bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Trust, commitment, and customer knowledge
Authors: Nora Liza
Published: February 2019

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of customer trust, religious commitment, customer’s knowledge on customer intimacy and its impact on relational commitment and repurchase intention, especially in Sharia banks in Indonesia.

Design/methodology/approach

This study was conducted in Sharia Banks in Jakarta Bogor, Tangerang Bekasi (Jabotabek) area. The population of this study covered all bank customers. Because of the large population, the researchers took samples of the population. The partial least square (PLS) analysis tool was also appropriate to be used to analyze data from smaller samples. In total, 100 respondents were selected using a snow bowling sampling technique in August–September 2017.

Findings

Higher customer trust enhances the customer intimacy. Stronger religious commitment also strengthens the customer intimacy. It has been confirmed that customer intimacy enhanced the relational commitment among clients in Sharia banks in Indonesia. The results show that high customer knowledge is able to encourage customer intimacy, and high customer intimacy is also able to encourage repurchase intention. On the other hand, it was found that customer knowledge was not directly able to increase the intention of repeat purchase. However, from the mediation test (indirect effect) is seen with high customer knowledge, supported by the high customer intimacy, it can indirectly increase the high repurchasing intention.

Originality/value

There are some research gaps that were considered as the theoretical foundation and research framework in this study. The focus of this study was on the role of customer intimacy in mediating the influence of trust and religious commitment on relational commitment. Based on the empirical review, this study attempted to develop customer intimacy antecedents by testing religious commitment, which becomes the originality of this study. This study was done based on some empirical results indicating that the antecedent of customer intimacy still varied while it needed to be immediately developed. Furthermore, the inconsistencies in the correlation between customer intimacy and relational commitment were later re-examined in the context of Islamic banks. It was assumed that the test would result in different findings as the test was done in a different countries and institutions.
Usage, captures, mentions, social media and citations of LIS highly cited papers: an altmetrics study
Authors: Saberi Mohammad Karim , Ekhtiyari Faezeh
Published: February 2019

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usage, captures, mentions, social media and citations of highly cited papers of Library and information science (LIS).

Design/methodology/approach

This study is quantitative research that was conducted using scientometrics and altmetrics indicators. The research sample consists of LIS classic papers. The papers contain highly cited papers of LIS that are introduced by Google Scholar. The research data have been gathered from Google Scholar, Scopus and Plum Analytics Categories. The data analysis has been done by Excel and SPSS applications.

Findings

The data indicate that among the highly cited articles of LIS, the highest score regarding the usage, captures, mentions and social media and the most abundance of citations belong to “Citation advantage of open access articles” and “Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems.” Based on the results of Spearman statistical tests, there is a positive significant correlation between Google Scholar Citations and all studied indicators. However, only the correlation between Google Scholar Citations with capture metrics (p-value = 0.047) and citation metrics (p-value = 0.0001) was statistically significant.

Originality/value

Altmetrics indicators can be used as complement traditional indicators of Scientometrics to study the impact of papers. Therefore, the Altmetrics knowledge of LIS researchers and experts and practicing new studies in this field will be very important.
Role negotiation and systems-level work-life balance
Authors: Robertson Kirsten M. , Lautsch Brenda A. , Hannah David R.
Published: February 2019

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the processes underlying a systems perspective on work–life balance (WLB), with a particular focus on the tensions and role negotiations that arise within and across work and non-work roles.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors employed a qualitative methodology, conducting 42 interviews with lawyers at large law firms, which is a context notorious for long work hours.

Findings

While a cornerstone of a systems view is that balance is social in nature, and that negotiations occur among stakeholders over role expectations, the process through which this happens has remained unexamined both theoretically and empirically. The authors learned that negotiating around work and non-work role expectations are often contested, complex and fluid. The authors contribute to the literature by elaborating on how these negotiations happen in the legal profession, describing factors that inhibit or facilitate role negotiation and exploring how interdependencies within work systems and across work and non-work systems shape these negotiation processes.

Originality/value

The findings offer a more nuanced conceptualization of the system-level perspective on WLB, and in particular an enriched explanation of work and non-work role negotiation. The authors encourage employers who are interested in promoting WLB to ensure that their employees feel empowered to negotiate their roles, particularly with others in their work systems.
Battle for truth: poetic interruptions into symbolic violence through sound portraits
Authors: Baker Alison
Published: February 2019

Purpose

Racialised misrepresentation circulated en masse can be understood as a form of symbolic and cultural violence. Such misrepresentations create a dominant cultural narrative that positions people of African background as violent and troubled and therefore incompatible with Australian society. Young people from various groups have been using arts-for-social-change to challenge and dismantle these imposed misrepresentation and reconstruct narratives that reflect their lived experiences. The purpose of this paper is to explore sound portraits, both the process and product, by tracing the journey of New Change, arts collective comprised of young women of African heritage, who have been pushing for social change.

