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Numerical treatment for Darcy–Forchheimer flow of nanofluid due to a rotating disk with convective heat and mass conditions
Authors: Hayat T. , Aziz Arsalan , Muhammad Taseer , Alsaedi A. 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the Darcy–Forchheimer flow of viscous nanoliquid because of a rotating disk. Thermophoretic diffusion and random motion aspects are retained. Heat and mass transfer features are analyzed through convective conditions.

Design/methodology/approach
The governing systems are solved numerically by the shooting technique.

Findings
Higher porosity parameter and Forchheimer number Fr depict similar trend for both velocity profiles f' and g. Both temperature and concentration profiles show increasing behavior for higher Forchheimer number Fr. An increase in Prandtl number Pr corresponds to lower temperature profile, while opposite trend is noticed for thermal Biot number. Larger concentration Biot number exhibits increasing behavior for both concentration and its associated layer thickness.

Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, no such consideration has been given in the literature yet.
Buyer-seller similarity
Authors: Kwok Linchi , Xie Karen L. 
Published: October 2018

PurposeBuyers (renters) and sellers (hosts) on peer-to-peer (P2P) room-sharing websites make purchasing/selling decisions based on each other’s demographic information published in the cyber marketplace. Nevertheless, how this reciprocal selection based on the similarities between renters and hosts may lead to a successful P2P transaction of such services has not yet been discussed. Building on the similarity–attraction paradigm, this study assessed the similarity effects between renters and hosts on the likelihood of a P2P room-sharing transaction.Design/methodology/approachA logistical regression model was employed in analysis, using a large-scale, granular online observational data set collected from Xiaozhu.com, a primary home-sharing platform in China.FindingsRenter–host similarities in age and education significantly affect the likelihood of a P2P room-sharing transaction. As the number of listings managed by a host increases, the effect of age similarity decreases. While a renter’s experience with a room-sharing website negatively moderates the similarity effect of age, it is a factor positively moderating the similarity effect of education.Research limitations/implicationsOther possible host–renter similarities were not analyzed due to the limitation of the data source. The reciprocal selection process for room-sharing services was acknowledged by integrating buyers’ and sellers’ data into one analysis.Practical implicationsImplications are advanced for the stakeholders of room-sharing business, including entrepreneurs running a room-sharing website, operators of short-term residential rentals and hoteliers.Originality/valueThis study represents a first attempt to research the buyer–seller similarity effects on the likelihood of a P2P transaction in sharing economy.
Drivers of restaurant efficiency in South Africa: a stochastic frontier approach
Authors: Mhlanga Oswald 
Published: October 2018

PurposeRestaurants in South Africa have a notoriously high failure rate. This study aims to identify drivers of restaurant efficiency in South Africa.Design/methodology/approachA stochastic cost frontier function with three inputs (i.e. labour, food and beverage and materials) and one output as the total revenue is specified and used to estimate restaurant efficiency. An extensive data collection using primary and secondary sources enabled the researcher to gather data from 42 restaurants, for the year 2016, on a variety of parameters.FindingsThe findings show that on average restaurants were operating at 77%, with the most and least efficient restaurants operating at a 97 and a 43% efficiency level, respectively. From the study, it is clear that two structural drivers, namely, “location” and “operation type”, and two executional drivers, namely, “restaurant type” and “revenue per available seat hour”, significantly impacted (p< 0.05) on restaurant efficiency in South Africa.Research limitations/implicationsDespite the importance of this study, it is not free of limitations. First, the research was based on efficiency drivers for restaurants situated in a specific South African province. Caution is therefore required when generalising the findings of this study to restaurants in other geographic areas, as a replication of this study in other geographic areas might reveal varying levels of efficiency. Second, the measurement of restaurant efficiency was limited to five efficiency drivers. Even though these efficiency drivers were included in other studies as well, there could be other relevant efficiency drivers that are likely to influence restaurant efficiency.Practical implicationsTo improve efficiency, restaurateurs should first concentrate on the drivers that can be changed in the short term (executional drivers) and then later focus on the drivers that require long-term planning (structural drivers). Restaurateurs should understand the use of RevPASH strategies to manipulate demand during peak and off-peak periods. Furthermore, restaurants should be able to change the table mix to optimise table configuration. Changing a restaurant’s table configuration during peak times increases efficiency.Originality/valueThis paper is a first attempt to identify drivers of operational efficiency using a stochastic approach in the restaurant industry in South Africa. As restaurants in South Africa have a high failure rate, the results could assist restaurateurs in managing more successful entities.
Technological improvement in modern health care applications using Internet of Things (IoT) and proposal of novel health care approach
Authors: Rath Mamata , Pattanayak Binod 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
With the development of emerging engineering technology and industrialization, there are greater changes in the life style of people in smart urban cities; therefore, there is also more chance of various health problems in urban areas. The life style of persons in metro urban areas with the expansive volume of population is similarly influenced by different application and administration frameworks. These are affecting the human health system up to an extended extent and there are more health-related issues and health hazard concerns that can be identified in urban areas. The purpose of this paper is to present an analytical study on various aspects of the smart health care system in a smart perspective by analyzing them with respect to emerging engineering technologies such as mobile network, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics and ubiquitous computing. This paper also carries out a detailed survey of health issues and improved solutions in automated systems using these technologies. Second, the paper also presents a novel health care system using smart and safe ambulances and their appropriate control at traffic points with safety and security features in a smart city, so that the valuable life of patients can be saved in time by immediate treatment in nearest hospital or health care units.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, an analytical survey was conducted for improvement in the health care sector using computer technology and IoT-based various modern health care applications. An idea of Smart Health Care Hospital using sensors, mobile agent smart vehicle configuration and safety traffic control for ambulance was proposed.

