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Influence of eco friendly plant material (Cucurbita maxima) on mild steel corrosion
Authors: Anbarasi K. , Vasudha V.G. 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the influence of leaves ofCucurbita maxima(LCM) extract on the corrosion of mild steel (MS) in 1N H2SO4by gravimetric measurement and electrochemical study. The inhibition efficiency increased with increase in concentration of LCM. The corrosion rate increased with increase in temperature and decreased with increase in concentration of inhibitor compared to blank. The maximum inhibition efficiency of 96 per cent was obtained at 3 per cent v/v LCM at 343K for 1 h. The inhibitory action was explained on the basis of adsorption of secondary metabolites in the plant extract on the mild steel surface. The adsorption process obeys Langmuir, El-Awady, Temkin and Freundlich adsorption isotherms and was best fitted by Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Some kinetic and thermodynamic parameters are also discussed.Design/methodology/approachWeight loss measurements were conducted under total immersion of already weighed mild steel coupons in 100 ml of the test solution containing 0.05, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 per cent of LCM extract and in blank solution at different temperature range (303, 313, 323, 333 and 343 K) for 1h. The electrochemical experiments were conducted at room temperature and at various concentrations of LCM extract. The electrochemical experiments were performed using a potentiostat. A three-electrode cell was used for the impedance measurements conducted at open circuit potential.FindingsThe inhibitor (LCM) shows good inhibition performance for the corrosion of mild steel in 1N H2SO4solution. The inhibition efficiency increased and the corrosion rate decreased with increasing concentrations of inhibitor.Originality/valueThe studied plant material is a new one in mild steel corrosion. The influence of the plant material is clearly explained in the submitted paper.
The Leiden Manifesto under review: what libraries can learn from it
Authors: Coombs Sarah K. , Peters Isabella 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a critical discussion of the Leiden Manifesto for libraries already engaged in bibliometric practices. It offers practical recommendations based on the work of the European Association for Research Libraries (LIBER) Working Group on Metrics. This work is in the beginning phase and summarizes literature on the topic, as well as the experiences of the members of the Working Group. The discussion reflects today's growing popularity of (quantitative) research assessment which is seen in enthusiasts introducing new metrics (i.e. altmetrics) and by critics demanding responsible metrics that increase objectivity and equity in evaluations.

Design/methodology/approachThis paper is the result of the Working Group on Metrics of the European Association for Research Libraries (LIBER) that critically discussed the practicality of the Leiden Manifesto for libraries.

FindingsFull compliance with the Manifesto is time-consuming, expensive and requires a significant increase in bibliometric expertise with respect to both staffing and skill level. Despite these apparent disadvantages, it is recommended that all libraries embrace the Manifesto’s principles. To increase practicality, it is advised that libraries collaborate with researchers, management and other libraries at home and around the world to jointly design and provide services that can be reused within the library community.

Originality/valueLibraries have increasingly been confronted with questions about research assessment, responsible metrics and the role of digital products in evaluations and funding decisions. Although a wide range of recommendations and initiatives are available (e.g. DORA San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment), many recommendations are not straightforward enough to be implemented from a library perspective. This paper provides assistance for libraries to implement these principles by acknowledging the heterogeneous backgrounds the libraries may stem from.
Altmetric scores: short-term popularity or long-term scientific importance
Authors: Starbuck Edith , Purtee Sharon 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on a three-year case study of the extent with which altmetrics compare to traditional metrics in certain subject areas for selected departments at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine (COM).

Design/methodology/approachA three-year analysis of peer-reviewed papers and invited editorials from 2009 to 2013 written by tenure-track faculty from 20 COM departments was done to explore what subject areas received the highest altmetric scores. Research output was searched in PubMed; articles were quantified by subject area, times cited in Scopus, and its altmetric score over each of three successive years.

FindingsThe topics of the highest scored altmetric papers (n = 40) sample focused on stroke, obesity, and diabetes for all three years. Analysis of high initial altmetric scores over the course of the three years shifted from a possible predictor of future impact in the second year to no indicator of long-term interest in the scientific community as the public interest waned over time.

Research limitations/implicationsThe authors used Scopus Times Cited and Altmetrics.com to gather data.

