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Role of CSR in the consumer decision making process – The case of India
Authors: Pradhan Sudeepta 
Published: January 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to capture the decision-making process of one of the major stakeholders, i.e. consumers, while purchasing from socially responsible firms.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses an exploratory approach to have an understanding of consumers’ evaluation of their perceptions of a company’s CSR during the purchasing process. A total of 60 respondents were interviewed, and their responses were transcribed. These messages were then analysed using content analysis.

Findings
The evaluation of CSR initiatives is an intricate, logical and structured process where consumers consider factors that are valued by them. The findings support the concept of legitimacy theory, as most respondents believed it was the duty of a firm to give back to the society.

Research limitations/implications
This study suffers from an inherent limitation faced by qualitative studies, namely, the results cannot be generalized. Hence, quantitative methods can be designed in future research in the field. A cross-cultural study would also provide deeper insights and interesting avenues in future investigation to identify different factors.

Practical implications
Managers have the option of ignoring consumers’ approach towards CSR, and/or focus on CSR positioning and use it in their marketing communications. The Companies Bill, 2013, mandated Indian firms to spend and report their CSR expenditures. Hence, they should use it strategically and advertise their CSR initiatives effectively to influence a large number of consumers. It is also essential for managers to make CSR information easily available and clarify the connection of the company to CSR initiatives. They should also identify the proper channels that would get desired results.

Social implications
The study investigates the intricate process that explicates the reasons why CSR affects the consumer decision-making process. The research provides a better understanding into intention-behavior gap, investigates the reasons for such discrepancy and identifies a large number of factors.

Originality/value
The study intends to contribute to the field of marketing by capturing stakeholder (consumer) engagement (by exploring consumers’ beliefs of CSR, their perceptions and the role of such perceptions) in decision-making. It also intends to add to the existing studies in legitimacy theory.
What really matters to people with aphasia when it comes to group work? A qualitative investigation of factors impacting participation and integration
Authors: Lanyon Lucette , Worrall Linda , Rose Miranda 
Published: January 2018

AbstractBackgroundParticipation in a group environment is an inherently complex undertaking for people with aphasia. It involves engaging in multi‐person interactions with other people who may have a range of communication strengths and strategies at their disposal. The potential challenges of community aphasia‐group participation and practice has had limited attention in the research literature. Evidence from group users have primarily been drawn from the perspective of long‐term members or those participating in highly specific and time‐bound groups. There is a need to explore the experiences of a broader sample, including people who have left groups, to improve our understanding of structures, processes as well as leadership behaviours that may facilitate positive group participation experiences.AimTo examine the potential factors operating within the group environment that contribute to positive and negative participation experiences.Methods & ProceduresTwenty‐two people with aphasia participated in semi‐structured interviews about their experiences of community aphasia groups. People who maintained long‐term membership as well as those who had left groups were sampled. An interpretative phenomenological framework was employed to examine the data collected.Outcomes & ResultsSeven factors emerged as central to participation experiences and contributed to the ability of people with aphasia to integrate and engage in the group space. These factors included: (1) balanced interactional patterns; (2) an open and non‐hierarchical group environment; (3) communication awareness and education amongst members; (4) meaningful activity; (5) ritual and structure; (6) composition and group size; and (7) group leadership.Conclusions & ImplicationsPeople with aphasia perceive community aphasia‐group participation to be beneficial to their ability to live well with aphasia. However, a range of challenges to successful participation are also evident. Inputs such as peer‐to‐peer communication strategies, shared roles and responsibilities, and consultation with regard to group objectives and processes provide group members with the opportunity to become active contributors, demonstrate competence and have influence over the group. When inputs are poorly implemented or absent, people with aphasia are at risk of feeling disabled and marginalized by the group experience.
Biotechnological Applications of Proteases in Food Technology
Authors: Tavano Olga Luisa , Berenguer‐Murcia Angel , Secundo Francesco , Fernandez‐Lafuente Roberto 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThis review presents some of the hottest topics in biotechnological applications: proteases in biocatalysis. Obviously, one of the most relevant areas of application is in the hydrolysis of proteins in food technology, and that has led to a massive use on proteomics. The aim is to identify via peptide maps the different proteins obtained after a specific protease hydrolysis. However, concepts like degradomics are also taking on a more relevant importance in the use and study of proteases and will also be discussed. Other protease applications, as seem in cleaning (detergent development), the pharmaceutical industry, and in fine chemistry, will be analyzed. This review progresses from basic areas such as protease classification to a discussion of the preparation of protease‐immobilized biocatalysts, considering the different problems raised by the use of immobilized proteases due to the peculiar features of the substrates, usually large macromolecules. Production of bioactive peptides via limited hydrolysis of proteins will occupy an important place in this review.
Importance of Applying Condiments in a Commonly Consumed Food System for Understanding the Association Between Familiarity and Sensory Drivers of Liking: A Study Focused on Doenjang
Authors: Roh Soo Hyun , Lee Soh Min , Kim Sang Sook , Kim Kwang‐Ok 
Published: January 2018

