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Interrelationships among key Reproductive Health indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Woldegiorgis Mulu Abraha , Meyer Denny , Hiller Janet E. , Mekonnen Wubegzier , Bhowmik Jahar 
Published: September 2018

AbstractIntroductionIndicators of reproductive health (RH) services, outputs, outcomes and impacts are expected to be related with each other and with key social determinants. As the provision of RH services is usually integrated, the effort expended to improve one component is also expected to affect the other components. There is a lack of evidence-based models demonstrating the interrelationships among these indicators and between RH indicators and social determinants.ObjectiveTo examine interrelationships among key RH indicators and their relationship with key social determinants in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).MethodThis study used data from the most recent demographic and health survey conducted during the period from 2010 to 2016 in 391 provinces of 29 SSA countries. We focused on seven RH indicator — antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, postnatal care, contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), ideal number of children, birth interval and total fertility rate (TFR), along with selected socio-demographic indicators. The unit of analysis was sub-national, at provincial level. Structural equation modelling was used to examine the strength of interrelationships among the indicators based on the total standardized effect sizes. Significance tests and 95% confidence intervals for the total effects were presented using a bias-corrected bootstrap method.ResultsWomen’s literacy rate, at the centre of the model, has direct connections with all the RH indicators included in the final model. The strongest relationship was observed between women’s literacy rate and CPR with a total standardized (std.) effect size of 0.79 (95% CI: 0.74, 0.83). RH indicators are interrelated directly and/or indirectly. A strong direct effect was also observed in the relationship between CPR and birth interval (β=0.63, 95%: 0.50, 0.77) and the model suggests that the reported ideal number of children is a key predictor of birth interval (Std. effect size=-0.58, 95% CI: -0.69, -0.48) and TFR (Std. effect size=0.52, 95% CI: 0.38, 0.62).ConclusionRH indicators are strongly interrelated and are all associated with women’s literacy. The model of interrelationships developed in this study may guide the design, implementation and evaluation of RH policies and programs.
A novel nonsense variant in SUPT20H gene associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis identified by Whole Exome Sequencing of multiplex families
Authors: Veyssiere Maëva , Perea Javier , Michou Laetitia , Boland Anne , Caloustian Christophe , Olaso Robert , Olaso Robert , Deleuze Jean-François , Cornelis François , Petit-Teixeira Elisabeth , Chaudru Valérie 
Published: September 2018

AbstractThe triggering and development of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is conditioned by environmental and genetic factors. Despite the identification of more than one hundred genetic variants associated with the disease, not all the cases can be explained. Here, we performed Whole Exome Sequencing in 9 multiplex families (N=30) to identify rare variants susceptible to play a role in the disease pathogenesis. We pre-selected 73 genes which carried rare variants with a complete segregation with RA in the studied families. Follow-up linkage and association analyses with pVAAST highlighted significant RA association of 24 genes (p-value < 0.05 after 106 permutations) and pinpointed their most likely causal variant. We re-sequenced the 10 most significant likely causal variants (p-value ≤ 0.019 after 106 permutations) in the extended pedigrees and 9 additional multiplex families (N=110). Only one SNV in SUPT20H, c.73T>A (p.Lys25*), presented a complete segregation with RA in an extended pedigree with early-onset cases. In summary, we identified in this study a new variant associated with RA in SUPT20H gene. This gene belongs to several biological pathways like macro-autophagy and monocyte/macrophage differentiation, which contribute to RA pathogenesis. In addition, these results showed that analyzing rare variants using a family-based approach is a strategy that allows to identify RA risk loci, even with a small dataset.Author summaryRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most frequent auto-immune disease in the world. It causes joint swellings and pains which can lead to mobility impairment. To date, the scientific community has identified a hundred genes carrying variants predisposing to RA, in addition to the major gene HLA-DRB1. However, they do not explain all cases of RA. By examining nine families with multiple RA cases, we identified a new rare nonsense variant in SUPT20H gene, c.73T>A (p.Lys25*). This finding is supported by the literature as the SUPT20H gene regulates several biological functions, such as macro-autophagy or monocyte/macrophage differentiation, that contribute to RA pathogenesis.
Regulation and governance of the Internet of Things in India
Authors: Chatterjee Sheshadri , Kar Arpan Kumar 
Published: September 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of Internet of Things (IoT) in India. The purpose also includes providing insights regarding policy framing for IoTs with a focus on regulation and governance.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach has been taken here for understanding the issues of IoT policy for India so far as regulations and governance are concerned.FindingsThis study highlights that the draft IoT policy of India, 2015 is to be improved. Attention is to be focused on regulation and governance for addressing security and privacy issues among other issues. For proper enablement of IoT technology, arrangements of funds are essential.Research limitations/implicationsIoT-related technologies in India have immense potential for the industries. This study implies the importance of security and privacy issues. If these issues are properly addressed, the industries will flourish further.Practical implicationsThe study provides insights covering how usage of IoT technology would help the industry to grow up, how research and development organizations would be able to strengthen IoT technology for further development and to what extent it will improve the human daily activities.Social implicationsIoT would influence lives of millions of people of India. IoT-related policies would have huge social implication in terms of human–device interactions and communications. This research is a contemporary study on the implication of IoT policy toward the future growth of IoT-enabled devices in India.Originality/valueThe Government of India is expected to frame a comprehensive IoT policy with the help of draft IoT policy of 2015. This paper has taken a unique attempt to provide effective inputs to develop a comprehensive IoT policy for India.
Historical investment at the Budapest Zoo
Authors: Bakonyi Zoltan 
Published: September 2018

