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Institutional repositories: a bibliometric study of the social sciences citation index (SSCI)
Authors: Liao Yi-Ping , Ma Tsu-Jui 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to provide a bibliometric study of journal articles related to institutional repositories in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) between January 1993 and August 2017. This study will provide researchers with a foundation for further research.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, articles published were analyzed; titles were searched using the term “institutional repositories.” The data were evaluated in response to four research questions on the following topics: publication trends, prolific authors, core journals and times cited.

Findings
The results indicate that 124 articles on institutional repositories were authored by 223 individuals. These articles were cited 722 times in 37 journals, and the h-index provided by the Web of Science was 14.

Research limitations/implications
This study only investigated articles titled with institutional repositories in the SSCI. Other items were not included.

Practical implications
This study shows that the implementation of institutional repositories has been limited to library and information science. If they can be used broadly in different disciplines, a better outcome can be expected.

Social implications
Based on the findings, the growth of institutional repositories as an academic subject is likely to continue. If such discussions can be conducted in other disciplines, institutional repositories may be able to provide a more promising outcome to academia.

Originality/value
This paper is valuable for researchers who wish to examine the trends of institutional repositories in the SSCI and seek possible areas for further research.
Developing a service value measurement scale in retail banking services
Authors: Roy Sanjit Kumar , Paul Rik , Quazi Ali , Nguyen Bang 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a scale for measuring consumers’ perceived service value in the Indian retail banking services. This purpose is rooted in the absence of consensus on what constitutes service value and how to measure such value in the above context.

Design/methodology/approach
The scale development procedure comprised qualitative and quantitative approaches. A list of possible measurement items was compiled based on literature review and expert opinion through focus groups. Data were collected from a sample of 442 respondents representing the Indian retail banking sector using survey instrument and were analyzed using the structural equation modeling.

Findings
The study revealed a seven-dimensional scale for measuring service which includes service equity, service quality, customer intimacy, product leadership, operational effectiveness, customer communication, and perceived sacrifice. Thus, the scale emerging from this study is consistent with established scales and is applicable to the Indian retail services setting. This study contributes to the knowledge gap by confirming that the west-centric service value measurement scale is moderately applicable to the services sector in India.

Originality/value
This research is a direct response to calls from the leading marketing pundits to explore the validity and applicability of the existing marketing constructs and models originated in the west to Indian markets. Keeping in mind the established service value measurement scale, this study develops and validates a seven-dimensional scale for measuring service value in an Indian setting with novel sub-dimensions.
Multi-level mentoring practices in a Teacher Education Program in Greece
Authors: Brinia Vasiliki , Psoni Paraskevi 
Published: May 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reflect the multi-level mentoring practices of a Teacher Education Program in Greece and the mentors’ perceptions on them. The mentoring practices of the specific Program are unique in Teacher Education in Greece; and therefore, the paper examines the extent to which they are considered as capable of developing in mentors and mentees specific skills that contribute to the development of student-teachers’ professional identity.Design/methodology/approachThe case study is based on qualitative research and 32 interviews with mentors of the specific Program who report their experience. Six mentees have also been asked to provide the researchers with comments, so as to observe whether their answers confirm the mentors’ perceptions.FindingsThe different types of mentoring of the specific Program are perceived as able to enhance the mentors’ and the mentees’ professional development and self-confidence as well as to the latters’ improved transition and engagement to the Program. The authors also contribute to the fostering of the mentees’ experiential learning and to the capitalization of knowledge in Teacher Education. The EES teacher mentoring is considered of important adding value to the formation of student-teachers’ professional identity, according to the mentors interviewed. Mentees comments were found to confirm the mentors’ perceptions.Originality/valueThe conclusions of the paper are of significant value, since multi-level mentoring as a holistic approach to teacher-candidates’ experiential learning and professional development examined in a single paper is rather rare. Moreover, the Program of the paper’s case study follows this multi-level innovative approach, which includes EES teacher mentoring, and which is of considerable adding value, according to the mentors and the mentees interviewed. It could, therefore, constitute a paradigm for other Teacher Education Programs in Greece and in other countries.
Regulatory non-compliance and performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria
Authors: Yusuf Ismaila , Ekundayo Damola 
Published: May 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine regulatory sanctions from an emerging economy perspective and analyzing the impact of regulators imposed monetary sanctions on banks’ performance.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted correlational research design to examine the effect of regulatory penalties on the performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. This study used panel data from a sample of 15 deposit money banks in Nigeria for the period of 2006-2015. Multiple regression analysis was carried out.FindingsResults showed that penalties imposed by regulators in the Nigerian banking industry have no significant impact on the bottom line of the defaulters. Penalties imposed on foreign exchange and international trade related infraction showed that the cost of penalties is below the benefits enjoyed from such infractions.Practical implicationsThe insignificant impact of penalties on performance implies that deposit money banks have considered penalties imposed by regulators as operational expenses and transferred such to customers.Originality/valueThe study differs from other studies that examined regulatory penalties on performance by focusing on financial performance and using data from an emerging economy perceived to have weak regulatory environment.
A review of credit scoring research in the age of Big Data
Authors: Onay Ceylan , Öztürk Elif 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to survey the credit scoring literature in the past 41 years (1976-2017) and presents a research agenda that addresses the challenges and opportunities Big Data bring to credit scoring.

