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From Multinational to Transnational Banking
Authors: Kobrak Christopher
Published: July 2016

This chapter traces the history of cross-border joint-stock banking over roughly the last 100 years. Putting that history into its larger political, social, economic contexts may help shed light on our financial architecture’s social and economic significance, and even its sustainability. Despite recent interest in multinationals and banking, less is known about the cross-border management of financial firms than about that of other sectors. This chapter argues that during this period cross-border banking morphed from an activity conducted primarily by legally separate entities and on a comparatively small scale to one that is dominated today by megabanks that internalize a wide range of banking services in many countries and in most money-centres. It is a complex story, involving regulatory, technological, and political change in specific nations and among them.
Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, PART 1
Authors: Schutte Harm K.
Published: July 2016

Reviewing hundreds of years of history, this chapter details the development of means of visualizing the larynx and the vocal folds, and explores how these technologies influenced theories of voice production. Key investigators in vocal physiology are discussed, and their contributions put into context with modern understandings of voice production. These leaders helped bring about the growth of the field of laryngology, which occurred in parallel with improvements in laryngeal imaging. The chapter tracks these developments, starting with Garcia’s laryngeal mirror, then continues through the rest of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among the innovations described are the use of stroboscopy to study the opening and closing vibratory pattern in different vocal registers; the development and application in Groningen of videokymography to examine fast and irregular vibratory events; and the development of VoceVista, a non-invasive tool which combines electroglottography with acoustical information on the sung production.
The Theatre and the ‘Post-Reformation Public Sphere’
Authors: Lake Peter
Published: July 2016

This chapter outlines a realm of discourse and political communication that might plausibly be identified as ‘a post reformation public sphere’. It does so through an account of several modes of political and religious controversy, dispute and polemic, involving the press, circulating manuscript, and various sorts of performance. It argues that in the conduct of such disputes contemporaries often turned to history, both English and foreign, relatively recent and classical, as a way to understand and interpret contemporary events. It contends that the history play was both a product of and a contribution not merely to the emergent style of public politics being described here, but also to an increasingly self conscious analysis of how that politics might best be practised.
Religious Nonconformity and the Quality of Mercy
Authors: Shagan Ethan H.
Published: July 2016

This chapter explores the relationship between religious arguments for and against the mitigation of legal penalties for religious nonconformity, and the arguments in Shakespeare’sMerchant of Venicefor and against the moderation of legal rigour. It argues that Elizabethan legal debates overepieikeiaor equity were heavily inflected with the debate over conscientious nonconformity. Shakespeare’s play restages these debates, not only in the courtroom scene but in a variety of moral dilemmas or cases of conscience, repeatedly supporting the ideal of individual conscience against the claims of Church of England conformists such as Richard Hooker that law can only be mitigated when it serves the public good.
Ancient Liberties, Royal Honour, and the Politics of Commonweal in English Forests, 1558–1625
Authors: Beaver Dan
Published: July 2016

This chapter considers the interplay among the meanings of forests in Shakespeare’s plays and poems, the broader cultural meanings of forests in early modern England, and the significance of forests as an important domain of the English dynastic state during Shakespeare’s lifetime. Although Shakespeare’s forests did not directly reflect changing economic and social conditions, they did express his interest in the nature of political societies and allowed him to engage ideas about the traditional politics of social estates in late Tudor and early Stuart forests. Shakespeare’s forests thus came to reflect a particular historical moment in the political dynamics of these territories, defined by the interplay and negotiation of diverse interests in forest commonwealths that possessed a high degree of political consciousness.
Governmental Interference as a Shaping Force in Elizabethan Printed Music
Authors: Smith Jeremy L.
Published: July 2016

The Elizabethan era is widely viewed as a time in England when the quality as well as the quantity of music reached unprecedented heights, a condition often attributed to the beneficial effects of an active press and a musically sympathetic and religiously moderate queen. This chapter examines how royal and courtly governmental interference shaped printed music in this notably fertile period. More specifically, it considers two exemplary events that profoundly influenced the ballad and the art music of the era: the admonition of ballad writer William Elderton and the granting of a royal patent of monopoly to Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, which involved many other composers of the art-music tradition. It explains how both events affected the politicization of Elizabethan music; how Tallis, Byrd, and others used the patent as a means to voice Catholic positions; and how Elderton discovered the potency of propagandized fiction.
Substance Use in the Context of Adolescent Development
Authors: Schulenberg John E. , Maslowsky Julie , Patrick Megan E. , Martz Meghan
Published: July 2016

