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A meta-analysis of determinants of RFID adoption around the world
Authors: Lee Sabinne , Jung Kwangho 
Published: January 2018

PurposeThis paper aims to explore various factors associated with radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption with quantitative meta-analysis. More specifically, this paper attempts to measure key variables of RFID adoption derived from Rogers’ innovation theory and further examines how state intervention influences the process of RFID adoption. First, this paper compares, relying on a meta-analysis, various mean effect sizes among technological, organizational and environmental factors (i.e. government-driven policies) that Rogers suggested in his innovation model.Design/methodology/approachIn mean effect size analysis, this paper finds that the technological factor is the most powerful factor that affects the RFID adoption. The technological factor is statistically significant across all regions, including North America, Europe and Asia. The organizational factor is significant only in developing countries like Southeast Asian countries and East Asian countries. Environmental factors like government intervention for facilitating RFID adoption are strong enough only in Southeast Asia and Europe.FindingsThis paper finds that government’s supportive policy is more effective in Europe but not in America, while external pressure is still more effective in Southeast Asia. These results implicate that developmentalism or government-driven policy can be effective not only in developing countries but also in the case of developed countries. In addition, this paper conducts a seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) analysis based on Fisher’s standardized score.Originality/valueIn SUR analysis, this paper finds that the correlations between RFID adoption intention and three innovation factors vary across industrial areas. More specifically, the manufacturing area shows negative moderating effect on all three equations where correlations between Rogers’ innovation factors and RFID adoption intention are meta-dependent variables. Also, RFID adoption is accelerated when the size of the firm is large or the location of the firm is in Southeast Asia. This result implicates that the aspect of technology adoption can be changed by region and type of industry.
Objectivistic knowledge artifacts
Authors: Weber Rosina O. 
Published: January 2018

Purpose
By establishing a conceptual path through the field of artificial intelligence for objectivistic knowledge artifacts (KAs), the purpose of this paper is to propose an extension to their design principles. The author uses these principles to deploy KAs for knowledge acquired in scientific processes, to determine whether these principles steer the design of KAs that are amenable for both human and computational manipulation.

Design/methodology/approach
Adopting the design principles mentioned above, the author describes the deployment of KAs in collaboration with a group of scientists to represent knowledge gained in scientific processes. The author then analyzes the resulting usage data.

Findings
Usage data reveal that human scientists could enter scientific KAs within the proposed structure. The scientists were able to create associations among them, search and retrieve KAs, and reuse them in drafts of reports to funding agencies. These results were observed when scientists were motivated by imminent incentives.

Research limitations/implications
Previous work has shown that objectivistic KAs are suitable for representing knowledge in computational processes. The data analyzed in this work show that they are suitable for representing knowledge in processes conducted by humans. The need for imminent incentives to motivate humans to contribute KAs suggests a limitation, which may be attributed to the exclusively objectivistic perspective in their design. The author hence discusses the adoption of situativity principles for a more beneficial implementation of KAs.

Originality/value
The suitability for interaction with both human and computational processes makes objectivistic KAs candidates for use as metadata to intersect humans and computers, particularly for scientific processes. The author found no previous work implementing objectivistic KAs for scientific knowledge.
Xennials: a microgeneration in the workplace
Authors: Taylor Melissa Kempf 
Published: January 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the microgeneration between Generation X and the Millennial generation. The research question addressed was “What makes the Xennial generation unique and how might the knowledge of these differences be beneficial to organizations?”

Design/methodology/approach
The research question was analyzed by a review of literature through the lens of generational theory. This study reviewed current literature on generational theory, years encompassing specific generations, and differences between recent generations in the workplace.

Findings
It was discovered the exact years distinguishing generations were unclear because generations fade into one another without a distinct starting and stopping point. This overlap creates a cusp generation or microgeneration. The presented findings suggest microgeneration employees could aid in reducing workplace generational tensions.

Practical implications
Organizations can benefit from creating flexible workplaces accommodating the desires of multi-generational employees while still meeting the goals of the organization as a whole. It is important managers approach generational differences with a clear perspective of what information is valid and what may simply be popular. It is crucial to remember employees are individuals who never completely fit a stereotype, generational, or otherwise.

