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Worldview-based hospitality brand support: belief in a just world theory perspectives
Authors: Legendre Tiffany S. , Baker Melissa , Warnick Rodney , Assaf Albert 
Published: March 2020

Purpose
Despite the well-established branding literature, how a brand is connected to individual, market and societal/ideological levels are largely unknown. Grounded in the belief in a just world (BJW) theory, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of brand positioning status (BPS) on the support of certain brands (financially and non-financially) and examine the moderating roles of brand ideology and protestant work ethic (PWE).

Design/methodology/approach
In Study 1, a 2 (BPS: topdog vs underdog) × 2 (brand ideology: universalism vs power) between-subjects experimental design is conducted on overall brand support, purchase intention and word-of-mouth. To build upon the findings, Study 2 explores the three-way interaction effects on the same dependent variables by using a 2 (BPS: topdog vs underdog) × 2 (ideology: universalism vs power) × 2 (PWE: high vs low) quasi-experimental between-subjects design study.

Findings
The results of these studies reveal that customers have a strong intention to support the brands with universalism values, regardless of BPS, as power imbalance in the marketplace is not as salient. When a brand conveys the power ideology, the BPS greatly matters in earning customers’ support. This tendency, however, is varied among customers based on their level of PWE. This is because customers’ justification and evaluation on capitalism differs and their views toward market competitions between topdogs and underdogs are influenced by the personal worldviews.

Originality/value
The findings build upon belief in a just world theory and branding literature and discuss the importance of considering the BPS and the ideology a brand conveys in the marketplace, as the meanings and messages could be perceived differently based on what kind of work ethic one possesses and supports.
The demographics of forced marriage of people with learning disabilities: findings from a national database
Authors: Clawson Rachael , Patterson Anne , Fyson Rachel , McCarthy Michelle 
Published: March 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to compare the UK demographics of forced marriage of people with learning disabilities and people without learning disabilities to inform effective safeguarding practice.

Design/methodology/approach
An analysis of all cases of forced marriage reported to the UK Government’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) between 2009 and 2015.

Findings
People with learning disabilities are at five times greater risk of forced marriage than people without learning disabilities. Men and women with learning disabilities are equally likely to be forced to marry, whereas amongst the general population, women are more likely than men to be forced to marry. Patterns of ethnicity, geographic location within the UK and reporters are the same for people with and without learning disabilities.

Research limitations/implications
The analysis is based on cases reported to the FMU, and for some cases, data held was incomplete. More importantly, many cases go unreported and so the FMU data does not necessarily reflect all cases of forced marriage in the UK.

Practical implications
Forced marriage of people with learning disabilities is a safeguarding issue. Practitioners across health, education, criminal justice and social care need to better understand the risk of forced marriage for people with learning disabilities. Links to practice resources developed as part of the wider project are provided.

Originality/value
This is the first time that researchers have been given access to FMU data and the first time that a statistical analysis of cases of forced marriage involving someone with a learning disability have been analysed.
Corruption at Rolls-Royce: can it happen again?
Authors: Peltier-Rivest Dominic 
Published: March 2020

Purpose
This study aims to analyse Rolls-Royce’s (RR) recent corruption case, its 2017 global anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) manual, and its 2017 annual report to assess whether it has put the best corruption prevention strategies into place.

Design/methodology/approach
This is a legal case study based on RR’s 2017 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the UK serious fraud office. It uses the new ISO 37001 standard as a theoretical framework.

Findings
RR’s DPA suspends an indictment covering 12 counts of conspiracy to corrupt, false accounting and failure to prevent bribery. RR’s ABC manual exhibits significant shortcomings as compared to ISO 37001’s requirements. RR’s ABC manual does not provide any reference to the setting, reviewing and achievement of measurable anti-bribery objectives; does not state that anti-bribery training is provided at planned intervals to employees and external business associates that pose more than a low risk of bribery; does not explain the authority and independence of its head of ethics and compliance; does not state any maximum for gifts and hospitality given or received; does not provide clear assurances that reports made through its main internal channels will be treated confidentially and that complaints about senior management will be investigated by an outside firm; and does not subject its advisers to a formal due diligence process. RR’s annual report notes that it operates in an industry prone to corruption. Finally, internal control failure and compliance fatigue mean that no anti-bribery management system can be completely effective.

Research limitations/implications
This paper extends previous research by analysing the best corruption prevention strategies that organizations can implement. It does not endeavour to certify whether RR is ISO 37001 compliant, and it analyses only publicly available documents.

