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Triose phosphate utilization stress during photosynthesis addressed with dynamic assimilation measurements
Authors: McClain Alan M. , Sharkey Thomas D. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractOscillations in CO2assimilation rate and associated fluorescence parameters have been observed alongside the triose phosphate utilization (TPU) limitation of photosynthesis for nearly 50 years. However, the mechanics of these oscillations are poorly understood. Here we utilize the recently developed Dynamic Assimilation Techniques (DAT) for measuring the rate of CO2assimilation to increase our understanding of what physiological condition is required to cause oscillations. We found that TPU limiting conditions alone were insufficient, and that plants must enter TPU limitation quickly to cause oscillations. We found that ramps of CO2caused oscillations proportional in strength to the speed of the ramp, and that ramps induce oscillations with worse outcomes than oscillations induced by step change of CO2concentration. An initial overshoot is caused due to a temporary excess of available phosphate. During the overshoot, the plant out-performs steady state TPU and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate regeneration limitations of photosynthesis but cannot exceed the rubisco limitation. We performed additional optical measurements which support the role of photosystem I reduction and oscillations in availability of NADP+and ATP in supporting oscillations.HighlightRapid CO2changes cause more oscillations of photosynthetic rate than a step change in CO2or slowly changing CO2. Photosystem I acceptor side limitations may play a role.
A country-wide examination of effects of urbanization on common birds
Authors: Brouwer Lyanne , de Vries Lisenka , Sierdsema Henk , van der Jeugd Henk 
Published: November 2022

AbstractUrbanization forms one of the most drastic alterations of the environment and poses a major threat to wildlife. The human-induced modifications of the landscape may affect individual’s fitness and thereby result in population declines. Research on how urbanization affects fitness traits has shown mixed results, but typically contrasted data from few urban and non-urban sites collected over short time frames from single species. It thus remains unknown whether we can generalize across species, whereas such knowledge is crucial for population predictions that are needed for conservation management. Here, we use data from a nation-wide citizen science project to examine variation in survival and body mass and size of common passerine birds, collected along an urbanization gradient in the Netherlands over an 8-year period. Although the overall association between urbanization and survival was slightly negative, there was strong support for lower survival in three species, and higher survival in two of the 11 species examined. Effects of urbanization on body mass and size also varied but were far less strong and there was no evidence that they mediated the impacts on survival. Our results imply that body mass and size cannot be used as indicators for urban-associated patterns of survival. Furthermore, the species-specific survival responses indicate that care should be taken when predicting the effects of ongoing urbanization for communities, because even closely related species can show different responses. Moreover, the contrasting survival successes among species suggests that ongoing urbanization may lead to shifts in community structure and loss of biodiversity.
Study of droplet generation in an E-shaped microchannel using two-phase level-set method
Authors: Chatterjee Liana , Chatterjee Sulagna 
Published: November 2022

AbstractDroplet-based microfluidics is the study of microfluidic device, where droplets are generated mainly using two methods i.e., active, and passive methods. The manipulation of these droplets in microfluidic channels is an immensely useful technology in various scientific fields such as biological, biomedical studies, and drug delivery. Recently droplets with a core-shell structure have achieved considerable interest due to their unique properties and varied applications.Droplet splitting as an important feature of droplet-based microfluidic systems has been widely used. In the present paper, two-dimensional numerical simulations have been done to examine the droplet splitting process in an E Junction geometry microchannel. The two-phase level set method (LSM) has been used to analyze the mechanism of droplet formation and droplet splitting in an immiscible liquid/liquid two-phase flow. Governing equations on the flow field have been studied and solved using COMSOL Multiphysics software. The model was developed to simulate the mechanism of droplet splitting at the E-junction microchannel. This study provides a passive technique to split up microdroplets at the E-junction.
Operational performance model for banks: a dynamic data envelopment approach
Authors: Bangarwa Preeti , Roy Supriyo 
Published: November 2022

