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The Impact of Superior-Subordinate Identity and ex post Discretionary Goal Adjustment on Subordinate Expectancy of Reward and Performance
Authors: Burt Ian , Libby Theresa , Presslee Adam 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT
Firms often evaluate subordinate performance relative to a difficult but attainable goal set at the beginning of the evaluation period. For many, a mechanism exists by which these goals may be adjusted downward at the end of the period to account for an uncontrollable negative event. We examine, experimentally, how the knowledge that a downward ex post discretionary goal adjustment is possible affects subordinates' expectancy of reward and performance in periods where a negative uncontrollable event occurs, and whether high identity, defined as high perceived social connectedness between the superior and subordinate, moderates this effect. We find that high superior-subordinate identity can offset the otherwise negative impact of the potential for downward ex post discretionary goal adjustment on subordinates' expectancy of reward and performance. Thus, creating an organizational culture that promotes identity between superiors and subordinates can complement incentive-based controls in motivating subordinate performance.
JEL Classifications: C91; J33; M41; M52.
Data Availability: Please contact the authors.
Across the Great Divide: Bridging the Gap between Economics- and Sociology-Based Research on Management Accounting
Authors: Modell Sven 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT
This paper reviews emerging attempts to bridge the gap between economics- and sociology-based research on management accounting and discusses how such research may be advanced. Particular attention is paid to research combining insights from various economic theories such as agency theory and transaction cost economics, and institutional theory. This body of research has made important contributions by opening up a discussion of how different kinds of institutions constrain as well as enable economic agency. However, I argue that the two dominant approaches in this area of research still display strong, paradigmatic legacies of economics- and sociology-based research, respectively, and that they have not yet produced a unified, socio-economic perspective on management accounting. I advance a third research approach, rooted in critical realism, that transcends the paradigmatic constraints of these approaches. I discuss the paradigmatic premises of this approach and how it may be applied in empirical research.
Empagliflozin Effectively Lowers Liver Fat Content in Well-Controlled Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 4, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Authors: Kahl Sabine , Gancheva Sofiya , Straßburger Klaus , Herder Christian , Machann Jürgen , Katsuyama Hisayuki , Kabisch Stefan , Henkel Elena , Kopf Stefan , Lagerpusch Merit , Kantartzis Konstantinos , Kupriyanova Yuliya , Markgraf Daniel , van Gemert Theresa , Knebel Birgit , Wolkersdorfer Martin F. , Kuss Oliver , Hwang Jong-Hee , Bornstein Stefan R. , Kasperk Christian , Stefan Norbert , Pfeiffer Andreas , Birkenfeld Andreas L. , Roden Michael 
Published: September 2019

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate whether the sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor empagliflozin (EMPA) reduces liver fat content (LFC) in recent-onset and metabolically well-controlled type 2 diabetes (T2D).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Patients with T2D (n = 84) (HbA1c 6.6 ± 0.5% [49 ± 10 mmol/mol], known disease duration 39 ± 27 months) were randomly assigned to 24 weeks of treatment with 25 mg daily EMPA or placebo. The primary end point was the difference of the change in LFC as measured with magnetic resonance methods from 0 (baseline) to 24 weeks between groups. Tissue-specific insulin sensitivity (secondary outcome) was assessed by two-step clamps using an isotope dilution technique. Exploratory analysis comprised circulating surrogate markers of insulin sensitivity and liver function. Statistical comparison was done by ANCOVA adjusted for respective baseline values, age, sex, and BMI.

RESULTS
EMPA treatment resulted in a placebo-corrected absolute change of −1.8% (95% CI −3.4, −0.2; P = 0.02) and relative change in LFC of −22% (−36, −7; P = 0.009) from baseline to end of treatment, corresponding to a 2.3-fold greater reduction. Weight loss occurred only with EMPA (placebo-corrected change −2.5 kg [−3.7, −1.4]; P &lt; 0.001), while no placebo-corrected change in tissue-specific insulin sensitivity was observed. EMPA treatment also led to placebo-corrected changes in uric acid (−74 mol/L [−108, −42]; P &lt; 0.001) and high-molecular-weight adiponectin (36% [16, 60]; P &lt; 0.001) levels from 0 to 24 weeks.

