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Data use within an education-centered cross-sector collaboration
Authors: Hackmann Donald G. , Malin Joel R. , Ahn Joonkil 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine data use practices within a cross-sector initiative involving high school career academies. It discerns how partners used data to assess the public value of academies and address equity concerns.Design/methodology/approachA case study methodology was applied to examine cross-sector activities supporting the district’s career academy reform. Data were collected through interviews, observations and document analysis. Datnow and Park’s (2018) conceptual framework involving key equity dimensions guided the analysis.FindingsPartners used data for both accountability and continuous improvement. Educators were required to document student growth for state accountability purposes, while providing evidence of the public value of the academies to the community. Data use for continuous improvement included identifying annual goals to improve academy performance. There was a lack of a district-wide focus on equity, with educators taking a passive approach to academy and career pathway selections by student subgroups.Practical implicationsThe findings provide insights into data use practices school and district leaders can implement to ensure equitable student participation in career academies and appropriate data use within cross-sector collaborations.Social implicationsStudents who are traditionally underrepresented in career fields, including students of color and females, need intentional efforts to encourage their participation in high-skill, high-wage career fields.Originality/valueThis study identifies critical issues involved with data use for equity when promoting education-centered cross-sector collaboration, while also highlighting existing tensions between data use for accountability and continuous improvement.
Integrated care for community dwelling older Australians
Authors: Mann Jennifer , Devine Sue , McDermott Robyn 
Published: February 2019

PurposeIntegrated care is gaining popularity in Australian public policy as an acceptable means to address the needs of the unwell aged. The purpose of this paper is to investigate contemporary models of integrated care for community dwelling older persons in Australia and discuss how public policy has been interpreted at the service delivery level to improve the quality of care for the older person.Design/methodology/approachA scoping review was conducted for peer-reviewed and grey literature on integrated care for the older person in Australia. Publications from 2007 to present that described community-based enablement models were included.FindingsCare co-ordination is popular in assisting the older person to bridge the gap between existing, disparate health and social care services. The role of primary care is respected but communication with the general practitioner and introduction of new roles into an existing system is challenging. Older persons value the role of the care co-ordinator and while robust model evaluation is rare, there is evidence of integrated care reducing emergency department presentations and stabilising quality of life of participants. Technology is an underutilised facilitator of integration in Australia. Innovative funding solutions and a long-term commitment to health system redesign is required for integrated care to extend beyond care co-ordination.Originality/valueThis scoping review summarises the contemporary evidence base for integrated care for the community dwelling older person in Australia and proposes the barriers and enablers for consideration of implementation of any such model within this health system.
Exploring an integrated palliative care model for older people: an integrative review
Authors: Raco Marina , Burdett Teresa , Heaslip Vanessa 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
Due to an international ageing population, global health organisations have recognised the challenges arising from fragmented interaction between health and social sectors in the end of life care. The purpose of this paper is to explore the existing literature on integrative palliative care services for older people.

Design/methodology/approach
An integrative review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses. Papers included in the review focused upon integrated care within palliative care systems (January 2007–2017). A certain number of papers were excluded when the review focused on individuals younger than 65, not written in English and not being focused on integrated palliative care.

Findings
Nine studies fitted the inclusion criteria and three themes were identified: person-centred care, co-ordination of care, and education and training. The review identifies that integrated palliative care requires co-ordinated techniques that focus upon the quality of life, individual needs and awareness of vulnerability rather than fixation on inevitable mortality.

Research limitations/implications
The emerging presence of the need for integrated palliative care requires further research in order to develop coherent models of integrated palliative care which can be incorporated into practice.

