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Bio-Docklets: Virtualization Containers for Single-Step Execution of NGS Pipelines
Authors: Kim Baekdoo , Ali Thahmina , Lijeron Carlos , Afgan Enis , Krampis Konstantinos 
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACTBackgroundProcessing of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data requires significant technical skills, involving installation, configuration, and execution of bioinformatics data pipelines, in addition to specialized post-analysis visualization and data mining software. In order to address some of these challenges, developers have leveraged virtualization containers, towards seamless deployment of preconfigured bioinformatics software and pipelines on any computational platform.FindingsWe present an approach for abstracting the complex data operations of multi-step, bioinformatics pipelines for NGS data analysis. As examples, we have deployed two pipelines for RNAseq and CHIPseq, pre-configured within Docker virtualization containers we call Bio-Docklets. Each Bio-Docklet exposes a single data input and output endpoint and from a user perspective, running the pipelines is as simple as running a single bioinformatics tool. This is achieved through a “meta-script” that automatically starts the Bio-Docklets, and controls the pipeline execution through the BioBlend software library and the Galaxy Application Programming Interface (API). The pipelne output is post-processed using the Visual Omics Explorer (VOE) framework, providing interactive data visualizations that users can access through a web browser.ConclusionsThe goal of our approach is to enable easy access to NGS data analysis pipelines for nonbioinformatics experts, on any computing environment whether a laboratory workstation, university computer cluster, or a cloud service provider,. Besides end-users, the Bio-Docklets also enables developers to programmatically deploy and run a large number of pipeline instances for concurrent analysis of multiple datasets.
Farm income and output and lending by the farm credit system
Authors: Nadolnyak Denis , Shen Xuan , Hartarska Valentina 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of the positive impact of the FCS lending on farm incomes which should be useful to policymakers as they consider reforms and further support for this 100-year-old major agricultural lender.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors construct a panel for the 1991-2010 period from the FCS financial statements and evaluate how lending by the FCS institutions has affected farm incomes and farm output. The authors use fixed effects estimations and control for credit by other agricultural lenders as well as the stock of capital, prices, and interest rates. Since previous work suggests that rural financial markets are segmented and the FCS serves larger full-time farmers with mostly real-estate backed loans, the authors evaluate the impacts of farm real-estate backed loans and of short-term agricultural loans separately for a shorter period for which the data is available. The authors also perform robustness checks with alternative estimation techniques.

Findings
The authors found a positive association between credit by the FCS institutions and farm income and output. The magnitude of the estimated impact is larger during the 1990s than in the 2000s.

Research limitations/implications
The positive link between the FCS institutions’ credit and farm incomes and output supports the notion that the FCS lending was beneficial to farmers. The evidence also supports the segmentation hypothesis of rural financial markets. The financial reports data for 1991-2010 are from the ACAs and FLCAs aggregated on the regional level because there is no clear way to classify FCS lending to a more disaggregate level like the state. The authors also assemble and analyze a state-level data set that contains state-level balance sheet data for the period 1991-2003.

Originality/value
The authors are not aware of another work that directly links (real estate and non-real estate) credit by FCS institutions to agricultural output and farm incomes.
Endogenous schooling, school proximity and returns to rural schooling in Northwestern China
Authors: Chen Qihui , Xu Jingqin , Zhao Jiaqi , Zhang Bo 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the returns to rural schooling in China, addressing both endogeneity in rural individuals’ schooling and self-selection into off-farm work.Design/methodology/approachThis paper exploits geographical proximity to rural secondary schools to create instrumental variables (IV) for individuals’ years of schooling. It addresses both endogenous schooling and self-selection using the two-step procedure developed in Wooldridge (2002, p. 586).FindingsThe preferred IV estimate of schooling returns, 7.6 percent, is considerably higher than most previous estimates found in rural China.Originality/valueThis paper is among the few papers that examine returns to rural schooling in China while simultaneously addressing both endogeneity in individuals’ schooling and self-selection into off-farm work. Its findings suggest that rural education in China is potentially able to generate a respectable level of economic returns if policies are designed to provide greater school accessibility to rural individuals.
What do China’s rising meat demand and industrialization of the livestock sector mean for its vegetable oil market?
Authors: Xiong Bo , Yi Fujin , Li Yaling 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications of the China’s rising meat demand and industrialization of the livestock sector for the vegetable oil market.

