bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A preliminary study on music as a tool of nationalistic education
Authors: Leung Chi Cheung 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss nationalistic education in Hong Kong from a cultural perspective. It highlights the challenges faced by the Hong Kong Government and the growing antagonism and mistrust between the young generation and the government. The paper reviews the cultural policies adopted by the Western Zhou, Han and Tang dynasties in ancient China.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper adopts a historical approach by reviewing the policies in music and culture in the Chinese history and argues for the adoption of a soft approach to nationalistic education in Hong Kong.

Findings
Results show that being inclusive toward diverse cultures, trusting and valuing people’s voices and accepting differences of opinion are effective policies that were adopted by the respective dynasties. The results shed light on the possibility of nurturing nationalism through education in music and culture.

Research limitations/implications
The historical examples mentioned in this paper are only selected periods of the Chinese history. Thus, the survey could not be taken as a comprehensive review.

Practical implications
This paper reviews the policies concerning music and culture in ancient China and argues for transferring the soft approach of predecessors toward these subjects as part of the nationalistic education of Hong Kong.

Social implications
The results shown should be considered seriously by the Hong Kong Government as an effective substitute policy for the past stringent approach of implementing national education in Hong Kong. Nationalistic education focusing on music and culture is a common root for all Chinese and should be used in future to build up trust and common values between China and Hong Kong.

Originality/value
The originality of this research lies in its dealing with nationalism and national education, recommending a soft approach to education viewed through the prisms of music and culture.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at 20
Authors: Summers Tim 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the two decades since Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty, assessing developments against the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, the international agreement under which Hong Kong was transferred from British to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997, and which first set out China’s “basic policies” toward Hong Kong.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper’s analysis of developments focuses particularly on areas of controversy, from the extent to which Hong Kong has enjoyed a “high degree of autonomy” to basic rights and freedoms and the legal and judicial systems.

Findings
It argues that on the whole, the policies set out in the Joint Declaration have been well implemented: Hong Kong has retained its separate systems since 1997, including rule of law and an independent judiciary, basic rights and freedoms, and separate government and social systems. However, especially since the “occupy” movement of 2014, questions about the sustainability of the “one country, two systems” arrangement have come to the surface.

Originality/value
The paper is distinctive in its assessment of developments against the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Democratizing higher education through internationalization: the case of HKU SPACE
Authors: Tang Hei-hang Hayes , Tsui Chak-pong Gordon 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the way in which higher education participation is democratized in the entrepreneurial city of Hong Kong by the policy innovation that encompasses internationalization. There is a dearth of empirical studies about transnational education in Hong Kong, except for a few which examine students’ perceptions of transnational education from a user perspective, situated in marketized conditions (Leung and Waters, 2013; Waters and Leung, 2013a, b). The minimal volume of existing research has ignored the innovative aspects of democratizing higher learning by internationalization, namely, the operation of international degrees by overseas universities on offshore campuses. This policy innovation by transnational institutions is significant in an era of the globalization of higher education, as access to higher education cannot be otherwise realized given the local education policies.

Design/methodology/approach
Employing documentary research, this paper presents and assesses the growth of community college international education at The University of Hong Kong and its unique facets, juxtaposing it with the marketized context of East Asian higher education. It engages in specific reviews surrounding the operational mode and academic collaborations of the international educational programs and practices at the Hong Kong University’s School of Professional and Continuing Education.