Originality/valueInitially assessed a total of 3,678 unique publications and worked with the 40 highest altmetric scores in subsequent years. Data showed that subjects of interest to the public receive the highest altmetric scores and the topic areas did not change over the course of the study. These initially high altmetric scores do not indicate long-term interest by the scientific community.
Cybersecurity governance: a prehistory and its implications
Authors: Fidler Bradley 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to understand the emerging challenges of cybersecurity governance by analyzing the internet’s early history.

Design/methodology/approach
Tracing the design and management of early internet and network security technologies in the USA in the 1970s and 1980s.

Findings
The US Department of Defense separated the research and management regimes for networks and network security, with the latter restricted to military networks. As such, the absence of cybersecurity technologies on the early internet was not an oversight, but a necessary compromise. This ordering of networks and security had enduring technological, political and even cultural consequences, which are breaking down today.

Social implications
Political, technological and metaphoric distinctions between networks and security should be challenged; cybersecurity will transform internet governance.

Originality/value
New historical sources and analysis provide a novel perspective on contemporary challenges of cybersecurity governance.
Firm level profitability determinants in Indian drugs and pharmaceutical industry
Authors: Tyagi Shilpi , Nauriyal D.K. 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to analyze the firm level determinants of profitability of Indian drug and pharmaceutical industry which is known for historically weak R&D initiatives.

Design/methodology/approach
The change in the economic environment brought out by the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) compliance, this industry was found to have fast adjusted to a new working environment by substantially modifying its strategies. This study aims at using inflation-adjusted panel data for a period 2000-2013 and applies the fixed effects regression model with cluster standard errors.

Findings
The study has found that export intensity, A&M intensity, firm’s market power and stronger patent regime dummy have exercised positive influence on profitability. The negative and statistically significant influence of R&D intensity and raw material import intensity points to the need for firms to adopt suitable investment strategies.

Research limitations/implications
The study suggests that firms are required to pay far more attention to optimize their operating expenditures, advertisement and marketing expenditures and improve their export orientation, as part of the long-term strategy.

Originality/value
This study uses a recent data-set to analyze the firm level profitability determinants in the Indian pharmaceutical industry and captures the effect of change in profitability pre and post-TRIPS.
Marketing strategies in small animal clinical practice
Authors: Soares José Antonio , Galvão André Luiz Baptista , de Matos Lucas Vinicius Shigaki , Pierucci Julia Cestari , Bresciani Katia Denise Saraiva , Pizzinatto Nadia Kassouf 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
Marketing strategies can be used to leverage business in the service sector, specifically in veterinary medicine; among other benefits, it can make a difference in satisfaction and consequent customer loyalty. Marketing should be used with ethics and professionalism due is one administration area that contributes to effective management in the continuous pursuit of quality in the provision of services and demonstrate that veterinary clinics have much to gain if managed with support of marketing strategies. This paper aims to analyze the applicability of marketing strategies in the management of small animal clinics, such as guidelines to the entrepreneurs of this services sector.

Design/methodology/approach
Marketing literature is plentiful in proposing alternative strategies, whether focused on the achievement and loyalty of customers, whether to raise the competitiveness of an organization or simply to its survival in the market. In this study, some marketing strategies were selected, on secondary data research, in theoretical framework, to investigate their application in the practice of veterinary medicine. This study emphasizes promotional strategy toward communication with the market and construction of organizational image, using public relations as marketing strategy.

Findings
The use of marketing strategies is recommended in the management of small animal clinical practice, especially with respect to the high customer satisfaction by streamlining the procedures and optimizing veterinary services provision.

Originality/value
This study is different because it proposes an integrated system of management techniques in veterinary organizations, which will lead to better efficiency of attendance, adding value to the service provided and generating greater profitability for the organization, which positively reflects on the economic point of view and for the image of the company and its professionals, providing a better quality of life for both clients and their pets.
Formal options for job descriptions: theory meets practice
Authors: Pató Beáta Sz. G. 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present the possibilities of formal and structural appearances of a job description, with correct content, through corporate examples and the result of a research.

Design/methodology/approach
The author in this paper aims to demonstrate the possibilities of the design of job descriptions, based on more than ten-year-long, intense, empirical research of job descriptions (cca. 1,200 examined and analyzed items).

