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Interplay of organizational justice, psychological empowerment, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction in the context of circular economy
Authors: Singh Sanjay Kumar , Singh Ajai Pratap 
Published: November 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to examine relevant organizational “human” aspects that support circular economy (CE); and second, to investigate the influence of perception of organizational justice (OJ), psychological empowerment on job satisfaction (JS) through mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB).Design/methodology/approachThe study used survey questionnaire. The data were statistically analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test hypotheses of the study.FindingsOJ positively and significantly influences psychological empowerment. Also, it was found that OCB and psychological empowerment to positively and significantly influence JS. Furthermore, OCB positively and significantly mediates the influence of OJ and psychological empowerment on JS.Practical implicationsEmployees should be provided with fair and empowering environment to derive positive outcomes in terms of organizational citizenship behavior and JS. The study also suggests recognizing the importance of OCB in an organization to enhance JS and support CE.Originality/valueThe study presents empirical evidence in Indian context on how to encourage employees to display voluntary job behaviors and keep them job satisfied.
The impact of gender and ethnic diversity on REIT operating performance
Authors: Hogan Robert , Huerta Daniel 
Published: November 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between gender and ethnic diversity in managerial positions and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) operating performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ two-stage Heckman correction models on an unbalanced panel of US Equity REITs for the time period from 2000 to 2015. The second-stage model uses multiple operating performance measures regressed on a dichotomous variable that indicates if the REIT promotes diversity in middle management in addition to a vector of control variables.FindingsThe results indicate that REITs that promote diversity in middle management with profit-and-loss responsibilities have lower operating performance than comparable counterparts. That is, gender and demographic diversity is negatively related to REIT performance as measured by return on assets, return on equity and funds from operations.Practical implicationsThe analysis indicates that while gender and ethnic diversity is socially responsible and may provide many benefits, diversity among managers and decision makers has to be carefully implemented in order to achieve positive financial results.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature by investigating whether diversity in leading managerial positions, other than in top officer ranks and on the board of directors, have an impact on REIT operating performance.
Bibliometric assessment of the global research output inJatropha curcas Linnas reflected by papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded
Authors: Garg Kailash Chandra , Kumar Suresh 
Published: November 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the quantum of research papers and the citations these papers received for the plantJatropha curcas Linn.Design/methodology/approachArticles published onJatropha curcas Linnduring 1987–2016 were downloaded from Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) by using the keyword Jatropha* on October 18, 2017. The search resulted in 4,276 records in all. The authors analyzed only 4,111 documents which were published as review articles, research articles and proceeding papers using the complete count methodology. The data were analyzed to examine the pattern of growth of output, most prolific countries, institutions and authors. It also identified highly cited authors and journals used for communicating research results.FindingsThe study indicates that India, China and Brazil are the main contributors to the field and the pattern of growth indicates a steep rise in publication output especially in the last block of 2015–2016. Most of the prolific institutions and authors were also located in these countries. However, the impact of output was different from the pattern of output. The publication output is scattered in more than 1,000 journals published from different parts of the globe.Originality/valueThe plant ofJatropha curcas Linnis a highly useful plant as a source of biofuel energy. This is the second study in English language on this plant and has used a large set of publication data as compared to the first. The findings of the study may be useful for policy makers as well as for researchers working in the field of biofuel energy.
The effect of corruption, seigniorage and borrowing on inflation
Authors: Elkamel Hussein 
Published: November 2018

Purpose
Governments may finance its expenditures through multiple resources; however, seigniorage and borrowing are commonly used. The authors think that in the presence of corruption, the use of public finance may result in inflationary effect that leads to higher level of inflation, which in turn affects the whole economy.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper investigates if the variation in corruption levels jointly with public finance means, seigniorage and borrowing, accounts for the variation in the level of inflation. This paper uses panel data of 72 countries through the period 1995-2011.

Findings
The author find that corruption jointly with public finance means, seigniorage and borrowing, increase the level of inflation. This finding can address the misuse of these public finance means where corruption is prevalent.

Originality/value
This paper captures the joint effect of corruption with two different means of public finance, seigniorage and borrowing, on the level of inflation within 72 countries through 1995-2011.
Reflections on 25 years of building social enterprise education
Authors: Austin James , Rangan V. Kasturi 
Published: November 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to reflect on 25 years of the social enterprise initiative at the Harvard Business School, examining the processes and thinking involved at key stages of this pioneering Initiative’s implementation and institutionalization.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors adopt an auto-ethnographical approach, reflexively considering the impact of our actions at key stages.

