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Supporting worklife learning at work to sustain employability
Authors: Le Anh Hai , Billett Stephen , Choy Sarojni , Dymock Darryl 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe concept of employability extends beyond initial occupational preparation into the ability to remain employable as, inevitably, occupational capacities and workplace requirements change frequently across working lives. Hence, the need to continually learn to remain occupationally current and respond to changing workplace requirements becomes paramount. The evidence suggests that much of that learning arises through individual efforts and the support of co‐workers through work activities. So, there is a need to understand how that learning can be supported to sustain employability across lengthening working lives. Drawing on an Australian study, reported here are perspectives from managers and workers in diverse workplaces about current modes of continuing education and training and about how workers are assisted with their learning to meet personal needs and qthose of employers. Employers want an occupationally current workforce that can meet specific workplace needs; workers want the capacities to remain employable, which may extend to advancing their careers elsewhere. The data indicate differences in perceptions about what is being provided, how frequently the provisions are used, and the worth of its certification. Whilst the findings indicate shared concerns about the importance of learning, there were clear differences in views about the models and processes used to support that learning. Across both sets of informants can be seen distinctions between ‘training solutions’ and ‘learning solutions’. A more nuanced analysis suggests that the training solution is appropriate and effective at some point in workers' worklife trajectories but in other circumstances, learning through practice is proposed as being more efficacious.
Immunological evidence of an early seroconversion to oncogenic Merkel cell polyomavirus in healthy children and young adults
Authors: Mazziotta Chiara , Lanzillotti Carmen , Govoni Marcello , Falzoni Simonetta , Tramarin Maria Letizia , Mazzoni Elisa , Tognon Mauro , Martini Fernanda , Rotondo John Charles 
Published: November 2022

AbstractOncogenic Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) provokes a widespread and asymptomatic infection in humans. Herein, sera from healthy children and young adults (HC, n = 344) aged 0–20 years old were evaluated for anti‐MCPyV immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies employing a recently developed immunoassay. Serum MCPyV IgG data from healthy subjects (HS, n = 510) and elderlies (ES, n = 226), aged 21–65/66–100 years old, from our previous studies, were included. The anti‐MCPyV IgG and IgM rates in HC sera were 40.7% and 29.7%, respectively. A lower prevalence of anti‐MCPyV IgGs was found in HC aged 0–5 years old (13%) compared to 6–10 (52.3%), 11–15 (60.5%) and 16–20 years old (61.6%) cohorts. Age‐stratified HCs exhibited similar anti‐MCPyV IgM rates (27.9%–32.9%). Serological profiles indicated that anti‐MCPyV IgGs and IgMs had low optical densities (ODs) during the first years of life, while IgM ODs appeared to decrease throughout young adulthood. A lower anti‐MCPyV IgGs rate was found in HC (40.7%) than HS (61.8%) and ES (63.7%). Upon the 5‐years range age‐stratification, a lower anti‐MCPyV IgGs rate was found in the younger HC cohort aged 0–5 years old compared to the remaining older HC/HS/ES cohorts (52.3%–72%). The younger HC cohort exhibited the lowest anti‐MCPyV IgG ODs than the older cohorts. Low anti‐MCPyV IgMs rates and ODs were found in the 21–25 (17.5%) and 26–30 (7.7%) years old cohorts. Our data indicate that, upon an early‐in‐life seroconversion, the seropositivity for oncogenic MCPyV peaks in late childhood/young adulthood and remains at high prevalence and relatively stable throughout life.
Three Dogmas of Normativity
Authors: Chang Ruth 
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACTIn this article, I identify and critically examine 3 dogmas of normativity that support a commonly accepted ‘Passivist View' of rational agency. I raise some questions about these dogmas, suggest what we should believe in their place, and moot an alternative ‘Activist View' of what it is to be a rational agent that grows out of rejection of the 3 dogmas. Underwriting the dogmas and the Passivist View, I suggest, is a deeply held but mistaken assumption that the normative domain is fundamentally akin to the nonnormative domain. Once we allow that the normative may be fundamentally unlike the nonnormative in certain key ways, a shift in our thinking about what it is to be rational becomes possible. I end by considering some implications of this paradigm shift in rationality from the passive to the active for various applied matters.