Design/methodology/approach
Content analysis methodology is used to analyze 258 peer-reviewed academic papers from 147 journals from two comprehensive academic research databases to identify their research themes and detect trends and changes in the credit scoring literature according to content characteristics.

Findings
The authors find that credit scoring is going through a quantitative transformation, where data-centric underwriting approaches, usage of non-traditional data sources in credit scoring and their regulatory aspects are the up-coming avenues for further research.

Practical implications
The paper’s findings highlight the perils and benefits of using Big Data in credit scoring algorithms for corporates, governments and non-profit actors who develop and use new technologies in credit scoring.

Originality/value
This paper presents greater insight on how Big Data challenges traditional credit scoring models and addresses the need to develop new credit models that identify new and secure data sources and convert them to useful insights that are in compliance with regulations.
Does corporate social responsibility extend firm life-cycles?
Authors: Hsu Feng Jui 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess US-based firms from 2005 to 2015 to determine whether firms with better corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance will allocate capital through their life-cycle to better maintain or extend total assets.

Design/methodology/approach
Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics social performance rating scores were used to measure CSR performance in an initial sample of 19,707 firm-year observations. Firms are first classified into stages including introduction, growth, maturity, and decline, and use multiclass linear discriminant analysis, the Dickinson classification scheme (Dickinson, 2011), and the ratio of retained earnings to total assets (RETA) as life-cycle proxies. Life-cycle was formulated based on a broad set of accounting data sourced from Compustat. Various corporate characteristics from the CRSP database were used to classify all sample firms into five equal groups based on their CSR performance.

Findings
A firm’s equity and debt issuance assume a hump shape over the life-cycle under CSR practice, and higher-CSR firms face fewer significant issues as they mature; payout, RETA, and free cash flow decreased from high-CSR performance firms to low-CSR performance firms; and cash holdings also exhibit a hump shape over the life-cycle and higher-CSR practices are associated with significantly lower cash holdings.

Originality/value
CSR performance is a useful predictor for forecasting firm life-cycle and superior CSR performance ensures efficient capital allocation throughout firm life-cycle. Furthermore, CSR practice is an indicator of firm life-cycle sustainability and indicates a firm’s future cash flow patterns.
Factors affecting temporary labour migration for seasonal work: a review
Authors: Panda Shilpi Smita , Mishra Nihar Ranjan 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
Seasonal labour migration is a common form of temporary migration where the work of the migrant labour depends on seasonal conditions and is performed only during that period of year. This paper aims to identify the factors and subfactors of temporary labour migration from the existing literature.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on an extensive review of the literature on temporary labour migration. Studies done from 1990 to 2016 were considered for review. The literatures from research articles, book chapters, working papers, conference papers and field-based project reports from various disciplines, like economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology and management studies were reviewed for critically analysing various factors affecting seasonal labour migration.

Findings
A total of five key factors and 60 subfactors of temporary labour migration were documented from previous studies. The findings of the study are organized under five thematic segments: economic factors, social factors, environmental factors, policy-related factors and psychological factors New aspects of seasonal migration were identified such as “role of labour contractors ”, “inter-generational mobility”, “social networks”, “grassroot politics”, “migrant’s relationship with the agents”, “labour registration process”, “market intervention” and “civil society intervention” after consultation with the subject experts and field study.