Design/methodology/approach

This collaborative research mobilises arts methodologies, bringing together sound arts, audio documentary and narrative research methods. Data gathering included arts artefacts and interviews with the young women and sound recordings from news media to craft a sound portrait entitled “Battle for truth”.

Findings

Battle for Truth is a sound portrait that serve as the findings for this paper. Sound portraits privilege participants’ voices and convey the complexity of their stories through the layering of voices and other soundscapes. This sound portrait also includes a media montage of racialised misrepresentation.

Social implications

Through their restorying, sound portraits are a way to counter passive and active forgetting and wilful mishearing, creating a space in the public memory for polyphonic voices and stories that have been shutout. Sound portraits necessitate reflexivity and dialogue through deep listening, becoming important sites for reimagining possibilities for social change and developing new activist avenues.

Originality/value

This paper brings together sonic methods, liberation arts and social justice perspectives to attend to power, race, gender and voice.
The nexus between customer equity and brand switching behaviour of millennial Muslim consumers
Authors: Saeed Munazza , Binti Abdul Ghani Azmi Ilhaamie
Published: February 2019

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of customer equity on the brand-switching behaviour of millennial Muslim consumers in Pakistan and Malaysia using the theory of planned behaviour framework.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from 706 millennial Muslim consumers from two universities in each country through a self-administered questionnaire using a multi-cluster probability sampling and were analysed using structural equation modelling.

Findings

The findings demonstrate that the customer equity dimensions (awareness of American brands, perceived quality and image of American brands) are significantly different between the two countries, and moreover, customer equity strongly influences the brand-switching intention behaviour in both countries, and this consequently influences the actual brand-switching behaviour.

Practical implications

This study is important for those firms who have many prospective switchers and Muslim consumers, because it is essential to understand why brand-switching behaviour occurs, and to what extent such firms can discourage such consumers from leaving the brand.

Originality/value

This is the first paper of its kind to examine the brand-switching behaviour of millennial Muslim consumers in two different cultures.
A quarter century of management research in South Asia – II: India and Pakistan
Authors: Menon Sanjay T.
Published: February 2019

Purpose

In part-I of this review series, research from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka was reviewed. The purpose of this paper which is part-II of the series, is to review management research from India and Pakistan over a 25-year period from 1990 to 2014.

Design/methodology/approach

A systematic review approach was adopted for this research. As a quality standard for inclusion, articles were restricted to journals rated A*, A, or B by the Australian Business Deans Council in 2013 and either Q1 or Q2 in the Scopus/Imago classification system. The divisions and interest groups of the Academy of Management were used as framework to organize the search results.

Findings

A total of 1,039 articles related to India (n= 930) and Pakistan (n= 112) emerged from the search process, with three articles being related to both countries. The research was published in 163 different journals that met the quality criteria. The period under review coincides with the advent of economic liberalization in India and this emerged as a major theme in the India-related research. Other context-specific insights for these two countries are also derived from an ecological and institutional theory perspective.

Originality/value

This research represents the first comprehensive and systematic review of management research in India and Pakistan. As in part-I, the unique review approach allows for strict adherence to a predetermined quality standard while including a wide variety of journals and research traditions.
The impact of knowledge management system on student performance
Authors: Jain Namita , Gupta Vikas
Published: February 2019

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the role of knowledge management system (KMS) on the performance of students in higher educational institutions (HEIs).

Design/methodology/approach

Building on the extensive review of literature, the authors explored the factors of KMS to arrive at the conceptual model which was then validated using structural equation modeling. For the quantitative analysis, data were collected from undergraduate students using questionnaires distributed both through online and offline modes.

Findings

Empirical evidence supports the view that KMS have a direct and significant impact on the student performance (SP) in HEIs.

Research limitations/implications

The data are limited to 311 undergraduate students from the University of Delhi, India.

Practical implications

With the onset of national rankings framework like NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) and the attempt to achieve global recognition in THE (Times Higher Education), Quacquarelli Symonds and other world university rankings, the HEIs are trying hard to improve their performance comprehensively. In such a scenario, this paper provides insights into how HEIs can enhance performance of its students by harnessing KMS.

Originality/value

The current paper empirically validates the effect of KMS on the performance of students in an educational institution. While the impact of KMS on performance is measured empirically in corporations, such studies are scanty in academic centers. Moreover, while measuring the performance in HEIs using KM, the focus on ranking parameters has never been there. Such an orientation is essential as the rankings are getting wide acceptance from a global audience.
The theory of planned behavior and knowledge sharing
Authors: Nguyen Tuyet-Mai , Nham Phong Tuan , Hoang Viet-Ngu
Published: February 2019

Purpose

The theory of planned behavior (TPB) is the most frequently used model in knowledge sharing. However, the empirical results are inconclusive on whether TPB can provide reasonable prediction of knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). This study aims to examine TPB in knowledge sharing and identify potential moderators of relationships among constructs in TPB.

Design/methodology/approach

This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 26 studies examining TPB in knowledge sharing. A meta-analytical structural equation model (MASEM) was used to test original and modified TPB models and examine potential moderators.

