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Effectiveness of seismic strengthening to repeated earthquakes in historic urban contexts
Authors: Putrino Valentina , D’Ayala Dina 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the dynamics of the evolution of damage to the residential buildings within the city walls of Norcia during the six-month seismic swarm that hit Central Italy in the period 24th August 2016 to end of January 2019. This is accomplished by comparing the damage recorded by the Italian Civil Protection usability form (AEDES form) during this period after each event.

Design/methodology/approach
First, these outputs are compared with a qualitative assessment conducted by means of omnidirectional camera (ODC) imagery collected on site by the authors, to explore the ability of this technology to support post-earthquake damage assessment. The damage level attributed with these two techniques is then further compared with the output of the analytical vulnerability assessment method FaMIVE, which allows to correlate damage to vulnerability. Specifically, the objective is to investigate the efficacy and performance of historic and recent strengthening interventions.

Findings
Results show that there is a good correspondence between AeDES and ODC assessments for low to medium damage grades (DG). Discrepancies in higher DGs are discussed in light of the different levels of information that can be recorded by using the two tools. The efficacy of strengthening is also well captured by the FaMIVE method. The procedure estimates a decrease of almost 40, 25 and 20 per cent of the total number of buildings failing out-of-plane, respectively, for the three seismic events considered, when restraining elements are in action.

Research limitations/implications
The analysis conducted in this work make use of deterministic values of Norcia’s masonry fabric characteristics that have been found in literature, thus implying that neither the probabilistic aspects nor the related uncertainties have been properly investigated and addressed. However, this limitation is to be considered within the more general context of the legislation for the preservation of historic buildings which limits substantially any type of semi-destructive tests, hence limiting the reliability of the values available in literature. This in turn affects the decisions informing the design and implementation of strengthening interventions which can be confidently considered reliable and effective.

Originality/value
The paper addresses for the first time a systematic investigation of damage progression in historic masonry structures, part of urban aggregates in heritage cities. The current urban fabric is discussed in view of historic building codes as the basis for determining the present seismic vulnerability of the historic city centre of Norcia. The study provides new data sets for the city of Norcia and develops a statistical correlation between cumulative damage and analytical vulnerability functions for heritage buildings exposed to a swarm of earthquakes. The analytical assessment of the effect of historic strengthening is totally novel.
Entropy generation in radiative flow of Ree-Eyring fluid due to due rotating disks
Authors: Khan Muhammad Ijaz , Ahmad Khan Sohail , Hayat Tasawar , Faisal Javed Muhammad , Alsaedi Ahmed 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This study aims to examine the flow characteristics of Ree–Eyring fluid between two rotating disks. The characteristics of heat transfer are discussed in presence of viscous dissipation, heat source/sink and nonlinear radiative heat flux.

Design/methodology/approach
Nonlinear flow expressions lead to ordinary ones through adequate similarity transformations. The ordinary differential system has been tackled through optimal homotopic method. The impact of different flow variables on the velocity field, entropy generation rate and temperature fields is graphically discussed. The surface drag force and heat transfer rate are numerically examined via various pertinent parameters.

Findings
By minimization of values of stretching parameter and Brinkman number, the entropy generation rate can be controlled. The entropy generation rate enhances for higher values of magnetic parameter, while the Bejan number is decreased via magnetic parameter.

Originality/value
No such work is yet published in the literature.
The effects of social media brand personality on brand loyalty in the Latvian banking industry
Authors: Garanti Zanete , Kissi Philip Siaw 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to draw upon social information processing theory and its purpose is twofold. First, it aims to examine the relationship among five brand personality traits (responsibility, activity, simplicity, emotionality and aggressiveness) as to brand equity created on social media in the banking industry of Latvia. Second, it aims to unveil the indirect effects of brand personality on brand loyalty, treating brand equity as a mediating variable.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was designed and a survey method was employed in line with the above-mentioned purposes. Data were collected from 404 customers who followed retail banks on social media. A series of hypotheses were developed and tested using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results show that aggressiveness, followed by responsibility and activeness, form positive brand equity on social media. In contrast, emotionality and simplicity do not contribute to the brand equity of banks on social media. The results also reveal that brand equity positively impacts brand loyalty and partially mediates brand personality and brand loyalty relationship. The theoretical model is thus validated and can be used in future research.Research limitations/implicationsThe current study is cross-sectional and has a limited sample size and representativeness. Nevertheless, the results of the present study bring valuable implications for marketing managers who value the role of social media in creating long-term company–customer relationships.Originality/valueOver the past 20 years, the literature has been dominated by studies that mainly focus on the definition of brand personality and its traits. Unlike the aforementioned efforts, the current study brings new insight into the subject by focusing on brand personality created on social media and linking it to the actual consumer outcomes and exploring the mediating role of brand equity in the banking industry of Latvia.
Patients’ perspective of a dedicated biologic clinic for inflammatory arthritis
Authors: Cefai Erika , Balzan Daniela , Mercieca Cecilia , Borg Andrew 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the patient’s perspective on a dedicated clinic set up for patients diagnosed with an inflammatory arthritis who are being treated with a biologic. It proposes that dedicated clinics offer better overall care. The aim of this quality improvement survey is to evaluate the level of patient satisfaction with this clinic and identify any unmet needs.

