bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An empirical analysis of the relationship between supply chain strategies, product characteristics, environmental uncertainty and performance
Authors: Zimmermann Ricardo , Ferreira Luís Miguel D.F. , Moreira Antonio Carrizo 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate supply chain (SC) strategies, analyzing the adoption of lean, agile, leagile and traditional SC strategies with respect to product characteristics, environmental uncertainty, business performance and innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents an empirical analysis carried out on a sample of 329 companies. Cluster analysis was applied, based on lean and agile SC characteristics, to identify patterns among different SC strategies. One-way analysis of variance of different constructs by types of SC clusters was conducted to test the research hypotheses.FindingsCluster analysis indicates that the companies studied adopt four types of SC strategies – lean, agile, leagile and traditional. The differences between the clusters are identified and discussed, highlighting that companies adopting a leagile SC strategy present the highest performance, while those that adopt a traditional SC present the lowest; companies adopting an agile SC compete in the most complex and dynamic environments, while companies with a lean SC present a clear predominance of functional rather than innovative products.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper provides empirical evidence of the antecedents and consequences of the adoption of different SC strategies. As a limitation, the results are based on a survey research with a limited sample size.Originality/valueBased on the analysis of the relationship between constructs that have not been addressed previously, the paper adds to the knowledge regarding the role of SC strategies, as well as the antecedents and consequences of their adoption. The results may support managers in the difficult task of choosing the “right” SC strategy.
Strategies for chief executives to build the organizations of the future
Authors: Rao M.S. 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to help CEOs understand the capabilities and mechanisms that they need to adopt today to build successful organizations in the future.

Design/methodology/approach
It illustrates with examples of global companies including Blockbuster, Nokia, Kodak and Sears that failed to embrace change while Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook succeeded in reinventing. It draws a blueprint for CEOs to build organizations in the future.

Findings
It implores to plan for multiple and emerging visions of the future using a scenario approach. It concludes that CEOs must predict the future, embrace change and adopt innovative tools and techniques to lead the organizations in the future.

Practical implications
These tools and techniques can be applied by chief executives in any industry and any size of the organization.

Social implications
The social implications of this research suggest that the chief executives must adopt these tools and techniques to build the organizations of the future.

Originality/value
It explores organizational network analysis, encourages a focused differentiation strategy and emphasizes differentiated skill-focused structures. It advises integrated efforts from all stakeholders including the organization, employees, human resources and chief executives to reinvent and build organizations of the future.
Fast track surgery for knee replacement surgery: a lean six sigma approach
Authors: Ricciardi Carlo , Balato Giovanni , Romano Maria , Santalucia Ida , Cesarelli Mario , Improta Giovanni 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThe reduction of costs has a more and more relevant role in the healthcare context, therefore, a large effort is done by health providers to this aim, for example, by reducing the length of hospital stay (LOS) of patients undergoing surgery. Fast track surgery fits perfectly this issue and was applied to patients undergoing knee replacement surgery due to Osteoarthritis, one of the most common diseases of aged population. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachLean six sigma was applied to analyze the implementation of fast track surgery through the define, measure, analyze, improve, control roadmap, used as a typical problem-solving approach. It is characterized by five operational phases, which make possible the achievement of fixed goals through a rigorous process of defining, measuring, analyzing, improving and controlling business problems.FindingsThe corrective action, consisting in the application of fast track surgery, improved both effectiveness and efficiency of the process of care. The average length of hospital stay (LOS) was reduced from 8.34 to 6.68 days (–19.9 percent) and its standard deviation from 2.41 to 1.99 days (–17.1 percent). The statistical significance of this decrease was verified by means of proper tests. Moreover, some variables influencing the LOS were identified.Research limitations/implicationsThe follow up and the satisfaction of patients were not analyzed and could be a future development of this study.Practical implicationsPatients will experience a faster recovery while the hospital will benefit from a rise of available beds. The effect is a general improvement of hospital management.Originality/valueThe introduction of fast track surgery for patients undergoing knee replacement surgery made significantly reduce LOS and, consequently, costs’ with a money saving of more than 50,000 euro per year.
Predicting knowledge creation through the use of knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources
Authors: Kaba Abdoulaye , Ramaiah Chennupati K. 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this research paper is to report about an investigation on the relationship between knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation to find out whether knowledge acquisition can predict knowledge creation. The study measures the concept of knowledge acquisition through the faculty use of knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources while measuring the concept of knowledge creation through the faculty use of knowledge creation tools and publishing knowledge sources.

