Special issue published: "Water and Wastewater Environmental Issues: Past and Present: Part II"

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 15(1/2) 2016

• Simulation of currents in the coastal and offshore zone of the Old and New Patras Port (Western Greece)
• The Ottoman balnear buildings of Crete, issues regarding their construction, water supply and present situation
• Water reservoirs complex of 19th century in Patras, Greece
• Milestones of the diachronic evolution of meteorology
• Variability analysis of hydrometeorological parameters under a climate change scenario in Northern Greece
• Vulnerabilities of water and sanitation at households and community levels in face of climate variability and change: trends from historical climate time series in a West African medium-sized town
• The supply and quality of urban water in arid island environments: a case study from the prefecture of Larnaka, Cyprus
• Manganese in drinking water and human health. A case study from Greece
• Indicators of efficient urban water management
• Analysis of pesticide residue in fruits and vegetables using analytical protocol based on application of the QuEChERS technique and GC-ECD system
• Multi-criteria analysis of sustainable environmental clean technologies for the treatment of winery's wastewater
• History of an irrigation canal: the 'Real Canal de la Infanta', Barcelona, Spain

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

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• Towards a construct of entrepreneurial strategising: the case of private equity
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• International new ventures localised in incubators - markets, resources and dynamic environment
• The influence of online social networks on performance of small and medium enterprises: an empirical investigation of the online business to business network XING

Special issue published: "Optimisation and Soft Computing"

International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation 7(1) 2016

• Implicit finite difference solution for the magneto-hydro-dynamic unsteady free convective flow and heat transfer of a third-grade fluid past a porous vertical plate
• A two-stage stochastic programming optimisation for sugar-ethanol-electricity production from sugarcane: a case study of Mauritius
• An algorithm for general multilevel linear/linear fractional programming problems
• Aggregating evaluation using dynamic weighted intuitionistic fuzzy approach for concept sequencing in an e-learning system
• Optimal gait generation for quadruped robots using mesh adaptive direct search
• A zero suppressed binary decision diagram-based test set relaxation for single and multiple stuck-at faults
• Two-stage heuristic algorithm for the large-scale capacitated location routing problem

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing

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• Designing for privacy in ubiquitous social networking
• Principal component analysis-based data reduction model for wireless sensor networks
• An improved biometric-based remote user authentication scheme for connected healthcare
• A new handover authentication protocol based on bilinear pairing functions for wireless networks
• Anti-forensic steganography using multi-bit MER with flexible bit location
• A quantitative and knowledge-based approach to choosing security architectural tactics
• Security analysis and improvement of a mutual authentication scheme under trusted computing
• Reconfigurable content-based image retrieval on peer-to-peer networks
• Key revocation in wireless sensor networks: a survey on a less-addressed yet vital issue

Special issue published: "Corporate Social Responsibility, Transnational Norm-Building and Emerging Economies"

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 10(3/4) 2015

• Business and transnational norm-building in post-Westphalian global politics
• Corporate social responsibility and emerging powers
• Non-state actors within the dynamics of hybrid global labour law
• From pronouncing to implementing business sustainability norms in the South - the UN Global Compact and World Bank Group engagement
• Chinese investments in Africa: corporate responsibility and sustainability norms 
• The role of foreign and local companies in shaping Brazilian positions on global sustainability: empirical evidence from a survey research
• Business and norm-building for sustainability: what will work for Indian corporations?

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• Geodesign: integrating geographical sciences and creative design in envisioning a 'New Urban Europe'
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• Built to last: population aging and long run development in metropolitan Europe
• Design and use of a Facebook 4 Urban Facelifts
• Assessment of waterfront attractiveness in port cities - Facebook 4 Urban Facelifts
• 'Urban world idol': could Shanghai rank #1 by 2050?
• My urban idol 2050 - the city of Gothenburg
• Cities in a shrinking globe

Call for papers: "Advances in the Machining of Composite Materials III"

For a special issue of the International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials.

The use of composite materials has increased in several areas of application such as the aeronautic, automotive and biomedical fields, as well as in other advanced industries, because of their specific properties and combination of light weight, very high strength and high stiffness. Consequently, it is necessary to understand the questions associated with the machinability of these materials.

Machining composite materials is a rather complex task owing to their heterogeneity and heat sensitivity, and to the fact that reinforcements are extremely abrasive. In this respect, this special issue aims to present a collection of examples of advances in traditional and non-traditional machining of composite materials. The issue will be of interest to academics and researchers; materials, manufacturing and mechanical engineers; and professionals working in composite manufacturing and related industries.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Mechanics of cutting
• Chip formation
• Cutting forces
• Cutting temperatures
• Tool materials
• Tool wear
• Surface integrity
• Workpiece damage
• High-speed cutting
• Design experiments
• Numerical methods
• Optimisation

Important Dates

Submission of manuscripts: 31 March, 2017

Special issue published: "Intelligent Systems and Applications of Data Science and Agent-Based Technologies"

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications 14(3/4) 2015

• Towards effects estimation of ethical medicine from the package inserts with text mining
• Study on effective user registration procedure in business to business using web analytics
• A new compression method for double-array structures by a hierarchical representation
• Hybrid textbook: fusion of digital textbooks and traditional learning tools
• A new term weighting scheme for text categorisation
• A construction method by divided double array structures
• Cost efficiency of each factor in local e-governments
• The analysis of implicit mechanism of information on liquidity in an artificial stock market
• A novel rough set attribute reduction based on ant colony optimisation
• Search algorithm for optimal execution of incident commander guidance in macro action planning

International Journal of Automotive Composites to publish expanded papers from ICAutoC 2016

Extended versions of papers presented at the International Conference on Automotive Composites (21-23 September 2016, Lisbon, Portugal) will be published by the International Journal of Automotive Composites.

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• Modelling bivariate survival data based on reversed hazard rate
• Vector evaluated particle swarm optimisation for multi-objective structural system identification
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• Variable-resolution shape optimisation: low-fidelity model selection and scalability

New Editor for International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism

Assistant Prof. Rosa Lombardi from University of Rome "Link Campus" in Italy has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism.

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• Partial differential equations filtering of forced and decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulent fields
• A novel application of barycentric coordinates to Lagrange two-way coupled spray calculations

Special issue published: "Challenging Government Through e-Participation and the Social Web"

International Journal of Electronic Governance 7(4) 2015

• Constructing a model for the adoptability of using e-government services in developing countries: the case of Egypt
• Transparency and open data in the classroom: a pedagogical exercise to construct civic awareness about access to public digital data in Brazil
• 'Children's rights': using digital storytelling and visible thinking approaches to create a narrative video in the early childhood classroom
• Between individualism and deliberation: rethinking discursive participation via social media

Call for papers: "Advances in Metrology of Surface Topography"

For a special issue of the International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering.

