bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Absolute optical responsivity down to the photon counting level with a photomultiplier tube
Authors: Tanabe M. , Niwa K. , Kinoshita K.
Published: April 2017

A novel method is presented for evaluation of the absolute optical responsivity of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) at optical powers down to the photon counting level under visible light. This method is based on a combination of the calibrated responsivity and nonlinearity corrections using a silicon photodiode and a PMT. The evaluation results with the PMT enable accurate determination of the absolute optical responsivity over a wide power range of 10−11 W to 10−16 W under visible light. This method provides validation of both the photon counting efficiency of a PMT and of accurate optical measurement with attenuators at the photon counting level.
Optical probing of the Coulomb interactions of an electrically pumped polariton condensate
Authors: Klaas M. , Mandal S. , Liew T. C. H. , Amthor M. , Klembt S. , Worschech L. , Schneider C. , Höfling S.
Published: April 2017

We report on optical probing of the Coulomb interactions in an electrically driven exciton-polariton laser. By positioning a weak non-resonant Gaussian continuous wave-beam with a diameter of 2 μm inside an electrical condensate excited in a 20 μm diameter micropillar, we study a repulsion effect which is characteristic of the part-excitonic nature of the microcavity system in strong coupling. It manifests itself in a modified real space distribution of the emission pattern. Furthermore, polariton repulsion results in a continuous blueshift of the emission with the increased power of the probe beam. A Gross-Pitaevskii equation approach based on modeling the electrical and optical potentials explains our experimental data.
Modulation calorimetry in diamond anvil cells. II. Joule-heating design and prototypes
Authors: Geballe Zachary M. , Struzhkin Viktor V. , Townley Andrew , Jeanloz Raymond
Published: April 2017

Part I shows that quantitative measurements of heat capacity are theoretically possible inside diamond anvil cells via high-frequency Joule heating (100 kHz–10 MHz), opening up the possibility of new methods to detect and characterize transformations at high-pressure such as the glass transitions, melting, magnetic orderings, and the onset of superconductivity. Here, we test the possibility outlined in Part I, using prototypes and detailed numerical models. First, a coupled electrical-thermal numerical model shows that specific heat of metals inside diamond cells can be measured directly using ∼1 MHz frequency, with <10% accuracy. Second, we test physical models of high-pressure experiments, i.e., diamond-cell mock-ups. Metal foils of 2–6 μm-thickness are clamped between glass insulation inside diamond anvil cells. Fitting data from 10 Hz to ∼30 kHz, we infer the specific heat capacities of Fe, Pt, and Ni with ±20%–30% accuracy. The electrical test equipment generates −80 dBc spurious harmonics, which overwhelm the thermally induced harmonics at higher frequencies, disallowing the high precision expected from numerical models. An alternative Joule-heating calorimetry experiment, on the other hand, does allow absolute measurements with <10% accuracy, despite the −80 dBc spurious harmonics: the measurement of thermal effusivity, ρck (ρ, c, and k being density, specific heat, and thermal conductivity), of the insulation surrounding a thin-film heater. Using a ∼50 nm-thick Pt heater surrounded by glass and 10 Hz–300 kHz frequency, we measure thermal effusivity with ±6% accuracy inside the sample chamber of a diamond anvil cell.
Dynamics of transient microbubbles generated by fs-laser irradiation of plasmonic micropyramids
Authors: Chen Jun , Saklayen Nabiha , Courvoisier Sébastien , Shen Zhonghua , Lu Jian , Ni Xiaowu , Mazur Eric
Published: April 2017

We investigated the dynamics of microbubbles induced by fs-laser irradiation of plasmonic micropyramids in water. We simulated the localized plasmonic enhancement on the micropyramids using a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique and experimentally confirmed the enhancement by observing the laser-induced damage pattern on the substrate. Finally, we experimentally observed the generation of micrometer-sized bubbles on our fabricated structures. We find that the maximum bubble diameter and bubble lifetime depend on power, exposure time, and repetition rate of the laser. The maximum bubble diameter increases with laser exposure time until a balance is reached between the surface tension and the pressure inside and outside the bubble.
Electron Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal hole for obliquely propagating solitary kinetic Alfvén waves
Authors: Woo M.-H. , Dokgo K. , Yoon Peter H. , Lee D.-Y. , Choi Cheong R.
Published: April 2017

A possible formation of an electron hole structure associated with an obliquely propagating solitary kinetic Alfvén wave (SKAW) in a strongly magnetized plasma is discussed. It is found that transverse electric field along the magnetic field plays a key role in the electron phase space hole formation. Owing to the presence of trapped electrons, SKAW can propagate in both super-Alfvénic and sub-Alfvénic regimes with different spatial structures. In particular, in the sub-Alfvénic case, the density perturbation possesses a dip at the center accompanied by a pair of humps at the edges. Such a feature may be relevant to satellite observation of solitary structures in the Earth's geomagnetic tail region.
Three-terminal quantum-dot thermal management devices
Authors: Zhang Yanchao , Zhang Xin , Ye Zhuolin , Lin Guoxing , Chen Jincan
Published: April 2017

