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Small business development centers and libraries: a survey
Authors: Feldmann Louise Mort 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this study is to investigate how small business development centers (SBDCs) are working with libraries and librarians to provide assistance to entrepreneurs.

Design/methodology/approach
– An online survey was distributed to SBDC offices in the mountain west region of the USA to discover if and how they are working with local public and academic libraries and librarians to provide information and services to entrepreneurs.

Findings
– Surveys were sent to 72 SBDCs with 31 responding (43 per cent). A total of 48 per cent indicated collaborating with public libraries and 36 per cent work with academic libraries. Resources and services provided by librarians and libraries are consistent with the reporting in case study literature. Responses to successes and issues with these arrangements indicate areas for improvement and consideration in collaborations.

Research limitations/implications
– This research was limited to findings from SBDC offices in the mountain west region. A national survey of efforts might provide more comprehensive results. Future research into whether these partnerships are worthwhile and benefit entrepreneurs and the local economy would be beneficial.

Practical implications
– The findings indicate areas in which improvements in collaborations could be made in communication and expectations.

Social implications
– This research might inform future collaborations as communities explore economic development and support of local entrepreneurs.

Originality/value
– This research provides the unique perspective of non-librarians about these working relationships with librarians. The findings may be useful to improving existing collaborations and in consideration of future partnerships.
Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management
Authors: Gold Stefan , Trautrims Alexander , Trodd Zoe 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to draw attention to the challenges modern slavery poses to supply chain management. Although many international supply chains are (most often unknowingly) connected to slave labour activities, supply chain managers and researchers have so far neglected the issue. This will most likely change as soon as civil society lobbying and new legislation impose increasing litigation and reputational risks on companies operating international supply chains.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper provides a definition of slavery; explores potentials for knowledge exchange with other disciplines; discusses management tools for detecting slavery, as well as suitable company responses after its detection; and outlines avenues for future research.

Findings
– Due to a lack of effective indicators, new tools and indicator systems need to be developed that consider the specific social, cultural and geographical context of supply regions. After detection of slavery, multi-stakeholder partnerships, community-centred approaches and supplier development appear to be effective responses.

Research limitations/implications
– New theory development in supply chain management (SCM) is urgently needed to facilitate the understanding, avoidance and elimination of slavery in supply chains. As a starting point for future research, the challenges of slavery to SCM are conceptualised, focussing on capabilities and specific institutional context.

Practical implications
– The paper provides a starting point for the development of practices and tools for identifying and removing slave labour from supply chains.

Originality/value
– Although representing a substantial threat to current supply chain models, slavery has so far not been addressed in SCM research.
Elements affecting social responsibility in supply chains
Authors: Eriksson David , Svensson Göran 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to assess elements that affect social responsibility in supply chains and beyond. The elements are classified into drivers, facilitators and inhibitors.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper presents an assessment of supply chain management research published over the period of 2009-2013.

Findings
– Sixteen elements are identified and presented in a framework along with their proposed constituents. The elements capture structures and management principles of supply chains that are important for social responsibility.

Research limitations/implications
– The elements provide a basis to better understand how social responsibility in supply chains is related to contextual factors. The framework of elements is still only an initial step toward enhanced understanding of how the context affects social responsibility in supply chains.

Practical implications
– The framework may guide companies to acknowledge elements that are known to improve or deteriorate social responsibility in supply chains.

Originality/value
– This paper contributes to capture the state-of-the-art knowledge based upon recent research. It is also a stepping stone toward improved insights on what drives, facilitates and inhibits individuals in social responsibility.
Examining supply market scanning and internal communication climate as facilitators of supply chain integration
Authors: Zsidisin George A. , Hartley Janet L. , Bernardes Ednilson S. , Saunders Lance W. 
Published: July 2015

Purpose– This paper aims to examine if supply market scanning and an organization’s internal communication climate are related to greater internal integration of supply management within the organization, and its subsequent effects on supplier integration and supplier performance.Design/methodology/approach– A conceptual model, using information processing theory as a theoretical lens, is proposed and tested utilizing survey data gathered from supply management professionals from five European countries.Findings– Supply market scanning and the organization’s internal communication climate are positively related to internal integration of supply management. Internal integration subsequently is positively related to supplier integration, which partially mediates the relationship with supplier performance. Internal integration is also positively and directly related to supplier performance.Research limitations/implications– Supply management fulfills a key role by being a conduit of information from the supply market to other internal functions and to ultimately improve supplier performance. Data were gathered from a single respondent in each firm and represents predominately manufacturing firms. Future research should use case studies to understand the process of how supply market information is conveyed internally, interpreted and used to improve supplier performance.Originality/value– This paper provides evidence supporting the importance of supply management in integrating supply market information within the firm and with suppliers, which subsequently improves supplier performance.
Tourism and the transformation of ritual practice with sand pagodas in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
Authors: Porananond Ploysri 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– This study aims to examine the transformation process in traditional beliefs and practices in the use of sand in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