Over the years the characterisation and evaluation of engineering surface topography has constituted a challenging metrological problem of great interest to industry. Emerging technological advances put new limits in manufacturing tolerances and a better understanding of the tribological phenomena is of great importance to functional surface topography characterisation.

In this respect, this special issue aims to present a collection of several examples using modern techniques of surface topography. The issue will be of interest to academics and researchers; materials, manufacturing and mechanical engineers; physicists in surface analysis; and professionals in surface engineering and related industries.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Surface, micro and nanometrology
• Surface texture parameters - 2D and 3D
• Surface anisotropy
• Surface topography
• Surface measurements
• Instrumentation - novel instrumental developments
• Stylus profilometers
• Topological characterisation
• Optical methods
• Statistical tools
• Engineered surfaces
• Industrial applications

Important Dates

Submission of manuscripts: 30 June, 2017

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

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• Intellectual capital disclosure and dividend policy: evidence from the Danish biotechnology sector
• An approach to enhancing the human capital of enterprises associated with cooperative education
• Performance of intellectual capital in Indian healthcare sector
• The innovation cluster of ICT start-up companies in developing countries: case of Bandung, Indonesia
• The impact of social and relational contexts on innovation transfer in foreign subsidiaries
• Intellectual capital and financial performance of Islamic banks

New Editor for International Journal of Nuclear Desalination

Prof. Fouad Lahlou from Ecole Polyvalente Suprieure d'Informatique et d'Electronique in Morocco has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Nuclear Desalination.

Special issue published: "Supply Chain Sustainability and Mitigating Risks"

International Journal of Automation and Logistics 1(4) 2015

• Assessing Bangladesh rice supply chain through SCOR modelling frame for planning effective integration of public and private actors
• A comprehensive contingency management framework for supply chain disruption risk management
• Supplier selection for competitive advantage in supply chain: an integrated fuzzy analytic hierarchy process using simulation approach
• Order fulfilment process for a large online retail in Singapore
• Logistics complexity in Indian garment supply chain

Inderscience is media partner for 11th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL)

Inderscience is a media partner for the 11th International Conference on e-Learning (2-3 June 2016, Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Learning Technology
• Int. J. of Technology Enhanced Learning

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Global Warming

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• Security of energy supply in Japan: a key strategy and solutions
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• Driving force factor analysis of global carbon intensity changes
• Nitrous oxide emission from agricultural soils
• Beating treatment to enhance digestibility of fresh grass
• Modelling extreme temperatures in Ireland under global warming using a hybrid peak-over-threshold and generalised Pareto distribution approach
• Virtualised load management algorithm to reduce CO2 emissions in the data centre industry

Special issue published: "Buen Vivir: Theory and Practice of Social and Environmental Sustainability"

International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making 1(3) 2015

Extended versions of papers presented at the 25th Annual EAEPE Conference.

• Beyond growth and development: buen vivir as an alternative to current paradigms
• The constitutionalisation of indigenous culture as a new paradigm of the caring state
• Environmental policies and Pachamama in Ecuador. Theory and practice in Rafael Correa's Government (2007-2013)
• The end of the Yasuni-ITT initiative: considerations in a buen vivir perspective

An 11-point plan for the Indigenous Internet

Improving computer literacy and building internet and communications technology (ICT) skills in Indigenous communities is more about understanding the opportunities rather than imposing “Western” style learning programs, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments. The paper’s author Michelle Eady of the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, offers an 11-point plan to help those working with communities to adopt and engage with the Internet.

The internet represents an unprecedented opportunity for employment training and development across the globe. Unfortunately, there is a digital divide between the culture of the developed world underpinned by the technological nations of East Asia and people who live in indigenous communities, such as those in Australia, North America and elsewhere.

Educators have attempted to close this gap by applying the same approaches used to bridge the digital divide in the wider communities of the USA and Europe.

Unfortunately, the educational methods of the West do not always translate well to indigenous communities, where they are not only perceived as imperialistic in some quarters but also fail to acknowledge important cultural differences. This is often compounded by the fact that many indigenous communities are disadvantaged by geographical barriers, government policies, language background, poverty, and health and technical insufficiencies, Eady reports. Eady has laid out eleven principles for working together with and assisting Indigenous communities to prepare and effectively and efficiently use ICT:

1. Develop an awareness and understanding of learners’ profiles
2. Create opportunities for online learning communities
3. Ensure teaching materials have content relevant to the community
4. Support and enhance traditions and cultural diversity
5. Provide accessible, suitable and reliable technology
6. Make programs intergenerational and inclusive
7. Foster positive relationships, mentoring and support
8. Promote community-based learning
9. Encourage genuine government involvement and “bottom up” partnerships
10. Understand community goals, directions and development
11. Embrace Aboriginal ways of knowing and learning through Elder wisdom

There are many other considerations, but these principles based on research with specific Indigenous communities in Australia and experience in Canadian communities could be applicable to other communities abroad.

“[The research] literature has shown that the internet has substantial potential to deliver literacy, essential skills and tertiary training and education to Indigenous learners who live in remote and isolated communities, providing real-time interaction between instructors and learners,” says Eady. She adds that the design-based principles outlined in her paper “provide sound guidelines for future research that engages Indigenous learners with learning opportunities involving computer technologies.”


Eady, M.J. (2015) ‘Eleven design-based principles to facilitate the adoption of internet technologies in Indigenous communities‘, Int. J. Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.267-289.

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Inderscience is media partner for 13th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning

Inderscience is a media partner for the 13th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning (14-15 October 2016, New York, USA).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Knowledge Management Studies
• Int. J. of Learning and Intellectual Capital

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• Global chaos synchronisation of identical chaotic systems via novel sliding mode control method and its application to Zhu system
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• Design of gain-scheduled controllers based on parametric H∞ loop shaping
• A new online hybrid learning algorithm of adaptive neural fuzzy inference system for fault prediction
• Prediction and prenosological diagnosis of stomach diseases based on energy characteristics of acupuncture points and fuzzy logic
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• Design and implementation of fractional order PIλDμ controller for thermal process using stability boundary locus
• Decoupling control for bearingless synchronous reluctance motor based on support vector machine inverse
• A study on the architecture of manufacturing internet of things
• Identification of nonlinear systems with non-persistent excitation using an iterative forward orthogonal least squares regression algorithm

Inderscience is media partner for 17th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM)

Inderscience is a media partner for 17th European Conference on Knowledge Management (1-2 September 2016, Belfast, UK).

