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The impact of Shari’ah and corporate governance on Islamic banks performance: evidence from Asia
Authors: Khan Imran , Zahid Syeda Nitasha 
Published: June 2020

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the impact of Shari’ah and corporate governance on Islamic banks performance in Asia.

Design/methodology/approach
The study uses hand collected data set on Shari’ah and corporate governance variables of 79 Islamic banks of 19 countries of Asia, for the period of 2011-2016. Augmented Mollah et al. (2017) composite corporate governance index into Islamic corporate governance (ICG) index by incorporate Shari’ah board’s (SBs) attributes. Two types of statistical analysis were performed; descriptive statistics, sample t-test and panel random effects regression. The analysis was further sub-sampled by considering the supervisory vs advisory, GCC vs non-GCC and large vs small effects of Shari’ah and corporate boards on Islamic banks performance.

Findings
The results of the baseline model reveal that Shari’ah governance-related variables are more influential in determining the financial performance of the Islamic banks. The sub-sampled data findings illustrated some interesting facts. Shari’ah supervisory vs advisory boards regression results show that the ICG index was found significant in both the models. However, when SBs are weak the general board dominates in determining the performance. GCC vs non-GCC results show a relatively good governance in non-GCC countries. While, in case of large vs small Islamic banks, banks having high total assets demonstrates sound governance characteristics.

Research limitations/implications
Independent, large and educated SB can play a significant role in removing the hurdles facing the Islamic banking industry and can also enhance stakeholders’ value.

Originality/value
This study enriches the understanding on Shari’ah governance, corporate governance and financial performance of Islamic banks in Asia.
Connect, engage, transform: how B2B researchers can engage in impactful industry collaboration
Authors: Mooi Erik , Mani Sudha , Kleinaltenkamp Michael , Lilien Gary , Wilkinson Ian 
Published: June 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to argue that engagement with industry in research, while costly in terms of time and effort, can provide benefits in terms of measurable research impact, particularly in the business-to-business (B2B) domain.

Design/methodology/approach
This study draws joint experiences about how best to connect with an industry organization, how to engage with that organization and how to provide and document impact by transforming some aspect of that organization.

Findings
The findings of this study provide practical and implementable suggestions on how to engage in impactful B2B research.

Originality/value
This study discusses the special nature of the B2B domain and why engagement with industry is especially important and beneficial. Though such research may not be appropriate for all academics, this study argues that its high rewards more than compensate for its high costs.
Conflating scholarly and science communication practices: the production of open letters on climate change
Authors: Graminius Carin 
Published: June 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore and analyse interfaces between scholarly and science communication practices by using the production of open letters on climate change as a point of departure. Furthermore, the paper highlights an understudied form of science communication – open letters.Design/methodology/approachThe material consists of nine open letters on climate change, written and signed by academics and published in 2018–2019, as well as 13 semi-structured interviews with the initiators and co-authors of the letters. The interviews were analysed by qualitative thematic analysis and grouped into thematic clusters.FindingsThe study finds that three practices used in scholarly communication – more specifically: peer review, professional community building and, to a certain extent, communication as “merit-making” – are central in the making of the open letters, illustrating an integration of scholarly communication practices in academic science communication activities.Social implicationsThe study suggests that the conflation of communication practices needs to be seen in relation to larger structural changes in the academic working environment, as well as in relation to the specific environment in which communication about climate change occurs.Originality/valueThis study contends that the proposed conflation between scholarly and science communication concerns not only texts and genres but also practices integral to contemporary science, thereby conflating the forms of communication at a practical level.
A brave new world: embracing sexuality in advertising for apparel
Authors: Kordrostami Elika , Kordrostami Melika 
Published: June 2020

PurposeIn light of the recent shift in the US culture, this paper investigates the effectiveness of female sexual empowerment as ad appeal in the apparel industry.Design/methodology/approachStudy 1 aimed to understand consumers' reactions to female sexual empowerment in ads in terms of their attitudes toward the ad, attitudes toward the brand and purchase intention. Study 2 investigated the role of gender in perceptions of female sexual empowerment in ads.FindingsThis research establishes that consumers display positive attitudes toward female sexual empowerment in the apparel advertisement. These attitudes positively influence attitudes toward the brand, which in turn improve purchase intention. These effects are stronger for women than men.Research limitations/implicationsThis research borrows from social power theory to reveal the impact of female sexual empowerment in ads in the apparel industry. Based on the theory of planned behavior, the findings also show that female sexual empowerment can have a positive impact on purchase intention through a serial mediation of attitude toward the ad and brand.Practical implicationsMarketers need to be aware of the impact of female sexual empowerment as ad appeal. Specifically, firms in the apparel industry could benefit from the positive effects of incorporating female sexual empowerment in their campaigns.Originality/valueThis research is the first to investigate the role of female sexual empowerment as ad appeal in improving consumers' responses to ads.
No matter what you do, I still love you: an examination of consumer reaction to brand transgressions
Authors: Kennedy Eric , Guzmán Francisco 
Published: June 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the impact that brand transgressions, and the effect of an apology or lack thereof, have on consumers’ intentions to co-create with a brand, perceived brand equity and brand love, and compares these effects on brands that are viewed positively versus brands that are viewed negatively.

