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The effects of media reputation on third-party funding of Swiss universities
Authors: Vogler Daniel 
Published: March 2020

PurposeThis study analyzed the effects of the visibility and evaluation of universities in news media coverage on the development of their private and public third-party funds.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses the concept ofmedia reputationto investigate the effects of news media coverage on the outcome of funding decisions by firm managers and scientific experts. Extensive news media data from 2011 to 2017, collected with manual content analysis, were combined with economic data on Swiss universities.FindingsThe results show that a more positive evaluation in the news media leads to the positive development of private, but not public, third-party funding. Surprisingly, visibility in the news media has a negative effect on private third-party funding.Research limitations/implicationsThe effects of media reputation are dependent on the stakeholders under review. However, this study's design does not yield evidence on direct causal effects. Further studies could, therefore, use surveys to analyze the decision-making processes of individuals regarding their relative dependency on news media consumption.Practical implicationsThis study demonstrates that positive evaluation in the news media represents an asset for universities when striving for more private third-party funding. Public relations (PR) activities aimed at the news media, therefore, can help universities attract additional funding.Social implicationsThe paper shows that in a digitized media environment, the news media still represent an important source for information about scientific organizations.Originality/valueThe study was the first to analyze the effects of media reputation on the third-party funding of universities.
Fully online principal preparation: prevalence, institutional characteristics, geography
Authors: Perrone Frank , Rice Mary F. , Anderson Erin A. , Budhwani Sajjid 
Published: March 2020

PurposePrincipal preparation program pedagogy and course delivery are critical to principal candidates' preparedness to lead. Research around online program delivery, however, is relatively sparse. This study examined the extent to which university-based educational leadership programs offered fully online (FOL) pathways to the principalship, as well as program geographic locations and institutional characteristics most associated with FOL offerings.Design/methodology/approachData were collected through website reviews and coding checks, and then merged with national postsecondary data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, classification tree analysis, and geographic information system (GIS) mapping.FindingsRoughly 43 percent of all reviewed programs offered an FOL pathway to licensure, which suggests substantial growth in FOL offerings over the last 10 years. While a number of factors were deemed important, geographic characteristics were most associated with FOL status. GIS mapping further illustrated findings with a visual landscape of program FOL offerings.Research limitations/implicationsThis study considered only programs for which degrees or certificates could be earned without ever visiting campus in-person for classes. Hybrid programs were excluded from the analysis.Practical implicationsFindings make a clear call for more research into online principal preparation program design and course delivery.Originality/valueThis study provides the first overview of fully online university-based principal preparation programs in the United States while also offering a previously unavailable landscape of all programs specifically leading to licensure. It is also the only higher education study to map or investigate factors associated with FOL offerings and raises questions about prior FOL higher education research.
Halal certification process for fisheries products in Maldives
Authors: Muneeza Aishath , Mustapha Zakariya 
Published: March 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to examine existing Halal certification regime in Maldives and address impediments therein that challenge and inhibit the growth of the country’s Halal industry in relation to fisheries products.

Design/methodology/approach
This is qualitative research based on first-hand experiences of the authors in the Halal certification process in the Maldives. Doctrinal methodology is used in the analysis of primary sources of data, including Maldivian laws and Halal certification regulations to identify issues of practical relevance. This is complemented with content analysis of secondary data sourced from journal articles, books, reports and online databases that were examined in identifying hindrances and loopholes in the Halal certification process.

Findings
Fish is generally Halal, but processed fisheries products cannot be so deemed when certain additives and enhancers are constituents therein. At the moment, Maldives Halal certification pertains only to fisheries products. Against this backdrop, this research identifies knowledge gap, legal and governance constraints pertaining to capacity as impediments towards the Halal certification of such products in the Maldives. Such concerns hinder the Maldives from tapping the socio-economic benefits of the Halal certification of its fisheries products to the desired level in the development of its Halal industry.

Research limitations/implications
This is pioneer research with reference to the Maldives. Absence of researches on the subject brings about scantily available secondary data in the area. Moreover, no empirical data were involved in conducting the research.

Practical implications
As the only products subject of Halal certification process, this research offers an insight into the regulations underpinning Halal certification of fisheries products and related impediments thereto in developing the Maldivian Halal industry generally. Identifying and understanding the impediments to Halal certification process would facilitate their elimination and promote Halal certified fisheries products.

