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Schmitt T, Poirel HA, Cauët E, Delnord M, Van den Bulcke M. Unlocking the genomic landscape: Results of the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) pilot in Belgium towards Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI). Health Policy 2024; 143:105060. [PMID: 38598968 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Genomic medicine has great potential to offer insights into how humans' genetic variation can affect their health, prevention options and treatment responses. The Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project was kicked off in 2020 with the aim of building a federated network of genomic data in Europe, in which Belgium took part as a piloting country. B1MG developed a framework to enable all interested countries to self-evaluate the level of maturity of national genomic medicine practices following a common matrix, called Maturity Level Model (MLM), that contained 49 indicators across eight domains: I. Governance and strategy; II. Investment and economic model; III. Ethics, legislation and policy; IV. Public awareness and acceptance; V. Workforce skills and organisation; VI. Clinical organisation, infrastructure and tools; VII. Clinical genomics guidelines and infrastructure; and VIII. Data management, standards and infrastructure. The ongoing Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project aims to capitalise on the experience of B1MG piloting countries and their MLM results. In this paper, we present the qualitative and quantitative outcomes of B1MG MLM assessment in Belgium and discuss their relevance to GDI. The insights gained from this study can be helpful for steering future policy directions and interventions on genomics in Belgium and beyond.
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- Tugce Schmitt
- Cancer Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
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- Cancer Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Cancer Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Cancer Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Cancer Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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Sarfo FS, Gebreyohanns M, Akinyemi R, Ebenezer AA, Ovbiagele B, Owolabi M. The African Stroke Organization Conference 2023. Lancet Neurol 2024; 23:459-460. [PMID: 38631758 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(24)00139-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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- Fred Stephen Sarfo
- Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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- College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200212, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- African Stroke Organization, Ibadan, Nigeria; Stroke Association Support Network, Accra, Ghana
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- Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, CA, USA; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200212, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Lebanese American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Blossom Specialist Medical Center, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Wang H, Lu L, Fu Y, Li Q. An empirical assessment of the influence of digital transformation on sports corporate sustainability. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297659. [PMID: 38635831 PMCID: PMC11025921 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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The trend of digital transformation fosters enterprise change, helps cultivate enterprises' own competitive advantages and is crucial to the advancement of sports enterprises' sustainable development in the framework of the emerging digital economy as a national strategy. However, there have been few empirical studies on the microlevel of digital transformation and its impact on the sustainability of sports organizations. Therefore, the sustainable growth dynamic model is used to construct indicators of corporate sustainability by referencing 48 sports corporations listed on Shanghai and Shenzhen A-shares markets and the New Third Board in China from 2012 to 2021. The intrinsic relationship between digital transformation and the sustainable development of sports enterprises and the underlying mechanism of action are explored by constructing a panel fixed effects model, a chain mediating effects model, and a panel threshold model. The most important contribution is as follows: To provide a useful reference for analyzing enterprise digital transformation, a more complete indicator indicating the extent of corporate digital transformation is built. The micro viewpoint broadens our awareness of sustainable development in sports organizations and deepens our understanding of the interaction model between sustainable development and enterprise digital transformation. This study provides methodical evidence and insights for an accurate understanding of digital transformation for sustainable enterprise development, looking into the "black box" of the mechanism between digital transformation and sustainable business development. The results show that digital transformation significantly aids sports enterprises in their pursuit of long-term sustainability. Heterogeneity tests demonstrate the pivotal role of digital transformation in advancing the sustained growth of sports firms and high-tech sports enterprises situated in the eastern region of China. Regarding transmission mechanisms, the chain mediating effect of enterprises' digital transformation on improved technological innovation and TFP, which in turn promote long-term business growth, has yet to be validated. Further examination exposes that within the context of the correlation between digital transformation and the sustainability of corporations, there is a single threshold effect based on financing restrictions and operational costs and a double threshold effect based on operational efficiency.
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- Haixia Wang
- Handan Univeraity, College of Physical Education, Handan, China
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- School of Physical Education and Sports Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- Star for PH.D in Sport Fitness Science Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sports, Gdansk, Poland
- Jiangsu Normal University, Physical Education Institute, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China
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Mäkelä P, Boaz A, Oliver K. A modified action framework to develop and evaluate academic-policy engagement interventions. Implement Sci 2024; 19:31. [PMID: 38610039 PMCID: PMC11010317 DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01359-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND There has been a proliferation of frameworks with a common goal of bridging the gap between evidence, policy, and practice, but few aim to specifically guide evaluations of academic-policy engagement. We present the modification of an action framework for the purpose of selecting, developing and evaluating interventions for academic-policy engagement. METHODS We build on the conceptual work of an existing framework known as SPIRIT (Supporting Policy In Health with Research: an Intervention Trial), developed for the evaluation of strategies intended to increase the use of research in health policy. Our aim was to modify SPIRIT, (i) to be applicable beyond health policy contexts, for example encompassing social, environmental, and economic policy impacts and (ii) to address broader dynamics of academic-policy engagement. We used an iterative approach through literature reviews and consultation with multiple stakeholders from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and policy professionals working at different levels of government and across geographical contexts in England, alongside our evaluation activities in the Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) programme. RESULTS Our modifications expand upon Redman et al.'s original framework, for example adding a domain of 'Impacts and Sustainability' to capture continued activities required in the achievement of desirable outcomes. The modified framework fulfils the criteria for a useful action framework, having a clear purpose, being informed by existing understandings, being capable of guiding targeted interventions, and providing a structure to build further knowledge. CONCLUSION The modified SPIRIT framework is designed to be meaningful and accessible for people working across varied contexts in the evidence-policy ecosystem. It has potential applications in how academic-policy engagement interventions might be developed, evaluated, facilitated and improved, to ultimately support the use of evidence in decision-making.
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- Petra Mäkelä
- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, Kings Cross, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.
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- Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, The Policy Institute, Virginia Woolf Building, Kings College London, 22 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6LE, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, Kings Cross, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
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Chary S. Employee Grievance Redressal and Corporate Ethics: Lessons from the Boeing 737-MAX Crashes. Sci Eng Ethics 2024; 30:14. [PMID: 38605283 PMCID: PMC11009758 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-024-00475-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Two Boeing 737-MAX passenger planes crashed in October 2018 and March 2019, suspending all 737-MAX aircraft. The crashes put Boeing's corporate practices and culture under the spotlight. The main objective of this paper is to use the case of Boeing to highlight the importance of efficient employee grievance redressal mechanisms and an independent external regulator. The methodology adopted is a qualitative analysis of statements of various whistleblowers and Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stakeholders. It suggests that employee feedback flowing up the chain of command should be more flexible and dealt with more seriousness. It recommends that companies adopt a cooling-off period or a lifetime restriction for employees who have gone through the revolving door between regulators and the industry. The Boeing 737-MAX case, which emphasizes the ethical obligations of the job, can offer value to engineers, engineering educators, managers, ombudsmen, and human resource professionals.
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- Shreesh Chary
- Symbiosis School of Economics, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), S.B. Road, Pune, India.
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Richardson ML, Taylor JR, Thompson MJ, Rangarajan A, Hanumappa M, Little NG. A profile of urban agricultural growers, organizations, their needs, and challenges in the Northeastern United States. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298831. [PMID: 38598423 PMCID: PMC11006126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Urban agriculture is increasingly valued as a strategy for improving quality of life in cities, but urban growers face challenges and often lack coordinated support from governments and the agricultural industry. We surveyed urban growers through an online survey, primarily in the Northeastern United States, to develop a profile of growers and associated organizations, assess the current state of urban agriculture, and determine how universities could help meet their needs. A total of 394 respondents completed the survey and most urban growers were white (non-Hispanic) and younger than 45 years old. Women and men were in almost equal proportion. Urban growers were well-educated, but most did not receive a degree in agriculture. Urban agriculture in our study area was dominated by relatively small non-profit organizations and home and community gardens were the most common types of organizations. Urban agricultural organizations want to improve environmental sustainability and socio-cultural conditions through food access and security, regardless of their tax status. Urban growers face diverse barriers and challenges and the most ubiquitous barriers and challenges reported by respondents were related to availability of land and long-term access in urban areas. Many respondents received low revenue or were operating at a net loss even though they reported diverse income streams. Respondents need a wide range of training, including in traditional agricultural topics as well as financial management and business trainings. Universities can play a key role in promoting urban agriculture by offering training and research. Workforce development is a large priority among universities, so urban growers should regularly be consulted, and the results shared with career and workforce development professionals and researchers in urban areas to identify training and research that meets the needs of stakeholders.
