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Mediating effect of work stress on the influence of time pressure, work–family conflict and role ambiguity on audit quality reduction behavior
Authors: Amiruddin Amir 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThis study aims to determine the direct and mediating effects of time pressure, work–family conflict, role ambiguity, work stress and audit quality reduction behavior.Design/methodology/approachThe sample selection in this research is done by purposive sampling method based on the criteria specified by the researcher. In addition, random sample selection does not necessarily produce a sample that can represent auditors at all levels and types of Kantor Akuntan Publik (KAP). This research uses quantitative analysis with approach of structural equation modeling (SEM) method to analyze direct and indirect effect. The main method for data analysis is SEM.FindingsBased on the results of the research note that time pressure, work–family conflict and role ambiguity each have a significant effect on work stress. In testing the direct effect on audit quality reduction behavior, only time pressure influential significant, while work–family conflict and role ambiguity not significant. However, in the test of indirect influence/influence of mediation, there is a significant influence on all tests that time pressure, work–family conflict and role ambiguity each have a significant effect on audit quality reduction behavior through work stress.Originality/valueThe originality of this paper is in SEM used by involving new variable which is work–family conflict. The research location is public accounting offices (KAP) in Indonesia.
Insufficient money and inadequate respect
Authors: Tran Henry , Smith Doug 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of financial factors on motivating college students to consider teaching in hard-to-staff rural schools. The role of perceived respectability of the profession was also explored.Design/methodology/approachThis work relies on an explanatory sequential mixed-method design, that surveyed college students across all majors at a regional public university, then interviewed a subset of participants to improve understanding. Quantitative and qualitative results were compared and synthesized.FindingsResults from an ordinal logistic regression demonstrate the importance of base salary, retirement benefits and respondents’ view of the respectability of the teaching profession as influential for their willingness to teach in the rural target school district. These findings were validated by the qualitative results that found perceptions of respectability had both a joint and separate influence with salaries. Results also demonstrate that most students were amenable to rural teaching and to lower starting salaries than their current chosen occupation, provided their individual minimum salary threshold was met (x¯=36percent above the state average beginning teacher salary).Originality/valueFew empirical studies exist that examine college student recruitment into rural hard-to-staff districts via a multimodal narrative. This study addresses this, focusing on college students across majors to explore both recruitment into the district and into the profession. This work is relevant considering the financial disinvestment in traditional public education and the de-professionalization of the teaching profession that has led to the recent season of teacher strikes in the USA.
Income capitalisation method and hedonic model: an integrated approach
Authors: Lisi Gaetano 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated approach that combines the two methods usually used in the real estate appraisals, namely, the income capitalisation method and the hedonic model.Design/methodology/approachIn order to pull out the link between the income capitalisation approach and the hedonic model, the standard hedonic price function is introduced into the basic model of income capitalisation instead of the house market value. It follows that, from the partial derivative, a direct relation between hedonic prices and discount rate can be obtained. Finally, by using the close relationship between income capitalisation and direct capitalisation, a mathematical relation between hedonic prices and capitalisation rate is also obtained.FindingsThe developed method allows to estimate the capitalisation rate using only hedonic prices. Indeed, selling and hedonic prices incorporate all of the information required to correctly estimate the capitalisation rate. Furthermore, given the close relation among going-in and going-out capitalisation rates and discount rate, the proposed method could also be useful for determining both the going-out capitalisation rate and the discount rate.Practical implicationsObviously, it is always preferable to estimate the capitalisation rate by just using comparable transactional data. Nevertheless, the method developed in this paper is especially useful when: the rental income data are missing and/or not entirely reliable; the data on rental income and house price are related to different homes; the capitalisation rate, in fact, should compare the rent and value of identical homes. In these cases, therefore, the method can be a valuable alternative to direct estimation.Originality/valueThe large and important literature on real estate economics and real estate appraisal neglects the relationship between hedonic prices and capitalisation rate, thus considering the hedonic model and the income capitalisation approach as two separate and alternative methods. This paper, instead, shows that integration is possible and relatively simple.
Understanding of grassroots innovations in India: evidence from the countryside
Authors: Parwez Sazzad , Chandra Shekar K. 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
Disadvantaged regions in India suffer from various forms of problems aggravated by constraints of accessibility. This paper aims to conceptualize innovations as solutions to the problem at grassroots.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper tries to bridge empirical gaps in conceptualization of innovations at grassroots with the application of both empirical and theoretical methods.

Findings
Grassroots innovation is an important instrument to solve such problems in these regions, where appropriate solution is not developed by the government instrument or private agencies (market) in general with various forms of value creation.

