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A study on the mediating role ofhalalperception: determinants and consequence reflections
Authors: Ishak Suraiya , Awang Abd Hair , Hussain Mohd Yusof , Ramli Zaimah , Md Sum Sarmila , Saad Suhana , Abd Manaf Azima 
Published: January 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine potential determinants ofhalalperception and to validate the mediating model ofhalalperception on purchasing decision of Malaysian consumers.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a survey to obtain the relevant data. The survey involved self-administration of questionnaires to 420 consumers and 96 per cent responded. The questionnaire consists of four sections designed to obtain information on demography,halalperception, determinants ofhalalperception and purchase decision.FindingsThe main finding reiterates the role of credible signals in credence items purchased as suggested by the signaling theory.Halalperception has association with respondents’ purchase decision. Thus, it highlights thathalalperception is the mediating variable that intervenes in the relationship of a few independent variables and the purchase decision trends. The independent variables such as manufacturer identity, product label, physical product and packaging as well country of origin are considered to be important extrinsic cues that deliver messages regarding thehalalof certain food products. The association of the four variables withhalalperception is also found to be significant.Originality/valueThe originality of this study lies in its attempt to explore the role ofhalalperception in the marketing of food products especially within the scope of a Muslim’s market. Besides, this study attempts to investigate thehalalissue based on a specific model that includes potential variables and the intervening role ofhalalperception.
Measuring halal brand association (HalBA) for Islamic banks
Authors: Maulan Suharni , Omar Nor Asiah , Ahmad Maisarah 
Published: January 2017

Purpose
The main purpose of this paper is to develop a reliable and valid scale for measuring halal brand association (HalBA) for Islamic banks. Brand association is a core dimension of brand equity that Islamic bank managers need to develop to maintain competitiveness. Using the process proposed by Churchill for developing measures of marketing constructs, an instrument to assess HalBA for Islamic bank is formulated.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology consists of developing the scale based on a literature review and qualitative method. The proposed scale is then purified and validated through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

Findings
Based on the EFA and CFA, the result reveals that HalBA for Islamic banks contains 15 attributes which can be categorized into three dimensions: Shari’ah-compliant association, God-consciousness association and corporate social responsibility association.

Practical implications
The scale developed could assist practitioners in further understanding the dimensions and measurement of halal bank association, particularly in Islamic banking institutions. Knowledge of the dimensions of HalBA that customers seek from an Islamic bank can help managers and marketers to design branding strategies that better meet the needs of consumers, thereby increasing their satisfaction and loyalty.

Originality/value
The concept of brand association has been explored primarily from a conventional marketing perspective. This study offers a new dimension of HalBA in the context of Islamic banks.
Union recognition and union security
Authors: Colley Linda 
Published: January 2017

Purpose
Union membership has declined in many countries reducing union capacity to bargain and contribute to economic equality. This paper aims to explore a more hopeful case in an Australian state, where the dramatic anti-union strategies of conservative governments have been reversed by Labor governments.

Design/methodology/approach
The research frames union recognition and union security in an international context, highlighting differences between US, Canadian, UK and Australian approaches. The research focuses on the Australian state of Queensland, providing an historical account of changes to union recognition and union preference provisions, drawing on legislation, major public service agreements, newspapers and parliamentary transcripts.

Findings
Conservative governments in Australia have implemented anti-union strategies, and Labor governments have often failed to restore union-friendly provisions when re-elected. In contrast, the Queensland study demonstrates a substantial restoration of union security provisions when Labor governments are re-elected, rebuilding political capital with unions and potentially supporting union membership. This difference is due to unique political and institutional factors that provide governments with unfettered powers to legislate their industrial relations agenda, whether in support or otherwise of unions, and has led to the more distinctive pendulum swings to the right and left than occurred elsewhere in Australia.

