bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Targeting Lyme
Authors: Birnbaum David 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to describe recent passage of a private member's bill that can put Canada on a different path from the USA in attempting to resolve conflict that arose over how an influential clinical practice guideline for Lyme disease was developed.

Design/methodology/approach
– Narrative review.

Findings
– Critical appraisal of pertinent scientific literature is fundamental to the production of evidence-based practice guidelines. Perception of fairness and transparency in a guideline development process is fundamental to wide acceptance. Allegations of conflicts of interest and excluding opposing views in development of Lyme disease guidelines led to legislative interventions after insurers started basing denial of claims and licensing boards started responding to complaints against physicians whose treatment regimens were inconsistent with guideline statements on chronic Lyme disease. Opposing sides are both faced with limitations in available research evidence. Claims and counterclaims about availability of impartial subject matter experts free of vested interests arose; however, this has been compounded by failures in communication channels. Perhaps most importantly, and the focus of this viewpoint, wide perception among those afflicted of a flawed guideline development process makes it unlikely that all sides can reach agreement on this path. Canada, unlike the USA, is taking steps to include all stakeholders (including representatives of the medical community and of patients’ groups) in a review meeting to develop a comprehensive national framework.

Research limitations/implications
– This situation provides a noteworthy example of defining best practice in the difficult situations where stakes are high, diagnostic tools are flawed, some of those identified as experts have vested interests, and patients with unmet needs feel excluded.

Originality/value
– The next steps in Canada bear watching, both in terms of potentially resolving key conflicts around the one guideline document in question, and also as a potential model for a more successful guideline development process.
Clinical governance in Dutch hospitals
Authors: Botje Daan , Plochg Thomas , S. Klazinga Niek , Wagner Cordula 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– For accountability purposes, performance information sharing and clear divisions of responsibilities between medical specialists and executive boards are critical. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether these aspects of clinical governance have been taken up by executive boards and medical specialists in the Netherlands.

Design/methodology/approach
– This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the information-sharing between medical specialists and executive boards in Dutch hospitals as one key aspect of clinical governance. Between November 2010 and February 2011, 67 medical staff board chairs and 40 chief executive officers completed an online questionnaire concerning information-sharing and the clinical governance practices within their respective hospitals.

Findings
– Almost all respondents acknowledged the importance of information-sharing. However, the actual sharing differed per type of performance information. Policy/management information was shared more often than patient care information. Similarly, medical specialists differ in the degree of responsibility the take for specific clinical governance tasks. Almost all were involved in managing complication registries (99 per cent), while few managed hospital accreditation (55 per cent).

Research limitations/implications
– With executive boards and medical specialists being increasingly dependent of a shared budget, they have an extra incentive to share information and to take up clinical governance tasks. The study showed that Dutch medical specialists are sharing many types of performance information with the executive board, but that this should be increased to comply with the codes. Thus far, few hospital managers in the study have formalised this in an information protocol, which is potentially the next step for other hospital staff to incorporate as well. Those who have an information protocol seem to be aware of the business case for quality.

Originality/value
– This study is the first attempt to explore to what extent Dutch medical specialists share performance information with their respective executive boards and take up clinical governance tasks.
Clinical governance in the Irish health system – a review of progress
Authors: McAuliffe Eilish 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explain the path that the Irish health system has taken towards achieving good clinical governance, exploring the historical influences on its’ development, some of the major initiatives that have been implemented and the obstacles that have been encountered.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper draws on the author's experience researching and teaching in health systems and healthcare management.

Findings
– The paper offers some explanations for why earlier attempts failed to change the system as well as why recent attempts have met with more success. Greater efforts need to be made to progress clinical governance in the primary care services. In addition it is argued that there is a need to institute systems that enable learning form errors, to involve the public and patient groups and to invest in research that enables answers to the how and why questions that are so often neglected in the reform process.

