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Corporate responsibility in the banking sector: a proposed typology for the German case
Authors: Relano Francesc , Paulet Elisabeth 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis has accelerated a pre‐existing process of ethical approach in the banking industry. Today, all banks claim to be socially, environmentally and economically committed with the philosophy of sustainable finance. The purpose of this paper is to show that, beyond the outward similarities, there are three different types of banking approach, each reflecting a distinct business model: banks whose ethical/social approach is mainly based on what they say, represented by universal banks; banks whose ethical/social approach is based on what they are, essentially the co‐operative banks; banks whose ethical/social approach is based on what they do, the so‐called ethical banks.Design/methodology/approachThe paper bases its argument on the German banking industry, which is a big European country with a fairly diversified banking sector. The paper examines three types of sources for each of the above‐mentioned categories of banks: the social and environmental reporting, the conformity or not with the principles of the social and solidarity‐based economy and the different types of financial activities as reflected in their balance sheet.FindingsThe paper concludes that more ethical behaviour leads to both economic performance and social gains which increase wealth for all partners.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed methodology could be extended to other European banking systems to discuss their implications as regards corporate social responsibility.Practical implicationsThis contribution will help the reader to evaluate banking communication as regards corporate social responsibility in their daily activity.Originality/valueThis research will give an insight based on the documents published by banking institutions to measure their implication on corporate social responsibility.
Impact and economic assessment of assistive technology in care homes in Norfolk, UK
Authors: Al‐Oraibi Saleh , Fordham Ric , Lambert Rod 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether new installed assistive technology (AT) systems in care homes for elderly residents, reduced the number of falls and demands for formal health services.Design/methodology/approachThe project collected retrospective data about incidence of falls before and after AT systems were installed from two care homes in the county of Norfolk, UK. Two care homes were selected purposefully because a recent assessment determined the need for upgrading their call system, but with different resident profiles regarding prevalence of dementia. The data were collected from standard incident report forms from ten months before the upgrades to ten months after in Care Home 1 and from six months before the upgrade to six months afterwards in Care Home 2.FindingsIn both care homes there were 314 falls reported during the course of the study. The number of falls overall reduced from 202 falls before the introduction of AT, to 112 after the introduction of AT. The mean health care costs associated with falls in Care Home 1 significantly reduced by more than 50 per cent (p=0.015). In Care Home 2 there was no statistically significant difference in the mean cost.Originality/valueResults showed that installed AT system in residential care homes reduced the number of falls and health care cost in homes with a lower proportion of residents with advanced dementia than those with a higher proportion of residents with advanced dementia. However, larger and more representative studies are required to demonstrate the economic and social impact of AT systems.
An inclusive approach to develop web TV applications
Authors: Biswas Pradipta 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to present a brief overview of the European “Gentle User Interfaces for Elderly People” (GUIDE) project, which is creating a software framework and design tools that allow developers to efficiently integrate accessibility and personalisation features into their applications, minimizing intervention with existing development process and tools. The GUIDE project aims to fill the accessibility, expertise, time, budget and framework gap between mainstream applications and accessibility systems through its user modelling and multimodal adaptation systems.Design/methodology/approachThe paper looks at the GUIDE project which involves users in early design process, understands their requirements, formulates them into user models and implements the model into a software framework to personalize interfaces with change of range of abilities and context of use. It proposes a research solution to industry and works closely with it so that the research can make a market impact.FindingsEarly evaluation of the system shows it can accommodate a wide range of users and enhance their quality of participation with digital media. The project also contributes to develop standards for hybrid TV and the interoperable user model.Originality/valueThe GUIDE project is a first of its kind to take an end‐to‐end approach to accessible computing through presentations on user‐centred design, accessibility solutions, a software framework for industrial developers and standardization issues for legislators and regulators.
Carbon calculators as a tool for carbon impact appraisal of holiday travel: a critical review
Authors: Filimonau Viachaslau 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThis study aims to conduct a critical analysis of online carbon calculators, assesing their accuracy and ability to provide holistic carbon impact appraisals of different elements of holiday travel. It seeks to identify the major data sources for estimates and establish the interrelatedness between them. The determinant factors for the variance in the magnitude of the carbon footprint appraisals between calculators are critically reviewed.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the key online carbon calculators to better understand how estimates of carbon footprint are made, what background information is available to tool users and which factors affect the accuracy and comprehensiveness of appraisals.FindingsThe study concludes that the applicability of existing carbon calculators to carbon impact assessment in tourism is limited. Moreover, poor accesibility of the background data, inconsistencies in the multiplying factors used and inhomogeneity in the appraisal methods employed question the accuracy, credibility and transparency of carbon calculators. Suggestions are made on how to improve the overall quality and reliability of carbon calculators in order to enhance their consistency, transparency and applicability in the tourism domain.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a better understanding of assessment approaches available in the tourism domain to produce reliable estimates of the carbon impacts from holiday travel.
