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Analysis of Mobile Money Innovations and Energy Poverty in Africa
Authors: Ajide Folorunsho M. , Oladipupo Sodiq Abiodun , Dauda Babatunde Wasiu , Soyode Esther Omolade 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTMobile money is a novel system for providing seamless financial services in developing countries. The use of this technology has allowed poor households to make payments, receive money, and get credits via mobile phone algorithms, and it has gained popularity among nations in Africa. This technology has leapfrogged the traditional services of formal financial institutions. Many studies have been conducted on energy poverty alleviation in Africa, but little is known empirically about whether mobile money can serve as a policy instrument for energy poverty alleviation in developing economies. Furthermore, the role of mobile money in energy justice has not been explored. The objective of this paper is to fill this gap by examining the effect of mobile money innovations on energy poverty. Applying the system generalized method of moments and panel quantile regression via moments on the dataset of 36 countries in Africa between 2012 and 2021, this study shows that mobile money innovations reduce energy poverty in Africa. Further analysis reveals that the effect is heterogeneous across the sample used in the study. Our findings also reveal that mobile money innovations reduce the disparities in accessing electricity between urban and rural households. Overall, this study suggests that mobile money is a veritable tool that can be used for energy poverty alleviation in developing countries.
Japan's Aging Workforce: Determinants and Outlook
Authors: Kitao Sagiri , Takeda Nozomi 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTThis paper examines recent trends in the Japanese labor market, with a particular focus on the elderly workforce. Japan's elderly employment rates are notably high compared to other OECD countries and have increased significantly over the past two decades. To investigate the factors that affect the employment of old individuals, we develop a structural life‐cycle model with consumption‐saving decisions and endogenous labor supply in both intensive and extensive margins. The model is calibrated to the cohort of men born in 1936–1940. We find that social security reforms to raise the retirement age by 5 years and reduce the replacement rate by 20% would have increased labor force participation among men in their 60s from 58% to 69% and 67%, respectively, while also encouraging greater retirement savings. Furthermore, we find that overall labor productivity growth reduces elderly participation due to an income effect, whereas productivity growth among the elderly, driven by lower skill depreciation, motivates longer labor force participation.
Pancreatic resection for metachronous colorectal cancer metastases: a case series multicenter study
Authors: Palmieri Francesco , Lancellotti Francesco , Ferrara Francesco , Satyadas Thomas , Gobatti Davide , Abreu de Carvalho Luis Felipe , Gryspeerdt Filip , Conte Grazia , Mocchegiani Federico , Sampietro Roberto , Sileri Pierpaolo 
Published: February 2025

AbstractBackgroundPancreas resection for metachronous colorectal cancer metastasis is episodic and the role of surgery in the management of these patients is still debated.MethodsWe recruited seven patients from three different centres and analyzed 30‐day morbidity and mortality, oncological outcomes at 6 and 12 months.ResultsThere was no postoperative mortality. Complications occurred in two patients (28,6%). All patients completed at least a 12‐months follow‐up. At 6‐month follow‐up, only one patient had a recurrence. At 12‐month follow‐up, no patients died for disease recurrence and one more patient had a new recurrence.ConclusionOur series supports the feasibility and safety of pancreas resection in metastatic colorectal cancer suggesting that radical resection may improve the patient's prognosis.
The potential role of the αVβ3 integrin receptor in placental biology and normal and complicated pregnancies
Authors: Rottenstreich Amihai , Coller Barry S. 
Published: February 2025

SummaryThe αVβ3 receptor is a member of the integrin family of receptors, which includes 24 members involved in a variety of key biological processes. It is widely expressed in multiple cell types and is involved in cell adhesion and migration, angiogenesis and immune cell regulation. These processes play important roles in both normal placentation and placental progression through pregnancy. This review describes the potential roles of αVβ3 integrin receptor throughout gestation in normal and abnormal conditions, and the need for additional studies to better define its precise contributions.
