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Heritage values: towards a holistic and participatory management approach
Authors: Heras Veronica Cristina , Moscoso Cordero María Soledad , Wijffels Anja , Tenze Alicia , Jaramillo Paredes Diego Esteban 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
In other fields, like natural resources, a wide range of participatory methods have been applied, criticized and adapted trough practice. Areas such as anthropology, history or architecture have contributed to the identification of heritage values. Semi-structured interviews and cultural mapping are examples of qualitative and participative methods that have been applied already in the conservation field. Nevertheless, no framework exists to assess the effectiveness of such methods and little experience has been built up in actor’s integration within the heritage value identification process. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to recognize heritage values incorporating multidisciplinary and multi-actor perspectives.

Design/methodology/approach
The socio-praxis approach, which is the outcome of an articulation of diverse methodologies that aim to support social processes from a bottom-up approach as a tool for decision making and community planning, was implemented in the present research. In this context, it supported the identification of heritage values incorporating multidisciplinary and multi-actor perspectives of two traditional neighborhoods of the city of Cuenca in Ecuador.

Findings
The results show that the identification of heritage values from multidisciplinary and multi-actor perspectives allows a more comprehensive vision of the existing values and the process reveals a greater involvement of the neighbors in heritage issues. The importance of structuring organized group of neighbors and positioning them as living experts has showed the complexity of cultural heritage conservation process but at the same time the significance for heritage management has been demonstrated. Therefore, this experience can be considered as an invaluable tool for heritage sites managers.

Originality/value
Stakeholder involvement in heritage conservation management has been widely discussed on international forums in the ultimate decades. While the importance of actor perceptions and priorities for sustainable heritage conservation is recognized, little has been said about the ways to reveal – non-expert – heritage values in such a way that people get involved in the heritage value assessment. In this perspective, the present research represents an invaluable tool for heritage sites that aim to implement a long-term management plans.
Impact of continuity of care on quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Authors: Bikmoradi Ali , Jalalinasab Azam , Salvati Mohsen , Ahmadpanah Mohamad , Divani Farshid , Roshanaei Ghodratollah 
Published: September 2018

PurposePatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffer many physical disabilities which cause many problems in their life. These patients really need to have continuity of care based on cooperation between patient, the family and their care givers in order to achieve an integration of care. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of continuous care on quality of life of patients with COPD.Design/methodology/approachA before–after quasi-experimental study was carried out with 72 patients with COPD at Beheshti educational hospital of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. The patients who met inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into an intervention group (n=36) and a control group (n=36). The patients completed the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire before and after their care. The intervention comprised continuous care with orientation and sensitization sessions (2 weeks), control and evaluation sessions (45 days) for intervention group and with routine care in the control group. Data were analyzed with SPSS, descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted to measure differences between intervention and control group.FindingsContinuity of care improved significantly the quality of life of COPD patients in general, and in the symptoms, activity and impact domains (P=0.001). In contrast, routine care did not improve quality of life for patients in general, and in the symptoms, activity and impact domains (P=0.05).Originality/valueContinuity of care has a positive impact on quality of life for COPD patients. Health care system should utilize continuity of care models as an overall plan for patients with COPD. Moreover, managers of health care system could reduce burden of chronic diseases by employing continuity of care models in planning patient care.
Model for the enhancement of learning in higher education through the deployment of emerging technologies
Authors: Isaías Pedro 
Published: September 2018

PurposeChange is the operative word in higher education; as roles shift, classrooms are reinvented, and content becomes increasingly more accessible. At the core of these changes is the pervasiveness of learning technology. This papers aims to propose a model for the selection and adoption of emerging learning technologies to enhance learning within the context of higher education.Design/methodology/approachHigher education institutions are resorting to the deployment of learning technologies to address the demands of the twenty-first century learners and to ascertain their competitiveness. This paper draws from the literature to provide a model, composed of five key characteristics of learning, to support the selection and adoption of emerging learning technologies.FindingsThe model posits that the attainment of each of these five characteristics, personalised, ubiquitous, collaborative, lifelong and authentic needs to be supported by corresponding technologies: adaptive learning technologies, artificial intelligence, mobile technology, social technology, massive open online courses, virtual and augmented reality, gamification and the Internet of Things.Originality/valueHigher education is progressively being displaced from the traditional classroom, and as it progresses towards online settings, it requires the support of technology to facilitate that transference. In examining the potential of future learning technologies, this paper contributes to a growing body of research that focuses on the benefits of technology within higher education and assists educators in the selection and adoption of the most relevant technologies.
Detecting racial bias in algorithms and machine learning
Authors: Turner Lee Nicol 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
The online economy has not resolved the issue of racial bias in its applications. While algorithms are procedures that facilitate automated decision-making, or a sequence of unambiguous instructions, bias is a byproduct of these computations, bringing harm to historically disadvantaged populations. This paper argues that algorithmic biases explicitly and implicitly harm racial groups and lead to forms of discrimination. Relying upon sociological and technical research, the paper offers commentary on the need for more workplace diversity within high-tech industries and public policies that can detect or reduce the likelihood of racial bias in algorithmic design and execution.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper shares examples in the US where algorithmic biases have been reported and the strategies for explaining and addressing them.