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- Matthew L. Richardson
- Center for Urban Research, Engagement and Scholarship, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Center for Urban Research, Engagement and Scholarship, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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- School of Integrative Plant Sciences-Horticulture Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Urban Research, Engagement and Scholarship, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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- Agriculture and Food Systems Program, University of Maryland Extension, Baltimore City Office, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Schwing KM, Pitt J. Measuring the communicative constitution of organization as network formation. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300399. [PMID: 38593128 PMCID: PMC11003641 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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We propose a set of metrics, based upon the four flows theory of the communicative constitution of organizations, to evaluate the emergence of organization in a social network. Using an agent-based model (ABM), we validate that our metrics chart the evolution of partial organizations as the population progresses from complete dissociation to unified allegiance. Our metrics allow the evaluation of organizational strength much more efficiently than previous, context-specific methods. The simulation produces other results consistent with human society, such as stable heterogeneity of structures and organizational figureheads, further validating our results. The ABM of emergent organization incorporates only widely-observed cognitive behaviors and the recognition by agents of group membership, without any cooperation among the agents. The four flows are produced solely by agents biasing their limited communication resources in favor of allies. While reaffirming the centrality of communication patterns to organization, we thus also challenge the minimal conditions required to produce organizing behavior and complex social structures.
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- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Tezier B, Van Hoye A, Vuillemin A, Lemonnier F, Rostan F, Guillemin F. Pilot study of a health promotion intervention in sports clubs. Sante Publique 2024; 36:7-22. [PMID: 38580468 DOI: 10.3917/spub.241.0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Sports clubs (SCs) are an ideal setting for promoting health. However existing health promotion (HP) interventions in SCs mainly target a single health behavior and men who do sports, and evaluations of such interventions provides little information about their deployment. To overcome these limitations, the PROSCeSS intervention was co-constructed based on the theoretical model of the health-promoting SC and multi-level, multi-determinant health strategies. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the deployment of the PROSCeSS intervention and identify the factors influencing its deployment. A qualitative study, using recordings of meetings, email and telephone exchanges, and interviews with project leaders of fourteen SC, was carried out. Although a low number of SCs had completed the intervention, they all considered that they have a role to play in helping their members maintain good health. Their ability to develop HP activities and to implement the intervention was influenced by the resources available, the support they received from their sports federation, and the ability of each project leader to get involved in the intervention. The SCs that deployed the intervention implemented several strategies enabling them to integrate health into the organizational, social, economic, and environmental habits of the SCs and to develop new HP activities, such as adapted sports activity sessions and activities to teach members about first aid, nutrition, and good practices for warming up. This study highlights the importance of understanding the specificities of the contexts in which HP interventions are deployed. Having led to a reworking of the intervention steps and the development of an appropriate evaluation design, it also highlights the essential role of pilot studies in the development and evaluation of interventions.
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Wood EX, Lam JC, Sanders M. Identifying and assessing corporate employment variables that influence community resilience: A novel model. J Emerg Manag 2024; 22:27-38. [PMID: 38573727 DOI: 10.5055/jem.0808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Quantifying the concept of disaster resilience on a local level is becoming more critical as vulnerable communities face more frequent and intense disasters due to climate change. In the United States (US), corporations are often evaluated using social justice or environmental sustainability matrices for financial investment consideration. However, there are few tools available to measure a corporation's contribution to disaster resilience on a local level. This study includes a focused literature review of employment variables that contribute to community resilience and a national survey that asked US emergency managers to rank the variables they believe have the greatest influence on individual resilience. A novel corporate community resilience model that ranks corporate contributions to disaster resilience in the communities where they operate was developed and then tested against data from five employment sectors from the same area. This model can be used by stakeholders to better understand how corporations can most efficiently contribute to county- and subcounty-level disaster resilience. The metrics used in this study are universal and translative, and thus, the development of this resilience model has global disaster resilience implications.
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- Erik Xavier Wood
- Georgetown University, Washington, DC. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-6314
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- Newbury Capital Management, South Pasadena, California
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- Georgetown University Law Center; Founder, Undivide Project, Washington, DC. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-7405
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Yuan X, Ma L, Wang C, Yan H, Chen Y. The internal organizational performance influence factors study-an empirical test. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298595. [PMID: 38573971 PMCID: PMC10994283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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With the changes of social and economic development, more and more people pay attention to the development of non-profit organizations, and the performance research of non-profit organizations has become the focus of research. As the internal governance organization of non-profit organization, the board of directors and the management organization are related internal factors that will affect the organizational performance of non-profit organization. Based on the data of Form 990 of the US Internal Revenue Service, this paper conducted an empirical study on the relationship between internal governance and organizational performance of non-profit organizations, and studied the moderating effects of board size, average weekly working hours, number of managers, members' work involvement and compensation incentives on internal governance and organizational performance of non-profit organizations. The results show that the number of managers in non-profit organizations is negatively correlated with organizational performance, the average weekly working hours of managers are significantly correlated with organizational performance, and the compensation of managers is significantly correlated with organizational performance. Through the empirical demonstration, this study promotes the management and development practice of non-profit organizations, and lays a solid foundation for the construction of socialist harmonious society in China.
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- Xiuling Yuan
- School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, 056009, China
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- School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, 056009, China
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- Faculty of Business, Department of Management Engineering, Nanfang College Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510970, China
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- School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, 056009, China
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- Uibe Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100105, China
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Onumah EE, Ketadzo B, Adaku AA, Onumah JA, Addey Owusu P. COVID-19 and its impact on the profit of mango value chain actors. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299572. [PMID: 38568889 PMCID: PMC10990191 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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The unprecedented impact of the pandemic on both activities and profit of actors draws out the various areas of the value chain that need to be strengthened to ensure resilience in the face of global shock. This study fills the gap by assessing the extent at which COVID-19 impacted the profit of mango value chain actors in southern Ghana. It also analyzed the governance structure and the existing linkages in the dissemination of market information in relation to the profit of the actors. A two-year panel survey on 240 respondents was conducted in 2020 through a multi-stage sampling technique in Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta regions of Ghana. Net Farm Income, Social Network Analysis and Difference-in-Difference models were used in analyzing the data. Findings revealed that mango processors have more bargaining power and make the most profit while producers receive more information than other actors. Farmer-based organizations were found to be the prominent node and influential in the dissemination of market information within the value chain. The outbreak of COVID-19 negatively impacted the profit of mango producers and distributors; however, processors had a positive impact on their profit. The study therefore demonstrated that producers and distributors were vulnerable to the effect of the COVID-19 shock, whilst processors were robust to the shocks. Thus, reformed policies by all stakeholders for emergency preparedness should be targeted especially at those vulnerable actors in the chain. Additionally, FBOs, retailers and other key stakeholders should be considered in policy development to enhance market information dissemination.
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- Edward Ebo Onumah
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Cantonments, Ghana
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Kelly M, Pardy M, McGlasson MA. The sound of silence? Listening to localisation at the World Humanitarian Summit. Disasters 2024; 48:e12611. [PMID: 37723921 DOI: 10.1111/disa.12611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Based on research with key stakeholders, this paper draws on theories of organisational and political listening to analyse the critical emergence of 'localisation' during the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit. The central focus is the two-year pre-summit consultation process, engaging 23,000-plus people, mainly from the Global South, and organised specifically to bring different views and experiences to the task of reforming the global humanitarian agenda. This research explores 'voice and listening' during the consultations, investigating how these were framed by, and have framed, power differentials within the humanitarian system. The consultations were a unique event, evoking optimism among participants that change might be possible. However, the space to speak, and the listening that occurred, struggled to breach the political sphere. The 'Grand Bargain', some interviewees claim, amounted to a re-silencing. Notably, the localisation debate happened when a largely coherent message from the Global South and allies emerged, making unmet but heard claims on powerful actors.
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- Max Kelly
- Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
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- Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
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- Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, Deakin University, Australia
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Roberts LW. Creating Opportunities to Engage With Our Journal and the Field of Academic Medicine. Acad Med 2024; 99:345-346. [PMID: 38552162 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Bartels SJ, Reynolds CF. Reverse Innovation, Partnerships, and The Role of Academic Health Systems in Creating a Sustainable Geriatric Health Care System. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2024; 32:405-408. [PMID: 38503540 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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- Stephen J Bartels
- James J. and Jean H. Mongan Chair in Health Policy and Community Health, Director of Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School..
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- Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and UPMC Endowed Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry emeritus, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Editor, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
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Trinh NHT, Talukder F, Nagendra A, Ali AM, Emmerich A, Chow L, Jenkins JH, Okereke OI. From Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to an Antiracism Strategic Plan: An Academic Department of Psychiatry's Journey. Psychiatr Serv 2024; 75:391-394. [PMID: 38347815 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The efforts of an academic psychiatry department to embark on an antiracism strategic planning process are outlined, including the establishment of an antiracism task force charged with the development of an antiracism strategic plan. The initial process of the task force is described, recommendations are summarized, and future directions are outlined.
