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Utilizing Chair Massage to Address One Woman’s Health in Rural Ghana West Africa: a Case Report
Authors: Meryanos, LMT, AAS Cathy J.
Published: January 2017

Background and Objectives: There is limited access to health care in rural Ghana and virtually no rehabilitative services available. This situation presents a unique opportunity to utilizechair massage in addressing women’s health in rural Ghana, particularly when it comes to muscle pain and fatigue from heavy labor. The objective of this case report is to determine the results of chair massage as a strategy to reduce neck, shoulder, and back pain, while increasing range of motion.Case Presentation: The patient is a 63-year old Ghanaian female, who was struck by a public transport van while carrying a 30–50 pound load on her head, two years prior. The accident resulted in a broken right humerus and soft tissue pain. A traditional medicine practitioner set the bone, however there was no post-accident rehabilitation available. At the time of referral, she presented complaints of shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain. In addition, she was unable to raise her right hand to hermouth for food intake.Results: The results of this case report include an increase in range of motion, as well as elimination of pain in the right shoulder, elbow, and hand. Visual assessments showed an approximate increase of ROM within the ranges of 45–65 degrees in the right arm, as well as 10–15 degrees in 4th and 5th fingers. There was also a decrease in muscle hypertonicity in the thoracic and cervical areas, and a profound increase in quality of life for the patient.Discussion: This case report illustrates how therapeutic chair massage was utilized to address a common health concern for one woman in rural Ghana. It also demonstrates that pre-existing musculoskeletal disorders and pain may be eliminated with massage intervention. Massage therapy may be important to ameliorating certain types of health problems in remote rural villages in low income countries.
Upcoming IJTMB Initiatives from the Interim Executive Editor
Authors: Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH Ann Blair
Published: January 2017

It is an honor and a privilege to be appointed the Interim Executive Editor for the IJTMB; I am lucky to have some initiatives that were already in development by the previous editorial team that I hope to bring to fruition over the next few months. First, I hope to increase the Journal’s Internet presence through social media to expand readership and encourage new submitters. The second initiative is a mentoring program to assist writers with their submissions to the Journal. Finally, I, and the rest of the editorial staff, will continue to evaluate the process, procedures, and forms used in peer review. I hope to move these initiatives forward and by doing so, bring in new readers, submitters, and reviewers to the Journal.
Optimal Estimation of Mass Partition in a Centrifugal Separator by Metallurgical Balance
Authors: Viana Siney
Published: January 2017

Mineral processing plants make use of several types of equipments for size separation (size classification) to segregate ore particles by size. A particular type of such equipments is the centrifugal separator, which is intended to receive an input stream of ore slurry to be partitioned into two output streams: a coarse and a fines one. The coarse stream contains most of the coarse solids particles of the slurry, whereas the fines stream contains most of the fine particles. Although a centrifugal separator intends to perform a physical segregation of the solids particles by their size, a chemical segregation also results, in such a way that the chemical content of the coarse and the fines streams are normally different from the content of the input stream. When evaluating the performance of the separation process, three fundamental aspects should be analyzed: 1) the size distribution of the solids particles in each stream; 2) the amount of solids mass from the input stream that goes to the coarse stream and to the fines stream, that is, the mass partition; and 3) the chemical content of each stream. This work presents the application of the Least Squares method of optimization to calculate the mass partition, based on the measured chemical content of the streams, and on the metallurgical balance equations of the separation process.
Questions sur l’oral : médium, syntaxe, genre
Authors: Cappeau Paul
Published: January 2017

L’article aborde plusieurs points qui font l’objet de discussions ou d’interrogations récurrentes sur les questions d’oral. Tout d’abord, la frontière entre oral et écrit semble mise à mal avec des formes nouvelles et des lieux d’écriture (sms, tchats, forums). Or des travaux comme ceux de P. Koch et W. Œsterreicher (2001) apportent des outils de réflexion qui aident à mieux poser les différences. Ensuite, il convient d’observer la diversité des liens syntaxiques que la langue parlée exploite. À côté de marqueurs grammaticaux que l’on trouve tant à l’oral qu’à l’écrit, cette langue parlée recourt notamment à des liens de juxtaposition qui peuvent donner, à tort, l’impression que la syntaxe est absente ; l’analyse en termes de macrosyntaxe (Blanche-Benveniste 2010) aide à mieux comprendre l’organisation des énoncés. Enfin, la perspective des genres permet de sortir de l’opposition réductrice entre oral et écrit. Les genres requièrent, pour partie, un matériau grammatical spécifique. Il importe donc d’être sensibilisé à cet aspect pour pouvoir mieux observer et appréhender certains usages de la langue parlée. Des exemples variés empruntés à diverses sources (médias, corpus de Poitiers, corpus MPF) servent à préciser et illustrer les points traités.
Jus soli, jus sanguinis , principes complémentaires et consubstantiels de la tradition républicaine
Authors: Slama Serge
Published: January 2017