Design/methodology/approach
The population of the study is faculty members in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The sample of the population consisted of 300 faculty members affiliated with 26 universities and colleges. Data was collected from the sample through questionnaire instrument. Stated hypotheses and Mathew’s theory of knowledge consumption–production correlation are tested and verified through correlation matrix and regression analysis.

Findings
Findings of the study revealed that the use of knowledge acquisition tools by faculty members has a positive effect on the use of knowledge creation tools and on publishing knowledge sources. Likewise, reading knowledge sources appeared to have a positive impact on the use of knowledge creation tools and publishing knowledge sources. Accordingly, the study confirmed the stated four hypotheses. Moreover, the results of the study supported the theory of knowledge consumption–production correlation and strongly confirmed the prediction of knowledge creation through the use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools for knowledge acquisition and reading knowledge sources.

Practical implications
Findings of the study appeal to the decision-makers and stakeholders of academic institutions to make effective investment in ICT facilities and knowledge sources to improve knowledge creation among faculty members.

Originality/value
Not many studies have investigated how knowledge acquisition can predict knowledge creation in the academic environment. This paper contributes to the understanding of the relationship between knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation in academic settings. Findings of the study can be an important reference for providing and improving knowledge sources, knowledge acquisition tools and knowledge creation tools in the academic environment.
Characterization and optimization of the mechanical properties of electrospun gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds
Authors: Nuge Tamrin , Tshai Kim Yeow , Lim Siew Shee , Nordin Norshariza , Hoque Md Enamul 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
Electrospinning is a versatile technique for producing polymeric nanofibers by the application of electrostatic forces. The electrospinnability of polymeric solutions and the properties of electrospun nanofibers can be influenced and tuned by the process parameters. This paper aims to investigatethe influence of three key process parameters on the tensile strength of electrospun gelatin nanofibrous scaffold.

Design/methodology/approach
The experiments were conducted with a custom-built electrospinning system. Design of experiments of the three operating variables, namely, gelatin concentration, applied potential and feed rate, with five levels were investigated. Optimization of the tensile strength of electrospun gelatin scaffold was achieved with the aid of response surface methodology.

Findings
The resulting second-order mathematical models capable of demonstrating good correlation on the effects of the three identified process parameters with the experimental measured tensile strength, where the highest tensile strength was obtained on gelatin nanofibrous scaffold electrospun at 16per cent (w/v) gelatin concentration in acetic acid, 19 kV applied potential and 0.31 ml/h feed rate.

Originality/value
The resulting second-order mathematical models capable of demonstrating good correlation on the effects of the three identified process parameters with the experimental measured tensile strength, where the highest tensile strength was obtained on gelatin nanofibrous scaffold electrospun at 16per cent (w/v) gelatin concentration in acetic acid, 19 kV applied potential and 0.31 ml/h feed rate.
Urban Entrepreneurialism Vs Market Society: The Geography of China's Neoliberal Urbanism
Authors: Liu Yongshen , Yau Yung 
Published: January 2020

AbstractExisting literature on China's neoliberal urbanism is preoccupied with its institutional incentives and political‐economy dynamics, which are characterized by state dominance through sponsorship and supervision of capital‐market operations that drive pro‐growth aspirations and gentrification strategies. Meanwhile, society, confronted with brutal neoliberal production of urban space, is vulnerable to dispossession and displacement. In this article, we draw upon an ethnographic study conducted at the Higher Education Mega Centre (HEMC) of Guangzhou in an attempt to revisit China's neoliberal urbanism beyond the Marxian political‐economy repertoire, and shift the theoretical focus from production to consumption. In an institutionalized neoliberal context, the state–market–society nexus is closely intertwined—a process that manifests itself as the entangling of state and market, the establishment of a market society, the reflexive effects between neoliberalization and Chinese urban entrepreneurialism, and the capital‐centric rule in urban (re)development. In particular, the socioeconomic and sociospatial contradictions in the HEMC case indicate aggressive and insatiable production of urban space, which has been led by the entrepreneurial local state, but is bounded by the market‐oriented and capital‐centric rules of institutionalized neoliberalization. The article concludes by calling for pragmatic reflection on the ‘hard’ neoliberal urbanism of the global South.
Effect of culturally tailored education on attendance at mammography and the Papanicolaou test
Authors: Brevik Thea Beate , Laake Petter , Bjørkly Stål 
Published: January 2020

