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Species-specific traits mediate avian demographic responses under past climate change
Authors: Germain Ryan R , Feng Shaohong , Chen Guangji , Graves Gary R. , Tobias Joseph A. , Rahbek Carsten , Lei Fumin , Fjeldså Jon , Hosner Peter A. , Gilbert M. Thomas P. , Zhang Guojie , Nogués-Bravo David 
Published: August 2022

AbstractAnticipating species’ responses to environmental change is a pressing mission in biodiversity conservation. Despite decades of research investigating how climate change may affect population sizes, historical context is lacking and the traits which mediate demographic sensitivity to changing climate remain elusive. We use whole-genome sequence data to reconstruct the demographic histories of 263 bird species over the past million years and identify networks of interacting morphological and life-history traits associated with changes in effective population size (Ne) in response to climate warming and cooling. Our results identify direct and indirect effects of key traits representing dispersal, reproduction, and survival on long-term demographic responses to climate change, thereby highlighting traits most likely to influence population responses to on-going climate warming.One-Sentence SummaryInteracting traits influence sensitivity of bird population sizes to climate warming and cooling over the past million years.
Systematic analysis of the genomic features involved in the binding preferences of transcription factors
Authors: Romero Raphaël , Menichelli Christophe , Marin Jean-Michel , Lèbre Sophie , Lecellier Charles-Henri , Bréhélin Laurent 
Published: August 2022

AbstractTranscription factors (TFs) orchestrate gene expression and are at the core of cell-specific phenotypes and functions. One given TF can therefore have different binding sites depending on cell type and conditions. However, the TF core motif, as represented by Position Weight Matrix for instance, are often, if not invariably, cell agnostic. Likewise, paralogous TFs recognize very similar motifs while binding different genomic regions. We propose a machine learning approach called TFscope aimed at identifying the DNA features explaining the binding differences observed between two ChIP-seq experiments targeting either the same TF in two cell types or treatments or two paralogous TFs. TFscope systematically investigates differences in i) core motif, ii) nucleotide environment around the binding site and iii) presence and location of co-factor motifs. It provides the main DNA features that have been detected, and the contribution of each of these features to explain the binding differences. TFscope has been applied to more than 350 pairs of ChIP-seq. Our experiments showed that the approach is accurate and that the genomic features distinguishing TF binding in two different settings vary according to the TFs considered and/or the conditions. Several samples are presented and discussed to illustrate these findings. For TFs in different cell types or with different treatments, co-factors and nucleotide environment often explain most of the binding-site differences, while for paralogous TFs, subtle differences in the core motif seem to be the main reason for the observed differences in our experiments.The source code (python), data and results of the experiments described in this article are available athttps://gite.lirmm.fr/rromero/tfscope.
Understanding inhibitors to XBRL adoption: an empirical investigation
Authors: Singh Harmandeep , Singh Arwinder 
Published: August 2022

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the awareness of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) and the perception of chartered accountants of India concerning the inhibitors of XBRL adoption, namely, environmental, organizational and innovation factors developed by Troshani and Rao (2007) from Rogers’ innovation diffusion theory. In addition, the analysis also investigated the relationship between the perception of issues regarding XBRL adoption and individual characteristics (training, age, gender and professional experience).

Design/methodology/approach
A Web-based questionnaire was circulated through e-mail to chartered accountants registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants India (ICAI) and 233 chartered accountants responded to the questionnaire. The data was analyzed using reliability statistics and multivariate regression analyses.

Findings
The results indicate that accountants perceived that environmental, organizational and innovational factors were challenging in adopting XBRL. Interestingly, training and experience were significant factors in explaining respondents’ perceptions.

Practical implications
From a practical panorama, the significance of issues implies that associations such as XBRL International, XBRL India, ICAI and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs should collectively take the appropriate steps to sustain and ameliorate the reliability and adoption of XBRL.

Social implications
The results can motivate ICAI/Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) courses to teach academic content about XBRL.

