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Detection of hypermucoviscousKlebsiella pneumoniaesequence type 86 capsular type K2 in South America as an unexpected cause of a fatal outbreak in captivity marmosets
Authors: Guerra Juliana M. , de A. Fernandes Natália. C.C. , Santos Alessandra Loureiro Morales dos , de Souza Pereira Barrel Joana , Petri Bruno Simões Sergio , Milanelo Liliane , Tiba-Casas Monique Ribeiro , Liserre Alcina Maria , Gonçalves Cláudia Regina , Sacchi Cláudio Tavares , Catão-Dias José Luiz , Camargo Carlos Henrique 
Published: February 2020

AbstractAfter the sudden death of eleven captives marmosets in a rehabilitation center of wildlife in São Paulo, Brazil, histological and microbiological study was conducted. Liver, spleen, intestine, central nervous system, lung, thymus, stomach, testicle tissues were analyzed by light microscopy and microbial cultures were conducted. Environmental cultures were also performed. Prophylactic antimicrobial therapy, restricted access to marmosets’ cages with dedicated staff, and additional sanitization of animals’ fruits were implemented. Histological findings were compatible with hyperacute septicemia, and microbiological cultures and molecular tests identified the etiologic agent as hypermucoviscous sequence type 86 capsular type K2K. pneumoniaefor the first time in South America. Implementation of prompt containment measures led to successful control of this outbreak. Detection of a hypervirulent and zoonotic pathogen, such as hypermucoviscousK. pneumoniaeST86 K2, in an unexpected and human interface reservoir underscores its potential threat in public health settings.
Generalizability of “GWAS hits” in clinical populations: Lessons from childhood cancer survivors
Authors: Im Cindy , Qin Na , Wang Zhaoming , Qiu Weiyu , Howell Carrie R. , Sapkota Yadav , Moon Wonjong , Chemaitilly Wassim , Gibson Todd M. , Mulrooney Daniel A. , Ness Kirsten K. , Wilson Carmen L. , Morton Lindsay M. , Armstrong Gregory T. , Bhatia Smita , Zhang Jinghui , Hudson Melissa M. , Robison Leslie L. , Yasui Yutaka 
Published: February 2020

ABSTRACTWith mounting interest in translating GWAS hits from large meta-analyses (meta-GWAS) in diverse clinical settings, evaluating their generalizability in target populations is crucial. Here we consider long-term survivors of childhood cancers from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study and show the limited generalizability of 1,376 robust SNP associations reported in the general population across 12 complex anthropometric and cardiometabolic phenotypes (N=2,231; observed-to-expected replication ratio=0.68,P=2.4×10−9). An examination of five comparable phenotypes in a second independent cohort of survivors from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study corroborated the overall limited generalizability of meta-GWAS hits to survivors (N=4,212, observed-to-expected replication ratio=0.53,P=1.1×10−16). Meta-GWAS hits were less likely to be replicated in survivors exposed to cancer therapies associated with phenotype risk. Examination of complementary DNA methylation data in a subset of survivors revealed that treatment-related methylation patterns at genomic sites linked to meta-GWAS hits may disrupt established genetic signals in survivors.
Targeted nanopore sequencing by real-time mapping of raw electrical signal with UNCALLED
Authors: Kovaka Sam , Fan Yunfan , Ni Bohan , Timp Winston , Schatz Michael C. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractReadUntil sequencing allows nanopore devices to selectively eject individual reads from the pore in real-time. This could enable purely computational targeted sequencing, however most mapping methods require basecalling, which is computationally intensive. Here we present UNCALLED (github.com/skovaka/UNCALLED), an open-source mapper that rapidly matches streaming nanopore current signals to a reference sequence. UNCALLED probabilistically considers k-mers that the signal could represent, and then prunes the candidates based on the reference encoded within an FM-index. We used UNCALLED to deplete sequencing of known bacterial genomes within a metagenomics community, enriching the remaining species by 4.46 fold. UNCALLED also enriched 148 human genes associated with hereditary cancers to 29.6x coverage using one MinION flowcell, enabling accurate detection of SNPs, indels, structural variants (SVs), and methylation in these genes. Twice as many SVs were detected compared to 50x coverage Illumina sequencing, all verified by whole-genome nanopore and PacBio HiFi sequencing.
Human-computer interaction based on machine vision of a smart assembly workbench
Authors: Wu Shiqing , Wang Zhonghou , Shen Bin , Wang Jia-Hai , Dongdong Li 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to achieve multi-variety and small-batch assembly through direct cooperation between equipment and people and to improve assembly efficiency as well as flexibility.

