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Identifying future directions for IC research in education: a literature review
Authors: Bisogno Marco , Dumay John , Manes Rossi Francesca , Tartaglia Polcini Paolo 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
It is important to have a literature review to open any special issue as a way of introducing the state-of-the-art topics and link past research with the papers appearing in this special issue on IC in education. The paper aims to discuss this issue.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses the structured literature to investigate the state-of-the-art and future directions of IC literature in education. In total, 47 articles are explored including nine from this special issue.

Findings
IC in education research is concentrated in Europe and mainly addresses IC in universities. Additionally, current IC research is progressing by examining IC practices inside universities using a third-stage IC approach, with new research also concentrating on third-mission outcomes, thus there is scope to continue IC and education research beyond universities. IC in education can also expand into fifth stage IC research, which abandons the boundaries of the educational institution and concentrate on the impact of IC and education on multiple stakeholders.

Research limitations/implications
Current IC in education research is too narrow and mainly investigates IC in European contexts using case study methodology. However, there is ample scope to widen research that develops new frameworks in different educational and country contexts using a wider range of research methodologies. IC in education needs to expand its boundaries so it does not lose its relevance, and thus be able to contribute to wider policy debates.

Originality/value
This paper presents the current state-of-the-art structured literature review of the articles investigating IC in education.
Internet surveillance after Snowden
Authors: Fuchs Christian , Trottier Daniel 
Published: November 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to present results of a study that focused on the question of how computer and data experts think about Internet and social media surveillance after Edward Snowden’s revelations about the existence of mass-surveillance systems of the Internet such as Prism, XKeyscore and Tempora. Computer and data experts’ views are of particular relevance because they are confronted day by day with questions about the processing of personal data, privacy and data protection.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted two focus groups with a total of ten experts based in London. As London is considered by some as the surveillance capital of the world, and has a thriving Internet industry, it provided a well-suited context.FindingsThe focus group discussions featured three topics that are of crucial importance for understanding Internet and social media surveillance: the political economy surveillance in general; surveillance in the context of the Snowden revelations; and the question what the best political reactions are to the existence of a surveillance-industrial complex that results in political and economic control of the Internet and social media. The focus groups provided indications that computer and data experts are pre-eminently informed on how Internet surveillance works, are capable of critically assessing its implications for society and have ideas about on what should be done politically.Originality/valueStudies of privacy and surveillance after Edward Snowden’s revelations have taken on a new dimension: Large-scale covert surveillance is conducted in a collaborative endeavour of secret services, private communications corporations and security companies. It has become evident that a surveillance-industrial Internet surveillance complex exists, in which capitalist communications and security corporations and state institutions collaborate.
Firm’s strategic choices and network knowledge dynamics: how do they affect innovation?
Authors: Belso-Martinez Jose Antonio , Diez-Vial Isabel 
Published: November 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to explain how the evolution of knowledge networks and firms’ strategic choices affect innovation. Endogenous factors associated with a path-dependent evolution of the knowledge network are jointly considered with a firm’s development of international relationships and increasing internal absorptive capacity over time.Design/methodology/approachIn a biotech cluster, the authors gathered data on the firms’ characteristics and network relationships by asking about the technological knowledge they received in the cluster in 2007 and 2012 – “roster-recall” method. Estimation results were obtained using moderated regression analysis.FindingsFirms that increase their involvement in knowledge networks over time also tend to increase their innovative capacity. However, efforts devoted to building international links or absorptive capacity negatively moderate the impact of network growth on innovation.Practical implicationsPractitioners have two alternative ways of increasing innovation inside knowledge networks: they can increase their centrality by developing their knowledge network interactions or invest in developing their internal absorptive capacity and new international sources of knowledge. Investing in both of these simultaneously does not seem to improve a firm’s innovative capacity.Originality/valueCoupling firms’ strategic options with knowledge network dynamics provide a more complete way of explaining how firms can improve their innovative capacity.
Universities as inclusive learning organizations for women?
Authors: Gouthro Patricia , Taber Nancy , Brazil Amanda 
Published: November 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of the learning organization, first discussed by Senge (1990), to determine if it can work as a model in the higher education sector.Design/methodology/approachUsing a critical feminist framework, this paper assesses the possibilities and challenges of viewing universities as inclusive learning organizations, with a particular focus on women in academic faculty and leadership roles.FindingsIt argues that, ultimately, the impact of neoliberal values and underlying systemic structures that privilege male scholars need to be challenged through shifts in policies and practices to address ongoing issues of gender inequality in higher education.Originality/valueThe paper draws attention to the need to bring a critical feminist lens to an analysis of the concept of the learning organization if it is to be perceived as having merit in the higher education sector.
Introduction to special issue
Authors: Buzzanell Patrice M. 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to first introduce the four contributions to the themed issue of The Learning Organization entitled “Learning Organization/Organizational Learning and Gender Issues”. Second, the commonalities among these articles function as themes that can generate further research and engaged or problem-driven scholarship and practice.

