bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Money laundering and the shadow economy in Kazakhstan
Authors: N. Niyetullayev Nurlan , Almond Paul 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to assess and highlight the approach taken towards the legal control of illicit money laundering taken in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in particular, the role played by an amnesty on the legalisation of illicit funds. This is particularly important as a basis for a wider discussion about the proper limits of the “criminalising” approaches commonly taken in anti-money laundering regulations.Design/methodology/approach– The discussion and evaluation in the paper is based upon a conceptual analysis of the money laundering regime in Kazakhstan, in particular, the legal framework and policies of implementation adopted.Findings– The paper demonstrates that the problems that are posed by the shadow economy in post-Soviet transition societies can make the blanket criminalisation of money laundering a self-defeating approach, unless accompanied by measures which allow for the achievement of “market-constituting” effects.Research limitations/implications– The paper draws on experience and practice in one jurisdiction only (Kazakhstan); it also limits its focus to one particular example of a money laundering amnesty policy. Both of these limitations, therefore, suggest avenues for further comparative research.Originality/value– The paper’s conclusions about the interactions between the shadow economies of transitional societies and the global anti-money laundering agenda have wider application in assessments of international law in this area.
KrishiKosh: an institutional repository of National Agricultural Research System in India
Authors: Veeranjaneyulu K. 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to provide online access to valuable resource, i.e., rare books, institutional publications, historical reports, theses, success stories, etc. to the researchers, teachers, extension specialists, farmers and scientists working in the ICAR institutes and state agricultural universities.

Design/methodology/approach
– Using open source software, the material in the repository was organized into institution-wise collection of documents such as books, journals, theses, reports, articles, etc. The process of digitization including scanning, cleaning, cropping, conversion to text (OCR), conversion to PDF/A, is currently being done at four different centres. So far, more than ten million pages from 19,495 documents have been digitized along with the necessary metadata.

Findings
– The “KrishiKosh” is a collaborative project which envisages launching an Indian agricultural knowledge portal over the internet and sharing its research information including Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) with the rest of the world using latest information and communication technologies.

Research limitations/implications
– Users are able to access any information they want, from anywhere in the world, and at any time over the internet. It also culminated in launching of an Indian agricultural knowledge portal over the internet for sharing its research information including ETD with the rest of the world using the latest information and communication technologies.

Practical implications
– The agricultural research community will have access to the vast amount of rare and precious literature to further research and developments in agriculture and allied sectors to achieve self-sufficiency in food production.

Social implications
– While the population of the country is heading towards 1.23 billion, Indian agricultural scientists are engaged in increasing the food grain production to address the food security challenge. The importance of agricultural production in the context of global competition has occupied a significant place in the national development plan. It helps to provide right information, in right time at right place to increase the agriculture production.

Originality/value
– The Indian agricultural knowledge portal over the internet for sharing its research information including ETD among agriculture policy makers, scientists, etc. using latest ICT. The portal helps to avoid duplication and to acquire more resources to the agriculture knowledge centres.
Collaboration between academics and librarians
Authors: Pham Hue Thi , Tanner Kerry 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine recent literature for a review of the concepts of collaboration in library and information science and related disciplines and to develop a conceptual framework for application in academic contexts globally.

Design/methodology/approach
– An investigation of literature exploring the multifaceted meanings and dimensions of collaboration and subsequent development of a framework for analysis. To exemplify the use of the framework in analysing collaboration between academics and librarians, and to demonstrate the impact of context on collaboration, the paper explores the situation and educational contexts in two national settings – one a developed country (Australia) and the other a developing country (Vietnam).

Findings
– Contextual factors have a substantial impact on the nature of collaboration between academics and librarians. The collaboration framework developed is applied to academic settings in two countries, Vietnam and Australia, and dimensions of collaboration are compared and contrasted in the two countries. Insights and implications are drawn concerning the distinctive features of effective collaboration as well as the achievements and challenges of such collaborative partnerships.

