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IFRS adoption in ASEAN countries
Authors: Joshi Mahesh , Yapa Prem W. Senarath , Kraal Diane 
Published: April 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of professional accountants from three countries from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in order to evaluate their perceived benefits associated with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in their respective nations as well as the implications of these standards for the accounting and auditing professions in their country of practice. It also explores the extent to which the adoption of IAS/IFRS accounting standards have been supported by the state, media and local professional accounting bodies.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study uses survey approach to seek perceptions of professional accountants in these three countries with a view to understanding their perceptions regarding the socio-economic issues related to the adoption of the IFRS and role of social institutions. The study also uses appropriate statistical tests for interpretation of the data.

Findings
– The analysis of the data shows that accounting professionals in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia strongly supported IFRS adoption; their opinions did not differ significantly by place of training, experience or professional qualifications. Respondents agreed that their countries benefited economically from harmonisation with global accounting standards. The surveyed accountants believed that pressure from international agencies was instrumental in the adoption of IFRS in the region. The findings also show that governments, the media and professional accounting bodies have supported the adoption, communication and application of IFRS.

Originality/value
– This is the first study examining the role of social and professional institutions in the adoption of the IFRS and one which also provides an inter-country comparison of accountant’s perspectives on adoption of the IFRS among three ASEAN countries.
The perceived value-relevance of open data in the parents’ choice of Dutch primary schools
Authors: Kool Dennis de , Bekkers Victor 
Published: April 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceived value-relevance of open data published by the Dutch Inspectorate of Education in the parents’ choice of Dutch primary schools.Design/methodology/approach– Empirical data were collected through a mixed method strategy including quantitative and qualitative methods: quantitative surveys among parents of pupils in 25 primary schools; and semi-structured in-depth interviews using a topic list.Findings– Parents make little use of the Inspectorate’s website compared to other information sources. The perceived usefulness of this website to parents choosing a primary school is also relatively low. Personal information gathered by school visits, written information from schools and information from other parents are more important sources.Research limitations/implications– Subjective considerations, such as the atmosphere and ambience of a school, play an important role in parents’ choice behavior. Pragmatic considerations also play a role, such as a school’s nearness. This study shows that it is necessary to rethink the rational assumptions behind publishing performance data.Practical implications– This study observed a mismatch between the demand and supply of open data about primary schools. The Inspectorate’s publication strategy is based on “hard” and “written” data presented on a website, but parents also appreciate “soft” and personal “oral” data. Parents state that the Inspectorate should not only focus on negative school results for censuring (“naming and shaming”), but also give attention to schools that perform well (“naming and faming”).Originality/value– Research about parents’ and citizens’ use of quality information in general is scarce. These findings show that parents’ choice behavior is less rational than assumed. Relativistic notions about decision-making processes are recognized in other studies also, but they suggest that highly educated parents are over-represented in the group of parents who actively make school choices, whereas this study found no indications that parents’ educational level affects their choices.
Entrepreneurial leadership in retail pharmacy: developing economy perspective
Authors: Harrison Christian , Paul Stuart , Burnard Kevin 
Published: April 2016

PurposeThis paper aims to uncover the challenges facing entrepreneurs in a developing economy, using the retail pharmacy sector in Nigeria. Furthermore, the entrepreneurial leadership attributes that have proved to be valuable in overcoming the challenges faced in this sector will be identified.Design/methodology/approachThe study is exploratory. Data collection is based on semi-structured interviews with retail pharmacy entrepreneurs and their employees. Although there has been some body of literature on entrepreneurial leadership, (Fernaldet al., 2005; Guptaet al., 2004), none have addressed the nexus of leadership and entrepreneurship (Cogliser and Brigham, 2004) from the retail pharmacy sector of a developing economy.FindingsFindings show that retail pharmacy entrepreneurs in a developing economy are faced with challenges such as inadequate capital and poor infrastructural facilities. However, despite these challenges, these entrepreneurial leaders were successful because of key attributes, namely, vision, risk-taking and opportunity recognition and exploitation.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size is a limitation to the study. Future studies with a larger sampling base as well as a different sector will provide greater insight.Originality/valueThis study is the first qualitative study to explore the impact of entrepreneurial leadership in the retail pharmacy sector in Nigeria. It identified the training needs for entrepreneurs in this context. By the participants sharing their experiences, the study identified the prerequisites for success, hence motivating other retail pharmacy entrepreneurs.
Electronic Textile Platforms for Monitoring in a Natural Environment
Authors: Paradiso Rita , Caldani Laura 
Published: April 2016

