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“Free” and “unfree” money in German prisons: The role of accounting in educating public service users
Authors: Iloga Balep Nathalie , Junne Jaromir 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThis paper explores how public organizations use accounting as a pedagogical instrument for educating individual citizens. Drawing on conceptions of financial literacy and governmentality, our paper presents the findings of a qualitative case study of German prisons and analyzes how accounting practices shape interactions between public organizations and individual citizens. Our findings show how three types of financial accounts—prison money, gate money, and private money—grant prisoners differentiated access to funds. Prison administrators refer to these accounts as “free” or “unfree,” depending on whether prisoners can decide how the money will be used. The study reveals how German law, ministries, and prison administrations attach three basic virtues to prisoner accounts—legal consumption, financial prudence, and social responsibility—in an attempt to include individuals (back) into a population of economically and socially functioning citizens. To public management research, this paper contributes a description of how public institutions employ accounting as a pedagogical technology in interactions with individual citizens. To prior works on financial literacy, we add the idea that educative measures not only produce viable and disciplined market actors, but also transport specific virtues of being a social citizen. Finally, our study discusses how disciplinary and postdisciplinary notions of accounting interact and provide possibilities for governing through freedom—even behind bars.
Proprotein convertase 7 (PCSK7) reduces apoA‐V levels
Authors: Ashraf Yahya , Duval Stéphanie , Sachan Vatsal , Essalmani Rachid , Susan‐Resiga Delia , Roubtsova Anna , Hamelin Josée , Gerhardy Stefan , Kirchhofer Daniel , Tagliabracci Vincent S. , Prat Annik , Kiss Robert Scott , Seidah Nabil G. 
Published: January 2020

The locus of the human proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type‐7 (PC7) gene (PCSK7) is on chromosome 11q23.3 close to the gene cluster APOA5/APOA4/APOC3/APOA1, a region implicated in the regulation of lipoprotein metabolism. A GWAS reported the association of PCSK7 SNPs with plasma triglyceride (TG), and exome sequencing of African Americans revealed the association of a low‐frequency coding variant of PC7 (R504H; SNP rs142953140) with a ~ 30% TG reduction. Another PCSK7 SNP rs508487 is in linkage disequilibrium with a promoter variant of the liver‐derived apolipoprotein A‐V (apoA‐V), an indirect activator of the lipoprotein lipase (LpL), and is associated with elevated TG levels. We thus hypothesized that PC7 regulates the levels/activity of apoA‐V. Studies in the human hepatic cell line HuH7 revealed that wild‐type (WT) PC7 and its endoplasmic reticulum (ER)‐retained forms bind to and enhance the degradation of human apoA‐V in acidic lysosomes in a nonenzymatic fashion. PC7‐induced degradation of apoA‐V is inhibited by bafilomycin A1 and the alkalinizing agents: chloroquine and NH4Cl. Thus, the PC7‐induced apoA‐V degradation implicates an ER‐lysosomal communication inhibited by bafilomycin A1. In vitro, the natural R504H mutant enhances PC7 Ser505 phosphorylation at the structurally exposed Ser‐X‐Glu507 motif recognized by the secretory kinase Fam20C. Co‐expression of the phosphomimetic PC7‐S505E with apoA‐V resulted in lower degradation compared to WT, suggesting that Ser505 phosphorylation of PC7 lowers TG levels via reduced apoA‐V degradation. In agreement, in Pcsk7−/− mice fed high‐fat diet, plasma apoA‐V levels and adipocyte LpL activity are increased, providing an in vivo mechanistic link for a role of liver PC7 in enhanced TG storage in adipocytes.
Microaerophilic Fe‐oxidizing micro‐organisms in Middle Jurassic ferruginous stromatolites and the paleoenvironmental context of their formation (Southern Carpathians, Romania)
Authors: Grădinaru Mihaela , Lazăr Iuliana , Ducea Mihai N. , Petrescu Lucian 
Published: January 2020