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- Nhi-Ha T Trinh
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston
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Loui M, Fiala SC. Inequities in Academic Publishing: Where Is the Evidence and What Can Be Done? Am J Public Health 2024; 114:377-381. [PMID: 38478868 PMCID: PMC10937608 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2024.307587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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- Meredith Loui
- Meredith Loui is with the Department of Prevention and Community Health, the George Washington University, Washington, DC. Steven C. Fiala is with the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, and the Oregon Health and Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland. Steven C. Fiala is also a deputy editor for AJPH
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- Meredith Loui is with the Department of Prevention and Community Health, the George Washington University, Washington, DC. Steven C. Fiala is with the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, and the Oregon Health and Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland. Steven C. Fiala is also a deputy editor for AJPH
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Jiang S, Tay J, Ngien A, Basnyat I. Social Media Health Promotion and Audience Engagement: The Roles of Information Dissemination, Organization-Audience Interaction, and Action Confidence Building. Health Commun 2024; 39:4-14. [PMID: 36426852 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2150809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Social media have become an important platform for health promotion. Based on the Information-Community-Action Framework, we conducted a content analysis of 1,481 Facebook postings by Singapore's Health Promotion Board. Results showed that organizational information and health benefit information dissemination were positively associated with online audience engagement. Also, organization-audience interaction had a positive relationship with online audience engagement. In addition, messages that help build confidence for health behavior change increased online audience engagement. In addition to these main effects, organization-audience interaction also played a moderating role that strengthened the effects of information dissemination and action confidence building on online audience engagement. This study offers important theoretical contributions to the Information-Community-Action Framework and has practical implications for enhancing the effectiveness of health promotion in this digital era.
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- Shaohai Jiang
- Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore
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- Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore
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- Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore
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- Department of Communication, George Mason University
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Wu W, Xiao H, Yu D. Individual quality, insecure organizational attachment, and formalistic task completion: Social cognitive perspective. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0301256. [PMID: 38558089 PMCID: PMC10984427 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Formalistic tasks are widely utilized in modern companies due to their ability to increase productivity and contribute to the achievement of corporate goals at a lower cost. However, these tasks are often meet with resistance from individuals because they do not provide direct short-term rewards for their efforts. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study examined the influence of individual quality and organizational attachment on the completion of formalistic tasks. To address this, the study conducted a questionnaire survey to collect data from 602 Chinese respondents and built a structural equation model for data analysis. Through empirical research, the study confirmed the positive role of individual quality, including knowledge and personality, in the completion of formalistic tasks. Furthermore, the study proved that avoidant attachment could significantly weaken the effect of some components of individual quality on formalistic task completion. This paper is the first to reveal the influence of individual and environmental factors on individuals' completion of formalistic tasks, progressing from bottom to top. The implications of these results are discussed.
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- Wenjun Wu
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Postdoctoral Research Station of Management Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- School of Public Policy and Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Nadel S, Walton O. Counter-terrorism and humanitarian action: UK INGO responses since 2015. Disasters 2024; 48:e12603. [PMID: 37450581 DOI: 10.1111/disa.12603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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There has been growing awareness in recent years of the wide-ranging negative impacts that counter-terrorism measures and sanctions impose on humanitarian action. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with the staff of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), this paper examines these impacts on INGOs based in the United Kingdom. This is a context where a particularly complex array of laws, policies, and regulatory regimes have emerged alongside an increasingly hostile political and media setting for INGOs, creating an environment characterised by uncertainty. The paper shows that counter-terrorism measures and sanctions are leading INGOs to adopt more conservative approaches to partnership in areas controlled by proscribed groups, undermining broader commitments to the localisation agenda. The analysis reveals that perceptions of risk within INGOs vary considerably, but that despite this, INGOs have developed strategies to reduce the impacts of counter-terrorism measures, which over time, have led to improved coordination, and in some instances, a willingness to push back against regulations.
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- Sam Nadel
- Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bath, United Kingdom
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- Senior Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath, United Kingdom
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Leigh R, Kim D, Ibraheim MK, Kraus C, Chow C, Luke J, Dao H, Anderson N, Chou FS, Elsensohn A. Perceptions and impact of patient reviews: a survey of academic dermatologists. Int J Dermatol 2024; 63:512-516. [PMID: 38305475 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.17066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Patient reviews (PRs) have emerged as a method to assess patient experiences with healthcare in order to improve the quality of care. Both institutional and third-party organizations collect quantitative data and comments from these patient surveys, usually accessible to the public for review. Our study examined dermatologists' perceptions of PRs and assessed their impact on dermatologists. METHODS A survey was sent to the Association of Professors of Dermatology listserv (response rate 30%). RESULTS Most respondents disagreed with the statements that PRs are good for doctors (63%), good for patients (58%), helpful for doctors (58%), or that high PRs indicate being a good doctor (65%). The majority disagreed that PRs should be available publicly (60%). Respondents agreed that PRs contribute to depersonalization (60%), energy depletion or exhaustion (55%), added stress at work (70%), negativism/cynicism about work (60%), and diminished professional efficacy (29%). Self-identified female respondents were more likely to agree that PRs added stress to work compared to self-identified males (66% vs. 42%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Overall, these findings suggest that PRs may negatively impact dermatologists' well-being and perceived stress levels.
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- Rebekah Leigh
- Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda, CA, USA
- Loma Linda University, Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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Fleta-Asín J, Muñoz F. Risk allocation schemes between public and private sectors in green energy projects. J Environ Manage 2024; 357:120650. [PMID: 38569262 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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In this research, we analyse how project risk allocation strategies impact the volume of private investment in renewable energy projects with the participation of both the public and private sectors. To this purpose, we analyse a sample formed by 2215 projects performed in 73 developing countries in the period 1997-2019 involving the following technologies: solar, hydro, wind, waste, biogas, biomass, and geothermal. Our findings reveal that those projects performed through governance schemes in which the private partner takes more project responsibilities attract more private money. Additional drivers for attracting private investment at the project level and institutional level are found. Furthermore, we reveal that the transference of project risks to the private partner emerges as a very relevant project feature that interacts with some of the project and institutional factors, revealing both complementary and substitution effects. The significance of this research extends beyond academia, since there are factors influencing private investment that can be controlled by various stakeholders in projects (such as policymakers, private investors, and project managers). Understanding their impact, significance, and interaction effects-factors that sometimes moderate or accentuate private investment-is crucial. The identified patterns illuminate optimal risk allocation practices, offering practical insights to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of projects.
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- Jorge Fleta-Asín
- IEDIS, Dpto. de Dirección y Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Zaragoza. Facultad de Economía y Empresa. C/Gran Vía 2, 50005, Zaragoza, Spain.
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- IEDIS, Dpto. de Contabilidad y Finanzas, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Zaragoza. C/ Gran Vía, 2, 50005, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Rengers TA, Thiels CA, Salehinejad H. Academic Surgery in the Era of Large Language Models: A Review. JAMA Surg 2024; 159:445-450. [PMID: 38353991 DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Importance This review aims to assess the benefits and risks of implementing large language model (LLM) solutions in an academic surgical setting. Observations The integration of LLMs and artificial intelligence (AI) into surgical practice has generated international attention with the emergence of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. From an administrative standpoint, LLMs have the potential to revolutionize academic practices by reducing administrative burdens and improving efficiency. LLMs have the potential to facilitate surgical research by increasing writing efficiency, building predictive models, and aiding in large dataset analysis. From a clinical standpoint, LLMs can enhance efficiency by triaging patient concerns and generating automated responses. However, challenges exist, such as the need for improved LLM generalization performance, validating content, and addressing ethical concerns. In addition, patient privacy, potential bias in training, and legal responsibility are important considerations that require attention. Research and precautionary measures are necessary to ensure safe and unbiased use of LLMs in surgery. Conclusions and Relevance Although limitations exist, LLMs hold promise for enhancing surgical efficiency while still prioritizing patient care. The authors recommend that the academic surgical community further investigate the potential applications of LLMs while being cautious about potential harms.