CONCLUSIONS
EMPA effectively reduces hepatic fat in patients with T2D with excellent glycemic control and short known disease duration. Interestingly, EMPA also decreases circulating uric acid and raises adiponectin levels despite unchanged insulin sensitivity. EMPA could therefore contribute to the early treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in T2D.
Analysis of Higher Education Indicators Coherency in Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Andrejević Panić Andrea , Lozanov-Crvenković Zagorka 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Background: Higher education has the main role in generating innovative activity in knowledge-based economies. Therefore, the efficiency of the higher education sector reflects the alignment of the higher education policy with government expenditure. However, countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE region) have been struggling with national budget optimisation, which can cause fiscal stress and thus affect the efficiency of higher education.

Objectives: The main objective is to examine mutual interaction of higher education indicators, through formulating financial models that connect performance and financial indicators.

Methods/Approach: A total of 4 higher education indicators were analysed and observed in the time period of 10 years in selected CEE countries. The statistical analysis was based on panel data models.

Results: The main result of the paper is the analysis of coherency of selected higher education indicators in selected CEE countries in order to establish functional links between government expenditure and efficiency through formulating financial models.

Conclusions: Formulated financial models can predict the behaviour of selected performance indicators, depending on financial indicators. Therefore, the obtained models can contribute to the efficient allocation of funds and comprehensive macro-level decision making assessments in higher education policy reforms.
Foreign-Versus Domestic-Owned firms in the Predicament ‘Cui bono?’
Authors: Apostolov Mico , Scagnelli Simone Domenico 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Background: This article examines the productivity of domestic firms in the case of the foreign ownership.

Objectives: Foreign direct investments affect the competitive competences of domestic firms; thus, the objective is to see the way foreign ownership drives the growth of domestic firms.

Methods/Approach: The study uses standard models to analyse productivity; they are applied to data sets of Macedonia, a Southeast European economy, and it is concluded that foreign ownership has a major role in domestic firms’ restructuring processes increasing their productivity.

Results: Surely, the results support the principal notion that the augmented presence of foreign firms is to influence the restructuring and business activity of domestic companies positively.

Conclusions: Our analysis verifies that foreign ownership has influenced the overall economy and particularly domestic-owned firms with the constant increase in employment and especially direct export.
Brexit and new perspectives of an unconventional way of Eurozone revival
Authors: Kyriazis Nikolaos A. , Economou Emmanouil M. L. 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
In the aftermath of the UK referendum on June 23rd, 2016 that resulted in a sonorous negative decision regarding the willingness of the British people to remain in the EU, a significant number of alarming questions have emerged. Although Europe should have forged in crises, nowadays, many compromises have to be made in order to maintain the European construction as intact as possible. The question we attempt to answer is whether a new phase of unconventional monetary policy in the form of QE would be appropriate to lessen the threat of an upcoming crisis. This is why we examine Eurozone QE perspectives through the prism of the new EU era without the UK in order to highlight the pros and cons of the historical Brexit decision. As new rounds of unconventional monetary policy are believed to be essential for supporting the weaker countries in the European south, perspectives of non-conventional success could alter and optimal policies be substantially reformulated subject to the newly-arising constraints. Based on the main scenarios about the UK’s relations to the European Union in the near future, we estimate how a new round of non-conventional measures could affect the Britons as well as the European citizens. Moreover, we try to assess the viability of each of these outcomes through the spectrum of a monetary-driven decision-making.
Disinflationary Spillovers from The Euro Area into the Countries of Southeastern Europe
Authors: Ramadani Gani , Pandiloski Predrag 
Published: September 2019

