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Undergraduate mobile phone use in the Caribbean
Authors: Ahmad Tashfeen 
Published: June 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of a survey regarding undergraduate students’ mobile phone usage patterns and its implication for teaching and learning in the Caribbean higher education academic environment.Design/methodology/approachA total of 144 students participated in the survey. The survey method utilized a structured questionnaire design comprising 24 items which was completed by students. A quantitative research methodology was used to analyze the data on student mobile phone usage patterns in an educational setting.FindingsThe results indicate that students find mobile phones to be an indispensable tool inside and outside the classroom environment. More interestingly, it revealed that despite unique socio-economic factors, students’ mobile phone adoption, usage and perception patterns in a developing country mirror those of their counterparts in developed states. This has profound implications for education policy in the region.Originality/valueLittle research has been done on students’ mobile phone use in the developing world context. Even less work has been done exploring mobile phone usage patterns of university students in the Caribbean region. Given the similarities with developed states, this paper shares ideas with university management and administration how they can incorporate mobile phone technology into their teaching methods, to enhance the learning experience in the Caribbean and the wider developing world context.
A competitive dynamics perspective on evolutionary game theory, agent-based modeling, and innovation in high-tech firms
Authors: Zhang Ruihan , Sun Bing 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine how high-tech firms should choose between independent research and development and technology introduction as well as to ascertain the effects of the three elements of competitive dynamics on the evolution of innovative behavior-based decisions and competitive results.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper describes the construction of an evolutionary game model and a multi-agent-based model of innovative behavior-based decisions by heterogeneous high-tech firms. The models are used to analyze the evolution path and evolutionarily stable strategy of innovative behavior-based decisions. In addition, multi-agent-based simulation is used to gain insight into the effects of competitive dynamics on the dynamic evolution of innovative behavior-based decisions.

Findings
This paper reveals four evolutionary equilibrium states of the innovation behavior-based decisions of high-tech firms. Based on the findings, these overall evolutionary trends are not affected by the timing of competitive market entry or the intensity of competition. In addition, simulated evidence is added that the timing of competitive market entry is an important factor affecting market-leading innovative strategies and dynamic competition results, and competition intensity is closely related to the evolutionary speed of innovation behavior-based decisions.

Originality/value
The key contribution of this paper is its new view of innovative behavior-based decisions from a competitive dynamics perspective. The new competitive dynamics-based framework for innovative behavior-based decisions of high-tech firms proposed in the paper can resolve the problem of obtaining a sustainable competitive advantage for high-tech firms in a competitive dynamics context.
The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions
Authors: Onyango Vincent , Gazzola Paola , Wood Geoffrey 
Published: June 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to establish the evidence for, the why and how recent austerity policy atmosphere associated with the UK government affected environmental protection decisions within planning in Scotland.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative analysis based on perspectives gathered via questionnaire survey targeted at stakeholders involved in planning in Scotland was undertaken. The questionnaire responses were analysed thematically, supplemented by using statistical tests of significance and variance to show how responses differed across participants.FindingsThe evidence showed that austerity policy atmosphere resulted in a pervasive neoliberal imperative of resuscitating the economy; whilst producing subtle and adverse effects on environmental decisions. This was best understood within a neo-Gramscian perspective of hegemony, borrowed from the field of political economy of states.Research limitations/implicationsThe gathered views were constrained within unknown biases that the participants may have had; and because the case study approach was not equipped to generalise the results beyond the study, more research testing cause-effect between the austerity and selected environmental parameters is needed, from various contexts.Practical implicationsDecision-making frameworks should explicitly acknowledge the unique pressures during austerity periods; and contemplate resilient decision-making frameworks that can withstand the hegemonic tendencies which prioritise economic goals above environmental ones.Originality/valueWhilst the area of austerity’s impacts on the environment remains poorly evidenced, empirically, this seminal paper uses robust analysis to establish how the austerity policy atmosphere affects environmental decisions. This is insight into what may be happening in other similar situations outside Scotland, raising concern as to whether and how we should approach the challenge of hegemonic ideas.
Cumulative prospect theory and deferred annuities
Authors: Chen Anran , Haberman Steven , Thomas Stephen 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
Although it has been proved theoretically that annuities can provide optimal consumption during one’s retirement period, retirees’ reluctance to purchase annuities is a long-standing puzzle. The purpose of this paper is to use behavioral model to analyze the low demand for immediate annuities.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors employ cumulative prospect theory (CPT), which contains both loss aversion and probability transformations, to analyze the annuity puzzle.

