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Integrated reporting: perspectives of corporate report preparers and other stakeholders
Authors: Adhariani Desi , de Villiers Charl 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to explore the perspectives of corporate report preparers and other stakeholders on integrated reporting (IR) in a major Southeast Asian economy.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey is used to explore perspectives on IR.

Findings
There is a limited level of knowledge regarding IR, but a high level of interest. Corporate report preparers paradoxically state that they can see the benefits of IR, yet they are reluctant to implement it.

Practical implications
Changes to university curricula, training sessions, seminars and conferences may be needed to disseminate information regarding IR.

Social implications
IR implementation may be stymied by the low levels of knowledge in Southeast Asia and hence lack of demand from stakeholders. High-quality reporting generally supports capital flows into a region and thus influences economic and social well-being. The integrated financial and non-financial information needs of stakeholders thus have an indirect impact on society.

Originality/value
Southeast Asia is an economic powerhouse and home to hundreds of millions of people. It is important to understand the potential for IR in this region. This is the first survey of its kind to explore these matters.
Reusability analytics tool for end-of-life assessment of building materials in a circular economy
Authors: Akanbi Lukman , Oyedele Lukumon , Davila Delgado Juan Manuel , Bilal Muhammad , Akinade Olugbenga , Ajayi Anuoluwapo , Mohammed-Yakub Naimah 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
In a circular economy, the goal is to keep materials values in the economy for as long as possible. For the construction industry to support the goal of the circular economy, there is the need for materials reuse. However, there is little or no information about the amount and quality of reusable materials obtainable when buildings are deconstructed. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to develop a reusability analytics tool for assessing end-of-life status of building materials.

Design/methodology/approach
A review of the extant literature was carried out to identify the best approach to modelling end-of-life reusability assessment tool. The reliability analysis principle and materials properties were used to develop the predictive mathematical model for assessing building materials performance. The model was tested using the case study of a building design and materials take-off quantities as specified in the bill of quantity of the building design.

Findings
The results of analytics show that the quality of the building materials varies with the building component. For example, from the case study, at the 80th year of the building, the qualities of the obtainable concrete from the building are 0.9865, 0.9835, 0.9728 and 0.9799, respectively, from the foundation, first floor, frame and stair components of the building.

Originality/value
As a contribution to the concept of circular economy in the built environment, the tool provides a foundation for estimating the quality of obtainable building materials at the end-of-life based on the life expectancy of the building materials.
Big data platform for health and safety accident prediction
Authors: Ajayi Anuoluwapo , Oyedele Lukumon , Davila Delgado Juan Manuel , Akanbi Lukman , Bilal Muhammad , Akinade Olugbenga , Olawale Oladimeji 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the use of the big data technologies for health and safety risks analytics in the power infrastructure domain with large data sets of health and safety risks, which are usually sparse and noisy.

Design/methodology/approach
The study focuses on using the big data frameworks for designing a robust architecture for handling and analysing (exploratory and predictive analytics) accidents in power infrastructure. The designed architecture is based on a well coherent health risk analytics lifecycle. A prototype of the architecture interfaced various technology artefacts was implemented in the Java language to predict the likelihoods of health hazards occurrence. A preliminary evaluation of the proposed architecture was carried out with a subset of an objective data, obtained from a leading UK power infrastructure company offering a broad range of power infrastructure services.

Findings
The proposed architecture was able to identify relevant variables and improve preliminary prediction accuracies and explanatory capacities. It has also enabled conclusions to be drawn regarding the causes of health risks. The results represent a significant improvement in terms of managing information on construction accidents, particularly in power infrastructure domain.

Originality/value
This study carries out a comprehensive literature review to advance the health and safety risk management in construction. It also highlights the inability of the conventional technologies in handling unstructured and incomplete data set for real-time analytics processing. The study proposes a technique in big data technology for finding complex patterns and establishing the statistical cohesion of hidden patterns for optimal future decision making.
Ecological interactions shape the adaptive value of plant defence: Herbivore attack versus competition for light
Authors: de Vries Jorad , Evers Jochem B. , Dicke Marcel , Poelman Erik H. 
Published: October 2018

Abstract

Plants defend themselves against diverse communities of herbivorous insects. This requires an investment of limited resources, for which plants also compete with neighbours. The consequences of an investment in defence are determined by the metabolic costs of defence as well as indirect or ecological costs through interactions with other organisms. These ecological costs have a potentially strong impact on the evolution of defensive traits, but have proven to be difficult to quantify.

We aimed to quantify the relative impact of the direct and indirect or ecological costs and benefits of an investment in plant defence in relation to herbivory and intergenotypic competition for light. Additionally, we evaluated how the benefits of plant defence balance its costs in the context of herbivory and intergenotypic competition.

