bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Work–family culture and organizational commitment
Authors: Agarwala Tanuja , Arizkuren Amaia , Del Castillo Elsa , Muñiz Marta 
Published: February 2020

PurposeTo understand whether the three dimensions of work–family culture, namely managerial support, negative consequences and organizational time demands relate in different ways with different types of commitment; affective, continuance and normative. The relationships were examined in a three-country cross-national context.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaire survey was conducted in India, Peru and Spain among executives and managers drawn from both the manufacturing and the services sectors.FindingsThe three countries were both similar and different with Peru and Spain more similar to each other than with India. Managerial support dimension of work–family culture predicted affective commitment across all the three countries. Differences were found with respect to predictors of normative commitment. Managerial support predicted normative commitment for Spain. Lower negative career consequences resulted in decreased normative commitment among the managers in Peru and Spain.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has limitations of generalizability and common method variance.Practical implicationsHuman resource managers will find the study useful to determine which dimensions of work–family culture would predict the outcomes desired. The study has implications for the design of human resource practices in the industry.Originality/valueThe study is the first that addresses the three dimensions of work–family culture and organizational commitment in a cross-national context. The study suggests that the way in which work–family culture is conceptualized and experienced by employees may vary even among countries classified as “collectivist.”
Development of the “special-vocational-education-service-quality scale”
Authors: Georgiadou Ioanna , Vlachou Anastasia , Stavroussi Panayiota 
Published: February 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a scale for the evaluation of the perceived quality of services provided to students with disabilities by Special Vocational Education (SVE) institutions in Greece.

Design/methodology/approach
SVE service quality was approached on the basis of the performance-only model. The participatory research paradigm was followed, engaging students with disability and specifically with intellectual disability in several stages of the instrument development. The methodological design included two phases for the establishment and testing of the reliability and validity of the scale.

Findings
The findings of the study support a multifactorial construct of SVE service quality consisting of five factors: responsiveness, surroundings, personalization, training and facilities adequacy.

Research limitations/implications
Generalization of results should be attempted with concern. The type and severity of disability should be considered in future use of the scale. The construct of training for students with disability needs to be further investigated.

Practical implications
SVE-Service-Quality Scale may be used in SVE settings highlighting areas of improvement or as an instrument for the assessment of implemented interventions.

Social implications
Participatory research may serve as an empowerment opportunity for students with disability, whose active engagement in the research design allows for a small-scale yet valuable social impact, promoting emancipation for people with disability.

Originality/value
The study draws attention on the field of SVE service quality where research is scarce, introducing SVE in the discussion about educational service quality assessment.
Applied R in the Classroom
Authors: Long J. D. , Turner Dusty 
Published: February 2020

AbstractR, with support from a number of add‐on packages, is an excellent teaching tool that can greatly enhance learning of exploratory data analysis (EDA) and linear regression. This article illustrates using R along with the packagestidyverse,GGally,esquisseandlindiato walk through an example of basic EDA and linear regression that might be used in an introductory class along with code examples for every step. Teaching with R can give learners control of their analysis, lower the intimidating coding barrier, and provide a platform on which to learn modeling and analysis.
Durie v Gardiner: Public Libel Law and Stare Non Decisis
Authors: Stephenson Randall 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThis note examines the controversial case of Durie v Gardiner, a recent decision of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, which radically altered the nation's public libel jurisprudence. It argues that Durie is incorrect as a matter of public libel law for three reasons. First, both Durie judgments failed to engage in freedom of expression theorising. Second, this undertheorising has caused significant confusion in Durie, including misinterpretation of material facts, breakdown of the ‘theory‐doctrine’ interface, and a precipitous and unwarranted dismissal of the Court of Appeal's settled public libel principles. Third, owing to these difficulties, the Durie courts were in no position to import a new ‘public interest’ defence from foreign jurisdictions. Above all, by hastening towards wholesale law reform and ignoring its earlier comparative law deliberations, Durie arguably scuppers public libel law's best hope for advancement.
Criminalization of “galamsey” and livelihoods in Ghana: Limits and consequences
Authors: Dery Tuokuu Francis Xavier , Idemudia Uwafiokun , Bawelle Eugene B. G , Baguri Sumani John Bosco 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe fact that the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector in Ghana is driven largely by poverty means that the sector is a major source of livelihood for people in mining communities across the country. However, given the various social and environmental problems associated with the ASM sector, there is now an emerging consensus that the formalization of the sector would not only allow for these associated problems to be addressed but also ensures that the sector contributes to sustainable development and safeguard the livelihood of local communities. While a large body of extant literature has examined the challenges and opportunities facing the process of formalization, the question of the criminalization of the sector and its consequences for local livelihood has received only limited attention. Drawing from primary data collected during fieldwork in Ghana, this study examined the livelihood implications of the ban on galamsey in the Tarkwa‐Nsuaem Municipality in South‐Western Ghana from the perspectives of local communities and other key stakeholders. The study reveals that the ban on galamsey has imposed significant socio‐economic hardships on the people and appears to be entrenching poverty rather than sustainable development. The study considers the theoretical and practical implications of the findings for sustainable livelihood enhancement in developing countries.
Competitive forces affecting capacity decisions of South Dakota feedlot operations
Authors: Fausti Scott W. , Diersen Matthew A. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractA strategic management framework for the analysis of small and medium size firm behavior within a fragmented industry structure is developed. This literature predicts falling profits in the long run will drive out less efficient firms as the industry consolidates. This literature also predicts successful firms will engage in value‐added production and/or adopt a cost reduction strategy to gain a competitive advantage through the development of niche markets. This framework is applied to the feedlot industry in South Dakota. A survey was conducted to collect feedlot operator responses on future capacity decisions. Empirical analysis identified linkages between future capacity decisions and competitive forces hypothesized in the agricultural management literature, which are responsible for driving consolidation in the U.S. feedlot industry. The survey also collected information on value‐added production and management practices. These data were used to test the “niche market” hypotheses discussed in the strategic management literature. The analysis provides evidence that firms that engage in value‐added practices have a lower probability of indicating they will decrease the capacity of their feedlot.
Heart rate acceleration and deceleration capacities associated with circadian blood pressure variation
Authors: Yan Liyuan , Jin Jianling , Zhao Xin , Huang Xingmei , Zhu Wei , Jiang Shili , Gao Meiwen , Yuan Jiamin 
Published: February 2020

