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The performance implications of collaborative activities in international buyer–seller exchanges: a contingency approach
Authors: Khalil Shadab 
Published: January 2019

PurposeThe study aims to investigate how the collaborative activities of joint action and knowledge-sharing between cross-border buyers and sellers influence the affect-state of buyers and eventually develop their strategic performance under the contingent condition of psychic distance.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data collected from 235 Taiwanese importers were analyzed using partial least squares to test the proposed conceptual framework.FindingsJoint action and knowledge-sharing are found to increase buyer’s engagement and affective commitment. Psychic distance is found to weaken the effect of collaborative activities on engagement and affective commitment. Both engagement and affective commitment are found to increase strategic performance, and the findings confirm their intervening role in the collaborative activities-strategic performance relationship.Originality/valueThe study offers insights into the under researched areas of collaborative activities and strategic performance in international exchanges and highlights the role of psychic distance in the success or failure of relational exchanges in international environments. The study introduces the concept of engagement and advances the theoretical understanding of the concept’s significance and application in international buyer–seller exchanges.
Cost comparison of seismic damage resisting systems for modules in multi-storey buildings
Authors: Ashcroft Danielle , Egbelakin Temitope , Jing John , Rasheed Eziaku Onyeizu 
Published: January 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the economic viability of a new and innovative seismic damage resisting system (SDRS) device by conducting a feasibility study. The SDRS device has been patented and specifically designed to be implemented in multi-storey modular buildings in seismic regions such as New Zealand.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a case study approach, two sample modular multi-storey buildings were purposively selected for the study. A cost-comparison analysis was conducted using the SDRS device in the two buildings, by carrying out a measure and price exercise of the construction elements.

Findings
The research results showed that the SDRS device is an economically viable option for mitigating seismic damage in modular multi-storey buildings in New Zealand. There is an average of 7.34 per cent of cost reduction when SDRS is used in modular multi-storey buildings when compared to other seismic resistance systems such as base isolation, moment resisting frames and friction damper systems.

Practical implications
The economic viability of the SDRS presents an opportunity for its usage in modular design and construction of multi-storey buildings. SDRS system is also applicable to other building typologies and construction methods. The use of SDRS also aligns with the current national objective to provide more affordable and resilient housing within a limited time; the opportunity is considered significant in New Zealand, including for export and manufacturing.

Originality/value
The confirmation of the SDRS device’s economic feasibility is the original contribution of the authors.
Recent trends in money laundering and terrorism financing
Authors: Teichmann Fabian Maximilian 
Published: January 2019

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate how criminals launder money and finance terrorism through the financial system.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 70 interviews were conducted with criminals and white-collar crime prevention experts, whose responses were subjected to qualitative content analysis. Based on the findings, a quantitative survey of 200 compliance officers was carried out.FindingsThe interviews and survey revealed concrete techniques of laundering money and financing terrorism through the financial services industry and its affiliates. Evidently, the compliance mechanisms aimed at preventing money laundering and terrorism financing can be easily circumvented.Research limitations/implicationsThis study’s findings are limited to the perspectives of 70 interviewees. Hence, it is possible that a study with a larger sample conducted in different countries or at a different time could have yielded different results.Practical implicationsIdentifying the concrete methods of laundering money and financing terrorism should provide both compliance officers and legislators with valuable insights into criminal activity. By better understanding the specific steps taken by criminals, compliance officers should be able to more effectively combat both money laundering and terrorism financing.Originality/valueWhile prior literature focuses on the organizations and mechanisms involved in combating money laundering and terrorism financing, this paper instead explores how criminals avoid detection by taking into account existing compliance mechanisms and criminal perspectives.
Power, trust and motivation in hospitals
Authors: Håvold Jon Ivar , Håvold Ole Kristian 
Published: January 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to improve understanding of how different kinds of power influence trust and motivation in hospitals.Design/methodology/approachTo analyze the links between power, trust and motivation, a framework of social power is tested on measures of trust in managers and motivation. Quantitative data from 137 respondents were collected. Partial least square is used to evaluate the theoretical model.FindingsLegitimate, referent and reward power has a positive influence on trust, while coercive power has a negative influence on trust. In total, 41.8 per cent of the variation in trust in managers was explained by power. Trust, reward power and expert power explained 30.9 per cent of the variation in motivation.Practical implicationsThe research indicates that in knowledge organizations such as hospitals, leaders should be careful in using coercive power. Expert power seems to influence motivation but not trust, while legitimate power seems to influence trust directly and motivation only through trust. Referent power seems to have a weak influence on trust and no direct influence on motivation. Reward power has a very strong influence both on trust and motivation.Originality/valueIt is important for leaders to consider how power can influence trust, motivation and the performance of a health organization. Although this study was conducted in Norway and Finland, the findings may have relevance on a broader scale.
Environmental knowledge strategy: driving success of the hospitality industry
Authors: Martínez-Martínez Aurora , Cegarra Navarro Juan Gabriel , García-Pérez Alexeis , Moreno-Ponce Ana 
Published: January 2019

