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A numerical and experimental study on the dynamical behavior of 3D-Panel Wall on Piloti RC Frame
Authors: Kabir Mohammad Zaman , Shadan Parisa , Kabir Hossein 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamical behavior of a combined three-story building with a 3D panel wall system including a soft story irregularity at the very first floor by doing a shaking table test. The upper two stories of the model were made out of the 3D panel system, while the first story was constructed only with moment-resisting RC frames.

Design/methodology/approach
Besides the experimental program, the numerical finite element method was implemented for the verification of the experimental results. In the experimental study, the building responses including the floors’ accelerations and drifts were considered, and the seismically vulnerable zones were reported and compared with that provided by the implemented FEM-based program.

Findings
After the shaking table test, the major cracks appeared at the end of each column and beam-column connections. Some negligible cracks were also visible around the beam-panel connections. However, no crack was seen in the upper stories. The lateral deformation of the studied building was investigated under the applied ELC25 and NGH135 earthquakes. Under the both aforementioned ground motion records, the first story drift was larger than two upper stories, since the moment-resisting frame was a soft story. The hysteretic relation between the shear and displacement for each story was studied. Under the applied ELC25 earthquake, the system remains linear and the stiffness of each story is obtainable as well.

Originality/value
This is the first time when the dynamical behavior of a combined system is studied and tested experimentally and numerically for data validation. Regarding the response of the assumed combined structure, the 3D panel system has a remarkable rigidity with respect to the conventional RC frames, also 3D panels have less weight than the moment-resisting frames.
Gaps in customer satisfaction with digital wallets: challenge for sustainability
Authors: Bagla Ramesh Kumar , Sancheti Vivek 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors responsible for growing popularity of digital wallets in India and sustainibility challenges faced by this innovative product on account of gaps between expectations of the users and their satisfaction level with leading wallet brands like Paytm, Freecharge, Mobikwik and Oxigen.

Design/methodology/approach
The descriptive research is based on primary data collected with the help of a structured questionnaire from 313 respondents in National Capital Region of Delhi chosen through non-probability convenience sampling. The collected data were converted into data matrix using SPSS 23.0 software and inferential analysis was done.

Findings
Attractive cashback and rewards, ease of use, instant money transfer without using cash, relatively higher transaction security as compared to credit/debit cards and absence of any transaction fee are the factors responsible for growing use of digital wallets. However, there are gaps between customers’ expectations and the satisfaction level which pose a challenge for sustainibility of digital wallets.

Research limitations/implications
The study is limited to National Capital Region of Delhi for a specified set of factors considered important for customers’ satisfaction.

Originality/value
This paper offers fresh insights into the gaps between Indian customers’ expectations their satisfaction level with the leading digital wallet brands operating in India, which can be used to bridge these gaps for ensuring their long-term sustainability in a competitive environment.
Global citizenship education and diversity (GCEDS)
Authors: Aydin Hasan , Cinkaya Muhammed 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
The aspects of global citizenship, education and diversity are framing a paradigm that encapsulates how education can develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes of learners needed for securing a world which is more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable. The determination of students’ attitudes toward global citizenship education and diversity is a phenomenal issue of the past several decades. This study aims to develop an attitude scale to quantify the attitudes of students, the content of courses and instructors toward global citizenship education and diversity.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the factor structure and internal consistency of “Global Citizenship Education and Diversity Scale” (GCEDS) were analyzed, and validity and reliability of the scale were assessed. Two sample groups of participants were used in the assessment of the scale. The first sample group (exploratory factor analysis group) was composed of 147, and the second group (confirmatory factor analysis [CFA] group) was composed of 257 undergraduate students from three different large public universities in Turkey.

Findings
CFA confirmed the structure that emerged in the explanatory factor analysis. In this context, “GCEDS” is a valid and reliable scale.
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries and museums
Authors: Oyelude Adetoun A. 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
This edition of this study aims to focus on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in libraries and museums, as seen from the internet cyber sphere including blogs. It takes a look at the first quarter of 2018 and analyzes the trending issues within the period, highlighting examples of some institutions that make use of VR and AR. The advantages of the use of VR, AR and sometimes mixed reality are also pointed out.

Design/methodology/approach
Libraries, archives and museums are increasingly using AR/VR technologies in their service delivery because it is trending. The year 2018 is expected to be huge for VR technology.

Findings
Facebook is the largest investor in AR and VR, and because Facebook is also extremely popular, many are opportune to have a go at VR and AR through the use of the Facebook social media platform.

