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Research data management at a public university in Malawi: the role of “three hands”
Authors: Chawinga Winner Dominic , Zinn Sandy 
Published: May 2020

PurposeConsidering that research data is increasingly hailed as an important raw material for current and future science discoveries, many research stakeholders have joined forces to create mechanisms for preserving it. However, regardless of generating rich research data, Africa lags behind in research data management thereby potentially losing most of this valuable data. Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate the research data management practices at a Malawian public university with the aim to recommend appropriate data management strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe study is inspired by the pragmatic school of thought thereby adopting quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire from 150 researchers and 25 librarians while qualitative data was collected by conducting an interview with the Director of Research.FindingsResearchers are actively involved in research activities thereby generating large quantities of research data. Although researchers are willing to share their data, only a handful follow through. Data preservation is poor because the university uses high risk data storage facilities, namely personal computers, flash disks, emails and external hard drives. Researchers and librarians lacked core research data-management competencies because of the lack of formal and information training opportunities. Challenges that frustrate research data-management efforts are many but the key ones include absence of research data management policies, lack of incentives, lack of skills and unavailability of data infrastructure.Research limitations/implicationsThe study's findings are based on one out of four public universities in the country; hence, the findings may not adequately address the status of research data management practices in the other universities.Practical implicationsConsidering that the university under study and its counterparts in Malawi and Africa in general operate somewhat in a similar economic and technological environment, these findings could be used as a reference point for other universities intending to introduce research data management initiatives.Originality/valueWith seemingly limited studies about research data management in Africa and particularly in Malawi, the study sets the tone for research data management debates and initiatives in the country and other African countries.
Transformations in the built form as a reflection of social change, the case of apartment buildings in Amman
Authors: Al-Betawi Yamen N. , Al Nassar Fadia H. , Al Husban Ahmad A. , Al Husban Safa 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
This study aims to trace the transformation in the form of apartment building and the connotations it has in understanding the changes that occurred in the Jordanian society’s lifestyle over the past five decades.

Design/methodology/approach
A comparative case study analysis has been conducted amongst 170 apartments, covering 70 design attributes related to aspects of appearance, spatial organisation, parking and access to building, outdoor space and finishing. This was followed by experts and households solicitation to help giving more confidence on the validity and reliability of findings regarding the sorts and justifications for the changes that have taken place in the form of apartments over the studied time frame.

Findings
The results reveal changes in design attributes indicating particular alterations in people’s lifestyle. New interests act in formulating recent housing design attributes. People seem to turn into a more open social life within public community but more privatised living amongst family members. People are becoming more attached to indoor modernised lifestyle, in homes and public areas where activities take place. This entails pursuing a more comfortable, facilitating and enjoyable life that presents luxury and tranquillity.

Originality/value
Understanding the relationship between transformations in the built form of apartment buildings and the associated social alterations provides useful insights towards improving housing provision to better match the ever-changing demands of people and respond to alterations in their lifestyles.
Effective and efficient usage of big data analytics in public sector
Authors: Merhi Mohammad I. , Bregu Klajdi 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis study aims to achieve three goals: present a holistic, flexible and dynamic model; define the model’s factors and explain how these factors lead to effective and efficient usage of big data; and generate indexes based on experts’ input to rank them based on their importance.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses the analytic hierarchy process, a quantitative method of decision-making, to evaluate the importance of the factors presented in the model. The fundamental principle of the overall model is that of a dynamo which is borrowed from electromagnetic physics. The model is also based on three IS theories.FindingsTechnological advancements and data security are among the most important factors that may impact the effectiveness and efficiency of big data usage. Authentication, governments’ focus on it and transparency and accountability are the most important factors in techno-centric, governmental-centric and user-centric factors, respectively.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this paper confirmed earlier findings in the literature and quantitatively assessed some of the factors that were conceptually presented. This paper also presented a framework that can be used in future studies.Practical implicationsPolicy and decision-makers may need to upgrade pertinent technologies such as internet security, frame policies toward information technology (IT) and train the users.Originality/valueThis paper fills a gap in the literature by presenting a comprehensive study of how different factors dynamically contribute to the effective usage of big data in the public sector. It also quantitatively presents the importance of the factors based on the data collected from 12 IT experts.
Organizational learning and bureaucracy: an alternative view
Authors: Ingvaldsen Jonas A. , Engesbak Vetle 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to reconceptualize the relationship between organizational learning and bureaucracy. Although the two are generally considered to be antithetical, this paper shows that, in some organizations, bureaucracy can be functional for organizational learning.

