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Feasibility of using low pressure cold gas spray for the spraying of thick ceramic hydroxyapatite coatings
Authors: Vilardell Anna M. , Cinca Núria , Dosta Sergi , Cano Irene G. , Guilemany Josep M. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis article deals with the production of thick ceramic hydroxyapatite coatings obtained by Low Pressure Cold Gas Spray (LPCGS) system. Several factors such as powder microstructure, surface roughness and cold gas spray system are here discussed in the build‐up process. The use of nanocrystalline powder composed by fine agglomerates and needle‐like shape microstructure allows the realignment and compaction of individual crystallites to form thick deposits. In addition, the activation of the substrate surface results convenient for the first impinging particles anchored properly. Then, layer by layer, particles can remain attached leading to coating build‐up. Additionally, the use of low shock pressure as well as constant feeding system provided by LPCGS system lead to homogeneous coatings in comparison with High Pressure Cold Gas Spray (HPCGS) system. The successful coating build‐up has been achieved not only by the use of an agglomerated feedstock powder, but also by previous surface treatment and the use of the low pressure system. The obtaining of HA components by LPCGS is promising within biomedical field. An improvement of component strength is also suggested by means of thermomechanical analysis of the powder. The performance of a post heat‐treatment leads to an increase in HA strength, as well as crystal size.
Sustainability marketing at the farmers’ market: An ethnographic analysis of ambiguous communication
Authors: Garner Benjamin 
Published: August 2018

AbstractFarmers’ markets have grown rapidly in recent decades. One explanation for this growth relates to consumers’ view that farmers’ market products are more sustainable. While many have analyzed customer preferences at farmers’ markets, few have examined farmers’ message strategies in this space. Little has been done to analyze the ways farmers use sustainability as a marketing approach. This ethnographic research is based on 100 hr of observation and in‐depth interviews with 36 participants and analyzes the ways farmers position their products as sustainable to customers. The findings indicate that sustainability is not a primary topic of conversation during customerfarmer interaction. However, related concepts such as environment, local, organic, and chemical serve as the proxies for sustainability, even though these messages are presented ambiguously.
Professional financial advice, self‐control and saving behavior
Authors: Liu Fen , Yilmazer Tansel , Loibl Cäzilia , Montalto Catherine 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis study investigates whether professional financial advice (“PFA”) can assist households in making better‐informed financial decisions and whether PFA may help households achieve better self‐control in implementing financial plans. In particular, we examine the effects of PFA and self‐control ability on saving behavior, as well as the interaction of PFA and self‐control on saving behavior. We extend the dual‐self model of impulse control and derive three hypotheses: (a) people with higher levels of self‐control save more than those with lower levels of self‐control; (b) PFA has a positive effect on saving behavior; and (c) people with lower levels of self‐control benefit more from obtaining PFA than those with higher levels of self‐control. We use a German household panel dataset SAVE, which was collected annually from 2005 to 2009. Respondents are asked whether they have discussed financial matters with financial advisors in banks, insurance companies or financial service providers. Using a number of behavioral proxies of self‐control, we create an aggregate measure of self‐control through factor analysis. We estimate a fixed‐effects model to identify the effects of PFA and self‐control on financial assets. Empirical results show that both PFA and self‐control have a significant positive relationship with financial assets. The interaction term of PFA and self‐control is a significant predictor of financial assets. We discuss conclusions for the financial advising industry and public policy aimed at consumer financial literacy.
Chromoblastomycosis: clinical experience and review of literature
Authors: Queiróz Amadeu J. R. , Pereira Domingos Fernanda , Antônio João R. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractBackgroundChromoblastomycosis is a tropical chronic infectious dermatosis characterized by the moriform bodies. To review all cases of chromoblastomycosis attended in the reference service of dermatology.MethodsSeries of cases of chromoblastomycosis attended in a dermatology reference service. Through an integrated system search of assistance, based on CID‐10 B43, we reviewed epidemiological and comorbidities data, clinical presentations, treatments, and outcomes of each clinical case.ResultsFrom 2011 to 2017, we had five new cases of chromoblastomycosis. The average age was 65.6 years. All of them were men. One patient was HIV‐positive, and another patient was immunosuppressed by the use of mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone due to renal transplant. Two patients had no history of evident trauma. The time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis ranged from 7 to 600 months. Fonsecaea pedrosoi was the isolated fungi. All cases were formally confirmed. Itraconazole with or without other therapies was effective in all cases.ConclusionsWe report five never reported cases of chromoblastomycosis, and we review the clinical experience in diagnosis and treatment of chromoblastomycosis, an infrequent and neglected subcutaneous mycosis.
Gender aspects of health‐related quality of life of youth in secure residential care in Sweden
Authors: Hjern Anders , Rajmil Luis , Kling Stefan , Vinnerljung Bo 
Published: August 2018

