bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Rapid suppression and sustained activation of distinct cortical regions for a delayed sensory-triggered motor response
Authors: Esmaeili Vahid , Tamura Keita , Muscinelli Samuel P. , Modirshanechi Alireza , Boscaglia Marta , Lee Ashley B. , Oryshchuk Anastasiia , Foustoukos Georgios , Liu Yanqi , Crochet Sylvain , Gerstner Wulfram , Petersen Carl C.H. 
Published: October 2020

SUMMARYThe neuronal mechanisms generating a delayed motor response initiated by a sensory cue remain elusive. Here, we tracked the precise sequence of cortical activity in mice transforming a brief whisker stimulus into delayed licking using wide-field calcium imaging, multi-region high-density electrophysiology and time-resolved optogenetic manipulation. Rapid activity evoked by whisker deflection acquired two prominent features for task performance: i) an enhanced excitation of secondary whisker motor cortex, suggesting its important role connecting whisker sensory processing to lick motor planning, and ii) a transient reduction of activity in orofacial sensorimotor cortex, which contributed to suppressing premature licking. Subsequent widespread cortical activity during the delay period largely correlated with anticipatory movements, but when these were accounted for, a focal sustained activity remained in frontal cortex, which was causally essential for licking in the response period. Our results demonstrate key cortical nodes for motor plan generation and timely execution in delayed goal-directed licking.
Species differences in the cerebellar distribution of six members of the Kv1 channel subfamily
Authors: Curran Olimpia E. , Hubball Andrew W. , Minor Philip D. , Knowles Charles H. , Martin Joanne E. 
Published: October 2020

AbstractComprehensive studies on the distribution of the Kv1 subfamily have been performed in rat (Chung et al., 2001) and gerbil (Chung et al., 2005), but not in mouse or human. We hypothesized that species differences may exist in the localization of these proteins. Two sets of polyclonal antibodies to Kv1.1-6 were used. Immunohistochemistry was performed on archived, formalin-fixed tissue from disease-free human, monkey and mouse cerebellum. Mouse staining corresponded to that described in rat and gerbil, with strong Kv1.1 and Kv1.2 immunoreactivities in the basket cell pinceau at the base of Purkinje cells. Kv1.3, Kv1.4, Kv1.5 and Kv1.6 were predominantly expressed in Purkinje cells. Human and monkey samples showed a similar pattern to mouse for Kv1.1, Kv1.2, Kv1.3 and Kv1.5. However, little or no Purkinje cell staining was seen in the primates with Kv1.4 and Kv1.6, and strong stellate cell expression was noted. All staining was abolished by cognate peptide blocking. Similar distributions were seen with both sets of antibodies. We conclude that there are marked species differences in the distribution of Kv1.4 and Kv1.6 between primates and rodents. Choosing appropriate animal models for studying physiological and disease processes may prove vital for translating research outcomes into clinical applications.
Rerefinement of poly[diaquabis(μ3-2-methylpropanoato-κ4O:O,O′:O′)bis(μ3-2-methylpropanoato-κ3O:O:O)(μ2-2-methylpropanoato-κ3O:O,O′)(2-methylpropanoato-κ2O,O′)trilead(II)]
Authors: Samolová Erika , Fábry Jan 
Published: October 2020

The crystal structure of the title complex, [Pb3(C4H7O2)6(H2O)2]n, was redetermined on basis of modern CCD-based single-crystal X-ray data at 120 K. The current study basically confirms the previous report [Fallonet al.(1997).Polyhedron,16, 19–23] at 190 K, but with higher accuracy and precision. In particular, positional disorder of one of the 2-methylpropanoate anions over two sets of sites was resolved, showing a refined ratio of the disorder components of 0.535 (9):0.465 (9). The three independent cations in the structure have coordination numbers of [7 + 1], [6 + 1], and [5 + 3], with O atoms belonging either to carboxylate groups or water molecules. This arrangement leads to the formation of sheets parallel to (\overline{1}01), whereby the hydrophobic 2-methylpropanyl groups of the anions are oriented above and below the hydrophilic sheets to form a layered structure. Within a sheet, hydrogen bonds of the type Owater—H...O are formed, whereas the hydrophobic groups between adjacent layers interact through van der Waals forces.
Towards a typology of personal information management behavior: exploring and defining people's interactions with personal information
Authors: Alon Lilach , Forkosh Baruch Alona , Nachmias Rafi 
Published: October 2020

