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Evolution in alternating environments with tunable inter-landscape correlations
Authors: Maltas Jeff , McNally Douglas M. , Wood Kevin B. 
Published: October 2019

AbstractNatural populations are often exposed to temporally varying environments. Evolutionary dynamics in varying environments have been extensively studied, though understanding the effects of varying selection pressures remains challenging. Here we investigate how cycling between a pair of statistically related fitness landscapes affects the evolved fitness of an asexually reproducing population. We construct pairs of fitness landscapes that share global fitness features but are correlated with one another in a tunable way, resulting in landscape pairs with specific correlations. We find that switching between these landscape pairs, depending on the ruggedness of the landscape and the inter-landscape correlation, can either increase or decrease steady-state fitness relative to evolution in single environments. In addition, we show that switching between rugged landscapes often selects for increased fitness in both landscapes, even in situations where the landscapes themselves are anti-correlated. We demonstrate that positively correlated landscapes often possess a shared maximum in both landscapes that allows the population to step through sub-optimal local fitness maxima that often trap single landscape evolution trajectories. Finally, we demonstrate that switching between anti-correlated paired landscapes leads to ergodic-like dynamics where each genotype is populated with nonzero probability, dramatically lowering the steady-state fitness in comparison to single landscape evolution.
Chronic Bilateral Cochlear Implant Stimulation in Early-Deaf Rabbits Restores Neural Binaural Sensitivity
Authors: Sunwoo Woongsang , Delgutte Bertrand , Chung Yoojin 
Published: October 2019

AbstractCochlear implant (CI) users with a pre-lingual onset of hearing loss show poor sensitivity to interaural time differences (ITD), an important cue for sound localization and speech reception in noise. Similarly, neural ITD sensitivity in the inferior colliculus (IC) of neonatally-deafened animals is degraded compared to animals deafened as adults. Here, we show that chronic bilateral CI stimulation during development can partly reverse the effect of early-onset deafness on ITD sensitivity. The prevalence of ITD sensitive neurons was restored to the level of adult-deaf rabbits in the early-deaf rabbits that received chronic stimulation with wearable bilateral sound processors during development. In contrast, chronic CI stimulation did not improve temporal coding in early-deaf rabbits. The present study is the first report showing functional restoration of ITD sensitivity with CI stimulation in single neurons and highlights the importance of auditory experience during development.
Antecedents for greening the workforce: implications for green human resource management
Authors: Moktadir Md. Abdul , Dwivedi Ashish , Ali Syed Mithun , Paul Sanjoy Kumar , Kabir Golam , Madaan Jitender 
Published: October 2019

PurposeGreen human resource management (GHRM) is an arising issue for the tannery industry in the context of developing economies. As the tannery industry can be seen as one of the highest polluting industries on earth, it becomes imperative for the industry to implement GHRM practices for greening the workforce. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to focus on antecedents that will support the implementation of GHRM practices in the tannery industry supply chain.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, an expanded literature review was organized to establish antecedents for implementing GHRM practices. The total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) technique is employed to explore interactions among the identified antecedents. Furthermore, Matriced Impact Croises Multiplication Applique analysis was conducted for determining the driving-dependence power of each antecedent.FindingsThe results revealed that “green selection facility,” “green recruiting facility,” “green organizational culture,” “green purchasing,” “green strategy towards ES,” “regulatory forces towards ES” and “top management commitment towards greening the workforce” are the key antecedents for the exercise of GHRM practices in the tannery industry.Practical implicationsThe proposed model might support decision makers to understand the interactions among the antecedents of GHRM practices. This model will help managers to understand the impact of one antecedent on another prior to the implementation of GHRM practices in the tannery industry.Originality/valueIn this study, the author(s) propose a new version of the interpretive structural modeling approach (ISM), named the TISM technique, for determining the contextual interactions between GHRM initiative antecedents that are very new in the existing literature.
A comprehensive decision support approach for credit scoring
Authors: Luo Cuicui 
Published: October 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive decision support approach in credit risk assessment.

Design/methodology/approach
A comprehensive decision support approach is proposed for credit scoring and prediction. The predictive performance of the new approach has been investigated by using data including number and text.

Findings
The results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves better and more stable classification accuracy than the single classifiers in most cases. Meanwhile, the prediction accuracy of individual classifiers is also improved by the proposed approach.