This study examined health‐related quality of life of youth in secure residential care employing a gender perspective. The KIDSCREEN‐52 questionnaire was administered to 91 youths (46 boys and 45 girls) aged 13–17, admitted to four secure residential units in southern Sweden, in connection with a medical examination. Results were compared with a national Swedish survey from 2009 of 86,000 youths aged 15–16 years old. In age‐adjusted analyses, youth in secure residential care units reported lower levels of wellbeing for all but one KIDSCREEN measure, compared with the national survey, with moderate to large differences in effect size. In the residential care sample, female gender was associated will lower psychological wellbeing, poorer parental relations and less school satisfaction, while male gender was associated with lower self‐perception and peer relations.
Mirabegron or tolterodine for the treatment of overactive bladder in Japan: Which drug is more cost‐effective as the first‐line treatment?
Authors: Yamanishi Yuriko , Yamanishi Tomonori , Tajima Hakujyu , Ikeda Shunya 
Published: August 2018

ObjectivesTo assess the cost‐effectiveness of mirabegron 50 mg relative to tolterodine extended release 4 mg for the treatment of overactive bladder if used as the first‐line treatment in Japan.MethodsA Markov model was developed to simulate the cost‐effectiveness of the mirabegron first‐line treatment (and tolterodine second‐line) versus tolterodine first‐line treatment (and mirabegron second‐line) taken for 5 years from the randomized European‐Australian study (SCORPIO trial) and single technology appraisal assessment report by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio was calculated with utility value by quality‐adjusted life year with cost using the medical fee and the drug price tariff in 2016. For the study of transition of treatment status, our analytical model was established. The transition probabilities of severity states were calculated based on the probabilities for the mean numbers of incontinence episodes/day and micturition episodes/day in mirabegron‐treated and tolterodine‐treated patients in the single technology appraisal assessment report.ResultsThe 5‐year expected effect per patient was 3.860 quality‐adjusted life years for first‐line mirabegron and 3.839 quality‐adjusted life years for first‐line tolterodine. The 5‐year expected cost per patient was ¥526 191 for first‐line mirabegron, and ¥472 390 for first‐line tolterodine. The incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio was ¥2 565 927/quality‐adjusted life year. This value was below the willingness‐to‐pay threshold of ¥5 million/quality‐adjusted life year. In more severe states, the incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio exceeded ¥5 million.ConclusionsFirst‐line mirabegron appears to be more cost‐effective than first‐line tolterodine. In patients with severe symptoms, first‐line mirabegron is not economically preferable.
Protease activated‐receptor 4 activation as a model of persistent bladder pain: Essential role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and high mobility group box 1
Authors: Ma Fei , Hunt David E , Leng Lin , Bucala Richard , Meyer‐Siegler Katherine L , Vera Pedro L 
Published: August 2018

ObjectivesTo develop a rodent model of persistent non‐inflammatory bladder pain and to test macrophage migration inhibitory factor and high mobility box group 1 as mediators of bladder pain.MethodsFemale C57BL/6 mice received intravesical instillations of protease activated receptor 4 (100 μmol/L, for 1 h) three times every other day and abdominal mechanical hypersensitivity (50% mechanical threshold) was tested on day 0 (baseline), and at days 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9 after the first protease‐activated receptor 4 injection. At the end of the experiment, micturition changes were measured and bladders were examined for histological changes. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor antagonist (MIF098; 40 mg/kg i.p. b.i.d.) or high mobility group box 1 inhibitor (glycyrrhizin; 50 mg/kg i.p. daily) was administered from day 2 until day 8.ResultsThere was a significant and persistent decrease in abdominal mechanical threshold starting from day 3 in the protease‐activated receptor 4‐treated group that persisted until day 9 (5 days post‐last instillation), but not in the control group. Glycyrrhizin fully reversed while MIF098 partially reversed abdominal mechanical hypersensitivity in protease‐activated receptor 4‐treated mice. The changes started on day 3 after the first protease‐activated receptor 4 instillation, and analgesic effects lasted throughout the rest of the testing period. None of the groups had significant micturition changes or overt bladder histological changes.ConclusionsRepeated intravesical protease activated receptor 4 instillations produce persistent bladder pain without inflammation. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor and high mobility group box 1 are possible effective target molecules for bladder pain alleviation.
Flamingos on a slackline: Companies' challenges of balancing the competing demands of handling customer information and privacy
Authors: Gerlach Jin P. , Eling Nicole , Wessels Nora , Buxmann Peter 
Published: August 2018