Findings

The results show that attitude has the strongest relationship with intention, followed by perceived behavior control and then subjective norms. Intention shows the strongest association with KSB, followed by perceived behavior control. The moderator roles of culture, economic wealth and information technology support are found in the model.

Originality/value

This study is the first attempt to provide a systematic review and MASEM in TPB in knowledge sharing.
Factors associated with relapses among patients treated for acute urticaria
Authors: Maillet Florent , Wolff Dorian , Soria Angele , Adnet Frederic , Panayotopoulos Virginie , Gobert Delphine , Lapostolle Frederic , Reuter Paul‐Georges , Ghazali Aiham , Caux Frederic , Fain Olivier , Javaud Nicolas
Published: February 2019

The benefit of corticosteroids in acute urticaria is controversial. Our objective was to determine the factors associated with relapses in patients presenting with acute urticaria. A retrospective observational study, including all patients with acute urticaria who visited the angioedema reference center of Academic Public Hospitals – Saint‐Antoine in Paris between January 2015 and June 2017, was conducted. The study inclusion criterion was a diagnosis of acute urticaria in an adult patient. The urticaria was spontaneous or inducible urticaria. The primary outcome was relapse at day 7 and the secondary outcome was relapse at week 6. A total of 184 patients with a first episode of acute urticaria were included. Most of the patients were female (66%) with a mean age of 42 ± 16 years. Corticosteroid administration for treatment of acute urticaria was used in 102 (55%) patients. Overall, 85 (46%) patients had relapses after less than 7 days whereas 168 (91%) patients had relapses after more than 6 weeks. In univariate analysis, the rate of corticosteroid administration was significantly higher in cases of relapse after less than 7 days. No difference in relapse rates after more than 6 weeks appeared. In the multivariate analysis, the independent factor associated with relapses after less than 7 days was the administration of corticosteroids as treatment of acute urticaria (odds ratio, 1.93; 95% confidence interval, 1.06–3.57; P = 0.03). The prevalence of corticosteroid administration for patients with acute urticaria was high. Corticosteroid administration was an independent risk factor associated with relapses after less than 7 days.
What Do Australian Economics PhDs Do?
Authors: Clements Kenneth , Si Jiawei
Published: February 2019

Australian universities now produce about 100 economics PhD graduates each year. Many graduates, perhaps most, aspire to an academic position. How many ultimately achieve this ambition? Relatedly, how long does the PhD take to complete, how many publications emerge from the research and how useful do graduates regard their PhD studies—was it time well spent? These questions relate to the social value of the substantial investment devoted to PhD training in economics, questions which have gone largely unaddressed up to now. The article also contains information on recent trends in graduate numbers and identifies which universities have consistently been the leading producers.
The role of knowledge of connectives in comprehension of a German narrative text
Authors: Kohnen Nicole , Retelsdorf Jan
Published: February 2019

Background

Connectives, such as because or although, explicitly indicate how to semantically link individual segments of a text. Knowledge of connectives has been shown to significantly contribute to variance explanation in comprehension of English and Dutch texts, particularly amongst monolingual students and students with high metacognitive knowledge. The present study assessed the applicability of these findings to German narrative texts.

Methods

Structural equation modelling was performed on a study of 456 ninth graders. Tasks mainly consisted of standardised tests.

Results

Controlling for general vocabulary knowledge, reading fluency and knowledge of reading strategies, knowledge of connectives significantly and positively related to text comprehension for monolingual students, whereas there was no significant effect for bilinguals. Knowledge of connectives did not interact with knowledge of reading strategies.

Conclusions

It may be beneficial to teach deep knowledge of connectives, in combination with further language knowledge essential to understand individual elements of a text, for example, vocabulary.
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by the inherited aortopathy Loeys–Dietz syndrome
Authors: Cauldwell M , Steer PJ , Curtis S , Mohan AR , Dockree S , Mackillop L , Parry H , Oliver J , Sterrenburg M , Bolger A , Siddiqui F , Simpson M , Walker N , Bredaki F , Walker F , Johnson MR
Published: February 2019

Objective

Pregnancies in women with Loeys–Dietz syndrome (LDS) are rare and are typically documented in case reports only. Early reports suggested high rates of maternal complications during pregnancy and the puerperium, including aortic dissection and uterine rupture, but information on fetal outcomes was very limited.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Eight specialist UK centres.

Sample

Pregnant women with LDS.

Methods

Data was collated on cardiac, obstetric, and neonatal outcomes.

Main outcome measures

Maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by LDS.

Results

Twenty pregnancies in 13 women with LDS were identified. There was one miscarriage, one termination of pregnancy, and 18 livebirths. In eight women the diagnosis was known prior to pregnancy but only one woman had preconception counselling. In four women the diagnosis was made during pregnancy through positive genotyping, and the other was diagnosed following delivery. Five women had a family history of aortic dissection. There were no aortic dissections in our cohort during pregnancy or postpartum. Obstetric complications were common, including postpartum haemorrhage (33%) and preterm delivery (50%). In all, 14/18 (78%) of deliveries were by elective caesarean section, at a median gestational age at delivery of 37 weeks. Over half the infants (56%) were admitted to the neonatal unit following delivery.

