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Variation propagation modeling and analysis of automotive body outer cover panels assembly systems
Authors: Han Wenwu , Deng Qianwang , Lin Wenhui , Gong Xuran , Ding Sun 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThis study aims to present a model and analysis of automotive body outer cover panels (OCPs) assembly systems to predict assembly variation. In the automotive industry, the OCPs assembly process directly influences the quality of the automobile body appearance. However, suitable models to describe variation propagation of OCPs assembly systems remain unknown.Design/methodology/approachAn adaptive state space model for OCPs assembly systems is introduced to accurately express variation propagation, including variation accumulation and transition, where two compliant deviations make impacts on key product characteristics (KPCs) of OCP, and the impacts are accumulated from welding process to threaded connection process. Another new source of variation from threaded connection is included in this model. To quantify the influence of variation from threaded connection on variation propagation, the threaded connection sensitivity matrix is introduced to build up a linear relationship between deviation from threaded connection and output deviation in KPCs. This matrix is solved by homogeneous coordinate transformation. The final deviation of KPCs will be transferred to ensure gaps and flushes between two OCPs, and the transition matrix is considered as a unit matrix to build up the transition relationship between different states.FindingsA practical case on the left side body structure is described, where simulation result of variation propagation reveals the basic rule of variation propagation and the significant effect of variation from threaded connection on variation propagation of OCPs assembly system.Originality/valueThe model can be used to predict assembly variation or potential dimension problems at a preliminary assembly phase. The calculated results of assembly variation guide designers or technicians on tolerance allocation, fixture layout design and process planning.
Effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge, attitude and practice among primary caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Chandran Hena , Jayanthi K. , Prabavathy S. , Renuka K. , Bhargavan Rajesh 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
Parents or primary caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have important role in early recognition of the disorder as well as in the management of the disorder. Knowledge, attitude and practice of primary caregivers towards children with ASD are important factors in promoting health and wellness of such children. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching regarding care of children with ASD on knowledge, attitude and practice among primary caregivers.

Design/methodology/approach
Quasi-experimental research design with one group pre-test post-test was adopted. A total of 60 primary caregivers were selected through stratified random sampling technique. Video-assisted teaching was given to 60 primary caregivers. Data collection was done before and after the video-assisted teaching programme using structured questionnaire which consists of 57 questions.

Findings
The result of the study showed that the post-test level of knowledge attitude and practice among primary caregivers of children with ASD was significantly high (p<0.0001) when compared to pre-test level by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The study finding revealed that video-assisted teaching was effective in enhancing the knowledge, developing a positive attitude and good practice among primary caregivers regarding care of children with ASD.

Social implications
Findings of this study will help mental health nurses, psychologists, intellectual disability nurses, teachers, public health, social workers, etc. to know the importance of video-assisted teaching programme regarding care of children with ASD and to motivate the primary caregivers to participate in such teaching programme. The community mental health nurse can plan video-assisted teaching programme in a community regarding care of children with ASD.

Originality/value
Results of this study indicate that the video-assisted teaching is effective and helps the primary caregivers to enhance the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding care of children with ASD. So continuous awareness in primary health centre and community area is necessary to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice of primary caregivers.
An overview of campus greening initiatives at universities in Romania
Authors: Sima Mihaela , Grigorescu Ines , Bălteanu Dan 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to identify campus greening initiatives on a sample of universities in Romania reflected in the university curricula, the behavioral patterns of students and teachers, the administrative actions that carry out empirical investigation of students/teachers/management staff perception on campus greening (based on self-administered questionnaires); detect the way campus greening initiatives are promoted/made visible; and identify the gaps and needs of the universities under scrutiny in terms of campus greening initiatives.

Design/methodology/approach
The current research relies on two major components reviewing campus greening-related activities and initiatives, as reflected in the scientific literature and university curricula (empirical and quantitative assessment) and inquiring selected universities’ about the campus greening programs they unfold through questionnaire surveys (qualitative assessment).

Findings
Generally, sustainability topics (e.g. environmental protection, waste management and sustainable development) are largely addressed and, to some extent, applied in faculties dealing with earth sciences (e.g. geography, ecology) and technical sciences (e.g. environmental engineering). This can be explained by the traditional theoretical background of the first, and the experimental-oriented profile of the latter, which supports the development of innovative technologies (green technologies). However, there is a need to better undertake and promote greening initiatives for most of the higher education institutions in Romania. Some spatial (between institutions throughout Romania) and structural (according to the profile of the institutions) disparities are visible.

Research limitations/implications
The limitations of the study might be the small number of universities providing a positive feedback to the questionnaire survey and the degree of subjectivity of some of the answers, directly linked with the professional background and issue awareness of the persons who answered the questions.