Design/methodology/approach
– This study uses historical and ethnographic methods to understand the transformation of the sand rituals in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai. The historical approach is used to investigate the past ritual practices of the sand pagoda, while the ethnographic approach is used to gather evidence about the recent practices surrounding the construction and deployment of the sand pagoda; the historical and archival research for this study has also accessed material from newspapers and photographs. Because observation and interviews are major methods of ethnographic research, participant observation at the sand pagoda rituals in the Songkran Festival was conducted, as well as interviews with the relevant interest groups to collect data on the rituals and the recent changes in these practices.

Findings
– The transformation process in the traditional beliefs and practices surrounding the construction of sand pagodas in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, is a result of the influence of tourism, the development of a market economy and the accompanying commoditisation process and secularisation and the decline of Buddhism in the local communities in Chiang Mai.

Research limitations/implications
– This study has implications for other religious practices which have become increasingly staged and reinvented in the process of tourism development. It only examines one among many other elements in the increasingly touristic secularisation of formerly religious beliefs and practices.

Practical implications
– The paper contributes to an expanding literature on the transformation of traditional rituals as a consequence of external factors, especially tourism promotion and the ways in which formerly sacred spaces and activities become commoditised.

Originality/value
– This is the first study which focuses on the transformation of practices surrounding sand pagodas in the Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, in relation to the promotion of tourism, processes of commoditisation and the declining importance of Buddhism.
Exploring the process of family interventions for psychosis in relation to attachment, attributions and problem‐maintaining cycles: an IPA study
Authors: Rapsey Estelle H. S. , Burbach Frank R. , Reibstein Janet 
Published: July 2015

This study sought to understand how the experience of family interventions (FI) for psychosis helped family members to develop their thinking about their attachment experiences and the attributions made about a relative, and how these discussions helped to inform their understanding about problem‐maintaining cycles, that is, the interactional way in which difficulties could be maintained. Ten individuals who had attended an FI service participated in a semi‐structured interview. The transcript analysis used interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis yielded four themes: a supportive therapeutic relationship and safe therapeutic space; understanding patterns of relating and identifying when family interactions become unhelpful; making sense of psychosis and developing a sense of agency. The FI was experienced as helpful in bringing about changes in the way family members construed each other and psychosis, and this influenced patterns of relating.Practitioner points

A safe therapeutic space for both client and family can help them discuss sensitive issues, restore emotional connections and reach better understandings of psychosis.
Exploring family relational experiences, attachment and attributions can be helpful in gaining understanding of how problems in psychosis are maintained.
Family intervention can help families identify helpful versus unhelpful interactions and make positive changes.
Issuer Operating Performance and IPO Price Formation
Authors: WILLENBORG MICHAEL , WU BIYU , YANG YANHUA SUNNY 
Published: July 2015

ABSTRACTWe study the relation between issuer operating performance and initial public offering (IPO) price formation from the initial price range to the offer price to the closing price on the first trading day. For a post‐bubble sample of 2001–2013 IPOs, we find that pre‐IPO net income and, in particular, operating cash flow are strongly, positively associated with the revision from the mid‐point of the initial price range to the offer price and that the “partial adjustment phenomenon” concentrates among issuers with the strongest operating performance. As for why publicly observable information helps predict changes in valuation from when the initial price range is set to when the offer price is set, our findings suggest that strong‐performing issuers, especially those offering small slices of ownership, have lower bargaining incentives and are susceptible to the underwriter(s) low‐balling the price range. Overall, our results suggest an important role for accounting information in understanding the pricing of book‐built IPOs and are consistent with the presence of agency problems between issuers and underwriters.
Do House Price Levels Anticipate Subsequent Price Changes within Metropolitan Areas?
Authors: Lee Nai Jia , Seslen Tracey N. , Wheaton William C. 
Published: July 2015

