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Development of whole garment formed on four-bed computerized flat knitting machine
Authors: Peng Jiajia , Jiang Gaoming , Cong Honglian , Luo Xuan , Zhao Yan 
Published: June 2018

PurposeThe whole garment technology offers a solution for the production efficiency by directly knitting a seamless tubular garment. Due to its complexity, high requirements and few references, the technology has not been widely applied in mass production. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to show garment technology’s detailed design method, the technique calculation process and its merits compared than common technology.Design/methodology/approachThis paper first analyzes the knitting principle of the four-bed computerized flat knitting machine from its configuration. After that, the design method is putted forward as well as the technique calculation process. To reveal the advantages of the whole garment technology, this paper builds a comprehensive evaluation system by comparing the knitting time, labor cost and the yarn consumption.FindingsWith the evaluation system, the whole garment technology is proved to be more productive, cost-saving and less materials-consuming. Moreover, this advantage stands more out when the machine gage is higher.Research limitations/implicationsDue to limited research time and references, this paper only presents the whole garment technology for knitting common and traditional styles. More complicated and fashioned garments can be studied in the future research.Practical implicationsThe design method and technology presented in this paper can be used as a reference for both the designers in the manufacture industry and the scholars for academic research works.Originality/valueThis paper has presented the whole garment technology and a specific method for technique calculation with consideration of garment structures. It also builds a evaluation system to show the advantages in terms of knitting efficiency, labor cost and yarn consumption.
Travel motivation of Indonesian seniors in choosing destination overseas
Authors: Wijaya Serli , Wahyudi Wahyuniwati , Kusuma Claudia Benita , Sugianto Evelyn 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
This study focuses on the Indonesian seniors’ motivation in terms of travelling to a destination abroad. Using the push–pull motivation constructs and recognising the role of culture in influencing travel behaviour, the purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of the underlying factors that explain why Indonesian seniors travel to and select an international destination.

Design/methodology/approach
A questionnaire-based survey was completed to collect data from 246 Indonesian seniors aged 55 years and over who had travelled overseas. Factor analysis was applied to reduce the total of 34 push and pull travel motivation items into new underlying factors. Informal interviews were also undertaken to support the analysis.

Findings
Personal development, relaxation and relationship enhancement appeared to be the three factors that internally pushed the seniors to travel abroad. Meanwhile, facilities and hygiene, destination familiarity, value for money and destination proximity, local attractions and supporting travel facilities were found to be the factors that pulled the seniors to select an international destination they would like to visit. The emergence of relationship enhancement, destination familiarity and value for money and destination proximity factors were evident that the unique aspect of Indonesian cultural values could shape the motivation of Indonesian seniors to go travelling.

Originality/value
Although studies on senior travel motivation are abundant, empirical research studies that focus on examining Indonesian senior travel behaviour are still rare. This study therefore serves as one of the first attempts to examine the behaviour of Indonesian seniors when undertaking outbound travel trip. Based on the study’s findings, practical recommendations were offered to tourism stakeholders involved in tailoring a specific tourism product and services for the Indonesian senior tourist market.
Compassion on university degree programmes at a UK university
Authors: Gilbert Theo , Doolan, NTF Martina , Beka Sylvia , Spencer Neil , Crotta Matteo , Davari Soheil 
Published: June 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the neuroscience that underpins the psychology of compassion as a competency. The authors explain why this cognitive competency is now taught and assessed on modules of different degree subjects in a UK university.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is divided into first, an exploration of recent psychology and neuroscience literature that illuminates the differences, and relationship, between empathy and compassion for safeness building in teams. Within that, the role of oxytocin in achieving social and intellectual rewards though the exercise of cognitive flexibility, working memory and impulsive inhibitory control (Zelazoet al., 2016) is also identified. The literature findings are compared against relevant qualitative data from the above university, so far, nine years of mixed methods action research on compassion-focussed pedagogy (CfP).FindingsThese are that the concept and practice of embedding compassion as an assessed cognitive competency in university group work is illuminated and rationalised by research findings in neuroscience.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations of the study are that, so far, fMRI research methods have not been used to investigate student subjects involved in the CfP now in use.Practical implicationsThe paper has implications for theory, policy and practice in relation to managing the increasing amount of group work that accompanies widening participation in higher education (HE).Social implicationsThe social implications of what is outlined in the paper pertain to student mental health, and academic achievement; to policy and practice for HE curriculum design across subjects and disciplines; and for the HE remit to serve the public good.Originality/valueA review of this kind specifically for student assessed group and its implications for student academic achievement and mental health has not, apparently, been published.
Work-life balance psychological contract perceptions for older workers
Authors: Kraak Johannes Marcelus , Russo Marcello , Jiménez Alfredo 
Published: June 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role of work–life balance (WLB) inducements of the psychological contract on three work-related outcomes for a sample of Dutch older workers: psychological contract breach, turnover intentions and intentions to participate in development activities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs polynomial regression and response surface methodology.FindingsResults show that the volume at which fulfillment occurs is important in predicting feelings of psychological contract violation and intentions to engage in development activities but that this relationship is not straightforward for turnover intentions. Furthermore, under- and over-fulfillment have different relationships with intentions to participate in development activities than previous literature suggests. Additionally, gender moderates a number of the relationships in this study.Originality/valueThis study provides detailed insights regarding the dynamics between promised and delivered WLB inducements and outcomes for a sample of older workers instead of presenting generalized differences between several age groups.
Commentary on “Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme: a collaboration opportunity for academia and industry”
Authors: Greig Rob 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a UK perspective on the article by Mason et al. on Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Design/methodology/approach
A commentary on the main article, drawing on the author’s knowledge and experience of the implementation of personalisation in the UK and information gleaned during a recent visit to Australia.

