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Collection assessment for a Middle Eastern, English curriculum university library
Authors: Ho Lilly Hoi Sze 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
Library collections at Middle Eastern universities have usually prioritized teaching over research resources. Zayed University is transitioning toward research, but research-centric collection assessments are rarely applied in the region. The purpose of this paper is to present on the successes and limitations of using citation analysis to assess the relevance of the Zayed University Library collection to its shifted focus.

Design/methodology/approach
Recent Scopus-listed publications were sorted by the colleges of the Zayed University affiliated author, and citations listed in the publications were ranked as present or absent in the library collection.

Findings
The resultant table provides an unambiguous evaluation of the extent to which the library collection has met the needs of recently successful published academics across disciplines. Pitfalls include the limitations of the Scopus database in representing all disciplines.

Originality/value
Outcomes of the assessment enable the Library to develop collection strategies for continuous improvement and effectively support the campus researchers.
Passive flow control application for rotorcraft in transonic conditions
Authors: Tejero Embuena Fernando , Doerffer Piotr , Flaszynski Pawel , Szulc Oskar 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
Helicopter rotor blades are usually aerodynamically limited by the severe conditions present in every revolution: strong shock wave boundary layer interaction on the advancing side and dynamic stall on the retreating side. Therefore, different flow control strategies might be applied to improve the aerodynamic performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The present research is focussed on the application of passive rod vortex generators (RVGs) to control the flow separation induced by strong shock waves on helicopter rotor blades. The formation and development in time of the streamwise vortices are also investigated for a channel flow.

Findings
The proposed RVGs are able to generate streamwise vortices as strong as the well-known air-jet vortex generators. It has been demonstrated a faster vortex formation for the rod type. Therefore, this flow control device is preferred for applications in which a quick vortex formation is required. Besides, RVGs were implemented on helicopters rotor blades improving their aerodynamic performance (ratio thrust/power consumption).

Originality/value
A new type of vortex generator (rod) has been investigated in several configurations (channel flow and rotor blades).
Strategic value alignment for information security management: a critical success factor analysis
Authors: Tu Cindy Zhiling , Yuan Yufei , Archer Norm , Connelly Catherine E. 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
Effective information security management is a strategic issue for organizations to safeguard their information resources. Strategic value alignment is a proactive approach to manage value conflict in information security management. Applying a critical success factor (CSF) analysis approach, this paper aims to propose a CSF model based on a strategic alignment approach and test a model of the main factors that contributes to the success of information security management.

Design/methodology/approach
A theoretical model was proposed and empirically tested with data collected from a survey of managers who were involved in decision-making regarding their companies’ information security (N = 219). The research model was validated using partial least squares structural equation modeling approach.

Findings
Overall, the model was successful in capturing the main antecedents of information security management performance. The results suggest that with business alignment, top management support and organizational awareness of security risks and controls, effective information security controls can be developed, resulting in successful information security management.

Originality/value
Findings from this study provide several important contributions to both theory and practice. The theoretical model identifies and verifies key factors that impact the success of information security management at the organizational level from a strategic management perspective. It provides practical guidelines for organizations to make more effective information security management.
Value conflicts and non-compliance
Authors: Berndtsson Joakim , Johansson Peter , Karlsson Martin 
Published: April 2018

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to explore potential value conflicts between information security work and whistleblowing activities by analysing attitudes to whistleblowing among white-collar workers in Swedish organisations.Design/methodology/approachThe study is conducted using survey data among (n= 674) Swedish white-collar workers. Statistical analyses are conducted to explore variations in acceptance of whistleblowing and analyse the relationship between acceptance for whistleblowing and information security attitudes and behaviours.FindingsThe study finds strong support for whistleblowing in both public and private spheres, and by both private and public sector employees. The study also finds stronger acceptance for intra-organisational whistleblowing, while support for external whistleblowing is low. Finally, the study shows that the whistleblowing activities might be perceived as coming in conflict with information security work, even as the support for including whistleblowing functions in information security practices is high.Research limitations/implicationsWith a focus on one country, the study is limited in terms of empirical scope. It is also limited by a relatively small number of respondents and survey items relating to whistleblowing, which in turn affects its explanatory value. However, the study does provide unique new insight into a specific form of “non-compliance”, i.e. whistleblowing, which merits further investigation.Originality/valueFew studies exist that combine insights from the fields of whistleblowing and information security research. Thus, this study provides a basis for further investigation into attitudes and behaviours linked to whistleblowing in public and private organisations, as well as attendant value conflicts related to information security management and practice.
Quantification of seismic exposure and vulnerability of historic buildings in Metro Manila
Authors: Tibon Noriza Revaula , Suiza Raniel Mejia 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
Structures such as buildings are at risk to the natural hazards such as earthquakes. Damage and loss of these structures may cause not just human lives but cultural heritage to be lost as well. This study aims to look into the exposure and vulnerability that deal with how many historic buildings there are in Metro Manila, how they are classified and how susceptible these buildings are to damage because of a certain amount of ground motion.

