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The relationship between EFQM enablers and business performance
Authors: Kafetzopoulos Dimitrios , Gotzamani Katerina , Skalkos Dimitrios 
Published: January 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the five European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model enablers, as the latent factor “enabler excellence,” are associated with business performance, taking into consideration the mediating role of innovation in this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis followed in order to investigate the relations among the various constructs of the proposed model includes an initial exploratory factor analysis, followed by confirmatory factor analysis and finally structural equation modeling.FindingsAccording to the study findings, “enabler excellence” and innovation performance directly contribute to business performance. Moreover, this paper concludes that innovation performance partially mediates the effect of excellence enablers on business performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis study does not separate between radical and incremental innovation; thus, it would be very interesting to explore this issue in future research. Moreover, it might be useful for researchers to reassess the proposed relationships examining the mediating role of organizational culture.Practical implicationsThis study offers clear implications for managers, proving that they should give higher emphasis on quality management (QM) and the four dimensions of innovation in order to achieve increased performance.Originality/valueBased on the multidimensional structure of the EFQM model, this empirical study determines the contribution of QM to business performance taking into consideration the role of innovation performance as a mediator in this relationship.
Dialectical logic for mythical and mystical superstructural systems
Authors: Usó Doménech José Luis , Nescolarde-Selva Josué Antonio , Segura-Abad Lorena , Sabán Mario 
Published: January 2019

Purpose
The doctrine of coincidentia oppositorum (the coincidence of opposites), the interpenetration, interdependence and unification of opposites has long been one of the defining characteristics of mystical (as opposed to philosophical) thought. Mystics of various persuasions have generally held that such paradoxes are the best means of expressing within language, truths about a whole that is sundered by the very operation of language itself. Any effort, it is said, to analyze these paradoxes and provide them with logical sense is doomed from the start because logic itself rests upon assumptions, such as the principles of non-contradiction and excluded middle, that are violated by the mystical ideas.

Design/methodology/approach
Mathematical development of a dialectical logic with truth-values in a complex field.

Findings
The coincidentia oppositorum is a common trope in many religious traditions, particularly those with a mystical or initiatory aspect, and fields of knowledge such as Psychology and Quantum Physics, with wave-particle duality. The aim of this paper is to present a mathematical theory of the coincidence of opposites, and where truth-values are expressed in a complex field. A propositional coincidentia oppositorum algebra is developed.

Originality/value
Although the literature of paraconsistent logics is abundant, the authors think that this is the first time that a dialectical logic has been developed with truth-values belonging to a complex field. The impossibility of reaching an absolute truth from opposite propositions is discovered, both being true, because of the existence of irrational numbers in the truth-values.
Conflict management style and exhaustion in public accounting
Authors: Cooper Mary L. , Knight Margaret E. , Frazier M. Lance , Law Daniel W. 
Published: January 2019

PurposeAs exhaustion is a core dimension of job burnout, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that individual perceptions of supervisor conflict management style (collaborative, dominating and avoidant) are antecedents of role stressors (role conflict, role ambiguity and role overload) in public accounting exhaustion.Design/methodology/approachSurvey results from a sample of 208 public accountants from six firms in upstate New York are used to test the conceptual model using regression and mediation techniques.FindingsThe findings indicate that perceptions of collaborative and dominating conflict management styles are important antecedents to the role stressors that precede exhaustion in public accounting. The findings also indicate that collaborative and dominating management styles have an indirect effect on exhaustion through both role conflict and role overload.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample was taken from six accounting firms in one geographic area of the USA and may not be representative of all public accountants. As a result, generalizability may be limited. Theoretical implications include expansion of the existing public accounting exhaustion model to incorporate individual perceptions of conflict management styles as antecedents to role stressors, and consequently to demonstrate the indirect effects of these conflict management styles on exhaustion.Practical implicationsThis study’s findings provide practitioners with insight regarding conflict management styles, specifically which ones have a positive versus negative effect on role stressors. This can be considered in hiring, training and promotion decisions in firms’ efforts to reduce exhaustion.Originality/valueThis augmentation of the existing public accounting exhaustion model is unique, as prior research has not examined individual perceptions of conflict management style. This not only enriches the model but also is actionable by public accounting firms seeking to mitigate exhaustion.
Winning tenants’ loyalty in the private rented sector
Authors: Sanderson Danielle Claire 
Published: January 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to help landlords and property managers to understand what they can do to increase tenants’ satisfaction and propensity to renew their lease, and their willingness to recommend their landlord to other people.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper analyses almost 5,000 interviews with private rented sector (PRS) tenants in the UK, conducted over a four-year period, to investigate determinants of resident satisfaction, loyalty (lease renewal) and willingness to recommend their landlord. Statistical analysis is performed using respondents’ ratings of satisfaction with many aspects of their occupancy as explanatory variables. Comparisons are made between interviewees who renew their lease and those who do not renew.

