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Pay inequality and job satisfaction of law firms: the role of strategic positioning
Authors: Song Ki Kyung , Whang Eunyoung 
Published: May 2020

PurposeUsing Porter’s (1980) generic strategy to define strategic positioning of law firms, this paper aims to explain why some law firms have more/less pay inequality than others do and examine the impact of pay inequality on law firms’ partners and the job satisfaction of their associates.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses data fromThe American Lawyer. The strategic positioning, compensation and job satisfaction scores of 614 firm-year observations of US law firms are hand-collected over the period from 2007 to 2016.FindingsNon-equity partners at law firms with differentiation strategy (Porter, 1980) are more likely to build rainmaking ability than those at law firms relying on billable hours. As a result, law firms with differentiation strategy have a narrower pay gap between their equity and non-equity partners than those firms relying on billable hours. After controlling for the effects of strategy on pay inequality using two-stage and three-stage least squares models, this paper finds that a wider pay gap deprives associates of job satisfaction.Originality/valueConsidering strategic positioning, this paper validates why some law firms have more/less pay inequality and proves how pay inequality affects job satisfaction.
Does culture influence whether a society justifies tax cheating?
Authors: Bani-Mustafa Ahmed , Al Qudah Anas , Damrah Sadeq , Alameen Mamoon 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate whether culture has an impact on justifications for tax cheating, and if there is, indeed, a rationale for justifying this behavior.

Design/methodology/approach
World surveys (V201) were used to measure justifications for tax cheating in 39 countries. Hofstede’s culture dimensions were used as a measurement scale for the relevant cultural aspects that could have an impact on tax cheating.

Findings
The results show that individualism and power distance increase the justification, while masculinity and uncertainty avoidance decrease the justification for tax cheating. Accordingly, when budgeting for tax revenues, governments need to consider the cultural dimension in their risk assessments for tax evasion.