Design/methodology/approach
This study was based on a quality improvement survey, which was developed using Zineldin’s five qualities model and assessed various aspects pertaining to service quality and improvement. A structured interview approach was used and 44 consecutive patients were recruited.

Findings
This paper explores key aspects that influence patient satisfaction within a rheumatology outpatient setting such as education on arthritis and biologics and involvement in decision making. It provides insight on what patients value most and it also addresses organizational aspects that can have an impact on patient satisfaction. It suggests that service quality can be linked to the degree of patient satisfaction.

Research limitations/implications
Direct interviewing of patients could have introduced a source of bias whilst questions are being answered. On the other hand, it provided an opportunity to clarify instantly any doubts and therefore avoiding any inadvertent errors.

Practical implications
This paper reinforces that specialized clinics enable the caring rheumatologist to provide better care for patients on biologics. Service providers should continue developing their services around the patient’s needs and perspectives in order to continue improving the service.

Social implications
Dedicated biologic clinics allow more judicious monitoring of patients who are taking these highly efficacious but costly medications.

Originality/value
This survey has reinforced that patients highly value dedicated clinics. These results strengthen the case that healthcare services should continue investing on specialized clinics.
Gynecology healthcare professionals towards safety procedures in operation rooms aiming to enhanced quality of medical services in Greece
Authors: Dinas Konstantinos , Vavoulidis Eleftherios , Pratilas Georgios Chrysostomos , Chatzistamatiou Kimon , Basonidis Alexandros , Sotiriadis Alexandros , Zepiridis Leonidas , Pantazis Konstantinos , Tziomalos Konstantinos , Aletras Vassilis , Tsiotras George 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes of healthcare professionals in Greece toward safety practices in gynecological Operation Rooms (ORs).

Design/methodology/approach
An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was distributed to surgical personnel asking for opinions on safety practices during vaginal deliveries (VDs) and gynecological operations (e.g. sponge/suture counting, counting documentation, etc.). The study took place in Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki including 227 participants. The team assessed and statistically analyzed the questionnaires.

Findings
Attitude toward surgical counts and counting documentation, awareness of existence and/or implementation in their workplace of other surgical safety objectives (e.g. WHO safety control list) was assessed. In total, 85.2 percent considered that surgical counting after VDs is essential and 84.9 percent admitted doing so, while far less reported counting documentation as a common practice in their workplace and admitted doing so themselves (50.5/63.3 percent). Furthermore, while 86.5 percent considered a documented protocol as necessary, only 53.9 percent admitted its implementation in their workplace. Remarkably, 53.1 percent were unaware of the WHO safety control list for gynecological surgeries.

Originality/value
Most Greek healthcare professionals are well aware of the significance of surgical counting and counting documentation in gynecology ORs. However, specific tasks and assignments are unclear to them. Greek healthcare professionals consider surgical safety measures as important but there is a critical gap in knowledge when it comes to responsibilities and standardized processes during implementation. More effective implementation and increased personnel awareness of the surgical safety protocols and international guidelines are necessary for enhanced quality of surgical safety in Greece.
Diabetes patients’ perspectives on the patients’ rights: evidence from east of Iran
Authors: Sharifzadeh Gholam Reza , Ghoddoosi-Nejad DJavad , Behdani Susan , Haghgoshayie Elaheh , Siraneh Yibeltal , Hasanpoor Edris 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The Iranian patients’ rights charter defines patient rights as a reflection of fundamental human rights in the field of medicine and incorporates all elements of patient rights accepted in international texts. The purpose of this paper is to study the way in which diabetes patients’ rights are being exercised in everyday hospital practice in Birjand, Iran.

Design/methodology/approach
A cross-sectional study design was used in 2014. The sample size was estimated 150 patients, out of which 108 diabetes patients completed questionnaire. The questionnaire of diabetes patients’ perspectives on the patients’ rights was used to collect data. The questionnaire consists of 22 questions. Data entry and analysis were carried out using SPSS software (version 22). Descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated with all survey items and total scores, as well as demographic data.