Design/methodology/approach
Feminist critique.

Findings
These articles challenge commonsense, blur boundaries between reality and imagined visions and form a multilevel matrix for understanding and change regarding gendered learning organizations.

Originality/value
As an introduction to a special issue, this essay summarizes and extends on the four contributions and then extends the insights to encourage discovery, learning and engagement.
Expanding Our Understanding of Crime
Authors: Lauritsen Janet L. , Cork Daniel L. 
Published: November 2017

Research SummaryThis article summarizes the recommendations of the National Academies’ Committee on National Statistics’ Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics first report—Modernizing Crime Statistics, Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime (Lauritsen and Cork, 2016)—and discusses some of its implications for criminologists and practitioners.Policy ImplicationsThe crime classification offered in the National Academies’ report recommends the adoption and development of a more expanded system of crime statistics so that the nation has reliable and comparative data on crime beyond what is currently available. Many basic facts about the levels and changes in crime are not known or well understood, posing significant problems for crime policy development and evaluation, particularly in the areas of crimes by and against businesses, organizations, and governments and crimes against the environment. We discuss the new crime classification system in an effort to engage criminologists and practitioners in the work that is necessary to improve our responses to crime.
Concurrent application of ethyl formate and 1‐methylcyclopropene to control Tetranychus urticae on exported sweet persimmons (Diospyros kaki Thunb. ‘Fuyu’)
Authors: Lee Byung‐Ho , Park Chung‐Gyoo , Yang Jeong‐Oh , Kim Kyeongsoon , Lee Sung‐Eun 
Published: November 2017

AbstractExtending the shelf life of fruits during post‐harvest storage and eradicating pests associated with quarantine issues could together comprise the key steps toward expanding the exportation of sweet persimmon in South Korea. Here we firstly investigated the concurrent application of ethyl formate (EF), a methyl bromide alternative fumigant, which is currently considered a beneficial and safe fumigant in quarantine use, and 1‐methylcyclopropene (1‐MCP), an anti‐ethylene compound that is broadly used in post‐harvest systems, on sweet persimmon. We also suggest the proper fumigation methods to be follow when using these compounds. Tetranychus urticae, an important quarantine pest, was inoculated under the calyx of sweet persimmon, and the fruits were then fumigated using 35.0 mg L−1 of EF for 6 h before and after treating with 1.0 μL L−1 of 1‐methylcyclopropene for 24 h under storage conditions of 5°C. Our results showed that concurrent treatments with 1‐MCP and EF could be suitable for commercial purposes by extending shelf life, delaying color changes and softening, and offering complete control of the target pest, Tetranychus urticae.
Eastern gray squirrels are consistent shoppers of seed traits: insights from discrete choice experiments
Authors: SUNDARAM Mekala , LICHTI Nathanael I. , WIDMAR Nicole J. Olynk , SWIHART Robert K. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractSeeds of many hardwood trees are dispersed by scatter‐hoarding rodents, and this process is often mediated by the traits of seeds. Although numerous studies have linked seed traits to seed preference by rodents, little is known about how rodents forage for seeds when multiple desirable and undesirable seed traits are available simultaneously. Here, we adopt a novel method of designing choice experiments to study how eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) select for 6 traits (caloric value, protein content, tannin concentration, kernel mass, dormancy period and toughness of shell) among seeds. From n = 426 seed‐pair presentations, we found that squirrels preferentially consumed seeds with short dormancy or tougher shells, and preferentially cached seeds with larger kernel mass, tougher shells and higher tannin concentrations. By incorporating random effects, we found that squirrels exhibited consistent preferences for seed traits, which is likely due to the fitness consequences associated with maintaining cached resources. Furthermore, we found that squirrels were willing to trade between multiple traits when caching seeds, which likely results in more seed species being cached in the fall. Ultimately, our approach allowed us to compute the relative values of different seed traits to squirrels, despite covariance among studied traits across seed species. In addition, by investigating how squirrels trade among different seed traits, important insights can be gleaned into behavioral mechanisms underlying seed caching (and, thus, seed survival) dynamics as well as evolutionary strategies adopted by plants to attract seed dispersers. We describe how discrete choice experiments can be used to study resource selection in other ecological systems.
The Changing Behavior of Trading Volume Reactions to Earnings Announcements: Evidence of the Increasing Use of Accounting Earnings News by Investors
Authors: Barron Orie E. , Schneible Richard A. , Stevens Douglas E. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTThe increase in investor diversity over the last 35–40 years prompted us to revisit trading volume reactions to earnings announcements and how these reactions vary with firm size. We argue that this increase in investor diversity would likely increase differences in the precision of pre‐announcement information around earnings announcements, particularly for large firms. This suggests that the role of earnings announcements in resolving investor disagreement, as reflected in trading volume reactions, has increased. Over the 35‐year period 1977–2011, we find a dramatic increase in the magnitude and frequency of volume reactions to earnings announcements, particularly for large firms. The increase in large firms’ trading volume reactions is so pronounced that the relation between volume reactions and firm size has turned positive in recent years, reversing Bamber's (, ) previously documented negative relation. We provide intuition and empirical evidence that our results are attributable to the resolution of differential prior precision among increasingly diverse investors following large firms.
Lenders’ Response to Peer and Customer Restatements
Authors: Files Rebecca , Gurun Umit G. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractWe investigate whether restatements announced by economically related firms influence the contract terms a borrower receives from lenders. A restatement by a major customer firm increases the loan spread of a borrower by 11 basis points, on average. The contagion effects of customer restatements are higher (45 basis points) when a borrower's switching costs are high. Restatements by peer firms in the same industry also increase a borrower's loan spread, and this increase occurs regardless of restatement severity. Moreover, the sensitivity of loan spread to peer restatements is significantly greater when the restating peer firms are also in the bank's lending portfolio, suggesting that a lender's personal experience with restatements in an industry makes it more attuned to the potential implications of these restatements for the borrowing firm. Finally, our results suggest that lenders utilize information from peer restatements to anticipate future restatements by the borrowing firm.
17α‐estradiol acts through hypothalamic pro‐opiomelanocortin expressing neurons to reduce feeding behavior
Authors: Steyn Frederik J. , Ngo Shyuan T. , Chen Vicky Ping , Bailey‐Downs Lora C. , Xie Teresa Y. , Ghadami Martin , Brimijoin Stephen , Freeman Willard M. , Rubinstein Marcelo , Low Malcolm J. , Stout Michael B. 
Published: November 2017

