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An empirical investigation of swift trust in humanitarian logistics operations
Authors: Lu Qing , Goh Mark , De Souza Robert 
Published: February 2018

Purpose
Trust is essential for any team working together. In humanitarian logistics operations, relief organizations often have to work collaboratively in hastily formed networks. Trust in such a context, termed as “swift trust” in the literature, is an important but less explored topic. The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the antecedents of swift trust as well as its impact on the coordination among the humanitarian workers.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors choose the humanitarian workers in Southeast Asia as the research sample. An exploratory survey study is conducted in three Southeast Asian countries, namely, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with 89 usable responses.

Findings
The empirical results have shown support for most hypotheses. Third-party certification, competency, similarity in procedure standards and organizational values, can all generate swift trust. Moreover, swift trust can lead to greater openness in information sharing for coordination, though not to active assistance. Both coordination activities would lead to greater coordination effectiveness.

Research limitations/implications
Future studies could examine the four antecedent conditions for swift trust with better proxies. The connection between swift trust and coordination effectiveness can be explored in depth.

Practical implications
NGOs and governments could use these means effectively to build swift trust among the humanitarian players. For example, organizing field-oriented training activities would be beneficial for humanitarian workers in both network building and enhancing personal competency.

Originality/value
The findings point to the importance of swift trust in humanitarian operations and identify several means to enhance this trust. It has filled a research gap on the empirical investigation of the antecedents and impact of swift trust on inter-organizational coordination in humanitarian logistics operations.
Beyond deaths in school: education, knowledge production, and the Adivasi experience
Authors: Tukdeo Shivali 
Published: February 2018

Purpose
Submergence, dislocation, rehabilitation and reform are the terms that crowd out most discussions on Adivasi/indigenous communities. They also fit in aptly with the Adivasi experiences of education and their relationship with knowledge construction, for them but not necessarily with them. Over the course of the last century, the Adivasi story has been composed and reoriented by a confluence of hegemonic regimes, institutions and epistemic traditions. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
Tracing the shifts over last few decades and paying attention to the larger politics of indigeneity, schooling and knowledge production, this paper advances a critical reading of the relationship between the marginalised and formal systems of schooling.

Findings
Employing Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s (1989) “Can the Subaltern Speak?”, the paper identifies the discourses that have contributed to the construction of Adivasi communities and their relationship with the Indian state.

Originality/value
As schooling continues to occupy a significant place among the communities in India and it gets associated with a number of contradictory logics, the present paper highlights the historicity of the project by which marginalised communities have been defined and their schooling needs have been framed and justified.
Pyric herbivory, scales of heterogeneity and drought
Authors: Bielski Christine H. , Twidwell Dirac , Fuhlendorf Samuel D. , Wonkka Carissa L. , Allred Brady W. , Ochsner Tyson E. , Krueger Erik S. , Carlson J. D. , Engle David M. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract

Understanding how extreme drought alters spatial patterns and temporal stability in grassland biomass will become increasingly important by the end of the century when climate model forecasts suggest drought events will occur more frequently. In grassland landscapes where grazing is driven by fire (termed pyric herbivory), temporal stability in above‐ground plant biomass at landscape scales typically coincides with greater spatial variability across local communities (time‐since‐fire patches), whereas variability within local communities is associated with lower temporal stability.

We assess the robustness of this relationship during one of the most severe droughts on modern record in the southern Great Plains. We use a long‐term pyric herbivory experiment to test whether extreme drought (1) changes patterns of spatial variability in above‐ground plant biomass among or within local communities, (2) changes the temporal stability in above‐ground plant biomass and the relationship between spatial variability and temporal variability and (3) changes the underlying feedback mechanisms associated with pyric herbivory.

Ordination revealed a shift from spatially distinct patches before drought to a convergence of patches during drought in terms of above‐ground plant biomass and crude protein. Permutation tests revealed that within‐patch variability in above‐ground plant biomass significantly increased during drought compared to pre‐drought levels. Temporal stability in above‐ground plant biomass decreased during drought and indeed corresponded with reduced variability in biomass among local communities and increased variability within local communities compared to pre‐drought levels.

