bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Using online travel agent platforms to determine factors influencing hotel guest satisfaction
Authors: Wong Elise , Rasoolimanesh S. Mostafa , Pahlevan Sharif Saeed 
Published: September 2020

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the relationships between service quality, perceived value and hotel guest satisfaction, drawing upon data from TripAdvisor – an online travel agent (OTA) platform. The study also investigates the mediating role of perceived value on the relationship between service quality and satisfaction, as well as the moderating role of hotel star ratings on all direct and indirect relationships.

Design/methodology/approach
Data for this study were collected via Web scraping from August–October 2018. Data were collected from 192 three- to five star-rated hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Partial least squares – structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. Furthermore, importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) was performed to identify the most important items of service quality and perceived value in improving customer satisfaction.

Findings
The findings of this study provide support for all direct and indirect relationships for three-star and four- and five-star hotels. Moreover, the results indicate that perceived value mediates the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction. These results support the moderating role of hotel star ratings for the relationship between service quality and perceived value. The results also show that after perceived value, three-star hotels looking to improve customer satisfaction should prioritize improving the quality of their services, sleep quality, cleanliness and rooms. Four- and five-star hotels, on the other hand, should prioritize service, cleanliness, room and sleep quality.

Originality/value
OTA platforms collect a wealth of data pertaining to large number of hotels; nevertheless, few studies to date have drawn on this data to examine a pre-determined conceptual framework developed based on the literature. As such, this study makes a valuable methodological contribution to the tourism and hospitality literature. In terms of theoretical contributions, this study examines the mediating role of perceived value between service quality and satisfaction using OTA data. In addition, this study assesses the moderating role of hotel star ratings for the direct and indirect effects of service quality on satisfaction. Using IPMA, this study compares the importance and performance of service quality indicators to generate satisfaction between three-star and four- and five-star hotels.
Government responses to the coronavirus in the United States: immediate remedial actions, rising debt levels and budgetary hangovers
Authors: Joyce Philip G. , Suryo Prabowo Aichiro 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThis paper reviews the response of both the national and state governments in the United States to the coronavirus pandemic and discusses budgetary challenges that are likely to be faced by the country over the next several years.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses government sources, analysis by internal and external think tanks and contemporaneous media accounts to describe both the problem and the governmental responses.FindingsSince the first cases appeared in the US in early 2020, and particularly as the numbers started to expand substantially by March of that year, governments at all levels have worked to both respond to the immediate public health crisis and mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic. This included some immediate actions by the Federal Reserve to introduce more liquidity and four separate pieces of legislation passed in March and April 2020. The effect of this legislation has been to add $2.5 tr to 2020 and 2021 deficits. State and local governments, meanwhile, face years of budget shortfalls, which will require them ultimately to raise taxes and cut spending and may also require additional fiscal stimulus from the federal government. The magnitude of the fiscal effects will be driven by whether there is a second wave, how long the recession lasts, and what additional responses will be necessary in order to get the pandemic under control and deal with its aftermath.Originality/valueThe paper is likely the first to summarize the information about the federal and state responses, and the likely future impacts, in a single place.
Cyberloafing in public sector of developing countries: job embeddedness as a context
Authors: Karimi Mazidi Ahmadreza , Rahimnia Fariborz , Mortazavi Saeed , Lagzian Mohammad 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the possible negativity of job embeddedness in developing countries. Operationally, the study aimed to configure the relationship between job embeddedness and cyberloafing with respect to both contextual (job satisfaction) and individual (internet addiction) factors.Design/methodology/approachIncorporating the conservation of resources theory and reactance theory into the theory of job embeddedness, the present study adopted a resource-based approach to job embeddedness to examine its main and moderated effects on cyberloafing in a three-way interaction model. With the focus on public organizations, 500 administrative employees from an Iranian university were surveyed using self-reporting measures, and the collected data were analyzed using partial least squares–structural equation modeling and hierarchical moderated multiple regression.FindingsAs predicted, job embeddedness was positively associated with cyberloafing; however, in contrast with predictions, job satisfaction had no inverse impact on the job embeddedness–cyberloafing relationship, and its role was limited to neutralizing the increasing effect of internet addiction.Practical implicationsConsideration should be given to how job embeddedness interacts with contextual and individual moderators to affect cyberloafing. In particular, this study implicated some practical procedures to provide employees with on- and off-the-job resources and avoid fighting over the organization's resources. Additionally, this study provides insights into embeddedness-satisfaction interplay to provide employees with propitious work conditions in line with organizational productivity.Originality/valueThere is little research on the association between job embeddedness and counterproductive work behaviors, and the findings are inconsistent. A review of the literature revealed no study addressing cyberloafing implications of job embeddedness. This study expands the literature by theoretically and empirically correlating job embeddedness and cyberloafing in a non-western developing country. Accordingly, the significance of this study is its capability in mitigating cyberloafing behaviors by promoting the adverse job embeddedness.
“Colleague postgraduate supervision” and the production of space in higher education: a duoethnographic analysis
Authors: Madikizela-Madiya Nomanesi , Atwebembeire John Mushomi 
Published: September 2020