Associations of short‐ and long‐term mortality with admission blood pressure in Chinese patients with different heart failure subtypes
Authors: Chen Shilan , Liang Weihao , Wu Yuzhong , Chen Xuwei , He Xin , Zhao Jingjing , He Jiangui , Dong Yugang , Staessen Jan A. , Liu Chen , Wei Fang‐Fei 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIt remains unknown whether systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) pressure on admission are associated with short‐ and long‐term mortality in Chinese patients with heart failure with preserved (HFpEF), mildly reduced (HFmrEF), and reduced (HFrEF) ejection fraction. In 2706 HF patients (39.1% women; mean age, 68.8 years), we assessed the risk of 30‐day, 1‐year, and long‐term (> 1 year) mortality with 1‐SD increment in SBP and DBP, using multivariable logistic and Cox regression, respectively. During a median follow‐up of 4.1 years, 1341 patients died. The 30‐day, 1‐year, and long‐term mortality were 3.5%, 16.7%, and 39.4%, respectively. In multivariable‐adjusted analyses additionally accounted for DBP or SBP, a higher SBP conferred a higher risk of long‐term mortality (hazard ratio, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.02‐1.22; p = .017) and a lower DBP was associated with a higher risk of all types of mortality (p ≤ .011) in all HF patients. Independent of potential confounders including DBP or SBP, in patients with HFpEF, higher SBP and lower DBP levels predicted a higher risk of long‐term mortality with hazard ratios amounting to 1.16 (95% CI, 1.04–1.29; p = .007) and .89 (95% CI, .80–.99; p = .028), respectively. In patients with HFmrEF and HFrEF, irrespective of adjustments of potential confounders, DBP was associated with 1‐year mortality with odds ratios ranging from .49 to .62 (p ≤ .006). In conclusion, lower DBP and higher SBP levels on admission were associated with a higher risk of different types of all‐cause mortality in Chinese patients with different HF subtypes. Our observations highlight that admission BP may help to improve risk stratification.
Effects of catheter‐based renal denervation on renin‐aldosterone system, catecholamines, and electrolytes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Yang Xiangyu , Lin Lede , Zhang Zhipeng , Chen Xiaoping 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn recent years, catheter‐based renal denervation (RDN) has emerged as a promising instrumental therapy for hypertension. The interruption of sympathetic nervous system was regarded as a possible mechanism for RDN regulating blood pressure. While the results reflected by renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system (RAAS), catecholamines and electrolytes remained inconsistent and was never systematically assessed. Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science were comprehensively searched from inception to September 5, 2021. Studies that evaluated the effects of RDN on RAAS, catecholamines, and electrolytes were identified. Primary outcomes were changes in RAAS hormones after RDN, and secondary outcomes involved changes in plasma norepinephrine, serum, and urinary sodium and potassium. Out of 6391 retrieved studies, 20 studies (two randomized controlled studies and 18 observational studies) involving 771 persons were eventually included. Plasma renin activity had a statistically significant reduction after RDN (0.24 ng/mL/h, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.44, P = .02). While no significant change was found regarding plasma aldosterone (1.53 ng/dL, 95% CI ‐0.61 to 3.67, P = .16), norepinephrine (0.42 nmol/L, 95% ‐0.51 to 1.35, P = 0.38), serum sodium and potassium (0.16 mmol/L, 95% CI ‐0.17 to 0.49, P = .34; ‐0.02 mmol/L, 95% CI ‐0.09 to 0.04, P = .48, respectively), and urinary sodium and potassium (3.95 mmol/24 h, 95% CI ‐29.36 to 37.26, P = .82; 10.22 mmol/24 h, 95% CI ‐12.11 to 32.54, P = .37, respectively). In conclusion, plasma renin activity significantly decreased after RDN, while no significant change was observed in plasma aldosterone, plasma norepinephrine, and serum and urinary electrolytes.