Originality/value
This study provides a comprehensive model for credit risk scoring and provides valuable information to the existing literature on credit scoring by using artificial intelligence.
Motivations and perceived opportunities for partnerships among international business consultancy firms
Authors: Kindl Eva-Maria , Casais Beatriz 
Published: October 2019

PurposeConsultancy services for internationalisation are crucial to help companies to grow and find new businesses abroad. This kind of service used to be provided by consultancy firms operating in the home country of the clients. Considering the advantages of partnerships that theory has enhanced, this paper aims to identify the motivations and perceived opportunities from consultancy firms to establish business-to-business partnerships with international consultancy companies in other countries, with the purpose of reinforcing international trading.Design/methodology/approachAs an exploratory study, this paper shows the perspective of 13 interviewed German consultancy managers focused on international business about developing a partnership with international consultancy firms from Portugal.FindingsConsultants indicate that with mutual benefits, partnerships are welcome. However, the study enhances the importance of signals of status and reputation for international partnerships among business consultancy firms and reveals a lack of knowledge about the market opportunities for internationalisation that might motivate German consultancy firms to establish partnerships with consultancy companies in Portugal.Originality/valueThe paper highlights the low motivation of consultants from a higher-status country to establish partnerships with international business consultancy firms in lower-status countries. The study addresses useful recommendations for consultancy firms, governments and international trade agencies to intensify marketing activities and enhance country reputation and positioning in international business, communicating the opportunities and potential of markets and building signals of status and reputation for international consulting.
When Are Audit Firms Sued for Financial Reporting Failures and What Are the Lawsuit Outcomes?
Authors: Lennox Clive , Li Bing 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTWe examine how often audit firms are sued in a large sample of accounting lawsuits that allege financial reporting failures. We find an insignificant relation between the likelihood of auditor litigation and restatements, but the likelihood of auditor litigation is strongly related to the types of alleged accounting deficiencies. We also find that the auditor's type influences the probability of the auditor being sued and the size of the payouts from auditor and nonauditor defendants. In particular, the Big N firms are approximately 7 percent less likely than non–Big N firms to be named as co‐defendants, and the auditor's contribution to the plaintiff's payout is significantly larger when a Big N firm is sued. Overall, our findings suggest that auditors are rarely blamed when there are allegations of financial reporting failures, but the types of accounting deficiencies and the auditor's type significantly influence the probability of the audit firm being sued and the outcomes of the lawsuits.
Cytochrome P450 1A2 activity and incidence of thyroid disease and cancer after chronic or acute exposure to dioxins
Authors: Samer Caroline Flora , Gloor Yvonne , Rollason Victoria , Guessous Idris , Doffey‐Lazeyras Fabienne , Saurat Jean‐Hilaire , Sorg Olivier , Desmeules Jules , Daali Youssef 
Published: October 2019

AbstractBackgroundDioxin (2,3,7,8‐tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin; TCDD) is the most toxic congener of a family of structurally and mechanistically related persistent organic pollutants whose effects are mediated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Induction of CYP1A1/2 by TCDD through the AhR depends on the magnitude and the duration of exposure. We aimed to assess CYP1A2 activity after acute and chronic exposure to TCDD. The Maincy cohort is a sample population from Melun in the Val‐de‐Seine region in France that lived for at least 5 years close to a waste incinerator emitting polluted vapours (1974‐2002) with high concentrations of dioxins (up to 2000 times the maximal recommended values). Acute exposure to TCDD (Viktor Yushchenko) has been described elsewhere by Sorg et al (Toxicol. Sci. 2012; 125:310‐317). Both are rare cases of well‐identified source of chronic and acute exposure to TCDD.MethodsAll subjects underwent a full medical history and physical examination and had a cutaneous examination, and a retro‐auricular skin biopsy was taken. A questionnaire was designed and used regarding demographic, personal, environmental and occupational characteristics. CYP1A2 activity was assessed 2 hours after the ingestion of a drink containing caffeine through measurement of the metabolic ratio of paraxanthine (17X) over caffeine (137X) by LC‐MS/MS or LC‐UV. CYP1A1 expression in skin biopsies was determined by immunohistochemical analysis.ResultsForty‐seven exposed subjects (age 11‐78) and 31 controls were included in the study. Eleven exposed subjects had a history of thyroid disease (23.4%), and 7 (14.8%) had a cancer vs none and 1, respectively, in controls. Nodular skin lesions were found in 13 exposed subjects (27.7%) vs none in controls. Mean CYP1A2 activity of the exposed population was modestly elevated as compared to controls (17X/137X metabolic ratio of 0.475 vs 0.374, P = .051). CYP1A2 was, however, induced (17X/137X, metabolic ratio >0.5) in 27.6% of the exposed cases vs 6.4% of the controls. In contrast, acute dioxin exposure was associated with a strong induction (mean 17X/137X, metabolic ratio of 1.9) still present 29 months after the acute exposure. CYP1A1 was expressed in 59.6% of the skin biopsies (highly expressed in 31.9%) of the Maincy cohort. No correlation between CYP1A2 activity, CYP1A1 expression and clinical manifestations (thyroid disease, cancer, skin lesions) could be demonstrated.ConclusionHigher frequencies of dysthyroidism and cancer were detected in the population exposed chronically to dioxins from a waste incinerator. CYP1A2 was induced in 27.6% of the exposed population, while the magnitude of induction was fourfold higher after acute exposure in the case of Yushchenko.
Dare to be different? Investigating the relationship between analyst categorisation hierarchies and corporate social responsibility (CSR) conformity
Authors: Pan Xin , Chen Xuanjin , Yang Mengxi , Chen Xin 
Published: October 2019