PurposeDifferences in personal information management (PIM) behavior are well established in the literature, but are defined from the narrow perspective of practical use (e.g. filing/piling, emailing). This paper aims to identify the types of PIM behavior that would help us understand how people manage personal information in the digital era.Design/methodology/approachThe authors relied on the theoretical framework, published in a recent article (Alon and Nachmias, 2020a), examining actual PIM behavior (e.g. actual practice), ideal behavior (e.g. perceptions of best practice) and the gaps between them. Our framework drew on data collected via a questionnaire on the use of 25 PIM practices (N = 465).FindingsThe findings indicated four types of PIM behavior that differed by activity level (actual PIM) and satisfaction level (ideal PIM and gaps): passive and satisfied, active and satisfied, fairly active and unsatisfied and active and fairly satisfied. This allows the classification of users according to their dominant tendency to use specific practices.Originality/valuePrevious studies focused mainly on specific PIM practices or contexts. Our research creates a classification of types, based on ideal as well as actual PIM behavior, and also examines a broader perspective.
Efficient task scheduling on virtual machine in cloud computing environment
Authors: Alam Mahfooz , Mahak  , Haidri Raza Abbas , Yadav Dileep Kumar 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
Cloud users can access services at anytime from anywhere in the world. On average, Google now processes more than 40,000 searches every second, which is approximately 3.5 billion searches per day. The diverse and vast amounts of data are generated with the development of next-generation information technologies such as cryptocurrency, internet of things and big data. To execute such applications, it is needed to design an efficient scheduling algorithm that considers the quality of service parameters like utilization, makespan and response time. Therefore, this paper aims to propose a novel Efficient Static Task Allocation (ESTA) algorithm, which optimizes average utilization.

Design/methodology/approach
Cloud computing provides resources such as virtual machine, network, storage, etc. over the internet. Cloud computing follows the pay-per-use billing model. To achieve efficient task allocation, scheduling algorithm problems should be interacted and tackled through efficient task distribution on the resources. The methodology of ESTA algorithm is based on minimum completion time approach. ESTA intelligently maps the batch of independent tasks (cloudlets) on heterogeneous virtual machines and optimizes their utilization in infrastructure as a service cloud computing.

Findings
To evaluate the performance of ESTA, the simulation study is compared with Min-Min, load balancing strategy with migration cost, Longest job in the fastest resource-shortest job in the fastest resource, sufferage, minimum completion time (MCT), minimum execution time and opportunistic load balancing on account of makespan, utilization and response time.

Originality/value
The simulation result reveals that the ESTA algorithm consistently superior performs under varying of batch independent of cloudlets and the number of virtual machines’ test conditions.
Let me go to the office! An investigation into the side effects of working from home on work-life balance
Authors: Palumbo Rocco 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThe disruptions brought by COVID-19 pandemic compelled a large part of public sector employees to remotely work from home. Home-based teleworking ensured the continuity of the provision of public services, reducing disruptions brought by the pandemic. However, little is known about the implications of telecommuting from home on the ability of remote employees to manage the work-life interplay. The article adopts a retrospective approach, investigating data provided by the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) to shed lights into this timely topic.Design/methodology/approachAn empirical, quantitative research design was crafted. On the one hand, the direct effects of telecommuting from home on work-life balance were investigated. On the other hand, work engagement and perceived work-related fatigue were included in the empirical analysis as mediating variables which intervene in the relationship between telecommuting from home and work-life balance.FindingsHome-based telecommuting negatively affected the work-life balance of public servants. Employees who remotely worked from home suffered from increased work-to-life and life-to-work conflicts. Telecommuting from home triggered greater work-related fatigue, which worsened the perceived work-life balance. Work engagement positively mediated the negative effects of working from home on work-life balance.Practical implicationsTelecommuting from home has side effects on the ability of remote workers to handle the interplay between work-related commitments and daily life activities. This comes from the overlapping between private life and work, which leads to greater contamination of personal concerns and work duties. Work engagement lessens the perceptions of work-life unbalance. The increased work-related fatigue triggered by remote working may produce a physical and emotional exhaustion of home-based teleworkers.Originality/valueThe article investigates the side effects of remotely working from home on work-life balance, stressing the mediating role of work engagement and work-related fatigue.
Corporate social responsibility and customer retention: evidence from the telecommunication industry in Ghana
Authors: Afiuc Otto , Bonsu Samuel K. , Manu Franklyn , Knight Casey Brett , Panda Swati , Blankson Charles 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
Using social exchange theory as a contextual backdrop, this study aims to better understand how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can contribute to customer retention (CR). A conceptual framework is developed to illustrate the proposed relationship and the influence of mediating factors. The telecommunication industry in Ghana is used to operationalize the conceptual framework.

Design/methodology/approach
Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through face-to-face interviews with CSR managers and through a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using qualitative analysis and structural equation modeling.

Findings
Findings suggest that CSR, corporate image and service quality have significant relationships with both corporate image and CR. Corporate image also mediates the relationship between CSR, customer value and service quality with that of CR. The authors also find that CSR strengthens the relationship between customer value and service quality with that of corporate image, which subsequently leads to enhanced CR.