Practical implications
The findings can be useful to the university managers to better orient their actions toward campus greening, increasing their knowledge and awareness toward sustainability-related actions.

Originality/value
This is the first attempt reporting in the literature to analyze the campus greening initiatives to a large number of universities in Romania based on a common approach, identifying the main gaps and challenges in this process.
CEO change and the perception of enhanced product: an implicit theory perspective
Authors: Lin Chien-Wei (Wilson) , Rai Dipankar , Tran Trang P. 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the influence of implicit self-theories and the change in CEO of a firm after product failure on consumers’ preference of the enhanced product.Design/methodology/approachThree experiments were conducted involving product failure and CEO change scenarios.FindingsStudies demonstrate that incremental theorists prefer the enhanced product after the CEO change (vs no change), whereas entity theorists do not prefer the enhanced product after the CEO change. This effect is mediated by consumers’ perception of the likelihood of success of the firm after the CEO change. Furthermore, entity theorists prefer the enhanced product only when the CEO change is external (vs internal).Research limitations/implicationsFuture research could investigate if the impact of CEO change on product perception depends on the severity of the situation, and identify boundary conditions under which the CEO change is not beneficial.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that organizations can take advantage of the leadership change by introducing new products strategically around the period of leadership change. Marketers can induce incremental mindset in their advertisement material during the period of leadership change to ensure that all consumers have a positive perception of the enhanced products.Originality/valueThis is the first research to investigate how consumers respond to leadership changes made by organizations. The findings show that different signals (internal vs external CEO change) can generate different reactions across different receivers (incremental vs entity theorists).
The role of implicit learning in logo substitution
Authors: Ohme Rafal , Boshoff Christo 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
Some marketers have challenged psychologists’ contention that human beings can only learn by using conscious effort. They argue that advertising can be effective at low levels of (or even no) attention. Also, despite the absence of (or low levels of) consciousness, these subconscious responses can be linked to brands. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of implicit learning in the context of logo substitution – an image that may not look like the original logo, and may not even be consciously associated with the original brand or its logo.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected by means of two quasi-experimental studies.

Findings
The results suggest that, thanks to implicit learning, logo substitution can be effective.

Research limitations/implications
One limitation was that data were collected from two relatively small convenience samples.

Practical implications
Logo substitution can be of value when a company faces a situation when advertising is banned or restricted, when the target market is saturated with marketing stimuli (clutter) and when there is a risk that aggressive advertising can lead to psychological reactance. The purpose of logo substitution would then be to unobtrusively activate mental representations closely related to the original logo.

Originality/value
The central contribution of this study is that it demonstrates how the principles of implicit social cognition, implicit learning and logo substitution can be used by marketers to overcome the undesirable and even adverse advertising circumstances they sometimes face.
Cybersystemic education: enabling society for a better future
Authors: Schwaninger Markus 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This study aims to explore an exemplar of the design and application of a systemic framework for higher education. The field of application is in the social sciences and the perspective long-term, covering three generations of faculty and many generations of students.

Design/methodology/approach
This study is exploratory. It contains a conceptual component and an empirical component with a long-term case study from a European university.

Findings
A cybersystemic approach to higher education has been shown, at the focal university, to be a powerful amplifier of individual and institutional capabilities, and it still has great potential. The crucial prerequisite is that the approach is virtuously designed and implemented.

Originality/value
A case study ranging over 50 years is presented. The respective university has been a role model for other educational institutions for many years. Its influence in the German-speaking countries, and more recently also internationally, has become significant.
Growth intentions in family-based new venture teams
Authors: Muñoz-Bullón Fernando , Sanchez-Bueno Maria J. , Nordqvist Mattias 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how family ties in new venture teams (NVTs) influence the intended future growth of a nascent entrepreneur’s business. The authors posit that R&D-oriented entrepreneurs in NVTs with family ties have higher growth intentions relative to those who are less oriented toward R&D.

Design/methodology/approach
The hypotheses were tested using data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics II (PSED II). One distinctive feature of the PSED is that it is based on a random sample of 1,214 nascent entrepreneurs in the process of starting new ventures in the USA, which overcomes the recall biases associated with surveying entrepreneurs already in business and potential survivorship biases.

Findings
The results show that growth intentions in NVTs with family ties is greater when the nascent entrepreneur shows an R&D behavior, even though the presence of family members in the team is negatively related to the intentions of nascent entrepreneurs with regard to new venture growth. This effect is attributed to entrepreneurs’ long-term vision and a more favorable attitude toward change.

Research limitations/implications
Data on startup teams in the PSED II come from one team member (the respondent). Therefore, differences in perceptions regarding growth intentions cannot be determined. Moreover, the sample consisted exclusively of nascent entrepreneurs in the USA.