Originality/value
Very few academic articles on generational differences mention cusp generations and none address their unique opportunities for organizations in the workplace. Members of microgenerations between major generational cohorts may be a key to reducing workplace friction between employees of different generations.
Rethinking and revaluating UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Authors: Stiefel Barry Louis 
Published: January 2018

PurposeHaving more than 1,000 sites on the World Heritage List raises questions regarding what world heritage means. The re-evaluation of heritage sites within the USA will be conducted as a case study, where similar issues of historical designation has taken place. Within recent decades there has emerged a policy of revisiting designations that occurred prior to 1990, when the nomination process was less rigorous. These re-evaluations do not necessarily remove the property from heritage designation, but the process has been valuable from a qualitative standpoint because a better understanding of significance has been achieved. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approachWithin recent decades there has emerged a policy of revisiting designations that occurred prior to 1990 in the USA, when the nomination process was less rigorous. Should a similar approach or policy be made to the properties placed on the World Heritage List during the first decades, since the expectations for demonstrating outstanding universal value have since increased? The result could be that we end up with a more robust World Heritage List that provides a better definition of what the common heritage of humanity is.FindingsThe way we approach and conceptualize World Heritage needs to evolve accordingly, considering how much it has evolved since the Convention in 1972. The experiences of re-evaluating historic places in the USA since the 1990s has much to offer.Research limitations/implicationsOnly the perspective of the USA is given, as a case study. Contributions from practitioners in other countries experienced in heritage site re-evaluation best practices would be meaningful.Practical implicationsRe-evaluating World Heritage Sites is something to consider as a management prospect for places on or under consideration for the World Heritage List since it could bring a more comprehensive understanding of outstanding universal value. This type of re-evaluation may help in addressing the meaning of place(s), contextualization of multiple locations of common heritage, and the political elitism of the World Heritage List, where some countries are over represented due to sites listed through a less-experienced process from earlier decades.Social implicationsRevisiting the World Heritage List in respect to policy and the meaning of world heritage may be in order. For example, should every nation be entitled to list at least one property to the list regardless of its heritage value?Originality/valueSince the 1970s, coinciding with the establishment of the World Heritage List through the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, the USA has dealt with dynamic and complex logistical problems regarding the recognition and interpretation of its cultural heritage.
Production of coloured callus inOrthosiphon stamineusBenth and antioxidant properties of the extracted pigments
Authors: Ali Hanisah , Karsani Saiful Anuar , Othman Rashidi , Yaacob Jamilah Syafawati 
Published: January 2018