Originality/value
This review identified themes relevant to the emerging issues in the global health sector of end of life care. The literature suggests that the optimised use of an integrated care approach to a palliative model of care is required and in need of further investigation.
Justifying new employees’ trials by fire: workplace hazing
Authors: Thomas Benjamin J. , Meglich Patricia 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to test the explanatory effects of the system justification theory on reactions to new employee hazing.Design/methodology/approachThree studies (N= 107, 121 and 128), all using experimental assignment, vignettes of workplace hazing and two-level repeated measures ANCOVA designs, with dispositional variables included as covariates and justification of workplace hazing processes as dependent variables, were conducted.FindingsOnlookers are more likely to justify long-standing (cf. recently adopted) hazing systems and hazing systems used by highly cohesive (cf. loosely cohesive) teams, supporting the application of the system justification theory to workplace hazing reactions.Research limitations/implicationsThe use of vignette research and onlookers (cf. hazed employees) may limit inferences drawn about employee reactions in workplaces that use hazing.Practical implicationsDespite its negative associations, hazing at work persists, with 25 percent of current sample reported being hazed at work. The system justification theory, which the authors applied to hazing, offers an explanation for stakeholders’ willingness to sustain and perpetuate hazing, and onlookers’ seeming blind-spot regarding outrage over workplace hazing. This theory holds promise for combatting passive responses to workplace hazing.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to empirically test explanations for workplace hazing’s perpetuation, by applying the system justification theory to the social system of workplace hazing. Moreover, it is the first paper to offer empirical evidence of hazing’s prevalence across at least 25 percent of sampled industries and organizational rank.
Guess who’s coming to deliver? Tough decisions about race in the workplace
Authors: Thompson Katina Williams , Dustin Susan 
Published: February 2019

Theoretical basis
The authors used Sue’s (2010) microaggression process model and Freeman et al.’s (2010) stakeholder theory as a theoretical basis for this case.

Research methodology
Information for the case was gathered from publicly available sources. No formal data collection efforts were undertaken.

Case overview/synopsis
Guess Who’s Coming to Deliver is a case that examines an event that occurred at Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse in late July and early August of 2015. A customer who had purchased some products from Lowe’s requested that only White delivery people were dispatched to her home because she did not allow African–American people in her house. The case is factual and was written from information that was publicly available in the media. The case is designed to help instructors facilitate a meaningful classroom discussion about microaggressions from the different stakeholder perspectives.

Complexity academic level
The case is relevant for undergraduate and graduate organizational behavior and human resource management courses.
Measuring the surrogacy potential of charismatic megafauna species across taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity on a megadiverse island
Authors: Sibarani Marsya C. , Di Marco Moreno , Rondinini Carlo , Kark Salit 
Published: February 2019

AbstractConservation organisations and governments often use charismatic megafauna as surrogates to represent broader biodiversity. While these species are primarily selected as “flagships” for marketing campaigns, it is important to evaluate their surrogacy potential, i.e. the extent to which their protection benefits other biodiversity elements. Four charismatic megafauna species are used as surrogates in the megadiverse island of Sumatra: the Sumatran tigerPanthera tigris sumatrae, Sumatran elephantElephas maximus sumatranus, Sumatran orangutanPongo abeliiand Sumatran rhinocerosDicerorhinus sumatrensis. We examined how well each of these species performed in representing the distribution of all co‐occurring terrestrial mammal species on the island, and the priority areas for the conservation of three facets of mammalian biodiversity (taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional).We used habitat suitability models to represent the distribution of 184 terrestrial mammal species, 160 phylogenetic groups and 74 functional trait groups. We then identified priority conservation areas using the spatial prioritisation software Zonation.We found that the habitat overlap between each of the four charismatic species and the other mammal species varied, ranging from a mean of 52% (SD = 27%) for the tiger to 2% (SD = 2%) for the rhino. Combining the four species together improved the representation levels only marginally compared to using the tiger only. Among the four charismatic megafauna species, the extent of suitable habitat of Sumatran tiger covered the highest proportion of priority conservation areas. The Sumatran tiger also outperformed most of other mammal species with similar range sizes.We found that some of the top‐ranked conservation areas for taxonomic (28%), phylogenetic (8%) and functional diversity (19%) did not overlap with any of the charismatic species’ suitable habitat.Synthesis and applications. Wide‐ranging charismatic species can represent broader mammalian biodiversity, but they may miss some key areas with high biodiversity importance. We suggest that a combination of systematic spatial prioritisation and surrogacy analyses are important in order to determine the allocation of conservation resources in biodiversity‐rich areas such as Sumatra, where an expansion of the protected area network is required.
Towards a nuanced understanding of health‐supportive place using composite research methods
Authors: Thompson Susan , Paine Gregory , Judd Bruce , Randolph Bill 
Published: February 2019