Les partisans d’une réforme du droit de la nationalité française visant à limiter l’automaticité du droit du sol au bénéfice des enfants nés en France de parents étrangers s’appuient souvent sur l’argument selon lequel le jus soli n’aurait pas dans l’histoire de la nationalité la même place ou la même importance que le jus sanguinis . Or l’examen attentif des textes et des débats parlementaires montre qu’il n’en est rien.
La naturalisation acte ou vecteur d’intégration ?
Authors: Zalc Claire
Published: January 2017

Naturalisation et intégration semblent bien souvent liées dans les débats politiques et philosophiques. Les uns défendent l’idée que la naturalisation vient sanctionner le parcours d’un immigrant « intégré », d’autres défendent la thèse selon laquelle la naturalisation, par elle-même, est vectrice d’intégration en donnant accès à un ensemble de droits. Ce débat oppose deux conceptions de la nationalité : d’un côté, une « faveur » qui se « mérite » ; de l’autre, un droit réducteur d’inégalités. Cet article propose de revenir sur la mise en place des termes de ce débat dans la France du premier xx e  siècle, pour discuter la pertinence de cette alliance sémantique et conceptuelle. Et s’il valait mieux considérer la nationalité comme un statut ?
L’apatridie
Authors: Decaux Emmanuel
Published: January 2017

L’apatridie qui prive une personne de son « droit à une nationalité » est tout à la fois une conséquence technique, découlant des entrelacs du droit international privé, et un phénomène politique, traduisant des politiques discriminatoires, qui touchent principalement aujourd’hui les femmes et les enfants. Malgré les efforts de la Société des Nations puis des Nations unies, les normes juridiques visant la prévention et la réduction des cas d’apatridie sont insuffisantes et les impératifs humanitaires de protection restent une priorité dans un monde en pleine crise migratoire.
Enfant de la parole, quel est ton sujet ?
Authors: Pellé Arlette
Published: January 2017

« La parole de l’enfant n’est ni à réprimer ni à respecter, elle est avant tout à construire dans le rapport à l’Autre. Elle se fabrique avec les processus d’humanisation, qui la précèdent, langage, culture, éthique et la parole qu’il reçoit de son entourage familial couplée au maternage. L’auteur rappelle ainsi que l’entrée dans le langage chez l’enfant se soutient d’une place symbolique qui lui préexiste. Et d’abord par les quatre signifiants que sont sa date de naissance, son sexe, son nom patronymique et son prénom. L’auteur explique alors logiquement comment l’enfant placé est confronté à une déchirure du tissu symbolique, souvent plus éclaté et troué que de coutume ; celle qui s’occupe de lui, rémunérée pour le faire, est autre que la famille dont il porte ses signifiants de base. Comment retisser ce lieu fragmenté ? Comment utiliser ses ressources propres en internalisant ce qui vient du dehors de manière à ce que : « Actif, il puisse le redevenir en étant assuré d’un lieu d’ancrage symbolique, pour progressivement devenir responsable d’une parole qui l’engage » ?
L’enfant est-il le client de l’avocat ?
Authors: Brault Catherine , Le Calvez Annie , Kurpis Laura , Delpeyrou Marie-Christine
Published: January 2017

Il est d’abord fait cas dans cet article d’exemples de traitement judiciaire concernant trois enfants placés. Dans chacune de ces situations, la parole de l’enfant paraît soit exagérément prise en compte, soit ignorée pour de multiples causes : la mère se défend avec un avocat, pas la famille d’accueil ou l’enfant, le magistrat prend des mesures lourdes qui ballotent l’enfant d’un lieu à l’autre… Puis Catherine Brault répond à ces trois cas en précisant que l’enfant est le client de l’avocat, que des procédures légales permettent tout à fait cette pratique encore rare, faisant l’objet d’une prise en charge financière dans certains tribunaux. L’avocat d’enfants se place alors en défenseur de la parole de l’enfant, quelle que soit cette parole.
Ça parle dans les familles
Authors: Krencker Antonella , Lévy Noëlle , Leydier Nicole
Published: January 2017

Plusieurs formes de vignettes sont ici rapportées, toutes dans un accent de sincérité qui ne fait aucun doute. D’abord des situations écrites du côté de l’enfant qui transcrit sa vérité des faits et sera mal entendu par ses parents et proches. Ensuite, des mots et expressions d’enfants placés délicieux de vérité. Enfin, trois vignettes cliniques montrant l’impasse dans laquelle les assistantes familiales sont souvent prises lorsqu’il faut rendre compte de la parole de l’enfant devant une institution, judiciaire ou non.
Une expérience d’atelier ludique et d’expression avec des enfants placés en institution à Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Altoé Sônia Elisabete , Oliveira Souza Fernanda Hermínia , Borsoi Tatiana , Martins da Luz Denise
Published: January 2017