The results from this study strongly suggest that both positive and negative feedback loops responsible for pyric herbivory were maintained by scale‐switching during periods of extreme drought and further reinforce the importance of scale in the study of pattern–process relationships.

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Uric acid as an independent predictor of coronary artery disease in essential hypertension: Data from an 8‐year‐follow‐up study
Authors: Andrikou Ioannis , Tsioufis Costas , Dimitriadis Kyriakos , Konstantinidis Dimitrios , Kasiakogias Alexandros , Kouremeti Mairi , Andrikou Eirini , Karapati Ioanna , Kalos Theodoros , Fragoulis Christos , Liatakis Ioannis , Koutra Evaggelia , Kyriazopoulos Konstantinos , Thomopoulos Costas , Tousoulis Dimitrios 
Published: February 2018

SummaryThe role of serum uric acid (SUA) in cardiovascular risk prediction remains to be further determined. We assessed the predictive value of SUA for the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in 2287 essential hypertensive patients who were followed up for a mean period of 8 years. The distribution of SUA levels at baseline was split by the median (5.2 mg/dL) and subjects were classified into those with high and low values. Hypertensives who developed CAD (n = 57) compared to those without CAD at follow‐up (n = 2230) had at baseline higher SUA. In multivariate Cox regression model, among established confounders, high SUA (hazard ratio = 1.216, P = .016) turned out to be independent predictor of CAD. In essential hypertensive patients SUA independently predicts CAD.
The pre‐rRNA processing factor Nop53 regulates fungal development and pathogenesis via mediating production of reactive oxygen species
Authors: Cao Sheng‐Nan , Yuan Ye , Qin Yu (Haity) , Zhang Ming‐Zhe , de Figueiredo Paul , Li Gui‐Hua , Qin Qing‐Ming 
Published: February 2018

SummaryBotrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic plant fungal pathogen that annually causes enormous economic losses worldwide. The ribosome is an organelle for cellular protein biosynthesis. However, little is known about how the ribosome operates as a machine to mediate microbial pathogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that Nop53, a late‐acting factor for 60S ribosomal subunit maturation, is crucial for the pathogen's development and virulence. BcNop53 is functionally equivalent to yeast nop53p. Complementation of BcNOP53 completely restored the growth defect of the yeast Δnop53 mutant. BcNop53 is located in nuclei and disruption of BcNOP53 also dramatically impaired pathogen growth. Deletion of BcNOP53 blocked infection structure formation and abolished virulence of the pathogen, possibly due to reduced production of reactive oxygen species. Moreover, loss of BcNOP53 impaired pathogen conidiation and stress adaptation, altered conidial and sclerotial morphology, retarded conidium and sclerotium germination as well as reduced the activities of cell‐wall degradation‐associated enzymes. Sclerotium production was, however, increased. Complementation with the wild‐type BcNOP53 allele rescued defects found in the ΔBcnop53 mutant. Our work establishes a systematic elucidation of Nop53 in regulating microbial development and pathogenesis, provides novel insights into ribosomal processes that regulate fungal pathogenesis, and may open up new targets for addressing fungal diseases.
Local Government as Institutional Entrepreneur: Public–Private Collaborative Partnerships in Fostering Regional Entrepreneurship
Authors: Xing Yijun , Liu Yipeng , Cooper Sir Cary L. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractDue to the intertwined nature of private and public interests, local governments tend to use collaborative partnerships involving entrepreneurs to promote regional entrepreneurship. However, there is still a gap in the theory with regard to the mechanisms underpinning these collaborative partnerships. Drawing on the institutional entrepreneurship literature, we identify the enabling conditions and articulate the role played by local government as an institutional entrepreneur in fostering regional entrepreneurship through entrepreneurial public–private collaborative partnerships. This paper explicates two distinct mechanisms – the establishment of new institutional arrangements by the institutional entrepreneur and the advocation of diffusion by other actors – that underpin entrepreneurial public–private collaborative partnerships. Importantly, we underscore the crucial role played by returnee entrepreneurs who interact collaboratively with the institutional entrepreneur in affecting institutional change and fostering regional entrepreneurship. We conduct in‐depth qualitative interviews with local government officials, entrepreneurs and high‐tech park managers, in conjunction with performing content analysis of policy documents in a peripheral region of China – areas that have largely been neglected in scholarly research. This paper concludes with some theoretical and policy implications for public management and entrepreneurship.
Merit‐based Rewards, Job Satisfaction and Voluntary Turnover: Moderating Effects of Employee Demographic Characteristics
Authors: Froese Fabian Jintae , Peltokorpi Vesa , Varma Arup , Hitotsuyanagi‐Hansel Azusa 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThis paper draws on the reflection theory of compensation (Thierry, H. (1998). ‘Compensating work’. in P. J. D. Drenth, H. Thierry and C. J. de Wolff (eds), Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edn, pp. 291–315, Psychology Press: Hove; Thierry, H. F. (2001). ‘Job evaluation systems and pay grade structures: do they match’, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 8, pp. 1313–1324) to examine the influence of individual merit‐based rewards on voluntary turnover via job satisfaction. It also tests the moderating effects of employees’ gender, age and education level between merit‐based rewards and job satisfaction. Data were collected from 636 employees in Japan at three points in time over a 12‐month period. The findings show that merit‐based rewards have a direct, positive effect on job satisfaction and an indirect effect on voluntary turnover. The effect of merit‐based rewards on job satisfaction was moderated by gender and education, providing evidence that merit‐based rewards are more important for male and highly educated employees. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.
The Contingent Effect of TMT International Experience on Firms’ Internationalization Speed
Authors: Mohr Alex , Batsakis Georgios 
Published: February 2018

AbstractDrawing on upper echelons theory, we argue that there will be an inverted U‐curve‐shaped relationship between the top management team's (TMT's) level of international experience and a firm's internationalization speed. Accounting for the role of executive job demands highlighted in upper echelons theory, we further suggest that competitive pressure, product diversification and geographic scope moderate the relationship between TMT international experience and internationalization speed by increasing the demands of TMT managers’ jobs. Using data on the international expansion of 91 retailers between 2003 and 2012, we find empirical support for the inverted U‐curve‐shaped effect of TMT international experience and the moderating role of competitive pressure. We find no moderating effect of product diversification or geographic scope.
Secretome profiling of Propionibacterium freudenreichii reveals highly variable responses even among the closely related strains
Authors: Frohnmeyer Esther , Deptula Paulina , Nyman Tuula A. , Laine Pia K. S. , Vihinen Helena , Paulin Lars , Auvinen Petri , Jokitalo Eija , Piironen Vieno , Varmanen Pekka , Savijoki Kirsi 
Published: February 2018