AbstractFerruginous stromatolites occur associated with Middle Jurassic condensed deposits in several Tethyan and peri‐Tethyan areas. The studied ferruginous stromatolites occurring in the Middle Jurassic condensed deposits of Southern Carpathians (Romania) preserve morphological, geochemical, and mineralogical data that suggest microbial iron oxidation. Based on their macrofabrics and accretion patterns, we classified stromatolites: (1) Ferruginous microstromatolites associated with hardground surfaces and forming the cortex of the macro‐oncoids and (2) Domical ferruginous stromatolites developed within the Ammonitico Rosso‐type succession disposed above the ferruginous microstromatolites (type 1). Petrographic and scanning electron microscope (SEM) examinations reveal that different types of filamentous micro‐organisms were the significant framework builders of the ferruginous stromatolitic laminae. The studied stromatolites yield a large range of δ56Fe values, from −0.75‰ to +0.66‰ with predominantly positive values indicating the prevalence of partial ferrous iron oxidation. The lowest negative δ56Fe values (up to −0.75‰) are present only in domical ferruginous stromatolites samples and point to initial iron mobilization where the Fe(II) was produced by dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction of ferric oxides by Fe(III)‐reducing bacteria. Rare‐earth elements and yttrium (REE + Y) are used to decipher the nature of the seawater during the formation of the ferruginous stromatolites. Cerium anomalies display moderate to small negative values for the ferruginous microstromatolites, indicating weakly oxygenated conditions compatible with slowly reducing environments, in contrast to the domical ferruginous stromatolites that show moderate positive Ce anomalies suggesting that they formed in deeper, anoxic–suboxic waters. The positive Eu anomalies from the studied samples suggest a diffuse hydrothermal input on the seawater during the Middle Jurassic on the sites of ferruginous stromatolite accretion. This study presents the first interpretation of REE + Y in the Middle Jurassic ferruginous stromatolites of Southern Carpathians, Romania.
Can the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme check‐lists be used alongside Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation to improve transparency and decision‐making?
Authors: Purssell Edward 
Published: January 2020

AbstractAimsThe Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group Guidance is widely used to increase the transparency by which evidence is turned into recommendations. Although the process is clearly defined, it may be difficult to use in nursing education and practice because it uses separate terminology and tools to those sometimes used in education, such as those devised by the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP). This paper aims to show how these tools can be used together.DesignDiscussion paper.Data sourcesDocumentation from the GRADE Working Group, and the CASP, as of 14 June 2019.Implications for nursingAll of the items from the CASP check‐list can be incorporated into GRADE which might allow for wider use of its principles in nursing education and practice. Some additions are required, however, to complete the outcome‐level assessment, these being the consistency of the results and possible publication bias. More details on the extent to which the benefits are worth any harms and costs and different types of inconsistency (heterogeneity) would also be useful. This approach is consistent with the Group's Criteria for determining whether the GRADE approach was used.ConclusionThe CASP tool can be used with minor modification to a GRADE‐like manner. This would allow for GRADE to be taught and used in nursing education and transferred to practice.ImpactThis discussion paper addressed the use of the CASP Randomised Controlled Trial check‐list to undertake GRADE‐like assessments of evidence. With minor modifications to the way CASP is used, it is possible to use this tool to make GRADE‐like assessments of the body of evidence and to critique individual studies. This finding will allow for the full use of the GRADE approach in healthcare education using the CASP tools.
Shareholder coordination and corporate innovation
Authors: Mathers Ani Manakyan , Wang Bin , Wang Xiaohong (Sara) 
Published: January 2020

