bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Adapted Dance Improves Motor Abilities and Participation in Children With Down Syndrome: A Pilot Study
Authors: McGuire Michelle , Long Jason , Esbensen Anna J. , Bailes Amy F. 
Published: December 2018

Purpose:
This pilot study measured effects of an adapted dance program on motor abilities and participation in children with Down syndrome (DS) and explored caregivers' qualitative feedback regarding its benefits.

Methods:
Children with DS participated in 20 weekly 1-hour adapted dance sessions. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) Dimensions D and E were administered before and after the program. Caregivers completed a survey at the last session.

Results:
Six children completed pre- and postassessments. Significant improvements were noted in GMFM-88 measures. Caregivers of 5 participants reported improved scores on the COPM that were not significant. Caregivers reported physical, cognitive, and emotional improvements.

Conclusions:
This study supports use of an adapted dance program to improve motor abilities and participation in children with DS.

Video Abstract:
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Hippotherapy in Rehabilitation Care for Children With Neurological Impairments and Developmental Delays: A Case Series
Authors: Kraft Kathryn A. , Weisberg Janet , Finch Michael D. , Nickel Amanda , Griffin Kristen H. , Barnes Timothy L. 
Published: December 2018

Purpose:
This report assesses functional mobility in children with neurological impairments and documented gross motor delays, before and after receiving either hippotherapy or standard outpatient physical therapy (PT).

Summary of Key Points:
This is a case-series report using data previously collected for a discontinued randomized controlled trial, in which participants received hippotherapy or standard outpatient clinic PT for a 12-week treatment period. Results demonstrated both subjective and objective functional mobility improvements after treatment in participants receiving hippotherapy and standard outpatient PT, as determined by the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2, the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, and the Goal Attainment Scaling.

Statement of Conclusion and Recommendations for Clinical Practice:
When compared with standard outpatient PT, hippotherapy appears to be a viable treatment strategy for children aged 2 to 5 years with neurological impairments and gross motor delays, but additional research in this area is needed to validate findings.
Association of physiological variables with football subconcussive head impacts: Why measure?
Authors: Huibregtse Megan E. , Zonner Steven W. , Ejima Keisuke , Bevilacqua Zachary W. , Newman Sharlene , Macy Jonathan T. , Kawata Keisuke 
Published: December 2018

AbstractSubconcussive head impacts, defined as impacts to the cranium that do not result in clinical symptoms of concussion, are gaining traction as a major public health concern. Researchers begin to suggest subconcussive impact-dependent changes in various neurological measures. However, a contribution of physiological factors such as physical exertion and muscle damage has never been accounted. We conducted a prospective longitudinal study during a high school American football season to examine the association between physiological factors and subconcussive head impact kinematics. Fifteen high-school American football players volunteered in the study. A sensor-installed mouthguard recorded the number of head impacts, peak linear (PLA:g) and peak rotational (PRA: rad/s2) head accelerations from every practice and game. Serum samples were collected at 12 time points (pre-season baseline, five in-season pre-post games, and post-season) and assessed for the creatine kinase skeletal muscle-specific isoenzyme (CK-MM), as a surrogate for skeletal muscle damage. Physical exertion was estimated in the form of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) from heart rate data captured during five games via a wireless heart rate monitor. A total of 9,700 hits, 214,492g, and 19,885,037 rad/s2were recorded from 15 players across the study period. Mixed-effect regression models indicated that head impact kinematics (frequency, PLA, and PRA) were significantly and positively associated with CK-MM increase, but not with EPOC. There was a significant and positive association between CK-MM and EPOC. These data suggest that skeletal muscle damage effects should be considered when using outcome measures that may have an interaction with muscle damage, including inflammatory biomarkers and vestibular/balance tests.
Assessing the literature of knowledge management (KM) in the field of library and information science
Authors: Ahmad Khurshid , JianMing Zheng , Rafi Muhammad 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to provide a bibliometric analysis of knowledge management (KM) literature published in the field of library and information science. KM is a systematic process of acquisition, extraction, organization and dissemination of knowledge in any organization. This study will help identify trends, emerging concepts and innovations in this particular field.

