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An assessment of the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of Members of Parliament (MPs) in Bangladesh
Authors: Hossain Md Uzzal , Hossain Md Arman , Islam Md Shariful 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of Members of Parliament (MPs) in Bangladesh. It aimed at determining the information sources, preferred information format, frequency of seeking information and access to information and communication technology and online information services by the MPs. The study also intended to assess the role of parliament library for satisfying the information needs of the MPs.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey method was adopted for data collection; the respondents were interviewed by the researchers with the guidance of a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was read out for the respondents and filled up by the interviewers based on the answers they received. Fifty MPs were selected for the study using simple random sampling. The data were analysed with the help of weighted mean.

Findings
The study found that the MPs mainly seek information to make a parliamentary request/inquiry, to make a speech and to make a decision. The most important sources of information were minutes of sessions, mass media, personal letters and information networks; and they preferred printed formats rather than online documents. The result also showed that only a few MPs were aware of the information services provided by the parliament library and were satisfied with the services they received.

Originality/value
There has been no study carried out on the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of MPs in Bangladesh prior to this research. The study will help the policymakers to improve the library services for MPs in Bangladesh.
Internet attacks and intrusion detection system
Authors: Singh Raman , Kumar Harish , Singla Ravinder Kumar , Ketti Ramachandran Ramkumar 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The paper addresses various cyber threats and their effects on the internet. A review of the literature on intrusion detection systems (IDSs) as a means of mitigating internet attacks is presented, and gaps in the research are identified. The purpose of this paper is to identify the limitations of the current research and presents future directions for intrusion/malware detection research.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper presents a review of the research literature on IDSs, prior to identifying research gaps and limitations and suggesting future directions.

Findings
The popularity of the internet makes it vulnerable against various cyber-attacks. Ongoing research on intrusion detection methods aims to overcome the limitations of earlier approaches to internet security. However, findings from the literature review indicate a number of different limitations of existing techniques: poor accuracy, high detection time, and low flexibility in detecting zero-day attacks.

Originality/value
This paper provides a review of major issues in intrusion detection approaches. On the basis of a systematic and detailed review of the literature, various research limitations are discovered. Clear and concise directions for future research are provided.
Twenty years of readership of library and information science literature under Mendeley’s microscope
Authors: Pooladian Aida , Borrego Ángel 
Published: April 2017

PurposeAltmetric indicators have been proposed as a complement to citation counts in research evaluation. Conceivably, they might also be used to supplement other methods for estimating journal readership. The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Mendeley reference management software to characterize the features of the readership of library and information science (LIS) literature.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used the Social Sciences Citation Index to retrieve 54,655 articles and reviews published between 1995 and 2014 and indexed in the category “Information Science & Library Science”. Each record was then searched in Mendeley to obtain the number of bookmarks of the paper and the academic status of the users.FindingsMendeley covers 61 per cent of the LIS literature published in the last 20 years. In all, 75 per cent of the papers published in the last five years had been bookmarked at least once in Mendeley whereas just 55 per cent had been cited in Web of Science. Reviews are bookmarked more frequently than articles, and papers in English have more bookmarks than papers in any other language. Most users of LIS literature are PhD and postgraduate students.Originality/valueThe study shows that altmetrics can be used as a source of data in information behaviour studies. Reference management software provides an unobtrusive means of capturing reading habits in the scholarly literature. Compared to citation counts, bookmarks are rapidly available and also reflect usage outside the academic community.
Principles to guide reliable and ethical research evaluation using metric-based indicators of impact
Authors: Webster Berenika M. 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to summarize and provide context to the recently published Leiden Manifesto, a document written by leading bibliometric researchers, which proposes ten principles that should guide the use of bibliometric tools and indicators in research evaluation.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is an opinion piece based on the Leiden Manifesto.

Findings
This paper addresses the phenomenon of increasing provision of bibliometric services by research university libraries and argues that their mission should be to advocate the responsible use of bibliometric methods for research evaluation in their institutions, in line with Leiden Manifesto principles.

