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Practice-based learning and innovation in nursing homes
Authors: Anvik Cecilie , Vedeler Janikke Solstad , Wegener Charlotte , Slettebø Åshild , Ødegård Atle 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the conditions under which learning and innovation occur within nursing homes by focusing on how the dynamics of the distribution and transformation of ideas and knowledge may be viewed as a prerequisite for innovation in both formal, planned learning situations and informal, everyday practices.

Design/methodology/approach
Data was produced via fieldwork, which included participant observations, conversations and research interviews with staff and managers at a Norwegian nursing home. The paper is inspired by situated learning theories and communities of practice, as the social context emerges as the site where learning and innovation are cultivated.

Findings
The nursing home sustains learning at the centre of its enterprise through managers’ and staff’s participation in planned learning situations and thereby highlights a focus on learning in their everyday practices. The conditions for the interplay between planned learning situations and everyday learning workplace practices are identified as the effort to create a joint enterprise and reflexive practices.

Social implications
The Global North is ageing. Consequently, there is an increasing need for facilities and adequately trained professionals to support an ageing population. Addressing these challenges will require an increased focus on developing supportive learning environments and furthering our knowledge about the interconnections between learning processes and innovation.

Originality/value
This paper contributes knowledge regarding nursing homes as professionally exciting places to work alongside conditions that allow for learning and innovation to be cultivated and thereby increase the quality of elderly healthcare services provided.
The hybrid drive effects of green innovation in Chinese coal enterprises: an empirical study
Authors: Zhou Liqing , Cao Cuizhen 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the green innovation evolution in coal enterprises in China and the various driving mechanisms influenced by government regulations, enterprise resource capability and supply chain integration.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses the innovation data of coal enterprises in China for constructing a model to infer how enterprises achieve green innovation (the “hybrid drive effect model”).FindingsThis paper shows that various driving modes of green innovation in an enterprise are influenced by government regulations, enterprise resource and capability, supply chain integration and the interaction effects between any two actors.Originality/valueBy examining the evolution process of green innovation in a specific industry from the perspectives of exploitative and exploratory innovation, the paper touches a relatively novel view on green innovation.
Personality traits and motivation of individual investors towards herding behaviour in Indian stock market
Authors: Kumari Sharda , Chandra Bibhas , Pattanayak J.K. 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between personality, motivating factors and herding behaviour of individual investors. Investors’ personality has been classified consonant to the personality traits (compliant, aggressive and detached) encapsulated in Horney’s tripartite model.

Design/methodology/approach
To carry out this study, the author surveyed 363 individual investors of the Indian stock market using a structured questionnaire. Structural equation modelling is used to empirically test the relationships between personality, three motivating factors (cognitive capability, emotional factors and social factors) and herding behaviour.

Findings
The result reveals that, expect compliant personality, none shows proclivity towards herding behaviour. Investors possessing compliant personality are more influenced by social motivating factors; however, cognitive factor motivates aggressive personality, inhibiting herding behaviour. Furthermore, investors having detached personality are not influenced by any motivating factors of herding.

Research limitations/implications
The limitation is the difficulty in generalizing the results to overall country populations as the Indian stock market has a huge turnover every day, and the author’s survey consisted of only small sample of individual investors.

Practical implications
The outcomes of this study could possibly unveil a new insight to discern the behaviour of individual investors in the Indian stock market.

Originality/value
The influences of personality on investment choices have been investigated before, but the influence of personality specifically on herding behaviour has not being adequately investigated in an emerging economy like India, as very scanty literature is available on the influence of personality on herding behaviour. The study addresses this gap and further explores the association of personality with different motivating factors that cause herding bias.
Low‐cost microplastic visualization in feeding experiments using an ultraviolet light‐emitting flashlight
Authors: Ehlers Sonja M. , Maxein Jan , Koop Jochen H. E. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractMicroplastics are pollutants threatening the health of marine, freshwater and terrestrial organisms. To analyze whether an organism is able to ingest microplastics, the organism is usually fed with expensive fluorescent microbeads and placed under a fluorescence microscope for microplastic detection. However, such equipment cannot be afforded by many laboratories. Therefore, we developed a low‐cost method to study the ingestion and egestion of low‐cost, fluorescent microplastic fragments and fibers by aquatic invertebrates. During our feeding experiments, we exposed the freshwater snail Radix balthica to artificial biofilms containing 15% microplastic fragments and fibers, respectively. We then used an ultraviolet (UV) flashlight to irradiate the microplastics. Hence, we could directly observe the microplastics in the food, during ingestion and egestion as well as in the snail feces. Our method, thereby, allowed us to analyze the snails' behavior (during ingestion and egestion), the microplastics' distribution in the snail feces and the microplastics' shape after the snails' digestion. Furthermore, we observed that the snails ceased to egest microplastics after 76 hr following microplastic ingestion. However, chemical digestion of the snails 6 days after microplastic exposure revealed that microplastics were still present in R. balthica, emphasizing the microplastics' persistence in the animals' bodies. This is the first study combining the usage of low‐cost fluorescent microplastics with an inexpensive UV flashlight for microplastic detection during microplastic ingestion and egestion by living organisms. Our new method is not only cost‐effective, but also fast and can be performed by a wide range of researchers without special previous training.
Interspecific differences in the recovery of rocky intertidal zonation after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Authors: Kanamori Yuki , Iwasaki Aiko , Oda Sayaka , Noda Takashi 
Published: January 2020