Findings
There is a major risk that the implementation of NDIS will repeat some of the failings of personalisation in the UK. Specifically, the failures of public bodies to invest in supporting people to take effective control over the resources available to them, and to instigate action to manage the emerging market in ways that promote innovative community options, risk the forces of the free market economy undermining disabled people’s ability to make maximum use of any new choice and control open to them.

Originality/value
This is a personal perspective, backed by experience, on a current policy development that is of international interest.
Diversification of the Middle Urals multi-touristic potential
Authors: Kondyukova Elena , Shershneva Elena 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to review tourist directions that reflect the uniqueness of the Sverdlovsk region of Russia and form the basis of its multi-touristic potential.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper reviews diversification of the Middle Urals tourist potential based on its natural, geographic, business, ethno-cultural and industrial features.

Findings
The findings reveal the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relating to the implementation of the multi-touristic brand “Great Ural”.

Research limitations/implications
Sverdlovsk region is known as a great industrial region of the Russia. The paper reveals that this region is an area with wide tourism potential. The authors deem that tourist diversification will help to improve the competitiveness of the Middle Urals.

Originality/value
The main output of the paper is a review of the key directions for tourism in the Sverdlovsk region with implications for practitioners, tourists and entrepreneurs. The identification of problems and imperfections in the Middle Urals tourism market is also useful for researchers working in the area of territorial marketing.
The Russian hospitality and tourism market
Authors: Sheresheva Marina Y. 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to review the contributions made to the strategic question about the challenges and opportunities driving the Russian tourism and hospitality market as it becomes more diverse with new destinations.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on the strategic question, a brief analysis of each contribution was carried out to identify the key findings, as they relate to the theme.

Findings
The findings reveal 11 key characteristics related to major issues and shifts in the contemporary Russian tourism and hospitality market.

Research limitations/implications
The findings add to the literature on hospitality and tourism in emerging markets by unveiling the pros and cons of developing new destinations and types of tourism in Russia. Overall, the theme issue provides a useful framework for discussion with a wider range of stakeholders. This is important to both academics and practitioners engaged in hospitality and tourism development and research.

Originality/value
All 11 articles have contributed different perspectives to the topic and confirm that it is important for all key stakeholders to consider both international trends in hospitality and tourism and the region-specific resources and opportunities that make many parts of Russia potentially attractive to different target audiences with broad interests and preferences.
Reflections on the theme issue outcomes
Authors: Sheresheva Marina Y. , Teare Richard 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to profile the WHATT theme issue “Why is the Russian tourism and hospitality market becoming more diverse with new destinations?” with reference to the experiences of the theme editor and writing team.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses structured questions to enable the theme editor to reflect on the rationale for the theme issue question, the starting-point, the selection of the writing team and material and the editorial process.

Findings
This paper provides a framework to facilitate discussion between all stakeholders in Russia’s tourism and hospitality industry, identifies ways of improving competitiveness as a tourist destination and contributes to thinking about sustainable development. The outcomes of a broad-ranging collaboration yield fresh insights, a deeper understanding of the issues and an array of possible responses to the theme issue question.

Practical implications
The theme issue outcomes provide lines of enquiry for others to explore and reinforce the value of WHATT’s approach to collaborative working and writing.