Adolescence is a prime time for substance use onset and escalation. Key developmental concepts regarding continuity, discontinuity, transitions, and tasks are identified. For many young people, substance use reflects a cascading effect whereby earlier difficulties contribute to substance use onset and escalation, which then cascades into other difficulties. In contrast, this cascading flow can get interrupted, resulting in ontogenetic discontinuity whereby substance use and other risky behaviors during adolescence are more the result of developmentally proximal individual and contextual characteristics than distal ones. This discontinuity can reflect either a temporary developmental disturbance or a turning point, a permanent change in course. Substance use is intertwined with the many developmental changes of adolescence, providing some developmentally functional experiences while posing serious risks to health and well-being that can reverberate into adulthood.
A History of Human Neuropsychology in the United Kingdom
Authors: Collins Alan F.
Published: July 2016

This chapter traces the history of human neuropsychology in the United Kingdom, particularly developments in the twentieth century. It considers five factors that contributed to the emergence of neuropsychology in twentieth-century Britain: a set of beliefs, concepts, and debates about the relations between brain structure and function; increasing specialization and professionalization of both science and medicine; sites where brain-behavior relations could be explored; the role of personal networks and elites; and introduction of technologies for analyzing the brain and psychological qualities. It discusses the stagnation of neuropsychology in Britain during the period 1900–1939 and how the discipline’s promise was sustained until its fuller development after World War II, in part due to the creation of the National Health Service (NHS). Finally, it explains how neuropsychology has become separated from areas such as neurology and became firmly established as an academic subdiscipline and an element of clinical practice in Britain.
The Gatekeeping of Political Messages
Authors: Shoemaker Pamela
Published: July 2016

Simply put, gatekeeping involves deciding which messages to send to others and how to shape them. Billions of events occur each day, many with political ramifications, but there are more events than the news media can cover or even know about. Political information competes with all other topics to pass through source and media gates. Politicians create forces that constrain or facilitate this passage, but making it through one gate is usually not sufficient. Multiple gates in source, media, and audience channels winnow messages until we have those few that become television news stories or blog posts. To explain this process, gatekeeping theory was proposed in the late 1940s by Kurt Lewin; it is one of the older theories applied to the study of mass communication.
The Spatial Expansion of Language in Sound Poetry of Western and Eastern Europe
Authors: Szkárosi Endre
Published: July 2016

This chapter offers an analysis of the process in which Hungarian poetry “takes back” (recuperates) the vocal and sonic dimensions of language in the second half of the twentieth century. Together with its actional parallels and consequences, this progress implicates a powerful functionalization of the performativity in poetry, which, for various reasons, was neglected in historical avant-garde poetry in Hungary. New avant-garde and experimental waves in art and influences of radical pop music were much more productive in this sense from the 1960s on, and several inspirations of Western cultural trends helped to form a particular underground scene, mainly in the 1980s. Contextualizing these phenomena, the author makes a comparative study of the main tendencies of the given period on such a field in Euro-American sound poetry experimentations (Futurism, Dada, Fluxus), while highlighting some outstanding works of Hungarian poets and groups, such as Tibor Papp, Katalin Ladik, and Konnektor.
Seeing Sound, Hearing the Body
Authors: Cook Nicholas
Published: July 2016

This chapter argues that visual and embodied dimensions of performance are integral to the experience of live music. The author describes this as the “old multimedia,” since the principles of intermedial alignment and meaning production in performance are in essence the same as in the “new multimedia” that forms the dominant mode of music consumption in the twenty-first century. The chapter largely consists of an extended case study based on two filmed performances by Glenn Gould of the first movement of Anton Webern’sPiano Variations, Op. 27. It addresses the role in Gould’s interpretations of hand lifts, body sway, and other physical gestures; the way in which his interpretation changed over time, as evidenced not only by these filmed performances but also by his audio recordings; the differences between interpretations designed for film and for sound recording; and what all this implies about the relationship between composer and performer.
Deindividuation
Authors: Spears Russell
Published: July 2016

Deindividuation is among the classic phenomena researched by the early pioneers of social psychology. Building on the theorizing of LeBon (1895/1985), deindividuation provided an explanation for aggression in the crowd, a concern as relevant today as it was in the previous two centuries. The theory predicts that behavior becomes more antinormative and aggressive under conditions of anonymity, associated with group immersion, and that this occurs because of reduced self-awareness and deregulated behavior. However, close scrutiny of the deindividuation literature provides scant evidence for the deindividuation process. Revisiting the primary literature reveals at best mixed support for the original claims and many contradictions, often belied by accounts in secondary sources and textbooks. Reformulation and refinement of the theory has not helped. I present a reinterpretation, in terms of social influence by group norms, in line with social identity principles, supported by experimental evidence and a meta-analysis of the original deindividuation literature.
Contemporary Religions in Brazil
Authors: Schmidt Bettina E.
Published: July 2016

