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Modelling concrete slabs subjected to localised fire action with OpenSees
Authors: Orabi Mhd Anwar , Qiu Jin , Jiang Liming , Usmani Asif 
Published: April 2022

PurposeReinforced concrete slabs in fire have been heavily studied over the last three decades. However, most experimental and numerical work focuses on long-duration uniform exposure to standard fire. Considerably less effort has been put into investigating the response to localised fires that result in planarly non-uniform temperature distribution in the exposed elements.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the OpenSees for Fire framework for modelling slabs under non-uniform fire exposure is presented, verified against numerical predictions by Abaqus and then validated against experimental tests. The thermal wrapper developed within OpenSees for Fire is then utilised to apply localised fire exposure to the validated slab models using the parameters of an experimentally observed localised fire. The effect of the smoke layer is also considered in this model and shown to significantly contribute to the thermal and thus thermo-mechanical response of slabs. Finally, the effect of localised fire heat release rate (HRR) and boundary conditions are studied.FindingsThe analysis showed that boundary conditions are very important for the response of slabs subject to localised fire, and expansive strains may be accommodated as deflections without severely damaging the slab by considering the lateral restraint.Originality/valueThis work demonstrates the capabilities of OpenSees for Fire in modelling structural behaviours subjected to non-uniform fire conditions and investigates the damage pattens of flat slabs exposed to localised fires. It is an advancing step towards understanding structural responses to realistic fires.
The active factor of alliance in psychotherapy: differentiation of therapeutic alliance quality according to the psychotherapist’s theoretical orientation and type of disorder
Authors: Prusiński Tomasz 
Published: April 2022

Purpose
The results of empirical research on the patient–psychotherapist relationship have led to the fundamental conclusion that the therapeutic alliance is one of the key factors ensuring the positive outcomes of psychotherapy. The main aim of the present study is to determine what variables pertaining to the context of psychotherapy (type of treatment applied in accordance with the psychotherapist’s modality/orientation, type of disorder diagnosed in the patient) differentiated the alliance.

Design/methodology/approach
Participants for the main study were recruited from public and private psychotherapy offices across Poland. The working alliance was assessed based on 262 psychotherapist–patient dyads. The sample consisted of 428 participants. To assess the quality of therapeutic alliance, the author used the full version of the Working Alliance Inventory as adapted into Polish.

Findings
The results of analyses led to several basic conclusions. The study revealed a differentiating effect of type of psychotherapy on the quality of therapeutic alliance. Alliance quality was not differentiated by the type of disorder diagnosed in patients and treated in the psychotherapeutic process.

Originality/value
The results of analyses presented in this empirical study allowed for exploring the quality of the therapeutic alliance with contextual variables related to the psychotherapeutic process taken into account.
A social media engagement framework for applicant attraction and retention: #SocialMediaCongruence
Authors: Johnson Andrew Franklin , Roberto Katherine J. , Hartwell Christopher J. , Taylor Jennifer F. 
Published: April 2022

PurposeThe social media (SM) engagement framework consists of dimensions of employee privacy expectations and organizations' social media orientation. Further, the social media privacy orientation model provides better understanding of complexities of selection and retention created by the social media landscape.Design/methodology/approachOrganizations are increasingly seeking talent to support burgeoning social media strategies. Qualified employees may be expected to have related professional experience and an active personal social media presence. In contrast to this evolving demand, prevailing guidelines suggest applicants minimize their social media activity altogether. These restrictive guidelines may be better suited for organizations that prefer or require high levels of discretion on social media given the differing engagement expectations across firms and among individuals.FindingsHow the congruence between an employee's expectations of privacy on SM and the organization's expectation of employees' SM usage affects applicant attraction to organizations and employee retention is outlined. Propositions are offered to foster research in this area.Practical implicationsSocial media congruence is an important consideration for human resource (HR) policies and associated training.Social implicationsPublic policies toward the use of social media in recruitment and privacy should consider social media congruence.Originality/valueThe model advanced in the paper provides organizations and applicants with a stronger understanding of the complexities surrounding the use of SM in selection and retention decisions.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-05-2021-0260
How does the power dynamics in the information technology outsourcing supply chain influence supplier's talent retention: a multiple case study
Authors: Zhang Xiwei , Liang Xiaoyan 
Published: April 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the power dynamics between the client firm and the supplier firm in the information technology outsourcing (ITO) supplier chain influence the supplier firm's human resource management (HRM) practices, particularly talent retention.Design/methodology/approachA multi-case study approach was adopted comprising four supplier firms, three client firms and a total of 53 interviews. The transaction cost economics (TCE) is the theoretical lens that guides the interpretation of our findings.FindingsThe power dynamics between client and supplier firms in the ITO supply chain is one underpinned by TCE theory, characterised by an asymmetric client-dominated, transactional relationship, with the client firms controlling the “why”, the “what”, and the “how” dimensions of their collaboration. This “three-dimensional control” led to high talent turnover in supplier firms, which boomerangs to perpetuate the power dynamic, forming “vicious cycles of talent turnover” in the ITO supplier chain. Originality/valueNo previous study has analysed power dynamics as an external factor on ITO supplier firms' talent retention. The construct of the “three-dimensional-control” offers a framework to study power dynamics in the ITO supplier chain. The study’s framework of the “vicious cycles of talent turnover” is the first that explains the mechanisms through which the power dynamics in the ITO influences supplier's talent retention.
A critical review of public–private partnerships in the COVID-19 pandemic: key themes and future research agenda
Authors: Akomea-Frimpong Isaac , Jin Xiaohua , Osei-Kyei Robert , Tumpa Roksana Jahan 
Published: April 2022