This research examines the relationship between hedonically controlled housing price levels and subsequent changes in those prices across locations within MSAs. Are areas with a high price relative to an “imputed rent” paying for higher appreciation? In an efficient market (e.g., Gordon Growth Model), as fundamentals (impute rent) differ across locations and change over time, anticipation of these should generate a positive correlation between (residual) price levels and subsequent price changes.We undertake these tests in four different MSAs using a panel of repeat‐sale house price indices that have been scaled to price levels with the hedonic attributes of the house and ZIP code. In three markets we find that identical houses in higher priced ZIP codes subsequently appreciate faster. In one market we find that there is little statistical difference.
Review article: Systematic review of three key strategies designed to improve patient flow through the emergency department
Authors: Elder Elizabeth , Johnston Amy NB , Crilly Julia 
Published: July 2015

AbstractTo explore the literature regarding three key strategies designed to promote patient throughput in the ED. CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, Scopus and Australian Government databases were searched for articles published between 1980 and 2014 using the key search terms ED flow/throughput, ED congestion, crowding, overcrowding, models of care, physician‐assisted triage, medical assessment units, nurse practitioner, did not wait (DNW) and ED length of stay (LOS). Abstracts and articles not published in English and articles published before 1980 were excluded from the review. Quantitative and qualitative studies were considered for inclusion. The National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Level of Evidence Hierarchy (2009) was applied to included studies. Twenty‐one articles met criteria for review. The level of evidence assessed using the NHMRC guidelines of studies ranged from I to IV, with the majority falling into the Level II‐2 (n = 6) and III‐3 (n = 9) range. ED LOS was the outcome most often reported. Study quality was limited with few studies adjusting for confounding factors. Only one level I systematic review was included in this review. Advanced practice nursing roles, physician‐assisted triage and medical assessment units are models of care that can positively impact ED throughput. They have been shown to decrease ED LOS and DNW rates. Confounding factors, such as site specific staffing requirements, patient acuity and rest‐of‐hospital processes, can also impact on patient throughput through the ED.
Past climate change and recent anthropogenic activities affect genetic structure and population demography of the greater long‐tailed hamster in northern China
Authors: YE Junbin , XIAO Zhenlong , LI Chuanhai , WANG Fusheng , LIAO Jicheng , FU Jinzhong , ZHANG Zhibin 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThe genetic diversity and the spatial structure of a species are likely consequences of both past and recent evolutionary processes, but relevant studies are still rare in East Asia where the Pleistocene climate has unique influences. In this study, we examined the impact of past climate change and recent anthropogenic activities on the genetic structure and population size of the greater long‐tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton), an agricultural rodent pest species in northern China. DNA sequence data of 2 mitochondrial genes and genotypic data of 11 microsatellite DNA loci from 41 populations (545 individuals) were gathered. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses, as well as species distribution modeling and coalescent simulations, were conducted to infer its historical and demographic patterns and processes. Two deeply diverged mitochondrial clades were recovered. A small one was restricted to the Shandong Peninsula while the main clade was further divided into 3 geographic clusters by their microsatellite DNA genotypes: Northwest, North‐center and Northeast. Divergence dating indicated a Middle‐to‐Late Pleistocene divergence between the 2 clades. Demographic analysis indicated that all 3 and pooled populations showed consistent long‐period expansions during last glacial period; but not during the Holocene, probably due to the impact of climate warming and human disturbances. Conflicting patterns between mtDNA and microsatellite markers imply an anthropogenic impact on North‐center populations due to intensified agricultural cultivation in this region. Our study demonstrated that the impact of past glaciation on organisms in East Asia significantly differs from that of Europe and North America, and human activity is an important factor in determining the genetic diversity of a species, as well as its spatial structure.
Diabetes and obesity trends in Fiji over 30 years
Authors: Lin Sophia , Tukana Isimeli , Linhart Christine , Morrell Stephen , Taylor Richard , Vatucawaqa Penina , Magliano Dianna J. , Zimmet Paul 
Published: July 2015

