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LEED as a tool for enhancing affordable housing sustainability in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Kamal Mohammad Attia Maged 
Published: December 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to enhance sustainability in affordable housing in Saudi Arabia within an effective locally adopted sustainability assessment tool by discussing the multi interdisciplinary concept of sustainability in the built environment and introducing environmental indicators which are recently developed to foster environmentally responsible practices. The study aim expands beyond proposing sustainable feasible alternatives for existing affordable housing project in Saudi Arabia, namely, Al-Ghala project, to appropriating the measuring tool itself to make the review process easier, faster and more effective.

Design/methodology/approach
– Al-Ghala project, a typical affordable housing project is selected to act as a case study for this research. The housing units are assessed according to LEED to obtain the overall evaluation which obviously reflects the quality of the project sustainability. Elements that negatively affect the score and suggested feasible remedies are then identified, as well as inapplicable and inappropriate LEED components. The data were complemented by observation, interviews with occupants and project management team, monthly consumption rates of water and electricity, in addition to computer modelling and analysis by Ecotect and Green Building Studio.

Findings
– Sustainability in affordable housing requires a holistic framework that promotes environmentally responsible practices including design, construction and management phases. LEED provides evidence that it can considerably contribute in enhancing sustainability of post-occupied affordable housing units by identifying points of weakness that lead to inefficient use of energy, water and materials; paving the way for a wide range of sustainable modifications. In addition, for LEED to be competent in Saudi Arabia a native version needs to be developed in which local circumstances are taken into consideration.

Research limitations/implications
– According to the wide range of subjects covered by LEED, some elements could not be measured in depth. Impact of modifications proposed for LEED needs to be tested further.

Practical implications
– The paper includes implications for the development of feasible environmentally sensitive affordable housing in Saudi Arabia.

Originality/value
– This paper fulfills an identified need to study how affordable housing can be made sustainable.
Encouraging walkability in GCC cities: smart urban solutions
Authors: Atef Elhamy Kamel Mohamed 
Published: December 2013

Purpose
– It is noted that cities in the region of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have a very poor Walkability Index. It is typically the forgotten mode of transport. Moreover, walking has become impossible. This is not just due to the scorching weather conditions but also due to the excessive dependence of the residents on the private automobile. The purpose of this paper is to explore walkability urban problems and to propose smart urban solutions so as to encourage walking in GCC cities.

Design/methodology/approach
– This present paper defines walkability and portrays its advantages and benefits. It adapts the criteria of walkability to meet GCC cities’ planning needs. Furthermore, it analyzes Masdar City in Abu Dhabi as an example of encouraging walkability using smart solutions. The pilot case study for this present paper, King Abdullah national park in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, will be the application pool of those criteria. However, a questionnaire has been formulated in order to solicit some facts about attaining pedestrian comfort in that park.

Findings
– The paper provides various smart urban solutions so as to encourage walkability in GCC cities.

Originality/value
– Through presenting an overview of walkability in GCC cities and suggesting smart urban solutions, an additional study would be required to encourage walkability in other environments using various intelligent urban features.
Saudi Arabia's sustainable housing limitations: the experts’ views
Authors: Saied Al Surf Mohammed , Trigunarsyah Bambang , Susilawati Connie 
Published: December 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to attempt to bridge the gap between sustainable housing and the use of smart technologies to improve the level of sustainability in the housing construction in Saudi Arabia, by discussing the barriers and enablers concerned with applying sustainability to housing construction in Saudi Arabia, which utilises smart technologies.

Design/methodology/approach
– A Delphi method survey was employed, for which 25 individuals from three key stakeholder groups of the Saudi housing sector participated. They were asked about their degree of agreement (or disagreement) about the various barriers and enablers of applying sustainability to housing construction in Saudi Arabia, which utilises smart technologies. This research paper must be considered as an indicative study of selected experts that do not represent in any way the total population of Saudi Arabia.

Findings
– Lack of public awareness has been identified as the most significant barrier in implementing sustainable housing development in Saudi Arabia, which utilises smart technologies. Raising awareness of the public to the benefits of sustainable housing and enlightening key project stakeholders in the design of sustainable housing are both essential in order to overcome the barriers discussed in this paper. In addition, it is important to adopt smart sustainable construction methods, exemplified by but not limited to, appropriate water preservation and wastewater treatment systems that are simultaneously smart and sustainable.

Research limitations/implications
– This particular research has dealt with only barriers and enablers in the application of sustainability to housing in Saudi Arabia, which utilises smart technologies. For a more complete understanding, there is a need for further analysis of supplementary factors.