Subject area
Strategic management.

Study level/applicability
MBA, or master students studying management.

Case overview
This case study is about the Budapest Zoo, which is going to implement a 25bn HUF (US$86.8m) investment which will increase its land area by 50 per cent. With this project one of the most modern zoo buildings in Europe will be opened, called “Biodome”. This, 36-meter-high, 1.7 ha building will provide unique experience for the visitors, but on the other hand, the Biodome will increase the operating costs of the zoo (according to some estimations the costs can rise by 50 per cent). Albeit, the Biodome will open in 2019, some parts of the development will be ready by next year; therefore, the zoo should have a clear strategy in a few months.

Expected learning outcomes
The main aim of this case is to demonstrate the importance of positioning in strategy and value creation. It starts with the identification of the most valuable customer segments, after that it helps to describe the value proposition to each segments and finally it suggest a pricing strategy for each part of the zoo.

Supplementary materials
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Subject code
CSS 11: Strategy.
MHD natural convection in a square porous cavity filled with a water-based magnetic fluid in the presence of geothermal viscosity
Authors: Sheremet Mikhail A. , Astanina Marina S. , Pop Ioan 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is a numerical analysis of natural convection in a square porous cavity filled with a water-based magnetic fluid of geothermal viscosity under the effect of inclined uniform magnetic field.

Design/methodology/approach
The domain of interest includes the square porous cavity filled with a water-based magnetic fluid (W40). Horizontal walls are supposed to be adiabatic, while right vertical wall is kept at constant low temperature and left vertical wall is kept at constant high temperature. An inclined uniform magnetic field affects the fluid flow and heat transfer inside the cavity. The viscosity of the working fluid is proportional to the linearly decreasing function of depth (vertical coordinate) and inversely proportional to the linear function of temperature. It is assumed in the analysis that the flow is laminar. The fluid is Newtonian and the Boussinesq approximation is valid. The governing equations have been discretized using the finite difference method with the uniform grid. Simulations have been carried out for different values of the Rayleigh number, Hartmann number, Darcy number, magnetic field inclination angle and viscosity variation parameters.

Findings
It has been revealed that an increase in the viscosity parameters leads to the heat transfer enhancement and convective flow intensification. At the same time, this intensification is more essential for high values of the Rayleigh number.

Originality/value
The originality of this work is to analyze MHD natural convection in a square porous cavity filled with a water-based magnetic fluid of geothermal viscosity. The results would benefit scientists and engineers to become familiar with the analysis of convective heat and mass transfer in nanofluids, and the way to predict the properties of nanofluid convective flow in advanced technical systems, in industrial sectors including transportation, power generation, chemical sectors and electronics.
Does financial advisor quality improve liquidity and issuer benefits in segmented markets? Evidence from the municipal bond market
Authors: Daniels Kenneth , Dorminey Jack , Smith Brent , Vijayakumar Jayaraman 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
Using a unique sample of about 563,000 competitively bid municipal revenue bonds with financial advisors issued during the period 1998–2012, the purpose of this paper is to examine the role and influence of financial advisor quality in the municipal bond market.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors use a sample of about 563,000 competitively bid municipal revenue bonds with financial advisors issued during the period 1998–2012. The authors estimate a selection model where the authors identify the factors leading to the selection of a high-quality financial advisor. The authors then, using the inverse mills ratio from the first regression, estimate the association of high-quality advisor (and other factors) with the cost of borrowing.