Originality/value
This is an original piece.
An altmetric analysis of ResearchGate profiles of physics researchers
Authors: Shrivastava Rishabh , Mahajan Preeti 
Published: April 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to carry out an altmetric analysis of faculty members and research scholars of Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi (India) (Univ.Delhi P&A) who are members of the academic social networking site ResearchGate. ReserachGate is a rich source of altmetric indictors such as publications, reads, profile views, citations, impact points, RGScore, followers and following, etc. The RGScore, unique to ResearchGate, was further explored in depth in the study.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected manually by visiting the profile pages of all the members who had an account in ResearchGate under Univ.Delhi P&A during the first week of July, 2016. The authors found a total of 173 members in ResearchGate from the department. Data were collected for publications, reads, profile views, citations, impact points, RGScore, followers and following from the profile pages of the members. Correlations were calculated amongst the metrics provided by ResearchGate to seek the nature of the relationship amongst the various ResearchGate metrics.FindingsThe analysis revealed that the publications added by researchers to their profiles were relatively low, as 28.32 per cent of the members had not added even a single publication to their profiles. Average reads acquired per person was found to be 909.49 and the median value of reads was found to be 95. Average citation per member in ResearchGate was found to be 414.60 and the median value was found to be 7. Majority of the researchers (45.09 per cent) had impact points in the range of 0.2-50. Most of the members (35.84 per cent) had followers in the range of 1-10. Majority of the members (52.02 per cent) had profile views in the range of 1-100. Most of the members (26.01 per cent) had RGScore equivalent to 0.01. The highest correlation of RGScore was found with publications added by researchers to their profiles, followed by correlation between RGScore and reads, correlation between RGscore and profile views, correlation between RGScore and number of Full Texts and correlation between RGScore and number of followers of a researcher.Originality/valueNot much research has been conducted in the area of altmetrics, especially using ResearchGate as a source of altmetrics. The findings of the study help in understanding the validity of ResearchGate as a source of altmetrics for research evaluation in a developing country such as India. Also, the novel ResearchGate indicator RGScore has been evaluated in great depth and its relationship with other ResearchGate altmetric and bibliometric indicators has been established.
Supporting the research feedback loop
Authors: Tattersall Andy 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the opportunities altmetrics offer to library and information professionals as part of their research support provision. This paper examines what altmetrics are and how they can offer another useful metric to help academics engage with a variety of interested parties over the web.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper considers the emergence of altmetrics as a research measurement and scholarly communication tool and the impact on academic libraries. It also identifies existing metrics and explores their shortcomings as well as how these can be bridged by altmetrics.

Findings
Altmetrics offer a wealth of opportunities for library and information professionals to make better strategic decisions, explore their own institution’s research output and provide scholarly communications intelligence to their research community.

Originality/value
The value in this paper lies in encouraging academic librarians and information professionals to explore altmetrics for themselves and align any new knowledge with existing services and skills, in particular around metrics and digital media.
Defining community recommended practice for altmetrics
Authors: Carpenter Todd A. , Lagace Nettie M. 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
In 2013, the National Information Standards Organization launched a three-year project to identify areas of potential community consensus around these new metrics and then develop recommended practices in those areas. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
After collecting community input on potential activities, NISO surveyed the community to prioritize five areas of work around which to develop community consensus.

Findings
The NISO Working Groups produced a set of recommended practices that included: definitions and use cases for alternative metrics, applications of metrics for non-traditional scholarly outputs, collections of persistent identifiers around which metrics can be built, and a Code of Conduct for metrics providers.

