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Acupuncture for the treatment of allergic rhinitis
Authors: Bao Haipeng , Si Dongxu , Gao Longxia , Sun Huizhuo , Shi Qi , Yan Yue , Damchaaperenlei Dashzeveg , Li Chunlei , Yu MingXia , Li Youlin 
Published: December 2018

AbstractBackground:Allergic rhinitis is a major chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract. A large number of epidemiological investigations have shown that the prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) is increasing, resulting in a large burden of disease. Desensitizing drugs such as nasal glucocorticoids and antihistamines are commonly used to treat allergic rhinitis, but this method has a long treatment period and is prone to repeated attacks, and there are certain adverse reactions. Acupuncture can be used to treat a wide variety of diseases including allergic rhinitis without the occurrence of drug damage. We aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.Methods:Relevant databases include the English databases incorporating Web of science, PubMed, Springer, Medline, Cochrane Library, EBASE, WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), as well as the Chinese databases like the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), Wanfang Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database will be searched normatively according to the rule of each database from the inception to September 1, 2018. Reference list of identified studies, potential gray literatures, relevant conference abstracts, and clinical trial registrations will also be searched. The literature screening, data extraction, and quality assessment will be conducted by 2 researchers independently. Data will be synthesized by either the fixed-effects or random-effects model according to a heterogeneity test. Symptom score will be assessed as the primary outcome. Rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ), participants with asthma can use asthma control test (ACT), medicine usage and scoring, laboratory examination, and side effects or adverse events will be evaluated as the secondary outcome. Meta-analysis will be performed using RevMan5.3.5 software provided by the Cochrane Collaboration.Results:This study will provide high-quality synthesis based on current evidence of acupuncture treatment for allergic rhinitis in several aspects, including symptom score, drug score, quality of life score, asthma control score, side effects and laboratory examination such as nasal function test, serum total immunoglobulin (IgE), nasal secretion smear, etc.Conclusion:The results of this study will provide updated evidence for weather acupuncture is an effective and safe intervention for allergic rhinitis.Ethics and dissemination:It is not necessary for this systematic review to acquire an ethical approval. This review will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal or conference presentation.PROSPERO registration number:PROSPERO CRD42018109105.
Effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the depth of total intravenous anesthesia in patients with breast cancer undergoing unilateral modified radical mastectomy
Authors: Wu Guisheng , Fu Guanghua , Zhang Lei , Zhang Zongwang , Wang Xuxiang 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
Toxic effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) on nervous, hepatorenal, and pulmonary systems might affect general anesthesia depth. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of NC on depth of total intravenous anesthesia.
This prospective observational study enrolled 60 patients undergoing elective unilateral modified radical mastectomy during total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil (January–June 2015; Liaocheng People's Hospital, China): the NC group (n = 30) received NC, while the control group (n = 30) did not. Propofol and remifentanil dosages were adjusted according to indexes of consciousness (IoC1: sedation; IoC2: analgesia) to control fluctuations of blood pressure and heart rate within 20% of baseline values. Parameters reflecting propofol/remifentanil dosages, intraoperative adverse events, and quality of anesthetic recovery were recorded.
The duration of propofol infusion (1.3 ± 0.4 vs 1.8 ± 0.5 hours, P < .05), mean propofol dosage (8.0 ± 1.0 vs 9.3 ± 1.5 mg kg−1 h−1, P < .05), and adjustment frequency of target-controlled remifentanil infusion (2.9 ± 1.8 vs 4.4 ± 2.6 times/surgery, P < .05) were significantly lower in the NC group than in the control group; adjustment frequency of target-controlled propofol infusion was also numerically lower (2.0 ± 1.1 vs 2.7 ± 1.5 times/surgery, P = .053). Duration of remifentanil infusion, mean remifentanil dosage, voluntary eye opening, extubation time, and recovery score were not significantly different between groups. The incidence of tachycardia was lower in the NC group than in the control group (7.1% vs 37.0%, P < .05), but there was no significant difference in the incidence of total adverse events between groups.
NC can enhance the sensitivity of breast cancer patients to the anesthetic effect of propofol.
Human cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections increase the risk of death in patients with head and neck cancers receiving radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy
Authors: Kiprian Dorota , Czarkowska-Paczek Bozena , Wyczalkowska-Tomasik Aleksandra , Paczek Leszek 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
Viral infections, including cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), play an important role in carcinogenesis and can influence patients’ prognosis and condition during cancer treatment.
The goal of this study was to investigate CMV and EBV infections in patients receiving radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy due to head and neck cancers to determine the influence of these infections on the risk of death. The observation period was 2 years.
Of 41 patients enrolled, 11 received radiotherapy (simultaneous-integrated boost intensity-modulated radiation therapy [SIB-IMRT], 2.25 Gy/fraction, 30 fractions, [n = 7] or IMRT, 2 Gy per fraction, 35 fractions, [n = 4]) and 30 received radiochemotherapy (cisplatin 100 mg/m2 and SIB-IMRT [n = 13] or IMRT [n = 17]). Plasma CMV and EBV DNA levels were assessed using real-time PCR before or during treatment or 4 weeks posttreatment.
The risk of death in the group positive for plasma CMV or EBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was significantly higher compared to the group without detectable plasma CMV (odd ratio [OR]: 7.5, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.11–50.67) or EBV DNA (OR: 10.91, 95% CI: 1.135–104.8). Results were confirmed using the Bayesian method. Plasma positivity for CMV or EBV DNA was associated with a higher risk of death (both P = .04).
Viral infections negatively affect the survival of patients with head and neck cancers. Diagnosing and treating these viral infections in patients with positive results should be considered.
Application of the ConNECT Framework to Precision Health and Health Disparities
Authors: Menon Usha , Ashing Kimlin , Chang Mei Wei , Christy Shannon M. , Friberg-Felsted Katarina , Rivas Virginia Gil , Gwede Clement K. , Lu Qian , Meade Cathy D. , Sly Jamila , Wang Monica , Yanez Betina , Yeary Karen , Yi Jean C. , Alcaraz Kassandra I. 
Published: December 2018

