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What is the relevance of policy transfer and policy translation in integrated care development?
Authors: Ow Yong Lai Meng , Cameron Ailsa 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to document the influence of policy transfer on integrated care development, its global occurrence and shifts towards integrated care. It highlights the influence of supranational forces, and the roles and relevance of policy transfer and policy translation in the development of integrated care.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents the findings of an international review of the policy transfer of integrated care, and the relevance of policy translation in integrated care development.FindingsThe global occurrence in integrated care, as evinced in this paper, can be seen in the global shift towards integrated care in various countries. However, studies exploring the actual mechanism of policy transfer and policy translation in relation to integrated care across countries are limited. The study of integrated care through the lens of policy transfer is important, as it for example, explores the structural elements, including environmental and cognitive obstacles in the policy transfer process. Policy translation offers a social constructivist approach to explore the travel of ideas, and considers the multiple spatial and scalar contexts in which integrated care policy is implemented.Originality/valueThis paper aims to advance policy transfer and policy translation as complementary frameworks to explain integrated care development. Second, it seeks to make novel and useful contributions to the debate about the development of integrated care, and to the wider arguments on policy transfer and policy translation and integrated care in other parts of the world.
Board independence, frequency of meetings and performance
Authors: Musleh Alsartawi Abdalmuttaleb 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the relationship between board structure and performance from an Islamic point of view.Design/methodology/approachConsequently, the researcher developed a multiple linear regression model to investigate the nature of this relationship, whereby return on assets (ROA) was used to measure the performance of listed Islamic Banks in Gulf Cooperation Council, covering the period between 2013 and 2016.FindingsThe results indicated a negative relationship between board structure and the performance of Islamic banks.Research limitations/implicationsBecause the current study only used accounting-based performance indicator (ROA), the researcher suggests expanding the framework of this study through the addition of market-based performance indicators such as Tobin’s Q.Practical implicationsTherefore, the researcher recommends that regulators of Islamic banks in the GCC need to develop a set of strict restrictions for the selection of independent members of the board and to minimize the meetings of the board to reduce the cost of preparing information and the information asymmetry, thus improving performance.Originality/valueThis study provides guidelines regarding the appropriate number of independent directors and board meetings that will result in reduced monitoring costs and improved profits.
The AGOA as stepping stone for USA–Africa free trade agreements
Authors: Simo Regis 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to show how the pattern of trade relations between the USA and African countries is gradually shifting toward reciprocity. It therefore demonstrates that the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was conceived to be a building block toward future bilateral trade agreements.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper adopts a historical approach to the USA’s policy toward Africa in general and in trade matters in particular. It critically reviews the chronology of US involvement in the continent.

Findings
Although it was designed as a preferential trade arrangement, AGOA was intended to evolve into reciprocal trade agreements. This is what the USA started doing even prior to the entry into force of the AGOA, by entering into Trade and Investment Framework Agreements with individual countries or blocs. It also transpires that the deployment comes as a response to the European Union which is already engaged in the redefinition of its own trade relations with Africa since 2004.

Originality/value
The paper is important in many respects. Not only it is a study of the US practice as preference-granting country, but it is also interested in the typology of trade agreements concluded by the USA in other regions of the world. This is important to indicate and analyze the types of provisions African countries should be expected to face when the time of entering into reciprocal binding trade treaties arrives.
Additive manufacturing in the spare parts supply chain: hub configuration and technology maturity
Authors: H. Khajavi Siavash , Holmström Jan , Partanen Jouni 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
Innovative startups have begun a trend using laser sintering (LS) technology patents expiration, namely, by introducing LS additive manufacturing (AM) machines that can overcome utilization barriers, such as the costliness of machines and productivity limitation. The recent rise of this trend has led the authors to investigate this new class of machines in novel settings, including hub configuration. There are various supply chain configurations to supply spare parts in industrial operations. This paper aims to explore the promise of a production configuration that combines the benefits of centralized production with the flexibility of local manufacturing without the huge costs related to it.

Design/methodology/approach
This study quantitatively examines the feasibility of different AM-enabled spare parts supply chain configurations. Using cost data extracted from a case study, three scenarios per AM machine technology are modeled and compared.

Findings
Results suggest that hub production configuration depending on the utilized AM machines can provide economic efficiency and effectiveness to reduce equipment downtime. While previous studies have suggested the need for AM machines with efficiency for single part production for a distributed supply chain, the findings in this research illustrate the positive relationship between multi-part production capability and the feasibility of a hub manufacturing configuration establishment.

