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The core of China’s rural revitalization: exerting the functions of rural area
Authors: Chen Xiwen 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a deeper understanding of the rural revitalization strategy, from the perspective of the fundamental functions that should be served by China’s rural areas in the implementation of this strategy.

Design/methodology/approach
Theoretical and comparative analyses of the functional relationship between China’s rural development and urban development, between China’s agricultural development and industrialization and that between China’s traditional culture and rural development today are conducted to identify the fundamental functions that should be performed well by China’s rural areas in the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.

Findings
Three fundamental functions of China’s rural areas are identified: first, the function of ensuring national food security and the supply of important agricultural products; second, the function of providing effective ecological barriers, a good eco-environment and high-quality ecological products; third, the function of inheriting the extraordinary traditional Chinese culture.

Originality/value
This paper is the first to systematically summarize the fundamental functions China’s rural areas should perform during the process of rural revitalization.
Librarians’ perceptions about adoption and uses of the Koha integrated library software in Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Asim Muhammad , Mairaj Muhammad Ijaz 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
This study aims to find out the reasons of adopting Koha integrated library software, discovers the problems faced by librarians during its implementation, and gets the perceptions of librarians about the performances of Koha in Punjab, a province of Pakistan.

Design/methodology/approach
Survey method was used to collect the data through questionnaire from the purposefully selected sample (N = 66) of university librarians of Punjab, a province of Pakistan.

Findings
The librarians adopted Koha due to the availability of Web online public access catalog (OPAC), provision of MARC21 standards for cataloging and its free availability. During implementation, the librarians were faced with the problems of lack of technical skills, lack of knowledge about the Linux operating system, shortage of skilled manpower, slow internet speeds and approval from their organization. They highly rated the performance of the cataloguing, circulation, patron and OPAC modules of Koha.

Originality/value
This research provides a brief picture of librarians’ perceptions about Koha adoption and satisfaction levels. The findings highlighted the issues and problems faced during the implementation of Koha. This study will be helpful for librarians in the selection, implementation and usage of the Koha software in their libraries.
Online and offline information seeking behaviours of people living with HIV in a clinic-based setting
Authors: Lwoga Edda Tandi 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this study sought to determine the characteristics that distinguish online from offline information seekers among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) in selected regional hospitals of Tanzania.

Design/methodology/approach
Questionnaire-based survey was conducted among 341 adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection attending the HIV clinics in the regional referral hospitals in Mwanza, Mbeya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study used multivariate logistic regressions to determine factors that distinguish online HIV information seekers from offline HIV information seekers.

Findings
One in every five survey participants sought online HIV information (19.6 per cent, n = 67). Both higher level of education (odds ratio (OR) = 1.765, 95 per cent confidence interval (CI) = 1.208-2.58) and intention to use internet in future (OR = 1.566, 95 per cent CI 1.148-2.136) were predictors of online HIV information seeking behaviour at multivariate analysis. Respondents who sought online information reported to have gained knowledge such as; to understand their conditions better (77.4 per cent, n = 41) and understand information received from health care workers (66 per cent, n = 35), as well as acquisition of health promoting behaviour such as; asking questions during doctor’s visit (55 per cent, n = 35) and consulting a clinician when they have problems (64.3 per cent, n = 33). The offline HIV information seekers (n = 274) did not use internet due to lack of information seeking skills (44.3 per cent, n = 113) and lack of access to internet connectivity (30.2 per cent, n = 77).

Originality/value
This is a comprehensive study that differentiates online from offline HIV information seekers in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. The results suggest that interventions to improve online access information will empower patients and probably positively affect their health knowledge and health promoting behaviours.
Enhancing leadership capacity in the public sector: branding as an employer of choice
Authors: Mau Tim A. 
Published: June 2019

PurposePublic services around the world are grappling to enhance their leadership capacity. One approach is to provide leadership training and development to public servants, while another would be to target and hire individuals with proven leadership ability. The purpose of this paper is to focus on that latter strategy by critically examining the concept of branding the public service as an employer of choice as a means of recruiting and retaining sufficient leadership capacity.Design/methodology/approachThe paper begins by outlining the challenge faced by governments to recruit the best and brightest employees into the public service. It then reviews the literature on the concept of branding as an employer of choice, including its perceived advantages and limitations, before undertaking a case study analysis of the 2007 public sector branding initiative of the Canadian federal government.FindingsIt is very difficult to develop a single, master brand given the diversity and complexity of the hundreds of organizations that comprise the public sector. While it may be a popular concept for private sector organizations, the concept of branding the public sector as an employer of choice has yet to demonstrate its merit. Canada, which was ostensibly the vanguard in terms of public sector branding, has been unable to position the federal public service as an employer of choice.Originality/valueThere is very little research on the use of branding as an employer of choice in the public sector. This paper contributes to the knowledge about the limitations of such strategies for ensuring that the public sector has the requisite leadership capacity.
Market segmentation analysis in tourism: a perspective paper
Authors: Dolnicar Sara 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
This paper discusses the dos and don'ts of market segmentation analysis. Market segmentation analysis is younger than the journal Tourism Review, but nevertheless has a rich history in tourism research and continues to be extensively used by both tourism researchers and industry.