Findings
The research finds that “ease of doing business” with their landlord is a strong predictor of residents’ satisfaction, loyalty and advocacy. Other key indicators for lease renewal include relationship management, rent collection and residents’ perception of receiving value for money. Tenants’ willingness to recommend their landlord depends mainly on their relationship with their landlord, how the landlord compares with tenants’ previous landlords and the property management service they receive.

Research limitations/implications
Limitations to this research include the fact that the residents have a single landlord and live on a single estate, one with particular cultural significance, therefore potentially restricting the general applicability of the findings. Although the sample size is large, the number of residents who have reached the end of their lease is relatively small, because the estate has only been occupied by PRS tenants since 2014.

Practical implications
Over the past five years, the PRS has become a significant asset class for institutional investors in the UK. This research should help to improve the landlord – tenant relationship in the PRS, and to increase occupancy rates without compromising rents.

Originality/value
The large sample size in this research, and the use of repeat interviews at various stages of a resident’s occupancy, highlight early signs of discontent that a landlord can act upon to reduce the risk of a tenant moving elsewhere.
Research note: derivations of gradients in angle‐independent joint migration inversion
Authors: Sun Yimin , Verschuur Eric , Qu Shan 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACTAlthough joint migration inversion has been proposed for several years, a thorough derivation and description of the involved gradients was not published. In this paper, we derive the gradient of both the angle‐independent reflectivity and the velocity in a framework of acoustic angle‐independent joint migration inversion. With some further approximations taken, the conclusions shown in previous publications can also be reached from our new derivation.
A thorny issue: Woody plant defence and growth in an East African savanna
Authors: Wigley Benjamin J. , Coetsee Corli , Augustine David J. , Ratnam Jayashree , Hattas Dawood , Sankaran Mahesh 
Published: January 2019

Abstract

Recent work suggests that savanna woody plant species utilise two different strategies based on their defences against herbivory; a low nutrient/high chemical defence strategy and a nutrition paired with mostly architectural defences strategy. The concept that chemical and structural defences can augment each other and do not necessarily trade‐off has emanated from this work. In this study, we examine woody plant defence strategies, how these respond to herbivore removal and how they affect plant growth in an East African savanna.

At three paired long‐term exclosure sites with high browser and mixed‐feeder densities at Mpala Ranch, Kenya, we investigated: (a) whether defences employed by the dominant fine‐ and broad‐leaved woody savanna species form defence strategies and if these align with previously proposed strategies, (b) how nine key plant defence traits respond to herbivore removal and (c) how effective the different defence strategies are at protecting against intense herbivory (by measuring plant growth with and without herbivores present).

We identified three defence strategies. We found a group (a) with high N, short spines and high N‐free secondary metabolites, a group (b) with high N, long spines and low N‐free secondary metabolites and a group (c) with moderate N, no spines and low N‐free secondary metabolites (most likely defended by unmeasured chemical defences). Structural defences (spine length, branching) were generally found to be induced by herbivory, leaf available N increased or did not respond, and N‐free secondary metabolites decreased or did not respond to herbivory. Species with long spines combined with increased “caginess” (dense canopy architecture arising from complex arrangement of numerous woody and spiny axis categories) of branches, maintained the highest growth under intense browsing, compared to species with short spines and high N‐free secondary metabolites and species with no spines and low N‐free secondary metabolites.

Synthesis. At our study site, structural traits (i.e. spines, increased caginess) were the most inducible and effective defences against intense mammalian herbivory. We propose that high levels of variability in the way that nutrient and defence traits combine may contribute to the coexistence of closely related species comprising savanna woody communities.
Parent‐implemented early language intervention programme for late talkers: parental communicative behaviour change and child language outcomes at 3 and 4 years of age
Authors: Kruythoff‐Broekman Astrid , Wiefferink Carin , Rieffe Carolien , Uilenburg Noëlle 
Published: January 2019