Conclusion

Women with LDS require multidisciplinary specialist management throughout pregnancy. Women should be referred for preconception counselling to make informed decisions around pregnancy risk and outcomes. Early elective preterm delivery needs to be balanced against a high infant admission rate to the neonatal unit.

Tweetable abstract

Pregnancy outcomes in women with Loeys–Dietz syndrome.
State‐led wage devaluation in Southern Europe in the wake of the Eurozone crisis
Authors: AFONSO ALEXANDRE
Published: February 2019

South European labour markets have gone through a substantial level of downward adjustment in wages (internal devaluation) and liberalisation in the aftermath of the Eurozone crisis. Yet, there have been differences in the extent of change between Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. These differences cannot be explained by the size of the economic crisis alone. While existing analyses focus on the extent of external pressure or party ideologies, this article focuses on the pre‐existing level of regulation by the state as opposed to regulation by social partners. It shows that devaluation and liberalisation were the most extensive in countries where governments possessed more tools to force down wages (statutory job protection, state regulations of collective bargaining, minimum wages), sometimes even against the will of employers. In contrast, countries with a higher level of autonomy for social partners (and fewer policy instruments available to governments to influence wages) devalued less. In some cases, the crisis led to more power to the state, rather than less. The article shows that state intervention can be a facilitator rather than a barrier to wage adjustment.
Integration of SWAT and HSPF for Simulation of Sediment Sources in Legacy Sediment‐Impacted Agricultural Watersheds
Authors: Sarkar Saumya , Yonce Hillary N. , Keeley Ann , Canfield Timothy J. , Butcher Jonathan B. , Paul Michael J.
Published: February 2019

A total maximum daily load for the Chesapeake Bay requires reduction in pollutant load from sources within the Bay watersheds. The Conestoga River watershed has been identified as a major source of sediment load to the Bay. Upland loads of sediment from agriculture are a concern; however, a large proportion of the sediment load in the Conestoga River has been linked to scour of legacy sediment associated with historic millpond sites. Clarifying this distinction and identifying specific segments associated with upland vs. channel sources has important implications for future management. In order to address this important question, we combined the strengths of two widely accepted watershed management models — Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for upland agricultural processes, and Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) for instream fate and transport — to create a novel linked modeling system to predict sediment loading from critical sources in the watershed including upland and channel sources, and to aid in targeted implementation of management practices. The model indicates approximately 66% of the total sediment load is derived from instream sources, in agreement with other studies in the region and can be used to support identification of these channel source segments vs. upland source segments, further improving targeted management. The innovated linked SWAT‐HSPF model implemented in this study is useful for other watersheds where both upland agriculture and instream processes are important sources of sediment load.
Genetic Types and Metallogenic Model for the Polymetallic Copper–Gold Deposits in the Tongling Ore District, Anhui Province, Eastern China
Authors: FU Zhongyang , XU Xiaochun , HE Jun , FAN Ziliang , XIE Qiaoqin , DU Jianguo , CHEN Fang
Published: February 2019

The Tongling ore district is one of the most economically important ore areas in the Middle–Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt, eastern China. It contains hundreds of polymetallic copper–gold deposits and occurrences. Those deposits are mainly clustered (from west to east) within the Tongguanshan, Shizishan, Xinqiao, Fenghuangshan, and Shatanjiao orefields. Until recently, the majority of these deposits were thought to be skarn‐ or porphyry–skarn‐type deposits; however there have been recent discoveries of numerous vein‐type Au, Ag, and Pb‐Zn deposits that do not fall into either of these categories. This indicates that there is some uncertainty over this classification. Here, we present the results of several systematic geological studies of representative deposits in the Tongling ore district. From investigation of the ore‐controlling structures, lithology of the host rock, mineral assemblages, and the characteristics of the mineralization and alteration within these deposits, three genetic types of deposits (skarn‐, porphyry‐, and vein‐type deposits) have been identified. The spatial and temporal relationships between the orebodies and Yanshanian intrusions combined with the sources of the ore‐forming fluids and metals, as well as the geodynamic setting of this ore district, indicate that all three deposit types are genetically related each other and constitute a magmatic–hydrothermal system. This study outlines a model that relates the polymetallic copper–gold porphyry‐, skarn‐, and vein‐type deposits within the Tongling ore district. This model provides a theoretical basis to guide exploration for deep‐seated and concealed porphyry‐type Cu (–Mo, –Au) deposits as well as shallow vein‐type Au, Ag, and Pb–Zn deposits in this area and elsewhere.
Lipid Biomarkers and Their Stable Carbon Isotopes in Ancient Seep Carbonates from SW Taiwan, China
Authors: GUAN Hongxiang , XU Lanfang , WANG Qinxian , CHEN Duofu , WU Nengyou , MAO Shengyi
Published: February 2019