Originality/value
This study explores the promise of a production configuration that combines the benefits of centralized production with the flexibility of local manufacturing without the huge costs related to it. Although the existing body of knowledge contains research on production decentralization, research on various levels of decentralization is lacking. Using a real-world case study, this study aims to compare the feasibility of different levels of decentralization for AM-enabled spare parts supply chains.
Fabrication and tensile testing of 3D printed continuous wire polymer composites
Authors: Ibrahim Yehia , Melenka Garrett W. , Kempers Roger 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to evaluate and predict the tensile properties of additively manufactured continuous wire polymer composites (CWPCs).

Design/methodology/approach
An open-source 3D printer was modified to print CWPCs where metal wires act as a reinforcement within a polymer matrix. The influence of different wire materials and diameters on the tensile modulus and ultimate tensile strength was studied. Different polymer matrixes were used to investigate the effect of the matrix on CWPCs’ tensile properties. The behaviour of samples was predicted analytically using the rule of mixture micromechanical approach and investigated experimentally using an American society for testing and materials standard tensile test.

Findings
Experimental results showed improvement in the elastic modulus and ultimate strength of CWPCs compared with non-reinforced specimens. Deviation between the experimental data and the analytical prediction was found to be dependent on the matrix type, wire volume fraction and wire material.

Originality/value
This paper introduces novel continuous metal wire-reinforced 3D printed composites. The continuous wire inside the print can be used as a strain gauge which can give an early alert for material failure. Applications for CWPCs include 3D-printed pressure and temperature sensors which measure the change in the wire’s electrical resistance and 3D-printed heaters which would work by supplying current through continuous wires.
Do the changes in macroeconomic variables have a symmetric or asymmetric effect on stock prices? Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Chang Bisharat Hussain , Rajput Suresh Kumar Oad 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether macroeconomic variables have a symmetric or asymmetric effect on stock prices (SP) of Karachi Stock Exchange 100 index in the context of Pakistan. It also examines whether the asymmetric impact of macroeconomic variables on SP has been affected by tail events such as the global financial crisis.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag models for the full sample period as well as in pre- and post-crisis periods. The whole sample period covers the data from June 2004 to June 2016 which include 145 observations in total. The pre-crisis period covers data from June 2004 to December 2007 and the post-crisis period covers the data from January 2009 to June 2016 where these periods include 43 and 90 observations, respectively.

Findings
The findings suggest that the relationship between macroeconomic variables and SP is asymmetric in the short run whereas this effect is symmetric in the long run when the whole sample period is selected. However, when pre- and post-crisis periods are selected this effect becomes asymmetric in the long run as well; that is, positive and negative shocks in macroeconomic variables do not affect the SP in the same way.

Practical implications
Investors, governments and other stakeholders are advised to consider the asymmetric behavior of macroeconomic variables and SP while making an investment or other decisions. They may consider the financial crisis as well since the asymmetric behavior of the underlying variables change as a result of the financial crisis.

