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The effects of risk and reward sharing on quality performance
Authors: Tse Ying Kei , Zhang Minhao , Jia Fu 
Published: August 2018

PurposeFirms face critical challenges in managing product quality in a global supply chain. In many cases, these challenges could be regarded as an agency problem which is a result of the goal conflict between the supply chain members. To address such agency problem, the purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explain how risk and reward sharing practices contribute to firms’ quality performance in the supply chain; and second, to identify the drivers of applying risk and reward sharing.Design/methodology/approachThe hypothesised model, based on agency theory, is empirically verified by original survey data of 200 Chinese manufacturing companies using the structural equations modelling approach in a context of product recall.FindingsSupplier involvement and task programmability are two significant antecedents of risk and reward sharing. Further, the paper shows that risk and reward sharing have a positive effect on quality performance, however, in terms of contribution to quality performance, risk sharing and reward sharing may be substitution practices.Practical implicationsThis research explains how managers could embrace better preparedness for risk and reward sharing in their supply chains. It is also suggested that although risk and reward sharing are seen as efficient means to improve quality performance, such practices should not be treated as a bundle.Originality/valueBuilding on supply partnership literature, this paper contributes to agency theory by providing a solution to the agency problem, i.e., risk and reward sharing and adding to the limited understanding of the antecedents of risk and reward sharing and examining the effects of risk and reward sharing on quality performance.
Mandated network formation
Authors: Segato Federica , Raab Jörg 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
Policymakers often mandate and regulate the network formation to tackle complex issues of public interest. However, the imposed legal, procedural, and political constraints (i.e. mandated specifications) can affect the structuring and functioning of these networks and thus the sustainability and effectiveness of the collaboration over time. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how mandated specifications affect the formation of public networks.

Design/methodology/approach
Four networks of healthcare providers were selected and studied from the inception of the collaboration until the services’ activation, focusing specifically on how mandated specifications (i.e. mandated purpose, mechanisms for access to resources, structure, and timing) affected their processes of formation.

Findings
The cases show that mandated purpose facilitates goal alignment within the networks. The leeway granted to the actors for access and internal distribution of resources enhances the network flexibility, if appropriate monitoring against opportunism is applied. If structuring requirements are too stringent and the actors are forced to respect timing constraints that go against the organic evolution of internal relationships, the network capability to adapt and solve conflicts could be jeopardized.

Originality/value
Based on the findings, the authors formulate four propositions about the impact that mandated specifications have on the process of network formation, which policymakers should be aware of, when deciding to instigate a network.
Fertility, education, and female labour participation
Authors: Shittu Waliu Olawale , Abdullah Norehan 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among fertility, female education and female labour participation in ASEAN-7 countries: Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, between 1990 and 2015. The choice of these countries is informed by their economic, social and political importance in the ASEAN Bloc; while Indonesia boasts of the largest population in ASEAN, Brunei and Malaysia boast of relatively advanced economies, in GDP terms.

Design/methodology/approach
Pesaran’s test of panel unit root in the presence of cross-sectional dependence was employed to test for the stationarity properties of the series. The dynamic long-run coefficients of the variables were examined using the pooled mean group, common correlated effect and dynamic OLS techniques, while the Granger causality test was used to estimate the direction of causality among the variables.

Findings
The findings indicate that there is both negative and positive relationship between fertility and labour force participation, with causality running from labour force participation through fertility – on the one hand, and between education and labour force participation, with no causality between the two – on the other hand.

Research limitations/implications
The study, therefore, upholds the role incompatibility and societal response hypothesis, as well as human capital and opportunity cost theories.

Practical implications
The appropriate policies are those that gear the countries’ fertility decisions towards the societal response hypothesis in order to enhance human capital development and increase productivity. This implies that the governments of ASEAN-7 countries should ease hindrances on a balanced combination of family-care and workforce participation on married women in view of the gender-wage gap created by female work apathy, which largely reduces domestic productivities. Appropriate policies in this direction include rising availability and affordability of childcare facilities, incentives for women higher education, attitudinal changes towards job-participating mothers, as well as legislated paid parental leaves which have balanced the, hitherto, incompatibility between work and childbearing.