AbstractBackgroundLate language emergence is a risk indicator for developmental language disorder. Parent‐implemented early language intervention programmes (parent programmes) have been shown to have positive effects on children's receptive and expressive language skills. However, long‐term effectiveness has rarely been studied. Additionally, little is known about which strategies parents learn to use after participating in parent programmes and whether this affects their child's language development.AimsTo evaluate medium‐ and long‐term effectiveness (1 and 2 years after inclusion) of a low‐dosage parent programme in a sample of late talkers (LTs) with an expressive language delay. Specifically, we investigated which strategies the parents learned to use in interaction with their child and which strategies were associated with child language growth over time.Methods & ProceduresThis quasi‐experimental study with a longitudinal design included 24‐month‐old LTs. After the pre‐test, parents of children in the intervention group received a parent programme (n = 30), while parents of children in the comparison group received care as usual (n = 30). Children's language development was assessed using standardized language tests at pre‐test and two follow‐up tests at 36 and 48 months of age. Change in parental communicative behaviour was measured by a parent–child interaction observation measure, at pre‐test and follow‐up at 36 months of age.Outcomes & ResultsAt 36 months old, children in the parent programme group showed a significantly higher growth in expressive vocabulary than children in the comparison group. However, differences between the groups were not seen in the long‐term, at the 48‐month follow‐up. In contrast to parents in the comparison group, parents in the parent programme group changed their communicative behaviour positively in two domains: Interaction and Pressure on the child. However, no changes in the domains of Language Stimulation and Responsiveness were observed. Children's growth in expressive vocabulary and expressive syntax was associated with a decrease in the domain of Pressure.Conclusions & ImplicationsAt 4 years of age, the majority of children in both groups achieved expressive vocabulary scores within the normal range. However, the mean score for expressive syntax in both groups remained below that of their peers, and 29% of the children still had expressive language scores below the mean range. Ongoing monitoring of LTs’ language development is necessary in order to make decisions regarding the timing and nature of intervention.
Too much of a good thing? Finding the most informative genetic data set to answer conservation questions
Authors: McLennan Elspeth A. , Wright Belinda R. , Belov Katherine , Hogg Carolyn J. , Grueber Catherine E. 
Published: January 2019

AbstractMolecular markers are a useful tool allowing conservation and population managers to shed light on genetic processes affecting threatened populations. However, as technological advancements in molecular techniques continue to evolve, conservationists are frequently faced with new genetic markers, each with nuanced variation in their characteristics as well as advantages and disadvantages for informing various questions. We used a well‐studied population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) from Maria Island, Tasmania, to illustrate the issues associated with combining multiple genetic data sets and to help answer a question posed by many population managers: which data set will provide the most precise and accurate estimates of the population processes we are trying to measure? We analysed individual heterozygosity (as internal relatedness, IR) of 96 individuals, calculated using four genetic marker types (putatively neutral microsatellites, major histocompatibility complex‐linked microsatellites, reduced representation sequencing, and candidate region resequencing). We found no correlation in IR values across marker types, suggesting that various genetic markers reflect different aspects of genomic diversity. In addition, some marker types were more informative than others for conservation decision‐making. Reduced representation sequencing provided the highest precision (lowest error) for estimating population‐level genetic diversity, and most closely reflected genome‐wide heterozygosity both theoretically and empirically. Within the conservation context, our results highlight important considerations when choosing a molecular technique for wildlife genetics.
Long‐term intake of phenolic compounds attenuates age‐related cardiac remodeling
Authors: Chacar Stéphanie , Hajal Joelle , Saliba Youakim , Bois Patrick , Louka Nicolas , Maroun Richard G. , Faivre Jean‐François , Fares Nassim 
Published: January 2019

AbstractWith the onset of advanced age, cardiac‐associated pathologies have increased in prevalence. The hallmarks of cardiac aging include cardiomyocyte senescence, fibroblast proliferation, inflammation, and hypertrophy. The imbalance between levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant enzymes is greatly enhanced in aging cells, promoting cardiac remodeling. In this work, we studied the long‐term impact of phenolic compounds (PC) on age‐associated cardiac remodeling. Three‐month‐old Wistar rats were treated for 14 months till middle‐age with either 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 mg kg−1 day−1 of PC. PC treatment showed a dose‐dependent preservation of cardiac ejection fraction and fractional shortening as well as decreased hypertrophy reflected by left ventricular chamber diameter and posterior wall thickness as compared to untreated middle‐aged control animals. Analyses of proteins from cardiac tissue showed that PC attenuated several hypertrophic pathways including calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFATc3), calcium/calmodulin‐dependent kinase II (CAMKII), extracellular regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), and glycogen synthase kinase 3ß (GSK 3ß). PC‐treated groups exhibited reduced plasma inflammatory and fibrotic markers and revealed as well ameliorated extracellular matrix remodeling and interstitial inflammation by a downregulated p38 pathway. Myocardia from PC‐treated middle‐aged rats presented less fibrosis with suppression of profibrotic transforming growth factor‐ß1 (TGF‐ß1) Smad pathway. Additionally, reduction of apoptosis and oxidative damage in the PC‐treated groups was reflected by elevated antioxidant enzymes and reduced RNA/DNA damage markers. Our findings pinpoint that a daily consumption of phenolic compounds could preserve the heart from the detrimental effects of aging storm.
Dispersal behaviour of Euwallacea nr. fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in avocado groves and estimation of lure sampling range
Authors: Owens David , Seo Meeja , Montgomery Wayne S. , Rivera Monique J. , Stelinski Lukasz L. , Kendra Paul E. 
Published: January 2019

