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Financial contagion: review of empirical literature
Authors: Seth Neha , Panda Laxmidhar 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to obtain a comprehensive structure of past empirical studies on financial contagion which can provide the present growth and future scope of research work on the field of contagion analysis.Design/methodology/approachPresent study identifies 151 empirical studies on financial contagion and summarises all the studies on the basis of tools and methodology used, year of the studies, origin of the studies, sample period and sample countries taken, studies undertaken on the basis of different crisis period and markets considered and finally sources of the studies.FindingsThe results of the analysis show that the empirical studies on contagion increased continuously over the past five years. Higher order test of contagion with more number of sample countries may provide more accurate picture on financial contagion.Originality/valueThis paper collects, classifies and summarises past empirical studies on financial contagion and provides valuable conclusion on present growth and future scope of studies on financial contagion. The information given in this paper can be helpful for future researchers and academicians on this particular field; the summary of the conclusion (from past reviews) may be helpful for the policy makers for asset allocation and risk management.
Task-technology fit in knowledge creation: the moderating role of cognitive style
Authors: Wu ChienHsing , Kao Shu-Chen , Shih Chia-Hung 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the role of the creation task–technology fit (CTTF) in the knowledge creation performance (KCP). The creation task features represented by goal-driven, goal-free and goal-frame modes (GDM, GFM and GRM) and information and communication technology (ICT) supportive features are considered. The moderation effect of cognitive style represented by analytical and intuitive styles is explored. Contributions and implications are addressed.

Design/methodology/approach
The literature review on creation task, ICT, cognitive behavior and fit theory, and the research gap with respect to the antecedents of KCP are presented. The research arguments are then hypothesized and the research model developed to describe that the proposed role is examined empirically.

Findings
Research findings are obtained on the basis of the data analysis of 258 valid subjects from research institutes as well as manufacturing and service industries. The effect of CTTF on creation outcomes is significantly confirmed. The ICT supportive functions are unlikely significantly related to CTTF for the analysis-styled group, but the intuition-styled group shows a likely significance because of the different means of dealing with information and knowledge processing. The analysis-styled group disagrees with the significant link of the GDM with CTTF, whereas the intuition-styled group presents the significant effects of GDM, GFM and GRM on CTTF.

Originality/value
The unique features of knowledge creation differentiate it from other tasks. With respect to whether the knowledge creation task presented by goal is defined or not, and how ICT better suits the creation task features to benefit the creation outcomes are yet to be discussed. The individual cognitive style is confirmed to alternate the effect of ICT and GDM on CTTF in the proposed model. The research findings are particularly obvious because a transition gap, less covered by the literature, might exist with regard to the perception connection of knowledge creation service providers, agencies, consultants and context creators.
Anti‐contractile effects of perivascular adipose tissue in thoracic aorta from rats fed a high‐fat diet: role of aerobic exercise training
Authors: Araujo Hygor N. , Victório Jamaira A. , Valgas da Silva Carmem P. , Sponton Amanda C. S. , Vettorazzi Jean F. , de Moraes Camila , Davel Ana P. , Zanesco Angelina , Delbin Maria A. 
Published: December 2017

SummaryThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of aerobic exercise training on perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) function in thoracic aorta from rats fed a high‐fat diet. Aortic vascular reactivity was performed in sedentary (SD), trained (TR), sedentary high‐fat diet (SD‐HF), and trained high‐fat diet (TR‐HF) male Wistar rats in the absence (PVAT−) or in the presence (PVAT+) of thoracic PVAT. We also measured circulatory concentrations of leptin and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF‐α), as well as the protein expressions of TNF‐α receptor 1 (TNFR1) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) on PVAT. In the SD‐HF group, the body weight, epididymal fat pad, thoracic PVAT, circulatory triglycerides, insulin, leptin and TNF‐α were increased when compared with the SD group, whereas exercise training reduced these values in TR‐HF group. The relaxing response curves to acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside were not modified by either intervention (high‐fat diet or exercise training) or the presence of PVAT. The presence of PVAT had an anti‐contractile effect in response to serotonin in all groups. In SD‐HF group, the increased magnitude of anti‐contractile effects was in parallel with an up‐regulation of iNOS protein expression in PVAT without alteration in TNFR1. Exercise training was effective in normalizing the vascular reactivity in rings PVAT+ and in reducing the iNOS protein expression. Exercise training prevented the PVAT–induced alteration in thoracic aorta from rats fed a high‐fat diet.
Setting up a cohort study in speech and language therapy: lessons from The UK Cleft Collective Speech and Language (CC‐SL) study
Authors: Wren Yvonne , Humphries Kerry , Stock Nicola Marie , Rumsey Nichola , Lewis Sarah , Davies Amy , Bennett Rhiannon , Sandy Jonathan 
Published: December 2017