Ce travail évoque l’orientation théorique d’un atelier ludique et d’expression avec des enfants faisant l’objet d’une mesure de protection de l’enfance et vivant en centre d’accueil municipal. Il a été réalisé par le spa/uerj, par une professeure et ses étudiantes, depuis 2012. L’atelier vise à offrir un lieu d’accueil pour les enfants, leurs angoisses, leurs tristesses, leurs conflits et agressivité, en cherchant à favoriser la capacité de jouer et de réaliser leur expérience créative. Il est organisé à partir de l’expression et de l’imagination des enfants. Ceux-ci peuvent parler, dessiner, jouer à leur rythme et suivant leurs choix.
L’effet de l’écoute dans un contexte éducatif. Petite histoire d’un jeune en situation de décrochage scolaire
Authors: Gilbert Geneviève
Published: January 2017

Il s’agit d’une courte vignette et pourtant captivante puisqu’elle permet de souligner comment une phrase répondue par un jeune en difficulté scolaire à une question posée par un professionnel et entendue au sens psychanalytique du mot par ce même professionnel a permis à ce jeune de découvrir peu à peu ce qui pourrait être son désir de professionnel. En l’occurrence, la réponse du jeune était de l’ordre de la subjectivité de ce qu’il vivait et fut entendue comme telle, d’où cette possibilité par la suite de passer à autre chose de quoi faire avec sa vie.
Au seuil de la féminité
Authors: Perrève Clotilde
Published: January 2017

Si la question du féminin se pose à l’adolescence sous la forme d’un redéploiement d’une bisexualité infantile dans le corps de chair, elle pose problème dès qu’il s’agit de l’altérité (particulièrement pour les jeunes filles). La rencontre de l’autre, de sexe différent, autour de jeux sexuels qualifiés de « préliminaires » par les adolescentes, laisse certaines d’entre elles interdites, au seuil de la féminité. L’involution qui va suivre est parfois marquée par une régression massive. Revisiter avec elles, en séance, leur relation à la mère des premiers temps nous permettra de déplacer la question de l’altérité dans le lieu de l’Autre qui, à travers la mère et la femme, est aussi le lieu du féminin. L’auteur s’appuiera sur les séances dites « préliminaires » avec une jeune adolescente boulimique pour montrer comment celle-ci est venue interroger le féminin en elle, autour d’une expérience sexuelle qu’elle qualifie de « préliminaire » et qui apparaîtra de façon traumatique dans sa vie.
Critical Thinking as a Leadership Attribute
Authors: Werner Stacy H. , Bleich Michael R.
Published: January 2017

Leaders are tasked with making decisions that have substantial impact on an organization's well-being. Decision making requires critical thinking and requisite action taking. The nature of critical thinking and how professional development educators can strengthen this attribute are presented.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2017;48(1):9–11.
A Newly Licensed Nurse Orientation Program Evaluation: Focus on Outcomes
Authors: Phoenix Bittner Nancy , Gravlin Gayle , MacDonald Claire , Bourgeois Darlene
Published: January 2017

The aim of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of a redesigned newly licensed nurse orientation program. A unique aspect of this program was an end-of-orientation simulated four-patient assignment that was designed to assess five categories of critical thinking: prioritization and delegation, problem recognition, clinical decision making, clinical implementation, and reflection. Newly licensed nurses' critical thinking was measured by the Advisory Board's Critical Thinking Diagnostic tool at 10 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months. Findings showed that in all five categories of critical thinking, a significant increase was found between the 10-week and 6-month evaluation. Two of the categories—prioritization and delegation, and problem recognition—were found to have a significant increase from the 6-month evaluation to the 12-month evaluation. In addition, newly licensed nurses reported improvement in their confidence and in their preparation to work independently.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2017;48(1):22–28.
Development of Nurses' Professional Competence Early in Their Career: A Longitudinal Study
Authors: Numminen Olivia , Leino-Kilpi Helena , Isoaho Hannu , Meretoja Riitta
Published: January 2017

Background:

Research on newly graduated nurses' competence development and associated factors is relatively scarce.

Method:

Data for this longitudinal, descriptive, correlation study were collected during 2012–2014 from 318 Finnish nurses to explore their competence development during the first 3 years after graduation and to estimate the extent to which given work-related factors predicted change in competence. Data were analyzed using NCSS 10 statistical software.

Results:

Nurses' initially fairly high level of competence showed an increase in the third year, as measured by the Nurse Competence Scale. Empowerment increased minimally, whereas perceptions of practice environment, ethical climate, and occupational commitment decreased. Willingness to leave the profession and dissatisfaction with current job and nursing profession increased. Empowerment, satisfaction with current job and quality of care, time from graduation, and work experience explained 25.6% of the change in competence.

Conclusion:

Competence development was modest but increasing. Willingness to leave the profession was concerning. Factors enhancing or preventing competence development need further studying and developing proactive interventions.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2017;48(1):29–39.
Using the Teach-Back Method in Patient Education to Improve Patient Satisfaction
Authors: Centrella-Nigro Andrea M. , Alexander Catherine
Published: January 2017

Background:

This quasi-experimental research study used two similar nursing units to test the effects of teach back on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores.

Method:

A pretest–posttest design tested 24 nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about teach back. Education specialists provided a 1-hour teaching session on teach back to all nurses in the intervention unit.