Shame and the moral emotions: Issues in cross‐cultural clinical practice
Authors: Kroll Jerome , Mohamed Abdulahi A. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractRationale and MethodThree interrelated topics are examined in this paper. These are (1) the study of shame and the other moral emotions (guilt, regret, remorse) as it relates to clinical approaches in cross‐cultural psychiatry; (2) the examination of methodological problems and choices in researching and treating shame in persons who have experienced forced departure from their country of origin and immigration into ambivalent host countries, in which shame experienced as part of the power differentials between host and refugee is added to whatever shaming experiences the person endured within the violence of the country of origin; and (3) an examination of the suitability of evidence‐based psychiatry (EBP) and narrative psychiatry as vehicles for providing clinical assessment and care that is scientifically rigorous and also establishes a reciprocally respectful relationship between two humans working on a single task of developing and understanding the life story of the person who has experienced the stresses of life as a refugee.DiscussionThe three topics outlined above (shame viewed at many levels; experience of entering and receiving hospitality from a host country fraught with political resentment and bureaucratic institutional procedures, yet holding the possibility of rebuilding a life with the support and assistance of the healthcare professions and other agencies; the limitations of EBP and suitability of Narrative Psychiatry are discussed at theoretical and practical levels as these domains interact in seeking, through a true partnership, the common ethical goals of providing the best course of action for this patient at this moment.ConclusionsWe present two case vignettes as illustrations of how shame or respect arises and is responded to in the context of a psychiatry session.
Effect of salinity on nest building behaviour in the nine‐spined stickleback Pungitius sinensis
Authors: Machida Yoshiyasu , Takahashi Hiroshi , Tsuruta Tetsuya , Goto Akira 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe authors evaluated the adaptability of male nine‐spined sticklebacks (Pungitius sinensis) at three salinity levels (0, 5 and 10 psu) by comparing nest building success rates with nest structures. Successful nest building decreased as salinity increased. In addition, nests built in fresh water (i.e., 0 psu) were glued together, whereas those built in brackish water (5 and 10 psu) broke easily and fell from the nest site to the gravel bottom. Based on these findings, the authors suggest that P. sinensis adapts to freshwater environments.
Assessing Greek small and medium‐sized enterprises' flood resilience capacity: Index development and application
Authors: Skouloudis Antonis , Leal Filho Walter , Vouros Panagiotis , Evangelinos Konstantinos , Nikolaou Ioannis , Deligiannakis Georgios , Tsalis Thomas 
Published: November 2022

AbstractFloods signify one of the most common, widespread and destructive natural perils, affecting approximately 250 million people and causing billions in losses on an annual basis. Such high impact – low probability environmental perturbations can cause abrupt changes and disruption to business entities in flood‐prone areas in terms of asset damages, operational interruptions and increased costs which result in loss of capital and labour, declining revenue and growth. It is therefore critical for businesses to identify such risks and, ultimately, to effectively build their resilience to such physical challenges. Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular are more ill‐prepared to face flooding compared to large companies. Understanding the ability of SMEs to become more resilient to floods is crucial as they account for 99% of all enterprises, constitute the major employer and contributor of the total value‐added of the private sector. In this study, a composite index of factors linked to the resilience capacity of SMEs to flooding is proposed and tested. A sample of Greek SMEs located in three flood‐prone areas (n = 391) was administered a structured questionnaire pertaining to cognitive, managerial and contextual factors that affect the ability to prepare, withstand and recover from flooding events. Through the proposed index, a bottom‐up, self‐assessment, approach is set forth that could assist in standardising such assessments with an overarching aim of reducing the vulnerability of SMEs to floods. This is achieved by examining critical internal and external parameters affecting SMEs' resilience capacity which is particularly important taking into account the limited resources these enterprises tend to have at their disposal and that they can generate single points of failure in dense supply chain networks.