AbstractBackgroundEfforts to increase the evidence base in speech and language therapy are often limited by methodological factors that have restricted the strength of the evidence to the lower levels of the evidence hierarchy. Where higher graded studies, such as randomized controlled trials, have been carried out, it has sometimes been difficult to obtain sufficient power to detect a potential effect of intervention owing to small sample sizes or heterogeneity in the participants. With certain clinical groups such as cleft lip and palate, systematic reviews of intervention studies have shown that there is no robust evidence to support the efficacy of any one intervention protocol over another.AimsTo describe the setting up of an observational clinical cohort study and to present this as an alternative design for answering research questions relating to prevalence, risk factors and outcomes from intervention.MethodsThe Cleft Collective Speech and Language (CC‐SL) study is a national cohort study of children born with cleft palate. Working in partnership with regional clinical cleft centres, a sample size of over 600 children and 600 parents is being recruited and followed up from birth to age 5 years. Variables being collected include demographic, psychological, surgical, hearing, and speech and language data.Main ContributionThe process of setting up the study has led to the creation of a unique, large‐scale data set which is available for researchers to access now and in future. As well as exploring predictive factors, the data can be used to explore the impact of interventions in relation to individual differences. Findings from these investigations can be used to provide information on sample criteria and definitions of intervention and dosage which can be used in future trials.ConclusionsThe observational cohort study is a useful alternative design to explore questions around prevalence, risk factors and intervention for clinical groups where robust research data are not yet available. Findings from such a study can be used to guide service‐delivery decisions and to determine power for future clinical trials.
The logic of counterfactual analysis in case‐study explanation
Authors: Mahoney James , Barrenechea Rodrigo 
Published: December 2017

AbstractIn this paper, we develop a set‐theoretic and possible worlds approach to counterfactual analysis in case‐study explanation. Using this approach, we first consider four kinds of counterfactuals: necessary condition counterfactuals, SUIN condition counterfactuals, sufficient condition counterfactuals, and INUS condition counterfactuals. We explore the distinctive causal claims entailed in each, and conclude that necessary condition and SUIN condition counterfactuals are the most useful types for hypothesis assessment in case‐study research. We then turn attention to the development of a rigorous understanding of the ‘minimal‐rewrite’ rule, linking this rule to insights from set theory about the relative importance of necessary conditions. We show why, logically speaking, a comparative analysis of two necessary condition counterfactuals will tend to favour small events and contingent happenings. A third section then presents new tools for specifying the level of generality of the events in a counterfactual. We show why and how the goals of formulating empirically important versus empirically plausible counterfactuals stand in tension with one another. Finally, we use our framework to link counterfactual analysis to causal sequences, which in turn provides advantages for conducting counterfactual projections.
Disclosure Regulation in the Commercial Banking Industry: Lessons from the National Banking Era
Authors: GRANJA JOÃO 
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACTI exploit variation in the adoption of disclosure and supervisory regulation across U.S. states to examine their impact on the development and stability of commercial banks. The empirical results suggest that the adoption of state‐level requirements to report financial statements in local newspapers is associated with greater stability and development of commercial banks. I also examine which political constituencies influence the adoption of disclosure and supervisory regulation. I find that powerful landowners and small private banks are associated with late adoption of these regulations. These findings suggest that incumbent groups oppose disclosure rules because the passage of such rules threatens their private interests.
Nontraded food commodity spatial price transmission: evidence from the Niger millet market
Authors: Tankari Mahamadou Roufahi , Goundan Anatole 
Published: December 2017

AbstractUsing an Augmented Factor Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Model, this study analyzes spatial millet prices transmission in Niger. Our results did not find condition for millet markets integration existence. However, the Granger causality tests and impulse response functions from the estimated short‐term dynamic as FAVAR model revealed the existence of leading markets whose millet prices affect a maximum number of other regional millet prices, while some regions seem to be isolated from trade or information flows. Furthermore, the significance of a shock depends also on the characteristics of the region where it originates in terms of millet demand or supply, indicating that the region to target and where the price shock originated matter for the policies’ success.
Spatial determinants of productivity growth on agri‐food Spanish firms: a comparison between cooperatives and investor‐owned firms
Authors: Martínez‐Victoria MCarmen , Maté Sánchez‐Val Mariluz , Arcas‐Lario Narciso 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThis study analyses the effect of the spatial factor, location, and interaction effects among peer companies, on the productivity growth of agri‐food companies in Spain. With this aim, we build a productivity growth index and apply a multiequational Seemingly Unrelated Regression on a sample of 344 Spanish cooperatives and investor‐owned firms for the period 2010–2012. Our findings show that agri‐food firms are influenced by spatial factors finding interesting differences between cooperatives and investor‐owned firms. With regard to the geographical location, cooperatives in the western of Spain show higher productivity growth rates, whereas investor‐owned firms in the northeast of Spain present better results. The interaction effect among closer peer companies is also a relevant factor to determine the productivity growth in agri‐food companies. This factor is more relevant for cooperatives than for investor‐owned firms.
Perceiving Cardiac Rehabilitation Staff as Mainly Responsible for Exercise: A Dilemma for Future Self‐Management
Authors: Flora Parminder K. , McMahon Casey J. , Locke Sean R. , Brawley Lawrence R. 
Published: December 2017