Originality/value
Except for Abdullah et al. (2013), the authors have no knowledge of other authors who have worked on this relationship in the chosen ASEAN countries. This study is, however, an improvement upon that of Abdullah et al. (2013) in different ways, one of which is that it considers seven ASEAN countries, thus making the results more valid representation of the ASEAN Bloc. Furthermore, the Pesaran (2007) technique of unit root testing has not been found in any recent literature on the subject-matter. This technique, being a second-generation test, tests variable unit root in the presence of cross-sectional dependence.
Adult education and academic libraries
Authors: Bordonaro Karen 
Published: August 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to offer practicing academic librarians an overview of adult education theories as a way to more deeply understand and further foster adult learning in academic libraries.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a literature review.FindingsThis review introduces academic librarians to a range of specific adult education learning theories; it offers examples of academic library users engaging in these types of adult learning; it considers how academic libraries can further foster adult learning; and it identifies major characteristics of adult learners.Originality/valueThis literature review offers a summative overview of adult education in a way that has not appeared in the library literature to date, along with explicit connections between adult education theories and academic library practices.
Investors’ herding practice: do IFRS and national economic culture matter?
Authors: Danrimi Mohammed Lawal , Abdullah Mazni , Alfan Ervina 
Published: August 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the moderating role of national economic culture on investors’ herding practices in the European Union (EU) equity markets.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs and modify two extensively applied herding measures of cross-sectional standard deviation and cross-sectional absolute deviation, using stock return dispersion as a function of aggregate market return as a proxy for herding behavior. The sample period stretches from January 1, 2001 until December 31, 2015.FindingsThe study finds that mandatory IFRS adoption significantly promotes investors’ herding practice in the EU equity markets. However, taking a further look, the results suggest that the new reporting regime seems not to be the only instigator for the observed herding practice; national economic culture, particularly individualism and masculinity, contribute significantly toward investors’ herd-formation around the mandatory IFRS adoption. Overall, it can be concluded that the notion that the adoption of IFRS improves information-based trading and mitigates irrational investment behavior might totally be inaccurate in some instances. For example, in the case of herding bias, the new reporting regime appears to have promoted the phenomenon.Research limitations/implicationsThe study employs an approach of herd detection, which explores evidence of herding toward the market consensus. Thus, the results do not in any way exclude the possibility that other types of herding behavior exist in the EU equity markets. Notwithstanding this caveat, the findings of this study would be of special relevance to academics, regulators and policymakers in performing a cost-benefit analysis of the IFRS adoption.Originality/valueTo the researchers’ knowledge, this study is first to explore the nexus between IFRS and investors’ herding practices, while highlighting the role of the national economic culture.
Appreciative Inquiry for stress management
Authors: Ravalier Jermaine , McVicar Andrew , Munn-Giddings Carol 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the innovative application of an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach for the design and implementation of organizational stress management interventions, alongside a case study of the successful design and implementation of the approach. By utilizing the AI methodology to develop a “local stress theory” for the participating organization, the authors propose a model which can be utilized in other similar organizations.

Design/methodology/approach
Stage 1: 35 participants completed up to ten daily logs by answering four positively framed questions regarding their working day. Stage 2: semi-structured interviews (n=13). The interview schedule was designed to further elaborate log findings, and begin looking into feasible organizational changes for improvement of stress. Stage 3: two focus groups (Stage 3, total 13 employees) verified interventions from logs and interviews and discuss how these can be implemented.

Findings
The log phase identified two key themes for improvement: managerial/organizational support and communication. From these, interviews and focus groups led to workable proposals for simple but likely effective changes. The authors reported findings to management, emphasizing organizational change implementation, and these were subsequently implemented.

Research limitations/implications
The study demonstrated the effectiveness of AI to identify and implement relatively simple but meaningful changes. The AI cycle was completed but allocating lengthy follow-up time for evaluation of outcomes was not possible, although initial responses were favorable. There are also issues of generalizability of the findings.

Originality/value
This is the among first studies to utilize an AI approach for the design of stress management interventions.
Biotic controls of plant coexistence
Authors: Bartomeus Ignasi , Godoy Oscar 
Published: August 2018

Abstract

The quest for understanding the maintenance of species diversity has matured in recent decades under the umbrella of species coexistence theory, founded by Chesson (2000). The central conclusion of the theory is that coexistence at local scales depends on two opposing forces: average fitness differences between species, which drive the best‐adapted species to exclude others, and stabilizing mechanisms, which promote diversity via niche differentiation.

Recent theoretical work has focussed on how interactions between plants and other organisms influence the equalizing and stabilizing forces. However, there is a lack of empirical information. Therefore, the next fundamental step is to assess the prevalence of these mechanisms for controlling plant coexistence across a wide range of interactions and systems.

To that end, this special feature presents 10 theoretical, observational, or manipulative studies illustrating 9 different biotic interactions including mutualisms (pollinators, seed dispersers, soil microbes, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) and antagonisms (leaf and seed herbivores, and leaf and root pathogens). All studies share a common question: how biotic interactions regulate plant coexistence?