We theoretically demonstrate that the heat flows can be manipulated by designing a three-terminal quantum-dot system consisting of three Coulomb-coupled quantum dots connected to respective reservoirs. In this structure, the electron transport between the quantum dots is forbidden, but the heat transport is allowed by the Coulomb interaction to transmit heat between the reservoirs with a temperature difference. We show that such a system is capable of performing thermal management operations, such as heat flow swap, thermal switch, and heat path selector. An important thermal rectifier, i.e., a thermal diode, can be implemented separately in two different paths. The asymmetric configuration of a quantum-dot system is a necessary condition for thermal management operations in practical applications. These results should have important implications in providing the design principle for quantum-dot thermal management devices and may open up potential applications for the thermal management of quantum-dot systems at the nanoscale.
Acoustic radiation torques on a pair of fluid viscous cylindrical particles with arbitrary cross-sections: Circular cylinders example
Authors: Mitri F. G.
Published: April 2017

The numerical prediction of the radiation torques in acoustofluidics and fluid dynamics applications is essential for the design and the understanding of the underlying physics as it allows quantitative analyses. In this work, closed-form analytical expressions for the acoustic radiation torques arising from multiple scattering effects between a pair of fluid viscous cylindrical particles of arbitrary cross-sections are derived. Plane progressive waves with an arbitrary incidence angle are considered. The multipole expansion method in cylindrical coordinates is used to describe the multiple scattering effects as well as the addition theorem of cylindrical wave functions. An effective incident acoustic field on a particular object is determined and used with the scattered field to derive the analytical expressions for the torques. The mathematical expressions for the radiation torque on each particle are formulated using partial-wave series expansions in cylindrical coordinates involving the angle of incidence, the addition theorem for the cylindrical wave functions, and the expansion coefficients of the scatterers. The analysis shows that the radiation torque expressions depend on the coupled expansion coefficients of both scatterers in addition to an interference factor coupled to the interparticle distance. Numerical examples illustrate the analysis for two fluid viscous circular cylindrical cross-sections immersed in a non-viscous fluid. Computations for the dimensionless radiation torque functions are performed with particular emphasis on varying the angle of incidence, the interparticle distance, and the sizes of the circular particles. Depending on the interparticle distance and incidence angle, the particles can yield rotational neutrality; they become unresponsive (i.e., “invisible”) to the angular momentum transfer caused by multiple scattering and cancellation effects. Moreover, the radiation torque functions can be positive implying a direction of rotation in the counter-clockwise direction, and under some conditions determined by the interparticle distance, angle of incident and particle size, they reserve sign, indicating an opposite spinning in the clockwise direction. This study provides a complete analytical method and computations of the acoustic radiation torques in multiple acoustic scattering by a pair of fluid viscous scatterers. The results can be used as a priori information in the design of acoustofluidic devices and other applications involving particle rotation and handling.
On-chip unstable resonator cavity GaSb-based quantum well lasers
Authors: Yang C. , Paxton A. H. , Newell T. C. , Lu C. A. , Kaspi R.
Published: April 2017

The focused ion beam milling tool was used to convert a GaSb-based broad area gain-guided quantum well laser device with a standard Fabry-Pérot cavity into one with an unstable resonator cavity. A cylindrical mirror was formed at the back facet of the broad area device emitting near 2 μm. Compared to the Fabry-Pérot cavity device, where the coherency of the beam is severely disrupted by filamentation, the unstable resonator cavity device exhibits an ∼2× diffraction limited beam. The relatively small penalty in slope efficiency demonstrates that a much higher brightness can be reached in this class of broad area devices.
The color brown in Old Norse-Icelandic literature
Authors: Wolf Kirsten
Published: April 2017

The article examines the use of the color brown in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, which is encoded bybrúnnandjarpr. More specifically, it seeks to determine through linguistic categorization the objects about which brown is used and to determine on the basis of its frequency whether for Old Norse-Icelandic brown should be placed in the earlier stages of the evolution of color terms or if it should be assigned to the later stages. The data show thatbrúnnis the more frequently used term, though the earliest texts suggest that bothbrúnnandjarprwere contextually restricted. Gradually,brúnncame to be applied to a wider range of objects, whereasjarprremained a secondary color term. As a basic color term,brúnnshould be assigned a fairly late stage in the temporal-evolutionary order of basic color terms.
Borgarmålet
Authors: Kusmenko Jurij Κ.
Published: April 2017