SummaryThis study compared the secretomes (proteins exported out of the cell) of Propionibacterium freudenreichii of different origin to identify plausible adaptation factors. Phylosecretomics indicated strain‐specific variation in secretion of adhesins/invasins (SlpA, InlA), cell‐wall hydrolysing (NlpC60 peptidase, transglycosylase), protective (RpfB) and moonlighting (DnaK, GroEL, GaPDH, IDH, ENO, ClpB) enzymes and/or proteins. Detailed secretome comparison suggested that one of the cereal strains (JS14) released a tip fimbrillin (FimB) in to the extracellular milieu, which was in line with the electron microscopy and genomic analyses, indicating the lack of surface‐associated fimbrial‐like structures, predicting a mutated type‐2 fimbrial gene cluster (fimB‐fimA‐srtC2) and production of anchorless FimB. Instead, the cereal strain produced high amounts of SlpB that tentatively mediated adherent growth on hydrophilic surface and adherence to hydrophobic material. One of the dairy strains (JS22), producing non‐covalently bound surface‐proteins (LspA, ClpB, AraI) and releasing SlpA and InlA into the culture medium, was found to form clumps under physiological conditions. The JS22 strain lacked SlpB and displayed a non‐clumping and biofilm‐forming phenotype only under conditions of increased ionic strength (300 mM NaCl). However, this strain cultured under the same conditions was not adherent to hydrophobic support, which supports the contributory role of SlpB in mediating hydrophobic interactions. Thus, this study reports significant secretome variation in P. freudenreichii and suggests that strain‐specific differences in protein export, modification and protein–protein interactions have been the driving forces behind the adaptation of this bacterial species.
Do Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts Encourage Managers to Improve the Firm's Cash Flows? Evidence from Tax Planning
Authors: Ayers Benjamin C. , Call Andrew C. , Schwab Casey M. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractRecent research finds that analysts' cash flow forecasts have meaningful financial reporting ramifications, but, to date, the identified effects are unlikely to yield meaningful cash flow benefits. This study examines whether analysts' cash flow forecasts encourage managers to enhance the firm's cash flow position through tax avoidance activities. We evaluate the change in cash tax avoidance after analysts begin issuing cash flow forecasts relative to a propensity score matched control sample of firms without cash flow forecasts. Consistent with analysts' cash flow forecasts encouraging tax avoidance that enhances the firm's cash flow health, we find a negative association between cash tax payments and analysts' cash flow coverage. Additional analysis suggests this association is driven primarily by strategies to permanently avoid rather than to temporarily defer tax payments and that increased cash tax avoidance activity represents a nontrivial component of the overall increase in reported operating cash flows after the initiation of analysts' cash flow coverage.
Business Ties and Information Advantage: Evidence from Mutual Fund Trading
Authors: Duan Ying , Hotchkiss Edith S. , Jiao Yawen 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACTThis article examines whether ties to portfolio firms’ management via pension business relationships provide mutual funds with an informational advantage. Funds become related to portfolio companies when fund families serve as trustees for firms’ employee pension plans. Selling by related funds is more likely to be motivated by an information advantage than their buying, because the latter is heavily influenced by the desire to secure pension inflows. We find that stocks with larger net sales by related funds experience lower future returns. Information appears related to firm fundamentals, as the return predictability of related funds’ selling concentrates in stocks with negative future earnings surprises. Consistent with an information‐based explanation, the predictive power of related funds’ selling for future returns is more pronounced when information uncertainty about the stock is higher. Our results contribute to a growing literature that shows the sources of informed trading by institutions.
A cycad's non‐saturating response to carbon dioxide enrichment indicates Cenozoic carbon limitation in pre‐historic plants
Authors: Nackley Lloyd L. , Midgley Guy F. , Bösenberg Jacques de Wet , Donaldson John S. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractCycads were a dominant plant functional type during the Mesozoic Era when atmospheric carbon dioxide [CO2] greatly exceeded current conditions. Cycads, now rare and endangered, are slow‐growing perennial gymnosperms that develop carbon‐rich structural biomass, such as sclerophyllous leaves, dense stems and massive reproductive cones. Is cycad carbon partitioning to specific organs a constraint of their high [CO2] evolutionary history (CO2 legacy hypothesis, CLH)? To explore changes in cycad growth, carbon partitioning and assimilation responses that could be expected during the CO2 depletion of the Cenozoic Era, individuals of the cycad species Encephalartos villosus plants were grown at four CO2 levels: 400, 550, 750 and 1000 μmol mol−1. The CLH predicts that cycad biomass and growth rates would increase in elevated [CO2] due to increased net assimilation rates, and that carbon‐dense structures would provide sufficient carbohydrate sinks to prevent photosynthetic down‐regulation even under super‐ambient [CO2] of 1000 μmol mol−1. Both hypotheses were confirmed, though the latter less strongly. Plant relative growth rates increased 23% and biomass accumulation increased 65% in 1000 μmol mol−1relative to 400 μmol mol−1 treatment groups. Mean net assimilation rates increased 130% at 1000 μmol mol−1 relative to 400 μmol mol−1 CO2, though there was some down‐regulation of maximum rate of carboxylation (Vcmax). Assimilation rates, relative growth rates, biomass and mean leaf sugar content were linearly related to [CO2] over the entire experimental range. Photosynthesis appears to be regulated by stomata at low CO2 levels and by non‐stomatal (i.e. biochemical limitations) at greater concentrations. In general, our results suggest that growth and physiological performance of cycads have been severely compromised by declining [CO2] during the Cenozoic Era, possibly contributing to the current rare and endangered status of this functional type.
Contract farming: opportunity cost and trade‐offs
Authors: Bellemare Marc F. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractAn important literature has established that participation in contract farming leads to higher incomes and has a number of other beneficial effects on the welfare of participating households. Yet no one has looked at the opportunity cost of and the various trade‐offs involved in participating in contract farming. I look at the relationship between participation in contract farming and income from (i) livestock, (ii) labor markets, (iii) nonfarm businesses, and (iv) agricultural sources other than livestock and contract farming and (v) unearned income. Using data from Madagascar, I find that participation in contract farming is associated with a 79% decrease in how much income per capita the average household derives from labor markets and a 47% decrease in how much income per capita it derives from nonfarm businesses, but also with a 51% increase in how much income per capita the average household derives from agricultural sources other than livestock and contract farming, possibly due to technological spillovers. Thus, even though contract farming has been shown to improve welfare in multiple ways in this context, it looks as though those gains come at the cost of an “agricultural involution” on the part of participating households, who seem to turn away from non‐agricultural activities. This has important implications for structural transformation narratives.
Innovations in Practice: Body dysmorphic disorder in youth – using the Development and Well‐Being Assessment as a tool to improve detection in routine clinical practice
Authors: Buckley Vanessa , Krebs Georgina , Bowyer Laura , Jassi Amita , Goodman Robert , Clark Bruce , Stringaris Argyris 
Published: February 2018