Design/methodology/approach
After a brief overview of the origins of market segmentation analysis and its uptake in tourism, a number of key considerations are discussed, which are critical to ensuring that practically useful and reliable market segments emerge from the analysis.

Findings
Do accept that market segmentation is exploratory. Do spend a lot of time ensuring you collect high-quality data. Don’t use ordinal data. Don’t use correlated variables. Do ensure your sample size is large enough. Don’t use factor-cluster analysis. Do conduct data structure analysis. Don’t complicate things.

Originality/value
This is a perspective study; it offers a concise discussion of key issues in market segmentation analysis and directs the interested reader to resources where they can learn more about each of these issues.
Experiences of a nutrition intervention—A qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial in men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Authors: Forslund Marina , Nygren Peter , Ottenblad Anna , Johansson Birgitta 
Published: June 2019

AbstractAimMen with prostate cancer undergoing radiotherapy may experience acute and late bowel symptoms. Nutrition interventions have shown some benefits, however, adherence tends to decline over time. Qualitative studies, carried out after an intervention, are important to help explain trial results. The aim of the present study was to explore patient experience of participating in a nutrition intervention in a randomised controlled trial, with a focus on facilitators and barriers to adherence.MethodsSemistructured interviews were conducted with 15 men with prostate cancer recruited from a randomised controlled trial on a nutrition intervention during radiotherapy. Interviews were analysed with content analysis with an inductive approach.ResultsThe informants were motivated to make dietary changes to avoid bowel symptoms. Social support, a feeling of contributing to the greater good, prior knowledge, dietary information and a small need for behaviour change facilitated adherence. Feeling limited, wanting to decide for themselves, the timing of the intervention, unmet expectations of dietary advice and loss of motivation, were described as barriers for adherence.ConclusionsFuture nutrition intervention trials may benefit from involving significant others to a greater degree, as well as offering pre‐set recipes and strategies to manage social events, and more sessions with the dietitian for patients in need of more support. Tailored interventions based on the individual's preferences, context and prior knowledge about food may further facilitate adherence.
Microwave ablation combined with chemotherapy improved progression free survival of IV stage lung adenocarcinoma patients compared with chemotherapy alone
Authors: Li Chunhai , Wang Jie , Shao Jing‐Bo , Zhu Liang‐Ming , Sun Zhi‐Gang , Zhang Nan 
Published: June 2019

BackgroundMicrowave ablation (MWA) has recently become an established treatment option for topical therapy of lung cancer patients. In this study, we evaluated whether MWA combined with chemotherapy could improve progression‐free survival (PFS) of patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma compared with chemotherapy alone.MethodsA total of 49 patients were enrolled into the study; 21 patients accepted MWA therapy combined with chemotherapy, 28 patients accepted only chemotherapy. Enumeration data were analyzed using χ2 test or Fisher's exact probability test and univariate analysis was analyzed using Kaplan–Meier survival curves. Multivariate analysis was carried out with the Cox proportional hazard model.ResultsThe treatment regimen was not correlated with clinical features of the patients, which included gender, age, smoking history, tumor site, tumor size and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). The patients’ 3‐year overall survival (OS) was 12.5%, and median survival time was 19.3 months. The median PFS was 6.1 months and the 1‐year PFS was 0.0%. The PFS was significantly associated with tumor size (P < 0.05), ECOG (P < 0.01) and treatment regimen (P < 0.01). The median time to local progression (TTLP) was 8.4 months and the 3‐year TTLP was 2.0%. The TTLP was significantly associated with tumor size (P < 0.05) and treatment regimen (P < 0.01). Cox multivariate regression demonstrated that MWA combined with chemotherapy was the independent factor for both the PFS and TTLP.ConclusionMWA, as a topical treatment method, when combined with chemotherapy improved the PFS and TTLP of patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma.
Expenditure on smoking and alternative nicotine delivery products: a population survey in England
Authors: Jackson Sarah E. , Shahab Lion , Kock Loren , West Robert , Brown Jamie 
Published: June 2019