Results:

A significant improvement in knowledge scores in the pretest–posttest was found using paired
t
tests (
p
= .002). Qualitative analysis of nurses' comments demonstrated strong support for teach back in the post-test. The HCAHPS scores were not significantly improved in the intervention unit when compared with the control unit.

Conclusion:

More research needs to be conducted to determine the effectiveness of teach back on HCAHPS scores.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2017;48(1):47–52.
El papel del microrrelato en el futuro de la Narratología
Authors: Cepedello Moreno M.ª Paz
Published: January 2017

El objetivo de este trabajo es profundizar en la reflexión iniciada por varios teóricos sobre el lugar que ocupa el microrrelato como práctica narrativa en nuestros días. Para llevar a cabo este propósito se partirá de las consideraciones genéricas que se han hecho sobre este tipo de relatos para, seguidamente, revisar sus rasgos esenciales asociados al contexto ideológico de la Posmodernidad. Este dibujo sentará las bases para repensar no solo el papel que el microrrelato desempeña en el panorama narrativo actual, sino el que puede desempeñar en los nuevos estudios narratológicos. En este sentido, se atenderá al carácter fractal de las minificciones para extraer conclusiones generales sobre los procesos de escritura y lectura literaria.
Enabling a Freely Accessible Open Source Remotely Controlled Robotic Articulator with a Neuro-Inspired Control Algorithm
Authors: Vijayan Asha , Nutakki Chaitanya , Kumar Dhanush , Achuthan Krishnashree , Nair Bipin , Diwakar Shyam
Published: January 2017

Internet-enabled technologies for robotics education are gaining importance as online platforms promoting skill training.  Understanding the use and design of robotics are now introduced at university undergraduate levels, but in developing economies establishing usable hardware and software platforms face several challenges like cost, equipment etc. Remote labs help providing alternatives to some of the challenges. We developed an online laboratory for bioinspired robotics using a low-cost 6 degree-of-freedom robotic articulator with a neuro-inspired controller. Cerebellum-inspired neural network algorithm approximates forward and inverse kinematics for movement coordination. With over 210000 registered users, the remote lab has been perceived as an interactive online learning tool and a practice platform. Direct feedback from 60 students and 100 university teachers indicated that the remote laboratory motivated self-organized learning and was useful as teaching material to aid robotics skill education.
Hands-on Learning Activity Using an Apparatus for Transient Phenomena in RC Circuit Based on Arduino UNO R3-LINX-Labview
Authors: Suwondo Nanang , Sulisworo Dwi
Published: January 2017

Integrating student-centered learning strategy and technology utilization will improve learning performance. Hands-on learning strategy will reduce the misconception and also engage student learning on certain theory or concepts. Both are the reason of this study. The aim of this study is to develop the learning apparatus based on ALL (Arduino UNO R3-LINX-LabView). The observed case is on transient phenomena in RC circuit through real time current and voltage wave chart characteristic of charging and discharging capacitor. It is controlled on semi-automatic. The result showed that this apparatus has a good opportunity to be used on physics learning. On the next study this apparatus will be used on certain learning strategy to find its effect to the student learning performance.
Les motivations dans l’usage pathologique des jeux vidéo : théories et thérapie
Authors: Taquet Pierre
Published: January 2017

Le jeu vidéo est devenu au cours des dernières décennies un loisir majeur dans notre société. Pour certains joueurs, la pratique du jeu vidéo devient pathologique. Cet article aborde les théories de la motivation qui viennent éclairer la notion d’engagement dans l’usage des jeux vidéo. Il s’agit de la théorie des usages et gratifications [Katz, Blumler, & Gurevitch, 1973 ; Rosengren, 1974], de la théorie du flow [Csíkszentmihályi, 1990] et de la théorie de l’autodétermination [Deci & Ryan, 1985]. Les motivations à jouer de Yee (2006) sont également évoquées. Ces mêmes approches motivationnelles nous renseignent aussi sur l’usage pathologique des jeux vidéo. Au regard des données actuelles concernant les motivations à jouer aux jeux vidéo, des pistes thérapeutiques pour la prise en charge des joueurs excessifs de jeux vidéo sont proposées.
Traditional Italian Food Products on the Chinese Market
Authors: Tongiani Maria Giovanna , Zhao Sheng
Published: January 2017

This work focuses attention on the area of a specific sector consisting of Italian small and medium enterprises that market traditional Italian products. A questionnaire submitted to a group of Chinese consumers provides their definition of a traditional product and, in particular, gives their positive opinion on traditional Italian food products, whose “reliability” and “health” content they acknowledge as fundamental attribute perceptions, together with the importance of an agreeable “taste”. The study stresses the strategic importance for small and medium Italian enterprises offering traditional Italian food products to adopt more appropriate marketing techniques and practices which take into account the indications emerging from the survey for developing the Chinese market.
Regression Analysis for Environmental Practices
Authors: Malek Nurul Aida Abdul , Takala Josu A.
Published: January 2017