AbstractThis paper investigates how analyst categorisation hierarchies (CH) affect corporate social responsibility (CSR) conformity. We argue that firms that are labelled as either high rank or low rank by analysts have higher institutional immunity, while firms that are categorised as middle rank have lower immunity. These heterogeneous institutional immunities will affect the levels of CSR conformity differently. Our results, which originate from a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2016, suggest that CH exhibit an inverted‐U‐shaped relationship with CSR conformity. High‐ranked and low‐ranked firms are most likely to be CSR nonconformist, while middle‐ranked firms tend to conduct CSR like the majority of their industry peers. Moreover, we also investigate the environmental boundary conditions of this curvilinear relationship. This relationship is moderated by environmental munificence (positively) and dynamism (negatively). Our findings fill the theoretical gap by proposing an institutional‐based explanation for the CSR conformity heterogeneity which is rarely discussed and extending the boundary conditions for the categorisation‐CSR conformity relationship.
Axial and transverse deep‐water sediment supply to syn‐rift fault terraces: Insights from the West Xylokastro Fault Block, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
Authors: Cullen Timothy M. , Collier Richard E. Ll. , Gawthorpe Robert L. , Hodgson David M. , Barrett Bonita J. 
Published: October 2019

AbstractDeep‐water syn‐rift systems develop in partially‐ or transiently‐linked depocentres to form complicated depositional architectures, which are characterised by short transport distances, coarse grain sizes and a wide range of sedimentary processes. Exhumed systems that can help to constrain the tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of such systems are rare or complicated by inversion tectonics. Here, we document a mid‐Pleistocene deep‐water syn‐rift system fed by Gilbert‐type fan deltas in the hangingwall of a rift margin fault bounding the West Xylokastro Horst block, on the southern margin of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece. Structural and stratigraphic mapping combined with digital outcrop models permit observations along this syn‐rift depositional system from hinterland source to deep‐water sink. The West Xylokastro Fault hangingwall is filled by two distinct sediment systems; an axial system fed by coarse‐grained sediment gravity flows derived from fault‐tip Gilbert‐type fan deltas and a lateral system dominated by mass transport deposits fed from an evolving fault‐scarp apron. Abrupt changes in stratigraphic architecture across the axial system are interpreted to record changes in relative base level, sediment supply and tectonics. Locally, depositional topography and intra‐basinal structures controlled sediment dispersal patterns, from bed‐scale infilling of local rugose topography above mass transport complexes, to basin‐scale confinement from the fault scarp apron. These acted to generate a temporally and spatially variable, heterogeneous stratigraphic architecture throughout the basin‐fill. The transition of the locus of sedimentation from a rift margin to a fault terrace through the syn‐sedimentary growth of a basinward fault produced regressive surfaces updip, which manifest themselves as channels in the deep‐water realm and acted to prograde the system. We present a new conceptual model that recognises coeval axial and transverse systems based on the stratigraphic architecture around the West Xylokastro fault block that emphasizes the lateral and vertical heterogeneity of rift basin‐fills with multiple entry points.
Birth of a Father: Fathering in the First 1,000 Days
Authors: Bakermans‐Kranenburg Marian J. , Lotz Anna , Alyousefi‐van Dijk Kim , van IJzendoorn Marinus 
Published: October 2019

AbstractAs a result of societal changes, fathers participate more actively in child care than they used to. In this article, we propose a context‐dependent biobehavioral model of emergent fatherhood in which sociocultural, behavioral, hormonal, and neural factors develop and interact during the first 1,000 days of fatherhood. Sociocultural factors, including different expectations of fathers and varying opportunities for paternal caregiving through paid paternal leave, influence paternal involvement. Levels of hormones (e.g., testosterone, vasopressin, oxytocin, cortisol) predict fathers’ parenting behaviors, and involvement in caregiving in turn affects their hormones and brain responses to infant stimuli. The birth of the first child marks the transition to fatherhood and may be a critical period in men’s lives, with a smoother transition to fatherhood predicting more optimal involvement by fathers in subsequent years. A focus on prenatal and early postnatal fathering may pave the way for developing interventions that effectively support fathering during pregnancy and in the first years of their children’s lives.
Aetiopathogenesis of severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) in children: A 9‐year experience in a tertiary care paediatric hospital setting
Authors: Liccioli Giulia , Mori Francesca , Parronchi Paola , Capone Manuela , Fili Lucia , Barni Simona , Sarti Lucrezia , Giovannini Mattia , Resti Massimo , Novembre Elio M. 
Published: October 2019