A Retrospective Cohort Study on Scan Quality of Implant Scanbodies Matched With CAD Libraries
Authors: Boz Fatmanur Demir , Akça Kıvanç 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTPurposeTo assess the effect of scanbody (SB)‐type, edentulous site, and restoration‐type on the scan quality of SBs used in the treatment of short‐span edentulism.Materials and MethodsThe cohort consisted of SBs with different specifications connected to bone‐level implants for intraoral digitalization in the fabrication of fixed restorations. SBs matched with library CAD files for digital implant position transfer into dental CAD software were enrolled in the study group. Intraoral implant digital records were categorically evaluated to assess the quality of SB scans. In statistical analyses, the chi‐squared test was used to describe the clinical variables, and logistic regression models were constructed to reveal the association between the clinical variables and SB scan quality.ResultsA total of 243 SBs were eligible for scan quality evaluation. Scan quality did not differ statistically (p > 0.05) in the SB reference area, while texture in the representation of SB was significantly affected (p < 0.05) by the variables SB‐type and edentulous‐site. Cylindrically designed SBs without specific geometrical features presented remarkably higher risks for reduced scan quality in SB representation.ConclusionSBs successfully aligned with library CAD files based on a software algorithm may not consistently present similar scan quality. Intraoral scanning of a SB is highly vulnerable with regard to scan deterioration in texture and geometry.
Testis‐Specific PDHA2 Is Required for Proper Meiotic Recombination and Chromosome Organisation During Spermatogenesis
Authors: Wang Guoqiang , Fang Kailun , Shang Yongliang , Zhou Xu , Shao Qiqi , Li Si , Wang Ping , Chen Charlie Degui , Zhang Liangran , Wang Shunxin 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTProper segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis requires crossovers that are tightly regulated by the chromosome structure. PDHA2 is the testis‐specific paralog of PDHA1, a core subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase. However, its role during spermatogenesis is unclear. We show that PDHA2 knockout results in male infertility in mice, but meiotic DSBs in spermatocytes occur normally and are efficiently repaired. Detailed analysis reveals that mid/late recombination intermediates are moderately reduced, resulting in fewer crossovers and many chromosomes without a crossover. Furthermore, defective chromosome structure is observed, including aberrant histone modifications, defective chromosome ends, precocious release of REC8 from chromosomes and fragmented chromosome axes after pachytene. These defects contribute to the failure of pyruvate conversion to acetyl‐CoA, resulting in decreased acetyl‐CoA and precursors for metabolites and energy in the absence of PDHA2. These findings reveal the important functions of PDHA2 in ensuring proper crossover formation and in modulating chromosome structure during spermatogenesis.
Long‐Term Outcome and Prognosis of Idiopathic Optic Neuritis: A Cohort Study
Authors: Leger Benjamin , Gueguen Antoine , Lecler Augustin , Boudot de la Motte Marine , Lamirel Cédric , Bensa Caroline , Vignal Catherine , Marignier Romain , Papeix Caroline , Deschamps Romain 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTIntroductionPatients diagnosed with optic neuritis (ON) who did not fulfil the diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMO‐SD), tested negative myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein immunoglobulin G and for which a systemic disease has been excluded are classified as having idiopathic ON (IDON).MethodsThis was a monocentric retrospective observational study. Inclusion criteria were as follows: patients with IDON, absence of an alternative diagnosis during the first 2 years, follow‐up of at least 5 years.ResultsThirty‐six patients were included. After a median follow‐up of 9 years, a diagnosis of IDON was retained for 77.8% (n = 28) of patients, whereas 22.2% (n = 8) converted to an alternative diagnosis after a median of 6 years. Four patients converted to MS, two to clinically isolated syndrome and two to seronegative NMO‐SD. Among the 28 patients who remained diagnosed with IDON, 42.9% (n = 12) experienced recurrent ON, occurring mostly (90%) within the first 5 years of the disease. Maintenance therapy was initiated in 10 of the 12 patients, among whom 6 patients had no recurrence under treatment. For the 28 patients who remained with IDON, the final best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was variable. Respectively, 35.7% and 25.9% of patients had a BCVA inferior to 0.5 and 0.2, whereas 50% recovered a final BCVA of 10/10.ConclusionA significant proportion of the cohort converted to an alternative diagnosis after 2 years, encouraging an extended follow‐up of IDON patients. Maintenance therapies were often effective in case of recurrent ON.