Findings
The results suggest that high-quality financial advisors provide a credible signal to market participants about issue and issuer quality. This signal translates to a greater number of bids for issues that use high-quality financial advisors, resulting in improved liquidity and lower borrowing costs for these issues. The results also show that the beneficial effects obtained by using higher quality financial advisors are prevalent across all categories of issues such as for refunding and non-refunding issues, and for both insured and non-insured issues. The benefits are also generally observed for issues of most size categories. The results also suggest that the passage of the Dodd–Frank Act requiring mandatory registration of financial advisors and enhanced scrutiny has only increased the benefits to issuers from using higher quality financial advisors.

Originality/value
This paper differs from previous research in several important ways. First, the study is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first study that explores the relationship between financial advisor quality and liquidity in the municipal sector. The authors show using higher quality financial advisors enhances liquidity for the issues by attracting a significantly large number of bids. Second, the sample is exclusively comprised of competitively bid revenue issues all of which rely on financial advisors. This enables us to examine more unambiguously the influence of financial advisor quality, without the confounding effects of issues without financial advisors. Third, time coverage (1998–2012) and size of the sample (roughly 563,000 bond issues) enables us to conduct varied sub-sample analyses with greater power since the resulting sub-sample partitions themselves are of very large size. This provides better and additional insights into the role of financial advisor quality. The more current data when compared to prior research enables us to examine the impact of financial advisor quality inter-temporally with special attention devoted to the period after passage of the Dodd–Frank Act.
Novel dynamic CAPP system for hybrid additive–subtractive–inspection process
Authors: Abdulhameed Osama , Al-Ahmari Abdurahman Mushabab , Ameen Wadea , Mian Syed Hammad 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
Hybrid manufacturing technologies combining individual processes can be recognized as one of the most cogent developments in recent times. As a result of integrating additive, subtractive and inspection processes within a single system, the relative benefits of each process can be exploited. This collaboration uses the strength of the individual processes, while decreasing the shortcomings and broadening the application areas. Notwithstanding its numerous advantages, the implementation of hybrid technology is typically affected by the limited process planning methods. The process planning methods proficient at effectively using manufacturing sources for hybridization are notably restrictive. Hence, this paper aims to propose a computer-aided process planning system for hybrid additive, subtractive and inspection processes. A dynamic process plan has been developed, wherein an online process control with intelligent and autonomous characteristics, as well as the feedback from the inspection, is utilized.

Design/methodology/approach
In this research, a computer-aided process planning system for hybrid additive, subtractive and inspection process has been proposed. A framework based on the integration of three phases has been designed and implemented. The first phase has been developed for the generation of alternative plans or different scenarios depending on machining parameters, the amount of material to be added and removed in additive and subtractive manufacturing, etc. The primary objective in this phase has been to conduct set-up planning, process selection, process sequencing, selection of machine parameters, etc. The second phase is aimed at the identification of the optimum scenario or plan.

Findings
To accomplish this goal, economic models for additive and subtractive manufacturing were used. The objective of the third phase was to generate a dynamic process plan depending on the inspection feedback. For this purpose, a multi-agent system has been used. The multi-agent system has been used to achieve intelligence and autonomy of different phases.

Practical implications
A case study has been developed to test and validate the proposed algorithm and establish the performance of the proposed system.

Originality/value
The major contribution of this work is the novel dynamic computer-aided process planning system for the hybrid process. This hybrid process is not limited by the shortcomings of the constituent processes in terms of tool accessibility and support volume. It has been established that the hybrid process together with an appropriate computer-aided process plan provides an effective solution to accurately fabricate a variety of complex parts.
Framing first-year writing course guides: a content analysis
Authors: Insua Glenda M. 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which first-year writing course guides contain instructional content and whether the ACRL Framework for information literacy has been addressed in these guides.

Design/methodology/approach
First-year writing course guides were identified from American Research Libraries websites and examined for instructional elements. These elements were categorized using a rubric that mapped the Framework to instructional content. Qualtrics was used to organize and analyze the data.

Findings
Most first-year writing course guides include instructional content, but less than half incorporate the Framework in some way. Guides that do incorporate the Framework focus on “searching as strategic exploration” and “research as inquiry”.

Practical implications
This paper provides librarians with practical information on first-year writing guides and includes examples of how the Framework might be addressed.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature on research guide content and is the first to invent first-year writing course guides.
Accessibility of distance library services for deaf and hard of hearing users
Authors: Getts Erica , Stewart Katie 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to review existing literature on distance library services for individuals with disabilities with a specific focus on deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) users and provide strategies for creating an online library that is accessible to this community.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors reviewed articles covering distance library services for D/HH users and then identified specific parts of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 that are applicable to the D/HH community. By using the literature, strategies for developing and purchasing accessible electronic library resources are presented.