Design/methodology/approach
An equilibrium displacement model is constructed to analyze the interactions between meat consumption and vegetable oil market through the development of livestock sector modernization. Parameters derived from the 2006 to 2009 data are first used to produce the counterfactual growth rate of the non-soybean vegetable oil to validate the model. Then the authors use the second set of parameters derived from the 2010 to 2013 data to forecast the changes in the vegetable oil market in China.

Findings
Soybean oil, as a co-product of soybean processing, tends to crowd out other vegetable oils. In particular, the authors find that the market for non-soybean vegetable oils may shrink as long as the rapid industrialization pace above 10 percent within China’s livestock sector continues. Although their production takes up only 8.5 percent of all agricultural lands in China, oil crops remain as important cash crops for farmers contributing over 10 percent to the overall farm income in some provinces. The authors’ analysis suggests that stakeholders in these regions should closely monitor the structural changes within the livestock sector and consider the information for crop selection.

Originality/value
The authors’ analysis contributes to the literature on China’s meat demand by highlighting its implications for other agricultural markets involved in the food system.
How the new media impacts rural development in China: an empirical study
Authors: Zhou Dong , Li Benqian 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study a new pathway out of poverty for rural areas through cultivating non-farm employment: the new media utilization.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors utilize two waves of nationwide micro survey data in China, China General Social Survey 2005 and 2013, to investigate the impacts of new media coverage on non-farm employment and earnings in rural China with the ordered probit model and instrument variables.

Findings
The authors find that promotion of new media coverage can significantly enhance rural non-farm employment in China by 10-20 percent and ultimately increase earnings for rural residents. The findings provide new evidence for the new media as a potential newly emerging pathway out of poverty for rural areas. The conclusions are robust regarding a variety of controls and model specifications, evaluations with alternative measures, examinations within different subsamples, and estimations with constructed pseudo panels.

Social implications
Encouragement of new media coverage in rural China not only can improve the rural non-farm employment and living standards but also can contribute toward narrowing the differences between urban and rural areas, thereby balancing regional development.

Originality/value
It contributes to the existing literature through primarily empirically investigating the economic functions of new media in rural China.
The use of building technology to support disaster resilience: the case study of air shelter house
Authors: Pusceddu Cristina , Blumberg George , Salvalai Graziano , Imperadori Marco 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to report on a study to investigate the feasibility of thermal reflective multi-layer system (TRMS) as support for disaster resilience.

Design/methodology/approach
It is an innovative insulation system, developed from space engineering studies, is lightweight and is characterised by a thermal conductivity of 0.038 W/mK, making it a strong candidate for inexpensive shelter after disaster design.

Findings
One of the results of this study is a proposal for the air shelter house, a new concept design of a shelter based on TRMS.

Originality/value
The combined use of TRMS with the low cost of building materials and a 3D printer system for the construction joints provides a good compromise between building cost and energy efficiency performance. Such an innovative design supports disaster resilience during response, reconstruction and mitigation phases, and it is suitable for a wide variety of cultural and environmental situations where energy efficiency is important.
The gender wage gap and sample selection via risk attitudes
Authors: Jung SeEun 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to consider a new way of estimating the gender wage gap by introducing individual risk attitudes that is applied to representative Korean data.Design/methodology/approachThe selection bias via risk attitudes results in the overestimation of this wage gap. Women are more risk averse and hence prefer not to be active in the labour market or, if they are active, prefer to work in the public sector, where wages are generally lower than in the private sector. This paper explains the reduced gender wage gap by developing an appropriate sample-selection model, with wage decompositions corrected for selection.FindingsSelf-selection based on risk attitudes is shown to partly explain the gap that is popularly perceived as reflecting gender discrimination.Originality/valueIt is the first attempt to explain the gender wage gap by looking at the individual risk preference through work status selection.
Leveraging the impact of supply chain integration through information technology
Authors: Vanpoucke Evelyne , Vereecke Ann , Muylle Steve 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
Companies increasingly exchange information to work more closely with supply chain partners. Although information exchange is a critical element for up- and downstream partnerships, the purpose of this paper is to indicate that it is not a guarantee for improved performance and should be combined with other integration tactics to fully capture its benefits.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a global sample in the industrial sector, a moderated mediation framework for both upstream and downstream integration, which links integration tactics to operational performance, was empirically tested.