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- Timothy A Rengers
- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Chu Z, Zhang Z, Tan W, Chen P. Revolutionizing energy practices: Unleashing the power of artificial intelligence in corporate energy transition. J Environ Manage 2024; 357:120806. [PMID: 38583377 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Corporate energy transition is crucial for long-term sustainable development. The widely discussed Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a disruptive technological innovation, is highly potential for enhancing environment performance. However, the specific impact of AI on the process of corporate energy transition and its underlying mechanisms have not been fully explored. This study focuses on A-share listed corporates in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets in China spanning from 2011 to 2021. Based on corporate annual report information and information from over 200,000 patent application texts, we innovatively construct indicators for corporate energy transition and AI technology application. Furthermore, we empirically investigate the impact of AI technology on corporate energy transition and its potential mechanisms through combining information asymmetry theory and institutional theory. The empirical results indicate that: 1) AI can drive corporate energy transition and the promoting effect of AI collaborative innovation on corporate energy transition should not be ignored. 2) AI can help corporates achieve energy transition through pathways such as mitigating information asymmetry, reducing financing constraints, adjusting sustainable development concepts and practices. 3) The driving effect of AI on corporate energy transition varies depending on the characteristics of different types of corporates, industries, and regions. This study provides strategic guidance and decision support for business managers and policymakers, assisting both corporates and governments in better utilizing AI technology during the social energy transition process to achieve a dual optimization of environmental and economic goals.
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- Zhongzhu Chu
- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China; School of Emergency Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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- School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University, Inner Mongolia, 010021, China; Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Dankook University, South Korea.
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Wang F, Zhou X, Gan T. Can green funds improve corporate environmental, social, and governance performance? Evidence from Chinese-listed companies. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0301395. [PMID: 38547225 PMCID: PMC10977774 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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Green funds play pivotal roles in driving corporate sustainable development. Utilizing data from Chinese publicly listed companies from 2010 to 2021, we examine the impact of green funds on corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and the underlying mechanisms. The research findings claim that green funds positively affect corporate ESG performance. Mechanism analysis systematically demonstrates that green funds contribute to elevated corporate ESG performance by alleviating financial constraints, enhancing managerial efficiency, and fostering green innovation. Heterogeneity analysis further underscores that the effect of green funds is particularly potent in companies with high external attention. Furthermore, green funds also play significant roles in production capabilities and economic value. This research enriches the micro-level evidence on the development of green funds and furnishes substantial implications for sustainable development.
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- Fangjun Wang
- School of Business, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- School of Business, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Chen JK, Tseng TC. A duo-theme cloud model DEMATEL approach for exploring the cause factors of green supply chain management. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0294684. [PMID: 38547182 PMCID: PMC10977737 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) methods identify cause factors in green supply chain management (GSCM). This study argues that the target method treats affecting factors as unique themes; however, various factors may be mutually antagonistic (i.e., mutually positive or negative) or encompass other meaningful information (e.g., gain/risk, intensify/depress). The factor affecting GSCM implicitly encompasses the economy and ecology (greenness), which may conflict. This new approach can be integrated into the analysis, dividing affecting factors into "cause" and "effect" groups. The organization should focus on affecting factors in the cause group. The findings provide strategic guidance for organizations to practice GSCM. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH A duo-theme cloud model DEMATEL approach was proposed to divide these affecting factors of GSCM into "economy" and "greenness." The cloud model was applied to overcome the ambiguity and randomness in the concept of uncertainty and allow the integration of mutual qualitative and quantitative mapping. FINDINGS Six factors in the economic aspect and four in the greenness aspect should be classified as the cause group. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Organizations should prioritize these ten factors in their GSCM practices. Doing so makes the GSCM problem relatively straightforward and allows for efficacious decision-making. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This study proposes a duo-theme cloud model DEMATEL approach to identify cause factors in GSCM.
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- Jih-Kuang Chen
- Economics and Management College, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China
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- Economics and Management College, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China
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Wang W, Yu W, Niu J. 'Forgetting' or 'Precipitation': Literary inquisition in Qing Dynasty and modern enterprise risk preference. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300639. [PMID: 38517927 PMCID: PMC10959367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024] Open
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This paper takes the risk preference of modern listed companies as the research object, uses the financial data of Chinese listed companies combined with the literary inquisition file in Qing Dynasty to conduct an empirical study, and examines the influence of literary inquisition on the risk preference of modern corporate CEOs in Qing Dynasty. The study found that the literary inquisition incident in Qing Dynasty significantly affected and reduced the risk preference of modern enterprises. The competitive hypothesis of the influence of Confucian culture and China City Commercial Credit Environment Index (CEI) on CEOs' risk preference is excluded. In addition, through the study of heterogeneity, this paper also verifies that the influence of literary inquisition is more significant in areas with a higher degree of marketization, indicating that the influence of informal institutions depends on the establishment of formal institutions. Finally, in the mechanism study, this paper points out that the rulers' suppression of ideas will change long-term social capital and lead to the decrease of general trust in society, which will make the enterprise managers born in the region tend to be conservative in their risk preference.
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- Weizhou Wang
- Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- School of Finance and Data Science, Xi’an Eurasia University, Xi’an, China
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- Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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Liu A, Shi Y, Zhao Y, Ni J. Influence of academic involution atmosphere on college students' stress response: the chain mediating effect of relative deprivation and academic involution. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:870. [PMID: 38515074 PMCID: PMC10956225 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18347-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In recent years, the phenomenon of academic involution atmosphere among college students has gradually attracted the focus of education and social circles. Thus, this study targets college students as the research object and constructs a hypothetical model to explore the relationship between academic involution atmosphere and college students' stress response, as well as the mediating role of relative deprivation and academic involution. METHODS A survey was conducted on 1090 college students using the Academic Involution Atmosphere Scale, Relative Deprivation Scale, Personal Academic Involution Scale, and Stress Response Scale. RESULTS The results show that: (1) Academic involution atmosphere, relative deprivation, and academic involution are significantly and positively correlated with stress response; (2) Academic involution atmosphere not only directly predicts college students' stress response, but also indirectly predicts them through relative deprivation and academic involution, respectively; (3) Relative deprivation and academic involution have a chain mediating effect between academic involution atmosphere and stress response. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study reveal the influence of academic involution atmosphere on college students' stress response and the mechanism, providing beneficial insights for reducing college students' stress response and maintaining their psychological well-being.
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- Aichun Liu
- Department of Physical and Health Education, Wuxi Vocational and Technical Institute of Commerce, Wuxi, 214153, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Education, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Education, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Education, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China.
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Jin H, Li X, Li G. Impact of corporate social responsibility on employee loyalty: Mediating role of person-organization fit and employee trust. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300933. [PMID: 38512849 PMCID: PMC10956873 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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The study explores the impact of employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in improving employee loyalty by examining the direct and indirect role of person-organization fit and employee trust. A convenient sampling technique was employed to collect the data sample. A total of 338 questionnaires were collected at three different China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in Pakistan. The SmartPLS-3 was used to test the study hypotheses. The results revealed that CSR positively and significantly influenced employee loyalty. The findings indicated a partial mediating impact of P-O fit and employee trust in the relationship between CSR and employee loyalty. Discussions, implications, limitations, and future research direction are also given.
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- Hebo Jin
- College of Management, Qingdao University of Technology, Linyi, PR China
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- College of Management, Qingdao University of Technology, Linyi, PR China
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- College of Management, Qingdao University of Technology, Linyi, PR China
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Galvin DJ, Anderson SC, Marolf CJ, Schneider NG, Liebl AL. Comparative analysis of gender disparity in academic positions based on U.S. region and STEM discipline. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298736. [PMID: 38507318 PMCID: PMC10954166 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Despite a move toward gender parity in the United States (U.S.) workforce, a large gender gap persists in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); this is particularly true for academic (i.e., instructor and tenure track) STEM positions. This gap increases as women advance through the traditional steps of academia, with the highest degree of gender disparity in tenured positions. As policies, politics, and culture, which all contribute to gender equity across the world, vary across regions in the United States, we expect that the gender gap in STEM might also vary across geographic regions. Here, we evaluated over 20,000 instructor and tenure track positions in university STEM departments across the U.S. to evaluate whether and how the geographic region of a university might determine its proportion of women in STEM academic positions. Similar to previous research, regardless of geographic region, more men were employed in both tenure track and instructor positions across STEM fields. However, variation existed regionally within the U.S., with the Mountain region employing the lowest proportion of women in tenure track positions and the East North Central and Pacific regions employing the greatest proportion. We expect this regional variation could be caused by differences in state and local policies, regional representation, and mentorship, resulting in inconsistent support for women, leading to differences in work environments, hiring, and job retention rates across the country. A better understanding of which geographic areas within the U.S. have more equal distributions of women in the STEM field will help us to identify the specific mechanisms that facilitate more equal and inclusive opportunities for women and other underrepresented groups across all levels of STEM academia.