Originality/value
VR “involves using 3D graphics and advanced interactions to immerse a real-world user in a simulated environment”, by the description of the University of Indiana University, Bloomington’s Blogspot. AR stands for extended reality and actually, in technical terms, means a combination of virtual and real reality (UWS, 2018). Both VR and AR, 3D printing and other technologies have altered how people live and work.
Landscape composition, configuration, and trophic interactions shape arthropod communities in rice agroecosystems
Authors: Dominik Christophe , Seppelt Ralf , Horgan Finbarr G. , Settele Josef , Václavík Tomáš 
Published: June 2018

Abstract

Increasing landscape heterogeneity of agroecosystems can enhance natural enemy populations and promote biological control. However, little is known about the multiscale effects of landscape heterogeneity on arthropod communities in rice agroecosystems, especially in combination with trophic interactions.

We examined for the first time how landscape heterogeneity, measured by four independent metrics of landscape composition and configuration at three spatial scales, affected species abundance and species richness of rice arthropods within four functional groups and the abundance of the most common species at 28 sites in the Philippines. We additionally examined the influence of trophic interactions among these functional groups.

We found that both the compositional and configurational landscape heterogeneity in combination with trophic interactions determined the structure of rice‐arthropod communities. Herbivore abundance decreased with increasing landscape diversity. The abundance of parasitoids and species richness of both parasitoids and predators increased with the structural connectivity of rice bunds. Fragmentation of the rice landscape had a clear negative effect on most arthropod groups, except for highly mobile predatory arthropods. Abundance of common predators and detritivore species decreased with increasing complexity in the shape of rice patches.

Trophic interactions, measured as the abundance of prey, outweighed the importance of landscape heterogeneity for predators. In contrast, parasitoids responded positively to configurational landscape heterogeneity but were unaffected by prey abundance.

Synthesis and applications. Our research shows how landscape heterogeneity and trophic interactions have different effects on different functional groups. While predator abundance was solely driven by the availability of prey, all other functional groups in the rice‐arthropod community were significantly affected by the composition and configuration of surrounding landscape features. Landscape management aiming to improve biodiversity and biological control in rice agroecosystems should promote a diversity of land uses and habitat types within 100–300 m radii to reduce the presence of pests. Management practices should also focus on maintaining smaller rice patches and the structural connectivity of rice bunds to enhance populations of the natural enemies of rice pests. Future research should focus on the temporal and spatial manipulation of rice fields to maximize the effects of biological control.
Marginal Analysis of Income Mobility Effects by Income Source with an Application to the Agricultural Policy Mix
Authors: Allanson Paul 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThe Note makes novel use of a decomposition of the Shorrocks mobility index by income source to identify the impact on farm income mobility of a marginal change in each component of income. An empirical application shows that a revenue‐neutral change in the balance of agricultural protection between market‐based support and direct payments would not have reduced the variability of relative farm incomes in Scottish agriculture.
Option Trading and REIT Returns
Authors: Cashman George D. , Harrison David M. , Sheng Hainan 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThis article examines the relation between option trading volume and real estate investment trust (REIT) market performance. Specifically, we find that option volume increases are followed by decreases in returns. Furthermore, the portion of option volume that is orthogonal to REIT characteristics drives the observed return predictability relation, thereby suggesting that the return predictability of option trading is (at least partially) attributable to information‐based explanations. Finally, consistent with informed traders favoring option market activities due to short‐sale costs and/or constraints, we find option based return predictability is more evident within REITs than non‐REITs, even though firms within this industry are generally viewed as informationally transparent.
Streamflow Depletion Modeling: Methods for an Adaptable and Conjunctive Water Management Decision Support Tool
Authors: Huggins Xander , Gleeson Tom , Eckstrand Hailey , Kerr Ben 
Published: June 2018

AbstractGroundwater pumping depletes streamflow, which can have significant ecological impacts depending on the magnitude of depletion relative to environmental flow needs. Streamflow depletion estimates from groundwater pumping have been quantified using both analytical and numerical methods, but are not routinely compared to environmental flow needs or used in practical water management tools. Decision support tools that incorporate groundwater dynamics are becoming increasingly necessary for water managers as groundwater regulations become more important in environmental policy, particularly concerning the preservation of environmental flow needs. We develop and apply methods for a web‐based decision support tool for conjunctive groundwater and surface water management, demonstrated using a case study watershed in British Columbia, Canada. Open‐source data are analyzed with a combination of spatial algorithms and previously developed analytical models, such that the tool can be applied to other regions. Streamflow depletion estimates are calculated in four regions in the largely undeveloped Bulkley Valley, British Columbia. Our transparent methodology has geographic and data input flexibility which is a significant improvement on currently existing water management tool methods.
Fragmented QRS and mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous intervention for ST‐elevation myocardial infarction: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Kanjanahattakij Napatt , Rattanawong Pattara , Riangwiwat Tanawan , Prasitlumkum Narut , Limpruttidham Nath , Chongsathidkiet Pakawat , Vutthikraivit Wasawat , Crossey Erin 
Published: June 2018