Purpose
The dynamics of tourism as both an activity and an industry, combined with the growing concerns about the environment, call for continuous efforts in seeking new approaches, tools and perspectives for the acquisition of environmental knowledge by organisations in the hospitality sector. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between environmental knowledge, organisational learning and business performance in the context of the tourism industry. Emphasis is made on understanding the process of updating the environmental knowledge base of an organisation through appropriate learning processes within the business.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a structural equation model, feedback received from 87 companies from the Spanish hospitality sector in a longitudinal study consisting of two distinct phases in 2008 and 2014 was studied.

Findings
The results of the analysis indicate that environmental knowledge has a positive impact on business performance. Also, the study found that a review of the levels of awareness about environmental problems across the organisation is required at regular intervals (in this research, six years after the initial analysis).

Practical implications
The focus on the hospitality sector makes this research relevant for a significant number of hotels and their supply chains around the world.

Originality/value
The research has addressed the challenges of sustainability and environmental performance from a perspective not previously covered in the extant literature, an approach further improved by the longitudinal nature of this study, performed over a period of six years.
Optimisation of resource management in construction projects: a big data approach
Authors: Kusimo Habeeb , Oyedele Lukumon , Akinade Olugbenga , Oyedele Ahmed , Abioye Sofiat , Agboola Alirat , Mohammed-Yakub Naimah 
Published: January 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify challenges faced in resource management in the UK construction industry and to propose some solutions to these problems.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on a qualitative research methodology, 14 experts from the UK construction industry were chosen to be participants in the study. The participants were equally divided into two focus groups to discuss resource management using five projects as case studies. Thematic analysis of the discussion reveals seven key factors that affect resource management.

Findings
The results show that most of the problems identified are due to poor data management processes and the practice of having data in silos. Overcoming this challenge requires the adoption of big data approaches for resource management to allow the integration of large and different forms of data.

Originality/value
This study seeks to bring to the fore challenges faced in resource management by the UK construction industry and to outline some solutions to address them.
Drug‐induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms due to lamotrigine differs from that due to other drugs
Authors: Tashiro Yasuya , Azukizawa Hiroaki , Asada Hideo , Niihara Hiroyuki , Morita Eishin , Yamauchi Teruo , Mizukawa Yoshiko , Kusakabe Yoshio , Numazawa Satoshi , Izumi Miki , Sueki Hirohiko , Watanabe Hideaki 
Published: January 2019

AbstractDrug‐induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), also referred to as drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), is a multi‐organ systemic drug reaction characterized by hematological abnormalities and reactivation of human herpesvirus‐6 (HHV‐6). DIHS/DRESS is typically associated with a limited number of drugs, such as the anticonvulsants. Our group has treated 12 patients for DIHS/DRESS due to lamotrigine (LTG), but their presentation differed from that of patients with DIHS/DRESS caused by other drugs. The aim of the present study was to identify significant differences between DIHS/DRESS caused by LTG versus other drugs. We retrospectively reviewed data of 12 patients with DIHS/DRESS caused by LTG and 32 patients with DIHS/DRESS due to other drugs. The increase in alanine aminotransferase level was significantly milder in the LTG group than the DIHS/DRESS group due to other drugs. The percentage of atypical lymphocytes in the blood during DIHS/DRESS was lower in the LTG group. Serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase and thymus and activation‐regulated chemokine were also lower in the LTG group. There were fewer DIHS/DRESS patients with HHV‐6 reactivation in the LTG group than in the group treated with other drugs. Lymphocyte transformation after DIHS/DRESS onset was faster in the LTG group. The two groups did not differ with respect to the interval from first drug intake to rash, white blood cell count, blood eosinophilia or DRESS score. There were no significant histopathological differences between the two groups. The features of LTG‐associated DIHS/DRESS and DIHS/DRESS due to other drugs differ.
Contested Development: Homeless Property, Police Reform, and Resistance in Skid Row, LA
Authors: Dozier Deshonay 
Published: January 2019

AbstractSince the late 1990s, Downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row has undergone private and state‐sanctioned policing practices within the fifty‐block neighborhood. These policing practices are fueled by increased commercial and real‐estate development to dispossess and contain the mostly Black homeless and housed residents. Grassroots organizations and residents have responded to gentrification‐induced policing by claiming a homeless right to property, transforming neighborhood politics. This article examines these neighborhood politics as a process of contested development. Contested development reveals the push‐and‐pull contradictions that occur when spatial difference is challenged and reproduced. Through the sphere of urban property, the contested development of property in Skid Row restores or resists the generation of spatial difference. In so doing, the claims of homeless residents and grassroots organizations to a right to property engender transformative police reforms while at the same time igniting revanchist policing methods.
A study of the relation between special education burnout and job satisfaction
Authors: Robinson Olivia P. , Bridges Shannon A. , Rollins Lauren H. , Schumacker Randall E. 
Published: January 2019