Originality/value
This study extends previous studies by examining the asymmetric effect of macroeconomic variables and also contributes to the existing literature by discussing how this relationship changes as a result of the financial crisis.
Body-worn cameras: determining the democratic habitus of policing
Authors: Cayli Baris , Hargreaves Charlotte , Hodgson Philip 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThis study advances our knowledge about the effectiveness of body-worn cameras (BWCs) through exploring the perceptions of English police officers in three principal areas: positive perceptions, negative perceptions and evidence-focussed perceptions. In doing so, the purpose of this paper is to shed new light on the democratising process in the habitus of policing.Design/methodology/approachThis study presents a novel data set that evaluates the introduction of BWC to police officers in the East Midlands area of England. The authors conducted an extensive survey to explore the perceptions of 162 police officers about the BWCs. The authors examined the empirical data using Stata within the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu concerning the concept of habitus.FindingsThe authors have found that most police officers perceive that BWCs have a positive impact on policing practices and evidence collection. The positive perceptions and evidence-focussed perceptions increase the importance of BWCs; however, there are also negative perceptions regarding effective policing, administrative functionality and establishing a better relationship with the community. The authors argued that all three areas: positive perceptions, negative perceptions and evidence-focussed perceptions play a stimulating role to democratise the habitus of policing. On the other hand, BWCs do not guarantee the consolidation of democratic principles in the habitus of policing because of the authority of police to decide when, where and how to use BWCs.Research limitations/implicationsThe research is limited to the perceptions of 162 police officers in East Midlands before they actually started using it. A future study to analyse their real-life experiences after using the BWCs may help us to compare their perceptions before using it with real-life experiences after BWCs are used. In addition, a comparative approach between countries in future research will help to explain the role of technological applications in different social geographies and legal systems.Originality/valueThis study offers new insights about the perceptions of police on BWCs before they started using them. The authors introduce the democratic habitus of policing as an innovative concept and explored power dynamics in the habitus of policing through BWCs. The findings provide a strong empirical contribution to determine the conditions of democratic habitus of policing. In doing so, this study develops our theoretical knowledge about the habitus concept in sociology by employing BWCs in policing activities.
Exploring m-leader affordances: team leaders and mobile technologies
Authors: Gilstrap Curt 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how mobile technologies impact virtual team leaders and provides insight into how mobile technologies afford leaders varied capacity to accomplish their team work.Design/methodology/approachThe author addresses the research questions by assessing a large, qualitative data set drawn from surveyed mobile team leaders, analyzing the data using Leximancer software to explore naturally emerging concepts and then interpreting the data thematics using axial coding.FindingsIn addition to demonstrating that virtual team leaders are well aware they use mobile technologies regularly, this paper also suggests e-leaders be known as m-leaders, clarifies the entanglements of mobility and leadership practices and offers insight into the m-leader affordance dimensions of multimediality, multimodality, multichronicity and multimotility.Originality/valueThis paper is among the first to investigate team leaders relative to mobile technology as well as what such technology offers m-leaders and mobile teams. Additionally, the size of the data set provides unique insight into m-leaders’ experiences across myriad sectors.
Wiki‐analysis: speed, adaptation and subjectivity in a liquid world
Authors: Bisagni Francesco 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThe paper is a reflection on the conflictual relationship between adaptation and subjectivity, persona and individuation, starting from Jung's seminal writings, and their developing features in contemporary society. With reference to sociologist Zygmunt Bauman's speculations on so called liquid society and retrotopia, concepts like nostalgia are examined in the article. A case of a manic and violent nine‐year‐old child, a millennial‐to‐be boy treated in the mid‐nineties, is presented to describe issues like shame, object promiscuity, consumerism and overexcitement, and suggests questions on whether and how these patterns would be different for patients belonging to the Generations Z (born between 1996 and 2010) and Alpha (born after 2010). The case material shows how the construction of a suitable persona was the only aim of the child's family, in terms of a merely quantitative regulation, their model being that of being adequately capable of consuming and being consumed, using each other for utilitarian purposes, and essentially avoiding the sense of self‐and‐other as live objects. Psychoanalysis is theoretically and clinically challenged and confronted with the conflict between the new features of adaptation and a dimension of subjectivity whose traits are more and more difficult to detect.
Legislatures, Legislation and Legislating in the British Atlantic, 1692–1800†
Authors: Graham Aaron 
Published: October 2018

AbstractDespite recent work quantifying the legislative output of the British and Irish parliaments between 1692 and 1800, the same has not been extended to the imperial territories of the British Atlantic in the same period, despite the importance of colonial politics in the sweeping constitutional changes that culminated in 1775 and revolution. This article is the first to track the basic patterns of legislative output from all the colonial legislatures in north America and the West Indies and to link these data with population. It shows that the overall output jumped considerably in the period, as in Britain and Ireland, but that this was largely concentrated in the 1750s and 1760s under the pressure of warfare, though colonial elites afterwards began to exploit their new legislative experience for their own needs. However, no clear correlation was found between legislation and revolution. The experience of individual territories varied wildly, suggesting that the causes of revolution were neither inherent nor inevitable, and that legislation was a tool used by both sides rather than a cause of conflict in its own right.
Clinicopathologic characteristics and outcome of patients with different EGFR mutations
Authors: Zhou Shengyu , Hu Xingsheng , Wang Yan , Li Junling , Zhou Liqiang , Hao Xuezhi , Liu Yutao , Shi Yuankai 
Published: October 2018

AbstractAimMost epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations affecting exon 19 (inframe deletions; 19 Del) and 21 (L858R), while the rest (referred as uncommon EGFR mutation) have not been fully described due to their rarity. Here we present a retrospective study that investigated clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with different EGFR mutations.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the EGFR mutation pattern and its association with clinical‐pathological characteristics from 100 cases of nonsmall‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR mutations, and compiled the genotype response data for NSCLC patients with common and uncommon EGFR mutations treated with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Patients with advanced EGFR‐mutated NSCLC were enrolled and treated with icotinib (oral administration, 125 mg, thrice per day).ResultsAmong 100 patients, 85 and 15 had common and uncommon mutations, respectively. Four patients had a single mutation in 18 or 20 exon, and 11 had a complex mutation with del‐19 or L858R. There was no significant association between the presence of different mutation type and the type of any clinical and pathological characteristics. Prolonged but not significant progression‐free survival (PFS) was noted in patients with common EGFR mutations (18.07 [14.00–26.23] vs 12.9 [8.43–23.27], P = 0.056). Patients without brain metastases had increased PFS to icotinib than those with brain metastases (18.07 [95% confidence interval, CI 14.77–27.03] vs 13.17 [95% CI 8.63–22.63], P = 0.038).ConclusionUncommon EGFR mutations comprised 15% of all mutated patients, in which most were complex mutations. Compared with common EGFR mutation, uncommon EGFR mutations were associated with a modest sensitivity to EGFR TKIs. Our findings will be helpful to make clinical decision and select the appropriate therapy for EGFR‐mutated NSCLC patients.
Atopic diseases and type I sensitization from adolescence to adulthood in an unselected population (TOACS) with focus on predictors for allergic rhinitis
Authors: Mortz Charlotte G. , Andersen Klaus E. , Poulsen Lars K. , Kjaer Henrik F. , Broesby‐Olsen Sigurd , Bindslev‐Jensen Carsten 
Published: October 2018