This essay gives an overview of the religious landscape of Brazil as well as studies about religions in Brazil. Starting with the situation of Christian denominations in Brazil the essay discusses vernacular religions such as Spiritism and Afro-Brazilian religions such as Candomblé and Umbanda, religions that have arrived in Brazil by immigrants such as Buddhism, Islam and Judaism, and indigenous religions such as the religion of the Guaraní. The text highlights how social and political changes have impacted on religions in Brazil. Each section refers to selected publications representing the range of studies about these religions undertaken by scholars in Brazil and abroad.
Jesuit Theater and Drama
Authors: Wetmore Kevin J.
Published: July 2016

The historic Jesuit theater represents two centuries of didactic theater in which the Society of Jesus, following both the organizational instructions and Spiritual Exercises of founder Ignatius of Loyola, used theater to inculcate virtue in both performer and audience member while teaching Latin, dance, poise, rhetoric, oratory, and confidence to the students who performed. Jesuit spirituality is inherently theatrical, and conversely Jesuit theater was intended to also be highly spiritual. The dramaturgy and scenography was spectacular and designed to draw audiences who would delight in them and learn the moral lessons the Jesuits hoped to teach while simultaneously drawing them away from a corrupt public theater. This essay considers Jesuit drama and theater in four key aspects: (1) Jesuit spirituality and performative practice; (2) the historic Jesuit educational theater of early modern Europe; (3) Jesuit drama in the missions outside of Europe; and (4) contemporary Jesuits involved in theater.
The Effects of Administrative Segregation
Authors: Gendreau Paul , Labrecque Ryan M.
Published: July 2016

This essay considers debate over the extent to which some inmates should be isolated from others within prison, the impact of isolation on psychological well-being during confinement, and the implications for supermax prisons with 23-hour lockdown. The need for administrative segregation and solitary confinement is assessed in the context of improving the safety of individual inmates as well as preventing collective violence. These ideas are contrasted with the downside of isolation, including the possibility of compounding problems with existing mental illnesses, the development of “new” psychological problems during confinement, increased demands for psychological and psychiatric resources, and the problems posed for successful re-entry. However, contrary to some scholarly discourses, evidence to date suggests that administrative segregation does not produce dramatic negative psychological effects unless extreme conditions apply.
Theories of Mass Incarceration
Authors: Frost Natasha A. , Clear Todd R.
Published: July 2016

This essay focuses in greater detail on sources of the massive increase in US prison admissions in the late 20th century. It argues that subtle, and not so subtle, shifts in policy and practice lead to changes in the way people approach crime prevention and control, and those shifts ultimately explain changing rates of incarceration. Elsewhere, these dynamics have been referred to as the “iron law” of prison populations. Explaining increases (or decreases) in prison populations is fairly straightforward-it is invariably a question of policies that drive prison populations up or down. Explaining what led to those policies, how they came to exist, and why they were deemed necessary is much more complicated. The recent downturn in incarceration rates is also considered within this framework.
Toward a Rational Model of Depression Treatment
Authors: Forand Nicholas , Richards David A. , Huibers Marcus J.H. , Bockting Claudi L.H.
Published: July 2016

Depression is a heterogeneous condition with significant variations in both course and response to treatment. The diverse needs of depressed individuals suggest that treatment should be organized systematically, with multiple efficacious treatment modalities such as psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy available and delivered in a manner and sequence consistent with the best available evidence. Moreover, these systems must be cost-conscious, implementable in regular practice, and accessible to those who require treatment. We term such structures “rational” systems of care. In this chapter, we provide a review of essential components of a rational system, including (1) identifying individuals in need of services, (2) selecting treatment(s), (3) monitoring response and supporting clinical decisions, (4) adapting treatment strategies, (5) maintaining the treatment response, and (6) maximizing access. Case examples of national efforts to implement systems of depression care are provided and discussed, followed by a review of implementation and research issues.
Maxwell electromagnetism as an emergent phenomenon in condensed matter
Authors: Rehn J. , Moessner R.
Published: July 2016

The formulation of a complete theory of classical electromagnetism by Maxwell is one of the milestones of science. The capacity of many-body systems to provide emergent mini-universes with vacua quite distinct from the one we inhabit was only recognized much later. Here, we provide an account of how simple systems of localized spins manage to emulate Maxwell electromagnetism in their low-energy behaviour. They are much less constrained by symmetry considerations than the relativistically invariant electromagnetic vacuum, as their substrate provides a non-relativistic background with even translational invariance broken. They can exhibit rich behaviour not encountered in conventional electromagnetism. This includes the existence of magnetic monopole excitations arising from fractionalization of magnetic dipoles; as well as the capacity of disorder, by generating defects on the lattice scale, to produce novel physics, as exemplified by topological spin glassiness or random Coulomb magnetism.