Pressure on Global Forests: Implications of Rising Vegetable Oils Consumption Under the EAT‐Lancet Diet
Authors: Chiriacò Maria Vincenza , Galli Nikolas , Latella Melissa , Rulli Maria Cristina 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTGlobal food production faces significant challenges, acting as a primary driver of land use change, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while a significant part of the world's population still struggles with food security and nutrition. In response, the EAT–Lancet Commission has proposed a healthy and sustainable planetary diet aimed at reducing resource‐intensive foods like meat, starchy vegetables, and eggs, while suggesting a 67% increase in global per capita unsaturated oil consumption (e.g., soybean, sunflower, rapeseed) and the maintenance of the current palm oil intake. Using a spatially explicit land allocation algorithm, we assess how future global food oil demand for the expected 9.2 billion people by 2050 might impact forests and other carbon‐rich ecosystems, along with associated land use change GHG emissions. We also evaluate the potential consequences of substituting palm oil with other vegetable oils, noting their different health and environmental implications. Results show that the projected 74% rise in global vegetable oil production for food by 2050 would require 317 million hectares of land—a 68% increase compared to maintaining current consumption. This could escalate pressure on forests and threaten global food security, potentially causing 115–120 million hectares of deforestation and 1163–1210 Mt. CO2 per year of GHG emissions from land use change, an 87% rise compared to maintaining current consumption rates. However, the EAT‐Lancet diet foresees a reduction in other high‐impact foods, potentially freeing other lands and reducing overall projected global food GHG emissions. Another relevant finding reveals that replacing palm oil with other oils would result in increasing land needs, up to 385 million hectares with a potential 148 million hectares of deforestation, and GHG emissions, up to 1525 Mt. CO2 per year, thus not representing a conclusive and viable solution towards sustainability. Instead, along with the growing importance of certification schemes for sustainable and deforestation‐free food supply chains, ensuring sustainable production of all vegetable oils emerges as a critical strategy to prevent the conversion of biodiverse and carbon‐rich lands.
‘They Don't Include Me and My Family in A Normal Picture…’ Perspectives of People With Schizophrenia on Family Stigma and its Effects on Their Lives
Authors: Şengün İnan Figen , Sarı Ayşe , Çetinkaya Duman Zekiye 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTAlthough combating stigma is a fundamental intervention area that should be addressed in comprehensive care, information on the effect of the family's experience of stigma on the lives of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia is limited. This study was aimed at exploring the family's experience of stigma from the perspective of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and the effects of this experience on the patient's life. In this study, a descriptive qualitative approach was employed, and the participants were recruited from a university hospital in Türkiye. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 16 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Data were analysed via content analysis. The data were categorised into five themes: (1) dimensions of the stigma experience, (2) causes of family stigma, (3) confronting the effects of stigma, (4) efforts to control stigma and (5) recommendations. Family stigma is a difficulty that is accompanied by distressing emotions and social losses and restricts the lives of both patients and their families. Society's stereotypes towards the patient and the family, aggression and psychotic symptoms have been associated with the family stigma. In order to control stigma, family members limit the patient's behaviours, which puts the patient under pressure. Nurses should question the family's experience of stigmatisation, the psychosocial consequences of this experience on the patient and family and strategies coping with stigma. They should help family members be aware of coping methods that negatively affect the patient and develop adaptive coping skills through psychoeducational interventions and should create stigma‐free social environments for both the patient and the family.