Practical implications
This study’s prevention strategies will help deter corruption and improve internal controls within organizations.

Originality/value
No previous study has used the new ISO 37001 standard as a framework for such corruption case analysis.
The effectiveness of Anti-Money Laundering policies and procedures within the Banking Sector in Bahrain
Authors: Lokanan Mark Eshwar , Nasimi Noor 
Published: March 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures applied by the banks operating in Bahrain and assess the effectiveness of these policies.

Design/methodology/approach
Data for the study came from semi-structured interviews with compliance officers in Bahrain’s banking sector. A total of 22 interviews were conducted with Bahraini money laundering reporting officers and bankers.

Findings
The findings indicate that the banks in Bahrain comply with international AML procedures in combating money laundering. Despite Bahrain being ranked as having strong compliance policies and AML procedures among the Gulf Cooperation Council region, there are still issues with regulatory technology that needs to be addressed.

Practical implications
While there has been a positive impact of AML procedures, there are always more procedures that can be taken into consideration by banks in Bahrain to have more robust mechanisms to mitigate against the threat of money laundering.

Originality/value
To the best of authors’ knowledge, this paper is among the first to conduct an informed study of the effectiveness of compliance in the Bahrain’s financial sector. It can be used as a foundation paper for more mix-research on money laundering threats facing Bahrain’s banks.
Impact of choice of kinetic model for the determination of transcutaneous FITC‐sinistrin clearance in rats with streptozotocin‐induced type 1 diabetes
Authors: Ullah Md Mahbub , Ow Connie P. C. , Evans Roger G. , Hilliard Krause Lucinda M. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractTranscutaneous assessment of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)‐sinistrin clearance using an optical device was recently validated for determination of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in conscious animals. In the current study, we compared four available kinetic models for calculating FITC‐sinistrin clearance, to provide further insight into whether the choice of model might influence findings generated using this device. Specifically, we calculated the excretion half‐life of FITC‐sinistrin (minutes), rate constant (minute−1) and GFR indexed to bodyweight in control rats and rats with streptozotocin‐induced diabetes across a 4‐week experimental period using standard one‐compartment (1‐COM), two‐compartment (2‐COM) and three‐compartment (3‐COM) kinetic models (1‐COM), and a three‐compartment kinetic model with baseline correction (3‐COMB). Glomerular hyperfiltration was detected in STZ‐induced diabetic rats with the 2‐COM or 3‐COMB at day 14 and with the 3‐COM at day 3 and 14 after induction of diabetes, but not at any time point using the 1‐COM. From a theoretical perspective, we reasoned that the 3‐COMB model provides a better estimate of t1/2 than the other models. Linear regression analysis of data generated using the 3‐COMB showed a significant relationship between blood glucose and calculated GFR at the day 14 (P = .004) and day 28 (P = .01) time points, and a strong tendency for a relationship at the day 3 time point (P = .06). We conclude that hyperfiltration is an early and sustained characteristic of STZ‐induced diabetes in rats. Furthermore, we propose that the 3‐COMB model provides the most valid t1/2 for estimation of GFR via transcutaneous detection of FITC‐sinistrin clearance.
Sick but healthy: bariatric patients and the social construction of illness and disability
Authors: Stevens Corey 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBariatric (weight loss) surgery modifies the digestive system, which produces impairments and symptoms which might be considered illness or disability. Bariatric patients, however, do not view themselves as ill or disabled, but healthier than before surgery. For this study, 35 bariatric patients – from a clinic located in the Midwestern United States – were interviewed to investigate how moral and medical discourses surrounding obesity impact how patients experience their bodies after bariatric surgery. While previous literature on bariatric patients has explored discourses of medicine, stigma and discipline, fewer have analysed how patients interpret physiological symptoms. Patients often reduce or discontinue medications for chronic illness after bariatric surgery, then replace them with a strict regimen of dietary supplements. Even though these supplements are taken to manage an impaired digestive system, they do not carry the same moral weight as medications for chronic illness. Patients also experience painful and humiliating symptoms after bariatric surgery. Bariatric patients interpret symptoms not as illness, but as important disciplinary tools to lose weight. These findings have implications for the social construction and experience of illness and disability in the context of fat stigma, health morality and biomedicalisation.
Dietary or supplemental intake of antioxidants and the risk of mortality in older people: A systematic review
Authors: Das Arpita , Hsu Michelle S. H. , Rangan Anna , Hirani Vasant 
Published: March 2020