Originality/value
The development of standards and recommended practices around altmetrics will encourage adoption of these new metrics forms and will add to the trust in those metrics for the academy.
A model‐based data‐driven dictionary learning for seismic data representation
Authors: Yarman Can Evren , Kumar Rajiv , Rickett James 
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTPlanar waves events recorded in a seismic array can be represented as lines in the Fourier domain. However, in the real world, seismic events usually have curvature or amplitude variability, which means that their Fourier transforms are no longer strictly linear but rather occupy conic regions of the Fourier domain that are narrow at low frequencies but broaden at high frequencies where the effect of curvature becomes more pronounced. One can consider these regions as localised “signal cones”. In this work, we consider a space–time variable signal cone to model the seismic data. The variability of the signal cone is obtained through scaling, slanting, and translation of the kernel for cone‐limited (C‐limited) functions (functions whose Fourier transform lives within a cone) or C‐Gaussian function (a multivariate function whose Fourier transform decays exponentially with respect to slowness and frequency), which constitutes our dictionary. We find a discrete number of scaling, slanting, and translation parameters from a continuum by optimally matching the data. This is a non‐linear optimisation problem, which we address by a fixed‐point method that utilises a variable projection method with ℓ1 constraints on the linear parameters and bound constraints on the non‐linear parameters. We observe that slow decay and oscillatory behaviour of the kernel for C‐limited functions constitute bottlenecks for the optimisation problem, which we partially overcome by the C‐Gaussian function. We demonstrate our method through an interpolation example. We present the interpolation result using the estimated parameters obtained from the proposed method and compare it with those obtained using sparsity‐promoting curvelet decomposition, matching pursuit Fourier interpolation, and sparsity‐promoting plane‐wave decomposition methods.
A real‐time PCR assay for improved rapid, specific detection of Cryphonectria parasitica
Authors: Rubio S. , Barnes A. , Webb K. , Hodgetts J. 
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTCryphonectria parasitica, an ascomycete fungus, is the causal agent of chestnut blight. This highly destructive disease of chestnut trees causes significant losses, and is therefore a regulated pathogen in Europe. Existing methods for the detection of C. parasitica include morphological identification following culturing, or PCR; however, these are time‐consuming resulting in delays to diagnosis. To allow improved detection, a new specific real‐time PCR assay was designed to detect C. parasitica directly from plant material and fungal cultures, and was validated according to the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) standard PM 7/98. The analytical specificity of the assay was tested extensively using a panel of species taxonomically closely related to Cryphonectria, fungal species associated with the hosts and healthy plant material. The assay was found to be specific to C. parasitica, whilst the analytical sensitivity of the assay was established as 2 pg µL−1 of DNA. Comparative testing of 63 samples of naturally infected plant material by the newly developed assay and traditional morphological diagnosis demonstrated an increased diagnostic sensitivity when using the real‐time PCR assay. Furthermore the assay is able to detect both virulent and hypovirulent strains of C. parasitica. Therefore the new real‐time PCR assay can be used to provide reliable, rapid, specific detection of C. parasitica to prevent the accidental movement of the disease and to monitor its spread.
Further evidence on mandatory partner rotation and audit pricing: a supply‐side perspective
Authors: Ferguson Andrew , Lam Peter , Ma Nelson 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThis study examines effects of mandatory partner rotation (MPR) on audit fees of Australian‐listed companies. Using a fee changes approach, evidence of fee increases in year of the MPR driven by smaller offices of non‐Big 4 auditors is found, consistent with supply‐side resource constraint arguments. Broadly consistent findings are observed using a fee levels approach. Appointment of inexperienced partners to MPR engagements has no discernible effect on fees. Additional analysis of audit reporting lag indicates fee increases reflect additional audit effort as opposed to a pricing strategy. Overall, the evidence supports recent moves by policy‐makers to soften MPR requirements.
The ‘cognitive footprint’ of psychiatric and neurological conditions: cross‐sectional study in the UK Biobank cohort
Authors: Cullen B. , Smith D. J. , Deary I. J. , Evans J. J. , Pell J. P. 
Published: April 2017

ObjectiveWe aimed to quantify the prevalence of cognitive impairment in adults with a history of mood disorder, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, within a large general population cohort.MethodCross‐sectional study using UK Biobank data (n = 502 642). Psychiatric and neurological exposure status was ascertained via self‐reported diagnoses, hospital records and questionnaires. Impairment on reasoning, reaction time and memory tests was defined with reference to a single unexposed comparison group. Results were standardised for age and gender. Sensitivity analyses examined the influence of comorbidity, education, information sources and missing data.ResultsRelative to the unexposed group, cognitive impairment was least common in major depression (standardised prevalence ratios across tests = 1.00 [95% CI 0.98, 1.02] to 1.49 [95% CI 1.24, 1.79]) and most common in schizophrenia (1.89 [95% CI 1.47, 2.42] to 3.92 [95% CI 2.34, 6.57]). Prevalence in mania/bipolar was similar to that in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Estimated population attributable prevalence of cognitive impairment was higher for major depression (256 per 100 000 [95% CI 130, 381]) than for all other disorders.ConclusionAlthough the relative prevalence of cognitive impairment was lowest in major depression, the population attributable prevalence was highest overall for this group.
Diagnostic tools in ocular allergy
Authors: Leonardi A. , Doan S. , Fauquert J. L. , Bozkurt B. , Allegri P. , Marmouz F. , Rondon C. , Jedrzejczak M. , Hellings P. , Delgado L. , Calder V. 
Published: April 2017

AbstractOcular allergy (OA) includes a group of common and less frequent hypersensitivity disorders frequently misdiagnosed and not properly managed. The diagnosis of OA is usually based on clinical history and signs and symptoms, with the support of in vivo and in vitro tests when identification of the specific allergen is required. To date, no specific test is available for the diagnosis of the whole spectrum of the different forms of OA. The lack of recommendations on diagnosis of OA is considered a medical need not only for allergists but also for ophthalmologists. This position paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the currently available tools for diagnosing OA to promote a common nomenclature and procedures to be used by different specialists. Questionnaires, sign and symptom grading scales, tests, and potential biomarkers for OA are reviewed. We also identified several unmet needs in the diagnostic tools to generate interest, increase understanding, and inspire further investigations. Tools, recommendations, and algorithms for the diagnosis of OA are proposed for use by both allergists and ophthalmologists. Several unmet needs in the diagnostic tools should be further improved by specific clinical research in OA.
Laparoscopic versus open resection for transverse and descending colon cancer: Short‐term and long‐term outcomes of a multicenter retrospective study of 1830 patients
Authors: Yamaguchi Shigeki , Tashiro Jo , Araki Ryuichiro , Okuda Junji , Hanai Tsunekazu , Otsuka Koki , Saito Shuji , Watanabe Masahiko , Sugihara Kenichi 
Published: April 2017