Comparisons across studies suggest that biotic interactions modify both stabilizing and average fitness differences. In those cases where biotic interactions promote stable coexistence between plant species, both mutualistic and antagonistic interactions act more frequently as an equalizing rather than as a stabilizing mechanisms.

Besides these generalities, the studies of this special issue also present novel theoretical and empirical approaches to better understand the maintenance of species diversity over a wide variety of systems, environmental conditions, and organisms.

Synthesis. The studies presented here constitutes a solid base to empirically explore how mutualistic and antagonistic interactions act upon the determinants of plant species competition, and open novel paths for future research. Collectively, these advances will serve to pave the road for a better theoretical and empirical understanding of how biotic interactions control biodiversity.
Systems biology approaches towards predictive microbial ecology
Authors: Otwell Anne E. , López García de Lomana Adrián , Gibbons Sean M. , Orellana Mónica V. , Baliga Nitin S. 
Published: August 2018

SummaryThrough complex interspecies interactions, microbial processes drive nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry. However, we still struggle to predict specifically which organisms, communities and biotic and abiotic processes are determining ecosystem function and how environmental changes will alter their roles and stability. While the tools to create such a predictive microbial ecology capability exist, cross‐disciplinary integration of high‐resolution field measurements, detailed laboratory studies and computation is essential. In this perspective, we emphasize the importance of pursuing a multiscale, systems approach to iteratively link ecological processes measured in the field to testable hypotheses that drive high‐throughput laboratory experimentation. Mechanistic understanding of microbial processes gained in controlled lab systems will lead to the development of theory that can be tested back in the field. Using N2O production as an example, we review the current status of field and laboratory research and layout a plausible path to the kind of integration that is needed to enable prediction of how N‐cycling microbial communities will respond to environmental changes. We advocate for the development of realistic and predictive gene regulatory network models for environmental responses that extend from single‐cell resolution to ecosystems, which is essential to understand how microbial communities involved in N2O production and consumption will respond to future environmental conditions.
Gender dynamics in the donation field: human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding
Authors: Kent Julie , Fannin Maria , Dowling Sally 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis paper examines how gender dynamics shape human tissue donation for research and for human health. Drawing on research investigating the donation of different types of bodily tissues including blood, plasma, breastmilk, cord blood, foetal tissue and placentae we consider how and why women and men are viewed as different kinds of donors. We situate these donation practices within a broader understanding of gender difference to explain why any sociology of donation needs to take account of gender. In so doing we explore how tissue derived from the bodies of women acquires value in distinctive ways and for distinctive purposes and reasons. Within these gendered bioeconomies of donation, the supply and demand for tissue is structured by social understandings of maternity, parental responsibility, and risk, which in turn affect the experiences of donors.
Physicochemical, Microstructural, and Microbiological Properties of Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) After High‐Pressure Processing
Authors: Jiranuntakul Wittawat , Nakwiang Nutcha , Berends Pieter , Kasemsuwan Tunyawat , Saetung Thunyarat , Devahastin Sakamon 
Published: August 2018

AbstractProperties of skipjack tuna loins subjected to high‐pressure processing (HPP) at 150 to 600 MPa for 1 to 5 min were compared with those of loin that underwent steam cooking for 10 min. Protein denaturation in HPP‐treated loins increased with increasing pressure level, but these loins retained between 1.1% and 2.4% more water than steam‐cooked loin. Water holding capacity decreased from 57% to 44% when the loins were treated at 600 MPa. ΔE value of HPP loins was between 5.8 and 26.3 when treated at 150 to 600 MPa, whereas it was 34.1 for steam‐cooked sample. Hardness of HPP loins increased from 648 to 1,019, 1,918, 5,249, and 4,092 g and springiness changed from 85.2% to 79.7%, 78.2%, 91.7%, and 90.7%, respectively, when treated at 150, 300, 450, and 600 MPa. Protein fibers of HPP loins had a more irregular shape than those of steam‐treated loin. Histamine levels of HPP‐treated loins were in the range of 3.08 to 3.35 μg/g, identical to that of steam‐treated loin. Thiobarbituric acid assay demonstrated that the level of lipid oxidation increment in HPP‐treated loins was twice as high as that in steam‐cooked one. Undesirable volatile compound contents in tuna loins decreased with increasing degree of protein denaturation. Steam cooking and HPP at 150, 300, 450, and 600 MPa decreased the total aerobic counts by 4.75, 0.12, 1.20, 4.69, and 6.08 log CFU/g, respectively. These results suggest that HPP at 450 MPa and above has the potential to be used as an alternative to the tuna precooking process.Practical ApplicationInformation presented here can serve as a guideline for the selection of appropriate conditions for HPP of tuna loins. Our results show that HPP has a potential to replace the highly energy‐intensive steam precooking step, which is traditionally required in a canned tuna production process.
Efficacy of treprostinil in the SU5416‐hypoxia model of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension: haemodynamic benefits are not associated with improvements in arterial remodelling
Authors: Chaudhary Ketul R , Deng Yupu , Suen Colin M , Taha Mohamad , Petersen Thomas H , Mei Shirley H J , Stewart Duncan J 
Published: August 2018