Practical implications
– A study such as this, which identifies and prioritises barriers and enablers, could prove useful in guiding or encouraging the relevant ministry in Saudi Arabia to develop policies founded in the implementation of sustainability to the housing sector.

Originality/value
– This research is a preliminary investigation into the implementation of sustainable housing development as it relates to Saudi Arabia.
Diabetes, built environments and (un)healthy lifestyles
Authors: Sidawi Bhzad , Deakin Mark 
Published: December 2013

Purpose– Diabetes mellitus is the most common non-communicable medical condition worldwide, yet little is known about the relationship this disease has to the built environment. The purpose of this paper is to throw some much needed light on the matter by shifting attention away from the epidemiology of the medical condition and towards the anthropology of the unhealthy lifestyles whose habit-persistent practices are associated with the spread of the disease.Design/methodology/approach– The paper reviews the delicate relation between diabetes, unhealthy lifestyles and built environments. It discusses the potential of smart city technologies to promote healthy lifestyles, particularly for diabetic patients.Findings– Smart cities currently being developed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) do not highlight the health-related benefits of their design and layout and there are currently no plans for the community to address the unhealthy lifestyles of existing neighbourhoods as part of a sustainable urban development programme. So, realising the health-related benefits of smart city neighbourhoods in the KSA shall be challenging.Research limitations/implications– In attempting to tackle diabetes, cities not only need to be “green and lean” in planning the healthy lifestyles they set out for the development of communities, but also “get smart” about the digital technologies and platform of electronically enhanced services which are required to meet the design and layout challenges smart city neighbourhoods pose.Originality/value– Gulf and Saudi cities should adopt the IntelCities analogy, so the virtual planning and development of “smart city neighbourhoods”, along with their design and layout of buildings, can tackle the underlying causes.
Pathway to premium – creating investment advisors at Danske Bank
Authors: Nyberg Liza , Nilsson Kristina 
Published: December 2013

Purpose
– To provide a review of the winning case study from the professional development category of EFMD's Excellence in Practice Awards, 2013.

Design/methodology/approach
– An independent review of the winning case.

Findings
– A strategic review at Danske Bank Sweden led to a decision to enhance its position as a premium bank by strengthening the advisory concept within personal banking. In response a working group proposed that a new group of investment advisors be created for individuals with up to 600,000 to invest.

Originality/value
– Provides insight for practitioners into a learning and development initiative of proven impact.
Peter Drucker the storyteller: a Gestalt journey
Authors: Starbuck Peter 
Published: December 2013

Findings
– Few readers of this journal will not be familiar with the life and ideas of Peter Drucker. He has been compared to, amongst others, Bagehot, Bastiat, Darwin, Hayek, Mendel, Mises, Newton, Schumpeter, Shaw and Tocqueville. Of many other distinctions, his first book, The End of Economic Man (May 1939), which was a political analysis centered on Hitlerism, was reviewed by Churchill.
Evidence-based campaigning on loneliness in older age: an update from the Campaign to End Loneliness
Authors: Goodman Anna , Symons Marianne 
Published: December 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on the progress of the Campaign to End Loneliness, and aims to illustrate how commissioners can be influenced to address loneliness in their localities.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is a case study that draws upon an external evaluation of the Campaign to End Loneliness by Charities Evaluation Services, a review of local government strategies and case studies of good practice.

Findings
– This paper focuses on the design, implementation and progress of Loneliness Harms Health, a series of local campaigns targeting health and wellbeing boards. It provides a case study of how evidence-based campaigning influenced newly formed health and wellbeing boards to address loneliness in their localities, and identifies implications for commissioner and provider practice.

Practical implications
– This paper demonstrates how to successfully influence commissioning practice using a “pincer” movement of local campaigning, top-down advice and information. It highlights examples of good practice uncovered by the Campaign over the past 18 months including measurement of, and partnership working around, the issue of loneliness in older age. Three recommendations are made for local service providers and commissioners wishing to address loneliness: it should be linked to other priorities, cross-agency partnerships are vital and asset-based approaches can save money. It concludes with information about the future of the Campaign to End Loneliness and information on how to get involved.

Originality/value
– This paper provides a detailed analysis of an innovative, policy-based, campaigning strategy to influence commissioning and practice around the issue of loneliness in older age. It is an issue which can be easily overlooked by care, public health and NHS professionals, but early results indicate the newly formed health and wellbeing boards can play a significant role in addressing it.
Baby boomers – growing older but getting on with life?
Authors: Williamson Toby 
Published: December 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to describe the findings from a research project that explored the mental health experiences and expectations of the so-called “baby boomer” population born between 1946 and 1955 who are now moving into later life.

