bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Modeling passengers’ future behavioral intentions in airline industry using SEM
Authors: Singh Alok Kumar 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the interrelationships among the extracted constructs of airline service quality (SQ), perceived image, perceived value, passenger satisfaction and their influence on passengers’ future behavioral intentions in the domestic aviation sector market in Indian context.

Design/methodology/approach
– A conceptual framework is developed based on previous studies. In order to address a lack of comprehensive evaluation of airline SQ, this study extracted the dimensions of airline SQ and used them in the structural model. The conceptual model is tested using structural equation modeling approach using maximum likelihood estimation technique. A sample of 526 domestic full-service passengers was used to test the hypothesized relationships among the constructs.

Findings
– Out of the three dimensions of airline SQ extracted, convenience and promptness with reliability dimension of SQ was having a direct influence on perceived image, perceived value and passenger satisfaction which in turn influence BI. The findings of this study indicate the passenger evaluation process flows from perceived image to satisfaction via passenger perceived value and not directly from perceived image to passenger satisfaction. Only passengers’ satisfaction was found to have a direct influence on passengers’ future BI.

Originality/value
– This study modified SERVPERF instrument for airline settings and empirically validated the instrument using data from Indian domestic passengers. This research adds to the body of knowledge by providing a conceptual framework which gives an empirical insight into the interrelationship among the constructs of airline SQ, perceived image, perceived value, passenger satisfaction and its effects on passenger’s future BI. The conceptual model developed and tested in this paper will act as a reference in forming suitable marketing strategies for airline’s competitive advantage.
Measuring while moving (humanitarian supply chain performance measurement – status of research and current practice)
Authors: D'Haene Charles , Verlinde Sara , Macharis Cathy 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– Raising standards are leading humanitarians to become increasingly interested in measuring the performance of their supply chain. A few researchers have addressed this topic, building on classical measurement theories and trying to identify the salient features of the humanitarian sector. This young body of literature must now be tested against current practice. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– The practitioners’ perspective is explored through a multiple case study, based on qualitative evidence, within three major humanitarian organizations. Results are discussed using a situation-actor-process – learning-action-performance model of inquiry. Preceding this investigation, a literature review delves into research on humanitarian supply chain performance measurement and presents the most relevant pieces in a general framework.

Findings
– Humanitarians have elaborated measures whose essential focus is laid on service level. The more comprehensive approach advocated by researchers has received some consideration but is still poorly implemented. An issue that is given more priority by humanitarians is the accelerated supply chain integration they are going through.

Originality/value
– In addition to an unprecedented literature review, this paper offers a comparative study of humanitarian organizations’ practices in the field of supply chain performance measurement. Humanitarian procurement centres, virtually ignored in literature until now, are scrutinized at a turning point of their evolution.
An integrated approach to agility in humanitarian logistics
Authors: L'Hermitte Cécile , Bowles Marcus , Tatham Peter , Brooks Ben 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to propose first, a comprehensive model of the concept of agility in a humanitarian logistics context, and second, to generate a research agenda to test and operationalise this model.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper draws on the dynamic capabilities model originated by Teece and uses a topical literature review of research in various business disciplines in order to reflect on the concept of agility in a humanitarian logistics context, to demonstrate that its current scope needs to be widened, and to propose an alternative approach.

Findings
– The proposed model extends the existing concept of agility in a humanitarian logistics context by integrating agility drivers, responsive and flexible operations, agility enablers, and strategic level agility capabilities into a single model.

Research limitations/implications
– Further research should focus on the nature of the risks/uncertainties encountered by humanitarian organisations, the interactions between the strategic and operational levels of such an organisation, and the impact of strategic level agility capabilities on field responsiveness and flexibility.