Electronics textile platforms are conceived as the implementation into textile of added functions like sensing, actuation, computing and power managing with the whole being part of an interactive communication network. Systems based on such platforms combine the knowledge of advances in fields such as fiber and polymer research, material processing, microelectronics, signals processing, nanotechnologies and telecommunication.
Textile is the common platform where smart materials in form of fibers are integrated, where the properties of the material can be tuned through the combination of chemical surfaces processes and the implementation of multi-laminated and differentiated structures,
where the exploitation of textile manufacturing potentiality allows the use of redundant sensors configurations and the combination of mechanical and electrochemical properties to create new multifunctional patterns. This paper presents several platforms developed in the last ten years in the frame of research projects targeting different applications, from health care and rehabilitation to security purposes; a special emphasis will be given to the description of technical and functional solutions implemented to satisfy functional and comfort requirements.
A cube-based saliency detection method using integrated visual and spatial features
Authors: Liu Tao , Fang Zhixiang , Mao Qingzhou , Li Qingquan , Zhang Xing 
Published: April 2016

Purpose
The spatial feature is important for scene saliency detection. Scene-based visual saliency detection methods fail to incorporate 3D scene spatial aspects. This paper aims to propose a cube-based method to improve saliency detection through integrating visual and spatial features in 3D scenes.

Design/methodology/approach
In the presented approach, a multiscale cube pyramid is used to organize the 3D image scene and mesh model. Each 3D cube in this pyramid represents a space unit similar to a pixel in the image saliency model multiscale image pyramid. In each 3D cube color, intensity and orientation features are extracted from the image and a quantitative concave–convex descriptor is extracted from the 3D space. A Gaussian filter is then used on this pyramid of cubes with an extended center-surround difference introduced to compute the cube-based 3D scene saliency.

Findings
The precision-recall rate and receiver operating characteristic curve is used to evaluate the method and other state-of-art methods. The results show that the method used is better than traditional image-based methods, especially for 3D scenes.

Originality/value
This paper presents a method that improves the image-based visual saliency model.
Embedded medical sensors, an emerging technology to monitor hearts, brains, nerves and addressing other medical applications for improved patient care
Authors: Bloss Richard 
Published: April 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review the dramatic entry of embedded medical sensors into the medical monitoring environment. It also examines the current range of applications that have been addressed, trends for additional applications and factors driving this movement.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a review of published information and papers on research as well as contact and discussions with researchers in this field at universities, manufacturers and research centers.

Findings
Microelectronics and electrochemical technologies have been a major factor in this development along with technology advancements to transmit energy and signals to and from miniature electronic devices, thus eliminating the need for stored energy and wires for transmitting information. Sensors are addressing medical issues in the heart, the brain, cancer treatment and prosthetic control. The move to implanted sensors follows development of other implanted medical devices as well as wearable sensors.