Findings
During the research work, a 2D job description sample has been created, mapped from a 3D job description, based on an earlier research. This 2D sample can serve as a good starting point for companies in the creation of new documents. Furthermore, the process of the formal visualization of job descriptions has been described, and structured and semi-structured formal visualization have been illustrated, with corporate examples.

Research limitations/implications
A well-visualized job description can lead the employee, the employer and the company as well to comprehension and competence, thus job descriptions become one of the tools of HRD visual management.

Practical implications
The aim is to support the job description writing process, which therefore will lead to a well-formed and well-structured, attractive, “living” document.

Originality/value
The form and content of a job description, the aims that it serves and the message it conveys really make a difference. 3D job descriptions are under patent design protection in Hungary (Registration Number: 90 806 D0500121).
Human resource management, historical perspectives, evolution and professional development
Authors: Obedgiu Vincent 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to trace the historical perspectives in the development and evolution of human resource management as a field of study and profession.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper adopts a desk research to conduct a general review of literatures that are fundamental in tracing the historical routes, evolution, and professional development in the field of human resource management.

Findings
The literature reviewed reveals that human resource management is a product of the human relations movement of the early twentieth century, when researchers began documenting ways of creating business value through the strategic management of the workforce. The function was initially dominated by transactional work such as payroll and benefits administration, but due to globalization, company consolidation, technological advancement, and further research, human resource now focuses on strategic initiatives like mergers and acquisitions, talent management, succession planning, industrial and labor relations, and diversity and inclusion. In start-up companies, human resource’s duties are performed either by a handful of trained professionals or even by non-human resource personnel. In larger companies, an entire functional group is typically dedicated to the discipline, with staff specializing in various human resource tasks and functional leadership engaging in strategic decision making across the business. To train practitioners for the profession, institutions of higher education, professional associations, and companies themselves have created programs of study dedicated explicitly to the duties of the function. Academic and practitioner organizations likewise seek to engage and further the field of human resource, as evidenced by several field-specific publications.

Originality/value
The study contributes to the body of knowledge in human resource management and practices, professional development, history of human resource management and the future of human resource functions. Further attempt is made in the study to present historical perspective of the evolution of the field to prepare professional managers in managing the human resource function and disseminate the human resource development philosophy and values to improve human resource practice and recognition within the management agenda.
SEC shortens standard settlement cycle to T+2
Authors: Burns James R. , Anderson James E. , Saunders Kimberly Beattie , Gyer Charles F. 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
To describe the steps taken by the SEC to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from three business days to two business days after the trade date.

Design/methodology/approach
Provides insight into a recent area of focus for SEC regulators and describe the SEC’s efforts to improve the efficiency of and reduce risks associated with the US national clearance and settlement system.

Findings
Industry participants must continue to work toward an migration date from T+3 to T+2 on September 5, 2017. In addition, numerous corresponding rule changes have been made or are expected across other regulatory regimes, including other federal regulators and self-regulatory organizations. Industry participants should monitor communications from these organizations closely for guidance about regulatory updates related to T+2.

Originality/value
Practical regulatory guidance regarding SEC operational requirements for the US national clearance and settlement system and the impact on related SEC regulations from experienced securities lawyers.
SEC charges broker-dealer and AML officer for failing to file SARs related to pump-and-dump scheme
Authors: Bondi Bradley J. , Gilman Charles A. , Petillo-Décossard Kimberly C. , Schuster John J. , Ortiz Sara 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
To explain a recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administrative proceeding targeting a broker-dealer as part of the Commission’s continuing efforts to enforce anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and reporting.

Design/methodology/approach
This article explores the factual and legal contours of a specific SEC administrative proceeding to better understand the affirmative steps the Commission expects of financial service providers as it relates to AML activities and reporting.

Findings
Given the SEC’s current enforcement focus, it is critical that financial institutions conduct their activities with a clear understanding of the AML regulations, investigatory expectations and related reporting requirements associated with the provision of brokerage and advisory services to US clients and customers.