AbstractWe analyse the determinants of the inflation trends in ten Southeast European (SEE) countries. Global cost-related factors and euro area inflation developments play an important role in explaining inflation dynamics in SEE countries. Changes in world food and energy prices, together with related changes in administered prices, similarly contribute to these trends. In general, we show that disinflationary spillovers from the euro area have been an important factor for fixed exchange rate regime countries, especially those with more trade exchange with countries in the euro area. Furthermore, our heterogeneity analysis shows that countries with less rigid exchange rate regimes but with relatively high exposure of trade exchange to the euro area (EA) market appear to be susceptible to inflation spillovers from the euro area. Moreover, nominal effective exchange rate plays an important role in inflation process in SEE countries, particularly in floating regime countries. In line with several recent findings about flattening of the Phillips curve in many economies across the world, cyclical unemployment does not appear to be significant in our sample. We conclude with some policy implications of our results.
Practice and Challenge of International Peer Review: A Case Study of Research Evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence
Authors: Xu Fang , Li Xiaoxuan 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Purpose
The main goal of this paper is to show that international peer review can work in China’s context with satisfactory outcomes. Moreover, this paper also provides a reference for the practice of science and technology management.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper starts with a discussion of two critical questions about the significance and design of international peer review. A case study of international peer review of CAS Centers for Excellence is further analyzed.

Findings
International peer review may provide a solution to address the problem of quantitative oriented research evaluation in China. The case study of research evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence shows that it is possible and feasible to conduct an international peer review in China’s context. When applying this approach to other scenarios, there are still many issues to consider including individualized design of international peer review combined with practical demands, and further improvement of theories and methods of international peer review.

Research limitation
1) Only the case of international peer review of CAS Centers for Excellence is analyzed; 2) A relatively small number of respondents were surveyed in the questionnaire.

Practical implications
The work presented in this study can be used as a reference for future studies.

Originality/value
Currently, there are no similarly detailed studies exploring the significance and methodology of international peer review in China.
Methods and Practices for Institutional Benchmarking based on Research Impact and Competitiveness: A Case Study of ShanghaiTech University
Authors: Chang Jiang , Liu Jianhua 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Purpose
To develop and test a mission-oriented and multi-dimensional benchmarking method for a small scale university aiming for internationally first-class basic research.

Design/methodology/approach
An individualized evidence-based assessment scheme was employed to benchmark ShanghaiTech University against selected top research institutions, focusing on research impact and competitiveness at the institutional and disciplinary levels. Topic maps opposing ShanghaiTech and corresponding top institutions were produced for the main research disciplines of ShanghaiTech. This provides opportunities for further exploration of strengths and weakness.

Findings
This study establishes a preliminary framework for assessing the mission of the university. It further provides assessment principles, assessment questions, and indicators. Analytical methods and data sources were tested and proved to be applicable and efficient.

Research limitations
To better fit the selective research focuses of this university, its schema of research disciplines needs to be re-organized and benchmarking targets should include disciplinary top institutions and not necessarily those universities leading overall rankings. Current reliance on research articles and certain databases may neglect important research output types.

Practical implications
This study provides a working framework and practical methods for mission-oriented, individual, and multi-dimensional benchmarking that ShanghaiTech decided to use for periodical assessments. It also offers a working reference for other institutions to adapt. Further needs are identified so that ShanghaiTech can tackle them for future benchmarking.

Originality/value
This is an effort to develop a mission-oriented, individually designed, systematically structured, and multi-dimensional assessment methodology which differs from often used composite indices.
Establishment of renal failure models by laparoscopy in bama pigs which underwent partial nephrectomy and radical contralateral nephrectomy
Authors: Liu Hai-Feng , Li Hui , Bai Ge , Zhang Qian-Zhen , Xiang-Gao  , Liu Tao , Wang Hong-Bin 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Introduction
The miniature pig possesses unmatched advantages as an animal model because of its high homology with humans. Our experiment aimed to build a chronic renal failure (CRF) model in pigs via laparoscopy.