Research limitations/implications
– This literature-based article reports on the first part of a larger research project. Further development and application of the conceptual framework in studying the collaborative relationship between academics and librarians empirically are deemed important.

Originality/value
– This paper provides insights into the current condition and challenges in developing collaboration between academics and librarians. The proposed framework is beneficial to academics, librarians and universities interested in addressing the issues of this partnership in various academic contexts.
Academic opinions of Wikipedia and Open Access publishing
Authors: Xiao Lu , Askin Nicole 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine academics’ awareness of and attitudes towards Wikipedia and Open Access journals for academic publishing to better understand the perceived benefits and challenges of these models.Design/methodology/approach– Bases for analysis include comparison of the models, enumeration of their advantages and disadvantages, and investigation of Wikipedia's web structure in terms of potential for academic publishing. A web survey was administered via department-based invitations and listservs.Findings– The survey results show that: Wikipedia has perceived advantages and challenges in comparison to the Open Access model; the academic researchers’ increased familiarity is associated with increased comfort with these models; and the academic researchers’ attitudes towards these models are associated with their familiarity, academic environment, and professional status.Research limitations/implications– The major limitation of the study is sample size. The result of a power analysis with GPower shows that authors could only detect big effects in this study at statistical power 0.95. The authors call for larger sample studies that look further into this topic.Originality/value– This study contributes to the increasing interest in adjusting methods of creating and disseminating academic knowledge by providing empirical evidence of the academics’ experiences and attitudes towards the Open Access and Wikipedia publishing models. This paper provides a resource for researchers interested in scholarly communication and academic publishing, for research librarians, and for the academic community in general.
Accounting and accountability challenges
Authors: K. Narayan Anil 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to investigate the strategy, accounting and accountability interface in sustainability implementation in a large public tertiary education organisation in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approach– The study uses ethnography as an “engaging research” to help explain the real-life enactment of accounting and accountability in advancing/deterring sustainability initiatives. The study draws upon neo-institutional theoretical perspectives to help interpret the findings.Findings– Accounting and accountability are powerful conduits for strategy implementation. Successful sustainability strategy implementation requires the embedding of financial accountability within the implementation process.Practical implications– A strong ideological commitment from senior management is required to firmly embed sustainability in the tertiary organisation's belief systems, values and norms to get wider organisational acceptance and institutionalisation. Accounting needs to take a position of centrality within organisations to help facilitate sustainability implementation.Social implications– Government policy needs to incorporate specific concepts of sustainability into the tertiary education strategy and funding framework to make public tertiary organisations accountable for sustainability to the wider society.Originality/value– This study provides unique insights into the sustainability implementation process. It complements existing literature on sustainability accounting and accountability.
Does environmental reporting reflect environmental performance?
Authors: He Christina , Loftus Janice 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this study is to evaluate the environmental disclosure practices of firms engaged in environmentally sensitive industries by examining their association with environmental performance.Design/methodology/approach– The study tests for associations between environmental performance and the level and nature of environmental disclosures by listed Chinese firms operating in industries that have been identified by a regulator as environmentally sensitive. The level of environmental disclosure is measured using a disclosure index based on the global reporting initiative. The nature of environmental disclosure is measured as the ratio of hard to total disclosure items.Findings– Firms with more favourable environmental performance provide a higher level of environmental disclosure and include a greater proportion of hard disclosure items. However, the overall level of disclosure is lower than that observed in developed countries.Research limitations/implications– Due to data constraints, the proxy for environmental performance is based on the receipt and maintenance of environmental titles and awards and does not capture variation in the level of environmental performance of firms with no titles or awards.Practical implications– As China continues to embrace market-based economic reform, the ability to reflect sustainable choices through market transactions is of increasing importance to the preservation of economic, natural and social capital for future generations.Originality/value– The study examines the relation between environmental reporting and environmental performance by firms operating in industries that have been identified by a regulator as environmentally sensitive.
Corporate water accountability – the role of water labels given non-fungible extractions
Authors: Hazelton James 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to explore the potential for the labelling of the water footprint of products in an Australian context. It considers theoretical contribution and technical challenges of water labelling and in particular how non-fungible water extractions might be evaluated and communicated.Design/methodology/approach– The paper examines the theoretical contribution of labels drawing on the sustainability typology articulated by Hopwoodet al.and more recent claims that access to product-level environmental information may constitute a consumer right. The paper also explores labelling empirically via an extensive literature review and ten interviews with water regulators and commercial water users.Findings– Water footprint reporting could make a significant contribution to public water literacy. Significant technical hurdles remain, however, in appropriately distinguishing differing impacts of water extractions as well as in relation to measurement, allocation and information overload. This suggests that labelling of complex products is currently infeasible but existing and emerging solutions to these issues suggest that labelling of simpler products is a realistic possibility.Research limitations/implications– Given the relatively small scope of interviews, the findings of this study might be triangulated with other research methods such as surveys and/or focus groups for the findings to be validated. Additionally, future research might focus on overcoming each of the challenges noted above for a particular product in order to bring water labelling closer to practical reality.Originality/value– Labelling schemes offer improved corporate supply-chain accountability yet have received little attention in the social and environmental accounting literature to date. This paper therefore seeks to make a theoretical and empirical contribution to this emerging field of labelling in the area of water, a key sustainability issue.
The value of property management services: an experiment
Authors: Li Jinhuan , Monkkonen Paavo 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– Assessing the value of property management services is challenging because of collinearity between property quality and the quality of property management companies. In order to overcome this challenge and isolate the impact of property management services, the purpose of this paper is to use an experimental approach inspired by work in labor economics (Bertrand and Mullainathan, 2004) to measure the value of property management services for residential properties in Hong Kong.Design/methodology/approach– The authors surveyed over 150 experts in the real estate industry and asked them to estimate the value of five hypothetical properties. In each survey, the authors randomly assign different property management companies, which we have ranked by levels of quality, to the properties. In this way the authors were able to test whether property management services significantly impact property prices and whether this impact varies across types of residential buildings.Findings– Results show that property management does add value, especially to older and more dilapidated properties.Practical implications– Findings suggest that there is money to be made by high-quality companies providing services for lower quality buildings.Originality/value– The experimental survey methodology applied in this paper provides an innovative way to measure company value.
D‐Xylose assimilation via the Weimberg pathway by solvent‐tolerant Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120
Authors: Köhler Kirsten A. K. , Blank Lars M. , Frick Oliver , Schmid Andreas 
Published: June 2014