Design/methodology/approach
The central argument is theoretical and builds on two main ideas: firstly, the nature of knowledge creation and organizational learning is conditioned by the organization’s main technological characteristics; and secondly, bureaucracy has a dual nature as an instrument of managerial control and as a vehicle of large-scale collaboration. This study uses examples from process industries as empirical illustrations.

Findings
As products and production systems come to embody deeper and more diverse knowledge, their development takes on an increasingly collaborative character. The need to integrate differentiated knowledge and material artefacts calls for specialization, formalization, centralization and staff roles. Hence, technological complexity drives a bureaucratization of organizational learning.

Research limitations/implications
The core argument is developed with reference to industries where organizational learning involves the accumulation of knowledge, not its periodic replacement associated with technological shifts. Its relevance outside these industries remains to be assessed.

Practical implications
Organizations, whose knowledge creation fits the pattern of creative accumulation, should learn to harness formal structures for large-scale collaboration.

Originality/value
The main thesis runs counter to mainstream perspectives on organizational learning. This paper explores organizational learning in sectors that have received little attention in debates about organizational learning.
Food tourism research: a perspective article
Authors: Okumus Bendegul 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to critically review current research on food tourism and discuss future research directions in this field of inquiry.

Design/methodology/approach
This study reviewed and synthesized current food tourism research.

Findings
The findings suggest that food tourism has made considerable progress over the past two decades in both academia and its own industry. Key research themes in food tourism include offering unique food experiences, authenticity through food experiences, using food in destination marketing and focusing on food tourism and sustainability together.

Research limitations/implications
This study identifies and discusses key themes on past, current and future food tourism research. Previous studies have focused on analyzing the nature and extent of linkages between the food and tourism sectors. Future studies should focus on designing and co-creating of unique local food tourism experiences, development of new culinary events, culinary medicine, establishment of stronger stakeholder engagements in food tourism development and the role of social media in promoting food tourism experiences.

Practical implications
The study offers practical implications for industry practitioners and policymakers.

Originality/value
This paper provides a clear perspective on future developments of food tourism research. In particular, future research studies should follow more a multidisciplinary approach and use both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Effect of caste on health, independent of economic disparity: evidence from school children of two rural districts of India
Authors: Dutta Ambarish , Mohapatra Mrinal Kar , Rath Mrunalini , Rout Sarit Kumar , Kadam Shridhar , Nallalla Srinivas , Balagopalan Kavitha , Tiwari Divya , Yunus Shariqua , Behera Binod Kumar , Patro Binod Kumar , Mangaraj Manaswini , Sahu Suchanda , Paithankar Pradnya 
Published: May 2020

AbstractCaste, a stratifying axis of the Indian society, is associated with wealth and health. However, to what extent caste‐based health inequality is explained by wealth disparities, is not clear. Therefore, we aimed to examine the caste‐based differences in anaemia (haemoglobin < 11 gm/dl) and self‐reported sickness absenteeism in schoolchildren and the mediating role of economic disparity. Students (n = 1764) were surveyed from 54 government schools of Dhenkanal and Angul, Odisha state. Socioeconomic data, anaemia and absenteeism were recorded. The relative risks of anaemia among Scheduled Tribe (least advantaged) and Scheduled Caste (second least advantaged) students were 1.19 (95% CI: 1.08, 1.26) and 1.13 (1.03, 1.20), respectively, as compared to students of the most advantaged caste and that for sickness absenteeism were 2.78 (2.03, 3.82) and 2.84 (2.13, 3.78); p < 0.05, with marginal attenuation when controlled for inter‐caste economic disparities. Caste had an independent effect on anaemia and sickness absenteeism in school children, unexplained by inter‐caste economic disparities.
Rethinking Integrated Care: A Systematic Hermeneutic Review of the Literature on Integrated Care Strategies and Concepts
Authors: HUGHES GEMMA , SHAW SARA E. , GREENHALGH TRISHA 
Published: May 2020