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- Danielle J. Galvin
- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
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Li X, Zhao F, Zhao Z. Corporate digital transformation, internal control and total factor productivity. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298633. [PMID: 38507435 PMCID: PMC10954155 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Based on Resource-based theory and Internal Control (IC) theory, this study elucidates the impacts of corporate digital transformation on total factor productivity, and IC effectiveness, as well as the mechanism among digital transformation, IC and total factor productivity. The results show that digital transformation promotes total factor productivity and IC effectiveness. And effective IC has a significant mediating effect for the impact of digital transformation on total factor productivity. Heterogeneity discussion shows that compared with high-tech enterprises, in non-high-tech ones, digital transformation increases total factor productivity, and more significantly enhances IC effectiveness, presenting a mechanism that digital transformation facilitates IC, and increases total factor productivity. For non-high-tech enterprises, with higher heterogeneity of executive education backgrounds, digital transformation promotes IC effectiveness and total factor productivity, showing the transmission effect among digital transformation, IC and total factor productivity. Finally, it is suggested that the regulatory authorities advance digital infrastructure construction, to reinforce IC and risk prevention, thereby increase total factor productivity. And enterprises grasp the opportunity of digital economy development, promote the mechanism that digital transformation facilitates IC effectiveness, and increases total factor productivity. Non-high-tech ones motivate digital elements' governance efficacy, optimize executive structure, coordinately promote digital strategy, and help the national economy acquire high-quality development. The study provides enlightenments to achieve high-quality development.
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- Xiao Li
- Systems and Industrial Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Economics and Management, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Mulvale G, Moll S, Phoenix M, Buettgen A, Freeman B, Murray-Leung L, Micsinszki SK, Mulalu L, Vrzovski A, Foisy C. Co-creating a new Charter for equitable and inclusive co-creation: insights from an international forum of academic and lived experience experts. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e078950. [PMID: 38508634 PMCID: PMC10953044 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Co-creation approaches, such as co-design and co-production, aspire to power-sharing and collaboration between service providers and service users, recognising the specific insights each group can provide to improve health and other public services. However, an intentional focus on equity-based approaches grounded in lived experience and epistemic justice is required considering entrenched structural inequities between service-users and service-providers in public and institutional spaces where co-creation happens. OBJECTIVES This paper presents a Charter of tenets and principles to foster a new era of 'Equity-based Co-Creation' (EqCC). METHODS The Charter is based on themes heard during an International Forum held in August 2022 in Ontario, Canada, where 48 lived experience experts and researchers were purposively invited to deliberate challenges and opportunities in advancing equity in the co-creation field. RESULTS The Charter's seven tenets-honouring worldviews, acknowledging ongoing and historical harms, operationalising inclusivity, establishing safer and brave spaces, valuing lived experiences, 'being with' and fostering trust, and cultivating an EqCC heartset/mindset-aim to promote intentional inclusion of participants with intersecting social positions and differing historic oppressions. This means honouring and foregrounding lived experiences of service users and communities experiencing ongoing structural oppression and socio-political alienation-Black, Indigenous and people of colour; disabled, Mad and Deaf communities, women, 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities, people perceived to be mentally ill and other minoritised groups-to address epistemic injustice in co-creation methodologies and practice, thereby providing opportunities to begin to dismantle intersecting systems of oppression and structural violence. CONCLUSIONS Each Charter tenet speaks to a multilayered, multidimensional process that is foundational to shifting paradigms about redesigning our health and social systems and changing our relational practices. Readers are encouraged to share their reactions to the Charter, their experiences implementing it in their own work, and to participate in a growing international EqCC community of practice.
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- Gillian Mulvale
- DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
- School of Social Work and Indigenous Studies Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Parents for Children's Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Ahousaht First Nation, British Columbia, Canada
- School of Medicine, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Iroz CB, Ramaswamy R, Bhutta ZA, Barach P. Quality improvement in public-private partnerships in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 2024; 24:332. [PMID: 38481226 PMCID: PMC10935959 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10802-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Public-private partnerships (PPP) are often how health improvement programs are implemented in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). We therefore aimed to systematically review the literature about the aim and impacts of quality improvement (QI) approaches in PPP in LMICs. METHODS We searched SCOPUS and grey literature for studies published before March 2022. One reviewer screened abstracts and full-text studies for inclusion. The study characteristics, setting, design, outcomes, and lessons learned were abstracted using a standard tool and reviewed in detail by a second author. RESULTS We identified 9,457 citations, of which 144 met the inclusion criteria and underwent full-text abstraction. We identified five key themes for successful QI projects in LMICs: 1) leadership support and alignment with overarching priorities, 2) local ownership and engagement of frontline teams, 3) shared authentic learning across teams, 4) resilience in managing external challenges, and 5) robust data and data visualization to track progress. We found great heterogeneity in QI tools, study designs, participants, and outcome measures. Most studies had diffuse aims and poor descriptions of the intervention components and their follow-up. Few papers formally reported on actual deployment of private-sector capital, and either provided insufficient information or did not follow the formal PPP model, which involves capital investment for a explicit return on investment. Few studies discussed the response to their findings and the organizational willingness to change. CONCLUSIONS Many of the same factors that impact the success of QI in healthcare in high-income countries are relevant for PPP in LMICs. Vague descriptions of the structure and financial arrangements of the PPPs, and the roles of public and private entities made it difficult to draw meaningful conclusions about the impacts of the organizational governance on the outcomes of QI programs in LMICs. While we found many articles in the published literature on PPP-funded QI partnerships in LMICs, there is a dire need for research that more clearly describes the intervention details, implementation challenges, contextual factors, leadership and organizational structures. These details are needed to better align incentives to support the kinds of collaboration needed for guiding accountability in advancing global health. More ownership and power needs to be shifted to local leaders and researchers to improve research equity and sustainability.
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- Cassandra B Iroz
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
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- James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Institute for Global Health & Development, The Aga Khan University, South Central Asia, East Africa, UK
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Imperial College, London, UK
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Zerem E, Vranić S, Hanjalić K, Milošević DB. Scientometrics and academia. Biomol Biomed 2024; 24:207-209. [PMID: 38127068 PMCID: PMC10950353 DOI: 10.17305/bb.2023.10173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The social significance and quality of every human activity are proportional to its usefulness to the social community. Science belongs to the very top of the processes and events in the history of humankind that strongly influenced the development of society, which over time transformed it and contributed to the common good. Science produced new knowledge that made it possible for billions of people to rise out of poverty, develop industrialization and mass communication, eradicate many dangerous diseases for humankind, and enable humans to leave their footprints on the moon. Science is a human activity that produces new knowledge presented through innovations, patents, and publications, aimed at solving the problems facing humanity. Read more in the PDF.
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- Enver Zerem
- Department of Medical Sciences, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Technical Sciences, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ren C, Lin X. The impact of performance feedback on corporate ESG performance: Mediating role of environmental strategy. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298471. [PMID: 38452021 PMCID: PMC10919747 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of performance feedback (performance expectation surplus, performance expectation deficit) on corporate ESG performance, and this paper also to investigate the role of environmental strategy as a mechanism in the impact of enterprises' performance feedback on corporate ESG performance. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The study used data from 3679 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges for the period 2009-2021 and also measured the intensity of corporate environmental strategies through analysis. Finally, we used a fixed effects model to test the research hypothesis. FINDINGS This study shows that enterprise performance feedback positively affects corporate ESG performance and that environmental strategy plays a significant mechanistic role in enterprise performance feedback and corporate ESG performance. Overall, performance expectation surplus negatively affects ESG performance, performance expectation deficit positively affects ESG performance, and the mechanism of environmental strategy plays a significant role in performance expectation deficit and ESG performance. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS The results of this study can help enterprises establish a scientific environmental management system, strengthen the supervision of enterprise environmental management, and have certain reference significance for enterprises to speed up the implementation of environmental protection measures. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This study adds to the literature by describing corporate ESG performance using performance feedback theory and explaining the inherent role of enterprise performance feedback in corporate ESG performance utilizing environmental strategies.