Borgarmålet ‘language of the townspeople’ was a trade idiom used by the Swedish townspeople and the Sámi during periods of seasonal trade
in Swedish Lule Lappmark at the beginning of the 18th century. The analysis of the five sentences in this trade language provided by P.
Högström (in a book published in 1747) allows us to suggest that Borgarmålet was a typical pidgin characterized by a vocabulary derived
mostly from the superstrate language (Swedish), by a stable simplified grammatical structure without synthetic forms and by direct or
transformed grammatical interference from the substrate language (Sámi). Borgarmålet was also characterised by innovations of its own in
word-formation as well as in grammar, a feature typical of pidgins. A special feature to differentiate Borgarmålet from other pidgins is a
transfer of aspectuality – expressed in Sámi by different suffixes but in Borgarmålet with the help of lexical means from Swedish.
Language choice and accommodation
Authors: Bessett Ryan M. , Casillas Joseph V. , Martínez Marta Ramírez
Published: April 2017

The present study investigates language choice in two bilingual speech communities in the United States: Nogales, AZ and San Ysidro, CA. Ethnically distinct fieldworkers approached members of these two communities under the guise of being lost tourists in order to engage in casual speech encounters. It was found that language choice varied between the two communities, with participants of the San Ysidro community more likely to engage in codeswitching. Ethnicity was also found to be a significant predictor of language choice, with more codeswitching taking place with the fieldworker of a Hispanic phenotype. Potential explanations and factors for future research are discussed.
Translation in ethnography
Authors: de Casanova Erynn Masi , Mose Tamara R.
Published: April 2017

Ethnography refers to in-depth participant observation research and to the written report that results, and is often described metaphorically as a type of “cultural translation.” Little attention has been paid, however, to the actual linguistic translation that occurs in the process of research and writing, even in the interdisciplinary field of Latin American Studies, in which research is often conducted in a language other than English and written up in English. The privileging of academic Standard English in ethnographic texts creates dilemmas for ethnographers whose research participants speak “foreign” languages. These dilemmas are rarely discussed in the ethnographic texts or the literature on ethnographic methodology. Based on content analysis of 47 book-length ethnographies on Latin Americans, we investigate how ethnographers typically deal with language difference in their texts and why language matters. Language is intimately connected to power dynamics in the field, and ethnographers’ decisions about how to represent language can indicate rigor and thoughtfulness about their position vis-à-vis participants, yet suchlinguistic reflexivityis rare.
Ethico-aesthetics and the machinic repetition of literature in translation
Authors: van Heerden Chantelle Gray
Published: April 2017

This article examines how translation practitioners might begin to develop a praxis that is based on an ontological polyvocality; one which allows for difficulty – even misconstrual and semantic breakdown – so that translations do not become mechanical reproductions, subsumed by systems of power, rather than machinic repetitions that allow for deterritorializations along lines of flight. Because, despite the fact that translations are regarded as relatively autonomous creations, they still conform; they are still produced in the socius which, in modern societies, aids the functioning of capitalism. The question arises: if translations – which are unavoidably a kind of literary repetition – are produced and constructed within capitalist societies, does this mean that they inevitably become mechanical reproductions rather than machinic repetitions? To answer this question, translation is investigated within the ethico-aesthetic framework developed by Félix Guattari and selected translations of passages in the oeuvre of the South African author Ingrid Winterbach are referenced.
Differential translation
Authors: Hawkins Spencer
Published: April 2017

Translators of German philosophy into English must often choose whether to express concrete or abstract meanings for polysemous German keywords. This article discusses “differential translation,” a widely underestimated strategy for representing polysemous words in translation. Disavowing both untranslatability and the necessity of terminological equivalence, this strategy integrates signs of polysemy into the reading experience by presenting foreign keywords in brackets after their differing, context-dependent meanings. The article discusses how translators have already responded and how they might respond even more constructively to passages where Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, and Hans Blumenberg, respectively, choose words that link abstractions to images: by presenting existence as both foundational and ground-like (gründlich), time as both fluctuating and fluid (strömend), and common sense as both obvious and nearby (naheliegend). Encountering differentially translated texts would challenge future scholars to evaluate the unity of the concepts behind the words.
Niobium microalloying in rail steels
Authors: Ray Arunim
Published: April 2017

Rail steels rely primarily for their properties on wear and rolling-contact-fatigue resistance. These properties, together with toughness, can be optimised by implementing thermo-mechanical processing during rail manufacturing, assisted by controlled additions of strong carbide-forming microalloying elements. Niobium can be used at low concentrations, but the major difficulty is to ensure that niobium does not segregate during casting, especially when rail steels are high in carbon content. The solubility of niobium in ternary Fe–Nb–C austenite is critically assessed to address the issue of segregation. Thereafter, the effect of niobium on medium- and high-carbon (∼0.2–0.8 wt-% C) austenite grain-growth kinetics during reheating or recrystallisation kinetics during hot deformation, and the corresponding effect on pearlitic and bainitic microstructures and mechanical properties are reviewed.