PurposeIn this paper we contribute knowledge to the postgraduate supervision discourses by reflecting on our socio-spatial experiences of being supervised by colleagues, a process that we refer to as colleague postgraduate supervision (CPS).Design/methodology/approachWe followed a duoethnographic research design by dialogically presenting and exploring our lived experiences of CPS and critiquing and questioning the meanings we give to those experiences. The experiences shared arose from two different contexts: a contact university and an open distance learning university.FindingsThe reflection suggests that social values of trust, compassion and care in CPS can outrun the spatial constraints for the benefit of the supervisees in the relationship. However, the colleagues in the CPS can also experience some subtle power dynamics and tensions that produce a constraining space, if the CPS process is not well communicated.Originality/valueWhile CPS is a common practice in some universities, there is limited research that pays attention to its socio-spatiality, that is, the interaction between the social and the spatial aspects of this practice.
Micro‐geographic shift between negligible and actuarial senescence in a wild snake
Authors: Tully Thomas , Le Galliard Jean‐François , Baron Jean‐Pierre 
Published: September 2020

Abstract

While it has long been known that species have contrasted life expectancy (pace of mortality) and generation time (pace of reproduction), recent studies have also uncovered that the shape of adult age trajectories of mortality and reproduction can vary remarkably among species along a continuum of senescence ranging from strong deterioration (senescence), insignificant deterioration (negligible senescence) to improvement with advancing age (negative senescence).

As for many long‐lived ectotherms with asymptotic growth and increasing reproductive output with age, snakes are good candidates for negligible senescence to occur. Yet, intraspecific variation in the pace and shape of actuarial and reproductive senescence across wild populations of these species remains to be explored.

Here, we used 37 years of mark–recapture data in two nearby habitats inside a meadow viper Vipera ursinii population to quantify life expectancies, generation times and the shape of actuarial and reproductive senescence.

Female vipers maintained stable reproductive performances at old ages, even when accounting for the predicted increase of fertility with body size, providing evidence for negligible reproductive senescence in both habitats.

Males had a higher adult mortality and a shorter life expectancy on average than females and actuarial senescence shifted from negligible senescence in the optimal habitat to strong senescence in the sub‐optimal habitat.

Overall, these results demonstrate that micro‐geographic environmental variation can generate qualitative shifts in actuarial senescence patterns. This highlights that taking into account the within‐species plasticity of age‐dependent trajectories could prove useful in better understanding what determines the evolution of life‐history age trajectories.
Does financial development reduce the size of the informal economy in sub‐Saharan African countries?
Authors: Njangang Henri , Nembot Luc Ndeffo , Ngameni Joseph Pasky 
Published: September 2020

AbstractThis paper contributes to the literature in an attempt to understand the determinants of the informal economy by investigating the relationship between financial development and the size of the informal economy using an unbalanced panel data of 41 sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 1991–2015. The paper applies different techniques such as ordinary least squares, fixed effects, system generalized method of moments, and quantile regression. The results show that financial development and its square are important determinants of the informal economy in SSA. Across a number of specifications, we find that financial development reduces the size of the informal economy and that there is a U‐shaped relationship between financial development and the informal economy.
Electoral participation and household food insecurity in sub‐Saharan Africa
Authors: Olabiyi Olayemi M. 
Published: September 2020

AbstractThis paper analyses the impact of household food insecurity on electoral participation in 30 sub‐Sahara African countries with the aid of micro‐level data drawn from the sixth round of the Afrobarometer survey. Estimates from logistic regression indicate that being food insecure reduces the likelihood of electoral participation by 7%. Notably, results from the endogenous binary‐variable regression, which controlled for potential reverse causality, confirm that household food insecurity is a crucial driver of voter turnout in sub‐Saharan Africa. Further analysis reveals that voting behaviour was much higher and statistically significant amongst voters who were intermittently food insecure than those that were always food insecure. Finally, it appears that turnout at national elections depends mostly on the severity of food insecurity. Therefore, it can be argued that the implementation of policies aimed at stemming household food insecurity could play an essential role in increasing voter turnout.
Impact of insect‐resistant transgenic rice on above‐ground non‐target arthropods in Korea
Authors: Amin Md Ruhul , Oh Sung‐Dug , Bae Eunji , Park Soo‐Yun , Suh Sang Jae 
Published: September 2020

