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Discrete event simulation and pharmacy process re-engineering
Authors: Al Badi Khalid 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe a case study undertaken at Al Buraimi Hospital in Oman, which used computer simulation and the Delphi approach to improve efficiency by reducing prescription dispensing waiting times.

Design/methodology/approach
This study’s framework was based on a discrete event simulation (DES) to identify the as-is pharmacy process and to create a to-be (future situation) to achieve an improvement in pharmacy workflow and service quality. Owing to healthcare environment complexity, and to gain a deeper understanding about Al Buraimi Hospital pharmacy problems, a Delphi technique was also used.

Findings
Based on Delphi, and according to the expert panel suggestions, two alternative scenarios were proposed to improve Al Buraimi Hospital pharmacy efficiency: fast-track and direct-dispensing, which should help to reduce the prescription dispensing waiting time process by 7.3 and 9.8 min, respectively.

Research limitations/implications
The main limitation is the pharmacists’ shortage, which may affect the prescription dispensing process’s quality as insufficient manpower to check the prescriptions may increase the medication errors’ risk.

Originality/value
Based on this case study’s real-world data, findings can be used to improve public healthcare sector pharmacy efficiency. The DES can be used in healthcare services to describe and test actual and proposed situations.
Housing features and rent: estimating the microstructures of rental housing
Authors: Nishi Hayato , Asami Yasushi , Shimizu Chihiro 
Published: February 2019

PurposeWhile consumers did not previously have information on detailed housing features via traditional media, such as magazines, nowadays, due to the progress in information technology, they can access detailed information on various housing features via housing information websites. Therefore, detailed housing features may affect current rents to some extent. This paper aims to identify the effects of detailed housing features on rent and on omitted variable bias in Tokyo, Japan.Design/methodology/approachThis paper applies the hedonic approach. To identify the effects of features which are not observed previously, we use a unique data set that contains various housing features and over 200,000 housing units. This data set enables to simulate the situations when the researcher cannot get some variables, and this simulation shows which variables cause omitted variable bias.FindingsThe analysis shows that housing features significantly influence housing rent. If significant housing feature variables are not included in the hedonic model, the estimated coefficients show omitted variable bias. Additionally, unit-specific features such auto-locking door can cause omitted variable bias on location-specific features such accessibility to downtown.Originality/valuesThis paper shows empirical evidence that detailed housing features can cause omitted variable bias on other features including variables which are often used in previous searches. The result from our unique data set can be a guide for variable selection to reduce omitted variable bias.
Public policy and its effects on Mexico’s housing industry
Authors: Rodríguez-Reyes Luis Raúl , Trejo-Pech Carlos Omar , Pasillas-Torres Mireya 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The Mexican housing industry was hindered by a shrinking market and tighter financial conditions related to the Great Recession. Moreover, in 2013, a major change in public policy further modified this industry’s environment. Mexico’s new urban development policy supported inner-city new housing, in contrast to the previous policy that incentivized sprawling. Three out of eight publicly traded housing companies filed for bankruptcy protection in 2013-2014, arguably because of the effects of the Great Recession and the new housing policy. The purpose of this study is to identify firm-level factors that caused some firms to file for bankruptcy protection.

Design/methodology/approach
Three approaches were used to analyze the housing industry in Mexico from 2006 to 2015. First, a policy analysis focused on the new housing policy and its consequences for housebuilding companies. Second, a financial analysis of the two economic shocks was performed in search for the transmission mechanisms in the companies’ financial metrics. Third, a retrospective analysis using the Fisher’s exact test was used to identify variables statistically associated with companies filing for bankruptcy protection.

Findings
There are two features significantly associated with bankruptcy protection: increasing market share while being vertically integrated, as a response to the Great Recession, and the relative magnitude of the loss on firms’ inventory value due to the new public policy. Neither Altman’s Z-score values nor firm size or degree of integration are significantly related to bankruptcy.

Research limitations/implications
The small sample size presented a challenge, as most statistical methodologies require large samples; however, this was overcome by using the Fisher’s exact test.

Originality/value
The main contribution of this paper is the statistical identification of the possible causes for bankruptcy protection in Mexico amongst homebuilding firms in 2013 and 2014, which have not previously been reported in the literature.
Study of maintenance project manpower dynamics in Indian software outsourcing industry
Authors: Mishra Debasisha , Mahanty Biswajit 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The paper aims to study manpower dynamics at offshore and onsite location for maintenance project, which are transferred to offshore location in a phase-wise manner. The purpose of the paper is to find good values of onsite–offshore team strength, the number of hours of communication between onsite and offshore teams for smooth transfer of software maintenance project to offshore location.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses system dynamics simulation approach to study manpower allocation at onsite and offshore locations to transfer the maintenance work to offshore location in a gradual manner. The authors consulted 13 experts from Indian software outsourcing industry during the model construction and validation.