Findings
This documentary research finds that the internationalized academic profession of partner universities enables curriculum design, pedagogy, teaching ideas and assessment methods to be informed by a diversity of international academic cultures and indigenous knowledge. Through this policy innovation, international education is institutionalized in such a way that it takes Hong Kong students beyond the community college context, which is relatively localized. It also illuminates the way in which the “ideoscape” of American community colleges and international partnerships with Australian and British universities have been manifested in the Hong Kong education hub for transnational student flows and intellectual exchanges across the Asian region.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the academic literature of higher education studies, particularly in the areas of massification and democratization, as well as their connection with internationalization and policy innovation. It also delineates various forces that are propelling the development of higher education’s internationalization and massification.
The role of training in building employee commitment: the mediating effect of job satisfaction
Authors: Ocen Edward , Francis Kasekende , Angundaru Gladies 
Published: November 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to establish the role of training in building employee commitment and the task of job satisfaction in the association between training and employee commitment in the banking sector in Uganda.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used correlation, regression and MedGraph to investigate the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings revealed that there is a positive relationships between training and employee commitment (r= 0.507**,p< 0.01), a positive relationship between training and job satisfaction (r= 0.744**,p< 0.01) and a positive relationship between job satisfaction and employee commitment (r= 0.519**,p< 0.01). The regression model showed that the predictor variables explain at least 29.7 per cent of the variance in employee commitment (adjustedR2= 0.297). MedGraph results revealed a partial type of mediation because the correlation between training (independent variable) and employee commitment (dependent variable) decreased from 0.507*** to 0.271*** by inclusion of job satisfaction (mediating variable).Originality/valueThis study is one of the pioneers to extend the employee commitment debate to Ugandan banking sector. It provides an explanation with empirical evidence by demonstrating that training extends direct positive effect on employee commitment in the banking sector in Ugandan situation. The study also demonstrates that, in the banking sector in Uganda, job satisfaction helps to partially transmit the effect of training on employee commitment. This study further builds a model that will help researchers and practitioners in investigating and explaining employee commitment in the banking sector in Ugandan situation.
The performance of US-based emerging market mutual funds
Authors: Kiymaz Halil , Simsek Koray D. 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of US mutual funds that invest primarily in emerging market equities and bonds.

Design/methodology/approach
The study adopts the Morningstar classification of mutual funds and uses the Lipper US Mutual Fund Database through FactSet to obtain monthly returns and various metrics for emerging market equity and bond mutual funds covering the period from January 2000 to May 2017. Several descriptive statistics for these funds are reported as well as various risk-adjusted performance measures. Alphas are computed for different sub-periods using different factor models to mitigate potential biases.

Findings
The results show that diversified emerging market funds generate some significant alphas for their investors during the study period. Emerging market bond funds, on the other hand, do not provide any significant positive alphas; mostly alphas are negative. An analysis of sub-period performance suggests that these funds do not consistently provide excess returns, showing great variations from one period to another.

Originality/value
The emerging market funds provide US investors with an alternative source of exposure for their portfolios. Emerging markets differ from developed markets on a wide range of market and economic characteristics, including size, liquidity, and regulation. This study contributes to the scarce literature on these types of funds and provides a comprehensive performance assessment against various benchmarks during a period that encompasses significant bear and bull markets across the world.
Leveling the playing field for less-sophisticated non-professional investors
Authors: Taylor Eileen , Riley Jennifer 
Published: November 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how non-professional investors (NPIs) with varying levels of financial sophistication interpret and perceive corporate disclosures and management credibility, specifically risk factors, when those disclosures are presented in readable and less-readable formats.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses an online experiment to test hypotheses related to the effects of financial sophistication (measured) and readability (manipulated) on NPIs’ equity valuations and perceptions of management credibility (competence and trustworthiness).FindingsIncreased readability appears to counteract less-sophisticated NPIs’ conservatism in equity valuations, such that they are not statistically significantly different from more-sophisticated NPIs’ equity valuations. Further, less-sophisticated NPIs judge management as less competent when disclosures are less readable, while more-sophisticated NPIs judge management as more competent when disclosures are less readable.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper has important implications for the SEC’s regulations related to plain English requirements for risk factor and other corporate disclosures. Financial sophistication varies among NPIs, and readability appears to influence these individuals in different ways.Practical implicationsThe SEC’s Concept Release (April 13, 2016) acknowledges the need to update and improve risk factor disclosure regulations. This study provides evidence that contributes to those decisions.Originality/valueThe paper extends the research on processing fluency, by examining readability of disclosures with a consistent tone (negative). The NPIs surveyed are directly representative of the population of interest for risk factor disclosure regulations.
Statistical studies of financial reports and stock markets
Authors: Sunder Shyam 
Published: November 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the usefulness of statistical studies of financial reports and stock market data for improving corporate financial reports.

Design/methodology/approach
Analytical writing.

Findings
It is often claimed that statistical studies of co-variation between financial and stock market data can help set better financial reporting policy. Such co-variation, even when it can be estimated, tells us little about which financial reports help to make better financial decisions. A case in support of such claims remains to be made.

Practical implications
The readers are advised to be extremely careful in drawing inferences from studies of co-variation between accounting and stock market data for financial reporting policy.

Social implications
Inference from accounting empirical studies to policy needs better rationale to avoid bad policy consequences.

