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The new H.R. conversation
Authors: Efron Louis 
Published: September 2018

Purpose
DaVita, Inc., a Fortune 200 health-care company has recently undertaken a Human Resource (HR) transformation. Today, good HR departments can help people and businesses grow. However, many HR departments are stuck in the past and see their role as “personnel” responsible mainly for hiring, firing, attendance and payroll. This is an antiquated perspective of what an HR function does.

Design/methodology/approach
This case study based on DaVita’s HR team illustrates how people services drive business objectives in part through aligning with operators across the business, ensuring a robust talent and leadership pipeline and differentiated workforce experience. This was done through developing a people strategy and governance model grounded in the business strategy.

Findings
This case study concludes that any HR transformation must include the language of the business, including strategic financial and operational topics and proposals that effectively operationalize and measure people practices to engage workforces and grow businesses. This transformation was grounded in changing the conversation about HR, allowing people services to better serve and address the complex organizational and workforce dynamics that exists today, thus helping organizations win and grow.

Originality/value
DaVita is evolving the role of HR to be a critical part of the business that drives results through alignment with operators across the organization.
Interactive governance and implementation effectiveness in India's National Health Insurance Program
Authors: Maurya Dayashankar , Kwan Chang Yee 
Published: September 2018

AbstractMany public sector programs, such as those directed at public health, are often multiagency tasks where structural incongruity in the program design is liable to emerge over time from changing operational requirements. Yet, successful implementation remains possible because of the interactions and relationships between implementation parties that encourage cooperation and collaboration despite incongruence in the program design. We examine how the dynamics of these interparty relationships influence implementation success in a comparative study of India's National Health Insurance Scheme. We find that implementation parties exhibiting support and complementarity in their interactions created a virtuous cycle of continually encouraging better performance and vice versa. Thus, our findings exhibit a distinct functionary role of interparty interactions and relationships for eliciting effective implementation and governance. The analysis also showcases the need for policy makers and policy designers to be cognizant of the inadvertent introduction of structural inconsistencies and veto points into program designs and their potential influence on implementation outcomes.
Association between Continuity and Team‐Based Care and Health Care Utilization: An Observational Study of Medicare‐Eligible Veterans in VA Patient Aligned Care Team
Authors: Reddy Ashok , Wong Edwin , Canamucio Anne , Nelson Karin , Fihn Stephan D. , Yoon Jean , Werner Rachel M. 
Published: September 2018

ObjectiveIt remains unknown whether high‐functioning teams can compensate for poor continuity of care to support important patient outcomes.Data SourceLinked VA administrative and Medicare claims data to measure the relationship of team‐based care and continuity of care with high‐cost utilization.Study DesignRetrospective cohort study of 1.2 million VA‐Medicare dual eligible Veterans assigned to a VA primary care provider (PCP) in 2012. Continuity was the proportion of primary care visits to the assigned VA provider of care. Clinics were categorized as low, average, or high‐team functioning based on survey data. Our primary outcomes were the number of all‐cause hospitalizations, ambulatory care sensitive (ACSC) hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visits in 2013.Principal FindingsA 10‐percentage point increase in continuity with a VA PCP was associated with 4.5 fewer hospitalizations (p < .001), 3.2 fewer ACSC hospitalizations (p < .001), and 2.6 more ED visits (p = .07) per 1,000 patients. Team‐based care was not significantly associated with any high‐cost utilization category. Associations were heterogeneous across VA‐reliant and nonreliant Veterans. Finally, the interaction results demonstrated that the quality of team‐based care functioning could not compensate for poor continuity on hospitalizations, ACSC hospitalizations, or ED visits. Conclusions: In Veterans who were reliant on the VA for services, increasing continuity with a VA PCP and high‐functioning team‐based care clinics was associated with fewer ED visits and hospitalizations. Furthermore, leveraging combined data from VA and Medicare allowed to better measure continuity and assess high‐cost utilization among Veterans who are and are not reliant on the VA for services.
The Effects of Provider Choice Policies on Workers’ Compensation Costs
Authors: Neumark David , Savych Bogdan 
Published: September 2018