Association of selenium and cadmium with heart failure and mortality based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Authors: Xing Xin , Xu Min , Yang Lijun , Shao Congcong , Wang Yuan , Qi Mengyao , Niu Xiaolin , Gao Dengfeng 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe association of selenium and cadmium with heart failure and mortality has not been thoroughly explored.MethodsWe analysed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database over 12 years (1999–2000, 2003–2004 and 2011–2018), which includes blood selenium and cadmium. Multivariable logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards regression were used.ResultsIn total, 15,689 participants were enrolled. The multivariate analysis showed that low blood selenium (odds ratio [OR] = 0.952, p < 0.001) and high blood cadmium (OR = 1.345, p < 0.001) were independent risk factors of heart failure. During 96802 person‐year follow‐up, 1697 deaths occurred. The multivariable adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for all‐cause mortality was 0.82 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.71–0.95) for middle selenium levels and 0.76 (95% CI = 0.65–0.88) for high selenium levels compared to low selenium levels. Taking the low cadmium levels as reference, the multivariable adjusted HR for all‐cause mortality among high cadmium levels was 1.68 (95% CI = 1.44–1.96). Furthermore, the association between selenium, cadmium and cardiovascular mortality was similar to that of all‐cause mortality. A subgroup analysis of the study population showed that in individuals with heart failure, although selenium levels were not associated with risk of all‐cause mortality, high selenium levels were associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality (HR = 0.33, p = 0.0032).ConclusionsLow blood selenium and high blood cadmium were independent risk factors of heart failure. Blood selenium was inversely associated with all‐cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality, whereas blood cadmium was positively associated with them. Furthermore, blood selenium was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality in individuals with heart failure.
Proposed international standard on auditing financial statements of less complex entities: IAASB IAAER roundtables—Breakout 2 Design, Structure, and Content
Authors: van Nieuw Amerongen C. (Niels) M. , Duits Hans B. , Gordon Elizabeth A. , Street Donna L. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn this commentary, we summarize stakeholder views articulated during roundtables addressing the 2021 International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board's (IAASB) Exposure Draft: Proposed International Standard on Auditing of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities (ED LCE). In support of its mission, the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER)—together with the IAASB—organized by‐invitation roundtables bringing together audit practitioners, academics, and financial statements users. A structured agenda was followed and addressed some of the topics on which the IAASB sought views. This commentary provides a summary of views heard during the second roundtable breakout session focused on Design, Structure, and Content and provides recommendations to the IAASB regarding the way forward. A paper addressing the first breakout session on Authority and Group is available in a previous issue of the Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting.
Industries' heterogeneous reactions during the COVID‐19 outbreak: Evidence from Chinese stock markets
Authors: Liu Zhifeng , Dai Peng‐Fei , Huynh Toan L. D. , Zhang Tingting , Zhang Guoqing 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis study examines the heterogeneous effects of the COVID‐19 outbreak on stock prices in China. We confirm what is already known, that the pandemic has had a significant negative impact on stock market returns. Additionally, we find, this effect is heterogeneous across industries. Second, fear sentiment can directly cause stock prices to fall and panic exacerbates the negative impact of the pandemic on stock returns. Third, and most importantly, we demonstrate the underlying mechanisms of four firm characteristics and find that those with high asset intensity, low labor intensity, high inventory‐to‐revenue ratio, and small market value are more negatively affected than others. For labor‐intensive state‐owned firms, in particular, stock performance worsened because of higher idle labor costs. Finally, we created an index to measure the relative position of an industry in the supply chain, which shows that downstream companies were more vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic.