Originality/value
– This paper brings new insights into the concept of agility in a humanitarian logistics context and contributes a model that reflects a more comprehensive understanding of this concept. In particular, it demonstrates that agility stems from strategic decisions and managerial practices.
A 3-R principle for characterizing failure in relief supply chains’ response to natural disasters
Authors: Antai Imoh , Mutshinda Crispin , Owusu Richard 
Published: July 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to introduce a 3R (right time, right place, and right material) principle for characterizing failure in humanitarian/relief supply chains’ response to natural disasters, and describes a Bayesian methodology of the failure odds with regard to external factors that may affect the disaster-relief outcome, and distinctive supply chain proneness to failure.Design/methodology/approach– The suggested 3Rs combine simplicity and completeness, enclosing all aspects of the 7R principle popular within business logistics. A fixed effects logistic regression model is designed, with a Bayesian approach, to relate the supply chains’ odds for success in disaster-relief to potential environmental predictors, while accounting for distinctive supply chains’ proneness to failure.Findings– Analysis of simulated data demonstrate the model’s ability to distinguish relief supply chains with regards to their disaster-relief failure odds, taking into account pertinent external factors and supply chain idiosyncrasies.Research limitations/implications– Due to the complex nature of natural disasters and the scarcity of subsequent data, the paper employs computer-simulated data to illustrate the implementation of the proposed methodology.Originality/value– The 3R principle offers a simple and familiar basis for evaluating failure in relief supply chains’ response to natural disasters. Also, it brings the issues of customer orientation within humanitarian relief and supply operations to the fore, which had only been implicit within the humanitarian and relief supply chain literature.
Culture based development: empirical evidence from Shilpgram Fair, Rajasthan
Authors: Tiwari Shweta 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of culture in economic growth in areas where the Shilpgram fair is facilitated in Rajasthan.

Design/methodology/approach
– The data are acquired through primary and secondary data with individual meetings, interviews and questionnaires.

Findings
– The study uncovered that the Shilpgram fair is expanding mindfulness and financial development of rural life and crafts particularly for younger people.

Originality/value
– This study presents recognition of the financial effects of tourism on neighbouring group association in tourism development.
The potential of a participatory approach in sustaining the fairs and festivals of small towns
Authors: Munjal Parul G 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues and potential in using the participatory approach to help sustain the fairs and festivals of small and medium towns and tap into their tourism potential.

Design/methodology/approach
– An annual fair held in Sohna, a small town of Haryana, part of the District Gurgaon that has shown an exponential decadal urban growth rate, has been taken as a case to reflect on the context of small towns in India.

Findings
– Due to out-migration and weakening of local indigenous population and change in occupation patterns, there is threat to continuity of the fairs and festivals. The processes revolving around the urban fairs and festivals are driven though participation of various local stakeholders and mechanisms; hence, any attempts at strengthening or sustaining these need to stem from understanding of the various participants and their roles.

Practical implications
– An understanding of the possibilities and issues in organising the fairs and festivals through stakeholder engagement can help develop solutions to sustain these, enabling cultural continuity and positive economic impact on the various stakeholders.

Originality/value
– This paper creates a discussion on sustaining the little known cultural wealth of small and medium towns in Haryana among all local and external stakeholders with focus on fairs and festivals.
Oachira Panthrandu Vilakku
Authors: Babu Vimal , Munjal Sandeep 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– This study aims to investigate how Oachira Panthrandu Vilakku (twelve-lamp) festival in Oachira helps in providing economic benefits to local residents of the town during the pilgrimage season.

Design/methodology/approach
– Stakeholder interviews and focus-group roundtable discussions with multiple stakeholders were conducted.

Findings
– Policy changes have been studied and recommended for enhancing the economic value of the culturally embedded Panthrandu Vilakku festival celebrated in Oachira, Kerala, India.

Practical implications
– There is huge untapped potential for India’s festivals in India. While efforts are made to leverage these for economic gains, the negative impacts also need to be recognized and mitigated.

Originality/value
– The study is significant in the context of arresting economic leakage and promoting an ecosystem of decision-making at community level by the local residents.
Fairs and festivals in India: the cultural and economic potential
Authors: Jauhari Vinnie , Munjal Sandeep 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to discuss the opportunities and challenges that India offers in terms of leveraging the cultural and economic potential of the fairs and festivals.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper sets the tone for the theme by evaluating “fairs and festivals” being organized all year round in different parts of the country, as drivers of economic growth and cultural continuity.

Findings
– The paper probes the key opportunities and challenges with respect to leveraging the cultural and economic potential of fairs and festivals in India.

Practical implications
– There are a number of practical implications for practitioners and policymakers that will allow India to optimally leverage the huge cultural and economic potential that the various fairs and festivals offer. This requires a holistic understanding that will ensure that aspirations and concerns of all key stakeholders are taken into account.

Originality/value
– The research through this theme issue will document the cultural and economic impact of a range of specific fairs and festivals in India. Can these cultural resources be sustained and deployed effectively to have a positive economic impact on the lives of communities connected?
Indian festivals: the contribution they make to cultural and economic wellbeing
Authors: Gaur Sanjaya S. , Chapnerkar Mandar 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to highlight an Indian festival’s contribution to cultural and economic well-being.