AbstractPurposeAntioxidants have a protective role in the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease and all‐cause mortality. The association between dietary or supplemental intake of various antioxidants and all‐cause mortality or cause‐specific mortality among older populations is inconclusive. This systematic review aimed to systematically evaluate whether higher dietary or supplemental intake of antioxidants can lower the risk of all‐cause mortality or cause‐specific mortality in the older population.MethodsFive electronic databases were searched to identify studies that evaluated the effects of dietary or supplemental intake of antioxidants on cause‐specific or all‐cause mortality in the older population aged ≥65 years. The overall quality of the evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Twenty‐two longitudinal, prospective observational studies and randomised controlled trial (RCT) studies involving 1 090 844 cases of cause‐specific and all‐cause mortality were included. The overall quality of studies was high with a low risk of bias.ResultOf the 22 studies, 16 were observational studies and 6 were RCTs. The overall quality of evidence for observational studies and RCTs were rated down as low (due to very serious risk of bias and indirectness) and moderate (due to unable to rule out publication bias), respectively. Nine studies showed significant decreases, four found significant increases and nine reported no association between antioxidant intake and risk of mortality.ConclusionThere was inconclusive evidence on the associations between dietary or supplemental intake of antioxidants and mortality in the older population. More clinical trials are required to confirm the associations.
Chromosomal‐level reference genome of the incense tree Aquilaria sinensis
Authors: Nong Wenyan , Law Sean T. S. , Wong Annette Y. P. , Baril Tobias , Swale Thomas , Chu Lee Man , Hayward Alexander , Lau David T. W. , Hui Jerome H. L. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractTrees in the genus Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae) are known as lign aloes, and are native to the forests of southeast Asia. Lign aloes produce agarwood as an antimicrobial defence. Agarwood has a long history of cultural and medicinal use, and is of considerable commercial value. However, due to habitat destruction and over collection, lign aloes are threatened in the wild. We present a chromosomal‐level assembly for Aquilaria sinensis, a lign aloe endemic to China known as the incense tree, based on Illumina short‐read, 10X Genomics linked‐read, and Hi‐C sequencing data. Our 783.8 Mbp A. sinensis genome assembly is of high physical contiguity, with a scaffold N50 of 87.6 Mbp, and high completeness, with a 95.8% BUSCO score for eudicotyledon genes. We include 17 transcriptomes from various plant tissues, providing a total of 35,965 gene models. We reveal the first complete set of genes involved in sesquiterpenoid production, plant defence, and agarwood production for the genus Aquilaria, including genes involved in the biosynthesis of sesquiterpenoids via the mevalonic acid (MVA), 1‐deoxy‐D‐xylulose‐5‐phosphate (DXP), and methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways. We perform a detailed repeat content analysis, revealing that transposable elements account for ~61% of the genome, with major contributions from gypsy‐like and copia‐like LTR retroelements. We also provide a comparative analysis of repeat content across sequenced species in the order Malvales. Our study reveals the first chromosomal‐level genome assembly for a tree in the genus Aquilaria and provides an unprecedented opportunity to address a variety of applied, genomic and evolutionary questions in the Thymelaeaceae more widely.
Opioid tapering after spine surgery: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Uhrbrand Peter , Phillipsen Anne , Rasmussen Mikkel M. , Nikolajsen Lone 
Published: March 2020

BackgroundPatients are often prescribed opioids at discharge from hospital following surgery. Several studies have shown that a large number of patients do not taper off but continue to use opioids after surgery. Tapering plans and follow‐up after discharge may reduce opioid consumption.MethodsThis is a single‐centre, investigator‐initiated, randomized, controlled trial. One hundred and ten preoperative opioid users, scheduled to undergo spine surgery at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, are randomized into two groups: 1) an intervention group receiving an individually customized tapering plan at discharge combined with telephone counselling one week after discharge; 2) a control group receiving no tapering plan or telephone counselling. The primary outcome is number of patients exceeding their preoperative intake one month after discharge. Secondary outcomes are withdrawal symptoms during the first month after discharge, number of patients tapering off to zero three months after discharge, patient satisfaction and contacts with the health care system within the first two weeks after discharge.ConclusionOur study is expected to provide valuable information on opioid tapering after surgery in patients with preoperative opioid use.
The economic consequences of fair value disclosures: a manifestation of the buried facts doctrine
Authors: Bar‐Hod Assaf , Chen Ester , Gavious Ilanit 
Published: March 2020