To this end, we utilised a functional‐structural plant (FSP) model of Brassica nigra that simulates plant growth and development, morphogenesis, herbivory and plant defence. In the model, a simulated investment in defences affected plant growth by competing with other plant organs for resources and affected the level and distribution of herbivore damage.

Our results show that the ecological costs of intergenotypic competition for light are highly detrimental to the fitness of defended plants, as it amplifies the size difference between defended and undefended plants. This leads to herbivore damage counteracting the effects of intergenotypic competition under the assumption that herbivore damage scales with plant size. Additionally, we show that plant defence relies on reducing herbivore damage rather than the dispersion of herbivore damage, which is only beneficial under high levels of herbivore damage.

We conclude that the adaptive value of plant defence is highly dependent on ecological interactions and is predominantly determined by the outcome of competition for light.

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Ectomycorrhizal fungi inoculation alleviates simulated acid rain effects on soil ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers in Masson pine forest
Authors: Li Yan , Chen Zhan , He Ji‐Zheng , Wang Qing , Shen Congcong , Ge Yuan 
Published: October 2018

SummaryAcid rain can cause severe effects on soil biota and nutrient biogeochemical cycles in the forest ecosystem, but how plant‐symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi will modulate the effects remains unknown. Here, we conducted a full factorial field experiment in a Masson pine forest by simultaneously controlling the acidity of the simulated rain (pH 5.6 vs. pH 3.5) and the ectomycorrhizal fungi Pisolithus tinctorius inoculation (non‐inoculation vs. inoculation), to investigate the effects on ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers. After 10 months, compared with the control (rain pH 5.6, and non‐inoculation), simulated acid rain (pH 3.5) reduced soil nutrient content, decreased archaeal amoA gene abundance and inhibited denitrification enzyme activity. Also, simulated acid rain altered the community compositions of all the examined functional genes (archaeal amoA, bacterial amoA, nirK, nirS and nosZ). However, inoculation with ectomycorrhizal fungi under acid rain stress recovered soil nutrient content, archaeal amoA gene abundance and denitrification enzyme activity to levels comparable to the control, suggesting that ectomycorrhizal fungi inoculation ameliorates simulated acid rain effects. Taken together, ectomycorrhizal fungi inoculation – potentially through improving soil substrate availability – could alleviate the deleterious effects of acid rain on nitrogen cycling microbes in forest soils.
Novel Caudovirales associated with Marine Group I Thaumarchaeota assembled from metagenomes
Authors: López‐Pérez Mario , Haro‐Moreno Jose M. , de la Torre José R. , Rodriguez‐Valera Francisco 
Published: October 2018

SummaryMarine Group I (MGI) Thaumarchaeota are some of the most abundant microorganisms in the deep ocean and responsible for much of the ammonia oxidation occurring in this environment. In this work, we present 35 sequences assembled from metagenomic samples of the first uncultivated Caudovirales viruses associated with Thaumarchaeota, which we designated marthavirus. Most of the sequences were obtained from cellular metagenomes confirming that they represent an important tool to study environmental viral communities due to cells retrieved while undergoing viral lysis. Metagenomic recruitment showed that this viral population is formed by very divergent entities with high intrapopulation homogeneity. However, metatranscriptomic analyses revealed the same differential expression profile with the capsid as major transcript, indicative of viruses during the lytic cycle. The cobalamine biosynthesis gene cobS, an auxiliary metabolic gene, was also highly expressed during the infection. These analyses expand our understanding of the global diversity of archaeal viruses.
Political entrepreneurship in the field of Māori sovereignty in Aotearoa New Zealand
Authors: O’Brien Thomas 
Published: October 2018

AbstractIndividual actors have the potential to shape political outcomes through creative use of opportunities. Political entrepreneurship identifies how such actors recognize and exploit opportunities, for personal or collective gain. The existing literature focuses on individuals operating within institutional settings, with less attention paid to other types of actors. In this article, I argue for an expansion of the political entrepreneurship framework, by considering individuals in the electoral and protest arenas. An examination of the field of Māori sovereignty, or tino rangatiratanga, in Aotearoa New Zealand allows exploration of prominent actors’ innovative strategies and practices. The findings highlight the actors’ reliance on identity in mobilizing support within the community, to press claims. Broadening the application of political entrepreneurship demonstrates the roles of social, cultural and political capital in influencing outcomes, by identifying opportunities available to individuals embedded in the community and according to the context of the arena.
Chinese migration, consumption, and housing in twenty‐first century Australia
Authors: Ting Christina Y.P. , Newton Peter W. , Stone Wendy 
Published: October 2018