Findings
The simulation results show that the complexity of maintenance project has an insignificant effect on offshore migration. The maintenance work transfer should start with initial onsite team strength higher than that of required for ticket solving and project. The initial offshore team strength should be based on training capacity available at the onsite location. The higher attrition rate at an offshore is detrimental for offshore migration.

Research limitations/implications
The implication of the study is in the development of a broad framework of software maintenance work transfer to offshore locations for Indian software outsourcing projects. As the study is based on expert opinion in the context of India, it cannot be generalized for outsourcing scenarios elsewhere.

Practical implications
The software project manager can use the findings to get more insight into maintenance project offshore migration and divide the software team between onsite and offshore location.

Originality/value
The study is novel as there is little attempt at finding the manpower composition at onsite and offshore locations for software maintenance project during the migration phase.
A theoretical framework for the social pillar of lean
Authors: McMackin John , Flood Patrick 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework for the social pillar of lean (SPL), which is a neglected topic in the lean management literature.Design/methodology/approachThe authors first identify shortcomings in research on the SPL that are attributable to neglect of relevant perspectives in organisational research. The authors then present a theoretical case outlining the factors that should be considered in SPL research, how they relate to one another and how they should be integrated in future studies of lean change implementation.FindingsThe theoretical framework for the SPL proposes a categorisation of factors and their relationships across levels of analysis that are relevant to the SPL. The inclusion of previously neglected perspectives, such as the relational coordination theory, within this framework offers new insights and directions for research.Practical implicationsBy emphasising relationships, the SPL framework sheds light on the scale and complexity of the management challenges involved in lean implementation.Originality/valueThe proposed framework promises to enhance the efficacy of lean research by focussing on factors, such as relationships, that are most relevant to lean implementation.
The impact of occupational stereotypes in human-centered service systems
Authors: Huetten Antje Sarah Julia , Antons David , F. Breidbach Christoph , Piening Erk P. , Salge Torsten Oliver 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that occupational stereotypes held by customers have on value co-creation processes in human-centered service systems (HCSSs) like hospitals. Specifically, by exploring if and how customers’ (i.e. patients’) stereotypes toward frontline employees (e.g. nurses) affect their satisfaction as co-creators of value, this study responds to current service research priorities attempting to understand value co-creation in collaborative contexts like healthcare, and addresses calls to investigate the changing role of health care customers therein.Design/methodology/approachA field study was conducted in the context of German hospitals, which provides unique empirical evidence into the relationship between patients’ stereotypes toward healthcare professionals and their satisfaction with health services as well as the mediating mechanisms through which such stereotypes affect patient satisfaction.FindingsNegative (positive) stereotypes patients hold toward healthcare occupations decrease (increase) their satisfaction and are associated with perceptions of reduced (improved) patient orientation and patient participation in co-creation. However, only perceived patient orientation partially mediates the link between occupational stereotypes and patient satisfaction.Originality/valueThis study develops and tests new hypotheses related to occupational stereotyping in complex HCSSs, and extends previous research on stereotypes in service by exploring the previously unknown mediating mechanisms through which these impact value co-creation processes overall. It furthermore provides important guidance for future research about stereotyping in general, and its impact on value co-creation and HCSS, in particular.
How much is “too much” for a brand to use an advergame with children?
Authors: Agante Luisa , Pascoal Ana 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand the magnitude of the impact advergames have on children’s preferences and choices for unhealthy products and brands, in terms of time of exposure (immediate vs delayed) and number of exposures (single vs repeated exposure). Past literature has focused essentially on the immediate effects of single exposures to advergames. Few studies explored the delayed or repetition effects and found wear-out effects of multiple exposure and also no delayed effects of single exposure. Therefore, this study will reduce the existent gap in the literature by studying simultaneously both effects.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 104 children aged 6-9 years old was used, divided into three groups (no exposure/single exposure/repeated exposure) in an experimental between-subjects design setting.FindingsThe results confirm the existence of all the expected effects: exposure to advergames has immediate and longer effects on a child’s preferences and choices of the brand depicted in the advergame and in that product category. Repeated exposure to the advergame enhances all the effects on the brand, but not on the product category.Originality/valueAlthough earlier literature has already analyzed time and repetition effects on traditional media, or sought to analyze effects of advergames but with an adult sample, this article highlights the extent of these effects with children, and based on these results, reflects on the ethicality of using advergames with children on products high in fat, salt and/or sugar.
Modeling of tourists, local population, natural and cultural resources toward ecotourism product (case study in Seagrass Trikora Conservation Area)
Authors: Mulyadi Aras 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between local population, natural and cultural resources on tourist quality an ecotourism product in Seagrass Trikora Conservation Area, Bintan Regency and Riau Island.