AbstractThere is an ongoing debate about the need for improved intelligibility of corporate information. In particular, there is widespread dissatisfaction with the length and understandability of the information provided in firms’ financial statements. This paper investigates the determinants and effectiveness of corporate disclosures. To identify variation in the quantity and quality of corporate disclosures, we use fair‐value‐related disclosures as our setting. We create a firm‐year‐specific disclosure index to evaluate the quantity of fair‐value‐related information the firms convey. The quality of the information is measured via its ex ante ability to mitigate investors’ uncertainty about the estimated fair values. Our results suggest that managers regard quantity and quality as complementary features of corporate disclosures. Nevertheless, the evidence reveals that, for investors, this is not the case. Rather, large quantities of information appear to overload investors, thereby obscuring high‐quality disclosures. Moreover, neither the value relevance, nor the informativeness, of the fair‐valued items increase with the amount of related disclosures provided. Overall, we document the detrimental effect of information overload in burying facts critically important to investors and diminishing investor reliance on financial statements as a source of information for decision making.
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program risk calculator validity in South Australian laryngectomy patients
Authors: Kao Stephen Shih‐Teng , Frauenfelder Claire , Wong Daniel , Edwards Suzanne , Krishnan Suren , Ooi Eng Hooi 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBackgroundAssessing an individual patient's post‐operative risk profile prior to laryngectomy for cancer is difficult. The American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS‐NSQIP) risk calculator was developed to better inform preoperative decision‐making. The calculator uses patient‐specific characteristics to estimate the risk of experiencing post‐operative complications within 30 days of surgery. We investigated the ACS‐NSQIP risk calculator's performance for Australian laryngectomy patients.MethodsThe ACS‐NSQIP risk calculator was used to retrospectively calculate the 30‐day post‐operative predicted outcomes in patients who underwent laryngectomy for laryngeal, hypopharyngeal and thyroid cancers (with laryngeal involvement) in two institutions in South Australia. These data were compared against the actual mortality, morbidity, complications and length of stay (LOS) collected from a retrospective chart review.ResultsA total of 144 patients underwent surgical intervention for malignancies with laryngeal involvement. The median LOS was 25 days (range 13–197) compared to the predicted LOS of 6.5 days (range 3.5–12.5). Overall mortality was 2.78% with post‐operative complications occurring in 63% of patients. The most common complication was wound infection, occurring in 33% of patients. Hosmer–Lemeshow plots demonstrated good agreement between predicted and observed rates for complications.ConclusionThe ACS‐NSQIP risk calculator effectively predicted post‐operative complication rates in South Australian laryngeal cancer patients undergoing laryngectomy. However, differences in predicted and actual LOS may limit the usefulness of the calculator's LOS predictions for Australian patients.
Farmers' perceptions and approaches to detection, treatment and prevention of lameness in pasture‐based dairy herds in New South Wales, Australia
Authors: Ranjbar S , Rabiee AR , Ingenhoff L , House JK 
Published: March 2020

AimsThe objective of this study was to investigate farmers' perception of lameness in comparison to the estimated prevalence of lameness in NSW pasture‐based dairies to evaluate farmers' perceptions and approaches to detection, treatment and prevention of lameness.MethodsAcross‐sectional study was conducted on 62 pasture‐based dairy farms across NSW, Australia. The prevalence of lameness in these farms was estimated using locomotion scoring (1–4 scale). A survey was also conducted, using a questionnaire and face‐to‐face interview, to explore farmers' perceived prevalence of lameness and approaches to treatment and prevention.ResultsThe prevalence of lameness estimated by farmers was 3.7 times less (mean: 5%; range 0% to 26%) than that determined by locomotion scoring (mean: 19.1%; range 5.0%–44.5%). Approaches to treatment included antimicrobial therapy, hoof inspection with or without application of wooden blocks. In 28% of the farms, the lame cows were managed by farmers or farm staff with no official training in treatment of lame cows. The mean interval from detection of lameness to examination of the affected hoof was almost 55 hours (range 2–720 hours). A very low percentage of farms kept lameness records or implemented lameness preventive strategies such as footbaths and prophylactic foot trimming.ConclusionsFarmers and farm managers were found to underestimate the prevalence of lameness which could be due to the low level of awareness and can contribute to subsequent lack of implementation of prophylactic procedures and preventive management strategies for lameness. These findings accentuate the need to improve farmers' ability to detect lame cows and to emphasise the importance of recording in order to facilitate the management of lameness in dairy herds.