Inderscience journals to invite expanded papers from International Scientific Conference "Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Economics Engineering" for potential publication

Extended versions of papers presented at the International Scientific Conference "Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Economics Engineering" (9-10 May, 2019, Vilnius, Lithuania) will be invited for review and potential publication by the following journals:

• Int. J. of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies
• Int. J. of Learning and Change

Special issue published: "Knowledge Based Development, Theory and Applications on the Knowledge Economy"

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development 9(3) 2018

• Big data modelling the knowledge economy
• The economic role of small knowledge intensive firms in European member states
• The impact of entrepreneurship framework conditions in total early-stage entrepreneurship activity: an international approach
• Influence of knowledge sharing on organisational performance
• The influence of knowledge sharing on Portuguese healthcare organisations' performance
• A conceptual approach to integrating healthcare services: an investigation of the Portuguese case
• Applying open innovation to promote the development of a knowledge city: the Culiacan experience

Research pick: Improving Indonesian health - "Generic drugs in Indonesia: why physicians and pharmacists matters"

In 2014, Indonesia introduced National Health Insurance. One of the goals of the new program was to increase the use of generic, rather than expensive proprietary pharmaceuticals. In 2011, generic use was low at 14% whereas policymakers and purse-string holders felt that if the use of generics was broadened much greater savings could be made. A large survey of patients revealed that information from one’s physician has the biggest effect on whether or not patients opt for a generic version of the medication they require. Additionally, experience with a given pharmaceutical also has a significant impact on whether or not the generic drug is chosen in preference to the proprietary product.

Generic drugs are essentially identical to the products offered by large drug companies even after the drugs’ patents have long expired with one important difference that has an even more significant effect in the developing world – they are cheaper. It is critical that policymakers and healthcare workers push for greater use of generics products in order to cut the healthcare bill and allow healthcare to be more widely available through those cost savings.

Amelia, A. and Ronald, R. (2018) ‘Generic drug in Indonesia: why physicians and pharmacists matters’, Int. J. Monetary Economics and Finance, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp.307–315.

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management increases issues

The International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management has announced that it will be increasing issues from six to eight from 2019 onwards.

Special issue published: "Relationships in Web Based Communities"

International Journal of Web Based Communities 14(3) 2018

• Understanding the motivation in massive open online courses: a Twitter mining perspective
• Friendship acceptance on Facebook: men prefer cold calls from attractive women while women favour unattractive friends
• Moderating effect of gender on the relationship between extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness and Facebook use
• Social Capital: An Influence on Critical to Success Factors in Online Brand Communities
• We learn from each other: exploring interpersonal communications in online communities
• A tag-based recommender system framework for social bookmarking websites

New Editor for International Journal of Sustainable Design

Prof. Guangwei Huang from Sophia University in Japan has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Sustainable Design.

Research pick: Chemical risk assessment - "An approach to identify, prioritise and provide regulatory follow-up actions for new or emerging risks of chemicals for workers, consumers and the environment"

Researchers in The Netherlands and Italy are developing a new approach to identifying and providing prioritized regulatory follow-up actions for new or emerging chemical risks. The approach could benefit workers, consumers, and the environment. The team describes their approach as “a comprehensive and systematic approach for the identification of new or emerging risks of chemicals”.

First, new information is assimilated, then exposure and adverse effects are evaluated and prioritized, and where a problem is apparent an analysis of regulatory risk management options is undertaken so that timely recommendations of follow-up steps can be carried out to reduce or eliminate putative risks for a given substance.

L.G., Hogendoorn, E.A., Bakker, J., van Broekhuizen, F.A., Palmen, N.G.M., de Bruin, Y.B., Kooi, M., Sijm, D.T.H.M. and Traas, T.P. (2018) ‘An approach to identify, prioritise and provide regulatory follow-up actions for new or emerging risks of chemicals for workers, consumers and the environment’, Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp.248–269.