The journal involved is the Int. J. of Knowledge Management Studies.

Special issue published: "The Influence of Social Media and Web-Based Communities"

International Journal of Web Based Communities 12(1) 2016

• Using visual analytics to support online community development
• The role of social media in college recruiting
• How can technology help intergenerational reminiscence? A pilot study
• The stickiness of Facebook website: a value and culture-based view
• A review on user influence ranking factors in social networks
• Collaborative web-based financial communities: value and risks
• An analytical study of user perception of social networking sites features

Inderscience is media partner for 16th European Conference on e-Government

Inderscience is a media partner for the 16th European Conference on e-Government (16-17 June 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia).

The journal involved is Electronic Government, an International Journal.

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• A method of obstacle identification in ultra wideband wireless sensor networks
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• Evolutionary approaches for minimising error in localisation of wireless sensor networks
• Lifetime analysis for wireless sensor networks

Inderscience is media partner for 15th European Conference on e-Learning

Inderscience is a media partner for the 15th European Conference on e-Learning (27-28 October 2016, Prague, Czech Republic).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Learning Technology
• Int. J. of Technology Enhanced Learning

Special issue published: "Value Co-Creation in the Networking Era"

International Journal of Services Sciences 5(3/4) 2015

• Value co-creation in emerging economies: planting and harvesting innovation perspectives
• Service network integration - a case study in manufacturing maintenance services
• Co-creation in living labs: exploring the role of user characteristics on innovation contribution
• Towards a stakeholder-based corporate innovation strategy for value co-creation
• A study on the relationship between shared goals and the competitive advantage of a co-creative organisation
• Co-creation of customers' extrinsic value through C2C and e-store interaction in an e-commerce setting

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• Exergy analysis of construction material manufacturing processes and assessment of their improvement potentials
• Thermodynamic analysis of serogroup C antigen production by Neisseria meningitidis

Call for papers: "Agile Methods for Sustainable Manufacturing"

For a special issue of the International Journal of Agile Systems and Management.

Sustainability is one of the key requirements for the manufacturing industry to be competitive and long term. Sustainable manufacturing refers to a new model of production that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Report, 1987). It implies that manufacturing companies have to consider three different challenges: ecological (reducing environmental impact and resource consumption), economical (improving overall process efficiency and reducing global costs), and social (increasing social effectiveness and reducing human-related impact).

 

As a consequence, other than the more conventional firm performance objectives of cost, quality, speed, flexibility and dependability, today there is a new requirement for firms to deliver on sustainable objectives. Traditional indicators of sustainability refer to cost and environmental impact; more recently, human factors – in light of their relevance to process efficiency and general profitability – are also included in this scenario, and include health and safety, human-centred design, workplace ergonomics and work-life balance (Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek and Saniuk, 2015).

 

In this context, manufacturing companies are seeking new ways to integrate economic, environmental and social practices to develop unique capabilities to improve their sustainable competitiveness. In particular, novel agile methods for integrated sustainable manufacturing are welcome.

 

With this special issue, we aim to address various areas of sustainable manufacturing from the research perspective: methods to design sustainable manufacturing systems and measure their global sustainability, best practices to promote sustainable development, innovative simulation tools for advanced manufacturing systems assessment, cutting-edge technologies to realise highly sustainable and competitive manufacturing assets, and novel prototyping techniques to test the level of sustainability of modern industries.

 

References:

Brundlandt, G.H. “Our Common Future. Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development”. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1987)

Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek, M. and Saniuk, A. “Human Factor in Sustainable Manufacturing” in Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Access to the Human Environment and Culture. LNCS 9178, pp. 444-455, Springer International Publishing (2015)

 

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Adaptive methods for sustainable manufacturing
• Agile design and evaluation methodologies
• Engineered innovative product/process design for sustainability
• Environmentally conscious design and manufacturing
• Ergonomics and human factors in sustainable manufacturing
• Integrated methods for sustainable design and manufacturing
• Manufacturability issues in sustainable product and process design
• Process design for human-related aspects
• Product and process design for sustainability
• Product design and manufacturing methods for human-related impact assessment
• Product design for disassembly, reuse, recovery, recycling, remanufacturing
• Product sustainability assessment and evaluation
• Resource management for sustainability
• Sustainable manufacturing quality systems
• Transdisciplinary and integrated sustainable manufacturing systems design

 

Important Dates

Full paper due: 31 December, 2016

Notification of acceptance: 31 March, 2017

Final version of the paper due: 31 May, 2017

Inderscience is media partner for 8th European Conference on Intellectual Capital

Inderscience is a media partner for the 8th European Conference on Intellectual Capital (12-13 May 2016, Venice, Italy).

The journal involved is the Int. J. of Learning and Intellectual Capital.

Special issue published: "Metaheuristics and the Cloud"

International Journal of Metaheuristics 4(2) 2015

• Network topology optimisation for data aggregation using multiple paths
• Enhanced learning classifier to locate data in cloud data centres
• An iterated local search approach for carbon footprint optimisation in an intercloud environment
• VoIP service model for multi-objective scheduling in cloud infrastructure

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

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• Technology acquisition through collaboration: practical insights for technology suppliers
• Introducing GPS in fleet management of a mine: impact on hauling cycle time and hauling capacity
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Inderscience is media partner for 11th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Inderscience is a media partner for the 11th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (15-16 September 2016, Jyväskylä, Finland).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
• Int. J. of Work Innovation
• J. for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
• World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Free sample articles newly available from Electronic Government, an International Journal

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• E-government portals best practices: a comprehensive survey
• The needs and criteria of kiosks in supporting e-government
• An e-government knowledge model: 'e-customs' case study
• New digital media use and preferences for government: a survey of Canadians
• US e-government headings and their ideology
• Status of e-governance in the state of Punjab (India): an analytical study

Special issue published: "e-Learning and Lifelong Learning in European Countries and Australia"

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning 25(4) 2015

Extended versions of papers presented at the 6th Annual International Scientific Conference entitled ‘Theoretical and practical aspects of distance learning’ (DLCC2014).