PurposeOperational performance is critical for the banking sector for both managers and other stakeholders as it strongly affects the overall performance of the banking system. Traditional performance measures such as ratio analysis encountered certain shortcomings. At this juncture, data envelopment analysis (DEA) approaches are increasingly applied in bank efficiency studies. However, basic DEA models ignored the interactions between consecutive terms and focused primarily on measuring performance independently for each study period. All this is required to develop an operational performance model that can enable the long-term decision model.Design/methodology/approachAn attempt has been made to develop a dynamic DEA within a non-radial category to measure interconnection activities considering non-performing loans as an undesirable link. This study uses the Indian banking dataset from 2015 to 2019. The study's research design directs three directions: ‘comparison of the dynamic DEA with the traditional static DEA model, areas of inefficiencies that are investigated for each factor using the factor efficiency index and the robustness results highlighting the performance difference between bank categories.'FindingsComparing with static DEA results, the study confirms that the dynamic model best measures long-term operational performance due to the linkage between consecutive terms. The efficiency analysis concludes that the input factor that requires the most improvement is ‘fixed assets' and ‘deposits'. The output factor that needs the most progress is ‘non-interest income'. The robustness of the developed model is proven by ownership categories present within the Indian banking system. At a significance level of 10%, the result of both the separate and dynamic model for privately owned banks is significantly better than that of publicly owned banks.Originality/valueThis paper proposes an operational efficiency model for Indian banks in line with undesirable output. The mean factor efficiency analysis related to non-radial DEA modelling enhances managerial flexibilities in determining improvement initiatives.
Systems literacy amongst air force logisticians in Nigeria
Authors: Akeel Usman Umar 
Published: November 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to assess the current level of systems literacy of air force logisticians in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachThis research undertook an assessment of the knowledge of air force logistics officers on systems thinking with the aid of a qualitative questionnaire. The questionnaire featured questions on the level of literacy and application of systems thinking by air force logisticians in Nigeria.FindingsThe research finds that the majority of the air force logistics officers have very low levels of knowledge and training in systems thinking.Originality/valueThe research is a unique effort to ascertain the level of systems thinking literacy and training in air force logistics in Nigeria. The study presents a baseline and justification for intervention through an improvement of the logistics curricula used in air force training institutions in Nigeria.
Audit quality and independence concerns after major audit reforms within a developing country: stakeholder perceptions from Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Lan Anh , Kend Michael , Luong Hoa 
Published: November 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this exploratory study is to investigate the perceptions of key stakeholders in Vietnam on the impact on audit quality and independence after major reforms to audit.

Design/methodology/approach
Using new institutional sociology, this study seeks to explain how Vietnamese external auditors and accountants have responded to audit reforms and provides perceptions on how audit quality and independence may have been impacted. This study draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with 33 highly experienced participants, representing various stakeholder groups in Vietnam.

Findings
The findings indicate that after almost a decade since the full implementation of the Law of Independent Audit (2011) in Vietnam, the audit and assurance market in Vietnam is characterised by low quality audits, a lack of compliance with standards and auditor independence concerns, specifically amongst the smaller audit practitioners. Participants indicated that competition for new audit clients or retaining existing clients is a priority over improving audit quality and independence.

Originality/value
By examining a combination of different factors relating to audit quality and independence, the authors further demonstrate the impact of these factors in Vietnam, helping audit professionals and regulators to have a better and more meaningful understanding of that state of the audit profession. This study also considers audit concerns or issues arising because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.
Intellectual connections in mission statements scholarship: a future research agenda
Authors: Aladag Omer Faruk , Koseoglu Mehmet Ali 
Published: November 2022

Purpose
This study aims to explore the intellectual connections of mission statement research to identify the influential domains of source knowledge and emergent areas of research for future studies.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors deployed bibliometric methods, namely, citation, co-citation and network analysis. The authors collected data from the Scopus and Web of Science databases and analyzed the connections of the most influential articles.

Findings
The authors identified four knowledge domains that informed the mission statements literature: guidance on mission statement development, the value of mission statements, mission statements and organizational issues, mission statement content and communication. And the authors spotted four opportunities for knowledge advancement based on theoretical frameworks, performance measures, content and context.

Practical implications
Practitioners should think beyond the immediate benefits of mission statements, such as performance and legitimacy improvement. Instead, they should focus on long-term benefits, information advantages and democratizing the development phase of mission statements.

Originality/value
Mission statements have attracted scholarly attention over the past 40 years. Despite the formation of a considerable body of knowledge, intellectual connections of mission statement research have been largely neglected. Previous studies had a narrow focus or insufficient coverage of the literature. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first full-scale bibliometric study on the intellectual connections of the mission statements literature.
Conceptualizing and Measuring Abatement from the Opioid Epidemic: A Case Study from Pennsylvania
Authors: RHUBART DANIELLE , CHEN QIUSHI , STERNER GLENN , NEWTON ROBERT , SHAW BETHANY , SCANLON DENNIS 
Published: November 2022

