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The ICT enhancing the creativity through collective intelligence

Nowadays, society and organizations face an accelerated innovation that requires of professionals with new skills and attitudes, especially those related to collective creativity. However, educational environments are slowly integrating emerging paradigms limiting the contribution to the development of key skills related to innovation. Multiple investigations claim that teachers have conservative attitudes toward collaborative schemes, while employers generally recognize the effectiveness of creativity at work. Management of ideas is the core of creativity in innovation processes in the industry and in production and service management. This depends largely on the collective work and individual social skills, as well as on the capabilities that information technology and communication (ICT) provide. This article presents a process of collective ideas refinement (CIR) and combines paradigms of swarm creativity and social skills as a means to capture the participants’ emotions.
In vitro activity of U-76,252 (CS-807), a new oral cephalosporin

U-76,252 is the prodrug of U-76,253. MICs of U-76,253 were 0.015 to 0.06 microgram/ml for greater than or equal to 90% of the strains of Streptococcus spp. , Haemophilus influenzae, and Proteus mirabilis; 0.25 to 1 microgram/ml for Branhamella catarrhalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. , and Citrobacter diversus; 1 to 8 micrograms/ml for Staphylococcus spp. ; and 2 to greater than 16 micrograms/ml for other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and Aeromonas hydrophila; for 72% of the latter group, MICs were less than or equal to 4 micrograms/ml. MICs for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis were greater than 16 micrograms/ml.
Comparing Phylogenetic Codivergence between Polyomaviruses and Their Hosts

ABSTRACT Seventy-two full genomes corresponding to nine mammalian (67 strains) and two avian (5 strains) polyomavirus species were analyzed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods of phylogenetic inference. Our fully resolved and well-supported (bootstrap proportions > 90%; posterior probabilities = 1.0) trees separate the bird polyomaviruses (avian polyomavirus and goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus) from the mammalian polyomaviruses, which supports the idea of spitting the genus into two subgenera. Such a split is also consistent with the different viral life strategies of each group. Simian (simian virus 40, simian agent 12 [Sa12], and lymphotropic polyomavirus) and rodent (hamster polyomavirus, mouse polyomavirus, and murine pneumotropic polyomavirus [MPtV]) polyomaviruses did not form monophyletic groups. Using our best hypothesis of polyomavirus evolutionary relationships and established host phylogenies, we performed a cophylogenetic reconciliation analysis of codivergence. Our analyses generated six optimal cophylogenetic scenarios of coevolution, including 12 codivergence events (P< 0.01), suggesting that Polyomaviridae coevolved with their avian and mammal hosts. As individual lineages, our analyses showed evidence of host switching in four terminal branches leading to MPtV, bovine polyomavirus, Sa12, and BK virus, suggesting a combination of vertical and horizontal transfer in the evolutionary history of the polyomaviruses.
Vision-Based Leadership At Southeast Asia's Leading Service Enterprise: Etic Or Emic?

Corporate leaders are exhorted to espouse vision, but little is known about how vision is realized by leaders at different levels in Southeast Asian service sector. The present study tests relationships between perceived vision communication, motivation of employees and organizational alignment among supervisors, and satisfaction of their immediate subordinates at a headquarters branch of one of Southeast Asia’s leading hotel and resort groups. Motivation of employees directly predicts improvements in employee satisfaction. Aligning organizational systems is negatively correlated to perceived motivating behavior among hotel supervisors. Surprisingly, vision communication has no significant relationship with employee satisfaction. Future research directions and managerial implications are discussed.
Interaction Orientation and Firm Performance

Marketing managers are being required to demonstrate the profitability of their marketing actions down to the level of their individual customers and on an ongoing basis. At the same time, customers expect firms to increasingly customize their products and services to meet their demands. Firms still need to produce superior products, sell smarter, and understand the markets as a whole, but the ability of firms to orient themselves to interact successfully with their individual customers will differentiate them in the future. Advances in technology have resulted in increasing opportunities for interactions between firms and customers, between customers, and between firms. An interaction orientation reflects a firm's ability to interact with its individual customers and to take advantage of information obtained from them through successive interactions to achieve profitable customer relationships. First, the authors identify the components of interaction orientation: (1) customer concept, (2) interaction response capacity, (3) customer empowerment, and (4) customer value management. Second, they relate interaction orientation to both customer-level and aggregate-level performance measures. Third, they identify the antecedents of interaction orientation. Fourth, they examine the moderating effects of customer-initiated contacts and competitive intensity on the interaction orientation–performance linkage. The results are based on a survey of top marketing managers. The commonly held view that customer-based relational performance is related to customer-based profit performance is not supported. However, both customer-based relational performance and customer-based profit performance affect aggregate business-level performance positively. Interaction orientation is a phenomenon observed in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer firms. The extent of customer-initiated contacts moderates the interaction orientation–performance relationship.
Clinical effect of bovine amniotic membrane and hydrocolloid on wound by laser treatment: Prospective comparative randomized clinical trial