AbstractBackground and AimsThe expense associated with using non‐combustible nicotine products as an alternative to smoking may deter smoking reduction or cessation. This study aimed to estimate (i) how much adults in England spend each week on smoking and alternative nicotine products and (ii) the potential cost saving that could be achieved by switching from smoking to using an alternative nicotine delivery product.Design and SettingData came from September to November 2018 waves of the Smoking Toolkit Study, a series of national household surveys of the adult population in England.ParticipantsA total of 859 adults (aged ≥ 16 years) who reported current smoking or current use of an alternative nicotine product.MeasurementsParticipants reported their average weekly expenditure on smoking and alternative nicotine products [nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or e‐cigarettes].FindingsCurrent smokers who did not use any alternative nicotine delivery products (n = 602) reported spending on average £23.09 [95% confidence interval (CI) = £21.64–24.54] on smoking each week. Ex‐smokers who used alternative nicotine products (n = 91) reported spending on average £8.59 (95% CI = £6.80–10.39) on these products each week; £8.03 (95% CI = £6.03–10.03) on e‐cigarettes and £10.05 (95% CI = £5.62–14.47) on NRT. People who both smoked and used alternative nicotine products (dual users, n = 166) spent on average £24.54 (95% CI = £21.78–27.29) on smoking and £7.49 (95% CI = £6.00–8.99) on alternative nicotine products each week. Expenditure on smoking was higher among heavier, more addicted smokers and lower among those with routine/manual occupations, non‐daily smokers and roll‐your‐own tobacco users. Expenditure on e‐cigarettes was higher among men, users from central and southern versus northern England and smokers who had tried to quit in the past year, and lower among current smokers. Expenditure on NRT was lower among roll‐your‐own tobacco users.ConclusionsIn England, expenditure among e‐cigarette and nicotine replacement therapy users is approximately one‐third of the expenditure of smokers. The average smoker may save an estimated £15.06 per week by switching completely to e‐cigarettes or £13.04 per week by switching to nicotine replacement therapy, although this is likely to differ according to individual usage patterns.
Screening for signatures of selection of Tianzhu white yak using genome‐wide re‐sequencing
Authors: E Guangxin , Yang B.‐G. , Basang W.‐D. , Zhu Y.‐B. , An T.‐W. , Luo X.‐L. 
Published: June 2019

SummaryThe Tianzhu white yak, a domestic yak indigenous to the Qilian Mountains, migrated inland from the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau. Specific ecological and long‐term artificial selection influenced the evolution of its pure white coat and physiological characteristics. Therefore, it is not only a natural population that represents a genomic selective region of environmental adaptability but is also an animal model for studying the pigmentation of the yak coat. A total of 24 261 829 variants, including 22 445 252 SNPs, were obtained from 29 yaks by genome‐wide re‐sequencing. According to the results of a selective sweep analysis of Tianzhu white yak in comparison to Tibetan yaks, nine candidate genes under selection in Tianzhu white yak were identified by combining π, Tajima's D, πA/πB and FST statistics, with threshold standards of 5%. These genes include PDCD1, NUP210, ABCG8, NEU4, LOC102287650, D2HGDH, COL4A1, RTP5 and HDAC11. Five of the nine genes were classified into 12 molecular signaling pathways, and most of these signaling pathways are involved in environmental information processing, organismal systems and metabolism. A majority of these genes has not been implicated in previous studies of yak coat color and high‐altitude animals. Our findings are helpful not only for explaining the molecular mechanism of yak coat pigmentation but also for exploring the genetic changes in Tianzhu white yak due to environmental adaptation.
Platforms, Markets, and Contingent Calculation: The Flexible Arrangement of the Delivered Meal
Authors: Richardson Lizzie 
Published: June 2019

AbstractUKonline food delivery company Deliveroo has a platform that automates the coordination of meal delivery, creating a market for the delivered meal. This market indicates the necessity to examine the social arrangements produced through the platform beyond the labour of the delivery worker. Markets comprise heterogeneous actors that require their coordination to be calculated. Deliveroo, though, offers two competing views of markets. First, as interfaces in which supply and demand are represented as autonomous blocs that are articulated through the goods of the delivered meal whose constitution, including the labour of delivery, is black‐boxed. Second, as agencement—formatting collective arrangements—in which the goods of the delivered meal are contingently calculated as a flexible arrangement of riders, restaurants and customers whereby these actors have differing degrees of choice concerning their participation, and through which new service performances are emerging in the necessity for their contingent interaction.
Letter: impact of hepatitis B core‐related antigen on the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients treated with nucleos(t)ide analogues—further clarifications needed. Authors’ reply
Authors: Hosaka Tetsuya 
Published: June 2019

