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Public-Private Partnerships: a review of theory and practice of performance measurement
Authors: Liu Junxiao , E.D. Love Peter , Smith Jim , Regan Michael , Sutrisna Monty 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– This paper reviews the normative literature of performance measurement within the context of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of current ex post evaluations of PPPs and identify a feasible direction to comprehensively and effectively measure the performance of PPP infrastructure projects.

Design/methodology/approach
– An in-depth literature review is conducted in this paper. The focus of the review is associated with the general performance measurement and performance measurements of PPPs.

Findings
– This paper identifies that conventional ex post evaluation is not robust enough to measure the performance of PPP projects. Based on the characteristics of PPPs, the life-cycle (process-based) evaluation under performance measurement system is a promising approach to comprehensive and effective PPP performance measurement.

Practical implications
– The outcomes of this paper can be used as a theoretical base for the development of PPP performance measurement framework.

Originality/value
– Performance measurement is essential to business success, whether it is at the organisation or project level. Limitations on public funds have encouraged more and more governments across the world to use PPPs to procure economic and social infrastructure projects. Similar to traditional procurement, ex post evaluation is being widely used in PPP projects. However, PPPs are more complicated than other traditional procurement approaches. Exploration of literature suggests that limited research has been undertaken to examine if conventional ex post evaluation is sufficient to measure the performance of PPPs. This paper will bridge this significant knowledge gap.
Constrained regular expressions for answering RDF-path queries modulo RDFS
Authors: Alkhateeb Faisal , Euzenat Jerome 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The paper aims to discuss extensions of SPARQL that use regular expressions to navigate RDF graphs and may be used to answer queries considering RDFS semantics (in particular, nSPARQL and our proposal CPSPARQL).

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based upon a theoretical comparison of the expressiveness and complexity of both nSPARQL and the corresponding fragment of CPSPARQL, that we call cpSPARQL.

Findings
– The paper shows that nSPARQL and cpSPARQL (the fragment of CPSPARQL) have the same complexity through cpSPARQL, being a proper extension of SPARQL graph patterns, is more expressive than nSPARQL.

Research limitations/implications
– It has not been possible to the authors to compare the performance of our CPSPARQL implementation with other proposals. However, the experimentation has allowed to make interesting observations.

Practical implications
– The paper includes implications for implementing the SPARQL RDFS entailment regime.

Originality/value
– The paper demonstrates the usefulness of cpSPARQL language. In particular, cpSPARQL, which is sufficient for capturing RDFS semantics, admits an efficient evaluation algorithm, while the whole CPSPARQL language is in theory as efficient as SPARQL is. Moreover, using such a path language within the SPARQL structure allows for properly extending SPARQL.
Exploring learning how to learn in a team-based engineering education
Authors: Ifenthaler Dirk , Siddique Zahed , Mistree Farrokh 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– In this paper, the authors aim to explore how students learn how to learn in a team-based graduate course Designing for Open Innovation using a theoretical framework that focuses on the cognitive functions of team-based processes and team performance.Design/methodology/approach– An automated assessment methodology for the structural and semantic analysis of individual and shared knowledge representations serves as a foundation for the approach. A case study is presented that explores the development of individual mental models and shared mental models over the course.Findings– An assessment of the mental models indicates that in this course three types of learning took place, namely individual learning, team-based learning, and learning from each other.Originality/value– The automatically generated graphical representations provide insight into the complex processes of the learning-dependent development of individual mental models and shared mental models.
YouFlow Microblog
Authors: Krejci Rafael , Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira Sean 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– To present YouFlow Microblog and how its functionalities for discourse structuring and message classification allows improving learning. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors developed a survey on microblogs and its functionalities for supporting education, and then the authors developed a new microblog called YouFlow Microblog, which was used in a case study to illustrate its applicability.

Findings
– The results were: the categorization of messages according to the lesson plan allowed deeper discussions; the amount of messages and preference of the students for the categorization approach are directly related; the filtering of messages (categorization on the reading time) was used as a facilitator of the discussion understanding; the students prefer the search results organized by the categories and related messages; and the students were able to follow the discussions supported by the tree structure of discourse, categorization of messages according to the lesson plan and searches or filtering of messages.