Material and Methods
Laparoscopic surgery was performed twice to build a CRF model. The first surgery was a left partial nephrectomy and the second was a right radical nephrectomy. Pigs were grouped by the total renal tissue to be resected: ⅔, ¾ or ⅚. Physiological parameters (rectal temperature and heart rate), haematological parameters (WBC and RBC) and renal function (serum creatinine – CR and blood urea nitrogen – BUN) were measured preoperatively and every week postoperatively.

Results
After renal resection the pigs manifested chronic renal failure. Heart rate and body temperature declined to varying degrees over 12 postoperative weeks. No significant difference was observed between the different groups. The result of renal function tests found that postoperative serum CR and BUN in all groups were continuously elevated, and the level of serum CR at two weeks post procedure differed very significantly from its preoperative value (P < 0.05). BUN was significantly elevated at one week (P < 0.05). The renal function decreased significantly faster in the ⅚ group than in the other two groups. The trend of renal function change was similar among groups, but progress was slower in the ⅔ and ¾ groups.

Conclusion
⅚ kidney resection was the optimal miniature pig model of CRF.
Amorphus globosus foetuses in Polish Holstein cattle: anatomical, histological, and genetic studies
Authors: Gehrke Marek , Blaszak Beata , Stachowiak Monika , Szczerbal Izabela , Stefańska Barbara , Jaśkowski Jędrzej M. , Nowak Włodzimierz , Świtoński Marek 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Introduction
A comprehensive description is presented of four novel cases ofamorphus globosus (ag) foetuses originating from multiple pregnancies of Polish Holstein cows.

Material and Methods
Four amorphic foetuses were delivered by three cows. Tissue samples were collected during autopsy, embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained with haematoxylin and eosin. Genomic DNA was isolated from tissue samples of abnormal foetuses and from blood leukocytes of their healthy siblings. PCR reactions were used to reveal the presence of Y-linked genes (SRY and AMELY) and an X-linked gene (AMELX).

Results
All foetuses were classified to the groupholoacardius amorphous (anideus). Molecular analysis clearly showed that at 17 microsatellite loci, the studied amorphous foetuses had identical genotypes to the viable co-twins.

Conclusion
Foetuses had monozygotic origin. Histological analysis showed a low level of development of tissues of meso- and ectodermal origin, as well as features of degrading patterns.
How Robot/human Orchestration Can Help in an HR Department: A Case Study From a Pilot Implementation
Authors: Šimek Dalibor , Šperka Roman 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Motivation of this research is to explore the current trend in automating the business processes through software robots (Robotic Process Automation – RPA) and its managing within enterprise environment where most of the processes are executed by human workforce. As the RPA technology expands the demand for its coordinating grows as well. The possible solution to this challenge is shown in case study research in form of implementing orchestration platform to a concrete business process of onboarding in HR department of a multinational company. The aim of this paper is to explore the phases and activities of the pilot project implementation of Robotic Service Orchestration (RSO) in combination with RPA technology and to assess the potential benefits.

Design/Methodology/Approach: Case study research approach was selected to explore the research phenomena, which is the implementation of RSO platform in combination with RPA technology and assessing incoming benefits. The case is formed with 2 companies – (1) multinational company with ongoing effort of automating onboarding process, (2) technology and consulting company delivering the automation solution. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with respondents from two involved companies and by analysing internal documents.

Results: The analysis of case provided in this paper revealed some key insights: (1) strategical position of RSO and tactical position of RPA towards the existing legacy systems, (2) need for increased focus on initial process modelling phase, (3) Application Programming Interface (API) integration is more viable solution for RPA, (4) the biggest benefit of RPA - its agility, (5) future potential of the RSO replacing the BPMS.