PurposeUndoubtedly, coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has released unprecedented disruptions and health crisis on people and activities everywhere. The impacts extend to public–private partnership (PPP) arrangements in the construction industry. Concomitantly, PPP pacts are contributing to combat the pandemic. However, literature on the PPP concept in the COVID-19 era remain under-researched. This study aims to review the current literature on PPPs in the COVID-19 pandemic and present the key themes, research gaps and future research directions.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, 29 highly relevant literature were sourced from Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed search engines within the systematic literature review (SLR) methodology. With the aid of qualitative content analysis, the 29 articles were critically analysed leading to the extraction of hot research themes on PPPs in the coronavirus pandemic.FindingsThe results of the SLR produced eight themes such as major changes in PPP contracts, development of the COVID-19 vaccines, economic recession, facemasks and testing kits, governance and sustainability of PPPs. In addition, the study reveals seven research gaps that need further investigations among the scientific research community on mental health and post-pandemic recovery plans.Research limitations/implicationsThe articles selected for this review were limited to only peer-reviewed journal papers written in English excluding conference papers. This restriction may have taken out some relevant literature but they had insignificant impact on the overall outcome of this research.Practical implicationsTo improve the understanding of practitioners in the construction industry on key issues on PPPs in the COVID-19 pandemic, the study provides them a checklist of relevant themes.Originality/valueAs a novel literature review relating PPPs to the coronavirus, it sets the foundation for further research and contributes to practical measures to control the virus.
Measurement and sonification of construction site noise and particle pollution data
Authors: Rönnberg Niklas , Ringdahl Rasmus , Fredriksson Anna 
Published: April 2022

PurposeThe noise and dust particles caused by the construction transport are by most stakeholders experienced as disturbing. The purpose of this study is to explore how sonification can support visualization in construction planning to decrease construction transport disturbances.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents an interdisciplinary research project, combining research on construction logistics, internet of things and sonification. First, a data recording device, including sound, particle, temperature and humidity sensors, was implemented and deployed in a development project. Second, the collected data were used in a sonification design, which was, third, evaluated with potential users.FindingsThe results showed that the low-cost sensors used could capture “good enough” data, and that the use of sonification for representing these data is interesting and a possible useful tool in urban and construction transport planning.Research limitations/implicationsThere is a need to further evolve the sonification design and better communicate the aim of the sounds used to potential users. Further testing is also needed.Practical implicationsThis study introduces new ideas of how to support visualization with sonification planning the construction work and its impact on the vicinity of the site. Currently, urban planning and construction planning focus on visualizing the final result, with little focus on how to handle disturbances during the construction process.Originality/valueShowing the potentials of using low-cost sensor data in sonification, and using sonification together with visualization, is the result of a novel interdisciplinary research area combination.
‘Politically devastating passions’: Romance and reality in the aesthetics of democracy
Authors: Gibbs Alexis 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
To speak of democracy is often to speak less of a fact than of a hope. In his introduction to Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville admitted that ‘… in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or to hope from its progress’. De Tocqueville recognised that democracy's success would rely on its constant promotion, the affirmation and revaluation of its terms and conditions, such that it sustains the investedness of its (voluntary) participants. This paper considers the work of Stanley Cavell as inheriting the tone of de Tocqueville's romantic will to democracy, particularly in the discovery of its analogous image in ‘remarriage comedy’. I look first at the ways in which popular pictures of (in this case, American) democracy on film sustain an expression of hope for a better set of relations amongst equal and consenting participants, an expression that is identified as romantic in nature. By contrast, I will also discuss how representations of democracy's reality on screen—pictures that sit outside comfortable generic expectations, and reveal those moments in which interest in democratic participation or values has ebbed or is dormant—have as much to tell us about democracy's character as more idealist expressions of what it might be or become.
Post‐operative survival and functional status of patients with lung malignancy who presented primarily with brain metastasis in a tertiary referral centre
Authors: Cheung Harry Ling‐kit , Yam Kwong‐yui 
Published: April 2022