Findings
The authors show that CPT can explain the unattractiveness of immediate annuities. It also shows that retirees would be willing to buy a long-term deferred annuity at retirement. By considering each component from CPT in turn, the loss aversion is found to be the major reason that stops people from buying an annuity while the survival rate transformation is an important factor affecting the decision of when to receive annuity incomes.

Originality/value
This paper identifies CPT as one of the reasons for the low demand of immediate annuities. It further suggests that long-term deferred annuities could overcome behavioral obstacles and become popular among retirees.
Is integrated reporting transformative?
Authors: Rodríguez-Gutiérrez Pablo , Correa Carmen , Larrinaga Carlos 
Published: June 2019

PurposeThis paper aims to generate insights about the transformative potential of integrated reporting by exploring organisational adoption of non-financial reporting design archetypes available in the field.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the concept of design archetype, this study conducts an exploratory interpretative based on qualitative semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. The study is based on the Spanish integrated reporting field.FindingsThis study reveals that IIRC framework lacks the transformative potential to become an environmental disturbance for corporate reporting practice. It explains how organisations, in their attempt to seek coherence with underlying interpretative schemes, change their structural arrangements (structure, processes and systems) to adopt sustainability and integrated reporting design archetypes available in the field. Though organisational differences are portrayed, the transition from a sustainability-reporting archetype to an integrated-reporting archetype does not seem to be easily achieved.Research limitations/implicationsDue to its exploratory nature, further investigation of the transformative potential of integrated reporting is needed to address intra-organisational factors such as internal stakeholder interests, organisational values, individual or collective agency to embed interpretative schemes into structural arrangements, and technical and managerial capabilities enabling action.Practical implicationsFindings inform practitioners and policymakers about the hindrances to integrated reporting implementation to be considered for prospective regulation and standardisation.Social implicationsThe study reflects on the difficulties for both mainstreaming sustainability to influence decision-making and developing reporting archetypes coherent with integrated thinking.Originality/valueBy focusing on archetype design, the paper provides insights to assess the transformative potential of integrated reporting.
Health‐care resource use and current treatment of adult atopic dermatitis patients in Japan: A retrospective claims database analysis
Authors: Igarashi Atsuyuki , Fujita Hiroyuki , Arima Kazuhiko , Inoue Tomoyuki , Dorey Julie , Fukushima Ayako , Taguchi Yurie 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThe real‐world evidence on the profiles of patients suffering from atopic dermatitis (AD) in Japan is sparse. A retrospective claim database analysis was conducted to estimate the health‐care resource use (HCRU) and current AD treatment. Data from October 2013 to September 2016 were extracted from the JMDC (Tokyo, Japan) claims database. HCRU was assessed by a comparison of AD patients and matched non‐AD controls. A multivariate analysis was performed to estimate HCRU attributable to AD. AD patients (n = 39 893) have more claims of certain diagnoses such as rhinitis, viral and fungal infections, sleep disorders and conjunctivitis as well as higher HCRU (outpatient visits, prescriptions of AD‐related and non‐AD‐related medications, phototherapy, laboratory tests) than matched non‐AD controls (n = 39 893). Treatment pattern analysis included treatment‐naive patients (n = 8478) and previously treated AD patients (n = 30 109). Approximately 20% of previously treated patients were on the continuous systemic treatment during 18‐month follow up. Systemic corticosteroids were the most frequently used systemic treatments. Oral cyclosporin was less frequently used in both groups, but for the longest duration. Almost half of previously treated patients with oral cyclosporin continued treatment for more than 3 months. In conclusion, HCRU was higher in AD patients than non‐AD controls, indicating a high burden of the disease imposed on AD patients. Continuous administration of systemic treatment, such as oral cyclosporin, systemic corticosteroids and phototherapy, observed in AD patients sheds light on the difficulties of managing AD in Japanese clinical practise.
History sets the stage: Macroevolutionary influence on biotic interactions
Authors: Shefferson Richard P. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