Practical implications
Knowledge about the determinants of growth intentions during the venture creation phase becomes relevant if we want to influence and support the growth of newly founded firms. Nascent entrepreneurs need to understand the trade-off between emotional and financial concerns.

Social implications
Nascent entrepreneurs more oriented toward R&D become more risk tolerant, and may accept certain losses to their emotional endowment in favor of pure financial goals, being more able to access the additional external resources (tangible and intangible) needed for growth.

Originality/value
The research expands previous evidence on the family involvement-performance debate in large firms by focusing on new ventures with family ties, with distinctive characteristics that may affect growth intentions. The authors also shed new light on the interplay between family business and entrepreneurship. In particular, the research helps gain an understanding of how NVTs with family ties deal with the opposition between the benefits from venture growth and the tendency to preserve team member’s emotional attachment.
Risk analysis for innovative activities in production systems using product opportunity gap concept
Authors: Arabshahi Hassan , Fazlollahtabar Hamed 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This paper presents a stepwise method for identification and analysis of innovative activities in production systems. The purpose of this paper is to provide a structure in order to propose the risk paradigms and factors corresponding to the innovative activities and evaluation of the impact of these activities on innovation decisions and investment.

Design/methodology/approach
The model used here is an analytical approach that evaluates the impact of innovative activities on innovation decision and investment using product opportunity gap (POG) concept. This framework is applied for innovative activities of Asian industrial field, and the risk of innovative activities is calculated by weighted risk analysis method. In this method, the risk weights and intensities are estimated by the average of experts’ opinions in interviews.

Findings
This implementation discovered some useful information being used by investors, innovators and policymakers for taking the best strategies and decisions in various innovation domains such as innovation management, risk management and innovation policy. The results of this study show that the product innovation is the most popular category of innovation that has occurred in Asian manufacturing industries, and the product innovation, marketing innovation and organizational innovation have the most influence on technology, economic and social changes intensity, respectively.

Research limitations/implications
This study analyzed the risk of innovative activities after their occurrence and because of different views of experts, there were diverse and sometimes contradictory analyses of innovative activities risk.

Originality/value
This paper links two separate and important sectors of innovation domain: innovation risk and innovation decision making and investment. POG plays the role of a bridge to connect the two mentioned sectors and shows how innovation causes the technological, economic and social changes. This paper also provides useful and practical information for innovation investors and decision makers to take the best decisions and to avoid the probable failures and losses.
The cost‐effectiveness of universal late‐pregnancy screening for macrosomia in nulliparous women: a decision analysis
Authors: Wastlund D , Moraitis AA , Thornton JG , Sanders J , White IR , Brocklehurst P , Smith GCS , Wilson ECF 
Published: May 2019

ObjectiveTo identify the most cost‐effective policy for detection and management of fetal macrosomia in late‐stage pregnancy.DesignHealth economic simulation model.SettingAll EnglishNHSantenatal services.PopulationNulliparous women in the third trimester treated within theUK NHS.MethodsA health economic simulation model was used to compare long‐term maternal–fetal health and cost outcomes for two detection strategies (universal ultrasound scanning at approximately 36 weeks of gestation versus selective ultrasound scanning), combined with three management strategies (planned caesarean section versus induction of labour versus expectant management) of suspected fetal macrosomia. Probabilities, costs and health outcomes were taken from literature.Main outcome measuresExpected costs to theNHSand quality‐adjusted life‐years (QALYs) gained from each strategy, calculation of net benefit and hence identification of most cost‐effective strategy.ResultsCompared with selective ultrasound, universal ultrasound increasedQALYs by 0.0038 (95%CI0.0012–0.0076), but also costs by £123.50 (95%CI99.6–149.9). Overall, the health gains were too small to justify the cost increase given current UK thresholds cost‐effective policy was selective ultrasound coupled with induction of labour where macrosomia was suspected.ConclusionsThe most cost‐effective policy for detection and management of fetal macrosomia is selective ultrasound scanning coupled with induction of labour for all suspected cases of macrosomia. Universal ultrasound scanning for macrosomia in late‐stage pregnancy is not cost‐effective.Tweetable abstractUniversal late‐pregnancy ultrasound screening for fetal macrosomia is not warranted.
Altered nutritional status, inflammation and systemic vulnerability in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularisation: A prospective study in a level 3 cardiac critical care unit
Authors: Rus Victoria A. , Chitu Monica , Cernea Simona , Benedek Imre , Hodas Roxana , Zavate Ramona , Nyulas Tiberiu , Hintea Marian , Benedek Theodora 
Published: May 2019