Design/methodology/approach
– This study utilizes a qualitative approach to analyze the impacts of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, which is annually celebrated over a period of two weeks across the nation.

Findings
– The study shows that the Ganesh Chaturthi festival fosters national cohesiveness, promotes communal harmony, preserves family values, helps maintain national identity, revitalizes the economy and fosters cultural tourism.

Research limitations/implications
– This paper provides useful insights for policy makers, local government, businesses and community leaders for deriving optimal benefits from the annual Ganapati festival.

Originality/value
– The Indian economy is developing very rapidly, and yet there is limited published literature available on the contribution of festivals to these developments.
Unified multi‐depth‐level field decomposition
Authors: Grobbe Niels , van der Neut Joost , Slob Evert , Wapenaar Kees , Almagro Vidal Carlos , Drijkoningen Guy 
Published: July 2015

ABSTRACTWavefield decomposition forms an important ingredient of various geophysical methods. An example of wavefield decomposition is the decomposition into upgoing and downgoing wavefields and simultaneous decomposition into different wave/field types. The multi‐component field decomposition scheme makes use of the recordings of different field quantities (such as particle velocity and pressure). In practice, different recordings can be obscured by different sensor characteristics, requiring calibration with an unknown calibration factor. Not all field quantities required for multi‐component field decomposition might be available, or they can suffer from different noise levels. The multi‐depth‐level decomposition approach makes use of field quantities recorded at multiple depth levels, e.g., two horizontal boreholes closely separated from each other, a combination of a single receiver array combined with free‐surface boundary conditions, or acquisition geometries with a high‐density of vertical boreholes. We theoretically describe the multi‐depth‐level decomposition approach in a unified form, showing that it can be applied to different kinds of fields in dissipative, inhomogeneous, anisotropic media, e.g., acoustic, electromagnetic, elastodynamic, poroelastic, and seismoelectric fields. We express the one‐way fields at one depth level in terms of the observed fields at multiple depth levels, using extrapolation operators that are dependent on the medium parameters between the two depth levels. Lateral invariance at the depth level of decomposition allows us to carry out the multi‐depth‐level decomposition in the horizontal wavenumber–frequency domain. We illustrate the multi‐depth‐level decomposition scheme using two synthetic elastodynamic examples. The first example uses particle velocity recordings at two depth levels, whereas the second example combines recordings at one depth level with the Dirichlet free‐surface boundary condition of zero traction. Comparison with multi‐component decomposed fields shows a perfect match in both amplitude and phase for both cases. The multi‐depth‐level decomposition scheme is fully customizable to the desired acquisition geometry. The decomposition problem is in principle an inverse problem. Notches may occur at certain frequencies, causing the multi‐depth‐level composition matrix to become uninvertible, requiring additional notch filters. We can add multi‐depth‐level free‐surface boundary conditions as extra equations to the multi‐component composition matrix, thereby overdetermining this inverse problem. The combined multi‐component–multi‐depth‐level decomposition on a land data set clearly shows improvements in the decomposition results, compared with the performance of the multi‐component decomposition scheme.
One Man's Meat … 2050? Ruminations on Future Meat Demand in the Context of Global Warming
Authors: Revell Brian J. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThis Address considers a range of issues relating to the contribution of meat consumption and livestock production to global warming, given the need highlighted by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to reduce global GHG emissions by over 50% by 2050. The IPCC Climate Change 2014 report recognised that demand oriented measures may also contribute to GHG mitigation. The paper reviews a number of studies which examine demand‐led mitigation potentials, and concludes that such estimates ignore the market effects of changes in meat consumption habits or demand oriented policies. A simple partial equilibrium model of beef, poultry, pig and ovine meats is developed for the major regions of the world to explore the impact of a range of scenarios which might reduce meat consumption and GHG emissions. These include emissions taxation, long‐term trends in reduction of red meat consumption in developed economy regions, and supply side improvements in livestock emissions intensities. The paper discusses problems associated with many published demand elasticities suitable for incorporation into a market model, problems of selection from widely varying published estimates and their appropriateness for longer‐run projections. The dearth of published supply elasticity estimates is also highlighted. The modelling concludes that economic and population growth to 2050 without any mitigation measures will lead to a 21% increase in per capita meat consumption and a 63% increase in total consumption and GHG emissions by 2050. However, the mitigation projections from the scenarios explored only generate a 14% reduction in cumulative emissions from the baseline 2050 projections, insufficient to meet the CCC target.
Functionally redundant but dissimilar microbial communities within biogas reactors treating maize silage in co‐fermentation with sugar beet silage
Authors: Langer Susanne G. , Ahmed Sharif , Einfalt Daniel , Bengelsdorf Frank R. , Kazda Marian 
Published: July 2015