Linked ContentThis article is linked to Hosaka et al and Lim and Tan papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15108, https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15254 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15361.
ZFAS1 knockdown inhibits viability and enhances cisplatin cytotoxicity by up‐regulating miR‐432‐5p in glioma cells
Authors: Yang Gongli , Han Banghua , Feng Tao 
Published: June 2019

AbstractBackgroundLong non‐coding RNA (lncRNA) zinc finger antisense 1 (ZFAS1) is a novel vital oncogenic lncRNA that is dysregulated in various types of cancers, including glioma. According to TargetScan prediction, miR‐432‐5p is a target of ZFAS1. Herein, we aimed to determine whether there was a correlation between ZFAS1 and miR‐432‐5p and to explore their roles in glioma.MethodsThe expression levels of ZFAS1 and microRNA (miR)‐432‐5p in clinical tissues and cell lines were measured using RT‐qPCR. Cell viability was detected using MTT assay. Cell apoptosis was examined using flow cytometry. The association between ZFAS1 and miR‐432‐5p was confirmed using luciferase reporter and RNA pull‐down assays.ResultsZinc finger antisense 1 expression was up‐regulated, while miR‐432‐5p expression was down‐regulated in both glioma tissues and cells. Knockdown of ZFAS1 and miR‐432‐5p overexpression inhibited cell viability and enhanced the chemosensitivity of glioma cells to cisplatin. MiR‐432‐5p was a direct target of ZFAS1 in glioma cells. Inhibition of miR‐432‐5p blocked the effects of ZFAS1 knockdown on cell viability and cisplatin sensitivity.ConclusionsKnockdown of ZFAS1 inhibited the viability and enhanced cisplatin sensitivity via targeting miR‐432‐5p in glioma cells.
Fostering confidence: Foster caregivers' relationship efficacy and associations with marital and co‐parenting relationship quality
Authors: Richardson Evin W. , Futris Ted G. , Mallette Jacquelyn K. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractAlthough healthy marital and co‐parenting relationships are important characteristics of a high‐quality, two‐parent foster home, little attention has been given to foster caregiver couples' perceptions of their marital and co‐parenting relationships and the contextual factors that influence these perceptions. Guided by the contextual model of family stress and social cognitive theory, the current study explores patterns of foster caregivers' relationship efficacy, covariates associated with efficacy, and how efficacy is associated with marital and co‐parenting relationship quality. On the basis of data collected from a random sample of 93 foster caregivers, latent profile analysis identified 49.5% as reporting moderate levels of relationship efficacy and 50.5% as reporting high relationship efficacy. Additionally, findings suggested that those who had been married previously, did not have a current placement, had been married longer, had fewer children, and received support from family reported higher levels of relationship efficacy, which was positively associated with positive marital and co‐parenting relationship quality. Implications for how the child welfare system can support foster caregiver marital and co‐parenting relationships are shared.
Ribbed Support Vaults for 3D Printing of Hollowed Objects
Authors: Tricard Thibault , Claux Frédéric , Lefebvre Sylvain 
Published: June 2019

AbstractAdditive manufacturing techniques form an object by accumulating layers of material on top of one another. Each layer has to be supported by the one below for the fabrication process to succeed. To reduce print time and material usage, especially in the context of prototyping, it is often desirable to fabricate hollow objects. This exacerbates the requirement of support between consecutive layers: standard hollowing produces surfaces in overhang that cannot be directly fabricated anymore. Therefore, these surfaces require internal support structures. These are similar to external supports for overhangs, with the key difference that internal supports remain invisible within the object after fabrication. A fundamental challenge is to generate structures that provide a dense support while using little material. In this paper, we propose a novel type of support inspired by rib structures. Our approach guarantees that any point in a layer is supported by a point below, within a given threshold distance. Despite providing strong guarantees for printability, our supports remain lightweight and reliable to print. We propose a greedy support generation algorithm that creates compact hierarchies of rib‐like walls. The walls are progressively eroded away and straightened, eventually merging with the interior object walls. We demonstrate our technique on a variety of models and provide performance figures in the context of fused filament fabrication 3D printing.