Originality/value
The findings of this research provide some implications for legislators and policymakers. For example, they need to give more consideration to their respective society’s cultural dimensions and to the structure of their communities when they are imposing taxes. Legislators need to put more effort toward convincing people why it is necessary to impose and/or increase certain taxes, how society benefits directly and indirectly and why action needs to be taken when these taxes are not paid.
Voluntary disclosure of intellectual capital information by deposit money banks in Nigeria
Authors: Onuoha Nnachi Egwu , Ofoegbu Grace Nyereugwu , Okafor Regina Gwamniru , Onodugo Vincent Aghaegbunam 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent and quality of voluntary intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) by deposit money banks (DMBs) in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from a survey of 271 informants and content analysis of the annual reports of 12 DMBs in Nigeria. The data collected were analysed using factor analysis,t-test, Friedman test for related sample and Wilcoxon signed-rank test.FindingsThe findings of this paper indicate that the extent of ICD is significant and higher than the quality of ICD, which is insignificant, with the extent of disclosure highest in the relational component of intellectual capital. It also shows that a significant difference exists amongst the extent of human capital, structural capital and relational capital disclosures, with the significant difference traced to the difference between the extent of disclosures of relational capital and human capital.Research limitations/implicationsThe results can be interpreted across the target sample where the study covers a five-year period and 12 DMBs in Nigeria. However, the study provides a robust empirical basis for policymakers and regulators to develop future ICD regulatory guidelines for banks and push for improvement in the quality of ICD by DMBs.Originality/valueNo previous studies of voluntary ICD have considered the extent and quality of ICD by DMBs in Nigeria. Further, this study shed the light on a new human capital item related to “employee health and mental state”; therefore, it extends and supports the previous empirical literature on ICD.
Modelling value co-creation in triadic B2B industrial relationships
Authors: Sales-Vivó Vicente , Gil-Saura Irene , Gallarza Martina 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis study examines the triadic approach of value co-creation (VcC) in B2B relationships between the industrial manufacturer, its main supplier and its main client, by validating VcC as antecedent of Trust and Commitment, which, in turn, affect Satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachA model studies the association of VcC to Trust, Commitment and Satisfaction, the latter in its economic and social dimensions. The relationships in the model are empirically contrasted twice (with suppliers and clients) for a sample of 77 firms participating in an industrial panel, the Spanish Furniture Market Observatory.FindingsUsing PLS-SEM, results suggest that, in industrial B2B relationships, VcC acts as antecedent of Trust and, to a minor extent, of Commitment. It also has a positive effect on Social Satisfaction, the latter having a positive effect in turn on Economic Satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsResults are limited to the Spanish furniture industry with a cross-sectional approach. The linkages between VcC and Commitment, as well as the differences found between Social Satisfaction and Economic Satisfaction, need replications.Practical implicationsThe study suggests that VcC is the core of B2B industrial relationships. VcC may also boost Economic Satisfaction.Originality/valueLiterature on VcC has been extensive in B2C and B2B mostly for service contexts; this paper contributes by bringing evidence from a B2B manufacturing context. At the same time, it depicts a triadic approach of VcC in B2B, by measuring the relationships with both the manufacturer's main supplier and main client. The study also contributes with evidence to the role played by Trust and Commitment in the relationship between VcC and two Satisfactions.
Fundamental solutions of two 3D rectangular semi-permeable cracks in transversely isotropic piezoelectric media based on the non-local theory
Authors: Liu Haitao , Wang Liang 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThe paper aims to present the non-local theory solution of two three-dimensional (3D) rectangular semi-permeable cracks in transversely isotropic piezoelectric media under a normal stress loading.Design/methodology/approachThe fracture problem is solved by using the non-local theory, the generalized Almansi's theorem and the Schmidt method. By Fourier transform, this problem is formulated as three pairs of dual integral equations, in which the elastic and electric displacements jump across the crack surfaces. Finally, the non-local stress and the non-local electric displacement fields near the crack edges in piezoelectric media are derived.FindingsDifferent from the classical solutions, the present solution exhibits no stress and electric displacement singularities at the crack edges in piezoelectric media.Originality/valueAccording to the literature survey, the electro-elastic behavior of two 3D rectangular cracks in piezoelectric media under the semi-permeable boundary conditions has not been reported by means of the non-local theory so far.
Nutrition intervention of pregnant adolescents: a systematic review
Authors: Diana Rian , Rachmah Qonita 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition interventions conducted in pregnant adolescents and their implications for future research.

Design/methodology/approach
The papers in this systematic study were searched through PubMed, PMC, the Cochrane Library (Trial), ScienceDirect and Google Scholar that were published from 2000 to 2019. An experimental study using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) or non-RCT among pregnant adolescents aged 10-19 years were inclusion criteria for this study. While exclusion criteria were studies published before 2000, non-experimental study and non-English-language studies.

Findings
A total of 14 studies were identified in this review. Six studies provided interventions in the form of nutrition and health education and seven studies provided interventions in the form of nutritional supplementation (calcium, vitamin D, iron-folate, lipid-based nutrient supplements and multi-micronutrient powder. One study provided dietary intervention. The interventions in pregnant adolescents in the form of education and nutritional supplementation effectively increased the knowledge and nutrition of pregnant adolescents and decreased low birth weight (LBW) and premature birth. The impact on birth outcomes was still quite diverse. Some of the studies in this review were conducted without a comparison group, a small sample size and conducted in health-care facilities.

Conclusion
This systematic review implies a future nutrition intervention for pregnant adolescents is needed to improve nutritional status of pregnant adolescents and birth outcome. Future research using double blind RCT method with bigger sample size and various nutritional outcome are wide open to be developed.

Originality/value
Interventions in pregnant adolescents effectively increased the knowledge and nutrition of pregnant adolescents and decreased LBW and premature birth. The program implementation in the community needs to be improved so that the effectiveness of the program remains optimal as in healthcare facilities.
Heritable variation in root secondary metabolites is associated with recent climate
Authors: Bont Zoe , Züst Tobias , Arce Carla C. M. , Huber Meret , Erb Matthias 
Published: May 2020

Abstract

Plants can adapt to changing environments by adjusting the production and maintenance of diverse sets of bioactive secondary metabolites. To date, the impact of climatic conditions relative to other factors such as soil abiotic factors and herbivore pressure on the evolution of plant secondary metabolites is poorly understood, especially for plant roots.