AbstractBackgroundFragmented QRS reflects disturbances in the myocardium predisposing the heart to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Recent studies suggest that fragmented QRS (fQRS) is associated with mortality in ST‐elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the literature has not been done. We assessed the association between fQRS and overall mortality in STEMI patients who subsequently underwent PCI by a systematic review and meta‐analysis.MethodsWe comprehensively searched the databases of MEDLINE and EMBASE from inception to September 2017. Studies included in our analysis were published cohort (prospective or retrospective) and case–control studies that compared overall mortality among STEMI patient with and without fQRS who underwent PCI. Data from each study were combined using the random‐effects, generic inverse variance method of DerSimonian, and Laird to calculate risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals.ResultsSix studies from 2014 to 2017 were included in this meta‐analysis involving 2,516 subjects with STEMI who underwent PCI (888 fQRS and 1,628 non‐fQRS). Fragmented QRS was associated with overall mortality in STEMI patients who underwent PCI (pooled risk ratio = 3.87; 95% CI 1.96–7.66, I2 = 43%).ConclusionFragmented QRS was associated with increased overall mortality up to threefold. Our study suggests that fQRS could be an important tool for risk assessment in STEMI patients who underwent PCI.
Evolution of Social Identity Terms in Lay and Academic Sources: Implications for Research and Public Policy
Authors: Moadel‐Attie Roxanne , Levy Sheri R. , London Bonita , Al‐Rfou Rami 
Published: June 2018

AbstractIncreasingly, individuals identify with two or more racial or cultural, yet are sometimes externally misclassified, contributing to experiences of invisibility within U.S. society. Using computational techniques, we examined the transmission of cultural identity terms through time, providing some evidence for the changing representation of social identity. We examined the usage patterns of identity terms with the prefixes (mono‐, bi‐, multi‐), modifying the social identity terms: culture, ethnicity, and race (e.g., comparing monocultural, monoethnic, and monoracial). For bicultural and multicultural terms, those with ‐racial suffixes were the earliest used terms, while those with ‐cultural and ‐ethnic suffixes gained more popularity in recent years. We examined the evolution of the higher frequency social identity terms in lay sources (the NY Times, Reddit), and found that interracial and multicultural were the most popular over time, peaking recently. We examined the potential time lag in the sequence of identity terms among academic (PsycINFO, NIH, and NSF Databases), lay (the NY Times), and mixed sources (Google Books N‐Grams), demonstrating that newer terms (e.g., multicultural) are first used and gain prevalence in lay sources, then mixed sources, and eventually academic sources. The implications of these findings for research, public policy, and psychosocial experiences of individuals are discussed.
A randomized controlled trial of MoodSwings 2.0: An internet‐based self‐management program for bipolar disorder
Authors: Gliddon Emma , Cosgrove Victoria , Berk Lesley , Lauder Sue , Mohebbi Mohammadreza , Grimm David , Dodd Seetal , Coulson Carolyn , Raju Karishma , Suppes Trisha , Berk Michael 
Published: June 2018

ObjectivesMoodSwings 2.0 is an online self‐guided intervention for bipolar disorder that includes educational modules, interactive tools, and discussion forums. The primary aim of the study was to determine if participation in MoodSwings 2.0 would result in decreased symptoms of depression and mania compared to the control condition. Secondary aims were to identify improvements in core depression symptoms, quality of life, medication adherence, functioning, and time to relapse.MethodsThis was a three‐arm randomized controlled trial that compared two intervention arms against a peer support control group (forum). A total of 304 adults aged 21 to 65 years with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder were assigned to a forum‐only control group (Group 1; n = 102), a forum plus modules treatment group (Group 2; n = 102), or a forum, modules, and tools treatment group (Group 3; n = 100), in addition to usual care.ResultsThere was a significant intervention impact showing improvement on the primary outcome of depression for Group 2 compared to Group 1 (P = .05) with effect sizes (Cohen's d) ranging from 0.17 to 0.43. There was also a significant intervention impact showing improvement on the secondary outcome of core depression for Group 2 (P = .02) and Group 3 (P = .05), but worse physical functioning for Group 3 (P = .01), compared to Group 1.ConclusionsThis study provides evidence of the efficacy of internet‐based psychoeducation interventions for bipolar disorder in reducing depressive symptoms. Further investigation is needed to assess effectiveness in a public program.
Emerging areas of opioid pharmacology
Authors: Kelly Eamonn , Henderson Graeme , Bailey Chris P 
Published: June 2018

This themed section of the British Journal of Pharmacology stems from an International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) meeting held in July 2016 at The Assembly Rooms in Bath, UK.Linked ArticlesThis article is part of a themed section on Emerging Areas of Opioid Pharmacology. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v175.14/issuetoc
Development of the Khat Knowledge, Attitudes and Perception Scale
Authors: Nakajima Motohiro , Hoffman Richard , Alsameai Abed , Khalil Najat Sayim , al'Absi Mustafa 
Published: June 2018

