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Synthetic individual binaural audio delivery by pinna image processing
Authors: Spagnol Simone , Geronazzo Michele , Rocchesso Davide , Avanzini Federico 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present a system for customized binaural audio delivery based on the extraction of relevant features from a 2-D representation of the listener’s pinna.

Design/methodology/approach
– The most significant pinna contours are extracted by means of multi-flash imaging, and they provide values for the parameters of a structural head-related transfer function (HRTF) model. The HRTF model spatializes a given sound file according to the listener’s head orientation, tracked by sensor-equipped headphones, with respect to the virtual sound source.

Findings
– A preliminary localization test shows that the model is able to statically render the elevation of a virtual sound source better than non-individual HRTFs.

Research limitations/implications
– Results encourage a deeper analysis of the psychoacoustic impact that the individualized HRTF model has on perceived elevation of virtual sound sources.

Practical implications
– The model has low complexity and is suitable for implementation on mobile devices. The resulting hardware/software package will hopefully allow an easy and low-tech fruition of custom spatial audio to any user.

Originality/value
– The authors show that custom binaural audio can be successfully deployed without the need of cumbersome subjective measurements.
User modeling for people with special needs
Authors: Kurschl Werner , Augstein Mirjam , Burger Thomas , Pointner Claudia 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present an approach where a novel user modeling wizard for people with motor impairments is used to gain a deeper understanding of very specific (touch-based and touchless) interaction patterns. The findings are used to set up and fill a user model which allows to automatically derive an application- and user-specific configuration for natural user interfaces.

Design/methodology/approach
– Based on expert knowledge in the domain of software/user interfaces for people with special needs, a test-case –based user modeling tool was developed. Task-based user tests were conducted with seven users for the touch-based interaction scenario and with five users for the touchless interaction scenario. The participants are all people with different motor and/or cognitive impairments.

Findings
– The paper describes the results of different test cases that were designed to model users’ touch-based and touchless interaction capabilities. To evaluate the tool’s findings, experts additionally judged the participants’ performance (their opinions were compared to the tool’s findings). The results suggest that the user modeling tool could quite well capture users’ capabilities.

Social implications
– The paper presents a tool that can be used to model users’ interaction capabilities. The approach aims at taking over some of the (very time-consuming) configuration tasks consultants have to do to configure software according to the needs of people with disabilities. This can lead to a wider accessibility of software, especially in the area of gesture-based user interaction.

Originality/value
– Part of the approach has been published in the proceedings of the Interactional Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia 2014. Significant additions have been made since (e.g. all of the touchless interaction part of the approach and the related user study).
Smartphones and wine consumers: a study of Gen-Y
Authors: Pelet Jean-Eric , Lecat Benoît 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of m-commerce (mobile commerce) combined with social media for the wine industry in order to reach distinctive customer segments Differences about access to information and shopping habits on the Internet seem to exist according to the cohorts users belong to.

Design/methodology/approach
– Based on a study of 190 respondents, this paper describes the consumer behavior of the Y generation regarding several variables: level of Internet sophistication and orientation, brand loyalty, risk aversion, involvement, shopping behavior and perception of authenticity.

Findings
– Results of the study show that m-commerce and e-commerce applications using social media platforms may prove greatly efficient in the foreseeable future for wine growers. Different ways of selling and disseminating information about their products are observed.

Research limitations/implications
– The infancy of m-commerce implies a relative difficulty to gather data about m-consumption. Active users on m-commerce browse and purchase a few items on the mobile web and many brands still don’t have the proper interface of their website to fit with mobile screens. As a result, it is not easy to find users with similar interests on the mobile web based on product preferences, directly linked to their browsing and purchasing history.

Practical implications
– Results of the confirmatory study show that m-commerce and e-commerce applications using social media platforms may in the foreseeable future, offer wine growers greater efficiency to expand their selling opportunities and reach a wider audience.

Social implications
– This topic is promising since various data show that wine consumption is composed of 45% of occasional drinkers (once or twice a week); and between 25 and 34 years old, it is composed of 50% are occasional drinkers.

