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Review of the food processing supply chain literature: a UK, India bilateral context
Authors: Prakash Gyan 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to understand the meaning and operationalization of food supply chains in the context of the UK and India.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper follows the systematic literature review approach. The paper examines 99 articles published in peer-reviewed-journals from 1995 to 2017.

Findings
Findings reveal that food supply chain literature is explored along themes of procurement, food processing, innovation, traceability, safety, environment and sustainability, food policy, quality, health, consumer behavior and packaging. Within these themes, the UK researchers have primarily addressed vertical integration, coordination, safety, competitiveness and transparency and information technology. Indian researchers have focused on issues such as consumer perceptions, retail format choice, organic, health and wellness products. An empirical category is the most popular approach. The survey method is the most popular approach followed by the single case studies.

Research limitations/implications
The paper contributes to the body of knowledge by presenting a unified synthesis of articles dealing with the food supply chain in the bilateral context of the UK and India.

Practical implications
The policy makers could use findings for conceptualization of complementarities and possible food supply chain networks.

Social implications
Food processing activities may have potential to provide sustaining livelihoods to around sixty percent of the Indian population which depends on the agriculture. In the bilateral context, the UK may also get a reliable and cost competitive partner to meet its food import needs. This will help the UK to focus more on its service-led economy which, in turn, may create more jobs.

Originality/value
The paper highlights the contextual issues of both the countries and presents opportunities for future collaboration.
The impact of internal forces on acceptance of takaful by insurance policy-holders in India
Authors: Salman Syed Ahmed , Ab. Rashid Hafiz Majdi , Htay Sheila Nu Nu 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
Insurance is a modern risk-management tool. Although the idea is novel, its practice is not free of interest, uncertainty and elements of gambling. Takaful has been introduced as an alternative to modern insurance. India has an established insurance industry, and although the country has the second largest Muslim population in the world, takaful has not been introduced there. Moreover, no research has examined how internal forces affect policy-holders to buy new insurance products such as takaful in India. This study aims to examine whether internal factors influence individual insurance policy-holders to open up to takaful. As internal factors reflect the innovative nature of policy-holders, this paper seeks to determine whether there is significant difference in the innovative nature of two independent sample groups (e.g. between Muslims and non-Muslims) in participating in takaful.

Design/methodology/approach
New product adoption theory is used in developing the hypotheses and a questionnaire. Snowball sampling method is used in this survey, with a sample size of 909 respondents, including Muslim and non-Muslim policy-holders. The internal forces that encourage potential policy-holders to participate in takaful is the independent variable here, while the respondents’ actual willingness to participate in takaful is the dependent variable. Religion and level of education are used as control variables, and regression and T-tests are performed to analyze the data.

Findings
Results show that the internal factors have significant impact at 1 per cent on the acceptance of takaful by policy-holders. There is also a significant difference in the innovative nature between Muslims and non-Muslims. Mean values from the T-test show that Muslims are more innovative than non-Muslims in India, offering a good sign for India to start offering takaful, as Muslims could be the core customer base.

Research limitations/implications
This study focuses on internal factors influencing individual policy-holders’ willingness to participate in takaful. The findings can be the starting point for future research exploring the influence of external factors on such willingness to participate with potential benefits to local authorities, investors, insurance companies and the public in India.

Originality/value
This study provides crucial information about the demand side of takaful in India. The innovative nature of Indian policy-holders signals positive potential for operators to offer takaful in India and to concerned regulatory bodies to expedite its introduction to the market.
Qualitative and quantitative efficacy measurement of TERI library and information centre resources
Authors: N. Deepa , Bhattacharya P.K. , Ganguly Shantanu , Goswami Anandajit 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to evaluate print and electronic resources of TERI’s Library and Information Centre (LIC) with an aim to maximize the net marginal benefits and minimize net marginal costs, without compromising the quality of the library resources.

Design/methodology/approach
The parameters considered for analyzing the value of the library resources for this exercise were resource access costs, strategic value of the resource based on subject area coverage, frequency of use, citations, direct and indirect benefits to users. The data regarding these parameters were provided from wide range of sources (both tangible and intangible), to come out with the qualitative and quantitative assessment through an optimization and simulation based model.

Findings
Out of the total holdings in TERI LIC that were analyzed, 85 percent of book collections and 63.5 percent of journals were found to be useful for the researchers. The least-used books and journals were identified for weeding to optimize the value of library for users and make space for new and topical library collections.

Research limitations/implications
A sample of data sources out of the total library collections was defined for the evaluation.