Four massive brecciated, chimney‐like, and slender pipe network carbonate samples (JA‐4, JA‐5, JX‐8 and BG‐12) were collected from southwestern Taiwan, which were suggested to have formed as a result of anaerobic oxidization of methane (AOM). Considering that the environmental conditions of the carbonates precipitation and the sources of carbon and organic matter need to be further declared, molecular fossils and compound‐specific carbon isotopic investigations of the carbonates were conducted in this study. According to lipid biomarkers of 2,6,10,15,19‐pentamethyleicosane (PMI) and squalane diagnostic to methanotrophic archaea, as well as the extremely low δ13C values (as low as –113.4‰) detected in samples JA‐4, JA‐5 and JX‐8, these carbonates were revealed to be a result of AOM. Based on the varied δ13C values of characteristic archaea biomarkers in specific samples, biogenic methane was proposed to be responsible for the formation of samples JA‐4 and JA‐5, whereas a mixed carbon source of 13C‐depleted methane and 13C‐enriched residual CO2 from methanogenesis was suggested for the carbonate of JX‐8 due to the co‐occurrence of a highly positive δ13Ccarb value (+8‰) and a moderate 13C depletion of PMI. The low content of AOM‐related biomarkers and the absence of indicators for ANME‐2 suggested that these carbonates were formed in weak seep settings. By comparison, no typical lipid biomarkers for methanotrophic archaea was detected in carbonate BG‐12. The short‐chain and long‐chain n‐alkanes accounted for 30% and 45% of all hydrocarbons, respectively, with a CPI value of 1.2, suggesting that the n‐alkanes were derived from both marine organisms and terrestrial inputs. A low thermal maturity could be revealed by the incomplete equilibrium value of the C31αβ 22S/(22S+22R) ratio (0.5), and the carbonate BG‐12 was probably deposited in a suboxic condition indicated by a value of Pr/Ph ratio (2.5).
How will Benthic Foraminifera Respond to Warming and Changes in Productivity?: A Laboratory Culture Study on Cymbaloporetta plana
Authors: KURTARKAR R. Sujata , SARASWAT Rajeev , KAITHWAR Amrata , NIGAM Rajiv
Published: February 2019

Anthropogenic activities are likely to cause global warming. Global warming will affect marine productivity and thus food availability for marine organisms. Both the seawater temperature and food availability affect benthic foraminifera, the most abundant marine calcareous microorganisms. Therefore, a laboratory culture experiment was conducted on Cymbaloporetta plana to understand the coupled effect of temperature (25°C, 27°C, 30°C) and food (102±5, 203±9, 305±14, 407±18, 508±23 diatom cells). At all temperatures, growth increased with increase in food. The specimens subjected to 27°C temperature attained the maximum growth and those subjected to 25°C were the smallest. All specimens fed with 508±23 cells reproduced, 0irrespective of temperature. Of all the specimens without food, 40% at 27°C and 20% at 25°C reproduced, whereas specimens subjected to 30°C did not reproduce. The 100% rate of reproduction at 27°C suggests that it is the optimum temperature for growth and reproduction. All the specimens at 30°C and without additional food, died, whereas at 25°C and 27°C, the mortality rate was 80% and 60%, respectively. The limited growth and reproduction with decreasing food clearly indicates that food availability also controls the growth and reproduction of shallow water benthic foraminifer C. plana. Therefore, warming coupled with decreasing productivity is likely to severely affect the growth and abundance of shallow water benthic foraminifera.
2018 APLAR axial spondyloarthritis treatment recommendations
Authors: Tam Lai Shan , Wei James Cheng‐Chung , Aggarwal Amita , Baek Han Joo , Cheung Peter P. , Chiowchanwisawakit Praveena , Dans Leonila , Gu Jieruo , Hagino Noboru , Kishimoto Mitsumasa , Reyes Heizel Manapat , Soroosh Soosan , Stebbings Simon , Whittle Samuel , Yeap Swan Sim , Lau Chak Sing
Published: February 2019

Introduction

Despite the availability of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) recommendations proposed by various rheumatology societies, we considered that a region‐specific guideline was of substantial added value to clinicians of the Asia‐Pacific region, given the wide variations in predisposition to infections and other patient factors, local practice patterns, and access to treatment across countries.

Materials and methods

Systematic reviews were undertaken of English‐language articles published between 2000 and 2016, identified from MEDLINE using PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane databases. The strength of available evidence was graded using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach. Recommendations were developed through consensus using the Delphi technique.

Results

Fourteen axial SpA treatment recommendations were developed based on evidence summaries and consensus. The first 2 recommendations cover non‐pharmacological approaches to management. Recommendations 3 to 5 describe the following: the use of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs as first‐line symptomatic treatment; the avoidance of long‐term corticosteroid use; and the utility of conventional synthetic disease‐modifying anti‐rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) for peripheral or extra‐articular manifestations. Recommendation 6 refers to the indications for biological DMARDs (bDMARDs). Recommendation 7 deals specifically with screening for infections endemic to Asia, prior to use of bDMARDs. Recommendations 7 to 13 cover the role of bDMARDs in the treatment of active axial SpA and include related issues such as continuing therapy and use in special populations. Recommendation 14 deals with the utility of surgical intervention in axial SpA.