Originality/value
This paper tries to bridge empirical gaps in conceptualization of innovations at grassroots.
Slowness‐domain kinematical characteristics for horizontally layered orthorhombic media. Part II: Pre‐critical slowness match
Authors: Koren Zvi , Ravve Igor 
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACTPart II of this paper is a direct continuation of Part I, where we consider the same types of orthorhombic layered media and the same types of pure‐mode and converted waves. Like in Part I, the approximations for the slowness‐domain kinematical characteristics are obtained by combining power series coefficients in the vicinity of both the normal‐incidence ray and an additional wide‐angle ray. In Part I, the wide‐angle ray was set to be the critical ray (‘critical slowness match’), whereas in Part II we consider a finite long offset associated with a given pre‐critical ray (‘pre‐critical slowness match’). Unlike the critical slowness match, the approximations in the pre‐critical slowness match are valid only within the bounded slowness range; however, the accuracy within the defined range is higher. Moreover, for the pre‐critical slowness match, there is no need to distinguish between the high‐velocity layer and the other, low‐velocity layers. The form of the approximations in both critical and pre‐critical slowness matches is the same, where only the wide‐angle power series coefficients are different. Comparing the approximated kinematical characteristics with those obtained by exact numerical ray tracing, we demonstrate high accuracy. Furthermore, we show that for all wave types, the accuracy of the pre‐critical slowness match is essentially higher than that of the critical slowness match, even for matching slowness values close to the critical slowness. Both approaches can be valuable for implementation, depending on the target offset range and the nature of the subsurface model. The pre‐critical slowness match is more accurate for simulating reflection data with conventional offsets. The critical slowness match can be attractive for models with a dominant high‐velocity layer, for simulating, for example, refraction events with very long offsets.
Ivabradine reversed nondipping heart rate in rats with l‐NAME‐induced hypertension
Authors: Baka Tomas , Simko Fedor 
Published: February 2019

SummaryWe hypothesized that decreasing elevated night‐time heart rate (HR) in hypertension by administering a bradycardic agent (ivabradine) at bedtime could bring cardiovascular benefit. Since rats are nocturnal animals, they exhibit circadian rhythms phase‐shifted relative to humans. Sixty‐six Wistar rats were divided into non‐diseased controls and rats with l‐NAME‐induced hypertension to compare the haemodynamic effects of daytime‐dosed and night‐time‐dosed ivabradine. l‐NAME‐induced hypertension inverted the physiological 5.6% night‐to‐day HR dip to an undesirable HR rise by 11.1%. Ivabradine dosed at daytime (the rat's resting phase) reverted a night‐to‐day HR rise to HR dip by 14.2%. These results suggest a cardiovascular benefit of ivabradine dosed at the human's resting phase (night‐time) for hypertensive patients with nondipping HR.
A fast micromethod for the estimation of nisin activity in a soft cheese
Authors: Oros‐Flores Zuleyka S , García‐Almendárez Blanca E , Barboza‐Corona José E , Salcedo‐Hernández Rubén 
Published: February 2019

The British Standard protocol currently used to determine the nisin concentration in cheese requires the manipulation of a 40 g sample involves two critical points, pH adjustment and heating/cooling. In this work, we developed a fast micromethod that permits the manipulation of 0.2 g cheese, substitutes the use of 0.02N HCl by 50 mM citric acid and facilitates the handling of many samples in reduced time, and with increased efficiency/yield. This change keeps the pH stable at ~3.4, enough to sidestep the pH adjustment, and nisin antimicrobial activity was stable at boiling temperatures.
How Cross‐Examination on Subjectivity and Bias Affects Jurors’ Evaluations of Forensic Science Evidence
Authors: Thompson William C. , Scurich Nicholas 
Published: February 2019

AbstractContextual bias has been widely discussed as a possible problem in forensic science. The trial simulation experiment reported here examined reactions of jurors at a county courthouse to cross‐examination and arguments about contextual bias in a hypothetical case. We varied whether the key prosecution witness (a forensic odontologist) was cross‐examined about the subjectivity of his interpretations and about his exposure to potentially biasing task‐irrelevant information. Jurors found the expert less credible and were less likely to convict when the expert admitted that his interpretation rested on subjective judgment, and when he admitted having been exposed to potentially biasing task‐irrelevant contextual information (relative to when these issues were not raised by the lawyers). The findings suggest, however, that forensic scientists can immunize themselves against such challenges and maximize the weight jurors give their evidence by adopting context management procedures that blind them to task‐irrelevant information.
Utility of weight‐bearing radiographs compared to computed tomography scan for the diagnosis of subtle Lisfranc injuries in the emergency setting
Authors: Kennelly Hannah , Klaassen Kassey , Heitman Daniel , Youngberg Rhys , Platt Simon R 
Published: February 2019