We explored associations between root latex secondary metabolites in 63 Taraxacum officinale populations across Switzerland and climatic conditions, soil abiotic parameters, root herbivore pressure and cytotype distribution. To assess the contribution of environmental effects, root secondary metabolites were measured in F0 plants in nature and F2 plants under controlled greenhouse conditions.

Concentrations of root latex secondary metabolites were most strongly associated with climatic conditions, while current soil abiotic factors or root herbivore pressure did not show a clear association with root latex chemistry. Results were similar for natural and controlled conditions, suggesting heritable variation rather than environmental plasticity as underlying factor.

Synthesis. We conclude that climatic conditions likely play a major role in the evolution of root secondary metabolites. These results may hint at a novel role of root latex metabolites in tolerance of abiotic stress.
Addition of glycomacropeptide as fat replacer in sugar‐reduced Greek‐style yoghurt
Authors: Godoy‐García Liliana , Abadía‐García Lucía , Cruz‐Aldaco Karina , Castaño‐Tostado Eduardo , Murúa‐Pagola Beneranda , Amaya‐Llano Silvia L 
Published: May 2020

The status of Greek‐style yoghurt (GSY) as a healthy food could be challenged by its inherent high fat content. Glycomacropeptide (GMP) possesses characteristics that make it suitable as a fat replacer. GMP powder was incorporated into fat‐reduced formulations of GSY. The addition of 0.75% GMP reduced the granular consistency and the syneresis of GSY by 50 and 10%, respectively, at all levels of fat evaluated. Flow curves and firmness analysis showed that adding GMP decreased the elastic and viscous modulus, and yoghurt firmness. The consumer acceptance of low‐fat GSY containing 0.75% GMP decreased only after 30 days of storage.
Spaces of capability: Consumption geographies at an inner‐city university
Authors: Middha Bhavna 
Published: May 2020

AbstractInner‐city universities are noteworthy in relation to food provisioning and consumption because of their locations and spatial characteristics. Among 18,500 university students surveyed by Universities Australia in 2017, one in seven reports being unable to eat in regular patterns. This finding suggests that it is important to explore how eating spaces at inner‐city universities intersect with students' eating practices. Ethnographic work conducted over three semesters in Melbourne at RMIT University's city campus revealed that around 100 microwaves installed there were used by students to prepare food in ways that may support regular eating. The research included observations, focus groups, and digital ethnography. Analysis of the findings suggests that the university's eating spaces and their material arrangements are related to students' on‐campus and off‐campus practices. Using both Walker's interpretation of Sen's capability approach—the social practice capability framework—and Schatzki's site ontology, I propose that this relationship produces spaces of capability, encouraging and enabling varied activities such as using leftovers, bulk cooking, and buying discretionary foods less impulsively. The study and its use of the idea of spaces of capability may foster new insights about the ongoing challenge to ensure student wellbeing and to consider the relationship of student wellbeing to broader issues such as sustainable consumption and environmental justice.
Purification and characterization of antioxidant peptides from enzymatic hydrolysate of mungbean protein
Authors: Xia Ji'an , Song Hongdong , Huang Kai , Li Sen , Guan Xiao 
Published: May 2020