Originality/value
The collaborative work reported in this theme issue offers a unified but contrarian response to the theme’s strategic question. Taken together, the collection of articles provides a detailed picture of the changes occurring in the Russian tourism and hospitality market.
Being harmed while doing good: affective injuries in a community development programme, Medan, Indonesia
Authors: Jakimow Tanya 
Published: June 2018

AbstractComplaints, accusations, and failures of gratitude are everyday experiences for volunteers in community‐driven development in Medan, Indonesia. In this article I develop the analytic of ‘affective injury’ to describe the force of such encounters: the sensation of having one's ethical self questioned or put at risk that manifests as an immediate force or lingering hurt. While humanitarian and development workers are all susceptible to affective injuries, I argue that they operate on a different register for developers who belong to, and have an enduring relationship with, the ‘community’. The ways local volunteers respond to, and seek to recover from, affective injuries are distinct from reflective responses to ethical dilemmas. The suppression of, or diversion from, thoughts that could derail self‐understanding is a hindrance to reflexive development practice.
Cultivating a longitudinal learning process through recurring crisis management training exercises in twelve Swedish municipalities
Authors: van Laere Joeri , Lindblom Jessica 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThis study illustrates how crisis management capability is developed in series of recurring exercises, rather than in one single exercise. Over one hundred table‐top and role‐playing exercises were performed and evaluated in a longitudinal cross‐case action research study in 12 Swedish municipalities. By consciously adapting training formats, municipalities were lead through three learning phases: obtaining role understanding (phase 1: knowing what to do), developing information management skills (phase 2: knowing how to do it), and mastering self‐reflection in regular time‐outs (phase 3: knowing when and why to do something). This final learning outcome, being able to concurrently execute, evaluate, and reorganize an ongoing crisis management performance, may be the most valuable capability of a crisis management organization when crisis strikes.
Women are more likely than men to blame structural factors for women's political under‐representation: Evidence from 27 countries
Authors: ALLEN PETER , CUTTS DAVID 
Published: June 2018

AbstractOver time, gender and politics research has made progress in identifying those factors that result in low numbers of women in political institutions and in making evidence‐informed suggestions about how to ameliorate them. These factors include discrimination in party recruitment processes, male‐dominated political culture and broader gender inequalities in society. In contrast, little is known about public opinion regarding these drivers of women's political under‐representation, especially whether to who or what women assign blame for the under‐representation of women in politics differs from men. This article provides the first discussion and analysis of blame assignment for women's numeric under‐representation in politics. In doing so, it outlines and operationalises a framework that distinguishes between meritocratic explanations of women's under‐representation, whereby the blame for women not holding political office in greater numbers is assigned to women themselves, and structural explanations, whereby social forces external to women are seen to result in their numeric under‐representation. Cross‐national data from 27 European countries is used to show that women are significantly more likely than men to assign blame for women's numeric under‐representation to structural factors. The hierarchical nature of the dataset is exploited using multilevel models and significant differences in levels of structural blame assignment between countries is found as well as between‐country variation in the probability of women assigning blame to structural explanations for women's under‐representation. Finally, the category of structural explanations is disaggregated in order to assess their relative prominence and to provide strong corroborative evidence that women predominantly assign blame for women's under‐representation to political culture over other structural blame factors. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the study's findings for policy makers contemplating the pursuit of gender equality policies aimed at increasing women's political representation and makes suggestions for the direction of future research in this area.
‘A Young Tory’? The Early Parliamentary Career of Charles James Fox 1768–74
Authors: Thomas P.D.G. 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThis article seeks to redress the neglect, even by his biographers, of Fox's early career, when he made over 250 speeches in the house of commons in six years. The period when young Fox supported government was an inappropriate prelude to his later fame as opponent of Prime Minister Pitt and champion of ‘liberal causes’. He was anything but a ‘man of the people’ in his authoritarian attitude and detestation of popular opinion, and yet there were signs that he would not be an administration man in the mould of his father, Henry Fox.
Richard Oastler, Toryism, Radicalism and the Limitations of Party, c.1807–46
Authors: Roberts Matthew 
Published: June 2018

AbstractRichard Oastler (1789–1861), the immensely popular and fiery orator who campaigned for factory reform and for the abolition of the new poor law in the 1830s and 1840s, has been relatively neglected by political historians. Few historians, however, have questioned his toryism. As this article suggests, labelling Oastler an ‘ultra‐tory’ or a ‘church and state tory’ obscures more than it reveals. There were also radical strands in Oastler's ideology. There has been a tendency among Oastler's biographers to treat him as unique. By comparing Oastler with other tories – Sadler, Southey, and the young Disraeli – as well as radicals like Cobbett, this article locates him much more securely among his contemporaries. His range of interests were much broader (and more radical) than the historiographical concentration on factory and poor law reform suggests. While there were periods when Oastler's toryism (or radicalism) was more apparent, one of the most consistent aspects of his political career was a distaste for party politics. Far from being unique or a maverick, Oastler personified the pervasive anti‐party sentiments held by the working classes, which for all the historiographical attention paid to popular radicalism and other non‐party movements still tends to get lost in narratives of the ‘rise of party’.
A baseline tool for predicting response to peginterferon alfa‐2a in HBeAg‐positive patients with chronic hepatitis B
Authors: Chan H. L. Y. , Messinger D. , Papatheodoridis G. V. , Cornberg M. , Xie Q. , Piratvisuth T. , Ren H. , Kennedy P. T. , Thompson A. , Caputo A. , Bakalos G. , Pavlovic V. , Lampertico P. 
Published: June 2018