Originality/value
The research contributes to debates about the factors related to declining union membership and highlights a case where unions have achieved restoration of many provisions that increase their influence and potentially their membership.
Drivers of brand equity of television news channels: evidences from emerging market
Authors: Bakshi Madhupa , Mishra Prashant 
Published: January 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to map the variables that affect the customer-based brand equity (CBBE) of media channels (television news) in an emerging market context.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the causal relationships between CBBE and the variables that affect brand equity for television news channels.FindingsThe analysis revealed that localization, ideology, credibility and entertainment are the variables that influence CBBE of television news channels (media brands). Subsequent analysis using SEM indicated that apart from the sole negative impact of entertainment, all the variables had positive impact on brand equity.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is confined to one of the metros of emerging market hence it cannot be generalized. Also the variables that indicate brand equity have been tested only for television news channels hence they may not hold true for other form of television stations.Practical implicationsFor marketers of news channels this study identifies the factors that they need to focus on if they want to garner the equity of the brand in an emerging market scenario.Social implicationsThe content factors identified that influence television news brand equity are reflections of the social requirements of an emerging market. It indicates what the audiences in such markets expect from their television news channels and is part of the social discussion.Originality/valueThe study contributes to brand equity literature by finding the antecedents that can influence any media brand in the emerging market scenario.
Purchasing organic products: role of social context and consumer innovativeness
Authors: Persaud Ajax , Schillo Sandra R. 
Published: January 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how individual innovativeness and social factors shape consumers’ purchase decisions of organic products.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on an online survey of 988 Canadian participants. Structural equation modelling was used to test the relationships between social identity, social influence, perceived value and purchase intention within a multi-group framework to show the moderating effect of consumer innovativeness.FindingsThe results show that the two social dimensions – social identity and social influence – influence purchase intention and the perceived value of organic products partially mediates these relationships. Further, the personal characteristic, “consumer innovativeness”, moderates these relationships.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the sample consists of a higher proportion of younger participants, the results are consistent with theoretical arguments and empirical evidence, which underscores the importance of generational differences in organic product purchases.Practical implicationsManagers need to develop a more nuanced understanding of how social influence and social identity play different roles in the purchase intentions of consumer innovators vs later adopters. This knowledge can guide practical segmentation, targeting, positioning and promotion strategies.Originality/valueThis study complements the individual innovativeness predispositions literature by showing that the consideration of social factors leads to a more nuanced understanding of consumers’ purchase intention than either set of factors separately. It also contributes to the literature on adoption of organic products by introducing consumer innovativeness dimension as a key factor.
Comparison of Medicaid Payments Relative to Medicare Using Inpatient Acute Care Claims from the Medicaid Program: Fiscal Year 2010–Fiscal Year 2011
Authors: Stone Devin A. , Dickensheets Bridget A. , Poisal John A. 
Published: January 2017

ObjectiveTo compare Medicaid fee‐for‐service (FFS) inpatient hospital payments to expected Medicare payments.Data SourcesMedicaid and Medicare claims data, Medicare's MS‐DRG grouper and inpatient prospective payment system pricer (IPPS pricer).Study DesignMedicaid FFS inpatient hospital claims were run through Medicare's MS‐DRG grouper and IPPS pricer to compare Medicaid's actual payment against what Medicare would have paid for the same claim.Principal FindingsAverage inpatient hospital claim payments for Medicaid were 68.8 percent of what Medicare would have paid in fiscal year 2010, and 69.8 percent in fiscal year 2011. Including Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH), graduate medical education (GME), and supplemental payments reduces a substantial proportion of the gap between Medicaid and Medicare payments.ConclusionsMedicaid payments relative to expected Medicare payments tend to be lower and vary by state Medicaid program, length of stay, and whether payments made outside of the Medicaid claims process are included.
Review article: dose optimisation of infliximab for acute severe ulcerative colitis
Authors: Hindryckx P. , Novak G. , Vande Casteele N. , Laukens D. , Parker C. , Shackelton L. M , Narula N. , Khanna R. , Dulai P. , Levesque B. G , Sandborn W. J , D'Haens G. , Feagan B. G. , Jairath V. 
Published: January 2017

SummaryBackgroundAlthough optimal medical management of acute severe ulcerative colitis (UC) is ill‐defined, infliximab has become a standard of care. Accumulating evidence suggests an increased rate of infliximab clearance in patients with acute severe UC and a reduced colectomy rate with an intensified infliximab induction regimen.AimTo assess the strength of the current evidence for the relationship between infliximab pharmacokinetics, dosing strategies and disease behaviour in patients with acute severe UC.MethodsWe systematically searched MEDLINE and conference proceedings from 2000 to 2016 for relevant articles describing the pharmacokinetics of infliximab in acute severe UC and/or infliximab dose intensification strategies in acute severe UC. Eligible articles described randomised controlled trials, and cohort, cross‐sectional, and case–controlled studies.ResultsOf 400 citations identified, 76 studies were eligible. Increased infliximab clearance occurs in patients with acute severe UC, and is driven by the total inflammatory burden and leakage of drug into the colonic lumen. Several cohort studies suggest that infliximab dose intensification is beneficial to at least 50% of acute severe UC patients and the results of case–controlled studies indicate that an intensified infliximab dosing regimen with 1–2 additional infusions in the first 3 weeks of treatment could reduce the early (3‐month) colectomy rate by up to 80%, although these data require prospective validation.ConclusionsUncontrolled studies suggest a benefit for infliximab dose optimisation in patients with acute severe UC. A randomised controlled trial in acute severe UC patients comparing a personalised infliximab dose‐optimisation strategy with conventional dosing is a research priority.
Estimating Varying Coefficients for Partial Differential Equation Models
Authors: Zhang Xinyu , Cao Jiguo , Carroll Raymond J. 
Published: January 2017

