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The real alternative? A comparison of German real estate returns with bonds and stocks
Authors: Szumilo Nikodem , Wiegelmann Thomas , Łaszkiewicz Edyta , Pietrzak Michal Bernard , Balcerzak Adam P. 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate how real estate returns behaved over the last two decades in relation to the other two asset types. This allows a direct evaluation of how investors make allocation choices and perceive risks and rewards offered by properties in the context of changing market conditions.Design/methodology/approachA de-smoothed MSCI index is used to reflect direct property returns and control for both income and capital returns within it. Indirect property returns are approximated by the RX Real Estate index. By supplementing this data with an analysis of trends in both space and capital markets it is possible to relate investor behavior to events affecting other assets.FindingsIt is possible to identify three distinctive periods characterized by different correlation of returns and behavior of investors: before the crisis of 2008, the crisis period between 2008 and 2012 and recovery afterwards. These appear to have corresponded to different stages of the economic cycle. Interestingly, performance of asset classes has also differed over that period suggesting that at different points in the cycle asset allocation decisions may have been made differently.Practical implicationsIt appears that as investments over the last 15 years real assets in Germany behaved similarly to bonds. It is possible that this phenomenon was driven by an aversion to the stock market and its associated risk which became a concern after the financial crisis of 2008. Over the downturn that followed the market shock investors appear to have turned to assets with simpler risk profiles like direct real estate and government debt. On the other hand, the correlation between direct property investment index and stock returns has been found to be small but negative. This shows not only that the two asset classes were often driven by different factors but also suggests that diversification was, at least theoretically, possible.Originality/valueDirect real estate investment returns have repeatedly been found to exhibit characteristics similar to those found in bond as well as equity markets (Eichholtz and Hartzell, 1996; Clayton and MacKinnon, 2003) but little research examines the correlation between returns offered by those asset classes in a mature financial and property market. In addition, the recent financial crisis provided a dynamically changing investment which is ideal for investigating structural relationships between assets.
Spatial effects and non-linearity in hedonic modeling
Authors: Cajias Marcelo , Ertl Sebastian 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to test the asymptotic properties and prediction accuracy of two innovative methods proposed along the hedonic debate: the geographically weighted regression (GWR) and the generalized additive model (GAM).Design/methodology/approachThe authors assess the asymptotic properties of linear, spatial and non-linear hedonic models based on a very large data set in Germany. The employed functional form is based on the OLS, GWR and the GAM, while the estimation methodology was chosen to be iterative in forecasting, the fitted rents for each quarter based on their 1-quarter-prior functional form. The performance accuracy is measured by traditional indicators such as the error variance and the mean squared (percentage) error.FindingsThe results provide evidence for a clear disadvantage of the GWR model in out-of-sample forecasts. There exists a strong out-of-sample discrepancy between the GWR and the GAM models, whereas the simplicity of the OLS approach is not substantially outperformed by the GAM approach.Practical implicationsFor policymakers, a more accurate knowledge on market dynamics via hedonic models leads to a more precise market control and to a better understanding of the local factors affecting current and future rents. For institutional researchers, instead, the findings are essential and might be used as a guide when valuing residential portfolios and forecasting cashflows. Even though this study analyses residential real estate, the results should be of interest to all forms of real estate investments.Originality/valueSample size is essential when deriving the asymptotic properties of hedonic models. Whit this study covering more than 570,000 observations, this study constitutes – to the authors’ knowledge – one of the largest data sets used for spatial real estate analysis.
Affect and cognition, part 2: affect types and mindset types
Authors: Fink Gerhard , Yolles Maurice 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
A typology of basic affective and cognitive orientations is developed within a generic cultural socio-cognitive trait theory of a “plural affect agency” (the emotional organisation).

Design/methodology/approach
Affective personality is defined in terms of a set of affect traits. These are defined in terms of epistemically independent bipolar affect types, which in turn coalesce into a set of mindset types that can be related to the classical four temperaments.

Findings
Different affect types are supposed to differently regulate the three stages of emotion management. Affect types and cognitive types provide mutual contexts, and foster reciprocal affect and cognitive orientations.

Research limitations/implications
The theory provides guidance for analysis of cultural differentiation within social systems (societies/organisations), with reference to identification, elaboration and execution of “emotion knowledge” and “cognitive knowledge”.

Practical implications
Understanding interdependencies between cognition and emotion regulation is a prerequisite of managerial intelligence and strategic cultural intelligence, which is in demand for interaction and integration processes across social systems.

