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The impacts of time segment modeling in berth allocation and quay crane assignment on terminal efficiency
Authors: Ma Hoi-Lam , Wang Zhengxu , Chung S.H. , Chan Felix T.S. 
Published: April 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the impacts of time segment modeling approach for berth allocation and quay crane (QC) assignment on container terminal operations efficiency.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors model the small time segment modeling approach, based on minutes, which can be a minute, 15 min, etc. Moreover, the authors divided the problem into three sub-problems and proposed a novel three-level genetic algorithm (3LGA) with QC shifting heuristics to deal with the problem. The objective function here is to minimize the total service time by using different time segments for comparison and analysis.

Findings
First, the study shows that by reducing the time segment, the complexity of the problem increases dramatically. Traditional meta-heuristic, such as genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, etc., becomes not very promising. Second, the proposed 3LGA with QC shifting heuristics outperforms the traditional ones. In addition, by using a smaller time segment, the idling time of berth and QC can be reduced significantly. This greatly benefits the container terminal operations efficiency, and customer service level.

Practical implications
Nowadays, transshipment becomes the main business to many container terminals, especially in Southeast Asia (e.g. Hong Kong and Singapore). In these terminals, vessel arrivals are usually very frequent with small handling volume and very short staying time, e.g. 1.5 h. Therefore, a traditional hourly based modeling approach may cause significant berth and QC idling, and consequently cannot meet their practical needs. In this connection, a small time segment modeling approach is requested by industrial practitioners.

Originality/value
In the existing literature, berth allocation and QC assignment are usually in an hourly based approach. However, such modeling induces much idling time and consequently causes low utilization and poor service quality level. Therefore, a novel small time segment modeling approach is proposed with a novel optimization algorithm.
Regulating and manipulating the corporeal functions of women academics through political rationality
Authors: Gaus Nurdiana 
Published: April 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of the politicisation of women academics body in higher education as a result of the implementation of audit culture of new public management.

Design/methodology/approach
The research was conducted in Indonesian universities, by conducting interviews to collect data from 20 women academics from two universities in eastern regions of Indonesia.

Findings
The impacts of audit culture on women academics’ body in this study can be understood from the constraints told by them, reflected on the creation of several types of bodies.

Research limitations/implications
This paper, though, has some limitations in terms of the inclusion of only women academics, exclusion of male academics and of their limitations of addressing important constructs to elaborate the politicisation of the women body, such as culture, religion, patriarchy, and academic tribes and territories.

Practical implications
The results of this study are important for the policy maker of Indonesia to take into account “gender perspective” on research productivity and publication policy to effectively obtain the political objectives of the government. For higher education in Indonesia, the result of this study may give an indication of the importance to establish different and distinctive standards of work performance evaluation on research and publication for female and male academics.

Originality/value
The analysis of this issue is framed within the bipolar diagram of power that seeks to gain political-economic function of the body (bio-power), via a set of control mechanisms of sovereign power to regulate and manipulate the population (bio-politics), developed by Foucault (1984).
A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders
Authors: Mellor Emily , Duff Simon 
Published: April 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes of staff members in secure hospitals and the general population towards pornography use and their decision-making regarding access to pornography.

Design/methodology/approach
A between participants design was used whereby 324 participants, including 162 staff members and 162 people of general population, answered an online questionnaire. Vignettes were presented of six hypothetical patients in a secure hospital, based on gender (male/female) and offence type (sexual/violent/non-offender). Participants were required to decide whether the individual depicted in the vignette should have access to pornography. Finally, participants were given a psychometric assessment of their own attitudes towards pornography.

Findings
Participants were less likely to decide that the sex offender should have access to pornography than the violent or non-offender, thus the offence type of the patient was a significant predictor. There was a significant relationship between attitudes to pornography and whether the individual in the vignette should be given access to pornography. There was no significant difference between attitudes towards pornography of the general public and staff members or for male and female participants. Gender of the patient described in the vignette was not a significant predictor.

Practical implications
The research highlights the importance of our own attitudes towards pornography, our possible beliefs about sexual offenders and the effects these may have on decision-making.

Originality/value
The research determines attitudes towards pornography and explores how attitudes influence decision-making.
Quantum eigenlogic observables applied to the study of fuzzy behaviour of Braitenberg vehicle quantum robots
Authors: Toffano Zeno , Dubois François 
Published: April 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to apply the quantum “eigenlogic” formulation to behavioural analysis. Agents, represented by Braitenberg vehicles, are investigated in the context of the quantum robot paradigm. The agents are processed through quantum logical gates with fuzzy and multivalued inputs; this permits to enlarge the behavioural possibilities and the associated decisions for these simple vehicles.

