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Exploring the Congruence Level of Music and Product Category. A Content Analysis on Global Musical Ads

The race to capture consumers’ attention has rapidly increased in the past years. Besides the importance of the channels, the elements composing an ad are as crucial as ever in promoting compelling messages relevant to the target group. Music is one of the mechanisms through which the interest of consumers can be aroused while enhancing the advertising message and giving it more nuance. There have been several attempts to understand advertising music better, but most of the works focus on individual dimensions. There is a need to understand advertising music choices more coherently and complexly. The present study aims to provide a comprehensive instrument of several items that help understand musical congruency within an ad. The paper provides a content analysis of 95 global musical ads for 2019-2022. The primary product/ service categories are reviewed, and the dimensions used in the analysis present the essential aspects of musical congruency, underlining the importance of original music composed for the ads, the capacity to adapt to various music sources, and giving additional importance to elements such as pitch, dynamics, and tempo. The paper offers a bigger picture of the musical landscape in advertising and interweaves music knowledge and elements with advertising purposes.

Combining Bibliometric and Social Network Analysis to Understand the Scholarly Publications on Artificial Intelligence

This article aims to conduct a comprehensive study employing bibliometric and social network analysis to explore scholarly publications in artificial intelligence (AI). A co-authorship network analysis of countries/regions and institutions, a thematic analysis based on the co-occurrence of keywords, and a Spearman rank correlation test of social network analysis are conducted using VOSviewer and SPSS, respectively. According to the research power analysis, the United States and China are the most significant contributors to the relevant publications and hold dominant positions in the co-authorship network. Universities play a crucial role in promoting and carrying out relevant research. AI has been increasingly applied to address new problems and challenges in various fields in recent years. The Spearman rank correlation analysis indicates that research performance in AI is significantly and positively correlated with social network indicators. This article reveals a systematic picture of the research landscape of AI, which can provide a potential guide for future research.

Co-translational formation of disulfides guides folding of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain

Many secreted proteins, including viral proteins, contain multiple disulfide bonds. How disulfide formation is coupled to protein folding in the cell remains poorly understood at the molecular level. Here, we combine experiment and simulation to address this question as it pertains to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD). We show that the RBD can only refold reversibly if its native disulfides are present before folding. But in their absence, the RBD spontaneously misfolds into a nonnative, molten-globule-like state that is structurally incompatible with complete disulfide formation and that is highly prone to aggregation. Thus, the RBD native structure represents a metastable state on the protein’s energy landscape with reduced disulfides, indicating that nonequilibrium mechanisms are needed to ensure native disulfides form before folding. Our atomistic simulations suggest that this may be achieved via co-translational folding during RBD secretion into the endoplasmic reticulum. Namely, at intermediate translation lengths, native disulfide pairs are predicted to come together with high probability, and thus, under suitable kinetic conditions, this process may lock the protein into its native state and circumvent highly aggregation-prone nonnative intermediates. This detailed molecular picture of the RBD folding landscape may shed light on SARS-CoV-2 pathology and molecular constraints governing SARS-CoV-2 evolution.

Promotion of Gender Equality by the Mass Media of Dagestan in the 1960s and its Results

The issue of gender inequality in Russia’s Muslim regions is of great scientific interest and practical significance, and sociologists need to generalize the experience of the previous decades. Such multinational region as Dagestan provides a lot of useful data on the matter in question. This article describes the first attempt of the regional historiography to analyze the activities of Dagestan mass media to promote gender equality in the 1960s, e.g., in secondary schools, universities, socio-political life, culture, and family life. The author analyzed newspaper publications and documents from the Central State Archive of the Republic of Dagestan. The materials provided an objective scientific picture of the social landscape. The author relied on the principles of scientific objectivity and historicism and used comparative-historical, descriptive, and systematic research methods. All mass media obviously experienced some difficulties in covering the gender issues. However, the analysis revealed some positive trends and results in the struggle for gender equality in Dagestan, e.g., in the sanitary culture of urban and rural settlements. Still, this socio-political and socio-cultural issue remained unresolved by the end of the 1960s.