Design/methodology/approach
Two studies were deployed. In the first study, a 2 × 2 between subjects factorial design using fictitious brands is used to test the hypotheses. The second study seeks to replicate the findings of the first study by using a brand connected to a real retailer.

Findings
Regardless of a brand issuing an apology or not, co-creation, higher perceived brand equity and increased levels of brand love, are more likely to occur when a consumer views a brand as being positive versus negative. However, the results vary when the consumer has a prior level of knowledge and a stronger relationship with a brand.

Research limitations/implications
This paper focuses on consumers between the ages of 18 and 29 years. While the findings of Study 1 are mostly replicated in Study 2, a more generalizable sample could create additional insights into the impact of brand transgressions and issuing or not an apology.

Originality/value
The findings of this paper add to the current literature on co-creation, brand equity, brand love and theory of reasoned action, in terms of the impact of an apology, or lack thereof, on brand transgressions and consequent consumer responses.
Cyclic shear response of additively manufactured Inconel 718
Authors: Siddiqui Sanna F. , Gordon Ali P. 
Published: June 2020

Purpose
Additive manufacturing (AM) studies on Inconel 718 (IN718) have focused on exploring its tensile and fatigue response. As IN718 is used in the propulsion and energy sector, the impact of shearing is also critical to ensuring the durability of these components. As such, this study aims to explore the relation between build orientation on the shear cyclic response of direct metal laser sintered (DMLS) IN718.

Design/methodology/approach
IN718 torsion specimens were manufactured along six build orientations: (100)-X, (010)-Y, (001)-Z, (110)-XY45, (101)-XZ45 and (011)-YZ45, using the DMLS process. Torsional fatigue testing was performed on as-built specimens, from which fracture behavior, surface roughness, softening/hardening response and monotonic/cyclic shear torsional properties were assessed.

Findings
DMLS IN718 was found to exhibit transversely isotropic behavior. In terms of shear stress range and shear modulus, Z > (X, XY45, Y) > (XZ45, YZ45). Specimens cyclically hardened to stabilization and softened to fracture. In terms of torsional fatigue fracture response, the Z, XZ45 and YZ45 specimens exhibited crack initiation and propagation from internal defects, whereas cracks were found to initiate at the surface and propagate between and through build layers for the X, Y and XY45 specimens.

Originality/value
This study reports the torsional cyclic response and shear moduli exhibited by as-built DMLS IN718 manufactured along varying build orientations. The findings are applicable for researchers because of the wide use of IN718 in the gas turbine industry, and the current trend to replace conventional manufacturing with AM.
Does bank regulation and supervision impedes the efficiency of microfinance institutions to eradicate poverty? Evidence from ASEAN-5 countries
Authors: Zainal Nurazilah , Md Nassir Annuar , Kamarudin Fakarudin , Law Siong Hook 
Published: June 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine how banking regulation and supervision affect the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It proposes performance of the MFIs from the aspect of social and financial efficiency because the MFIs nowadays not only view to sustain the social role of poverty eradication but in the same time they must strive the financial sustainability to maintain the operation in long run. This study also includes the macroeconomic condition and firm level variables to control for social and financial efficiency of the MFIs.

Design/methodology/approach
The data consists 168 MFIs from five countries in Southeast Asia from year 2011 to 2017. First stage of analysis is to identify level of social and financial efficiency by using data envelopment analysis approach. Second stage is to examine impact of bank regulation and supervision to the social and financial efficiency by applying panel regression analysis and generalized method of moments for robust estimation methods.

Findings
The finding shows the MFIs own lower social efficiency and higher score in financial efficiency. This indicates in pursuing financial sustainability, the MFIs in Southeast Asia countries have lost sight of their original mission of poverty reduction. Furthermore, the result also presents a significant impact of bank regulation and supervision to the social and financial efficiency of the MFIs. However, the results appear in different direction when more negative effect is associated with social efficiency. This specifies that bank regulation and supervision are not appropriate to accommodate the social needs, thus hampering the effort of poverty reduction by the MFIs.

Research limitations/implications
The present study only concentrates on the impact bank regulation and supervision to the performance of the MFIs. As the operation of the MFIs currently has been largely exposed in banking operation, it is suggested that future studies to look for other special issues such as country governance that might influence specifically in social and financial aspect of the MFIs.