AbstractBackgroundHeart rate acceleration and deceleration capacities are novel parameters that can quantify sympathetic and vagal modulation. However, how acceleration and deceleration capacities associated with circadian blood pressure (BP) variation remains unknown.MethodsA total of 141 patients with essential hypertension were included in our study. Based on the nocturnal decline rate of systolic BP (SBP), patients were divided into two groups, as dippers and nondippers. Baseline demographic characteristics, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) parameters, Holter recordings, and echocardiographic parameters were collected.ResultsThe absolute values of acceleration capacity (AC) (−7.75 [−8.45 ~ −6.3] ms vs. −6.6 [−8.25 ~ −5.2] ms, p = .047) and deceleration capacity (DC) (7.35 [6.1 ~ 8.1] ms vs. 6.3 [5.1 ~ 7.6] ms, p = .042) were significantly higher in dippers than in nondippers. By multivariate logistic regression analysis, left atrial diameter (LAd) was found to be an independent risk factor for nondipper status in acceleration capacity model (odds ratio 1.174, 95% confidence interval 1.019–1.354, p = .027) and deceleration model (odds ratio 1.146, 95% confidence interval 1.003–1.309, p = .045). Sleep SBP was positively correlated to acceleration capacity (r = .256, p = .002) and negatively correlated to deceleration capacity (r = −.194, p = .021).ConclusionsThe absolute values of acceleration capacity and deceleration capacity were higher in patients with dipper hypertension than in patients with nondipper hypertension. However, acceleration and deceleration capacities were not independent risk factors for blunted BP variation. Sleep SBP seemed to be better correlated to the impairment of autonomic nervous system (ANS) function than other ABPM parameters.
A Japanese lung cancer registry study on demographics and treatment modalities in medically treated patients
Authors: Sekine Ikuo , Shintani Yasushi , Shukuya Takehito , Takayama Koichi , Inoue Akira , Okamoto Isamu , Kiura Katsuyuki , Takahashi Kazuhisa , Dosaka‐Akita Hirotoshi , Takiguchi Yuichi , Miyaoka Etsuo , Okumura Meinoshin , Yoshino Ichiro 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThis study provides the benchmark statistics on medically treated patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in Japan. Demographic background, treatment, and prognosis were obtained from patients with lung cancer pathologically diagnosed in 2012, who received nonsurgical treatment. Descriptive statistics and their associations with survival were analyzed. In total, 12 320 patients were registered from 314 institutions in Japan. The median age was 70 years, and 73% of the patients were male. The number (%) of stages I, II, III, and IV diseases were 468 (3.8%), 421 (3.4%), 3260 (26.5%), and 8171 (66.3%), respectively. NSCLC and SCLC accounted for 9872 (80.1%) and 2353 (19.1%) patients, respectively. Thoracic radiotherapy‐based therapy, chemotherapy, and palliative care alone were administered to 2572 (20.9%), 7790 (63.2%), and 1952 (15.8%) patients, respectively. Clinical TNM stage was one of the strongest prognostic factors with the 3‐year survival rates of 62.9%, 47.3%, 40.0%, 27.8%, 37.5%, 26.5%, and 18.2% for stages IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, and IV, respectively. Among 6158 patients with NSCLC treated with chemotherapy, the 3‐year survival rate was 33.4% in patients receiving epidermal growth factor receptor‐tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR‐TKIs) at some point in their clinical course, whereas it was 17.4% in patients who did not. The 3‐year survival rate of SCLC was only 15.9%. In conclusion, approximately two‐thirds of the patients were diagnosed as stage IV at the initial diagnosis. Use of EGFR‐TKIs significantly improved the survival of patients with NSCLC.
Modified online Newton step based on elementwise multiplication
Authors: Singh Charanjeet , Sharma Anuj 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe second‐order method using a Newton step is a suitable technique in online learning to guarantee a regret bound. The large data are a challenge in the Newton method to store second‐order matrices such as the hessian. In this article, we have proposed a modified online Newton step that stores first‐ and second‐order matrices of dimension m (classes) by d (features). We have used elementwise arithmetic operations to maintain the size of matrices. The modified second‐order matrix size results in faster computations. Also, the mistake rate is on par with respect to popular methods in the literature. The experimental outcome indicates that proposed method could be helpful to handle large multiclass datasets on common desktop machines using second‐order method as the Newton step.
Quantified control in healthcare work: Suggestions for future research
Authors: Levay Charlotta , Jönsson Johan , Huzzard Tony 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThis paper outlines promising avenues for empirical research on quantified control in healthcare work. A review of key insights from accounting, organization studies, and the emergent sociology of quantification indicates that numbers are productive as well as deceptive and seductive, that they enable control but can be evaded, and that they typically have unintended effects. It remains to be further explored how multiple forms of measurement and quantified control play out in everyday healthcare work. Other questions worth probing concern the limits and capabilities of numbers as a shared language, the differential and disciplinary effects of numbers on social groups, the use of numbers for impression management, and how people manage to resist or mobilize numbers for different purposes. Calling for additional qualitative, close‐up studies, the paper proposes a research focus on everyday practices and the interactions of diverse control measures. It sets out several fruitful methodological pathways, both the well‐established approaches of ethnography and Actor‐Network Theory and the more novel approaches of investigating numbers as communicative acts or as dramaturgical performances.
Home Visits Improve Attitudes and Self‐Efficacy: A Longitudinal Curriculum for Residents
Authors: Goroncy Anna , Makaroff Katherine , Trybula Marcus , Regan Saundra , Pallerla Harini , Goodnow Keesha , Schlaudecker Jeffrey 
Published: February 2020