AbstractObjectiveThe goal of the present study was to compare the diagnostic yield of weight‐bearing radiographs with non‐weight‐bearing computed tomography (CT) scan for subtle Lisfranc (LF) injuries in the ED.MethodsRetrospective analysis of patients presenting with a suspected LF injury over a 2 year period from 2016 to 2017 who had both weight‐bearing bilateral foot radiographs and CT scan. Information extracted included patient demographics, radiographic findings of metatarsal fractures, fleck sign and measurements of diastasis between the medial cuneiform and second metatarsal expressed as a ratio of the uninjured side, clinical findings and treatment modality. Radiologist reports were recorded as either positive, negative or equivocal for a LF injury.ResultsA total of 117 patients were included with a mean age of 38 years and 54% (n = 63) women. When initial weight‐bearing radiographs were positive, 54% of subsequent CT scans were reported as either equivocal or negative. Of the patients who had a negative or equivocal weight‐bearing radiograph, only 12% had a positive CT scan. The mean diastasis ratio in patients undergoing surgery was 1.53 (95% confidence interval 1.41–1.65) compared to 1.11 (95% confidence interval 1.07–1.16) for patients with injuries not requiring operative intervention (P < 0.001). There was a statistically significant correlation between a positive weight‐bearing radiograph and surgical treatment (R = 0.339, P < 0.001), and between diastasis measurements and surgical treatment (R = 0.576, P < 0.001).ConclusionsCT provides limited benefit in the diagnosis and initial management of suspected subtle LF injuries in the ED. We advocate for the use of bilateral weight‐bearing radiographs as a first‐line investigation.
Population dynamics of aphid species in Korean seed potato cultivation area over four decades
Authors: Kim Juil , Kwon Min 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThe world's climate is changing. This can affect agricultural insects and the damage they cause by altering their ecology, behavior and habitats. Aphids are emerging as an indicator of climate change, and they are a good model for understanding these environmental changes, especially based on their migratory behavior. In this study, the occurrence of aphids in a seed potato field in Pyeongchang, Korea, was monitored daily using a yellow water pan trap from 1977 to 2017. During these 40 years, the annual migration fluctuations of the aphids were analyzed, with particular focus on four species known to vector potato viruses, Aphis gossypii, Aulacorthum solani, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, and Myzus persicae. It was found that, as time goes by, the start point of spring migration in these aphid species was getting earlier while the peak in autumn migration gradually moved to the winter season. Moreover, the annual total number of collected aphids increased by 3.74 times during the 40 years. Together with a mean annual temperature increase of 1.03°C in Pyeongchang over the past four decades, there is a potential threat of expansion in the distribution of aphid species. Therefore, we carefully hypothesized that this temperature change could influence the aphid's population changes in the Korean peninsula. This information can be used in an integrated aphid management program in seed potato cultivation.
Thermal Inactivation Kinetics of Tulane Virus in Cell‐Culture Medium and Spinach
Authors: Ailavadi Sukriti , Davidson P. Michael , Morgan Mark T. , D'Souza Doris H. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractHuman noroviruses (HNoVs) cause significant gastrointestinal disease outbreaks worldwide. Tulane virus (TV) is a cultivable HNoV surrogate widely used to determine control measures against HNoVs. The objective of this study was to determine the heat inactivation kinetics (D‐ and z‐values) of TV in cell‐culture media and on spiked homogenized spinach using the first‐order and Weibull models. TV in cell‐culture media at approximately 7 log PFU/mL (PFU—plaque forming unit) in 2‐mL glass vials was heated at 52, 54, and 56 °C for up to 10 min in a circulating water bath. Survivors were enumerated using confluent host LLC‐MK2 cells in six‐well plates by plaque assay. Data from three replicate treatments assayed in duplicate were analyzed statistically. D‐values by the first‐order model for TV in cell‐culture media at 52, 54, and 56 °C were 4.59 ± 0.05, 2.91 ± 0.05, and 1.74 ± 0.07 min, respectively, with a z‐value of 9.09 ± 0.01 °C (R2 = 0.997). The Weibull model showed td = 1 values of 2.53 ± 0.08, 1.99 ± 0.10, and 0.57 ± 0.64 min, respectively, at the same temperatures. The D‐values for TV in spinach were 7.94 ± 0.21, 4.09 ± 0.04, and 1.43 ± 0.02 min and the z‐value was 10.74 ± 0.01 °C (R2 = 0.98) by the first‐order model and 4.89 ± 0.02, 3.21 ± 0.45, and 0.25 ± 0.38 min for the Weibull model at 50, 54, and 58 °C, respectively. In comparison to previously reported results for the cultivable HNoV surrogate, murine norovirus ‐1, TV in cell‐culture media and spiked on spinach homogenates showed lower D‐ and z‐values. TV may not be an ideal HNoV surrogate for heat inactivation studies in cell‐culture media or homogenized spinach in vacuum bags.
Discovering bank risk factors from financial statements based on a new semi‐supervised text mining algorithm
