bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Do U.S. Anglers Care about Harmful Algal Blooms? A Discrete Choice Experiment of Lake Erie Recreational Anglers
Authors: Zhang Wendong , Sohngen Brent 
Published: February 2018

AbstractDespite the growing awareness of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States and abroad, estimates of welfare losses due to their presence are missing from the literature. Using a mail survey of 767 Ohio Lake Erie recreational angler respondents and a choice experiment, this study provides the first empirical quantification of the economic impacts of HABs on U.S. recreational anglers. Our results demonstrate a significant and substantial willingness to pay by anglers for reduction in HABs, beyond the benefits associated with conventional water quality measures such as catch rates and water clarity. For instance, we find that anglers are willing to pay $8 to $10 more per trip for one less mile of boating through HABs en route to a fishing site. This finding suggests that explicit measures of HABs need to be collected and considered when valuing water quality in nutrient‐rich bodies of water. We evaluate the welfare improvements resulting from several nutrient reduction policies, and find that anglers are willing to pay on average $40 to $60 per trip for a policy that cuts upstream phosphorus loadings by 40%. The majority of welfare gains for anglers result from improving the non‐catchable component of the fishing experience, notably water clarity and HAB reduction, as opposed to better chances of angler success.
Urinary Angiotensinogen Excretion Level Is Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure in the Normotensive General Population
Authors: Sato Emiko , Wang An Yi , Satoh Michihiro , Nishikiori Yoko , Oba-Yabana Ikuko , Yoshida Mai , Sato Hiroshi , Ito Sadayoshi , Hida Wataru , Mori Takefumi 
Published: February 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Inflammation, intrarenal renin–angiotensin system (RAS) activation, oxidative stress, and carbonyl stress have been postulated to play a fundamental role in controlling blood pressure. However, little is known about the association among renal RAS activation, carbonyl stress, and blood pressure elevation.

METHODS
We evaluated the relationship between blood pressure elevation and either renal RAS activity or carbonyl stress in the general population (N = 355) in Japan. To minimize the effect of antihypertensive drug therapy, we divided participants into 3 groups (normotensive, hypertensive-with-non-medication, and hypertensive-with-medication). Intrarenal RAS activity and carbonyl stress were indicated by the urinary angiotensinogen (AGT) and carbonyl compound excretion levels, respectively.

RESULTS
The urinary AGT and carbonyl compound excretion levels were significantly associated with blood pressure. Using a stepwise multiple regression analysis, we found that the urinary AGT excretion levels were strongly associated with blood pressure elevation, compared with inflammation, oxidative stress, and carbonyl stress markers, in all groups. Urinary carbonyl compound excretion was significantly associated with blood pressure in only the hypertensive-without-medication group. Furthermore, blood pressure was significantly increased in these participants, and both the urinary AGT and carbonyl compound levels were high. The urinary AGT excretion levels were strongly associated with elevated blood pressure in normotensive people, and inappropriate renal RAS activity and carbonyl stress independently contributed to the development of hypertension.

CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that RAS activation, particularly renal RAS activation exert a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of hypertension in the general population.
Diet, Nutrition, and Disease across the Lifespan
Authors: Ulijaszek Stanley J. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractDiet and nutrition need to be adequate to sustain human growth, sexual maturation, reproduction, and the physical labour needed to obtain food and support the successful maturation of offspring to reproductive age. This chapter examines human diet and nutrition as they relate to infectious disease experience, and how nutrition and infection influence the human life course, which is organized according to life history stages. Human life history theory organizes growth and reproduction into largely exclusive processes: available energy goes first into the former, and then, after puberty, into the latter. Human life history is extremely plastic, with child growth, onset of sexual maturity, fecundity and longevity all being sensitive to nutrition. Such plasticity has been fundamental to human ecological success and it is important to understand it to be able to interpret evidence for biological quality of life among past populations.
Operatic Adaptations and the Representation of Non-normative Sexualities
Authors: Jarman Freya 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
This article argues that the normativity or otherwise of desire in an operatic text is significantly connected to the use of music because music in an operatic context not only represents but also performatively embodies characters. The central material involves close readings of Carmen (Bizet, 1875) and Death in Venice (Britten, 1973), the novellas on which they were based, and other adaptations of the same narrative, using the nature of adaptation to test the varying effects of musical representation in each case. In Carmen Jones (dir. Preminger, 1954), music defuses the threat of cross-racial desire in Bizet’s opera, which itself is more immersive in its non-normativity than the source text. In Death in Venice, music invites the spectator to identify with the protagonist’s queer desire in ways that exceed the source novel and even the film version of the same year.
Differential Effects of Selective and Nonselective Potassium Channel Inhibitors in Ovine Endotoxemic Shock (Macrocirculation) and in a Rat Model of Septic Shock (Microcirculation)
Authors: Hessler Michael , Pinto Bernardo B. , Arnemann Philip-Helge , Kampmeier Tim-Gerald , Seidel Laura , Morelli Andrea , Van Aken Hugo , Westphal Martin , Rehberg Sebastian , Ertmer Christian 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