AbstractIntroductionPrevious randomized controlled trials demonstrated similar oncological outcomes between laparoscopic and open colectomies, except for cases involving transverse colon and splenic flexure colon cancer. The objective of this study was to confirm the oncological safety and advantages of the short‐term results of laparoscopic surgery for transverse and descending colon cancer in comparison with open surgery.MethodsThe study data were retrospectively collected from the databases of 45 hospitals. Patients with transverse or descending colon cancer who underwent laparoscopic or open R0 resection were registered. The primary end‐points were the 3‐year overall survival and relapse‐free survival rates according to pathological stage. The secondary end‐points were the short‐term results, including blood loss, operative time, diet intake, hospital stay, and postoperative complications.ResultsOf the 1830 eligible patients, 872 underwent open colectomy and 958 underwent laparoscopic colectomy. The median follow‐up period was 38.4 months. The conversion rate to open resection was 4.5%. The 3‐year overall survival rate of the laparoscopic group was significantly higher than that of the open group for stage I patients (96.2% vs 99.2%; P = 0.04); it was also higher for stage II (94.0% vs 95.5%) and stage III (87.4% vs 90.2%) patients, but there were no significant differences. The 3‐year relapse‐free survival rate of the laparoscopic group was significantly higher than that of the open group for stage I patients; there were no differences between the open and laparoscopic groups among the stage II and III patients. In the multivariate analyses, laparoscopic resection was a significant factor in relapse‐free survival. Laparoscopic patients had significantly lower blood loss and a significantly longer operative time than the open groups. Also, postoperative hospital stay was significantly shorter and postoperative morbidity was significantly lower in the laparoscopic group.ConclusionAlthough this retrospective study has limitations, we can conclude that laparoscopic surgery for transverse and descending colon cancer is oncologically safe and yields better short‐term results than open surgery.
Large scale studies assessing anti‐factor VIII antibody development in previously untreated haemophilia A: what has been learned, what to believe and how to learn more
Authors: Iorio Alfonso , Fischer Kathelijn , Makris Michael 
Published: April 2017

SummaryMinimizing the risk of inhibitor development by acting on modifiable risk factors remains a sensible goal for treatment optimization in haemophilia A. By critically appraising published studies assessing inhibitor development, this review addresses the role of studies in previously untreated patients (PUPs) for establishing the immunogenicity of new concentrates, suggest novel research design to be adopted in future studies and discuss clinical practice implications of the reported differential immunogenicity of Kogenate Bayer and Advate factor VIII concentrates. Three considerations are relevant here: (i) all of the existing concentrates, when tested following the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Scientific and Standardization Committee recommendation, were shown to be safe; as a consequence, (ii) when considering using any newly introduced product, one should be aware that it could, in future, turn out to be as immunogenic as Kogenate Bayer, and (iii) at the population level, it might be wiser not to use Kogenate Bayer in PUPs, if the choice is against Advate. When presenting the risk of developing inhibitors to the individual patient (or their family), the message remains that the risk can be as high as 40%, without any efficient instrument to predict individual inhibitor risk. Patients should be invited to enrol into a randomized registry trial, including random assignment to trials with new investigational products.
The effect of chrysin‐loaded nanofiber on wound healing process in male rat
Authors: Mohammadi Zoheyr , Sharif Zak Mohsen , Majdi Hasan , Seidi Khaled , Barati Meisam , Akbarzadeh Abolfazl , Latifi Ali Mohammad 
Published: April 2017

Wound healing is an inflammatory process. Chrysin, a natural flavonoid found in honey, has been recently investigated to have anti‐inflammatory and antioxidant effects. In this work, the effects of chrysin‐loaded nanofiber on the expressions of genes that are related to wound healing process such as P53, TIMPs, MMPs, iNOS, and IL‐6 in an animal model study were evaluated. The electrospinning method was used for preparation the different concentrations of chrysin‐loaded PCL‐PEG nanofiber (5%, 10%, and 20% [w/w]) and characterized by FTIR and SEM. The wound healing effects of chrysin‐loaded PCL‐PEG nanofiber were in vivo investigated in rats, and the expressions of genes related to wound healing process were evaluated by real‐time PCR. The study results showed chrysin‐loaded PLC‐PEG compared to chrysin ointment and control groups significantly increase IL‐6, MMP‐2, MMP‐8, MMP‐9, TIMP‐1, and TIMP‐2 (p < .05). On the other hand, nanofibers containing chrysin significantly decreased p53 and iNOS expression compared to chrysin ointment and control groups (p < .05). According to the results, chrysin‐loaded PCL‐PEG‐PCL nanofibers have positive effects on the expression of the genes that have pivotal role in wound healing.