Practical implications
The paper demonstrates the value of library resources that is of critical importance to libraries for an effective and efficient delivery of services for generating future knowledge. Evaluating the value of libraries resources has implications both for librarians as well as library users.

Originality/value
The evaluation exercise established the efficacy of the TERI library holdings for research and academic purposes in the domain of sustainable development. The library collection was found to be cost effective and beneficial to meet the future demand from the user community.
Implementation of strategic management based on the balanced scorecard in a university library
Authors: Brui Oksana 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of implementing strategic management as a process based on balanced scorecard (BSC) in the university library – G. Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (KPI Library).

Design/methodology/approach
The author is regarding the features of all the strategic management implementation stages: strategic analysis, formulation of strategic ideas (vision, values and mission), the strategy definition and development, strategy implementation and realization, assessment and control of the strategy implementation. Special attention is focused on the comparison of the BSC model, which was used in KPI Library with classical BSC models for non-profit organizations developed by Robert Kaplan and David Norton, and Paul Niven. The author is also focusing on preparation of the strategic map and identifying specific indicators.

Findings
BSC is adaptive, flexible and adjusts to the environment of each particular library and can be used as an effective tool for the development of a strategic management system in libraries.

Originality/value
The case study of the library of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute shows that a BSC is an effective tool for building a system of strategic management development aimed at radical organizational changes in the library. It is also a testing and practical implementation of some of the results of the study “Strategic Management of Library as a Process-Oriented Organization Based on a BSC,” which is conducted by the author.
A survey of diversity and inclusiveness initiatives at Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions libraries
Authors: Koury Regina , Semenza Jenny Lynne , Shropshire Sandra 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe survey findings on diversity and inclusion initiatives at the Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries. The findings would be helpful to libraries that are at the beginning of their own diversity and inclusion initiatives or that wish to compare ongoing efforts.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted a survey of Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries using Qualtrics, an online survey software. Link to the survey with a short explanation was e-mailed to the 324 identified contacts and 151 responses were received at the end of the survey.

Findings
Survey responses revealed that the most prevalent types of diversity and inclusion initiatives fall into one of three categories. These are the creation/enhancement of library collections, recruitment and collaboration with other campus units. Not surprisingly, lack of money and other resources are identified as challenges faced by those who engage in these initiatives.

Originality/value
No other research currently exists for those interested in assessing diversity and inclusion initiatives at the Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries.
Retweet or like? That is the question
Authors: Lahuerta-Otero Eva , Cordero-Gutiérrez Rebeca , De la Prieta-Pintado Fernando 
Published: August 2018

PurposeDue to the size and importance of social media, user-generated content analysis is becoming a key factor for companies and brands across the world. By using Twitter messages’ content, the purpose of this paper is to identify which elements of the messages enable tweet diffusion and facilitate eWOM.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 30,082 tweets collected from 10,120 Twitter users were classified based on four assorted brands. By comparing with multiple regression techniques high vs low purchase involvement and hedonic vs utilitarian products and using the theory of heuristic-systematic processing of information, the authors examine the causes of tweet diffusion.FindingsThe authors illustrate how the elements of a tweet (hashtags, mentions, links, sentiment or tweet length) influence its diffusion and popularity.Research limitations/implicationsThis study validated the use of information processing theories in the social media field. The study showed a picture on how different Twitter elements influence eWOM and message diffusion under several purchase involvement situations.Practical implicationsThe results of this study can help social media brand community managers of all types of companies on how to write their Twitter messages to obtain greater dissemination and popularity.Originality/valueThe study offers a unique deep brand analysis which helps brands and companies to understand their social media popularity in detail. Depending on product category, companies can achieve maximum social impact on Twitter by focusing on the interactivity items that will work best for their products or brands.
Reading, writing, and … running? Assessing active space in libraries
Authors: Clement Kristina A. , Carr Sian , Johnson Lauren , Carter Alexa , Dosch Brianne Ramsay , Kaufman Jordan , Fleming-May Rachel , Mays Regina , Walker Teresa 
Published: August 2018

Purpose
The University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Libraries has set aside space and stocked it with treadmill desks, standing desks, cycling desks and balance chairs to encourage physical activity while using library space to promote active learning. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of this innovative space on library users through a study conducted by a research team using observations and short surveys to gather information about usage trends and user perceptions of this “active learning space.”

Design/methodology/approach
This study used both ethnographish observation and self-selected survey. Researcher observation notes were used to gather usage rates of the space and equipment in the space, and survey responses were coded for themes to identify user perceptions around the space.

Findings
The findings strongly suggest that users find mental and physical health value in the “active learning space” and many would find value in the expansion and improvement of the space.