Teleological approaches from complexity sciences in services
Authors: Svensson Göran , Padin Carmen 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe and apply teleological approaches from complexity sciences in services.Design/methodology/approachThe performance of service encounters and the outcome of service quality are dependent upon complex and dynamic interactions between service providers and service receivers. A set of teleological approaches from complexity sciences is incorporated and applied in the context of service settings.FindingsA teleological application from complexity sciences in relation to the interactive nature of the performance of service encounters and the outcome of service quality offers opportunities to apply innovative research designs and alternative methodological approaches to future research problems in services.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research could focus on where and how the insights from other research disciplines can be used that have encapsulated teleological approaches from complexity sciences more sophisticated, and how this knowledge could be incorporated and applied in services.Practical implicationsThe inclusion and consideration of teleological approaches from complexity sciences in the performance of service encounters and the outcome of service quality generates a series of managerial and research implications regarding the dynamics and complexity of the interactive nature in services.Originality/valueThe research opportunities into service quality and service encounters by applying teleological approaches from complexity sciences are extensive. They might also stimulate innovative analytical techniques that may generate important empirical findings, in extension, with relevant and valuable implications for practice in services. A maintained focus on multi‐disciplinary aspects of research may enhance contemporary research and practice of services.
Application to plate components of a kinematic global‐local approach for non‐matching finite element meshes
Authors: Sellitto A. , Borrelli R. , Caputo F. , Riccio A. , Scaramuzzino F. 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate and to assess the capabilities of the most common finite element (FE)‐based tools to deal with global‐local analysis. Two kinds of coupling were investigated: shell to shell and shell to solid.Design/methodology/approachThe issue of connecting non‐matching FE global and local models, characterized by different mesh refinements and/or different element types, was addressed by introducing appropriate kinematic constraints on the nodes at the interfaces. The coupling techniques available in the three FE‐based codes (ABAQUS®, NASTRAN® and ANSYS®), were assessed by applying them on a common numerical test case (non‐linear buckling analysis of a square plate). Results of the global‐local simulations were compared to the results obtained for relevant reference solutions.FindingsThe continuity of displacements and stresses across the interface between global and local models and the influence of the presence of the local model on the global model solution were used as parameters to test the quality of the results. It was observed that the tools implemented in the different codes provide different results. The results characterized by a higher quality were found by using the Multi Point Constraint available in ABAQUS®.Originality/valueWhen dealing with complex structures, multi‐scale (global‐local) approaches are commonly adopted to optimize the computational cost by increasing mesh refinements and/or introducing elements with different formulations in specific region of the structures identified as “local model”. In this paper an overview of the coupling tools available in the main commercial FE code is given.
Recovery of oil‐pollutant from shipwrecks: DIFIS project
Authors: Mazarakos D.E. , Andritsos F. , Kostopoulos V. 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe a method for the prompt intervention and remediation of tanker wrecks, for recovering the fuel trapped in their tanks.Design/methodology/approachThe environmental conditions, the functional specifications, the conceptual and preliminary design, the computational methods (fluid/structure interaction, computational fluid dynamics analysis and finite element analysis), the hydrodynamic scale model tests and the dynamic response analysis are included in this research paper.FindingsThe paper provides analytical and numerical tools for the response of subsea structures. These tools were calibrated by hydrodynamic scale model tests and extrapolated for different depths (shallow, deep water and ultra deep water).Research limitations/implicationsThe method is applicable as long as the trapped pollutant does not dissolve and is of lower density than the sea water.Originality/valueThis paper presents a new structure for the oil recovery from shipwrecks, which is simple and quickly deployed.
Support and services for individuals with intellectual disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging, and the impact of recent inquiries
Authors: Cooper Vivien 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to give an overview of the exposure of abusive practices in services for people with intellectual disabilities, and the resulting inquiries and reports. It also aims to consider the common findings and recommendations and what difference they have made to support and services for people with intellectual disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging.Design/methodology/approachThe paper briefly reviews the main inquiries, subsequent reports and the recommendations made. The common themes are discussed and considered in the light of the most recent Department of Health Review following the Panorama Undercover Care documentary – (unpublished at the time of writing).FindingsThe paper highlights the recurrent themes which persist through a series of inquiries and reports.Originality/valueThe paper suggests what needs to happen to ensure that recommendations translate into action on the ground, to deliver better outcomes for individuals.