ObjectiveTo examine the effects of provider choice policies on workers’ compensation medical and indemnity costs.Data Sources/Study SettingPooled cross‐sectional analysis of administrative claims records for workers with work‐related injuries primarily in 2007–2010 across 25 states (n = 4,489,729).Study DesignWe used linear and quantile regression analyses to evaluate differences in claim costs (medical and indemnity) based on whether policies give employers or injured workers control over the choice of provider.Principal FindingsWe find no difference in average medical costs by provider choice policies, although a distributional analysis indicates higher developed medical costs for the costliest back injury cases in states where workers control provider choice. The evidence for indemnity costs is similar, although the point estimates also indicate (statistically insignificantly) higher average costs when policies give workers more control of the choice of provider.ConclusionsOur nuanced evidence suggests that policymakers seeking to reduce workers’ compensation costs may need to focus on the highest cost cases in states where policy gives workers more control over the choice of provider, rather than the simpler and broader issue of whether policy gives workers or employers more control.
Intact and Damaged Wheat Starch and Amylase Functionality During Multilayered Fermented Pastry Making
Authors: Ooms Nand , Vandromme Evert , Brijs Kristof , Delcour Jan A. 
Published: September 2018

AbstractThe roles of native and damaged starch (DS) during fermented pastry making were examined by increasing the level of DS in wheat flour by ball‐milling and/or by including amylase in the recipe. Increased DS levels increase laminated dough strength presumably by making less water available for the gluten. This effect was partly overcome by amylase use. During baking, a reduced resistance of the dough to gas cell expansion, as a result of enzymatic starch hydrolysis, seems responsible for increased pastry lift and improved crumb structure. Gelatinization of intact starch limits dough lift and expansion. Even at high amylase dosages structural collapse was limited, which suggests a significant role for gluten in pastry product structure formation. Differential scanning calorimetry and low‐resolution 1H nuclear magnetic resonance experiments indicated that increased levels of starch damage and amylase use impact the amylose network in the product and respectively increase and decrease the extent to which amylopectin retrogrades during storage.Practical ApplicationThis research article evaluates the role of intact and damaged wheat starch during the production of fermented pastry products. An expanded knowledge on starch functionality during the different pastry production steps allows for a targeted selection of additives to improve product quality and production efficiency. The results obtained in this study can contribute to the realization of industrially feasible solutions for the production of quality pastry products.
Association of sperm source with miscarriage and take‐home baby after ICSI in cryptozoospermia: a meta‐analysis of testicular and ejaculated sperm
Authors: Ku F.‐Y. , Wu C.‐C. , Hsiao Y.‐W. , Kang Y.‐N. 
Published: September 2018

AbstractBackgroundMiscarriage and take‐home baby are the most important issues to patients with cryptozoospermia in receiving intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The ICSI usually use ejaculated or testicular sperm. Unfortunately, no synthesized evidence reported miscarriage and take‐home baby rate between the two sperm sources.ObjectivesThis study aimed to compare the miscarriage and take‐home baby rate of ICSI using testicular and ejaculated sperm in patient with cryptozoospermia.Materials and methodsWe conducted meta‐analyses that were based on data from Cochrane library, Ovid, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science. The pooled analyses used risk ratio (RR) in random‐effects model. Sensitivity analyses by subgrouping were completed to explore the associations between mean age and outcome.ResultsThis study identified 331 potential citations and included four cohort studies for qualitative and quantitative synthesis. The four studies involved 331 patients with 479 ICSI cycles. The results showed no significant difference in miscarriage between testicular sperm group and ejaculated sperm group (RR = 1.06, 95% CI 0.48–2.35, p = 0.88). Yet, take‐home babies per embryo transfer in testicular sperm group (53/226, 23.45%) was more than ejaculated sperm group (59/429, 13.75%) (RR = 1.72, 95% CI 1.21–2.44, p = 0.002). Similar results can be found in take‐home babies per ICSI cycle (RR = 1.77, 95% CI 1.28–2.44, p = 0.0005), especially in younger couple (RR = 1.93, 95% CI 1.11–3.34, p = 0.02). No small study bias was detected in the analyses.DiscussionThis study found that testicular sperm has more advantage for ICSI in patients with cryptozoospermia, especially in younger couple. These findings may help guide us when deciding the optimal method of sperm harvest for men with cryptozoospermia.ConclusionComparing to ejaculated sperm, testicular sperm showed benefits for take‐home baby rate, but not for miscarriage in patients with cryptozoospermia.
Review: Transition from children's to adult services: a review of guidelines and protocols for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in England
Authors: Eke Helen , Janssens Astrid , Ford Tamsin 
Published: September 2018