Originality/value
Readers may be very excited to learn of the many new tasks that embedded medical sensors can address and the many unique benefits that are provided to the patient and the medical staff caring for the patient.
Tactics and Tactility: A Sensory Semiotics of Handshakes in Coastal Kenya
Authors: Hillewaert Sarah 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACTIn this article, I approach hand greetings in coastal Kenya as both a form of embodied social action and an everyday tactic used in the presentation of self, the assessment of others, and the negotiation of interpersonal relations. Looking beyond the assumption that a handshake is a simple social performance subject to strategic manipulation, I draw attention to the significance of the felt bodily contact associated with this gesture in order to propose that meaning is generated not only in the dichotomous acts of offering or refusing a handshake but also in utilizing the gesture's tactility. In particular, I argue that women in coastal Kenya negotiate changing understandings of heshima (respectability), and the social positions to which it is tied, by manipulating the sensory details of hand greetings. This article contributes to recent discussions in sensory anthropology while also providing an ethnographic illustration of an embodied theory of social interaction.
Do marine phytoplankton follow Bergmann's rule sensu lato?
Authors: Sommer Ulrich , Peter Kalista H. , Genitsaris Savvas , Moustaka‐Gouni Maria 
Published: April 2016

ABSTRACTGlobal warming has revitalized interest in the relationship between body size and temperature, proposed by Bergmann's rule 150 years ago, one of the oldest manifestations of a ‘biogeography of traits’. We review biogeographic evidence, results from clonal cultures and recent micro‐ and mesocosm experiments with naturally mixed phytoplankton communities regarding the response of phytoplankton body size to temperature, either as a single factor or in combination with other factors such as grazing, nutrient limitation, and ocean acidification. Where possible, we also focus on the comparison between intraspecific size shifts and size shifts resulting from changes in species composition. Taken together, biogeographic evidence, community‐level experiments and single‐species experiments indicate that phytoplankton average cell sizes tend to become smaller in warmer waters, although temperature is not necessarily the proximate environmental factor driving size shifts. Indirect effects via nutrient supply and grazing are important and often dominate. In a substantial proportion of field studies, resource availability is seen as the only factor of relevance. Interspecific size effects are greater than intraspecific effects. Direct temperature effects tend to be exacerbated by indirect ones, if warming leads to intensified nutrient limitation or copepod grazing while ocean acidification tends to counteract the temperature effect on cell size in non‐calcifying phytoplankton. We discuss the implications of the temperature‐related size trends in a global‐warming context, based on known functional traits associated with phytoplankton size. These are a higher affinity for nutrients of smaller cells, highest maximal growth rates of moderately small phytoplankton (ca. 102 µm3), size‐related sensitivities for different types of grazers, and impacts on sinking rates. For a phytoplankton community increasingly dominated by smaller algae we predict that: (i) a higher proportion of primary production will be respired within the microbial food web; (ii) a smaller share of primary production will be channeled to the classic phytoplankton – crustacean zooplankton – fish food chain, thus leading to decreased ecological efficiency from a fish‐production point of view; (iii) a smaller share of primary production will be exported through sedimentation, thus leading to decreased efficiency of the biological carbon pump.
Weak relationships between leaf phenology and isohydric and anisohydric behavior in lowland wet tropical forest trees
Authors: Braga Nathália da Silva , Vitória Angela P. , Souza Gustavo Maia , Barros Claudia F. , Freitas Leandro 
Published: April 2016

AbstractWet tropical forest trees display a wide range of leaf phenology dynamics. However, the interrelation between deciduousness, water status, and leaf and stem characteristics have been poorly investigated compared with dry forests. We studied wet forest trees to answer the following questions: (1) do water regulation modes (iso/anisohydric behavior) of evergreen species differ from those found in deciduous species? (2) Does leaf water potential (ΨL) influences leaffall and emergence dynamics? (3) Are leaf and stem characteristics consistent across evergreen and deciduous trees? We evaluated vegetative phenology, ΨL, and leaf and stem characteristics of six evergreen and three deciduous species monthly for 2 yr. Species exhibited different leaffall and emergence dynamics, as well as different water regulation modes, independent of their deciduousness. Thus, the relationship between leaf phenology and water regulation behaviors appears to be a species‐specific property rather than a functional group attribute. ΨL had no direct influence on the dynamics of leaffall and/or emergence, indicating that this process is not modulated by water availability alone. Individual groups of evergreen and deciduous species could not be identified using principal component analysis (PCA), but a decoupling was observed in the leaf and stem economics spectra. The lack of an interrelation between deciduousness and iso/anisohydry, as well as the independence of leaf and stem trade‐offs, emphasizes that more systematic measurements of vegetative phenology and ecophysiological characteristics are necessary to advance our knowledge of leaf habit and water regulation behaviors based on the functional traits of wet forest plants.
Psychosocial burden and desire for support in outpatients with skin cancer
Authors: Buchhold Britta , Wiesmann Ulrich , Bahlmann Johannes , Lutze Stine , Eggert Claudia , Arnold Andreas , Daeschlein Georg , Jünger Michael , Hannich Hans‐Joachim 
Published: April 2016