This article is part of the themed issue ‘Unifying physics and technology in light of Maxwell's equations’.
Distal axotomy enhances retrograde presynaptic excitability onto injured pyramidal neurons via trans-synaptic signaling
Authors: Nagendran Tharkika , Larsen Rylan S. , Bigler Rebecca L. , Frost Shawn B. , Philpot Benjamin D. , Nudo Randolph J. , Taylor Anne Marion
Published: July 2016

Injury of CNS nerve tracts remodels circuitry through dendritic spine loss and hyper-excitability, thus influencing recovery. Due to the complexity of the CNS, a mechanistic understanding of injury-induced synaptic remodeling remains unclear. Using microfluidic chambers to separate and injure distal axons, we show that axotomy causes retrograde dendritic spine loss at directly injured pyramidal neurons followed by retrograde presynaptic hyper-excitability. These remodeling events require activity at the site of injury, axon-to-soma signaling, and transcription. Similarly, directly injured corticospinal neuronsin vivoalso exhibit a specific increase in spiking following axon injury. Axotomy-induced hyper-excitability of cultured neurons coincides with elimination of inhibitory inputs onto injured neurons, including those formed onto dendritic spines.Netrin-1downregulation occurs following axon injury and exogenous netrin-1 applied after injury normalizes spine density, presynaptic excitability, and inhibitory inputs at injured neurons. Our findings show that intrinsic signaling within damaged neurons regulates synaptic remodeling and involves netrin-1 signaling.
Mechanisms of self-assembly and fibrillization of the prion-like domains
Authors: Lu Yimei , Lim Liangzhong , Tan Yanming , Wang Lu , Song Jianxing
Published: July 2016

The mechanism of the self-assembly and fibrillization of the prion-like domains lies at the heart of their physiology and pathology. Here with the same methods previously established, we aimed to further decipher the mechanism by characterizing two prion-like sequences with the electrostatic properties very different from that of the full-length TDP-43 prion-like domain with a very basic pI value: namely the C-half of the TDP-43 prion-like domain only abundant in Gly, Ser, Asn and Gln with a pI of ~6.3, and the FUS prion-like domain enriched with Gly, Ser, Gln and Tyr with a pI of ~3.5. Interestingly, the C-half with the TDP-43 unique hydrophobic region removed is no longer able to form insoluble aggregates/fibrils but still capable of self-assembling into the reversible hydrogel with cross-β structures, despite being much slower than the full-length. On the other hand, the FUS prion-like domain rapidly self-assembles into the reversible hydrogel with cross-β fibrillar structures in 1 mM phosphate buffer at pH 6.8 but its self-assembly becomes very slow in 50 mM MES buffer at pH 5.5. Our study reveals that despite having completely different electrostatic properties, the full-length and C-half of the TDP-43 prion-like domain, as well as FUS prion-like domain all have the similar pH-dependence in self-assembly as we previously reported (Lim et al., [2016] PLOS Biol 14:e1002338). This unambiguously indicates that the self-assembly of the prion-like domains is not generally governed by the electrostatic interaction. Rather, their self-assembly and fibrillization are specified by the sequences despite being highly polar and degenerative. Furthermore, our study provides the first evidence that the formation of reversible hydrogel with cross-β structures is separable from fibrillization of the prion-like domain. Finally, our results also successfully reconcile the previous discrepancy about the conformation and mechanism of the self-assembly of the FUS prion-like domain.
Mosaic Mutations in Blood DNA Sequence Are Associated with Solid Tumor Cancers
Authors: Artomov Mykyta , Rivas Manuel A. , Genovese Giulio , Daly Mark J.
Published: July 2016

Recent findings in understanding the causal role of blood-detectable somatic protein-truncating DNA variants in leukemia prompt questions about generalizability of such observations for other cancer types. We used exome sequencing to compare 22 different cancer phenotypes from TCGA data (~8,000 samples) with more than 6,000 controls using a case-control study design and demonstrate that mosaic protein truncating variants in these genes are also associated with solid-tumor cancers. We analyzed tumor DNA samples from TCGA and observed that the cancer-associated mosaic variants are absent from the tumors.