Effects on sustainability of various skylight systems in buildings with an atrium
Authors: Yildirim Kemal , Lutfi Hidayetoglu M. , Sen Ahmet 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to compare the natural lighting performance of roof skylight systems in buildings with atriums and to compare the sustainability and energy efficiency of several roof skylight systems for educational buildings with atriums.Design/methodology/approachFive roof skylight systems previously assessed in another study were adapted for simulation. In order to determine the effects of each skylight system on natural lighting, all the physical data of the building to be studied were recorded and entered into a computer.FindingsThe results of the study showed that roof skylight systems should be designed both to limit light during periods of maximum daylight to avoid such problems as glare, flare, and so on; and to direct light indoors as fully as possible during periods of limited daylight. In this regard, the “Moving Sunshade Double Layer” roof system showed better performance than the other four roof skylight systems.Research limitations/implicationsIn subsequent studies, roof systems appropriate for natural lighting should be studied for other plan types, hospitals, public buildings and so on. Moreover, real structures in which direct environment measurements can be taken could be used for obtaining data, instead of simulations.Practical implicationsUse of the roof system suggested by the research will minimize lighting and air conditioning costs, and enhance building sustainability.Originality/valueThis study explores methods of taking advantage of natural lighting indoors through the use of roof skylight systems, and identifies the most appropriate, sustainable and energy efficient roof skylight system for education buildings having an atrium.
Safe design of skyrise greenery in Singapore
Authors: Behm Michael , Choon Hock Poh 
Published: August 2012

PurposeSingapore is transforming from a “garden city” to a “city‐in‐a‐garden”. Designing for safety is recognized by researchers and some governments as a best practice in facilitating eventual worker safety within the built environment. The purpose of undertaking this research was to understand and describe the status of safe design for skyrise greenery in Singapore.Design/methodology/approachA total of 41 rooftop and vertical greenery systems were observed with a focus on access, fall from height, and planting considerations.FindingsRooftop greenery systems in Singapore were found to be adhering to safe design principles. Vertical and ledge greenery systems, on the other hand, are newer arrangements and were found to be in need of design for safety guidance.Originality/valueThe results add to the body of knowledge in the area of safe design and skyrise greenery and will aid those seeking to understand from a policy and practice perspective.
Mentoring to reproduce or change discourse in schools
Authors: Lonergan Jeanne , Mooney Simmie Geraldine , Moles Joanne 
Published: August 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to share findings from a Master's study exploring teacher professional learning needs with the purpose of elucidating the needs of teachers, and mentor teachers, within the school cultural context in the Republic of Ireland. This study coincides with a relentless neo‐liberal drive to outsource most of what was traditionally seen as state investment across all public services, including education.Design/methodology/approachThe research methodology is a small scale qualitative research study exploring the perceptions of experienced teachers in two secondary schools. It examines the conditions which may account for different levels of engagement in this regard.FindingsThe key findings show very different levels of engagement in school based teacher professional learning in the two secondary schools.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings have serious implications for the type of whole school mentoring that needs to be offered within schools at a time when policymakers are mandating teacher professional learning and requiring the development of critical reasoning capacities for all pupils in a global knowledge world.Originality/valueThis study is concerned with the readiness of the experienced teacher to mentor beginning teachers, and student teachers, in ways that value co‐inquiry, care, agency and critical thinking within the ecology of a whole school environment. Mentoring has become a popular construct in everyday usage. The originality of this research lies in the use of productive mentoring as a framework developed by the authors and under continual interrogation.
De novoTardive Tourette‐like syndrome after prolonged combination depot and oral neuroleptic therapy
Authors: Yogaratnam Jegan , Xu Changqing , Thinn Daw San San , Yoong Lee Kim , Khoo Chai Ling , Sim Kang 
Published: August 2012

IntroductionTardive Tourette‐like syndrome is recognised by the observation of several motor and vocal tics often in individuals receiving psychotropic medications and can happen within 1–3 months of treatment.Clinical caseWe report a case which is unique in its onset of Tardive Tourette‐like syndrome comprising of vocal, motor tics and coprolalia after more than three decades of treatment with combination depot and oral neuroleptics.DiscussionUse of the Naranjo Adverse Drug Reaction Probability Scale indicates a probable relationship between the onset of Tardive Tourettism and the antipsychotic therapy in this patient. This was in contrast to earlier reports which noted earlier onset and partial reversal with termination or change of medications. Clinicians need to pay heed to the emergence of late‐onset Tourettism in order to better manage its manifestation and prevent its worsening in the context of holistic care for patients with neuropsychiatric conditions including schizophrenia.