Originality/value
Thus far, the mediating variables that help explain and predict the relationship between CSR activities and CR have been overlooked in the extant literature. The results of this study will help fill a critical knowledge gap in marketing and CSR literature.
Intellectual capital and value: testing new IC measures in Russia
Authors: Ovechkin Danila , Boldyreva Natalia , Davydenko Vladimir 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to propose extended intellectual capital (IC) indicators. The study shows that the essence of IC in the context of value is residual income, its growth rate and growth rate of equity taken together. It allows creating IC measures (modified residual income and economic value added of equity) that contain these components. The study investigates the relationship between IC and market value for Russian public firms.Design/methodology/approachThe authors propose modified residual income and modified economic value added of equity as IC metrics. This study tests a relationship between market value and IC to investigate suggested metrics. Static and dynamic panel data models are used. 25 companies from the MOEX Russia Index were included in the study. The study covers the period from 2014 to 2018.FindingsThe findings show a strong positive relationship between market value and IC. The results confirm that extended IC measures have a stronger connection to market value.Practical implicationsFirstly, these results benefit managers. They can use proposed extended IC measures as targets for the company when planning business strategy and generating business environment. Secondly, suggested IC measures can help shareholders and investors achieve their long-term goal – wealth maximization.Originality/valueThe value of this article is the development of IC theory and valuation. The proposed measures differ in the way that they consider the growth rates – the main determinants of value along with efficiency.
A tabulation of information technology and consumer behavior in hospitality revenue management research
Authors: Demirciftci Tevfik , Chen ChihChien , Erdem Mehmet 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an overview of revenue management (RM) studies that focus on information technology (IT) and consumer behavior published between 2008 and 2018.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 112 articles published in 17 journals were identified and analyzed.FindingsThis study shows the importance of IT and RM and focuses on the consumer perspective. It also emphasizes that technology is not the enemy of humans: it complements and adds value to their existing jobs.Research limitations/implicationsBook chapters and conference proceedings related to IT and RM were not included in this study. Besides, only journal papers published in English were included in the study. The categorizing of subjects can be seen as subjective.Practical implicationsThis study helps researchers discover articles from 2008 to 2018 and helps hospitality executives interested in RM technologies from the demand side to use these findings in their business environment.Originality/valueBased on the interaction between service providers (hotels) and users (consumers) on IT and RM platforms, the paper identified eight key components that have been relevant over the past decade.
Budgeting under public scrutiny: tracing the justification work of stakeholder groups in the controversy of an Olympic candidature
Authors: Krauss Kai Michael , Sandäng Anna , Karlsson Eric 
Published: October 2020

PurposeBy mobilizing the empirical setting of a megaproject, this study problematizes public budgeting as participatory practice. The authors suggest that megaprojects are prone to democratic legitimacy challenges due to a long history of cost overruns, which provides stakeholders with a chance to dramatize a budgetary controversy.Design/methodology/approachThrough article and document data, the authors reconstructed a controversy that emerged around the budget of Stockholm/Åre’s candidature for the Olympic Winter Games 2026. The authors used Boltanski and Thévenot's (2006) orders of worth to systematically analyze the justification work of key stakeholder groups involved in the controversy.FindingsThis study illustrates that a budgetary controversy was actively maintained by stakeholder groups, which resulted in a lack of public support and the eventual demise of the Olympic candidature. As such, the authors provide a more nuanced understanding of public budgeting as a controversy-based process vis-à-vis a wider public with regard to the broken institution of megaprojects.Practical implicationsThis study suggests more attention to the disruptive power of public scrutiny and the dramatization of budgeting in megaprojects. In this empirical case, the authors show how stakeholders tend to take their technical concerns too far in order to challenge a budget, even though megaprojects generally provide an ill-suited setting for accurate forecasts.Originality/valueWhile studies around the financial legacies of megaprojects have somewhat matured, very few have looked at pitching them. However, the authors argue that megaprojects are increasingly faced with financial skepticism upon their approval upfront.
The inducible defences of large mammals to human lethality
Authors: Montgomery Robert A. , Macdonald David W. , Hayward Matthew W. 
Published: October 2020

Abstract

In the process of avoiding predation, prey are faced with potentially fitness‐compromising trade‐offs that have implications for their survival and reproduction. The nature and strength of these non‐consumptive effects at the population level can be equivalent, or even greater, than consumptive effects.

Many prey species have evolved defence mechanisms that are induced by predation risk. These inducible defences can be morphological or behavioural in nature. Extensive research has detected these defences in predator–prey communities across freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Among this vast research however, an influential portion of these systems has not been widely considered.