Findings
A simulation was carried out to see the performance of a safety mechanism in the proposed approach. Comparative analysis was carried out with other approaches to know the execution time, response time and probable delay due to the implementation of this approach.

Originality/value
It is an original research work with motivation inspired from current emergent technology to apply in the health care system.
Using behavioural science to explore patient perceptions
Authors: Hanbury Andria , Wood Hannah 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to develop a behavioural science informed communication strategy aimed at health professionals and patients promoting best practice recommendations regarding the use of specialist liquid medicines for elderly people with swallowing difficulties.

Design/methodology/approach
The medicine prescribing, formulation and administration related challenges and experiences of health professionals and elderly patients with swallowing difficulties were identified through a pragmatic literature search. Key findings across the papers were synthesised into themes, before being linked to domains from a behavioural science framework. Published recommendations for behaviour change techniques that can be used to target the domains were then mapped to the domains. Guidance on how to develop a communication strategy, drawing on the insight gained from the literature review and the behavioural science recommendations, and designed to stimulate change in health-care professionals’ and patients’ behaviours, was then developed.

Findings
In total, 13 themes emerged across 15 papers, including “patient and health professional roles and remits”. These themes were linked to nine domains from the framework, highlighting the range of individual, social and environmental factors influencing patients’ and health professionals’ perceptions and experiences. A summary table, mapping the domains and underpinning themes to recommended behaviour change techniques, was used to develop the subsequent communication strategy recommendations. Recommendations include using techniques such as providing social processes of encourage, pressure and support to change patients’ and health professionals’ perceptions of their roles/responsibilities in medicines prescribing and administration, delivered via, for example, an educational leaflet and/or online training.

Practical implications
The summary table and guidance can inform development of an evidence-based strategy for communicating best practice recommendations regarding the use of liquid medicines for elderly patients with swallowing difficulties, tailored to the perceptions and challenges identified.

Originality/value
The behavioural science approach is less established within the pharmaceutical industry for promotion of best practice recommendations and related products, yet it offers a framework for an evidence-based and systematic approach that goes beyond a literature review or focus group.
Understanding Jordanian corporate reporting regulation change using strong structuration theory
Authors: Al-Htaybat Khaldoon 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the change of the Jordanian corporate reporting requirements in 1998. The reasons as to why International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) were adopted in Jordan are outlined on the basis of strong structuration theory’s (SST) quadripartite structure.

Design/methodology/approach
This study is interpretive, as perceptions of the study’s participants are analysed regarding the adoption of IFRS in emerging economies. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken to collect Jordanian experts’ perceptions. The study uses elements of Stones’ strong structuration to illustrate and analyse the current study’s data.

Findings
The analysis illustrated that various elements pushed for the adoption of IFRS in Jordan – external structures that cause adoption of IFRS are the Gulf War and the immediate impact this had on Jordan. The internal structures seek to adopt new regulation in order to protect and support the Jordanian economy, which is part of agents-in-focus’ dispositions, and gain foreign direct investment. Agents-in-focus found that some corporations comprehended the needs of external investors, thus, sought to provide such information voluntarily.