AbstractChronic non‐communicable diseases comprise a major challenge for health in contemporary Australia and across the globe and, while various factors are at play, personal choices in behaviour and lifestyle are significant. The physical make‐up and ongoing management of the places where we live positively and negatively influences these lifestyle choices and subsequent health outcomes. However, responses—in research, policy, built environment design, construction, and management—frequently fail to recognise the intricacies of this people‐place‐behaviour nexus largely because those responses are highly focused and empirical. Rather, the health‐supportive environments needed to address the current chronic disease epidemic also require additional—networked, nuanced, and intuitive—understandings. Responding to that need, the study described in this paper took a comprehensive view of what constitutes a health‐supportive built environment. We detail the composite methods employed—built environment audits, interviews, and focus groups—all of which are available for use by others in similar situations. Then, using two case study examples, we reflect upon how our methodology revealed otherwise hidden aspects of the extent to which the study sites supported or hindered health‐supportive behaviours and responses. These results suggest intervention actions for policy makers and practitioners that will help them respond to the complex needs of communities in creating a health‐supportive environment.
Real‐world effectiveness and safety of rituximab in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A single‐center experience in Taiwan
Authors: Wang Kai‐Chun , Liao Hsien‐Tzung , Chen Wei‐Sheng , Lai Chien‐Chih , Chou Chung‐Tei , Chen Ming‐Han , Tsai Chang‐Youh 
Published: February 2019

AbstractAimTo assess the real‐world effectiveness and safety of rituximab (RTX) at 24 months in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify predictors of low disease activity/remission and a good European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response.MethodsSeventy RTX‐treated RA patients were enrolled. Predictors for low disease activity/remission and a good EULAR response at 24 months were identified by multivariate analyses.ResultsAt 24 months, the mean Disease Activity Score of 28 joints—erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28‐ESR) decreased from 6.88 ± 0.85 at baseline to 3.47 ± 0.85. Twenty‐nine patients (41.4%) reached low disease activity/remission, while all patients had a moderate/good EULAR response. After adjustment by multivariate analyses, we found concomitant methotrexate at a dosage >10 mg/week (odds ratio [OR] 5.17; 95% CI 1.34‐19.93; P = 0.017) predicted low disease activity/remission, and baseline DAS28 ≤6.5 (OR 4.97; 95% CI 1.22‐20.30; P = 0.026) predicted good EULAR response at 24 months. The most common adverse events were infusion‐related (5.7%), and there was no incidence of malignancy or mortality during the treatment.ConclusionsRTX was effective and safe in real‐life management of RA patients with high disease activity. Patients taking concomitant methotrexate and with lower baseline DAS28‐ESR were more likely to benefit from RTX.
Pharmacological targeting of the GABAB receptor alters Drosophila's behavioural responses to alcohol
Authors: Ranson Daniel C. , Ayoub Samir S. , Corcoran Olivia , Casalotti Stefano O. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractWhen exposed to ethanol, Drosophila melanogaster display a variety of addiction‐like behaviours similar to those observed in mammals. Sensitivity to ethanol can be quantified by measuring the time at which 50% of the flies are sedated by ethanol exposure (ST50); an increase of ST50 following multiple ethanol exposures is widely interpreted as development of tolerance to ethanol. Sensitivity and tolerance to ethanol were measured after administration of the gamma‐aminobutyric acid receptor B (GABAB) agonist (SKF 97541) and antagonist (CGP 54626), when compared with flies treated with ethanol alone. Dose‐dependent increases and decreases in sensitivity to ethanol were observed for both the agonist and antagonist respectively. Tolerance was recorded in the presence of GABAB drugs, but the rate of tolerance development was increased by SKF 97451 and unaltered in presence of CGP 54626. This indicates that the GABAB receptor contributes to both the sensitivity to ethanol and mechanisms by which tolerance develops. The data also reinforce the usefulness of Drosophila as a model for identifying the molecular components of addictive behaviours and for testing drugs that could potentially be used for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
The diameter of metastasis in positive sentinel lymph node biopsy affects axillary tumor load in early breast cancer
Authors: Falco Michał , Masojć Bartłomiej , Byrski Tomasz , Kram Andrzej 
Published: February 2019