AbstractBoth natural and anthropogenic disturbances have significant impacts on populations in terrestrial and marine habitats. Despite evidence that population recovery after large‐scale disturbances in terrestrial habitats varies substantially among species depending on species traits and types of disturbance, little is known about interspecific differences in population recovery in marine habitats. In this study, we evaluated the course and status of recovery of the vertical distribution of nine intertidal sessile species over 6 years following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. First, we characterized temporal changes in the vertical position of zonation as the spatial distribution, and total coverage as the local population size after the 2011 earthquake. Then, we evaluated the differences in successional status that explain interspecific differences in zonation recovery speed. Finally, we revealed that temporal changes in the vertical position and abundance after the earthquake differed according to species. The interspecific differences in the speed of recovery of zonation after 2014 were correlated with successional status, with later successional species having a delayed recovery rate. These results indicated that intertidal sessile assemblages continued to change 6 years after the large earthquake, suggesting that evaluations of the impacts of disturbances on assemblages and the course of community recovery require long periods of time.
Chia seed (Salvia hispanica L.) effects and their molecular mechanisms on unbalanced diet experimental studies: A systematic review
Authors: Enes Bárbara N. , Moreira Luiza P. D. , Silva Bárbara P. , Grancieri Mariana , Lúcio Haira G. , Venâncio Vinícius P. , Mertens‐Talcott Susanne U. , Rosa Carla O. B. , Martino Hércia S. D. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThe aim of this review was to compile evidence and understand chia seed effects on unbalanced diet animal studies and the molecular mechanisms on metabolic biomarker modulation. A systematic review was conducted in electronic databases, following PRISMA recommendations. Risk of bias and quality was assessed using SYRCLE toll and ARRIVE guidelines. Seventeen articles were included. Throughout the studies, chia's main effects are associated with AMPK modulation: improvement of glucose and insulin tolerance, lipogenesis, antioxidant activity, and inflammation. Details about randomization and allocation concealment were insufficient, as well as information about blind protocols. Sample size, chia dose, and number of animals evaluated for each parameter were found to be lacking information among the studies. Based on experimental study data, chia has bioactive potential, and its daily consumption may reduce the risk of chronic disease development, mainly due to the antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic effects of the seed.Practical ApplicationThe consumption of chia seeds may improve lipid profile, insulin and glucose tolerance, and reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. Whole seed or its oil presents positive effect, but the effects of chia oil can act faster than the seed.
How Corporate Governance Mechanisms of Banks Have Changed After the 2007–08 Financial Crisis
Authors: Fernández Sánchez José L. , Odriozola Zamanillo María D. , Luna Manuel 
Published: January 2020

AbstractWeak and ineffective corporate governance mechanisms in banks have been pointed out as the main factor that contributed to the 2007–08 financial crisis. The purpose of this study is to analyze empirically how the global financial crisis of 2007–08 has impacted on banks’ governance mechanisms, comparing the differences between the two most important models of corporate governance (the shareholder and stakeholder models), and if these changes are related to improvements in banks’ governance effectiveness. To carry out our analysis, we have used a sample with 46 of the largest commercial banks in the world and the period of analysis has covered from 2002 until 2015. Our findings show that Anglo‐American banks following the common law system (shareholder model) maintained their high level of governance effectiveness after the financial crises. On the other hand, Continental European banks following the civil law system (stakeholder model) increased their effectiveness after the crisis changing some practices in their corporate governance mechanisms (improvements in the structure and functioning of directors’ boards, improvements in the compensation policy for banks’ executives, as well as the implementation of CSR committees) what led to a convergence of both governance systems.
The Effect of Banks' IT Investments on the Digitalization of their Customers
Authors: Carbó‐Valverde Santiago , Cuadros‐Solas Pedro J. , Rodríguez‐Fernández Francisco ,   EY
Published: January 2020