Bovine amniotic membrane (BAM) has been regarded as an ideal dressing material because it accelerates epithelization and has anti‐inflammatory, anti‐angiogenic, and strong analgesic effects. To evaluate the clinical effects of BAM and compare them to that of hydrocolloid dressings on wounds created by ablative laser treatments, 49 subjects with nevi or scars requiring ablative laser treatment were evaluated. To compare efficacy, we divided the body into six areas and included patients with two or more similar skin lesions in the same body area. After ablative laser treatments, BAM and hydrocolloid dressing were applied to the wounds with random allocation. Clinical assessments were performed at baseline, 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, and 13 days after treatment. Histologic changes were assessed by skin biopsy. BAM treatment induced faster epithelization than hydrocolloid treatment (6.7 vs. 9.2 days). Erythema and oozing faded more quickly, and the satisfaction score was higher in BAM‐treated sites than it was in hydrocolloid‐treated sites, without severe adverse effects. Histologic analysis confirmed epithelization and immunohistochemistry revealed different growth factor profiles between the two treatment modalities. BAM benefits wound healing following ablative laser treatment.
Effects of different steps in gender reassignment therapy on psychopathology: a prospective study of persons with a gender identity disorder.

INTRODUCTION At the start of gender reassignment therapy, persons with a gender identity disorder (GID) may deal with various forms of psychopathology. Until now, a limited number of publications focus on the effect of the different phases of treatment on this comorbidity and other psychosocial factors. AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate how gender reassignment therapy affects psychopathology and other psychosocial factors. METHODS This is a prospective study that assessed 57 individuals with GID by using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) at three different points of time: at presentation, after the start of hormonal treatment, and after sex reassignment surgery (SRS). Questionnaires on psychosocial variables were used to evaluate the evolution between the presentation and the postoperative period. The data were statistically analyzed by using SPSS 19.0, with significance levels set at P < 0.05. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The psychopathological parameters include overall psychoneurotic distress, anxiety, agoraphobia, depression, somatization, paranoid ideation/psychoticism, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility, and sleeping problems. The psychosocial parameters consist of relationship, living situation, employment, sexual contacts, social contacts, substance abuse, and suicide attempt. RESULTS A difference in SCL-90 overall psychoneurotic distress was observed at the different points of assessments (P = 0.003), with the most prominent decrease occurring after the initiation of hormone therapy (P < 0.001). Significant decreases were found in the subscales such as anxiety, depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and hostility. Furthermore, the SCL-90 scores resembled those of a general population after hormone therapy was initiated. Analysis of the psychosocial variables showed no significant differences between pre- and postoperative assessments. CONCLUSIONS A marked reduction in psychopathology occurs during the process of sex reassignment therapy, especially after the initiation of hormone therapy.
Azithromycin combination therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Bangladesh: an open-label randomized, controlled clinical trial.

BACKGROUND In recent studies, the combination of azithromycin and artesunate has proven to be a promising alternative for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. METHODS We conducted a randomized, controlled clinical trial assessing the efficacy of azithromycin-artesunate combination therapy. The study was conducted involving 228 patients aged 8-65 years. Patients were randomized to 1 of 2 cohorts at a ratio of 2:1, receiving either azithromycin-artesunate once daily for 3 days (30 mg/kg per day of azithromycin plus 4 mg/kg per day of artesunate) or an adult dose of 80 mg of artemether plus 960 mg of lumefantrine (4 tablets Coartem or the equivalent for children weighing <35 kg) twice daily for 3 days. RESULTS The 42-day cure rate by Kaplan-Meier analysis was 94.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 89.38%-97.44%) in the azithromycin-artesunate arm and 97.0% (95% CI, 89.45%-99.40%) in the control arm. Fever clearance times and parasite clearance times did not show any differences between the 2 arms (P=.59 and .95, respectively). No serious adverse events were seen, but the percentage of patients who developed any adverse event was higher in the control group (P=.03). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that azithromycin-artesunate is an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment for patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Bangladesh.
Client Satisfaction Exit Interviews: Assessing Quality of Public Health Institutions through Generated Feedback