The ongoing shortage of special education teachers coupled with increasing attrition rate has caused for a further analysis into why teachers are choosing to leave the field. A quantitative (n = 363) study was completed on the factors that lead to attrition among special education teachers from 34 states in the United States. Canonical correlation analysis was used to determine if there was a statistical significance in job satisfaction (as measured by a set of teaching characteristics) related to teacher burnout (as measured by a set of burnout factors) among public school special education teachers. Results indicate that there was a statistically significant relationship between job satisfaction and burnout among special education teachers. Implications for pre‐service education programs, school districts and administrators are discussed as well as retention strategies such as mentoring and providing meaningful professional development opportunities.
Homicidal Ideation and Individuals on the Autism Spectrum
Authors: Frizzell William , Howard Lindsay , Norris Henry Cameron , Chien Joseph 
Published: January 2019

AbstractInterest in the relationship between autism and violence has increased in recent years; however, no link has clearly been established between them. Researchers remain curious if autistic people with certain traits (e.g., a history of trauma) are at greater risk of violence than those individuals with autism alone. In this article, we detail two individuals with homicidal ideation (HI) admitted to inpatient psychiatric units who were found to have a diagnosis of autism without language impairment. These cases illustrate the need for mental health providers to consider autism in their differential diagnosis when evaluating an individual with HI. Broadly, we consider how an autistic individual could be susceptible to developing HI and explore treatments specific to autistic individuals that may be helpful in such cases.
Measuring Desiccation Using Qualitative Changes: A Step Toward Determining Regional Decomposition Sequences
Authors: Connor Melissa , Baigent Christiane , Hansen Eriek S. 
Published: January 2019

AbstractThe creation of a regional decomposition scoring system for western Colorado provides a model for the creation of regional systems. The development of a scoring system requires: (1) human remains, not proxies, (2) longitudinal observations, and (3) large sample size. First, an enhanced system (total body desiccation score; TBDS) was developed through observations of 40 human remains. This effort produced a categorical scoring model augmented by qualitative categories of gross tissue change. The new model was tested with retrospective photographic packets. A sample of eight donors with data collected over 3 years was selected. Monthly data points over a maximum of a 3‐year period yielded 112 data points. Correlations between TBDS and accumulated degree‐days (ADD), and total body score (TBS) and ADD were approximately equal for a TBS below ~20, but the TBDS correlated better with ADD at higher TBS scores >20. The TBDS may be used to refine postmortem interval (PMI) models in areas where remains desiccate.
Quenching autofluorescence in the alimentary canal tissues ofBactericera cockerelli(Hemiptera: Triozidae) for immunofluorescence labeling
Authors: Tang Xiao‐Tian , Ibanez Freddy , Tamborindeguy Cecilia 
Published: January 2019

AbstractImmunofluorescence has been widely used to localize microbes or specific molecules in insect tissues or cells. However, significant autofluorescence is frequently observed in tissues which can interfere with the fluorescent identification of target antigens, leading to inaccurate or even false positive fluorescent labeling. The alimentary canal of the potato psyllid,Bactericera cockerelliŠulc, exhibits intense autofluorescence, hindering the application of immunolocalization for the detection and localization of the economically important pathogen transmitted by this insect, “CandidatusLiberibacter solanacearum” (Lso). In the present study, we tested the use of irradiation, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and Sudan black B (SBB) treatments to reduce the autofluorescence in theB. cockerellialimentary canal tissues. Furthermore, we assessed the compatibility of the above‐mentioned treatments with Lso immunolocalization and actin staining using phalloidin. Our results showed that the autofluorescence in the alimentary canal was reduced by irradiation, H2O2, or SBB treatments. The compatibility assays indicated that irradiation and H2O2treatment both greatly reduced the fluorescent signal associated with Lso and actin. However, the SBB incubation preserved those target signals, while efficiently eliminating autofluorescence in the psyllid alimentary canal. Therefore, herein we propose a robust method for reducing the autofluorescence in theB. cockerellialimentary canal with SBB treatment, which may improve the use of immunofluorescence labeling in this organism. This method may also have a wide range of uses by reducing the autofluorescence in other arthropod species.
NMR‐based lipoprotein analysis for patients with severe hypercholesterolemia undergoing lipoprotein apheresis or PCSK9‐inhibitor therapy (NAPALI‐Study)
Authors: Schettler Volker JJ , Muellendorff Florian , Schettler Elke , Platzer Christina , Norkauer Sabine , Julius Ulrich , Neumann Claas‐Lennart 
Published: January 2019