AbstractDoenjang, a Korean traditional fermented soybean paste, is one of the most essential condiments in Korean cuisine. Condiments are rarely consumed as it is, and are generally applied to other foods. The objective of this study was to understand how sensory drivers of liking of Doenjang would be affected according to food forms in which it is evaluated: the original paste form compared with a normally consumed soup form, and to understand the association of familiarity of evaluated food form. Descriptive analysis and consumer acceptability test was performed in 2 consumption forms: the original paste form and the Doenjang soup from. For consumer liking test, elderly consumers who have more experience to traditional Deonjang were compared to the young in their response to Doenjang paste and soup. The descriptive analysis results showed that the characteristic sensory features of the Deonjang samples were little affected based on the food system in which it was evaluated. However, when the paste was applied in soup, the intensities of the characteristic sensory features were reduced. Acceptability and familiarity of traditional type Doenjang samples for the young and for the elderly consumers were very similar in paste, but it differed when the samples were evaluated in soup. Thus, expectation difference between the young and the elderly was better revealed in soup, a more common food form consumed in practice. The results of this study indicate the importance of understanding sensory drivers of liking for a condiment such as Doenjang in their commonly consumed forms.Practical ApplicationCompared to the original condiment form, expectation difference between the young and the elderly were better revealed in Deonjang soup, a food form normally consumed in practice. Thus, the results of this study reinforced the importance of investigating sensory drivers of liking for a condiment in a food form that is normally consumed in practice for accurate understanding on consumer preference.
The Protective Effect of Antarctic Krill Oil on Cognitive Function by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress in the Brain of Senescence‐Accelerated Prone Mouse Strain 8 (SAMP8) Mice
Authors: Li Qian , Wu Fengjuan , Wen Min , Yanagita Teruyoshi , Xue Changhu , Zhang Tiantian , Wang Yuming 
Published: January 2018

AbstractAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, and oxidative stress plays a vital role in its progression. Antarctic krill oil (AKO) is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which has various biological activities, such as improving insulin sensitivity, alleviating inflammation and ameliorating oxidative stress. In this study, the protective effect of AKO against AD were investigated in senescence‐accelerated prone mouse strain 8 (SAMP8) mice. Results showed that treatment with AKO could effectively ameliorate learning and memory deficits and ease the anxiety in SAMP8 mice by Morris water maze, Barnes maze test and open‐field test. Further analysis indicated that AKO might reduce β‐amyloid (Aβ) accumulation in hippocampus through decreasing the contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and 7,8‐dihydro‐8‐oxoguanine (8‐oxo‐G), increasing the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH‐Px) activities in the brain of SAMP8 mice.Practical ApplicationThe results of Morris water maze, Barnes maze test and open‐field test indicated that Antarctic krill oil (AKO) improved the cognitive function and anxiety of SAMP8 mice. AKO reduced the Aβ42 level in hippocampus of SAMP8 mice. AKO ameliorated oxidative stress in brain rather than in serum and liver of SAMP8 mice.
Hepatoprotective Effects of Sophoricoside against Fructose‐Induced Liver Injury via Regulating Lipid Metabolism, Oxidation, and Inflammation in Mice
Authors: Li Wenfeng , Lu Yalong 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThe dried fruit of Sophora japonica L. is a traditional Chinese herb tea rich in sophoricoside that is an isoflavone glycoside. The aim of current study was to investigate the hepatic protective effect of sophoricoside in high fructose (HF) diet fed mice. Healthy male mice were fed 30% fructose water and treated 80 and 160 mg/kg·bw sophoricoside continuously for 8 wk. Our data showed that administration of sophoricoside at 80 and 160 mg/kg·bw observably decreased the body weight and liver weight in HF‐fed mice. It was found that the treatment of sophoricoside decreased the hepatic cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and serum low‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol and apolipoprotein‐B levels, and elevated the serum high‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol and apolipoprotein‐A1 levels. Moreover, the administration of sophoricoside decreased the HF‐caused elevations of hepatic malonaldehyde, interleukin‐1 and tumor necrosis factor‐α levels, while increased the HF‐induced decreases of hepatic superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities. Meanwhile, serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase activities were reduced by treatment of sophoricoside in HF‐fed mice. Histopathology of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and oil red O staining of liver tissues also confirmed the beneficial effects of sophoricoside against liver injury induced by HF‐diet in mice. These findings indicated that sophoricoside may be a novel natural isoflavone for alleviating HF‐induced liver injury.Practical ApplicationFruit of Sophora japonica L. is a traditional herb tea and it recently becomes popular in China. Sophoricoside is an isoflavone glycoside (Genistein‐4’‐O‐β‐d‐glucopyranoside) isolated from S. japonical L, and it possessed differential effects on the body health. The ingestion of sophoricoside or sophora fruit tea may be a novel strategy to prevent non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Microbial and Chemical Shelf‐Life of Vacuum Steam‐Pasteurized Whole Flaxseed and Milled Flaxseed
Authors: Shah Manoj , Eklund Bridget , Conde Lima Luiz Gustavo , Bergholz Teresa , Hall Clifford 
Published: January 2018