Originality/value
The present study differs from previous research because it examines the inhibitors in adopting XBRL, namely, environmental, organizational and innovation factors, in an empirical setting. Moreover, to the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the influence of individual factors on accountants’ perceptions about inhibitors of XBRL adoption.
Circular textiles innovation during COVID-19: not the silver lining some had hoped for
Authors: Sugg Bethany 
Published: August 2022

PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused irrefutable devastation globally. Yet, academic and trade commentators have claimed that this disruption could have had a silver lining by presenting the fashion industry with the opportunity to reassess and rebuild in a slower, more considered way. Part of this reassessment, some have argued, may have been allowing the industry's pre-COVID sustainability buzz to come to fruition by nudging the fashion industry to go circular. This paper explores if, and how, the COVID-19 pandemic was (not) nudging the industry towards circularity using the case study of circular textiles.Design/methodology/approachSerial, semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with three buyers and sourcers working for three UK-based fashion retailers. Each participant was involved in three interviews in June 2020 following the UK's first national lockdown.FindingsThe research findings suggest that, at the time this research was undertaken, these retailers were focussed on regaining profit, protecting their supply chains and producing “safe” designs whilst cutting back and becoming more risk averse. These actors suggested that, in contrast to the suppositions made by academic and media commentators, the COVID-19 pandemic was acting as a hindrance to circularity, not a helping hand, as retailers were less willing to invest in circular textiles at that time than they were pre-pandemic.Originality/valueThis paper offers valuable insight into the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on circular innovation within fashion retail whilst contributing to broader understandings of the principles of the circular economy within textiles and design.
Excess cash holding and audit pricing: a further consideration of precautionary motives and other factors
Authors: Ramachandran Jayalakshmy , Kannan Yezen H. , Benjamin Samuel Jebaraj 
Published: August 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate auditors’ pricing of excess cash holdings and the variation in their pricing decisions in light of the precautionary motives of cash holdings and certain firm-specific conditions and during periods of crisis.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors conduct the two-stage-least-squares multivariate analysis using a sample of publicly listed non-financial US firms for the period 2003 to 2021 (42,413 firm-year observations).

Findings
The findings show a significant positive relationship between excess cash and audit fee. Next, the authors find that audit pricing of excess cash is significantly higher for firms with lower financial constraints. However, the authors do not find evidence to suggest that auditors price excess cash significantly higher for firms with lower hedging needs. In additional analysis, the authors find evidence to suggest that auditors charge significantly less for excess cash in firms that report financial loss and firms operating in industries with high litigation risk. The additional analysis also reveals excess cash is not positively and significantly priced by auditors as a result of the global financial crisis and Covid-19 pandemic.

Originality/value
Most researchers have analyzed excess cash holding from the perspective of managers, i.e. agency conflict or managerial prudence, while somewhat neglecting auditors’ perception of the embedded risk of excess cash holdings. The authors provide new insights on auditors’ perspective of excess cash holding and identify certain factors/situation/conditions that cause variation in the audit fee premium. The findings offer useful insights for managers and shareholders who are interested in assessing the effects of excess cash holdings policies on the audit fee premium.
Can downside-risk measures help to explain the reluctance of households to invest in XTFs? An empirical study using the SHS-base
Authors: Wanger Hans Philipp , Oehler Andreas 
Published: August 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether downside-risk measures help to explain why households largely refrain from investing in Exchange Traded Funds that replicate broad and internationally diversified market indices, so-called XTFs, although studies frequently recommend to do so.Design/methodology/approachThe paper analyzes whether evaluating risk in terms of downside-risk measures which reflect households' interpretation of risk closer than the standard deviation (SD) of returns, yields less risk-return-enhancements, and thus, fewer incentives for households to invest in XTFs. Household portfolios are compiled by combining stylized portfolio compositions that involve multiple asset classes and German households' security holdings. The data set covers the period from January 2014 to December 2016 and includes 47,388 securities.FindingsThe results indicate that none of the downside-risk measures can help to explain the reluctance of households to invest in XTFs. On the flip side, the results show that all stylized household portfolios can enhance the risk-return position from employing XTFs, regardless of the underlying risk measure. This supports the advice to invest in XTFs and extends it upon households that evaluate risk in terms of downside-risk.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to investigate risk-return-enhancements from XTFs while simultaneously considering various downside-risk measures and multiple asset classes of household portfolios.
Excessive nutrient input induces an ecological cost for aphids by modifying their attractiveness towards mutualist ants
Authors: Lescano María N. , Quintero Carolina , Farji‐Brener Alejandro G. , Balseiro Esteban 
Published: August 2022

Abstract

Enhanced soil nutrient availability often favours herbivore performance by bringing the carbon:nutrient ratio of plants closer to herbivore requirements. However, a surplus of nutrients can promote a too low carbon:nutrient ratio in plants, making them of poor quality for herbivores. In addition, increased soil nutrients can trigger cascading effects altering higher trophic levels, resulting in indirect costs for herbivores.

Through experiments under three increasing fertilization levels (unfertilized, NPK‐rich, and 2NPK‐rich soils), we studied how the enhancement of soil nutrient availability, by modifying the C:N ratio of thistles, affects the performance and homeostatic response of the aphids, and the consequent ant attraction.