Design/methodology/approach
Inventories for exposure were conducted according to structural material, height and vintage. The building typologies of HAZARDS US Multi-hazard and UPD Institute of Civil Engineering were used and modified in this study. Three buildings, specifically the Central United Methodist Church (CUMC), Ellinwood Malate Church and Ermita Church, were modeled and analyzed with the aid of ETABS. Using the performance points and capacity curves derived from the nonlinear analysis, vulnerability was quantified by coming up with a vulnerability curve that expresses damage as a function of ground motion.

Findings
It was concluded that there are 54 historic buildings present in Metro Manila as of 2012. Reinforced concrete moment frames comprised the majority of historic buildings at 44.5 per cent of the population. Among the three buildings, CUMC responded as the strongest and Ermita Church responded as the weakest.

Originality/value
This paper fulfils the need to quantify the seismic exposure and vulnerability of the historic buildings in Metro Manila, as the more vulnerable these structures are, the more they need to be strengthened against potential hazards.
Data rescue archive weather (DRAW)
Authors: Park Eun G. , Burr Gordon , Slonosky Victoria , Sieber Renee , Podolsky Lori 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
To rescue at-risk historical scientific data stored at the McGill Observatory, the objectives of the Data Rescue Archive Weather (DRAW) project are: to build a repository; to develop a protocol to preserve the data in weather registers; and to make the data available to research communities and the public. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
The DRAW project adopts an open archive information system compliant model as a conceptual framework for building a digital repository. The model consists of data collection, conversion, data capture, transcription, arrangement, description, data extraction, database design and repository setup.

Findings
A climate data repository, as the final product, is set up for digital images of registers and a database is designed for data storage. The repository provides dissemination of and access to the data for researchers, information professionals and the public.

Research limitations/implications
Doing a quality check is the most important aspect of rescuing historical scientific data to ensure the accuracy, reliability and consistency of data.

Practical implications
The DRAW project shows how the use of historical scientific data has become a key element in research analysis on scientific fields, such as climatology and environmental protection.

Originality/value
The historical climate data set of the McGill Observatory is by nature unique and complex for preservation and research purposes. The management of historical scientific data is a challenge to rescue and describe as a result of its heterogeneous and non-standardized form.
Professional development in private university libraries in Ghana
Authors: Dzandza Patience Emefa , Akussah Harry 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
There has been a significant change in the provision of library services due to the application of technology to every aspect of library services. This has posed a major challenge to library staff as they need to be abreast with current technologies and their application to library services. One means by which a librarian can overcome this challenge is through professional development (PD) programs. The purpose of this paper is to determine PD opportunities in private university libraries in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach
A cross-sectional survey of 61 staff and interviews with 20 heads of libraries was conducted to collect data from 25 private universities in Ghana.

Findings
The study revealed that not all library staff in the private universities were allowed to attend PD programs. None of the private universities studied had a policy on PD and only three institutions made budgetary allocation to PD programs. Majority of the private universities did not have in-house PD programs and there were no means of knowledge sharing in most of the libraries studied.

Originality/value
In this paper, the researchers identified the major challenges encountered by library staff in private universities in Ghana and propose that librarians should see PD as a part of their own responsibility while, libraries should have a PD policy and make budgetary allocation toward PD.
WordDriver‐1: evaluating the efficacy of an app‐supported decoding intervention for children with reading impairment
Authors: Seiler Antonette , Leitão Suze , Blosfelds Mara 
Published: April 2018

AbstractBackgroundFluent word reading is a key characteristic of skilled reading, yet most children with reading disorders have impaired word‐reading skills. Previous research has demonstrated that multi‐component interventions targeting phonemic awareness and the alphabetic principle are effective for children with reading disorders. However, about 25% of children fail to respond to these interventions. While it has been difficult to isolate the active ingredient, the findings of some studies suggest that tasks targeting phonological recoding and orthographic processing are essential elements in improving decoding.AimsTo develop and evaluate an intervention that specifically targets phonological recoding and orthographic processing (a decoding intervention) for children with persistent word‐reading impairment.Methods & ProceduresA single‐subject crossover design with multiple treatments was used to examine the efficacy of the decoding intervention (15 × 20‐min sessions) compared with a language intervention that controlled for individual therapy time. Eight children (aged 7:6–8:11 years) with persistent word‐reading impairment were randomly assigned to one of two intervention sequences. The effect of the decoding intervention was evaluated by (1) changes in decoding accuracy measured by performance on researcher‐developed non‐word lists; and (2) generalization to other standardized measures of reading.Outcomes & ResultsThe results showed that all participants demonstrated significant gains in non‐word reading on researcher‐developed non‐word lists and standardized measures of non‐word‐reading accuracy and efficiency. Trends for improvement on standardized measures of word‐reading efficiency, text‐reading accuracy and reading comprehension were observed.Conclusions & ImplicationsThis decoding intervention significantly improved non‐word decoding skills in all participants who had not responded to previous reading interventions. As such, it may be an efficient adjunct to the first stage of reading interventions for this population. The relative lack of generalization to other word‐reading skills may have been due to the nature of the outcome measures, the short intervention time and/or additional delays in participant orthographic processing skills.
Routine cervical spine immobilisation is unnecessary in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds: A South African experience
Authors: Kong Victor Y , Weale Ross D , Sartorius Benn , Bruce John L , Laing Grant L , Clarke Damian L 
Published: April 2018