Conclusion

These recommendations provide up‐to‐date guidance for treatment of axial SpA to help meet the needs of patients and clinicians in the Asia‐Pacific region.
The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana produces microsclerotia‐like pellets mediated by oxidative stress and peroxisome biogenesis
Authors: Huarte‐Bonnet Carla , Paixão Flávia R. S. , Mascarin Gabriel M. , Santana Marianela , Fernandes Éverton K. K. , Pedrini Nicolás
Published: February 2019

Several filamentous fungi are known to produce macroscopic pigmented hyphal aggregates named sclerotia. In recent years, some entomopathogenic fungi were reported to produce small sclerotia termed ‘microsclerotia’, becoming new potential propagules for biocontrol strategies. In this study, we described the production of microsclerotia‐like pellets by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. The carbon: nitrogen ratio equal to or higher than 12.5:1 amended with Fe2+ induced the germination of conidia, producing hyphal aggregate that formed sclerotial structures in submerged liquid cultures. These aggregates were able to tolerate desiccation as they germinated and subsequently produced viable conidia. Conidia derived from microsclerotial aggregates formulated with diatomaceous earth effectively kill Tribolium castaneum larvae. Optical and transmission microscopical imaging, qPCR and spectrophotometric analysis revealed that an oxidative stress scenario is involved in conidial differentiation into microsclerotia‐like pellets, inducing fungal antioxidant response with high peroxidase activity – mainly detected in peroxisomes and mitochondria – and progress with active peroxisome proliferation. The results provide clues about B. bassiana microsclerotial differentiation and indicate that these pigmented aggregates are promising propagules for production, formulation and potentially application in the control of soil‐inhabiting arthropod pests.
The Future of the Public Policy School in a World of Disruptive Innovation
Authors: Anderson Lisa
Published: February 2019

At the same time, as we embrace innovation, and confront disrupting our comfortable “standard operating procedures,” to use another cornerstone of our curricula, we must always hold fast to the principle that the rule of law is essential to effective governance and the flourishing of society.
Astrocyte senescence: Evidence and significance
Authors: Cohen Justin , Torres Claudio
Published: February 2019

Astrocytes participate in numerous aspects of central nervous system (CNS) physiology ranging from ion balance to metabolism, and disruption of their physiological roles can therefore be a contributor to CNS dysfunction and pathology. Cellular senescence, one of the mechanisms of aging, has been proposed as a central component of the age dependency of neurodegenerative disorders. Cumulative evidence supports an integral role of astrocytes in the initiation and progression of neurodegenerative disease and cognitive decline with aging. The loss of astrocyte function or the gain of neuroinflammatory function as a result of cellular senescence could have profound implications for the aging brain and neurodegenerative disorders, and we propose the term “astrosenescence” to describe this phenotype. This review summarizes the current evidence pertaining to astrocyte senescence from early evidence, in vitro characterization and relationship to age‐related neurodegenerative disease. We discuss the significance of targeting senescent astrocytes as a novel approach toward therapies for age‐associated neurodegenerative disease.
Impaired Specificity of Future Thinking in Alcohol Use Disorders
Authors: El Haj Mohamad , Moustafa Ahmed A. , Perle Aïssata , Tison Philippe , Cottencin Olivier , Nandrino Jean‐Louis
Published: February 2019

Background

While there has been a body of work that has investigated past thinking in individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUD), little is known about future thinking in these individuals.

Methods

We invited participants with AUD and control participants to construct past and future events. We have also investigated the relationship between constructing past and future events and depression.

Results

By analyzing the specificity (i.e., the ability in constructing specific events situated in time and space) of these events, results demonstrated lower specificity of past and future thinking in AUD participants compared to control participants. No significant differences were observed between the specificity of past and future thinking in AUD or in control participants. Further, significant negative correlations were observed between depression and past/future thinking in AUD participants but not in controls.