Originality/value
– Y-Gens are occasional drinkers and therefore, to link those occasional drinkers with wine, it is important to use social media as a communication tool and maybe a distribution channel to better reach this potential target.
Evaluating tastes and aromas of wine: a peek inside the “black box”
Authors: B. Rinaldo Shannon , F. Duhan Dale , Trela Brent , Dodd Tim , Velikova Natalia 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– Wine tasting is an integral method for engaging consumers. Producers go to great lengths to educate consumers on evaluating quality based on taste and aroma. Understanding the sensory and perceptual processes of wine tasting may offer insight into how consumers at different levels of wine expertise use their senses to evaluate wine.Design/methodology/approach– This study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy to examine processing in the frontal lobe of the brain during wine tasting and aroma evaluation. Sixty subjects evaluated the tastes and aromas of wine samples with various levels of sweetness, whereas 16 defined areas of their frontal lobes were measured with functional near infrared measurement.Findings– The subjects’ orbitofrontal cortices were activated during both olfaction (smelling) and tasting. Further, larger areas of the frontal lobes showed significant activation during the olfaction task than during the tasting task. The level of the subjects’ wine knowledge did not predict differences in neural processing when participants evaluated aroma of wine; however, subjects with higher wine knowledge did show significantly higher activation in specific frontal lobe regions when tasting. Differences in levels of product involvement among the subjects were not significant for the tasting task, but were significant for the olfaction task.Originality/value– Developing a better understanding of the biological processes involved in tasting may lead to understanding the differences in consumer preferences for wine. This, in turn, may assist tasting room managers to adjust their tasting procedure to be tailored to consumer-specific needs.
A content analysis of influential wine blogs
Authors: Beninger Stefanie , Parent Michael , Pitt Leyland , Chan Anthony 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this exploratory study was to analyze the content of influential wine blogs.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study used content analysis software, Leximancer, to analyze the entire contents of five influential amateur wine blogs.

Findings
– A key finding is that these blogs all balance self-promotion with the content of their blogs, namely, wine and wine-related topics. The wine blogs, though evaluating wines in different ways, review not only the product attributes but also the experience surrounding wine.

Research limitations/implications
– Limitations of this study include that the analysis only included five wine blogs and the content analysis was conducted by a sole researcher using a computerized approach.

Practical implications
– Wine blogs have increasing influence in the wine industry, especially those written by amateur wine bloggers. As such, understanding the tactics used by wine bloggers is of interest to practitioners who aim to market their wines using such channels as well as providing insight into this contemporary platform for current and aspiring wine critics.

Originality/value
– This is the first content analysis study that analyzes the content of wine blogs as the readers themselves see it. It provides insights of value not only to those involved in marketing in the wine industry but also to those interested in the developments of amateur blogs in marketing.
Designing and managing the Optimum strategic FM supply chain
Authors: Pitt Michael , Chotipanich Sarich , Amin Ruhul , Issarasak Sittiporn 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to overview carefully selected existing literature to enable further analysis directly concerned with facilities management (FM) supply chain structure, components, strategic issues, challenges and risk. Following the key aspects of assembly, design and, most importantly, management of FM supply chain are explored so that a guidance design framework can be put forward.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper examines the optimum technique that can be applied by clients and FM service providers where FM functions are outsourced. The paper initially defines the network structure of the FM supply chain and then suggests a conceptual model for making decisions about FM supply chain network at the strategy level. Furthermore, the paper argues for both supply chain design and for critical node micro management in a transparent supply chain environment with the FM acting as the strategic lens through which the focus of the supply chain is achieved.

Findings
– This paper presents a process for designing and making decisions of FM service supply chain network. The process begins with an examination of the needs of facility services. It is followed by the step of identifying available options in delivering and processing the services. The third stage involves modelling structures of FM supply chain network. Then to make a final decision, all possible models have to be evaluated for their optimisation, both quantitative (cost) and qualitative (performance). At the end, the model with best optimisation should be selected.

Originality/value
– This paper proposes a conceptual framework for designing facility service supply chain strategy and configuration to fit with the specific nature of facility service demand of a given organisation. The framework, featuring a set of processes including examining demand nature, identifying options available and analysing options, is first aimed at providing an assisting tool in identifying optimum supply chain network/solution of facility services and, second, intends to stimulate further discussions on this continuously evolving and challenging market.
The benefits of sustainable office buildings in People’s Republic of China (PRC): revelation of tenants and property managers
Authors: K. Lo Kak , C. M. Hui Eddie , Vicky Zhang Kai-xuan 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to investigate the benefits derived from sustainable office buildings in People’s Republic of China (PRC) through their green features, with particular reference to energy efficiency.Design/methodology/approach– A survey on operating costs, energy impacts, productivities from property managers and tenants of sustainable office buildings was conducted in Shenzhen, PRC. All survey data were collected from a portfolio of 12 sustainable office buildings and from 76 responses out of more than 400 tenants who had moved into these buildings from conventional office buildings.Findings– Most tenants were concerned with sustainable operations, practices and policies. Some of them held that sustainable office buildings contribute to higher productivity and less sick time. These buildings typically consume less electricity and water, and have higher occupancy rates and rents.Research limitations/implications– There are only 40 sustainable office buildings in Shenzhen, and our study, albeit with proper methodology, with 12 sample buildings may not reflect entirely the attitudes of tenants and property managers of sustainable office buildings in Shenzhen. Advisably, future works can be carried out on a larger scale in other main cities of PRC to obtain a more comprehensive and precise evaluation on which strategic sustainable central/local government policies might be formulated.Originality/value– The concept of facilities management on sustainable buildings, especially on their derived benefits, is relatively new in developing countries such as China. This study is one of the first attempts in this area. In addition, this paper also contributes to existing literature by looking into the green lease provisions and operating policies of these sustainable buildings.
The relation between innovation sources and ICT roles in facility management organizations
Authors: Scupola Ada 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present research findings on the relation between internal/external sources of innovation and information and communication technology (ICT) as a supporter/enabler of facilities management (FM) organizations, as well as on the strategic orientation towards open innovation of FM organizations.