Design/methodology/approach
The data set of the study consists of 6,088 published documents the authors obtained from the ISI Web of Science database during 1900 and 2017. The analysis of literature about the library and information science consisted of five categories including productive institutions, prolific authors, annual publications, citations and highly cited articles. The documents included in this study include research papers, conference papers, reviews, book reviews and editorials.

Findings
The study found that the USA leads the world regarding the number of research publications in the area of KM in the field of library and information science. Considering the publication period, 2007, 2012 and 2016-2017 are the most productive years regarding publications in this particular field; the number of citations has been increasing over the years. The study also found that Nanyang Polytechnic University is the most productive research institution and Blanca Martins from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is the most prolific researcher in this specific field.

Originality/value
This study provides a detailed bibliometric analysis of KM literature published in the field of library and information science. This study is an excellent example for researchers who are interested in conducting bibliometric studies.
Democracy, economic growth and government spending in public health in Southeast Asia
Authors: Laiprakobsup Thanapan 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how political regimes and political transition affect government decisions to allocate budgets to the public health sector in Southeast Asia.

Design/methodology/approach
Ordinary least squares with fixed-effects model is adopted to examine the effect of political regime on public health spending.

Findings
Examining the allocation of public health budgets in Southeast Asian countries, the paper finds that a democratic government positively leads to an increase in public health budget allocation, while autocratic government negatively affects the allocation of public health budgets. Further, political liberalization contributes to an increase in budget allocation to the public health sector.

Originality/value
Democratic politics and economic development aim to distribute public resources to social policy, such as policy on public health.
Explaining the role of technology in the dynamics of the players business models in the global oil playground
Authors: Ebneyamini Shiva , Bandarian Reza 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
Technology is named as the most important element of creating the competitive edge in today’s turbulent environment and a key factor of survival in technology-intensive industries. Oil and gas industry is one of the most important, complex, and technology-driven amongst the global industries. “The purpose of this study is to highlight the role of the technology in the the global oil game and argue that in order to survive and maintain the competitive advantage, players need to follow technological advancements closely and consider technology as the critical factor in their business models.” Thus, the aim is to answer the question: does technology have an impact on the business model innovation in the oil and gas industry?

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, the authors conduct an in-depth review of previous studies of oil and gas industry, main players, the role and evolution of technology in each player’s business model and present future challenges and trends of the industry.

Findings
Theoretically, the results of shows that the relation between the technology and business model in oil and gas industry is defined as a two way interaction which is in line with the theory presented by Baden–Fuller and Haefliger (2013); thus it helps the robustness of the theory as well. We argue that technology gained a “game changer” status in the oil and gas industry, beside all the fundamental premises on which business model is built on, having technology seems to be the key element of survival and the ability to develop in-house or have access to the latest ones in the right time can help the market share, revenue and leadership status. this key element can reinforce other pillars of powers in the oil and gas industry.

Originality/value
Most of the research in the oil and gas industry are practical, focusing on a specific technology, clean energy issues, regulations, and policies, etc. There exist few studies that present the theoretical issues in the industry or test the theories to see if this important industry falls within them or not. As follows, this study is about to address this gap and observe the dynamics in the oil and gas industry with an academic lens.
Evaluating university leadership performance using Lean Six Sigma framework
Authors: Tetteh Godson A. 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate university leadership performance using the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) framework. University leadership performance management (PM) framework incorporates strategy formulation, lecturers, administrative services and the learning outcomes to achieve service quality excellence.

Design/methodology/approach
A theoretical investigation in literature was accomplished comparing PM and LSS frameworks. Through extant literature review, the authors identiﬁed five constructs (lecturers, administration staff, projects, programs and facilities) being offered by a university to evaluate the service quality excellence. Using these constructs, a student exit survey was conducted yielding a response rate of 56%. Five hypotheses were tested. The survey results evaluated reliability, convergent validity and discriminant validity of the constructs and were found to be satisfactory. To test the model ﬁt and hypotheses between the constructs, the authors used structural equation modelling (SEM).