Romanticization and Demonization: Galician Landscapes in Russian Combatants’ Narratives During the Great War

In terms of environmental history, the First World War represents one of the most significant information gaps of the Anthropocene, where the type of warfare and the fall of empires intensified the destructiveness of the interaction between people and nature, changing the geological and cultural characteristics of Central and Eastern European landscapes. The collision of mass armies with foreign landscapes and militarized natural environments left an indelible stamp on personal accounts of the Great War. The imagery of nature, both as an uncontrollable force and as an object of impact, abounds in a broad diversity of textual and visual sources, which range from official documentation to private correspondence and from propaganda newsreels to personal photographs. It appears that pictures of landscapes destroyed or transformed by war (as well as the related epidemiological and climatic threats) contributed to shaping combatants’ existential experience to the same degree as short military operations. Unlike the universalized experience of the Western Front countries in the available literature on the environmental and spatial history of the First World War, the multiple ways in which mobile belligerent landscapes of the Eastern Front were experienced and perceived are yet to be addressed documentarily as well as methodologically. The article aims to reconstruct the horizons of expectation and environment construction strategies in combatants’ individual narratives and to identify the meaning of belligerent landscapes in the formation of specific behavioral strategies and practices on the Eastern Front of the world’s first industrial war. The analysis of ego-documents (letters, diaries, and memoirs) left by participants of WWI has identified a diversity of models for anthropomorphizing environmental objects and phenomena on the Eastern Front, which range from romanticization to demonization. The author aims to establish the way the perception of belligerent landscapes depends on the cultural baggage, prior experience of warfare, military branch, and the density of contacts with civilians populating the militarized spaces. One of the key messages of this study is the suggestion that the militarised environment’s signification through religious, literary, epidemiological anti-Semitic and other lenses contributed to the normalization of combatants’ mortal terror of war, their negative military experience, mourning, and nostalgia for the lost life-worlds.

Extended Ensemble Molecular Dynamics Study of Ammonia-Cellulose I Complex Crystal Models: Free-Energy Landscape and Atomistic Pictures of Ammonia Diffusion in the Crystalline Phase.

Here, we report extended ensemble molecular dynamics simulations of ammonia-cellulose I complex crystal models to evaluate the diffusion behavior of the guest ammonia molecules and the potential of mean force (PMF), namely, the free energy change along the chosen reaction coordinate, for migration of an ammonia molecule in the crystal models. Accelerated molecular dynamics simulations confirmed that ammonia molecules almost exclusively diffused through the hydrophilic channel even when the crystal framework was retained. Adaptive steered molecular dynamics simulations detected distinct PMF peaks with heights of approximately 7 kcal/mol as the ammonia molecule passed through the cellulose-chain layers. Introducing hybrid quantum mechanical and molecular mechanics theory to the adaptive steered molecular dynamics simulation effectively lowered the heights of the PMF peaks to approximately 5 kcal/mol, accompanied by a slight decrease in the baseline. Removal of the ammonia molecules in the neighboring channels resulted in a continuous increase in the baseline for the migration of an ammonia molecule in the hydrophilic channel. When the halves of the crystal model were separated to widen the hydrophilic channel to 0.2 nm, the PMF profiles exhibited an unexpected increase. This resulted from water structuring in the expanded hydrophilic channel, which disappeared with further expansion of the hydrophilic channel to 0.3 nm.

Socially sustainable smart cities: mapping the research trends by co-word analysis

PurposeThe article attempts to shed light on the social aspects of research that deal with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainable cities. The aim is to offer a global view of these facets' evolution and to provide information on people-centered smart cities.Design/methodology/approachThe research is qualitative. A systematic bibliometric approach is a framework for the research. The unit of analysis is publications on SDGs and Smart Cities (SCs) indexed in Scopus. The authors used VOSviewer text mining functionality to construct co-occurrence networks of socially related critical terms extracted from textual data. The co-occurrence of keywords presents a valuable method and process for attaining in-depth analysis and fast comprehension of trends and linkages in articles from a holistic approach.FindingsSocial media, social sustainability and social capital are the three multifaceted social keywords that co-occur in SDGs and SCs. The paper provides a brief compendium of resources and frameworks to build a socially sustainable smart city.Research limitations/implicationsThe retrieval date was on 15 August 2019. The authors used the same search query for new papers released in 2019 and afterwards to update their findings. The authors collected 657 documents on SCs, compared to 2,975 documents about SDGs demonstrating that their findings are still trending in the same direction, emphasizing the importance of the research topic. SCs' social aspects are still chartered areas that require the attention to future research.Originality/value The authors’ decision to use two separate data sets for SCs and SDGs data files helps to provide a more comprehensive picture of the research landscape. It may identify areas where research is lacking or needs future research. The authors present an integrative agenda for a smart city to be socially sustainable. Innovative approaches to urban planning are required to empower the place and context and improve the users' satisfaction, where innovative solutions enable smart, sustainable and inclusive societies. Infrastructure governance is a critical keystone. It could guarantee that public investments contribute to sustainable urban development while enhancing city resilience, particularly in facing climate change and inclusive growth challenges.