AbstractIn this study, the antioxidant activity of mungbean protein hydrolysate (MPH) was systematically investigated. MPH was fractionated by ultrafiltration into two major fractions (MPH‐1 <3 kDa, MPH‐2 >3 kDa). Fraction MPH‐1, which exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, was further fractionated by gel column into three fractions (MPH‐1A, MPH‐1B, and MPH‐1C). The antioxidant activity of the MPH‐1B fraction was stronger than that of the other fractions. Eight mungbean peptides (P1–P8) were identified in fraction MPH‐1B by UPLC‐Q‐TOF‐MS. Among them, peptides Trp‐Gly‐Asn (WGN, P2), Ala‐Trp (AW, P4), Arg‐Gly‐Trp‐Tyr‐Glu (RGWYE, P5), and Gly‐Val‐Pro‐Phe‐Trp (GVPFW, P7) had high antioxidant activity. Moreover, these four peptides exerted protective effects against H2O2‐induced cytotoxicity and regulated the MDA content, CAT activity, and total GSH content in HepG2 cells with specific observation. This study demonstrated the potential of MPH as a source of antioxidant peptides. This provides a scientific basis for the preparation of antioxidant peptides from mungbean protein.Practical ApplicationThis study demonstrated the potential of the hydrolysate of mungbean protein as a source of antioxidant peptides and provided a scientific basis for the preparation of antioxidant peptides from mungbean protein.
Assessment of nutritional value and quantitative analysis of bioactive phytochemicals through targeted LC‐MS/MS method in selected scented and pigmented rice varietals
Authors: Choudhury Paramita , Dutta Krishna N. , Singh Akanksha , Malakar Dipankar , Pillai Manoj , Talukdar Narayan C. , Samanta Suman Kumar , Devi Rajlakshmi 
Published: May 2020

AbstractScented (joha) and black rice indigenous to northeast region (NER) of India are the two among 40,000 varieties of speciesOryza sativa, prevalent for its great aroma, medicinal property, and/or equally noteworthy taste. Biochemical and target‐based liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LCMS) analysis was performed to identify and quantify the different phytonutrients from the selected rice grains of those two varieties. Biochemical assay revealed that the selected black rice (Chakhao Amubi) contains ∼1.8‐fold higher amount of total phenolic and ∼2.3‐fold higher amount of total flavonoid than the scented rice grain (Kon joha). The total starch content was significantly lower in scented rice in comparison to black rice grain. The health beneficial ratio of ω‐6/ω‐3 essential unsaturated fatty acid is notably better in scented rice grain than black rice grain. The targeted LC‐MS/MS analysis confirms the presence of oryzanol and ferulic acid in both the samples. The presence of 4‐hydroxy benzoic acid, apigenin, tricin, avenasterol, coumarin, coumaric acid, phenyl alanine, caffeic acid, and α‐tocophenol were confirmed in the scented rice, whereas the black rice confirms the presence of protocatechuic acid and dehydroxy myricetin. Further the quantitative analysis showed that the lipids lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) 16:0, lysophosphatidyl ethanolamine (LPE) 14:0, lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC) 18:2, LPE 18:2, phosphatidyl etanolamine (PE), along with oryzanol, hydroxy docosanoic acid are at least threefold higher in scented rice varietal; whereas, in Chakhao Amubi, the content of petunidin galactoside, LMMPE18:2, PC14:0 are higher than the scented rice grain. In conclusion, different phytonutrients including phenol, polyphenol, and flavonoid have been identified as bioactive phytochemicals in selected rice varietals.Practical ApplicationThis work will provide the information about the nutritional benefit of studied rice varietals. The used targeted LC‐MS/MS analysis will provide the one‐step information about the bioactive phytochemicals. Overall, this study will help to commercialize those varieties with proper scientific evidences.
An update on ACE2 amplification and its therapeutic potential
Authors: Marquez Alonso , Wysocki Jan , Pandit Jay , Batlle Daniel 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThe renin angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of variety of diseases. Targeting the formation and action of angiotensin II (Ang II), the main RAS peptide, has been the key therapeutic target for last three decades. ACE‐related carboxypeptidase (ACE2), a monocarboxypeptidase that had been discovered 20 years ago, is one of the catalytically most potent enzymes known to degrade Ang II to Ang‐(1‐7), a peptide that is increasingly accepted to have organ‐protective properties that oppose and counterbalance those of Ang II. In addition to its role as a RAS enzyme ACE2 is the main receptor for SARS‐CoV‐2. In this review, we discuss various strategies that have been used to achieve amplification of ACE2 activity including the potential therapeutic potential of soluble recombinant ACE2 protein and novel shorter ACE2 variants.
Patterns of long acting injectable antipsychotic use and associated clinical factors in schizophrenia among 15 Asian countries and region
Authors: Tang Chao Tian , Chua Ee Cheong , Chew Qian Hui , He Yan‐Ling , Si Tian‐Mei , Chiu Helen F.‐K. , Xiang Yu‐Tao , Kato Takahiro A. , Kanba Shigenobu , Shinfuku Naotaka , Lee Min‐Soo , Park Seon‐Cheol , Park Yong‐Chon , Chong Mian‐Yoon , Lin Shih‐Ku , Yang Shu‐Yu , Tripathi Adarsh , Avasthi Ajit , Grover Sandeep , Kallivayalil Roy A. , Udomratn Pichet , Chee Kok Yoon , Tanra Andi J. , Rabbani Md Golam , Javed Afzal , Kathiarachchi Samudra , Waas Dulshika , Myint Wing Aung , Sartorius Norman , Tran Van Cuong , Nguyen Kim Viet , Tan Chay‐Hoon , Baldessarini Ross J. , Sim Kang 
Published: May 2020