Registered nurses’ perspective of nurse practitioners: A mixed‐methods study
Authors: Miller Tatyana , Porat‐Dahlerbruch Joshua , Ratz Shoshana , Ellen Moriah E. 
Published: February 2025

AbstractAimTo understand what registered nurses (RNs) know about the nurse practitioner (NP) role, and factors affecting RN perspectives toward NPs.Background/IntroductionOne issue hindering the integration of NPs into healthcare systems is poor RN–NP relationships. This relationship has been understudied where the NP role has been recently introduced.MethodsThis study used an explanatory sequential design. A cross‐sectional survey was disseminated to RNs to identify knowledge and feelings regarding NPs and factors influencing their perspectives. Based on survey results, semistructured interviews were conducted and analyzed using thematic analysis. Quantitative and qualitative results were integrated to identify converging, diverging, and complementary results. This study adheres to the Checklist of Mixed‐Methods Elements in a Submission to Advance the Methodology of Mixed‐Methods Research.ResultsThere were 277 survey respondents. The factors impacting perspectives toward NPs were age, exposure to NPs, years of experience, and level of education. Seven themes arose from the qualitative data: exposure to NPs, delineation of NP scope of practice, characterizations of NPs, acceptance of the role, advantages of NPs, cultural aspects, and effects of higher education. Quantitative and qualitative results converged in nearly all instances.DiscussionTo improve the RN–NP relationship, RNs must understand the NP role. RNs who have worked directly with NPs usually express the benefits of NP care for patients and care team members.ConclusionTo promote the integration of NPs into care teams, it is important to expose RNs to the NP role through education or work experience.Implications for nursing policyUpstream approaches to improve the RN–NP relationship include educating students about the NP role, offering clinical rotations with NPs, and organizational messaging promoting the RN–NP collaboration.
Assessing patient safety culture in nursing practice in Kazakhstani healthcare institutions: A cross‐sectional study
Authors: Aimoldina Kurolay , Nurgaliyeva Nassikhat , Derbissalina Gulmira , Vaismoradi Mojtaba 
Published: February 2025

AbstractAimTo assess the current patient safety culture in nursing practice within Kazakhstani healthcare institutions accredited by the Joint Commission International standards.BackgroundStudies on patient safety culture in nursing are scarce in regions like Kazakhstan, with most research focused on developed countries, leaving Central Asia with limited context‐specific data.MethodsA cross‐sectional study using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2.0 collected data from 319 nurses, applying the Safety Culture Framework to assess and improve healthcare safety culture.ResultsThe average score for ‘overall patient safety grade’ was 73.5, with most nurses rating their workplace as very good/excellent or good. Communication about error received the highest positive scores, while reporting patient safety events had the lowest. Teamwork and organizational learning‐continuous improvement were identified as key strengths. Nearly half of the respondents had not reported any patient safety incidents in the past 12 months.ConclusionsNurses in Kazakhstan have a positive attitude toward patient safety culture and confidence in workplace safety. However, there is a need for greater focus on non‐punitive responses to errors and staffing. The impact of accreditation on patient safety culture remains unclear, warranting further research.Implications for nursing and health policyInsights from this study can guide the development of patient safety protocols and training programmes. Addressing gaps will help stakeholders strengthen patient safety culture, ultimately improving patient care quality and healthcare outcomes.
Survival of the Fittest Through Digital Transformation: Turning the Board's Digital Awareness to Action
Authors: Adelakun Olayele , Bui Quang Neo , Turel Ofir , Anderberg Gary 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTDigital transformation (DT) is a complex, lengthy and risky process that can disrupt habituated operations. Thus, the board of directors can and should play a crucial role in strategically steering DT initiatives. However, interviews (n = 21) with and survey responses (n = 19) from board members and IT leaders of large enterprises revealed that boards often lack digital awareness, which makes them insufficiently equipped to understand the risks and opportunities presented by new digital technologies (e.g., AI). We identified four ways in which the digital awareness deficit manifested in practice, as well as specific impacts of such deficits on the DT process. Our data also revealed several practices that can be used for increasing the digital awareness of board members and translating this awareness into board DT actions.