This review was chosen as a runner up of the 2017Materials Literature Review Prize of the Institute ofMaterials,Minerals andMining, run by the Editorial Board of MST. Sponsorship of the prize by TWI Ltd is gratefully acknowledged
Evolution of white-etching cracks and associated microstructural alterations during bearing tests
Authors: Ooi S. W. , Gola A. , Vegter R. H. , Yan P. , Stadler K.
Published: April 2017

The effect of hydrogen and contact pressure on the sequence of microstructural changes during bearing operation has been investigated. The continuation of bearing testing in the presence of microcracks stimulates the formation of (1) white-etching matter (WEM) on the crack surfaces that endure severe surface rubbing, (2) slip bands in the regions that experience higher stress levels due to microcrack formation and (3) engineering bands within the WEM. Engineering bands are a new observation whereby ferrite crystals cross a multitude of fine grains (WEM). The presence of hydrogen and high contact pressure during the bearing tests led to early bearing failure, but with the formation of large crack networks that coexist with slip bands, precursors to WEM and conventional WEM.
The Risks of Opioid Treatment: Perspectives of Primary Care Practitioners and Patients from Safety-Net Clinics
Authors: Hurstak Emily E. , Kushel Margot , Chang Jamie , Ceasar Rachel , Zamora Kara , Miaskowski Christine , Knight Kelly
Published: April 2017

Background: Patients with a history of substance use are more likely than those without substance use to experience chronic noncancer pain (CNCP), to be prescribed opioids, and to experience opioid misuse or overdose. Primary care practitioners (PCPs) in safety-net settings care for low-income patients with CNCP and substance use, usually without specialist consultation. To inform communication related to opioid risk, we explored PCPs’ and patients’ perceptions of the risks of chronic opioid therapy. Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews with 23 PCPs and 46 of their patients, who had a history of CNCP and substance use. We recruited from 6 safety-net health care settings in the San Francisco Bay Area. We transcribed interviews verbatim and analyzed transcripts using grounded theory methodology. Results: (1) PCPs feared harming patients and the community by opioid prescribing. PCPs emphasized fear of opioid overdose. (2) Patients did not highlight concerns about the adverse health consequences of opioids, except for addiction. (3) Both patients and PCPs were concerned about PCPs’ medicolegal risks related to opioid prescribing. (4) Patients reported feeling stigmatized by policies aimed at reducing opioid misuse. Conclusion: We identified differences in how clinicians and patients perceive opioid risk. To improve the informed consent process for opioid therapy, patients and PCPs need to have a shared understanding of the risks of opioids and engage in discussions that promote patient autonomy and safety. As clinics implement opioid prescribing policies, clinicians must develop effective communication strategies in order to educate patients about opioid risks and decrease patients’ experiences of stigma and discrimination.
What do Providers Want to Know about Opioid Prescribing? A Qualitative Analysis of Their Questions
Authors: Cushman Phoebe A. , Liebschutz Jane M. , Hodgkin Joseph G. , Shanahan Christopher W. , White Julie L. , Hardesty Ilana , Alford Daniel P.
Published: April 2017

Background: In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to the opioid crisis with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, requiring manufacturers of extended-release/long-acting opioids to fund continuing medical education based on the “FDA Blueprint for Prescriber Education.” Topics in the Blueprint are “Assessing Patients for Treatment,” “Initiating Therapy, Modifying Dosing, and Discontinuing Use,” “Managing Therapy,” “Counseling Patients and Caregivers about Safe Use,” “General Drug Information,” and “Specific Drug Information.” Based on the FDA Blueprint, Boston University School of Medicine's “Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education” ( SCOPE of Pain) offers live trainings for physicians and other prescribers. During trainings, participants submit written questions about the curriculum and/or their clinical experiences. Methods: The objective was to compare themes that arose from questions asked by SCOPE of Pain participants with content of the FDA Blueprint in order to evaluate how well the Blueprint answers prescribers’ concerns. The authors conducted qualitative analyses of all 1309 questions submitted by participants in 29 trainings across 16 states from May 2013 to May 2015, using conventional content analysis to code the questions. Themes that emerged from participants’ questions were then compared with the Blueprint. Results: Most themes fell into the topic categories of the Blueprint. Five main themes diverged: Participants sought information on (1) safe alternatives to opioids, (2) overcoming barriers to safe opioid prescribing, (3) government regulations of opioid prescribing, (4) the role of marijuana in opioid prescribing, and (5) maintaining a positive provider-patient relationship while prescribing opioids. Conclusions: In addition to learning the mechanics of safe opioid prescribing, providers want to understand government regulations and effective patient communication skills. Aware of the limitations of opioids in managing chronic pain, providers seek advice on alternatives therapies. Future updates to the FDA Blueprint and other educational guidelines on opioid prescribing should address providers’ additional questions.
Effects of strength, explosive and plyometric training on energy cost of running in ultra‐endurance athletes
Authors: Giovanelli Nicola , Taboga Paolo , Rejc Enrico , Lazzer Stefano
Published: April 2017