AbstractIntroductionPatterns of clinical use of long‐acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic drugs in many countries, especially in Asia, for treatment of patients diagnosed with chronic psychotic disorders including schizophrenia are not well established.MethodsWithin an extensive research consortium, we evaluated prescription rates for first‐ (FGA) and second‐generation antipsychotic (SGA) LAI drugs and their clinical correlates among 3557 subjects diagnosed with schizophrenia across 15 Asian countries and region.ResultsOverall, an average of 17.9% (638/3557; range: 0.0%‐44.9%) of treated subjects were prescribed LAI antipsychotics. Those given LAI vs orally administered agents were significantly older, had multiple hospitalizations, received multiple antipsychotics more often, at 32.4% higher doses, were more likely to manifest disorganized behavior or aggression, had somewhat superior psychosocial functioning and less negative symptoms, but were more likely to be hospitalized, with higher BMI, and more tremor. Being prescribed an FGA vs SGA LAI agent was associated with male sex, aggression, disorganization, hospitalization, multiple antipsychotics, higher doses, with similar risks of adverse neurological or metabolic effects. Rates of use of LAI antipsychotic drugs to treat patients diagnosed with schizophrenia varied by more than 40‐fold among Asian countries and given to an average of 17.9% of treated schizophrenia patients. We identified the differences in the clinical profiles and treatment characteristics of patients who were receiving FGA‐LAI and SGA‐LAI medications.DiscussionThese findings behoove clinicians to be mindful when evaluating patients' need to be on LAI antipsychotics amidst multifaceted considerations, especially downstream adverse events such as metabolic and extrapyramidal side effects.
Weiqu, structural injustice and caring for sick older people in rural Chinese families: An empirical ethical study
Authors: Zou Xiang , Nie Jing‐Bao , Fitzgerald Ruth 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThis paper examines caregiving for sick older family members in the context of socio‐economic transformations in rural China, combining empirical investigation with normative inquiry. The empirical part of this paper is based on a case study, taken from fieldwork in a rural Chinese hospital, of a son who took care of his hospitalized mother. This empirical study highlighted family members’ weiqu (sense of unfairness)—a mental status from experiencing mistreatment and oppression in family care, yet with constrained power to explicitly protest or make care‐related choices. Underpinning people’s weiqu and constrained choice, as informed by the conception of structural injustice, is the impact of unjust social structures, organized by unfavourable norms, discriminatory social policies and institutions targeting rural populations. By restraining individual choices and capacities in supporting health care for aging populations, these unjust structures create additional difficulties for and discriminations against rural families and their older members. Some policy recommendations are proposed to mitigate structural injustice so as to empower families and promote care for older people in rural settings.