• Conceptual aspects: analyses law, ethical, human, technical, social factors of development ICT, e-learning and intercultural development in different countries setting out the previous new theoretical model and preliminary findings
• Students in the information environment: a study of educational and extracurricular activities
• External resources in e-learning - dominant discourse?
• Use of concept maps in eLearning courses
• Students' competencies to educational activity in digital environment
• Designing an e-university environment based on the needs of net-generation students
• 'New professionalism' of the teacher and education towards interculturalism

Inderscience is media partner for 4th International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Inderscience is a media partner for the 4th International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (28-29 April 2016, Toronto, Canada).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
• Int. J. of Work Innovation
• J. for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
• World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Inderscience is media partner for 12th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance

Inderscience is a media partner for the 12th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (10-11 November 2016, Bucharest, Romania).

The journals involved are:

• International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics
• International Journal of Corporate Governance
• International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management

Call for papers: "Digital Killed the Video Stars: Digital Technologies, Sustainable Audience Engagement and Better Organisation in the Cultural and Creative Industries"

For a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making.

Cultural heritage plays a fundamental role in human development as it contributes to building up individual and collective identities (European Commission, 2007). Recent approaches to cultural heritage recognise it as a "resource for a sustainable Europe" (Council of the European Union, 2014), and growing scientific evidence highlights the contribution of cultural heritage to economic growth and social cohesion.

As digital technologies gain momentum, digital art provides cultural organisations with new opportunities for developing sustainable models of engaging with greater audiences (Wands, 2007). The digital age has revolutionised our habits, behaviours and expectations. Digitisation is a process that impacts on identities and cultures and transforms the shape of the knowledge we will transmit to future generations as well as the means by which we can interact with it.

The dissemination and valorisation of cultural outputs requires new production and consumption modalities (Hirsch, 2000). It is important to foster creative and innovative approaches, including development of new tools and methods for the preservation of cultural heritage and its transmission to future generations (inter alia, Flew and Cunningham, 2010).

Cultural asset digitisation offers new settings for the engagement of new audiences in novel ways. New technologies can foster awareness of the importance of cultural heritage and new audience engagement. Furthermore, the adoption of new technologies offers innovative opportunities and dynamic managerial perspectives for cultural organisations and tourism. New technologies empower different types of users to engage with cultural digital resources.

Thus, environmental policy and decision making are required to set the right institutional context in which cultural organisations can operate and within which cultural users can interact. It is therefore relevant to offer a comprehensive view of institutional context and the associated consequences for sustainable tourism and cultural heritage management associated to digital art.

Digital art can therefore improve accessibility to cultural heritage, overcoming barriers that can be either physical or intellectual. Through art digitisation, in fact, the artistic content of artefacts can be delivered to young generations. Innovative ways of interacting with cultural organisations can emerge, and a sustainable interaction with the cultural artefact could lead to a new model of art consumption (Coblence et al., 2014), which would not only consist of passively visiting a museum but also engaging in innovative ecosystems of activities (Schaffers et al., 2011).

This special issue aims to gather debates – both theoretical and empirical works – addressing how technological changes and new business models determine social change and human resources development, foster policy changes, support new organisational models and ultimately lead to better sustainability.

Selected references:

Bauman, Z. Culture in a Liquid Modern World, Wiley, 2011 Bustamante, Enrique. "Cultural industries in the Digital Age: some provisional conclusions." Media, Culture & Society 26.6 (2004): 803-820.

Coblence E., Normandin F., Poisson-de Haro S. Sustaining Growth through Business Model Evolution: The Industrialization of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1986–2012), The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 44(3), 2014

Council of the EU (2014): Conclusions on cultural heritage as a strategic resource for a sustainable Europe and on participatory governance of cultural heritage. May and November 2014.

Flew, T., and Cunningham S.D. Creative Industries after the First Decade of Debate. The Information Society 26 (2): 113–123, 2010.

Hirsch, P.M. Cultural Industries Revisited. Organization Science 11 (3): 356–361, 2000. Howkins, J. The Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas. Penguin Global, 2001

Schaffers, Hans, et al. Smart cities and the future internet: Towards cooperation frameworks for open innovation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. Throsby, David. The economics of cultural policy. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Wands, Bruce. Art of the digital age. Thames & Hudson, 2007.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sustainable business models and organisational change for cultural organisations
• Digital art for digital museums
• Organisation and management of virtual museums
• Advances in human resources management in creative and cultural institutions
• Multicriteria assessment of environmental policy/ecological economics/technologies for cultural heritage
• Stakeholders' role in environmental policy/ecological economics/technology implementation in culture and cultural heritage
• Decision making for future environmental technology/policy/management strategies in cultural and creative industries
• Policy for organisational change in museums
• Audience engagement through digital art and new technologies
• Future scenarios and global consequences
• Case studies analysis and practices

Important Dates

Submission of manuscripts: 15 February, 2016

Notification to authors: 30 June, 2016

Final versions due: 30 September, 2016

Inderscience is media partner for 5th International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ICMLG)

Inderscience is a media partner for the 5th International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (14-15 April 2016, St Petersburg, Russia).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Business Governance and Ethics
• Int. J. of Corporate Governance
• Int. J. of Complexity in Leadership and Management

Inderscience is media partner for 15th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS)

Inderscience is a media partner for 15th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (7-8 July 2016, Munich, Germany).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics
• Int. J. of Information and Computer Security
• Int. J. of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity
• Int. J. of Security and Networks

Inderscience is media partner for 11th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS)

Inderscience is a media partner for 11th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (17-18 March 2016, Boston, USA).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics
• Int. J. of Information and Computer Security
• Int. J. of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity
• Int. J. of Security and Networks

Sweden on Twitter

Twitter is one of the most well-known social media, social networking platforms. The famous, the infamous and the not-so-famous use it to express their hopes, dreams, wit and wisdom, their breakfast and other habits and their grievances with an interested public. Many accounts on the service are also automated, driven by software known as bots, whether for spam, scam or legitimate information dissemination. Then, there is the curiosity that is the account known as @sweden.

As the name of this account would suggest, it’s Swedish. In fact, it’s a vehicle of the Swedish state. But, unlike many other official national Twitter feeds, the reins to @Sweden change hands regularly, with a different Swede curating the account each week; the account has been online since January 2009. The website associated with the @sweden Twitter account says:

“For seven days, she or he tweets about life in Sweden, love or work, sharing opinions and ideas along the way. Then, someone else does the same – but differently.”

Writing in the International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy, Helen Hoffmann of the Euroculture Programme, at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, describes @sweden in more detail and discusses in what way the account is an “organ of the state”, how it contributes to the ephemeral notion of “digital diplomacy, if it does at all. Indeed, Hoffmann has undertaken a thorough media analysis and carried out interviews with those involved in the project and compares the theoretical demands on the account with the reality. She explains that, “Curators of Sweden does not fulfil the criteria for digital diplomacy but instead is part of well-concerted nation-branding.” Additionally, the existence and operation of this account also highlights the digital divide between the connected public and the unconnected or disconnected members of society.