The study does not find evidence that reported satisfactions are biased positively in the exit survey, especially for subjective questions regarding behaviour of health personnel. The responses are certainly not biased for relatively objective questions about infrastructure condition, supplies and services of the institutions. The survey does provide useful information on the determinants of consumer satisfaction with explanatory variables like dimensions of respondents’ characteristics, if respondents availed special benefits and cost incurred by them.
An Empirical Study of Exchange-Traded Adrs from India Market Reaction

Depositary Receipts have emerged as a favored vehicle to access developed stock markets for many emerging market companies. India has been no exception. While several Indian companies have issued ADRs in the 1990's only a few of these securities are listed in US exchanges. We study the return and volume dynamics of these exchangelisted ADRs of Indian origin. We find that the underlying stock returns, exchange rate and market indices in the US and India together often explain less than half of the movement in ADR returns. Returns and volumes also exhibit low cross-border correlations. Indian ADRs often enjoy large premiums, indicating effective market segmentation between the two countries. Finally ADR issuance often has a temporary positive effect on the underlying stock price, but usually does not materially alter the stock's relationships with the US and Indian markets.
Sustained epithelial β-catenin activity induces precocious hair development but disrupts hair follicle down-growth and hair shaft formation

During embryonic and postnatal development, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in several stages of hair morphogenesis from placode formation to hair shaft differentiation. Using a transgenic approach, we have investigated further the role of β-catenin signaling in embryonic hair development. Forced epithelial stabilization of β-catenin resulted in precocious and excessive induction of hair follicles even in the absence of Eda/Edar signaling, a pathway essential for primary hair placode formation. In addition, the spacing and size of the placodes was randomized. Surprisingly, the down-growth of follicles was suppressed and hair shaft production was severely impaired. Gene and reporter expression analyses revealed elevated mesenchymal Wnt activity, as well as increased BMP signaling, throughout the skin that was accompanied by upregulation of Sostdc1 (Wise, ectodin) expression. Our data suggest that BMPs are downstream of Wnt/β-catenin and that their interplay may be a critical component in establishing correct patterning of hair follicles through the reaction-diffusion mechanism.
A plea for simplicity in the classification of ankle fractures

1. Ashurst and Bromer's classification of ankle fractures is a useful one, but falls into the complexities of subdivision into sequential progression of severity, i.e. ‘degrees’ of fracture. 2. A similar criticism can be made of the Lauge-Hansen classification which has an added semantic disadvantage. Doubts are also cast upon the validity of the direct application of experimental results in cadaveric specimens to a clinical series. 3. A third classification, essentially a modified form of those preceding it but with both an anatomical and a functional basis is presented, in the belief that it can provide evidence of: (a) the mechanism of production and hence the achievement of reduction; and (b) the recognition of significant ligamentous damage, i.e. the recognition of major from minor, stable from unstable injuries—when used in association with radiographs taken while straining the ankle under anaesthesia. 4. An Appendix to the paper (pp. 210-211), giving a more detailed account of our revised classification, is included.
Do SOX 404 Control Audits and Management Assessments Improve Overall Internal Control System Quality

ABSTRACT: We address whether SOX 404(b) internal control audits under two auditing standards regimes and SOX 404(a) management assessments are associated with improved internal control system quality, an important and largely unstudied potential benefit. In 2013, the PCAOB disclosed that 15 percent of inspected control audits were ineffective, suggesting that the current control auditing standard may not be sufficient to induce implementation of high-quality control systems. We use an indirect measure of internal control system quality—future unaudited accruals quality—to proxy for internal control quality because sustained internal control improvements should be exhibited in future quarterly financial reports unaltered by contemporaneous financial statement audits. We find that internal control audits initially provided internal control quality benefits. After the 2007 auditing standards change, internal control quality deteriorated for ICFR audited versus unaudited firms. Finally, we find limited eviden.
Effects of Acquisitions on Product and Process Innovation and R&D Performance

Using a game theoretical model on firms' simultaneous investments in product and process innovation, we deduct and empirically test hypotheses on the optimal R&D portfolio, investment, performance, and dynamic efficiency of R&D for acquisitions and in independently competing firms. We use Community Innovation Survey data on Italian manufacturing firms. Theoretical and empirical results show that firms involved in acquisitions invest in different R&D portfolios and invest at least as much in aggregate R&D as independent firms. The empirical results do not support our hypothesis on dynamic efficiency since acquisitions lead to inferior R&D performance.
Sulfated progesterone metabolites in the pathogenesis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: Another loop in the ascending spiral of medical knowledge