AbstractObjectivesTo determine the effectiveness of culturally tailored education on attendance at breast and cervical cancer screening among ethnic minority women.Data SourcesSystematic database searches in Ovid MEDLINE, ProQuest, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cochrane CENTRAL.Study DesignRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) of culturally tailored educational interventions to ethnic minority women in Western countries were investigated for a meta‐analysis. RCTs that assessed attendance at mammography or the Papanicolaou test (Pap test) were eligible for inclusion.Data Collection MethodsStudy characteristics and results were extracted separately. Independent raters assessed risk of bias by using Cochrane Collaboration's tool.Principal FindingsSeven RCTs (n = 4246) were included in the meta‐analysis of mammography attendance, and four RCTs (n = 1750) were included in the meta‐analysis of Pap test attendance. The effect of culturally tailored educational interventions on attendance at mammography was an increase of 18 percent (RR = 1.18, 95% CI, 1.09‐1.28, P < .001), with low heterogeneity (I2 = 30.0, P = .237), and a 54 percent increase at the Pap test (RR = 1.54, 95% CI, 1.14‐2.09, P = .005), with substantial heterogeneity (I2 = 75.9%, P = .001).ConclusionsInterpreted within the limitations set by the low number of studies and substantial heterogeneity for the Pap test, findings from the current meta‐analyses indicate that culturally tailored educational interventions may increase attendance of ethnic minority women at breast and cervical cancer screenings. There is a need for more studies, in particular RCTs conducted outside the United States, to determine if such findings are similar in other countries.
Legal measures to reduce marine environmental risks of seawater desalination in China
Authors: Wang Hao , Jiang Xiaoyi 
Published: January 2020

AbstractSeawater desalination has become the focus of many countries to solve the problem of lacking freshwater resources. Seawater desalination in China launched in the 1960s and has developed rapidly since entering into the 21st Century. However, the technology of seawater desalination causes marine environmental pollution. After exploring the regulatory framework and legal system of reducing environmental risks of seawater desalination in China, it can be found that the existing regulatory framework and legal system have played a positive role in the treatment of seawater desalination, but it is undeniable that there are still many problems. How to effectively prevent or reduce the marine environment risks caused by seawater desalination and improve the existing regulatory framework and legal system in China are discussed. Specifically, in addition to further improve the Marine Environmental Protection Law, China shall integrate seawater desalination into unified regulation of marine resources, clarify statutory functions of various regulatory departments, improve the coordination mechanism, and promote marine environment and ecology protection by institutional construction.
Anxiety during abstinence from alcohol: A systematic review of rodent and human evidence for the anterior insula's role in the abstinence network
Authors: Flook Elizabeth A. , Luchsinger Joseph R. , Silveri Marisa M. , Winder Danny G. , Benningfield Margaret M. , Blackford Jennifer Urbano 
Published: January 2020

AbstractAlcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic, relapsing disease that impacts almost a third of Americans. Despite effective treatments for attaining sobriety, the majority of patients relapse within a year, making relapse a substantial barrier to long‐term treatment success. A major factor contributing to relapse is heightened negative affect that results from the combination of abstinence‐related increases in stress‐reactivity and decreases in reward sensitivity. Substantial research has contributed to the understanding of reward‐related changes in AUD. However, less is known about anxiety during abstinence, a critical component of understanding addiction as anxiety during abstinence can trigger relapse. Most of what we know about abstinence‐related negative affect comes from rodent studies which have identified key brain regions responsible for abstinence‐related behaviors. This abstinence network is composed of brain regions that make up the extended amygdala: the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST). More recently, emerging evidence from rodent and human studies suggests a fourth brain region, the anterior insula, might be part of the abstinence network. Here, we review current rodent and human literature on the extended amygdala's role in alcohol abstinence and anxiety, present evidence for the anterior insula's role in the abstinence network, and provide future directions for research to further elucidate the neural underpinnings of abstinence in humans. A better understanding of the abstinence network is critical toward understanding and possibly preventing relapse in AUD.
The cumulative success of ovulation induction therapy with gonadotrophins in therapy‐naïve anovulatory women: An observational study
Authors: Pontré Jennifer , Langdon Fiona , Murray Kevin , Livingston Janet , Hart Roger 
Published: January 2020