AbstractTransgenic rice (Bt‐T event) shows resistance against rice leaf roller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) by expressing a toxic protein (mCry1Ac1) mediated from the soil bacteriumBacillus thuringiensis. Environmental risk assessment of Bt‐T event, in addition to the parent variety Dongjin‐byeo and cultivar Ilmi‐byeo, was performed during the rice cultivation seasons of 2016 and 2017 at LMO quarantine fields in Gunwi and Jeonju, Korea. Non‐target arthropods (insects and spiders) were captured using an aspirator from the three rice ecosystems of both locations, and in total 39,734 individuals of 57 families and 11 orders were collected. The numbers of individuals collected from the Bt‐T, Dongjin‐byeo and Ilmi‐byeo rice ecosystems were 12,899, 12,730, and 14,105, respectively, which did not differ significantly among rice ecosystems. The dominance, diversity, evenness, and richness indices of the collected insects were not statistically different among the rice ecosystems, but significant variations between the two locations and survey years were detected. Principal component analysis showed that insects and spiders in the Bt‐T, Dongjin‐byeo, and Ilmi‐byeo rice ecosystems were separated by the study locations and years irrespective of rice variety. In conclusion, results obtained in two consecutive years from two non‐genetically modified rice ecosystems and a Bt‐T rice ecosystem showed that the Bt‐T rice had no significant negative impacts on the above‐ground insect and spider communities.
Impact of COVID‐19 outbreak on rheumatic patients’ perceptions and behaviors: A cross‐sectional study
Authors: Hassen Lena Mostafa , Almaghlouth Ibrahim A. , Hassen Ikhlass Mostafa , Daghestani Maha H. , Almohisen Amal A. , Alqurtas Eman M. , Alkhalaf Abdulaziz , Bedaiwi Mohammed K. , Omair Mohammed A. , Almogairen Sultan M. , Alarfaj Hussein F. , Alarfaj Abdulrahman S. 
Published: September 2020

AbstractAimThe dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has become of special concern to the rheumatology community. Rheumatic patients are required to engage in effective health management but their behavior is often influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. This cross‐sectional study aims to examine patients’ experiences during the current pandemic and its implication on their health perception and behavior.MethodA patient‐centered electronic survey was used, randomly sampling rheumatic patients in Saudi Arabia during March and April 2020. Questions included patients’ socio‐demographics, diseases, medications, COVID‐19 knowledge, source of information, fear level, disease activity perception, health care utilization, medication accessibility, and therapeutic compliance (measured using a modified version of Medication Adherence Reporting Scale). Correlation and regression coefficients were used to evaluate associations among the aforementioned variables.ResultsA total of 637 respondents were included. The majority were rheumatoid arthritis patients (42.7%). Patients' knowledge about COVID‐19 was correlated with social media use (P = .012). Fear of COVID‐19 infection correlated with healthcare facility for follow‐up visits (P = .024) and fear of disease deterioration if contracting the infection correlated with patients’ levels of knowledge (P = .035). Both types of fear did not correlate with patients’ perceptions of disease activity. However, patients’ perceptions of worsened disease activity were correlated with unplanned healthcare visits (P < .001), medication non‐adherence, and difficulty accessing medication (P = .010 and .006, respectively).ConclusionThe COVID‐19 pandemic and surrounding public health measures could affect rheumatic patients’ health management which might contribute to disease flare‐up and subsequently taxing healthcare systems even further.
Consensus on predictors of clinical deterioration in emergency departments: A Delphi process study
Authors: Boier Tygesen Gitte , Kirkegaard Hans , Raaber Nikolaj , Trøllund Rask Mette , Lisby Marianne 
Published: September 2020

AimThe study aim was to determine relevance and applicability of generic predictors of clinical deterioration in emergency departments based on consensus among clinicians.MethodsThirty‐three predictors of clinical deterioration identified from literature were assessed in a modified two‐stage Delphi‐process. Sixty‐eight clinicians (physicians and nurses) participated in the first round and 48 in the second round; all treating hospitalized patients in Danish emergency departments, some with pre‐hospital experience. The panel rated the predictors for relevance (relevant marker of clinical deterioration) and applicability (change in clinical presentation over time, generic in nature and possible to detect bedside). They rated their level of agreement on a 9‐point Likert scale and were also invited to propose additional generic predictors between the rounds. New predictors suggested by more than one clinician were included in the second round along with non‐consensus predictors from the first round. Final decisions of non‐consensus predictors after second round were made by a research group and an impartial physician.ResultsThe Delphi‐process resulted in 19 clinically relevant and applicable predictors based on vital signs and parameters (respiratory rate, saturation, dyspnoea, systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, abnormal electrocardiogram, altered mental state and temperature), biochemical tests (serum c‐reactive protein, serum bicarbonate, serum lactate, serum pH, serum potassium, glucose, leucocyte counts and serum haemoglobin), objective clinical observations (skin conditions) and subjective clinical observations (pain reported as new or escalating, and relatives’ concerns).ConclusionThe Delphi‐process led to consensus of 19 potential predictors of clinical deterioration widely accepted as relevant and applicable in emergency departments.
Anti‐inflammatory treatment rescues memory deficits during aging in nfkb1−/− mice
Authors: Fielder Edward , Tweedy Clare , Wilson Caroline , Oakley Fiona , LeBeau Fiona E. N. , Passos João F. , Mann Derek A. , von Zglinicki Thomas , Jurk Diana 
Published: September 2020

