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Community cultural wealth and literacy capital in Latin American communities
Authors: Trigos-Carrillo Lina 
Published: December 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the literacy practices of the families and communities of first-generation college students in Latin America, and how community and family literacies can inform the understanding of first-generation college students’ identity and cultural values.

Design/methodology/approach
This transnational ethnography was conducted in local communities around three public universities in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica. Participants included nine fist-generation college students and more than 50 people in their families and communities (i.e. relatives, parents and friends). Data gathering occurred at the university outside the formal space of the classroom, at home, and in the community. Data were interpreted through the lens of the community cultural wealth framework.

Findings
The author found that first-generation college students and their families and communities engaged in rich literacy practices that have been overlooked in policy, research, and media. It is argued that the concept literacy capital is necessary to acknowledge the critical literacy practices communities engage in. Literacy capital was manifested in these communities to preserve cultural traditions, to sponsor literacy practices and to question and resist unjust sociopolitical circumstances.

Practical implications
The findings of this study should inform a culturally sustaining pedagogy of academic literacies in higher education. Beyond asset-based approaches to academic literacies in Latin America, critical perspectives to academic literacies teaching and learning are needed that acknowledge the Latin American complexities.

Originality/value
These findings are significant because they unveiled how people in local communities were informed about the sociopolitical dynamics at the national and international scale that affected or even threatened their local culture, and how they used their literacy capital to react critically to those situations.
Determinants of intention to use Islamic banking
Authors: Ayyub Samia , Xuhui Wang , Asif Muhammad , Ayyub Rana Muhammad 
Published: December 2019

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the determinants of intention to use Islamic banking and compare the consumer behavior of users and non-users of Islamic banking. This study incorporates the theory of planned behavior in Islamic banking perspective with an additional construct from technology acceptance model.Design/methodology/approachThe research is quantitative in nature, and survey questionnaire was used to get data from four cities of Pakistan. The study manages to get 300 questionnaires from which only 264 were usable for analysis. The structural equation modeling was used for testing the hypotheses.FindingsThe result shows that perceived behavior control and perceived usefulness are the most significant predictors of intention to use of Islamic banking among users and non-users. Attitude turns out to be a non-significant factor for non-users of Islamic banking. Subjective norm is also found to be non-significant with intention to use Islamic banking in both groups.Originality/valueThis study has theoretical as well as practical significance in the subject of consumer behavior in Islamic banking. Theoretically, it attempts to fill the gap caused by the scarcity of research in exploring the consumer behavior towards Islamic banking in Pakistan. This study provides insights into the consumer behavior of users and non-users of Islamic banking and thus presents a comparison. Practically, this study provides guidelines for Islamic banks in introduction, propagation and promotion of Islamic banking products and services to establish Islamic banking as a social norm.
Firm characteristics, innovation, financial resilience and survival of financial institutions
Authors: Nkundabanyanga Stephen Korutaro , Mugumya Elizabeth , Nalukenge Irene , Muhwezi Moses , Najjemba Grace Muganga 
Published: December 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among firm characteristics, innovation, financial resilience and survival of financial institutions in Uganda.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs a cross-sectional research design, and responses from 143 officers of 40 financial institutions are analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The authors used ordinary least squares regression in testing the hypotheses.FindingsThe authors find that firm characteristics of size, age, innovation and financial resilience have a predictive force on survival of public interest firms such as financial institutions.Research limitations/implicationsThe implication drawn here is that a combination of firm characteristics, firm innovation and financial resilience explains a significant contribution in the survival chances of financial institutions. However, as much as firm characteristics and financial resilience are significant, innovation explains more of the variances in financial institutions’ going concern appropriateness.Originality/valueThis paper adds to the limited financial institutions literature and provides the first empirical evidence of the efficacy of innovation and financial resilience on financial institutions survival. The auditing profession could consider more seriously the innovation activities and financial resilience of financial institutions in their test for the going concern assumption of such firms.
A review of Industry 4.0 in supply chain management studies
Authors: Chauhan Chetna , Singh Amol 
Published: December 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess how the emergent theme of Industry 4.0 is considered in the context of supply chain management (SCM) and to identify important areas for future research.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review of 334 studies is carried out. The papers have been analyzed by having a focus on the unit of analysis, research methods used, the key themes covered and how the debate has evolved over a period of time.