AbstractInternational migration has changed the demographics and dynamics of Australia's population since European settlement. It continues to be a principal driver in the growth of its cities, including a projected doubling of major city populations by mid‐century. The influence of migrants on metropolitan housing markets—and urban consumption more generally—has been significant, and the socio‐spatial influence of migration in Australia has been the focus of regular geographical research. Less researched is the impact that “importing” half of the nation's population growth each year has on consumption of urban resources and environmental impact, including via housing consumption practices. Evidence has also been lacking on changed consumption behaviours of migrants moving from developing to developed, high‐income societies—a barometer, perhaps, of a future trajectory of consumption within developing societies. The largest cohort of recent immigrants to Australian cities has been from China, and this trend can be expected to continue. This paper focuses on a comparison of urban consumption patterns (with particular focus on housing) among a group of 61 China‐born households prior to their migration to Melbourne post‐1995 and following their settlement in an established middle‐ring suburb of Melbourne (Box Hill). Using ecological footprint as the metric of consumption, results are striking. Not only do China‐born migrants “catch up” to Australian levels of urban consumption but they also surpass it in many cases. Findings are examined in relation to housing and urban context and a range of household sociocultural factors.
The modifying effect of the MTHFR genotype on the association between folic acid supplementation and pulse wave velocity: Findings from the CSPPT
Authors: Yang Xin , Zhang Minghua , Song Rensheng , Liu Changfu , Huo Yong , Qian Geng 
Published: October 2018

SummaryObjectiveIn a subgroup analysis of the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial, we aimed to explore the impact of folic acid supplementation on arterial stiffness and assess the modifying effect of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in Chinese patients with hypertension.MethodsThis prospective study enrolled 2529 hypertensive Chinese patients. Participants were randomized to receive treatment with either a combination of enalapril and folic acid or enalapril. Brachial‐ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured by trained medical staff using PWV instruments at both baseline and exit visits, approximately 5 years after enrollment. This trial was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00794885).ResultsDuring the follow‐up, change in folate was significantly and independently correlated with change in ba‐PWV in study patients (β = −1.31, P < 0.001). Individuals with CC genotype had a significantly greater PWV response to folic acid supplementation than did carriers of the T allele (β = −2.79, P < 0.001 for CC homozygotes compared with β = −0.56, P = 0.464 for TT homozygotes). The positive effect of folic acid on improved PWV was modified by the MTHFR genotype (P for interaction = 0.034).ConclusionIn a subgroup of Chinese hypertensive patients who had received 5‐year antihypertensive therapy, increases in folate status were associated with higher reductions in PWV, and individuals with the CC genotype showed greatest PWV response to folic acid supplementation.
DRD2 methylation is associated with executive control network connectivity and severity of alcohol problems among a sample of polysubstance users
Authors: Hagerty Sarah L. , YorkWilliams Sophie L. , Bidwell L. Cinnamon , Weiland Barbara J. , Sabbineni Amithrupa , Blaine Sara K. , Bryan Angela D. , Hutchison Kent E. 
Published: October 2018

AbstractChronic exposure to alcohol and other drugs of abuse has been associated with deleterious consequences, including functional connectivity deficits within neural networks associated with executive control. Altered functional connectivity within the executive control network (ECN) might underlie the progressive inability to control consumption of alcohol and other drugs as substance use disorders progress. Genetic and epigenetic factors have been associated with substance use disorders (SUDs). For example, dopamine receptor 2 (DRD2) functioning has been associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and related phenotypes, including correlates of executive functioning. The present study aims to explore the relationship between a continuous measure of alcohol‐related problems, epigenetic markers (methylation) within the DRD2 gene, and functional connectivity within the ECN among a sample of polysubstance users. A community sample of 658 subjects, whose consumption of alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis span across a spectrum of quantity and frequency of use, were obtained across previous studies in polysubstance using populations. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging was analyzed to identify intrinsic connectivity networks using a priori regions of interest. Methylation measurement of functionally relevant sites within the DRD2 gene was achieved via pyrosequencing. Regression‐based models, including mediation and moderation models, tested the association between DRD2 methylation, functional connectivity within intrinsic neural networks (including the ECN), and severity of alcohol problems. Results suggest that average DRD2 methylation was negatively associated with right ECN (RECN) and left ECN (LECN) connectivity, but not associated with other networks tested, and DRD2 methylation was significantly associated with alcohol problems severity. Mediation models were not supported, although moderation models suggested that connectivity between edges within the RECN moderated the relationship between DRD2 methylation and AUD severity. Results support a theoretical model in which epigenetic factors are associated with neurobiological correlates of alcohol consumption among a sample of polysubstance users.
Risk factors for oral health in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Authors: Butten K , Johnson NW , Hall KK , Anderson J , Toombs M , King N , O'Grady KF 
Published: October 2018