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- Changman Ren
- Department of Business Administration, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, China
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- Department of Business Administration, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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Davidson TK, Barrett S, Toner J, Towlson C. Professional soccer practitioners' perceptions of using performance analysis technology to monitor technical and tactical player characteristics within an academy environment: A category 1 club case study. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298346. [PMID: 38452138 PMCID: PMC10919864 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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This study aimed to identify professional soccer practitioners' perceptions of the application of performance analysis technology within a single academy club. Secondary aims were to understand the importance that practitioners place on monitoring technical and tactical player characteristics, current practices, and barriers to implementing wearable technology. Utilising a mixed method design, forty-four professional soccer academy practitioners (Age = 32 ± 5.8; Years of experience = 8.5 ± 6.2) completed an online survey intended to examine present trends, professional practices, and perceptions regarding the monitoring of technical and tactical metrics. Frequency and percentages of responses for individual items were calculated. Subsequently, eleven participants who were directly involved with the monitoring of players were recruited to participate in a semi-structured interview. Interview data was transcribed and analysed using a combination of deductive and inductive approaches to identify key themes. The main findings across both phases of the study were that (1) technical and tactical metrics are monitored more frequently in matches (Technical: 89%; tactical: 91%) than training (Technical: 80%; Tactical 64%), predominantly due to time constraints and staffing numbers. Accordingly, practitioners believe that it would be beneficial to have an automated way of tracking technical (79%) and tactical (71%) metrics and would consider using a foot-mounted IMU to do so (technical (68%) and tactical (57%)). (2) Monitoring technical and tactical metrics is beneficial to assist with player development and to enrich feedback provision (3) Key stake holders, coaches and players should be informed of the relevance and rationale for monitoring. (4) For successful implementation and continued uptake, the information delivered needs to be both meaningful and easy to understand. Findings suggest that although participants appreciate the need to collect technical and tactical metrics, they are keen to ensure that wearable-derived data does not replace experiential and contextual knowledge. Accordingly, practitioners need to work closely with coaches to determine the contexts in which metrics may or may not prove useful. However, as the sample comprised of participants from a single academy, further studies including more practitioners are warranted. Likewise, future research could also extend to include academy soccer players perceptions too.
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- Tia-Kate Davidson
- University of Hull, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, Hull, United Kingdom
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- Sport Science, Performance Analysis, Research and Coaching (SPARC), Playermaker, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Hull, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, Hull, United Kingdom
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- University of Hull, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, Hull, United Kingdom
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Thangaveloo A, Dorasamy M, Bin Ahmad AA, Marimuthu SB, Jayabalan J. Corporate governance and shareholders' confidence in cooperatives: a systematic literature review. F1000Res 2024; 11:144. [PMID: 38434005 PMCID: PMC10905109 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.73317.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Background The confidence of Bottom 40 (B40) shareholders is crucial for cooperative's sustenance within wider corporate governance. An in-depth study on cooperatives is needed, as they play a crucial role in the Malaysian economic system and contribute greatly to the country's social development. However, in the current landscape, confidence among shareholders is at stake. This study aims to identify the research gap into corporate governance for cooperativess in relation to B40 shareholder confidence, as well as identify current study challenges and develop a conceptual framework for future research. Methods We conducted a systematic literature review, with the use of agency theory to assess shareholders' confidence. Emerald, ProQuest, InderScience, Scopus and Science Direct were the online databases used in this study to search five keyword phrases: corporate governance, confidence, cooperative, agency theory and Bottom 40% (B40) household. Tranfield's five stages were used to conduct the systematic review. Results Only 5 of the 324 studies assess shareholders' confidence in cooperatives, as well as one paper on B40 and two papers on agency theory. Our review presents three major findings. First, research in the context of B40 shareholder's confidence in cooperatives is scarce. Second, the challenges related to shareholders' confidence in B40 are major issues in the context. Third, research on agency theory in the context of shareholders' confidence within cooperatives and corporate governance is still scant. Conclusions This review urges the research community to conduct more studies based on the highlighted research gaps.
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- Arasu Thangaveloo
- VNK Bersatu Resources Sdn Bhd, Klang, Selangor, 41200, Malaysia
- Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, 63100, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, 63100, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, 63100, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, 63100, Malaysia
- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Selangor, 43000, Malaysia
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Keogh RJ, Harvey H, Brady C, Hassett E, Costelloe SJ, O'Sullivan MJ, Twomey M, O'Leary MJ, Cahill MR, O'Riordan A, Joyce CM, Moloney G, Flavin A, M Bambury R, Murray D, Bennett K, Mullooly M, O'Reilly S. Dealing with digital paralysis: Surviving a cyberattack in a National Cancer center. J Cancer Policy 2024; 39:100466. [PMID: 38176467 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Cyberattacks represent a growing threat for healthcare delivery globally. We assess the impact and implications of a cyberattack on a cancer center in Ireland. METHODS On May 14th 2021 (day 0) Cork University Hospital (CUH) Cancer Center was involved in the first national healthcare ransomware attack in Ireland. Contingency plans were only present in laboratory services who had previously experienced information technology (IT) failures. No hospital cyberattack emergency plan was in place. Departmental logs of activity for 120 days after the attack were reviewed and compared with historical activity records. Daily sample deficits (routine daily number of samples analyzed - number of samples analyzed during cyberattack) were calculated. Categorical variables are reported as median and range. Qualitative data were collected via reflective essays and interviews with key stakeholders from affected departments in CUH. RESULTS On day 0, all IT systems were shut down. Radiotherapy (RT) treatment and cancer surgeries stopped, outpatient activity fell by 50%. hematology, biochemistry and radiology capacity fell by 90% (daily sample deficit (DSD) 2700 samples), 75% (DSD 2250 samples), and 90% (100% mammography/PET scan) respectively. Histopathology reporting times doubled (7 to 15 days). Radiotherapy (RT) was interrupted for 113 patients in CUH. The median treatment gap duration was six days for category 1 patients and 10 for the remaining patients. Partner organizations paused all IT links with CUH. Outsourcing of radiology and radiotherapy commenced, alternative communication networks and national conference calls in RT and Clinical Trials were established. By day 28 Email communication was restored. By day 210 reporting and data storage backlogs were cleared and over 2000 computers were checked/replaced. CONCLUSION Cyberattacks have rapid, profound and protracted impacts. While laboratory and diagnostic deficits were readily quantified, the impact of disrupted/delayed care on patient outcomes is less readily quantifiable. Cyberawareness and cyberattack plans need to be embedded in healthcare. POLICY SUMMARY Cyberattacks pose significant challenges for healthcare systems, impacting patient care, clinical outcomes, and staff wellbeing. This study provides a comprehensive review of the impact of the Conti ransomware attack on cancer services in Cork University Hospital (CUH), the first cyberattack on a national health service. Our study highlights the widespread disruption caused by a cyberattack including shutdown of information technology (IT) services, marked reduction in outpatient activity, temporary cessation of essential services such as radiation therapy. We provide a framework for other institutions for mitigating the impact of a cyberattack, underscoring the need for a cyberpreparedness plan similar to those made for natural disasters and the profound legacy of a cyberattack on patient care.
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- Rachel J Keogh
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland; Cancer Research @UCC, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland; Cancer Research @UCC, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland; Cancer Trials Cork, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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- Cancer Research @UCC, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland; Cancer Trials Cork, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Ireland; University College Cork, College Road, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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- Palliative Medicine, Marymount University Hospital and Hospice, Cork, Ireland; Palliative Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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- Department of Haematology, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland; INFANT Centre, University College Cork, Ireland; Pregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Cork, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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- Bon Secours Radiotherapy Cork in Partnership with UPMC Hillman Cancer Centre, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland; Cancer Research @UCC, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland; Cancer Trials Cork, Cork University Hospital, Ireland; Cancer Research @UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland; Cancer Research @UCC, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland; Cancer Trials Cork, Cork University Hospital, Ireland; Cancer Research @UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Emmonds S, Till K, Weaving D, Burton A, Lara-Bercial S. Youth Sport Participation Trends Across Europe: Implications for Policy and Practice. Res Q Exerc Sport 2024; 95:69-80. [PMID: 36697376 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2022.2148623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Purpose: Despite the known health and wellbeing benefits of taking part in sport for children and adolescents, it is reported that sports participation declines during adolescence. The purpose of this study was to explore current organized youth sport participation rates across Europe for both males and females and update current understanding. Method: Sport participation registration data was collected for 18 sports from 27 countries. In total, participation data was collected from over 5 million young people from Under 8s (U8s) to Under 18s (U18s). Differences in the participation rates between age categories were investigated using a generalized linear mixed effects model. Results: Overall, males were four times more likely to participate in organised youth sport than females' participants, with this trend apparent across all age categories and across most sports. There was a significant decrease across sports in participation rates for males during adolescence from U14-U16 and U16-U18. There was a significant decrease in participation rates for females from U14-U16 for most sports except but an increase in participation rates from U16-U18 for 12 out of 18 sports. Soccer (1262%), wrestling (391%) and boxing (209%) were the sports that had greater male sport participation rates. In contrast, dance sports (86%) and volleyball (63%) had more female participants than males. This research shows male sports participation is significantly greater than female in youth sport across Europe. Conclusion: Furthermore, findings showed that for both male and female participants, participation rates increased from U8-U14 for the majority of sports followed by reduced participation rates during adolescence. Findings of this research can be used by national governing bodies and sporting organizations to inform youth sport participation initiatives.