BackgroundIn recent years, the difficulty for young people with mental health issues who require a transition to adult services has been highlighted by several studies. In March 2018 the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced detailed guidelines for the diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), updated from previous versions in 2008 and 2016, which included general recommendations for transition to an adult service. Yet, there is limited research on transition specifically for those with ADHD. This review aims to systematically identify, review and compare guidelines, specifically focussed on transition for young adults with ADHD within England.MethodsFollowing the general principles for systematic reviewing as published by the University of York, 10 electronic databases were searched. Further documents were identified through searches of grey literature and additional sources.ResultsSixteen documents were included. Results indicate very limited publically accessible guidelines in England for transition of young people with ADHD. Nearly all identified documents based their recommendations for transition on the existing NICE guidelines. Neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD are often encompassed within one overarching health policy rather than an individual policy for each condition.ConclusionsGuidelines should be available and accessible to the public in order to inform those experiencing transition; adjusting the guidelines to local service context could also be beneficial and would adhere to the NICE recommendations. Further review could examine transition guideline policies for mental health in general to help identify and improve current practice.
Time‐Domain Parallelization for Accelerating Cloth Simulation
Authors: Liang Junbang , Lin Ming C. 
Published: September 2018

AbstractCloth simulations, widely used in computer animation and apparel design, can be computationally expensive for real‐time applications. Some parallelization techniques have been proposed for visual simulation of cloth using CPU or GPU clusters and often rely on parallelization using spatial domain decomposition techniques that have a large communication overhead. In this paper, we propose a novel time‐domain parallelization technique that makes use of the two‐level mesh representation to resolve the time‐dependency issue and develop a practical algorithm to smooth the state transition from the corresponding coarse to fine meshes. A load estimation and a load balancing technique used in online partitioning are also proposed to maximize the performance acceleration. Our method achieves a nearly linear performance scaling on manycore clusters and outperforms spatial‐domain parallelization on a diverse set of benchmarks.
Distributing and Load Balancing Sparse Fluid Simulations
Authors: Shah C. , Hyde D. , Qu H. , Levis P. 
Published: September 2018

AbstractThis paper describes a general algorithm and a system for load balancing sparse fluid simulations. Automatically distributing sparse fluid simulations efficiently is challenging because the computational load varies across the simulation domain and time. A key challenge with load balancing is that optimal decision making requires knowing the fluid distribution across partitions for future time steps, but computing this state for an arbitrary simulation requires running the simulation itself. The key insight of this paper is that it is possible to predict future load by running a speculative low resolution simulation in parallel. We mathematically formulate the problem of load balancing over multiple time steps and present a polynomial time algorithm to compute an approximate solution to it. Our experimental results show that distributing and speculatively load balancing sparse FLIP simulations over 8 nodes speeds them up by 5.3× to 7.9×, and that speculative load balancing generates assignments that perform within 20% of optimal.
Learning Physically Based Humanoid Climbing Movements
Authors: Naderi Kourosh , Babadi Amin , Hämäläinen Perttu 
Published: September 2018