AbstractFlaxseed is an oilseed with many health benefits. Flaxseed may be consumed raw or in processed form. In the raw form, there is a potential for microbial contamination. Several pasteurization methods have been used to reduce microbial contamination. However, such treatments may affect chemical properties of foods. In this study, vacuum steam‐pasteurization was conducted on whole flaxseed and milled flaxseed using 4 different conditions (3 min at 75 °C, 3 min at 90 °C, 9 min at 90 °C, and 3 min at 105 °C). Microbial and chemical shelf‐life was monitored for 28 wk (36 wk for aerobic plate counts). Significant reduction (P < 0.05) in microbial counts (total aerobic plate counts, and yeast and mold counts) occurred after pasteurization and during storage of both whole flaxseed and milled flaxseed. Although both the moisture content and aw increased after pasteurization, they were similar to the unpasteurized samples during storage. Peroxide value, free fatty acid, headspace volatiles, fatty acid profiles, oil content, and secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) content were chemical indices measured. Only small changes were observed in the chemical indices after vacuum steam‐pasteurization for both pasteurized whole flaxseed and milled flaxseed as compared to the unpasteurized flaxseed at most instances. Vacuum steam‐pasteurization can be used as a safe alternative for the microbial reduction of low‐moisture products, such as flaxseed, without significantly affecting chemical stability.Practical ApplicationVacuum steam‐pasteurization can be effectively used for the treatment of whole flaxseed and milled flaxseed to reduce spoilage microorganisms, such as total aerobes and yeasts and molds. In addition, this pasteurization method had minimal effects on several chemical shelf‐life parameters with positive impact on SDG of the processed flaxseed.
‘An office in which she had always depended’: Surrogate Managers in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and Persuasion
Authors: Dashwood Rita J. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThis article analyses the ways in which Jane Austen explores questions concerning female property management in two of her novels, Mansfield Park and Persuasion. These two novels are particularly relevant, as they share one common aspect: in both, two female characters attempt to appropriate the position of manager of a house they have no possibility of ever owning, thus replacing the legitimate manager. By analysing these two novels, I aim to show how Austen engages with the late eighteenth‐ and early nineteenth‐century discourse on female management and considers the possibilities and limits of this form of relationship with houses.
Modelling mobile agent‐based ecosystem services using kernel‐weighted predictors
Authors: Goedhart Paul W. , Lof Marjolein E. , Bianchi Felix J. J. A. , Baveco Hans (J.) M. , van der Werf Wopke 
Published: January 2018

Abstract

Agriculture benefits from ecosystem services provided by mobile agents, such as biological pest control by natural enemies and pollination by bees. However, methods that can generate spatially explicit predictions and maps of these ecosystem services based on empirical data are still scarce.

Here we propose a generic statistical model to derive kernel functions to characterize the spatial distribution of ecosystem services provided by mobile agents. The model is similar in spirit to a generalized linear model, and uses data of landscape composition and ecosystem services assessed at target sites to estimate parameters of the kernel. The approach is tested in a simulation study and illustrated by an empirical case study on parasitism rates of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella.

The simulation study shows that the scale parameter of the exponential power kernel can be estimated with limited bias, whereas estimation of the shape parameter is difficult. For the case study the model provides biologically relevant estimates for the kernel associated with parasitism of P. xylostella. These estimates can be used to generate ecosystem service maps for existing or planned landscapes. The case study reveals that predictions can be sensitive to the parameter values for the width and shape of the kernel, and to the link function used in the statistical model.

In the last two decades numerous empirical studies assessed ecosystem services at target sites and related these to the surrounding landscape. Our method can take advantage of these data by estimating underlying kernels that can be used to map the spatial distribution of ecosystem services. However, empirical data that can discriminate between alternative kernel shapes remain critical.
How do you find the green sheep? A critical review of the use of remotely sensed imagery to detect and count animals
Authors: Hollings Tracey , Burgman Mark , van Andel Mary , Gilbert Marius , Robinson Timothy , Robinson Andrew 
Published: January 2018

Abstract

Animal abundance data are essential for endangered species conservation, tracking invasive species spread, biosecurity, agricultural applications and wildlife monitoring; however, obtaining abundance data are a perennial challenge. Recent improvements in the resolution of remotely sensed imagery, and image‐processing tools and software have facilitated improvement of methods for the detection of individual, generally large‐bodied animals. The potential to monitor and survey populations from remotely sensed imagery is an exciting new development in animal ecology.