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a 12‐week home‐based strength, explosive and plyometric (SEP) training on the cost of running (Cr) in well‐trained ultra‐marathoners and to assess the main mechanical parameters affecting changes in Cr. Twenty‐five male runners (38.2 ± 7.1 years; body mass index: 23.0 ± 1.1 kg·m−2; V˙O2max: 55.4 ± 4.0 mlO2·kg−1·min−1) were divided into an exercise (EG = 13) and control group (CG = 12). Before and after a 12‐week SEP training, Cr, spring‐mass model parameters at four speeds (8, 10, 12, 14 km·h−1) were calculated and maximal muscle power (MMP) of the lower limbs was measured. In EG, Cr decreased significantly (p < .05) at all tested running speeds (−6.4 ± 6.5% at 8 km·h−1; −3.5 ± 5.3% at 10 km·h−1; −4.0 ± 5.5% at 12 km·h−1; −3.2 ± 4.5% at 14 km·h−1), contact time (tc) increased at 8, 10 and 12 km·h−1 by mean +4.4 ± 0.1% and ta decreased by −25.6 ± 0.1% at 8 km·h−1 (p < .05). Further, inverse relationships between changes in Cr and MMP at 10 (p = .013; r = −0.67) and 12 km·h−1 (p < .001; r = −0.86) were shown. Conversely, no differences were detected in the CG in any of the studied parameters. Thus, 12‐week SEP training programme lower the Cr in well‐trained ultra‐marathoners at submaximal speeds. Increased tc and an inverse relationship between changes in Cr and changes in MMP could be in part explain the decreased Cr. Thus, adding at least three sessions per week of SEP exercises in the normal endurance‐training programme may decrease the Cr.
The sacrifice ritual and process of individuation: analysis of a model
Authors: Chrzescijanska Martyna
Published: April 2017

This paper aims to discuss a relation between the theme of sacrifice in Ancient Greece and in the Jungian understanding of the process of individuation and other similar models of personality/self-development. My argument claims that models such as the process of individuation, Post-Traumatic Growth or Positive Disintegration share features on a structural level with a specific model of sacrifice. A special focus will be oneniautos daimon, the Year-King or a spirit of the year, a concept popularized in anthropology at the beginning of the twentieth century which I claim had influence on developing Jung’s theory of individuation. In this paper, I will apply a philosophical analysis to models of psychotherapy, and especially Jungian psychology. The philosophical analysis of models allows to indicate structural similarities between them without claiming anything about their accuracy.
Inhomogeneous composition distribution in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide alloys
Authors: Xie Shuang , Xu Mingsheng , Huang Shuyun , Liang Tao , Wang Shengping , Li Hongfei , Iwai Hideo , Onishi Keiko , Hanagata Nobutaka , Fujita Daisuke , Ma Xiangyang , Yang Deren
Published: April 2017

Alloying with various compositions is an efficient method to tailor the optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). However, the composition distribution in the monolayer of TMDs alloys lacks detailed investigation. Here, by exploring scanning Auger electron spectroscopy, we investigate the composition distribution in MoS2(1−x)Se2x
monolayers with high spatial resolution. Our results demonstrate that inhomogeneous composition distribution exists not only among different nanosheets on a substrate but also within individual nanosheets. Our study would be helpful to develop new methods for controllable synthesis of TMDs alloys and other 2D materials.
Linking Mastery Across the Life Course to Mobility Device Use in Later Life
Authors: Latham-Mintus Kenzie , Clarke Philippa J
Published: April 2017

Objectives

Mastery in older ages is shaped by earlier-life experiences. Prior research has demonstrated that mastery is associated with health-promoting behaviors; however, little research has examined whether mastery histories influence health behaviors such as mobility device use in later life.

Method

Using 25 years of data from the Americans’ Changing Lives Survey (N = 1,427), this research explores whether different trajectories of life course mastery influence the odds that an older adult will use a mobility device when experiencing functional impairment. We used growth mixture models with a distal outcome and examined the relationship between functional limitations and mobility device use as it varies across latent classes of life course mastery, controlling for social and health factors.

Results

The odds of device use in the face of functional limitations were significantly higher among those with a history of high life course mastery, relative to those with low life course mastery, all things being equal.