Findings
The findings of the paper suggest that explicit racial bias in algorithms can be mitigated by existing laws, including those governing housing, employment, and the extension of credit. Implicit, or unconscious, biases are harder to redress without more diverse workplaces and public policies that have an approach to bias detection and mitigation.

Research limitations/implications
The major implication of this research is that further research needs to be done. Increasing the scholarly research in this area will be a major contribution in understanding how emerging technologies are creating disparate and unfair treatment for certain populations.

Practical implications
The practical implications of the work point to areas within industries and the government that can tackle the question of algorithmic bias, fairness and accountability, especially African-Americans.

Social implications
The social implications are that emerging technologies are not devoid of societal influences that constantly define positions of power, values, and norms.

Originality/value
The paper joins a scarcity of existing research, especially in the area that intersects race and algorithmic development.
Building digital state
Authors: Kassen Maxat 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review and illustrate historical milestones and evolutionary stages of public sector reforms in such a typical transitional society as Kazakhstan through the prism of existing e-government development strategies, implementation models and institutional regulations.

Design/methodology/approach
The research is mostly based on a retrospective analysis of technology-driven public sector reforms and content analysis of various e-government strategies and platforms implemented by national and local executive authorities in Kazakhstan for the last two decades.

Findings
The results of the analysis has confirmed previously made assumptions that typical developing states tend to adopt different non-linear and multidimensional implementation strategies in advancing e-government reforms in comparison with developed countries. As it turns out, the continuity of actual stages or levels of such development not always corresponds in a consecutive manner to the formal phases of the most popular e-government maturity models proposed previously in academic literature.

Research limitations/implications
One of the fundamental limitations of the case study is that its findings and recommendations could relate only to a limited number of countries that have similar political, socioeconomic and administrative contexts. Taking into account the fact that Kazakhstan is not only a typical developing economy but also a transitional post-communist and post-totalitarian society that has its own unique political and socioeconomic features of governance, the results of case study could not be generalized and extrapolated to all developing countries, presumably narrowing them only to a very limited number of similar states, mostly, in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.

Practical implications
The main practical contribution of the article is that it provides a close review of e-government politics in Kazakhstan that could be helpful for policy makers and practitioners in evaluating, learning and improving the work of various technology-driven public sector projects in the area, especially from a regulatory point of view.

Originality/value
This inherently ethnographic narrative, which is based on the analysis of e-government legislation and implementation strategies derived from diverse administrative practices, could be interesting for those who seek to understand an ever-changing truly evolutionary nature of technology-driven public sector reforms in a typical transitional society.
To get cited or get tweeted: a study of psychological academic articles
Authors: Ye Yingxin Estella , Na Jin-Cheon 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
By analyzing journal articles with high citation counts but low Twitter mentions and vice versa, the purpose of this paper is to provide an overall picture of differences between citation counts and Twitter mentions of academic articles.

Design/methodology/approach
Citation counts from the Web of Science and Twitter mentions of psychological articles under the Social Science Citation Index collection were collected for data analysis. An approach combining both statistical and simple content analysis was adopted to examine important factors contributing to citation counts and Twitter mentions, as well as the patterns of tweets mentioning academic articles.

Findings
Compared to citation counts, Twitter mentions have stronger affiliations with readability and accessibility of academic papers. Readability here was defined as the content size of articles and the usage of jargon and scientific expressions. In addition, Twitter activities, such as the use of hashtags and user mentions, could better facilitate the sharing of articles. Even though discussions of articles or related social phenomena were spotted in the contents of tweets, simple counts of Twitter mentions may not be reliable enough for research evaluations due to issues such as Twitter bots and a deficient understanding of Twitter users’ motivations for mentioning academic articles on Twitter.