The aim of this research is to shed light on establishing a successful integration of environmental practices among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The purpose is to develop a better understanding of what drives SME participation into potential environmental practices within a context in Finland. Specific objectives are to: 1) assess the willingness to participate (WTP) among Finnish SMEs based on four drivers - financial performance, internal readiness, supplier pressure and governmental regulations; 2) separate respondents into demographical subgroups based on their WTP; and 3) determine features that characterize Finnish SMEs which are WTP based from the studied sample.
Insurance as an Optimization Tool for Risk Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Authors: Ivančević Katarina
Published: January 2017

The SME risk management optimization model includes appropriate methods for identification, analysis and classification of risk assessment and developing a plan to overcome the risks and control the applied reaction to risk. Insurance is a classic way of a risk management process and is applicable to specific situations. The subject of this study is exposure and risk management in small and medium-sized enterprises (hereafter: SMEs) which are eligible for transfer of insurance coverage. This paper discusses the process of risk management in SMEs by transfer to insurance and indicates which risks and in what way can be transferred to the insurer. In this paper we analyze the supply of domestic insurers in Serbia, and insurance requirements, variants that offer coverage to overcome the particular risks to which SMEs are exposed. In the elaboration and research of mentioned theses the paper will use methodological procedures of analysis and synthesis, the inductive-deductive method, and if necessary, the comparative method of scientific research.
4PL Intermediation
Authors: Fattam Nejib , Paché Gilles
Published: January 2017

The 2000s have seen the increased development of a different type of logistics service providers known as fourth party logistics (4PL) service providers. Those providers are now very involved in the short-term “transient” logistics needed by large retailers to organize the supply chain for some of their promotional activities that only last few days, or NGO to organize efficient relief operations after a disaster. Hence, 4PL firms can be considered dynamic assemblers of logistical resources they capture from partners in order to satisfy clients. A major criterion required for a successful 4PL intermediation is trust, as key element of social capital, and this chapter discusses the importance of trust in the efficient operations of this transient or ad hoc relationship between the 4PL and the client.
Textile and Clothing Exporting Firms' Evaluation of LSPs' Capabilities and Logistics Outsourcing Performance
Authors: El Meladi Yasmine , Glavee-Geo Richard , Buvik Arnt
Published: January 2017

Using resource-based view (RBV) as the main theoretical framework, this chapter examines the impact of logistics service providers' capabilities on logistics outsourcing performance from the perspective of textile and clothing exporting companies in Egypt. The study focuses on three resource capabilities acquired by logistics service providers (flexibility, expertise, and innovativeness) in a specific LSP-Client outsourcing relationship. The study identified flexibility and expertise as strong drivers of logistics outsourcing performance. No support was found for LSPs innovativeness as a driver of outsourcing performance. This may be because of the standardized logistics services provided by LSPs to exporters in the textile and clothing industry, which requires less service innovation within the empirical setting. Implications of the study for management are highlighted along with suggestions for further studies.
The Roles of Logistics Service Providers and Supply Chain Integration in Global Supply Chain
Authors: Kasemsap Kijpokin
Published: January 2017

This chapter explains the overview of logistics service providers (LSPs); LSPs' competitive advantage and logistics performance; LSPs, city logistics, and freight distribution in megacities; LSPs and cloud computing utilization; LSPs, green supply chain, and environmental sustainability; the prospect of supply chain integration (SCI); and the important aspects of SCI in global supply chain. LSPs can share responsibility for managing global supply chain, keeping stores properly stocked, and delivering the perfect order every time. Carriers and logistics intermediary perform more roles than what people think they do, because network connection and the ambition to remain competitive make them to take up value-added services. SCI is a network of businesses and contractors that provide raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, and retailing services. Through SCI, operating flexibility and tight inventory management lead to a lower cost structure, which results in higher profit margins.
An Overview of Feeder Services in the Era of Mega Containerships
Authors: Polat Olcay
Published: January 2017

In the era of mega containerships, global containership liners design their transportation service as Hub-and-Spoke networks to improve the access to local transportation markets and to reduce operational costs by using short-sea connections for low-volume transportation lines. Feeder services play an irreplaceable role as logistics service provider in global shipping because of considerable benefits resulting from an increased port range, elimination of port restrictions, small sized ships with increased service frequency, the use of mega containerships, savings in network cost, and decreased inland traffic and air-pollution. In addition to main advantages of feeder service, efficient distribution of containers to faraway regions through feeder services out of the main line regions could subsist in a worldwide market. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the role of feeder services in liner shipping and provide information about major challenges that feeder service providers face in planning their logistics networks in the era of mega containerships.
Social Impact in Consumer Behaviour-Consumer Boycotts as a Consumerism Activity
Authors: Yener Dursun
Published: January 2017