Evolutionary history has profound influences on ecological systems. Such influence is generally observed as phylogenetic signal, in which trait similarity is a function of evolutionary relationships, or phylogenetic niche conservatism, in which clades of species exhibit a single trait value. These patterns are observed so often in ecological research that the lack of phylogenetic influence on a system should be viewed as an exception to the rule.

This special feature showcases research at the cutting edge of phylogenetic analysis of biotic interactions. Eight papers address three dominant questions: (a) What determines which species associate with each other? (b) How does evolutionary history constrain adaptation in response to interactions? (c) How does evolutionary history influence community, ecosystem, and global ecological processes and patterns? The interactions studied include symbioses such the mycorrhiza and the lichen, plant–soil interactions and herbivory.

Synthesis: Phylogenetics presents important perspectives and tools to understand fundamental ecological processes. Among the most in need of research are geographic patterns in interaction strength and commonness, such as the latitudinal gradient in herbivory; the relationship between rapid evolution and evolutionary history, and the interaction of the two onto community and ecosystem processes and patterns; and the influence of evolutionary history on outcome in conservation problems and management.
Religious Freedom and Religious Antidiscrimination
Authors: Trispiotis Ilias 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThis article develops a theoretical framework that prompts a new understanding of the role of religious freedom and religious antidiscrimination in human rights law. Proceeding from the prevailing theoretical and doctrinal uncertainty over the relationship between the two rights, which are currently seen as either synonymous or as distinct and in competition, the article develops an account of the moral right to ethical independence and argues that religious freedom and religious antidiscrimination share their main normative basis on that moral right. However, religious freedom and religious antidiscrimination have different emphasis, and both are essential to secure fair background circumstances for the pursuit of different individual plans of life. The proposed framework illuminates the relationship of individual and collective aspects of religious freedom with discrimination law. The analysis has crucial implications for human rights interpretation in cases involving state interference with liberty, in relation to religion or belief, and more broadly.
Campgrounds as service hubs for the marginally housed
Authors: Kearns Robin , Collins Damian , Bates Laura , Serjeant Elliott 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThe service hub concept is strongly associated with deprived areas of North American inner cities, where agglomerations of low‐cost housing and service providers form a space of survival for marginalised populations. In this paper, we contend that service hubs can take other forms, including as small‐scale sites of housing and service provision, informally networked across an urban region. We develop this argument with reference to suburban campgrounds in Auckland, New Zealand—a city experiencing a severe housing affordability crisis. Both individually and collectively, campgrounds enable vulnerable households, as well as tourists, to inhabit an increasingly exclusionary urban environment. Drawing on interviews with 24 resident campers and eight managers, we highlight the role of campgrounds in supporting residents through the provision of informal housing and on‐site services. This provision also benefits the facilities' owners and managers, by creating a year‐round rental income stream. We find that campgrounds are critically important for those whose lives are rendered precarious by the housing market.
Elizabeth Sheridan's Post‐Celebrity
Authors: Jones Robert W. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThis article explores the post‐celebrity career of Elizabeth Sheridan, revealing her involvement in politics and scandal, alongside her experiences of disease, disaster and disappointment. Rather than become merely the object of distant adoration after her marriage, Sheridan entered into ‘secret service' for the Whigs. While her activities are significant, the article focuses on Sheridan's tactical appropriation of ‘privacy'. It was by claiming to be private that Sheridan justified her diverse endeavours. Her dextrous self‐presentation reveals not just the critical importance of privacy but also the ways in which it was deployed within the competing cultures of celebrity and Whig politics.
Automatic detection of vessel signatures in audio recordings with spectral amplitude variation signature
Authors: Reis Clausius D. G. , Padovese Linilson Rodrigues , de Oliveira Maria C. F. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