AbstractBackgroundThe caries process follows a strong social gradient which can commence in the first years of life. Yet data on young children remain limited. This study reports the potential risk factors and indicators in urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged less than 5 and estimates the prevalence of caries.MethodsDemographic and risk factor and risk indicator data were collected at baseline in a cohort study of children attending a health clinic in north Brisbane. Dentulous children received a basic oral examination to explore the presence of decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft). Descriptive analyses were performed. A backwards stepwise logistic regression model was performed to identify potential associations with dmft status.ResultsIn this study, 180 children enrolled: 111 children received the oral examination, of whom 14 (12.6%) (mean age 35 months) were estimated to have dmft >0. There was a high prevalence of socio‐economic, dietary and behavioural risk factors/indicators present for children. Due to the small sample size, planned regression was not performed.ConclusionsOverall, the prevalence of risk factors and risk indicators for caries in the study population is high. More culturally appropriate resources that support preventive care need to be invested before children are school aged.
The Five Refusals of White Supremacy
Authors: Gibbons Andrea 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThis article draws on the work of Charles Mills to posit white supremacy as a global political, economic, and cultural system. Resistance among people of color is, and has always been, widespread. The focus here, however, is on what Mills (1997: 18) describes as the “epistemology of ignorance” among whites themselves, serving to preserve a sense of self as decent in the face of privileges dependent upon obvious injustices against (nonwhite) others. Five themes are identified within a broad and multidisciplinary range of literature, described here as the “five refusals” of white supremacy. These are points at which white ignorance must be actively maintained in order to preserve both a sense of the self and of the wider structures of white privilege and dominance. There is a refusal of the humanity of the other—and a willingness to allow violence and exploitation to be inflicted. There is a refusal to listen to or acknowledge the experience of the other—resulting in marginalization and active silencing. There is a refusal not just to confront long and violent histories of white domination, but to recognize how these continue to shape injustice into the present. There is a refusal to share space, particularly residential space, with resulting segregated geographies that perpetuate inequality and insulate white ignorance. Finally there is a refusal to face structural causes—capitalism as it has intertwined with white supremacy from its earliest beginnings. To undo one requires the undoing of the others. For each refusal there is a potential affirmation, presented here in the hope that each might provide an understanding of the breadth of work required to dismantle white supremacy and of the multiple points for intervention.a
Defining early vs late fetal growth restriction by placental pathology
Authors: Aviram Amir , Sherman Christopher , Kingdom John , Zaltz Arthur , Barrett Jon , Melamed Nir 
Published: October 2018

AbstractIntroductionAlthough early and late fetal growth restriction have been suggested to be distinct entities, the optimal gestational age cut‐off that differentiates the two conditions is currently unclear and has been arbitrarily set in previous studies between 32 and 37 weeks. We aimed to use placental pathology findings to determine that optimal gestational age cut‐off between early and late fetal growth restriction.Material and methodsA retrospective cohort study of all women with singleton gestation who gave birth to a neonate diagnosed as small‐for‐gestational age (small‐for‐gestational age, defined as birthweight <10th percentile for gestational age) at a tertiary referral center between January 2001 and December 2015, and for whom placental pathology was available. Placental abnormalities were classified into lesions associated with maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM), fetal vascular malperfusion, placental hemorrhage and chronic villitis. Placental findings were analyzed as a function of gestational age at birth. The analysis was repeated in the subgroups of women without hypertensive complications of pregnancy (to reflect changes associated with isolated small‐for‐gestational age) and of neonates with severe small‐for‐gestational age (defined as birthweight <5th percentile), which are more likely to represent true fetal growth restriction.ResultsA total of 895 women met the inclusion criteria. The only histological finding that changed with gestational age was MVM pathology, which decreased in frequency with increasing gestational age. We identified a considerable drop in the rate of MVM lesions at 33 weeks of gestation. The rate of MVM pathology in placentas of infants born before 330/7 weeks was significantly higher than that observed in placentas of infants born at 330/7 weeks or longer: 71.6% vs 27.4%, P < 0.001 for ≥2 MVM lesions, and 35.5% vs 3.5%, P < 0.001 for ≥3 MVM lesions. These findings persisted in the subgroups of women without hypertensive complications of pregnancy (n = 662) and of neonates with severe small‐for‐gestational age (n = 464).ConclusionsUsing placental pathology as a direct measure of the mechanisms underlying fetal growth restriction, the optimal gestational age at birth cut‐off which differentiates early from late fetal growth restriction appears to be 330/7 weeks.