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Enhancing the organisation and the management of built environment higher education courses
Authors: Gomis Kasun , Saini Mandeep , Pathirage Chaminda , Arif Mohammed 
Published: December 2022

Purpose
Persistent critical issues in built environment higher education (BEHE) curricula may need to be addressed by improving course organisation and management. In addition to the implications of the COVID pandemic, issues such as inadequate communication and lack of contemporary and innovative practices integrated with course delivery have resulted in a gap for Course organisation and management. The purpose of this study is to recommend a set of drivers that can assist academics and academic institutions in improving course development, organisation and management in the BEHE context. Thus, the study focused on three themes: course organisation and administration, timetabling and course communication.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic approach was taken to obtain data, where a documental analysis and a close-ended questionnaire were adopted as data collection instruments. The documental analysis considered 334 mid module reviews (MMRs) generating data from architecture, construction management, civil engineering, surveying and real estate students. Content analysis was used to identify critical themes within the MMRs and develop a closed-ended questionnaire. Twenty academics from each discipline completed the questionnaire. Eight drivers were developed from the data obtained from both MMRs and questionnaires. Content analysis and interpretive structural modelling were applied to identify the relationship between the drivers. Finally, these drivers were categorised by their level of influence and reliance to highlight how they contributed to improving course organisation and management.

Findings
The study revealed eight drivers that can improve course organisation and management in the BEHE context. The study found that using virtual learning environments and communication are fundamental in course organisation and management.

Practical implications
This research paper suggests drivers to improve how academics and academic institutions organise and manage courses. The study recommends eight drivers that could be used as a guideline and a best practice as per the level partitioning diagram developed to enhance the course organisation and management in BEHE.

Originality/value
The study proposes a set of drivers to improve course organisation and management in BEHE curricula. Furthermore, insight into how these drivers influence and rely on each driver and their relation with the national student survey theme are novel contributions to the current body of knowledge. The paper further clarifies how they should be implemented for successful course organisation and management, thus, improving the quality of courses in higher education curricula.
Season and herbivore defence trait mediate tri‐trophic interactions in tropical rainforest
Authors: Wenda Cheng , Nakamura Akihiro , Ashton Louise A. 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Bottom‐up effects from host plants and top‐down effects from predators on herbivore abundance and distribution vary with physical environment, plant chemistry, predator and herbivore trait and diversity. Tri‐trophic interactions in tropical ecosystems may follow different patterns from temperate ecosystems due to differences in above abiotic and biotic conditions.

We sampled leaf‐chewing larvae of Lepidoptera (caterpillars) from a dominant host tree species in a seasonal rainforest in Southwest China. We reared out parasitoids and grouped herbivores based on their diet preferences, feeding habits and defence mechanisms. We compared caterpillar abundance with leaf numbers (‘bottom‐up’ effects) and parasitoid abundance (‘top‐down’ effects) between different seasons and herbivore traits.