Background
An emphasis on precision health (PH) has stimulated precision medicine studies to focus on the interplay of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors with disease risks, treatments, prognoses, and outcomes affecting health disparities. It is imperative, as well, that improving health equity among underserved populations remains central to the efforts and aims of PH.

Objectives
The aim if this study was to apply the transdisciplinary ConNECT Framework: A Model for Advancing Behavioral Medicine Science and Practice to Foster Health Equity to PH by integrating a population health agenda for reducing health disparities.

Methods
There are five ConNECT principles: (a) integrating context; (b) fostering a norm of inclusion; (c) ensuring equitable diffusion of innovations; (d) harnessing communication technology; and (e) prioritizing specialized training as an organizing framework to PH, including examples of how to integrate behavioral and socioecological determinants to better understand the contexts of individuals, systems, and place to design targeted treatments and interventions.

Results
We describe proactive, actionable strategies for the systematic application of ConNECT Framework principles to address health equity via the PH initiative. Context and implications for nursing research and practice are also described.

Discussion
The ConNECT Framework emphasizes that diversity inclusion is imperative for true population health benefit from PH, broadly in public health, behavioral medicine, medicine, and nursing, to equip health researchers and practitioners to account for contextual socioecologic data that can be aligned with biologic data for more population responsive and individually tailored interventions to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases.
Blue-blocking Filters and Digital Eyestrain
Authors: Palavets Tatsiana , Rosenfield Mark 
Published: December 2018

SIGNIFICANCEMany manufacturers are currently marketing blue-blocking (BB) filters, which they claim will reduce the symptoms of digital eyestrain (DES). However, there is limited evidence to support the proposal that DES results from the blue light emitted by these devices.PURPOSEThe visual and ocular symptoms commonly experienced when viewing digital screens are collectively termed DES. The emission spectrum of modern digital displays frequently includes a high percentage of blue light. Being higher in energy, these short wavelengths may contribute to DES. This study examined the effect of a BB filter on symptoms of DES during a sustained near-vision task.METHODSTwenty-three young, visually normal subjects were required to perform a 30-minute reading task from a tablet computer. The digital screen was overlaid with either a BB or neutral-density (ND) filter producing equal screen luminance. During each session, the accommodative response, pupil diameter, and vertical palpebral aperture dimension were measured at 0, 9, 19, and 29 minutes after the start of the reading task. Immediately following each session, subjects completed a questionnaire to quantify symptoms of DES.RESULTSThe BB filter blocked 99% of the wavelengths between 400 and 500 nm. The mean total symptom scores (±1 SEM) for the BB and ND filter conditions were 42.83 (3.58) and 42.61 (3.17), respectively (P= .62). No significant differences in accommodation or vertical palpebral aperture dimension were observed between the two filter conditions, although the magnitude of the mean accommodative response did increase significantly during the first 9 minutes of the task (P= .02).CONCLUSIONSA filter that eliminated 99% of the emitted blue light was no more effective at reducing symptoms of DES than an equiluminant ND filter. There is little evidence at this time to support the use of BB filters to minimize near work–induced asthenopia.
Intraocular Pressure Elevation during Lateral Body Posture in Side-sleeping Glaucoma Patients
Authors: Park Ji-Hye , Yoo Chungkwon , Yoo Eunjoo , Kim Yong Yeon 
Published: December 2018