Originality/value
– The paper discusses clinical governance in the Irish Health system and identifies some of the challenges yet to be addressed, many of which are common to clinical governance efforts in other jurisdictions.
Application of resource dependency theory and transaction cost theory in analysing outsourcing information communication services decisions
Authors: Mwai Naomi Wangari , Kiplang’at Joseph , Gichoya David 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The aim of this paper is to establish how resource dependency theory (RDT) and transaction cost theory (TCT) can inform decisions to outsource ICT services by public university libraries in Kenya.Design/methodology/approach– The study adopted a multiple case study strategy in four selected public universities libraries in Kenya. Purposive sampling was used to identify respondents and data collection was done using a semi-structured interview schedule.Findings– The study highlights how RDT and TCT theoretical perspectives illuminate some of the reasons, and problems associated with Information and Communications Technology outsourcing in Libraries. The paper concludes with recommendations and the way forward.Research limitations/implications– The study was limited to the outsourcing of information technology services in four public university libraries in Kenya, namely, Kenyatta University (KU) in Kahawa, Nairobi; Moi University (MU) in Eldoret; University of Nairobi (UON) in Nairobi; and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Juja, Thika. This being a qualitative study (and taking into consideration the subjective views where bias could occur), the researchers ensured that the research was reliable by recording and taking notes during the interviews and by using peer-debriefing and professionals in the field to ascertain their views.Practical implications– The paper provides practical insights into outsourcing of Information Technology (IT) services in Public University libraries and information centres in Kenya. This study is useful for university libraries, information professionals, information communication technology professionals and university management.Social implications– The implications of the study are that outsourcing needs to be guided by clear policies that are documented and communicated to all the stakeholders.Originality/value– This research assesses IT outsourcing services in selected public academic libraries in Kenya.
Because You’re You: factors influencing item selection in a digital sheet music collection
Authors: Coates Midge 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing user selection of individual works in a collection of digitized sheet music.

Design/methodology/approach
– Google Analytics page view data were grouped by source (directing link) and correlated with five factors: inclusion in a collaborative indexing project (Sheet Music Consortium); browse list order; cover appearance; inclusion in mini-collections; and presence of links to audio versions.

Findings
– Four of the five factors examined showed some influence on user selection: Works listed in the Sheet Music Consortium had more views/work than those not listed; Works at the top of the Sheet Music Consortium browse list had more views by Consortium users than those lower down; Works with cover graphics had more views/work than those with covers containing words alone; Works included in mini-collections received more views/work from users with access to those mini-collections; Works with links to audio versions did not have more views/work than works without links.

Practical implications
– The most important finding of this study is that the best way to increase the use of individual collection items may be to participate in a large and well-known collaborative index such as the Sheet Music Consortium.

Originality/value
– This is the first study using Google Analytics to examine factors influencing user selection of individual digital collection items.
Web 2.0 tools: a survey of awareness and use by librarians in university libraries in Africa
Authors: Baro Emmanuel E , Edewor Nelson , Sunday Godwin 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– This paper aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in university libraries in Africa.

Design/methodology/approach
– A questionnaire was used to collect data from 140 librarians from 16 leading university libraries in Africa.

Findings
– The study revealed that librarians in Africa are mostly familiar with Web 2.0 tools such as social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), blogs, instant messaging and wikis. It was also found that the most frequently used Web 2.0 tools by the librarians in university libraries in Africa are Facebook, instant messaging, blogs, Twitter and wikis. The study revealed that the librarians use the Web 2.0 tools for the purpose of announcing library news/events, online reference services, training resources, blogging and image and video sharing with users. Finally, lack of skills, power failure, lack of facilities such as computers with Internet access, lack of time and lack of interest were mentioned by the librarians as some of the challenges to using Web 2.0 tools.

Practical implications
– These research results can also be consulted by interested librarians when they plan to make Web 2.0 applications in their libraries.

Originality/value
– This study draws an overall picture of the Web 2.0 applications in university libraries in Africa and attempts to provide these libraries with helpful information to better understand how their colleagues elsewhere are utilizing Web 2.0 technologies in rendering library services.
Exposing scholarly information as Linked Open Data: RDFizing DSpace contents
Authors: Konstantinou Nikolaos , Spanos Dimitrios-Emmanuel , Houssos Nikos , Mitrou Nikolaos 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– This paper aims to introduce a transformation engine which can be used to convert an existing institutional repository installation into a Linked Open Data repository.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors describe how the data that exist in a DSpace repository can be semantically annotated to serve as a Semantic Web (meta)data repository.