AbstractBackgroundNo systematic comparison has been conducted in Fiji using all suitable surveys of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity prevalence after standardizing methodology and definitions.MethodsUnit records from six surveys of Fiji adults were variously adjusted for age, ethnicity (Fiji Melanesians, i‐Taukei, and Fijians of Asian Indian descent [Indians]) and urban–rural by sex to previous censuses. Trends were assessed using meta‐regression (random effect models) and estimates projected to 2020. Poisson regression of strata was used to assess the effect of body mass index (BMI) increases on T2DM period trends.ResultsOver 1980–2011, T2DM prevalence increased in i‐Taukei men (3.2% to 11.1%; 1.32%/5 years) and women (5.3% to 13.6%; 1.40%/5 years) and Indian men (11.1% to 17.9%; 1.24%/5 years) and women (11.2% to 19.9%; 1.71%/5 years). Projected T2DM prevalence in 2020 is 13.3% and 16.7% in i‐Taukei men and women, and 23.4% and 24.1% in Indian men and women, respectively. Obesity prevalence increased in i‐Taukei men (12.6% to 28.9%; 2.99%/5 years) and women (30.1% to 52.9%; 3.84%/5 years) and in Indian men (2.8% to 9.4%; 1.21%/5 years) and women (13.2% to 26.6%; 2.61%/5 years). Projected obesity prevalence in 2020 is 34.0% and 60.0% in i‐Taukei and women, and 11.4% and 31.0% in Indian men and women, respectively. After age‐adjustment, an estimated 27%, 25%, 16% and 18% of the T2DM period trend is attributable to BMI in i‐Taukei men and women and Indian men and women, respectively.ConclusionsPrevalence of T2DM in Fiji is projected to continue increasing, driven by rising obesity, with consequences for premature mortality and life expectancy.
stagePop: modelling stage‐structured populations in r
Authors: Kettle Helen , Nutter David 
Published: July 2015

Summary

We present an r‐package, stagePop, which is a tool for predicting the deterministic dynamics and interactions of stage‐structured populations (i.e. where the life cycle consists of distinct stages, for example eggs, juveniles and reproductive adults).

The continuous‐time formulation enables stagePop to easily simulate time‐varying stage durations, overlapping generations and density‐dependent vital rates.

The package can be used to predict predator–prey interactions, host–parasitoid interactions, resource competition, intra‐specific competition and the effects of environmental change on stage‐structured (and non‐stage structured) species.

It can be used for predicting the effects of bio‐control and climate change, investigating mechanisms for maintaining diversity, predicting the dynamics of complex food webs following perturbation and so on.

The code is based on the formulation by Nisbet and Gurney (Theoretical Population Biology, 23, 1983, 114) using delay‐differential equations, which are solved using the r‐packages deSolve or PBSddesolve.
TLR2 and TLR4 Expression and Inflammatory Cytokines are Altered in the Airway Epithelium of Those with Alcohol Use Disorders
Authors: Bailey Kristina L. , Romberger Debra J. , Katafiasz Dawn M. , Heires Art J. , Sisson Joseph H. , Wyatt Todd A. , Burnham Ellen L. 
Published: July 2015

BackgroundThe lung has a highly regulated system of innate immunity to protect itself from inhaled microbes and toxins. The first line of defense is mucociliary clearance, but if invaders overcome this, inflammatory pathways are activated. Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are expressed on the airway epithelium. Their signaling initiates the inflammatory cascade and leads to production of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)‐6 and IL‐8. We hypothesized that airway epithelial insults, including heavy alcohol intake or smoking, would alter the expression of TLRs on the airway epithelium.MethodsBronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and brushings of the airway epithelium was performed in otherwise healthy subjects who had normal chest radiographs and spirometry. A history of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) was ascertained using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and a history of cigarette smoking was also obtained. Age, gender, and nutritional status in all groups were similar. We used real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to quantitate TLR1 to 9 and enzyme‐linked immune assay to measure tumor necrosis factor‐α, IL‐6, and IL‐8.ResultsAirway brushings were obtained from 26 nonsmoking/non‐AUD subjects, 28 smoking/non‐AUD subjects, 36 smoking/AUD subjects, and 17 nonsmoking/AUD subjects. We found that TLR2 is up‐regulated in AUD subjects, compared to nonsmoking/non‐AUD subjects, and correlated with their AUDIT scores. We also measured a decrease in TLR4 expression in AUD subjects that correlated with AUDIT score. IL‐6 and IL‐8 were also increased in bronchial washings from AUD subjects.ConclusionsWe have previously demonstrated in normal human bronchial epithelial cells that in vitro alcohol exposure up‐regulates TLR2 through a NO/cGMP/PKG‐dependent pathway, resulting in up‐regulation of inflammatory cytokine production after Gram‐positive bacterial product stimulation. Our current translational study confirms that TLR2 is also up‐regulated in humans with AUDs.