Sound emissions by ships and boats can strongly impact marine life, with potential to affect communications, breeding and prey and predator relationships. Automatic detection of boat signatures in underwater audio recordings is thus an important task. Automated solutions are particularly relevant for monitoring preservation areas where the presence of watercrafts is usually regulated. The task is particularly challenging because it requires distinguishing multiple overlapping acoustic events in typically noisy audio recordings.

In this paper, we introduce an algorithm for boat and ship detection which computes an acoustic signature that captures the variance in the frequency amplitudes observed over the duration of the signal.

We evaluated the algorithm on a database of underwater recordings collected at two conservation areas in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, with very good results, and also compared it with an existing solution.

Besides being effective, the algorithm requires limited user input and no parameter fine tuning to handle diverse situations. It thus provides a solution to automate the detection of vessels, with potential applications for monitoring marine preservation areas.
Editorial: reciprocal interaction between HCV direct‐acting anti‐virals (DAA) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)—a negative impact of HCC on sustained virologic response not of DAA on HCC
Authors: Hollande Clémence , Pol Stanislas 
Published: June 2019

Linked ContentThis article is linked to Mecci et al paper. To view this article, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15296.
Association of gene mutations with time‐to‐first treatment in 384 treatment‐naive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients
Authors: Hu Boyu , Patel Keyur P. , Chen Hsiang‐Chun , Wang Xuemei , Luthra Rajyalakshmi , Routbort Mark J. , Kanagal‐Shamanna Rashmi , Medeiros L. Jeffrey , Yin C. Cameron , Zuo Zhuang , Ok Chi Y. , Loghavi Sanam , Tang Guilin , Tambaro Francesco P. , Thompson Philip , Burger Jan , Jain Nitin , Ferrajoli Alessandra , Bose Prithviraj , Estrov Zeev , Keating Michael , Wierda William G. 
Published: June 2019

SummaryThis study correlated somatic mutation results and known prognostic factors with time‐to‐first treatment (TTFT) in 384 treatment‐naïve (TN) chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) patients to help determine disease‐specific drivers of early untreated CLL. CLL DNA from either peripheral blood or bone marrow underwent next generation targeted sequencing with a 29‐gene panel. Gene mutation data and concurrent clinical characteristics, such as Rai/Binet stage, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH), ZAP70/CD38, karyotype and IGHV mutation, status were analysed in univariable and multivariable analyses to identify associations with TTFT. TTFT was defined as time from diagnosis to initial treatment. In univariable analyses, mutated ATM (P < 0·001), NOTCH1 (P < 0·001) and SF3B1 (P = 0·002) as well as unmutated IGHV (P < 0·001), del(11q) (P < 0·001) and trisomy 12 (P < 0·001) by hierarchal FISH and advanced Rai (P = 0·05) and Binet (P < 0·001) stages were associated with shorter TTFT. Importantly, del(17p), mutated TP53 and complex karyotype were not associated with shorter TTFT. In a reduced multivariable analysis, mutated ATM (P < 0·001) and unmutated IGHV status (P < 0·001) remained significant, showing their importance in early leukaemogenesis. High‐risk prognostic markers such as del(17p), mutated TP53 and complex karyotype, were not correlated with TTFT, suggesting that these abnormalities have limited roles in early disease progression but are more important in relapsed CLL.
Attachment disorders diagnosed by community practitioners: a replication and extension
Authors: Allen Brian , Schuengel Carlo 
Published: June 2019