Design/methodology/approach
Firstly, the concept of the human–computer interaction is designed. Secondly, the machine vision technology is studied theoretically. Skin color filter based on hue, saturation and value color model is put forward to screen out images that meet the skin color characteristics of the worker, and a multi-Gaussian weighted model is built to separate moving objects from its background. Both of them are combined to obtain the final images of the target objects. Then, the key technology is applied to the smart assembly workbench. Finally, experiments are conducted to evaluate the role of the human–computer interaction features in improving productivity for the smart assembly workbench.

Findings
The result shows that multi-variety and small-batch considerable increases assembly time and the developed human–computer interaction features, including prompting and introduction, effectively decrease assembly time.

Originality/value
This study proves that the machine vision technology studied in this paper can effectively eliminate the interferences of the environment to obtain the target image. By adopting the human–computer interaction features, including prompting and introduction, the efficiency of manual operation is improved greatly, especially for multi-variety and small-batch assembly.
How to capture the experience of mothers with alcohol problems involved in English family court proceedings – lessons from the field
Authors: Radcliffe Polly , Canfield Martha , Boreham Maggie , Marlow Sally , Gilchrist Gail 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
It proved difficult to recruit sufficient mothers to a prospective cohort study designed to explore the factors and characteristics of mothers whose children are the subject of the public care system as a result of their drinking, retaining or losing care of their children. In conducting interviews instead with social workers in six local authorities, the repurposed study aimed to explore their views of the barriers and facilitators to involving this “hard to reach” population of mothers in research at the beginning of care proceedings.

Design/methodology/approach
For this study, 36 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with child and family social workers and social work managers located in six English local authorities. Transcripts were analysed using Nvivo and coded thematically.

Findings
Workforce issues and social work workload, court timescales and the additional burden that participating in research at a time of enormous stress for mothers were described as barriers to recruitment. Social workers suggested that the criteria for including participants could be widened to include mothers in pre-proceedings and that recruitment could take place via substance use services with whom mothers do not have an antagonistic relationship.

Research limitations/implications
The perspective of social work practitioners and not mothers themselves on barriers to engagement in research is a limitation of the study. Innovative and flexible research design is needed to include the participation of mothers whose alcohol use has led to court proceedings in research.

Originality/value
Few studies have investigated the barriers and facilitators to engaging mothers in research at the point that care proceedings have been issued. The re-purposed study highlighted the particular stresses on mothers and social workers and made recommendations for alternative strategies for recruiting these mothers and representing their experience in research.
Social media and academic identity in food research
Authors: Regan Aine , Henchion Maeve 
Published: February 2020

PurposeWith increasing emphasis on public engagement and scientific communication and dissemination, scientists are increasingly required to redefine their academic identity. Theoretical frameworks of academic identity and social media functionality were used to explore food researchers' attitudes towards social media.Design/methodology/approachAn online study was carried out with 80 scientists working in publicly funded food research.FindingsCommitment to scientific rigour, disseminating science to society, and being part of an academic community were important facets of academic identity and shaped participants' perceptions of social media functions. Functions offered by social media were most favourably viewed by the food research community for academic peer engagement and academic community building.Social implicationsCultural and organisational changes are needed to mobilise food researchers to view public engagement as an important facet of academic identity.Originality/valueThe current study adds to the theoretical literature on academic identity and social media functionality by providing empirical evidence outlining how scientists working in publicly funded food research feel about engaging with social media within their professional role.
Residents’ perceptions of wine tourism on the rural destinations development
Authors: Vukovic Darko B. , Maiti Moinak , Vujko Aleksandra , Shams Riad 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of wine tourism on rural destination development. Consequently, this study attempts to develop contemporary insights on this under-researched area such as residents’ perceptions of wine tourism and its impact on the rural destination development.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the authors used a structured survey questionnaire from a random sample of 318 respondents based on the Fruška Gora Mountain in Serbia. Research also used structural equational modeling for empirical econometric testing in this data sample. This technique is appropriate for multivariate analysis.

Findings
Personal resident benefit associated with wineries is positively related to resident perceived economic impact (H1) R2=0.624; socio-cultural impact (H2) R2=0.685 and environmental impact (H3) R2=0.716 of wineries on local communities. Looking at the path diagram, the authors concluded that personal resident benefit associated with wineries is strongly related to resident perceived impact of wineries on local communities as regression weights are higher. Other findings relate those residents’ positive perceptions of wine tourism to increases in sales revenue, environmental protection, intrapersonal and interpersonal communication.