Fertilized soils increased the biomass and reduced the C:N ratio of thistles, also increasing aphid abundance. The stoichiometric homeostasis of aphids was modulated through changes in honeydew production and composition; fertilization treatments reduced by more than half the quantity of honeydew secreted and lead to 2.5–6.4 times higher honeydew N concentration compared with the unfertilized treatment. In addition, in the highest fertilization treatment, the aphids increased the content of uric acid (a waste toxic compound involved in amino acid deamination) excreted in their honeydew. Aphid‐infested thistles had the highest number of aphid‐tending ants when they grew on intermediate rich‐substrates. Ants selected honeydew with a lower C:N ratio (compared to unfertilized plants), but fewer workers patrolled plants with the highest fertilization treatment likely due to increased uric acid in the honeydew.

We showed that enhanced soil nutrients brought plant C:N ratio closer to aphid requirements, enhancing their performance and promoting ant attendance. But a disproportionate increase in fertilization did not further improve aphid performance while it decreases the attraction of protective ants, which would make aphid populations more vulnerable to attack by natural enemies, inducing an ecological cost.

This study highlights the complex role of bottom‐up cascading effects triggered by increases in soil nutrient availability and the importance of evaluating not only the physiological and population cost and benefits of it but also the ecological ones; especially when it alters mutualistic interactions.

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Reliable online measurement of population dynamics for filamentous co‐cultures
Authors: Palacio‐Barrera Ana M. , Schlembach Ivan , Finger Maurice , Büchs Jochen , Rosenbaum Miriam A. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractUnderstanding population dynamics is a key factor for optimizing co‐culture processes to produce valuable compounds. However, the measurement of independent population dynamics is difficult, especially for filamentous organisms and in presence of insoluble substrates like cellulose. We propose a workflow for fluorescence‐based online monitoring of individual population dynamics of two filamentous microorganisms. The fluorescent tagged target co‐culture is composed of the cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei RUT‐C30—mCherry and the pigment‐producing bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)—mNeonGreen (mNG) growing on insoluble cellulose as a substrate. To validate the system, the fluorescence‐to‐biomass and fluorescence‐to‐scattered‐light correlation of the two strains was characterized in depth under various conditions. Thereby, especially for complex filamentous microorganisms, microbial morphologies have to be considered. Another bias can arise from autofluorescence or pigments that can spectrally interfere with the fluorescence measurement. Green autofluorescence of both strains was uncoupled from different green fluorescent protein signals through a spectral unmixing approach, resulting in a specific signal only linked to the abundance of S. coelicolor A3(2)—mNG. As proof of principle, the population dynamics of the target co‐culture were measured at varying inoculation ratios in presence of insoluble cellulose particles. Thereby, the respective fluorescence signals reliably described the abundance of each partner, according to the variations in the inocula. With this method, conditions can be fine‐tuned for optimal growth of both partners along with natural product formation by the bacterium.
Comparative ontogenetic and transcriptomic analyses shed light on color pattern divergence in cichlid fishes
Authors: Kratochwil Claudius F. , Liang Yipeng , Gerwin Jan , Franchini Paolo , Meyer Axel 
Published: August 2022

AbstractStripe patterns are a striking example for a repeatedly evolved color pattern. In the African adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes, stripes evolved several times independently. Previously, it has been suggested that regulatory evolution of a single gene, agouti‐related‐peptide 2 (agrp2), explains the evolutionary lability of this trait. Here, using a comparative transcriptomic approach, we performed comparisons between (adult) striped and nonstriped cichlid fishes of representatives of Lake Victoria and the two major clades of Lake Malawi (mbuna and non‐mbuna lineage). We identify agrp2 to be differentially expressed across all pairwise comparisons, reaffirming its association with stripe pattern divergence. We therefore also provide evidence that agrp2 is associated with the loss of the nonstereotypic oblique stripe of Mylochromis mola. Complementary ontogenetic data give insights into the development of stripe patterns as well as vertical bar patterns that both develop postembryonically. Lastly, using the Lake Victoria species pair Haplochromis sauvagei and Pundamilia nyererei, we investigated the differences between melanic and non‐melanic regions to identify additional genes that contribute to the formation of stripes. Expression differences—that most importantly also do not include agrp2—are surprisingly small. This suggests, at least in this species pair, that the stripe phenotype might be caused by a combination of more subtle transcriptomic differences or cellular changes without transcriptional correlates. In summary, our comprehensive analysis highlights the ontogenetic and adult transcriptomic differences between cichlids with different color patterns and serves as a basis for further investigation of the mechanistic underpinnings of their diversification.
Change in parent and child psychopathology following obesity treatment and maintenance: A secondary data analysis
Authors: Grammer Anne Claire , Best John R. , Fowler Lauren A. , Stein Richard I. , Kolko Conlon Rachel P. , Balantekin Katherine N. , Welch R. Robinson , Perri Michael G. , Epstein Leonard H. , Wilfley Denise E. 
Published: August 2022