Findings
Findings of the study reveal that scholars have so far focused on principles and practices for digitized SCM, identified enablers and barriers, and considered the Industry 4.0 at various levels, particularly at the firm level. Majority of studies focus on manufacturing from the perspective of the focal firm.

Research limitations/implications
Limitation of this study is its unit of analysis where only peer-reviewed journal and conference articles published in the English language have been considered.

Practical implications
This review identifies the important themes and areas for practitioners to consider vis-à-vis the implementation of Industry 4.0 standards in supply chains. The review provides insights into under-researched areas and highlights the need for future researchers to develop more practical models for guiding the implementation of Industry 4.0.

Originality/value
This paper is one among the few studies that assess the Industry 4.0 implementation in the context of SCM and provides insights and implications for further research.
Tourism planning: a perspective paper
Authors: Costa Carlos 
Published: December 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse past tourism planning and discuss how it is going to evolve in the future.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on literature review, but it also advances a model for future tourism planning.

Findings
The paper demonstrates that there is a strong need for tourism planning to be carried out with close links between territorial planning and its economics and management.

Research limitations/implications
The paper is not based on primary data collection.

Practical implications
The paper is useful for planners, academics and practitioners. It shows how a new planning model may be put in practice in the future.

Social implications
By linking physical and economic planning, the paper has good management implications to involve people and make them benefit from tourism.

Originality/value
Most tourism models fail to associate physical and economic planning, while this paper brings an innovative perspective of doing this.
Ecological and economic benefits of low‐intensity urban lawn management
Authors: Watson Christopher J. , Carignan‐Guillemette Léonie , Turcotte Caroline , Maire Vincent , Proulx Raphaël 
Published: December 2019

Abstract

Intensive management of urban lawns is globally widespread, predominantly for aesthetic reasons. However, a growing body of knowledge demonstrates negative ecological and environmental effects of this practice.

We present a meta‐analysis of North American and European studies from 2004 to 2019, which incorporates three previously unpublished datasets from eastern Canada, to investigate how mowing intensity impacts the ecology of urban lawns.

The meta‐analysis provides aggregated evidence that invertebrate and plant diversity is lower in urban lawns under increased mowing intensity. This decline is independent of the level of contrast between mowing ‘treatment’ and ‘control’ (e.g. height or frequency of mowing), which differed considerably between studies. Intensive mowing also increases the occurrence of pest species (e.g. herbivorous beetle larvae and allergenic plants), though studies in this group were limited to northern environments. Changes in ecosystem‐level variables (soil temperature, soil moisture deficit and carbon deficit) were less evident and suggest changes in abiotic processes may take longer to become apparent.

An economic case study of the mowing costs in Trois‐Rivières, Canada, suggests that cost savings of 36% may be possible with a modest reduction of mowing frequency.