Psychiatric phenomena as initial manifestation of encephalitis by anti‐NMDAR antibodies
Authors: Maat Peter , de Graaff Esther , van Beveren Nico M. , Hulsenboom Esther , Verdijk Robert M. , Koorengevel Kathelijne , van Duijn Martijn , Hooijkaas Herbert , Hoogenraad Casper , Sillevis Smitt Peter A. 
Published: September 2012

ObjectiveAutoimmune encephalitis associated with autoantibodies against the N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor (NMDAR) often presents with behavioural change. Our objective was to describe in detail the psychiatric presentation and pathways to care in order to aid the early diagnosis of NMDAR encephalitis.MethodsSera and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with suspected NMDAR encephalitis were tested on HEK 293 cells transfected with the NR1 subunit of the NMDAR. Clinical information was obtained from the referring psychiatrists and neurologists and by review of the clinical records.ResultsSamples from 15 patients (13 female, 2 male, mean age 24 years, range 5–56 years) tested anti‐NMDAR positive. Twelve of the 15 patients (80%) presented with prominent psychiatric symptoms and 8 were initially referred to a psychiatric service. The most prominent initial psychiatric symptoms were anxiety in seven (47%), behavioural change (often bizarre) in six (40%) and agitation in five (33%). All patients developed psychiatric symptoms in the first 6 weeks of illness. Thirteen patients received psychotropic medications: antipsychotics in 12 and benzodiazepines in 11. Treating physicians considered the psychotropic medication not effective in 11 patients resulting in many drug switches. At nadir, all patients were in a very poor condition. However, eight patients (53%) recovered (almost) completely. Outcome tended to be better in patients who had received early immunotherapy or tumour removal.ConclusionsAutoimmune encephalitis and anti‐NMDAR testing in serum and CSF should be considered in patients, especially young females, presenting with atypical psychiatric phenomena. Early diagnosis and treatment will likely improve the prognosis of NMDAR encephalitis.
Interrelationship of oral health status, swallowing function, nutritional status, and cognitive ability with activities of daily living in Japanese elderly people receiving home care services due to physical disabilities
Authors: Furuta Michiko , Komiya‐Nonaka Manae , Akifusa Sumio , Shimazaki Yoshihiro , Adachi Munehisa , Kinoshita Toshinori , Kikutani Takeshi , Yamashita Yoshihisa 
Published: August 2012

AbstractObjectivesMalnutrition and cognitive impairment lead to declines in activities of daily living (ADL). Nutritional status and cognitive ability have been shown to correlate with oral health status and swallowing function. However, the complex relationship among the factors that affect decline in ADL is not understood. We examined direct and indirect relationships among oral health status, swallowing function, nutritional status, cognitive ability, and ADL in Japanese elderly people living at home and receiving home care services because of physical disabilities.MethodsParticipants were 286 subjects aged 60 years and older (mean age, 84.5 ± 7.9 years) living at home and receiving home care services. Oral health status (the number of teeth and wearing dentures) was assessed, and swallowing function was examined using cervical auscultation. Additionally, ADL, cognitive ability, and nutritional status were assessed using the Barthel Index, the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, and the Mini Nutritional Assessment‐Short Form, respectively. Path analysis was used to test pathways from these factors to ADL.ResultsThe mean number of teeth present in the participants was 8.6 ± 9.9 (edentates, 40.6%). Dysphagia, malnutrition, and severe cognitive impairment were found in 31.1%, 14.0%, and 21.3% of the participants, respectively. Path analysis indicated that poor oral health status and cognitive impairment had a direct effect on denture wearing, and the consequent dysphagia, in addition to cognitive impairment, was positively associated with malnutrition. Malnutrition as well as dysphagia and cognitive impairment directly limited ADL.ConclusionsA lower number of teeth are positively related to swallowing dysfunction, whereas denture wearing contributes to recovery of swallowing function. Dysphagia, cognitive impairment, and malnutrition directly and indirectly decreased ADL in elderly people living at home and receiving home nursing care. The findings suggest that preventing tooth loss and encouraging denture wearing when teeth are lost may indirectly contribute to maintaining or improving ADL, mediated by recovery of swallowing function and nutritional status.