Practical implications
The empirical findings from this study could be useful and may have significant implications for the regulators. The regulators or policymakers could establish the new regulation framework that fulfil the dual needs (social and financial) of the MFIs. Furthermore, the empirical findings also could serve as guidance to regulators and decision-makers in designing new policies for a sustainable and competitive sector of the MFIs. Although the MFIs recently brings a similar role as commercial banks, they need to retain the social aspects as that is the original mission of the MFIs

Originality/value
The present study proves that the bank regulation and supervision have brought a significant influence to the performance of the MFIs in ASEAN 5 countries.
Calculating effect sizes in animal social network analysis
Authors: Franks Daniel W. , Weiss Michael N. , Silk Matthew J. , Perryman Robert J. Y. , Croft Darren P. 
Published: June 2020

Abstract

Because of the nature of social interaction or association data, when testing hypotheses using social network data it is common for network studies to rely on permutations to control for confounding variables, and to not also control for them in the fitted statistical model. This can be a problem because it does not adjust for any bias in effect sizes generated by these confounding effects, and thus the effect sizes are not informative in the presence of confounding variables.

We implemented two network simulation examples and analysed an empirical dataset to demonstrate how relying solely on permutations to control for confounding variables can result in highly biased effect size estimates of animal social preferences that are uninformative when quantifying differences in behaviour.

Using these simulations, we show that this can sometimes even lead to effect sizes that have the wrong sign and are thus the effect size is not biologically interpretable. We demonstrate how this problem can be addressed by controlling for confounding variables in the statistical dyadic or nodal model.

We recommend this approach should be adopted as standard practice in the statistical analysis of animal social network data.
Exploration of village health centres in Northern and Central China: A qualitative study
Authors: Luo Feng , Zou Ping , Zhang Hui , Pang Shurui 
Published: June 2020

AbstractObjectiveChina faces issues associated with urban‐rural health inequities. This study explores functions of village health centres through a community perspective. Four research questions were asked, including: (a) What are the functions of village health centres? (b) How is medication administered in village health centres? (c) What are the roles of village doctors? (d) What are the evaluation mechanisms of village health centres?DesignIn‐depth interviews and field observations are used in the study.SettingNine rural villages in two provinces in Northern and Central China.ParticipantsA total of 93 people across were interviewed.ResultsVillage health centres are primarily responsible for providing public health services and essential medical care. In addition, village health centres also function as a social venue of a rural community. A centralised medication scheme augments these processes through supplying health centres with affordable medications. Village doctors are expected to take the needs and preferences of their patients into consideration when creating care plans, and must establish trusting rapport with patients by upholding their unique values. This results in care that is convenient, accessible, and person‐centred. Village health centres are evaluated through a 2‐step process which has direct effects on the amount of government subsidy received.ConclusionVillage health centres have multi‐faceted functions in rural Chinese communities. Overall, the benefits of village health centres include convenient and timely access to care for rural residents. Improvements can be made in certain areas, such as streamlining provincial medication schemes and adopting a strengths‐based model of evaluation.
Novel coronavirus infection (COVID‐19) in children younger than one year: A systematic review of symptoms, management and outcomes
Authors: Raba Ali Ahmed , Abobaker Anis , Elgenaidi Ismail Suliman , Daoud Ahmed 
Published: June 2020

AbstractAimThe aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of COVID‐19 in neonates and children under one year of age.MethodsA systematic literature review of the MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, Embase and EBSCO databases was carried out for studies from January 1, 2020, to April 7, 2020. We included all papers that addressed clinical manifestations, laboratory results, imaging findings and outcomes in infants and neonates.ResultsOur search identified 77 peer‐reviewed papers, and 18 papers covering 160 infants were reviewed. One paper was from Vietnam, and the other 17 were from China: eight were cross‐sectional studies, eight were case reports, one was a case series, and one was a prospective cohort study. The most common clinical symptoms were fever (54%) and cough (33%). Most infants were treated symptomatically, with frequent use of various empirical medications. Infants and neonates tended to have more severe COVID‐19 disease than older children: 11 (7%) were admitted to intensive care and one infant died. The mortality rate was 0.006%, with favourable outcomes in most cases.ConclusionInfants and neonates were more vulnerable to more severe COVID‐19 disease than older children, but morbidity and mortality were low.
The dramatic COVID 19 outbreak in Italy is responsible of a huge drop of urological surgical activity: a multicenter observational study
Authors: Rocco Bernardo , Sighinolfi Maria Chiara , Sandri Marco , Altieri Vincenzo , Amenta Michele , Annino Filippo , Antonelli Alessandro , Baio Raffaele , Bertolo Riccardo , Bocciardi AldoMassimo , Borghesi Marco , Bove Pierluigi , Bozzini Giorgio , Brunocilla Eugenio , Cacciamani Giovanni , Calori Alberto , Cafarelli Angelo , Celia Antonio , Carbone Antonio , Cocci Andrea , Corsaro Alfio , Costa Giovanni , Ceruti Carlo , Cindolo Luca , Crivellaro Simone , Dalpiaz Orietta , D’Agostino Daniele , Dall’Oglio Bruno , Dente Donato , Falabella Roberto , Falsaperla Mario , Ferrari Giovanni , Finocchiaro Marinella , Flammia Simone , Gaboardi Franco , Galfano Antonio , Gallo Fabrizio , Gatti Lorenzo , Greco Francesco , Khorrami Sada , Leonardo Costantino , Marenghi Carlo , Nucciotti Roberto , Oderda Marco , Pagliarulo Vincenzo , Parma Paolo , Pastore Antonio L. , Pini Giovannalberto , Porreca Angelo , Pucci Luigi , Schenone Maurizio , Schiavina Riccardo , Sciorio Carmine , Spirito Lorenzo , Tafuri Alessandro , Terrone Carlo , Umari Paolo , Varca Virginia , Veneziano Domenico , Verze Paolo , Volpe Alessandro , Micali Salvatore , Berti Lorenzo , Zaramella Stefano , Zegna Luisa , Bertellini Elisabetta , Minervini Andrea 
Published: June 2020