AbstractWe propose a novel learning‐based solution for motion planning of physically‐based humanoid climbing that allows for fast and robust planning of complex climbing strategies and movements, including extreme movements such as jumping. Similar to recent previous work, we combine a high‐level graph‐based path planner with low‐level sampling‐based optimization of climbing moves. We contribute through showing that neural network models of move success probability, effortfulness, and control policy can make both the high‐level and low‐level components more efficient and robust. The models can be trained through random simulation practice without any data. The models also eliminate the need for laboriously hand‐tuned heuristics for graph search. As a result, we are able to efficiently synthesize climbing sequences involving dynamic leaps and one‐hand swings, i.e. there are no limits to the movement complexity or the number of limbs allowed to move simultaneously. Our supplemental video also provides some comparisons between our AI climber and a real human climber.
Strain Rate Dissipation for Elastic Deformations
Authors: M. Sánchez‐Banderas Rosa , A. Otaduy Miguel 
Published: September 2018

AbstractDamping determines how the energy in dynamic deformations is dissipated. The design of damping requires models where the behavior along deformation modes is easily controlled, while other motions are left unaffected. In this paper, we propose a framework for the design of damping using dissipation potentials formulated as functions of strain rate. We study simple parameterizations of the models, the application to continuum and discrete deformation models, and practical implications for implementation. We also study previous simple damping models, in particular we demonstrate limitations of Rayleigh damping. We analyze in detail the application of strain rate dissipation potentials to two highly different deformation models, StVK hyperlasticity and yarn‐level cloth with sliding persistent contacts. These deformation models are representative of the range of applicability of the damping model.
A shared effect of paroxetine treatment on gray matter volume in depressive patients with and without childhood maltreatment: A voxel‐based morphometry study
Authors: Lu Xiao‐Wen , Guo Hua , Sun Jing‐Rong , Dong Qiang‐Li , Zhao Fu‐Tao , Liao Xu‐Hong , Zhang Li , Zhang Yan , Li Wei‐Hui , Li Ze‐Xuan , Liu Tie‐Bang , He Yong , Xia Ming‐Rui , Li Ling‐Jiang 
Published: September 2018

SummaryAimsThis study assessed whether antidepressant drug treatment has a common effect on gray matter (GM) volume in MDD patients with and without childhood maltreatment (CM).MethodsT1‐weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 168 participants, including 51 MDD patients with CM, 31 MDD patients without CM, 48 normal controls with CM, and 38 normal controls without CM. MDD patients received 6 months of treatment with paroxetine, and 24 patients with CM, and 16 patients without CM received a second MRI scan. A whole‐brain voxel‐based morphometry approach was used to estimate GM volume in each participant at two time points. Two‐way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the effects of MDD and CM on GM volume at baseline. Repeated measures two‐way ANOVA was used to determine the treatment‐by‐CM interactive effect and main effect of treatment during paroxetine treatment. We further investigated the relationship between GM volume and clinical variables.ResultsAt baseline, significant MDD‐by‐CM interactive effects on GM volume were mainly observed in the left parahippocampal gyrus, left entorhinal cortex, and left cuneus. GM volume was significantly lower mainly in the right middle temporal gyrus in patients with MDD than in normal controls. We did not find any significant treatment‐by‐CM interactive effects. However, a treatment‐related increase in GM was found in the right middle temporal gyrus in both MDD groups.ConclusionsThese results suggest that paroxetine treatment operates via a shared neurobiological mechanism in MDD patients with and without CM.
Cardiac structure and function before and after bariatric surgery: a clinical overview
Authors: Lascaris B. , Pouwels S. , Houthuizen P. , Dekker L. R. , Nienhuijs S. W. , Bouwman R. A. , Buise M. P. 
Published: September 2018

