Review
Immunology
Michiko Toizumi, Yuho Horikoshi
Summary: This review aims to provide a description of the historical perspectives and the current epidemiology of tropical, imported, and local endemic infectious diseases in Japan. It discusses the public health legislation for infectious diseases and immigration statistics to provide a background of the infectious disease situation in Japan. The review summarizes the trends of the main 15 imported infectious diseases before the advent of COVID-19, as well as the local endemic infectious diseases in Japan. The transmission risks of traditional cuisines, lifestyles, and nature exposures in Japan are introduced to guide clinicians in providing travel advice to prevent these local infectious diseases.
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Heather Louise Madsen, John Parm Ulhoi
Summary: The study demonstrates how sustainable visioning can help companies achieve transformation and successful development, as well as facilitate innovation, growth, and attracting financing. The Danish company Orsted serves as a successful case study, proving the importance of sustainable visioning in reshaping corporate strategy.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Per Ove Eikeland, Jon Birger Skjaerseth
Summary: The EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) adopted in 2008 aimed to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technology research and innovation in Europe. However, the funding for research and innovation played a more significant role in guiding the plan than originally intended. Differences in research and innovation priorities among various actors led to controversies and divergences with other EU policies.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Business
Aqueeb Sohail Shaik, Safiya Alshibani, Girish Jain, Bhumika Gupta, Ankit Mehrotra
Summary: This study investigates the enhancement of technological and strategic enablers for carbon-neutral businesses through artificial intelligence-driven business model innovation. The findings affirm the significant positive relationships between AI-driven business model innovation and technological and strategic enablers for carbon-neutral businesses. The study highlights the critical role of strategic enablers in driving the transition towards carbon neutrality.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
F-M E. Uzoka, C. Akwaowo, C. Nwafor-Okoli, V Ekpin, C. Nwokoro, M. El Hussein, J. Osuji, F. Aladi, B. Akinnuwesi, T. F. Akpelishi
Summary: This study identified risk factors for various diseases in an African population. Living in a tropical climate was found to be a major risk factor for tropical diseases, while contact with infected individuals and poor personal hygiene also posed high risks. Urbanization and homelessness were associated with low risks, while certain lifestyle factors like low fluid intake and wearing non-cotton underwear predisposed individuals to specific diseases.
Article
Business
Ivan Miroshnychenko, Andreas Strobl, Kurt Matzler, Alfredo De Massis
Summary: The study highlights the importance of developing absorptive capacity in order to enhance strategic flexibility and innovate business models. It also emphasizes the relationship between realized absorptive capacity and business model innovation, especially under conditions of environmental uncertainty.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Business
Hasan Rozak, Ardian Adhiatma, Olivia Fachrunnisa, Tina Rahayu
Summary: This article describes and analyzes models for improving the performance of SMEs through agility, social media, and digitalization-based strategic planning. The research findings indicate that digital skills can enhance the efficiency and agility of SMEs, while also providing practical insights for businesses.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Rainer Hensel, Ronald Visser, Anja Overdiek, Ellen Sjoer
Summary: Small independent retailers face intense competition and need to respond with innovative business strategies. Key entrepreneurial qualities and skills include innovative personal qualities, cognitive analytic business skills, and inspirational networking capacities.
JOURNAL OF INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sofia Gomes, Joao M. Lopes, Mariana Travassos, Mariana Paiva, Isaura Cardoso, Beatriz Peixoto, Carolina Duarte
Summary: This study explores the adoption of sustainability strategies in Portuguese SMEs through qualitative analysis and multiple case studies. The interviewed companies exhibited management practices that focus on sustainable innovation and a business model driven by sustainable economic, social, and environmental criteria. The study assessed the interviewed companies as employing accommodative and proactive strategies towards sustainable innovation. It also proposes measures for sustainable management that involve the participation of various stakeholders. This original study contributes to the existing literature by exclusively examining SMEs in the context of Portuguese companies.
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Tais Aparecida Reis Cordeiro, Mayra Asevedo Campos de Resende, Simone Cristina dos Santos Moraes, Diego Leoni Franco, Arnaldo Cesar Pereira, Lucas Franco Ferreira
Summary: Neglected tropical diseases are a group of infectious and parasitic diseases prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, with limited access to proper healthcare. The development of low-cost biosensors for fast diagnosis in these areas is crucial for better treatment and eradication. While progress has been made in the past decade, challenges remain in early detection of neglected tropical diseases using biosensors.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Stephan von Delft, Yang Zhao
Summary: This literature review on business models in process industries reveals a lack of construct clarity and different perspectives among scholars, but also identifies emerging themes and common ideas across divergent domains. Despite variance in viewpoints, the review suggests potential for future cross-disciplinary research on business models in process industries.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Edward Tang Qian, Jonathan D. Casey, Adam Wright, Li Wang, Justin Siemann, Mary Lynn Dear, Joanna Stollings, Bradley Daniel Lloyd, Kevin Seitz, George Nelson, Patty Wright, Edward D. Siew, Bradley Dennis, Jesse Wrenn, Jonathan Andereck, Wesley H. Self, Matthew W. Semler, Todd W. Rice
Summary: This manuscript describes a trial protocol and analysis plan to compare the effects of antipseudomonal cephalosporins and antipseudomonal penicillins in acutely ill patients receiving empiric antibiotics. The trial is being conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and will enroll 2500 patients. The primary outcome is the highest stage of acute kidney injury and death within 14 days after enrollment.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Yi Shuai, Yanfeng Lou, Lei Zhu, Wei Chen, Tao Jiang
Summary: Non-indigenous tropical infectious diseases in non-tropical regions often arise from communication between locals and visitors, and many of them result in oral complications. The understanding of Chinese infectious disease practitioners regarding the association between tropical infectious diseases and oral health is inadequate. Thus, it is important to promote awareness and education about tropical infectious diseases and oral health.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Hao Dong, Bo Wang
Summary: With the rise of the digital economy, business model innovation has become crucial for Chinese enterprises to gain competitive advantage. This study investigates the impact of strategic orientation and business model innovation on enterprise performance through survey and empirical analysis.
Article
Business
Alptegin Albayraktaroglu
Summary: This study addresses the challenges of business model innovation (BMI) by adopting a process view, focusing on the utilization of existing resources in new domains known as exaptation. It investigates the role of strategic agility (SA) in BMI through a qualitative case study on a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME). The findings demonstrate the stages of exaptation in the BMI process, the complex relationship between SA and BMI, and the triggering of exaptation by strategic sensitivity and resource fluidity. The study proposes strategic agility as an enabling capability for exaptation and BMI.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