Hoffmann concludes with some advice for would be digital diplomats: “Social media will continue to play a role in all parts of people’s lives and thus in the realm of state-to-citizen interaction as well. In order to remain relevant to their audiences, diplomats should re-examine the advantages and disadvantages of Twitter for their particular organisation and employ the medium only where it is applicable and used optimally.”


Hoffmann, H. (2015) ‘Digital public diplomacy on Twitter? The case of @sweden‘, Int. J. Diplomacy and Economy, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.278-298.
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Inderscience is media partner for 3rd Annual Drug Discovery USA Congress

Inderscience is a media partner for the 3rd Annual Drug Discovery USA Congress (3-4 October 2016, San Diego, USA).

The journal involved is the Int. J. of Computational Biology and Drug Design.

Inderscience is media partner for 4th Annual Discovery Chemistry & Drug Design Congress

Inderscience is a media partner for the 4th Annual Discovery Chemistry & Drug Design Congress (13-14 June 2016, Berlin, Germany).

The journal involved is the Int. J. of Computational Biology and Drug Design.

Inderscience journals to publish expanded papers from 13th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery

Extended versions of papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (13-15 August 2016, Changsha, China) will be published by the following journals:

• Int. J. of Computational Science and Engineering
• Int. J. of Embedded Systems
• Int. J. of High Performance Computing and Networking

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Web and Grid Services

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Web and Grid Services are now available here for free:

• New attribute-based authentication and its application in anonymous cloud access service
• A secure data encryption method employing a sequential-logic style mechanism for a cloud system
• An IoT based framework for user-centric smart building services
• Supporting variability dependencies for rule-based service compositions in prosumer environments
• Personalised QoS-based web service recommendation with service neighbourhood-enhanced matrix factorisation
• Modelling, design and evaluation of multi-objective cloud brokering
• Reputation-guided evolutionary scheduling algorithm for independent tasks in inter-clouds environments

Research Picks Extra – January 2016

Oil spill vapor
Oil spills and leaks not only cause devastation to marine environments and coastal regions but the vast quantities of hydrocarbon that are released can have wider environmental implications. Researchers at the University of Kuwait have developed a new computer model to help understand the release of hydrocarbon vapors from continuous flow oil leaks, such as that which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 from the Macondo Well, which was not blocked until July of that year. In this instance, the model matches historical data recorded by US government organizations and thus suggests it may be useful in predicting the rate of release given oil well conditions and weather patterns during a future leak and so allow remediation technology to be implemented in a more timely and effective manner.

Riazi, M.R. (2016) ‘Modelling and predicting the rate of hydrocarbon vaporisation from oil spills with continuous oil flow’, Int. J. Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp.93–110.


Students and lecturers communicating
How does the modern student interact with their lecturers in the age of social media and smart phones? That was the question researchers from Iran and Malaysia were hoping to answer. It turns out, that despite online networks, blogs, text messages and email, students still prefer direct face-to-face contact with their lecturers. That said, if such personal contact is not possible, then communication by mobile phone runs a close second. Of course, when it comes to rich media communications, often email and mobile phone communication are the most appropriate ways to connect and share images, data and other content from assignments and such.

Ghanbari-Baghestan, A., Indriyanto, S., SazmandAsfaranjan, Y. and Akhtari-Zavare, M. (2016) ‘Preferred communication channels used by students to interact with their lecturers’, Int. J. Innovation and Learning, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp.227–241.


Remanufacturing engines
Technology researchers in China have developed a three-dimensional method for evaluating whether a used vehicle engine might be remanufactured rather than the engine being recycled as scrap metal. The three dimensions of their model include technological, economic and environmental feasibility of the processes required to take a worn, old engine and refurbish it to the point where it might be used in another vehicle. A case study with a five-year old diesel engine demonstrated that such an engine would have good remanufacturability.

Shi, J., Li, T. and Liu, Z. (2015) ‘A three-dimensional method for evaluating the remanufacturability of used engines’, Int. J. Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.363–388.


Social networking decisions
Data warehousing and online analytical processing tools can be used to build a semantic framework for understanding social networks according to researchers in Algeria and France. The team’s use of Community Cube architecture allowed them to develop NetCuboid which takes into account network entities, user-generated content and the topological structure of a network to build a model that can assist in decision making based on the social network data. The same architecture answers analytical questions the answers to which were simply inaccessible to previous approaches.

Hannachi, L., Benblidia, N., Boussaid, O. and Bentayeb, F. (2015) ‘Community Cube: a semantic framework for analysing social network data’, Int. J. Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.155–169.


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Inderscience journals to publish expanded papers from 12th International Conference on Natural Computation

Extended versions of papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Natural Computation (13-15 August 2016, Changsha, China) will be published by the following journals:

• Int. J. of Computational Science and Engineering
• Int. J. of Embedded Systems
• Int. J. of High Performance Computing and Networking

Special issue published: "Advances in Renewable Energy Research: Part II"

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy 11(4) 2015

Extended versions of papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST2013).

• Optimal placement of SVC for transmission loss minimisation using self-adaptive firefly algorithm
• STATCOM analysis of twin converter using PWM technique
• Performance analysis of turbulent flow horizontal axis micro wind turbine
• Energy efficient power generation systems at low and medium heat recoveries
• Constructed wetland - an easy and cost-effective alternative for the treatment of leachate
• Performance evaluation of photovoltaic grid connected shunt active power filter
• Designing a low cost filter for eliminating harmonics in CFL
• Optimised design for magnetorheological brake using DOE methods
• Sago industry effluent treatment using Gliocladium roseum
• Investigations on hybrid carrier PWM strategies for symmetrical multilevel inverter

New Editor for International Journal Mobile Learning and Organisation

Prof. Gwo-Jen Hwang from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation.

Inderscience is media partner for 17th Annual Drug Discovery Leaders Summit

Inderscience is a media partner for the 17th Annual Drug Discovery Leaders Summit (13-14 June 2016, Berlin, Germany).

The journal involved is the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design.

More information on this event is available here.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Trade and Global Markets

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Trade and Global Markets are now available here for free:

• Performance evaluation of biotech crops in emerging markets: the case of India
• Gravity model by panel data approach: empirical evidence from Nigeria
• Malaysia's commodity export performance during Asian currency crisis and US subprime mortgage crisis
• Price and quality of remanufactured products related to consumer behaviour
• Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977: does it provide a good model in regulating risk allocation provisions in oilfield contracts in Malaysia?