Originality/value
This research highlights and evaluates the Halal certification regime in the Maldives and provides a starting point for further research thereon. The research contributes towards making robust and standard Halal certification criterion and paves the way forward for developing the Halal industry in the Maldives.
Linking supervisor support to innovation implementation behavior via commitment
Authors: Yang Weiguo , Hao Qi , Song Hongfeng 
Published: March 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how perceived supervisor support (PSS) affects employees' innovation implementation behavior (IIB), the psychological mechanisms of this relationship, and the role of perceived coworker support (PCS).Design/methodology/approachUsing a three-phase survey, data were collected from 307 employees of a state-owned coal company located in the central region of China. The study tests the hypotheses by using hierarchical regression analyses. The mediating effects and the moderated mediating effects are further examined by using bias-corrected bootstrapping methods.FindingsAffective commitment (AC) fully mediates the positive relationship between PSS and IIB, and this mediating effect can be moderated by PCS.Practical implicationsCompanies should foster supportive supervisors and colleagues by investing in appropriate training programs. In addition, managers should emphasize the psychological changes of employees and provide more supportive feelings for them.Originality/valueThe study explicitly tests the entire causal chain implied by organizational support theory in predicting IIB. It specifies the different role of two similar support constructs (i.e. supervisor support and coworker support) in affecting employees' attitudes and behaviors.
Prospects of ocean-based renewable energy for West Africa’s sustainable energy future
Authors: Adesanya Ayokunle , Misra Sanjay , Maskeliunas Rytis , Damasevicius Robertas 
Published: March 2020

PurposeThe limited supply of fossil fuels, constant rise in the demand of energy and the importance of reducing greenhouse emissions have brought the adoption of renewable energy sources for generation of electrical power. One of these sources that has the potential to supply the world’s energy needs is the ocean. Currently, ocean in West African region is mostly utilized for the extraction of oil and gas from the continental shelf. However, this resource is depleting, and the adaptation of ocean energy could be of major importance. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possibilities of ocean-based renewable energy (OBRE) and analyze the economic impact of adapting an ocean energy using a thermal gradient (OTEC) approach for energy generation.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is conducted from the perspective of cost, energy security and environmental protection.FindingsThis study shows that adapting ocean energy in the West Africa region can significantly produce the energy needed to match the rising energy demands for sustainable development of Nigeria. Although the transition toward using OBRE will incur high capital cost at the initial stage, eventually, it will lead to a cost-effective generation, transmission, environmental improvement and stable energy supply to match demand when compared with the conventional mode of generation in West Africa.Practical implicationsThis study will be helpful in determining the feasibility, performance, issues and environmental effects related to the generation and transmission of OBRE in the West Africa region.Originality/valueThe study will contribute toward analysis of the opportunities for adopting renewable energy sources and increasing energy sustainability for the West Africa coast regions.
Case of cutaneous botryomycosis in an 8‐year‐old immunocompetent boy with a review of the published work
Authors: Shimagaki Haruna , Yuki Akihiko , Kimura Kiyoto , Yuki Daisuke , Fujikawa Hiroki , Shimizu Naoya , Abe Riichiro 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBotryomycosis is a rare chronic suppurative granulomatous infection caused by several genera of non‐filamentous bacteria. The clinical and histopathological findings are similar to those of mycetoma caused by true fungi or aerobic actinomycetes. Botryomycosis is divided into cutaneous and visceral disease, with the cutaneous form being more common. Histopathology shows granules of etiologic bacteria called “sulfur granules”. Botryomycosis occurs more commonly among immunocompromised patients, although some cases have also been reported in immunocompetent patients. We report the case of an 8‐year‐old immunocompetent boy who visited our hospital with a 4‐mm diameter subcutaneous tumor with mild tenderness on his right heel for several months. We surgically removed the tumor with an initial diagnosis of epidermal cyst. Histopathology showed sulfur granules surrounded by an eosinophilic matrix, indicating the Splendore–Hoeppli phenomenon. The granules consisted of Gram‐positive cocci, leading to a diagnosis of botryomycosis. The patient was successfully treated by excision and oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (240 mg b.i.d.) for 2 weeks as adjuvant therapy. No recurrence was noted following treatment. The subcutaneous tumor in this case was smaller than the typical in botryomycosis infections. We reviewed the infection duration and tumor size in reported cases of botryomycosis in immunocompetent patients. Small tumor size may suggest that the case is in an early stage; therefore, it is important to remove and investigate these lesions proactively.
Trauma and resistance: ‘hang time’ and other innovative responses to oppression, violence and suffering
Authors: Reynolds Vikki 
Published: March 2020

This article presents alternative ways to respond to events understood as ‘traumatic’ in most psychological contexts. It questions the medicalisation and individualisation of persons’ resistance against harms, especially violence and structural oppressions, as criteria of mental illness and trauma. I present activist‐informed approaches to suffering and oppression that are centred on witnessing acts of resistance. This work comes from my ethical stance for justice‐doing and responding to colonisation with accountability as a white settler practitioner. Witnessing requires that we situate personal suffering in its sociopolitical context and resist the individualisation and medicalisation of suffering. Activist practices of witnessing include the duty of the witness to work to change the social contexts of oppression, addressing power both personally and structurally, and working towards co‐creating a just society.Practitioner points