We found bottom‐up effects were stronger than top‐down effects. Both bottom‐up and top‐down effects were stronger in the dry season than in the wet season, which were driven by polyphagous rare species and host plant phenology. Contrary to our predictions, herbivore traits did not influence differences in the bottom‐up or top‐down effects except for stronger top‐down effects for shelter‐builders. Our study shows season is the main predictor of the bottom‐up and top‐down effects in the tropics and highlights the complexity of these interactions.
Risk Preferences of Gender‐Diverse Boards: Evidence from CEO Debt‐like Compensation
Authors: Nanda Vikram , Prevost Andrew , Upadhyay Arun 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWe hypothesize that gender‐diverse boards manage CEO risk‐taking preferences through the debt‐like component of CEO compensation. We provide empirical evidence of a strong positive association between the proportion of independent female directors and debt‐like pension compensation for a sample of US firms. Our key results are robust to a least‐squares framework that includes firm fixed effects to address potential omitted variable bias, and we also find evidence that higher proportions of independent female directors are associated with lower CEO option compensation and more intensive use of restricted stock grants. We obtain corroborating results from a difference‐in‐differences approach using California's 2018 board gender quota law (SB 826) as a quasi‐experiment. Consistently, gender‐diverse boards reduce the cost of debt among firms that are closer to financial distress and for longer maturity bond issues.
Frying dough with yellow mealworm oil: Aroma profile and consumer perception at a central location test and at home
Authors: Tzompa‐Sosa Daylan A. , Provijn Paul , Gellynck Xavier , Schouteten Joachim J. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractInsect oil is a valuable fraction that is obtained from insect processing. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of yellow mealworm oil (YMW) oil (crude, deodorized, and blended with vegetable oil) on the sensory evaluation and aroma profile of fried dough. The sensory evaluation was performed in a sensory lab (central location test, CLT) and at home in order to examine how the evaluation environment or context impacts consumer perceptions. The strongest liking and preference were found for the donuts that were fried in 100% deodorized YMW oil and in YMW oil blended with vegetable oil. The evaluation environment did not affect overall liking scores but had an impact on sensory profiling, with more discriminating sensory terms observed for the test that was conducted at the sensory lab than for the test that was conducted at home. A distinctive profile of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was found for every fried dough. The discrimination between VOCs and other frying oils that were observed is well in line with the sensory descriptors and the consumer test results. Acetic acid, acetic acid ethenyl ester, and tetrahydro‐6‐propyl‐2H‐Pyran‐2‐one were present in the doughs that were fried in crude YMW oil and in its blend with vegetable oil. They were absent from deodorized YMW oil and from its blend with vegetable oil. This study shows that, as far as fried donuts are concerned, deodorized YMW oil is an alternative to a vegetable oil—the two lead to similar sensorial experiences and preferences.Practical ApplicationYellow mealworm oil (YMW) oil is a co‐product of insect protein that can be valorized in the food industry. In the present study, it is demonstrated that the deodorization of YMW oil produces positive sensorial experiences and increases consumer acceptance of insect‐based food. Furthermore, findings indicate that consumer testing at home yields similar acceptance and preference ratings suggesting that this type of testing may be an alternative means of collecting reliable consumer data.
Performing in spite of starvation: How Saccharomyces cerevisiae maintains robust growth when facing famine zones in industrial bioreactors
Authors: Minden Steven , Aniolek Maria , Noorman Henk , Takors Ralf 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIn fed‐batch operated industrial bioreactors, glucose‐limited feeding is commonly applied for optimal control of cell growth and product formation. Still, microbial cells such as yeasts and bacteria are frequently exposed to glucose starvation conditions in poorly mixed zones or far away from the feedstock inlet point. Despite its commonness, studies mimicking related stimuli are still underrepresented in scale‐up/scale‐down considerations. This may surprise as the transition from glucose limitation to starvation has the potential to provoke regulatory responses with negative consequences for production performance. In order to shed more light, we performed gene‐expression analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in intermittently fed chemostat cultures to study the effect of limitation‐starvation transitions. The resulting glucose concentration gradient was representative for the commercial scale and compelled cells to tolerate about 76 s with sub‐optimal substrate supply. Special attention was paid to the adaptation status of the population by discriminating between first time and repeated entry into the starvation regime. Unprepared cells reacted with a transiently reduced growth rate governed by the general stress response. Yeasts adapted to the dynamic environment by increasing internal growth capacities at the cost of rising maintenance demands by 2.7%. Evidence was found that multiple protein kinase A (PKA) and Snf1‐mediated regulatory circuits were initiated and ramped down still keeping the cells in an adapted trade‐off between growth optimization and down‐regulation of stress response. From this finding, primary engineering guidelines are deduced to optimize both the production host's genetic background and the design of scale‐down experiments.
Are U‐shaped relationships between risk factors and outcomes artifactual?
Authors: Shah Reema , Thabane Lehana , Gerstein Hertzel C. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe objective of this study was to evaluate whether the observed nadir in a U‐ or J‐shaped relationship between a particular risk factor and a future health outcome is a function of the distribution of the risk factor in the sample being analyzed.MethodsData from the ORIGIN trial were used to assess the relationship between three risk factors (weight, systolic blood pressure, and serum insulin) and the hazard of a major cardiovascular event comprising a nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or cardiovascular death. Three spline curves were generated for each risk factor. The first was based on all available data, the second for a subgroup with a higher mean risk factor level, and the third for a subgroup with a lower mean risk factor level. Nadir levels of the risk factor (i.e., risk factor levels predicting the lowest hazard) were then identified for each spline curve.ResultsWhen compared to the nadir values based on all available data, nadir values for all three risk factors were higher for the subgroups with higher mean levels and lower for those with lower mean levels.ConclusionsThe distribution of a risk factor in the population is an important determinant of its nadir value. Populations with high or low values may have high and low nadirs, respectively. Identification of a nadir for a modifiable risk factor from epidemiologic relationships may therefore arise from this distribution bias and is therefore unrelated to therapeutic targets.
Issues and prospects of image‐guided thermal ablation in the treatment of primary and metastatic lung tumors
Authors: Wang Meixiang , Wei Zhigang , Ye Xin 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe precise local minimally invasive or noninvasive treatment represents the important orientation for advancing the treatment of pulmonary malignant tumors. New local treatment methods have emerged as solutions to the shortcomings of minimally invasive or local treatment methods. Image‐guided thermal ablation (IGTA) comes with the characteristics such as more accurate localization, less trauma, more definite efficacy, higher safety, stronger repeatability, fewer complications, and lower cost in treating lung tumors. This paper investigates the existing problems of IGTA in the treatment of lung tumors and puts forward the orientation of studies.
Concurrent ordination: Simultaneous unconstrained and constrained latent variable modelling
Authors: van der Veen Bert , Hui Francis K. C. , Hovstad Knut A. , O'Hara Robert B. 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