Background:
Potassium-(K+)-channel inhibitors may increase systemic vascular resistance in vasodilatory shock states.

Objective:
The purpose of the present study was to compare the macro- and microvascular effects of the adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+-channel-(K+
ATP)-inhibitor glipizide and the nonselective K+-channel inhibitor tetraethylammonium (TEA) in ovine endotoxemic shock and septic shock in rats.

Design:
Two randomized, controlled laboratory studies.

Animals:
Thirty female sheep and 40 male Sprague Dawley rats.

Setting:
Animal research facility

Intervention:
Systemic hemodynamics were analyzed in ovine endotoxemic shock with guideline-oriented supportive therapy. Sheep were allocated to three treatment groups for 12 h: glipizide 10 mg kg−1·h−1, TEA 8 mg kg−1·h−1, or 0.9% saline. The microvascular effects of each drug were evaluated in septic rats (cecal ligation and puncture model) receiving a 2-h infusion of each study drug: glipizide 20 mg kg−1·h−1; TEA 50 mg kg−1·h−1, or 0.9% saline, respectively, followed by intravital microscopy of villi microcirculation.

Results:
Compared with the control group, glipizide infusion increased systemic vascular resistance index and decreased cardiac index and heart rate (HR) in sheep (P < 0.05), whereas TEA infusion decreased HR and resulted in a decreased survival time (P = 0.001). In rats, glipizide infusion resulted in an increase in mean arterial pressure and a decrease in HR compared with baseline measurement (P < 0.05) without relevant effects on the villi microcirculation. TEA decreased HR and decreased capillary perfusion of the villi microcirculation compared with the sham group (P = 0.002).

Conclusions:
Selective inhibition of K+
ATP-channels in ovine endotoxemic shock with glipizide partially restored vasomotor tone without exerting harmful effects on intestinal microcirculation in septic shock in rats. On the contrary, nonselective K+-channel inhibition with TEA showed deleterious effects in both models, including impaired microcirculation and decreased survival time. Future research on glipizide in vasodilatory shock may be warranted.
Explaining weather-related credit risk with evapotranspiration and precipitation indices
Authors: von Negenborn Freya , Weber Ron , Musshoff Oliver 
Published: February 2018

Purpose
Although the microfinance sector in developing countries has seen an impressive development in recent years, many small-scale farmers in rural areas are still undersupplied with capital. One of the main reasons for this undercapitalization is the exposure to weather risks. Weather index insurance is assumed to bear high potential for accelerating agricultural lending. The index design hereby is of particular importance. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the influence of evapotranspiration and precipitation indices on the credit risk of farmers in Madagascar.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors base the analysis on a unique borrower data set provided by a commercial microfinance institution in Madagascar and weather data provided by CelsiusPro. In this context, evapotranspiration and precipitation indices both at aggregated bank level and at branch level are identified and their influence on credit risk of small-scale rice farmers is estimated.

Findings
The results show that the weather-related part of the credit risk of farmers can be better explained by an evapotranspiration then by a precipitation index. The precipitation index underestimates the weather influence on credit risk especially during the harvesting season. The results suggest a potential for weather index insurance which is based on an evapotranspiration index. The results are of similar importance for developed and developing countries.

Practical implications
The results suggest that, should insurance be considered as an appropriate risk management instrument for the farmers or the bank, weather index insurance has the potential to mitigate a certain part of the credit risk. The authors also find that the focus on precipitation-based index insurance products would underestimate the weather influence on credit risk. Furthermore, the results suggest that insurance products should be tailored to branches to be most effective.