Consumerism is not a new concept for marketing, but its importance is growing in the recent years. Researchers have studied the phenomenon of consumerism from within different dimensions. However, its relationship with social impact theory and consumer boycotts has not been dealt with accurately. Social impact can be defined as the effect of people on other people. A consumer boycott is a type of consumer behaviour in which consumers collectively prefer not to use their purchasing power towards a product, brand or all products of a country and boycott them. Motivations for participating in boycotts differ in accordance with various factors such as consumers' beliefs, needs or attitudes. Organizing a boycott and calling for people's participation is much easier today than it used to be in the past. Since consumer boycotts is a type of consumer behaviour and consumers are affected various factors including people in their family or friends or members in their reference groups, they can be thought a derivation of social impact.
Fuel Efficient Vehicles
Authors: Watson Lisa , Lavack Anne M.
Published: January 2017

Consumers have been slow to switch to more fuel efficient vehicles, in spite of the threat of a future global shortage of fossil fuels. To understand consumer reluctance to adopt hybrid automotive technology, this chapter begins by reviewing consumer decision-making with regard to consumer automotive purchases. We examine the market for fuel efficient vehicles (FEVs) and alternate fuel vehicles (AFVs), including a discussion of consumer willingness to trade personal comfort in order to buy more fuel efficient vehicles, and consumer price sensitivity with regard to purchasing higher-priced alternative fuel vehicles including hybrid-electric vehicles. We discuss the tenuous link between environmental attitudes and behavior, and outline the role of social marketing in creating behavior change relating to automotive purchase decisions.
Marketing 4.0
Authors: Jiménez-Zarco Ana Isabel , Rospigliosi Asher , Martínez-Ruiz María Pilar , Izquierdo-Yusta Alicia
Published: January 2017

Marketing evolves in parallel with technology. During the last five years, Marketing 3.0 has become the most innovative marketing approach, but of growing, is research focusing on Marketing 4.0: the marketing of big data. Much has been speculated, but academic journals have published little about Marketing 4.0. Maybe, because the total understanding of Marketing 4.0 requires: firstly, a depth knowledge about the evolution of marketing, especially about Marketing 3.0, and secondly, an analysis of how a range of technology –not only the Internet and social media- can be used to design marketing strategies that enhance the brand-consumer relationship. Taking into account how consumers' behavior has been changing since the beginning of this century, this chapter seeks to review Marketing 4.0 concepts, analyzing how big data can be used to enhance the consumer-brand relationship.
Do Stock Markets Comove in Emerging Economies?
Authors: Çelik Sadullah , Baydan Emel
Published: January 2017

Great Recession has brought the need to model and assess the financial markets with unconventional approaches. The nature of consumer behavior in financial markets has become crucial as real and financial sector comoving overtime was a dream of no rationality. The union of consumers looking for higher wealth and speculative stock market participants was not a sustainable case. But, what happened to the consumers/investors in emerging economies? This chapter assesses the behavior of emerging stock markets during the turmoil using weekly data for Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa and Turkey with US as the benchmark for January 2003–March 2014. Two unconventional methods are used for checking asymmetric contagion; the wavelet comovement and frequency domain causality. The findings show that markets with rather high concentration of foreign investors are highly affected but consumers were not due to smaller participation. The asymmetric contagion argument is verified for some emerging markets as consumers/investors suffered as much as any other market participant.
The Aural Nature of Atmosphere in a Retail Setting
Authors: Renko Sanda , Gregur Tomislav
Published: January 2017

The potential influence of music in eliciting organic reactions has been appreciated since ancient times. Knowing that consumers typically receive exposure to many hours of music each day, scientists and marketers have recognized its potential in consumer behaviour and decision making. Literature suggests that customers like hearing music when they shop, and feel that the retailer providing music cares about them. Retailers have to work diligently to keep their stores favourable in the mind of consumers. Both practitioners and researchers supported the argument that music is a beneficial element in the use of atmospherics in business. Based on the empirical research this chapter provides an insight into the role of music as an important element in retail store atmosphere. The chapter explains the complex character of music, its classifications and key variables, and interaction with other atmospheric cues. The chapter concludes that music has a significant influence on consumer behavior, and that retailers must ensure that they are playing music that their target markets like in their stores.
Developing Metadata Application Profiles for Open Educational Resources Federated Repositories
Authors: Zervas Panagiotis , Sampson Demetrios G.
Published: January 2017

With many Learning Object Repositories (LORs) implemented and maintained independently from different organizations or communities, valuable Learning Objects (LOs) are scattered over different LORs and making it difficult for end-users (namely, instructional designers, teachers and students) to easily find and access them. A suggested solution towards addressing this issue is to create federated LORs, which aim to harvest and aggregate LOs' metadata from different LORs towards facilitating LOs' discovery across these LORs through a single infrastructure. However, a challenging issue during the development of federated LORs is the design of appropriate metadata application profile (AP) which supports harvesting heterogeneous metadata records from the aggregated LORs. Thus, the aim of this book chapter is twofold, namely (a) to present a methodology for developing metadata APs that can be used in building federated LORs and (b) to present a case study from the implementation of the proposed methodology for the development of the metadata AP used by the OpenDiscoverySpace federated LOR.
Status of Play Therapy Research
Authors: Bratton Sue C. , Swan Alyssa
Published: January 2017

