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The Elicitation of Frontline, Customer-Contact, Hotel Employee Innovative Behavior: Illuminating the Central Roles of Readiness for Change and Absorptive Capacity

Although service innovations have been recognized to be important for the long-term strategic success of hospitality firms, to date, the elicitation of innovative behavior has received little attention in the extant hospitality research literature. In the current study, we used a matched set of responses from 294 frontline, customer-contact, hotel employees and their direct supervisors to address this lack. Consistent with extant human resource management (HRM) studies that have advocated the agent-centered perspective, this study’s results illuminate a causal chain through which employee self-reported (Time 1, Source 1) perceived high-investment human resource practices (HIHRP) augments individual frontline, customer-contact, hotel employee supervisor-rated (Time 2, Source 2) innovative behavior. This study contributes to the extant hospitality and HRM research literatures by elucidating individual hotel employee self-reported perceived HIHRP as a key proximal determinant and individual hotel employee supervisor-rated innovative behavior as a key proximal consequence of two positive organizationally relevant individual-level psychological outcomes: that is, frontline, customer-contact, hotel employee self-reported readiness for change and absorptive capacity. Findings, implications, and limitations as well as avenues for future research are discussed.
H∞ loop-shaping control of a buck-boost converter

In this paper, robust control techniques are used to design a buck-boost dc-dc power converter. The robust control techniques used in this paper are based on frequency-domain controller design ideas, and the stability margins of the two controllers designed in this paper allow us to guarantee that both controllers provide robust stability. That is to say, the transfer function of the power converter belongs to a set, which can be either structured or unstructured, and the internal stability of the feedback-controlled system holds for every plant in the above-mentioned set. In this paper we design both a proportional integral derivative (PID) controller and an H∞ controller, and the experimental results are satisfactory and show that the H∞ controller rejects disturbances at both the input and output of the plant better than the PID controller.
The guidance of desert ants by extended landmarks.

Desert ants (Cataglyphis fortis) were trained to follow a fixed route around a barrier to a feeder. Their homeward trajectories were recorded on a test field containing a similar barrier, oriented either as in training or rotated through 22 or 45 . Under one set of experimental conditions, the homeward trajectories rotated with the orientation of the barrier, implying that the visual features of this extended landmark can determine the route independently of compass cues: the barrier provided a "visual scene" that controlled the trajectories of the ants. Under other conditions, the trajectories after rotation were a compromise between the habitual compass direction and the direction with respect to the rotated barrier. Trajectories were determined primarily by the visual scene when ants were allowed to return close to the nest before being caught and tested. The compromise trajectories were observed when ants were taken from the feeder. It seems that ants exhibit at least two separate learnt responses to the barrier: (i) a habitual compass direction triggered by the sight of the barrier and (ii) a visual scene direction that is compass-independent. We suggest that the weighting accorded to these different learnt responses changes with the state of the path integration system.
Real-Time Optical Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

ABSTRACT Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing is in high demand in health care fields as antimicrobial-resistant bacterial strains emerge and spread. Here, we describe an optical screening system (oCelloScope) which, based on time-lapse imaging of 96 bacteria-antibiotic combinations at a time, introduces real-time detection of bacterial growth and antimicrobial susceptibility with imaging material to support the automatically generated graphs. Automated antibiotic susceptibility tests of a monoculture showed statistically significant antibiotic effects within 6 min and within 30 min in complex samples from pigs suffering from catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The oCelloScope system provides a fast high-throughput screening method for detecting bacterial susceptibility that might entail an earlier diagnosis and introduction of appropriate targeted therapy and thus combat the threat from multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. The oCelloScope system can be employed for a broad range of applications within bacteriology and might present new vistas as a point-of-care instrument in clinical and veterinary settings.
The Role of Affective and Cognitive Empathy in Physical, Verbal, and Indirect Aggression of a Singaporean Sample of Boys

ABSTRACT Bullying behavior is a serious form of school violence, affecting many children. This study investigated the contributions of 2 specific components of empathy (affective and cognitive empathy) on the 3 forms of aggressive behaviors in a sample of 241 Grade 4 and Grade 5 boys from Singapore. The 2 components of empathy differed in their relation with the 3 types of aggression. After accounting for cognitive empathy, affective empathy was associated with physical aggression. Neither affective empathy nor cognitive empathy was associated with verbal aggression. With control for affective empathy, cognitive empathy was associated with indirect aggression. Results suggest that empathy training based on specific deficits may be helpful in intervention and prevention of specific aggressive behaviors.
Serum mannose-binding lectin deficiency is associated with cryptosporidiosis in young Haitian children.

