Cannabidiol Is a novel modulator of bacterial membrane vesicles by Kosgodage, Uchini S., Matewele, Paul, Awamaria, Brigitte, Kraev, Igor, Warde, Purva, Mastroianni, Giulia, Nunn, Alistair V., Guy, Geoffrey W., Bell, Jimmy D., Inal, Jameel, Lange, Sigrun

“…CBD furthermore changed protein profiles of MVs released from E. coli after 1 h CBD treatment. Our findings indicate that CBD may pose as a putative adjuvant agent for tailored co-application with selected antibiotics, depending on bacterial species, to increase antibiotic activity, including via MV inhibition, and help reduce antibiotic resistance.…”
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Factors analysis of the adoption of Cloud Computing in England by Ullah, Raja Muhammad Ubaid, Buckley, Kevan, Garvey, Mary, Li, Jun

“…Still some organisations are struggling, how to create a secure and cost effective CC services environment.The expected finding from this research believe to provide the certain analysis and confirm the significant factors from which perceptions are derived through classification, that can address the business and technology related issues by CC services. …”
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Effect of implementation of a smoke-free policy on physical violence in a psychiatric inpatient setting: an interrupted time series analysis by Robson, Debbie, Spaducci, Gilda, McNeill, Ann, Stewart, Duncan, Craig, Tom J. K., Yates, Mary, Szatkowski, Lisa

“…Methods: We conducted an interrupted time series analysis of incident reports of physical assault 30 months before and 12 months after the implementation of the policy using a quasi-Poisson generalised additive mixed model. Findings: There were 4,550 physical assaults over the study period; 4.9% of which were smoking-related. …”
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Mandatory vs. voluntary exercise on non-financial reporting: does a normative/coercive isomorphism facilitate an increase in quality? by Carungu, Jonida, Di Pietra, Roberto, Molinari, Matteo

“…Then a longitudinal analysis was carried out in order to assess the quality of the NFR conducted from a voluntary to a mandatory basis. Findings: This study shows that the quality of NFR does not increase when moving from a voluntary to a mandatory basis, especially for 25 per cent of the companies that publish supplementary sustainability reports and/or plans. …”
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Women's experiences of pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain: A systematic review by Mackenzie, Jo, Murray, Esther, Lusher, Joanne

“…Predefined terms were used to search nine central databases and hand searches of two reference lists of identified studies were carried out. Findings: 614 records were identified, eight studies met the inclusion criteria for review. …”
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Enhancing resiliency of perishable product supply chains in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak by Shanker, Saket, Barve, Akhilesh, Muduli, Kamalakanta, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Joshi, Sudhanshu

“…The study revealed that factors, restriction on import-export and fear of violation of social distancing guidelines, are the primary “cause” group factors; whereas, price variation of perishable products and panic buying and stockpiling are the crucial “effect” group factors affecting the PFSCs. The findings also enrich existing literature by providing analytical support to relationships between various factors affecting PFSCs during the pandemic. …”
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Nexus of circular economy and sustainable business performance in the era of digitalization: a comprehensive review and network based analysis by Agrawal, Rohit, Wankhede, Vishal A., Kumar, Anil, Upadhyay, Arvind, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…Further, network analysis is carried out to analyse the collaboration among authors from different countries. Findings: The study revealed that digitalization could be a great help in developing sustainable circular products. …”
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Analysing the relationship of adaption of green culture, innovation, green performance for achieving sustainability: mediating role of employee commitment by Sharma, Sahiba, Prakash, Gyan, Kumar, Anil, Mussada, Eswara Krishna, Antony, Jiju, Luthra, Sunil

“…With the help of the structural equation modelling (SEM) technique, it was found that the most relevant factor of innovation is the adaptability of green culture and green performance was found as the major outcome and significant mediating role of employee commitment between innovation and green performance. The findings of the study would help the textile industry managers to create a green culture by creating its link with green innovation and green performance through developing environmental consciousness among the employees which further support the textile industry in pollution reduction.…”
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Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown by Nicholls, Emily, Conroy, Dom

“…In sharing these early findings, we hope to highlight themes relevant to understanding drinking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic and to stimulate dialogue for immediate research priorities in this area. …”
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Design for the environment: an ontology-based knowledge management model for green product development by Chaouni Benabdellah, Abla, Zekhnini, Kamar, Cherrafi, Anass, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…Furthermore, as a pillar for considering the Semantic Web and an evolving approach linked with Natural language processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), an ontology-based knowledge management model for green assessment is developed for the representation, acquisition, organization and capitalization of knowledge in a computer interpretable manner. The findings are useful for both managers and practitioners as they provide a coherent domain ontology that can help them manage knowledge, improve teamwork, and make decisions in a collaborative green PDP. …”
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Managing disruptions and risks amidst COVID-19 outbreaks: role of blockchain technology in developing resilient food supply chains by Sharma, Manu, Luthra, Sunil, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Kumar, Anil