BackgroundCardiac rehabilitation (CR) exercise therapy facilitates patient recovery and better health following a cardiovascular event. However, post‐CR adherence to self‐managed (SM)‐exercise is suboptimal. Part of this problem may be participants’ view of CR staff as mainly responsible for help and program structure. Does post‐CR exercise adherence for those perceiving high CR staff responsibility suffer as a consequence?MethodsParticipants in this prospective, observational study were followed over 12 weeks of CR and one month afterward. High perceived staff responsibility individuals were examined for a decline in the strength of adherence‐related social cognitions and exercise. Those high and low in perceived staff responsibility were also compared.ResultsHigh perceived staff responsibility individuals reported significant declines in anticipated exercise persistence (d = .58) and number of different SM‐exercise options (d = .44). High versus low responsibility comparisons revealed a significant difference in one‐month post‐CR SM‐exercise volume (d = .67). High perceived staff responsibility individuals exercised half of the amount of low responsibility counterparts at one month post‐CR. Perceived staff responsibility and CR SRE significantly predicted SM‐exercise volume, R2adj = .10, and persistence, R2adj = .18, one month post‐CR.ConclusionViewing helpful well‐trained CR staff as mainly responsible for participant behavior may be problematic for post‐CR exercise maintenance among those more staff dependent.
Impact of vedolizumab therapy on extra‐intestinal manifestations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a multicentre cohort study nested in the OBSERV‐IBD cohort
Authors: Tadbiri S. , Peyrin‐Biroulet L. , Serrero M. , Filippi J. , Pariente B. , Roblin X. , Buisson A. , Stefanescu C. , Trang‐Poisson C. , Altwegg R. , Marteau P. , Vaysse T. , Bourrier A. , Nancey S. , Laharie D. , Allez M. , Savoye G. , Gilletta C. , Gagniere C. , Vuitton L. , Viennot S. , Aubourg A. , Pelletier A.‐L. , Bouguen G. , Abitbol V. , Fumery M. , Claudepierre P. , Bouhnik Y. , Amiot A. ,   the GETAID OBSERV‐IBD study group
Published: December 2017

SummaryBackgroundThe effectiveness of vedolizumab as a treatment for extraintestinal manifestations (EIM) is questionable due to its gut‐specificity.AimTo assess effectiveness of vedolizumab for EIM in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a large real‐life experience cohort.MethodsBetween June and December 2014, 173 patients with Crohn's disease and 121 with ulcerative colitis were treated with vedolizumab. Patients were followed until week 54. EIM activity was assessed at weeks 0, 6, 14, 22, 30 and 54 by using a 3‐step scale: complete remission, partial response and no response.ResultsAt baseline, 49 (16.7%) patients had EIMs of which 47 had inflammatory arthralgia/arthritis, four had cutaneous lesions and two had both rheumatologic and skin EIM. At week 54, 21 (44.7%) patients had complete remission for inflammatory arthralgia/arthritis and three (75%) for cutaneous EIM. In multivariate analysis, complete remission of inflammatory arthralgia/arthritis was associated with clinical remission of IBD (OR = 1.89, IC95% [1.05‐3.41], P = .03) and recent onset of inflammatory arthralgia/arthritis (OR = 1.99, IC95% [1.12‐3.52], P = .02). During the follow‐up period, 34 (13.8%) patients without any EIM at baseline, developed incident cases of inflammatory arthralgia/arthritis consisting mostly of peripheral arthralgia without evidence of arthritis and 14 (4.8%) incident cases of paradoxical skin manifestation.ConclusionVedolizumab therapy is commonly associated with improvement in EIM. This was associated with quiescent IBD and recent EIM. However, paradoxical skin manifestation and inflammatory arthralgia/arthritis may occur upon vedolizumab therapy.
Effect of reducing inspired oxygen concentration on oxygenation parameters during general anaesthesia in horses in lateral or dorsal recumbency
Authors: Uquillas E , Dart CM , Perkins NR , Dart AJ 
Published: December 2017