SummaryNumerous observations indicate a high flexibility of microbial communities in different biogas reactors during anaerobic digestion. Here, we describe the functional redundancy and structural changes of involved microbial communities in four lab‐scale continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs, 39°C, 12 L volume) supplied with different mixtures of maize silage (MS) and sugar beet silage (SBS) over 80 days. Continuously stirred tank reactors were fed with mixtures of MS and SBS in volatile solid ratios of 1:0 (Continuous Fermenter (CF) 1), 6:1 (CF2), 3:1 (CF3), 1:3 (CF4) with equal organic loading rates (OLR 1.25 kgVS m−3 d−1) and showed similar biogas production rates in all reactors. The compositions of bacterial and archaeal communities were analysed by 454 amplicon sequencing approach based on 16S rRNA genes. Both bacterial and archaeal communities shifted with increasing amounts of SBS. Especially pronounced were changes in the archaeal composition towards Methanosarcina with increasing proportion of SBS, while Methanosaeta declined simultaneously. Compositional shifts within the microbial communities did not influence the respective biogas production rates indicating that these communities adapted to environmental conditions induced by different feedstock mixtures. The diverse microbial communities optimized their metabolism in a way that ensured efficient biogas production.
Are daily physical activities risk factors for knee osteoarthritis?
Authors: Gholami Jaleh , Mansournia Mohammed‐Ali , Davatchi Fereydoun , Mohammad Kazem , Hosseini Hamed , Majdzadeh Reza 
Published: July 2015

AbstractAimIn spite of many epidemiologic studies, there is still insufficient evidence on the effects of daily physical activity on osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between squatting, climbing, kneeling, lifting and carrying weights and knee osteoarthritis.MethodsThis population‐based case control study was the second stage of the World Health Organization – Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (WHO‐COPCORD), in which 263 cases and 263 controls aged 30–70 years were selected from 780 eligible cases and 4373 eligible controls identified in the first‐stage survey in Tehran. Demographic and lifestyle data were obtained from all the participants. The selection probability of each case and control and the stabilized weight was estimated using the restricted cubic spline models. Multivariable regression models by inverse probability weighting were used to minimize the effect of the bias resulting from the unequal selection probability.ResultsThe female sex, age, obesity and history of previous severe knee injury maintained their strong and significant associations with knee osteoarthritis before and after the adjustment. Although walking and squatting were significantly different in the case and control groups in the bivariate analysis, after adjustment and weighting no such association was found between the disease and squatting, kneeling, standing, walking, climbing, carrying and lifting.ConclusionThis study did not show any significant association between knee osteoarthritis and daily occupational and non‐occupational activities; nevertheless it does add another piece of information to the literature on the complex role of physical activities in knee osteoarthritis.
Serious infection during etanercept, infliximab and adalimumab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A literature review
Authors: Downey Colum 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThe purpose of this review is to establish whether there is a significantly increased incidence of serious infections during treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with etanercept, infliximab or adalimumab, to determine the background risk of serious infection in RA patients without treatment with any biological therapy and to ascertain which organisms are involved in serious infections in RA patients while being treated with etanercept, infliximab or adalimumab. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), meta‐analyses of RCTs, Cochrane reviews, national registry articles and case reports were identified using PubMed/MEDLINE, The Cochrane Library and Google Scholar. The medical subject heading “rheumatoid arthritis” was combined with “serious infection” or “infection” or “adverse drug events” with each of the three reference biological therapies separately: etanercept, infliximab and adalimumab. These electronic searches were limited to human studies, adult studies, those published in the last 10 years (2004–14) and in the English language. Studies which involved the tumor necrosis factor‐α inhibitors certolizumab pegol or golimumab were excluded. The background risk of serious infection appears to be approximately two‐fold more than non‐RA patients before any treatment with biological therapy. The national registries, which may represent the typical RA patient more accurately than clinical trials, suggest a small but significantly increased incidence of serious infection ranging 1.2–2.78 times that of control (treatment with methotrexate). Mycobacteria spp., Staphyloccus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Varicella zoster virus and Leishmania species (spp.) repeatedly appear in the case report literature and should be in the mind of the clinician faced with a serious infection in a RA patient with an unknown pathogen who is being treated with either etanercept, infliximab or adalimumab.