Findings
Reflecting on the experiences, the authors offer their thoughts on the challenges involved in establishing an educational program. They consider that there were give stages in the development of the program, which ensured its longevity, institutionalization and success: giving birth; starting an experiment; gaining acceptability; being embraced and achieving irreversibility.

Practical implications
The multiple challenges faced, as well as the successes that the authors had over the years, are set out. Awareness of the challenges that the authors faced will support educators to be prepared to overcome the same or similar challenges to implementing and embedding a social enterprise program.

Originality/value
This is the first time that the authors’ reflections on the history of the Social Enterprise Initiative have been brought together. As well as distinctive in their own right, the authors consider that the lessons learned from the work over such a long period could provide valuable insights to those who wish to integrate social enterprise teaching into their settings.
Challenges Facing the World Trade Organization: An Overview
Authors: Sampson Gary P 
Published: November 2018

AbstractTensions are running high in the world trading system. Sufficient conditions now exist for a continuing degeneration of trading relations creating a downward spiral and launching a serious trade war with unknown consequences. History has shown this scenario can be avoided if trading relations are based on agreed rules, enforced by an effective compliance mechanism and fully respected by governments. With the World Trade Organization (WTO) now at its heart, the very existence of the rules‐based trading system is under threat. Challenges facing the WTO and the reforms needed to deal with them are addressed in this article.
Central Bank Digital Cash and Cryptocurrencies: Insights from a New Baumol–Friedman Demand for Money
Authors: Masciandaro Donato 
Published: November 2018

AbstractThis article analyses ongoing changes in the supply of alternative media of payments (MOPs). The comparison between old (cash and deposits) and new (cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies) MOPs is based on a novel definition of money where a MOP has three properties: the first two are the standard functions of medium of exchange (liquidity costs) and store of value (opportunity costs) and the third is the novel function of store of information (privacy costs). Given such properties and that the evolution of the different MOPs likely depends on individual preferences, the relevance of experimental economics is highlighted.
Cryptocurrencies: A Crash Course in Digital Monetary Economics
Authors: Fernández‐Villaverde Jesús 
Published: November 2018

AbstractThis article reviews what cryptocurrencies are, and it frames them within the context of historical monetary experiences and contemporary monetary economics. The article argues that, as pure fiduciary private money, cryptocurrencies are a bubble without a fundamental value and they will not provide, in general, optimal amounts of money or deliver price stability. Nevertheless, cryptocurrencies can play a role in improving the current means of payments and in disciplining central banks into providing better government‐run fiduciary monies.
Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Mechanism Elucidation of Food Processing and Safety: State of the Art
Authors: Chen Gang , Huang Kai , Miao Ming , Feng Biao , Campanella Osvaldo H. 
Published: November 2018

AbstractMolecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a useful technique to study the interaction between molecules and how they are affected by various processes and processing conditions. This review summarizes the application of MD simulations in food processing and safety, with an emphasis on the effects that emerging nonthermal technologies (for example, high hydrostatic pressure, pulsed electric field) have on the molecular and structural characteristics of foods and biomaterials. The advances and potential projection of MD simulations in the science and engineering aspects of food materials are discussed and focused on research work conducted to study the effects of emerging technologies on food components. It is expected by showing key case studies that it will stir novel developments as a valuable tool to study the effects of emerging food technologies on biomaterials. This review is useful to food researchers and the food industry, as well as researchers and practitioners working on flavor and nutraceutical encapsulations, dietary carbohydrate product developments, modified starches, protein engineering, and other novel food applications.
Growth of the Decision Tree: Advances in Bottom‐Up Climate Change Risk Management
Authors: Ray Patrick Alexander , Taner Mehmet Ümit , Schlef Katherine Elizabeth , Wi Sungwook , Khan Hassaan Furqan , Freeman Sarah St George , Brown Casey Matthew 
Published: November 2018

AbstractThere has recently been a return in climate change risk management practice to bottom‐up, robustness‐based planning paradigms introduced 40 years ago. The World Bank's decision tree framework (DTF) for “confronting climate uncertainty” is one incarnation of those paradigms. In order to better represent the state of the art in climate change risk assessment and evaluation techniques, this paper proposes: (1) an update to the DTF, replacing its “climate change stress test” with a multidimensional stress test; and (2) the addition of a Bayesian network framework that represents joint probabilistic behavior of uncertain parameters as sensitivity factors to aid in the weighting of scenarios of concern (the combination of conditions under which a water system fails to meet its performance targets). Using the updated DTF, water system planners and project managers would be better able to understand the relative magnitudes of the varied risks they face, and target investments in adaptation measures to best reduce their vulnerabilities to change. Next steps for the DTF include enhancements in: modeling of extreme event risks; coupling of human‐hydrologic systems; integration of surface water and groundwater systems; the generation of tradeoffs between economic, social, and ecological factors; incorporation of water quality considerations; and interactive data visualization.
The Evolution of Science Diplomacy
Authors: Turekian Vaughan 
Published: November 2018