Conclusions: First of all, there is a need of higher number of software robots adopted in a company before orchestration could pay off. On the other side, current Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) solutions don’t offer functionalities for managing human and software robots workforce altogether. RPA is expected to expand and without proper orchestration the effectivity will not grow constantly.
Experimental and statistical analysis of blast-induced ground vibrations (BIGV) prediction in Senegal’s quarry
Authors: Kadiri Imad , Tahir Younès , Iken Omar , Fertahi Saïf ed-Dîn , Agounoun Rachid 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
Extractive industries often use explosives to destroy rocks, and productivity requirements tend to increase the charges of the explosives. The blasts induce vibrations, which result in a potential damage of the surrounding structures. Therefore, the prediction of vibrations should be described with accuracy, in order to ensure the safety of engineered structures. However, the prediction of vibrations’ levels remain a complicated issue, because it involves numerous parameters correlated to the quarry site.
In this paper, statistical analysis based on the peak particle velocity (PPV) and the attenuation law has been carried out to assess the safety charges (Q) for different distances (R) between the blast and the considered structure to secure. Moreover, the experimental investigations were conducted on the quarry site of “Sococim”, which is located on the south coast of Senegal. To ensure the safety of the “Conveyor belt” and “Panel 1 (Upper exploitation level)” sites, the PPV should be less than 10 mm/s. In fact, the attenuation model has been used to assess the safe charge weights of the explosive (Q) to be used at the “Conveyor belt” site and at the “Panel 1 (Upper exploitation level)” site. Therefore, the safe charge weights per delay (Q) were respectively 116 kg and 13.75 kg.
Use of <sup>99m</sup>Tc-MIBI spect in estimating the efficiency pre-operative treatment of the larynx and laryngopharynx cancer
Authors: Medvedeva A. A. , Chernov V. I. , Zeltchan R. V. , Sinilkin I. G. , Bragina O. D. , Choynzonov E. L. , Chizhevskaya S. Yu. , Belevich Yu. V. , Gol’dberg V. E. 
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the study. To study the possibilities of 99mTc-MIBI single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) at the monitoring of the preoperative treatment of patients with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer. Materials and methods. The study included 28 pa tients with cancer of the larynx or laryngopharynx T2–3N0–2M0. 99mTc-MIBI SPECT was performed for all patients before and after preoperative treatment, semi-quantitative indices were calculated, according to SPECT Results. A statistically significant difference was observed in the retention index in patients with complete regression and stabilization. A lower retention index is observed in patients who had a clinically pronounced effect from preoperative treatment. The rate of radiotracer washout from the tumor was faster in patients with no effect of preoperative therapy. The level of radiopharmaceuticals uptake in the tumor tissue after preoperative treatment was significantly lower in the group of patients without progression than in the group of patients with progression of the disease. In addition, the accumulation of the radioindicator after preoperative chemotherapy increased in the group of patients with progression, and decreased in the group without progression.Conclusion. The 99mTc-MIBI SPECT for tumor monitoring during treatment can be used. Semi-quantitative indices can be used as predictive criteria of results of preoperative treatment, as well as prognostic criteria for monitoring of such patients.
Perforation of the jejunum diverticulum: the role of CT examination
Authors: Platitsyn I. V. , Kondratyev A. V. , Panin A. V. , Shubarkina E. M. , Maslov A. L. 
Published: September 2019

Uncomplicated diverticula of the small intestine are asymptomatic, extremely rare in everyday practice and, most often, are detected already with the development of complications such as perforation and abscess formation. Diagnosis of complicated diverticula of the small intestine is difficult due to many other, more common causes of acute abdomen, insufficient use of the capabilities of the methods of radiation diagnosis, the lack of application and correct interpretation of the results of instrumental and special research methods. The article presents a clinical case of perforation of the jejunum diverticulum. The results of effective MDCT diagnosis and successful surgical intervention are presented: laparoscopic resection of the jejunum with the formation of the primary hardware intracorporeal enteroentero-anastomosis side by side.