AbstractIntroductionOmission of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) after positive sentinel lymph biopsy (SLNB) has become a standard procedure for breast cancer patients with one or two metastatic lymph nodes. Here the aim was model development for selection for ALND.Material and methodsWe analyzed 323 positive SLNB breast cancer patients, who afterwards underwent ALND. In 126 (39%), there were positive additional axillary lymph nodes. Specimens of resected lymph nodes were scanned and the volumes of tumors (expressed as diameter in mm) were calculated. The maximal diameter of metastasis in the sentinel lymph nodes (SLNDmax) and axillary lymph nodes (ALNDsum) indicated tumor load in the resected lymph nodes. ALNDsum higher or equal to 5 mm was defined as high and present in 62 patients (21%).ResultsRisk factors for high ALNDsum were primary tumor diameter (P = 0.0092), histopathological type (P = 0.0173), number of positive SLNs (P = 0.0012), type of metastasis (P = 0.0025), molecular type (P = 0.0037), SLNDmax (P = 0.0001), and Her‐2 status (P = 0.0093). Independent variables for high ALNDsum were SLNDmax (P < 0.0001), number of positive SLNs (P = 0.0237) and primary tumor diameter (P = 0.0296).ConclusionsTwenty‐one percent patients with positive SLNB are at risk of high ALNDsum. SLNDmax is the strong predictive factor for high ALNDsum after positive ALND.
Patterns of follow‐up care after curative radiotherapy ± chemotherapy for stage I–III non–small cell lung cancer
Authors: Mohan Sharanya , Beydoun Nadine , Nasser Elias , Nguyen Andrew , Shafiq Jesmin , Vinod Shalini 
Published: February 2019

AbstractObjectivesTo describe patterns of follow‐up care for non–small cell lung cancer patients treated with curative radiotherapy and to evaluate the role of routine imaging.Materials and methodsWe retrospectively analyzed follow‐up care of patients with stage I–III non‐small cell lung cancer treated with curative radiotherapy (minimum dose of 50 Gy) between 2007 and 2011 at three Sydney institutions. Patient demographics, tumor characteristics and treatment factors were collected from oncology and hospital records. Follow‐up visits were recorded until an event (recurrence or new primary) was diagnosed or censor date was reached (December 31, 2016). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify factors associated with subsequent curative treatment and survival.ResultsTwo‐hundred and eighty‐three patients were identified with a median age of 72 (36–91) years. Median number of follow‐up visits was 6, and median time to first event was 10.8 months. Follow‐up visits were by routine appointment in 74%, and symptomatic presentation in 26%. Variation in follow‐up was seen across the three institutions in terms of imaging conducted and specialist seen. Recurrences were diagnosed in 175 patients of whom 85 were symptomatic and 90 diagnosed on routine imaging. New primaries were diagnosed in 23 patients, 18 with symptoms and 5 on routine imaging. Subsequent treatment was curative in 17 (10%) patients with recurrent disease and 18 (78%) with new primaries. On multivariable analysis, symptomatic diagnosis (P = 0.006) was associated with subsequent curative treatment but not with overall survival (P > 0.05).ConclusionThe follow‐up of patients showed considerable variation between institutions. Routine imaging was not associated with subsequent curative treatment of events or improved overall survival.
Translation and psychometric testing of Cancer Survivors’ Unmet Needs, Chinese version
Authors: Xing Weijie , So Winnie Kwok Wei , Choi Kai Chow , Wong Cho Lee , Tong Man , Choy Yin Ping , Molassiotis Alex , Yates Patsy , Chan Raymond Javan 
Published: February 2019

