Curtis Walker and Nesa L’abbe Wu
This paper justifies the need for moving indirect production planning costing in the book manufacturing industry toward direct production planning costing. Principles of activity…
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This paper justifies the need for moving indirect production planning costing in the book manufacturing industry toward direct production planning costing. Principles of activity based costing are utilized to accomplish this feat. This paper develops a methodology to break down the various tasks required in planning a job for production in the book manufacturing industry and to apply time measurement to these activities. These time measurements can then be used to individually cost the planning process of any book manufacturing company. The methodology is tested and justified through extensive data collection and application in a major book manufacturing firm. Thus, this industry can now effectively apply cost to activities of the planning process for each individual job as a direct cost, rather than an indirect one.
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This paper aims to identify a variety of titles and resources to offer both public and academic librarians guidance in establishing and maintaining a definitive core collection of…
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Purpose
This paper aims to identify a variety of titles and resources to offer both public and academic librarians guidance in establishing and maintaining a definitive core collection of past and present materials.
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The annotated bibliography includes CD recordings, films, documentaries, serials, monographs and web sites on rap music and hip‐hop culture. The entries chosen were culled from rap music periodicals, reference works, catalogs and journals.
Findings
These resources showcase the innovation of rap's formative years. They trace the broad scope of rap musical styles and document and critique hip‐hop culture.
Originality/value
These selected titles capture distinctive periods in hip‐hop history and help librarians stay current and conscious of what to include in their collections as rap becomes more mainstream and more respectable.
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IT would wrong both universities to define Oxford as the alma mater of scholars and Cambridge as that of sporting types, but that generalisation is certainly as valid as any broad…
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IT would wrong both universities to define Oxford as the alma mater of scholars and Cambridge as that of sporting types, but that generalisation is certainly as valid as any broad labelling can be when applied to two conference centres near these respective cities: Studley Priory Hotel, seven lushly green miles from the dark blue varsity; and the Cambridgeshire Hotel, four miles from its light blue counterpart.
Designed to reduce anxiety and boost self‐concept, The Modified Feeling Great Program (MFGP) consisted of a series of mental training exercises used to improve the quality of life…
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Purpose
Designed to reduce anxiety and boost self‐concept, The Modified Feeling Great Program (MFGP) consisted of a series of mental training exercises used to improve the quality of life for 6‐17 year old children (N=20) with cancer. More specifically, the children were taught how to relax, look for highlights (good things that happen to them), and turn‐off negative thoughts that came into their heads. This paper aims to assess the program's effectiveness.
Design/methodology/approach
A pre‐/post‐test design was used to determine the effectiveness of the MFGP. To participate, children had to be of school age and diagnosed with cancer during the past five years. Six questionnaires/scripts were administered to obtain pre and post information on the dependent variables: highlights, relaxation, stress control, heart rate imagery/excitement and heart rate imagery/relaxation, self concept, and anxiety. Heart rate monitors (DT1000, Polar, New York) measured the physiological effects of the MFGP relaxation component. The 37‐item Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and Song and Hattie's 15‐item self‐concept scale were also used in this investigation to measure the dependent variables. All instruments had established validity and reliability.
Findings
An examination of pre‐ versus post‐test results showed that the MFGP program produced significant (0.05 level) reduction in (RCMAS) worry/over‐sensitivity, (RCMAS) social concerns/concentration, e.g. physical anxiety, highlights, exciting heart rate/imagery, and relaxation heart rate/imagery. Further statistical analysis revealed that the MFGP was equally effective for boys and girls.
Research limitations/implications
Six children were unable to do the mental training exercises on a regular basis due to ill health from chemotherapy treatments. There was no control group and sample size was small (N=20). A more robust research design should be used during future investigations.
Practical implications
To date, most of the treatment for children with cancer is concerned with the physical aspects of the problem, i.e. the use of chemotherapy to kill cancer cells. The results of the present investigation demonstrate that greater attention needs to be given to psychological factors, e.g. anxiety, poor self‐concept and problematic interpersonal relations with parents, teachers and medical personnel. These results suggest that positive effects can be obtained by using the MFGP.
Originality/value
These results are useful for hospital personnel, parents, teachers, and other persons who provide services to children with cancer.
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Ram Asra Khural, Shashi, Myriam Ertz and Roberto Cerchione
This study explores the relationships among sustainability implementation barriers (resource, managerial and regulatory barriers), sustainability practices (sustainable…
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Purpose
This study explores the relationships among sustainability implementation barriers (resource, managerial and regulatory barriers), sustainability practices (sustainable construction materials, sustainable construction design, modern construction methods and environmental provisions and reporting) and sustainability performance (environmental, economic and social) in hill road construction (HRC).
Design/methodology/approach
Primary data were collected from the 313 HRC practitioners with the help of a questionnaire, and research hypotheses were tested employing structural equation modeling.
Findings
The findings reveal a mixed effect of sustainability implementation barriers. Resource (managerial) barriers are negatively related to all practices except environmental provisions and reporting (sustainable construction materials), while regulatory barriers only negatively impact modern construction methods. On the other hand, all sustainability practices positively impact environmental performance, whereas economic (social) performance is positively influenced by all practices, except environmental provisions and reporting (modern construction methods), and positively affects economic performance.