PurposeThe purpose of the present study is to understand the role of auxin and cytokinin in stimulating the production of pigmented callus inOrthosiphon stamineusand to gain correlation between the callus colours with their antioxidant capacity and bioactive constituents.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, plant tissue culture was used to induce production of callus of various colours from leaf explants ofO. stamineus, via manipulation of plant hormones (0-2.0 mg L−1indole-3-acetic acid [IAA] and Kinetin [Kin]). The coloured callus was subjected to solvent extraction and used for quantification of its carotenoid, chlorophyll, anthocyanin and phenolic contents. The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity of the extracts was also evaluated, before and after four weeks of storage at −20°C.FindingsThe highest mean (per cent) explants that produced roots (93.33 ± 0.05 per cent) were observed when the cultures were supplemented with 2.0 mg L−1IAA. The colour of the callus changed with time, from green to cream to brown after two and four months of culture, respectively. Optimum production of green callus was achieved with addition of 2.0 mg L−1Kin plus 1.0-2.0 mg L−1IAA to the media, while cream callus in 0.5 mg L−1Kin plus 2.0 mg L−1IAA and brown callus in 0.5 mg L−1Kin plus 1.5 mg L−1IAA. Green callus was found to contain the highest amount of chlorophylls, carotenoid and anthocyanin, while cream callus contained the highest amount of phenolic compounds. The amount of pigments and secondary metabolites in the callus extracts decreased after four weeks of storage, except anthocyanin. The antioxidant potential of the extracts also increased after storage.Research limitations/implicationsThe major compounds identified in the methanolic extracts ofO. stamineus-coloured callus are chlorophylls, carotenoids, flavonoids and phenolic acids. Future research work should include improvements in the extraction and identification methods which may lead to detection of other compounds that could attribute to the antioxidant capacity, to complement the findings of the current study.Practical implicationsThis analysis provides valuable information on the application of IAA and Kinetin (Kin) to manipulate the content of major pigments with medicinal benefits inO. stamineusby using the plant tissue culture system.Originality/valueA comparative study on antioxidant capacity and bioactive constituents of pigmented callus fromO. stamineusleaves is original. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first attempt of comparative evaluation on antioxidant potential ofO. stamineus-coloured callus produced using IAA and Kin.
Regulation by taxes or strict limits
Authors: Maxcy Joel , Milwood Pauline 
Published: January 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus an empirical investigation on the financial ramifications of regulatory policies on American professional team sport leagues, while at once including the inseparable effects on the outcomes of contests. The authors conduct a comparative analysis of the impact of alternative regulatory mechanisms adopted by American professional team sport leagues, and their implications for the league performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper conducts a comparative analysis of ten years of financial and contest data from Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Hockey League (NHL). Using relative measures of payroll and profits for the two leagues, the authors test hypotheses on the impact of the market-based payroll taxes of the MLB with the strict payroll limits imposed by the NHL and their relationship to both financial and contest outcomes of the two leagues.FindingsThe comparison of MLB and NHL shows that market-based tax incentives are more consistent with the league financial objectives than strict, enforced mandates, suggesting that comparatively higher profits are associated with the MLB’s approach when compared to the strict bounds imposed by the NHL. Conversely, the comparison of player costs in the NHL and MLB reveal no distinguishable features based on the alternative regulatory methods.Originality/valueThis paper provides an initial, valuable assessment of different regulatory mechanisms on the on- and off-field (-ice) performance of MLB and NHL. Given that MLB has adopted market-based tax incentives to regulate payroll (the competitive balance tax), and the NHL has imposed strict payroll limits (hard salary cap), the authors at once consider MLB’s innovative revenue-sharing system alongside the NHL’s more conventional and restrained method of revenue redistribution, and their implications for performance.
The struggle for Via Bologna street market: crisis, racial denial and speaking back to power in Naples Italy
Authors: Dawes Antonia 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThis paper is based on ethnographic research conducted with migrant and Italian street vendors in Naples, southern Italy, in 2012. It tells the story of Via Bologna market which was nearly closed down by the City Hall at the time. Naples is a city where issues of poverty and unemployment pre‐date and have been exacerbated by manifold narratives of crisis now unfolding across Europe regarding the economy, political legitimacy, security and migration. Street markets have always been an important and visible economic survival strategy for both Neapolitans and migrants there. This article shows how the Via Bologna street vendors appropriated and adapted discourses about crisis to form their own cosmopolitan social movement that halted the closure of the market. It argues that, in the age of globalized migration, the multilingual nature of such collective action is central to understanding social struggles that must be organized between marginalized groups of people divided by race, religion, politics and legal status. This, frequently ambiguous, transcultural solidarity speaks back against a mainstream post‐racial discourse – often articulated by the Neapolitan street vendors at the market – that would reduce the complexity of such collective action to questions of poverty and class struggle.
Absent or Invisible? Women Mediators and the United Nations
Authors: Turner Catherine 
Published: January 2018

AbstractSince the adoption in 2000 of the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 a significant body of research has emerged analysing the importance of women's participation in peace negotiations. ‘Participation’ represents one of the core pillars of the Women Peace and Security Agenda (WPS) adopted by the Security Council to redress the exclusion of women from the realm of peace and security. This work has highlighted the benefits of including women and has highlighted the different roles that women play within peacebuilding. However it has largely overlooked the specific category of women in the role of mediator. This is despite clear policy commitments throughout WPS resolutions adopted by the Security Council that call for greater representation of women within high‐level UN mediation teams. This article seeks to address this gap by focusing specifically on the role of mediator, and the relative invisibility of women in that particular role within UN mediation efforts. The article takes as its starting point existing legal and policy frameworks that call for the inclusion of greater number of women in mediation roles, and seeks to understand why these goals are not being achieved.
Comparison of hook wire versus coil localization for video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Authors: Hwang Sangwon , Kim Tae Gyu , Song Yun Gyu 
Published: January 2018

BackgroundA hook wire has been most widely used for computed tomography (CT)‐guided localization before video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). However, microcoils have been suggested to replace wires. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy, VATS procedure time, and excised volume of specimens of CT‐guided localization using a hook wire and microcoil.MethodsThe medical records of 106 patients with 110 pulmonary nodules who underwent CT‐guided localization using a hook wire (group A) or microcoil (group B) before VATS performed between March 2013 and January 2017 were retrospectively reviewed.ResultsThe procedure success rate was 100% in both groups. Dislodgement occurred in four patients in group A and not in group B. Patient pain score was significantly lower for group B than group A (4.0 vs. 6.3; P < 0.001). The VATS success rate was higher in group B than in group A (98.1% vs. 91.1%; P = 0.174). The VATS procedure time was significantly shorter for group B than group A (18.8 vs. 23.6 minutes; P = 0.004). The excised volume of surgical specimens was significantly smaller for group B than group A (8.5 vs. 11.7 cm3; P = 0.043). No major complications related to the localization procedure were noted in either group.ConclusionsThis study showed similar effectiveness of VATS localization between groups. However, microcoil is superior to hook wire for localization of pulmonary nodules in terms of VATS procedure time and excised volume of surgical specimens, with the advantages of no dislodgement and less patient pain.
Soluble CD14 levels in plasma and breastmilk of Malawian HIV+ women: Lack of association with morbidity and mortality in their exposed infants
Authors: Baroncelli Silvia , Galluzzo Clementina M. , Liotta Giuseppe , Andreotti Mauro , Ciccacci Fausto , Mancinelli Sandro , Tolno Victor T. , Gondwe Jane , Amici Roberta , Marazzi Maria C. , Vella Stefano , Giuliano Marina , Palombi Leonardo , Palmisano Lucia 
Published: January 2018