BACKGROUND Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a component of the innate immune response and binds microbial surfaces through carbohydrate recognition domains. MBL deficiency may contribute to susceptibility to a variety of infectious diseases, particularly in young children. MBL binds to the Cryptosporidium sporozoite and may be important in resistance to cryptosporidiosis. METHODS We studied the association of serum MBL levels and cryptosporidiosis in a case-control study of young Haitian children with cryptosporidiosis versus children who were control subjects. RESULTS Ninety-nine children were enrolled, as follows: 49 children with cryptosporidiosis, 41 healthy controls, and 9 children with diarrhea from other causes. Case children were more malnourished than controls, and 49% had persistent or chronic diarrhea. At enrollment, mean serum MBL levels were markedly lower in children with cryptosporidiosis (P = .002), as was the number of children with an MBL deficiency of < or = 70 ng/mL (P = .005). In multivariate analysis, the association of cryptosporidiosis and MBL deficiency persisted (P = .002; adjusted odds ratio, 22.4), as did the association of cryptosporidiosis with general malnutrition. The subset of children with cryptosporidiosis and MBL deficiency were more likely to be male (P = .025). CONCLUSIONS MBL may be an important component of innate immune protection against Cryptosporidium infection in young children. Additional studies are necessary to determine whether MBL intestinal losses, deficient epithelial expression, and/or genetic polymorphisms in the MBL gene contribute to MBL deficiency in cryptosporidiosis and other enteric infections in young children.
Barriers to adolescent self-harm preventative work in secondary schools in Wales: A grounded theory model of stigma

REPORT FOR THE JOURNAL PAPER Parker, R. 2018. A small-scale study investigating staff and student perceptions of the barriers to a preventative approach for adolescent self-harm in secondary schools in Wales - a grounded theory model of stigma. Public Health, 159, pp. 8-13.
Discoid meniscus in children: treatment and outcome.

INTRODUCTION Discoid meniscus is an atavistic anomaly in which the meniscus of the knee, predominantly the lateral meniscus, is discoid rather than semilunar in shape. The abnormality is diagnosed relatively infrequently and may even go unrecognized or be untreated. Treatment has consisted of either partial or complete meniscectomy performed either arthroscopically or by open arthrotomy. Our purpose was to examine the outcome of treatment for discoid meniscus in children. METHODS Since 1974, 34 children, including 2 with bilateral involvement, have been treated for discoid meniscus at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, a major pediatric referral centre. The average age of the children at the time of surgery was 11 years 4 months (range from 6 yr 2 mo-18 yr 6 mo). The average follow-up was 3 years (range from 1 mo-22 yr). The lateral meniscus was affected in 35 of the 36 knees. Treatment consisted of partial resection in 19 cases, complete resection in 13; 4 did not undergo resection. RESULTS There were 16 excellent, 10 good, 6 fair and 4 poor results at the time of most recent follow-up. In 2 cases degenerative changes were evident radiologically. CONCLUSION Partial resection of discoid menisci is preferable in children, but in complete dislocation of the entire menisci, total removal is necessary.
On the Wedge between Theoretical and Actual Prices and its Implications for Investment Decisions

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Trading Volume in Cryptocurrency Markets

We study the value of trading volume in cryptocurrency markets and contribute to a growing literature that aims to understand the role of cryptocurrencies as investment. The main results show that the interaction between lagged volume and past returns have a significant predicting power for future returns. Such predictive power is economically significant; an investment strategy that conditions on past returns and volume generates a substantial Sharpe ratio with zero correlation with Bitcoin and Ethereum dollar returns. These results are consistent with existing theoretical models that postulate that is primarily "speculation" on private information that generates the observed returns dynamics.
Mechanism of peptidoleukotriene-induced increases in pulmonary transvascular fluid filtration.

We examined the effects of leukotrienes C4 (LTC4) and D4 (LTD4) (1 microgram) on the pulmonary vascular filtration coefficient, a measure of vessel wall conductivity to water, and the alterations in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in isolated-perfused guinea pig lungs. We also assessed whether LTC4 and LTD4 increased the permeability to albumin in cultured monolayers of pulmonary artery endothelial cells. In Ringer-perfused and blood-perfused lungs, LTC4 resulted in increases in pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa) and the pulmonary capillary pressure (Pcap) measured as the equilibration pressure after simultaneous pulmonary arterial and venous occlusions. Pulmonary venous resistance (Rv) increased to a greater extent than arterial resistance (Ra) in both Ringer-perfused and blood-perused lungs challenged with LTC4. The greater increase in PVR in blood-perfused lungs corresponded with a greater elevation of lung effluent thromboxane B2 (TxB2) concentration. The LTC4-stimulated increase in PVR was prevented by pretreatment with meclofenamate (10(-4) M). LTD4 also induced rapid increases in Ppa and Pcap in both Ringer-perfused and blood-perfused lungs; however, Ppa decreased before stabilizing at a pressure higher than base line. The increases in Rv with LTD4 were greater than Ra. The LTD4-stimulated increases in Ra and Rv also paralleled the elevation in TxB2 concentration. As with LTC4, the increases in Ppa, Pcap, PVR, and TxB2 concentration were greater in blood-perfused than in Ringer-perfused lungs. Pretreatment with meclofenamate reduced the magnitude of the initial increase in Ppa, but did not prevent the response. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Foraging site displacement in common crane flocks