Research limitations/implications
The paper restricts itself to include aspects of temporary labour migration. Only the factors and subfactors affecting temporary migration are taken into purview. Further the findings of the paper can be empirically tested to know the significance of each factor and subfactor.

Practical implications
The paper has implications for better understanding of the temporary labour migration process in different context by focussing extensively on the factors of migration. The factors identified can be empirically tested in regional and local context, which would provide effective insights for policy formulation for the welfare and protection of the migrant workers.

Originality/value
The paper fulfils an identified need to provide a holistic review for understanding and documenting various factors and subfactors that affect the process of temporary labour migration.
An examination of the importance of big data analytics in supply chain agility development
Authors: Mandal Santanu 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the influence of big data analytics (BDA) personnel expertise capabilities in the development of supply chain (SC) agility. Based on extant literature, the study explores the role of BDA technical knowledge, BDA technology management knowledge, BDA business knowledge and BDA relational knowledge in SC agility development. Furthermore, the author also explores the inter-relationships among these four BDA personnel expertise capabilities.

Design/methodology/approach
An expert team consisting of IT practitioners (with a minimum experience of five years) were chosen to comment and modify the established scale items of the constructs used in the study. Subsequently, the measures were further pre-tested with 61 students specializing in computer science and information technology. The final survey was mailed to 651 IT professionals with a minimum experience of five years or more in an allied field. Repeated follow-ups and reminders resulted in 176 completed responses. The responses were analysed using partial least squares in SmartPLS 2.0.M3.

Findings
Findings suggested that BDA technology management knowledge, BDA business knowledge and BDA relational knowledge are prominent enablers of SC agility. Furthermore, BDA technology management knowledge is an essential precursor of BDA technical knowledge and BDA business knowledge.

Originality/value
The study is the foremost in addressing the importance of BDA personnel expertise capabilities in the development of SC agility. Furthermore, it is also the foremost in exploring the inter-relationships among the BDA personnel expertise capabilities.
Functional diversity literacy
Authors: Pionke JJ 
Published: May 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problematic nature of librarian attitudes toward people with disabilities and how a language change to the use of the term “functionally diverse” can highlight a greater sense of inclusion and equality, as well as develop a new type of literacy that focuses on understanding and awareness of disabilities, accessibility and difference.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper examines current trends of language use about people with disabilities and then posits a counterpoint by discussing functional diversity as a viable alternative in not just language but also literacy.

Findings
Examples of current problematic language by librarians are drawn from social media and the literature. The examples are deconstructed in regard to why they are problematically exclusive, and then the alternative language of functional diversity is examined as a way to be more inclusive. Developing a new literacy in terms of interaction with functionally diverse people is also discussed.

Originality/value
Library literature on disability largely focuses on a case study approach and on the view of how to assist people with single disabilities. This is one of the very few papers that focuses on discussing the underlying attitudes and assumptions of librarians that make outreach to people with disabilities who use libraries, difficult. This is also one of the few papers that discusses the need for a new type of literacy within librarianship.
Key component of inflammasome, NLRC4, was identified in the lesional epidermis of psoriatic patients
Authors: Hiruma Junichiro , Harada Kazutoshi , Motoyama Akira , Okubo Yukari , Maeda Tatsuo , Yamamoto Mami , Miyai Masashi , Hibino Toshihiko , Tsuboi Ryoji 
Published: May 2018

AbstractInflammasomes are multimolecular complexes that control the inflammatory response. The function of inflammasomes in the pathogenesis of psoriasis is still unclear. To clarify the relationship between inflammasomes and the pathophysiology of psoriasis, and in particular, to identify molecules interacting with caspase‐1, a crucial component of inflammasomes, scale extracts obtained from patients with psoriasis were immunoprecipitated with anti‐caspase‐1 antibody and analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS). The expression of the inflammasome component was assessed by immunohistochemical analysis and an in vitro assay. We identified several candidates for caspase‐1‐interacting proteins from the psoriatic scale extracts by immunoprecipitation and LC‐MS/MS. Nucleotide‐binding oligomerization domain‐containing protein‐like receptor family CARD domain‐containing protein 4 (NLRC4) was the only inflammasome component among the candidates; thus, the protein is considered to be a key factor of inflammasomes in psoriasis. No inflammasome component was found in the extracts of atopic dermatitis or normal skin by LC‐MS/MS. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated upregulation of NLRC4 in the lesional epidermis of some psoriatic patients whereas weak expression of NLRC4 was detected in the normal and non‐lesional epidermis. The mRNA expression of the NLRC4 gene increased in keratinocytes at confluency, 48 h after air exposure and after the addition of 1.5 mmol/L calcium chloride. Our findings suggest that NLRC4 may be involved in the exacerbation or modification of psoriatic lesions.
Four cases of acute infectious urticaria showing significant elevation of plasma D‐dimer level
Authors: Takahashi Toshifumi , Minami Shino , Teramura Kazuya , Tanaka Toshihiro , Fujimoto Noriki 
Published: May 2018

