bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Disclosing facial images to create a consumer’s profile
Authors: Morosan Cristian 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Facial recognition systems represent a viable solution to today’s hotels’ security and service challenges. The purpose of this study was to build and empirically validate a conceptual model that examined consumers’ willingness to create a profile based on biometric information disclosed via facial recognition systems.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 421 US general population consumers who stayed in hotels. The study used a confirmatory factor analysis to test the measurement model and a structural equation modeling approach to empirically validate the structural model.

Findings
It was found that the benefit of information disclosure was the strongest predictor of value of disclosure and that value of disclosure and privacy concerns influenced consumers’ willingness to disclose biometric information. In turn, consumers’ willingness to disclose biometric information and their desire to be loyal to hotels influenced consumers’ willingness to create a profile.

Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to examine profile creation and biometric information disclosure via facial recognition systems in hotels, a technology that is likely to disrupt the current authentication and service quality models in hotels. This study also advances the literature by expanding the scope of the privacy calculus by adding social rewards, and by elucidating the role of desires in service contexts.
Domestic violence against women in west of Iran: the prevalence and related factors
Authors: Afkhamzadeh Abdorrahim , Azadi Namam-Ali , Ziaeei Shirin , Mohamadi-Bolbanabad Amjad 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of domestic violence against women and its related factors in Sanandaj, west of Iran.

Design/methodology/approach
This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2016. The sample consisted of 360 women who referred to two educational hospitals in Sanandaj. The data collection tool was a self-report questionnaire. A multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors of domestic violence against women.

Findings
The prevalence of “any form of violence” in the past year was 71 percent (n=245). The prevalence of emotional, sexual and physical violence was 62.2 percent (n=225), 48.7 percent (n=168) and 49.9 percent (n=172), respectively. Multivariate logistic regressions revealed that the “any form of violence” has significant association with occupation of women, economic status of family and the status of sexual satisfaction of couples.

Originality/value
The prevalence of domestic violence against women is high and alarming in Sanandaj, Iran. Given the relationship between experience of violence and sexual dissatisfaction, sexual education before and after marriage is recommended for couples. Also, the experience of exposure to violence in women can be included in health centers as screening programs. In this way, couples who have risk factors will receive the educational programs.
Transactional learning and sustainability co-creation in a university – business collaboration
Authors: Soini Katriina , Korhonen-Kurki Kaisa , Asikainen Henna 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore the learning outcomes of the project-based learning in a Master Class programme on sustainability carried out in collaboration by the University of Helsinki and a private company operating in global mining technology. The following two questions were addressed: Q1. What kind of sustainability competences do participants acquire in the Master Class? Q2. What is the role of PBL in the learning outcomes?

Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on an ex ante open-ended survey and post-ante interviews addressed to the participants. The data were analysed using the qualitative content analysis.

Findings
The findings show that the Master Class contributed to most of the competences under study. However, unlike in previous studies, systemic thinking is highlighted as a fundamental rather than a parallel core competence. Furthermore, the results also emphasise the role of emotions, which is insufficiently acknowledged and accounted for in sustainability education.

Research limitations/implications
The study focussed only on the learning outcomes of the participants (students) and not the other parties (such as company and researchers).

Practical implications
Future research should focus on affective dimension as a stepping stone to the transformational learning. In addition, the role of the systemic understanding in sustainability education should be highlighted as a core competence.

Social implications
The study revealed the overall positive impacts of the co-creation in university – business collaboration to the participants’ sustainability competences.

Originality/value
The study presents an empirical case study where the various competence frameworks were applied with a result of confirming the validity of the existing key competences, in particular the systemic understanding and showing the role of the affective dimension in the transactional learning.
Live maintenance robot for high-voltage transmission lines
Authors: Jiang Wei , Yan Yu , Zhang An , Yu Lianqing , Zuo Gan , Li Hong Jun , Chen Wei 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to improve the operation and maintenance intelligence of power systems, and summarize the transmission line robots and their key technologies. High-voltage power cables are important channels for power transmission systems. Their special geographical environment and harsh natural environment can lead to many different faults. At present, such special operations in dangerous and harsh environments are performed manually, which have not only high labor intensity and low work efficiency but also great personal safety risks.

Design/methodology/approach
For maintenance works that are far away from the tower, power outages are required. With the increasing evaluation of transmission quality and operational safety, and the urgent need for automation and operation of modern power systems, the contradiction between this manual operation and modern high-quality power transmission has become increasingly prominent. An effective method to replace the manual maintenance work is to use the mobile robot to carry the operation manipulator and its end tool, that is, the live maintenance robot.

Findings
Some achievements have been made in the key technologies of live maintenance robots, the work to be done to meet the basic requirements of complex and changeable line environment and practical application. Based on the existing research results of live overhaul robot, the follow-up research will focus on the practical application needs and the frontier of scientific and technological development, and truly realize the human–machine integration between live overhaul robot–human working environment. Only in this way can the robot better serve the operation and maintenance of the power system.