Design/methodology/approach
– The research combined primary and secondary research, and a panel of experts. The primary research was both quantitative and qualitative.

Findings
– Findings covered issues of identity, health and wellbeing, family and relationships, work, occupation, retirement and financial security, as well as key implications for policy makers, opinion formers and decision makers.

Research limitations/implications
– The “baby boomer” cohort is extremely large and to provide definitive findings on such a wide range of aspects that potentially influence their mental health requires a much larger study than this as well as one that focuses on particular sub-groups of this cohort. It also raises the question of similarities and differences between this cohort and the second wave of baby boomers born between the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Originality/value
– This is an important piece of research, drawing together a wide range of resources and data to provide a unique overview of a key dimension of health for this group in the population which because of their numbers as well as perceived shared life experiences will be of great interest to policy makers, academics and the media, as well as members of this population cohort and people who have an interest in them.
Older male mentors' perceptions of a Men's Shed intergenerational mentoring program
Authors: Wilson Nathan J. , Cordier Reinie , Wilson Whatley Lisa 
Published: December 2013

Background/aimThe National Male Health Policy identifies several groups of males at different transitional life stages that are at particular risk, including teenage boys at risk of social exclusion and recently retired older men. A novel intergenerational mentoring program was developed to bring these groups together through participation in meaningful occupation. This research aimed to investigate the mentors' experiences of the program, their views about the teenage boys and the structure of the program.MethodsNine teenage boys (14–16 years) at risk of social exclusion participated in a weekly shared construction project with older male mentors (60–75 years) at a local Sydney school over one school term. A post‐project focus group and individual interviews were conducted with six of the mentors pre‐ and post‐project. Data were analysed using the constant comparative method of grounded theory; all authors developed themes individually and then collectively.ResultsThe core theme that emerged was a values‐led male reconnection. Centred in themes of gendered valuing, respect, tradition and the handing down of life experience, occupational engagement was integral to bridging the generational gap and facilitating intergeneration discourse.ConclusionOlder males with a strong sense of generativity are a valuable resource in delivering such programs, and reported a sense of accomplishment and enhanced self‐worth. Given the central role that occupational engagement played in fusing the project, this study highlights the untapped role of occupational therapy in developing programs aimed at promoting the health and wellbeing of Australian men.
Evaluation of functional family therapy in an Irish context
Authors: Graham Clare , Carr Alan , Rooney Brendan , Sexton Tom , Wilson Satterfield Laura Rachel 
Published: December 2013

In an Irish context we conducted a retrospective archival study of functional family therapy (FFT) for adolescents with behavioural problems. Strengths and difficulties questionnaire data were collected from 118 families at the beginning and end of therapy (at baseline and follow up for dropouts) in a community‐based clinic in a socially disadvantagedDublin suburb. Analyses of the improvement in mean scores and clinical recovery rates showed that the outcome was associated with treatment completion and the extent to which therapists adhered to theFFTtreatment manual. Therapy completers treated by high‐adherent therapists had the most favourable outcome. In contrast, the worst outcome occurred for dropouts. The outcome of cases treated by low‐adherent therapists fell between these two extremes. These results show thatFFTmay be effectively implemented in an Irish context, and that the effectiveness of treatment is associated with families remaining in treatment for an average of seventeen sessions, and receiving treatment from therapists who implementFFTwith a high degree of fidelity.Practitioner pointsUse functional family therapy to treat adolescents with behavioural problems.To maximize benefits to clients, adhere to the functional family therapy treatment protocol when conducting therapy.
Provision and practice of specialist preterm labour clinics: a UK survey of practice
Authors: Sharp AN , Alfirevic Z 
Published: December 2013

ObjectiveTo identify the current status of specialist preterm labour (PTL) clinic provision and management within the UK.DesignPostal survey of clinical practice.SettingUKPopulationAll consultant‐led obstetric units within the UK.MethodsA questionnaire was sent by post to all 210 NHS consultant‐led obstetric units within the UK. Units that had a specialist PTL clinic were asked to complete a further 20 questions defining their protocol for risk stratification and management.Main outcome measuresCurrent practice in specialist preterm labour clinics..ResultsWe have identified 23 specialist clinics; the most common indications for attendance were previous PTL (100%), preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (95%), two large loop excisions of the transformation zone (95%) or cone biopsy (95%). There was significant heterogeneity in the indications for and method of primary treatment for short cervix, with cervical cerclage used in 45% of units, progesterone in 18% of units and Arabin cervical pessary in 5%. A further 23% used multiple treatment modalities in combination.ConclusionsA significant heterogeneity in all topics surveyed suggests an urgent need for networking, more evidence‐based guidelines and prospective comparative audits to ascertain the real impact of specialist PTL clinics on the reduction in preterm birth and its sequelae.
“Which Box Should I Check?”: Examining Standard Check Box Approaches to Measuring Race and Ethnicity
Authors: Eisenhower Abbey , Suyemoto Karen , Lucchese Fernanda , Canenguez Katia 
Published: December 2013