AbstractChronic inflammation is a common feature of many age‐related conditions including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Cellular senescence is a state of irreversible cell‐cycle arrest, thought to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases partially via induction of a chronic pro‐inflammatory phenotype. In this study, we used a mouse model of genetically enhanced NF‐κB activity (nfκb1−/−), characterized by low‐grade chronic inflammation and premature aging, to investigate the impact of inflammaging on cognitive decline. We found that during aging, nfkb1−/− mice show an early onset of memory loss, combined with enhanced neuroinflammation and increased frequency of senescent cells in the hippocampus and cerebellum. Electrophysiological measurements in the hippocampus of nfkb1−/− mice in vitro revealed deficits in gamma frequency oscillations, which could explain the decline in memory capacity. Importantly, treatment with the nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NASID) ibuprofen reduced neuroinflammation and senescent cell burden resulting in significant improvements in cognitive function and gamma frequency oscillations. These data support the hypothesis that chronic inflammation is a causal factor in the cognitive decline observed during aging.
Non‐native plants and nitrogen addition have little effect on pollination and seed set in 3‐year‐old restored woodland
Authors: Johnson Bridget , Standish Rachel , Hobbs Richard 
Published: September 2020

AbstractHuman activities can disrupt the insect pollination process, which can trigger a decline in pollination and plant reproductive output. Floral visitors are not equally effective pollinators, and it is unknown how multiple changes to an environment further change the effectiveness of insect pollination for native plants. We investigated how herbicide treatment, the presence of non‐native plants and addition of nitrogen fertiliser change the relative importance of different species of floral visitors to four native plant species: Callistemon phoeniceus, Calothamnus quadrifidus, Hakea lissocarpha and Banksia sessilis. Our field site was a large‐scale revegetation site in south‐west Western Australia in which the presence of non‐native plants and nitrogen deposition were experimentally manipulated. Experimental exclusion of floral visitors revealed pollinators were likely required for the seed set of three of the native species, and none of the four plant species were pollen‐limited. We observed 8936 floral visitors of 249 morphospecies from 14 insect orders on four native and two non‐native plant species. From PIV calculations, 57% of floral visitors were potential pollinators, with the remainder considered just visitors due to their low Pollinator Importance Value (PIV). The introduced Apis mellifera (European honey bee, Apidae) was the most frequent floral visitor and the most effective pollinator of all four native plant species. The presence of two non‐native plant species and addition of nitrogen fertiliser did not affect the effectiveness of the potential pollinators, or the viable seeds produced by the four native plant species.
Impact of the COVID‐19 national lockdown on emergency general surgery: Auckland City Hospital's experience
Authors: McGuinness Matthew J. , Hsee Li 
Published: September 2020

AbstractBackgroundThe New Zealand Government announced a four‐level COVID‐19 alert system soon after the first confirmed case in the country. New Zealand moved swiftly to the highest alert level 4, described as lockdown, as the epidemic curve quickly accelerated. Auckland City Hospital saw a temporary change in acute surgical admissions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the national lockdown on emergency general surgery.MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed of all patients admitted to Auckland City Hospital via the Acute Surgical Unit during lockdown from 26 March to 27 April 2020. A comparison group was collected from the 33 days prior to lockdown, 22 February to 25 March 2020.ResultsThe number of admissions decreased by 26% (P‐value 0.000). A 56.8% decrease in patients presenting with trauma was found (P‐value 0.002). After exclusion of trauma patients, no statistical difference in discharge diagnosis was found. There was a 43.6% reduction in operations performed (P‐value 0.037). There was a difference found in the management of appendicitis and cholecystitis (P‐value 0.003). Median length of stay was decreased from 1.8 to 1.3 days (P‐value 0.031).ConclusionAuckland City Hospital had a decrease in admissions and operations during the COVID‐19 lockdown. These findings suggest people with serious pathology were staying at home untreated or being treated in the community. This is a snapshot of our experience in managing emergency general surgical patients in this unusual period.