Conclusions

Difficulties in constructing specific future scenarios, as observed in AUD participants compared with controls, are presumably related to ruminative thinking and emotional avoidance aspects of depression, which should be investigated in future studies. More specifically, individuals with AUD may tend to construct general future scenarios to dwell on negative past events and/or to avoid coping with hopelessness and processing of upsetting or distressful future scenarios.
Using the Formozov–Malyshev–Pereleshin formula to convert mammal spoor counts into density estimates for long‐term community‐level monitoring
Authors: Ahlswede Steve , Fabiano Ezequiel Chimbioputo , Keeping Derek , Birkhofer Klaus
Published: February 2019

Finding an appropriate method to monitor a wide range of mammal species simultaneously is notoriously difficult, as each method has its limitations. Here, we examine a formula, known as the Formozov–Malyshev–Pereleshin (FMP), which uses mean daily travel distances (day ranges) to convert spoor counts into density estimates. Availability of accurate estimates of day ranges is a limitation of the FMP formula. Here, we used allometry to estimate day ranges for those species that lacked empirical movement data and general additive models (GAM) to assess trends in density estimates. With this approach, we derived density estimates for 10 mammal species, regardless of whether they were abundant, or rare and elusive (e.g. carnivores). General additive models suggest that six species are stable or increasing, and four declining, although all nonsignificantly. Use of allometric estimates in lieu of empirical estimates led to falsely increased precision in density estimates, highlighting the need to fill the knowledge gap in movement ecology for certain species. Simulations were used to examine error introduced into trend estimates by this bias. We conclude that the FMP formula, when properly employed, can be an efficient method for simultaneous monitoring of multispecies in different functional groups.
Meconium‐stained amniotic fluid exposure is associated with a lower incidence of offspring long‐term infectious morbidity
Authors: Paz Levy Dorit , Walfisch Asnat , Wainstock Tamar , Sergienko Ruslan , Kluwgant Dvora , Landau Daniella , Sheiner Eyal
Published: February 2019

Objective

Meconium‐stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) is a well‐established risk factor for immediate adverse neonatal outcomes and was recently suggested to be associated with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity. We aimed to determine whether MSAF exposure during labor carries a longer lasting impact on pediatric infectious morbidity.

Study design

A population‐based cohort analysis was performed including all singleton deliveries occurring between 1991 and 2014 at a single tertiary medical center. Exposure was defined as the presence of MSAF during labor. Hospitalizations of the offspring up to the age of 18 years involving infectious diseases were evaluated. A Kaplan‐Meier survival curve was used to compare cumulative morbidity and a Cox regression model to control for confounders.

Results

During the study period, 243 725 deliveries met the inclusion criteria. Of them, 35 897 (14.7%) involved MSAF. Rate of infectious‐related hospitalizations of the offspring was significantly lower in children exposed to MSAF as compared with the unexposed group (10.8% vs 11.1%, P < 0.05). Specifically, hospitalizations involving respiratory infections were significantly less common among the MSAF group (5.1% vs 5.6%, P < 0.001). The survival curve demonstrated significantly lower cumulative total infectious morbidity rates in the MSAF‐exposed group (log rank P < 0.001). In the Cox model, controlled for maternal age, diabetes, hypertension, mode of delivery, and gestational age, exposed children exhibited lower rates of long‐term childhood infectious morbidity (adjusted HR 0.96, 95% CI 0.92‐0.99, P < 0.001).

Conclusion

Fetal exposure to MSAF during labor and delivery appears to be associated with lower rates of long‐term infectious‐related hospitalizations in the offspring.
Managing “Self‐Preservation”: Charles Pearson's National Life and Character and the Early Australian Commonwealth
Authors: Hearn Mark , Tregenza Ian
Published: February 2019

In National Life and Character (1893), Charles Pearson argued that the breakdown in “character” threatening social cohesion in Britain was a phenomenon that was replicated on a global scale in the late nineteenth century. The economic and technological progress that characterised the industrial revolution in Britain had stimulated urbanisation, and unleashed, Pearson claimed, a “bestial element in man”, degrading the quality of civic and economic life, and leading to a rising population of “stunted specimens of humanity”. Most analyses of National Life and Character focus on its fear of non‐white races and influence on policies of racial restriction; we argue that National Life and Character is a more ambitious work of political economy preoccupied, as Pearson observed, with the “self‐preservation” of the white European race, grappling with the tension of managing a potentially degraded population as new forms of state intervention, decline of traditional religious faith, and global expansion transformed white society, leaving it declining into a “stationary state” and vulnerable in the face of the rising non‐European peoples. These concerns were shared by many of the architects of Australian Federation, influencing the policy initiatives of the post‐Federation period.
Aminobisphosphonate‐associated orbital and ocular inflammatory disease
Authors: Keren Shay , Leibovitch Igal , Ben Cnaan Ran , Neudorfer Meira , Fogel Ortal , Greenman Yona , Shulman Shiri , Zur Dinah , Habot‐Wilner Zohar
Published: February 2019

Purpose

Aminobisphosphonates may cause orbital/ocular inflammation. Awareness of the clinical presentation and disease course is crucial. The purpose of this study was to analyse demographics, clinical presentation, disease course and treatment of aminobisphosphonate‐associated orbital/ocular inflammation in a large series of patients.

Methods

A retrospective study of patients with aminobisphosphonate‐associated orbital/ocular inflammation and a literature review to differentiate disease presentation and course between various aminobisphosphonates.