AbstractProblemData on soluble CD14 (sCD14) during pregnancy and lactation are scarce. We assessed the levels of sCD14 in plasma and breastmilk of Malawian HIV‐positive women and evaluated the possible association with morbidity and mortality in the HIV‐exposed children.Method of studyOne hundred and forty‐nine mother/child pairs were studied. Women received antiretroviral therapy from 26 weeks of gestation to at least 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding. sCD14 concentrations were determined using an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay.ResultssCD14 levels measured at 26 weeks of pregnancy (median: 1418 ng/mL, IQR: 1086‐1757) were inversely correlated to maternal CD4+ cell count (r = −.283, P = .001) and to neonatal birthweight (r = −.233, P = .008). At 6 months, sCD14 plasma levels were significantly higher compared to baseline (1993 ng/mL, IQR: 1482‐2604, P < .001), and breastmilk sCD14 levels (7668 ng/mL, IQR: 5495‐10207) were 4‐fold higher than in plasma (although the concentrations in the two compartments were not correlated). No association was found between sCD14 levels in plasma or breastmilk and morbidity or mortality in children.ConclusionHigher sCD14 levels in HIV‐positive women were associated with a more compromised maternal immunological status and to a lower neonatal birthweight, but not to poorer clinical outcomes in the HIV‐exposed children.
Case of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for ascending colon cancer after aortic graft replacement and revascularization of the superior mesenteric artery
Authors: Hagihara Kiyotaka , Takahashi Hidekazu , Miyoshi Norikatsu , Haraguchi Naotsugu , Hata Taishi , Matsuda Chu , Mizushima Tsunekazu , Yamamoto Hirofumi , Doki Yuichiro , Mori Masaki 
Published: January 2018

AbstractA 67‐year‐old man who presented with a bloody stool was diagnosed with ascending colon cancer. He had previously experienced thoracic and abdominal aortic dissections, which were treated with thoracic and abdominal aortic grafts and superior mesenteric artery revascularization. We performed a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with a D3 lymph node dissection. During the laparotomy, we identified the superior mesenteric artery and an enlarged anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery. Injury to the latter artery could lead to severe ischemia in multiple organs; therefore, it was crucial to identify the primary feeding artery and vascular anatomy before and during surgery. We chose the laparoscopic right hemicolectomy to avoid injuring the anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery and the intra‐abdominal abscess. This case study was the first to describe a laparoscopic hemicolectomy after thoracic and abdominal aortic grafts and superior mesenteric artery revascularization.
Morphometrics reveal correlation between morphology and bioclimatic factors and population mixture in Tetrix japonica (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)
Authors: Pan Zhi‐Xiang , Hong Fang , Jiang Guo‐Fang 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThe morphology of an organism is limited by genetic and environmental factors, and the precise mechanism is inconsistent between species. Tetrix japonica Bolivar, 1987, is a widely distributed pygmy grasshopper in East Asia. However, the population clustering and relationships between the morphology and bioclimatic factors have not been previously investigated. Here, 32 geographic populations were sampled from China, and morphometrics and multiple statistical analyses were applied to detect the population clustering and relationship between the morphology and bioclimatic factors. The results suggested that T. japonica with females are significantly bigger than males in the eight morphological traits. The 32 populations do not obviously cluster according to the natural geographic area. The body sizes of females are mainly related to the lowest temperature and precipitation; by contrast, males only have a significant relationship with the lowest temperature. The forewing size is significantly related to the maximum precipitation. Furthermore, the Mantel test showed that the morphological size variation of females has a weak positive correlation to geographic distance, but is insignificant in males. It was concluded that Chinese geographic populations of T. japonica mixed and that the size of the morphological structure is limited by bioclimatic factors.