Research limitations/implications
A limitation of this paper is the number of participants, which for future studies needs to be considered.

Practical implications
Reasons as to why new regulation is adopted are illustrated, which can support other countries seeking to do adopt new corporate reporting rules.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the sparse body of studies using SST in financial accounting. It is also one of the few studies investigating the change of regulation and the reasons for this adoption in the Middle Eastern and Jordanian context, in an interpretive study.
The acceleration of 3D graphics transformations based on CUDA
Authors: Nawfal Sura , Ali Fakhrulddin 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to achieve the acceleration of 3D object transformation using parallel techniques such as multi-core central processing unit (MC CPU) or graphic processing unit (GPU) or even both. Generating 3D animation scenes in computer graphics requires applying a 3D transformation on the vertices of the objects. These transformations consume most of the execution time. Hence, for high-speed graphic systems, acceleration of vertex transform is very much sought for because it requires many matrix operations (need) to be performed in a real time, so the execution time is essential for such processing.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, the acceleration of 3D object transformation is achieved using parallel techniques such as MC CPU or GPU or even both. Multiple geometric transformations are concatenated together at a time in any order in an interactive manner.

Findings
The performance results are presented for a number of 3D objects with paralleled implementations of the affine transform on the NVIDIA GPU series. The maximum execution time was about 0.508 s to transform 100 million vertices using LabVIEW and 0.096 s using Visual Studio. Other results also showed the significant speed-up compared to CPU, MC CPU and other previous work computations for the same object complexity.

Originality/value
The high-speed execution of 3D models is essential in many applications such as medical imaging, 3D games and robotics.
Strategies for inclusive place making
Authors: Omholt Tore 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a new approach for analyzing place making structure and processes and discuss strategies for inclusive place making in urban areas.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical approach is based on social systems theory and organization design theory, representing a constructionist and socio-structural approach to inclusive place making. The methodology is based on a comparative analysis of three cases of inclusive place making.FindingsThe main findings are that place making systems today lack the necessary complexity in their politics and planning to secure inclusive place making and fail to organize for face-to-face interactions in place making processes.Research limitations/implicationsIn a social systems approach, the author observes how place stakeholders and systems observe place making realities and problems and constructs place images. This introduces some degree of uncertainty into the analyses but constitutes an effective basis for studying inclusive strategy development.Practical implicationsThe findings indicate that observing how place stakeholders construct their opinions about the problems and possibilities for inclusive place making and face-to-face interactions probably constitutes the best basis for practical support for inclusive place making.Social implicationsThe paper directs attention to the fact that current urban development strategies and policies toward inclusion of groups with limited resources today lack the necessary knowledge bases and means to deal effectively with the complexity related to current inclusion problems.Originality/valueThe paper demonstrates that an approach, which supplements the basic governance systems with face-to-face interactions, can deal effectively with today’s problems of inclusivity.
Timing and compensation strategies in service recovery
Authors: Tang Xiaofei , Chang En-Chung , Huang Xing , Zhang Meng 
Published: October 2018

PurposeA combined model involving the intensity of negative emotions and the strategic combinations (timing and means) of service recovery is developed. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performances of these different combinations through customer satisfaction, repurchase intention and fitting curves between the two under hotel service scenarios.Design/methodology/approachA 2 (recovery timing: immediate/delayed) × 2 (recovery means: psychological/economic) × 3 (type of service failure: failure in a delivery system/failure in responding to customer needs/improper employee behavior) between-subject experimental design was used with 456 participants.FindingsThe results suggest that immediate and economic recovery effectively raises the service recovery evaluations from customers with low-intensity negative emotions, whereas delayed and psychological recovery helps customers with high-intensity negative emotions to give higher evaluations.Originality/valueWhen service failures happen, the strategies for and timing of recovery directly influence customers’ service recovery evaluations. This study sheds light on the role that negative emotions play in the process of service recovery and provides implications for service industry managers.
Mainstream education as a possible route to recovery and social inclusion: a review
Authors: Atkinson Susan , Collis Benjamin , Schneider Justine 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the findings of a review of the Learning Advice Service which provided mainstream learning opportunities and individual support to people using mental health services. The service was decommissioned after 15 years due to service reconfiguration and cost-cutting.

Design/methodology/approach
Semi-structured interviews were carried out with members of the Learning Advisor’s caseload by a researcher with no affiliation to the NHS or the Institute of Mental Health and no connection to the clients. The researcher also transcribed and analysed the interviews. This ensured that there could be no personal or positive bias. The clients faced significant mental health challenges and used the Learning Advice Service to facilitate and support their entry into mainstream learning.