Findings
While there is a breadth of literature focused on creating accessible resources for online libraries, there is a gap when it comes to D/HH users. Libraries can cater to this community by providing text-based alternatives for all library instructional materials and working closely with vendors to ensure that library databases are accessible.

Practical implications
The authors present strategies for creating and converting electronic resources and services that are accessible to D/HH users.

Originality/value
This paper fills a gap in literature by addressing fully online library services for users with disabilities with a particular focus on meeting the needs of D/HH users in a distance-learning environment.
Conceptualisation and use of executive functions in paediatrics: A scoping review of occupational therapy literature
Authors: Josman Naomi , Meyer Sonya 
Published: September 2018

Background/aimKnowledge and understanding of deficits in executive functions has expanded in recent years and its relevance to occupational therapy has been established. The purpose of this review was to identify, analyse, synthesise and describe the updated occupational therapy scientific literature that addresses the subject of executive functions, specifically focusing on children and adolescents.MethodScoping review methodology was implemented to map the occupational therapy literature on executive functions in children and adolescents over the past decade. Articles were retrieved from five electronic databases.ResultsFifty publications met the inclusion criteria. The research included a wide age range, different diagnoses, use of diverse executive functions definitions and assortment of assessments and interventions.ConclusionA unique definition of executive functions among children and adolescents was proposed. This definition can assist both clinicians and researchers in the field. Continued research to establish the profession in a key position is recommended to understand the underlying mechanisms of daily performance.
Reward‐related brain structures are smaller in patients with schizophrenia and comorbid metabolic syndrome
Authors: de Nijs J. , Schnack H. G. , Koevoets M. G. J. C. , Kubota M. , Kahn R. S. , van Haren N. E. M. , Cahn W. 
Published: September 2018

ObjectiveMetabolic syndrome (MS) is highly prevalent in schizophrenia and often a consequence of unhealthy behaviour. Reward‐related brain areas might be associated with MS, since they play a major role in regulating health behaviour. This study examined the relationship between MS and brain volumes related to the reward system in schizophrenia.MethodWe included patients with schizophrenia, with MS (MS+; n = 23), patients with schizophrenia, without MS (MS−; n = 48), and healthy controls (n = 54). Global brain volumes and volumes of (sub)cortical areas, part of the reward circuit, were compared between patients and controls. In case of a significant brain volume difference between patients and controls, the impact of MS in schizophrenia was examined.ResultsPatients had smaller total brain (TB; P = 0.001), GM (P = 0.010), larger ventricles (P = 0.026), and smaller reward circuit volume (P < 0.001) than controls. MS+ had smaller TB (P = 0.017), GM (P = 0.008), larger ventricles (P = 0.015), and smaller reward circuit volume (P = 0.002) than MS−. MS+ had smaller orbitofrontal cortex (OFC; P = 0.002) and insula volumes (P = 0.005) and smaller OFC (P = 0.008) and insula cortical surface area (P = 0.025) compared to MS−.ConclusionIn schizophrenia, structural brain volume reductions in areas of the reward circuitry appear to be related to comorbid MS.
Native parasitic nest fly impacts reproductive success of an island‐endemic host
Authors: Hayes C. D. , Hayes T. I. , McClure C. J. W. , Quiroga M. , Thorstrom R. K. , Anderson D. L. 
Published: September 2018

AbstractParasitic nest fliesPhilornisspp. are a driving force threatening the extinction of bird species endemic to Neotropical islands such as the Galápagos, where introducedPhilornis downsinegatively impacts reproductive success of naïve avian hosts. Elsewhere in the Neotropics, such as in the Caribbean region wherePhilornisnest flies are native, effects ofPhilornison host productivity are poorly known. We manipulated parasitism by the native Hispaniolan nest flyPhilornis picion a critically endangered endemic host, Ridgway's hawkButeo ridgwayi, to study the impact of nest fly myiasis on hawk breeding success with the goal of providing a management option for endangered species until broad‐scale solutions can be found. Our treatment protocol was enough to reduceP. piciabundance by 89% and increase probability of fledging by 179% for treated nestlings. Our results indicate that parasitism by nest flies decreases survival and fledging success of nestling Ridgway's hawks and is a possible factor in the decline of the species. To the best of our knowledge, this work represents the first quantitative evidence of nest fly impact on survival or productivity in a non‐passerine host.