AbstractAimThis study aims to review the outcome of patients who have had surgical excision of brain metastasis from undiagnosed lung cancer.MethodsThis is a retrospective case series of all patients who had resection of brain metastasis from lung cancer. Data were retrieved from a computer registry. Patient demographics, pre‐operative condition, choice of treatment and post‐operative outcome were studied.ResultsA total of 45 patients were identified within the study period. The median age of these patients was 61 years. After the operation, 71% of the patients had no neurological deficit and 80% attained a Karnofsky Performance Score of at least 70. There was no serious complication requiring reoperation. Median survival was 15 months and 3‐year radiological progression‐free survival rate was 56%. In terms of overall survival, there was no statistical difference between the groups of patients aged below or above 65 years as well as patients with one or multiple brain metastases.ConclusionsPatients with brain metastasis having the primary presentation of lung malignancy enjoy a reasonable functionality and survival after brain metastasis excision. More aggressive treatment for the brain metastasis should be considered.
A synapsin Ⅰ cleavage fragment contributes to synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease
Authors: Meng Lanxia , Zou Li , Xiong Min , Chen Jiehui , Zhang Xingyu , Yu Ting , Li Yiming , Liu Congcong , Chen Guiqin , Wang Zhihao , Ye Keqiang , Zhang Zhentao 
Published: April 2022

AbstractSynaptic dysfunction is a key feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic dysfunction remain unclear. Here, we show that synapsin Ⅰ, one of the most important synaptic proteins, is fragmented by the cysteine proteinase asparagine endopeptidase (AEP). AEP cleaves synapsin at N82 in the brains of AD patients and generates the C‐terminal synapsin Ⅰ (83–705) fragment. This fragment is abnormally distributed in neurons and induces synaptic dysfunction. Overexpression of AEP in the hippocampus of wild‐type mice results in the production of the synapsin Ⅰ (83–705) fragment and induces synaptic dysfunction and cognitive deficits. Moreover, overexpression of the AEP‐generated synapsin Ⅰ (83–705) fragment in the hippocampus of tau P301S transgenic mice and wild‐type mice promotes synaptic dysfunction and cognitive deficits. These findings suggest a novel mechanism of synaptic dysfunction in AD.
Are IFRS Standards a ‘trusted’ language for private firm credit decisions? An analysis of country differences in users’ perspective
Authors: Jorissen Ann , Ram Ronita , Barros Pedro Moraya 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis paper studies whether creditors trust and use IFRS‐based information in the context of private firm loan decisions. Through an institutional theory lens, and based on information collected from 108 bankers, we find that IFRS numbers are more trusted and used than local‐GAAP (non‐IFRS Standards‐based) numbers. Differences in countries’ formal and informal institutions are related to observed cross‐country differences in trust and use of financial information. We also find that mandatory IFRS Standards adoption in a country is associated with higher use of these numbers than when countries permit the adoption of IFRS Standards.
Three‐year prospective outcomes of laparoscopic intraperitoneal on‐lay mesh repair of abdominal incisional hernia
Authors: Tuan Anh Nguyen , Huu Tuan Ly , Hong Son Nguyen , Le Huy Luu , Quoc Vinh Nguyen , Van Hai Nguyen 
Published: April 2022

AbstractBackgroundIncisional hernia (IH) can be treated with an intraperitoneal on‐lay mesh (IPOM). This study aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes, recurrence rates, and chronic pain after laparoscopic IH repair.MethodThe data of 50 patients who underwent laparoscopic IPOM repair between March 2018 and May 2021 were prospectively collected.ResultsThe standard IPOM technique was used on 41 patients (82%), whereas the IPOM‐plus technique was used on nine patients (18%). There was a history of IH repair for 12 patients (24%), and two of them recurrent hernias. The average body mass index was 24.7, and the average defect size was 17.6 cm2. The mean operative time was 145.7 minutes, and the mean hospital stay was 3.5 days. There were minor complications in nine patients (18%), a case of bowel injury (2%), and a case of bladder injury (2%). Recurrent hernias were observed in three patients (6%) over a mean follow‐up period of 17.9 months (4–36 months). One patient had postoperative chronic pain lasting 3 months. The width and size of the hernia were risk factors for recurrence.ConclusionLaparoscopic IPOM repair was a safe and effective method of treating IH, with a low incidence of postoperative complications, chronic pain, and recurrence.
Extracellular ATP promotes angiogenesis and adhesion of TNBC cells to endothelial cells via upregulation of CTGF
Authors: Zhou Yan‐Ting , Yu Yu‐Qing , Yang Hui , Yang Han , Huo Yan‐Fei , Huang Yang , Tian Xin‐Xia , Fang Wei‐Gang 
Published: April 2022