Research limitations/implications
– Other case studies involving more students and from different knowledge areas could be performed. Other approaches for messages' visualization for reducing the amount of information could be explored, such as recommendation of messages in microblogs; and groupings of messages according to date, priority and subject.

Practical implications
– The developed microblog is useful and proved to be interesting for applying in the educational context.

Originality/value
– No other microblog allows different structuring of messages and the their classification according to the lesson plan, in addition to filtering and query functionalities.
Strategies to teach oral English in seminars on current American issues for undergraduates in China
Authors: Tian Shuge 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to focus on details of strategies in classroom to inspire Chinese undergraduates to feel free in speaking English fluently and accurately without reliance on Chinese.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based on the practice of oral English in immersed-English class of seminars on current American issues for undergraduates in China

Findings
– Strategies to teach class in English to Chinese undergraduates in immersed way: complete involvement motivate fully fair and transparent evaluation

Originality/value
– It is hands-on experience of the author. It focusses on the real practice of the class.
A study of wellness and academic leadership
Authors: F. Lorenz Gregory 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The leadership lifestyle lived by academic leaders is characterized by fast pace, high responsibility, and little personal time. This lifestyle may be unattractive for professionals seeking high-level academic leadership positions. The purpose of this paper is to discover the meaning of wellness for leaders in higher education and better understand how they achieve and maintain wellness in their lives.

Design/methodology/approach
– This study used a qualitative methodology and specifically a grounded theory approach. Grounded theory was the chosen methodological approach due to its applicability to academic and non-academic audiences as well as its ability to better understanding the processes associated with certain phenomenon such as wellness.

Findings
– The results yielded a grounded theory called wellness maturity with four supporting axial categories: intention, gauge of wellness, reflection, and adaptation. Wellness maturity, depicted as a continuum, represents an optimal wellness destination with constant movement toward the destination for each leader.

Practical implications
– The results of this study offer greater insight into practical applications and considerations necessary for the achievement or maintenance of wellness while working in a higher education environment.

Originality/value
– This is critical as the future of higher education suggests a large number of vacancies of leadership posts. With the increasing pressures for administrators, the need to create a desirable and attractive climate for potential leaders is necessary.
Analysis of intellectual capital disclosure in cross-cultural E-tourism enterprises
Authors: Liu Xuelian , Chakpitak Nopasit , Yodmongkol Pitipong , Cang Shuang 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for intellectual capital (IC) disclosure in cross-cultural E-tourism which includes identifying key success factors, as well as selecting indicators in operational level.

Design/methodology/approach
– The method described in this paper involves IC process model initiating from strategy formulation, following key success factors analyst by using a detailed interpretative structural model (ISM) instrument, and the indicators selection employing Delphi approach. The paper explicates methodological decisions associated with cross-cultural E-tourism context: selecting the appropriate specialists panel; the approach to data collection; and selecting the measurable indicators.

Findings
– This paper proposes three critical components of the framework: key success factors that based on an organization's strategies and contexts; indicators that measure and monitor the value of IC; an IC model that can help cross-cultural E-tourism enterprise improve management effectively.

Originality/value
– This paper extends the methodology developed previously to examine IC information in tourism enterprise. The paper introduces an alternative methodological paradigm to the study of IC measurement framework by employing the ISM. This exploratory study employs IC process model to build up cross-cultural E-tourism IC model, which is a start point for the value and performance research of this kind of enterprise.
Metrics for the elements of intellectual capital in an economy driven by knowledge
Authors: Anatolievna Molodchik Mariya , Anatolievna Shakina Elena , Barajas Angel 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the plausibility of six elements of IC and justify the measurement ability of a set of indicators based on publicly available data for each of the proposed element in order to provide tools to managers for their decision-making process in knowledge management (KM).Design/methodology/approach– Core company's intangibles are combined into six intellectual capital (IC) elements that appear after the division of each of the traditional components (human, structural and relational capital (RC)). The human capital includes management and human resources capabilities (HRC). Structural capital is divided into innovation and internal process capabilities (IPC). RC contains networking capabilities and customer loyalty. In drawing on the relevant literature each element is described through a set of indicators collected from publicly available data. The validity of proposed IC model is justified through structural equation modeling. Each element is tested on a sample of more than 1,650 listed European companies over the period of 2004-2011.Findings– The study gives empirical support of three component IC structure and its decomposition into second level. The findings reveal that implementation of KM plays a significant role for HRC as well as for IPC.Research limitations/implications– The analysis was conducted for a particular sample that may restrict the conclusions.Practical implications– The proposed measurements for intangibles can be applied by any company for benchmarking and comparative analysis in KM.Originality/value– The study provides empirical justification of metrics for intangibles allowing a better route in an economy driven by knowledge.
International records management standards: the challenges of achieving consensus
Authors: Oliver Gillian 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore the tensions inherent in the development of international standards for records management, focusing on the revision of ISO15489. The paper aims to raise awareness of the need for much more research into the uptake and implementation of records management standards.