BackgroundBody Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a distressing disorder that is widely underdetected in youth. This study aimed to examine the potential utility of the Development and Well‐Being Assessment (DAWBA) as a tool to improve recognition of BDD in routine clinical practice.MethodsOne hundred and sixty‐one patients assessed across two national and specialist child and adolescent mental health services, one specialising in mood disorders and one specialising in obsessive compulsive disorder and BDD, were included in this study. Results from the DAWBA were compared with clinical diagnosis to examine the utility of the DAWBA in detecting BDD.ResultsOnly 27% of participants who received a diagnosis of BDD at assessment had been referred with concerns about appearance anxiety suggesting significant under detection in youth mental health services. Using the single‐screener question on the DAWBA, it was possible to correctly identify 97% of cases with BDD.ConclusionsBody dysmorphic disorder often goes undetected in routine clinical practice. The DAWBA shows promise as a tool for helping clinicians to accurately detect BDD in routine clinical practice.
Field‐Aligned Isotropic Surface Remeshing
Authors: Du Xingyi , Liu Xiaohan , Yan Dong‐Ming , Jiang Caigui , Ye Juntao , Zhang Hui 
Published: February 2018

AbstractWe present a novel isotropic surface remeshing algorithm that automatically aligns the mesh edges with an underlying directional field. The alignment is achieved by minimizing an energy function that combines both centroidal Voronoi tessellation (CVT) and the penalty enforced by a six‐way rotational symmetry field. The CVT term ensures uniform distribution of the vertices and high remeshing quality, and the field constraint enforces the directional alignment of the edges. Experimental results show that the proposed approach has the advantages of isotropic and field‐aligned remeshing. Our algorithm is superior to the representative state‐of‐the‐art approaches in various aspects.