SummaryBackgroundGeneral and eating disorder (ED) psychopathology are common among children and adults with overweight/obesity; few studies have examined their course of change throughout family‐based behavioural obesity treatment (FBT) and maintenance.ObjectivesExamine: (1) the changes in the parent and child general and ED psychopathology during FBT and maintenance interventions; (2) the associations between change in psychopathology and change in weight among children or parents; (3) the associations between change in psychopathology within parent–child dyads.Methods172 parent–child dyads participated in 4‐month FBT and were subsequently randomized to one of three 8‐month maintenance interventions. General psychopathology (child anxiety/depressive symptoms, parent severity of global psychological distress), ED psychopathology (shape/weight concern), and percent overweight were assessed at baseline, post‐FBT, and post‐maintenance. Separate linear mixed‐effects models evaluated change in general and ED psychopathology, including an interaction between maintenance condition and time. Partial correlations examined associations between change in psychopathology and percent overweight among children or parents, and associations between change in psychopathology within parent–child dyads.ResultsAmong children, significant reductions were observed from baseline to post‐FBT in all forms of psychopathology and from post‐FBT to post‐maintenance in general psychopathology. Among parents, significant reductions were observed from baseline to post‐FBT in all forms of psychopathology; reductions were maintained from post‐FBT to post‐maintenance. There was no significant interaction between maintenance condition and time. Correlations between change in most forms of parent or child psychopathology and percent overweight were observed.ConclusionsParticipation in FBT and maintenance was associated with improvements in general and ED psychopathology in both parents and children.
Global news – global identity? The relationship between media consumption, perception of identity, and ethnocentrism
Authors: Kersten Riccarda , Greitemeyer Tobias 
Published: August 2022

AbstractIn line with the common ingroup identity model, the present research investigated whether factors beyond contact conditions are associated with the emergence of a shared identity perception and outgroup attitudes. Concretely, we reasoned that higher consumption of global news would be positively related to a stronger global identity, which in turn would be negatively correlated with ethnocentrism. In contrast, consumption of local news should be associated with a local identity, which would then be positively related to ethnocentrism. To test these ideas, one cross‐sectional (N = 576) and one longitudinal study (N = 410) were carried out at an Austrian university. As hypothesized, global news consumption was associated with a stronger global identity, which then accounted for reduced ethnocentrism. However, only in the cross‐sectional study, we found empirical evidence that local news interest is positively correlated with ethnocentrism mediated by local identity.
A Thin Line: Governmental Border Communication in Times of European Crises
Authors: Brändle Verena K. , Eisele Olga 
Published: August 2022

AbstractIn response to the recent crises in Europe, many governments have tightened their border controls despite considerable criticism from the EU Commission and civil society. While borders are at the core of recent crises, we lack systematic evidence of how governments publicly inform about border politics and justify measures. Therefore, we ask: How do EU governments communicate about borders? We analyze a comprehensive sample of press releases of the Austrian and German governments over 12 years (2009–2020). Applying a mixed‐methods design, we employ automated text analysis, specifically latent semantic scaling (LSX) to scale documents regarding how they communicated permeability (openness and closedness) of borders and the state of affairs regarding a state of crisis and routine. Based on this quantitative analysis, we then apply qualitative text analysis to explore the nuances and patterns of this communication to gain in‐depth insights into governmental stances about borders.
Coolie labour and colonial capitalism in Asia
Authors: Breman Jan 
Published: August 2022

AbstractIn the course of my academic research labour bondage after the abolition of slavery has been a recurrent theme in my writings on the colonial past and the postcolonial present. In the context of the globalizing economy, the role of capitalism as a dominant mode of production has been of pivotal importance in the perpetuation of confined labour relations. This argument does not concur with the conventional wisdom that the transition to capitalism was the start of an emancipatory trend for labour. Expressed in the liberation from extra‐economic coercion, the trope of a double freedom contends that the working poor although dispossessed from means of production were at least free now to sell their labour power. The gradual reversal taking place is addressed in what became known as the social question, which led to an improvement in the terms of employment and social security. This article is concerned with aspects of sourcing coolies wide and far and confined labour relations in Asia from colonialism until today. It traces the radically different trajectories of labour and welfare in the Global North and South and argues that cooliehood is directly linked to capitalism and its globalization.