We review the methods used to analyse remotely sensed imagery for their potential to estimate the abundance of wild and domestic animal populations by directly detecting, identifying and counting individuals.

Despite many illustrative studies using a variety of methods for detecting animals from remotely sensed imagery, it remains problematic in many situations. Studies that demonstrated reasonably high accuracy using automated and semi‐automated techniques have been undertaken on small spatial scales relative to the geographical range of the species of interest and/or in homogenous environments such as sea ice. The major limitations are the relatively low accuracy of automated detection techniques across large spatial extents, false detections and the cost of high‐resolution data.

Future developments in the analysis of remotely sensed data for population surveys will improve detection capabilities, including the advancement of algorithms, the crossover of software and technology from other disciplines, and improved availability, accessibility, cost and resolution of data.
Positive view and increased likely uptake of follow‐up testing with analysis of cell‐free fetal DNA as alternative to invasive testing among Danish pregnant women
Authors: Miltoft Caroline B. , Rode Line , Tabor Ann 
Published: January 2018

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the attitude (view, likely uptake and preferred strategy) towards cell‐free fetal DNA (cfDNA) testing among pregnant women before a first‐trimester risk assessment for trisomy 21 (unselected women) and after obtaining a high risk.Material and methodsUnselected and high‐risk women attending first‐trimester screening (Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital) were invited to fill out the questionnaire Antenatal testing for Down syndrome as an online survey.ResultsThe survey included 203 unselected and 50 high‐risk women (response rates of 74.8% and 84.7%, respectively). Nearly all considered cfDNA testing a positive development in antenatal care, and 97.2% would like it to be offered. Offering cfDNA testing as an alternative to invasive testing would increase the uptake of follow‐up testing compared with invasive testing alone (98.8% vs. 90.7%, p < 0.001). Women who would only accept follow up by cfDNA testing were more likely to continue an affected pregnancy (30.0% vs. 3.6%, p < 0.001) or have doubts about termination (50.0% vs. 32.1%, p < 0.001).ConclusionsOffering cfDNA testing would likely increase the uptake of follow‐up testing without a corresponding rise in the termination rate of affected fetuses as some women test for information only. However, both unselected and high‐risk women had overwhelmingly positive views underlining attention to avoid routinization.
Acquisition, remission, and persistence of eczema, asthma, and rhinitis in children
Authors: Zhang H. , Kaushal A. , Soto‐Ramírez N. , Ziyab A. H. , Ewart S. , Holloway J. W. , Karmaus W. , Arshad H. 
Published: January 2018

SummaryBackgroundAllergic sensitization is associated with eczema, asthma, and rhinitis. However, it is unknown whether and how allergic sensitization is associated over time with acquisition, remission, and persistence of these diseases and their comorbidity.ObjectiveTo gain a better understanding of factors including allergic sensitization transitions that influence the temporal pattern of asthma, eczema, and rhinitis and their comorbidity during childhood.MethodsIn the Isle of Wight birth cohort, information on allergic sensitization to common allergens was collected at ages 4, 10, and 18 years along with asthma, rhinitis, and eczema status determined by clinical diagnosis. Logistic regressions were used to estimate subsequent and concurrent odds ratios of diseases transition with allergic sensitization transition status as the main independent variable. Two transition periods were considered, 4 to 10 years of age and 10 to 18 years of age.ResultsThe odds of new diagnosis of allergic disease (no‐yes) was increased among subjects with acquired or persistent allergic sensitization to common allergens compared to subjects with no sensitization (acquisition of sensitization odds ratio [OR]=3.22, P < .0001; persistence of sensitization, OR=6.33, P < .0001). The odds of remission of allergic diseases (yes‐no) was lower among subjects with acquired or sustained allergic sensitization (acquisition, OR=0.18, P = .0001; persistence, OR=0.085, P < .0001), compared to subjects not sensitized. Subjects with acquired or persistent allergic sensitization were also had higher odds for persistence of disease (yes‐yes) than subjects not sensitized (acquisition, OR=5.49, P = .0001; persistence, OR=11.79, P < .0001).ConclusionTransition of allergic sensitizations to common allergens is a prognostic factor for subsequent or concurrent transition of eczema, asthma, and rhinitis. Prevention or reduction in allergic sensitization has a potential to lead to remission of these conditions.