Research limitations/implications
The limitations of this study include a shorter observation period compared to the survey collection period and limited demographic collection to shorten the survey instrument.

Originality/value
However, this study was able to assess how an active learning space in an academic library can influence and have a significant impact on student success.
Connecting Microstructures for Multiscale Topology Optimization With Connectivity Index Constraints
Authors: Du Zongliang , Zhou Xiao-Yi , Picelli Renato , Kim H. Alicia 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
With the rapid developments of advanced manufacturing and its ability to manufacture microscale features, architected materials are receiving ever increasing attention in many physics fields. Such a design problem can be treated in topology optimization as architected material with repeated unit cells using the homogenization theory with the periodic boundary condition. When multiple architected materials with spatial variations in a structure are considered, a challenge arises in topological solutions, which may not be connected between adjacent material architecture. This paper introduces a new measure, connectivity index (CI), to quantify the topological connectivity, and adds it as a constraint in multiscale topology optimization to achieve connected architected materials. Numerical investigations reveal that the additional constraints lead to microstructural topologies, which are well connected and do not substantially compromise their optimalities.
Constructal Design of Circular Multilayer Microchannel Heat Sinks
Authors: Salimpour Mohammad Reza , Al-Sammarraie Ahmed T. , Forouzandeh Azadeh , Farzaneh Mahsa 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Based on the constructal theory concepts, an investigation is carried out to optimize circular multilayer microchannels embedded inside a rectangular heat sink with different numbers of layers and flow configurations. The lower surface of the heat sink is uniformly heated, while both pressure drop and length of the microchannel are fixed. Also, the volume of the heat sink is kept fixed for all studied cases, while the effect of solid volume fraction is examined. All the dimensions of microchannel heat sinks are optimized in a way that the maximum temperature of the microchannel heat sink is minimized. The results emphasize that using triple-layer microchannel heat sink under optimal conditions reduces the maximum temperature about 10.3 °C compared to the single-layer arrangement. Further, employing counter flow configuration in double-layer microchannel improves its thermal performance, while this effect is less pronounced in the triple-layer architecture. In addition, it is revealed that the optimal design can be achieved when the upper channels of a multilayer microchannel heat sink have bigger diameters than the lower ones. Finally, it is observed while using two layers of microchannels is an effective means for cooling improvement, invoking more layers is far less effective and hence is not recommended.
Paramacular temporal atrophy in sickle cell disease occurs early in childhood
Authors: Martin Gilles C , Albuisson Eliane , Brousse Valentine , de Montalembert Mariane , Bremond-Gignac Dominique , Robert Matthieu P 
Published: August 2018

Background/aimsInitially reported in a few patients with homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD), atrophic areas of the retina temporal from the macula are now known to be present in about 48% of eyes of adult patients with SS-SCD and in 35% of eyes of adult patients with SC-SCD. The aim of this study is to describe this paramacular atrophy in children affected with SCD.MethodsIn this retrospective series, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography images of 81 children with SCD, acquired with specific patterns including one evaluating the retina temporal to the macula, were reviewed, in order to look for retinal atrophy. Fundus examination status for SCD peripheral retinopathy was also reviewed.ResultsMean age was 12.0 years (SD: 3.56). The genotype distribution was: 64 HbSS (79%), 10 HbSC (12%) and 7 HbS/β0 thalassaemia (9%). Using a usual fovea-centred programme, retinal atrophy was found in 38% of eyes (52% of children). Using a specific temporal pattern, retinal atrophy was found in 53% of eyes (64% of children), with no significant difference in the prevalence between HbSS and HbSC genotype (p=0.92), and no effect of age (mean 12.3 years (SD=3.61) vs11.9 (3.56), p=0.65). Peripheral retinopathy was found in 11% of children, with a significant relation between the HbSC genotype and the severity of the retinopathy (p=0.003).ConclusionParamacular temporal atrophy occurs early in the course of SCD, which suggests distinct mechanisms from those of peripheral retinopathy.
Prognostic factors for local recurrence, metastasis and survival for sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid: observations in 100 patients
Authors: Sa Ho-Seok , Rubin Maria Laura , Xu Shiqiong , Ning Jing , Tetzlaff Michael , Sagiv Oded , Kandl Thomas J , Esmaeli Bita 
Published: August 2018