Policy Points
In 2021, four major pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors reached a proposed settlement agreement with 46 state Attorneys General of $26 billion to address their liabilities in fueling the US opioid epidemic. It raises important questions about abatement conceptualization and measurement for allocating settlement funds among substate entities.
We outline the political economy tensions undergirding the settlement and allocation, introduce an abatement conceptual framework, describe how an abatement formula was developed for Pennsylvania to allocate settlement funds, and summarize considerations for future settlement allocation efforts.
Documenting the challenges and experiences of this task is essential to inform future efforts.
GENTRIFICATION IN TOKYO: Formation of the Tokyo West Creative Industry Cluster
Authors: Kidokoro Tetsuo , Fukuda Ryo , Sho Kojiro 
Published: November 2022

AbstractInner‐city areas function as incubators of creative industries in metropolitan cities. The areas adjacent to Tokyo's city center also play an important role as a location for small to medium‐sized creative industries. First, against this background, this article explores the relationship between the characteristics of locations of creative industries and Tokyo's built environment. Aside from the city center itself, where the creative industries’ major customers are located, the authors observed a creative industry cluster to the west of the city center. We named this area the Tokyo West Creative Industry Cluster (TWCIC) and found that a ‘live–work’‐style cluster has developed there, which functions as an incubation place for creative industries. Second, by conducting a case study on urban regeneration in progress in the Shibuya Station area, a core area of the TWCIC, we further examine how gentrification caused by property‐led urban regeneration is now threatening the TWCIC. The article concludes that commercialization and purification will eventually widen spatial inequality and lead to the loss of the unique culture of tolerance and freedom that has hitherto nurtured the creative culture in TWCIC. Consequently, fundamental changes are required in property‐led creative city policies.
Maturing conversations: developing climate engagement through group dialogues
Authors: Gillespie Sally 
Published: November 2022

AbstractClimate change is a threat to global ecosystems, societies and psychological well‐being. As a collectively driven phenomena, I argue that it requires collective responses and action. In order to ease the trauma of awakening to, and engaging with, climate and ecological breakdown, I suggest that individuals and communities need to build safe containers and establish support to help us recognize resistance, explore defences and feel into the territory beyond the known and familiar. Using participatory research as a case study, this paper considers the often intense feelings of confusion, tension and fear that can be generated by climate disruption, and the developmental processes that can arise when these feelings are well supported and contained. My experience suggests that when people are given a safe facilitated space to identify and share their feelings and thoughts, fears and hopes, dreams and images with others, it stimulates a creative process of collective engagement and sense‐making that has the potential to seed personal and social transformation and action. I suggest that Jungian practitioners in particular can play a valuable role by facilitating dialogues and inquiries which are attuned to collective symbolic processes and which incorporate the imaginal realm of story, dream, and image.
Contextualizing eco‐anxiety and eco‐anger: tentative responses to visceral and numinous emotions
Authors: Rozuel Cécile , Bellehumeur Christian R. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn this paper, we explore how the emotions of eco‐anxiety and eco‐anger can be perceived as potentially constructive responses to the climate crisis. We examine the context in which these emotions are experienced and expressed in light of the relationship between human beings and Nature. We argue that these eco‐emotions are both visceral and numinous, and that this dual characteristic is critical when determining how best to respond to eco‐anxiety and eco‐anger. We propose that a suitable approach to this challenge is to draw from the imagination and the symbolic domain, and we offer personal reflections on what this process may look like.
Treatment response in acute myeloid leukaemia—Clues in the biopsy core
Authors: Aguilar Navarro Alicia G. , Tikhonova Anastasia N. 
Published: November 2022