Design/methodology/approach
– This study uses a qualitative research approach. The data collection includes qualitative semi-structured interviews with key FM managers and directors and secondary material such as company brochures, reports and information provided on the participating companies’ websites.

Findings
– The results show that the FM organizations in the study sample are starting to develop and engage in open FM service innovations, even though they still mostly conduct closed innovation activities. The findings show that FM organizations mostly take an ambidextrous strategic orientation towards FM service innovations, while they also embrace an exploration approach. Concerning the role of ICT in FM service innovations, the study shows that in the explorative organizations, ICT was mostly an enabler, while in the ambidextrous organizations, ICT mostly supported and enabled the innovations in question. Only in two innovation instances was ICT identified as having a utility role.

Practical implications
– The findings of this study challenge researchers and managers to rethink how and why a strategic orientation towards innovation, the sources of innovation and the role of ICT might affect service innovation in FM organizations. One important implication for FM managers and researchers is the importance that the government might have as an external source in fostering FM service innovations, especially in light of changing environmental requirements, such as energy consumption. FM managers should also consider how they could use ICT to improve and innovate FM services and service delivery and the kind of sources (external/internal) they should use to carry out this task.

Originality/value
– This paper contributes to the empirical and theoretical understanding of the sources of innovation and ICT as a supporter/enabler, as well as the strategic orientation towards innovation in FM organizations.
Buenos Aires Beyond (Homo)Sexualized Urban Entrepreneurialism: The Geographies of Queered Tango
Authors: Kanai J. Miguel 
Published: October 2014

AbstractThis paper discusses (homo)sexualization as entrepreneurial strategy in Buenos Aires. City‐marketing capitalizes on Buenos Aires' reputed passion and tolerance. Yet homonormative framings collide with politicized cultures of sexual dissidence. Cultural entrepreneurialism promotes profit‐making sexual diversity, but social actors also construct their queerness outside, even in opposition to, market‐driven urbanism. This paper argues that queered tango practices differ from those of mainstream LGBT circuits and coalesce with those who contest the genre's touristification, designed to trigger selective redevelopment. The paper first examines the explanatory purchase of cultural entrepreneurialism and homonormativity outside Euro‐America. Empirical sections then show that the redefinition/re‐territorialization of gayness aggravates socio‐spatial fragmentation, while governmental appropriations of tango legitimize exclusionary world‐class‐city politics. Nevertheless, the paper's first‐person ethnography of queer tango uncovers territories of radical difference and trans‐local solidarity networks. The paper ends by suggesting the need for further research into the conflictive intersections between urban globalization and globalizing queerness.
The gene polymorphisms of UCP1 but not PPAR γ and TCF7L2 are associated with diabetic retinopathy in Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus cases
Authors: Zhang Yue , Meng Nana , Lv Zhiping , Li Hao , Qu Yi 
Published: October 2014

AbstractPurposeThis study was designed to investigate the association between the polymorphisms in three insulin resistance‐related genes, uncoupling protein‐1 (UCP1), peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and transcription factor 7‐like 2 (TCF7L2) and the susceptibility to diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cohort.MethodsA total of 792 patients with T2DM were enrolled and categorized into two groups: (1) the DR group consisted of 448 patients, which was further subclassified into a proliferative DR (PDR) group with 220 patients and a non‐proliferative DR (NPDR) group with 228 patients; (2) the diabetes without retinopathy (DNR) group, comprised 344 patients who had no signs of DR. Single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs1800592 in the UCP1 gene, rs1801282, rs3856806 and rs1249719 in the PPARγ gene and rs11196205 in the TCF7L2 gene were genotyped in this study.ResultsFor SNP rs1800592 of the UCP1 gene, the frequency of allele G and genotype GG was significantly higher in the PDR group than in the DNR group (allele OR: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.03–1.68, p = 0.03; genotype OR: 1.72, 95%CI: 1.06–2.79, p = 0.03). No evident association was found between the allele frequencies and genotype distributions of any individual SNP in the PPARγ or TCF7L2 genes and DR, PDR or NPDR. Haplotype analyses of the PPARγ gene did not provide any evidence for an association with DR, PDR or NPDR in this Chinese T2DM cohort.ConclusionsThis study suggests that the SNP rs1800592 in the UCP1 gene is associated with increased risk of PDR in the Chinese T2DM population.
Cognitive impairment in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis: Are social activities affected by cognitive impairment?
Authors: Nakatsuji Yuji 
Published: October 2014