Originality/value
In order to transform HRC toward sustainability, the barriers to sustainability implementation, sustainability practices and performance need to be understood by practitioners; however, the relationships have not previously been empirically assessed in extant literature. Besides, past research appears to be predominantly focused on the environmental aspect, thereby neglecting economic and social aspects. This study is a modest attempt to bridge these research gaps.
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Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Namam-Ali Azadi, Shirin Ziaeei and Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad
The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of domestic violence against women and its related factors in Sanandaj, west of Iran.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of domestic violence against women and its related factors in Sanandaj, west of Iran.
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This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2016. The sample consisted of 360 women who referred to two educational hospitals in Sanandaj. The data collection tool was a self-report questionnaire. A multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors of domestic violence against women.
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The prevalence of “any form of violence” in the past year was 71 percent (n=245). The prevalence of emotional, sexual and physical violence was 62.2 percent (n=225), 48.7 percent (n=168) and 49.9 percent (n=172), respectively. Multivariate logistic regressions revealed that the “any form of violence” has significant association with occupation of women, economic status of family and the status of sexual satisfaction of couples.
Originality/value
The prevalence of domestic violence against women is high and alarming in Sanandaj, Iran. Given the relationship between experience of violence and sexual dissatisfaction, sexual education before and after marriage is recommended for couples. Also, the experience of exposure to violence in women can be included in health centers as screening programs. In this way, couples who have risk factors will receive the educational programs.
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To examine the race making experiences of multiracial men in carceral facilities.
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Purpose
To examine the race making experiences of multiracial men in carceral facilities.
Methodology/approach
I interviewed 58 incarcerated multiracial males.
Findings
Officially, multiracial incarcerated people are ascribed monoracial labels. They describe the variables used by those who racially categorize them and how their expectations about how others see them influence their racial self-identity. It is possible, they report, to maintain a multiracial self-identity, even if it is unofficially. They also describe interacting with men outside their racial category, behavior that supports the color-blind ideology.
Originality/value
Previous work on race making in carceral facilities has been collected in California; the present data were collected in the northeast. In addition, this research is the first study to consider the experiences of race making among incarcerated multiracial people.
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Craig G. Hyatt, William A. Sutton, William M. Foster and Dylan McConnell
In an era where a growing segment of fantasy league participating and video game playing sport consumers has become more interested in managing individual major league players…
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In an era where a growing segment of fantasy league participating and video game playing sport consumers has become more interested in managing individual major league players than in following the fortunes of actual major league teams, North American major league attendance is dropping. The authors aim to argue that team management could keep their attention, strengthen the team‐fan bond, and increase attendance and overall revenue, by giving their fans input into decisions related to the team's on‐field, on‐court, or on‐ice management.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper chronicles the rise of fantasy sport and sport video game participation and argues that a new breed of sport consumer is emerging that values managing sport over spectating. Previous attempts by teams to give fans input into management decisions are outlined and critiqued.
Findings
It is suggested that teams wishing to increase the team identification and attendance frequency of these management‐centric consumers should use technology to establish a platform whereby dues‐paying members vote on team‐related management issues. Utilizing a members‐only webpage for some votes will encourage the growth of a geographically diverse fan base, while utilizing in‐stadium hand‐held wireless technology for other votes will encourage game attendance.
Originality/value
This paper has value to marketers of professional sport who are constantly searching for ways to increase fan identification and sell tickets. It also has value to sport fan academics by suggesting that traditional conceptualizations of the team‐fan bond may be becoming outdated in an era where a new generation of sport consumers is becoming increasingly player‐focused and management‐centric.
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Thalia Anthony, Juanita Sherwood, Harry Blagg and Kieran Tranter
Sadia Zahid, Bushra Rauf, Rachel Lee, Hafsa Sheikh, Ashok Roy and Rani Pathania
A quantitative observational study was conducted. The purpose of this study is to examine the continuing adherence to the stopping over-medication of people with intellectual…
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Purpose
A quantitative observational study was conducted. The purpose of this study is to examine the continuing adherence to the stopping over-medication of people with intellectual disability and/or autism guidelines for a cohort of outpatients seen in the outpatients’ clinics in the two teams who participated in this study to review the trend of psychotropic prescribing with a prescription indication along with the utilisation of non-pharmacological interventions.
Design/methodology/approach
Data was retrospectively collected over a period of one year for patients sampled conveniently in the outpatient’s clinic. The data was collected from two sites from psychiatric letters to the general practitioners (GPs), with the focus being psychotropic prescription indication and their adherence to British National Formulary limits, inclusion of a wider multi-disciplinary team or MDT (including nurses, psychologists and health support workers), use of Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale for assessing medication side effects and response to treatment.
Findings
Most of the patients had at least one review in the previous six months. Antipsychotics were the highest prescribed medications without an indication for their use (13.3%) followed by anxiolytics and other medications. CGI recording was suboptimal, with 26% of the patient population did not have medication side effects and effectiveness monitored through this method. In total, 41% of patients were open to community nurses followed by other disciplines.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is an original article following the pilot study completed by the authors.