Resistance to suffering and oppression is always present as persons always act to guard their dignity and move towards safety

Justice‐doing and a decolonising stance for the work is required to resist psychology’s neutrality and objectivity that obscure contexts of structural oppression

A witnessing stance from direct action activism is useful in making space for resistance

The practitioner’s responsibility is to move beyond witnessing to create social change and address contexts of injustice and limited life choices that are the frame for suffering
Understanding self‐construction of health among the slum dwellers of India: a culture‐centred approach
Authors: Das Moumita , Angeli Federica , van Schayck Onno C. P. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractDisembarking from a traditional approach of narrow hazardous environmental and structural conditions in understanding urban slums’ health problems and moving towards a new notion of what constitutes health for slum dwellers will open a new avenue to recognise whether and how health is being prioritised in disadvantaged settings. Drawing on in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with a total of 67 men and 68 women from Kolkata slums and 62 men and 48 women from Bangalore slums, this study explored how knowledge, social realities, material and symbolic drivers of a place interweave in shaping slum‐dwellers’ patterned way of understanding health, and the ways health and illnesses are managed. The current study adds to the growing evidence that ordinary members of the urban slums can articulate critical linkages between their everyday sociocultural realities and health conditions, which can support the design and delivery of interventions to promote wellbeing. The concept of health is not confined to an abstract idea but manifested in slum‐dwellers’ sporadic practices of preventive and curative care as well as everyday living arrangements, where a complex arrangement of physical, psychological, financial, sociocultural and environmental dimensions condition their body and wellbeing.
Magnetic resonance imaging of cervical ligamentous anatomy and traumatic ligamentous injuries
Authors: Mantripragada Sravanthi , Kannivelu Anbalagan , Peh Wilfred CG 
Published: March 2020

SummaryCervical spine trauma accounts for majority of spinal injuries, and approximately one‐third involve the craniocervical junction (CCJ). Due to its high sensitivity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become the standard tool for imaging suspected ligamentous injuries in an unstable spine and in patients with neurological deficits having a normal CT. The ligamentous anatomy of the CCJ is complex, and thorough knowledge is a prerequisite for accurate interpretation of the MRI findings. This pictorial essay aims to familiarise radiologists with the ligamentous anatomy, mechanisms of injury and MRI appearances of injuries in the cervical spine, with emphasis on the CCJ.
Characterizing Alcohol‐Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Spectrum of Outcomes
Authors: Coles Claire D. , Kalberg Wendy , Kable Julie A. , Tabachnick Barbara , May Philip A. , Chambers Christina D. 
Published: March 2020