SummaryWeight loss is an effective intervention for diminishing disease burden in obese older adults. Pharmacological interventions that reduce food intake and thereby promote weight loss may offer effective strategies to reduce age‐related disease. We previously reported that 17α‐estradiol (17α‐E2) administration elicits beneficial effects on metabolism and inflammation in old male mice. These observations were associated with reduced calorie intake. Here, we demonstrate that 17α‐E2 acts through pro‐opiomelanocortin (Pomc) expression in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) to reduce food intake and body mass in mouse models of obesity. These results confirm that 17α‐E2 modulates appetite through selective interactions within hypothalamic anorexigenic pathways. Interestingly, some peripheral markers of metabolic homeostasis were also improved in animals with near complete loss of ARC Pomc transcription. This suggests that 17α‐E2 might have central and peripheral actions that can beneficially affect metabolism cooperatively or independently.
Comparative proteomic profiling reveals a role for Cisd2 in skeletal muscle aging
Authors: Huang Yi‐Long , Shen Zhao‐Qing , Wu Chia‐Yu , Teng Yuan‐Chi , Liao Chen‐Chung , Kao Cheng‐Heng , Chen Liang‐Kung , Lin Chao‐Hsiung , Tsai Ting‐Fen 
Published: November 2017

SummarySkeletal muscle has emerged as one of the most important tissues involved in regulating systemic metabolism. The gastrocnemius is a powerful skeletal muscle composed of predominantly glycolytic fast‐twitch fibers that are preferentially lost among old age. This decrease in gastrocnemius muscle mass is remarkable during aging; however, the underlying molecular mechanism is not fully understood. Strikingly, there is a ~70% decrease in Cisd2 protein, a key regulator of lifespan in mice and the disease gene for Wolfram syndrome 2 in humans, within the gastrocnemius after middle age among mice. A proteomics approach was used to investigate the gastrocnemius of naturally aged mice, and this was compared to the autonomous effect of Cisd2 on gastrocnemius aging using muscle‐specific Cisd2 knockout (mKO) mice as a premature aging model. Intriguingly, dysregulation of calcium signaling and activation of UPR/ER stress stand out as the top two pathways. Additionally, the activity of Serca1 was significantly impaired and this impairment is mainly attributable to irreversibly oxidative modifications of Serca. Our results reveal that the overall characteristics of the gastrocnemius are very similar when naturally aged mice and the Cisd2 mKO mice are compared in terms of pathological alterations, ultrastructural abnormalities, and proteomics profiling. This suggests that Cisd2 mKO mouse is a unique model for understanding the aging mechanism of skeletal muscle. Furthermore, this work substantiates the hypothesis that Cisd2 is crucial to the gastrocnemius muscle and suggests that Cisd2 is a potential therapeutic target for muscle aging.
Eye gaze perception in bipolar disorder: Self‐referential bias but intact perceptual sensitivity
Authors: Yao Beier , Mueller Savanna A , Grove Tyler B , McLaughlin Merranda , Thakkar Katharine , Ellingrod Vicki , McInnis Melvin G , Taylor Stephan F , Deldin Patricia J , Tso Ivy F 
Published: November 2017