Discussion

Our findings suggest that mastery over the life course is a source of psychological human capital that is associated with health-promoting behaviors in later life among those with functional limitations.
ReGaTE: Registration of Galaxy Tools in Elixir
Authors: Doppelt-Azeroual Olivia , Mareuil Fabien , Deveaud Eric , Kalaš Matúš , Soranzo Nicola , van den Beek Marius , Grüning Björn , Ison Jon , Ménager Hervé
Published: April 2017

Background: Bioinformaticians routinely use multiple software tools and data sources in their day-to-day work and have been guided in their choices by a number of cataloguing initiatives. The ELIXIR Tools and Data Services Registry (bio.tools) aims to provide a central information point, independent of any specific scientific scope within bioinformatics or technological implementation. Meanwhile, efforts to integrate bioinformatics software in workbench and workflow environments have accelerated to enable the design, automation, and reproducibility of bioinformatics experiments. One such popular environment is the Galaxy framework, with currently more than 80 publicly available Galaxy servers around the world. In the context of a generic registry for bioinformatics software, such as bio.tools, Galaxy instances constitute a major source of valuable content. Yet there has been, to date, no convenient mechanism to register such services en masse. Findings: We present ReGaTE (Registration of Galaxy Tools in Elixir), a software utility that automates the process of registering the services available in a Galaxy instance. This utility uses the BioBlend application program interface to extract service metadata from a Galaxy server, enhance the metadata with the scientific information required by bio.tools, and push it to the registry. Conclusions: ReGaTE provides a fast and convenient way to publish Galaxy services in bio.tools. By doing so, service providers may increase the visibility of their services while enriching the software discovery function that bio.tools provides for its users. The source code of ReGaTE is freely available on Github at https://github.com/C3BI-pasteur-fr/ReGaTE.
Retracted: Witnessing Moral Violations Increases Conformity in Consumption
Authors: Dong Ping , Zhong Chen-Bo
Published: April 2017

Consumers frequently encounter moral violations (e.g., financial scandal, cheating, and corruption) in their daily lives. Yet little is known about how exposure to moral violations may affect consumer choice. By synthesizing insights from research on social order and conformity, we suggest that mere exposure to others’ immoral behaviors heightens perceived threat to social order, which increases consumers’ endorsement of conformist attitudes and hence their preferences for majority-endorsed choices in subsequently unrelated consumption situations. Five studies conducted across different experimental contexts and different product categories provided convergent evidence showing that exposure to moral violations increases consumers’ subsequent conformity in consumption. Moreover, the effect disappears (a) when the moral violator has already been punished by third parties (study 4) and (b) when the majority-endorsed option is viewed as being complicit with the moral violation (study 5). This research not only demonstrates a novel downstream consequence of witnessing moral violations on consumer choice but also advances our understanding of how conformity can buffer the negative psychological consequences of moral violations and how moral considerations can serve as an important basis for consumer choice.
The Conversation Project: A Reminder for Critical Care Nurses
Authors: Miracle Vickie A.
Published: April 2017

For the past several years, there has been much talk and published about “The Conversation Project.” This is an effort to inform people about their options and wishes toward end of life. In this article, a brief review of this project will be presented, as well as tips to get started and my experience in caring for 4 aging parents and determining their desires for end-of-life care.
Interactional Resources for Quality Improvement: Learning From Participants Through a Qualitative Study
Authors: Brooks Joanna Veazey , Gorbenko Ksenia , Bosk Charles
Published: April 2017

Background:

Implementing quality improvement in hospitals requires a multifaceted commitment from leaders, including financial, material, and personnel resources. However, little is known about the interactional resources needed for project implementation. The aim of this analysis was to identify the types of interactional support hospital teams sought in a surgical quality improvement project.

Methods:

Hospital site visits were conducted using a combination of observations, interviews, and focus groups to explore the implementation of a surgical quality improvement project. Twenty-six site visits were conducted between October 2012 and August 2014 at a total of 16 hospitals that agreed to participate. All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and coded for themes using inductive analysis.

Results:

We interviewed 321 respondents and conducted an additional 28 focus groups. Respondents reported needing the following types of interactional support during implementation of quality improvement interventions: (1) a critical outside perspective on their implementation progress; (2) opportunities to learn from peers, especially around clinical innovations; and (3) external validation to help establish visibility for and commitment to the project.

Conclusions:

Quality improvement in hospitals is both a clinical endeavor and a social endeavor. Our findings show that teams often desire interactional resources as they implement quality improvement initiatives. In-person site visits can provide these resources while also activating emotional energy for teams, which builds momentum and sustainability for quality improvement work.

Implications:

Policymakers and quality improvement leaders will benefit from developing strategies to maximize interactional learning and feedback for quality improvement teams. Further research should investigate the most effective methods for meeting these needs.
Co-Producing Interprofessional Round Work: Designing Spaces for Patient Partnership
Authors: Thörne Karin , Andersson-Gäre Boel , Hult Håkan , Abrandt-Dahlgren Madeleine
Published: April 2017