Humans inhabit a level in trophic systems above apex predators. In that position, humans have been referred to as a hyperkeystone or super predator species as they have shown a capacity to consume animals at rates many times higher than any other non‐human species. However, the extent to which humans induce adaptive defences in animals is not as clear. Systems involving large mammals may be particularly well‐suited for the study of human‐induced defences given that these species have been disproportionately exploited (for food and competition) over evolutionary time by humans.

To begin this process we first had to examine the context in which large mammals could adaptively evolve inducible defences in relation to human lethality. With the plausibility of these conditions satisfied, we then conducted an extensive review to document the inducible defences that have been detected in large mammals. All of the 187 studies reviewed documented the behavioural plasticity of large mammals to human lethality. No morphological adaptive defences were detected.

However, the extent to which the observed behavioural plasticity of large mammals is representative of adaptive inducible defences remains unclear because the fitness trade‐offs (i.e. costs), an integral condition for inducible defences to evolve, were implied rather than quantified among close to 92% of this research. We make recommendations for renewed ingenuity in the development of field experiments that can quantify these costs and discuss the implications of human lethality on the ecology, conservation and management of large mammals.

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Nitrogen‐fixing trees have no net effect on forest growth in the coterminous United States
Authors: Staccone Anika P. , Kou‐Giesbrecht Sian , Taylor Benton N. , Menge Duncan N. L. 
Published: October 2020

Abstract

Nitrogen (N)‐fixing trees fulfil a unique and important biogeochemical role in forests through their ability to convert atmospheric N2 gas to plant‐available N. Due to their high N fixation rates, it is often assumed that N‐fixing trees facilitate neighbouring trees and enhance forest growth. This assumption is supported by some local studies but contradicted by others, leaving the overall effect of N‐fixing trees on forest growth unresolved.

Here we use the US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis database to evaluate the effects of N‐fixing trees on plot‐scale basal area change and individual‐scale neighbouring tree demography across the coterminous US.

First we discuss the average trends. At the plot and individual scales, N‐fixing trees do not affect the relative growth rates of neighbouring trees, but they facilitate recruitment and inhibit survival rates, suggesting that they are drivers of tree turnover in the coterminous US. At the plot scale, N‐fixing trees facilitate the basal area change of non‐fixing neighbours.

In addition to the average trends, there is wide variation in the effect of N‐fixing trees on forest growth, ranging from strong facilitation to strong inhibition. This variation does not show a clear geographical pattern, though it does vary with certain local factors. N‐fixing trees facilitate forest growth when they are likely to be less competitive: under high N deposition and high soil moisture or when neighbouring trees occupy different niches (e.g. high foliar C:N trees and non‐fixing trees).

Synthesis. N‐fixing trees have highly variable effects on forest growth and neighbour demographics across the coterminous US. This suggests that the effect of N‐fixing trees on forest development and carbon storage depends on local factors, which may help reconcile the conflicting results found in previous localized studies on the effect of N‐fixing trees on forest growth.
Planned oocyte cryopreservation (Planned OC): systematic review and meta‐analysis of cost‐efficiency and patients’ perspective
Authors: Fuchs Weizman N , Baram S , Montbriand J , Librach CL 
Published: October 2020

BackgroundAdvances in vitrification techniques have enabled planned oocyte cryopreservation (‘Planned OC’).ObjectivesTo explore the cost‐efficiency and utilisation of planned OC, as well as patients’ perspectives on the process.Search strategyA systematic search in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Database and PsychINFO, for all relevant studies published between January 2007 and December 2019.Selection criteriaThe protocol followed PRISMA guidelines in PECO format, and was registered with PROSPERO.Data collection and analysisTwo independent reviewers evaluated all manuscripts for inclusion eligibility. Authors were contacted for missing data. Included studies were assessed for risk of bias and for heterogeneity. Weighted effects were measured and plotted.Main resultsThe search yielded 12 545 records, of which 43 were included. Planned OC is cost‐efficient at 35, assuming 60% utilisation; and at 37 assuming utilising donor sperm when necessary. At 38 it is cost‐efficient to defer planned OC in favour of undergoing 2 IVF cycles. Currently, utilisation of banked‐oocytes within 22–58 months, is up to 15%. Nine percent of warmed banked oocytes result in life births. Online resources and treating physicians are equally important sources of information regarding planned OC. Most patients think planned OC is ideal before age 35 and are not fully aware of what the process entails and tend to overestimate the success rates. The main barrier to wider endorsement of planned OC is being wary of potential health implications or of limited success.ConclusionPlanned OC is an adequate method for preserving fertility. However, knowledge gaps result in under‐utilisation leading to reduced cost‐efficiency.Tweetable abstractIdentifying facilitators and barriers for wider adoption of banking oocytes can enhance the cost‐efficiency of this modality.