AbstractIntroduction and AimsKhat (Catha edulis) is a stimulant plant widely used in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Tobacco is often co‐used with khat and its use has expanded to other parts of the world. Chronic khat use is associated with negative health consequences. There is a lack of research to develop a tool to assess attitudes toward khat use. This study aimed to develop a brief tool to assess attitude and perception related to khat (i.e. the Khat Knowledge, Attitudes and Perception Scale).Design and MethodsFour‐hundred and three participants in Yemen (151 concurrent users of khat and tobacco, 141 khat‐only users and 92 non‐users of khat and tobacco) were asked about knowledge and attitudes related to khat. A principle component analysis with Promax rotation, Scree‐plot and Cronbach's α coefficients was performed to examine psychometric properties of the Khat Knowledge, Attitudes and Perception Scale.ResultsPrinciple component analysis revealed five factors: negative beliefs, positive beliefs, idleness, weight control and family issues. Internal consistency of items in negative beliefs, positive beliefs, idleness, weight control and family issues were 0.88, 0.62, 0.62, 0.72 and 0.53, respectively. Greater negative beliefs was inversely correlated with positive beliefs but positively associated with idleness, weight control and family issues. Concurrent users and khat‐only users had lower scores on negative beliefs than non‐users. Concurrent users had higher scores on positive beliefs than khat‐only and non‐users.Discussion and ConclusionsThese results provide initial support of the usefulness of the Khat Knowledge, Attitudes and Perception Scale.
Correlations between plasma strontium concentration, components of calcium and phosphate metabolism and renal function in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: van den Berkhof Yvette Sophie , Gant Christina Maria , Maatman Ronald , De Graaf Albert , Navis Gerjan J. , Bakker Stephan J. L. , Laverman Gozewijn Dirk 
Published: June 2018

AbstractBackgroundRenal function decline in diabetic kidney disease is accompanied by calcium and phosphate metabolism alterations. Whereas strontium (Sr2+) has many similarities with calcium, little is known about Sr2+ in this respect. We studied the association of plasma Sr2+ concentration and parameters associated with an altered calcium and phosphate metabolism in diabetic kidney disease.Materials and methodsPlasma Sr2+ concentration was measured in 450 patients included in the DIAbetes and LifEstyle Cohort Twente‐1. Patients were classified based on chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages: stages 1‐2, stage 3 and stages 4‐5 (estimated glomerular filtration rate of ≥60 mL·min−1·1.73 m−2, 30‐59 mL·min−1·1.73 m−2 and ≤29 mL·min−1·1.73 m−2, respectively). The associations between log‐transformed plasma Sr2+ concentration and parameters of calcium and phosphate metabolism were studied using multivariate linear regression analysis.ResultsOverall, median plasma Sr2+ concentration was in normal range, 269 nmol/L, but was progressively higher in patients with lower renal function, that is 246 nmol/L (CKD 1‐2), 347 nmol/L (CKD 3) and 419 nmol/L (CKD 4‐5). In multivariate analysis, independent associations were found between plasma Sr2+ concentration and both eGFR (β = −0.401, P < 0.001) and plasma fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) concentration (β = 0.087, P = 0.04).ConclusionsWe found an independent inverse association between eGFR and plasma Sr2+ concentration and an independent association between plasma Sr2+ concentration and plasma FGF23 concentration, a marker of deranged calcium and phosphate metabolism. Further research is needed to determine the mechanisms behind these associations and the impact of an elevation in plasma Sr2+ concentration on bone mineralization and calcification.
Trigeminal trophic syndrome: an updated review
Authors: Khan Ayesha U. , Khachemoune Amor 
Published: June 2018

AbstractTrigeminal trophic syndrome (TTS) is a rare disease process that is thought to occur after insult to the trigeminal nerve. The earliest descriptions of this condition were provided in the early 20th century, yet it remains relatively unknown, with approximately 200 cases since described. Most commonly seen in older women, TTS characteristically involves persistent facial ulceration with loss of sensation and paresthesia along the distribution of the trigeminal dermatome. Ulceration often occurs in the alar region, following self‐manipulation in response to paresthesias. Time of onset of TTS after trigeminal insult may vary from weeks to decades, and emergence of ulceration may be associated with psychiatric disorders. Diagnosis is clinical and made by exclusion of similarly presenting conditions. Histology is nonspecific yet necessary to exclude other causes of facial ulceration. Although there is not yet a standard management strategy, a number of successful approaches have been reported including pharmaceutical and surgical interventions, installation of a protector, and transcutaneous nerve stimulation. However, because of the self‐inflicted manifestations of this disorder, behavioral modifications remain of the utmost importance. This review serves to address the history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, histology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management options for TTS.