Design/methodology/approach
The research model portrayed in this case consists of three variables (tourists, local population and resources); these variables try to describe how ecotourism in Riau Island can be developed. This study is based on a survey conducted in June 2015 of 200 Indonesian citizens and residents. List contains 900 potential participants that were filtered from numerous public sources and from the researchers’ professional and social contacts. The interviewers were contacted to alert them to participate in the survey. A total of 200 completed responses were received within 10 weeks of survey, and 200 responses were successfully collected. These responses are analyzed and presented in this research.

Findings
This study found that higher quality of the local population, natural resources and cultural resources would have an impact on improving ecotourism quality. On the other hand, higher ecotourism quality would be able to improve the performance of ecotourism. The implications of this research contributed to the development of ecotourism in the Riau Island: improving the quality of the surrounding population, i.e. in the improvement of non-formal education of the population capable of supporting ecotourism; improvement of material and non-material quality of the ecotourism area; and maintenance of the natural resources of the ecotourism area.

Originality/value
This research tried to sort natural and cultural resources into two different things: natural resources were measured by specific activities, biodiversity protection, ecology maintenance and travel involvement in natural landscape and cultural resources were measured by ensuring cultural integrity, ensuring the social coherence of communities and maintaining cultural possibilities. Thus, the originality of this research lied in the use of two separate variables of natural resources and cultural resources in the performance of ecotourism. Separation of variables of ecotourism quality and performance of ecotourism became the second originality in this study. This study aimed to examine the effects of quality of local population (X1), natural resources (X2) and cultural resources (X3) on ecotourism quality (Y1), and its impact on Performance of Ecotourism (Y2), comprehensively.
Ultrahigh‐resolution anterior segment optical coherence tomography for analysis of corneal microarchitecture during wound healing
Authors: Pantalon Anca , Pfister Martin , Aranha dos Santos Valentin , Sapeta Sabina , Unterhuber Angelika , Pircher Niklas , Schmidinger Gerald , Garhöfer Gerhard , Schmidl Doreen , Schmetterer Leopold , Werkmeister René M. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractPurposeTo employ ultrahigh‐resolution (UHR) optical coherence tomography (OCT) for investigation of the early wound healing process in corneal epithelium.MethodsA custom‐built UHR‐OCT system assessed epithelial healing in human keratoconic cornea after epi‐off crosslinking (CXL) procedure and a wound healing model in rabbits with iatrogenic corneal injury. 3D OCT data sets enhanced obtaining epithelial thickness maps and evaluation of reepithelization stage. Accompanying changes in deeper corneal microarchitecture were analysed.ResultsThe mean central corneal thickness in 40 eyes with keratoconus at baseline was 482.7 ± 38.2 μm, while mean central epithelial thickness (CET) was 43.8 ± 6.4 μm. At the final visit 20 ± 5 days post‐CXL procedure, CET was 35.0 ± 5.8 μm, significantly thinner after reepithelization (p < 0.001). Surgical success was assessed at the final visit through the demarcation line (DL), identified at 43.7 ± 13.5% stromal depth. In rabbits, the mean CET in 20 eyes at baseline was 35.9 ± 2.6 μm. In rabbits that revealed complete wound closure (10/20 eyes) at the last study day at 72 hr, CET was significantly thinner compared to baseline (30.4 ± 2.8 μm versus 35.4 ± 2.9 μm, p = 0.005). An intra‐stromal landmark indicating early keratocyte apoptosis was measured at 30.0 ± 5.1% stromal depth. Epithelial thickness maps showed the time–course of corneal healing.ConclusionUltrahigh‐resolution (UHR)‐OCT provided precise assessment of epithelial wound and its healing by 3D‐mapping. In addition, microarchitectural changes in the cornea in early phases of epithelial healing were revealed.
Machine learning model to predict recurrent ulcer bleeding in patients with history of idiopathic gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding
Authors: Wong Grace Lai‐Hung , Ma Andy Jinhua , Deng Huiqi , Ching Jessica Yuet‐Ling , Wong Vincent Wai‐Sun , Tse Yee‐Kit , Yip Terry Cheuk‐Fung , Lau Louis Ho‐Shing , Liu Henry Hin‐Wai , Leung Chi‐Man , Tsang Steven Woon‐Choy , Chan Chun‐Wing , Lau James Yun‐Wong , Yuen Pong‐Chi , Chan Francis Ka‐Leung 
Published: February 2019