Findings
The response rate was 72 percent. Overall, the mean score percentage of diabetes patients’ perspectives on the patients’ rights was 74.04± 8.4. Furthermore, statistical significant differences were found among diabetes patients in relation to patients’ perspectives on the patients’ rights according to highest level of education (F=16.52, p=0.002), their habitat(t=3.49, p=0.001), age groups (F=18.70, p=0.0001) and the duration of the disease (F=5.16, p=0.007). The results showed that no statistically significant differences were observed among diabetes patients in relation to diabetes patients’ perspectives on the patients’ rights according to their gender (F=1.57, p=0.12) and marital status (F=1.56, p=0.09).

Originality/value
Clinicians can provide care based on patients’ rights, and their knowledge of patients’ rights needs to be evaluated. Educational courses, leaflets, booklets and posters can be helpful in this regard. In addition, professional organizations and the Ministry of Health need to be more sensitive to this issue.
IFRS adoption, financial reporting quality and cost of capital: a life cycle perspective
Authors: Habib Ahsan , Bhuiyan Md. Borhan Uddin , Hasan Mostafa Monzur 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on financial reporting quality and cost of equity. The paper further investigates whether such association varies at different life cycle stages.Design/methodology/approachThis paper follows the methodologies of DeAngeloet al.(2006) and Dickinson (2011) to develop proxies for the firms’ stages in the life cycle.FindingsUsing both pre- and post-IFRS adoption period for Australian listed companies, the paper finds that financial reporting quality reduced and cost of equity increased because of the adoption of IFRS. The paper further evidences that financial reporting quality in the post-IFRS period increased cost of equity. Finally, the paper finds that mature firms produce a better quality of earnings, which result in lower cost of capital. The results indicate that a mature firm was benefited because of the adoption of IFRS.Originality/valueThe finding of this research is useful to the regulators and practitioners to understand the widespread benefit of IFRS adoption.
What are the key innovative strategies needed for future tourism in the world?
Authors: Jayawardena Chandana (Chandi) 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to provide answers to the question: “What are the key innovative strategies needed for future tourism in the world?” At the outset, this paper redefines the word “innovation” in the context of the hospitality and tourism industry. It then captures the essence of 13 proceeding papers on innovative initiatives in 17 countries and presents concluding remarks to this Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes (WHATT) theme issue on innovation (v. 11 n. 2, 2019).

Design/methodology/approach
This paper draws from a wide spectrum of innovation types, concepts, strategies, suggestions and solutions written by 24 authors, who cumulatively have valuable and diverse experience in managing, operating, teaching, researching and consulting on innovation.

Findings
Innovation is relevant to all macro- and micro-level aspects of all industries. In conclusion, to identify common elements in all 13 papers, the author presents a shorter definition: “Innovation is the art of implementing new ideas to improve productivity, products and services, while enhancing customer satisfaction, revenues and profitability”. In addition, he emphasizes that innovation needs vision, mission and passion!

Research limitations/implications
This research contributes to the emerging research theme of innovation in the hospitality and tourism industry and extends/re-defines the word: “innovation”.

Practical implications
There are significant practical implications in terms of industry approaches to use innovative strategies across the world.

Originality/value
Readers who are interested in international best practices of hospitality and tourism would benefit from this paper.
Vacation rentals in San Francisco, USA: a positive or negative disruption?
Authors: Tierney Patrick 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
Vacation rentals (VRs) are growing in popularity and have disrupted the lodging industry. But they are also controversial because they can literally disrupt quiet residential neighborhoods. There is little research on users of VRs.

Design/methodology/approach
An online survey of 10,000 festival attendees in San Francisco determined if they stayed in VR or commercial lodging and their spending. A second survey of 402 respondents who stayed in a VR asked about their motivations for renting a VR and their evaluation of the experience.

Findings
Results showed users of VRs were motivated by low cost, a convenient location and the nature of the neighborhood. VR user groups were more likely to rent high-end properties, than commercial users. But on a per-person per-day basis, VR users spent $183 on lodging, compared with $264 spent by those opting for a CL. Over half of the respondents stated that the availability of VRs increased the likelihood of them attending the event.

Practical implications
Results suggest that VRs help cover housing costs of VR owners and provide a desired, unique and low-priced lodging opportunity, which can encourage attendance at events. But VRs have both positive and negative disruptive impacts, and more regulation is coming in high-profile urban tourist destinations to mitigate negative effects.

Originality/value
This study consists of original research into VRs, which is a rapidly evolving component of hospitality industry.
Overcoming cross-cultural differences in post-war Sri Lanka: the case of Jetwing in Jaffna
Authors: Wanigasekera Vipula 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
Cross-cultural differences must be taken into consideration for tourism development. The purpose of this study is to shed light on the importance of cross-cultural differences in a location which is emerging from a dark period after a prolonged war caused by ethnic differences.