Within wide-ranging quality improvement agendas, patient involvement in health care is widely accepted as crucial. Ward rounds that include patients' active participation are growing as an approach to involve patients, ensure safety, and improve quality. An emerging approach to studying quality improvement is to focus on “clinical microsystems,” where patients, professionals, and information systems interact. This provides an opportunity to study ward rounds more deeply. A new model of conducting ward rounds implemented through quality improvement work was studied, using the theory of practice architectures as an analytical tool. Practice architecture focuses on the cultural-discursive, social-political, and material-economic conditions that shape what people do in their work. Practice architecture is a sociomaterial theoretical perspective that has the potential to change how we understand relationships between practice, learning, and change. In this study, we examine how changes in practices are accomplished. The results show that practice architecture formed co-productive learning rounds, a possible model integrating quality improvement in daily work. This emerged in the interplay between patients through their “double participation” (as people and as information on screens), and groups of professionals in a ward round room. However, social interplay had to be renegotiated in order to accomplish the goals of all ward rounds.
RFID Continuance Usage Intention in Health Care Industry
Authors: Iranmanesh Mohammad , Zailani Suhaiza , Nikbin Davoud
Published: April 2017

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) has been proved to be an effective tool both for improving operational efficiency and for gaining competitive advantage in the health care industry despite its relatively low-usage rate in hospitals. The sustained use of RFID by health care professionals will promote its development in the long term. This study evaluates the acceptance continuance of RFID among health care professionals through technology continuance theory (TCT). Data were collected from 178 medical professionals in Malaysia and were then analyzed using the partial least squares technique. The analysis showed that the TCT model provided not only a thorough understanding of the continuance behavior of health care professionals toward RFID but also the attitudes, satisfaction, and perceived usefulness of professionals toward it. The results of this study are expected to assist policy makers and managers in the health care industry in implementing the RFID technology in hospitals by understanding the determinants of continuance of RFID usage intention.
Proteomic analysis of cell cycle progression in asynchronous cultures, including mitotic subphases, using PRIMMUS
Authors: Ly Tony , Whigham Arlene , Clarke Rosemary , Brenes-Murillo Alejandro , Estes Brett , Wadsworth Patricia , Lamond Angus I.
Published: April 2017

The temporal regulation of protein abundance and post-translational modifications is a key feature of cell division. Recently, we analysed gene expression and protein abundance changes during interphase under minimally perturbed conditions (Ly et al. 2014; Ly et al. 2015). Here we show that by using specific intracellular immunolabeling protocols, FACS separation of interphase and mitotic cells, including mitotic subphases, can be combined with proteomic analysis by mass spectrometry. Using this PRIMMUS (PRoteomic analysis of Intracellular iMMUnolabeled cell Subsets) approach, we now compare protein abundance and phosphorylation changes in interphase and mitotic fractions from asynchronously growing human cells. We identify a set of 115 phosphorylation sites increased during G2, which we term ‘early risers’. This set includes phosphorylation of S738 on TPX2, which we show is important for TPX2 function and mitotic progression. Further, we use PRIMMUS to provide a proteome-wide analysis of protein abundance remodeling between prophase, prometaphase and anaphase.
IMC capability: antecedents and implications for brand performance
Authors: Luxton Sandra , Reid Mike , Mavondo Felix
Published: April 2017

Purpose

Drawing on the resource-based view, this paper aims to investigate how a firm’s integrated marketing communication (IMC) as a capability is influenced by the organisational antecedents of learning orientation (LO), market orientation (MO) and brand orientation (BO). Further, the research examines how an IMC capability influences brand performance and whether these relationships are influenced by brand size.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on survey data from 187 managers responsible for brand communications, this paper applies structural equation modelling using SmartPLS3 to assess hypothesised relationships.

Findings

IMC capability is directly influenced by BO but not by MO and LO; these have important indirect effects. Size does not moderate key relationships but directly affects IMC capability.

Research limitations/implications

Organisational antecedents play an important role in shaping IMC capability and ultimately brand performance. Future researchers should consider a larger sample of brands and firms, IMC capability building in small firms and longitudinal design to evaluate the effects of IMC capability.

Practical implications

BO is nested in and complementary to learning and MO, and thus cannot stand alone. Developing an IMC capability is critical for translating the benefits of organisational orientations into performance outcomes. IMC capability links MO and BO to firm performance. Appropriate resourcing is critical for success, as it has implications for developing other resources and capabilities.

Originality/value

This study empirically establishes for the first time a relationship between critical organisational antecedents of LO, MO and BO, their influence on IMC capability and subsequently on brand performance.
Just doing it: theorising integrated marketing communications (IMC) practices
Authors: Ots Mart , Nyilasy Gergely
Published: April 2017

Purpose

This paper aims to elaborate on the concept of “integrated marketing communication (IMC) practice” and provide an empirical exposition of how integration is enacted in the lifeworlds of marketing practitioners, drawing from the “practice turn” in management studies. Although IMC is a well-known conceptual idea in academia, there is insufficient theorisation of what it means “to do” IMC. Despite broad acceptance for IMC, there has been scant application of available organisational and sociological theories to illuminate actual IMC practices in the field.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper introduces practice theory as a lens through which to study and analyse IMC practices. Using qualitative coding and interpretative analysis, the framework was operationalised and applied to a two-year organisational ethnography encompassing IMC planning activities in at a leading Swedish retailer.