SummaryBackgroundPatients with a history of Helicobacter pylori–negative idiopathic bleeding ulcers have an increased risk of recurring ulcer complications.AimTo build a machine learning model to identify patients at high risk for recurrent ulcer bleeding.MethodsData from a retrospective cohort of 22 854 patients (training cohort) diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease in 2007‐2016 were analysed to build a model (IPU‐ML) to predict recurrent ulcer bleeding. We tested the IPU‐ML in all patients with a diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding (n = 1265) in 2008‐2015 from a different catchment population (independent validation cohort). Any co‐morbid conditions which had occurred in >1% of study population were eligible as predictors.ResultsRecurrent ulcer bleeding developed in 4772 patients (19.5%) in the training cohort, during a median follow‐up period of 2.7 years. IPU‐ML model built on six parameters (age, baseline haemoglobin, and presence of gastric ulcer, gastrointestinal diseases, malignancies, and infections) identified patients with bleeding recurrence within 1 year with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.648. When we set the IPU‐ML cutoff value at 0.20, 27.5% of patients were classified as high risk for rebleeding with a sensitivity of 41.4%, specificity of 74.6%, and a negative predictive value of 91.1%. In the validation cohort, the IPU‐ML identified patients with a recurrence ulcer bleeding within 1 year with an AUROC of 0.775, and 84.3% of overall accuracy.ConclusionWe developed a machine‐learning model to identify those patients with a history of idiopathic gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding who are not at high risk for recurrent ulcer bleeding.
Development of genetic evaluation for milk production traits of Holsteins in Japan
Authors: Hagiya Koichi 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThe procedure used for the genetic evaluation of dairy cattle in Japan has developed from a lactation sire–MGS model to a multiple‐lactation random regression test‐day animal model. Genetic evaluation of Holstein bulls in Japan began in 1989 with the use of field‐style progeny testing; dairy herd improvement program data from all over Japan were used, along with a sire and maternal grandsire model. In 1993, an animal model was introduced to estimate breeding values for yield and type traits. A random regression test‐day model was first applied in 2010. In the business of breeding dairy cattle, it is very important to users that estimated breeding values are reliable and stable among subsequent routine evaluations. With experience in the genetic evaluation of dairy cattle in Japan, Japanese researchers have found ways to improve the stability of estimated breeding values. These modifications involve changes in data editing, development of evaluation models, changes to the structures of unknown‐parent groups, awareness of the problems of predicting lactation yield from partial test‐day records, and adjustment for heterogeneity within herd variances. Here, I introduce developments in, and our experiences with, the genetic evaluation of yield traits of Holstein cattle in Japan.
Say‐On‐Pay Voting: A Five‐Year Retrospective
Authors: Hemphill Thomas A. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThe Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama in July 2010, included two significant corporate governance mandates: “say‐on‐pay” shareholder voting and the frequency of such votes among all publicly traded companies. The say‐on‐pay rule requires publicly traded companies subject to proxy rules to offer their shareholders an advisory, or nonbinding, vote at least once every three years on the compensation packages of the most highly compensated executives. The actual data for the first five years of say‐on‐pay voting indicates one intractable conclusion: that shareholder say‐on‐pay voting has not verified what many shareholder activists originally believed, i.e., that the majority of shareholders held similar opinions about business executives being significantly overpaid for their managerial performances. During its first five years in effect, the results of say‐on‐pay voting indicate that shareholders are overwhelmingly satisfied with executive compensation packages, as a 92 percent average shareholder say‐on‐pay approval result (i.e., exceeding 70 percent) among companies listed in the Russell 3000 Index attests.
Rising rates of cesarean delivery in Ecuador: Socioeconomic and institutional determinants over two decades
Authors: Jahnke Johanna R. , Houck Kelly M. , Bentley Margaret E. , Thompson Amanda L. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractBackgroundEcuador’s cesarean delivery rate far exceeds that recommended by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Using data from three iterations of Ecuador’s nationally representative, population‐based survey Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT/ENDEMAIN), spanning 23 years, this study examines women’s mode of delivery outcomes by sociodemographic characteristics and hospital type (private, public, social security) in light of Ecuador’s major health care reform over the past two decades.MethodsUsing data from the 1994, 2004, and 2012 iterations of the data set, we analyzed trends in cesarean delivery based on province, year, and institution of care. Logistic regression was used to test the odds of cesarean delivery based on hospital type, sociodemographics, and birth complications for the full sample and primiparous women. Predicted probabilities were derived from this model.ResultsEcuador’s cesarean rate increased from 22% in 1989 to 41% in 2012. From 2008 to 2012, the probability of cesarean delivery in private centers was significantly higher than in public centers, and from 2009 to 2012, the probability of cesarean delivery in social security centers was significantly higher than in public centers. Higher maternal age, income, education, and parity, earlier prenatal care initiation, and more prenatal visits were associated with risk for cesarean delivery.ConclusionsTo decrease the adverse effects of cesarean delivery for women and their babies, cesarean delivery should be reduced. Future research should investigate how incentive structures are used and how medical indication is defined within health institutions in Ecuador.