Originality/value
This paper raises original questions about policy inferences from a large class of empirical research in accounting.
Spatial taste formation as a place marketing tool: the case of live music consumption
Authors: Skandalis Alexandros , Byrom John , Banister Emma 
Published: November 2017

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to explore how spatial taste formation and the interrelationships between place and taste can inform the development of contemporary place marketing and/or place management strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on previous research conducted within the context of live music consumption and, in particular, within live musical spaces such as festivals and concert halls.FindingsThis paper illustrates how spatial taste formation can inform the development of topographies of taste which focus on the creation of field-specific experiences. It also offers insights for understanding the phenomenological uniqueness of various places and the role of place users and other stakeholders in the creation of place marketing and branding value.Originality valueThe paper elaborates upon the potential usefulness of spatial taste formation for place management and marketing research practice and draws out implications for future research. It advances a holistic and phenomenological understanding of place which illustrates how users’ perceptions of place are shaped by their experiences in various places and by the interplay of these experiences with their individual tastes and vice versa.
Does the cost of development scale allometrically with offspring size?
Authors: Pettersen Amanda K. , White Craig R. , Bryson‐Richardson Robert J. , Marshall Dustin J. 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Within many species, larger offspring have higher fitness. While the presence of an offspring size–fitness relationship is canonical in life‐history theory, the mechanisms that determine why this relationship exists are unclear.

Linking metabolic theory to life‐history theory could provide a general explanation for why larger offspring often perform better than smaller offspring. In many species, energy reserves at the completion of development drive differences in offspring fitness. Development is costly, so any factor that decreases energy expenditure during development should result in higher energy reserves and thus subsequently offspring fitness.

Metabolic theory predicts that larger offspring should have relatively lower metabolic rates and thus emerge with a higher level of energy reserves (assuming developmental times are constant). The increased efficiency of development in larger offspring may therefore be an underlying driver of the relationship between offspring size and offspring fitness, but this has not been tested within species.

To determine how the costs of development scale with offspring size, we measured energy expenditure throughout development in the model organism Danio rerio across a range of natural offspring sizes. We also measured how offspring size affects the length of the developmental period. We then examined how hatchling size and condition scale with offspring size.

We find that larger offspring have lower mass‐specific metabolic rates during development, but develop at the same rate as smaller offspring. Larger offspring also hatch relatively heavier and in better condition than smaller offspring. That the relative costs of development decrease with offspring size may provide a widely applicable explanation for why larger offspring often perform better than smaller offspring.

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Understanding the role of parasites in food webs using the group model
Authors: Michalska‐Smith Matthew J. , Sander Elizabeth L. , Pascual Mercedes , Allesina Stefano 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Parasites are ubiquitous and have been shown to influence macroscopic measures of ecological network structure, such as connectance and robustness, as well as local structure, such as subgraph frequencies. Nevertheless, they are often under‐represented in ecological studies due to their small size and often complex life cycles.

We consider whether or not parasites play structurally unique roles in ecological networks; that is, can we distinguish parasites from other species using network structure alone?

We partition the species in a community statistically using the group model, and we test whether or not parasites tend to cluster in their own groups, using a measure of “imbalance.”

We find that parasites form highly imbalanced groups, and that concomitant predation, in which a predator consumes a prey and its parasites, but not the number of interactions, improves the group model's ability to distinguish parasites from non‐parasites.

This work demonstrates that parasites and non‐parasites interact in networks in statistically distinct ways, and that these differences are partly, but not entirely, due to the existence of concomitant predation.
Constructing Trustworthy Historical Narratives: Criteria, Principles and Techniques
Authors: Gill Michael J. , Gill David James , Roulet Thomas J. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractOrganizational scholars increasingly recognize the value of employing historical research. Yet the fields of history and organization studies struggle to reconcile. In this paper, the authors contend that a closer connection between these two fields is possible if organizational historians bring their role in the construction of historical narratives to the fore and open up their research decisions for discussion. They provide guidelines to support this endeavor, drawing on four criteria that are prevalent within interpretive organization studies for developing the trustworthiness of research: credibility; confirmability; dependability; and transferability. In contrast to the traditional use of trustworthiness criteria to evaluate the quality of research, the authors advance the criteria to encourage historians to generate more transparent narratives. Such transparency allows others to comprehend and comment on the construction of narratives, thereby building trust and understanding. Each criterion is converted into a set of guiding principles to enhance the trustworthiness of historical research, pairing each principle with a practical technique gleaned from a range of disciplines within the social sciences to provide practical guidance.
Respectful care during childbirth in health facilities globally: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Authors: Shakibazadeh E , Namadian M , Bohren MA , Vogel JP , Rashidian A , Nogueira Pileggi V , Madeira S , Leathersich S , Tunçalp Ӧ , Oladapo OT , Souza JP , Gülmezoglu AM 
Published: November 2017