Originality/value
This paper reviews the system platform, operation function, structural characteristics and key technologies involved in the power cable robot, and the combination of live maintenance robots and modern high-tech such as big data and cloud computing is also given, and finally, the future development direction of the special operation robot is pointed out.
English instructors’ motivation levels in Islamic higher education
Authors: Ansyari Muhammad Fauzan , Coelho Fabio Oliveira , Hasibuan Kalayo , Settiawan Dodi , Kamallia Masni 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the motivation levels of non-permanent English instructors (lecturers) in a university language centre (LC) and the factors with regard to what elements sustain their motivation to teach English and to remain in the Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) profession at an Islamic higher education institution.

Design/methodology/approach
An exploratory case study with a purposive sampling technique was employed in this study. Ten instructors (seven females and three males) aged between 26 and 40 years old participated (M = 29.6 year olds). The selected participants in the sample were instructors who had taught between three to nine years at the LC (M = 3.9 years), and interviews were the tools used to collect data.

Findings
Overall, LC instructors’ motivation is not internalised or less internalised into their self-concept. This can be seen from the results that show, respectively, instructors’ levels of no internalisation (42 per cent), less internalisation (40.5 per cent), more internalisation (11 per cent) and full internalisation (6.5 per cent). In total, 11 factors were identified: the influence of others, financial benefits, professional development opportunities, schedule flexibility, supportive working environment, social status and acceptance, a stepping stone for career advancement, networking, dedication, challenge and teaching as a calling. In general, it has been found that instructors are more externally than internally regulated or motivated.

Research limitations/implications
This study only employed interview to collect data and had only ten respondents.

Originality/value
Data were collected at the LC of an Islamic institution of higher education institution where instructors are non-permanently employed. The LC is a TEFL environment serving about 12,000 students a year. This study, therefore, allows for an understanding of instructors’ motivation in such context.
The role of storytelling in navigating through the storm of change
Authors: Wilson Antoinette Ophelia 
Published: July 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the perception of the role of storytelling in organizational change in this study involving eight principals and administrators in three of Central Florida’s counties. The study concerns the change from the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) legislation to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, December 10, 2015) Even though the ESSA includes major changes from the NCLB legislation, schools that consistently perform below standard continue to face having to turn over operations to a charter or outside entity (Florida Department of Education, 2018).Design/methodology/approachThis study engaged the phenomenological research design of qualitative methodology in this small case study. Eight principals and/or administrators employed in Orange, Seminole and Volusia County public schools participated in this study. SurveyMonkeyTM, an online survey tool, was the instrument used to collect the data.FindingsTwo themes emerged from the perceptions of the participants. They expressed storytelling is effective in engaging the school’s culture and strengthening commitment to the change. They also expressed that even though storytelling is recommended as a tool to use in organizational change, it is only one of the necessary elements.Practical implicationsLike in other industries where dynamic changes arise from external factors, ESSA, the new standardized assessment, under-performing students and insufficient financial and academic resources have created the perfect storm for principals and administrators to navigate if their schools are to survive. Storytelling can be a helpful part of the change management toolkit.Originality/valueIn this case study, storytelling has proven to be an effective measure for principals and administrators to include as one of their change tools to engage in productive communication as they tackle the many negative side effects of the new act.
Speech and language therapy for primary progressive aphasia across the UK: A survey of current practice
Authors: Volkmer Anna , Spector Aimee , Warren Jason D. , Beeke Suzanne 
Published: July 2019

AbstractBackgroundPrimary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a heterogeneous group of language‐led dementias. People with this type of dementia are increasingly being referred to speech and language therapy (SLT) services. Yet, there is a paucity of research evidence focusing on PPA interventions and little is known about SLT practice in terms of assessment and provision of intervention.AimsTo survey the practices of SLTs in the areas of assessment and intervention for people with PPA.Methods & ProceduresA 37‐item, pilot‐tested survey was distributed electronically through the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs) and social media networks. Survey items included questions on care pathways, assessment and intervention approaches, and future planning. Analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Outcomes & ResultsA total of 105 SLTs completed the survey. Respondents reported more frequently using formal assessment tools designed for stroke‐related aphasia than for dementia. Informal interviews were reportedly always used during assessment by almost 80% of respondents. Respondents were significantly more likely to use communication partner training than impairment‐focused interventions. Goal attainment was the most commonly used outcome measure. Respondents provided 88 goal examples, which fell into six themes: communication aid; conversation; functional communication; impairment focused; specific strategy; and communication partner. Additionally, respondents reported addressing areas such as future deterioration in communication and cognition, decision‐making and mental capacity, and driving. Ten (9.4%) respondents reported the existence of a care pathway for people with PPA within their service.Conclusions & ImplicationsThis survey highlights the range of current PPA assessment and intervention practices in use by the respondents. Communication partner training is commonly used by the surveyed SLTs, despite the lack of research evidence examining its effectiveness for PPA. There is a need to develop evidence‐based care pathways for people with PPA in order to advocate for further commissioning of clinical services.
Reduction in stiffness of proximal leg muscles during the first 6 months of glucocorticoid therapy for giant cell arteritis: A pilot study using shear wave elastography
Authors: Alfuraih Abdulrahman M. , Tan Ai Lyn , O’Connor Philip , Emery Paul , Mackie Sarah , Wakefield Richard J. 
Published: July 2019