BackgroundWhile considered a rare diagnosis, reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is simultaneously the subject of considerable debate. A recent report suggested that RAD is overdiagnosed in community settings and that conduct problems may be used to make a diagnosis of RAD (Woolgar & Baldock, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 20, 2015, 34–40). This study seeks to replicate and extend these findings.MethodClinical assessment data from 100 consecutive admissions of maltreated foster and adopted children (ages 3–17) to a specialty treatment clinic in the United States were reviewed. Measures included semi‐structured interviews of RAD and disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED) symptoms and caregiver‐report questionnaires of emotional problems, conduct problems, and the quality of the parent–child relationship.ResultsOf the 100 cases reviewed, 39 presented with a diagnostic history of RAD, DSED, or ‘attachment disorder’. Of these cases, three were diagnosed in‐clinic with DSED; no cases met diagnostic criteria for RAD according to DSM‐5 criteria. However, analyses found that those diagnosed with RAD by community‐based clinicians were significantly more likely to display conduct problems and to be adopted (as opposed to in foster care).ConclusionsThese findings confirm those of Woolgar and Baldock (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 20, 2015, 34–40). It appears that the diagnostic criteria of RAD are commonly being inaccurately applied in general community‐based practice. Clarification of diagnostic criteria for RAD in recent revisions of diagnostic taxonomies, the accumulation of empirical data on RAD, and improved instrumentation are either poorly disseminated or inadequately implemented in community‐based practice settings.
Parents Influence the Visual Learning Environment Through Children's Manual Actions
Authors: McQuillan Maureen E. , Smith Linda B. , Yu Chen , Bates John E. 
Published: June 2019

The present research studied children in the second year of life (N = 29, Mage = 21.14 months, SD = 2.64 months) using experimental manipulations within and between subjects to show that responsive parental influence helps children have more frequent sustained object holds with fewer switches between objects compared to when parents are either not involved or over‐involved. Regardless of parental involvement, sustained holds were visually rich, based on the size, centeredness, and dominance of the held object relative to other objects. These findings are important because they suggest not only that the child's body creates visually rich scenes across play contexts but also that a responsive parent can increase the frequency of these visually rich and informative moments.
Does intra‐operative flexible endoscopy reduce anastomotic complications following left‐sided colonic resections? A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Aly M. , O'Brien J. W. , Clark F. , Kapur S. , Stearns A. T. , Shaikh I. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractAimPostoperative anastomotic leakage (AL) or bleeding (AB) significantly impacts on patient outcome following colorectal resection. To minimize such complications, surgeons can utilize different techniques perioperatively to assess anastomotic integrity. We aim to assess published anastomotic complication rates following left‐sided colonic resection, comparing the use of intra‐operative flexible endoscopy (FE) against conventional tests used to assess anastomotic integrity.MethodsPubMed/MEDLINE and Embase online databases were searched for non‐randomized and randomized case–control studies that investigated postoperative AL and/or AB rates in left‐sided colonic resections, comparing intra‐operative FE against conventional tests. Data from eligible studies were pooled, and a meta‐analysis using Review Manager 5.3 software was performed to assess for differences in AL and AB rates.ResultsData from six studies were analysed to assess the impact of FE on postoperative AL and AB rates (1084 and 751 patients respectively). Use of FE was associated with reduced postoperative AL and AB rates, from 6.9% to 3.5% and 5.8% to 2.4% respectively. Odds ratios favoured intra‐operative FE: 0.37 (95% CI 0.21–0.68, P = 0.001) for AL and 0.35 (95% CI 0.15–0.82, P = 0.02) for AB.ConclusionThis meta‐analysis showed that the use of intra‐operative FE is associated with a reduced rate of postoperative AL and AB, compared to conventional anastomotic testing methods.