AbstractD‐dimer, a fibrinolytic end‐product, has been regarded as a biomarker indicating the severity of urticaria, especially in chronic urticaria. Regarding acute urticaria, D‐dimer level is also suggested to be elevated, which may be significant in comparison with chronic urticaria. However, the clinical features of acute urticaria with concomitant significant elevation of D‐dimer level have not been investigated in detail so far. We present four cases of acute urticaria fulfilling the proposed diagnostic criterion of acute infectious urticaria, in which significant elevation of D‐dimer level and rapid spontaneous normalization in parallel with the resolution of fever and urticaria occurs. No cases had deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation and malignancy. All cases responded well to antihistaminic treatment in combination with antibiotics, and their fever and urticaria resolved within 10 days. All cases showed severe wheals persistent for several days resolving with hyperpigmentation. Histologically, infiltration into blood vessel walls and interstitial infiltration of lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear cells were marked in the dermis. In our cases, clinical features accorded with acute infectious urticaria, and their histological features were similar to those of neutrophilic urticaria as described previously. In conclusion, there is a certain group of acute urticaria associated with significant elevation of D‐dimer level. These common features of our cases may be characteristic in acute urticaria showing the coagulative and fibrinolytic abnormalities.
Grass competition overwhelms effects of herbivores and precipitation on early tree establishment in Serengeti
Authors: Morrison Thomas A. , Holdo Ricardo M. , Rugemalila Deusdedith M. , Nzunda Mawazo , Anderson T. Michael 
Published: May 2018

Abstract

Savanna ecosystems span a diverse range of climates, edaphic conditions, and disturbance regimes, the complexity of which has stimulated long‐standing interest in the mechanisms that maintain tree–grass coexistence. One hypothesis suggests that tree establishment is strongly limited by one or several demographic bottlenecks at early stages of the tree life cycle. A major impediment to testing this hypothesis is the lack of data on the relative strengths of different bottlenecks across key environmental gradients.

To identify demographic bottlenecks that limit early tree establishment (0–18 months), we conducted a series of transplant experiments with two savanna trees species (Acacia robusta and Acacia tortilis) across a natural rainfall and soil fertility gradient in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. We tested the interactive effects of precipitation, herbivory, seed scarification, grass competition, water limitation, and tree species identity on two key life stages: germination and early seedling survival (0–2 months), and juvenile seedling survival (2–18 months).

Germination and early seedling survival increased as a function of rainfall, in the absence of herbivores and when seeds were scarified. Juvenile seedling survival, in contrast, decreased with rainfall but increased in the absence of herbivores. Grass removal had the single strongest (positive) effect on juvenile seedling survival of any treatment. Soil moisture monitoring and grass‐addition treatments revealed that grasses negatively affected seedlings in ways that were not necessarily linked to soil moisture.

A demographic model combining all effects across early life stages showed that the strength of grass competition on juvenile seedling survival was the key factor limiting early tree establishment. While rainfall had an unexpected opposing effect on the two life stages, the net effect of mean annual precipitation on early tree establishment was positive.

Synthesis. Successful tree establishment in Serengeti is maximized by a seemingly unlikely sequence of events: (a) scarification of seeds by browsers, (b) heavy rainfall to promote germination, (c) intensive grazing (but absence of browsers), and (d) dry conditions during juvenile seedling growth (>2 months) to reduce competition with grasses. By considering a wide suite of conditions and their interactions, our experimental results are relevant to ongoing debates about savanna vegetation dynamics and structural shifts in tree:grass ratios.