Synthesis and Applications. Increasing urban biodiversity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are strong motivators for reducing lawn management intensity. We also suggest that the benefits of reducing pest species while saving lawn management costs may provide additional social and economic incentives for decision makers to review urban greenspace management practices.
Variation in the production of plant tissues bearing extrafloral nectaries explains temporal patterns of ant attendance in Amazonian understorey plants
Authors: Nogueira Anselmo , Baccaro Fabricio B. , Leal Laura C. , Rey Pedro J. , Lohmann Lúcia G. , Bronstein Judith L. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractInformation on direct and indirect drivers of temporal variation in ant–plant interactions is scarce, compromising our ability to predict the functioning of these ecologically important interactions.We investigated the roles of precipitation, ant activity, abundance of young plant tissues bearing extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and EFN phenotypes in the establishment of EFN‐mediated ant–plant interactions throughout the year in Amazonia, Brazil. We hypothesized that the frequency of ant–plant interactions follows a predictable seasonal pattern, being higher in wetter periods, during which plants invest more in the production of new plant tissues bearing EFNs, ultimately promoting ant attendance. We surveyed and tagged every understorey Bignonieae plant rooted inside 28,500‐m2plots, and recorded ant–EFN interactions on each plant five times throughout the year. We also sampled ants with honey baits to estimate temporal variation in general ant activity.Contrary to our hypothesis, the proportion of plants tended by ants in each plot was higher in drier, not wetter, months. Ant attendance was indirectly and negatively related to precipitation, which was attributed to a decrease in the proportion of plants producing new EFN‐bearing plant tissues during the wetter period. Additionally, seasonal variation in an ant activity did not explain temporal patterns of plant attendance. At the plant level, ant attendance increased strongly with the number of recently formed shoot nodes, and ants almost never attended plants with limited or no young tissue. Among the 12 most abundant Bignonieae species, the amount of young tissue was the most important predictor of ant attendance, secondarily explained by the EFN secretory area.Synthesis. Our results suggest that seasonal variation in the production of new plant tissues bearing EFNs is the primary driver of the temporal patterns of EFN–plant attendance by ants in this system. Contrary to our expectations, production of new plant tissue is higher in the drier months of the year, which in turn boosts the frequency of interactions between ants and EFN‐bearing plants in the dry season. These results highlight the role of plant phenology in the remarkable variation encountered in ant visitation to EFN‐bearing plants in both space and time.
LRRC52‐AS1 is associated with clinical progression and regulates cell migration and invasion in papillary thyroid cancer
Authors: Zhou Yuying , Xiang Jingjing , Bhandari Adheesh , Wen Jialiang , Lin Bangyi , Kong Lingguo , Wang Ouchen 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThe incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in recent decades. The potential molecular mechanisms of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are still to be uncovered. In recent years, a number of studies reported that LRRC super family members are up‐regulated in cancer cells. Cancer cells can experience a feature change from an epithelial to a mesenchymal phenotype, which is called epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) during cancer progression. We found that LRRC52‐AS1 is highly expressed in PTC cell lines rather than normal tissues and this observation was consistent with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort. In a word, LRRC52‐AS1 is associated with clinical progression in papillary thyroid cancer. In vitro experiments showed that knocking down LRRC52‐AS1 significantly decreased the migration and invasion of the PTC cell lines (BCPAP and TPC). Meanwhile, LRRC52‐AS1 may influence the progress of papillary thyroid cancer via mesenchymal markers N‐cadherin, vimentin and TAZ. The LRRC52‐AS1 gene is up‐regulated in papillary thyroid cancer, and knockdown of LRRC52‐AS1 could restrain cellular migration, and invasion in vitro. This study indicated that LRRC52‐AS1 is a gene associated with PTC and might become a potential therapeutic target in PTC.
Herbarium specimens provide historical evidence of Cardiaspina jerramungae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea, Aphalaridae) outbreaks on Eucalyptus occidentalis in the Lower Great Southern of Western Australia
Authors: Farr Janet D 
Published: December 2019

AbstractIn 1982, a new species of psyllid, Cardiaspina jerramungae, reached outbreak levels on Eucalyptus occidentalis. The primary host species grows in remnant stands in the Lower Great Southern region of Western Australia and until this event was not recognised to be associated with insect outbreaks. Herbarium specimens, a largely unexploited source of data for temporal and spatial history of ecological interactions between plant hosts and insect herbivores, provided evidence of historical insect outbreaks. Evidence of C. jerramungae was traced through herbarium specimens of the preferred hosts, E. occidentalis and Eucalyptus utilis. The earliest evidence of this insect was found on a 1901 specimen of E. occidentalis. There was also evidence of a high population in 1960. Further outbreaks of C. jerramungae are likely, with consequences for the health of its primary host, although their periodicity and duration are unpredictable.
Associations between home literacy environment, brain white matter integrity and cognitive abilities in preschool‐age children
Authors: Hutton John S. , Dudley Jonathan , Horowitz‐Kraus Tzipi , DeWitt Tom , Holland Scott K. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractAimCaregiver‐child reading is advocated by health organisations, citing cognitive and neurobiological benefits. The influence of home literacy environment (HLE) on brain structure prior to kindergarten has not previously been studied.MethodsPreschool‐age children completed assessments of language (EVT‐2, CTOPP‐2 Rapid Object Naming) and emergent literacy skills (Get Ready to Read!, The Reading House) followed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Parents completed a survey of HLE (StimQ‐P2 READ), which has four subscales. DTI measures included axial diffusivity (AD), radial diffusivity (RD), mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA).ResultsForty‐seven children completed DTI (54 ± 7 months, range 36‐63; 27 girls). StimQ‐P2 READ scores correlated with higher EVT‐2, GRTR and TRH scores, controlling for age and gender (P < .01), and also with lower AD, RD and MD in tracts supporting language and literacy skills, controlling for age, gender and income (P < .05, family‐wise error corrected). Correlations were strongest for the Bookreading Quantity subscale, including with higher scores on all cognitive measures including CTOPP‐2, and also with higher FA in left‐lateralised literacy‐supporting tracts, controlling for age, gender and income.ConclusionMore nurturing home reading environment prior to kindergarten may stimulate brain development supporting language and literacy skills, reinforcing the need for further study.
Bayesian machine learning to discover Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Authors: Wang Jian , Ran Ting , Chen Yadong , Lu Tao 
Published: December 2019

AbstractBruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) has a crucial role in multiple cell signaling pathways including B‐cell antigen receptor (BCR) and Fc receptor (FcR) signaling cascades, which has attracted much attention to find BTK inhibitors to treat autoimmune diseases. In this work, we constructed a Bayesian classification model for virtually seeking novel BTK inhibitors, which showed good performance in terms of screening efficiency and accuracy. Through searching for several chemical libraries including Chembl_17 (1,317,484 compounds), Chembridge (103,473 compounds), and Chemdiv (700,000 compounds) using this model followed by molecular docking and activity prediction, 52 compounds with novel scaffolds were acknowledged as potential BTK inhibitors, which could be promising starting points for further exploration. This study also provided a guide to construct an efficient and effective protocol for virtual screening by integrating machine learning methods.
National Student Survey: Reliability and prediction of overall satisfaction scores with special reference to UK Dental Schools
Authors: Satterthwaite Julian D. , Vahid Roudsari Reza 
Published: December 2019

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to assess the reliability of the UK National Student Survey (NSS) (2018) and explore the predictive values of individual questions and question domains on the overall satisfaction score.MethodsUK NSS result data (for 2018) were assessed for all those providers that award an undergraduate degree in dentistry. To analyse the correlation of each question item to the overall satisfaction question (question 27), a bivariate 2‐tailed Pearson correlation test was conducted, where a P value of <.05 was considered statistically significant. The same test was used to assess such correlation at question domain level. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the test reliability of the NSS data.ResultsQuestion 5 (“My course has provided me with opportunities to explore ideas or concepts in depth”) had the highest predictive value, explaining 85% of the correlation data to the overall satisfaction question. The strongest positive correlation could be seen at the “teaching on my course” and “learning opportunities” domains, whereby 84% of the data can be explained by each of these variables. The worst predictor domain was assessment and feedback, whereby only 40% of the data could be explained by the correlation line. Cronbach's alpha was 0.952‐0.976.ConclusionsThe NSS is a highly reliable test, both at question and domain levels. The highest predictors of overall satisfaction are teaching, learning opportunities and academic support domains. Assessment and feedback has weak predictive value towards the overall satisfaction score. Question 5 is highly predictive of the overall outcome.
Foucault's concept of illegalism
Authors: Feldman Alex J. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis paper reconstructs Foucault's concept of illegalism and explores its significance for his genealogies of modern punishment and racial formation. The concept of illegalism, as distinct from illegality, plays a double role. It allows Foucault to describe a ruling class tactic for managing inequalities and also to characterize an important vein of resistant subjugated knowledges. The political project of the prison is linked to a new crime policy that does not so much aim to repress illegalisms as to manage them differentially. This practice of differential management, which arises in the 18th century, produces a primary split along class lines between two types of illegalism—an insight that has a certain resonance with Edwin's Sutherland's concept of “white collar crime.” Foucault's investigation of a third category of “infralegal illegalism” sheds light not only on the genealogy of the category of delinquency but also on his genealogy of racial categorization. Finally, Foucault argues that a genuinely radical critique of modern society must address the “need” organized political power has for the illegalisms from which it purportedly seeks to protect society. Against this practice of differentially managing illegalisms, Foucault seeks to reactivate a subjugated problematic that might open up questions about the transformative possibilities of illegalism today.
Rediscovering the public/private divide in EU private law
Authors: Cherednychenko Olha O. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis article explores the role of the public/private divide within EU private law. It shows that although EU private law cuts across the boundaries of public and private law, the conceptual distinction between these well‐established categories does matter within it and may lead to better law‐making in the EU more generally. The legal grammar of a particular EU harmonisation measure—which can be more “public” or “private”—may have important implications for the position of private parties at national level, for the CJEU's likely activism in this context, and ultimately for the measure's ability to realise its policy goals. Therefore, instead of ignoring the existing differences between public and private law, EU law should explicitly adopt the public/private law language in its discourse, without, however, introducing any sharp divide between these two areas.