AbstractTaking into account the discordance between low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) and LDL particle (LDL‐P) number, cardiovascular risk more closely correlates with LDL‐P in patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the number of lipid particles in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia treated with different lipid‐lowering regimens. Four groups of patients differing with respect to lipid‐lowering therapy were recruited from hypercholesterolemic outpatients and lipoprotein apheresis (LA) facilities, and were treated with statins alone (group A), with statins and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors (PCSK9i) (group B), with statins and LA (group C), or with statins, PCSK9i, and LA (group D). Cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL‐C, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C), LDL‐P number and size, HDL‐P number and size were determined using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The lowest LDL‐P number was achieved at the end of LA sessions in combination with statins or in combination with statins and a monoclonal PCSK9i (median; 25th and 75th percentile) (group C: 244 nmoL/L: 237, 244, P < 0.05; group D: 244 nmoL/L: 99, 307, P < 0.05). Comparing LDL‐P number at the start of LA (group C: 978 nmoL/L: 728, 1404; group D: 954 nmoL/L: 677, 1521) to the other patient groups (groups A and B), the lowest LDL‐P number was measured in patients treated with PCSK9i and a statin (group B): LDL‐P (762 nmoL/L: 604, 1043, P < 0.05), large LDL‐P (472 nmoL/L: 296, 574, P < 0.05), and small LDL‐P (342 nmoL/L: 152, 494, P < 0.05). Very low‐density lipoprotein and HDL particle sizes remained approximately the same in all groups. LA in combination with statins or in combination with statins and PCSK9i most reduced LDL‐P numbers in hypercholesterolemic patients.
The Extended Treatment Window's Impact on Emergency Systems of Care for Acute Stroke
Authors: Miller Joseph B. , Heitsch Laura , Madsen Tracy E. , Oostema John , Reeves Mat , Zammit Christopher G. , Sabagha Noor , Sozener Cemal , Lewandowski Christopher , Schrock Jon W. 
Published: January 2019

AbstractThe window for acute ischemic stroke treatment was previously limited to 4.5 hours for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and to 6 hours for thrombectomy. Recent studies using advanced imaging selection expand this window for select patients up to 24 hours from last known well. These studies directly affect emergency stroke management, including prehospital triage and emergency department (ED) management of suspected stroke patients. This narrative review summarizes the data expanding the treatment window for ischemic stroke to 24 hours and discusses these implications on stroke systems of care. It analyzes the implications on prehospital protocols to identify and transfer large‐vessel occlusion stroke patients, on issues of distributive justice, and on ED management to provide advanced imaging and access to thrombectomy centers. The creation of high‐performing systems of care to manage acute ischemic stroke patients requires academic emergency physician leadership attentive to the rapidly changing science of stroke care.
Impulsiveness as a predictor of topiramate response for cocaine use disorder
Authors: Blevins Derek , Wang Xin‐Qun , Sharma Sana , Ait‐Daoud Nassima 
Published: January 2019

Background/ObjectivesTopiramate has been studied in the treatment of substance use disorders and is often used off‐label in the treatment of other disorders with impaired impulse control. We sought to determine whether impulsiveness could predict topiramate treatment response in individuals with cocaine use disorder (CUD).MethodsIn a post‐hoc analysis of a 12‐week, double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial of topiramate for CUD, we examined the relationship between response to treatment and participants’ baseline score on the Barrett Impulsiveness Scale (BIS‐11). During the original trial, topiramate was titrated up to 300 mg/day over 6 weeks and maintained for 6 weeks. All participants received weekly cognitive behavioral therapy.ResultsIndividuals with total BIS‐11 scores above the median had 11.2% more cocaine‐free days with topiramate versus placebo (Bonferroni corrected p = 0.047). Individuals with first‐order factor scores above the median in self‐control (Bonferroni corrected p = 0.020) and at or below the median in attention (Bonferroni corrected p = 0.022), and second‐order factor scores at or below the median in attentional (Bonferroni corrected p = 0.024) and motor impulsiveness (Bonferroni corrected p = 0.046) were all associated with a greater improvement with topiramate.Discussion/ConclusionThe results indicate an association between higher within‐group impulsiveness and response to topiramate for CUD. The subscore findings may suggest a complex interaction between effectiveness and known cognitive side effects. The finding that trait impulsiveness is associated with treatment response is a promising discovery that may help guide treatment for CUD.Scientific SignificanceThis analysis suggests a possible endophenotype based on impulsiveness that can predict treatment response to topiramate. (Am J Addict 2019;XX:1–6).