SIGNIFICANCEIn side-sleeping open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients, eyes that showed progression exhibited a greater intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation when subjects were rested in the lateral decubitus (LD) posture on the ipsilateral side compared with those eyes that did not progress.PURPOSEThe purposes of this study were to investigate whether lying in the LD position for an extended period affects IOP in side-sleeping patients with OAG when rested on their own pillow and to compare posture-induced IOP variations between eyes with recent glaucomatous progression and those without.METHODSTwenty-eight bilateral OAG patients who reported a preference for side sleeping were included. We measured IOP in both eyes, with the patient in the sitting and supine positions, 5 and 30 minutes after they had been in the right or left LD position (depending on their sleeping habits) and 5 minutes after they had returned to the supine position. While in the recumbent postures, the patients rested on their own pillows from home. The patients were divided into thecorrespondenceandnoncorrespondencesubgroups, based on whether the laterality of the progressed eye corresponded with their habitual sleeping side.RESULTSThe IOP of the lower-sided eye increased further (+1.6 ± 1.8 mmHg;P< .001) when the LD posture was maintained for an additional 25 minutes. Such time-dependent IOP elevation in the dependent eye was greater in patients whose LD posture corresponded with glaucoma progression (+2.5 ± 1.7 mmHg) than in those who showed no correspondence or no glaucoma progression (+1.0 ± 1.6 mmHg;P= .03).CONCLUSIONSCompared with nonprogressed eyes, progressed eyes exhibited a greater IOP elevation when the side-sleeping patients with OAG were rested in the LD posture on the ipsilateral side.
Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China
Authors: Song Hemin , Zhang-Zhang Yingying , Tian Mu , Rohlfer Sylvia , Sharkasi Nora 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in China where innovation is deemed as a key for sustainable economic development. The diversity of China’s regional culture and its rising economic and innovative capability enhancement provides an opportunity for such an exploration.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper adopts the GLOBE’s nine cultural dimensions to empirically examine the relationship between culture and Chinese regional innovation performance through multiple regression analysis.

Findings
The study results find that performance orientation and gender egalitarianism have positive and significant influences on regional innovation performance, while institutional collectivism has a negative and significant influence. The remaining six GLOBE cultural dimensions show no significant effect on regional innovation performance.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research exploring the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in a Chinese context by using GLOBE’s cultural dimensions that are deemed as a valuable empirical alternative to Hofstede’s cultural measures. The results of this study help further the understanding of the cultural influence in China’s regional innovation performance.
The effects of entrepreneurs’ moral awareness and ethical behavior on product innovation of new ventures
Authors: Mai Yiyuan , Zhang Wenge , Wang Lihua 
Published: December 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to apply the social cognitive theory and social learning theory to examine the different mechanisms through which entrepreneurs’ moral awareness and ethical behavior affect the product innovation of new ventures.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected survey data from 150 founders and 389 founding team members of new ventures in China in 2015. The final sample contained 113 questionnaires from entrepreneurs and 246 questionnaires from their founding team members. Regression analyses were used to test direct effects, and Preacher and Hayes’ (2004) formal mediation test approach with bootstrapping method was used to evaluate the mediation effects.FindingsThe findings indicate that the ethical levels of entrepreneurs can affect the product innovation of a new venture through two paths: entrepreneurs with low levels of moral awareness tend to be more individually creative, which facilitates product innovation, and entrepreneurs with high levels of ethical behavior can make founding teams more creative, which also promotes product innovation.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study suggest that entrepreneurs are not negatively affected by their low moral awareness as long as they exhibit high ethical behavior with founding team members. But such low moral awareness has to be genuine. The best way to promote product innovation in the long run is to create an organizational culture of ethical behavior rather than to ignore moral issues in decision-making.Originality/valueThis study challenges the assumption that moral awareness and ethical behavior are always consistent. It takes an initial step to resolve the contradiction in the current literature regarding the relationship between the ethical levels of entrepreneurs and product innovation in the context of founders and founding teams in new ventures.
Ethically questionable negotiation tactics in the Austrian workplace
Authors: Goelzner Herbert , Stefanidis Abraham , Banai Moshe 
Published: December 2018