Design/methodology/approach
In eigenlogic, the eigenvalues of the observables are the truth values and the associated eigenvectors are the logical interpretations of the propositional system. Logical observables belong to families of commuting observables for binary logic and many-valued logic. By extension, a fuzzy logic interpretation is proposed by using vectors outside the eigensystem of the logical connective observables. The fuzzy membership function is calculated by the quantum mean value (Born rule) of the logical projection operators and is associated to a quantum probability. The methodology of this paper is based on quantum measurement theory.

Findings
Fuzziness arises naturally when considering systems described by state vectors not in the considered logical eigensystem. These states correspond to incompatible and complementary systems outside the realm of classical logic. Considering these states allows the detection of new Braitenberg vehicle behaviours related to identified emotions; these are linked to quantum-like effects.

Research limitations/implications
The method does not deal at this stage with first-order logic and is limited to different families of commuting logical observables. An extension to families of logical non-commuting operators associated to predicate quantifiers could profit of the “quantum advantage” due to effects such as superposition, parallelism, non-commutativity and entanglement. This direction of research has a variety of applications, including robotics.

Practical implications
The goal of this research is to show the multiplicity of behaviours obtained by using fuzzy logic along with quantum logical gates in the control of simple Braitenberg vehicle agents. By changing and combining different quantum control gates, one can tune small changes in the vehicle’s behaviour and hence get specific features around the main basic robot’s emotions.

Originality/value
New mathematical formulation for propositional logic based on linear algebra. This methodology demonstrates the potentiality of this formalism for behavioural agent models (quantum robots).
A proposed preliminary maturity grid for assessing sustainability reporting based on quality management principles
Authors: Isaksson Raine 
Published: April 2019

Purpose
Sustainability reports (SRs) could be viewed as organisational measurements of sustainability performance. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how well SRs are measuring and communicating sustainability and how reporting could be assessed and improved by presenting a maturity grid based on quality management principles.

Design/methodology/approach
Quality management students have assessed publicly available SRs. A total of 55 student assessments have been analysed by the author and used to indicate how understandable reports are. Quality management principles and input from the student assessments have been used to propose a maturity grid for sustainability reporting quality.

Findings
The indication is that SRs are not easy to interpret. The word sustainability aspect used should be replaced with impact on vital stakeholder needs. Guidelines for analysing reports could be improved by using process focus to clearly describe scope of reporting as the entire value chain.

Research limitations/implications
Results are limited to assessing how sustainability is measured. How sustainable the organisations are is not assessed. The research is ongoing, and the proposed matrix is preliminary needing validation and further modification.

Practical implications
The proposed maturity grid for sustainability reporting forms a good basis for further development of SRs and the critical review of them.

Social implications
Results indicate a need to report sustainability in the entire value chain and to focus more on vital stakeholder needs such as poverty and climate change.

Originality/value
The paper discusses a field of synergies between quality and sustainability management, which is important but still sparingly researched.
Predictive factors of response to pulse methylprednisolone therapy in patients with alopecia areata: A follow‐up study of 105 Japanese patients
Authors: Fujii Hiroko , Endo Yuichiro , Dainichi Teruki , Otsuka Atsushi , Fujisawa Akihiro , Tanioka Miki , Miyachi Yoshiki , Kabashima Kenji 
Published: April 2019

AbstractPulse corticosteroid therapy is effective for alopecia areata (AA) in the early stage. The risk and efficacy of this therapy for patients with several backgrounds, however, remains controversial. To explore the predictive factors of the response and risk factors of this therapy, data from 105 AA patients treated with methylprednisolone (500 mg) i.v. for 3 days consecutively in our facility were retrospectively analyzed. Among good responders, longer time from the onset to therapy was correlated with longer time required for hair regrowth (P = 0.037, n = 27). Multivariate models demonstrated that “severity”, “relapse” and longer “duration from the latest onset” were significantly and independently associated with poorer outcome (P < 0.01). “History of atopic dermatitis (AD)” was also associated with poorer outcome, but this correlation could be explained by the effect that duration from the latest onset of AA was longer among participants with AD. We propose that earlier initiation of pulse corticosteroid therapy is preferable for better outcome of AA, particularly among patients with AD. Clinicians should be mindful of the occurrence of mild adverse effects in the elderly patients.
Constitutive and herbivore‐induced plant defences regulate herbivore population processes
Authors: Kersch‐Becker Mônica F. , Thaler Jennifer S. 
Published: April 2019

Abstract

Herbivore‐induced plant defences regulated by the phytohormones jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) are predicted to influence herbivore population dynamics, in part because they can operate in a density‐dependent manner. While there is ample evidence that herbivore‐induced plant responses affect individual performance and growth of herbivores, whether they scale‐up to regulate herbivore population dynamics is still unclear.