In community ecology, unconstrained ordination can be used to indirectly explore drivers of community composition, while constrained ordination can be used to directly relate predictors to an ecological community. However, existing constrained ordination methods do not explicitly account for community composition that cannot be explained by the predictors, so that they have the potential to misrepresent community composition if not all predictors are available in the data.

We propose and develop a set of new methods for ordination and joint species distribution modelling (JSDM) as part of the generalized linear latent variable model (GLLVM) framework, that incorporate predictors directly into an ordination. This includes a new ordination method that we refer to as concurrent ordination, as it simultaneously constructs unconstrained and constrained latent variables. Both unmeasured residual covariation and predictors are incorporated into the ordination by simultaneously imposing reduced rank structures on the residual covariance matrix and on fixed‐effects.

We evaluate the method with a simulation study, and show that the proposed developments outperform canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) for Poisson and Bernoulli responses, and perform similar to redundancy analysis (RDA) for normally distributed responses, the two most popular methods for constrained ordination in community ecology. Two examples with real data further demonstrate the benefits of concurrent ordination, and the need to account for residual covariation in the analysis of multivariate data.

This article contextualizes the role of constrained ordination in the GLLVM and JSDM frameworks, while developing a new ordination method that incorporates the best of unconstrained and constrained ordination, and which overcomes some of the deficiencies of existing classical ordination methods.
A unique robber fly species and genus of Asilinae from Argentina (Diptera: Asilidae)
Authors: Camargo Alexssandro , Vieira Rodrigo , Fisher Eric 
Published: December 2022

AbstractApulvillasilus gen. nov. is proposed as a new monotypic Asilinae genus from Argentina, based on Apulvillasilus boharti sp. nov. The new genus is separated from other Asilinae genera mainly by the absence of empodia and pulvilli. Its placement in the Myaptex group is proposed. Description, diagnosis, images of the habitus, male and female terminalia, a distribution map, and an updated key for the genera of the Myaptex group are provided.
Filicicapsus smaragdus gen. et sp. nov. (Heteroptera: Miridae), a new plant bug genus and species from New Guinea
Authors: Bolshakova Darya S. , Konstantinov Fedor V. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractFilicicapsus smaragdus gen. et sp. nov. (Orthotylinae) is described from the Biak Island, Papua Province of Indonesia. The position of the new taxon has been tested using Bayesian and IQ‐TREE analyses based on the sequences of four fragments of mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and nuclear (18S, 28S) DNA. The taxonomic position of the new genus within the Zanchius genus group is discussed. Also provided are a diagnosis, photographs of habitus and selected structures, illustrations of male and female genitalia, scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, and host information.
Adapting network theory for spatial network externalities in agriculture: A case study on hempcross‐pollination
Authors: Young Jeffrey S. , McCarty Tanner J. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractGrowers have increasingly expressed frustration over the negative externalities created by their neighbor's production practices. These spatial agricultural network problems include issues such as cross‐pollination and herbicide drift. We develop novel methods for estimating parameters that allow us to adapt and apply general network diffusion models to these spatial agricultural network problems. Doing so allows us to calculate externality damage within a region and calculate cost‐effective policies for alleviating that externality. We empirically illustrate, motivate, and test this approach by applying it to hemp. We find that network structure is an important factor in externality size and cost‐effective policy response for spatial agricultural network problems. We also find that policies that are implemented early and proactively are more likely to be successful and cost effective than policies implemented retroactively. Finally, we find that in our application of limiting the cross‐pollination damage experienced by growers of feminized hemp from non‐feminized hemp growers, the most cost‐effective policy is to establish a regional quota on non‐feminized production combined with intertemporal cultivar spacing. This policy response will likely change across time and region as economic and network variables evolve.
Current trends in penile cancer survivorship amongst remote patients and Aboriginal people in Western Australia
Authors: Ngweso Simeon , Nzenza Tatenda , McMillan Kevin , Sofield David , Lozinskiy Mikhail , Hayne Dickon 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundPenile cancer is a rare urological malignancy, accounting for less than 1% of all cancers in males. Given its rarity, few studies exist reporting survival outcomes. The primary objective of this project was to review the mortality of patients diagnosed with penile cancer in Western Australia between 1992 and 2017 and to determine if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and patients in rural and remote regions experience discrepancies in survival outcomes.MethodsAll cases of penile cancer recorded within the Western Australia Cancer Registry between 1992 and 2017 were reviewed. Analysis was performed using chi‐squared test of association, binomial logistic regression and survival analysis was conducted using Kaplan Meier and Cox Regression analysis.ResultsOne hundred eighty‐six cases of penile cancer were identified; 62 patients (33%) were from regional or remote locations and nine patients (4.8%) were Aboriginal. 13 of the regional or remote patients and 5 of the Aboriginal patients died from penile cancer. Patients who were Aboriginal (HR 6.512, CI 2.123–19.968; P = 0.001) or from regional or remote Western Australia (HR 2.382, CI 1.050–5.401; P = 0.038) were at an increased risk of penile cancer‐specific mortality.ConclusionsAboriginal people with penile cancer and men from regional and remote Western Australia experience worse penile cancer‐specific survival outcomes.
Sodium bicarbonate reverts electrophysiologic cardiotoxicity of ropivacaine faster than lipid emulsions in a porcine model
Authors: Zaballos Matilde , Fernández Ignacio , Melone Arturo , Rodríguez Lucía , Varela Olalla , García Sergio , Quintela Oscar , Vazquez Elena , Anadón María José , Almendral Jesús 
Published: December 2022