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Li K, Wu T, Zhang P, Lian Y, Zhou C, Xiang Y. Can institutional pressures serve as an efficacious catalyst for mitigating corporate carbon emissions? Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:21380-21398. [PMID: 38393573 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32374-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Driving enterprises to implement carbon emission reduction actions and reduce carbon emissions is a crucial research topic in achieving the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. As a significant external environment factor influencing corporate behavior, can institutional pressures effectively promote enterprises to reduce carbon emissions? This study aims to probe into the impact and mechanism of three institutional pressures, namely coercive, mimetic, and normative, on corporate carbon emissions, taking Chinese-listed companies as the research object. The results indicate that coercive pressure is positively associated with corporate carbon reduction, while normative pressure has no significant impact. Furthermore, mimetic pressure impedes corporate carbon emissions. The mechanism test shows that carbon reduction is a mediator in the influence exerted by three institutional pressures on corporate carbon emissions. In response to coercive pressure and mimetic pressure, enterprises tend to reduce their carbon emissions by cultivating concepts related to carbon emission reduction. Concepts related to carbon reduction play a more dominant role than carbon reduction actions when both are mediators, with the former even replacing the latter. This research provides a new perspective for improving corporate environmental performance and corporate sustainability.
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- Kanghong Li
- Business School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China.
- Institute of Suzhong Development, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- Business School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
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- Business School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
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- Business School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
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- Business School, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- Business School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
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Agerholm J, Pulkki J, Jensen NK, Keskimäki I, Andersen I, Burström B, Jämsen E, Tynkkynen LK, Schön P, Liljas AE. The organisation and responsibility for care for older people in Denmark, Finland and Sweden: outline and comparison of care systems. Scand J Public Health 2024; 52:119-122. [PMID: 36691975 PMCID: PMC10913333 DOI: 10.1177/14034948221137128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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AIM To outline the organisation and responsibility for health and social care provided to older people in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. METHODS Non-quantifiable data on the care systems were collated from the literature and expert consultations. The responsibilities for primary healthcare, specialised healthcare, prevention and health promotion, rehabilitation, and social care were presented in relation to policy guidance, funding and organisation. RESULTS In all three countries, the state issues policy and to some extent co-funds the largely decentralised systems; in Denmark and Sweden the regions and municipalities organise the provision of care services - a system that is also about to be implemented in Finland to improve care coordination and make access more equal. Care for older citizens focuses to a large extent on enabling them to live independently in their own homes. CONCLUSIONS Decentralised care systems are challenged by considerable local variations, possibly jeopardising care equity. State-level decision and policy makers need to be aware of these challenges and monitor developments to prevent further health and social care disparities in the ageing population.
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- Janne Agerholm
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Gerontology Research Center (GEREC), Tampere, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Centre of Geriatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Ageing Research Center, Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hebert D, Harding S. Transitioning from a Doctor of Nursing Practice clinical role to academic scholar. J Prof Nurs 2024; 51:40-44. [PMID: 38614672 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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Nursing faculty prepared with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree have unique needs as they transition from their clinical roles into full-time academia. As expert clinicians they share a wealth of knowledge that contributes to quality improvement and implementation of evidence-based practice in healthcare. However, they may lack the preparation needed for scholarship, a requirement for promotion, as well as retention, in many academic organizations. Traditional promotional processes are more in tune with the nursing faculty who have received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, in which scholarship and research are a core component of their education and practice. As the number of DNP-prepared faculty increases, supporting successful transition to academia including scholarly productivity is essential to retention especially as nurse faculty shortages persist. Further research and resources are needed to help prepare and support DNP-prepared faculty to develop their scholarship with an increasing need to recognize the additional means of dissemination that these clinical scholars can utilize to meet the requirements of promotion.
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- Danielle Hebert
- Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655-0002, United States of America.
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- Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655-0002, United States of America.
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Watkins S, Rappleyea M. Improvement opportunities for the achievement of reciprocal nursing academic-practice partnerships. J Prof Nurs 2024; 51:97-100. [PMID: 38614681 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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American healthcare reform efforts are driving healthcare organizations to demonstrate the ability to reduce costs while improving quality and optimizing healthcare outcomes. Nurses are the largest healthcare clinicians and need proper preparatory education to enter the profession as practice-ready clinicians; however, medical errors and reduced nursing board examination success rates highlight the need for improved nurse academic preparation standards. Evidence has elucidated an expanding nursing education-practice gap problem arising from inadequate integration of academic leadership and faculty within the clinical practice arena. The nursing education-practice gap has been exacerbated by governance structures in academia that limit opportunities for nursing faculty to remain actively engaged in clinical practice settings. To improve new graduate nurse practice readiness, healthcare quality, and cost-effectiveness, academic institutions must partner with healthcare delivery organizations within mutually beneficial models. The purpose of this article is to describe the expanding nursing education-practice gap problem in relevance to American healthcare quality and reform initiatives and to propose innovative solutions assigned with evidence-based standards.
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- Susan Watkins
- Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, IL, United States of America.
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- Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, IL, United States of America
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Tan H, Yan Y, Wu ZZ. Determinants of the transition towards circular economy in SMEs: a sustainable supply chain management perspective. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:16865-16883. [PMID: 38324151 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31855-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) increasingly know the benefits of improving resource efficiency and closing loops. These benefits include lowering material costs, establishing competitive advantages, and gaining access to new markets. As a consequence of implementing new regulations, manufacturing companies, particularly those in the automobile industry, are compelled to modify and change their business practices related to the circular economy (CE). More stringent the implementation of environmentally responsible policies and strengthening environmental regulations. CE is the most important factor in improving environmental conditions since it reduces waste and boosts output. This facet calls for the attention of fresh academics and policymakers with years of relevant expertise. Recent studies have investigated how green logistics management might improve a company's overall performance in terms of environmental responsibility. However, we believe that the connection between environmentally responsible companies is not a direct one but rather one that is mediated by the practices of circular economies. We investigate the direct and indirect effects of the environmentally responsible impact of proper logistics management on organizations' overall environmental performance via the application of circular economy practices. Our theoretical underpinnings are the resource-based viewpoint and the resource dependence theory. This research also investigates whether or not the traceability of the supply chain has a mitigating influence on the connections. We evaluated the hypotheses using the PLS-SEM method, drawing on the empirical data provided by 245 Chinese factories considered modest or medium size. The results demonstrate that the management of green logistics has a constructive effect on circular economy practices and businesses' sustainability performance. In addition, although it greatly impacts circular economy practice among SMEs, supply chain traceability does not attenuate the connection between eco-friendly supply chain management and environmental impact. Green logistics management in SMEs is linked to improved sustainability performance via the circular economy practice. To further verify the efficacy of the mediation, we also ran the sober test. Our results strengthen knowledge of circular economy, environmentally friendly logistics management practices, and sustainability performance while advancing natural resource-based planning and the resource dependence theory, which are the two approaches. Given the scarcity of information research analyzing the interplay between these factors, our results are very significant.
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- Hua Tan
- School of Modern Finance, Jiaxing Nanhu University, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Modern Finance, Jiaxing Nanhu University, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- School of Modern Finance, Jiaxing Nanhu University, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang, China
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Wang Z, Chu E. Shifting focus from end-of-pipe treatment to source control: ESG ratings' impact on corporate green innovation. J Environ Manage 2024; 354:120409. [PMID: 38401500 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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This study actively explores the pivotal role of environment, society, and governance (ESG) ratings in optimizing corporate green innovation activities as a robust response to ongoing ESG investment divestment. It provides empirical support for implementing corporate green transitions, establishing, and refining market-driven green development framework, and attaining "carbon peaking, carbon neutrality" targets. Furthermore, the research represents a groundbreaking effort to assess the influence of ESG ratings on corporate green innovation with a specific focus on pollution disposal. Specifically, examining data from Chinese A-share listed companies spanning 2011 to 2020, this study utilizes various models, including multi-period difference-in-differences (DID), event study, staggered DID, and synthetic DID (SDID). The ensuing analysis reveals that ESG ratings significantly impact the development of corporate green innovation, catalyzing the transformation of green innovation activities from end-of-pipe to source control. Notably, ESG ratings achieve this transformation by mitigating managerial myopia, enhancing the research and development (R&D) staff ratio, and alleviating financial constraints. However, the study also identifies institutional constraints and corporate digitalization as factors leading to heterogeneous effects on green innovation and its direction. These findings not only provide enhanced theoretical support but also offer empirical validation for corporations and governments looking to implement and generalize ESG ratings, facilitating a successful green transition.