AbstractAimTo investigate muscle stiffness changes in patients treated for giant cell arteritis (GCA) with high‐dose oral glucocorticoids.MethodsUsing ultrasound elastography, shear wave velocity (SWV) was measured in the quadriceps, hamstrings and biceps brachii muscles of 14 patients with GCA (4 male, mean age ± SD, 68.2 ± 4.3 years) within the first 2 weeks of initiating glucocorticoid treatment (baseline) and repeated after 3 and 6 months treatment. Muscle strength and performance tests were performed at each visit. Baseline measures were compared with those from 14 healthy controls. Linear mixed models were used to test for change in patient measures over time.ResultsAt baseline, muscle SWV in patients was not significantly different from controls. With glucocorticoid treatment, there was a reduction in SWV in the leg but not the arm muscles. SWV decreased by a mean of 14% (range 8.3%‐17.3%; P = .001) after 3 months and 18% (range 10.2%‐25.3%; P < .001) after 6‐months in the quadriceps and hamstrings during the resting position. The baseline, 3 and 6 months mean SWV (±SD) for the vastus lateralis were 1.62 ± 0.16 m/s, 1.40 ± 0.10 m/s and 1.31 ± 0.06 m/s, respectively (P < .001). In the patient group as a whole, there was no significant change in muscle strength. However, there were moderate correlations (r = .54‐.69) between exhibiting weaker muscle strength at follow‐up visits and a greater reduction in SWV.ConclusionGlucocorticoid therapy in patients with GCA was associated with a significant reduction in proximal leg muscle stiffness during the first 6 months. Future research should study a larger sample of patients for a longer duration to investigate if diminished muscle stiffness precedes signs of glucocorticoid‐induced myopathy.
Can ultrasound differentiate acute erosive arthritis associated with osteomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis, or gouty arthritis?
Authors: Lu Cheng‐Hsun , Hsiao Yu‐Fen , Hsu Hui‐Ching , Ko Ya‐lin , Lin Ting‐Syuan , Chen Lung‐Fang , Hsieh Song‐Chou , Li Ko‐Jen 
Published: July 2019

AbstractAimThe study intended to determine the specific ultrasonographic features of acute arthritis with periarticular bone erosions caused by acute osteomyelitis (OM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and gouty arthritis (GA).MethodWe included 33 patients (seven with acute OM, 18 with RA flares, and eight with GA attacks) having acute monoarthritis or oligoarthritis, and receiving ultrasound (US) examinations in the acute stage. The US images were rated by three rheumatologists blinded to the diagnosis. The median scores of their evaluation of the subcutaneous tissue, periosteum, and synovium were compared. Interrater reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha.ResultsThe highest mean grade of subcutaneous edema appeared in patients with acute OM, and grade 2 edema was more frequent than patients with RA and GA (P = .003 and P = .026, respectively; α = .869). The prevalence of subcutaneous power Doppler signal was also higher in patients with acute OM than in those with RA and GA (P < .001 and P = .041, respectively; α = .756). Periosteal vascularity presented more frequently in acute OM (P = .003 compared with RA; P = .041 compared with GA), but the interrater reliability was poor (α = .518). The tophaceous material in GA was distinctive from OM and RA (P = .010 and P < .001, respectively; α = .774).ConclusionThe most discriminative US features in this study were the subcutaneous tissue changes in addition to the periosteal findings. US could contribute to the differential diagnosis of acute erosive arthritis.
Role of BRD4 phosphorylation in the nucleus accumbens in relapse to cocaine‐seeking behavior in mice
Authors: Guo Wei , Long Hailei , Bu Qian , Zhao Yinglan , Wang Hongbo , Tian Jingwei , Cen Xiaobo 
Published: July 2019