Design/methodology/approach
– The experiences of the ISO committee responsible for drafting ISO15489 provides the context in which to review the literature relating to standards development in information technology.

Findings
– The development of mutual trust or social capital between ISO committee members responsible for the initial drafting of ISO15489 may have been instrumental in achieving a successful outcome which masked on-going fundamental differences. Environmental factors are quite different for the revision of ISO15489 suggesting that positive social capital may not be generated. The objective of ISO15489 to be an anticipatory or reactive standard needs to be resolved.

Originality/value
– Drawing on experiences from a related domain provides a new perspective for those involved in drafting records management standards, and explains to the broader records community why standard setting is so challenging.
Building a culture of co-creation at Mahindra
Authors: Ramaswamy Venkat , Chopra Naveen 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– This case shows how a set of six steps that captured the essence of implementing co-creation thinking to promote transformational change were applied in a complex corporate manufacturing operation in India.

Design/methodology/approach
– This case describes how the co-creation paradigm of value creation was applied step by step in the quality function across the five operating sites of Mahindra's Automotive Division, a subsidiary of the conglomerate Mahindra Group. The case also looks at the results as the initial experiment expanded.

Findings
– By enlisting employees and a range of other stakeholders the firm was able to greatly improve product quality. The success of the initial program caused executives in other units of the firm to become co-creation of value process champions.

Practical implications
– The six-step process is: 1. Identify key stakeholders and increase their willingness to engage. 2. Set up platforms purposefully designed to engage individuals more co-creatively, with environments of interactions configured around people's “lived” experiences. 3. Identify and support new co-creation champions. 4. Expand the circle of stakeholders and joint value creation opportunities. 5. Deepen the impact and enable the viral spread of “win more-win more” value creation in the enterprise ecosystem. 6. Engage stakeholders across private, public, and social sectors to expand wealth, welfare and well-being for the benefit of all.

Originality/value
– Co-authored by a leading authority on the theory of co-creation of value and a senior executive at a large corporation, this case will be useful to practicing managers in all industries.
Unusual hyperpigmented patches, an undeveloped breast and a cataract in a female with incontinentia pigmenti
Authors: Zhang Ru‐Zhi , Zhu Wen‐Yuan , Zhou Lei 
Published: April 2014

AbstractA 19‐year‐old female and her mother visited our department with a history of unusual reticular brown‐black patches on their trunks and limbs since infancy. Besides the obviously fulsome hyperpigmentation, the daughter also showed other unusual clinical manifestations such as generalized hypohidrosis, especially on the hyperpigmented patches, cicatricial alopecia, a cataract on her right eye, abnormal teeth and a right dysplastic breast. The mother had a median diastema between her maxillary central incisors, hypoplasia of the enamel, hypohidrosis and hyperpigmented patches on her left thoracic region. Analysis of the NEMO (NF‐κB essential modulator) gene in the patient and her mother revealed a deletion of exons 4–10. Their EDA and EDAR genes were normal.
Inverse correlation between microtubule‐associated protein 1A/1B‐light chain 3 and p62/sequestosome‐1 expression in the progression of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Yoshihara Nagisa , Takagi Atsushi , Ueno Takashi , Ikeda Shigaku 
Published: April 2014