Originality/value
From the framework model linking emotion expression and emotion regulation with cognition analysis, a typology arises allowing ex-ante expectation of typical patterns of behaviour.
One Door Mental Health Lived Experience Framework
Authors: Schweizer Richard , Marks Ellen , Ramjan Rob 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
Recently, the importance of a lived experience workforce in the delivery of mental health services has been demonstrated. The roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia has generated the need for a significant increase in the disability workforce, including psychosocial disability. The purpose of this paper is to describe the strategies outlined in the One Door Mental Health Lived Experience Framework (LEF), which is the culmination of over 30 years of experience in providing mental health services and the employment of a lived experience workforce.

Design/methodology/approach
One Door developed and implemented the LEF, a thorough guide to the employment and support of a workforce of people with lived experience of mental illness, through consultation with consumers, carers, stakeholders, practice advisors, management, human resources and employee focus groups.

Findings
Extensive support structures in the LEF are key to achieving the benefits of a lived experience workforce. The LEF has positioned One Door successfully for the achievement of key organisational goals in mental health support and advocacy.

Research limitations/implications
Mental health policies and support are critical for productivity outcomes in any workplace regardless of the level of lived experience of the employees. This paper provides organisations, particularly those within the mental health sector, an example to build on in their own employment and support strategies.

Originality/value
This paper is of particular value in the context of organisations in the mental health sector transitioning to the NDIS.
Why make the effort? Exploring recovery college engagement
Authors: Harper Leanne , McKeown Mick 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
Whilst there is growing evidence to suggest that the recovery college (RC) environment supports students towards their mental health recovery (Meddings et al., 2015b), students’ initial motivations for engagement, alongside factors that may hinder or support attendance, have yet to be exclusively explored. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
All new RC students were invited to take part in a semi-structured interview three months following their enrolment. Four participants completed an interview which were later analysed using thematic analysis.

Findings
Four themes emerged within analysis: making the effort; being “too unwell”; friendly environment; and glad I came. These are discussed alongside the literature, and it is proposed that whilst there is a substantial struggle involved in engagement with a RC, likely related to mental health and social factors, the RC environment, peer support and support of the tutors helps students to overcome the impact of this.

Research limitations/implications
Due to the small sample size and exploratory stance of this study, additional research into the complexities around engagement with RCs is strongly recommended. Only students who had attended at least one RC course chose to participate in this study, therefore an under-researched population of non-attendees may provide a valuable contribution to further understanding.

Originality/value
This is one of the first studies to qualitatively explore factors which may support, or hinder, initial and ongoing engagement with a RC. It is proposed that a greater understanding of these important issues could be used to increase RC accessibility and inclusion.
Ben Robinson in conversation with Jerome Carson
Authors: Robinson Ben , Carson Jerome 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Ben Robinson.

Design/methodology/approach
Ben provides a short summary of his life and is then interviewed by Jerome.

Findings
Ben talks about his inpatient treatment for anorexia and his long journey of recovery.

Research limitations/implications
Single case studies provide us with unique insights into the lived experience of people with mental health problems. They often provide us with hints as to how services could be improved.

Practical implications
Ben argues that the voice of service users needs to be heard more by professionals. “The only experts of a mental health problem are the people who have been through a mental health issue themselves”.

Social implications
One of the classic recovery reports talked about “going the extra mile”. Ben talks about how his family therapist would visit him at the end of her working day. As he says, “this was something she didn’t have to do, but wanted to do as she genuinely cared for us”.

Originality/value
Ben is determined to use his experiences for the benefit of others. Even to have helped a single person will be his biggest life achievement.
Compositional and experimental investigation of the effect of reactor temperature on softwood and hardwood pyrolysis
Authors: Oyebanji Joseph Adewumi , Oyedepo Sunday Olayinka 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the effect of reactor temperature on softwood and hardwood pyrolysis. Experiments are performed at six temperature levels ranging from 300 to 800°C under N2 atmosphere. The weights of char, tar and gas yields produced were measured and recorded in percentage of initial weight of the pyrolyzed samples. Results of the study showed that hardwood produces maximum char, tar and gas yields of 41.02 per cent at 300°C,44.10 per cent at 300°C and 56.86 per cent at 800°C, respectively, whereas softwood produces maximum yields of 30.10 per cent at 300°C, 28.25 per cent at 300°C and 68.73 per cent at 800°C, respectively. Proximate analysis shows that volatile matter, fixed carbon, ash content and moisture content of hardwood are 74.83, 14.28, 2.81 and 8.08 per cent, respectively, and that of softwood are 79.76, 12.65, 0.98 and 6.61 per cent, respectively. Result of the elemental analysis results shows that the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur contents for hardwood are 52.20, 6.45, 0.68, 39.64 and 1.03 per cent, respectively, and that of softwood are 45.95, 4.57, 0.56, 48.13 and 0.79 per cent, respectively. The higher heating value of hardwood and softwood are 21.76 and 16.50 kJ/g respectively. This study shows that char and tar yields decrease with increase pyrolysis temperature, whereas gas yield increases as pyrolysis temperature increases for the wood samples considered. At all temperatures considered in this study, gas yields are higher than tar and char yields for softwood, whereas for hardwood, tar yield decreases with increase in temperature with accompanying increase in gas yield.