SummaryBackgroundPeginterferon induces off‐treatment responses in approximately one‐third of patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)‐positive chronic hepatitis B.AimTo develop an easy‐to‐use baseline prediction score to identify hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype B‐/C‐infected HBeAg‐positive Asian patients likely to respond to peginterferon alfa‐2a.MethodsGeneralised additive models, multiple logistic regression (MLR) analysis and internal validation methods were applied to data from 647 HBeAg‐positive patients from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to develop a scoring system to predict response 24 weeks after completing a 48‐week course of peginterferon alfa‐2a.ResultsFive baseline factors (age, sex, alanine aminotransferase ratio, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) level and HBV DNA level) were retained in the final MLR for HBeAg seroconversion and used to develop a scoring system from 0 to 7. Among patients with scores of 0‐1, 2‐3, 4 or ≥5, HBeAg seroconversion was achieved in 6.4% (6/94), 23.0% (61/265), 36.4% (67/184) and 54.8% (57/104), respectively, and a combined response (HBeAg seroconversion plus HBV DNA <2000 IU/mL) in 5.3% (5/94), 12.8% (34/265), 25.0% (46/184) and 36.5% (38/104), respectively. Among patients with scores of 0‐1, 2‐3, 4 or ≥5, 57.0% (53/93), 12.3% (31/253), 3.4% (6/178) and 1.0% (1/100) had HBsAg ≥20 000 IU/mL at treatment Week 12; only 3/91 (3.3%) with HBsAg ≥20 000 IU/mL experienced a combined response at 24 weeks post‐treatment (negative predictive value = 97% [88/91]).ConclusionA pre‐treatment scoring system using readily available baseline characteristics identifies HBeAg‐positive Asian patients likely to experience sustained HBeAg seroconversion after treatment with peginterferon alfa‐2a.
Changes of leukocyte counts and expression of pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory cytokines in peripheral leukocytes in periparturient dairy cows with retained fetal membranes
Authors: Shimizu Takashi , Morino Ikumi , Kitaoka Ryuji , Miyamoto Akio , Kawashima Chiho , Haneda Shingo , Magata Fumie 
Published: June 2018

AbstractIn dairy cows, retained fetal membranes (RFM) affect reproductive performance. The aim of this study was to examine the leukocyte counts and the gene expression of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα), interleukin 1β (IL‐1β), IL‐8, and IL‐10 in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in cows with (n = 5) or without (n = 5) RFM during the peripartum period. The lymphocyte counts in RFM cows were higher than those in control cows throughout the experiment (p < .05). The expression of IL‐8 in PMNs of control cows was higher (p < .05) compared with that of RFM cows postpartum. In cows with RFM, IL‐1β expression was higher (p < .05) in PMNs at 6 weeks postpartum whereas the expression of IL‐1β was lower (p < .05) in PBMCs at 4 weeks postpartum. The expression of IL‐10 in PBMCs of control cows was higher (p < .05) than that of RFM cows at 2 weeks prepartum and 4 weeks postpartum. Taken together, our data indicate that changes of gene expression of pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory cytokines in RFM cows might be associated with the delayed placental separation and development of uterine inflammation in RFM cows.
From Business Tax to Value‐added Tax: The Effects of Reform on Chinese Transport Industry Firms
Authors: Huang Haifeng , Wang Tao , Zhan Zhichao 
Published: June 2018

AbstractWe study the effects of switching from business tax (BT) to value‐added tax (VAT) on the performance of firms in the Chinese transport industry, in an effort to determine whether the change in policy improves firm performance. We study the effects of this new VAT reform from a theoretical perspective, and test the effects on 49 listed transportation firms using a difference‐in‐differences model. The results indicate that VAT reform has a positive effect on profitability and the growth ability of firms in the transport industry, but no significant effects on the debt‐paying ability and operating capability of firms are found. Furthermore, we propose some suggestions for speeding up the development of transportation firms by replacing BT with VAT.