AbstractBackgroundWhile much is known on childhood atopic diseases, knowledge about persistence of atopic diseases from childhood to adulthood is limited. We therefore aimed to study the clinical course of atopic diseases and type I sensitization prospectively in an unselected cohort of adolescents followed into adulthood.MethodsA cohort of unselected 8th‐grade school children (mean age 14 years) established in 1995 and followed up in 2010 were evaluated with questionnaire, clinical examination, skin prick tests and measurements of specific IgE.ResultsThe lifetime prevalence of atopic diseases was high and increased significantly from adolescence (31%) to adulthood (57%); particularly allergic rhinitis increased with an incidence rate of 17.5/1000 person‐years. Childhood predictors for adult allergic rhinitis were atopic dermatitis, asthma and asymptomatic sensitization to pollen and house dust mite. Among those with asymptomatic sensitization in adolescence, 53%‐78% developed allergic rhinitis in adulthood. Furthermore, type I sensitization increased significantly from adolescence to adulthood mostly due to increased sensitization to pollen. Type I sensitization was found mainly in those with allergic rhinitis. A high number of adults had oral allergy symptoms due to the high number of birch pollen allergic individuals.ConclusionPersistence of atopic diseases in adulthood is common, and a high proportion of the adult population is sensitized giving a high prevalence of allergic rhinitis. Many with asymptomatic sensitization in adolescence will develop allergic rhinitis in adult life. The focus should be on prevention of atopic diseases and sensitization already in childhood.
Antiresorptive Agents are More Effective in Preventing Titanium Particle‐Induced Calvarial Osteolysis in Ovariectomized Mice Than Anabolic Agents in Short‐Term Administration
Authors: Fu Guangtao , Li Shixun , Ouyang Nengtai , Wu Junyan , Li Changchuan , Liu Wei , Qiu Junxiong , Peng Peng , Qin Ling , Ding Yue 
Published: October 2018

AbstractAseptic loosening due to wear particle‐induced osteolysis is the main cause of arthroplasty failure and the influence of postmenopausal osteoporosis and anti‐osteoporosis treatment on Titanium (Ti) particle‐induced osteolysis remains unclear. 66 C57BL/6J female mice were used in this study. Ovariectomy (OVX) was performed to induce osteopenia mice and confirmed by micro‐CT. The Ti particle‐induced mouse calvaria osteolysis model was established subsequently and both OVX and Sham‐OVX mice were divided into four groups, respectively: Ti (‐) group, Ti group, Ti + zoledronic acid (ZOL) group (50ug/kg, local administration, single dose) and Ti + teriparatide (TPTD) group (40ug/kg/d, subcutaneous injection*14d). Mice calvarias were collected for micro‐CT and histomorphometric analysis 2 weeks after particle induction. 8 weeks after bilateral OVX, significantly reduced BMD and microstructure parameters in both proximal tibia and calvaria were observed in OVX mice when comparing with Sham‐OVX mice. OVX mice in Ti group had not only markly decreased BMD and BV/TV, but also significantly increased total porosity, eroded surface area and osteoclast numbers when comparing with Sham‐OVX mice. Shown by Two‐way ANOVA analysis, the interaction terms between OVX and Ti implantation on micro‐CT and histomorphometry parameters didn’t reach significant difference. As illustrated by micro‐CT and histological analysis, ZOL treatment markedly inhibited Ti particle‐induced osteolysis in OVX mice and Sham‐OVX mice, and there were significant differences when comparing to both Ti and Ti+TPTD group. The combination of osteoporosis and Ti particle implantation result in aggravated bone resorption, accompanied with increased osteoclasts and excessive inflammation response. ZOL was more effective in preventing Ti particle‐induced osteolysis in both OVX mice and Sham‐OVX mice than TPTD in short‐term administration. ZOL exert the protective effects on Ti particle‐induced bone loss via the suppression of osteoclasts.