Stabilization of pre-existing neurotensin receptor conformational states by β-arrestin-1 and the biased allosteric modulator ML314

The neurotensin receptor 1 (NTS1) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) with promise as a drug target for the treatment of pain, schizophrenia, obesity, addiction, and various cancers. A detailed picture of the NTS1 structural landscape has been established by X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM and yet, the molecular determinants for why a receptor couples to G protein versus arrestin transducers remain poorly defined. We used 13CεH3-methionine NMR spectroscopy to show that binding of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) to the receptor’s intracellular surface allosterically tunes the timescale of motions at the orthosteric pocket and conserved activation motifs – without dramatically altering the structural ensemble. β-arrestin-1 further remodels the receptor ensemble by reducing conformational exchange kinetics for a subset of resonances, whereas G protein coupling has little to no effect on exchange rates. A β-arrestin biased allosteric modulator transforms the NTS1:G protein complex into a concatenation of substates, without triggering transducer dissociation, suggesting that it may function by stabilizing signaling incompetent G protein conformations such as the non-canonical state. Together, our work demonstrates the importance of kinetic information to a complete picture of the GPCR activation landscape.

How suitable are discrete choice experiments based on landscape indicators for estimating landscape preferences?

Appealing landscapes contribute to human well-being, but landscape changes require the attention of management and planning. Although aesthetic landscape values are increasingly addressed in the context of cultural ecosystem services, their assessment is particularly challenging due to the subjectivity of landscape preferences. To map aesthetic landscape values across landscapes, discrete choice experiments in combination with landscape indicators may be a powerful tool. However, it is still not sufficiently understood (1) whether there are time effects on landscape preferences and (2) how much the stated landscape preferences depend on the selection of landscape pictures that are used as stimuli. To address these open questions, we used an experimental approach involving 252 respondents. Based on photo-based questionnaires with 98 landscapes photographs from the Central Alps, we conducted two survey rounds with one month difference. The visual properties of the photographs were quantified through 11 landscape indicators describing spatial patterns and features. We applied conjoint analysis to derive importances of the attributs and part-worth utilities of the corresponding levels for evaluating the stability of landscape preferences. Our results indicate that landscape preferences remain sufficiently stable over a short period (correlation of 0.890 for mean importances), while the results are more sensitive to the selection of the pictures. This suggests that the methodological approach can provide meaningful insights into landscape preferences if pictures are used that are representative of a specific landscape. Our findings contribute to identifying limitations and opportunities for assessing and mapping aesthetic landscape values to support management and decision-making.

Bibliometric analysis of organizational citizenship behavior using scopus database

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is one of the topics that continue to be discussed in organizational studies. This article aims to provide an overview of the intellectual landscape of OCB research by performing bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer. Data is taken from Scopus and includes articles on OCB published from 2019 to 2023. The results of the analysis show that OCB research has grown rapidly over the past three decades, with a significant increase in the number of publications and the number of citations. The article also points out that there are several key themes in OCB research, such as the conceptualization of OCB, factors that influence OCB, as well as the impact of OCB on organizations. However, some gaps in OCB research still need further investigation, such as contextual factors that influence OCB and the relationship of OCB to other topics in organizational studies. A Bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer can provide a clear picture of the intellectual landscape of OCB research and help researchers to identify trends and gaps in OCB research.

IDENTIFICATION OF NATURAL OBJECTS USING DEEP LEARNING AND ADDITIONAL DATA PREPROCESSING

Abstract. The classification of natural objects in the wild is a popular task in the field of tourism and remote sensing. The key problem is the requirement for system performance in the absence of Internet access and a small amount of available resources, such as a mobile phone. In this regard, to solve the classification problem, it is required to use fairly simple neural networks and rely on a small amount of training data. The paper presents an image preprocessing method for object recognition in the the “Stolby National Park” in Krasnoyarsk city using a neural network. The approach involves applying a set of methods to expand the original training set. To analyze the effectiveness, several different neural networks based on MobileNET V2 are used, which makes it possible to compare test results on the original and extended data sets. We also evaluate the quality of objects identification on open datasets, such as Animals-10 and Landscape Pictures. The results of the experiments show the efficiency of data preprocessing, as well as the high performance of the modified neural network structure for the task of classifying natural objects in the environment.

Metabolic Reprogramming of HCC: A New Microenvironment for Immune Responses.

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver cancer, ranking third among the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide and whose incidence varies according to geographical area and ethnicity. Metabolic rewiring was recently introduced as an emerging hallmark able to affect tumor progression by modulating cancer cell behavior and immune responses. This review focuses on the recent studies examining HCC's metabolic traits, with particular reference to the alterations of glucose, fatty acid and amino acid metabolism, the three major metabolic changes that have gained attention in the field of HCC. After delivering a panoramic picture of the peculiar immune landscape of HCC, this review will also discuss how the metabolic reprogramming of liver cancer cells can affect, directly or indirectly, the microenvironment and the function of the different immune cell populations, eventually favoring the tumor escape from immunosurveillance.

Lost (in) space for dialogue: On the (abandoned) need for working papers in human geography

Working papers have traditionally been an important means of communication in social sciences, including human geography. However, while some series have thrived for decades, working paper series in human geography are generally less common than in some other social sciences or the natural sciences, and face an uncertain future. Based on a survey with the editors of thirty journals in human geography, we draw a diverse and rather controversial picture of the current landscape of working paper series. We delve into the histories of some of the most prominent working paper series, identify key trends and propose ideas about the potential future of working paper series to enrich disciplinary spaces of dialogue.

Pierre Du Ryer, Théâtre complet. Sous la direction d’Hélène Baby. Tome ii, édition d’Hélène Baby, Catherine Dumas, Perry Gethner et Sandrine Berrégard

This collection of five plays by seventeenth-century playwright Pierre Du Ryer is the second in a three-volume collection (the first and third focused on his tragedies). This volume, however, presents four tragicomedies — Lisandre et Caliste, Clarigène (both edited by Hélène Baby), Alcimédon (edited by Catherine Dumas), and Cléomédon (edited by Perry Gethner) — and his only comedy, Les Vendanges de Suresnes (edited by Sandrine Berrégard). Du Ryer was much admired in his time but subsequently rather forgotten and principally known only as author of a few tragedies. This volume thus aims to extend readers’ knowledge of his works and uncover plays hitherto unedited since the seventeenth century. As is standard for Classiques Garnier texts, the plays are rendered accessible to modern readers with modernized spellings and a harmonized presentation of the acts, scenes, and stage directions. Each play is preceded by a detailed introduction exploring its major features and examining a range of themes within the genre. For Lisandre et Caliste, Baby presents an engaging discussion of the way the play takes the novel by Vital d’Audiguier and adapts it for the stage, and explores the varied time and space depicted across the scenes. This contrasts with Du Ryer’s increased adherence to unities in Cléomédon (as described in Gethner’s later introduction). Baby’s detailed account of the set, staging, and scenes of combat in Lisandre et Caliste brings the play further to life and the reader is also provided with nuanced understanding of key elements of the ‘spectacle tragi-comique’, including reversals, comedic tropes, and the particular universal moral order of the genre. Frequent devices such as surprise and false appearances are examined in Dumas’s introduction to Alcimédon. The theme of deception is investigated in Baby’s introduction to Clarigène through analysis of ‘le déguisement inconscient’ and ‘le déguisement conscient’. The introduction to Cléomédon (a theatrical adaptation of the famous novel L’Astrée, by Honoré d’Urfé) explores baroque themes of tragicomedies, with a fascinating section on delusion and madness and how this relates to Cléomédon’s grandiose perception of himself. Alongside an exploration of such key themes, Gethner also presents the play’s reception history and places this in the context of a range of other plays of the period. The final work in the collection, Les Vendanges de Suresnes, is introduced by anchoring it within the pastoral tradition, but Berrégard shows how the action is rooted in ‘un cadre urbain traditionnel’ and is illustrative of ‘une dramaturgie du quotidien’ (p. 525). Berrégard is attentive to the rich intertextual and metatheatrical references within the comedy and provocatively asks, ‘l’activité viticole ne serait-elle pas aussi une métaphore de la construction dramatique, avec la maîtrise des techniques propres à cet art qu’elle-même suppose?’ (p. 538). Overall, the book is well structured, since the different introductions are not repetitive but are clearly in dialogue with one another. The volume presents a comprehensive picture both of the theatrical landscape and of Du Ryer’s artistry.