Summary
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are used to model complex dynamical systems in multiple dimensions, and their parameters often have important scientific interpretations. In some applications, PDE parameters are not constant but can change depending on the values of covariates, a feature that we call varying coefficients. We propose a parameter cascading method to estimate varying coefficients in PDE models from noisy data. Our estimates of the varying coefficients are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normally distributed. The performance of our method is evaluated by a simulation study and by an empirical study estimating three varying coefficients in a PDE model arising from LIDAR data.
Quantifying severe urinary complications after radical prostatectomy: the development and validation of a surgical performance indicator using hospital administrative data
Authors: Sujenthiran Arunan , Charman Susan C. , Parry Matthew , Nossiter Julie , Aggarwal Ajay , Dasgupta Prokar , Payne Heather , Clarke Noel W. , Cathcart Paul , van der Meulen Jan 
Published: January 2017

ObjectivesTo develop and validate a surgical performance indicator based on severe urinary complications that require an intervention within 2 years of radical prostatectomy (RP), identified in hospital administrative data.Patients and MethodsMen who underwent RP between 2008 and 2012 in England were identified using hospital administrative data. A transparent coding framework based on procedure codes was developed to identify severe urinary complications which were grouped into ‘stricture’, ‘incontinence’ and ‘other’. Their validity as a performance indicator was assessed by evaluating the consistency with diagnosis codes and association with patient and surgical characteristics. Kaplan–Meier methods were used to assess time to first occurrence and multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for patient and surgical characteristics.ResultsA total of 17 299 men were included, of whom 2695 (15.6%) experienced at least one severe urinary complication within 2 years. High proportions of men with a complication had relevant diagnosis codes: 86% for strictures and 93% for incontinence. Urinary complications were more common in men from poorer socio‐economic backgrounds (OR comparing lowest with highest quintile: 1.45; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.26–1.67) and in those with prolonged length of hospital stay (OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.40–1.69), and were less common in men who underwent robot‐assisted surgery (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.58–0.74).ConclusionThese results show that severe urinary complications identified in administrative data provide a medium‐term performance indicator after RP. They can be used for research assessing outcomes of treatment methods and for service evaluation comparing performance of prostate cancer surgery providers.
Prognostic value of tissue‐based biomarker signature in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Authors: Haddad Ahmed Q. , Luo Jun‐Hang , Krabbe Laura‐Maria , Darwish Oussama , Gayed Bishoy , Youssef Ramy , Kapur Payal , Rakheja Dinesh , Lotan Yair , Sagalowsky Arthur , Margulis Vitaly 
Published: January 2017

ObjectiveTo improve risk stratification for recurrence prognostication in patients with localised clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).Patients and MethodsIn all, 367 patients with non‐metastatic ccRCC were included. The cohort was divided into a training and validation set. Using tissue microarrays, immunostaining was performed for 24 biomarkers representative of key pathways in ccRCC. Using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) Cox regression, we identified several markers that were used to construct a risk classifier for risk of disease recurrence.ResultsThe median (interquartile range) follow‐up was 63.5 (24.0–85.3) months. Five out of 24 markers were selected by LASSO Cox regression for the risk classifier: N‐cadherin, E‐cadherin, Ki67, cyclin D1 and phosphorylated eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein‐1 (p‐4EBP1). Patients were classified as either low, intermediate or high risk of disease recurrence by tertiles of risk score. The 5‐year recurrence‐free survival (RFS) was 93.8%, 87.7% and 70% for patients with low‐, intermediate‐ and high‐risk scores, respectively (P < 0.001). Patients with a high marker score had worse RFS on multivariate analysis adjusted for age, gender, race and the Mayo Clinic Stage, Size, Grade, and Necrosis (SSIGN) score (hazard ratio 3.66, 95% confidence interval 1.58–8.49, P = 0.003 for high vs low marker score in the overall cohort). The five‐marker classifier increased the concordance index of the clinical model in both the training and validation sets.ConclusionWe developed a five‐marker‐based prognostic tool that can effectively classify patients with ccRCC according to risk of disease recurrence after surgery. This tool, if prospectively validated, could provide individualised risk estimation for patients with ccRCC.
The impact of Type 2 diabetes prevention programmes based on risk‐identification and lifestyle intervention intensity strategies: a cost‐effectiveness analysis
Authors: Breeze P. R. , Thomas C. , Squires H. , Brennan A. , Greaves C. , Diggle P. J. , Brunner E. , Tabak A. , Preston L. , Chilcott J. 
Published: January 2017