Design/methodology/approach
Experiments are performed at six temperature levels ranging from 300 to 800°C under N2 atmosphere.

Findings
At all temperatures considered in this study, gas yields are higher than tar and char yields for softwood, whereas for hardwood, tar yield decreases with increase in temperature with accompanying increase in gas yield.

Originality/value
Results of the study showed that hardwood produces maximum char, tar and gas yields of 41.02 per cent at 300°C,44.10 per cent at 300°C and 56.86 per cent at 800°C, respectively, whereas softwood produces maximum yields of 30.10 per cent at 300°C, 28.25 per cent at 300°C and 68.73 per cent at 800°C, respectively.
Testing the Use of Pigs as Human Proxies in Decomposition Studies
Authors: Connor Melissa , Baigent Christiane , Hansen Eriek S. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractPigs are a common human analogue in taphonomic study, yet data comparing the trajectory of decomposition between the two groups are lacking. This study compared decomposition rate and gross tissue change in 17 pigs and 22 human remains placed in the Forensic Investigation Research Station in western Colorado between 2012 and 2015. Accumulated degree days (ADD) were used to assess the number of thermal units required to reach a given total body score (TBS) (1) which was used as the measure of decomposition. A comparison of slopes in linear mixed effects model indicated that decomposition rates significantly differed between human donors and pig remains χ2(1) = 5.662, p = 0.017. Neither the pig nor the human trajectory compared well to the TBS model. Thus, (i) pigs are not an adequate proxy for human decomposition studies, and (ii) in the semiarid environment of western Colorado, there is a need to develop a regional decomposition model.
Barriers to Effective Case Management for Disabled Patients on Hemodialysis
Authors: Sugisawa Hidehiro , Shimizu Yumiko , Kumagai Tamaki , Sugisaki Hiroaki , Ohira Seiji , Shinoda Toshio 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThe present study examined the performance level and its related factors on the process of case management for disabled patients on hemodialysis. Case management performance was evaluated at three stages: patient assessment, making a care plan, and monitoring/evaluation. Candidates for targeting the factors relating to performance included four dimensions: nursing care level, physical malfunction, cognitive malfunction, and barriers to service were used as patient factors; the period of case management for the patient and the knowledge of dialysis emerged as case manager factors; work load was included as an organizational factor; and community resources for these services and communication with surrounding persons were included as system factors. Self‐administrated questionnaires were collected from 391 case managers of patients with hemodialysis certified long‐term insurance. These were introduced by the dialysis facilities that a member of the Japanese Association of Dialysis Physicians belonged to. Case managers were asked questions about their management of each individual case. The results indicate, for example, that poor knowledge of dialysis is significantly related to poor patient assessment, inadequate development of a care plan, and lower levels of monitoring/evaluation. In addition, work overload and diabetic nephropathy as the primary kidney disease were also found to be significantly related to poor patient assessment. Increasing the opportunity for case managers to learn about dialysis may be needed for better case management performance in respect of the hemodialysis of disabled patients.
Iowa Statewide Stream Nitrate Load Calculated Using In Situ Sensor Network
Authors: Jones Christopher S. , Davis Caroline A. , Drake Chad W. , Schilling Keith E. , Debionne Samuel H.P. , Gilles Daniel W. , Demir Ibrahim , Weber Larry J. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractVarious techniques exist to estimate stream nitrate loads when measured concentration data are sparse. The inherent uncertainty associated with load estimation, however, makes tracking progress toward water quality goals more difficult. We used high‐frequency, in situ nitrate sensors strategically deployed across the agricultural state of Iowa to evaluate 2016 stream concentrations at 60 sites and loads at 35 sites. The generated data, collected at an average of 225 days per site, show daily average nitrate‐N yields ranging from 12 to 198 g/ha, with annual yields as high as 53 kg/ha from the intensely drained Des Moines Lobe. Thirteen of the sites that capture water from 82.5% of Iowa's area show statewide nitrate‐N loading in 2016 totaled 477 million kg, or 41% of the load delivered to the Mississippi–Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB). Considering the substantial private and public investment being made to reduce nitrate loading in many states within the MARB, networks of continuous, in situ measurement devices as described here can inform efforts to track year‐to‐year changes in nitrate load related to weather and conservation implementation. Nitrate and other data from the sensor network described in this study are made publicly available in real time through the Iowa Water Quality Information System.
Evaluating methods to visualize patterns of genetic differentiation on a landscape
Authors: House Geoffrey L. , Hahn Matthew W. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractWith advances in sequencing technology, research in the field of landscape genetics can now be conducted at unprecedented spatial and genomic scales. This has been especially evident when using sequence data to visualize patterns of genetic differentiation across a landscape due to demographic history, including changes in migration. Two recent model‐based visualization methods that can highlight unusual patterns of genetic differentiation across a landscape, SpaceMix and EEMS, are increasingly used. While SpaceMix's model can infer long‐distance migration, EEMS’ model is more sensitive to short‐distance changes in genetic differentiation, and it is unclear how these differences may affect their results in various situations. Here, we compare SpaceMix and EEMS side by side using landscape genetics simulations representing different migration scenarios. While both methods excel when patterns of simulated migration closely match their underlying models, they can produce either un‐intuitive or misleading results when the simulated migration patterns match their models less well, and this may be difficult to assess in empirical data sets. We also introduce unbundled principal components (un‐PC), a fast, model‐free method to visualize patterns of genetic differentiation by combining principal components analysis (PCA), which is already used in many landscape genetics studies, with the locations of sampled individuals. Un‐PC has characteristics of both SpaceMix and EEMS and works well with simulated and empirical data. Finally, we introduce msLandscape, a collection of tools that streamline the creation of customizable landscape‐scale simulations using the popular coalescent simulator ms and conversion of the simulated data for use with un‐PC, SpaceMix and EEMS.
Nicorandil for the prevention of contrast‐induced nephropathy: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Ma Xiaofen , Li Xiang , Jiao Zhanfeng , Zhang Yiming 
Published: December 2017