BackgroundWhat constitutes respectful maternity care (RMC) operationally in research and programme implementation is often variable.ObjectivesTo develop a conceptualisation ofRMC.Search strategyKey databases, including PubMed,CINAHL,EMBASE, Global Health Library, grey literature, and reference lists of relevant studies.Selection criteriaPrimary qualitative studies focusing on care occurring during labour, childbirth, and/or immediately postpartum in health facilities, without any restrictions on locations or publication date.Data collection and analysisA combined inductive and deductive approach was used to synthesise the data; theGRADE CERQual approach was used to assess the level of confidence in review findings.Main resultsSixty‐seven studies from 32 countries met our inclusion criteria. Twelve domains ofRMCwere synthesised: being free from harm and mistreatment; maintaining privacy and confidentiality; preserving women's dignity; prospective provision of information and seeking of informed consent; ensuring continuous access to family and community support; enhancing quality of physical environment and resources; providing equitable maternity care; engaging with effective communication; respecting women's choices that strengthen their capabilities to give birth; availability of competent and motivated human resources; provision of efficient and effective care; and continuity of care. Globally, women's perspectives of what constitutesRMCare quite consistent.ConclusionsThis review presents an evidence‐based typology ofRMCin health facilities globally, and demonstrates that the concept is broader than a reduction of disrespectful care or mistreatment of women during childbirth. Innovative approaches should be developed and tested to integrateRMCas a routine component of quality maternal and newborn care programmes.Tweetable abstractUnderstanding respectful maternity care – synthesis of evidence from 67 qualitative studies.
Carcinogenic Etheno DNA Adducts in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Correlation with Cytochrome P‐4502E1 and Fibrosis
Authors: Mueller Sebastian , Peccerella Teresa , Qin Hua , Glassen Katharina , Waldherr Rüdiger , Flechtenmacher Christa , Straub Beate K. , Millonig Gunda , Stickel Felix , Bruckner Thomas , Bartsch Helmut , Seitz Helmut Karl 
Published: November 2017

BackgroundOne mechanism by which alcoholic liver disease (ALD) progresses is oxidative stress and the generation of reactive oxygen species, among others due to the induction of cytochrome P‐4502E1 (CYP2E1). Experimental data underline the key role of CYP2E1 because ALD could be partially prevented in rats by the administration of the specific CYP2E1 inhibitor chlormethiazole. As CYP2E1 is linked to the formation of carcinogenic etheno DNA adducts in ALD patients, a causal role of alcohol‐induced CYP2E1 in hepatocarcinogenesis is implicated. The purpose of this study was to investigate CYP2E1 induction in ALD, and its correlation with oxidative DNA lesions and with hepatic histology.MethodsHepatic biopsies from 97 patients diagnosed with ALD were histologically scored for steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis. CYP2E1 and the exocyclic etheno DNA adduct 1,N6‐etheno‐2′deoxyadenosine (εdA) were determined immunohistochemically. In addition, in 42 patients, 8‐hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) was also evaluated using immunohistochemistry.ResultsA significant positive correlation was found between CYP2E1 and εdA (p < 0.0001) as well as between CYP2E1 and 8‐OHdG (p = 0.039). Both CYP2E1 (p = 0.0094) and ɛdA (p < 0.0001) also correlated significantly with the stage of hepatic fibrosis. Furthermore, a significant correlation between the fibrosis stage and the grade of lobular inflammation (p < 0.0001) was observed. However, the amount of alcohol consumed did not correlate with any of the parameters determined.ConclusionsThese data suggest an important role of CYP2E1 in the generation of εdA, in the fibrotic progression of ALD, and thus in alcohol‐mediated hepatocarcinogenesis. CYP2E1 may be a target in the treatment of ALD and a potential prognostic marker for disease progression.