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- Zhen Wang
- School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
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- School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
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Johnson S, Van Hoye A, Geidne S, Donaldson A, Rostan F, Lemonnier F, Tezier B, Vuillemin A. A health promoting sports club framework: strategies from the field. Glob Health Promot 2024; 31:85-90. [PMID: 37837371 DOI: 10.1177/17579759231195562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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The application of the settings-based approach to sports clubs requires a context-specific framework to develop and operationalize health promotion interventions. Incorporating top-down and bottom-up perspectives into interventions increases their efficiency, success and sustainability. In 2020, the health promoting sports club (HPSC) model and intervention framework were created, including strategies and intervention components. A subsequent concept mapping study generated 35 statements from sports club stakeholders highlighting their needs when developing health promotion initiatives. This commentary integrates the concept mapping results into the HPSC model and intervention framework. The process added new sports club levels, updated existing and developed new intervention components, then classified them into the framework. The revised HPSC model has seven levels while the revised intervention framework includes 13 strategies and 69 intervention components. This revised HPSC framework provides sports club stakeholders, public health experts and researchers a means to develop and implement targeted health promotion interventions.
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- Stacey Johnson
- LAMHESS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
- Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Saint-Herblain, France
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden
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- Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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Hashish EAA, Alsenany SA, Abdelaliem SMF. Investigating academic nurse researchers' knowledge, experience, and attitude toward predatory journals. J Prof Nurs 2024; 51:1-8. [PMID: 38614666 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND Selecting a journal with an appropriate scope and breadth, well-respected by other scholars in the field, and widely indexed and accessible to readers is an integral part of publishing. Academic publishing has recently seen a significant shift away from traditional print publications and toward open access journals and online publications. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate academic nurse researchers' knowledge, experience, and attitudes regarding predatory journals. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study design was conducted using Predatory Journals Questionnaire to collect the data from academic nurse educators working at X and XX University. RESULTS Almost two-thirds (68.6 %) of participants had previous knowledge of the term "predatory journal." As well as, the majority of academic educators had previous experience as they had used predatory journals before, as by being asked to publish in their journal (84.3 %) or serve on its editorial board (24.3 %), participants were more likely to receive requests to submit an article to a predatory journal (52.9 %) via email, mail, or phone. In addition, academic nurse researchers had a moderate perspective (mean = 3.87 ± 1.06; mean % score = 71.71) toward predatory journals. CONCLUSION Publishing in a predatory journal, whether done knowingly or unknowingly, can harm authors' reputations as academics, their capacity to submit to other journals, and the quality of their work. According to the results of our study, many researchers still lacked a thorough understanding of the predatory journal publishing model, which is a phenomenon that demands an increasing amount of research, despite hearing about the phenomenon of a predatory journal and having previously attended training.
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- Ebtsam Aly Abou Hashish
- College of Nursing - Jeddah, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Nursing, Nursing Administration Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Nursing Management and Education, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
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Zlotnick C, Acorn M, Agazio J, Brousseau S, Horton-Deutsch S, Leahy-Warren P. An international panel perspective: Exploring nursing scholarship in academia. J Prof Nurs 2024; 51:16-26. [PMID: 38614669 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND Boyer's framework of scholarship, the basis of many academic models for faculty promotion, is comprised of the components of discovery, teaching, integration, application, and engagement. Yet, the scholarship component of application (containing goal-based clinical practice) is undervalued by many academic models. PURPOSE This study explores the nursing activities currently qualifying as scholarship in several international academic models. METHODS Using the Delphi approach, an international nine-member panel from seven countries participated in a six-question, structured brainstorming session to explore the nursing activities qualifying as scholarship by academic models. Follow-up sessions were attended by six panel members. RESULTS Panel members reported that the nursing activities, which most often were recognized as scholarship, fit the scholarship components of discovery, teaching and integration but few fit the components of application or engagement. Although this project originally focused on clinical practice, far more recommendations for an academic model targeted the scholarship component of engagement. CONCLUSION Academic models' lack of appreciation for the scholarship components of application (goal-based clinical practice) and engagement (partnering with community groups) discourages faculty from participating in these activities. Yet, these nursing activities demonstrate scholarship and are essential for the continued development of the nursing profession and discipline.
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- International Council of Nursing, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
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- The Canadian Nurses Association; Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
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- University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Watson Caring Science Institute, Deerfield Beach, FL, USA; University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Zhang H, Lai J, Jie S. Quantity and quality: The impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on corporate green innovation. J Environ Manage 2024; 354:120272. [PMID: 38394870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Despite increasing attention to the economic consequences of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, its impact on the quantity and quality of corporate green innovation (GI) remains underexplored. This study aims to reveal the impact and underlying mechanisms of ESG performance on corporate GI using a panel dataset of Chinese-listed enterprises. Our results show that ESG performance increases the quantity and quality of corporate GI by 2.72% and 3.20%, respectively. These significant positive effects are consistent across three ESG sub-ratings and a series of robustness tests, such as the instrumental variable (IV) test based on Confucian culture intensity. Mechanism analysis reveals that ESG performance positively affects corporate GI through the resource effect, governance effect, and innovation effect. Additionally, the GI impact of ESG performance is more pronounced in large, young, growing, and mature enterprises, enterprises in clean and low-carbon industries, and those located in key environmental protection (KEP) and two control zones (TCZ) cities. Our evidence provides insights into the informal drivers of corporate GI and the micro-GI effectiveness of ESG performance in emerging markets like China.
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- Hua Zhang
- School of Business, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, 211815, China.
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- School of Business, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, 211815, China.
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- International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215028, China.
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Bisaillon S, Stemp S, Ostrowska K, Ramprashad M, Herbert S. Infection prevention and control for diverse vulnerable populations: From an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to sustainable improvement. Healthc Manage Forum 2024; 37:68-73. [PMID: 37682041 PMCID: PMC10895897 DOI: 10.1177/08404704231198199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, organizations providing residential and respite care for individuals with developmental disabilities and complex care needs in the Greater Toronto Area were largely unprepared. As case numbers surged, they lacked the expertise and resources needed to prevent spread across populations that are highly vulnerable to infection and poor outcomes. This article describes how these organizations, led by Safehaven, responded to an unprecedented emergency, and how the response is leading to sustainable improvements in care and safety for diverse vulnerable groups in congregate care settings. As the pandemic advanced, the Safehaven Program evolved with the solidification of the role of Infection Prevention and Control Champion lead role in Ontario and partnership with Reena in York Region.
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Garavito GAA, Moniz T, Mansilla C, Iqbal S, Dobrogowska R, Bennin F, Talwar S, Khalid AF, Vindrola-Padros C. Activities used by evidence networks to promote evidence-informed decision-making in the health sector- a rapid evidence review. BMC Health Serv Res 2024; 24:261. [PMID: 38418985 PMCID: PMC10903073 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10744-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence networks facilitate the exchange of information and foster international relationships among researchers and stakeholders. These networks are instrumental in enabling the integration of scientific evidence into decision-making processes. While there is a global emphasis on evidence-based decision-making at policy and organisational levels, there exists a significant gap in our understanding of the most effective activities to exchange scientific knowledge and use it in practice. The objective of this rapid review was to explore the strategies employed by evidence networks to facilitate the translation of evidence into decision-making processes. This review makes a contribution to global health policymaking by mapping the landscape of knowledge translation in this context and identifying the evidence translation activities that evidence networks have found effective. METHODS The review was guided by standardised techniques for conducting rapid evidence reviews. Document searching was based on a phased approach, commencing with a comprehensive initial search strategy and progressively refining it with each subsequent search iterations. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement was followed. RESULTS The review identified 143 articles, after screening 1135 articles. Out of these, 35 articles were included in the review. The studies encompassed a diverse range of countries, with the majority originating from the United States (n = 14), followed by Canada (n = 5), Sweden (n = 2), and various other single locations (n = 14). These studies presented a varied set of implementation strategies such as research-related activities, the creation of teams/task forces/partnerships, meetings/consultations, mobilising/working with communities, influencing policy, activity evaluation, training, trust-building, and regular meetings, as well as community-academic-policymaker engagement. CONCLUSIONS Evidence networks play a crucial role in developing, sharing, and implementing high-quality research for policy. These networks face challenges like coordinating diverse stakeholders, international collaboration, language barriers, research consistency, knowledge dissemination, capacity building, evaluation, and funding. To enhance their impact, sharing network efforts with wider audiences, including local, national, and international agencies, is essential for evidence-based decision-making to shape evidence-informed policies and programmes effectively.
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- Germán Andrés Alarcón Garavito
- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK
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- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK
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- McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK
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- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK
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- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK
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- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
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- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) - Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London, London, UK.
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