ObjectiveTo compare the effects of two concentrations of oxygen delivered to the anaesthetic breathing circuit on oxygenation in mechanically ventilated horses anaesthetised with isoflurane and positioned in dorsal or lateral recumbency.MethodsSelected respiratory parameters and blood lactate were measured and oxygenation indices calculated, before and during general anaesthesia, in 24 laterally or dorsally recumbent horses. Horses were randomly assigned to receive 100% or 60% oxygen during anaesthesia. All horses were anaesthetised using the same protocol and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) was commenced immediately following anaesthetic induction and endotracheal intubation. Arterial blood gas analysis was performed and oxygenation indices calculated before premedication, immediately after induction, at 10 and 45 min after the commencement of mechanical ventilation, and in recovery.ResultsDuring anaesthesia, the arterial partial pressure of oxygen was adequate in all horses, regardless of position of recumbency or the concentration of oxygen provided. At 10 and 45 min after commencing IPPV, the arterial partial pressure of oxygen was lower in horses in dorsal recumbency compared with those in lateral recumbency, irrespective of the concentration of oxygen supplied. Based on oxygenation indices, pulmonary function during general anaesthesia in horses placed in dorsal recumbency was more compromised than in horses in lateral recumbency, irrespective of the concentration of oxygen provided.ConclusionDuring general anaesthesia, using oxygen at a concentration of 60% instead of 100% maintains adequate arterial oxygenation in horses in dorsal or lateral recumbency. However, it will not reduce pulmonary function abnormalities induced by anaesthesia and recumbency.
Strong and strategic conformity understanding by 3‐ and 5‐year‐old children
Authors: Cordonier Laurent , Nettles Theresa , Rochat Philippe 
Published: December 2017

‘Strong conformity’ corresponds to the public endorsement of majority opinions that are in blatant contradiction to one's own correct perceptual judgements of the situation. We tested strong conformity inference by 3‐ and 5‐year‐old children using a third‐person perspective paradigm. Results show that at neither age, children spontaneously expect that an ostracized third‐party individual who wants to affiliate with the majority group will show strong conformity. However, when questioned as to what the ostracized individual should do to befriend others, from 5 years of age children explicitly demonstrate that they construe strong conformity as a strategic means of social affiliation. Additional data suggest that strong and strategic conformity understanding from an observer's third‐person perspective is linked to the passing of the language‐mediated false belief theory of mind task, an index of children's emerging ‘meta’ ability to construe the mental state of others.
Statement of contribution

What is already known on this subject?

‘Strong conformity’ corresponds to the public endorsement of majority opinions that are in blatant contradiction to one's own correct perceptual judgements of the situation.

Asch's (1956, Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 70, 1) classic demonstration of strong conformity with adults has been replicated with preschool children: 3‐ to 4‐year‐olds manifest signs of strong conformity by reversing about thirty to forty per cent of the time their correct perceptual judgements to fit with contradictory statements held unanimously by other individuals (Corriveau & Harris, 2010, Developmental Psychology, 46, 437; Corriveau et al., 2013, Journal of Cognition and Culture, 13, 367; Haun & Tomasello, 2011, Child Development, 82, 1759).

As for adults, strong conformity does not obliterate children's own private, accurate knowledge of the situation. It is in essence a public expression to fit the group and alleviate social dissonance.

What does this study add?

In three experiments, we explored the developmental emergence in the preschool years of strong conformity inference from a third‐person perspective. Results show that by 5 years of age, and not earlier, children begin to construe strong conformity as a strategy that someone should use to gain social affiliation, even though they do not anticipate that a third‐party individual would necessarily resort to such strategy.

Additional data suggest that strong and strategic conformity understanding from an observer's third‐person perspective is linked to the passing of the language‐mediated false belief theory of mind task.
Purification of zebrafish erythrocytes as a means of identifying a novel regulator of haematopoiesis
Authors: Kulkeaw Kasem , Inoue Tomoko , Ishitani Tohru , Nakanishi Yoichi , Zon Leonard I. , Sugiyama Daisuke 
Published: December 2017

SummaryZebrafish embryos are useful to study haematopoietic gene function in vertebrates, although lack of antibodies to zebrafish proteins has limited the purification of specific cell populations. Here, we purified primitive zebrafish erythrocytes using 1, 5‐bis{[2‐(di‐methylamino)ethyl]amino}‐4, 8‐dihydroxyanthracene‐9, 10‐dione (DRAQ5TM), a DNA‐staining fluorescent dye. At 48‐h post‐fertilization, we sorted small‐sized cells from embryos using forward scatter and found that they consisted of DRAQ5high and DRAQ5low populations. DRAQ5high cells contained haemoglobin, lacked myeloperoxidase activity and expressed high levels of embryonic globin (hbae3 and hbbe1.1) mRNA, all characteristics of primitive erythrocytes. Following DRAQ5TM analysis of gata1:dsRed transgenic embryos, we purified primitive DRAQ5high dsRed+ erythrocytes from haematopoietic progenitor cells. Using this method, we identified docking protein 2 (Dok2) as functioning in differentiation of primitive erythrocytes. We conclude that DRAQ5TM‐based flow cytometry enables purification of primitive zebrafish erythrocytes.