AbstractThe past decade has witnessed the emergence of science diplomacy, both as a formalized set of operations and new field of study and research (Lord and Turekian , ). A number of factors continue to drive this trend, but the most important one is the recognition that (1) more and more, major challenges are international in nature and that (2) science and its applications are part of the cause as well as the cure. As a result, while much of the international science regime is still focused on discovery, there is an increasing need/demand for the integration of science cooperation in international relations. This article provides a brief overview of the evolution of science diplomacy over the past decades (and beyond) with special focus on recent developments. It will conclude by looking forward.
Telomere length and telomerase activity in T cells are biomarkers of high‐performing centenarians
Authors: Tedone Enzo , Huang Ejun , O’Hara Ryan , Batten Kimberly , Ludlow Andrew T. , Lai Tsung‐Po , Arosio Beatrice , Mari Daniela , Wright Woodring E. , Shay Jerry W. 
Published: November 2018

AbstractIt is generally recognized that the function of the immune system declines with increased age and one of the major immune changes is impaired T‐cell responses upon antigen presentation/stimulation. Some “high‐performing” centenarians (100+ years old) are remarkably successful in escaping, or largely postponing, major age‐related diseases. However, the majority of centenarians (“low‐performing”) have experienced these pathologies and are forced to reside in long‐term nursing facilities. Previous studies have pooled all centenarians examining heterogeneous populations of resting/unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). T cells represent around 60% of PBMC and are in a quiescence state when unstimulated. However, upon stimulation, T cells rapidly divide and exhibit dramatic changes in gene expression. We have compared stimulated T‐cell responses and identified a set of transcripts expressed in vitro that are dramatically different in high‐ vs. low‐performing centenarians. We have also identified several other measurements that are different between high‐ and low‐performing centenarians: (a) The amount of proliferation following in vitro stimulation is dramatically greater in high‐performing centenarians compared to 67‐ to 83‐year‐old controls and low‐performing centenarians; (b) telomere length is greater in the high‐performing centenarians; and (c) telomerase activity following stimulation is greater in the high‐performing centenarians. In addition, we have validated a number of genes whose expression is directly related to telomere length and these are potential fundamental biomarkers of aging that may influence the risk and progression of multiple aging conditions.
Temporal and regional progression of Alzheimer’s disease‐like pathology in 3xTg‐AD mice
Authors: Belfiore Ramona , Rodin Alexis , Ferreira Eric , Velazquez Ramon , Branca Caterina , Caccamo Antonella , Oddo Salvatore 
Published: November 2018

AbstractAccumulation of amyloid‐β (Aβ) and fibrillary tangles, as well as neuroinflammation and memory loss, are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). After almost 15 years from their generation, 3xTg‐AD mice are still one of the most used transgenic models of AD. Converging evidence indicates that the phenotype of 3xTg‐AD mice has shifted over the years and contradicting reports about onset of pathology or cognitive deficits are apparent in the literature. Here, we assessed Aβ and tau load, neuroinflammation, and cognitive changes in 2‐, 6‐, 12‐, and 20‐month‐old female 3xTg‐AD and nontransgenic (NonTg) mice. We found that ~80% of the mice analyzed had Aβ plaques in the caudal hippocampus at 6 months of age, while 100% of them had Aβ plaques in the hippocampus at 12 months of age. Cortical Aβ plaques were first detected at 12 months of age, including in the entorhinal cortex. Phosphorylated Tau at Ser202/Thr205 and Ser422 was apparent in the hippocampus of 100% of 6‐month‐old mice, while only 50% of mice showed tau phosphorylation at Thr212/Ser214 at this age. Neuroinflammation was first evident in 6‐month‐old mice and increased as a function of age. These neuropathological changes were clearly associated with progressive cognitive decline, which was first apparent at 6 months of age and became significantly worse as the mice aged. These data indicate a consistent and predictable progression of the AD‐like pathology in female 3xTg‐AD mice, and will facilitate the design of future studies using these mice.
Camera trap use in the study of black‐footed cats (Felis nigripes)
Authors: Sliwa Alexander , Wilson Beryl , Lawrenz Arne , Lamberski Nadine , Herrick Jason , Küsters Martina 
Published: November 2018