Findings
This research shows that operational integration is indispensable to capture the benefits of information exchange. In addition, it points out that the impact of the use of information technology (IT) is stronger for upstream integration.

Practical implications
While the data show that the use of IT significantly improves the delivery performance in the supply chain, it also signals to managers how and when to invest in supply chain integration tactics.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to a better understanding of the supply chain integration-performance link, by clarifying some of the inconsistencies in previous literature and by simultaneously analyzing upstream and downstream implications.
The transfer process of lean practices in multi-plant companies
Authors: Danese Pamela , Romano Pietro , Boscari Stefania 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to deal with the transfer of lean practices between different units in multi-plant organizations with different levels of adoption of lean practices. It investigates how certain influential contextual variables – i.e. lean standards development, lean transfer team composition, source characteristics, recipient national environment and corporate lean programme deployment – can influence stickiness in the different phases of lean transfer process.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper opted for the multiple-case study method and examines six lean transfer projects at a dyadic level, that is, between a source and a recipient unit. The authors focussed on companies with headquarters in Europe with an attested experience in lean and which had recently and successfully transferred lean to subsidiaries in the USA and China.

Findings
The paper provides empirical insights about how stickiness in lean transfer projects changes during the initiation, implementation/ramp-up and integration phases. It identifies three lean transfer approaches (local, global, global and shared) and provides a set of propositions that explains how sociocultural traits of recipient environment (China vs USA) and lean transfer approach affect stickiness in each phase.

Originality/value
Literature on stickiness in lean transfer is at an early stage and very fragmented. Unlike previous contributions in the field, this paper provides an interpretation of the dynamics of stickiness in lean transfer at a micro-level (i.e. for each single phase of the lean transfer process). In addition, it develops a fuller understanding of the influence of context on lean transfer by adopting a configurational view, i.e. studying the joint effect of contextual variables on stickiness, which is a novelty in the lean transfer literature.
Setting a minimum age for juvenile justice jurisdiction in California
Authors: S. Barnert Elizabeth , S. Abrams Laura , Maxson Cheryl , Gase Lauren , Soung Patricia , Carroll Paul , Bath Eraka 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
Despite the existence of minimum age laws for juvenile justice jurisdiction in 18 US states, California has no explicit law that protects children (i.e. youth less than 12 years old) from being processed in the juvenile justice system. In the absence of a minimum age law, California lags behind other states and international practice and standards. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
In this policy brief, academics across the University of California campuses examine current evidence, theory, and policy related to the minimum age of juvenile justice jurisdiction.

Findings
Existing evidence suggests that children lack the cognitive maturity to comprehend or benefit from formal juvenile justice processing, and diverting children from the system altogether is likely to be more beneficial for the child and for public safety.

Research limitations/implications
Based on current evidence and theory, the authors argue that minimum age legislation that protects children from contact with the juvenile justice system and treats them as children in need of services and support, rather than as delinquents or criminals, is an important policy goal for California and for other national and international jurisdictions lacking a minimum age law.

Originality/value
California has no law specifying a minimum age for juvenile justice jurisdiction, meaning that young children of any age can be processed in the juvenile justice system. This policy brief provides a rationale for a minimum age law in California and other states and jurisdictions without one.
Business email compromise and executive impersonation: are financial institutions exposed?
Authors: Zweighaft David 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
To explain the fraud schemes known as business email compromise (BEC) and executive impersonation that are growing in popularity, and the threat they pose to financial institutions.

Design/methodology/approach
This article explains BEC and executive impersonation and how they are carried out, and discusses how regulations and practical operational steps are trying to address this fraud issue.

Findings
Financial institutions should understand the potential for legal and regulatory risks posed by BEC and executive impersonation, and consider taking steps to create a proactive, culture of skepticism and heightened awareness to combat this type of fraud.