Findings
The service enabled individuals facing significant mental health challenges to gain access to adult, community, distance and further and higher education facilitated by individual advice, guidance and support. They were able to broaden their sense of identity beyond that of someone using mental health services and to widen their social and educational base.

Research limitations/implications
Lack of funding within mental health services to continue this type of work limits research which would further explore the value of mainstream education in the recovery of people with a mental health diagnosis. While this cohort was small because of funding and staffing constraints, it would be possible to generalise to a larger scale, using flexible person-centred ways of working if the will, staffing and funding were made available. Further research is certainly indicated as current practice has moved away from mainstream inclusion to discrete provision with associated limitations.

Practical implications
The practical implications include the development of autonomy and the development of a sense of identity that is separate from a mental health diagnosis and where appropriate to gain qualifications and further the student’s knowledge.

Social implications
Social implications include broadening one’s experience, developing communication skills in a broad context, transferable skills, independence and strengthening one’s sense of identity separate from a mental health diagnosis.

Originality/value
Individuals from a variety of educational and other backgrounds who expressed an interest in pursuing education in mainstream facilities were encouraged and supported in doing so in flexible and individual ways. It appears to be more usual that people using mental health services are encouraged to learn in groups comprising other people using such services, frequently on mental health service premises with associated limitations.
Competition and exposure of returns to the C-CAPM
Authors: Abdoh Hussein , Varela Oscar 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the effect of product market competition on the exposure of firms’ returns to consumption fluctuations (C-CAPM beta).

Design/methodology/approach
The C-CAPM beta comes from a regression of a stock’s returns against consumption growth, with controls for the Fama–French three factors and momentum. The Herfindahl–Hirschman index of concentration measures competition, with other measures like deregulation and tariff reductions used for robustness tests. Industries are categorized using different SIC digits, with the NAICS measure used for robustness tests. The C-CAPM beta is regressed to competition, with appropriate control variables, to find its relationship.

Findings
Higher levels of competition reduces the C-CAPM beta. The results are consistently robust to different measures of product market competition and industry identification.

Practical implications
Product market competition influences the sensitivity of systematic risk, as measured by the C-CAPM beta, to consumption, such that higher levels of competition reduce systematic risk.

Originality/value
This research contributes to a literature that admittedly is still murky, as the relationship between competition and systematic risk is still unsettled. No study (to the authors’ knowledge) examines the effect of competition on firms’ exposure to consumption. This research adds to the literature on the role of competition in risk, specifically with respect to consumption.
Comparison of Paricalcitol and Calcitriol in Dialysis Patients With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies
Authors: Zhang Tong , Ju Hongbo , Chen Haojun , Wen Wen 
Published: October 2018

AbstractParicalcitol and calcitriol are widely used for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients. We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of paricalcitol and calcitriol for secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients. PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, EBSCO, and Cochrane library databases were systematically searched. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the efficacy of paricalcitol and calcitriol for secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients are included. Two investigators independently searched articles, extracted data, and assessed the quality of included studies. Meta‐analysis was carried out using the random‐effect model. Six randomized controlled trials are included in the meta‐analysis. Overall, compared with calcitriol treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients, paricalcitol treatment has comparable ≥50% reduction of parathyroid hormone (risk ratio [RR] = 1.33; 95% CI = 0.93–1.91; P = 0.12), calcium concentration (standard mean difference [Std. MD] = −0.21; 95% CI = −0.94 to 0.52; P = 0.58), phosphate concentration (Std. MD = −0.17; 95% CI = −0.58 to 0.24; P = 0.42), calcium phosphate (Std. MD = −0.08; 95% CI = −0.49–0.34; P = 0.71), alkaline phosphatase (Std. MD = −0.21; 95% CI = −0.73–0.31; P = 0.43), hypercalcemia (RR = 1.43; 95% CI = 0.51 to 3.98; P = 0.49), adverse events (RR = 0.79; 95% CI = 0.42–1.49; P = 0.47), and serious adverse events (RR = 0.78; 95% CI = 0.47–1.30; P = 0.33). Paricalcitol and calcitriol result in similar ≥50% reduction of parathyroid hormone, calcium concentration, phosphate concentration, calcium phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, hypercalcemia, adverse events, and serious adverse events for secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients.