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Factors affecting site selection of access-restricted residential communities in Ankara
Authors: Alkan-Gökler Leyla 
Published: May 2018

PurposeAnkara has experienced a recent rapid increase of residential communities that promise residents a comfortable lifestyle with strictly controlled entrances and several amenities. These luxury residential developments come in different forms, and are distributed unevenly across Ankara’s neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods become the center of gravity, and act like a magnet for these high-cost residential developments; however, most developers avoid making such costly investments in some other neighborhoods, which leads to an unfair distribution of profit across different locations in Ankara. The purpose of this paper is to examine the different factors affecting the site selection of different types of these real estate developments.Design/methodology/approachThe aim of this study has been to examine the factors affecting the site selection of different types of access-restricted housing developments through a multiple discriminant analysis (DA).FindingsThe results of the analysis revealed that distance from the city center and the unit price of the current housing stock are associated with high scores in the discrimination of neighborhoods of different types of residential communities.Practical implicationsThis paper implied a DA to create a better understanding of the site selection criteria behind access-restricted housing developments for policy makers to make better investment and management decisions.Originality/valueThe paper discusses the factors affecting the site selection of access-restricted residential communities in Ankara in order to show uneven distribution of profit across different locations caused by these developments.
An evaluation of property markets in Southwestern Nigeria
Authors: Abere Chioma Oluwaseun , Ogunba Olusegun Adebayo , Dugeri Terzungwe Timothy 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
Studies on the maturity status of Sub-Saharan African property markets are scanty. The absence of such studies appear to have made African property markets – such as the Nigerian market – unattractive to foreign investors who require market information to assess the viability of proposed investments. The purpose of this paper is to explore the maturity status of selected city property markets in Southwestern Nigeria (i.e. markets in the capital cities of Lagos, Ibadan and Osogbo), with a view to providing information for enhanced property investment in Africa.

Design/methodology/approach
The study adopted and expanded on property market maturity paradigms suggested by Keogh and D’Arcy (1994), Akinbogun et al. (2014) and Jones Lang LaSalle (2014) to measure the maturity status of the property markets in the Nigerian cities. The study investigated the maturity of three markets in Nigeria by scoring the stated views of a range of stakeholders (estate surveyors and valuers, public land administrators and financiers represented by commercial banks) across a range of ten indicators. The responses were classified by means of a five-point classification scale which expanded on the initial four-point scale developed by Dugeri (2011).

Findings
The three property markets were found to exhibit varying maturity characteristics (with weighted mean scores of 3.07, 2.71 and 2.51, respectively), representing emerging and immature stages of evolution on the maturity path. These results suggest that there is a correlation between the tier of the market and the level of property market maturity.

Practical implications
The study concluded that first- and second-tier city property markets have emerged sufficiently to the point where they may safely attract foreign direct and indirect investment from courageous foreign investors. However, the state governments and real estate professional regulatory bodies in the second and third markets need to undertake substantial remodeling of market structures to make them attractive to international investors.

Originality/value
The value of the paper is in providing much needed information for enhanced property investment in Africa.
Admission into real estate undergraduate education in Nigerian universities
Authors: Akinbogun Solomon Pelumi 
Published: May 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a compulsory pass in physics on undergraduate admission into estate management programme and the requisite skill for practice.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from students in selected Polytechnics and a University in South-western Nigeria. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data. Also, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to test the difference between the means of the independent variables and application for admission. The mean plot was used to analyse the different groups of students seeking direct entry admission into the university.FindingsAnalysis shows that 18 per cent of the students seeking admission through direct entry would be denied because they have no credit score or a pass in physics in their Ordinary Level (“O” level) result. Remarkably, high school physics is a compulsory requirement for admission. Findings show that the subject is unacceptable in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). An annual average of 10 prospective students who wrote physics in the UTME, but with a pass in it in the Senior Secondary School (“O” level) examination were denied admission at the point of registration. Findings from the hypothesis test show that there is no significant relationship between the rate of application for university admission into Real Estate programmes and students who took physics and had at least a pass in it. Also, the mean plot shows that more Art students would apply for admission compared with science and commercial students. Finally, analysis shows that 83.3 per cent of the students who have gone for Industrial Work Experience Scheme were of the opinion that physics has no role to play in their acquisition of the requisite job skills in Real Estate.Research limitations/implicationsThis study may be limited by the sample size of the universities selected for data collection. The impact of the requirement of a compulsory pass in physics for admission into real estate programme in other universities with a similar requirement is not covered.Practical implicationsThe findings implied that a compulsory pass in physics constitutes a clog in the wheel of admission of prospective estate management students. This may affect career progression and the number of the Estate Surveyors and Valuers that are expected to render professional service to real estate investors in Nigeria.Originality/valueThis is the first attempt to examine the impact of variation in admission requirement into the real estate undergraduate programme in Nigeria. The novelty is in the analysis of a compulsory requirement of pass in physics for admission and the requisite skill for real estate practice in Nigeria.
Entrepreneurial discovery in property market processes
Authors: Agboola Alirat Olayinka 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
This purpose of this paper is to introduce property researchers to the principles of Austrian economics and to consider their methodological relevance and potential for understanding the dynamics of property market processes.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper sets out the basic principles of the Austrian economics thesis, including an outline of the entrepreneurial discovery approach to market processes, a core precept of the Austrian thesis. It then relates the core assumptions of the Austrian school to the workings of the property market.

Findings
It is argued that the driving force of property market process is provided by the entrepreneurial and profit-seeking speculative activities of human agents as they are confronted with incomplete information in an uncertain property market context. Thus, Austrian economics offers a sound and practical alternative theoretical approach to the study of property market, which places the market within its socio-economic context.

Originality/value
In-depth examination of the provisions, assumptions, philosophical orientation and limitations of the Austrian tradition of economic thought toward a better understanding of the workings of the property market.
Behavioral type, in interaction with body size, affects the recapture rate of brown troutSalmo truttajuveniles in their nursery stream
Authors: NÄSLUND Joacim , WENGSTRÖM Niklas , WAHLQVIST Fredrik , ALDVÉN David , ZÁVORKA Libor , HÖJESJÖ Johan 
Published: May 2018

AbstractMovement activity levels of wild animals often differ consistently among individuals, reflecting different behavioral types. Previous studies have shown that laboratory‐scored activity can predict several ecologically relevant characteristics. In an experiment on wild brown troutSalmo trutta, spanning from June to October, we investigated how spring swimming activity, measured in a standardized laboratory test, related to relative recapture probability in autumn. Based on laboratory activity scores, individuals clustered into 2 groups, which showed contrasting patterns in the size‐dependency of their recapture probability. Size had a slightly positive effect on recapture probability for passive fish but a clear negative effect on active fish. Our results show that the population structure in a cohort, in terms of relative proportions of behavioral types in different size classes, can vary over time. The results of this study could depend on either selective mortality or migration. However, selective disappearance of individuals with specific phenotypes, regardless of the mechanism, will have implications for trout population management, such as stocking efficiency of hatchery fish with high growth rates or maintenance of fishways past migration barriers.
Are the number and size of scales in Liolaemus lizards driven by climate?
Authors: TULLI María José , CRUZ Félix B. 
Published: May 2018

AbstractEctothermic vertebrates are sensitive to thermal fluctuations in the environments where they occur. To buffer these fluctuations, ectotherms use different strategies, including the integument, which is a barrier that minimizes temperature exchange between the inner body and the surrounding air. In lizards, this barrier is constituted by keratinized scales of variable size, shape and texture, and its main function is protection, water loss avoidance and thermoregulation. The size of scales in lizards has been proposed to vary in relation to climatic gradients; however, it has also been observed that in some groups of Iguanian lizards it could be related to phylogeny. Thus, here, we studied the area and number of scales (dorsal and ventral) of 60 species of Liolaemus lizards distributed in a broad latitudinal and altitudinal gradient to determine the nature of the variation of the scales with climate, and found that the number and size of scales are related to climatic variables, such as temperature and geographical variables as altitude. The evolutionary process that best explained how these morphological variables evolved was the Ornstein‐Uhlenbeck model. The number of scales seemed to be related to common ancestry, whereas dorsal and ventral scale areas seemed to vary as a consequence of ecological traits. In fact, the ventral area is less exposed to climate conditions such as ultraviolet radiation or wind and is, thus, under less pressure to change in response to alterations in external conditions. It is possible that scale ornamentation, such as keels and granulosity, may bring some more information in this regard.
Does gender matter? The association between gender and the use of management control systems and performance measures
Authors: Bobe Belete J. , Kober Ralph 
Published: May 2018

AbstractLiterature shows that female (male) managers are more likely to adopt a transformational (transactional) leadership style, as well as make greater (lesser) use of information for decision‐making. We draw on this research to investigate whether gender is related to a manager's use of management control systems (MCS) and performance measures. We surveyed the head of school of all schools across all Australian public universities. Our results indicate that females use MCS in an interactive manner to a greater extent than their male counterparts and make greater use of non‐financial performance measures. We conclude with contributions to theory and practice.
Review article: the prevention of hepatitis B‐related hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors: Lin C.‐L. , Kao J.‐H. 
Published: May 2018

SummaryBackgroundAmple evidence indicates an aetiological association of persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Several viral, host and external risk factors for the development of HBV‐related HCC have been documented.AimsTo summarise and discuss the risk stratification and the preventive strategies of HBV‐related HCC.MethodsRecent published studies identified from PubMed were comprehensively reviewed. The key words included chronic hepatitis B, HBV, hepatocellular carcinoma, prevention and antiviral therapy.ResultsThe incidence of HCC is extremely high in HBV hyperendemic areas. For HBV patients left untreated, significant risk factors for HCC include male gender, aging, advanced hepatic fibrosis, persistent serum transaminase elevation, specific HBV entry receptor (NTCP) genotype, PM2.5 exposure, HBeAg positivity, HBV genotype C/D/F, high proportion of core promoter mutation, pre‐S deletion, high serum levels of HBV DNA and HBsAg as well as co‐infection with HCV, HDV and HIV. Primary prevention of HBV‐related HCC can be achieved through universal HBV vaccination and anti‐viral prophylaxis for high viraemic mothers. The goal of secondary prevention has been reached by effective anti‐viral therapy to reduce the risk of HCC development in chronic hepatitis B patients. However, whether HCC is prevented or delayed deserves further examination. Finally, several studies confirmed the tertiary preventive effect of anti‐viral therapy in reducing risk of HCC recurrence after curative therapies.ConclusionsThrough the strategies of three‐level prevention, the global burden of HBV‐related HCC should decline over time and even be eliminated in conjunction with HBV cure.
Emerging disease‐modifying strategies targeting α‐synuclein for the treatment of Parkinson's disease
Authors: O'Hara Darren M , Kalia Suneil K , Kalia Lorraine V 
Published: May 2018

AbstractParkinson's disease is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. It arises as a result of neuronal cell death in specific brain regions, notably the substantia nigra pars compacta, and is characterized by the accumulation of α‐synuclein in these brain regions. Current pharmacological therapies alleviate the motor symptoms of the disease and are particularly effective in the early stages of the disease. Ongoing drug development efforts focus on disease‐modifying strategies that aim to halt or slow disease progression. In this review, we explore a number of emerging disease‐modifying strategies with a focus on direct and indirect targeting of α‐synuclein dysfunction. We summarize newer classes of small molecules and biological agents intended to attenuate protein aggregation or to target enzymes that may increase the degradation of the pathogenic forms of α‐synuclein. Finally, we discuss emerging strategies that are demonstrating the potential for disease modification at the preclinical stage.
Effects of the Y‐chromosome and the dominant hemimelia mutation on the morphology of the mouse mandible
Authors: Suto Jun‐ichi 
Published: May 2018

ABSTRACTThe aims of this study were to test whether the Y‐chromosome and the autosomal dominant hemimelia (Dh) mutation can affect mandible morphology in mice. I analyzed mandible size and shape using landmark‐based geometric morphometrics in 16 DH‐Chr Y@‐+/+ (@ represents one of the inbred strain names) strains and observed significant differences in mandible size. The largest mandible was identified in strain DH‐Chr YC3H and the smallest in strain DH‐Chr YKK. Canonical variate and discriminant function analyses suggested that the mandible shapes of strains DH‐Chr YC3H and DH‐Chr YKK differed from those of the other strains. Because seven of the DH‐Chr Y@‐+/+ strains were maintained with dominant hemimelia, I also analyzed the potential influence of dominant hemimelia on mandible morphology because dominant hemimelia is known to cause various skeletal malformations. There were no significant differences in mandible size in seven sets of DH‐Chr Y@‐+/+ and DH‐Chr Y@‐Dh/+ strains. However, canonical variate analysis mapped strains DH‐Chr YCAS‐Dh/+ and DH‐Chr YCBA‐Dh/+ mapped distantly from the rest. Additionally, I observed similar patterns of shape change between DH‐Chr YCAS‐+/+ and DH‐Chr YCAS‐Dh/+, and between DH‐Chr YCBA‐+/+ and DH‐Chr YCBA‐Dh/+. These data indicate that the Y‐chromosome affects the size and shape of the mouse mandible. Dominant hemimelia affects mandible shape but not size, and its effects emerge depending on the kinds of Y‐chromosomes.
A multimetric and multideme multiagent system for multiobjective optimization
Authors: Tamouk Jamshid , Acan Adnan 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThis article proposes a multiagent system consisting of a number of multiobjective metaheuristic agents (namely, multiobjective genetic algorithm, strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm, differential evolution, simulated annealing, and particle swarm optimization) working toward to extract optimal or very close‐to‐optimal Pareto fronts using multiple performance metrics in a sessionwise manner. At the beginning of each session, the main population is divided into a number of subpopulations, and each of them is assigned to a particular agent. The system runs in consecutive sessions such that, at the beginning of a session, agents start running after being assigned with a subpopulation and return the optimized subpopulations together with the corresponding set of nondominated solutions at the end of the session. There are 3 multiobjective assessment metrics in use, and a different metric is considered for each session to measure the success of each metaheuristic agent. The evaluation of individual agents using a particular assessment metric is used in 2 ways: first, the number of fitness evaluations for each agent is adjusted based on their performance; second, the subpopulation improved by an individual agent might be rejected on the basis of its evaluation score. At the end of each session, individual subpopulations are merged to get the updated main population, whereas individual sets of nondominated solutions are combined to form the global Pareto front. In addition to the individual multiobjective metaheuristic agents, the system also contains a number of coordination and synchronization agents that run the whole system toward its objectives. The proposed system is tested using real‐valued multiobjective benchmark problems in 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. Experimental results and statistical evaluations exhibited that the achieved success is better than many of state‐of‐the‐art algorithms.
White matter properties associated with pre‐reading skills in 6‐year‐old children born preterm and at term
Authors: Dodson Cory K , Travis Katherine E , Borchers Lauren R , Marchman Virginia A , Ben‐Shachar Michal , Feldman Heidi M 
Published: May 2018

AimTo assess associations between white matter properties and pre‐reading skills (phonological awareness and receptive and expressive language) in children born preterm and at term at the onset of reading acquisition.MethodSix‐year‐old children born preterm (n=36; gestational age 22–32wks) and at term (n=43) underwent diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and behavioural assessments. Tracts were selected a priori based on findings from a study of 6‐year‐old children born at term: the left‐hemisphere arcuate fasciculus and superior longitudinal fasciculus, and right‐hemisphere uncinate fasciculus. Using linear regression, we assessed associations between fractional anisotropy of tracts and phonological awareness and receptive and expressive language scores. We investigated whether associations were moderated by prematurity.ResultsFractional anisotropy of the left‐hemisphere arcuate fasciculus contributed unique variance to phonological awareness across birth groups. The association between fractional anisotropy of the right‐hemisphere uncinate fasciculus and receptive and expressive language was significantly moderated by prematurity.InterpretationA left‐hemisphere tract was associated with phonological awareness in both birth groups. A right‐hemisphere tract was associated with language only in the term group, suggesting that expressive and receptive language is mediated by different white matter pathways in 6‐year‐old children born preterm. These findings provide novel insights into similarities and differences of the neurobiology of pre‐reading skills between children born preterm and at term at reading onset.What this paper adds

White matter properties and pre‐reading abilities were associated in children born preterm at the onset of reading.

The neurobiology of phonological awareness was similar in children born preterm versus children born at term at 6 years.

The neurobiology of language was different in children born preterm versus children born at term at 6 years.
NF‐κB signaling mechanisms in HTLV‐1‐induced adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma
Authors: Harhaj Edward William , Giam Chou‐Zen 
Published: May 2018

The human T‐cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) is a complex deltaretrovirus linked to adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a fatal CD4 + malignancy in 3–5% of infected individuals. The HTLV‐1 Tax regulatory protein plays indispensable roles in regulating viral gene expression and activating cellular signaling pathways that drive the proliferation and clonal expansion of T cells bearing HTLV‐1 proviral integrations. Tax is a potent activator of NF‐κB, a key signaling pathway that is essential for the survival and proliferation of HTLV‐1‐infected T cells. However, constitutive NF‐κB activation by Tax also triggers a senescence response, suggesting the possibility that only T cells capable of overcoming NF‐κB‐induced senescence can selectively undergo clonal expansion after HTLV‐1 infection. Tax expression is often silenced in the majority of ATLL due to genetic alterations in the tax gene or DNA hypermethylation of the 5′‐LTR. Despite the loss of Tax, NF‐κB activation remains persistently activated in ATLL due to somatic mutations in genes in the T/B‐cell receptor (T/BCR) and NF‐κB signaling pathways. In this review, we focus on the key events driving Tax‐dependent and ‐independent mechanisms of NF‐κB activation during the multistep process leading to ATLL.