In their paper the authors describe distinct transcriptomic changes associated to treatment response in core bone marrow biopsies from patients with acute myeloid leukaemia. This finding raises the possibility that stratifying patients for treatment according to their transcriptomic profiles could improve patients' response and prognosis.Commentary on: Treaba et al. Transcriptomics of AML core bone marrow biopsies reveals distinct therapy response‐specific osteo‐mesenchymal profiles. Br J Haematol 2023;200:740–754.
Systematic review of the psychometric properties of cultural adaptations and translations of the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE)
Authors: Abid Manel , Demers Isabelle , Mercier Catherine , Maltais Désirée B. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) is the most widely used questionnaire for the assessment of children participation. While several cultural adaptations and translations exist, the quality of the methods used to produce them, as well as their psychometric properties, remains unclear. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the different translated and/or culturally adapted versions of the CAPE for children and youth with and without disabilities.MethodA search was performed in five electronic databases CINAHL (EBSCO), MEDLINE (OVID), EMBASE (ELSEVIER), PSYCINFO (OVID), and WEB OF SCIENCE Core Collection (CLARIVATE), for articles available in French or English with the last update in July 2022. All studies related to a cultural adaptation and/or translation of the CAPE were retained and evaluated based on established guidelines for cross‐cultural adaptations and measurement properties. The extraction was done independently by two authors. A critical appraisal of translation and psychometric properties methods was performed. Critical appraisal of the articles was done using the Guidelines for the Process of Cross‐Cultural Adaptation of Self‐Report Measures tool and the COnsensus‐based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) methodology.ResultsThe search identified 642 studies (321 duplicates removed), 16 of which underwent full‐text review. Nine studies met all inclusion criteria and underwent analysis. According to the recommended steps for cross‐cultural adaptations, one study performed 100% of the steps and two others performed 80%. None of the studies met all the recommendations for the evaluation of psychometric properties. A full evaluation of reliability and internal consistency were reported by 74% of studies. None of the studies reported a full evaluation of responsiveness, agreement and/or construct validity.ConclusionsThis review demonstrated limitations in the robustness of the methods used to develop and evaluate translated and culturally adapted versions of CAPE. To ensure valid and reliable results when conducting future research using the CAPE, it is recommended to fully evaluate the psychometric properties of the existing versions and to produce other translated and culturally adapted versions of the questionnaire.
Socioecological determinants of child oral health—A scoping review
Authors: Do Loc G. , Song Young Ha , Du Mi , Spencer A. John , Ha Diep H. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractObjectivesChild oral health is a result of interactions between multilevel influences within a complex system. Understanding those interactions informs conceptualizing a socioecological framework of important influences on oral health. This paper aimed to present a scoping review on the determinants of dental caries and their interactions in childhood and adolescence.MethodsThe two review questions were as follows: Which factors are determinants of child dental caries? and, How do determinants interact within and across socioecological levels? The three main electronic databases for biomedical records, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were searched, followed by reference check. The search and screening/selection procedures followed an a priori strategy and inclusion/exclusion criteria were specified in advance. The main components of the strategy were participants, concept and context. Following the final selection, eligible studies were assessed with quality appraisal tools for the risk of methodologic biases. Determinants reported in the included studies were then assigned to the micro‐, meso‐, exo‐ or macro‐systems levels in a socioecological framework. Interactions between determinants were also identified and reported.ResultsA total of 100 studies were included after removal of duplicates, screening on the title/abstracts and full‐text assessment among 3313 records initially identified. A higher number of studies included were cross‐sectional studies published in recent years. The majority of determinants found to influence child dental health were assigned to microsystem level within the framework. However, determinants were found at all levels and interactions were reported within and between socioecological levels. Determinants identified in the scoping review represent factors at different socioecological levels that influence child oral health.ConclusionApplication of a socioecological model through a complex systems approach should lead to valid and robust progress towards practical solutions for better child oral health globally.
Decline in dental caries experience among schoolchildren in Taiwan, 2012–2020
Authors: Lin Po‐Yen , Huang Yao‐Hui , Chen Hsiu‐Hsien , Wang Jui , Chen Shao‐Ching , Chang Hong‐Ji , Chi Lin‐Yang 
Published: November 2022

AbstractObjectivesThis study investigated the association between the decline of the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index and several family‐level and individual‐level factors among 6‐ to 18‐year‐old Taiwanese children from 2012 to 2020.MethodsThis study used data from the 2012 and 2020 Taiwan National Oral Health Survey of Children and Adolescents. Both surveys used similar methods and were performed in the same study age group. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on parents' sociodemographic background; the number of children in the family; oral health‐related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours; and children's dietary habits. Dental caries was recorded through standardized oral examinations. Multivariable multilevel zero‐inflated negative binomial regression models were used to determine the association between family‐level and individual‐level factors and the DMFT index from 2012 to 2020.ResultsA total of 10 217 and 10 436 schoolchildren completed the oral examinations and questionnaires in the 2012 and 2020 surveys, respectively. The adjusted mean DMFT index of 12‐year‐old Taiwanese schoolchildren in 2020 was 2.01, denoting a significant decline from 2.50 in 2012 (adjusted mean ratio = 0.20, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.17, 0.23, p < .0001). Furthermore, children who often consumed sugar‐rich drinks had a significantly higher risk (mean ratio = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.01, 1.10) of having DMFT than those who seldom consumed such drinks (p = .017).ConclusionsIn the period of 2012–2020, the DMFT index among Taiwanese children significantly declined. Children who often consumed sugar‐rich drinks had a higher DMFT index than those who seldom consumed such drinks. Our findings are valuable to paediatricians, dentists, nutritionists, and public health policymakers.