Policy PointsIntegrated care is best understood as an emergent set of practices intrinsically shaped by contextual factors, and not as a single intervention to achieve predetermined outcomes.Policies to integrate care that facilitate person‐centered, relationship‐based care can potentially contribute to (but not determine) improved patient experiences.There can be an association between improved patient experiences and system benefits, but these outcomes of integrated care are of different orders and do not necessarily align.Policymakers should critically evaluate integrated care programs to identify and manage conflicts and tensions between a program's aims and the context in which it is being introduced.ContextIntegrated care is a broad concept, used to describe a connected set of clinical, organizational, and policy changes aimed at improving service efficiency, patient experience, and outcomes. Despite examples of successful integrated care systems, evidence for consistent and reproducible benefits remains elusive. We sought to inform policy and practice by conducting a systematic hermeneutic review of literature covering integrated care strategies and concepts.MethodsWe used an emergent search strategy to identify 71 sources that considered what integrated care means and/or tested models of integrated care. Our analysis entailed (1) comparison of strategies and concepts of integrated care, (2) tracing common story lines across multiple sources, (3) developing a taxonomy of literature, and (4) generating a novel interpretation of the heterogeneous strategies and concepts of integrated care.FindingsWe identified four perspectives on integrated care: patients’ perspectives, organizational strategies and policies, conceptual models, and theoretical and critical analysis. We subdivided the strategies into four framings of how integrated care manifests and is understood to effect change. Common across empirical and conceptual work was a concern with unity in the face of fragmentation as well as the development and application of similar methods to achieve this unity. However, integrated care programs did not necessarily lead to the changes intended in experiences and outcomes. We attribute this gap between expectations and results, in part, to significant misalignment between the aspiration for unity underpinning conceptual models on the one hand and the multiplicity of practical application of strategies to integrate care on the other.ConclusionsThose looking for universal answers to narrow questions about whether integrated care “works” are likely to remain disappointed. Models of integrated care need to be valued for their heuristic rather than predictive powers, and integration understood as emerging from particular as well as common contexts.
Effect of hysterectomy on pain in women with endometriosis: a population‐based registry study
Authors: Sandström A , Bixo M , Johansson M , Bäckström T , Turkmen S 
Published: May 2020