Findings

Findings demonstrate how practitioners develop explicit and implicit strategies to enact strategic integration. The study conceptualises IMC as a set of interrelated practices, or routinised behaviours, which are repeated and organised by some social or formal rules and conventions. In the ethnographic context of the study, “IMC as practice” is exhibited in the forms of routines, material set-ups, rules and procedures, cultural templates and teleoaffective structures.

Originality/value

The paper proposes a novel set of theoretical and methodological tools that can be used to understand how IMC lives as a set of practices inside organisations. It specifically conceptualises the link between mental and objectified, materialised and routinised activities that has previously been escaping the sphere of theorisation. By creating language and tools to capture hitherto unmodellable phenomena, the paper opens many new avenues for future research.
IMC, social media and UK fashion micro-organisations
Authors: Henninger Claudia Elisabeth , Alevizou Panayiota J. , Oates Caroline J.
Published: April 2017

Purpose

This paper aims to analyse the practical applicability of integrated marketing communications (IMC) to micro-organisations operating in the UK’s fashion industry, focusing specifically on the use of online platforms.

Design/methodology/approach

Qualitative methodological tools including semi-structured interviews, semiotics, Twitterfeed and Facebook analysis are used to examine to what extent micro-organisations apply IMC.

Findings

The findings suggest that these micro-organisations have a limited understanding of IMC. Although they utilise various channels, including social media, there is a disconnect between reaching the audience, understanding their needs and linking these aspects. External factors influence the use of various communication channels, leading to further fragmentation of sent messages.

Research limitations/implications

This research focuses on five micro-organisations within the fashion industry and thus may be seen as limited in nature. Whilst implications of the findings are discussed in terms of their impact to the wider industry and other sectors, this needs to be further researched.

Practical implications

Micro-organisations are underdeveloped in terms of both IMC and social media and require practical advice.

Originality/value

This study investigates two under-researched areas, IMC in micro-organisations and the use of social media within IMC, thereby moving forward our understanding of IMC in practice.
Moving toward settlement: tourism as acculturation practice
Authors: Cruz Angela Gracia B. , Buchanan-Oliver Margo
Published: April 2017

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the capital-based benefits which arise when acculturating immigrants perform touristic practices, and how these shape their tourism and migration experiences.

Design/methodology/approach

Grounded in consumer culture theory, this paper draws on theories of capital consumption to inform a hermeneutic analysis of multi-modal depth interviews with Southeast Asian skilled migrants in New Zealand.

Findings

Domestic touristic practices offer three types of capital-based benefits, enabling consumers to index economic capital, accrue social capital and index cultural capital. Additionally, the quest for capital emphasises iconic forms of tourism and supersedes concerns about commodification.

Research limitations/implications

This paper demonstrates the important role of touristic practices not only in short-term mobility, but also for long-term migrants. Further research should investigate how capital shapes the touristic practices of other types of mobile consumers.

Practical implications

Understanding the capital-based benefits of touristic practices in acculturation informs the design of migrant settlement policy and the managerial staging of touristic experiences.

Originality/value

While theorists of liquid modernity have largely treated tourism as a discrete type of mobility, this paper reframes tourism as a key acculturation practice. In contrast to dominant conceptualisations of tourism as a quest for cultural authenticity, this paper reconceptualises tourism as a quest for capital. Finally, while previous studies have focused on how capital constrains acculturation outcomes, this paper explores how a consumption practice enables the expression and accumulation of capital.
Personality testing and workplace training
Authors: Lundgren Henriette , Kroon Brigitte , Poell Rob F.
Published: April 2017

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore how and why personality tests are used in workplace training. This research paper is guided by three research questions that inquire about the role of external and internal stakeholders, the value of psychometric and practical considerations in test selection, and the purpose of personality test use in workplace training.

Design/methodology/approach

This research paper uses multiple-case study analysis. Interviews, test reports, product flyers and email correspondence were collected and analyzed from publishers, associations, psychologists and human resource development (HRD) practitioners in Germany, the UK and The Netherlands between 2012 and 2016.

Findings

Themes emerge around industry tensions among practitioners and professional associations, psychologists and non-psychologists. Ease of use is a more important factor than psychometrics in the decision-making process. Also, practitioners welcome publishers that offer free coaching support. In the process of using tests for development rather than assessment, re-labeling takes place when practitioners and publishers use positive terms for personality tests as tools for personal stocktaking and development.

Research limitations/implications

Despite extensive data collection and analysis efforts, this study is limited by its focus on a relatively small number of country cases and stakeholders per case.

Practical implications

By combining scientific evidence with practical application, stakeholders can take first steps toward more evidence-based HRD practice around personality testing in workplace training.

Originality/value

Little academic literature exists on the use of personality testing in workplace training. Without a clear understanding of the use of personality testing outside personnel selection, the current practice of personality tests for developmental purposes could raise ethical concerns about the rights and responsibilities of test takers.