OBJECTIVESTo develop a competency‐based, adaptable home visit curricula and clinical framework for family medicine (FM) residents, and to examine resident attitudes, self‐efficacy, and skills following implementation.DESIGNQuantitative analysis of resident survey responses and qualitative thematic analysis of written resident reflections.SETTINGUrban FM residency program.PARTICIPANTSA total of 43 residents and 20 homebound patients in a home‐based primary care program.INTERVENTIONA home‐based primary care practice and accompanying curriculum for FM residents was developed and implemented to improve learners’ confidence and skills to perform home visits.MEASUREMENTSA 10‐question survey with a 4‐point Likert scale and open‐ended responses. Written resident reflections following home visits.RESULTSOver 3 years, 43 unique respondents completed a total of 79 surveys evaluating attitudes, skills, and barriers to home care. Some residents may have completed the survey more than once at different stages in their training. Overall, 86% are interested in home visits in future practice, and 78% of survey responses indicated an increased likelihood to perform home visits with more training. Learners with two or more home visits reported significantly improved confidence. Themes across all resident reflections included social determinants of health, patient‐physician relationship, patient‐home assessment, patient autonomy/independence, and physician wellness/attitudes. Residents described how home visits encourage more holistic care to improve outcomes for patients who are homebound.CONCLUSIONOur home visit curriculum provided new learning, an enhanced desire to practice home‐based primary care, improved learner confidence, and could help residents meet the need of a growing population of adults who are homebound. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:852–858, 2020
Evolutionary anatomy of the plantar aponeurosis in primates, including humans
Authors: Sichting Freddy , Holowka Nicholas B. , Ebrecht Florian , Lieberman Daniel E. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe plantar aponeurosis in the human foot has been extensively studied and thoroughly described, in part, because of the incidence of plantar fasciitis in humans. It is commonly assumed that the human plantar aponeurosis is a unique adaptation to bipedalism that evolved in concert with the longitudinal arch. However, the comparative anatomy of the plantar aponeurosis is poorly known in most mammals, even among non‐human primates, hindering efforts to understand its function. Here, we review previous anatomical descriptions of 40 primate species and use phylogenetic comparative methods to reconstruct the evolution of the plantar aponeurosis and its relationship to the plantaris muscle in primates. Ancestral state reconstructions suggest that the overall organization of the human plantar aponeurosis is shared with chimpanzees and that a similar anatomical configuration evolved independently in different primate clades as an adaptation to terrestrial locomotion. The presence of a plantar aponeurosis with clearly developed lateral and central bands in the African apes suggests that this structure is not prohibitive to suspensory locomotion and that these species possess versatile feet adapted for both terrestrial and arboreal locomotion. This plantar aponeurosis configuration would have been advantageous in enhancing foot stiffness for bipedal locomotion in the earliest hominins, prior to the evolution of a longitudinal arch. Hominins may have subsequently evolved thicker and stiffer plantar aponeuroses alongside the arch to enable a windlass mechanism and elastic energy storage for bipedal walking and running, although this idea requires further testing.
Potential distributions of phlebotomine sandfly vectors of human visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in Morocco
Authors: Daoudi M. , Boussaa S. , Hafidi M. , Boumezzough A. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractZoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is a common vector‐borne systemic disease caused by Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae). In Morocco the situation is complex: many sandfly species have been collected in areas in which the disease is endemic, but only Phlebotomus ariasi, Phlebotomus perniciosus and Phlebotomus longicuspis (Diptera: Psychodidae) have been confirmed to have vectorial roles. The objective of the present study was to ascertain the potential distribution of L. infantum and its vectors in Morocco, using ecological niche modelling. Vector records were obtained from field collections of the Laboratory team and from previously published entomological observations. Epidemiological data for L. infantum modelling were obtained from Moroccan Ministry of Health reports. The jackknife test indicated that the bioclimatic variables with the greatest influence on model development for all species were annual precipitation and precipitation in the driest quarter of the year. MaxEnt model representations for sandfly species that act as vectors of L. infantum showed the widespread geographic distribution of these species in Morocco, specifically in northern and central Morocco, where foci of visceral leishmaniasis are found. The ecological niche modelling points out areas in which the probability of occurrence of these species is higher. This information should be considered as a starting point for further research to fully elucidate the ecology and epidemiology of these species, as well as of the pathogens they transmit.
Effect of cumulative fluid balance on acute kidney injury and patient outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation: A retrospective cohort study
Authors: Zhang Simei , Ma Jiguang , An Rui , Liu Lin , Li Jianpeng , Fang Zeping , Wang Qiang , Ma Qingyong , Shen Xin 
Published: February 2020

AbstractAimAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and it affects long‐term patient survival. The aims of this study were to identify the effects of cumulative fluid balance (FB) on early post‐OLT AKI and adverse outcomes and to construct a model to predict AKI.MethodsWe retrospectively analysed 146 adult patients who underwent OLT. AKI severity was classified according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between cumulative FB and post‐OLT AKI. The Kaplan‐Meier method was used to estimate the survival rate.ResultsWithin the perioperative period of 72 hours, 50% (66/132) of patients developed AKI, with 36 (54%), 16 (24%) and 14 (21%) patients having AKI stages 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The cumulative FB was the risk factors for post‐OLT AKI (odds ratio [OR], 1.011; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.156~6.001; P = .021). Preoperative albumin was a protective factor for post‐OLT AKI (OR, 0.309; 95% CI, 0.140~0.731; P = .007). The AKI group requires renal replacement therapy (RRT) more (15.2% vs 0%, P = .001) and associated with postoperative complications (56% vs 28.8%, P = .003). The complication‐free survival was lower in the AKI group ([11.90 vs 18.74] months, χ2 = 9.60, P = .002).ConclusionCumulative FB within 72 hours is associated with post‐OLT AKI and requires RRT. Cumulative FB impacts the long‐term complication‐free survival of the recipients.
Title analysis of (systematic) scoping review studies: Chaos or consistency?
Authors: Chrastina Jan 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe scoping review is one of the alternatives of producing a literature review. However, this approach still lacks a clearly accepted definition, and the scoping terminology is also somewhat fuzzy. Although the methodology of scoping review processing is relatively uniform, terminological chaos appears in the titles of studies with scoping review methodology. This paper presents an analysis of selected published studies with a focus on the content of their titles. A total of 13 thematic dimensions were identified covering the content of titles that show a degree of inconsistency and frequent terminological and methodological “chaos.” This study includes a broad scope of themes and areas for which scoping reviews were produced. We would like to recommend to authors (especially scoping review beginners) to – if not necessary or desirable – avoid introducing new concepts and specifications of titles of produced and published scoping review studies. In the case of literature reviews and knowledge synthesis it is necessary to search according to specific keywords and search phrases – more fragmented scoping review terminology makes literature search more difficult or even impossible.