Research limitations/implications
The positive attitude of the local population is an essential link of development. Such understanding of residents’ perceptions optimizes destination management in the future and, more importantly, local sustainable development. This has high policy implications.

Originality/value
The present study contributes to the scientific circles by connecting perception research with wine tourism.
A novel Ka-band MMIC coupled filter with harmonic suppression
Authors: Guan Jin , Gong Min , Gao Bo 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
A novel Ka-band compact parallel-coupled microstrip bandpass filter with harmonic suppression performance has been designed, implemented and tested on GaAs MMIC.

Design/methodology/approach
This proposed filter consists of modified coupled-line units with T-shaped open-stubs.

Findings
The proposed filter with T-shaped open-stubs is valuable in performance with low loss at fundamental frequency, suppression at harmonic frequencies and small size. The simulation is based on full-wave electromagnetic analysis and the measurement is based on chip test. It shows an insertion loss below 1.2 dB, return loss better than 20 dB in the pass band and high than 28 dB suppression at harmonic frequencies.

Originality/value
This Ka-band MMIC filter with harmonic suppression is attractive for the millimeter-wave system.
Feature mining and analysis of gray privacy products
Authors: Xia Huosong , Meng Yuting , An Wuyue , Chen Zixuan , Zhang Zuopeng 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
Excavating valuable outlier information of gray privacy products, the purpose of this study takes the online reviews of women’s underwear as an example, explores the outlier characteristics of online commentary data, and analyzes the online consumer behavior of consumers’ gray privacy products.

Design/methodology/approach
This research adopts the social network analysis method to analyze online reviews. Based on the online reviews collected from women’s underwear flagship store Victoria’s Secret at Tmall, this study performs word segmentation and word frequency analysis. Using the fuzzy query method, the research builds the corresponding co-word matrix and conducts co-occurrence analysis to summarize the factors affecting consumers’ purchase behavior of female underwear.

Findings
Establishing a formal framework of gray privacy products, this paper confirms the commonalities among consumers with respect to their perceptions of gray privacy products, shows that consumers have high privacy concerns about the disclosure or secondary use of personal private information when shopping gray privacy products, and demonstrates the big difference between online reviews of gray privacy products and their consumer descriptions.

Originality/value
The research lays a solid foundation for future research in gray privacy products. The factors identified in this study provide a practical reference for the continuous improvement of gray privacy products and services.
Reflections on the learning objectives for sustainable development in the higher education curricula – three cases from the University of Belgrade
Authors: Orlovic Lovren Violeta , Maruna Marija , Stanarevic Svetlana 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
This purpose of this study is to explore the integration of the sustainable development concept and goals into the curriculum of higher education studies using the example of three faculties of the University of Belgrade.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative content analysis has been applied on two levels: the evaluation of the sustainability of courses starting from the criteria defined using the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (ASHE, 2017), and the analysis of the outcomes defined in the curricula of subjects within the three faculties using the UNESCO learning objectives related to selected sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a criteria.

Findings
While the largest number of courses were analyzed from the Faculty of Architecture, the highest proportion of sustainability courses was found in the Faculty of Security Studies. Both study areas reflect a stronger interdisciplinary orientation, although it should be strengthened in the case of the Andragogy study program. Based on the experience of the Faculty of Architecture, the courses implemented by linking theory and practice may significantly contribute to achieving the LOs and to implementing the education for sustainable development. At the University of Belgrade, strategic documents are missing that would encourage and oblige the faculties to apply the concept of sustainability.

Originality/value
This is the first study to apply this type of curricula analysis at the University of Belgrade. It is performed by teachers from the university, coming from different disciplinary fields but oriented towards an interdisciplinary perspective. Although performed in three specific study areas within a single university, the identified gaps and trends may be useful for planning interventions toward accelerating the implementation of SDGs in the higher education curricula.
Fruit picking robots: has their time come?
Authors: Bogue Robert 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe recent fruit picking robot developments with an emphasis on corporate activity rather than academic research. It also aims to provide a view on the commercial prospects for these developments.

Design/methodology/approach
Following a short introduction, this first discusses strawberry and other soft fruit picking robot developments conducted principally by commercial organisations. It then provides similar details of robots for harvesting apples and other hard fruits. This is followed by a discussion and concluding comments.