 

Special issue published: "Language, Technology and Competitiveness in Global Market Places"

International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 9(1) 2016

Extended versions of papers presented at the SIBR-Thammasat 2015 Conference on Interdisciplinary Business and Economic Research.

• Language variation among business abstracts
• New patterns of world trade and foreign direct investment growth in Egypt
• Perceptions of consumers in the financial industry under a qualitative data analysis methodology
• Global business vulnerabilities in cloud computing services
• Network competence based on resource-based view and resource dependence theory
• Mining economist opinions on using multi-agent methodology to simulate metal markets

Inderscience is media partner for China International Mining Expo 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for China International Mining Expo (23-25 May 2016, Beijing, China).

The journal involved is the International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering.

More information on this event is available here.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology are now available here for free:

• A metallic strain gauge-based experimental study of an analytic method for detection of urinary bladder dysfunction
• Electromyographic assessment on transfemoral amputees to possibly control artificial lower limbs
• Online service for brain cancer detection and its types prediction using support vector machine with enhanced naive Bayes classifier
• Reduction of electromagnetic radiation from GSM mobile phone on human brain by the use of Bluetooth headset and earphone
• Analysis of surgical motions in minimally invasive surgery using complexity theory
• A multiple signal classification approach for photoplethysmography signals in healthy and athletic subjects

Special issue published: "Dynamic Balancing of Mechanisms and Parallel Robots"

International Journal of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems 2(3/4) 2015

• Design and virtual implementation of a parallel robot in a medium boat for stabilisation purpose
• Dynamic balancing methodology of planar parallel manipulator using a constrained optimisation procedure
• Dynamically balanced obstacle crossing gait generation of a biped robot using neural networks 
• Dynamic balancing and link shape synthesis of slider-crank mechanism for multi-cylinder engines
• Using modelling and simulation to improve dynamic balancing of biped mobile robots

Additional papers

• Humanoid robots imitation of human motion using offline and real-time adaptation techniques
• Kinematics of the eccentric RPRPR chain with applications to robotics, materials handling and manipulation
• Towards development of a bio-inspired artificial muscle using IPMC for potential applications in robotics
• An efficient position solution for the fourbar linkage

Special issue published: "New Developments in PROMETHEE Methods"

International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making 5(4) 2015

Extended versions of papers presented at the MCDA Workshop on PROMETHEE: Research and Case Studies.

• The 'PROMETHEE' adventure
• Integration of prospect theory into PROMETHEE - a case study concerning sustainable bioenergy concepts
• Multi-actor multi-criteria analysis for sustainable city distribution: a new assessment framework 
• Modal choice in freight transport: combining multi-criteria decision analysis and geographic information systems
• Comparing principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling for the representation of PROMETHEE results
• PROMETHEE-compatible presentations of multicriteria evaluation tables

Inderscience is media partner for Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials (18-19 April 2016, London, UK).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
• Int. J. of Bioinformatics Research and Applications
• Int. J. of Biotechnology
• Int. J. of Data Mining and Bioinformatics
• Int. J. of Data Mining, Modelling and Management

More information on this event is available here.

Special issue published: "Gender, Governance and Agriculture"

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 11(3/4) 2015

• Gendered decision-making and division of labour in Cambodia and Thailand
• Gender relations and water management in different eco-cultural contexts in Northern Thailand
• Gender and representation in local water governance in rural Uganda
• Gender integration in livestock and fisheries value chains: emerging good practices from analysis to action
• Nutrition insecurity for women in the marginal agro-ecosystems of the Indian Himalayas
• Assessment of farmer preferred organisations and institutions by gender in different smallholder areas of Zimbabwe
• Empowering mountain women through community-based high value product value chain promotion in Nepal
• Endangered settlements and protected areas in Estonia: the challenge of maintaining cultural landscapes
• Institutional logics and practice variation in an agricultural cooperative: results of a Delphi study
• Examining the uneven growth rates of rubber trees: the case study at a plantation in North-Eastern Thailand

Special issue published: "Carbon Emissions and Air Pollution Control in the Course of China's Urbanisation"

International Journal of Global Energy Issues 39(1/2) 2016

• A weighted Gini coefficient and Theil index-based approach for estimating the spatial disparity in energy efficiency in China
• Prospect of China's energy conservation and emission reduction during the remaining years of the 12th Five-Year Plan period
• Coordinated development of energy-saving and emission-reduction evolution systems in the Yangtze River delta
• An assessment of CO2 emissions: is China's tertiary industry environmentally friendly?
• Environmental impact assessment with CO2 control of construction project and its application in China
• Research on carbon emission trading mechanisms: current status and future possibilities
• Efficient auction mechanisms for carbon emission trading scheme
• The optimal hedge for carbon market: an empirical analysis of EU ETS

Inderscience is media partner for Asthma & COPD 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Asthma & COPD (11-12 April 2016, London, UK).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
• Int. J. of Biotechnology
• Int. J. of Healthcare Technology and Management
• Int. J. of Medical Engineering and Informatics
• Int. J. of Technology, Policy and Management

More information on this event is available here.

Special issue published: "Gender Issues in Entrepreneurship"

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 27(2/3) 2016

• The influence of personal attitude and social perception on women entrepreneurial intentions in micro and small enterprises in Indonesia
• Gender differences in exogenous entrepreneurial motivation factors in the context of the post-2008 US recession business environment
• Women entrepreneurs' work-family management strategies: a structuration theory study
• Gender diversity and knowledge innovation barriers
• The rise of women and their impact on firms' performance
• A gender perspective of Slovenian high-growth firm's profitability
• Female entrepreneurship and the role of customer knowledge development, innovation outcome expectations and culture on intentions to start informal business ventures
• 'Just sisters doing business between us': gender, social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial resilience in rural Malaysia
• The effect of social capital on rural women's entrepreneurial orientation
• A road to empowerment: social media use by women entrepreneurs in Egypt
• Women start-ups in technology: literature review and research agenda to improve participation
• Bridging the gender funding gap: do female entrepreneurs have equal access to venture capital?
• Women entrepreneurs in Northern Canada: contexts and challenges
• Supporting opportunities for female entrepreneurs in Jordan
• Women and family business succession in Asia - characteristics, challenges and chauvinism

New Editor's Pick sample articles available from Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development

The following sample articles from the Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development are now available here for free:

• Admission criteria and performance predictors at a GCC executive MBA programme
• Entrepreneurial desirability and intent among youth in Bhutan
• Constraints in the growth of processed food sector and proposed export strategy: a case study of India
• Decision-making during small and medium-sized enterprises' internationalisation - effectuation vs. causation
• Opportunities, challenges, and extent of collaboration in La Palma's goat cheese sector: an exploratory study

Inderscience is media partner for Paediatric Clinical Trials 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Paediatric Clinical Trials (16-17 March 2016, London, UK).