Findings
– The authors present a non-intrusive, standards-compliant approach that can run alongside with current practices, while incorporating state-of-the art methodologies.

Originality/value
– Also, they propose a set of mappings between domain vocabularies that can be (re)used towards this goal, thus offering an approach that covers both the technical and semantic aspects of the procedure.
Will open-access journals substitute big-deal subscriptions in engineering college libraries in India?
Authors: Aragudige Nagaraja , Vasanthakumar M 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– This paper aims to analyse the impact of open-access (OA) journals in engineering and technology institutions, if libraries are not subscribed to the journals through the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) mandatory packages. In India, many engineering colleges do not subscribe to journals through business subscription models or consortia and invariably a majority of them depend on OA journals to fulfil their users’ needs.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper identifies the impact factors of mandatory journals made in big-deal subscriptions with the impact factors of OA journals available to access in Directory of OA Journals pertaining to engineering and technology.

Findings
– The study reveals that journals subscribed through big-deal subscriptions have better impact in the scholarly communications than the OA journals.

Research limitations/implications
– The results of this study cannot be generalized to all disciplines. Impact factors of journals can also be calculated by use of SCImago Journal Rank indicator, which uses the Scopus database. Publish or Perish can also be used to analyse Google Scholar rankings to identify the individual journal’s impact.

Originality/value
– The result of the study is useful for selection of e-journals in big-deal subscriptions and it highlights the implications and impact of OA journals in engineering and technology.
A numerical scheme based on differential quadrature method for numerical simulation of nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation
Authors: Verma Anjali , Jiwari Ram , Kumar Satish 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to propose a numerical scheme based on forward finite difference, quasi-linearisation process and polynomial differential quadrature method to find the numerical solutions of nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary condition.Design/methodology/approach– In first step, time derivative is discretised by forward difference method. Then, quasi-linearisation process is used to tackle the non-linearity in the equation. Finally, fully discretisation by differential quadrature method (DQM) leads to a system of linear equations which is solved by Gauss-elimination method.Findings– The accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated by several test examples. The numerical results are found to be in good agreement with the exact solutions and the numerical solutions exist in literature. The proposed scheme can be expended for multidimensional problems.Originality/value– The main advantage of the present scheme is that the scheme gives very accurate and similar results to the exact solutions by choosing less number of grid points. Secondly, the scheme gives better accuracy than (Dehghan and Shokri, 2009; Pekmen and Tezer-Sezgin, 2012) by choosing less number of grid points and big time step length. Also, the scheme can be extended for multidimensional problems.
Heat and mass transfer in a porous medium filled rectangular duct with Soret and Dufour effects under inclined magnetic field
Authors: J. Chamkha Ali , Mallikarjuna B. , Bhuvana Vijaya R. , Prasada Rao D.R.V. 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of Soret and Dufour effects on convective heat and mass transfer flow through a porous medium in a rectangular duct in the presence of inclined magnetic field.Design/methodology/approach– Using the non-dimensional variables, the governing equations have been transformed into a set of differential equations, which are non-linear and cannot be solved analytically, therefore finite element method has been used for solving the governing equations.Findings– The influence of thermo-diffusion, diffusion thermo, radiation, dissipation, heat sources and the inclined magnetic field on all the flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics has been found to be significant.Originality/value– The problem is relatively original as it combines many effects as Soret and Dufour effects and chemical reaction under inclined magnetic field.
Formulation of Kansa's method in the frequency domain for the analysis of transient heat conduction
Authors: Godinho Luis , Branco Fernando 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– A number of works have been published in the scientific literature proposing the solution of heat diffusion problems by first transforming the relevant partial differential equation to the frequency domain. The purpose of this paper is to present a mesh-free strategy to assess transient heat propagation in the frequency domain, also allowing incorporating initial non-zero conditions.

Design/methodology/approach
– The strategy followed here is based in Kansa's method, using the MQ RBF as a basis function. The resulting method is truly mesh-free, and does not require any domain or boundary integrals to be evaluated. The definition of good values for the free parameter of the MQ RBF is also addressed.