Background/aimsTo validate the predictive value of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th-edition classification for local recurrence, metastasis and survival in patients with eyelid sebaceous carcinoma.MethodsWe performed a retrospective review of 100 consecutive patients with eyelid sebaceous carcinoma. Eyelid carcinomas were staged according to the AJCC 7th-edition and 8th-edition criteria. Associations between T and N categories and disease-related outcomes including local recurrence, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and survival were evaluated.Results60 women and 40 men had a median age of 67 years (range, 41–94 years). The proportions of patients who experienced local recurrence, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and death from disease were 6%, 21%, 7% and 6%, respectively. Two-year and 5-year disease-specific survival (DSS) rates were 93.8% and 92.0%, respectively. There were significant correlations between (1) T2c or worse category and lymph node metastasis (p=0.04) and distant metastasis (p=0.01), (2) T3b or worse category and local recurrence (p=0.01) and death from disease (p=0.01) and (3) N1 category at presentation and distant metastasis (p<0.01) and death from disease (p<0.01). The AJCC 8th-edition classification showed a better homogeneity of the T-category distribution (p<0.01) and a slightly higher discrimination ability for lymph node metastasis (C=0.734 vs C=0.728) than the 7th-edition.ConclusionsT and N categories per AJCC 8th-edition classification are predictive of local recurrence, metastasis and DSS outcomes for eyelid sebaceous carcinoma. Surgeons should perform strict surveillance testing for nodal and systemic metastases in patients with T2c or worse T category and/or N1 disease at presentation.
Choriocapillaris impairment around the atrophic lesions in patients with geographic atrophy: a swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography study
Authors: Nassisi Marco , Shi Yue , Fan Wenying , Borrelli Enrico , Uji Akihito , Ip Michael S , Sadda Srinivas R 
Published: August 2018

AimsTo evaluate the choriocapillaris (CC) flow alterations around geographic atrophy (GA) in eyes with dry age-related macular degeneration.MethodsUsing a swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) device, two volume 6×6 mm scans were acquired in patients with GA presenting between June and December 2017 at the Doheny-UCLA Eye Centers. The area of GA was delineated on the en face structural OCT fundus images. For each eye, the en face OCTA slabs at the level of the CC from the two acquisitions were averaged and compensated for signal loss using the corresponding structural en face images. The resulting images were binarised and analysed for the percentage of flow voids in the para-atrophy zone (a 500 µm wide ring around the immediate edge of the atrophy) and in the peri-atrophy zone (a 500 µm wide ring around the para-atrophy zone edge), the latter considered as a reference in the comparative analysis.ResultsThirty eyes of 20 patients were enrolled. The percentage of flow voids in the para-atrophy zone was 27.23%±6.29% and was significantly higher than in the surrounding peri-atrophy zone (23.4%±6.01%; p<0.001). There was no significant correlation between the flow void percentage in these regions and age, visual acuity, extent of the atrophic area or central choroidal thickness.ConclusionsA significant impairment of the CC flow is present in the zone immediately surrounding the GA lesions strengthening the hypothesis that CC alterations may be relevant to the progression of GA.
Investigating the effects of nintedanib on biomarkers of extracellular matrix turnover in patients with IPF: design of the randomised placebo-controlled INMARK®trial
Authors: Maher Toby M , Stowasser Susanne , Nishioka Yasuhiko , White Eric S , Cottin Vincent , Noth Imre , Selman Moisés , Blahova Zuzana , Wachtlin Daniel , Diefenbach Claudia , Jenkins R Gisli 
Published: August 2018

IntroductionA feature of the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the excess accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the lungs. Cleavage of the ECM by metalloproteinases (MMPs) generates free-circulating protein fragments known as neoepitopes. The PROFILE study suggested that changes in ECM turnover proteins may be of value as markers of disease progression in patients with IPF. Nintedanib is an approved treatment for IPF that slows disease progression by reducing decline in forced vital capacity (FVC).Methods and analysisThe INMARK® trial is evaluating the effect of nintedanib on the rates of change of biomarkers of ECM turnover in patients with IPF, the value of changes in these biomarkers as predictors of disease progression and whether nintedanib affects the associations between changes in these biomarkers and disease progression. Following a screening period, 347 patients with IPF and FVC ≥80% predicted were randomised 1:2 to receive nintedanib 150 mg two times a day or placebo for 12 weeks, followed by an open-label period in which all patients will receive nintedanib for 40 weeks. The primary endpoint is the rate of change in C reactive protein degraded by MMP-1/8 from baseline to week 12.Ethics and disseminationThis trial is being conducted in compliance with the protocol, the ethical principles detailed in the Declaration of Helsinki and in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonisation Harmonised Tripartite Guideline for Good Clinical Practice. The results of the trial will be presented at national and international meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration numberNCT02788474.