AbstractProviders of online services are under increasing pressure to leverage the value inherent in customer data to remain competitive. At the same time, however, Internet users' privacy has become more and more subject to public debate, and companies must protect this privacy if they want to attract and retain customers. It seems that companies struggle to satisfy these competing demands, and neglecting either could have detrimental effects on their success. Different streams of research underline the importance of either privacy protection or the collection and use of customer information. But they remain largely silent about the resulting challenges that companies face. In this study, we address this gap by exploring how companies perceive and handle the tensions between their organizational information needs that necessitate some degree of privacy intrusion and their need to attract and retain customers, which requires privacy protection. We develop a grounded theory that explains how companies balance these opposing demands from an organizational perspective. More specifically, we identify four challenging tensions that define the conditions under which companies must operate. We find that companies try to achieve and maintain a state of balance in the presence of these tensions, and we discover three categories of tactics that help companies in their balancing acts. Our research contributes to a provider‐centric perspective on information privacy and uncovers the management of customer information and privacy as a new but important context in which organizational ambidexterity is required. We offer a detailed perspective on the specific challenges that companies face with respect to customer information and privacy, and our results can guide managers who have to deal with these challenges.
Durability and chromatic behavior in cement pastes containing ceramic industry milling and glazing by‐products
Authors: Sánchez de Rojas María Isabel , Frías Moisés , Sabador Elvira , Asensio Eloy , Rivera Julián , Medina César 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThe decay in mortar and concrete induced by extremely aggressive agents is normally the result of the agent‐binder reaction. Cement composition and characteristics therefore determine the durability of the mortars and concretes of which they form part. The existing legislation envisages the use of different types of additions in cement, which have a direct effect on the durability of elements in buildings and civil works. This study addressed the inclusion of ceramic industry milling and glazing sludge as an active addition in cement. The reuse of this industrial waste is consistent with environmental policies that seek to reduce or eliminate spoil heaps by recycling industrial waste and byproducts as raw materials, in keeping with circular economy principles. The research conducted makes an innovative contribution to the valorization of this waste, and highlights the resistance of blended cement pastes to chemical agents, further to the Koch‐Steinegger method. Water‐induced decay in freeze/thaw situations was also studied. The processes involved were identified by analyzing the mineralogical variations detected with X‐ray diffraction, the morphological alterations observed with scanning electron microscopy and the mercury porosimetric findings on pore size distribution. The suitability of these binders for aesthetically demanding applications was also explored by measuring the color in pastes exposed to aggressive chemical agents. For the first time, a correlation was established between color parameters and the formation of the reaction products generated during chemical attack.
Islands in the trees: A biogeographic exploration of epiphyte‐dwelling spiders
Authors: Méndez‐Castro Francisco Emmanuel , Bader Maaike Y. , Mendieta‐Leiva Glenda , Rao Dinesh 
Published: August 2018

AbstractAimEpiphytic plants are isolated from each other by nonhabitat canopy elements and are thus expected to act as islands, the biodiversity of their inhabitants (e.g., spiders) conforming to island biogeographic predictions of species‐richness patterns. Although it has been shown that arthropod diversity decreases with decreasing epiphyte size, the effects of isolation have not yet been addressed. We studied the joint effect of isolation, spatial position, and size of epiphytic plants (canopy islands) on species richness, relative rareness, and similarity of spider communities.LocationA shade‐coffee plantation in central Veracruz, Mexico.TaxonSpiders (Araneae), vascular epiphytes (Bromeliaceae, Piperaceae, Orchidaceae, Araceae, Pteridophyta).MethodsWe collected all canopy islands occurring on three trees and recorded their three‐dimensional spatial position. In the laboratory, we disassembled the plants and collected all spiders present. We analysed the effects of island size, isolation, and spatial position on the species richness and the relative rareness of spider communities using generalized linear models (GLM), on the distribution of different spider guilds using a CCA, and on community composition using a permutational multivariate analysis of variance (Permanova). Isolation and spatial position were addressed using five distance measures representing isolation from different potential species sources. We tested how the similarity in spider community composition changed with the distance between islands using Mantel correlograms.ResultsAs predicted by island biogeography theory, spider species richness increased with canopy‐island size and decreased with isolation. In comparison to island size, the effect of isolation was weak, though significant. Relative rareness was hardly affected by island size but more by isolation. Compositional similarity was affected by island size and decreased with increasing spatial distance up to ca. 4 m. Guilds separated along the main CCA axes, this ordination being driven by epiphyte size and position.Main conclusionsEpiphytic plants behaved like canopy islands in that their size and isolation influenced the diversity and composition of spider communities. However, the effect of isolation was only a fraction of that of island size, perhaps because spatial relationships are taxon‐specific. This may be due to differences in hunting behaviour and dispersal capacities, for example, between guilds of hunting and web‐building spiders, which is a dimension deserving more attention. For a better understanding of biogeographic principles driving the diversity of canopy island inhabitants, further research on this topic should include position and isolation, at scales matching the mobility of different functional groups, as part of their explanatory variables.
Truths and myths in sunscreen labeling
Authors: Yang Eric J , Beck Kristen M , Maarouf Melody , Shi Vivian Y 
Published: August 2018