Originality/value
This study has elaborated on the differences between Twitter mentions and citation counts by comparing the characteristics of Twitter-inclined and citation-inclined articles. It provides useful information for interested parties who would like to adopt social web metrics such as Twitter mentions as traces of broader engagement with academic literature and potential suggestions to increase the reliability of Twitter metrics. In addition, it gives specific tips for researchers to increase research visibility and get attention from the general public on Twitter.
A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability
Authors: Eschenfelder Kristin R. , Shankar Kalpana , Williams Rachel D. , Salo Dorothea , Zhang Mei , Langham Allison 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report on how library and information science (LIS) as a field operationalizes the concept of organizational sustainability for managing digital resources, projects and infrastructures such as digital libraries and repositories over time. It introduces a nine dimensional framework for organizational sustainability in the digital cultural heritage community.

Design/methodology/approach
Content analysis of publications from three LIS databases (2000–2015).

Findings
Comparing the articles to the nine dimension framework shows that most LIS articles discuss technology, financial or management dimensions. Fewer articles describe disaster planning, assessment or policy dimensions.

Research limitations/implications
Three LIS databases might not include all relevant journals, conferences, white papers and other materials. The data set also did not include books; library management textbooks might include useful material on organizational sustainability. Claims about the prevalence of themes are subject to methodological limits of content analysis.

Practical implications
Organizations that steward digital collections need to be clear about what they mean when they are referring to organizational sustainability so that they can make appropriate decisions for future-proofing their collections. The analysis would also suggest for a greater need to consider the full range of dimensions of organizational sustainability.

Originality/value
By introducing a new nine dimensional framework of organizational sustainability the authors hope to promote more and better conversations within the LIS community about organizational sustainability. The authors hope these conversations will lead to productive action and improvements in the arrangements of people and work necessary to keep digital projects and services going over time, given ongoing challenges.
How off-track tourists create their own event: a customer-dominant logic perspective
Authors: Ben Gamra Zinelabidine Boutheina , Touzani Lilia , Ben Dahmane Norchène , Touzani Mourad 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
Adopting a customer-dominant logic perspective, the purpose of this paper is to understand how some tourists decide on unusual trips and how they associate meanings to transform their experience into an event.

Design/methodology/approach
This research is exploratory and involves three qualitative data collection techniques. The authors conducted individual interviews complemented by travel narratives with tourists that decided to undertake off-track travel. The third method is ethnographic and focuses on tourists participating in a singular ritualistic festival.

Findings
Several factors explained how off-track travelers associate meanings to turn their real-life experience into a successful event. These factors cover three main concepts: discovery, social link and identity.

Practical implications
The authors propose managerial implications for ordinary service providers in the tourism sector. Managers should attempt to provide tourists with a framework within which they can create their own events and take initiatives. They must be supportive of tourists re-enhancing their experience and making efforts to create their own event.

Originality/value
This research explains how services must be less standardized to satisfy tourists looking for immersion, exoticism and authenticity and to support their initiatives.
How can tourism policy influence the path to sustainable tourism development in Guyana by 2025?
Authors: Connelly Aletha , Sam Shenera 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to outline the key realities which need to be under consideration as Guyana crafts a vision for sustainable tourism development – 2025. These key realities are borne out of the current vision statement, strategic objectives and actions in the National Draft Tourism Policy 2016-2020.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is exploratory in nature and uses document analysis as primary means of data collection.

Findings
The achievement of sustainable tourism development is an ideal fit with the tabling of strategic policy documents that seek to guide its implementation. However, these objectives and actions need to be structured and measurable to ensure that monitoring and evaluation can occur.

Originality/value
It is anticipated that this research will serve as a valuable reference tool for researchers, policymakers and other relevant bodies with an interest in strategic action for the achievement of sustainable tourism development.
A two‐step culture method utilizing secreted luciferase recombinant virus for detection of anti‐cytomegalovirus compounds
Authors: Koshizuka Tetsuo , Sato Yuko , Kobiyama Shoe , Oshima Mami , Suzutani Tatsuo 
Published: September 2018