SummaryObesity, defined as a body mass index of ≥30 kg/m2, is the most common chronic metabolic disease worldwide and its prevalence has been strongly increasing. Obesity has deleterious effects on cardiac function. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the effects of obesity and excessive weight loss due to bariatric surgery on cardiac function, structural changes and haemodynamic responses of both the left and right ventricle.
Assessment of local tissue water in the arms and trunk of breast cancer survivors with and without upper extremity lymphoedema
Authors: Mazor Melissa , Smoot Betty J. , Mastick Judy , Mausisa Grace , Paul Steven M. , Kober Kord M. , Elboim Charles , Singh Komal , Conley Yvette P. , Mickevicius Gabby , Field Jennifer , Hutchison Heather , Miaskowski Christine 
Published: September 2018

SummaryGiven the paucity of information on local tissue water (LTW) in the upper extremity and trunk of women after breast cancer surgery, the purpose of this study was to compare tissue dielectric constant (TDC) values between the affected and unaffected sides of breast cancer survivors with and without upper extremity lymphoedema (LE). Differences in LTW were assessed using the TDC method for three sites in the upper limbs, three sites in the lateral thorax and two sites on the back. Additional measures included demographic and clinical characteristics, arm circumference and bioimpedance analysis. For the 112 survivors without LE, no differences in TDC values were found between the affected and unaffected sides for the first dorsal web space, ventral forearm and upper arm, and upper and lower back. Compared to the unaffected side, TDC values were significantly higher on the affected side for the upper, mid and lower lateral thorax. For the 78 survivors with LE, compared to the unaffected side, TDC was significantly higher on the affected side for all of the sites evaluated except the hand web space. Our findings support the use of the TDC method to detect differences in upper extremity and truncal oedema in survivors with LE following breast cancer treatment. Measurement of LTW may provide a useful method to determine truncal as well as extremity LE. The ability to detect early signs of truncal oedema may lead to pre‐emptive interventions in breast cancer survivors.
875. PLEIONE SCOPULORUM AND PLEIONE KAATIAE
Authors: Cribb Phillip , Butterfield Ian , Congleton Paul 
Published: September 2018

SummaryThe closely‐related species Pleione scopulorum W.W. Sm., and P. kaatiae P.H. Peeters, from Myanmar, NE India and SW China are discussed, and P. kaatiae is illustrated.
The development of children's preferences for equality and equity across 13 individualistic and collectivist cultures
Authors: Huppert Elizabeth , Cowell Jason M. , Cheng Yawei , Contreras‐Ibáñez Carlos , Gomez‐Sicard Natalia , Gonzalez‐Gadea Maria Luz , Huepe David , Ibanez Agustin , Lee Kang , Mahasneh Randa , Malcolm‐Smith Susan , Salas Natalia , Selcuk Bilge , Tungodden Bertil , Wong Alina , Zhou Xinyue , Decety Jean 
Published: September 2018

AbstractA concern for fairness is a fundamental and universal element of morality. To examine the extent to which cultural norms are integrated into fairness cognitions and influence social preferences regarding equality and equity, a large sample of children (N 2,163) aged 4–11 were tested in 13 diverse countries. Children participated in three versions of a third‐party, contextualized distributive justice game between two hypothetical recipients differing in terms of wealth, merit, and empathy. Social decision‐making in these games revealed universal age‐related shifts from equality‐based to equity‐based distribution motivations across cultures. However, differences in levels of individualism and collectivism between the 13 countries predicted the age and extent to which children favor equity in each condition. Children from the most individualistic cultures endorsed equitable distributions to a greater degree than children from more collectivist cultures when recipients differed in regards to wealth and merit. However, in an empathy context where recipients differed in injury, children from the most collectivist cultures exhibited greater preferences to distribute resource equitably compared to children from more individualistic cultures. Children from the more individualistic cultures also favored equitable distributions at an earlier age than children from more collectivist cultures overall. These results demonstrate aspects of both cross‐cultural similarity and divergence in the development of fairness preferences.