Design/methodology/approach
While the existing tourism models deal with the impact of cross-cultural differences, it is difficult to apply them in certain situations, such as postwar Sri Lanka. The study therefore adopted an inductive, qualitative approach where information has been obtained from all stakeholders.

Findings
The conflict in Sri Lanka in the North and East has been interpreted differently by many individual stakeholder groups. This study reveals how economic development can bring communities together. The project elaborated in this study represents an investment of over US$6m. Given that the location of Jaffna was a focal point of the 26-year long civil war from 1983 to 2009, the risk of failure would have been extremely high.

Originality/value
The study ascertained qualitative perceptions from a cross-section of perspectives: the investor, local residents and employees. The project is shown to be a viable example of how to address socio cultural differences in the creation of a profitable venture.
Quantification of forward scattering based on the analysis of double‐pass images in the frequency domain
Authors: Martínez‐Roda Joan A. , García‐Guerra Carlos E. , Diaz‐Doutón Fernando , Pujol Jaume , Salvador Antoni , Vilaseca Meritxell 
Published: May 2019

AbstractPurposeTo assess forward intraocular scattering by means of a new parameter (Frequency Scatter Index, FSI3) based on the analysing double‐pass retinal images in the frequency domain, which minimizes the impact of aberrations on the results.MethodsA prospective observational study was carried out in the Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa (Spain) on a group of 19 patients diagnosed with nuclear cataracts of various LOCSIII grades and a control group (CG) with nine healthy eyes. We recorded double‐pass retinal images with a custom set‐up based on a high‐sensitivity digital camera. The FSI3 was then computed using spatial frequencies below three cycles per degree. A preliminary validation of the FSI3 was performed on an artificial eye and two eyes of volunteers with and without commercial diffusers, and under defocus.ResultsThe FSI3 was hardly affected by defocus values up to 2.50 D. The mean (and standard deviation) FSI3 values were as follows: for the CG, 1.19 (0.21); and for LOCSIII grades nuclear opacity 1, 2 and 3, 1.30 (0.12), 1.62 (0.21) and 1.85 (0.21), respectively. Eyes with cataracts showed FSI3 values significantly different than healthy eyes (p = 0.001). A good correlation (ρ = 0.861, p < 0.001) was found between the FSI3 and objective scatter index provided by a commercial instrument.ConclusionSince aberrations have little impact on the FSI3, the light scatter assessment becomes less dependent on the patient's refractive error compensation and the presence of higher‐order aberrations. The FSI3 can further the clinical and scientific understanding of forward intraocular scattering.
Population‐based register study of children born in Sweden from 1997 to 2014 showed an increase in rickets during infancy
Authors: Högberg Ulf , Winbo Jenny , Fellman Vineta 
Published: May 2019

AbstractAimThis population‐based study assessed the incidence of rickets in infants up to age of one born in Sweden from 1997 to 2014. We also examined maternal and perinatal factors and co‐morbidity.MethodsWe used Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare registers and data from Statistics Sweden. The outcome measure was an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, code for rickets.ResultsThere were 273 cases of rickets, with an incidence of 14.7 per 100 000 and a 10‐fold incidence increase between 1997 and 2014. The majority (78.4%) were born preterm, half were small‐for‐gestational age (SGA) (birthweight <10th percentile), 4.8% were born to Asian‐born mothers and 3.5% to African‐born mothers. The adjusted odds ratios by birth week were 182 (95% CI: 121–272) before 32 weeks and 10.8 (95% CI: 6.72–17.4) by 32–36 weeks. Preterm infants with necrotising enterocolitis had very high odds for rickets and so did SGA term‐born infants and those born to African‐born mothers. The odds for rickets among preterm infants increased considerably during the later years.ConclusionRickets increased 10‐fold in Sweden from 1997 to 2014 and was mainly associated with prematurity, SGA and foreign‐born mothers. Possible reasons may include increased preterm survival rates and improved clinical detection and registration.
Antithrombotic dose: Some observations from published clinical trials
Authors: Dimmitt Simon B. , Floyd Christopher N. , Ferner Robin E. 
Published: May 2019

The clinical doses of antithrombotics—antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents—need to balance efficacy and safety. It is not clear from the published literature how the doses currently used in clinical practice have been derived from preclinical and clinical data. There are few large randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compare outcomes with different doses vs placebo. For newer antithrombotics, RCT doses appear to have been chosen to maximise the probability of demonstrating noninferiority when compared to established agents such as warfarin or clopidogrel. Data from RCTs show that aspirin is an effective antithrombotic at doses below 75 mg daily, and that direct oral anticoagulants reduce the risk of stroke in patients with coronary disease at doses 1/4 of those recommended in atrial fibrillation. Lower doses than those currently recommended are safer and still maintain substantial efficacy.