AbstractBanks all over the world are investing in new banking technologies at a time when bank customers are progressively going digital in several dimensions of their economic and social interactions. Together with their existing perceptions of digital services, new banking technologies may path the way to accelerate the digitalization of bank customers, thereby achieving private and social efficiency gains. This paper exploits the fact that banks’ IT investments are mostly allocated to digital technologies to examine if such investments affect the digitalization of bank customers. The results show that banks’ IT investments have a significant positive impact on the adoption of financial digitalization by customers. Banks’ IT investments also increase the likelihood that bank customers undertake their financial transactions through digital channels rather than in the physical branch. This represents a change in the relationship banking channel. These findings shed light on the impact of banks’ IT investments on end‐users and not just on bank productivity and efficiency.
The Role of Capital and Liquidity in Bank Lending: Are Banks Safer?
Authors: Polizzi Salvatore , Scannella Enzo , Suárez Nuria 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to examine whether and to what extent bank capital requirements and liquidity standards influence the level of bank stability. Our approach is that both capital and liquidity affect lending growth, which in turn affects bank stability. We construct a panel dataset on a sample of 2,054 commercial banks from 117 developed and developing countries during the 2000–16 period. By applying a two‐stage least squares (2SLS) empirical methodology, our findings show that capital and liquidity have a negative direct impact on the level of bank stability. However, this influence is counteracted by an indirect positive effect through the increased level of credit. Our results are not homogeneous across legal and institutional environments. In particular, we provide evidence on more relevant relationships in countries with higher level of protection of creditor rights and lower restrictions on non‐traditional banking activities. Our empirical findings are robust to different specifications of the empirical model and to potential endogeneity problems.
The European Financial Crisis and Firms' Cash Holding Policy: An Analysis of the Precautionary Motive
Authors: Lozano Maria Belén , Yaman Serhat 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThis paper analyzes the relation between the 2008 European financial crisis and firms' cash holding policies from a precautionary motive perspective. After considering how the European financial crisis affected the cash holding policy across different period times, we focus on whether these variations come from changes in precautionary motives. We find a positive effect for the short crisis period and a negative effect for long crisis period for the full sample. We also find evidence that for financially constrained firms, the relation between cash volatility and cash holding is positive for short crisis period but turns negative for the long crisis period.
Introduction to the Special Issue: ‘Contemporary Issues in Banking’
Authors: García‐Olalla Myriam , Vázquez-Ordás Camilo José 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThe recent financial crisis revealed limitations and deficiencies in the corporate governance of many financial institutions on both sides of the Atlantic that, to some extent, could have facilitated excessive risks. Specifically, it was observed that the composition of the board, its organization and functioning, its relation with risk management and its control, and even the way in which managers and directors were remunerated, could alter the risk profile of the credit institution and, consequently, its conduct.
Overexpression of molecule GRP94 favors tumor progression in lung adenocarcinoma by interaction with regulatory T cells
Authors: Duan Xiao‐Feng , Xin Ya‐Wei 
Published: January 2020