AbstractWe show that greater shareholder coordination, as proxied by the geographic proximity between institutional investors, is positively related to corporate innovation outcomes. This relationship is driven by coordination among dedicated and independent institutions who have strong monitoring incentives and is more pronounced among firms with lower blockholder ownership and greater information asymmetry where there is greater benefit to monitoring. We propose that shareholder coordination promotes corporate innovation through a reduction in managerial agency problems. Overall, our results are consistent with the notion that greater shareholder coordination enables diffuse shareholders to monitor managers more effectively and enhances corporate innovation.
Noninvasive central pulse pressure is an independent determinant of renal function
Authors: Xiao Wenkai , Wen Yi , Ye Ping , Wang Fan , Cao Ruihua , Bai Yongyi , Wu Hongmei 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic properties of different BP measurements for renal function decrement and early chronic kidney disease (CKD) in community‐dwelling populations with normal renal function at baseline. A total of 1426 participants were included and followed for a median of 4.8 years (interquartile range, 4.5‐5.2), and central hemodynamic profile and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were evaluated. One main outcome was the rapid eGFR decline defined as a decline in eGFR of greater than 3 mL/min per 1.73 m2 per year; the other was the new incidence of CKD. At the end of follow‐up, mean eGFR decreased from 93.39 ± 13.46 mL/min per 1.73 m2 to 85.72 ± 14.81 mL/min per 1.73 m2, and the incidence of rapid eGFR decline and CKD were 20.7% and 5.6%, respectively. In multivariate linear regression analysis, central pulse pressure (PP), age, fasting blood glucose, and concentration of homocysteine were independent determinants of the change in renal function. Not only in the prediction of rapid eGFR decline but also in the incident of CKD, baseline central PP was the only BP component that consistently independently associated with both outcomes after adjustment for various confounders. When compared with subjects in the lowest quartile of central PP, those in the highest quartile demonstrated a significantly increased risk of CKD (hazard ratio [HR], 1.57; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08‐2.96; P = .006). The study showed that central PP emerged as an independent predictor of the decline in renal function.
Qualitative properties of spray‐dried blood fruit (Haematocarpus validus) powder and its sorption isotherms
Authors: Sasikumar Raju , Das Mrityunjoy , Sahu Jatindra Kumar , Deka Sankar Chandra 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThis work aims to study the qualitative properties of spray‐dried blood fruit powder (BFP) and to determine sorption isotherm through model fitting. The results showed that maximum yield was obtained with 30% maltodextrin (MD) at 150°C, having 1.57% moisture content and water activity (Aw) value of 0.3, respectively. Other characteristic properties of powder viz., hygroscopicity, bulk density, and solubility were also determined. Field‐emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) was used for morphological and mineral compositional studies. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), and particle size distribution (PSD) of BFP were also evaluated. Moisture sorption isotherm (MSI) study of BFP resulted in good fitting with Peleg and GAB model. Therefore, it was concluded that superior quality BFP could be produced by a spray‐drying technique with 30% (w/w) MD and drying at 150°C temperature.Practical applicationsBlood fruit (Haematocarpus validus) has important bioactive compounds, antioxidant properties, and some essential minerals, which play a significant role in human nutrition and traditional medicine for treating arthritis, jaundice, hypertension, cancer, etc. The processing of blood fruit juice/pulp by spray‐drying technique to produce powder is classified among the best processes resulting in better, superior‐quality powders that are ease for packaging, transportation, and with increased shelf life. MSI study helps in providing information regarding food processing operations related to drying, packaging, and storage.
Heat resistance in Escherichia coli and its implications on ground beef cooking recommendations in Canada
Authors: Yang Xianqin , Tran Frances , Klassen Mark D. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThis study assessed the adequacy of the current cooking recommendations in relation to heat resistant Escherichia coli by evaluating eight potentially heat resistant E. coli strains (four generic and four E. coli O157:H7) along with AW1.7. The D60°C‐values for these strains varied from 1.3 to 9.0 min, with J3 and AW1.7 being the least and most heat resistant strains, respectively. The D60°C‐values for E. coli 62 and 68 were similar and were not affected by growth medium, while the heat resistance of C37, J3, and AW1.7 varied with the growth medium. When heated in extra lean ground beef (100 g) in vacuum pouches, the mean D54°C, D57°C, and D60°C‐values were 44.8, 18.6, and 2.9 min for C37, 13.8, 6.9, and 0.9 min for J3, and 40.5, 9.1, and 6.1 min for AW1.7. Burger temperatures continued to rise after being removed from heat when the target temperature was reached, by 3–5°C, and resting of 1 min would result in a destruction of 133, 374 and 14 log C37, J3 and AW1.7. These findings along with the very low occurrence of heat resistant E. coli expected in ground beef show that cooking ground beef to 71°C should be adequate.
Postoperative quality of life after laparoscopy‐assisted pylorus‐preserving gastrectomy compared with laparoscopy‐assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer
Authors: Huang Chen , Yu Fengrong , Zhao Gang , Xia Xiang 
Published: January 2020