AbstractObjectiveRoutine immobilisation of the cervical spine in trauma has been a long established practice. Very little is known in regard to its appropriateness in the specific setting of isolated traumatic brain injury secondary to gunshot wounds (GSWs).MethodsA retrospective study was conducted over a 5 year period (January 2010 to December 2014) at the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in order to determine the actual incidence of concomitant cervical spine injury (CSI) in the setting of isolated cerebral GSWs.ResultsDuring the 5 year study period, 102 patients were included. Ninety‐two per cent (94/102) were male and the mean age was 29 years. Ninety‐eight per cent of the injuries were secondary to low velocity GSWs. Twenty‐seven (26%) patients had cervical collar placed by the Emergency Medical Service. The remaining 75 patients had their cervical collar placed in the resuscitation room. Fifty‐five (54%) patients had a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 15 and underwent plain radiography, all of which were normal. Clearance of cervical spine based on normal radiography combined with clinical assessment was achieved in all 55 (100%) patients. The remaining 47 patients whose GCS was <15 all underwent a computed tomography (CT) scan of their cervical spine and brain. All 47 CT scans of the cervical spine were normal and there was no detectable bone or soft tissue injury noted.ConclusionPatients who sustain an isolated low velocity cerebral GSW are highly unlikely to have concomitant CSI. Routine cervical spine immobilisation is unnecessary, and efforts should be directed at management strategies aiming to prevent secondary brain injury. Further studies are required to address the issue in the setting of high velocity GSWs.
Twenty‐five years after: post‐introduction association of Mecinus janthinus s.l. with invasive host toadflaxes Linaria vulgaris and Linaria dalmatica in North America
Authors: Toševski I. , Sing S.E. , De Clerck‐Floate R. , McClay A. , Weaver D.K. , Schwarzländer M. , Krstić O. , Jović J. , Gassmann A. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractLinaria vulgaris, common or yellow toadflax, and Linaria dalmatica, Dalmatian toadflax (Plantaginaceae), are Eurasian perennial forbs invasive throughout temperate North America. These Linaria species have been the targets of classical biological control programmes in Canada and the USA since the 1960s. The first effective toadflax biological control agent, the stem‐mining weevil Mecinus janthinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) was introduced from Europe in the 1990s. This weevil has become established on L. dalmatica and L. vulgaris in both countries, although it has shown greater success in controlling the former toadflax species. Genetic and ecological studies of native range M. janthinus populations revealed that weevils previously identified as a single species in fact include two cryptic species, now recognised as M. janthinus, associated with yellow toadflax, and the recently confirmed species Mecinus janthiniformis, associated with Dalmatian toadflax. The results of a comprehensive study characterising haplotype identities, distributions and frequencies within M. janthinus s.l. native range source populations were compared to those populations currently established in the USA and Canada. The presence of both Mecinus species in North America was confirmed, and revealed with a few exceptions a high and consistent level of host fidelity throughout the adopted and native ranges. Genetic analysis based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit II gene (mtCOII) defined the origin and records the subsequent North American establishment, by haplotype, of the European founder populations of M. janthinus (northern Switzerland and southern Germany) and M. janthiniformis (southern Macedonia), and provided population genetic indices for the studied populations. This analysis together with existing North American shipment receipt, release and rearing records elucidates probable redistribution routes and sources of both weevil species from initially released and established adopted range populations.
The involvement of phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) and MYPT1 isoform expression in NO/cGMP mediated differential vasoregulation of cerebral arteries compared to systemic arteries
Authors: Lubomirov L. T. , Papadopoulos S. , Filipova D. , Baransi S. , Todorović D. , Lake P. , Metzler D. , Hilsdorf S. , Schubert R. , Schroeter M. M. , Pfitzer G. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractAimConstitutive release of NO blunts intrinsic and stimulated contractile activity in cerebral arteries (CA). Here, we explored whether phosphorylation and expression levels of the PKG‐sensitive, leucine zipper positive (LZ+) splice variants of the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase (MYPT1) are involved and whether its expression is associated with higher cGMP sensitivity.MethodsVascular contractility was investigated by wire myography. Phosphorylation of MYPT1 was determined by Western blotting.ResultsConstitutive phosphorylation of MYPT1‐T696 and T853 was lower and that of S695 and S668 was higher in cerebral arteries from the circulus arteriosus (CA‐w) than in femoral arteries (FA), while total MYPT1 expression was not different. In CA‐w but not in FA, L‐NAME lowered phosphorylation of S695/S668 and increased phosphorylation of T696/T853 and of MLC20‐S19, plus basal tone. The increase in basal tone was attenuated in CA‐w and basilar arteries (BA) from heterozygous MYPT1‐T696A/+ mice. Compared to FA, expression of the LZ+‐isoform was ~2‐fold higher in CA‐w coincident with a higher sensitivity to DEA‐NONOate, cinaciguat and Y27632 in BA and 8‐Br‐cGMP (1 μmol/L) in pre‐constricted (pCa 6.1) α‐toxin permeabilized CAs. In contrast, 6‐Bnz‐cAMP (10 μmol/L) relaxed BA and FA similarly by ~80%.ConclusionOur results indicate that (i) regulation of the intrinsic contractile activity in CA involves phosphorylation of MYPT1 at T696 and S695/S668, (ii) the higher NO/cGMP/PKG sensitivity of CAs can be ascribed to the higher expression level of the LZ+‐MYPT1 isoform and (iii) relaxation by cAMP/PKA pathway is less dependent on the expression level of the LZ+ splice variants of MYPT1.
Mechanisms underlying blood pressure reduction by dietary inorganic nitrate
Authors: Carlström M. , Lundberg J. O. , Weitzberg E. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractNitric oxide (NO) importantly contributes to cardiovascular homeostasis by regulating blood flow and maintaining endothelial integrity. Conversely, reduced NO bioavailability is a central feature during natural ageing and in many cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension. The inorganic anions nitrate and nitrite are endogenously formed after oxidation of NO synthase (NOS)‐derived NO and are also present in our daily diet. Knowledge accumulated over the past two decades has demonstrated that these anions can be recycled back to NO and other bioactive nitrogen oxides via serial reductions that involve oral commensal bacteria and various enzymatic systems. Intake of inorganic nitrate, which is predominantly found in green leafy vegetables and beets, has a variety of favourable cardiovascular effects. As hypertension is a major risk factor of morbidity and mortality worldwide, much attention has been paid to the blood pressure reducing effect of inorganic nitrate. Here, we describe how dietary nitrate, via stimulation of the nitrate‐nitrite‐NO pathway, affects various organ systems and discuss underlying mechanisms that may contribute to the observed blood pressure‐lowering effect.
Necropsy findings of koalas from the Mount Lofty Ranges population in South Australia
Authors: Speight KN , Hicks P , Graham C , Boardman W , Breed WG , Manthorpe E , Funnell O , Woolford L 
Published: April 2018

