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Factors motivating male consumers’ eco‐friendly apparel acquisition in the South African emerging market
Authors: Taljaard Hanri , Sonnenberg Nadine C. , Jacobs Bertha M. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThe necessity of pro‐environmental apparel behaviour is to date a neglected concept in the local South African apparel industry. This study focuses on male consumers’ underlying motivation and intent to acquire apparel in an eco‐friendly manner. The research hypotheses and framework for this study are based on the Norm‐Activation Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour to clarify underlying motivational factors that contribute to pro‐environmental apparel acquisition. Pro‐environmental approaches were conceptualized as consumers’ purposive reduction of the amount of apparel acquired as well as the evaluation and selection of apparel based on pro‐environmental attributes. A quantitative, cross‐sectional survey approach was used for explanatory research purposes. Male consumers (18 years and older, n = 305) were reached by means of non‐probability, purposive sampling. Respondents completed online and paper‐based questionnaires that included adapted scale items for use in the local context. Results suggest that respondents are aware of the environmental consequences of their apparel behaviour, which then ultimately influences their behavioural intent. In contrast to studies conducted abroad, social and moral norms did not significantly influence their decisions to acquire apparel in a pro‐environmental manner. Respondents’ attitudes and self‐efficacy (i.e. a dimension of perceived behavioural control) contributed to their pro‐environmental intent. Yet, controllability (another dimension of perceived behavioural control) was not a significant predictor of intent and warrants further empirical research. The findings of this study substantiate important recommendations for the development of intervention strategies to promote pro‐environmental apparel behaviour in emerging market contexts such as South Africa.
Delays in lung cancer management pathways between rural and urban patients in North Queensland: a mixed methods study
Authors: Verma Rishabh , Pathmanathan Shivanshan , Otty Zulfiquer A. , Binder John , Vangaveti Venkat N. , Buttner Petra , Sabesan Sabe S. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractBackgroundDespite advances in medical therapies, disparity in outcome between rural and urban patients remain in Australia and many Western countries.AimsTo examine time delays in lung cancer referral pathways in North Queensland (NQ), Australia, and explore patients’ perspective of factors causing these delays.MethodsProspective study of patients attending three cancer centres in Townsville, Cairns and Mackay in NQ from 2009 to 2012. Times along referral pathway were divided as follows: Onset of symptoms to treatment (T1), symptoms to general practitioner (GP) (T2), GP to specialist (T3) and Specialist to treatment (T4). Quantitative and qualitative methods were used for analysis.ResultsIn total, 252 patients were participated. T1 was influenced by remoteness (125 days in Townsville vs 170 days for remote, P = 0.01), T2 by level of education (91 days for primary education vs 61 days for secondary vs 23 days for tertiary/Technical and Further Education (TAFE), P = 0.006), and age group (14 days for 31–50 years, 61 days for 51–70 years, 45 days for >71 years, P = 0.026), T3 by remoteness (15 days for Townville and 29.5 days for remote, P = 0.02) and T4 by stage of disease (21 days for Stage I, 11 days for Stage II, 34 days for Stage III 18 days for Stage IV, P = 0.041). Competing priorities of family and work and cost and inconvenience of travel were perceived as rural barriers.ConclusionRemoteness, age and level of education were related to delays in various time lines in lung cancer referral pathways in NQ. Provision of specialist services closer to home may decrease delays by alleviating burden of cost and inconvenience of travel.
Development of Infant Pointing from 10 to 12 months: The Role of Relevant Caregiver Responsiveness
Authors: Ger Ebru , Altınok Nazlı , Liszkowski Ulf , Küntay Aylin C. 
Published: April 2018

Infants’ pointing frequency is a predictor of their later language abilities. Yet, predictors of pointing frequency in the first year of life are not well understood. Study 1 explored what factors in infants and caregivers at 10 months would predict the pointing frequency of infants at 12 months (N = 35). Infant‐driven predictors were infants’ fine‐motor skills and point‐following abilities. Caregiver‐mediated predictors were caregivers’ pointing frequency and responsiveness toward infants’ pointing. Relevant caregiver responsiveness at 10 months predicted infants’ pointing frequency at 12 months, controlling for the other factors and infants’ prior pointing frequency. Study 2 explored whether child‐level factors influence caregivers’ responsiveness (N = 49). We examined the hand shape of infants’ pointing (whole‐hand versus index‐finger) and the presence of point‐accompanying vocalizations. Infants’ vocalization‐accompanied points were more likely to elicit relevant responses from caregivers, while hand shapes played a less pronounced role. Together, the findings reveal an early emerging mutual relationship between infant pointing and caregiver behavior such that certain characteristics of infant pointing predict caregivers’ responsiveness, and relevant responsiveness toward infants’ pointing predicts the increase in infants’ pointing frequencies.
Exploring the effect of previous inactivated influenza vaccination on seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically attended influenza: Results of the European I‐MOVE multicentre test‐negative case‐control study, 2011/2012‐2016/2017
Authors: Valenciano Marta , Kissling Esther , Larrauri Amparo , Nunes Baltazar , Pitigoi Daniela , O'Donnell Joan , Reuss Annicka , Horváth Judit Krisztina , Paradowska‐Stankiewicz Iwona , Rizzo Caterina , Falchi Alessandra , Daviaud Isabelle , Brytting Mia , Meijer Adam , Kaic Bernard , Gherasim Alin , Machado Ausenda , Ivanciuc Alina , Domegan Lisa , Schweiger Brunhilde , Ferenczi Annamária , Korczyńska Monika , Bella Antonino , Vilcu Ana‐Maria , Mosnier Anne , Zakikhany Katherina , de Lange Marit , Kurečić Filipovićović Sanja , Johansen Kari , Moren Alain ,   I‐MOVE primary care multicentre case‐control team
Published: April 2018