Findings
The shortage of seasonal fruit pickers has stimulated the need for automation. Accordingly, a growing community of companies, many founded in the past five years, are developing fruit picking robots. These are aimed at both soft and hard fruits, such as strawberries and apples, respectively, and exploit advanced vision systems, image processing techniques and AI. Some products are already on the market, whereas many more are due for commercial release during the next two years into what is expected to be a highly competitive market.

Originality/value
This provides details of the emerging fruit picking robot business by describing the products and manufacturing companies.
When oilfield service companies enter developing economies: a new model for efficiency
Authors: Ulanov Vladimir Leonidovich , Simonov Kirill 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the most effective operational model for oilfield service companies in developing markets (e.g. Russian market). It proposes the comparative analysis of oilfield service industry regulation in several developed and developing markets, specifies industry and interaction between energy and service companies and advises the effective operation model applicable to the Russian market.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper’s methodology is based on collecting information and generalizing the experience of international oilfield service companies in developed and developing markets, thus identifying types of service company’s operational models and factors that determine the choice of strategy and operational model in different countries and markets, as well as identifying the most effective model for the developing market (e.g. Russian market).

Findings
The paper provides the case study for operational models implementation and calculation of their financial effect. It suggests that the integrated operational model is the most effective solution in developing markets in the case of operational risks and financial effect.

Research limitations/implications
Because of the great number of segments, types of works and projects in international oilfield service industry, only the drilling segment was chosen as the analysis object. This segment is the key segment in oilfield sector with 35% global share of total oilfield works.

Originality/value
This paper fulfils an identified need to study how oilfield service companies are able to increase profitability and decrease market access barriers using correct operational models that reflect different market specifics.
Object oriented design of safety critical programmable equipment systems
Authors: Borer John 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to provide a method for designing the software for a process control system that avoids difficulties that lead to safety problems.

Design/methodology/approach
Design of real-time software for safety critical programmable equipment systems (PES) such as process control or shutdown systems needs to be approached quite differently compared to any other software. It must be designed by those who understand the equipment system not by software engineers who do not. Following the ‘Piper Alpha’ disaster in the North Sea in the late 1980s, it was realised that the software of safety critical PES, such as the shut-down system on an oil rig, was proving very unreliable. Earlier hardwired relay-based shut-down systems were designed by process control engineers who understood the functions the equipment was required to perform; however, by the 1980s, such systems had been replaced by PES designed by system analysts who did not understand the technologies involved. The safety critical real-time software for a programmable equipment system will only be reliable when it is designed by control engineers who understand the functions it has to perform.

Findings
Bottom-up design of software is necessary to avoid safety issues and this can only be achieved using object-oriented methods.

Originality/value
This paper describes an entirely original idea of the author based on experience of managing the design and construction of the process control, emergency shut-down and fire and gas and communication systems for a major oil and gas platform in the North Sea around the time of the Piper Alpha disaster.
Antecedents and consequences of staff related fraud in the Ghanaian banking industry
Authors: Asmah Alexander Ekow , Atuilik Williams Abayaawien , Ofori Dominic 
Published: February 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the antecedents and consequences of employee fraud, focusing on the banking industry in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachA major bank was selected for the case study analysis. The researchers employed qualitative data analysis for the study. Content analysis of investigation reports and interviews of employees from different functional areas were used as the main data collection tools.FindingsThis study found that loans contracted by bank employees with huge repayment amounts put financial pressure on them to commit fraud. The study also found that inadequate controls in some areas of the bank can fuel the commission of fraud. In addition, aggrieved employees have highly chances of committing fraud. Huge punitive consequences were noted to exist for the employee who perpetrates the fraud and shareholders are also affected by the fraudulent behaviour of employees.Research limitations/implicationsFindings shown in the study confirm the hypotheses of the fraud triangle theory on the causes of fraud in spite of its criticisms. The findings are also consistent with extant studies on the antecedents and consequences of fraud. The use of one bank for the case study analysis as well as the three-year analysis period imposes a limitation on the study. Future studies can explore fraud using other different theoretical lenses. Gathering data from more than one bank and for a longer period of analysis may provide more accurate results.Practical implicationsThis study provides some recommendations for fraud prevention in the banking industry in Ghana. The major one is the need for the central bank to collaborate with financial institutions to set up an effective credit worthiness system that will aid the monitoring of activities of the banks. Banks should also ensure that systems of controls are reviewed regularly to identify and deal with fraud.Originality/valueThis study is original, as it focuses on an industry that is highly susceptible to fraud because of issues of confidentiality with data and with the scanty literature on fraud.