Optimal foraging theory predicts that an individual should resort to intraspecific kleptoparasitism when this foraging strategy helps to maximize its intake rate. Thus aggressor and victim should be foraging at lower and higher rates, respectively, than the flock average (intake rate maximization). Independent of the maximization principle, moreover, an aggressor should attack when its intake rate falls below a threshold critical for survival, and select a victim foraging at an intake rate high enough to ensure survival (starvation risk minimization). We tested both hypotheses using 324 aggressive displacements from feeding sites observed in flocks of common cranes, Grus grus, foraging on cereal fields. Aggressors attacked cranes feeding at higher rates than average birds. The immediate consequences of a successful attack were an increase in intake rate for the aggressor and a decrease for the victim. The intake rate of the aggressor prior to the attack was lower than both the mean intake rate of the flock and the minimum intake rate necessary to cover basic metabolic needs. After displacing its victim, the intake rate of the aggressor was higher than before the attack and also higher than the average intake rate of the flock. The intake rate of the aggressor after the attack was not higher than the mean intake rate of the flock, however, when the time spent on the attack was included. We conclude that cranes used a kleptoparasitic strategy to recover from temporary reductions in feeding rate. This was particularly the case below the threshold of intake necessary for survival. Copyright 1998 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
Prognostic value of complete remission with superior platelet counts in acute myeloid leukemia.

BACKGROUND Complete remission (CR) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is defined as having ≤5% leukemic blast cells in the bone marrow and return of normal hematopoiesis after the first induction cycle. There is a subset of patients, however, who achieve reduction of leukemic blast cells with a subnormal platelet count, designated as CR with incomplete platelet recovery (platelet count, ≤100,000/mcL; normal, 150,000-450,000/mcL), which is associated with inferior outcomes when compared with CR. Furthermore, there is another subset of patients with CR but superior platelet counts (≥400,000/mcL) whose prognostic significance is unclear. OBJECTIVE To establish whether CR with superior platelet counts is associated with better outcomes and can be used as a separate entity for prognostication. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 104 cases of AML was conducted. The highest platelet count during days 25-35 from initiation of induction chemotherapy (designated as day 30 platelet count) was documented. A multivariate analysis for other factors such as age, sex, risk categories, day 14+ plasma cell count (average plasma cell percentage at days 14-21), infections, allogeneic bone marrow transplant, and remission status was done. RESULTS Day 30 platelet count was found to be an independent predictor of survival in AML. On the multivariate analysis, the subgroup with superior platelet counts (≥400,000/mcL) was found to be associated with better outcomes. LIMITATIONS Results need to be validated in a larger cohort. CONCLUSIONS CR with superior platelet recovery (≥400,000/mcL) is a unique subcategory in itself and has prognostic significance. This may help better assess response to chemotherapeutic agents and aid in further decision-making regarding treatment.
Quantifying vapor drift of dicamba herbicides applied to soybean

Recent advances in biotechnology have produced cultivars of corn, soybean, and cotton resistant to the synthetic‐auxin herbicide dicamba. This technology will allow dicamba herbicides to be applied in new crops, at new periods in the growing season, and over greatly expanded areas, including postemergence applications in soybean. From past and current use in corn and small grains, dicamba vapor drift and subsequent crop injury to sensitive broadleaf crops has been a frequent problem. In the present study, the authors measured dicamba vapor drift in the field from postemergence applications to soybean using greenhouse‐grown soybean as a bioassay system. They found that when the volatile dimethylamine formulation is applied, vapor drift could be detected at mean concentrations of 0.56 g acid equivalent dicamba/ha (0.1% of the applied rate) at 21 m away from a treated 18.3 × 18.3 m plot. Applying the diglycolamine formulation of dicamba reduced vapor drift by 94.0%. With the dimethylamine formulation, the extent and severity of vapor drift was significantly correlated with air temperature, indicating elevated risks if dimethylamine dicamba is applied early to midsummer in many growing regions. Additional research is needed to more fully understand the effects of vapor drift exposures to nontarget crops and wild plants. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012; 31: 1023–1031. © 2012 SETAC
Theorizing Financial Crimes as Moral Actions