ObjectiveThis study examined methodological concerns with standard approaches to measuring race and ethnicity using the federally defined race and ethnicity categories, as utilized in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research.Data Sources/Study SettingSurveys were administered to 219 economically disadvantaged, racially and ethnically diverse participants at Boston Women Infants and Children (WIC) clinics during 2010.Study DesignWe examined missingness and misclassification in responses to the closed‐ended NIH measure of race and ethnicity compared with open‐ended measures of self‐identified race and ethnicity.Principal FindingsRates of missingness were 26 and 43 percent for NIH race and ethnicity items, respectively, compared with 11 and 18 percent for open‐ended responses. NIH race responses matched racial self‐identification in only 44 percent of cases. Missingness and misclassification were disproportionately higher for self‐identified Latina(o)s, African‐Americans, and Cape Verdeans. Race, but not ethnicity, was more often missing for immigrant versus mainland U.S.‐born respondents. Results also indicated that ethnicity for Hispanic/Latina(o)s is more complex than captured in this measure.ConclusionsThe NIH's current race and ethnicity measure demonstrated poor differentiation of race and ethnicity, restricted response options, and lack of an inclusive ethnicity question. Separating race and ethnicity and providing respondents with adequate flexibility to identify themselves both racially and ethnically may improve valid operationalization.
Aphis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) species groups found in the Midwestern United States and their contribution to the phylogenetic knowledge of the genus
Authors: Lagos Doris M. , Voegtlin David J. , Coeur d'acier Armelle , Giordano Rosanna 
Published: December 2013

AbstractA phylogeny of the genus Aphis Linnaeus, 1 758 was built primarily from specimens collected in the Midwest of the United States. A data matrix was constructed with 68 species and 41 morphological characters with respective character states of alate and apterous viviparous females. Dendrogram topologies of analyses performed using UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean), Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian analysis of Cytochrome Oxidase I, Elongation Factor 1‐α and primary endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola 16S sequences were not congruent. Bayesian analysis strongly supported most terminal nodes of the phylogenetic trees. The phylogeny was strongly supported by EF1‐α, and analysis of COI and EF1‐α molecular data combined with morphological characters. It was not supported by single analysis of COI or Buchnera aphidicola 16S. Results from the Bayesian phylogeny show 4 main species groups: asclepiadis, fabae, gossypii, and middletonii. Results place Aphis and species of the genera Protaphis Börner, 1952, Toxoptera Koch, and Xerobion Nevsky, 1928 in a monophyletic clade. Morphological characters support this monophyly as well. The phylogeny shows that the monophyletic clade of the North American middletonii species group belong to the genus Protaphis: P. debilicornis (Gillette & Palmer, ), comb. nov., P. echinaceae (Lagos and Voegtlin, ), comb. nov., and P. middletonii (Thomas, ). The genus Toxoptera should be considered a subgenus of Aphis (stat. nov.). The analysis also indicates that the current genus Iowana Frison, 1954 should be considered a subgenus of Aphis (stat. nov.).
Recovery of DNA barcodes from blackfly museum specimens (Diptera: Simuliidae) using primer sets that target a variety of sequence lengths
Authors: Hernández‐Triana L. M. , Prosser S. W. , Rodríguez‐Perez M. A. , Chaverri L. G. , Hebert P. D. N. , Ryan Gregory T. 
Published: December 2013

AbstractIn this study, we evaluated the efficacy of various primers for the purpose of DNA barcoding old, pinned museum specimens of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). We analysed 271 pinned specimens representing two genera and at least 36 species. Due to the age of our material, we targeted overlapping DNA fragments ranging in size from 94 to 407 bp. We were able to recover valid sequences from 215 specimens, of which 18% had 500‐ to 658‐bp barcodes, 36% had 201‐ to 499‐bp barcodes and 46% had 65‐ to 200‐bp barcodes. Our study demonstrates the importance of choosing suitable primers when dealing with older specimens and shows that even very short sequences can be diagnostically informative provided that an appropriate gene region is used. Our study also highlights the lack of knowledge surrounding blackfly taxonomy, and we briefly discuss the need for further phylogenetic studies in this socioeconomically important family of insects.