Originality/value
To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that compares the explanatory values of evapotranspiration and precipitation indices in general and for the credit risk of small-scale farmers in particular.
Towards endogenous disasters and climate adaptation policy making in Indonesia
Authors: Nugraha Erwin , Lassa Jonatan A. 
Published: February 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand the role of exogenous drivers that seeks to foster endogenous resilience and climate adaptation policy and practice in developing countries. It particularly examines the role of Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network as an exogenous driver that sought to sustain urban climate adaptation and resilience agenda in a secondary city in Indonesia.Design/methodology/approachThe research combines fieldworks and desktop research. Primary data collection includes participant observation, unstructured interviews with city stakeholders and project managers, semi-structured interviews with local communities and literature reviews. This research also used an ethnographic field research approach.FindingsExogenous drivers have temporarily fostered climate change adaptation at city level, but the question remains is how can international actors effectively create a meaningful transformation toward urban resilience in developing countries like Indonesia. Exogenous drivers can play significant roles as a catalyst for urban adaptation planning, including undertaking vulnerability assessment and city resilience strategy and implementing adaptation actions, and facilitates risk management. Further processes for mainstreaming climate adaptation and disaster reduction depend on how receptive and responsive local actors to co-facilitate and co-lead urban resilience buildings and development.Originality/valueThere is still lack of documented knowledge on local institutional change and policy making processes. This research shows challenges and opportunities in institutionalising urban climate adaptation and risk management agenda. It further shows that genesis of endogenous adaptation cannot be separated from the exogenous climate adaptation processes as well as internal dynamic of urban governance in developing world.
Tourism sustainability in archaeological sites
Authors: Blasco López Maria Francisca , Recuero Virto Nuria , Aldas Manzano Joaquin , Garcia-Madariaga Jesús 
Published: February 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine a model for developing sustainable tourism in archaeological sites. A qualitative and quantitative approach has been assumed in order to test a model of market orientation, where 11 experts were interviewed and 122 employees of archaeological sites answered the e-questionnaire.

Design/methodology/approach
Partial least squares path modelling regression was employed to examine the measurement and structural model.

Findings
The findings have revealed that market orientation and innovativeness positively and significantly influence tourism sustainability, measured in economic and social terms. Besides, tourist functionality has been determined as an antecedent of market orientation.

Research limitations/implications
This study is limited by the sample sizes of both researches. The model has second order constructs (market orientation, innovativeness and tourism sustainability) that include related concepts to increase parsimony and understand relations with other variables. As a result, separate effects of these dimensions have not been measured, which could report interesting findings in future-related studies.

Practical implications
The results suggest useful insights for managers to improve social and economic sustainability in archaeological sites. Innovativeness affects tourism sustainability, which reinforces the idea that offering technological and organisational innovations improve economic and social sustainability. Besides, it has been proved that market orientation is a necessary precondition to guarantee social and economic sustainability.

Originality/value
This paper assists scholars and practitioners by shedding light on the comprehension of tourism sustainability.
A hybrid approach for quantifying supply chain risk and prioritizing the risk drivers
Authors: Tarei Pradeep Kumar , Thakkar Jitesh J. , Nag Barnali 
Published: February 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify various risk and sub-risk drivers that affect the supply chain (SC) performance and to propose a framework to quantify the overall SC risk index by considering the importance of each risk and sub-risk drivers and their mutual interactions.Design/methodology/approachA hybrid method based on decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory and analytical network process has been proposed to develop the risk quantification framework. A case study of Indian petroleum supply chain (PSC) has been illustrated to explain the proposed method.FindingsThe results of this study found that transportation/logistics (delivery system), quality of the petroleum products, crude supply, customer’s order and legal/political regulations are the most significant risk drivers of a typical PSC. It is also found that the Indian PSC possesses a risk score of 34 percent.Research limitations/implicationsThe quantification of risk in operational measure provides an unblemished representation of the overall SC risk. Unlike the existing financial measure, it takes complex subjective operational effectiveness like product quality, customer satisfaction, etc., into consideration. Identifying the high-prioritized risks helps the decision and policy makers to merely focus on the most prominent risk drivers, and reduce the impact of overall SC risk. Planning a risk mitigation strategy at a given level of risk is however beyond the scope of this research.Originality/valueThe paper develops a risk quantification framework in the context of a PSC.
Managing virtual teams for open innovation in Global Business Services industry
Authors: Wei Lee Heng , Thurasamy Ramayah , Popa Simona 
Published: February 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of human dimensions, team climates, and technological features on Global Virtual Team (GVT) performance in the Malaysian Global Business Services (GBS) industry. Attention has also been paid to examine the moderating effect of team diversity and the extent of virtuality on GVT performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected using structured questionnaire and tested using partial least square – structural equation modelling. The authors collected 263 sample and the assessment of reflective measurement models, structural model, reliability and validity were conducted subsequently.