BackgroundThe effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) are conceptualized as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) as the most severe. Many find it more difficult to characterize behavioral and cognitive effects of exposure on the central nervous system when physical signs are not present. In the current study, an operational definition of alcohol‐related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) was examined to determine its usefulness in discrimination of children classified as ARND based on behavior (ARND/B) and cognition (ARND/C) from children in 4 contrast groups: (i) children exposed to study‐defined “risky drinking”; (ii) children with any reported PAE; (iii) children classified as “Higher Risk” for developmental problems; and (iv) children classified as “Lower Risk.”MethodsA total of 1,842 children seen as part of a surveillance study (J Am Med Assoc, 319, 2018, 474) were evaluated for alcohol exposure and physical characteristics of FAS, and completed neurodevelopmental testing. Ninety‐one were identified as either ARND/B or ARND/C and contrasted with other groups to further identify distinguishing patterns. Multinomial logistic regression (MLR) was used to examine the accuracy of classification and to identify factors contributing to such classification.ResultsChildren described as ARND/C were distinct from other groups based on cognition and behavior as well as demographic factors (e.g., age, race, SES), child characteristics (e.g., gestational age; sex), and other drug exposures, while those described as ARND/B differed only on behavior and other drug exposures. MLR models successfully discriminated ARND groups from children in other groups with accuracy ranging from 79% (Higher Risk) to 86.7% (Low Risk).ConclusionsARND has been a subject of debate. This analysis suggests the effects of alcohol on behavior and cognition even in the absence of the characteristic facial features and growth deficiency that can be identified. The results also indicate that it may be possible to distinguish such children from those in other high‐risk groups.
Long‐term outcomes of mitral valve endocarditis: improved survival through collaborative management
Authors: Yaftian Nima , Buratto Edward , Ye Xin Tao , Wilson Andrew , Darby Jonathan , Newcomb Andrew 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBackgroundInfective endocarditis (IE) of the mitral valve is an illness associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We describe the long‐term outcomes of mitral valve endocarditis at a single centre.MethodsAll patients who presented with IE to the study institution between 2000 and 2015 were included. Data were obtained by retrospective review of the medical records.ResultsThere were 163 patients who presented with mitral valve IE. Mean age was 58 ± 16.8 years. A history of intravenous drug use was present in 18% (30/163) of patients. The most common infective agents were Staphylococcus aureus in 42% (69/163) (7% (5/69) were methicillin resistant), Streptococcus viridans species in 15% (25/163) and Enterococcus faecalis in 10% (17/163). Surgery was performed in 29% (47/163) of patients. Hospital mortality was 23% (38/163). Survival was 71% (95% confidence interval (CI) 63.1–77.6%) at 1 year, 56% (95% CI 46.0–64.9%) at 5 years and 44% (95% CI 36.4–59.7%) at 10 years follow‐up. There was no survival difference between medical and surgical management (P = 0.55). On multivariate Cox regression analysis, need for renal replacement therapy (P = 0.003) and increasing age (P = 0.014) were found to be risk factors while infectious diseases consult during index admission (P = 0.007) was found to be protective.ConclusionMitral valve endocarditis is associated with survival of <50% at 10 years follow‐up. Surgical and medical management were associated with similar outcomes. Increasing age and need for renal replacement therapy were associated with mortality, and infectious diseases consultation was associated with improved survival.
Micro‐RNAs in the aqueous humour of patients with diabetic macular oedema
Authors: Cho Heeyoon , Hwang Mina , Hong Eun H. , Yu Hyoseon , Park Hyun‐Hee , Koh Seong‐Ho , Shin Yong U. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractImportanceMicro‐RNAs (miRNAs) have been studied as new biomarkers or mediators in various diseases, but the value of aqueous humour (AH) miRNAs in diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is still not known.BackgroundTo compare AH miRNAs and related cytokine expression in DMO patients and healthy controls.DesignProspective cross‐sectional study.ParticipantsTwenty naïve DMO patients and 13 control subjects, who were scheduled for intravitreal injection and cataract surgery, respectively.MethodsAH samples were collected at the beginning of each procedure and analysed using a miRNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) array composed of 84 miRNAs, reverse transcripase‐quantitative PCR (qPCR) for verifying selected differentially expressed miRNAs, and a cytokine assay, the results of which were compared with bioinformatics conducted to find out genes associated with DMO‐related miRNAs.Main Outcomes MeasuresAH expression of miRNAs and cytokines and the bioinformatics results.ResultsFive miRNAs (hsa‐miR‐185‐5p, hsa‐miR‐17‐5p, hsa‐miR‐20a‐5p, hsa‐miR‐15b‐5p and hsa‐miR‐15a‐5p) showing a fold change greater than −50 in log2 values in the miRNA PCR array were selected, all significantly down‐regulated in the DMO group compared to the control group (P < .05), and showed a direct relationship with tumour necrosis factor, nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1 and interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) in bioinformatics analysis, all of which were related to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In the cytokine assay, the aqueous concentrations of VEGF, placental growth factor, IL‐6 and IL‐8 were significantly higher in the DMO group compared to the control group.Conclusions and RelevanceThis study is the first to perform miRNA profiling of the AH of DMO patients. We identified differentially expressed miRNAs in DMO AH, which may be used as potential biomarkers or novel therapeutic targets for DMO.
MiR‐1246 promotes anti‐apoptotic effect of mini‐αA in oxidative stress‐induced apoptosis in retinal pigment epithelial cells
Authors: Chen Qianyin , Lin Huimin , Deng Xuan , Li Shengnan , Zhang Jinglin 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBackgroundGeographic atrophy (GA) is a late‐stage symptom of an age‐related macular degeneration (AMD), characterized by the loss of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and photoreceptor functions. Despite being a major cause of blindness in individuals of 65 years of age and older, some forms of AMD, including GA, still lack targeted treatment. Our previous study demonstrated that mini‐αA peptide, which contains the functional site of αA‐crystallin, protected RPE cells from NaIO3‐induced apoptosis.MethodsTo further investigate the underlying mechanism, we applied next‐generation sequencing analysis to identify miR‐1246 as a putative mediator of mini‐αA protective function. To investigate the role of miR‐1246 in RPE cell apoptosis, a stable miR‐1246‐low‐expression cell line was established by using miR‐1246 inhibitor. A 3‐(4,5‐dimethylthiazol‐2‐yl)‐2,5‐diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay was used to investigate the proliferation of RPE cells, mRNA and miR‐1246 expression were detected by the quantitative reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction.ResultsWe have further identified caspase‐3 and caspase‐14 as molecular targets of miR‐1246 involved in regulation of apoptosis in NaIO3‐incubated cells. Interestingly, disruption of miR‐1246 expression enhanced anti‐apoptotic effect of mini‐αA on RPE cells during oxidative stress.ConclusionsOur results provide a mechanistic basis for evaluation of miR‐1246 as a new candidate target for the clinical treatment of AMD.