Findings
– The strategy was found to be accurate in the calculation of both frequency and time-domain responses. The time evolution of the temperature considering an initial non-uniform distribution of temperatures compared well with a standard time-marching algorithm, based on an implicit Crank-Nicholson implementation. It was possible to calculate frequency-dependent values for the free parameter of the radial basis function.

Originality/value
– As far as the authors are aware, previous implementations of the frequency domain heat transfer approach required domain integrals to be evaluated in order to implement non-zero initial conditions. This is totally avoided with the present formulation. Additionally, the method is truly mesh-free, accurate and does not require any element or background mesh to be defined.
The cost of carbon management using ocean nourishment
Authors: S.F. Jones Ian 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– A current estimate of the cost of reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by Ocean Nourishment is provided. A scenario of fertilisation of the ocean in regions of excess phosphorous, carried out using a ship to distribute ammonium hydroxide, is examined.Design/methodology/approach– Ocean fertilisation could be deployed to draw down the carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere and store it for millennia in the deep ocean.Findings– The costs of fertilising the ocean with macronutrient depends mostly on the cost of producing the nutrient and the cost of its delivery. Macronutrient fertilisation has been calculated, for a particular scenario, to cost US$20 per tonne of carbon dioxide emission avoided for 100 years.Research limitations/implications– There is a collateral benefit of increased fish stocks, which is not considered here. The ocean, plausibly, has the capacity to sequester more than one Gigatonne per year of carbon (∼3.7 Gt CO2/yr) via macronutrient fertilisation.Practical implications– This modest cost of reducing climate change justifies further research and development of ocean macronutrient fertilisation.Social implications– The modest cost allows climate change to be addressed without serious economic disruption.Originality/value– The study reported is a contribution to mitigation of climate change.
Evaluating the impact of a multi-disciplinary, international course for PhD researchers
Authors: Philippi Fiona 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The aim of this study is to highlight how responses to student evaluation of a European Commission-funded multi-disciplinary summer course for international PhD students can be used to demonstrate a range of potential outcomes for individual researchers. It details the mixed-methods approach taken to evaluation of this course and shows how the results of this can be used to inform, validate and strengthen future provision of intensive training of this nature for PhD researchers.

Design/methodology/approach
– The two-week LEADER course held in Edinburgh in July 2013 is used as a case study for the use of a mixed-methods evaluation approach to measuring potential impact. The Vitae Impact Framework is used as a tool to map three different evaluation methods and responses to impact levels. Further analysis of evaluation responses gives insight into rates of participant satisfaction, learning attributed to the course and behavioural changes made as a result of the experience.

Findings
– The results of this study demonstrate the potential value of intensive, multi-disciplinary courses in providing lasting benefits to researchers both in personal and professional contexts.

Research limitations/implications
– The timeframe of this study spans a total of seven months. Although initial findings demonstrate clear short-term positive effects of the course on researchers, a longitudinal tracking study over several years would be required to assess longer term impact.

Originality/value
– These findings can be used to inform and strengthen researcher development activities of this nature at other institutions.
Developing future research leaders
Authors: Browning Lynette , Thompson Kirrilly , Dawson Drew 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel strategy for building research capability in a young university with an emerging research culture. Investment in building research capacity is essential for universities to remain competitive, but one of the challenges for younger universities is developing the research capability of individuals in an emerging research culture.Design/methodology/approach– To gain a better understanding of how leading researchers become research leaders and how universities can design strategies to attract, retain, develop and promote researchers, we carried out a study of 30 research leaders in Australia. We then designed and implemented a cohort-based career development programme for early career researchers.Findings– From our research, and the programme we developed, we have found that developing early career researchers does not mean teaching them how to do research – it means teaching them how to build a track record, which can lead to a research career. A development programme for early career researchers is a short-term investment for longer-term returns, but these programmes do have immediate impact on research productivity for the individual researchers and for the organisation.Practical implications– We consider the success of the Early Career Researchers Programme is due to the regular face to face workshops, the development of the research career plan and the supportive research environment provided by the me.Originality/value– The investment in this programme clearly demonstrates the value of researcher development on research outputs and research careers. These methods could be applied to researcher development training programmes elsewhere.