Findings
This paper found that team climates like team cohesion, team confidence, and team knowledge, skills, and abilities demonstrated different impact on the human dimensions which include trust and creativity. It will then subsequently affect GVTs’ performance. Besides, team diversity which comprised of three major components that include age diversity, functional diversity, and attitudes/values diversity was found to moderate the relationships between the antecedents and consequent. In spite of that, the extent of virtuality was found to have no moderating effects on the relationships between the team creativity and trust and perceived team performance.

Originality/value
As nowadays an increasing number of firms are becoming global, inquiring into GVTs efficient management is of crucial importance for successful implementation of open innovation practices, while GBS companies could represent the most suitable setting to examine the GVT’s underlying principles. This paper integrates adaptive structuration theory with input-mediator-output-input model to provide a holistic study on GVTs’ performance. In addition, this study also illustrated how the extent of virtually can be measured quantitatively.
Relatedness, co-inquiring and imagination: mimetic images of recovery
Authors: Gaggiotti Hugo , Page Margaret 
Published: February 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the methodological challenges of developing a shared academic–student discourse of recovery with undergraduate students in their final year at a British business school.Design/methodology/approachThe authors reflect on the meaning of recovery and how it was negotiated and constructed by the relation established between students and academics, by analysing the visual- and text-based materials they produced and the discussions provoked by these materials using symmetric ethnology and content analysis.FindingsThe main finding is that students tended to reflect on the real, particularly the social, by creating copies and replicas; the authors, as academics, engaged with this practice with ambivalence. The article concludes that this as an attempt to manage what is felt to be unmanageable, echoing what some authors consider to be a contemporary practice of social justification (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1991) and others consider to be a well-established cultural practice (Taussig, 1993).Research limitations/implicationsThe paper contributes to a better understanding of how relatedness and reflexive inquiry become essential for when teaching and that is linked with academics being able to be openly related with students and their situation; to a better understanding of recovery and how it can be co-constructed by academics and students through a share narrative; to a methodology for the analysis of text and images, and its appropriateness for the study of ways in which imagination of the future may be co-constructed; and to an understanding of mimetic objects, replicas and copies.Practical implicationsThe paper suggests that this approach could have practical implications when applying co-inquiry approaches of learning, the understanding of institutional and academic meaning of replication and relatedness in academic context of economic crisis.Originality/valueThe authors conclude that academic relatedness and students–tutors engagement is constructed differently when re-considering replication as a way of learning. Preference for copying and pasting found texts and images, rather than creating, served as a way of managing the unknown and of constructing recovery through a process of “mimeting” (Campbell, 2005).
Gendered work and leisure mobilities of Polish migrants in the North East of England
Authors: Guereno-Omil Basagaitz , Pavlova-Hannam Gergina , Hannam Kevin 
Published: February 2018

Purpose
Contemporary mobilities research has demonstrated a fundamental blurring between work, leisure and tourism practices for migrants as they seek to construct new lifestyles whilst maintaining connections with their homelands. The purpose of this paper is to present some of the results of a research project that analysed the work and leisure experiences of Polish migrants living in the North East of England using a mobilities theoretical approach. In this paper, the authors focus on the reasons influencing their migration and their leisure and tourism mobility practices.

Design/methodology/approach
The results are based upon a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods gathering a sample of 90 questionnaires and 11 focus groups.

Findings
Based upon a statistical analysis of the questionnaires using SPSS and textual analysis applied to the focus group transcriptions, different gendered work, leisure and tourism mobilities were identified relating to family attachments and social ties.

Research limitations/implications
The authors argue that seemingly mundane leisure and tourism practices can often be a catalyst for greater mobility, and this mobility has significant gender dimensions.

Originality/value
This paper thus provides new insights into the interweaving of different gendered work and leisure mobility practices based upon empirical findings of Polish migrants to the North East of England.