AbstractCocaine addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking. Preliminary study suggested that bromodomain‐containing protein 4 (BRD4), an epigenetic reader protein, participates in cocaine‐induced reward and neuroplasticity. However, the exact role of BRD4 in cocaine addiction, particularly cocaine relapse, remains elusive. In this study, we found that BRD4 phosphorylation in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) was closely related to the maintenance of cocaine reinforcement and relapse in different cocaine exposure paradigms. Cocaine significantly increased the binding of phosphorylated BRD4 (pBRD4) at the promoter of Gria2 and Bdnf genes in the NAc. (+)JQ1, a selective BRD4 inhibitor, markedly reduced the reinforcement and reinstatement of cocaine‐seeking behaviors, which was accompanied by the decreased expressions of GRIA2 and BDNF. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed that (+)JQ1 clearly attenuated cocaine‐enhanced binding of pBRD4 at the promotor of Gria2 and Bdnf genes. Blockade of casein kinase II significantly attenuated BRD4 phosphorylation and cocaine relapse‐like behaviors, suggesting the important role of pBRD4 in modulating cocaine effect. Together, our findings suggest that BRD4 phosphorylation in the NAc modulates multiple addiction‐related behaviors of cocaine and particularly relapse to cocaine‐seeking behaviors. Inhibition of BRD4 activity may be a novel target against cocaine addiction and relapse.
Implementation of electronic health records systems in surgical units and its impact on performance
Authors: Liu Zhen Yu , Edye Michael 
Published: July 2019

BackgroundElectronic health records (EHR) systems have been utilized in New South Wales for more than a decade; however, there is no agreement as to what clinical benefits they provide. This study aims at determining whether the introduction of EHR systems resulted in changes in documentation quality and other markers of clinical performance such as post‐operative length of stay (PO LOS), use of imaging modality, rates of readmission and morbidity.MethodsA before and after study was conducted utilizing both written and electronic patient documentation in a single surgical ward. Patients who underwent appendicectomy at Blacktown Hospital had inpatient documentation collated at three distinct time‐points. Documentation was then assessed against the QNOTE assessment criteria. Other markers of clinical performance assessed included PO LOS, ultrasound use, computed tomography use, rate of readmission, rate of morbidity and rate of positive histological findings.ResultsThere was a significant (P = 0.001) improvement in QNOTE score between group 1 (6 months prior to the implementation of EHR) and group 3 (12 months after the implementation of EHR) of 9 points. PO LOS was reduced following the implementation of EHR from 1.94 to 1.37 days (P = 0.001).ConclusionThis study demonstrated that following the implementation of EHR system in an inpatient surgical ward, notation quality improved. It was also found that the implementation of EHR was associated with a decrease in PO LOS.
Conjugate vaccines dramatically reshaped the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in a well‐defined child population
Authors: Ladomenou Fani , Tzanakaki Georgina , Kolyva Soultana , Katsarakis Ioannis , Maraki Sofia , Galanakis Emmanouil 
Published: July 2019

AbstractAimWe explored the impact of vaccination on bacterial meningitis in a well‐defined population of children on the island of Crete, Greece, over a 27‐y period.MethodsThis was a retrospective observational study of all mandatory notifications of bacterial meningitis in patients aged 1 mo‐14 y from 1991 to 2017.ResultsThere were 245 patients with proven (n = 227) or suspected (n = 18) bacterial meningitis, and eight deaths were recorded, giving a case fatality rate of 3.3%. The mean annual incidence rate (IR) per 100 000 children was 4.9 for Neisseria meningitidis, 2.2 for Streptococcus pneumoniae and 0.4 for Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Cases of meningitis C dropped significantly after the conjugate meningitis C vaccine was licensed for routine vaccination in Greece in 2000 (IR of 1.5 vs 0.3, P < 0.028) while the Streptococcus pneumoniae cases showed a threefold decrease after the PCV13 vaccine was licensed in Greece in 2009 (IR 2.7 vs 1.0, P < 0.03). Vaccination had already eliminated Hib in Greece in the 1990s.ConclusionBacterial meningitis cases decreased in children following the introduction of the meningitis C and PCV13 vaccines in Greece. Hib had already disappeared and significant reductions in meningitis C and Streptococcus pneumoniae were observed.
Roles of lncRNAs and circRNAs in regulating skeletal muscle development
Authors: Chen Rui , Lei Si , Jiang Ting , Zeng Jie , Zhou Shanyao , She Yanling 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe multistep biological process of myogenesis is regulated by a variety of myoblast regulators, such as myogenic differentiation antigen, myogenin, myogenic regulatory factor, myocyte enhancer factor2A‐D and myosin heavy chain. Proliferation and differentiation during skeletal muscle myogenesis contribute to the physiological function of muscles. Certain non‐coding RNAs, including long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs), are involved in the regulation of muscle development, and the aberrant expressions of lncRNAs and circRNAs are associated with muscular diseases. In this review, we summarize the recent advances concerning the roles of lncRNAs and circRNAs in regulating the developmental aspects of myogenesis. These findings have remarkably broadened our understanding of the gene regulation mechanisms governing muscle proliferation and differentiation, which makes it more feasible to design novel preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for muscle disorders.