ObjectiveThis study reports necropsy findings of koalas from the Mount Lofty Ranges region in order to identify health threats to this mainland South Australian population.MethodsKoalas from the Mount Lofty Ranges region (n = 85) that had died or been euthanased on welfare grounds were examined at necropsy during 2012–13 at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide. Disease findings, approximate age, sex and body condition of koalas were recorded. Histopathological examination was undertaken on gross lesions and in suspect cases, skin scrapings taken for microscopy and PCR performed for Chlamydia pecorum detection.ResultsTraumatic injury was the most common necropsy finding (48/85; 57%), caused by motor vehicle accidents (35/48; 73%), canine attacks (11/48; 23%) or bushfire burns (2/48; 4%). Oxalate nephrosis (27/85; 32%) was also more common than other conditions. Infectious diseases included chlamydiosis (10/85; 12%) and sarcoptic mange (7/85; 8%). Marked testis asymmetry was evident in 11% (6/56) of males, with histopathology suggestive of atrophic change in four animals. Other pathological conditions included gastrointestinal disease (7/85; 8%) and respiratory disease (3/85; 4%). Almost half of the koalas (38/85; 45%) were found to have two or more abnormalities at necropsy.ConclusionThis study found trauma, mainly from motor vehicle accidents, and oxalate nephrosis to be the predominant causes of death and/or disease in koalas from the Mount Lofty Ranges region. Recent emergence of both clinical chlamydiosis and sarcoptic mange has also occurred, providing insight into the health status and causes of disease or injury in this South Australian mainland koala population.