PurposeThis study aims to generalize the research findings about the impact of individualism-collectivism, ethical idealism and inter-personal trust on ethically questionable negotiation tactics, such as pretending, deceiving and lying, in a Germanic culture, namely, that of Austria.Design/methodology/approachSurvey questionnaires translated from English to German were collected from 304 respondents. A regression analysis was used to test the contribution of the independent variables to the explanation of negotiators’ attitudes towards questionable negotiation tactics.FindingsThe research empirically corroborated a classification of three groups of negotiation tactics, namely, pretending, deceiving and lying, in Austria. Austrian negotiators who scored high on vertical individualism tended to score high on the endorsement of the pretending tactic; those who scored high on horizontal collectivism tended to score low on the endorsement of the deceiving and lying tactics; those who scored high on vertical collectivism tended to score high on the endorsement of the deceiving and lying tactics; and those who scored high on inter-personal trust tended to score low on the endorsement of the pretending negotiation tactic. Idealistic negotiators tended not to endorse the use of pretending, deceiving and lying negotiation tactics.Research limitations/implicationsThe study investigated the respondents’ perceptions, rather than their actual negotiation behavior. Findings are limited to Germanic culture.Practical implicationsThe study provides negotiators in Austria with a tool that has the potential to predict the extent to which Austrian negotiators would use various ethically questionable negotiation tactics.Originality/valueThis is the first study to present a model of the antecedents of negotiation tactics in a Germanic cultural context, where negotiation studies are limited. This study validates in Austria three questionable negotiation tactics groups of varying severity, which had previously been studied only in non-Germanic cultures. This research significantly contributes to the generalization of a model of the antecedents of the endorsement of questionable tactics across cultures.
Reaching for ripeness: promoting negotiation through unilateral conciliatory action
Authors: Barkat Johnston S. 
Published: December 2018

PurposeWhile the process of negotiation has been studied extensively, little research has been done on the factors that lead parties to the negotiation table. In light of this, the purpose of this paper is to examine effects of unilateral conciliatory initiatives (UCIs) (actions) on the willingness and preparedness of parties to negotiate.Design/methodology/approachThe study used a separate-sample posttest, 2 × 3 factorial design. Subjects were placed into simulated intractable resource- and identity-based conflicts. Groups then received UCIs (in the form of economic aid and apology) intended to benefit the other and contribute to a high commitment to de-escalation (ripeness). Ripeness was measured by increased empathy; and decreased distrust, escalatory behaviors (operationalized as aggression and autistic hostility), anger, win-lose/competitive orientation and negative attributions.FindingsUCIs were shown to impact both the state and the process of ripeness. Apology facilitated ripeness in an identity conflict and positively impacted five of the six resistance areas in a resource conflict. Economic aid likewise affected ripeness in an identity conflict but did not impact a resource conflict better than an apology. The offer of an apology affected empathy in both conflict types but economic aid did not do so in a resource conflict. It was also observed that an identity-based conflict produced less trust and increased negative attributions than did a resource conflict.Originality/valueThis suggests that identity and resource conflicts activate some resistance areas differently. It also reveals that similar interventions may be effective in both conflicts but that each UCI affects particular resistance areas differently. The findings suggest that there should be an increased emphasis on apology by conflict resolution practitioners. The practical and theoretical implications of apologies and resource sharing in de-escalation are discussed, to facilitate their appropriate use in resolution strategies that reduce tensions within conflict.
Role of virtues in the relationship between shame and tendency to plagiarise
Authors: Pandoi Deepika , Gaur Sanjaya Singh , Gupta Anup Kumar 
Published: December 2018

Purpose
Plagiarism is an epidemic for scholars that needs to be managed. Penalties do not seem to be able to stop people from indulging in it. Manipulation of emotions and values may help in discouraging people from plagiarism. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to understand the association between felt emotion and plagiarism outcome behaviours. Another objective of the study is to see the role of virtues in discouraging people from plagiarism.

Design/methodology/approach
A scenario-based quasi-experimental method is used to collect the data. Graduate students from various Indian universities were invited for the experiment. The partial least square based structural equation modelling is used to test the measurement as well as path model.

Findings
The authors found that manipulated shame resulted in feelings of both international and external shame. When individuals feel internal shame, they avoid and discontinue plagiarism. They also try to repair the damage that they cause by plagiarism. However, feeling of external shame only encourages individuals to discontinue plagiarism behaviour. Virtues such as influence, competitiveness and equality weaken the relationship between internal shame and plagiarism-related outcome behaviour. At the same time, these virtues do not affect the relationship between external shame and outcome behaviours.

Practical implications
This study has important implications for the institutions of higher education. The study suggests that universities should provoke the emotion of shame through various communications to students to control the act of plagiarism by their students.

Originality/value
No study seems to have examined if the manipulation of emotions and values can help reduce the problem of plagiarism. This is an attempt towards bridging this important gap in literature. Therefore, findings of this study are of great value to scholars and content developers.