AbstractThe use of camera traps as research tools for the study of black‐footed cats at refuge entrances is detailed. This provided information on interspecific relationships with aardwolves. When operated with care they served to obtain ecological information on black‐footed cats, including behavioural and reproductive data. Camera traps were also used to monitor the behaviour and welfare of recently anesthetised and recovered study individuals to keep further disturbances to a minimum.
Questionnaire showed that Swedish paediatric clinics complied well with the revised European guidelines for diagnosing coeliac disease
Authors: Myléus Anna , Stenhammar Lars , Högberg Lotta , Browaldh Lars , Daniels Ing‐Marie , Fagerberg Ulrika L. , Gudjónsdóttir Audur H. , Malmquist Marianne , Sandström Olof , Ivarsson Anneli 
Published: November 2018

AbstractAimIn 2012, revised criteria for diagnosing childhood coeliac disease were published by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and incorporated into the revised Swedish guidelines the same year. These made it possible, in certain cases, to diagnose coeliac disease without taking small bowel biopsies. This survey assessed the extent to which the new guidelines were implemented by Swedish paediatric clinics two years after their introduction.MethodsIn October 2014, we distributed a paper questionnaire including five questions on diagnostic routines to the 40 paediatric clinics in university or regional hospitals in Sweden that perform small bowel biopsies.ResultsAll 36 (90%) clinics that responded used anti‐tissue transglutaminase antibodies as the initial diagnostic test and some also used serological markers. Most clinics (81%) used endoscopy and took multiple duodenal biopsies, whereas only a few (19%) occasionally employed a suction capsule. Almost all clinics (86%) omitted taking small bowel biopsies in symptomatic children with repeatedly high coeliac serology and positive genotyping, thereby avoiding the need for invasive endoscopy under anaesthesia.ConclusionThe 2012 Swedish Paediatric Coeliac Disease Diagnostic Guidelines had been widely accepted and implemented in routine health care two years after their introduction.
Generalizing Causal Inferences from Individuals in Randomized Trials to All Trial-Eligible Individuals
Authors: Dahabreh Issa J. , Robertson Sarah E. , Tchetgen Eric J. , Stuart Elizabeth A. , Hernán Miguel A. 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
We consider methods for causal inference in randomized trials nested within cohorts of trial-eligible individuals, including those who are not randomized. We show how baseline covariate data from the entire cohort, and treatment and outcome data only from randomized individuals, can be used to identify potential (counterfactual) outcome means and average treatment effects in the target population of all eligible individuals. We review identifiability conditions, propose estimators, and assess the estimators' finite-sample performance in simulation studies. As an illustration, we apply the estimators in a trial nested within a cohort of trial-eligible individuals to compare coronary artery bypass grafting surgery plus medical therapy vs. medical therapy alone for chronic coronary artery disease.
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials investigating the efficacy and safety of testosterone therapy for female sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women
Authors: Jayasena Channa N. , Alkaabi Fatima M. , Liebers Curtis S. , Handley Thomas , Franks Stephen , Dhillo Waljit S. 
Published: November 2018

SummaryThe clinical sequelae of oestrogen deficiency during menopause are undoubted. However, the pathophysiological role of testosterone during the menopause is less clear. Several randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trials suggest that testosterone therapy improves sexual function in postmenopausal women. Some studies suggest that testosterone therapy has additional effects, which include increased bone mineral density and decreased serum high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Furthermore, the long‐term safety profile of testosterone therapy in postmenopausal women is not clear. This article will provide a concise and critical summary of the literature, to guide clinicians treating postmenopausal women.
Transgenerational developmental effects of species‐specific, maternally transmitted microbiota inOnthophagusdung beetles
Authors: Parker Erik S. , Dury Guillaume J. , Moczek Armin P. 
Published: November 2018

1. The significance of host–microbe interactions is increasingly appreciated across biological disciplines, yet to what extent these interactions influence developmental outcomes within and across generations remains poorly understood.2. This study investigated the putative role of host–microbe interactions in the adaptive diversification ofOnthophagusdung beetles, one of the most species‐rich and ecologically successful genera of insects.Onthophagusmothers vertically transmit growth‐ and fitness‐enhancing gut symbionts to their offspring through a faecal secretion known as the pedestal.3. Pedestals were reciprocally exchanged between two ecologically similar congenericOnthophagusspecies to assess the degree to which pedestal microbiota from one species can substitute for those of another.4. It was found that the presence of a heterospecific pedestal delays development and increases mortality, and that the fitness costs of non‐host‐specific microbiota are maintained transgenerationally.5. Collectively, these results support the hypothesis thatOnthophagusbeetles maintain, interact with, and are dependent upon host species‐specific microbial communities to support normal growth and development. The implications of these results are discussed in the context of host microbiota coevolution.