Originality/value
This article is adapted from the original report issued by the American Institute of CPAs and has been updated to address specifics concerning financial institutions.
Stored value facilities: changing the fintech landscape in Hong Kong
Authors: Swartz Kristi L. 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
To analyze the amendment to the Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance, Chapter 584 of the Laws of Hong Kong (“Ordinance”) and its impact on business development, with a focus on fintech companies operating in Hong Kong.

Design/methodology/approach
This article explains the concept of stored value facilities (“SVF”), discusses the overall changes in the Ordinance and comments on recent business developments of companies benefitting from SVF.

Findings
This article highlights the benefits of the amendment to the Ordinance and how fintech companies are evolving to better business practices to make use of the new legislation. Companies operating with SVF licences are creating healthy competition which is innovating the marketplace for products made available to customers.

Originality/value
This article contains valuable information about the changes to the Ordinance as well as insight on how the fintech landscape is adapting to a new regime from an experienced corporate finance and securities lawyer.
SEC adopts new disclosure and recordkeeping requirements for investment advisers
Authors: Greene Nathan J. 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
To alert investment advisers to changes to be implemented to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Form ADV requirements as of October 1, 2017. Form ADV is the SEC’s principal investment adviser registration form.

Design/methodology/approach
Explains new public disclosure reporting requirements for investment adviser separately managed accounts (SMA) businesses, assesses the new “umbrella registration rules” that will govern how related advisers are treated by Form ADV, outlines key changes to Form ADV on a provision-by-provision basis, summarizes various other technical additions to Form ADV, and examines new performance reporting record-keeping requirements.

Findings
The Form ADV amendments are significant. Investment advisers should be preparing for compliance ahead of the October 2017 compliance date. Information retrieval processes will need to be reviewed and tested against the new disclosure rules. Firms will want to coordinate with their clients to minimize surprises when client data (albeit on an aggregated basis) is made public. Firms that operate under umbrella registrations should check their eligibility against the new rules.

Originality/value
Practical and informative guidance from experienced investment adviser attorneys that consolidates the key provisions of which investment advisers should be aware under new SEC disclosure and recordkeeping requirements.
Securities regulators’ overlapping priorities provide guidance for examination preparation
Authors: Nathan Daniel A. , Marshall Elizabeth 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
To summarize and interpret the examination priorities for 2017 published in early January by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Design/methodology/approach
Summarizes some of the most important priorities raised by the OCIE and FINRA in the areas of senior investors, recidivist representatives, product suitability, complex investments and sales practices, cybersecurity, branch offices and anti-money laundering.

Findings
As in recent years, there is a significant overlap in priorities between the two regulators on issues of elderly investors, recidivist representatives, product suitability, and cybersecurity, among others.

Practical implications
Registered investment advisers and broker-dealers should note the key issues raised in both letters so that their compliance programs can address them in their policies, procedures, and controls before their next examination.

Originality/value
Practical guidance from lawyers whose practices focus on securities and broker-dealer enforcement defense.
Policing juveniles in rural communities
Authors: Lynn Skaggs Sherry , Sun Ivan Y. 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore factors that shape police behavior in juvenile interactions occurring in rural communities.

Design/methodology/approach
Using data collected in rural Kentucky through a factorial survey instrument, this study assessed the effects of situational, officer, organizational and community variables on officers’ authoritative and supportive behavior toward juveniles.

Findings
Officer background characteristics, such as race, sex, education, and having children, and occupational attitudes, such as rehabilitation and dispositional beliefs, were significantly related to both authoritative and supportive behavior. While organizational variables affected officer supportive actions, they were weakly linked to authoritative behavior. Neighborhood social disorganization was ineffective in predicting both types of police behavior.

Originality/value
Although a considerable amount of research has been conducted in the past several decades to examine police behavior, a relatively small number of studies have empirically assessed factors that shape police behavior toward juveniles with an even smaller number assessing juvenile interactions in rural communities. This research provides a comprehensive theoretical explanation of police-juvenile encounters in rural communities which will allow for a more complete understanding of the factors that account for police attitudes and behavior in these interactions.