Findings
The LSS framework was found to be effective when compared with the PM framework, and for aligning university processes to achieve service quality excellence. The SEM result shows that there is a strong evidence to support the hypothesized model where facilities, projects and program had significant relationship with service quality excellence. The empirical evidence strongly supports that there is a relationship between the PM and the LSS frameworks.

Research limitations/implications
This research is based on a cross-sectional exit survey; future research could explore a longitudinal survey with treatment conditions to consider different genre of university leadership.

Practical implications
To achieve service quality excellence, university leadership will need to embrace LSS framework to satisfy their stakeholders. This could bring multifold organizational and social benefits.

Originality/value
Not too many studies have used the PM and the LSS framework to evaluate university leadership performance in terms of service quality excellence. This study identified constructs associated with LSS and empirically validated the scales to build on theory.
The joy of pain
Authors: Hornik Jacob , Shaanan Satchi Rinat , Rachamim Matti 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
Recent research on word-of-mouth (WOM) has presented consistent evidence on the importance of secondary WOM (sWOM) on online user-generated content (UGC) and on diffusion of positive and negative commercial information. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what motivates consumers to spread, via electronic WOM communication, negative information about commercial entities adversity using malicious verbal narratives. Based on concepts related to the joy of pain (schadenfreude) and gloating behavior the authors propose a set of hypotheses designed to test two key moderators (perceived deservingness and entity’s status) as well as the process of spiteful dissemination like content assimilation, dissemination time and duration.

Design/methodology/approach
The research consists on a series of four studies using different research methods (surveys and experiments) and a mix of quantitative and qualitative analyses.

Findings
Results show that actively communicating about others’ adversity (i.e. gloating behavior) provides an outlet to the passive observation of others’ adversity (i.e. schadenfreude feelings). Results indicate that schadenfreude and gloating are linked to the perceived deservingness of a commercial entity and entity status (the tall poppy syndrome). Results also show that malicious feelings and gloating behavior cause consumers to disseminate information more widely, more rapidly, for a longer period and frequently distort its content.

Research limitations/implications
The findings contribute to literature on WOM by introducing an approach that highlights the potential negative effects of WOM on the dissemination of commercial information that might harm the relevant commercial entity’s reputation and goodwill.

Originality/value
This study illuminates the prevalence of negative rhetoric in WOM and supports the theory schadenfreude motives as a trigger for gloating behavior in the form of disseminating negative, malicious and intense WOM regarding commercial setbacks. This research is the first to examine and demonstrates that when it comes to WOM communication, schadenfreude feelings and gloating behavior might play a central role in the dissemination of negative information and the two constructs’ role in understanding infostorms, the sudden flow of large quantities of negative WOM using strong gleeful exultation. This study is the first to examine these phenomena in the business setting.
The relationship between risk, capital and efficiency in Indian banking: Does ownership matter?
Authors: Sarkar Sanjukta , Sensarma Rudra , Sharma Dipasha 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the interplay between risk, capital and efficiency of Indian banks and study how their relationship differs across different ownership types.

Design/methodology/approach
Panel regression techniques are used to analyze a large data set of all Indian scheduled commercial banks operating during the period 2008-2016.

Findings
The results show that lower efficiency is associated with higher credit risk in the case of public sector and old private sector banks (”bad management hypothesis”). However, higher efficiency leads to higher credit risk in the case of foreign banks (“cost skimping hypothesis”). The authors further find that the more efficient institutions among public sector hold more capital. Finally, they find that the better-capitalized banks among those in the public sector have lower risks on their balance sheets (“moral hazard hypothesis”).

Originality/value
There is a paucity of papers on the interplay between risk, capital and efficiency of banks in emerging economies. This paper is the first to study the inter-relationship between risk, capital and efficiency of Indian banks across ownership groups using a number of different measures of risk.
Nutritional and sensory properties of instant maize porridge fortified with Moringa oleifera leaves and termite (Macrotermes falciger) powders
Authors: Netshiheni Khavhatondwi Rinah , Mashau Mpho Edward , Jideani Afam Israel Obiefuna 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
White maize-based porridge is a staple food for about 80 per cent consumers in South Africa and in other sub-Saharan African countries contributing significantly to the diet of rural population in developing countries. White maize is deficient in some amino acids and over-dependency on its porridge may lead to high prevalence of malnutrition-related health conditions. Moringa oleifera (MO) and termite (Macrotermes falciger) are known to contain substantial amount of protein. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of powders from MO leaves and termite on the nutritional and sensory properties of instant maize porridge.