With today's focus on evidence-based treatment (EBT) for children, play therapists are ethically responsible to identify and deliver effective interventions as well as synthesize the considerable body of play therapy research to support their practice and to advocate for play therapy as an evidence-base practice. Play therapists' ability to articulate research findings is particularly important as they consult with the adults in children's lives who make decisions regarding children's wellbeing including parents, teachers, school administrators and other professionals. This chapter aims to present an up-to-date comprehensive review and synthesis of contemporary play therapy research with a focus on studies employing randomized control group designs in order to provide play therapy practitioners with a guide to understanding and utilizing the substantial research base for play therapy.
Theraplay
Authors: Tucker Catherine , Smith-Adcock Sondra
Published: January 2017

Theraplay® is a brief, attachment-based parent-child psychotherapy approach that uses interactional play to establish ‘affectional' bonds between caregiver and child. Recent research related to Theraplay suggests it is an evidence-based practice for use in schools and clinical settings for a wide range of childhood problems, including those that are trauma-based. Of particular importance, Theraplay is emerging as an approach that is consistent with current neuroscience research on children's brain development and new understandings of attachment and disruption advanced by researchers. Young clients with some form of trauma-related symptoms comprise a large percentage of clinical cases, and present with complicated emotional and behavioral problems In this chapter, we will explore the basic theoretical underpinnings of Theraplay, the relevant mechanisms of change, and current evidence base. Although Theraplay can be used with a wide range of clients and problems, in this chapter, the focus will be on the applicatio with families with children who have experienced trauma.
A Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) Approach for Adolescents' Pro-Social Skill Development in the School Setting
Authors: Fazio-Griffith Laura Jean , Marino Reshelle
Published: January 2017

In this chapter, the authors will discuss the use of a cognitive-behavioral play therapy approach (CBPT) for teaching social skills to adolescents using expressive art techniques in a school setting. Expressive art techniques are integrated into an eight-week social skills curriculum, which represents a cognitive-behavioral play therapy approach for the development of pro social skills with adolescents. Consultation and collaboration with classroom teachers and parents are integrated into the pro social skills model. The inclusion of The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model (2012) will provide applications to support the importance of pro social skills for adolescents in the school setting.
Toy Guns in Play Therapy
Authors: Winburn Amanda , Dugger Suzanne M. , Main Jennifer Austin
Published: January 2017

This chapter explores current trends related to play therapists' beliefs related to the decision of whether to include toy guns, as aggression-release toys, in the playroom. This issue is especially timely given the recent epidemic of mass shootings and heightened concerns about gun violence. The chapter presents the results of an original empirical study examining play therapists' views about gun violence and gun control; play therapist beliefs about aggressive play and toy guns; and play therapist practices with regard to toy selection and limit-setting. Recommendations for future research are offered.
Management Skills and Capabilities in an Era of Technology Disruption
Authors: Blount Yvette
Published: January 2017

This chapter examines the literature relating to information and communications technology (ICT) and management skills and capabilities relating to anywhere working. The workforce is becoming more global, and workers can work from anywhere and still be connected with colleagues and collaborators. Although ICT is an enabler of anywhere working, sustainable anywhere working requires specific management skills and capabilities. Globalization of work requires organizations to manage workers ranging from full-time employees through to freelancers working in different locations including a central office, co-working center, from home and other flexible options. The chapter concludes by proposing a research agenda and conceptual framework to identify the management skills and capabilities required to successfully manage anywhere working (other terms include telework and telecommuting). The proposed conceptual framework will inform researchers and managers on best practice for adopting sustainable anywhere working to achieve strategic business objectives.
Telework
Authors: Heisey Allyson
Published: January 2017

Anywhere working has been a subject of interest to researchers for decades. With the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), policymakers, practitioners, and researchers have a renewed interest in this phenomenon. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the relationship between disability, work/family balance, and flexibility by examining the impact anywhere working has on disabled online instructors. This research identified “flexibility” as the main theme that was important to the disabled teleworker and was identified as the most positive outcome of anywhere working. By taking advantage of flexibility and benefits of telework, all participants indicated that they were better able to balance work and family obligations. This chapter concludes with a discussion on possible research opportunities to further study how anywhere working affects people with disabilities.
Working Anywhere for Telehealth
Authors: Blount Yvette , Gloet Marianne
Published: January 2017

Clinicians (general practitioners, specialists, and allied health professionals) are experts in medicine, not technology. The delivery of health care using technology includes changes to the way the clinician works; in effect, they work from anywhere. This study examined telehealth adoption from the perspective of clinicians. Data was collected from 44 in-depth interviews undertaken with a variety of Australian clinicians. The findings show that telehealth is a complex endeavour involving multiple stakeholders. While the potential of telehealth service provision is significant, the realities of delivering telehealth services involve many challenges for clinicians. These include technology-related issues; lack of funding and financial incentives for telehealth; the changing skills and capabilities required by clinicians who engage in telehealth consultations; as well as changes to business processes resulting from the introduction in a complex environment. A conceptual model for the adoption of sustainable telehealth is proposed for better understanding of these complexities.
The G4 Initiatives
Authors: Kannan Sudha Bhuvaneswari
Published: January 2017