ObjectivesDeficits in social cognition predict poor functional outcome in severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and autism. However, research findings on social cognition in bipolar disorder (BD) are sparse and inconsistent. This study aimed to characterize a critical social cognitive process—eye gaze perception—and examine its functional correlates in BD to inform psychopathological mechanisms.MethodsThirty participants with BD, 37 healthy controls (HC), and 46 psychiatric controls with schizophrenia (SZ) completed an eye‐contact perception task. They viewed faces with varying gaze directions, head orientations, and emotion, and made eye‐contact judgments. Psychophysics methods were used to estimate perception thresholds and the slope of the perception curve, which were then compared between the groups and correlated with clinical and functional measures using Bayesian inference.ResultsCompared with HC, patients with BD over‐perceived eye contact when gaze direction was ambiguous, and this self‐referential bias was similar to that in SZ. Patients with BD had lower thresholds (i.e., needed weaker eye‐contact signal to start perceiving gaze as self‐directed) but a similar slope compared with HC. Regression analyses showed that steeper slope predicted better socio‐emotional functioning in HC and SZ, but not in BD.ConclusionsThe psychopathology of social dysfunction was fundamentally different between BD and SZ in this modest sample. Eye gaze perception in BD was characterized by a self‐referential bias but preserved perceptual sensitivity, the latter of which distinguished BD from SZ. The relationship between gaze perception and broader socio‐emotional functioning in SZ and HC was absent in BD.
Country of Origin Effects and New Financial Actors: Private Equity Investment and Work and Employment Practices of French Firms
Authors: Stevenot Anne , Guery Loris , Wood Geoffrey , Brewster Chris 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThis is a study of the effects of alternative investors on a range of work and employment practices in France, paying specific attention to whether investors are indigenous or not. We use data from a detailed survey of French firms, and set our research in the context of the literature on comparative capitalisms. We find that private equity (PE) investments from abroad are associated with greater job insecurity, less spending on training and lower wages, but French PE investments are not. We explore the reasons behind this variation and the implications for theory and practice.
Clustering patterns of oral and general health‐risk behaviours in Brazilian adolescents: Findings from a national survey
Authors: Jordão Lidia M. R. , Malta Deborah C. , Freire Maria do Carmo M. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractObjectivesTo evaluate how oral and general health‐risk behaviours cluster among Brazilian adolescents.MethodsThe study comprised a total of 109 104 adolescents (52.2% female) participating in the Brazilian National School‐based Student Health Survey (PeNSE). Seventeen behaviours (including diet; oral and hand hygiene; frequency of dental visits; tobacco, alcohol and drug use; sexual behaviour; physical activity, and risk for external causes) were measured using a self‐reported questionnaire. Pairwise correlations between the health‐risk behaviours were performed, and clustering was assessed by the hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis (HACA), which was used to identify stable cluster solutions of the health‐risk behaviours.ResultsAll health‐risk behaviours were correlated with at least 1 behaviour (P < .01). HACA indicated 2 broad stable clusters (n = 105 604). The first cluster included current smoking, illegal drug use, no hand washing before meals, unprotected sex, no helmet use, less frequent toothbrushing, no seatbelt use, physical fighting, skipping breakfast, current drinking, high sugar intake and, at the final stage, no dental visits. The second cluster included insufficient physical activity, eating while watching TV or studying, and low fruit intake.ConclusionsThe health‐risk behaviours clustered into 2 specific patterns among Brazilian adolescents. One cluster gathered a combination of lack of adherence to preventive behaviours and the undertaking of risky conduct, while the second reflected an unhealthy lifestyle (sedentary habits and low fruit diet). Knowledge about the clustering patterns of oral and general health behaviours in adolescents can better direct the integration of oral and general health promotion interventions.