“…An integrated approach of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and Weighted Assessment Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) is employed to assess the factors related to sourcing, lean, workforce, and flexibility, as well as evaluation of the BC-T enabled FSCs resilient strategies that mitigate the effect of disruption during the pandemic. The findings exhibit that ‘Sourcing related’ is the most affecting disruptive factor causing distress in the FSCs and ‘flexibility resilient strategy’ is the most relevant resilient strategy for BC-T enabled FSCs. …”
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Effects of parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas on adjustment to atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli

“…Results suggest that: a) people with an early and a late onset of atopic dermatitis were presented with a certain schematic profile that differentiated them from participants in the control groups; b) a certain pattern of early parenting experiences was linked to the development of this schematic profile and c) this schematic profile predicted high levels of dysfunctional coping and difficulties in adjustment. Findings have a clear relevance to the practice of Counselling Psychology. …”
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Self-isolation and quarantine during the UK's first wave of COVID-19: a mixed-methods study of non-adherence by Eraso, Yolanda, Hills, Stephen

“…A mixed-methods convergent design was used, comprising an online survey ( = 681) completed by residents in six North London boroughs and qualitative interviews with a subsample of participants ( = 16). Findings identified not accessing community support, lack of control over leaving the house, and lack of perceived benefit and need to follow the rules as behaviours associated with non-adherence to quarantine (42.7%). …”
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Weight loss strategies and the risk of skeletal muscle mass loss by McCarthy, H. David, Berg, Aloys

“…Research studies that have addressed this issue across a range of population groups are reviewed with a focus upon the contribution of resistance and endurance forms of exercise and a higher intake dietary protein above the current guideline of 0.8 g/kg body weight/day. While findings can be contradictory, overall, the consensus appears that fat-free and skeletal muscle masses can be preserved, albeit to varying degrees by including both forms of exercise (but especially resistance forms) in the weight management intervention. …”
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Making theatre elastic: a practice-led PhD on performance research with Elastic Theatre, focusing on the body of work produced between 2005 and 2011 by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Across these chapters, I provide a contextual overview of the aspect treated, a discussion of my methodology in relation to this, and a reflection on my findings, referring to the concept of 'liminality'. …”
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A framework for assessing social acceptability of Industry 4.0 technologies for the development of digital manufacturing by Kumar, Anil, Agrawal, Rohit, Wankhede, Vishal A., Sharma, Manu, Mulat-Weldemeskel, Eyob

“…The study contributes to both the theory of socio-technical transition (TSTT) and social cognition theory (SCT) by describing the impact of I4.0 technologies on social and personal behaviour. The study findings make significant contributions to both the practical and managerial perspectives of I4.0 technologies for the growth of DM. …”
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Evolution of supply chain finance: a comprehensive review and proposed research directions with network clustering analysis by Parida, Ratri, Dash, Manoj Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Zavadskas, Edmundas, Luthra, Sunil, Mulat-Weldemeskel, Eyob

“…The most important and unique contribution of the paper is the identification of new and emerging research areas where the application of SCF is still in the nascent stage. These findings can guide stakeholders at every stage of the value chain to appropriately use techniques that model policies to better inform investment and operational decisions in line with Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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Weight changes : the meaning of food and eating behaviours amongst women in recovery from substance addiction by Ashter, Suzanne

“…The areas identified from ‘weight changes’ included: weight gain and weight loss, and the areas identified from ‘eating behaviours’ included: distorted eating and dieting. The findings lead to an emerging theory that indicated: ‘Food during recovery involved providing structure to the day, enjoyment of social eating and substituting alcohol with food, particularly sugar rich foods during early recovery to 1. …”
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Very small effects of an imagery-based randomised trial to promote adherence to wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic and identification of future intervention target... by Conroy, Dom, Smith, Debbie M., Armitage, Christopher J.

“…Conclusion: Imagery-based interventions to increase face covering wearing adherence may exert significant public health effects but only when conducted on a very large scale. Our findings suggest that interventions should target men and disrupt habitual past behaviour.…”
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Drivers, barriers and practices of net zero economy: an exploratory knowledge based supply chain multi-stakeholder perspective framework by Singh, Jagriti, Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Naz, Farheen, Luthra, Sunil

“…In this regard, the paper conducts an exploratory systematic review of selected articles from peer-reviewed journals. The findings indicate that primary stakeholders (i.e. organisations and suppliers) require to take an active role in bringing about sustainable changes in practice. …”
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