SummaryBackgroundAn important basis for adequate psycho‐oncological and psychosocial care of cancer patients is the regular assessment of their psychosocial distress and thus their need for care. For this purpose, there are numerous questionnaires available. The objective of the present study was to assess whether distressed patients require professional support and which screening instrument outpatients with skin cancer prefer.Patients and methodsIn a cross‐sectional survey, we asked outpatients with skin cancer to fill out three questionnaires assessing psychosocial stress, and to indicate which one they considered most adequate. Patients were offered the following three instruments: Hornheide Questionnaire (27 items), Hornheide Screening Instrument (7 items), and the Distress Thermometer. In addition, we inquired about the patients’ desire for support.Results(1) Comparing subjective distress and patients’ declared desire for support revealed a marked divergence. While one‐third of the 137 patients were identified as being in need of care, only 11.5 % of the sample requested such support. (2) 63.7 % of patients chose the long version of the Hornheide Questionnaire.ConclusionsIn addition to their psychosocial burden, patients’ desire for support should be assessed. Moreover, apart from screening tools, other ways to provide access to psychosocial care should be considered.
Histologic features of granulomatous skin diseases
Authors: Mitteldorf Christina , Tronnier Michael 
Published: April 2016

SummaryGranulomatous disorders affecting the skin belong to a heterogeneous group of diseases, which were predominantly classified based on pathogenetic features. In infections diseases a granuloma is formed if an agent could not be eliminated by the immune system. Typical agents which cause granulomatous reactions are mycobacteria, fungal infections, especially extra European agent, which could effect the skin by, dissemination (e.g. histoplasmosis) or parasites, like leishmaniasis.
Histologische Merkmale granulomatöser Hauterkrankungen: Teil 2: Infektiöse granulomatöse Erkrankungen
Authors: Mitteldorf Christina , Tronnier Michael 
Published: April 2016

ZusammenfassungGranulomatöse Hauterkrankungen gehören einer heterogenen Gruppe an, die zumeist aufgrund ihrer Pathogenese klassifiziert werden. Im Rahmen von Infektionen treten Granulome insbesondere dann auf, wenn der Erreger durch das Immunsystem schlecht zu eliminieren ist. Klassische Vertreter auf der Seite der Bakterien sind die Mykobakterien, bei den Pilzen finden sich insbesondere extraeuropäische Erreger, die zum Teil durch Dissemination das Hautorgan befallen (z. B. Histoplasmose) sowie die Leishmanien aus der Gruppe der Parasiten.
Proktologie – Erkrankungen der Analregion
Authors: Kreuter Alexander 
Published: April 2016