AbstractAimsTo develop a cost‐effectiveness model to compare Type 2 diabetes prevention programmes targeting different at‐risk population subgroups with a lifestyle intervention of varying intensity.MethodsAn individual patient simulation model was constructed to simulate the development of diabetes in a representative sample of adults without diabetes from the UK population. The model incorporates trajectories for HbA1c, 2‐h glucose, fasting plasma glucose, BMI, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. Patients can be diagnosed with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, microvascular complications of diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis and depression, or can die. The model collects costs and utilities over a lifetime horizon. The perspective is the UK National Health Service and personal social services. We used the model to evaluate the population‐wide impact of targeting a lifestyle intervention of varying intensity to six population subgroups defined as high risk for diabetes.ResultsThe intervention produces 0.0003 to 0.0009 incremental quality‐adjusted life years and saves up to £1.04 per person in the general population, depending upon the subgroup targeted. Cost‐effectiveness increases with intervention intensity. The most cost‐effective options are to target individuals with HbA1c > 42 mmol/mol (6%) or with a high Finnish Diabetes Risk (FINDRISC) probability score (> 0.1).ConclusionThe model indicates that diabetes prevention interventions are likely to be cost‐effective and may be cost‐saving over a lifetime. In the model, the criteria for selecting at‐risk individuals differentially impact upon diabetes and cardiovascular disease outcomes, and on the timing of benefits. These findings have implications for deciding who should be targeted for diabetes prevention interventions.
Development time and fitness: is there an adaptive development delay in the Rhodnius prolixus fifth nymphal stage?
Authors: Aldana Elis , Medone Paula , Pineda Daniela , Menu Frédéric , Rabinovich Jorge 
Published: January 2017

AbstractTriatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, the etiological agent of Chagas's disease. They display pre‐adult development delay – that is, a development time much longer than on average – which usually has been considered as a maladaptive trait. However, this hypothesis has not been tested. We carried out an experiment under controlled laboratory conditions to (1) test whether a development delay exists in the fifth nymphal stage of Rhodnius prolixus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, Rhodniini), and (2) measure any fitness cost related to such delay by estimating the relationship between individual development time and other life‐history traits. We analyzed the development time with various continuous statistical distributions (normal, log‐normal, Weibull, gamma, Pareto, Burr, and log‐logistic). Using goodness‐of‐fit tests, the best fit was obtained with asymmetrical distributions, with the Burr distribution showing the best fit to the data. We concluded that a development delay exists in stage five of R. prolixus without fitness cost. The combination of our results and previous work suggests that such a delay could be viewed as an adaptive response to environmental stochasticity and/or density‐dependence rather than as a maladaptive trait. We propose further investigations to provide a conclusive test of adaptive delay in triatomines.
Fecal total iron concentration is inversely associated with fecalLactobacillusin preschool children
Authors: Kalipatnapu Sasank , Kuppuswamy Sivaraman , Venugopal Giriprasad , Kaliaperumal Venkatesh , Ramadass Balamurugan 
Published: January 2017

AbstractBackground and AimIron deficiency is associated with stunting and poor performance in children. Oral iron supplementation is widely promoted to correct iron deficiency. However, excess iron may be toxic to beneficial luminal gut bacteria and could support growth of pathobionts. The aim of this study is to analyze the fecal total iron concentration and fecalLactobacilluslevels in a cohort of stunted and normal children.MethodsThe study was undertaken in two different locations. One of them is a rural area, and the other is a semi‐urban‐slum area; both areas are located in the Vellore district of Tamilnadu state. Twenty children (10 stunted and 10 normal growth) aged 2 to 5 years from each area were recruited. Both groups were nearly identical demographically. Fecal samples were collected. Fecal total iron was estimated, and fecal DNA was extracted and subjected to 16S rDNA‐targeted real‐time PCR to determine the relative predominance ofLactobacillusandEscherichia coli.ResultsThe fecal total iron concentration in rural children (3656 μg/g wet wt. of feces) was significantly higher when compared with semi‐urban‐slum children (114.9 μg/g wet wt. of feces,P < 0.005). Inversely, fecalLactobacillusin rural children (median 3.18 × 10−3relative difference compared with total bacteria) was significantly lower when compared with semi‐urban‐slum children (median 59.33 × 10−3,p < 0.005). There was no significant change observed between normal and stunted children.E. colilevels remained unaffected.ConclusionThe present study documents an inverse relationship between fecal iron concentration and fecalLactobacillusconcentration in children belonging to two different localities independent of their nutritional status.