We evaluated the consequences of variation in plant defences and herbivore density on herbivore development, reproduction and density‐dependent population growth. We investigated potential mechanisms affecting the strength of herbivore density‐dependent processes by manipulating jasmonate expression, quantifying plant defensive traits (phytohormones JA and SA and serine proteinase inhibitors) and adding aphids (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) at different densities to plants to simulate different initial population density and herbivore load. We manipulated jasmonate defences by using genetically modified lines of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) with elevated or suppressed jasmonate‐dependent defences. Jasmonate‐insensitive plants cannot induce the defences regulated by the JA pathway, while jasmonate‐overexpressing plants constitutively express jasmonate‐dependent defences.

We found that jasmonate defences provided resistance against aphids and influenced density‐dependent processes. Jasmonate‐overexpressing plants reduced aphid reproduction, prolonged developmental time, dampened aphid populations across all aphid densities and caused density‐independent aphid population growth. Jasmonate‐overexpressing plants showed high JA‐dependent constitutive levels of resistance and were unable to activate the SA pathway in response to aphid feeding. In contrast, jasmonate‐insensitive plants increased aphid reproduction, shortened developmental time, reduced population growth only at high initial densities and promoted strong negative density‐dependent population growth. Aphid feeding on jasmonate‐insensitive plants did not induce jasmonate‐dependent defences, but induced the SA pathway in a density‐dependent manner, which resulted in negative density‐dependent aphid population growth.

Aphid feeding on jasmonate‐insensitive and jasmonate‐overexpressing plants differentially activated the salicylate pathway, revealing a negative crosstalk between the defensive phytohormones JA and SA. By muting or enhancing jasmonate‐mediated responses and quantifying SA phytohormone induction, we demonstrated that plant defences are a key factor driving not only the performance, but also the density dependence processes and population growth of herbivores.
Effectiveness of paediatric occupational therapy for children with disabilities: A systematic review
Authors: Novak Iona , Honan Ingrid 
Published: April 2019

IntroductionPaediatric occupational therapy seeks to improve children's engagement and participation in life roles. A wide variety of intervention approaches exist. Our aim was to summarise the best‐available intervention evidence for children with disabilities, to assist families and therapists choose effective care.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review (SR) using the Cochrane methodology, and reported findings according to PRISMA. CINAHL, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, OTSeeker, PEDro, PsycINFO were searched. Two independent reviewers: (i) determined whether studies met inclusion: SR or randomised controlled trial (RCT); an occupational therapy intervention for children with a disability; (ii) categorised interventions based on name, core components and diagnostic population; (iii) rated quality of evidence and determined the strength of recommendation using GRADE criteria; and (iv) made recommendations using the Evidence Alert Traffic Light System.Results129 articles met inclusion (n = 75 (58%) SRs; n = 54 (42%)) RCTs, measuring the effectiveness of 52 interventions, across 22 diagnoses, enabling analysis of 135 intervention indications. Thirty percent of the indications assessed (n = 40/135) were graded ‘do it’ (Green Go); 56% (75/135) ‘probably do it’ (Yellow Measure); 10% (n = 14/135) ‘probably don't do it’ (Yellow Measure); and 4% (n = 6/135) ‘don't do it’ (Red Stop). Green lights were: Behavioural Interventions; Bimanual; Coaching; Cognitive Cog‐Fun & CAPS; CO‐OP; CIMT; CIMT plus Bimanual; Context‐Focused; Ditto; Early Intervention (ABA, Developmental Care); Family Centred Care; Feeding interventions; Goal Directed Training; Handwriting Task‐Specific Practice; Home Programs; Joint Attention; Mental Health Interventions; occupational therapy after toxin; Kinesiotape; Pain Management; Parent Education; PECS; Positioning; Pressure Care; Social Skills Training; Treadmill Training and Weight Loss ‘Mighty Moves’.ConclusionEvidence supports 40 intervention indications, with the greatest number at the activities‐level of the International Classification of Function. Yellow light interventions should be accompanied by a sensitive outcome measure to monitor progress and red light interventions could be discontinued because effective alternatives existed.
The function of extrafloral nectaries in the pollination and reproduction of Sambucus javanica
Authors: Jiang Xia , Deng Hui‐Ni , Qu Jiao , Zeng Hong , Cao Guo‐Xing 
Published: April 2019