Through analysis of different cancer phenotypes we observe gene-specificity for mosaic mutations. PPM1D in previous reports has been linked to breast and ovarian cancer, which our analysis confirms as a specifically associated to ovarian cancer. Additionally, glioblastoma, melanoma and lung cancers show gene specific burden of the mosaic protein truncating mutations. Taken together, these results extend existing observations broadly and link solid-tumor cancers to somatic blood DNA changes.
Laser-pump/X-ray-probe experiments with electrons ejected from a Cu(111) target: space-charge acceleration
Authors: Schiwietz G. , Kühn D. , Föhlisch A. , Holldack K. , Kachel T. , Pontius N.
Published: July 2016

A comprehensive investigation of the emission characteristics for electrons induced by X-rays of a few hundred eV at grazing-incidence angles on an atomically clean Cu(111) sample during laser excitation is presented. Electron energy spectra due to intense infrared laser irradiation are investigated at the BESSY II slicing facility. Furthermore, the influence of the corresponding high degree of target excitation (high peak current of photoemission) on the properties of Auger and photoelectrons liberated by a probe X-ray beam is investigated in time-resolved pump and probe measurements. Strong electron energy shifts have been found and assigned to space-charge acceleration. The variation of the shift with laser power and electron energy is investigated and discussed on the basis of experimental as well as new theoretical results.
Hard X-ray phase-contrast tomography of non-homogeneous specimens: grating interferometryversuspropagation-based imaging
Authors: Ruiz-Yaniz Maite , Zanette Irene , Sarapata Adrian , Birnbacher Lorenz , Marschner Mathias , Chabior Michael , Olbinado Margie , Pfeiffer Franz , Rack Alexander
Published: July 2016

X-ray phase-contrast imaging is an effective approach to drastically increase the contrast and sensitivity of microtomographic techniques. Numerous approaches to depict the real part of the complex-valued refractive index of a specimen are nowadays available. A comparative study using experimental data from grating-based interferometry and propagation-based phase contrast combined with single-distance phase retrieval applied to a non-homogeneous sample is presented (acquired at beamline ID19-ESRF). It is shown that grating-based interferometry can handle density gradients in a superior manner. The study underlines the complementarity of the two techniques for practical applications.
Utilizing broadband X-rays in a Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging experiment
Authors: Cha Wonsuk , Liu Wenjun , Harder Ross , Xu Ruqing , Fuoss Paul H. , Hruszkewycz Stephan O.
Published: July 2016

A method is presented to simplify Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging studies of complex heterogeneous crystalline materials with a two-stage screening/imaging process that utilizes polychromatic and monochromatic coherent X-rays and is compatible within situsample environments. Coherent white-beam diffraction is used to identify an individual crystal particle or grain that displays desired properties within a larger population. A three-dimensional reciprocal-space map suitable for diffraction imaging is then measured for the Bragg peak of interest using a monochromatic beam energy scan that requires no sample motion, thus simplifyingin situchamber design. This approach was demonstrated with Au nanoparticles and will enable, for example, individual grains in a polycrystalline material of specific orientation to be selected, then imaged in three dimensions while under load.
Crystal structure of bis(1-hexyl-N,N-dimethylpyridinium) bis(maleonitriledithiolato)nickelate(II)
Authors: Yu Shan-Shan , Zhang Hui
Published: July 2016

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, (C13H23N2)2[Ni(C4N2S2)2], consists of a 1-hexyl-N,N-dimethylpyridinium cation and one half of a [Ni(mnt)2]2−dianion (mnt2−= maleonitriledithiolate) in which the Ni2+cation lies on a crystallographic inversion centre. The square-planar coordination about Ni2+comprises four S atoms from two bidentate chelate mnt2−ligands [Ni—S = 2.1791 (9) and 2.1810 (8) Å, and S—Ni—S bite angle = 91.93 (3)°]. The hydrocarbon chains of cations showtrans-planar conformations and lie approximately parallel to the long molecular axis of the [Ni(mnt)2]2−anions, giving stacks along thecaxis. The anions and cations form layers lying parallel to thebcplane. Only weak C—H...Ni and C—H...π associations are present in the crystal packing.
Weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS and its application
Authors: Li Qian
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and rank the influence of internet public opinion of China’s Government work in 2015 by weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS.

Design/methodology/approach

– This disaggregation method includes four main steps, determine the vector of weights for the factors by analytic hierarchy process, calculate the matrix of consistent effect measure, determine the weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS, rank and evaluate the events.

Findings

– We get the ranking of internet public opinion of China’s Government work in 2015 by weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS. The result can be used for evaluating and ranking the influence of internet public opinion in China. The positive weighted absolute degree of grey incidence, the negative weighted absolute degree of grey incidence and the weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS have the same ranking results. The same ranking results show that the method of weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS has good consistency.

Practical implications

– The weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS can be easily used for other evaluation.

Originality/value

– The weighted absolute degree of grey incidence with TOPSIS is proposed and first used for evaluating and ranking the influence of internet public opinion of China’s Government work.
Smart supply chain management: a review and implications for future research
Authors: Wu Lifang , Yue Xiaohang , Jin Alan , Yen David C.
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– As traditional supply chains are increasingly becoming intelligent with more objects embedded with sensors and better communication, intelligent decision making and automation capabilities, the new smart supply chain presents unprecedented opportunities for achieving cost reduction and enhancing efficiency improvement. The purpose of this paper is to study and explore the currents status and remaining issues of smart supply chain management.

Design/methodology/approach

– A literature review is conducted to synthesize the earlier work in this area, and to conceptualize and discuss the smart supply chain characteristics. Further, the authors formulate and investigate five key research topics including information management, IT infrastructure, process automation, advanced analytics, and supply chain integration.

Findings

– Studies in those aforementioned subject fields are reviewed, categorized, and analyzed based on the review questions defined in the study. It is notable that while the topics of converging atoms with digits are increasingly attracting attention from researchers and practitioners alike, there are many more interesting research questions needing to be addressed.

Originality/value

– The paper provides original and relevant guidance for supply chain management researchers and practitioners on developing smart supply chains.
Closing the loop
Authors: O'Reilly Seamus , Kumar Anita
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– Increased economic development in emerging economies has spurred the growth of “fast fashion” and this in turn has led to not only an opportunity for recycling activity but also a need to do so from a sustainability perspective. The purpose of this paper is to consider the emergence of such recycling activity in a developing economy.

Design/methodology/approach

– A process flow approach guides identification of stakeholders and an analysis of reverse supply chain structure and processes. An adapted and extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model is employed to explore recycling behaviour at the household level.

Findings

– The authors find rather haphazard garment recycling channels in Delhi NCR. In particular product acquisition processes are characterised by poor value appropriation and provide a limited service to households. This is supported by the householder survey that finds poor satisfaction levels with most recycling channels. PLS path modelling tested hypotheses that each of the four constructs (attitudes, subjective norm, perceived control and sense of duty) are significant determinants of “intention to plan to recycle”. Having tested for various possible meditating effects, sense of duty was found to act as a precursor to attitude. In this model all other constructs were significant determinants of intention to recycle garments. Thus the study highlights the role of “sense of duty” in attitude formation, a key determinant of intention to recycle garments. This highlights the importance of adherence to sustainable practices and the need for associated governance and regulation. Subjective norm points to the impact of a range of people, including experts. While perceived control points to difficulties encountered both from a self-efficacy and external (opportunity) perspectives.

Practical implications

– The findings suggest that reverse supply chain design should address the limitations of the product acquisition process (especially poor value appropriation and limited collection services) and respond to household motivational factors and perceived difficulties.

Originality/value

– The study considers the impact of the garment product lifecycle on household behaviour. In this context the adapted TPB model addressed the role of conscious planning. The model is extended to include sense of duty, this contributes to emerging work in this field.
Teaching distribution planning: a problem-based learning approach
Authors: Grasas Alex , Ramalhinho Helena
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to present a problem-based learning (PBL) activity that uses a decision support system (DSS) to teach one of the most fundamental topics in distribution planning: vehicle routing.

Design/methodology/approach

– The authors describe their teaching experience in a logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) course. In the PBL activity proposed, students need to solve a typical vehicle routing case with no previous theoretical background taught. The paper is written as a teaching guide for other instructors, detailing how the activity may be carried out in class.

Findings

– The PBL activity involved students from the very beginning, challenging them to solve a rather complicated problem. Its acceptance was very positive according to the student feedback survey conducted after the activity. Only when struggling with the difficulties of the case proposed, did students really appreciate the potential value of a DSS for making better decisions. Moreover, this activity raised concerns about how DSSs must be adapted for implementation in every business scenario.

Originality/value

– Teaching logistics management goes beyond lecturing on elemental concepts and tools; it is also about applying this knowledge to manage things. Although several PBL initiatives have been reported to be successful in the field of LSCM, this one incorporates a web-based DSS. The main issue in PBL activities is finding authentic and representative problems to develop transferable skills, and currently most logistics problems are solved using DSS.
The impact of trunk route deployment changes on pollutant emissions in international container shipping after Panama Canal expansion
Authors: Tai Hui-Huang , Lin Dung-Ying
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The expansion of the Panama Canal that is completed in 2016 provides container carriers with new opportunities to redeploy global oceangoing trunk routes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the cargo sources and geographical locations of three trunk routes, the departure points of which are all in East Asia.