AbstractThe expression of autophagy‐related markers has occasionally been reported to correlate with the clinical stage of disease in patients with solid cancer, indicating autophagy activation. However, there have been no such reports for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. In this study, we investigated the expression levels of two autophagy‐related markers, microtubule‐associated protein IA/IB light chain 3 (LC3) and p62/sequestosome‐1 (p62), in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma specimens and assessed their correlation to clinicopathological factors in patients with this type of cancer. As a marker of the autophagosome, LC3 expression increases with autophagosome formation/accumulation, whereas p62 expression decreases due to selective degradation via autophagy. We performed immunostaining for LC3 and p62 in 50 cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma specimens obtained from patients treated by surgical resection, counted the number of cells that showed positive staining, and calculated the percentage of positive cells per low‐power microscopic field. We next investigated the correlations between the expression levels of these markers and various clinicopathological factors. The results indicated that LC3 expression increased significantly with advanced clinical stage (P < 0.001) and increased tumor diameter (P = 0.046). By contrast, the expression of p62 decreased significantly with advanced clinical stage (P < 0.001) and increased tumor diameter (P = 0.001). These results suggest that autophagy becomes activated during disease progression in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Moment tensor migration imaging
Authors: Chambers Kit , Dando Ben D.E. , Jones Glenn A. , Velasco Raquel , Wilson Stephen A. 
Published: April 2014

ABSTRACTWe develop and apply an imaging procedure for simultaneous location and characterization of seismic source properties called Moment Tensor Migration Imaging. The procedure constructs images for moment tensor components using a weighted diffraction stack migration, and combines ray‐theoretical Green's functions with a reverse time moment tensor imaging methodology. By applying an approximation we term the ‘ray‐angles only approximation’, we form an expression for Moment Tensor Migration Imaging where the migration weights depend only on the take‐off and arrival angles for rays leaving receiver positions and incident upon the image points. Moment Tensor Migration Imaging retains the benefits of diffraction stack procedures for source location and characterization, namely speed, flexibility, and the potential for incorporating non‐linear stacking procedures, whilst also providing the benefits of moment tensor imaging such as: the inclusion of multiple phase and multiple component data; the collapsing of the source radiation pattern; estimation of the moment tensor.We examine variations of the imaging procedure through a synthetic test. We show that although the assumptions required for the imaging and ray‐angles only approximation may not be strictly valid for realistic survey geometries, a simple weight adjustment can be used to obtain more accurate and stable results in these situations. In our synthetic example we find that the use of a P‐wave only migration without this reweighting structure produces poor results, whereby the resulting images show activity upon incorrect moment tensor components. However, many of these effects are mitigated by use of the reweighting scheme and the results are further improved through the introduction of non‐linear stacking operators such as semblance weighted stacks. The highest quality moment tensor images (for the synthetic test examined here) are obtained through the use of both P‐wave and S‐wave wave fields. This highlights the importance of multicomponent data and multiphase modelling when characterizing seismic sources. We also find that the imaged moment tensor components vary proportionately when the input velocities are perturbed by a scale factor. This suggests, for the geometry investigated here, derived source properties such as fault‐plane solutions and shear‐tensile components will not be influenced by bulk changes in seismic velocities. Finally, we show the application to a real microseismic event observed using a surface array during hydraulic fracturing. We find that the procedure collapses the seismic radiation pattern into an anomaly with a maximum at the hypocentre and our derived mechanism is consistent with the observed radiation pattern from the source.
Identification of Conformational Antigenic Epitopes and Dominant Amino Acids of Buffalo β‐Lactoglobulin
Authors: Xin Li , Jinyan Gao , Shengfa He , Yuanyuan Wu , Hongbing Chen 
Published: April 2014

AbstractMajor allergen β‐lactoglobulin exists in many mammalian types of milk except human breast. Buffalo milk also contains this major allergen but the detailed information on its epitopes is not available. The aim of this work was to map and characterize its conformational antigenic epitopes. Sixty mimotopes of buffalo β‐lactoglobulin were produced by biopanning of phage display peptide library and then 2 mimotopes, specific for sera from rabbit 1 and 2, respectively, were predicted to be conformational epitope candidates by the use of DNAStar and web tool of MIMOX. On the basis of bioinformation analysis, 5 conserved amino acid residues PL‐ENK were identified in 2 conformational epitope sequences and 7 conformational epitopes were derived from 2 mimotopes by molecular modeling. The result showed that these conformational epitopes were located in the 2 regions on buffalo β‐lactoglobulin and composed of 5 hydrophilic and 2 hydrophobic amino acids.