Originality/value
This article highlights the SEC’s continuing interest in broker-dealer AML policies and compliance and provides analysis from experienced lawyers with expertise in financial services, securities and white collar crime.
SEC approves new continued listing standards for ETFs
Authors: Teufel Adam , Geissler Christopher J. 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
To introduce and analyze recent amendments to the rules of three US securities exchanges to add specific continued listing standards applicable to exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Design/methodology/approach
Provides an introduction and summary overview of the topic, summarizes the scope of the rule changes, discusses the industry reaction to the proposed rule changes and the regulator’s response, notes the applicability of the rule changes to ETFs relying on their own fund-specific regulatory relief, and identifies compliance dates.

Findings
Each of three US securities exchanges filed separate proposals to amend their listing standards to add specific continued listing standards for ETFs. Notwithstanding various concerns expressed in comment letters from key industry participants, by March 2017 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved all three proposals in substantially the form proposed.

Practical implications
ETF sponsors should note that significant compliance enhancements may be required to ensure proper and continuous testing of securities in an ETF’s underlying index and/or portfolio in lieu of testing for compliance solely at the time of initial listing or at the time of an investment decision. The rule changes are scheduled to take effect by October 1, 2017.

Originality/value
Practical analysis from a premier financial services law firm on the issues presented by the ETF rule changes.
SFC reminding sponsors of the need to adopt an attitude of “professional scepticism”
Authors: Hughes Gareth , Comber James 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
To remind sponsors to adopt an attitude of “professional skepticism” in Hong Kong IPOs.

Design/methodology/approach
Explains the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”)'s sanction on BOCOM International (Asia) Limited (“BIAL”) as a sign of determination to hold sponsors to account as gatekeepers to the Hong Kong capital markets.

Findings
The SFC has reprimanded and fined BIAL HK$15 million for failing to discharge its duties as a sole sponsor in a listing application for China Huinong Capital Group Company Limited (“China Huinong”), a company established in the PRC. This substantial fine reinforces the need for sponsors to ensure that they fully and properly discharge all of their duties, and that they will be held responsible for any failure to do so, even if the listing is not ultimately approved.

Practical implications
If sponsors fail to fulfil the requirements required under the sponsors’ regulatory regime, the SFC will be proactive and impose tough sanctions, even if the listing application is eventually withdrawn or returned by the SEHK.

Originality/value
Practical guidance from experienced regulatory, financial and commercial dispute resolution lawyers.
Selling structured products to retail investors in the US
Authors: Sheehan Margaret 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
To explain the inherent risks, draw attention to SEC and FINRA guidance, and suggest ways to limit and control the sale of structured securities to retail investors.

Design/methodology/approach
Explains potential problems with the sale of structured securities to retail investors; recommends marketing, disclosure, training, suitability, and supervision guidelines; summarizes the results of an SEC sweep examination; draws conclusions.

Findings
Both the SEC and FINRA have stopped short of saying that retail sales of structured products is unsuitable per se, but both have demonstrated unease about this activity and clearly indicated that firms who engage in it have heightened and specific disclosure, training, suitability and supervisory obligations.

Practical implications
Although firms certainly can sell these products in the retail market in a responsible and compliant manner, they should do so with thought, preparation and caution, because the regulatory agencies are watching.

Originality/value
Practical guidance from experienced financial services and securities lawyer concentrating on investment advisers and broker-dealers.
Money laundering: further clarity provided by the Court of Appeal on the operation of the consent regime
Authors: Allen Daren 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
To summarise a key development that provides clarity for banks on the operation of the money laundering provisions in the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Design/methodology/approach
The article provides the background leading up to the UK Court of Appeal hearing, the key issues in the appeal, the decision of the court and what this means for banks in the UK.

Findings
The Court of Appeal held that (i) where a bank suspects that money in its customer’s account is criminal property, freezes the account and seeks consent to deal with the money, the court should not intervene during the course of the seven-working-day notice period and 31-day Moratorium Period and (ii) in most cases the discretion to grant an interim declaration is unlikely to be exercised.

Practical implications
This decision is important for banks and brings much-needed clarity. Prior to the Court of Appeal decision, it was open to customers to challenge a bank’s decision to freeze an account (pending a response from the NCA to a consent request) on the basis that, on a balance of convenience, payments from a bank account should be permitted to be made.

Originality/value
Practical guidance from an experienced lawyer specialising in complex investigations, litigation dispute resolution and regulatory enforcement proceedings for financial institutions and large corporations.