AbstractBackground and AimThis study aimed to investigate the postoperative quality of life (QOL) between laparoscopy‐assisted pylorus‐preserving gastrectomy (LAPPG) and laparoscopy‐assisted distal gastrectomy with Billroth I anastomosis (LADGBI) in patients with middle‐third early gastric cancers (EGC).MethodsFrom January 2015 to August 2017, a total 91 patients with EGC underwent LAPPG or LADGBI procedure with complete QLQ‐C30 and QLQ‐STO22 in Ren Ji Hospital. Not only do surgical and oncological safety as well as clinicopathologic characteristics analyze, but also chronological changes of QOL and nutritional status were compared for the evaluation of functional advantages.ResultsThere was no significant difference in clinicopathologic characteristics and perioperative recovery between LAPPG and LADGBI. During postoperative 2‐year follow up, LAPPG showed significant advantages over LADGBI in emotional functioning, insomnia, appetite loss, reflux, and taste problem and presented larger area in global and functional scales and less area in symptom scales, which means that LAPPG tended to present better improvement and less symptoms than LADGBI for QOL 2 years after surgery. Furthermore, LAPPG could bring about significant improvement in total protein and hemoglobin compared to LADGBI at postoperative 2 years.ConclusionLAPPG obtains QOL as well as total protein and hemoglobin superiority and could be recommended to patients with EGC whose tumor located in the middle third of the stomach.
Hybridization of complete PLCA and MRIO databases for a comprehensive product system coverage
Authors: Agez Maxime , Wood Richard , Margni Manuele , Strømman Anders H. , Samson Réjean , Majeau‐Bettez Guillaume 
Published: January 2020

AbstractProcess‐based Life Cycle Assessments (PLCA) rely on detailed descriptions of extensive value chains and their associated exchanges with the environment, but major data gaps limit the completeness of these system descriptions and lead to truncations in inventories and underestimations of impacts. Hybrid Life Cycle Assessments (HLCA) aim to combine the strength of PLCA and Environmentally Extended Input Output (EEIO) analysis to obtain more specific and complete system descriptions. Currently, however, most HLCAs only remediate truncation of processes that are specific to each case study (foreground processes), and these processes are then linked to (truncated) generic background processes from a non‐hybridized PLCA database. A hybrid PLCA‐EEIO database is therefore required to completely solve the truncation problems of PLCA and thus obtain a comprehensive product system coverage. This paper describes the construction of such a database using pyLCAIO, a novel framework and open‐source software enabling the streamlined hybridization of entire PLCA and EEIO databases. We applied this framework to the PLCA database Ecoinvent3.5 and the multiregional EEIO database EXIOBASE 3. Thanks to the correction for truncation in this new hybrid database, the median and average life cycle global warming potential (GWP) of its processes increased by 7% and 14%, respectively. These corrections only reflect the truncations that could be readily identified and estimated in a semi‐automated manner; and we anticipate that further database integration should lead to higher levels of correction in the future.
Granulites record the tectonic evolution from collisional thickening to extensional thinning of the Tongbai orogen in central China
Authors: Zhang Qiang‐Qiang , Gao Xiao‐Ying , Chen Ren‐Xu , Zheng Yong‐Fei 
Published: January 2020