The journals involved are:

• International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
• International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management
• International Journal of Services and Standards
• International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

More information on this event is available here.

Special issue published: "Interdisciplinary Research on Service Quality and Internationalisation"

Journal for Global Business Advancement 8(4) 2015

• The effect of perceived service quality on customer emotions, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty: a PLS-SEM approach towards a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand
• The effect of tangible and intangible service quality on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty: a SEM approach towards a five-star hotel in Thailand
• International joint venture marketing performance in China: a resource-based approach
• Some antecedents, moderators and consequences of market orientation in international joint ventures
• Creative industry internationalisation: the impact of regulative, normative and cognitive institutions in developed and developing economies
• Supply chain integration in healthcare industry in India: challenges and opportunities

International Journal of Immunological Studies to publish expanded papers from FIRN 2017

Extended versions of papers presented at the 10th International Conference, Frontiers in Immunology Research Network (1-4 July 2017, Island of Crete (Chania), Greece) will be published by the International Journal of Immunological Studies.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Global Energy Issues

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Global Energy Issues are now available here for free:

• Long-term expansion planning for the Syrian electric system using the optimisation model WASP-IV
• Empirical study on energy prices volatility of China during 1980-2010
• A VAR-SVM model for crude oil price forecasting
• The bubble process of international crude oil futures prices: empirical evidence from the STAR model
• Multifractal spectrum analysis of Brent crude oil futures prices volatility in intercontinental exchange
• Research on changes of international big oil companies' R&D input: the impacts of international oil prices
• The impact of international oil prices on petroleum industry concentration in China: an analysis based on convergence and cointegration
• Mean spillover effect between crude oil and gasoline markets: an empirical result
• A support vector machine-based ensemble prediction for crude oil price with VECM and STEPMRS
• Volatility analysis and forecasting models of crude oil prices: a review

Inderscience is media partner for Advances and Progress in Drug Design 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Advances and Progress in Drug Design (15-16 February 2016, London, UK).

The journals involved are:

• Int. J. of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
• Int. J. of Bioinformatics Research and Applications
• Int. J. of Biotechnology
• Int. J. of Computational Biology and Drug Design
• Int. J. of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

More information in this event is available here.

Thematic issue published: "New Avenues in International Management Research"

European Journal of International Management 10(1) 2016

Extended versions of papers presented at the 11th and 12th EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) Workshop on International Management.

• Managing multinational operations: from organisational structures to mental structures and from operations to innovations
• Are international top executives paid more? Empirical evidence on fixed and variable compensation in management boards of German MNCs
• Beyond adjustment: complex roles of personality and health-related strains in expatriate performance
• Global cities and liability of foreignness
• Contextualising the individual in international management research: black boxes, comfort zones and a future research agenda

Regularly submitted paper

• Virtuous and vicious learning cycles in the internationalisation of emerging market firms

New Editor for International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions

Dr. Jong-Hyouk Lee from Sangmyung University in the Republic of Korea has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions.

Inderscience is media partner for Parallel Trade 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Parallel Trade (8-9 February 2016, London, UK).

The journals involved are:

• International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
• International Journal of Biotechnology
• International Journal of Healthcare Policy
• International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management
• International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

More information on this event is available here.

New Editor's Picks now available as sample articles for International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics are now available here for free:

Most highly cited recent papers, 2014-2015

• Evaluating the service requirements of Taiwanese international port distribution centres using IPA model based on fuzzy AHP
• Technical change and bias in the container shipping industry in Taiwan
• European Union's policy on corporate social responsibility and opportunities for the maritime industry
• An exploratory analysis of the effects of modal split obligations in terminal concession contracts
• Adopting security practices for transport logistics: institutional effects and performance drivers The reduction of ship-based emissions: aggregated impact on costs and emissions for North Europe-East Asia liner services
• Service network design for an intermodal container network with flexible transit times and the possibility of using subcontracted transport

Most highly cited papers since 2009

• Complementarities and alignment of information systems management and supply chain management
• Fleet mix in container shipping operations
• Editorial: Research in shipping and transport logistics
• An empirical model of the bulk shipping market
• A study on the antecedents of supplier commitment in support of logistics operations

Int. J. of Powertrains to publish expanded papers from PMC 2016

Extended versions of papers presented at the 3rd Biennial International Conference on Powertrain Modelling and Control (8-9 September 2016, Loughborough, UK) will be published by the International Journal of Powertrains.

More information on this event is available here.

Special issue published: "Entrepreneurship and its Socio-Cultural Contexts"

Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 9(1) 2016

• The impact of culture on the creation of enterprises
• International high-technology entrepreneurs: hybrid identities and entrepreneurial activities
• The dynamic linkages between sociocultural values and successful business development and performance: case study of Mourid entrepreneurs in Senegal
• The 'fluid paradigm': the impact of national culture on small business management
• Is resistance futile? Acculturation and disadvantage theory in immigrant entrepreneurship
• The socio-cultural aspects of the female entrepreneurship model
• Buddhist socio-cultural influences on entrepreneurial actions and performance: case of rural Thailand

Int. J. of Immunological Studies to publish expanded papers from 9th FIRN conference

Extended versions of papers presented at the 9th International Conference, Frontiers in Immunology Research Network (1-4 July 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia) will be published by the International Journal of Immunological Studies.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Information Technology and Management

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Information Technology and Management are now available here for free:

• Building a knowledge map model situated in product design
• Information technology enabled process re-engineering for supply chain leagility
• Automated secured handoff delay reduction by minimising authentication cost in mobile WiMAX network entry process
• UP-GNIV: an expeditious high utility pattern mining algorithm for itemsets with negative utility values
• Design of multiplier-less continuously variable bandwidth sharp FIR filters using modified harmony search algorithm

Inderscience is media partner for European Smart Grid Cyber Security

Inderscience is a media partner for European Smart Grid Cyber Security (7-8 March 2016, London, UK).

The journals involved are:

• International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management
• International Journal of Information and Computer Security
• International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications
• International Journal of Social Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems
• International Journal of Security and Networks
• International Journal of Technology Management

Inderscience journals to publish expanded papers from 31st Business & Economics Society International Conference

Extended versions of papers presented at the 31st Business & Economics Society International (B&ESI) Conference (6-9 July 2017, Island of Crete (Chania), Greece) will be published by the following journals:

• Global Business and Economics Review
• Interdisciplinary Environmental Review
• International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research
• International Journal of Economics and Business Research

Special issue published: "Polymer and Composite Materials from Renewable Resources and Biorefinery: from Chemistry to Applications"

International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics 3(3) 2015

• Iridescent cellulose nanocrystal/polyethylene oxide composite films with low coefficient of thermal expansion
• Modified lignin for composite and pellet binder applications
• Monte Carlo adsorption affinity studio of modified nano-montmorillonite for the removal of chromate ions
• New strengthening mechanisms of nacre in the abalone shell

Additional paper

• Finite element simulation of intra-carpal tunnel pressure: the effects of individual finger flexion and histological changes

Inderscience is media partner for Fast Jet Pilot Training Eastern Europe 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Fast Jet Pilot Training Eastern Europe (9-10 June 2016, Prague, Czech Republic).

The journals involved are:

• International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation
• International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation
• International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems
• International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management
• International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control
• International Journal of System Control and Information Processing

Research Picks – January 2016

The reclaimed road to retention
Reclaimed asphalt road surfacing materials can be used with crushed with brick to make a pollution-trapping filter material for bioretention applications, according to Australian scientists. Bioretention systems are used increasingly in urban stormwater management systems to prevent runoff from roads and industrial sites and so to protect surrounding areas from flooding and exposure to toxic pollutants. Generally these systems rely on quarried materials, which is a drain on resources. Recycled materials would be a more sustainable alternative. Tests have been carried out on such reclaimed materials including particle size distribution, organic content, pH, specific gravity, flakiness index and hydraulic conductivity. In addition the materials’ ability to assimilate pollutants containing phosphorus and nitrogen have been assessed the materials demonstrated to be compliant with applicable environmental protection regulations.

Rahman, M.A., Imteaz, M.A. and Arulrajah, A. (2016) ‘Suitability of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled crushed brick as filter media in bioretention applications’, Int. J. Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp.32–48.


Mending a broken heart
Aortic tissue from a pig can be constituted with gold nanoparticles to make a transplantable material for arterial repair in humans, according to US researchers. “There is currently a need for better vascular and cardiac repair materials. These materials must be biocompatible and resist rupture, calcification, and degradation,” the team reports. As such, materials of biological origin such as porcine tissues offer just such a set of properties provided they are “decellularized” to preclude rejection by the patient’s immune system. The use of gold nanoparticles to reinforce the tissue has nothing but a positive effect on the structure and strength of the material, as demonstrated in laboratory tests, thus revealing great promise as a material for patching damaged or repaired arteries.

Ostdiek, A.M., Grant, S. and Grant, D. (2015) ‘Mechanical and in vitro characterisation of decellularised porcine aortic tissue conjugated with gold nanoparticles as a vascular repair material’, Int. J. Nano and Biomaterials, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.1–17.


Avoiding the innovative “sickie”
Researchers in The Netherlands have investigated the effect of workplace innovation on how well an organization performs and the frequency of employee absence due to sickness, the proverbial “sickie”. The findings suggest that organizations that are more proactive and innovative in the workplace perform better and see lower levels of staff sick leave. Interventions in terms of flexible working and smarter human resource management seem to be the key to this efficiency margin over less innovative companies. The team suggests that a national attitude to workplace innovation could give a whole country better opportunities to outperform other nations in the global marketplace if sufficient organizations adopt the requisite practices.

Oeij, P.R.A. and Vaas, F. (2016) ‘Effect of workplace innovation on organisational performance and sickness absence’, World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp.101–129.


Social power
Could a social media app that allows electricity consumers to share their efficiency targets and actual usage help nudge people to be “greener” in their use of this costly commodity in much the same weigh that dieting clubs help people lose weight by sharing the burden? That’s the novel idea from a collaboration between researchers in Cyprus and Greece who have developed the online application Social Electricity. The app helps users see what is considered normal and perhaps acceptable consumption and take steps to reduce their electricity footprint if they are shown to be consuming too much. A focus group of almost 200 electricity users tested over a six month period demonstrated how users could be encouraged to be more sensitive about the environment and adopt pro-environmental behavior.

Kamilaris, A., Pitsillides, A. and Fidas, C. (2016) ‘Social Electricity: a case study on users perceptions in using green ICT social applications’, Int. J. Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp.67–88.

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Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Big Data Intelligence

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Big Data Intelligence are now available here for free:

• MELA: elasticity analytics for cloud services
• Energy aware network scheduling for a data centre
• Terms analytics service for CouchDB: a document-based NoSQL
• An empirical experimentation towards predicting understandability of conceptual schemas using quality metric
• Optimising virtual machine allocation in MapReduce cloud for improved data locality

Special issue published: "Economy and Diplomacy in the Digital Communication Age"

International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 2(4) 2015

• Digital channels and technologies for commercial diplomacy: conceptualisation and future research propositions
• Digital public diplomacy on Twitter? The case of @sweden
• Electronic commercial diplomacy: a research model and an empirical analysis of embassy websites
• Rebranding strategy in the international context: the role of country image
• Additional papers
• The controversy over fiscal multipliers as a case of triangular diplomacy: the limits of co-regulation in the management of the eurozone
• Collective economic diplomacy of global south: India's role

Inderscience journals to publish expanded papers from 30th Business & Economics Society International (B&ESI) Conference

Extended versions of papers presented at the 30th Business & Economics Society International (B&ESI) Conference (8-11 January 2017, Abu Dhabi, UAE) will be published by the following journals:

• Global Business and Economics Review
• Interdisciplinary Environmental Review
• International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research
• International Journal of Economics and Business Research

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation are now available here for free:

• Differences in earnings management between audited and non-audited private manufacturing firms: evidence from Greece
• Human capital, pension information and firm valuation
• The evolving role of environmental management accounting in internal decision-making: a research note
• Valuation of various media advertising expenditures - UK perspective

Inderscience is media partner for Oil and Gas Cyber Security Europe 2016

Inderscience is a media partner for Oil and Gas Cyber Security Europe (27-28 June 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands).

The journals involved are:

• International Journal of Critical Infrastructures
• International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics
• International Journal of Information and Computer Security
• International Journal of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity
• International Journal of Security and Networks
• International Journal of Trust Management in Computing and Communications