ObjectiveTo describe the trend in surgical volume in urology in Italy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak, as a result of the abrupt reorganisation of the Italian national health system to augment care provision to symptomatic patients with COVID‐19.MethodsA total of 33 urological units with physicians affiliated to the AGILE consortium (Italian Group for Advanced Laparo‐Endoscopic Surgery; www.agilegroup.it) were surveyed. Urologists were asked to report the amount of surgical elective procedures week‐by‐week, from the beginning of the emergency to the following month.ResultsThe 33 hospitals involved in the study account overall for 22 945 beds and are distributed in 13/20 Italian regions. Before the outbreak, the involved urology units performed overall 1213 procedures/week, half of which were oncological. A month later, the number of surgeries had declined by 78%. Lombardy, the first region with positive COVID‐19 cases, experienced a 94% reduction. The decrease in oncological and non‐oncological surgical activity was 35.9% and 89%, respectively. The trend of the decline showed a delay of roughly 2 weeks for the other regions.ConclusionItaly, a country with a high fatality rate from COVID‐19, experienced a sudden decline in surgical activity. This decline was inversely related to the increase in COVID‐19 care, with potential harm particularly in the oncological field. The Italian experience may be helpful for future surgical pre‐planning in other countries not so drastically affected by the disease to date.
Migratory salmon smolts exhibit consistent interannual depensatory predator swamping: Effects on telemetry‐based survival estimates
Authors: Furey Nathan B. , Martins Eduardo G. , Hinch Scott G. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractMigrations of juvenile salmon smolts are generally high‐risk, with predation often implicated in reduced survival. In theory, smolts can maximise survival via depensation, or synchronising movements to swamp predators. Depensation, however, is difficult to assess in the wild. Accounting for depensation could also generate more realistic telemetry‐based survival estimates for management. Here, we assess six years (2010–2014, 2016) of acoustic telemetry and outmigration density data for sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) from Chilko Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Prevoiusly, depensation for this population wasassessed for a single year, but interannual consistency is not known. We found evidence of depensation in each year, although its strength varied. In addition, by integrating depensation with outmigration densities, annual population‐level survival estimates in this initial (14‐km) migratory segment increased by 0.02–0.24 relative to previously published estimates. However, when extending these survival rates from the first 14 km through the entire tracked migration (1,044 km), increases in estimates were small (~0.01). Potential conservation and management applications of depensation include implications for recovering imperiled populations and informing hatchery release strategies.
Suboptimal light curing and direct exposure to water of two contemporary composites: degree of conversion, sorption, solubility, and Knoop hardness
Authors: Wikant Aksel W. , Gedde Ulf W. , Hakeberg Magnus , Örtengren Ulf T. 
Published: June 2020

The water sorption and solubility of two polymer resin‐based dental composite materials were assessed in order to evaluate the effects of immediate post‐cure water exposure on the water sensitivity of the composites. Each material was tested with two different light curing setups. The radiant exposure of the two curing setups differed by a factor of 5. After exposure to water and subsequent drying, the Knoop surface hardness was measured. The change in the degree of conversion in both water and air storage medium within the first 24 h after curing was monitored by Raman spectroscopy. No significant differences in the degree of conversion were detected 24 h after curing. Samples exposed to the lower irradiation dose showed higher solubility and a lower surface hardness than the samples exposed to the higher irradiation dose. Early exposure to water did not cause detectable differences in the ongoing polymerization process. Increase in radiant exposure reduced the fraction of unbound constituents and increased the crosslink density, thereby reducing the plasticity of the material.