Progress in medical knowledge can be represented by an ascending spiral in which every loop stands over previous data, adds new findings that deepen our understanding of a disease, and helps to design further research and therapeutic strategies. New loops are frequently inspired by novel approaches to accepted hypotheses and usually supported by the use of more advanced technologies, as seems to be the case in the article by Abu-Hayyeh et al. Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), a frequent liver disorder of pregnancy, implies an unpredictable risk of fetal distress, with premature deliveries and stillbirths. Its pathogenesis has been linked to effects of sex hormones during pregnancy, and in recent decades successive reports have revealed a role for progesterone derivatives. In this regard, the spiral started in 1970 when Sj€ovall and Sj€ovall reported increased sulfated metabolites of progesterone in serum and urine of Swedish patients with ICP, in contrast to normal pregnancies. Furthermore, this biochemical peculiarity was identified in two patients during an early stage of pregnancy, before the onset of pruritus and abnormalities in serum liver tests, suggesting that it could have predicted the development of ICP. In 1979, Giusti et al. reported that an increase in sulfated progesterone metabolites in plasma from Italian patients with ICP did not occur in patients with viral hepatitis in pregnancy, giving further support to its specificity in ICP. In the 1990s, a series of reports centered in Sj€ovall’s laboratory, in Stockholm, Sweden, using now more sophisticated and precise techniques applied to serum and urine from Chilean patients with ICP and their controls, clarified that a distinctive biochemical feature in ICP was the switch of progesterone metabolism toward a four-fold to 10-fold increase in serum and urine concentration of sulfated metabolites, with an increased ratio of 3a-hydroxysteroid sulfates to 3bhydroxysteroid sulfates, changes that were reversed after treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid. Among other important steps in this research line, Glantz et al., in Sweden, reported similar changes in the pattern of progesterone metabolites in urine of ICP patients, with a reversal after ursodeoxycholic acid administration, correlating with an improvement in maternal pruritus; and Abu-Hayyeh et al. also reported increased levels of progesterone sulfates in ICP patients studied in the United Kingdom. Therefore, this metabolic pattern has been detected in ICP patients from different geographic locations and ethnic origins. The present study identified three sulfated progesterone metabolites, 5a-pregnan-3a,-20a-diol-3,20disulfate, 5b-pregnan-3a-20a-diol-3-sulfate, and 5bpregnan-3a-20a-diol-3,20-disulfate, that were present in ICP patients in serum samples obtained even at 9-15 Abbreviations: ICP, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; PG, pruritus gravidarum.
Digging Deeper: Using Implicit Tests to Define Consumers' Semantic Network

Many physiological functions, such as the digestive function, are broad, complex scientific topics. Therefore, to build relevant, accessible claims about functional foods that relate to these functions, marketers need to understand what consumers know about them, in terms of the associated symptoms, diseases and health benefits. Such knowledge cannot be captured effectively through direct questioning; it requires implicit testing that can limit biases and reveal unconscious knowledge. For this study, 240 consumers were invited to participate in an implicit lexical decision task via an online platform, and their responses reveal that the concept of ‘immunity’ is associated in mothers' minds with three symptoms related to their personal experiences with their children. By measuring associations that emerge without pre-existing rational processes, this implicit measure offers a more precise picture of the semantic network for immunity, which consumers could not express explicitly in response to direct questioning. Thus the recommended protocol is not only new to market research but also adds substantial value to the tests that currently serve to dig into consumers' minds.
Factors influencing Chinese consumers' perceptions toward social media platforms for shopping

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between social media characteristics—interactivity, informativeness, and source credibility—and consumers’ perceived usefulness of social media platforms, and in turn, their electronic word-of-mouth intentions. Chinese consumers age over 18 who are WeChat users were asked to participate in the survey. A total of 543 questionnaires were received, and 502 of them were analyzed in SPSS. According to the result of factor analysis, informativeness was eliminated from the original three factors of social media characteristics. Regression analyses were then conducted to test the relationships among the remaining variables. The results indicated significant relationships between all of the variables. Significant direct impacts between social media characteristics and electronic word-of-mouth intention were also found in this study. INDEX WORDS: Social media characteristics, WeChat, Chinese consumers’ perceptions, Electronic word-of-mouth intention FACTORS INFLUENCING CHINESE CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR SHOPPING: A CASE STUDY OF WECHAT
PENGARUH AGENCY COST TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN BUMN DI BIDANG PERTAMBANGAN, INDUSTRI STRATEGIS, ENERGI DAN TELEKOMUNIKASI (PISET)

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of agency cost on firm performance. This research take sample from 10 companies from Mining, Strategic Industry, Energy and Telecomunication (PISET) which were published in financial report from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The method of analysis of this research used simple linier regression. The result of this research that negative significant effect of agency cost on firm performance. The negative effect was caused by the decrease of others income/(expense) and Advantage tax (expense). Keyword: agency cost, firm performance, simple linier regression