BackgroundThe use of gonadotrophins as a first‐line treatment for anovulatory infertility has been limited by a perception of a risk of multi‐fetal gestation and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). However, it has recently been recognised as an acceptable first‐line treatment if appropriate monitoring is performed.AimsTo determine the cumulative live birth rate, incidence of multiple gestation, cycle cancellation rate and incidence of OHSS for therapy‐naïve anovulatory women undergoing ovulation induction with gonadotrophins.Materials and MethodsA prospective observational study of 258 patients undergoing ovulation induction with a ‘low‐dose step‐up’ protocol was performed over a three‐year period across two fertility centres (40% of patients were currently or recently prescribed metformin).ResultsTwenty‐six percent of patients required concurrent use of luteinising hormone. The cumulative pregnancy and live birth rates were 22.5% and 18.2%, 40.3% and 34.5%, 47.7% and 41.1% after completion of the first, second and third cycles of stimulation, respectively, with a median duration of stimulation of 15 days. No patients developed OHSS and 10.5% of cycles were cancelled due to an excessive or no follicular response. The multiple pregnancy rate was 2%. The cumulative pregnancy rate was reduced for women over 35 years of age (23.8 vs 55.3%, P = 0.006) and for women with a body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2 (40.6 vs 56.7%, P = 0.027).ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that ovulation induction with gonadotrophin therapy, in the context of appropriate monitoring, is a safe and effective treatment for young therapy‐naïve patients with anovulatory infertility.
AVNRT captured by Apple Watch Series 4: Can the Apple watch be used as an event monitor?
Authors: Siddeek Hani , Fisher Kaylee , McMakin Sandra , Bass John L. , Cortez Daniel 
Published: January 2020

AbstractWrist‐worn devices are popular for heart rate monitoring, including use of photoplethysmography. The Apple Watch series 4 can identify atrial fibrillation. We describe a case of identification re‐entrant supraventricular tachycardia not identified by outpatient rhythm monitoring, however, was identified by the Apple Watch series 4, which lead to electrophysiology study and successful ablation of atrioventricular nodal re‐entrant tachycardia.
Tumour angiogenesis and c‐Met pathway activation – implications in breast cancer
Authors: Mitra Suvradeep , Bal Amanjit , Kashyap Dharambir , Kumar Sandeep , Shrivastav Shreya , Das Ashim , Singh Gurpreet 
Published: January 2020

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with wide range of clinical behaviour. Tumour angiogenesis and metastasis have been considered as prognostic markers of the breast carcinoma, and c‐Met, a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase has been implicated in both these processes of tumour progression. This study was conducted to elucidate c‐Met and downstream signalling pathways in breast cancer and correlate with angiogenesis as assessed by microvessel density (MVD) and other prognostic parameters including lymph node metastases. Microvessel density (MVD) was assessed by endothelial cell (CD34) marker in breast cancers. c‐Met was evaluated by immunohistochemistry for protein expression and by copy number assay for amplification at gene level. PCR array for gene expression related to c‐Met, RAS‐MAPK, PI3K‐AKT and angiogenesis pathway was performed by real‐time PCR. c‐Met protein, copy number and mRNA expression did not differ significantly with the lymph node status or MVD. However, Her‐2 overexpressing group showed c‐Met protein overexpression and amplification. c‐Met protein overexpression was also noted in the Luminal B subtype though no amplification was noted. Thus, the c‐Met immunohistochemistry score and the c‐MET copy numbers did not correlate with each other. c‐Met downstream pathway genes (RAS‐MAPK, PI3K‐AKT and angiogenesis pathway) showed significant upregulation in Luminal B molecular subtype, lymph node‐positive cases and cases with high MVD. The downstream signalling pathways (angiogenesis, RAS‐MAPK and PI3K‐AKT) were associated high MVD, lymph node metastases, and Her‐2 and Luminal B subtype. Since inhibitors of these pathways are commercially available, these can be of therapeutic significance.
Physical activity level and temporomandibular disorders in South Koreans
Authors: Cho Hyun‐Jae , Kim Seon‐Jip , Park Seo Eun , Park Ji Woon 
Published: January 2020

AbstractObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between general physical activity level and TMD pain in Koreans in a large‐scale national database established through a nationwide survey.MethodsData from the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES IV), which was conducted from 2007 to 2009, were analysed. In total, 16 941 participants were included in this cross‐sectional study. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, TMD‐related variables, and general physical activity level were collected. Participants were divided into moderate‐ and low‐intensity exercise groups according to their physical activity levels. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed, adjusting for sociodemographic and other covariates.ResultsThe adjusted odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval; CI) for TMD pain was 1.373 (1.017‐1.854) for people doing moderate‐intensity exercises and 0.797 (0.629‐1.008) among people doing low‐intensity exercises. Those who did moderate‐intensity exercises had significantly more TMD pain. This was higher in the 30‐ to 39‐year age group (OR: 1.991, 95% CI: 1.137‐3.488), with significantly higher risk for TMD pain in those who did moderate‐intensity exercise, whereas low‐intensity exercise significantly decreased the risk for TMD pain in the same age group (OR: 0.625, 95% CI: 0.409‐0.958).ConclusionsModerate‐intensity physical activity is associated with more TMD pain. Patients with TMD should avoid high‐intensity level exercises and continue low‐intensity exercises to prevent pain aggravation.