ABSTRACTQuantification of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replication by plaque assay reflects viral infectivity but has several drawbacks. Recombinant virus expressing reporter genes can facilitate quantification of HCMV replication. In this study, a recombinant virus, Towne‐BAC(dTT)‐MetLuc, was constructed and the secretable Metridia luciferase (MetLuc) gene inserted into it under UL146 promoter. In addition, the UL130 gene was repaired to allow growth of the recombinant virus in both fibroblasts and epithelial cells. As predicted, luciferase activity was secreted into the culture medium and correlated with virus replication in infected fibroblasts and epithelial cells. Furthermore, secreted luciferase activity was correlated with the size of the recombinant virus inoculum with a dynamic range of 3 logs. This recombinant virus was used in a two‐step culture protocol for detection of the anti‐HCMV activity of compounds; that is, the supernatant of a first‐step culture with anti‐viral compounds was collected and inoculated into uninfected cells to create a second‐step culture. Although secreted luciferase activity leaked in the first‐step culture supernatant in the presence of some antiviral compounds, luciferase activity in the second‐step culture supernatant reflected the virus yield in the first‐step culture. Therefore, comparison of luciferase activity in the first‐ and second‐step cultures indicated the anti‐viral activity of the compounds. This two‐step culture protocol facilitates screening of anti‐viral compounds.
Radiologic features in symptomatic/asymptomatic heels of patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Authors: Kim Tae‐Hwan , Lee Jin Kyu , Sung Hyo‐Kyung , Kim Bo‐Hyun , Song Young‐Sik , Sung Il‐Hoon 
Published: September 2018

AbstractAimMost heel pain occurs at the posterior or plantar aspect, where main entheses of the heel are located. However, simple radiographs as basic work‐up tools, their features based on their association with local symptoms in the heel in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients, have rarely been described.MethodForty patients with AS and unilateral heel pain were enrolled to evaluate radiographic differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic heels. The two groups were assessed according to symptom location: posterior (group PS) or plantar (group PL). Typical abnormalities in bone and/or soft tissue on the heel due to inflammation were compared.ResultsIn group PS (20 cases), 19 (95%) symptomatic feet and 7 (35%) asymptomatic feet showed abnormal findings on the posterior heel and symptomatic feet showed 6 (30%) plantar abnormalities. Erosion of the posterior calcaneal tuberosity, obliteration of the retrocalcaneal recess (RR), and swelling shadows with increased thickness on posterior soft tissue were observed more frequently and significantly in symptomatic feet in group PS (P < 0.05). In group PL (20 cases), 11 (55%) symptomatic feet and 8 (40%) asymptomatic feet showed abnormalities on the plantar heel and symptomatic feet showed 14 (70%) posterior abnormalities, and none showed significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic feet.ConclusionAmong simple radiographic alterations on heels with AS, such changes around the enthesis of the Achilles as bony erosion and RR obliteration with swollen posterior soft tissue are strongly related to current painful posterior heels. Assessment of enthesitis of the Achilles tendon in AS using plain radiography seems to be valid.
Prophylactic air‐extraction strategy after thoracoscopic wedge resection
Authors: Zhang Jia‐Tao , Tang Yi‐Chun , Lin Jun‐Tao , Dong Song , Nie Qiang , Jiang Ben‐Yuan , Yan Hong‐Hong , Wen Zheng‐Wei , Wu Yue , Yang Xue‐Ning , Wu Yi‐Long , Zhong Wen‐Zhao 
Published: September 2018

BackgroundSince the conception of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols, tubeless strategies have become popular. Herein, we introduce a previously unreported alternative air‐extraction strategy for patients who have undergone thoracoscopic wedge resection and explore its feasibility and safety.MethodsBetween January 2015 and June 2017, 264 consecutive patients underwent thoracoscopic wedge resection with different drainage strategies. Patients were divided according to the postoperative drainage strategies used: routine chest tube drainage (RT group), complete omission of chest tube drainage (OT group), and prophylactic air‐extraction catheter insertion procedure (PC group). Using the propensity score matching method, clinical parameters and objective operative qualities were compared among the three groups.ResultsOptimal 1:1 matching was used to form pairs of RT (n =36) and PC (n =36) groups and balance baseline characteristics among the three groups. The incidence rates of pneumothorax were 5.6% (2/36), 9.8% (5/51), and 19.4% (7/36) in the RT, OT, and PC groups, respectively (P = 0.07). Chest tube reinsertion incidence for postoperative pneumothorax was 19.4% (1/7) in the PC group and 60% (3/5) in the OT group. Other postoperative complications were comparable among these groups.ConclusionsThe prophylactic air‐extraction strategy may be an alternative procedure for selected patients. Remedial air extraction may reduce the occurrence of chest tube reinsertion for pneumothorax patients, but further investigation is required.