Enhanced pup retrieval behaviour in a mouse model of polycystic ovary syndrome
Authors: Khant Aung Zin , Masih Renee R. , Desroziers Elodie , Campbell Rebecca E. , Brown Rosemary S. E. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy to affect women of reproductive‐age world‐wide. Hyperandrogenism is both a hallmark feature of PCOS, and is hypothesised to be an underlying mechanism driving the development of the condition in utero. With circulating hormones known to profoundly influence maternal responses in females, we aimed to determine whether maternal behaviour is altered in a well‐described prenatally androgenised (PNA) mouse model of PCOS. Mouse dams were administered with dihydrotestosterone or vehicle on days 16, 17 and 18 of pregnancy. Maternal responses were assessed in both the dihydrotestosterone‐injected dams following parturition and in their adult female PNA offspring. Exposure of dams to excess androgens during late pregnancy had no detrimental effects on pregnancy outcomes, including gestation length, pup survival and gestational weight gain, or on subsequent maternal behaviour following parturition. By contrast, PNA virgin females, modelling PCOS, exhibited enhanced maternal behaviour when tested in an anxiogenic novel cage environment, with females rapidly retrieving pups and nesting with them. In comparison, most control virgin females failed to complete this retrieval task in the anxiogenic environment. Assessment of progesterone receptor and oestrogen receptor α immunoreactivity in the brains of virgin PNA and control females revealed increased numbers of oestrogen receptor α positive cells in the brains of PNA females in regions well known to be important for maternal behaviour. This suggests that increased oestrogenic signalling in the neural circuit that underlies maternal behaviour may be a possible mechanism by which maternal behaviour is enhanced in PNA female mice.
Encountering Beauty, Enacting Self‐Love: Toward an Ethic of Black Self‐Regard
Authors: Granby Clifton L. 
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACTThis article focuses on the relationship between evaluations of beauty and the ethics of living well. Separating these ideas typically involves understating how racism and patriarchy shape wider cultural and aesthetic sensibilities. I counter this tendency by foregrounding the precarity of vulnerable black children and the importance of self‐love in their efforts to flourish. My strategy involves placing Toni Morrison in conversation with Alexander Nehamas and Harry Frankfurt, philosophers who have carefully engaged the topics of beauty and love. By situating aesthetic judgment within ongoing practices of social formation and political contestation, I reveal the importance of linking beauty with practices of self‐regard while also detailing my criticisms of thinkers who downplay their significance. The effect is to position Morrison as an instructive guide for scholars interested in aesthetics, ethics, and politics.
An Ethics of Unseen Consequences: Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav's Sefer Ha‐Middot
Authors: Magid Shaul 
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACTThis essay is a close examination of one of Nahman of Bratslav's early and largely unexamined texts, Sefer ha‐Middot. The question it addresses is whether one can call this a study of “ethics” or, in Jewish nomenclature, musar, a work that seeks to cultivate human behaviors and describe ethical formation. In addition, it asks whether Sefer ha‐Middot can be called a text of “virtue ethics” given its focus on virtues and their enactment. The essay argues that Nahman's peculiar metaphysical notion that all mitzvot are inextricably intertwined prevents any analysis of behavioral causality severing his “ethics” from any Aristotelian or Kantian tradition and brings him closer to Alasdair MacIntyre's notion of ethics as tied to traditional norms. And even with MacIntyre, the comparison is quite limited. Discussing “faith,” the “zaddik,” and “money,” the essay explores Nahman's view of how these and other virtues are cultivated and achieved.
Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults1,2
Authors: Koga Yoshiki , Kawano Kenji , Kawashima Daisuke 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe present study explored the relationship between video/online game playing and suicide risk among Japanese young adults using the interpersonal–psychological theory of suicide. A sample of 310 players aged 20–39 years was recruited through an Internet research company. Each participant completed a questionnaire containing items that measured time spent on games, game addiction (GA), game categories, suicidal ideation (SI), suicide attempt (SA), perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, acquired capability for suicide (ACS), depression, and demographic variables (including age and sex). Multiple regression analyses revealed that depression and the GA × depression interaction significantly explained SI. However, the effect was limited. Additionally, the results revealed that SI was a strong predictor of SA, but the SI × ACS interaction and the SI × ACS × time spent on games interaction were also significant. It should be noted that the time spent on games explained the SA only when SI was low and ACS was high. These results may indicate the necessity of examining suicide risk in GA interventions for young adults; however, more research is needed.