This paper explores the behavioral tendencies of buyer-supplier dyads during sustainable supply chain governance (SSCG) decision-making under the complexity and uncertainty of the sustainable ...performance of their partners. In doing so, this work builds on Behavioral Decision Theory (BDT), together with the literature on dyadic buyer-supplier relationships, to develop a theoretical framework to examine factors affecting the SSCG decisions of supply chain managers and firm representatives under uncertainty of the sustainable performance of their partners. An experimental vignette methodology (EVM) is used to collect and analyze data from 374 matched buyer-supplier dyads. The findings suggest that behavioral uncertainty could lead to both contractual and relational SSCG. However, the interaction of interpersonal trust and relational experience is critical to shaping the SSCG decision. The findings of the study suggest that behavioral uncertainty does not play significant role in shaping SSCG decisions. However, the interplay with negative relational experience may lead to more contractual SSCG. Furthermore, the degree of interpersonal trust between the buyer and supplier representatives significantly encourages them to opt for more relational SSCG. The study supports that positive relational experience helps to strengthen the trust. Using our findings, supply chain managers and executives should strive to build interpersonal trust between their employees and positive relational experience with their supply chain partners to develop relational SSCG throughout the supply chains.
Aim
To clarify how perinatal anxiety is characterised within the current evidence base and discuss how a clearer definition and understanding of this condition may contribute to improving care ...provision by midwives and other healthcare professionals.
Background
Perinatal anxiety is common, occurs more frequently than depression and carries significant morbidity for mother and infant. The concept of perinatal anxiety is ill‐defined; this can pose a barrier to understanding, identification and appropriate treatment of the condition.
Design
Concept Analysis paper.
Method
Rodgers’ Evolutionary Model of Concept Analysis, with review based on PRISMA principles (see Supplementary File‐1).
Findings
While somatic presentation of perinatal anxiety shares characteristics with general anxiety, anxiety is a unique condition within the context of the perinatal period. The precursors to perinatal anxiety are grounded in biopsychosocial factors and the sequelae can be significant for mother, foetus, newborn and older child. Due to the unique nature of perinatal anxiety, questions arise about presentation and diagnosis within the context of adjustment to motherhood, whether services meet women's needs and how midwives and other health professionals contribute to this. Most current evidence explores screening tools with little examination of the lived experience of perinatal anxiety.
Conclusion
Examination of the lived experience of perinatal anxiety is needed to address the gap in evidence and further understand this condition. Service provision should account for the unique nature of the perinatal period and be adapted to meet women's psychological needs at this time, even in cases of mild or moderate distress.
The immobilization of homogeneous catalytic material over the inert heterogeneous support is a recent strategy to overcome the drawbacks and unite the merits associated with the homogeneous as well ...as heterogeneous catalysts. However the physisorption-induced immobilization does not serve the purpose because of its sensitive reversible nature, a tiny change in reaction parameters may revert the physisorption and so the immobilization. In this work, a new catalytic material silica chemisorbed bis(hydrogensulphato)benzene (SiO
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-BHSB) was achieved through the chemisorption of bis(hydrogensulphato)benzene as an active catalytic part on the surface of porous silica. Structural features, purity, thermal stability, and acid strength of the synthesized SiO
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-BHSB material were established by adequate analytical techniques, such as FT-IR, solid-state CP-MAS
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Si NMR, EDX, DTG, TGA, and acid-base volumetric studies. An environmentally benign catalytic protocol for the synthesis of biscoumarin scaffolds through a tandem reaction between 4-Hydroxycoumarin and structurally diverse aldehydes was developed in which the synthesized material SiO
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-BHSB was observed to work as an efficient and reusable catalyst. The structures of the synthesized biscoumarin derivatives were established from their physical and spectrometric data. The synthesized catalytic material was observed to show sustained catalytic activity even after five cycles of its recovery and reuse. In comparison with the earlier reported methods, a tiny amount (2.5 mol%) of catalyst is sufficient to bring out the transformation smoothly in an aqueous-based solvent, ease of recovery, and reusability of the catalyst are additional salient features of the present protocol.
•CaGolS is an ABA inducible gene.•CaGolS over-expression plants showed improved tolerance to the dehydration stress.•Transgenic lines accumulated less ROS under dehydration stress.•Galactinol ...synthase act as a positive regulator of dehydration stress response.