Cephalopod Distribution in the Canary Current: Latitudinal and Bathymetric Patterns
Authors: Luna Amanda , Rocha Francisco 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTAimThe Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) is one of the four major marine upwelling systems worldwide. Cephalopods in this region exhibit high diversity and abundance, but the distributional patterns of most species are largely unknown. The present study updated the latitudinal and bathymetric distributions cephalopods species in the CCLME.LocationNorthwest Atlantic coast of Africa.TaxonNinety species of Cephalopoda.MethodsWe use data from specimens collected in 10 bottom trawl surveys (2004–2012) along the coast, developed in the continental shelf and slope (20–2000 m). Only data from specimens identified to species level were considered. For bathymetric analysis data and literature widest depth range for each species were used. If our data fall outside of literature range, the depth range of the species was extended. A presence/absence matrix of species was determined to study their latitudinal distribution. In addition, species were also categorised as coastal or oceanic based on their relationship with the continental shelf and/or slope, regardless of their benthic or pelagic habits.ResultsThe continental shelf is dominated by species from the Sepiidae, Loliginidae and Octopodidae. In contrast, species from the Octopodidae and Cranchiidae are predominant in slope waters. The dominant species on both the shelf and slope belonged to the families Octopodidae, Ommastrephidae and Sepiolidae. The bathymetric distribution of 13 cephalopod species was extended. The latitudinal distribution of Eledone cirrhosa, Ommastrephes cylindraceus, Ommastrephes caroli and Onykia robsoni, was extended. Clear differences in species composition were found between northern and southern of Cape Blanc.Main ConclusionsThis work provides a complete analysis of the latitudinal and bathymetric distributions of Cephalopoda species currently recorded in the CCLME, with special attention given to the differences in Cephalopoda composition between northern and southern Cape Blanc in Mauritania. No similar studies on cephalopods exist in the full area.
A multiple‐behaviors virtual fish model for simulating fish trajectory in vertical slot fishways
Authors: Chen Xiaolong , Shi Xiaotao , Deng Xingyong , Rasta Majid , Tan Junjun , Wang Yu , Jiang Yongqiang , Bai Yanqin 
Published: February 2025

AbstractFishways are essential for restoring river connectivity and facilitating fish migration, necessitating ongoing research for efficiency optimization. This study developed a fish behavior model to optimize fishway efficiency cost‐effectively. The model simulates swimming trajectories of Schizothorax wangchiachii within a vertical slot fishway incorporating upstream behavior, random behavior, obstacle avoidance, and swimming speed variations. The simulated trajectory exhibits a high consistency with 20 real trajectories, achieving a trajectory overlap rate of 86.7%. This result highlights the model's ability to accurately simulate fish movements, demonstrating its significant potential to revolutionize fishway design.
Distinguishing Between Recovery and Transformation: A Systematic Review of Purchasing and Consumption During Crises
Authors: Survilaite Eimante , Auruskeviciene Vilte , Židonis Žilvinas , Misiunas Dalius , Sidlauskiene Justina , Maciulis Nerijus 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACTGlobal crises significantly disrupt established consumption patterns, requiring consumers to adapt their behaviors and routines in response to market system changes. Despite the critical importance of understanding consumer resilience during such disruptions, academic research remains fragmented. Through a systematic review of 126 articles, this study develops a novel conceptualization of consumer resilience encompassing two distinct pathways: recovery‐oriented adaptation, where consumers strive to restore pre‐crisis consumption patterns, and transformation‐oriented adaptation, involving fundamental shifts in consumption structures and practices. By distinguishing between recovery and transformation pathways, this framework advances the theoretical understanding of consumer resilience beyond simple successful versus unsuccessful adaptation. The study concludes with an integrated research agenda addressing theoretical, methodological, and contextual priorities for advancing scholarly understanding of consumer resilience.