ObjectiveTo assess pain symptoms before and after hysterectomy in women with endometriosis.DesignA population‐based registry study.SettingSweden.PopulationWomen aged 18–45 years who underwent hysterectomy for endometriosis between 2010 and 2015.MethodsPain symptoms before hysterectomy and 12 months after surgery were collected from the Swedish National Quality Register for Gynaecological Surgery (GynOp). Pain symptoms were also assessed by follow‐up surveys after a median follow‐up period of 63 months.Main outcome measuresPelvic or lower abdominal pain after hysterectomy.ResultsThe study included 137 women. The proportion of women experiencing pain of any severity decreased by 28% after hysterectomy (P < 0.001). The proportion of women with severe pain symptoms decreased by 76% after hysterectomy (P < 0.001). The majority of women (84%) were satisfied with the surgical result. Presence of severe pain symptoms after the hysterectomy was associated with less satisfaction (P < 0.001). Pain symptoms after surgery, patient satisfaction and the patient's perceived improvement were not significantly different between women whose ovarian tissue was preserved and women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy.ConclusionsWe observed a significant, long‐lasting reduction in pain symptoms after hysterectomy among women with endometriosis. Hysterectomy, with the possibility of ovarian preservation, may be a valuable option for women with endometriosis who suffer from severe pain symptoms.Tweetable abstractHysterectomy is a valuable option for women with endometriosis and severe pain symptoms.
Early impact of the implementation of Medicaid episode‐based payment reforms in Arkansas
Authors: Toth Matt , Moore Paul , Tant Elizabeth , Rutledge Regina , Beil Heather , Arbes Sam , West Nathan , West Suzanne L. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate episode‐based payments for upper respiratory tract infections (URI) and perinatal care in Arkansas's Medicaid population.Study SettingUpper respiratory infection and perinatal episodes among Medicaid‐covered individuals in Arkansas and comparison states from fiscal year (FY) 2011 to 2014.Study DesignCross‐sectional observational analysis using a difference‐in‐difference design to examine outcomes associated with URI and perinatal episodes of care (EOC) from 2011 to 2014. Key dependent variables include antibiotic use, emergency department visits, physician visits, hospitalizations, readmission, and preventive screenings.Data CollectionClaims data from the Medicaid Analytic Extract for Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri from 2010 to 2014 with supplemental county‐level data from the Area Health Resource File (AHRF).Principal FindingsThe URI EOC reduced the probability of antibiotic use (marginal effect [ME] = −1.8, 90% CI: −2.2, −1.4), physician visits (ME = 0.6, 90% CI: −0.8, −0.4), improved the probability of strep tests for children diagnosed with pharyngitis (ME = 9.4, 90% CI: 8.5, 10.3), but also increased the probability of an emergency department (ED) visit (ME = 0.1, 90% CI: 0.1, 0.2), relative to the comparison group. For perinatal EOCs, we found a reduced probability of an ED visit during pregnancy (ME = 0.1, 90% CI: −0.2, −0.0), an increased probability of screening for HIV (ME = 6.2, 90% CI: 4.0, 8.5), chlamydia (ME = 9.5, 90% CI: 7.2, 11.8), and group B strep‐test (ME = 2.6, 90% CI: 0.5, 4.6), relative to the comparison group. Predelivery and postpartum hospitalizations also increased (ME = 1.2, 90% CI: 0.4, 2.0; ME = 0.4, 90% CI: 0.0, 0.8, respectively), relative to the comparison group.ConclusionUpper respiratory infection and perinatal EOCs for Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries produced mixed results. Aligning shared savings with quality metrics and cost‐thresholds may help achieve quality targets and disincentivize over utilization within the EOC, but may also have unintended consequences.
The impact of managerial discretion on fair value information in the Australian agricultural sector
Authors: He Liyu , Wright Sue , Evans Elaine 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThis study examines the application of fair value measurement for biological assets and how managers exercise their discretion over fair value measurement to achieve desired earnings outcomes. Using Australian data, we find that managers report larger agricultural gains when the earnings target is not met. This phenomenon is more prominent when managers are provided with higher levels of discretion. Boards of directors appear to understand this strategy and distinguish unrealised agricultural earnings from other earnings when compensating managers. However, boards do not appear to intervene in managers’ choices of fair value estimates.
Environmental Kuznets curve bibliographic map: a systematic literature review
Authors: Pincheira Roxana , Zuniga Felipe 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThis paper reviews the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature, which postulates an inverted‐U association between pollutants and economic output, suggesting that economic growth initially leads to greater environmental deterioration at low levels of income, but that factors may eventually cause an improvement in environmental quality with further economic development. A systematic review was conducted using the bibliographic map method to identify the main research streams and to identify possible gaps and areas for future research. Six research streams were identified: testing the basic EKC equation, critique of EKC, determinants of EKC, review of EKC, a nexus of income–energy consumption and new environmental indicators.
Effect of structural stability on endolysosomal degradation and T‐cell reactivity of major shrimp allergen tropomyosin
Authors: Kamath Sandip D. , Scheiblhofer Sandra , Johnson Christopher M. , Machado Yoan , McLean Thomas , Taki Aya C. , Ramsland Paul A. , Iyer Swati , Joubert Isabella , Hofer Heidi , Wallner Michael , Thalhamer Josef , Rolland Jennifer , O’Hehir Robyn , Briza Peter , Ferreira Fatima , Weiss Richard , Lopata Andreas L. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractBackgroundTropomyosins are highly conserved proteins, an attribute that forms the molecular basis for their IgE antibody cross‐reactivity. Despite sequence similarities, their allergenicity varies greatly between ingested and inhaled invertebrate sources. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the structural stability of different tropomyosins, their endolysosomal degradation patterns, and T‐cell reactivity.MethodsWe investigated the differences between four tropomyosins—the major shrimp allergen Pen m 1 and the minor allergens Der p 10 (dust mite), Bla g 7 (cockroach), and Ani s 3 (fish parasite)—in terms of IgE binding, structural stability, endolysosomal degradation and subsequent peptide generation, and T‐cell cross‐reactivity in a BALB/c murine model.ResultsTropomyosins displayed different melting temperatures, which did not correlate with amino acid sequence similarities. Endolysosomal degradation experiments demonstrated differential proteolytic digestion, as a function of thermal stability, generating different peptide repertoires. Pen m 1 (Tm 42°C) and Der p 10 (Tm 44°C) elicited similar patterns of endolysosomal degradation, but not Bla g 7 (Tm 63°C) or Ani s 3 (Tm 33°C). Pen m 1–specific T‐cell clones, with specificity for regions highly conserved in all four tropomyosins, proliferated weakly to Der p 10, but did not proliferate to Bla g 7 and Ani s 3, indicating lack of T‐cell epitope cross‐reactivity.ConclusionsTropomyosin T‐cell cross‐reactivity, unlike IgE cross‐reactivity, is dependent on structural stability rather than amino acid sequence similarity. These findings contribute to our understanding of cross‐sensitization among different invertebrates and design of suitable T‐cell peptide‐based immunotherapies for shrimp and related allergies.