BackgroundEndoplasmic reticulum stress exists within a tumor. Glucose‐regulated protein 94 (GRP94) is a stress‐induced chaperone protein involved in tumor development and progression. Its role in myeloma, colon cancer, and other tumors has been confirmed, but its role in lung cancer is unclear. This study aimed to determine the role of GRP94 in lung cancer progression and prognostic prediction.MethodsImmunohistochemical staining of GRP94 in human lung adenocarcinoma (AD) and corresponding normal tissue was performed, and its relationship with FOXP3+ regulatory T‐cell (Treg) infiltration analyzed. We investigated the role of GRP94 in the behavior of lung AD cells by inhibiting GRP94 expression in A549 cells. Western blotting was used to detect the TGF‐β/SMAD2 signaling molecules and explore the possible molecular mechanism of GRP94.ResultsGRP94 mRNA (encoded by HSP90B1) and protein levels were upregulated and elevated, respectively, in lung AD compared to normal lung tissues. High GRP94 expression was associated with an advanced disease stage and poor survival. There was a positive correlation between GRP94 expression and FOXP3+ Treg infiltration into lung AD tissues. Our results confirm that GRP94 knockdown inhibits cell proliferation and promotes cell apoptosis by increasing caspase‐7 and CHOP levels in lung AD cells. TGF‐β and SMAD2 protein levels were decreased after GRP94 depletion.ConclusionsOur study revealed that that GRP94 expression in lung AD favors tumor progression and predicts poor prognosis. The oncogenic role of GRP94 may involve inducing Treg infiltration by promoting the TGF‐β signaling pathway.Key points
GRP94 protein levels were elevated in lung AD tissues compared to normal lung tissues. The high expression of GRP94 in lung AD favors tumor progression and predicts poor prognosis.
The oncogenic role of the molecule GRP94 may involve the stimulation of Treg infiltration via promotion of the TGF‐β signaling pathway.
Constructing and analysing time‐aggregated networks: The role of bootstrapping, permutation and simulation
Authors: Bonnell Tyler R. , Vilette Chloé 
Published: January 2020

Abstract

Animal social networks are often used to describe dynamic social systems, where individual behaviour generates network‐level structures that subsequently influence individual‐level behaviour. This interdependence between individual behaviour and group structuring is of central concern for questions concerning the evolution and development of social systems and collective animal behaviour more generally.

Various statistical methods exist for estimating network changes through time. One approach, time‐aggregated networks, takes repeated snapshots of interactions within windows of time to generate a time series of networks. However, there remain many analytical hurdles when implementing the time‐aggregated approach. To ameliorate this, we introduce an r package netTS that focuses on three analytical steps for analysing time‐aggregated networks: choosing appropriate time scale using bootstrapping, comparing patterns to relevant null models using permutation and finally building and interpreting statistical models using simulated data. We use simulated data to first highlight these steps, then use observed grooming data from a group of vervet monkeys as an applied example.

Our results suggest that the use of bootstrapping and permutation can accurately extract known patterns from simulated data. Using this approach with vervet data suggests that there is consistent social structuring, differing from what would be expected due to chance, and that some individuals are contributing to this structure more than others (i.e. keystone individuals).

We demonstrate that bootstrapping, permutation and simulation can aid in constructing and interpreting time‐aggregated networks. We suggest that the use of time‐aggregated networks to quantify patterns of network change can be a useful tool alongside process‐based approaches that seek mechanistic descriptions. Ultimately, by looking at both patterns and processes, dynamic networks can be used to better understand how individual behaviour generates social structures, and in turn how individual behaviour can be influenced by social structures, ultimately leading to a better understanding of the evolution of social behaviour.
Genetic structure and admixture in sheep from terminal breeds in the United States
Authors: Davenport K. M. , Hiemke C. , McKay S. D. , Thorne J. W. , Lewis R. M. , Taylor T. , Murdoch B. M. 
Published: January 2020

SummarySelection for performance in diverse production settings has resulted in variation across sheep breeds worldwide. Although sheep are an important species to the United States, the current genetic relationship among many terminal sire breeds is not well characterized. Suffolk, Hampshire, Shropshire and Oxford (terminal) and Rambouillet (dual purpose) sheep (n = 248) sampled from different flocks were genotyped using the Applied Biosystems Axiom Ovine Genotyping Array (50K), and additional Shropshire sheep (n = 26) using the Illumina Ovine SNP50 BeadChip. Relationships were investigated by calculating observed heterozygosity, inbreeding coefficients, eigenvalues, pairwise Wright’s FST estimates and an identity by state matrix. The mean observed heterozygosity for each breed ranged from 0.30 to 0.35 and was consistent with data reported in other US and Australian sheep. Suffolk from two different regions of the United States (Midwest and West) clustered separately in eigenvalue plots and the rectangular cladogram. Further, divergence was detected between Suffolk from different regions with Wright’s FST estimate. Shropshire animals showed the greatest divergence from other terminal breeds in this study. Admixture between breeds was examined using admixture, and based on cross‐validation estimates, the best fit number of populations (clusters) was K = 6. The greatest admixture was observed within Hampshire, Suffolk, and Shropshire breeds. When plotting eigenvalues, US terminal breeds clustered separately in comparison with sheep from other locations of the world. Understanding the genetic relationships between terminal sire breeds in sheep will inform us about the potential applicability of markers derived in one breed to other breeds based on relatedness.