AbstractRopivacaine has been described as a safer local anaesthetic (LA); however, serious cardiotoxic accidents have been reported. Intravenous‐lipid‐emulsion (ILE) therapy during LA intoxication seems to act as an antidote. Sodium bicarbonate is the standard treatment for sodium channel blocker drug toxicity. We compared both antidotes on the reversion of electrophysiologic toxicity induced by ropivacaine. Ropivacaine 5 mg kg−1 was administered in 24 pigs, and 3 min later, the animals received ILE: 1.5 ml kg−1 + 0.25 ml kg−1 min−1 (ILE group); sodium bicarbonate: 2 mEq kg−1 + 1 mEq kg−1 h−1 (NaHCO3 group); saline solution (CTL group). Electrophysiological parameters were evaluated for 30 min. The area under the curve (AUC) for the first 5 or 30 min was compared between groups. Ropivacaine induced a lengthening of the PR interval by 17% (P = 0.0001), His‐ventricle‐interval by 58% (P = 0.001), sinus QRS complex by 56% (P = 0.0001), paced QRS at 150 bpm by 257% (P = 0.0001), and at 120 bpm by 143% (P = 0.0001) in all groups. At 5 min after treatment, sinus QRS in the NaHCO3 group was shorter than that in the CTL group (AUCQRS5, P = 0.003) or ILE group (AUCQRS5, P = 0.045). During the first minute, seven of the animals in the NaHCO3 group vs. two in the ILE or 0 in the CTL group recovered more than 30% of the sinus QRS previously lengthened by ropivacaine (P = 0.003). Sodium bicarbonate reversed the electrophysiological toxicity of ropivacaine faster than ILE and control groups.
The empty forest three decades later: Lessons and prospects
Authors: Bogoni Juliano A. , Percequillo Alexandre R. , Ferraz Katia M. P. M. B. , Peres Carlos A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe “Empty Forest” paradigm published three decades ago inspired studies on biodiversity erosion. Evidence to date continues pessimistic regarding the fate of wildlife. This calls for a more proactive approach by several societal actors to realign systems of resource exploitation with the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Caring masculinities in prison? Social workers and programs dealing with incarcerated fatherhood
Authors: Cannito Maddalena , Mercuri Eugenia 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe article explores how fatherhood in prison is conceived and supported by policy intervention in Italy. Despite the fact that, in 2020, 96% of adults detained in Italian prisons were men and half of them had at least one child, fatherhood in prison, a gendered space and institution where masculinities are (re)produced, is an underdeveloped research topic. Adopting a caring masculinity perspective, we focus on incarcerated fatherhood to investigate if and how Italian social programs that deal with incarcerated parents target fathers and, if so, to what extent they promote caring masculinities. To this aim, we will combine an analysis of social programs for incarcerated fathers in Italy, almost entirely run by third sector organizations, with discursive interviews with educators, welfare workers, and third sector stakeholders who participated in the implementation of a project for incarcerated parents in a north Italian prison. The results of our analysis show that involved fatherhood is not only denied to incarcerated men; it is also not allowed in an institution, such as a prison, where domination is the keyword.