Abstract The paper maintains that all acts of financial crimes can be explained within a general theory of moral action and analyzed as such. In this regard, the paper presents such a theory – Situational Action Theory (SAT) – and argues that acts of financial crimes result from a perception-choice process involving rational deliberation and experimental habituation, themselves being the outcomes of interactions between individuals and their environments. To examine this argument, the paper draws on two recent high-profile fraud cases to critically discuss the extent to which these crimes should be meaningfully and innovatively analyzed as moral actions and the moral context in which they occur. The findings indicate that the feature most relevant to a criminogenic is its moral context in relation to the opportunities and frictions that it generates. As such, environmental factors along with psychosocial processes of moral education become particularly important in the explanation of why certain moral contexts emerge in particular kinds of settings at a particular point in time. In this regard, SAT can be used as a powerful overarching framework to gain a more comprehensive understanding of peoples’ choice processes to breach moral rules and devise effective crime prevention strategies to combat fraud.
Tris[4-bromo-2-(methyliminomethyl)phenolato-κ2 N,O]cobalt(III)

In the title compound, [Co(C8H7BrNO)3], the CoIII ion is coordinated in a slightly distorted octahedral environment by three N atoms and three O atoms from three bidentate 4-bromo-2-(methyliminomethyl)phenolate ligands. The dihedral angles between the benzene rings are 82.6 (2), 57.1 (2) and 62.9 (2)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by pairs of weak C—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers.
Associations of Depressive Symptoms, Trait Hostility, and Gender With C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 Response After Emotion Recall

Objective: To examine the effects of depressive symptoms and hostility on changes in C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin (IL)-6 in response to an acute laboratory stressor. Depressive symptoms moderate the effect of trait hostility on circulating levels of CRP and IL-6. Methods: The study included 307 men and 218 women, affording the opportunity to examine moderation by gender. Regression analyses were performed to examine depressive symptoms, hostility ratings, gender, and their interactions as predictors of CRP and IL-6 response to an emotion recall task. Analyses were adjusted for age, race, body mass index, and prerecall task levels of either CRP or IL-6. Results: The product term for Depressive Symptoms × Hostility × Gender was not significantly related to CRP nor IL-6 response. However, Depressive Symptoms × Hostility did interact to predict CRP response (p = .002); those with the combination of high symptoms of depression and hostility had the largest CRP response. The Depressive Symptoms × Gender interaction was also a predictor of both CRP (p = .001) and IL-6 (p = .04) response; for each inflammatory marker, depressive symptoms were significantly associated with higher CRP response in women, as compared with men. Hostility did not moderate depressive symptoms, nor gender for IL-6. Conclusions: Our findings extend prior research by suggesting that, broadly speaking, depression is related to inflammatory markers; however, this relationship seems complex. Depression seems to be related to inflammation more strongly among hostile individuals and more strongly among women than among men. CAD = coronary artery disease; CRP = C-reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin-6; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; SBP = systolic blood pressure; HR = heart rate.
Improving relationship quality during the crisis

ABSTRACT The economic crisis in Spain has had a considerable impact on the financial sector and has led to a deep and widespread restructuring in the industry. The combination of a vigorous expansion policy and the burst of the housing bubble brought about an economic depression with emotional consequences. As a result, customers have had to use their emotional intelligence to manage a range of emotions and this management has affected the perceived quality of their relationship with their bank. In this article, we develop a theoretical approach starting from the hypothesis that customers’ emotional intelligence influences relationship quality. We also explore the possible interactions between the variables that make up the macro-construct of relationship quality. Results from a sample of 1125 customers in a study using structural equations models allow us to confirm these relationships and to reflect on the need to generate strategies that can maximise customers’ positive emotional performance.
Effect of arm dominance on long-latency stabilizing reflex gain during posture

Handedness has been proposed as a laterality of motor control specialization: the dominant limb specializes in controlling limb trajectory using feed-forward mechanisms, while the non-dominant limb is specialized for position control, reliant largely upon feedback mechanisms. Experimental motor control research has tended to use the dominant arm, which could bias our understanding of control toward dominant-sided mechanisms. To determine if this is the case for our work on rapid motor responses, we here investigate the effect of laterality on long-latency reflexes, which are a rapid feedback response to perturbations of limb posture. Our results confirm previous work showing that environmental instabilities increase long-latency reflex gain, but we did not observe any difference between the dominant and non-dominant arm. Both arms displayed similar reflex responses during a stabilizing postural task, despite the proposed advantage of the non-dominant side for position feedback control. This suggests that the lateralized specialization of motor control is confined to different cortical pathways than those involved in this reflex response.