Design/methodology/approach

– The operating conditions of various shipping practices were used to simulate trunk route deployment after canal expansion. Subsequently, a clean-line strategy featuring liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a replacement for heavy oil is proposed to explore the effects that container carriers have on energy savings and emission reductions.

Findings

– The results showed that the unit emissions of ships traveling trunk routes in East Coast North America and East Coast South America did not differ significantly regardless of whether the container carrier employed a conventional method or the new deployment plan following the expansion of the Panama Canal. By contrast, the adoption of a new method for sailing through the canal yields significant emission reductions for Far East/Europe routes. In addition, the slow-steam strategy adopted by carriers and the more costly clean-line strategy of LNG-fueled ships are both effective when applied to trunk routes.

Originality/value

– The results of this study provide a reference to container carriers deploying route structures and the International Maritime Organization when promoting emission-reduction policies.
Leveraging logistics learning capability to enable logistics service capabilities and performance for international distribution center operators in Taiwan
Authors: Yang Ching-Chiao
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the impacts of logistics learning capability on logistics service capability and organizational performance in the context of international distribution center operators (IDCOs) in Taiwan.

Design/methodology/approach

– Data for this study were collected by questionnaire survey. A two-steps structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was performed in this study to test the research hypotheses. The first step is performing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the validity of the measurement model. The second step proceeds to estimate the structural model between latent variables.

Findings

– A five-dimension scale including open-mindedness (O), commitment to learning (C), system perspective (E), partner learning (A), and shared vision (N) was proposed in this study and was supported by CFA analysis to measure IDCOs’ logistics learning capability in this study. Results of SEM indicated that logistics learning capability is positively related to logistics service capability, whereas logistics service capability is also positively related to organizational performance. Although logistics learning capability has no direct relationship to organizational performance, we found it indirectly affects organizational performance via logistics service capability.

Research limitations/implications

– This study primarily focusses on the effect of logistics learning on organizational performance. Future research could incorporate environmental uncertainty as a moderator to assess its impact on the relationship between logistics learning capability and organizational performance.

Practical implications

– IDCOs can enhance customer service and financial performance by developing logistics learning capability and specifically focussing efforts on supply chain partner learning.

Originality/value

– This study presents the first to examine the effects of logistics learning capability on logistics service capability and organizational performance in the context of IDCOs. Particularly, this study proposes a five-dimension logistics learning capability scale from a supply chain perspective.
The use of an optimisation model to design a green supply chain
Authors: Chanchaichujit Janya , Saavedra-Rosas Jose , Quaddus Mohammed , West Martin
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to take the first step in solving environmental supply chain management issues. It proposes a green supply chain management (GSCM) model which would provide environmental benefits to the Thai rubber industry. To this end, a GSCM optimisation model was formulated, whereby the manufacturing processes of rubber products, along with their distribution and transportation, could be improved. The expected result is that total greenhouse gas emissions would be minimised and environmental performance maximised.

Design/methodology/approach

– Linear programming was chosen as the mathematical programming for investigation into the problem of finding the association of quantity of rubber product flow between the supply chain entities (farmer, trader group, and factory) and the transportation mode and route, with a view to minimise total greenhouse gas emissions.

Findings

– The results indicate that by using the proposed model, GHG emissions could be minimised to 1.08 tons of GHGs per ton of product.

Practical implications

– A GSCM model developed in this research can be used as a decision support tool for Thai rubber policy makers. This would allow them to better manage the Thai rubber industry to achieve environmental benefit.

Originality/value

– This research is among the first attempts to develop a GSCM model for the Thai rubber industry. It can contribute to providing a basis for a GSCM modelling framework, along with a formulation for research development in this area.
The impact of coping style, self-efficacy, emotional reaction and resilience on trauma related intrusive thoughts
Authors: McBride Hazel , Ireland Carol
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of coping style, self-efficacy, resilience and emotional reaction of trauma-related intrusions in young offenders.

Design/methodology/approach

– This is a quantitative study using questionnaires. The sample was 152 young offenders in custody who were approached in their residential hall. Upon agreeing to participate they were given 24 hours to complete the questionnaire pack and returned these to the researcher at a designated time and place.

Findings

– Over 90 per cent of the sample indicated at least one traumatic event; 33.6 per cent indicated eight or more. Number of traumatic events did not impact on self-efficacy, resilience or coping strategy used. The type of coping strategy did not significantly impact on emotional reaction to intrusions across trauma groups. Participants with higher self-efficacy demonstrated greater problem-focused coping and less emotional reaction to intrusions. Participants with greater resilience scores utilised more problem and emotion-focused coping and experienced less emotional reaction to their intrusions. Resilience was predicted by self-efficacy and emotional reaction to intrusions.