ZusammenfassungDie Proktologie ist ein medizinischer Teilbereich, der Krankheitsbilder der Perianalregion, des Analkanals und des Enddarmes umfasst. Der Hautarzt hat in der Proktologie eine besondere Bedeutung, da entzündliche perianale Erkrankungen, erregerbedingte und sexuell übertragbare Erkrankungen sowie perianale Tumorerkrankungen und deren Vorstufen eine dermatologische Kernkompetenz darstellen. In diesem Beitrag erfolgt eine komprimierte Darstellung aller in der Proktologie relevanten Erkrankungsgruppen wie entzündliche Erkrankungen der Analregion, „klassische“ proktologische Erkrankungen, sexuell übertragbare Erkrankungen der Analregion, Tumorerkrankungen der Analregion sowie erregerbedingte Erkrankungen, wobei auf spezielle, für den Dermatologen relevante Aspekte besonders eingegangen wird. Trotz der Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Krankheitsbilder der Analregion existieren in der Regel nur fünf führende Symptome, die zur Konsultation eines Proktologen führen. Diese umfassen Juckreiz bzw. Brennen, Nässen, Blutung, Schmerz und Fremdkörpergefühl. Ein einfacher Algorithmus, der diese Symptome und wenige klinisch führende Charakteristika berücksichtigt, kann im Alltag schnell und einfach dabei helfen, zur richtigen Diagnose zu kommen.
Rethinking preventive post‐discharge intervention programmes for very preterm infants and their parents
Authors: van Wassenaer‐Leemhuis Aleid G , Jeukens‐Visser Martine , van Hus Janeline W P , Meijssen Dominique , Wolf Marie‐Jeanne , Kok Joke H , Nollet Frans , Koldewijn Karen 
Published: April 2016

Post‐discharge preventive intervention programmes with involvement of the parent may support the resilience and developmental outcomes of infants born very preterm. Randomized controlled trials of home‐based family‐centred intervention programmes in very preterm infants that aimed to improve cognitive outcome, at least at age two, were selected and updated on the basis of a recent systematic review to compare their content and effect over time to form the basis of a narrative review. Six programmes were included in this narrative review. Four of the six programmes led to improved child cognitive and/or motor development. Two programmes, which focused primarily on responsive parenting and development, demonstrated improved cognitive outcome up till 5 years after completion of the programme. The programmes that also focused on maternal anxiety remediation led to improved maternal mental well‐being, along with improved child behaviour, in one study – even at 3 years after completion of the programme. The magnitude of the effects was modest. Family‐centred preventive intervention programmes that aim at improvement of child development should be continued after discharge home to improve the preterm child's resilience. Programmes may be most effective when they support the evolvement of a responsive parent–infant relationship over time, as well as the parent's well‐being.
Discovering Hardy's Poetry in the Russian‐Speaking World
Authors: Novokreshchennykh Ekaterina 
Published: April 2016

AbstractThis paper considers the reception of Thomas Hardy's poetry in Russia at different periods during the 20th century, including in companions, encyclopedias and writers' diary notes. The author stresses the importance of Joseph Brodsky's vision of Hardy the poet (as expressed in his essay on Hardy) for the contemporary Russian‐speaking reader.
Bollywood Adaptations of Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Authors: Dutta Shanta 
Published: April 2016

AbstractThe cinematic potential of Thomas Hardy's novels has long been recognized. Indeed, quite a few of his novels open with the reader/viewer getting a glimpse of a panoramic sweep of the English countryside, often with a solitary human figure silhouetted against a winding country lane. Focusing on two Hindi films, this essay considers ways in which Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry, has responded to Tess of the d'Urbervilles by adapting it to the Indian sociocultural milieu.
Hardy and Chinese New Poetry
Authors: Nie Zhenzhao , Guo Wen 
Published: April 2016

AbstractThomas Hardy is one of the Western writers who influenced early 20th‐century Chinese literary pioneers, especially following the birth of China's New Culture Movement in 1919. His poetic technique played a great role in changing and enriching Chinese poetry, largely between the Chinese New Poetry Movement and the 1950s. From the debut of the New Poetry Movement, Chinese poets were drawn to Hardy's poetic style, imagery and pattern beauty, taking him as a model and believing that his poetry would inject new blood into traditional Chinese literature. Chinese New Poetry representatives, such as Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Guo Moruo and Aiqing, to mention but a few, are greatly indebted to Hardy in their style, art and thought. They tried their best to follow Hardy and put forward as norms of the New Poetry “three beauties” of his poetic principles, namely musical beauty, painting beauty and architectural beauty, that conform to the unity of form and content.