SummaryThe natural ability of Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120 to use xylose as sole carbon and energy source offers a high potential for sustainable industrial biotechnology. In general, three xylose assimilation routes are reported for bacteria. To elaborate the metabolic capacity of P. taiwanensis VLB120 and to identify potential targets for metabolic engineering, an in silico/in vivo experiment was designed, allowing for discrimination between these pathways. Kinetics of glucose and xylose degradation in P. taiwanensis VLB120 was determined and the underlying stoichiometry was investigated by genome‐based metabolic modelling and tracer studies using stable isotope labelling. Additionally, reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction experiments have been performed to link physiology to the genomic inventory. Based on in silico experiments, a labelling strategy was developed, ensuring a measurable and unique 13C‐labelling distribution in proteinogenic amino acids for every possible distribution between the different xylose metabolization routes. A comparison with in vivo results allows the conclusion that xylose is metabolized by P. taiwanensis VLB120 via the Weimberg pathway. Transcriptomic and physiological studies point to the biotransformation of xylose to xylonate by glucose dehydrogenase. The kinetics of this enzyme is also responsible for the preference of glucose as carbon source by cells growing in the presence of glucose and xylose.
Predicting admission of patients by their presentation to the emergency department
Authors: Kim Susan W , Li Jordan Y , Hakendorf Paul , Teubner David JO , Ben‐Tovim David I , Thompson Campbell H 
Published: June 2014