AbstractOur previous works have indicated that extracellular ATP is an important prometastasis factor. However, the molecular mechanism involved needs to be further studied. We demonstrated that extracellular ATP treatment could upregulate the expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in both triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells and endothelial cells (ECs). Extracellular ATP stimulated the migration of TNBC cells and ECs, and angiogenesis of ECs via the P2Y2––YAP‐CTGF axis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that adenosine triphosphate (ATP) stimulated TNBC cell adhesion to ECs and transmigration through the EC layer via CTGF by upregulation of integrin β1 on TNBC cells and VCAM‐1 on ECs. Both apyrase (ATP‐diphosphohydrolase) and CTGF shRNA treatments could inhibit the metastasis of inoculated tumors to lung and liver in a mouse model, and these treated tumors had fewer blood vessels. Collectively, our data indicated that extracellular ATP promotes tumor angiogenesis and the interactions between TNBC cells and ECs through upregulation of CTGF, thereby stimulating TNBC metastasis. The pleiotropic effects of ATP in angiogenesis and cell adhesion suggest that extracellular ATP or CTGF could be an effective target for TNBC therapy.
Is it safe to expand the indications for split liver transplantation in adults? A single‐center analysis of 155 in‐situ splits
Authors: Lau Ngee‐Soon , Ly Mark , Liu Ken , Majumdar Avik , Strasser Simone I. , Biswas Raaj K. , McCaughan Geoffrey W. , Crawford Michael , Pulitano Carlo 
Published: April 2022

AbstractIntroductionSplit liver transplantation (SLT) enables two recipients to be transplanted using a single donor liver; typically, an adult and a child. Despite equivalent long‐term outcomes to whole grafts in selected adults, the use of these grafts in high‐risk adult recipients with high model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) scores (≥30), a poor pre‐transplant clinical status (ICU or hospital‐bound), acute liver failure or retransplantation remains controversial.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed all deceased donor adult liver transplants performed between July 2002 and November 2019 at a single high‐volume center and performed a propensity score‐matched analysis. A subgroup analysis was performed to assess utility of these grafts for high‐risk recipients.ResultsA total of 1090 adult liver transplants were performed, including 155 SLT (14%). Graft survival at 1‐, 3‐ and 5‐years were comparable between recipients of split and whole liver grafts (82%, 79% and 74% vs. 86%, 81% and 77%, respectively, log rank P = .537), as was patient survival at 1‐, 3‐ and 5‐years. Recipients of split grafts were more likely to have biliary complications and hepatic artery thrombosis, but equivalent long‐term survival. Recipients with high MELD scores or a poor pre‐transplant clinical status had similar patient and graft survival and complication profiles irrespective of whether they received split or whole grafts.ConclusionsSLT is an important method for addressing donor shortages and provides comparable long‐term outcomes in adult recipients despite an increase in short‐term complications. SLT use in high‐risk recipients should be considered to allow for sickest‐first allocation policies.
Effect of divergent continuous glucose monitoring technologies on glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials
Authors: Elbalshy Mona , Haszard Jillian , Smith Hazel , Kuroko Sarahmarie , Galland Barbara , Oliver Nick , Shah Viral , de Bock Martin I. , Wheeler Benjamin J. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractAimsWe aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs) assessing separately and together the effect of the three distinct categories of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems (adjunctive, non‐adjunctive and intermittently‐scanned CGM [isCGM]), compared with traditional capillary glucose monitoring, on HbA1c and CGM metrics.MethodsPubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Cochrane Central register of clinical trials were searched. Inclusion criteria were as follows: randomised controlled trials; participants with type 1 diabetes of any age and insulin regimen; investigating CGM and isCGM compared with traditional capillary glucose monitoring; and reporting glycaemic outcomes of HbA1c and/or time‐in‐range (TIR). Glycaemic outcomes were extracted post‐intervention and expressed as mean differences and 95%CIs between treatment and comparator groups. Results were pooled using a random‐effects meta‐analysis. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Rob2 tool.ResultsThis systematic review was conducted between January and April 2021; it included 22 RCTs (15 adjunctive, 5 non‐adjunctive, and 2 isCGM)). The overall analysis of the pooled three categories showed a statistically significant absolute improvement in HbA1c percentage points (mean difference (95% CI): −0.22% [−0.31 to −0.14], I2 = 79%) for intervention compared with comparator and was strongest for adjunctive CGM (−0.26% [−0.36, −0.16]). Overall TIR (absolute change) increased by 5.4% (3.5 to 7.2), I2 = 71% for CGM intervention compared with comparator and was strongest with non‐adjunctive CGM (6.0% [2.3, 9.7]).ConclusionsFor individuals with T1D, use of CGM was beneficial for impacting glycaemic outcomes including HbA1c, TIR and time‐below‐range (TBR). Glycaemic improvement appeared greater for TIR for newer non‐adjunctive CGM technology.