Obstacles to implement machine perfusion technology in routine clinical practice of transplantation: Why are we not there yet?

Machine perfusion of solid human organs is an old technique, and the basic principles were presented as early as 1855 by Claude Barnard. More than 50 years ago, the first perfusion system was used in clinical kidney transplantation. Despite the well-known benefits of dynamic organ preservation and significant medical and technical development in the last decades, perfusion devices are still not in routine use. This article describes the various challenges to implement this technology in practice, critically analyzing the role of all involved stakeholders, including clinicians, hospitals, regulatory, and industry, on the background of regional differences worldwide. The clinical need for this technology is discussed first, followed by the current status of research and the impact of costs and regulations. Considering the need for strong collaborations between clinical users, regulatory bodies, and industry, integrated road maps and pathways required to achieve a wider implementation are presented. The role of research development, clear regulatory pathways, and the need for more flexible reimbursement schemes is discussed together with potential solutions to address the most relevant hurdles. This article paints an overall picture of the current liver perfusion landscape and highlights the role of clinical, regulatory, and financial stakeholders worldwide.

Abstract 6785: Dendritic cell/myeloma fusion vaccine with lenalidomide maintenance following autologous hematopoietic cell transplant induced T cell activation and expansion

Abstract Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM), a clonal disorder of terminally differentiated plasma cells, is the second most common hematologic malignancy with ~57.9% 5-year survival rate. Current MM therapies are not curative and in most patients MM relapse. Aiming to restore antitumor immunity and counteract MM evolution, we have developed a personalized dendritic(DC)/MM cell fusion vaccine, whereby several tumor antigens are presented in the context of DC mediated co-stimulation. BMT CTN 1401 is a multicenter randomized phase II clinical trial (NCT02728102) evaluating the efficacy of the DC/MM vaccine combined with lenalidomide maintenance (Len) after autoHCT. 203 patients were enrolled from 18 centers. Aim: To evaluate the impact of the DC/MM vaccine on the establishment of anti-MM immune response we profiled the peripheral blood (PB) immune landscape at the single-cell level, with particular focus on the T cell compartment. Method: We performed single-cell immunoprofiling (gene expression + V(D)J sequencing) on 40 patients (3xDC/MM vaccine/Len/GM-CSF: N=20; Len/GM-CSF: N=10; Len: N=10). 160 PB mononuclear cells (PBMC) samples were collected at enrollment, prior to Len, after 1 and 3 vaccines and were processed using the 10x Genomics single cell 5' assay. Here we present the analysis relative to 52 PBMC samples from 13 vaccinated patients included in the initial study cohort. The remaining 108 PBMC samples have already been subjected to single-cell immunoprofiling and the analysis is ongoing. Results: 309,423 cells passed quality-check identifying 47 cell populations, corresponding to 20 major compartments. The T cell compartment (146,373 cells) was divided into 14 different cell populations including activated CD8, CD4, and NKT cells that exhibited a gradual increase during the course of the study. Relatively, TCR sequencing demonstrated a recovery of T cell clonal diversity and a progressive rise in the frequency of expanded clonotypes within the activated CD4 and cytotoxic T cell populations after vaccination. Consistently, we observed a progressively raised number of shared TCR clonotypes within the activated CD8 and CD4 T cell subsets. The identification of common epitope/paratope hotspots among the expanded clonotypes and the different patients revealed a higher proportion of shared TCR clonotype groups across patients after vaccination compared to the early post-transplant period, predominantly after 3 vaccinations. Conclusions: Assessment of PBMC samples from 13 vaccinated patients provided a detailed picture of the PBMC landscape. The constant T cell expansion in patients following vaccination coupled with the shared paratope/epitope hotspots and TCR signatures among patients indicated the TCR cross-reactivity and suggested for the establishment of an anti-MM immune response. Citation Format: Giulia Cheloni, Dimitra Karagkouni, Daniela Torres, David J. Chung, Nina Shah, Natalie S. Callander, Thinle Chodon, Yvonne Efebera, Nancy Geller, Peiman Hematti, Hillard Lazarus, Ehsan Malek, Philip L. McCarthy, Ajay K. Nooka, Jacalyn Rosenblatt, Aaron P. Rapoport, Robert J. Soiffer, Dina Stroopinsky, Edmund K. Waller, Marcelo C. Pasquini, Ioannis Vlachos, David Avigan. Dendritic cell/myeloma fusion vaccine with lenalidomide maintenance following autologous hematopoietic cell transplant induced T cell activation and expansion [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl):Abstract nr 6785.