AbstractA large proportion of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) show cognitive impairment. Multiple sclerosis tends to affect people in their productive years. Niino et al. reported the associations of cognitive impairment with magnetic resonance imaging findings and social activities in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis.
Fingolimod effects as a neuroprotectant as well as an immunosuppressant
Authors: Ohara Yoshiro 
Published: October 2014

AbstractAs multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease caused by autoreactive lymphocytes that specifically attack myelin antigens, the therapy manipulating the immune system (the autoreactive lymphocytes) has been targeted for the treatment of MS. According to this line, a variety of novel immunosuppressants has been developed, and has greatly contributed to the management of MS patients. Fingolimod (FTY) is one of those novel drugs. It is a structural analog of sphingosine, and becomes structurally similar to sphingosine‐1‐phosphate after phosphorylated by sphingosine kinase. FTY binds to sphingosine‐1‐phosphate receptor 1 on the surface of lymphocytes, internalizing sphingosine‐1‐phosphate receptor 1. Consequently, FTY suppresses the migration of lymphocytes from lymphoid tissues into the circulation, thereby reducing the infiltration of autoreactive lymphocytes into the central nervous system. Therefore, FTY is a superb immunosuppressant. In this issue, Jin et al. clearly showed that FTY exerts protective effect(s) on axonal impairments, using a murine model for MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Therefore, the dual effects (an immunosuppressant and a neuroprotectant) place FTY as one of the desirable drugs for MS.
Autoimmune regulator gene, Aire, and its relevance to central tolerance against myelin proteins
Authors: Ochi Hirofumi 
Published: October 2014

AbstractThe autoimmune regulator (Aire) is a key transcription factor that promotes promiscuous expression of tissue‐specific antigens by medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTEC), and mediates a role in negative selection of autoreactive T cells. Tagawa et al. reported the central role of Aire in establishing central tolerance to myelin antigen, and its deficiency resulted in spontaneous autoreactivity against central nervous system myelin antigen. The role of mTEC‐dependent tolerance in multiple sclerosis must await further study.
Mechanism of action of interferon‐β in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: Effects on Th17 and Th9 cells
Authors: Tanaka Masami 
Published: October 2014

AbstractInterferon‐β is the first‐line treatment to inhibit neuroinflammation of the central nervous system in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis. The mechanism of action of interferon‐β is complex. The study of Doi et al. in the present issue provides a new mechanism of interferon‐β function in multiple sclerosis patients. Recent investigations of Th17 and Th9 cells in multiple sclerosis are summarized.
Comparison of the performance of HPV tests in women with abnormal cytology: results of a study within the NHS cervical screening programme
Authors: Moss S. M. , Bailey A. , Cubie H. , Denton K. , Sargent A. , Muir P. , Vipond I. B. , Winder R. , Kitchener H. 
Published: October 2014

ObjectiveThe use of testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) is now recognized as an efficient means of triaging women with low‐grade cytological abnormalities to either immediate referral to colposcopy or return to routine recall. We aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of each of four newer tests for HPV relative to the Qiagen Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) assay in order to determine whether they could be approved for use in triage in the NHS cervical screening programme.MethodsWe compared the performance of each of four different HPV assays (Abbott M2000, Roche Cobas, Hologic Cervista and Gen‐Probe APTIMA) with that of HC2 in order to determine the sensitivity and specificity of each test relative to HC2 for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or worse, using routine cytology samples reported as borderline (atypical squamous cells) or mild dyskaryosis (low‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesion) from six laboratories in England. All women who were found to be HPV positive on any test were referred to colposcopy.ResultsBetween 2072 and 4217 tests were performed with each assay. All four assays were shown to have a relative sensitivity of no worse than 95% compared with HC2 when a cut‐off of 2 relative light units (RLU) was used. All assays had higher relative specificity than HC2 for both borderline and mild cytology referrals (1.06–1.61).ConclusionsAll assays tested met the criteria required. Consequently, all have now been approved for use in HPV triage in the NHS cervical screening programme.