AbstractBackgroundSevere cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) are delayed‐type hypersensitivity reactions to drugs including as follows: Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS), Stevens‐Johnson syndrome (SJS), Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) and Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP). Incidence, triggers and management of SCARs have not been investigated in large‐scale epidemiological studies on children.ObjectiveThe aim of our study was to collect epidemiological, clinical and aetiological data from children with SCARs referred to our tertiary care paediatric hospital of Florence.MethodsFrom 2010 to 2018 charts of children with diagnosis of SCAR were reviewed, and data collected during the acute phase and/or the subsequent allergy evaluation. Patients underwent patch tests, intradermal tests and lymphocyte transformation tests. All children were investigated for infectious diseases.ResultsIncidence of SCARs in hospitalized children was 0.32% over a 9‐year period. Fifty‐four children were enrolled (31 M; 23 F; median age 6.5 years): 17 cases of DRESS, 30 SJS, 3 TEN, 2 AGEP, 1 linear immunoglobulin A bullous disease (LABD) and 1 pemphigus. Twenty‐eight out of 54 patients underwent drug allergy investigations, and 50% of them resulted positive. Combining clinical history and results of allergy work‐up, 74% SCARs seem to be caused by drugs, 18.6% by both drugs and infections, 3.7% by infections, and 3.7% remained idiopathic. No deaths occurred.ConclusionsIn this study, SCARs incidence is in line with literature data. Drugs were most commonly the leading cause. Management of SCARs requires cooperation among professional figures for an early diagnosis and a prompt treatment. Mortality rate seems to be lower in children.
Effects of different types of intraoral scanners and scanning ranges on the precision of digital implant impressions in edentulous maxilla: An in vitro study
Authors: Miyoshi Keita , Tanaka Shinpei , Yokoyama Sawako , Sanda Minoru , Baba Kazuyoshi 
Published: October 2019

AbstractObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the precision of digital implant impressions in comparison with conventional impressions and assess the impact of the scanning range on precision.Materials and MethodsAn edentulous maxilla model with six implants was scanned with four intraoral scanners (IOSs) and a dental laboratory scanner five times each, and stereolithography (STL) data were generated. A conventional silicone impression was made, and a model was fabricated, which was scanned using the laboratory scanner. This procedure was also repeated five times. Nine different ranges of interest (ROIs) were defined, and the average discrepancies of the measurement points between each pair of STL images out of five for each ROI were calculated. The effects of “impression method” and “ROI” on precision, as evaluated by the averaged discrepancy, were tested by two‐way analysis of variance (p < .05).ResultsThe effects of “impression methods” and “ROI” and their interactions were statistically significant. The discrepancies in the scanned datasets of the dental laboratory scanner were significantly lower than those in the other impression methods. The discrepancies of the IOSs were comparable with those of the laboratory scanner when the ROI was limited, however; the discrepancies deteriorated when the ROI expanded across the arch, while those of the laboratory scanner remained stable irrespective of the ROI.ConclusionsWithin the limitation of this in vitro study, digital implant impressions by IOSs may show clinically acceptable precision when the scan range is limited, such as in 3‐unit superstructure supported by two implants.
Biatrial and right ventricular deformation imaging: Implications of the recent EACVI consensus document in the clinics and beyond
Authors: Saha Samir K. , Kiotsekoglou Anatoli , Gopal Aasha S , Lindqvist Per 
Published: October 2019

AbstractIn this review, right ventricular (RV), right atrial (RA), and left atrial (LA) strain in some selected clinical situations has been discussed in light of the current literature. To exemplify the significance of the use of multichamber strain, we have provided some illustrations of common cardiac problems. The recently published European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) consensus document for standardization of RV, RA, and LA strain, using the currently available software, has fulfilled the aspirations of investigators world over who have been studying atrial strain using a bailed‐out algorithm designed principally to quantify left ventricular deformation. The purpose of this review was to reiterate the value of the application of RV and biatrial strain imaging in research and day‐to‐day clinical practice, using the 2‐dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D‐STE). Also, we present a short report on how RA strain may remain coupled to pulmonary hemodynamics. Besides, we have highlighted the technical challenges of atrial strain quantification. We have not used the nomenclature of chamber deformation proposed by the EACVI document as the publications cited in this review have used different sets of nomenclature.