AbstractA combined study of petrology and geochemistry was carried out for granulites from the Tongbai orogen in central China. The results reveal the tectonic evolution from collisional thickening to extensional thinning of the lithosphere at the convergent plate boundary. Petrographic observations, zircon U–Pb dating, and pseudosection calculations indicate that the granulites underwent four metamorphic stages, which are categorized into two cycles. The first cycle occurred at 490–450 Ma and involves high‐P (HP) metamorphism (M1) at 785–815°C and 10–14 kbar followed by decompressional heating to 840–880°C and 8–9 kbar for medium‐pressure granulite facies metamorphism (M2), defining a clockwise P–T path. The high pressure is indicated by the occurrence of inclusions of rutile+kyanite+K‐feldspar in the garnet mantle. The second cycle occurred at c. 440 Ma and shows an anticlockwise P–T path with continuous heating to ultrahigh‐temperature (UHT) metamorphism (M3) at 890–980°C and 9–11 kbar, followed by decompressional cooling to 740–880°C and 7–9 kbar (M4) till 405 Ma. The HP metamorphism is synchronous with the ultrahigh‐pressure eclogite facies metamorphism in the Qinling orogen, indicating its relevance to the continental collision in the Cambrian. The UHT metamorphism took place at reduced pressures, indicating thinning of the collision‐thickened orogenic lithosphere. Therefore, the Tongbai orogen was initially thickened by the collisional orogeny and then thinned, possibly as a result of foundering of the orogenic root. Such tectonic evolution may be common in collisional orogens where compression during continental collision switched to extension during continental rifting.
Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration During Emergent Birth Center Transfers: A Quality Improvement Project
Authors: Olvera Lauren , Smith Jean Sala , Prater Lyn , Hastings‐Tolsma Marie 
Published: January 2020

IntroductionMidwifery care in the birth center setting has proven to be a safe and ideal option for some low‐risk women. Although rare, perinatal complications that require emergent transfer to a higher level of care can occur in community birth settings. Optimal perinatal outcomes during emergent transfers depend on excellent interprofessional communication and collaboration. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement interprofessional emergent birth center transfer mock drills in order to improve communication and collaboration among birth center midwives, local paramedics, and receiving hospital staff during emergent birth center transfers.ProcessBirth center midwives and hospital staff provided education sessions on perinatal emergencies and the scope of practice for midwives for local paramedics. Paramedics’ knowledge level was assessed with pretests and posttests, before and after the education sessions, respectively. An interprofessional, collaborative mock drill was then organized and included birth center, paramedic, and hospital staff. All participants received a questionnaire after the drill.OutcomesMean test scores after paramedic education sessions increased by 43.5% (n = 95, P <.001). The Likert‐type scale questionnaire given to mock drill participants after drill completion revealed that 97% indicated probable support for the sustainability of future mock drills in the birth center setting (n = 10).DiscussionHealth care providers can help improve perinatal outcomes during emergent transfers from the community setting by having clearly outlined guidelines and procedures and communicating efficiently with interprofessional members of the health care team. Both interprofessional education sessions and collaborative mock drills are effective methods to increase knowledge of perinatal emergencies, thus improving interprofessional communication and collaboration during emergent birth center transfers.
The introduction of a safety checklist in two UK hospital emergency departments: A qualitative study of implementation and staff use
Authors: Stone Tracey , Banks Jon , Brant Heather , Kesten Joanna , Redfern Emma , Remmers Ann , Redwood Sabi 
Published: January 2020

AbstractAims and objectivesTo explore the extent to which a checklist designed to support patient safety in hospital Emergency Departments was recognised and used by staff.BackgroundPatient crowding in UK Emergency Departments makes it difficult for staff to monitor all patients for signs of clinical deterioration. An Emergency Department Safety Checklist was developed at a UK hospital to ensure patients are regularly monitored. It was subsequently implemented in six hospitals and recommended for use across the National Health Service in England.MethodsThis was a qualitative study in two UK hospital Emergency Departments. Data collection consisted of sixty‐six hours of nonparticipant observation and interviews with twenty‐six staff. Observations were sampled across different days and times. Interviews sampled a range of staff. Data were analysed thematically. The study was undertaken in accordance with COREQ guidelines.ResultsStaff described the Emergency Department Safety Checklist as a useful prompt and reminder for monitoring patients' vital signs and other aspects of care. It was also reported as effective in communicating patient care status to other staff. However, completing the checklist was also described as a task which could be overlooked during busy periods. During implementation, the checklist was promoted to staff in ways that obscured its core function of maintaining patient safety.ConclusionsThe Emergency Department Safety Checklist can support staff in maintaining patient safety. However, it was not fully recognised by staff as a core component of everyday clinical practice.Relevance to clinical practiceThe Emergency Department Safety Checklist is a response to an overcrowded environment. To realise the potential of the checklist, emergency departments should take the following steps during implementation: (a) focus on the core function of clinical safety, (b) fully integrate the checklist into the existing workflow and (c) employ a departmental team‐based approach to implementation and training.