provide quantitative information on dietary composition, but may be limited. We suggest that researchers use caution when quantitatively interpreting diet metabarcoding results unless they first experimentally determine the extent of possible biases.
Prevalence and management of pain in lung cancer patients in northern China: A multicenter cross‐sectional study
Authors: Zhang Bo , Li Xingya , Ma Zhiyong , Zhang Shucai , Song Xia , Gao Hongjun , Gong Liqun , Hu Yi , Wang Mengzhao , Jiang Da , Zhang Cuiying , Yuan Xuedong , Cao Baoshan , Zhang Peng , Nie Ligong , Zhang Yuhui , Chen Xiaoyan , Han Lei , Wei Wenqiang , Shi Yuankai 
Published: May 2022

AbstractBackgroundPain is a fearful yet common symptom among lung cancer patients. This multicenter, cross‐sectional study was conducted to examine the current status of pain prevalence and management in lung cancer patients in northern China.MethodsA total of 18 hospitals across northern China were selected. Patients with primary lung cancer who visited the outpatient clinic or were admitted in the wards on a preplanned day were invited to complete a questionnaire. Meanwhile, physicians who had experience of treating primary lung cancer patients were also surveyed.ResultsA total of 533 patients and 197 physicians provided valid responses to the survey, of which 45.4% (242/533) of patients reported pain during the course of disease and 24.2% (129/533) of patients had experienced pain within the past 24 h. The mean average pain intensity by the brief pain inventory was 3.47 ± 1.55. The binary logistic regression analysis showed female gender and stage IV disease were significantly associated with the presence of pain. A total of 74.4% (96/129) of patients reporting pain within 24 h were taking analgesics. The most common reason for patients not using analgesics was that the pain was tolerable (48.2%), while the most common barriers to prescribing opioids as reported by physicians were fear of adverse reactions (43.7%) and fear of addiction (43.1%).ConclusionDespite recognition of the importance of pain control by most physicians and an improvement in cancer pain management, inadequate treatment of cancer pain still exists in lung cancer patients in northern China. High‐quality pain education for both patients and physicians is needed in the future.
Phenological description and thermal time requirement of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) in tropical conditions
Authors: Kishore Kundan , Kanupriya Chaturvedi , Samant Deepa , Acharya Gobinda Chandra , Singh Hari Shankar , Sahu Ankita 
Published: May 2022

AbstractTamarind is one of the highly valued fruit trees of the tropical world. Considering the potential of the crop, a precise standardised description of its growth stages and thermal time requirement were studied to ensure efficient agronomic practices. Phenological growth stages of tamarind are defined according to the BBCH (Biologische Bundesanstalt, Bundessortenamt und Chemische Industrie) scale using a three‐digit numerical system. The phenology of tamarind is characterised by eight principal growth stages: bud growth, leaf growth, shoot growth, inflorescence growth, flower development, fruit growth, fruit maturation and dormancy. Principal growth stages of tamarind are defined and described through 39 secondary growth stages. For each phenological stage, duration and thermal time were also ascertained. It is evident that thermal time for fruit growth and maturation of tamarind is substantially high, whereas inflorescence and leaf require less thermal time to complete their growth. The study could be of great help to tamarind growers and scientists for implementation of efficient agronomic management protocols as well as for assessing the response of critical phenological growth stages to temperature.
Agents intervening against delirium in the intensive care unit trial—Protocol for a secondary Bayesian analysis
Authors: Andersen‐Ranberg Nina , Poulsen Lone M. , Perner Anders , Hästbacka Johanna , Morgan Matthew P. G. , Citerio Giuseppe , Oxenbøll‐Collet Marie , Weber Sven‐Olaf , Andreasen Anne Sofie , Bestle Morten H. , Uslu Bülent , Pedersen Helle B. S. , Nielsen Louise G. , Damgaard Kjeld , Jensen Troels B. , Sommer Trine , Dey Nilanjan , Mathiesen Ole , Granholm Anders 
Published: May 2022

AbstractBackgroundDelirium is highly prevalent in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The antipsychotic haloperidol is the most frequently used agent to treat delirium although this is not supported by solid evidence. The agents intervening against delirium in the intensive care unit (AID‐ICU) trial investigates the effects of haloperidol versus placebo for the treatment of delirium in adult ICU patients.MethodsThis protocol describes the secondary, pre‐planned Bayesian analyses of the primary and secondary outcomes up to day 90 of the AID‐ICU trial. We will use Bayesian linear regression models for all count outcomes and Bayesian logistic regression models for all dichotomous outcomes. We will adjust for stratification variables (site and delirium subtype) and use weakly informative priors supplemented with sensitivity analyses using sceptical priors. We will present results as absolute differences (mean differences and risk differences) and relative differences (ratios of means and relative risks). Posteriors will be summarised using median values as point estimates and percentile‐based 95% credibility intervals. Probabilities of any benefit/harm, clinically important benefit/harm and clinically unimportant differences will be presented for all outcomes.DiscussionThe results of this secondary, pre‐planned Bayesian analysis will complement the primary frequentist analysis of the AID‐ICU trial and facilitate a nuanced and probabilistic interpretation of the trial results.