Results

Eight patients from our institution (6 women and 2 men, median age 62 years) were included. The used drugs were zoledronate, alendronate and risedronate. The most common clinical presentation was conjunctival hyperaemia/chemosis. Scleritis was the most common manifestation, followed by diffuse orbital inflammation and anterior uveitis. Ultrasound aided in diagnosis in all our patients. The aminobisphosphonate was halted in all patients, and some patients had anti‐inflammatory treatment. Literature review included 68 patients (83 eyes), of them the most abundant drugs causing orbital/ocular inflammation were pamidronate (38 eyes) and zoledronate (35 eyes). Overall, among 76 patients, all drugs induced orbital disease, while uveitis was induced mostly by zoledronate and pamidronate, less by alendronate and not found among risedronate users. Time interval from drug administration to symptoms was hours to 28 days. Resolution was achieved in all patients, after 1–60 days from disease presentation, and the longer resolution period was found among alendronate users.

Conclusion

Orbital/ocular inflammation was mostly caused by intravenous aminobisphosphonates. Uveitis was not induced by risedronate. The putative aminobisphosphonate should be halted at the onset of orbital/ocular involvement and prognosis is favourable.
Low mortality and short‐term morbidity in very preterm infants in Austria 2011–2016
Authors: Kiechl‐Kohlendorfer U , Simma B , Urlesberger B , Maurer‐Fellbaum U , Wald M , Wald M , Weissensteiner M , Ehringer‐Schetitska D , Berger A ,   the Austrian Preterm Outcome Study Group
Published: February 2019

Aim

The current study determined survival, short‐term neonatal morbidity and predictors for death or adverse outcome of very preterm infants in Austria.

Methods

This population‐based cohort study included 5197 very preterm infants (53.3% boys) born between 2011 and 2016 recruited from the Austrian Preterm Outcome Registry. Main outcome measures were gestational age‐related mortality and major short‐term morbidities.

Results

Overall, survival rate of all live‐born infants included was 91.6% and ranged from 47.1% and 73.4% among those born at 23 and 24 weeks of gestation to 84.9% and 88.2% among infants born at 25 and 26 weeks to more than 90.0% among those with a gestational age of 27 weeks or more. The overall prevalence of chronic lung disease, necrotising enterocolitis requiring surgery, intraventricular haemorrhage Grades 3–4, and retinopathy of prematurity Grades 3–5 was 10.0%, 2.1%, 5.5%, and 3.6%, respectively. Low gestational age, low birth weight, missing or incomplete course of antenatal steroids, male sex, and multiple births were significant risk predictors for death or adverse short‐term outcome.

Conclusion

In this national cohort study, overall survival rates were high and short‐term morbidity rate was low.
Letter: double‐dose intensification – a quick way to reverse antibody formation and loss of response in patients treated with adalimumab
Authors: Echarri Ana , Molina Gema , Sagastagoia Olatz , Fuster Lucía , Fraga Rebeca , Cid Javier
Published: February 2019

Linked Content

This article is linked to Ungar et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13862 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15139.
Typhoon Yolanda and post‐disaster resilience: Problems and challenges
Authors: Eadie Pauline
Published: February 2019

After Typhoon Yolanda devastated the Philippines, ‘resilient’ was a term frequently used by the media, survivors, government officials and various other stakeholders in the city of Tacloban to describe those affected by the disaster. The focus of this article is therefore on how this term was articulated and experienced during this period. The analysis covers how resilience was discursively deployed to describe the condition of residents who were, in fact, often suffering from a double process of dispossession: once by the typhoon and once more by government policy and the inequitable distribution of relief goods and services due to the inadequacies of the disaster response. Despite these inadequacies, Tacloban was presented as ‘an exemplary centre’ of the post‐Typhoon Yolanda relief effort. I argue that the overarching rhetoric and strategies of resilience became rituals aimed at normalising modes of profit‐seeking and recreating the unequal socio‐economic status quo. These rituals occurred at multiple levels; however, the fortunes of Tacloban were indelibly intertwined with the political credibility and status pride of the Marcos/Romualdez family. I argue that ‘resilience’ is a complex, overused, manipulated and contested term and that a more transparent understanding of resilience for disaster relief and rehabilitation is needed.
Self‐telling place, identity and dress in lifestyle migration memoirs
Authors: Wallis Rachael
Published: February 2019

While there has been significant discussion of the intertwined roles of mobility and identity, little has been written about these two factors in relation to an important third factor, dress. This paper examines dress and identity within two lifestyle migration memoirs, as forms of media such as these create socially situated imagined places where readers can explore new lives and ways of being. Using a culturally oriented framework to examine the moving parts of mobility, identity and dress within text and place, this paper engages with Carol Tulloch's theory that styling the body is self‐telling, whereby dress reveals autobiographical details about the self through clothing choices. It argues that moving from one place to another begins a process of change, and that clothes are used to signify this process to others. This paper contributes to understanding the transformative process of migration, particularly as it relates to imaginative explorations associated with texts. It also contributes to another underdeveloped field, the study of dress in rural areas. Its original application of Tulloch's theory along with broader social theories, within a discussion of lifestyle migration discourse and dress, means that it differs from previous migration research.