Practical implications

– Professionals working with young offenders with trauma-related intrusions should focus on building strengths in the areas of problem-focused coping, self-efficacy and resilience.

Originality/value

– This paper adds to the literature on trauma in male young offenders by looking at psychological factors which could be developed upon to improve ability to manage intrusive thoughts.
Asset integrity management: offshore installations challenges
Authors: Kusumawardhani Mayang , Kumar Rajesh , Tore Markeset
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges facing asset integrity management (AIM) practices in the oil and gas industry, in order to continually develop AIM practices in organisations. The focus is to investigate various challenges in fluctuating oil and gas market conditions, and how organisations can continuously ensure the safety and integrity of their offshore facilities.

Design/methodology/approach

– AIM challenges were identified by analysing data from literature study, guided interviews and web-based questionnaire with industrial experts in regions in North America, Southeast Asia and Norway. The results are validated through triangulation method with both quantitative and qualitative technique, as well as comparison with other studies.

Findings

– The paper identifies, analyses and validates the challenges and factors that may impact the management of asset integrity on offshore installations. The challenges were discussed to develop understanding of the root cause and thus aim to resolve underlying issues.

Research limitations/implications

– The paper focuses on offshore production installations with experts from organisations that have experience in Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Norway fields. The sample of respondents may not represent the entire population; however, the same approach and result can be used in similar topics and conditions.

Originality/value

– The identified challenges can be used by organisations to resolve underlying AIM challenges, improve their AIM strategy and obtain insights into current AIM practices in the petroleum industry.
The determinants of leasing decisions: an empirical analysis from Chinese listed SMEs
Authors: Li Tongxia , Karim Rahimie , Munir Qaiser
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of leasing decisions for a sample of China’s non-financial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Design/methodology/approach

– Pooled ordinary least squares and Tobit models are used to analyze five years of data (2009-2013) on the sample units, to find the determinants of leasing decisions after controlling for industry. In order to assess the robust of the results, the authors further apply instrumental variables methods.

Findings

– The results suggest that CEO ownership, tax rate, financial distress potential, and firm size are positively related to the operating lease share, whereas debt ratio, profitability, and tangibility are negatively linked to the operating lease share. In contrast, capital lease share increases with debt ratio, profitability, firm size, and strong corporate governance; it decreases with CEO ownership and financial distress potential.

Research limitations/implications

– Using a small sample might not be enough capture industry effects. Future research may gain more insights using sufficient sample and considering the types of leases as well as leased assets.

Practical implications

– This study offers evidences to the policy-makers who may adopt the practices to promote the development of leasing market. Furthermore, these results provide important implications to lessors in making operating strategy decisions and to potential lessees in making financing decisions.

Originality/value

– To the authors’ limited knowledge, this is the first study on leasing relies on publicly traded Chinese SMEs. The results of this study enrich the literature on the determinants of leasing in several ways.
Santa Claus Rally and firm size
Authors: Washer Kenneth M , Nippani Srinivas , Johnson Robert R
Published: July 2016

Purpose

– Several articles in the popular press have detailed an end-of-year anomaly known as the Santa Claus Rally, a period best defined as the last five trading days of December and the first two trading days of January. The purpose of this paper is to examine US stock market returns over this period from 1926 to 2014.

Design/methodology/approach

– The authors examine the Santa Claus Rally by relating it to firm size in the stock markets of the USA. The Santa Claus Rally consists of the last five trading days in December and the first two in January. The authors use t-tests, non-parametric test and regression analysis to determine if investors in small firms get superior returns over the period 1926-2014.

Findings

– The authors find that returns are generally higher during the period and that the effect is considerably stronger for small-firm portfolios relative to large capitalization portfolios. The authors also provide convincing evidence that the three most important trading days (especially for small stock portfolios) are the last trading day in December and the first two trading days in January.

Research limitations/implications

– The authors only check the markets in the USA. Market makers can use this to get significantly high returns during the Christmas-New Year period. The study shows for the first time that there is a size effect as part of the Santa Claus Rally.

Practical implications

– This is the first study to show that Santa Claus Rally exists for a long time in the USA. It is the first study to show that there is a size effect in Santa Claus Rally. Market participants could get significantly higher returns by investing or being invested in the stock market during this period.

Social implications

– The impact of the holiday season on stock market returns.

Originality/value

– This is the first major academic study to examine Santa Claus Rally in this much detail. The authors not only show that the rally exists, the authors show that it is based on firm size and has been in existence for nearly 90 years in the USA.