AbstractAimThe aim of the study was to translate the Cancer Survivors’ Unmet Needs (CaSUN) scale into Chinese, and then test its psychometric properties, for cancer survivors in Hong Kong.MethodsThe original questionnaire was translated from English into traditional Chinese (CaSUN‐Chi), following standardized procedures. An expert panel was invited to assess the items’ content validity, and pilot test on 15 patients to evaluate its readability. The sample for psychometric evaluation was drawn from a large multinational study assessing unmet needs of cancer survivors, with a convenience sample of 300 was recruited. Cronbach's α coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency of the scale, and confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate its construct validity.ResultsThe CaSUN‐Chi had good readability and high content validity (S‐CVI 0.98). Cronbach's α for the entire scale was 0.93 and 0.71–0.91 for the five subscales. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the five‐factor structure of the CaSUN‐Chi was good fit to the data (CFI = 0.99, AGFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.054, SRMR = 0.071).ConclusionThe CaSUN‐Chi showed desirable psychometric properties for assessing unmet needs of cancer survivors in Hong Kong. Using the newly translated scale to identify individual supportive care unmet needs can bridge the gap between patients’ experiences and expectations, and improve healthcare provision and resource allocation.
Endogenous circulating testosterone and sex hormone‐binding globulin levels and measures of myocardial structure and function: the Framingham Heart Study
Authors: Pencina K. M. , Travison T. G. , Bhasin S. , Li Z. , Nigam N. , Manning W. J. , Vasan R. S. , Hoffmann U. , O'Donnell C. J. , Basaria S. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractBackgroundThe relation between endogenous testosterone concentrations and myocardial mass and function remains incompletely understood.ObjectivesTo determine the cross‐sectional association between endogenous hormone levels with cardiac magnetic resonance measures of myocardial mass, structure, and function in community‐dwelling men across a wide age range.MethodsA total of 720 men from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort (age range 37–82, mean = 59.6 years) who underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and had hormone levels measured. Total testosterone (measured using liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry), sex hormone‐binding globulin (measured using an immunofluorometric assay), and calculated free testosterone levels were assessed in male participants of the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort at examination 7. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed between examinations 7 and 8 (2002–2006).ResultsAge‐adjusted linear regression models showed statistically significant association between total testosterone levels and left ventricular mass (p = 0.009), left ventricular mass index (p = 0.006), cardiac output (p = 0.001), and main pulmonary artery diameter (p = 0.008); the association between total testosterone and these cardiac magnetic resonance measures was weak and was not significant after adjustment for established risk factors—age, body mass index, diabetes, and hypertension. Furthermore, calculated free testosterone level was not significantly associated with any measure of myocardial mass or function. Sex hormone‐binding globulin level was significantly associated with left ventricular mass (p = 0.002), left ventricular mass index (p = 0.004), cardiac output (p = 0.003), left ventricular ejection fraction (p = 0.039), and main pulmonary artery diameter (p = 0.042) in age‐adjusted models; these associations were also rendered non‐significant after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors.ConclusionsNeither testosterone nor sex hormone‐binding globulin levels in men are associated significantly with myocardial mass and function independent of established cardiovascular risk factors.