Background and PurposePulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life‐threatening disease that leads to progressive pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure and death. Parenteral prostaglandins (PGs), including treprostinil, a prostacyclin analogue, represent the most effective medical treatment for severe PAH. We investigated the effect of treprostinil on established severe PAH and underlying mechanisms using the rat SU5416 (SU, a VEGF receptor‐2 inhibitor)‐chronic hypoxia (Hx) model of PAH.Experimental ApproachMale Sprague Dawley rats were injected with SU (20 mg·kg−1, s.c.) followed by 3 weeks of Hx (10% O2) to induce severe PAH. Four weeks post‐SU injection, baseline right ventricular (RV) systolic pressure (RVSP) was measured, and the rats were randomized to receive vehicle or treprostinil treatment (Trep‐100: 100 ng·kg−1·min−1 or Trep‐810: 810 ng·kg−1·min−1). Following 3 weeks of treatment, haemodynamic and echocardiographic assessments were performed, and tissue samples were collected for protein expression and histological analysis.Key ResultsAt week 7, no difference in RVSP or RV hypertrophy was observed between vehicle and Trep‐100; however, Trep‐810 significantly reduced RVSP and RV hypertrophy. Trep‐810 treatment significantly improved cardiac structure and function. Further, a short‐term infusion of treprostinil in rats with established PAH at 4 weeks post‐SU produced an acute, dose‐dependent reduction in RVSP consistent with a vasodilator effect. However, chronic Trep‐810 treatment did not alter media wall thickness, degree of vascular occlusion or total vessel count in the lungs.Conclusions and ImplicationsTreprostinil exerts therapeutic benefits in PAH through decreased vascular resistance and improved cardiac structure and function; however, treprostinil treatment does not have direct impact vascular remodelling.
Comprehensive review of Hepatitis B Virus‐associated hepatocellular carcinoma research through text mining and big data analytics
Authors: Lee Wai Yeow , Bachtiar Maulana , Choo Cheryl C. S. , Lee Caroline G. 
Published: August 2018

ABSTRACTPubMed was text mined to glean insights into the role of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from the massive number of publications (9249) available to date. Reports from ∼70 countries identified >1300 human genes associated with either the Core, Surface or X gene in HBV‐associated HCC. One hundred and forty‐three of these host genes, which can potentially yield 1180 biomolecular interactions, each were reported in at least three different publications to be associated with the same HBV. These 143 genes function in 137 pathways, involved mainly in the cell cycle, apoptosis, inflammation and signalling. Fourteen of these molecules, primarily transcriptional regulators or kinases, play roles in several pathways pertinent to the hallmarks of cancers. ‘Chronic’ was the most frequent word used across the 9249 abstracts. A key event in chronic HBV infection is the integration of HBV into the host genome. The advent of cost‐effective, next‐generation sequencing technology facilitated the employment of big‐data analytics comprehensively to characterize HBV–host integration within HCC patients. A total of 5331 integration events were reported across seven publications, with most of these integrations observed between the Core/X gene and the introns of genes. Nearly one‐quarter of the intergenic integrations are within repeats, especially long interspersed nuclear elements (LINE) repeats. Integrations within 13 genes were each reported by at least three different studies. The human gene with the most HBV integrations observed is the TERT gene where a total of 224 integrations, primarily at its promoter and within the tumour tissue, were reported by six of seven publications. This unique review, which employs state‐of‐the‐art text‐mining and data‐analytics tools, represents the most complete, systematic and comprehensive review of nearly all the publications associated with HBV‐associated HCC research. It provides important resources to either focus future research or develop therapeutic strategies to target key molecules reported to play important roles in key pathways of HCC, through the systematic analyses of the commonly reported molecules associated with the various HBV genes in HCC, including information about the interactions amongst these commonly reported molecules, the pathways in which they reside as well as detailed information regarding the viral and host genes associated with HBV integration in HCC patients. Hence this review, which highlights pathways and key human genes associated with HBV in HCC, may facilitate the deeper elucidation of the role of HBV in hepato‐carcinogenesis, potentially leading to timely intervention against this deadly disease.