Galactinol synthase (EC: 2.4.1.123) is a crucial enzyme of raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFO’s) biosynthesis, essentially catalyzes the first crucial step in the raffinose biosynthetic pathway. Galactinol and raffinose accumulation along with its higher homologs such as stachyose and verbascose has been considered to participate in plant abiotic stress tolerance. Previously, we reported the function of chickpea galactinol synthase (CaGolS) genes in seed vigor and heat and oxidative stress tolerance. Here, we demonstrate the role and regulation of CaGolS in response to dehydration stress in chickpea. Through transcript accumulation and promoter-gus analyses, we demonstrate that the expression of CaGolS1 and CaGolS2 are positively influenced by dehydration stress and ABA treatment. Further, we have shown that the level of galactinol and raffinose are remarkably enhanced in response to dehydration stress and ABA. Utilizing CaGolS1 and CaGolS2 over-expression Arabidopsis lines, we demonstrate the role of CaGolS in dehydration stress tolerance. The biochemical and physiological analysis revealed that CaGolS over-expressing transgenic lines exhibited improved phenotype with respect to higher number of siliques, plant height, and rosette diameter under dehydration stress. The improved dehydration stress tolerance was corelated with higher chlorophyll retention and relative water content of transgenic lines. Further, lower H2O2, MDA content, and ion-leakage in transgenic lines suggest that CaGolS mediates dehydration stress tolerance by protecting the membrane damage from ROS attack. Collectively, our data highlight the prospect of CaGolS genes in improving dehydration stress tolerance in plants.
•Ternary Co1-xCuxS/CoCuS (0.025 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) thin-films were chemically deposited.•Crumpled flower-like microstructure was observed for x = 0.075 film sample.•Specific capacitance of 907.55 F g−1 at ...5 mV S−1 was observed for x = 0.075 composition.•Excellent cyclic stability of ~ 90% after 5000 CV cycles was observed.
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Recently, the 2021 United nations climate change conference (COP26) have again stressed on the need of carbon neutral economy. To cope up with the power hunger of industrial and/ technological world of hybrid electric vehicles and portable electronic devices it is imperative to search the environment friendly novel materials with property tailoring abilities. In this connection, we have deposited Co1-xCuxS/CoCuS (0.025 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) thin-films via chemical route as an alternative material for supercapacitor application. To asses the suitability of as-deposited thin films, we have characterized thin films using variety of characterization techniques. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to examine and confirm the chemical states of Co, Cu, and S. Surface morphology of as-deposited CoCuS film (x = 0.075, sample-C3) showed a crumpled flower-like microstructure. Uniform distribution of hillocks and valleys was observed using atomic force microscopy. The topographical outcomes obtained from electrostatic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy confirmed that the sample-C3 (x = 0.075) is suitable for energy storage applications. Sample-C3 demonstrated excellent supercapacitive performance with a high specific capacitance of 907.55 F g−1 at 5 mV s−1, remarkable rate capability, and ~ 90% of capacitive retention after 5000 cycles in a 1 M KOH electrolyte. Better supercapacitive behavior and cycling stability of the CoCuS samples may offer a perspective for various mixed metal sulfide thin films with hierarchical architectures as an viable alternative for the efficient energy storage devices.
Disability certification is mandatory for people with Parkinson's disease to avail any schemes and benefits in India. The process of certification of the extent of disability in a complex disorder ...like Parkinson's needs to be made less cumbersome and streamlined to ensure that people for whom the benefits are meant are able to avail them.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an ever-increasing necessity in day-to-day life. Technology can be a powerful tool for human rights. As rightly quoted by John F. Kennedy, ‘the rights ...of every man are diminished when the right of one man is threatened...’. The present article focuses on a brief history and also on various types of AI. The issue of whether AI is beneficial or detrimental for human rights has a direct relationship with the overall impact of AI on human beings. This article discusses the issue of AI and its lacunas and various challenges that will have adverse effects on human rights. The article also highlights the positive and negative aspects of this and its impact on society as well as on the perspective of human rights. The article further briefly discusses the implementation of AI in the judicial system.
Contrast MRI with a dedicated protocol to look for large-vessel wall enhancement was negative for vasculitis Figure 1g,Figure 1h,Figure 1i. Another acute lacunar infarct was seen in the right ...cerebral peduncle Figure 1j,Figure 1k,Figure 1l. Time-of-flight MR angiography revealed a mild diffuse attenuation of the right M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery, possibly due to mass effect from the hematoma or edema. {Figure 1} Varicella-zoster vasculopathies are caused by virus infections of the cerebral arteries either during primary infection (chicken pox) or during subsequent reactivation. 5,6,7 The previously reported intraparenchymal hemorrhage was in the lobar location and was associated with SAH;6 however, the case was of secondary reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in adult life and not due to a primary varicella infection.
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