AbstractSambucus javanica is a perennial herb with extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) on its inflorescences. To explore the ecological functions of EFNs, a factorial combination experiment of ant (access or exclusion) and EFNs (with or without) at the plant level was created in two populations. The role of EFNs in the attraction of ants and flying pollinators, the defensive role of ants against foliar herbivores, the effects of ants on pollinator visitation and the effects of ant–pollinator interactions on fruit production in one or both populations were assessed. Ants were common on the ant‐access plants with EFNs, but absent from the ant‐access plants without EFNs. Foliar herbivory was independent of ant and EFN treatments and their interactions. The visitation frequency of flying pollinators (honeybees and syrphid flies) and fruit set were significantly higher for plants with EFNs than plants without EFNs, but were not affected by ant treatments or their interactions with EFN treatments. These results suggest that EFNs in S. javanica attracted both ants and flying pollinators, but ants did not present a defensive role against herbivores, did not deter flying pollinators from visiting inflorescences and had no effects on fruit production. In addition, ants were not significant pollen vectors.
The phytopathogenic nature of Dickeya aquatica 174/2 and the dynamic early evolution of Dickeya pathogenicity
Authors: Duprey Alexandre , Taib Najwa , Leonard Simon , Garin Tiffany , Flandrois Jean‐Pierre , Nasser William , Brochier‐Armanet Céline , Reverchon Sylvie 
Published: April 2019

SummaryDickeya is a genus of phytopathogenic enterobacterales causing soft rot in a variety of plants (e.g. potato, chicory, maize). Among the species affiliated to this genus, Dickeya aquatica, described in 2014, remained particularly mysterious because it had no known host. Furthermore, while D. aquatica was proposed to represent a deep‐branching species among Dickeya genus, its precise phylogenetic position remained elusive. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the D. aquatica type strain 174/2. We demonstrate the affinity of D. aquatica strain 174/2 for acidic fruits such as tomato and cucumber and show that exposure of this bacterium to acidic pH induces twitching motility. An in‐depth phylogenomic analysis of all available Dickeya proteomes pinpoints D. aquatica as the second deepest branching lineage within this genus and reclassifies two lineages that likely correspond to new genomospecies (gs.): Dickeya gs. poaceaephila (Dickeya sp NCPPB 569) and Dickeya gs. undicola (Dickeya sp 2B12), together with a new putative genus, tentatively named Prodigiosinella. Finally, from comparative analyses of Dickeya proteomes, we infer the complex evolutionary history of this genus, paving the way to study the adaptive patterns and processes of Dickeya to different environmental niches and hosts. In particular, we hypothesize that the lack of xylanases and xylose degradation pathways in D. aquatica could reflect adaptation to aquatic charophyte hosts which, in contrast to land plants, do not contain xyloglucans.
The Growth Effects of the Bulging Economically Active Population in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Do Institutions Matter?
Authors: Bonuedi Isaac , Kamasa Kofi , Boateng Elliot 
Published: April 2019

AbstractThis paper examines the importance of good institutions in harnessing the growth effects of the bulging economically active population in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper utilizes a panel dataset comprising 39 countries over the period 2002–13. Based on the system generalized method of moments estimator, this paper finds that an increase in the relative size of the working‐age population has no direct significant impact on growth, except through the presence of strong and high‐quality institutions. The paper also finds that control of corruption, rule of law and political stability are the specific aspects of institutions that matter the most in reaping the dividend. These results do not only highlight the primacy of strong institutions but also shed light on the key institutional pillars that need to be strengthened to rake in the positive effects of an increasing working age population on economic growth in SSA.
Heterogeneous emergency department management of published recommendation defined hypotension in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: A multi‐centre overview
Authors: Sharwood Lisa N , Joseph Anthony , Guo Cici , Flower Oliver , Ball Jonathon , Middleton James W 
Published: April 2019

AbstractObjectiveEvidence‐based management for patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in the ED has a critical impact on long‐term outcomes. Acute hypotension post‐injury may compromise spinal cord perfusion and extend neurological damage. Published guidelines recommend mean arterial blood pressure (BP) maintenance between 85 and 90 mmHg for 7 days post‐injury; the extent to which this is followed in Australia is unknown.MethodsProspective observational study of patients ≥16 years with TSCI, treated at 48 hospitals across two Australian states. Mean arterial BPs were recorded in the Ambulance, and ED arrival and discharge. Patients’ medical records documented treatment provided (intravenous fluids, vasopressors or both) for BP augmentation. Hypotension was defined as mean arterial BP <85 mmHg, per the American Association of Neurological Surgeons guidelines.ResultsThe 208 patients with TSCI in the present study were more likely to receive BP augmentation if they experienced direct transport to a Spinal Cord Service hospital (OR 5.57, 95% CI 2.32–10.11), had a cervical level injury (OR 2.32, 95% CI 1.01–5.5) or were hypotensive on ED arrival (OR 2.42, 95% CI 1.34–4.39). Of the 112 patients who were hypotensive, 71 (63.4%) received treatment for this; however, the majority (76%) remained hypotensive on discharge.ConclusionHypotensive patients’ post‐TSCI experienced heterogeneous ED care discordant with published guidelines; varying by hospital type. Specialist care and more severe injury increased likelihood of guideline adherence. Lack of adherence may influence patient outcomes. Level 1 evidence is needed along with consistent guideline implementation and clinician training to likely improve TSCI management and outcomes.