International Journal of Automation and Control increases issues

The International Journal of Automation and Control has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2019 onwards.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Automotive Composites

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Automotive Composites are now available here for free:

• Fatigue life prediction of composite material's adhesive joints in automotive applications
• An evaluation of polymer composites for car bumper beam
• Investigations into electrical discharge machining of fabricated AA 6061/10% Al2O3 aluminium-based metal matrix composite using OFAT approach
• Suitability assessments for advanced composite-metal hybrid material systems in automotive crash structural applications
• Draping simulation-supported framework for cost- and weight- effective composite design

Special issue published: "Heavy Vehicle Systems in Real-Time Applications"

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems 25(3/4) 2018

• An investigation on the fatigue performance of austempered ductile iron steering knuckle
• Parametric analysis of axial flux HUB motor for the electric vehicle in rural areas
• Automated multimodal background detection and shadow removal process using robust principal fuzzy gradient partial equation methods in intelligent transportation systems
• Anomalies detection from video surveillance using support vector trained deep neural network classifier
• Evaluation of outlier detection algorithms for traffic congestion assessment in smart city traffic data from vehicle sensors
• Robust detection and recognition of traffic signs on road panels
• Mapping the structure and evolution of heavy vehicle research: a scientometric analysis and visualisation
• Location optimisation for road side unit deployment and maximising communication probability in multilane highway
• Adaptive mobility-based intelligent decision-making system for driver behaviour prediction with motion nano sensor in VANET
• Corrosion, adhesion and erosion study of MZ and ML system using thermal plasma
• Evaluation of mechanical performance of friction welded AISI304L grade stainless steel joints
• Investigation of mechanical, morphological studies and electrochemical micro holing process parameters on Al6061-SiC-Gr hybrid metal matrix composites
• An experimental investigation on the performance of a CI engine when using LTC with a blend of diesel, biodiesel and ethanol
• Research on vehicle location-distribution problem based on uncertain demand and low carbon emission
• Secure and compact implementation of optimized Montgomery multiplier based elliptic curve cryptography on FPGA with road vehicular traffic collecting protocol for VANET application
• Investigation of energy availability for vapour absorption refrigeration system from engine exhaust

Additional paper

• Optimal design of passive suspension system of a 6 × 6 multi-wheeled all-terrain vehicle using genetic algorithm

Research pick: Celebrities over experts - "Measuring the comparative efficacy of an attractive celebrity influencer vis-à-vis an expert influencer – a fashion industry perspective"

Do attractive celebrity figures have more influence on public opinion than experts when it comes to consumer fashion choice? Given that influencer marketing is on the rise – essentially exploiting word-of-mouth from the words of well-known and favoured individuals – then understanding whether or not this kind of marketing is more effective when the influencer is a celebrity or a well-known fashion expert is an important topic of research for the fashion industry.

Researchers in India have surveyed several hundred individuals in the “Generation Y” cohort, those born after 1980, and looked at how they made their fashion choices in the wake of following celebrities and fashion experts on social media. Perhaps not unsurprisingly, the research established that attractive celebrity influencers have a much greater impact on the choices made by Gen Y individuals over fashion experts, pointing to the seemingly obvious idea that attractive celebrities can be used to market products more effectively than the less famous but more expert individual.

Trivedi, J.P. (2018) ‘Measuring the comparative efficacy of an attractive celebrity influencer vis-à-vis an expert influencer – a fashion industry perspective’, Int. J. Electronic Customer Relationship Management, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp.256–271.

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems increases issues

The International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2019 onwards.

International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing increases issues

The International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2019 onwards.

Research pick: Blue noise cancellation - "A blue noise pattern sampling method based on cloud computing to prevent aliasing"

A significant problem in computer graphics and digital photography is the presence of high-frequency “noise” in an image, which occurs in the form of random speckles or aberrant pixels that reduce the overall information content of the image especially when magnifying particular regions of the image for examination. The effect is manifest as a phenomenon known as aliasing and anti-aliasing techniques and filters are available to cope with it…to some extent.

Now, researchers in China have developed a new algorithm that utilises the distributed resources of cloud computing to sample blue noise and prevent image-distorting aliasing effects in a digital image. Their approach shows significant performance gains over conventional error-resilient encoding methods and native redundant encoding methods, they report.

Zhan, A., Hu, Y., Yu, M. and Zhang, Y. (2018) ‘A blue noise pattern sampling method based on cloud computing to prevent aliasing‘, Int. J. Innovative Computing and Applications, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.173-179.

International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering increases issues

The International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2019 onwards.

International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking increases issues

The International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2019 onwards.

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology increases issues

The International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2019 onwards.

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control increases issues

The International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2019 onwards.

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications increases issues

The International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2019 onwards.

International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering increases issues

The International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2019 onwards.