The chapter of Go Green Global Gear Up(G4) Initiatives is an attempt towards bringing an awareness on the current environment crisis of global warming and how to overcome the effects of the various factors that induces this global warming and the initiatives that different industries or sectors have adopted to fight against global warming and make the world a greener place to dwell. The chapter also highlights on the technological development initiatives that gears up the go green buzz word and what are the different supports provided by the Government and other NGO's towards this initiative.
Green Consumption
Authors: Kaya Ozan , Duman Feridun
Published: January 2017

The main purpose of this chapter is to reveal the profile of organic food consumers and the factors that affect consumers' motivation for organic food consumption as being one of the most important aspects of green marketing and green consumption. Therefore, this study first dealt with green consumers and green consumption and then, organic food consumption and the state of organic food market were evaluated and finally, an empirical research was conducted with 393 respondents in order to better determine the consumers of organic food consumption in Turkey. According to the findings, four motivations were found in influencing the behavior of organic food consumption. These are: health, ecological and social welfare, sensory appeal and natural contents. More specifically, this research reveals that those that have children participated in this research frequently consume organic food.
The Impact of Green Attributes From Suppliers on Supply Chain Performance
Authors: Fong Jose Roberto Mendoza , García-Alcaraz Jorge Luis , Maldonado-Macías Aidé Aracely , Ramírez Cuauhtémoc Sánchez , Loya Valeria Martínez
Published: January 2017

Nowadays, green supplier selection (GSS) is one of the most important activities for companies. Therefore, this research aims to demonstrate the relationship that exists between GSS and the marketing benefits of companies. The chapter proposes a structural equation model that integrates three latent variables. The two independent latent variables concern preproduction green attributes and process green attributes, and they are associated with a dependent latent variable: marketing indexes. Thus, three hypotheses are proposed to relate these latent variables. To validate such hypotheses, a survey is administered to 253 middle and senior managers from the manufacturing industry of Ciudad Juárez. Similarly, a descriptive analysis of the sample and the items is carried out. Results show direct and positive effects among the analyzed variables. However, the highest impact is caused by preproduction green attributes over production process green attributes.
A Comparative Study on GFT Adoption Behaviour Among Malaysian Paddy Farmers
Authors: Adnan Nadia , Nordin Shahrina Md , Noor Amir Noor
Published: January 2017

Agriculture is the major driving force of Malaysian economic. The aim of this research study is to segment the behavior of paddy farmers in Malaysia and understand how they influence adoption, and rejection of a green fertilizer technology(GFT). The objective of this paper is to establish the thinking which enables a society to bridge the gap between embracing GFT. Furthermore, the study builds the conceptual framework and examine the relationship among the relevant construct this framework is critically examining the technology adoption literature. To make this conceptual framework robust it is found in the literature that theory of planned behavior and Theory of reasoned action play the major role to segment farmer's behavior towards the adoption of GFT. This chapter highlights a number of issues that have bearings on the future roles of the fertilizer usage among Malaysian paddy farmers. These include the emerging notion of the awareness and trust of the GFT efficient way to increase the production.
Influence of Seawater to the River Water Quality in Kalibuntung Estuary Southeastern Coast of Surabaya City Indonesia
Authors: Wahyudi  , Suntoyo  , Sholihin
Published: January 2017

This study reports distribution of water quality parameters, i.e. salinity, nitrite, nitrate, and phosphate of the Kalibuntung estuary in the southeastern Surabaya coastal area. The study was conducted over 34 sampling points in the river channel, river mouth, and in the coastal water of the Kalibuntung estuary. The result shows that the minimum salinity of (2-4 ppt) reached 3,000 m far from the coastline to upper strem. The maximum salinity of 28.60 ppt found in the coastal water, about 1,000 m seaward from coastline. Based on the numerical modeling analyses, distribution of salinity followed the water movement of eeb-flood currents cycles due to tidal fluctuation. The result obviously revealed that during flood current, water mass from the sea moves to the upper river, on the other hand, during eeb current more volume of river water flows to the sea. It is indicated by salinity values in the river mouth, which reached 27 ppt during high tide and < 20 ppt during low tide. Concentration of ammonia ranging from 0.42 mg/l in the lower part close to the river mouth, up to 6.13 mg/l in the uppermost of the river. This indicated that the river is heavily polluted by organic waste. Concentration of phosphate range from 0.06 to 0.43 mg/l. Its concentration decrease seaward, it is distributed to a distance of 3,000 m fom the river mouth. The river water of Kalibuntung estuary is not permitted to be used as a drinking water, and also it is not feasible for coastal aquaculture. Only in the lower part of the study area where it close to the rivermouth, its water can be used as a source of the coastal aquaculture. This research also found that the river water of the study area has already heavily polluted by organic waste, which it might come from domestic waste, agriculture or fertilizer for fishpond, or industrial organic waste.