Authors: Wei Lu , Li Guowen , Zhu Xiaoqian , Li Jianping 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThis paper aims to comprehensively uncover bank risk factors from qualitative textual risk disclosures reported in financial statements, which contain a huge amount of information on bank risks. We propose a new semi‐supervised text mining approach named naive collision algorithm to analyse the textual risk disclosures, which can more accurately identify bank risk factors compared with the typical unsupervised text mining approach. We identified 21 bank risk factors in total, which is far more than identified in previous studies. We further analyse the importance of each bank risk factor and how the importance of each risk factor changes over time.
Climbing the ladder: an evaluation of three different anguillid eel climbing substrata and placement of upstream passage solutions at migration barriers
Authors: Watz J. , Nilsson P. A. , Degerman E. , Tamario C. , Calles O. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractConservation programmes for endangered, long‐lived and migratory species often have to target multiple life stages. The bottlenecks associated with the survival of juvenile anguillid eels migrating into inland waters, the survival and growth of the freshwater life stage, as well as the recruitment and survival of silver eels, migrating back to the ocean to spawn, must be resolved. In this study, we focus on the efficiency of passage solutions for upstream‐migrating juveniles. Such solutions can consist of inclined ramps lined with wetted climbing substrata. We evaluated different commonly used substrata in a controlled experiment, recorded eel behaviour at the entrance of the ramp with infrared videography and validated the experimental results at a hydropower dam, where we also investigated the effects of ramp placement on performance. In the experiment on eel substratum selection, 40% of the eels passed in lanes with studded substratum, whereas only 21 and 5% passed using open weave and bristle substrata respectively. Video analysis revealed that the studded substratum attracted more approaches and initiated climbs than the other substrata, but once a climb had been initiated, passage success rates did not differ between substrata. Eels using the studded substratum climbed 26% faster than those using the bristle substratum and almost four times as fast as those climbing in the open weave. The superior performance of the studded substratum was supported by data from the field validation. Moreover, ramps positioned by the bank with low water velocities caught the most eels, but proximity to the dam had no effect on performance. To strengthen the European eel population, more juveniles need to reach their freshwater feeding grounds. A critical step to achieve this increase is to equip upstream passage solutions with suitable substrata and to optimize ramp placement at migration obstacles.
Gods associated with male fertility and virility
Authors: Neto F. T. L. , Bach P. V. , Lyra R. J. L. , Borges Junior J. C. , Maia G. T. d. S. , Araujo L. C. N. , Lima S. V. C. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractBackgroundHuman fertility has always been a topic of curiosity and devotion. Many cultures consider fertility to be a necessity for the survival and perpetuation of mankind and since early times, myths were created to explain this fabulous process. Fertility gods were ubiquitous in numerous ancient human cultures and were used both to understand fertility and to cope with infertility by means of rituals and offerings.ObjectivesThis manuscript aims to catalog and describe the deities associated with male fertility and virility.Material and methodsWe conducted a comprehensive search for the terms “male fertility god” and “male virility god” on the internet using web‐based search engines. Based on the information retrieved, we selected those deities directed related to male fertility and/or virility and further deepened the search using Pubmed and Medline databases for peer‐reviewed articles as well as books and articles about ancient mythology.ResultsWe identified several gods linked to male fertility and virility in various cultures from Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, Southwestern United States, France, Colombia and Buthan..DiscussionMost of these deities were depicted with an erect phallus and with other fertility symbols like snakes. Some deities were also associated with plants and/or animal fertility and their festivals were often held during the harvest period.ConclusionGods of male fertility and virility played important roles in many ancient cultures. Offerings and rituals to these gods were the only available options to deal with problems of reproduction and demonstrate the lengths to which ancient people would go seeking cures for infertility.
Expression of GNAZ, encoding the Gαz protein, predicts survival in mantle cell lymphoma
Authors: Mundt Filip , Merrien Magali , Nygren Lina , Sutton Lesley A. , Christensson Birger , Wahlin Björn E. , Rosenquist Richard , Sander Birgitta , Wasik Agata M. 
Published: February 2019

SummaryMantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a malignancy of B‐lymphocytes, has a poor prognosis. It is thus necessary to improve the understanding of the pathobiology of MCL and identify factors contributing to its aggressiveness. Our studies, based on Affymetrix data from 17 MCL biopsies, real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction data from 18 sorted primary MCL cells and 108 MCL biopsies compared to non‐malignant tissue, reveals that GNAZ expression predicts poor clinical outcome of MCL patients (Cox regression, P = 0·014) and lymphocytosis (Mann‐Whitney, P = 0·011). We show that GNAZ translates to Gαz protein – a signalling molecule within the G‐protein coupled receptor network. Our findings suggest that GNAZ/Gαz contribute to the MCL pathobiology.