Abstract
Invasive ambrosia beetles in the Euwallacea nr. fornicatus species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) threaten avocado production in multiple countries. These pests are currently monitored with lures containing quercivorol; α‐copaene was also recently discovered to be an effective attractant.
We investigated dispersal behaviour of female E. nr. fornicatus in two Florida avocado groves using mark–release–recapture experiments and laboratory flight mills. Additionally, we estimated the sampling range of quercivorol and α‐copaene lures deployed alone and in tandem.
The two‐component lure recaptured 31.2% of marked beetles, which was significantly more than quercivorol (11.2%) or α‐copaene (8.8%) alone. Contour analysis indicated that wind speed and direction can influence the number of females that disperse, as well as the direction and distance of their flight.
Two methods were used to estimate sampling range and both of them indicated comparable effective ranges for the three lure treatments, with 80% of marked beetles being recaptured within 30–35 m of the release point. Average total flight distance in laboratory tests was 81.0 m in 24 h, with a maximum distance recorded at 400 m.
The combination of quercivorol and α‐copaene lures provides the best detection of pest E. nr. fornicatus in Florida, with a recommended trap spacing of approximately 30 m in surveillance programmes for this pest in avocado groves.
Evidence for an association between endometriosis, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune diseases
Authors: Greenbaum Hila , Weil Clara , Chodick Gabriel , Shalev Varda , Eisenberg Vered H. 
Published: January 2019

ProblemThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of and the association between endometriosis, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune disease (AID) in a large population database and to describe healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) in affected women.MethodsA retrospective cross‐sectional study was performed using the computerized databases of Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS), a 2.1‐million‐member healthcare plan in Israel. Age‐sex‐specific point prevalence rates of endometriosis and fibromyalgia were calculated for end of 2015. Socio‐demographic characteristics, HCRU, co‐morbidities, including AID and depression or anxiety were described according to endometriosis/fibromyalgia status and analyzed using ordinary logistic regression models.ResultsAmong a total population of 781 571 adult women, 6647 were diagnosed with endometriosis (8.5 per 1000) and 25 425 with fibromyalgia (32 per 1000). A total of 401 women (0.5 per 1000) were diagnosed with both conditions. In 2015, the mean age of the women diagnosed with endometriosis and fibromyalgia was 42 and 55 years, respectively. Women with co‐occurrence were characterized by increased HCRU and a high prevalence rate of AID compared to women with no diagnosis of endometriosis/fibromyalgia, with 6.2% diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) vs 1% in the comparison group. The prevalence of fibromyalgia in women with endometriosis was 6%. Adjusted ORs (95% CI) for fibromyalgia among endometriosis patients were 4.1 (2.02‐8.36) for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 3.1 (1.5‐6.2) for Sjögren syndrome, 2.9 (1.87‐4.7) for IBD, 2.1 (1.6‐2.7) for dispensed antidepressants, and 1.7 (1.37‐2.2) for diagnosed anxiety/depression.ConclusionCo‐occurrence of endometriosis and fibromyalgia is associated with a high burden of AID, anxiety/depression, and HCRU.
Yellow Woman: Suspicion and Cooperation on Liberia's Gold Mines
Authors: Hoffman Danny 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACTYellow Womanis a multimodal ethnographic research project combining text and film to explore the dynamics of cooperation and suspicion on a Liberian gold mine. The sixteen‐minute single‐take video places the viewer in a uniquely “filmic” position; in other words, it allows the viewer to experience the end of a gold mining operation as only a camera can render it. But it is a point of view that simultaneously captures the tensions and surveillance practices of mine bosses and the laborers themselves. These men, despite the collective nature of their work and their long associations with one another, nevertheless remain constantly vigilant against the possibilities of deception and theft. The text that accompanies the film provides the ethnographic context that the film itself cannot and explores the aesthetic and stylistic choices through which the film communicates. [ethnographic film, mining, Liberia]