AimThe aim of the present study was to assess the influence of nutritional status, as expressed by Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) scores, on the inflammatory response following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the impact of an altered nutritional status and increased systemic inflammation on immediate evolution following AMI.MethodsThis was an observational prospective study in which we used the CONUT score and GNRI on 86 consecutive patients with AMI receiving primary revascularisation, divided into a well‐nourished group (CONUT score 0–2, n = 68) and moderate‐to‐severe nutritional deficit group (CONUT score ≥ 3, n = 18). Inflammatory status was assessed on the basis of highly sensitive C‐reactive protein (hs‐CRP) at baseline and on day 5.ResultsMalnourished patients presented significantly higher levels of serum hs‐CRP at baseline (33.6 ± 35.02 mg/dL vs 10.26 ± 25.93 mg/dL, P < 0.0001) and day 5 (52.8 ± 46.25 mg/dL vs 17.04 ± 24.78 mg/dL, P < 0.0001). GNRI values showed a weak but significant correlation with serum hs‐CRP at baseline (r = −0.26, P = 0.01) and day 5 (r = −0.44, P < 0.0001). Patients with altered nutritional status presented more frequent deterioration of their haemodynamical status, requiring inotropic support (P = 0.002) and longer hospitalisation in the acute cardiac care unit (4.27 ± 2.60 vs 2.85 ± 0.73 days, P = 0.005). Patients requiring intravenous inotropics had a higher CONUT score (2.31 ± 1.7 vs 1.17 ± 1.27, P = 0.01), lower GNRI (102.0 ± 5.31 vs 98.56 ± 5.2, P = 0.02) and higher hs‐CRP levels at baseline and day 5 (31.40 ± 46.57 vs 18.52 ± 32.98, P = 0.04 and 46.04 ± 51.50 vs 19.60 ± 46.05, P = 0.006).ConclusionsMalnourished patients with AMI had more expressed inflammation, increased blood vulnerability and worse outcomes.
Negative marijuana‐related consequences among college students in five countries: measurement invariance of the Brief Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire
Authors: Bravo Adrian J. , Pearson Matthew R. , Pilatti Angelina , Mezquita Laura ,   Cross‐Cultural Addictions Study Team
Published: May 2019

AbstractBackground and aimsThe 21‐item Brief Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (B‐MACQ) has been shown to be a valid measure to assess negative marijuana‐related consequences among US college students. The present study aimed to: (a) examine measurement invariance of the B‐MACQ among college student marijuana users in five countries, (b) evaluate latent mean differences on the B‐MACQ as a function of sex and country if invariance is met and (c) compare criterion‐related validity across different countries and sex.DesignInstrumental study.SettingArgentina, the Netherlands, Spain, Uruguay and United States.ParticipantsA subsample of last‐month marijuana users who completed the B‐MACQ (n = 1145; 62.9% female).MeasurementsThe B‐MACQ, several dimensions of marijuana use and perceptions of marijuana use.FindingsResults supported configural and scalar invariance (all ΔCFI/TLI ≤ 0.01; ΔRMSEA ≤ 0.015) of a 20‐item B‐MACQ across sex and four countries (the Netherlands being the exception). In examining latent mean differences, Spanish students reported a higher number of consequences than US (P < 0.001) and Argentinian students (P = 0.003). In examining criterion‐related validity, marijuana use indicators (0.01 < rs < 0.64), descriptive norms (0.04 < rs < 0.49) and injunctive norms for best friend (0.06 < rs < 0.28) largely had small‐to‐moderate positive correlations with negative marijuana‐related consequences.ConclusionsThe 20‐item B‐MACQ accurately assesses marijuana‐related negative consequences among male and female college student marijuana users across the United States, Argentina, Spain and Uruguay. The B‐MACQ could be used effectively to identify marijuana‐related consequences in college students from different countries or cultures.
Non‐Governmental Monitoring of Local Governments Increases Compliance with Central Mandates: A National‐Scale Field Experiment in China
Authors: Anderson Sarah E. , Buntaine Mark T. , Liu Mengdi , Zhang Bing 
Published: May 2019

AbstractCentral governments face compliance problems when they rely on local governments to implement policy. In authoritarian political systems, these challenges are pronounced because local governments do not face citizens at the polls. In a national‐scale, randomized field experiment in China, we test whether a public, non‐governmental rating of municipal governments' compliance with central mandates to disclose information about the management of pollution increased compliance. We find significant and positive treatment effects on compliance after only one year that persist with reinforcement into a second post‐treatment year. The public rating appears to decrease the costs of monitoring compliance for the central government without increasing public and media attention to pollution, highlighting when this mode of governance is likely to emerge. These results reveal important roles that nonstate actors can play in enhancing the accountability of local governments in authoritarian political systems.