SummaryIntroductionNicorandil has been suggested as a preventative strategy against the incidence of contrast‐induced nephropathy (CIN). However, results of relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were inconsistent.AimsWe performed a meta‐analysis of RCTs to evaluate the preventive efficacy of periprocedural treatment of nicorandil against the incidence of CIN.MethodsRelevant RCTs were identified via search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane's Library databases. Results were pooled using a random‐effect model. Subgroup analyses were performed to evaluate the potential influence of administering routes on the efficacy of nicorandil against CIN incidence.ResultsFour RCTs with 709 patients were included. Treatment of nicorandil significantly reduced the incidence of CIN as compared with controls (risk ration [RR]: 0.38, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.19 ~ 0.74, P = .005) with moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 33%). Results of subsequent subgroup analysis showed that nicorandil significantly reduced the risk of CIN if orally administered (RR: 0.32, P < .001), but did not if intravenously administered (RR: 0.47, I2 = 68%). Moreover, treatment with nicorandil was associated with significantly less increment of SCr (weight mean difference [WMD]: −3.98%, P < .001) and a tendency of less increment of cystatin C (WMD: −3.86%, P = .08) after 48‐hour contrast exposure as compared with controls.ConclusionsPeriprocedural treatment with nicorandil may be preventative against the incidence of CIN in patients undergoing contrast exposure. The influence of periprocedural nicorandil on clinical outcome in these patients deserves further investigation.
Early Cretaceous Palynological Assemblages of the Shuangliao Fault Depression, Songliao Basin and their Geological Implications
Authors: WANG Chenglong , ZHANG Meisheng , LI Xiaobo , WANG Yini 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThe pollen and spores found in the Early Cretaceous strata of two cores from the Shuangliao Fault Depression were studied systematically, and two palynological assemblages have been recognized. Assemblage I from the Yingcheng Formation is named Paleoconiferus‐Pinuspollenites; the assemblage is characterized by an extremely high content of Paleoconifer pollen. Assemblage II from Member 1 of the Denglouku Formation is named Cicatricosisporites‐Cyathidites‐Pinuspollenites; the assemblage is characterized by the abundant presence of Laevigati spores, but less Paleoconifer pollen. According to the palynological data and zircon U‐Pb dating, the geological age of the Yingcheng Formation is thought to be Aptian‐Albian, and that of the Denglouku Formation is thought to be Early Albian. On the basis of the composition of each assemblage, we can infer that during the depositional period of the Yingcheng Formation, the paleovegetation was mainly conifer forest, the paleoclimate was consistent with the temperate climate of today, and the paleoenvironment was humid feature. During the depositional period of Member 1 of the Denglouku Formation, the paleovegetation was mainly conifer forest and shrubs, the paleoclimate was consistent with the subtropical climate of today, and the paleoenvironment was humid. The results significantly improve our understanding of the stratigraphy in the Shuangliao Fault Depression, provide biostratigraphic evidence for the division and correlation of Early Cretaceous strata in the Shuangliao Fault Depression, and provide new data for analyzing paleovegetation and paleoclimate in the Songliao Basin.