SummaryThe American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has prioritized skin cancer prevention efforts in 2018, as photoprotection measures adopted by the general public remain suboptimal. A large proportion of patients lack understanding of primary prevention methods for skin cancer, and mistruths in advertising may contribute significantly to this deficit. Sunscreen labels are often stacked with multiple claims of seemingly high significance, making it difficult for patients to differentiate their validity when selecting a sunscreen. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its monograph in 2011 to address these controversies in sunscreen labeling, but the reliability of several other claims remain unclear. In this article, we discuss several claims commonly made on sunscreen labels, and address the truths and mistruths surrounding them.
Ultrasound hyperthermia enhances chemo‐sensitivity in oral squamous cell carcinoma by TRIF‐mediated pathway
Authors: Ju Houyu , Mao Lu , Zhang Liming , Liu Shuli , Wu Yunteng , Ruan Min , Hu Jingzhou , Ren Guoxin 
Published: August 2018

BackgroundHyperthermia is currently used as an alternative to surgery or in combination with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in the treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma. However, little has been known about the change in chemo‐sensitivity after hyperthermia and the mechanism underlie it in oral squamous cell carcinoma.MethodsThe aim of this study was to explore the influence of chemo‐sensitivity of CAL‐27 and SCC‐4 cells by histoculture drug response assay after the animal model treated by the ultrasound hyperthermia. Then, we conducted a microarray between xenograft after hyperthermia at 42°C for 45 minutes and that with no treatment. We further confirmed the expression of TRIF in hyperthermia by immunohistochemistry, RT‐PCR and Western blot.ResultsThe chemo‐sensitivity to five kinds of drugs demonstrated ultrasound hyperthermia performed in 42°C for 45 minutes would reach the highest inhibition rate in CAL‐27 and SCC‐4 cells. The microarray dataset revealed that 847 mRNA were upregulated and 1031 were downregulated. GO and pathway analyses indicated that they play an important role in translational initiation, nucleoplasm, and poly (A) RNA binding in the hyperthermia process. We further confirmed the expression of TRIF was downregulated in hyperthermia along with inactivation of NF‐κB pathway.ConclusionsThe experiments confirms the rationality of synchronous combination of hyperthermia and chemotherapy and may provide a better treatment that the use of sensitivity testing in such cases may lead to individualized, more effective therapy.
Building rational cooperation on their own: Learning to start small
Authors: Andreoni James , Kuhn Michael A. , Samuelson Larry 
Published: August 2018

AbstractWe report experimental results for a twice‐played prisoners' dilemma in which the players can choose the allocation of the stakes across the two periods. Our point of departure is the assumption that some (but not all) people are willing to cooperate, as long as their opponent is sufficiently likely to do so. The presence of such types can be exploited to enhance cooperation by structuring the twice‐played prisoners' dilemma to “start small,” so that the second‐stage stakes are larger (but not too much larger) than the first‐stage stakes. We compare conditions where the allocation of stakes is chosen exogenously to conditions where it is chosen by the players themselves. We show that players gravitate toward the payoff‐maximizing strategy of starting small in a twice‐played prisoners' dilemma. Intriguingly, the salutary payoff effects of doing so are larger than those that arise when the same allocation is exogenously chosen.
The Use of Quality of Life Scores for Monitoring and Reporting, Quality Improvement, and Research
Authors: Schalock R. L. , Baker A. , Claes C. , Gonzalez J. , Malatest R. , van Loon J. , Verdugo M. A. , Wesley G. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis article discusses the use of assessed quality of life scores for organization and systems‐level monitoring and reporting, quality improvement, and research. Information presented is based on the experiences of policy makers, service/supports providers, and researchers who have used an eight‐domain quality of life model and the measurement of domain‐referenced indicators. In reference to each use, we provide examples, identify critical issues, and suggest a number of practice guidelines.
“God is My First Aid Kit”: The Negotiation of Health and Illness among Christian Scientists
Authors: Steckler Rebecca A. , Bartkowski John P. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractChristian Scientists’ rejection of conventional medical practices has generated considerable controversy. Using insights from theories of subcultural identity and cultural repertoires, we analyze elite discourse and adherent narratives from 20 Christian Scientists to examine how this nonmedicalized religion engages the challenges posed by the highly medicalized character of American society. The writings of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy primarily exhibit a critical posture toward conventional medicine, although conciliatory language is also evident in these same works. These discursive nuances provide Christian Science adherents with latitude in negotiating health and illness in their everyday lives. Interview data reveal that negotiated health practices are particularly evident in three domains: using prayer as a means of seeking divine guidance, developing metaphysical competency as a healer, and weighing options based on legal mandates for seeking medical treatment. We conclude by specifying the implications of our findings and identifying directions for future research.