AbstractObjectiveThe present study aims to determine the importance of certain factors in predicting the need of hospital admission for a patient in the ED.MethodsThis is a retrospective observational cohort study between January 2010 and March 2012. The characteristics, including blood test results, of 100 123 patients who presented to the ED of a tertiary referral urban hospital, were incorporated into models using logistic regression in an attempt to predict the likelihood of patients' disposition on leaving the ED. These models were compared with triage nurses' prediction of patient disposition.ResultsPatient age, their initial presenting symptoms or diagnosis, Australasian Triage Scale category, mode of arrival, existence of any outside referral, triage time of day and day of the week were significant predictors of the patient's disposition (P < 0.001). The ordering of blood tests for any patient and the extent of abnormality of those tests increased the likelihood of admission. The accuracy of triage nurses' admission prediction was similar to that offered by a model that used the patients' presentation characteristics. The addition of blood tests to that model resulted in only 3% greater accuracy in prediction of patient disposition.ConclusionsCertain characteristics of patients as they present to hospital predict their admission. The accuracy of the triage nurses' prediction for disposition of patients is the same as that afforded by a model constructed from these characteristics. Blood test results improve disposition accuracy only slightly so admission decisions should not always wait for these results.
Functional congruence of rhizosphere microbial communities associated to leguminous tree from Brazilian semiarid region
Authors: Taketani Rodrigo Gouvêa , Kavamura Vanessa Nessner , Mendes Rodrigo , Melo Itamar Soares 
Published: June 2014

SummarySemiarid environments are characterized by the uneven spread of rain throughout the year. This leads to the establishment of a biota that can go through long periods without rain. In order to understand the dynamics of rhizosphere microbial communities across these contrasting seasons in Caatinga, we used the Ion Torrent platform to sequence the metagenome of the rhizosphere of a native leguminous plant (Mimosa tenuiflora). The annotation indicated that most abundant groups detected were the Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria, and the dominant functional groups were carbohydrate and protein metabolisms, and that in the wet season, the communities carried carbohydrate and amino acid metabolisms. The major differences observed between seasons were higher abundance of genes related to carbohydrate and amino acid metabolisms in the rainy season, indicating that the populations present might be better adapted to a higher abundance of organic matter. Besides, no clear separation of samples was detected based on their taxonomic composition whereas the functional composition indicates that samples from the rain season are more related. Altogether, our results indicate that there is a large functional stability in these communities mostly due to the selection of features that aid the biota to endure the dry season and blossom during rain.
The relationship between US heroin market dynamics and heroin‐related overdose, 1992–2008
Authors: Unick George , Rosenblum Daniel , Mars Sarah , Ciccarone Daniel 
Published: June 2014

AbstractBackground and AimsHeroin‐related overdose is linked to polydrug use, changes in physiological tolerance and social factors. Individual risk can also be influenced by the structural risk environment including the illicit drug market. We hypothesized that components of the US illicit drug market, specifically heroin source/type, price and purity, will have independent effects on the number of heroin‐related overdose hospital admissions.MethodsYearly, from 1992 to 2008, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) price and purity series were estimated from the US Drug Enforcement Administration data. Yearly heroin overdose hospitalizations were constructed from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Socio‐demographic variables were constructed using several databases. Negative binomial models were used to estimate the effect of price, purity and source region of heroin on yearly hospital counts of heroin overdoses controlling for poverty, unemployment, crime, MSA socio‐demographic characteristics and population size.ResultsPurity was not associated with heroin overdose, but each $100 decrease in the price per pure gram of heroin resulted in a 2.9% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.8%, 1.0%] increase in the number of heroin overdose hospitalizations (P = 0.003). Each 10% increase in the market share of Colombian‐sourced heroin was associated with a 4.1% (95% CI = 1.7%, 6.6%) increase in number of overdoses reported in hospitals (P = 0.001) independent of heroin quality.ConclusionsDecreases in the price of pure heroin in the United States are associated with increased heroin‐related overdose hospital admissions. Increases in market concentration of Colombian‐source/type heroin is also associated with an increase in heroin‐related overdose hospital admissions. Increases in US heroin‐related overdose admissions appear to be related to structural changes in the US heroin market.