Design/methodology/approach
Inclusion of MO and termite powder in instant maize porridge, using different treatments were considered using a completely randomised design. Factor levels were control (maize flour) cooked, blanched and uncooked MO samples. Data were analysed using SPSS version 23.

Findings
Protein content of fortified instant maize porridge (FMP) significantly increased from 10.0 to 21.2 per cent compared to unfortified porridge, and this could be attributed to the substitution effect, as fresh uncooked MO leaves are reported to be high in protein. Mineral content of FMP was higher in zinc, iron, calcium and magnesium. Calcium values of FMP were higher (276.8 mg/100 g) compared to unfortified porridge (7.1 mg/100 g). Upon the addition of MO leaves and termite powder, the zinc content increased from 3.4 mg/100to 7.6 mg/100 g. Higher iron values (27.9-36.9 mg/100 g) were observed among fortified samples. The sensory result showed that control sample had higher acceptance than the fortified samples (p = 0.02). Sensory analysis showed that among fortified porridges, blanched sample was rated high for colour and texture, cooked sample was higher in taste and uncooked sample was higher for aroma. Control sample had higher acceptance than fortified porridges for taste. The results of this study showed that the addition of MO leaves and termite powder to instant maize porridge has led to a substantial increase in the nutritional value of FMP.

Originality/value
This study was carried out to develop instant maize porridge fortified with MO leaves and termite powder suitable for infants, pregnant mothers and other maize consumers. The author aimed at improving the nutritional content of instant maize porridge by combining it with MO leaves and termite powders. The results showed that the addition of MO leaves and termite powders to instant maize porridge has led to a substantial increase in the nutritional value of FMP. Therefore, powder from MO leaves and termites could be used in complementary foods to increase protein and mineral contents.
Functional responses of aquatic and riparian vegetation to hydrogeomorphic restoration of channelized lowland streams and their valleys
Authors: Fraaije Rob G. A. , Poupin Claire , Verhoeven Jos T. A. , Soons Merel B. 
Published: December 2018

Abstract

Streams and riparian zones are highly heterogeneous ecosystems. Their high biodiversity is promoted by variable flow velocities and water depths, strong hydrological gradients and disturbance regimes. However, human interventions like damming and channelization have degraded these ecosystems world‐wide. And, although restoration efforts have increased in the past decades, ecological improvement is lagging.

We assessed vegetation development in channelized lowland stream valleys in the Netherlands, combining innovative restoration measures to the stream and stream valleys. This “stream valley restoration” entailed construction of narrower and shallower channels to increase flow velocities during base discharges, meandering of the watercourse to increase flow and depth heterogeneity and excavation of banks to create wide v‐shaped stream valleys. We evaluated the effects on functional aspects of the developing in‐stream and riparian vegetation by comparing restored stream reaches to nearby unrestored reaches.

The reduced channel dimensions led to higher flow velocities, which, through interaction with meandering, triggered a higher variability in flow and depth. Combined with enlargement of the floodplain, this promoted flooding in stream valleys and created wider environmental gradients. Plant diversity strongly increased in the floodplain area, the land–water interface and the shallow water habitat at the channel margins, but decreased in the central parts of stream channels. There, higher flow velocities led to more typically lotic (running water) in‐stream plant communities, indicated by a sharp decrease in floating‐leaved species and an increase in trailing species. Riparian vegetation showed a higher beta‐diversity across the wider valley slopes of restored reaches, with more wetland species in areas with water‐tables between 0.0 and −0.6 m, and more upland species as well.

Synthesis and applications. This study demonstrates that the combination of strongly reduced channel dimensions, remeandering and widening of riparian zones, is effective in restoring in‐stream and riparian habitat heterogeneity. The restoration efforts lead to distinct immediate increases in total and beta‐diversity of many typical stream and riparian plant species. Overall, this stresses the importance of applying restoration measures to both streams and stream valleys simultaneously, considering them as a single landscape unit.