Eat2pic

Given the complexity of human eating behaviors, developing interactions to change the way users eat or their choice of meals is challenging. In this study, we propose an interactive system called eat2pic designed to encourage healthy eating habits such as adopting a balanced diet and eating more slowly, by refraining the task of selecting meals into that of adding color to landscape pictures. The eat2pic system comprises a sensor-equipped chopstick (one of a pair) and two types of digital canvases. It provides fast feedback by recognizing a user's eating behavior in real time and displaying the result on a small canvas called "one-meal eat2pic." Moreover, it also provides slow feedback by displaying the number of colors of foods that the user consumed on a large canvas called "one-week eat2pic." The former was designed and implemented as a guide to help people eat more slowly, and the latter to encourage people to select more balanced menus. Through two user studies, we explored the experience of interaction with eat2pic, in which users' daily eating behavior was reflected in a series of "paintings," that is, images produced by the automated system. The experimental results suggest that eat2pic may provide an opportunity for reflection in meal selection and while eating, as well as assist users in becoming more aware of how they are eating and how balanced their daily meals are. We expect this system to inspire users' curiosity about different diets and ways of eating. This research also contributes to expanding the design space for products and services related to dietary support.

Open innovation: status quo and quo vadis - an analysis of a research field

AbstractOpen innovation is now a widely used concept in academia, industry, and policy-making. According to the recent report “The Open Innovation Barometer”, released by the Economist, 90% of organizations have either adopted or are planning to implement key open innovation practices by opening up their organizational boundaries to collaborative innovation in the next three years (The Economist Group 2022). However, the social and economic changes imposed by the emerging processes of transition towards a more digital and sustainable society raise questions on how the open innovation field of studies is evolving to meet new, emerging needs. By combining bibliometric techniques and content analysis, this study illustrates how this research community has evolved in the last 12 years. More specifically, this study provides a descriptive analysis of the literature on open innovation, defines its knowledge structure, and illustrates a representative picture of the theoretical landscape. Our analysis shows that attempts to consolidate established topics and theoretical approaches in this field of studies go hand in hand with the emergence of new conversations about unexplored dimensions of open innovation. We conclude this article by outlining some avenues for future research on how to conceptualize, theorize, and research (methods and analytical techniques) open innovation.

Identification of Challenges for Second-Life Battery Systems—A Literature Review

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been proven to be increasingly popular and are the solution of choice for many companies and business models around the world. One major question for battery owners is how to deal with returning batteries if they still contain sufficient capacity for operation. In this case, those energy storages can still be used in different, less-required second-life applications, such as stationary battery storage systems, contributing to increased product sustainability and economic benefits at the same time. However, the second-life business model is still at an early stage of development due to the young EV market in combination with long vehicle lifetimes. As a consequence, there are several barriers in various thematic fields, complicating the rededication process for LIBs. This review paper focuses on a summary of barriers to second-life adoption published with scientific reference. Furthermore, barriers are clustered thematically to provide a transparent landscape picture and valuable insights into the rededication process of LIBs.

The social media industry: where is it heading?

PurposeThe social media industry has entered a new stage with intensifying competition and heightened uncertainty about future directions. The purpose of this paper is to provide analyses of the current challenges and to identify industry-wide trends that may offer a roadmap for the future.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on publicly available key performance metrics, company reports and press reports, this paper offers critical analyses of the challenges facing the major social media platforms and new trends in the social media industry.FindingsThis study identified five major trends in the current social media industry: 1) content is king, and that content is moving to visual; 2) artificial intelligence is key to competitive advantage; 3) network effects still matter, but business model innovation can overcome that barrier; 4) the need to broaden revenue sources; and 5) the strive for the everything app. In this changing environment, social media companies need to adapt and innovate their business models proactively to stay ahead.Originality/valueThis paper not only sheds light on the current challenges of individual social media platforms but also identifies industry-wide trends that may apply across all platforms. Taken together, these insights paint a comprehensive picture of the current industry landscape, as well as offer clues about its future directions.