BackgroundResults of previous influenza vaccination effects on current season influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) are inconsistent.ObjectivesTo explore previous influenza vaccination effects on current season VE among population targeted for vaccination.MethodsWe used 2011/2012 to 2016/2017 I‐MOVE primary care multicentre test‐negative data. For each season, we compared current season adjusted VE (aVE) between individuals vaccinated and unvaccinated in previous season. Using unvaccinated in both seasons as a reference, we then compared aVE between vaccinated in both seasons, current only, and previous only.ResultsWe included 941, 2645 and 959 influenza‐like illness patients positive for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2) and B, respectively, and 5532 controls. In 2011/2012, 2014/2015 and 2016/2017, A(H3N2) aVE point estimates among those vaccinated in previous season were −68%, −21% and −19%, respectively; among unvaccinated in previous season, these were 33%, 48% and 46%, respectively (aVE not computable for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and B). Compared to current season vaccination only, VE for both seasons' vaccination was (i) similar in two of four seasons for A(H3N2) (absolute difference [ad] 6% and 8%); (ii) lower in three of four seasons for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (ad 18%, 26% and 29%), in two seasons for influenza A(H3N2) (ad 27% and 39%) and in two of three seasons for influenza B (ad 26% and 37%); (iii) higher in one season for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (ad 20%) and influenza B (ad 24%).ConclusionsWe did not identify any pattern of previous influenza vaccination effect. Prospective cohort studies documenting influenza infections, vaccinations and vaccine types are needed to understand previous influenza vaccinations' effects.
Trigger Warning Disturbing Data Sets in the Classroom
Authors: Zaharatos Brian , Glawson Michael 
Published: April 2018

AbstractIn their working lives, statisticians may be called on to analyse data drawn from the darker side of the human experience – topics like childhood abuse, racism, sexism and homophobia. Statistics instructors should prepare their students to deal with these difficult and distressing subjects, write Brian Zaharatos and Michael Glawson
Discovery and evolution of double P‐E loops in a tetragonal Fe‐doped KTa0.57Nb0.43O3 single crystal
Authors: Cao Xilong , Tian Hao , Hu Chengpeng , Wang Yu , Li Xueyan , Li Li , Sun Xiudong , Zhou Zhongxiang 
Published: April 2018

AbstractDouble polarization‐electric field (P‐E) loops were observed in Fe‐doped KTa0.57Nb0.43O3 (Fe‐KTN) crystals because of the restraining effect of the defect dipoles on domain reorientation. In Fe‐KTN crystals, the positively charged O2− vacancies and negatively charged dopant Fe3+ ions form defect dipoles, providing a restoring force for domain reorientation. Moreover, built‐in macro‐polarization was observed depending on the orientation of the defect dipole polarization. The response of the defect dipoles to an external electric field and the evolution of the double P‐E loops were investigated. The restraining effect of the defect dipoles on domain reorientation was found to affect normal piezoelectric activities. The domains could maintain the state close to the polarization direction, resulting in an extremely high d33 value (287 pC/N).
NaBaY(BO3)2:Ce3+,Tb3+: A novel sharp green‐emitting phosphor used for WLED and FEDs
Authors: Geng Wanying , Zhou Xufeng , Ding Jianyan , Wang Yuhua 
Published: April 2018

AbstractA new borate phosphor NaBaY(BO3)2: Ce3+, Tb3+ (NBY:Ce3+, Tb3+) was successfully synthesized under low temperature designed to put into application in the fields of ultraviolet (UV)‐excited light emitting diodes (LEDs) and field emission displays (FEDs). The structure distortion between Ce3+, Tb3+ single‐ and co‐doping NBY was discussed by X‐ray powder diffraction Rietveld refinement, high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and spectra. NBY: Ce3+, Tb3+ presents a wide absorption band ranging from 310 to 400 nm and efficient green emission (λmax = 542 nm) with a full‐width at half‐maximum of 3.3 nm. The remarkable thermal stability has also been tested, indicating that the intensity at 200°C is still beyond 70% of the original intensity. In addition, a white LED device was manufactured by connecting a 370 nm UV chip with a blend of BaMaAl10O17: Eu2+ (BAM: Eu2+), NBY: Ce3+, Tb3+ and CaAlSiN3: Eu2+. The color coordinate, correlated color temperature and color rendering index of the manufactured LED device were (0.335, 0.347), 5511 K and 80.16, respectively. Meanwhile, the cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra under the various conditions of probe currents and accelerating voltages were also analyzed. Through successive excitation of low‐voltage electron‐beam, the wonderful performances of degradation property and color stability were obtained. These results suggest that the green‐emitting NBY: Ce3+, Tb3+ phosphor has the prospect of becoming applications in white UV LEDs and FEDs.
Mechanistic subtypes of focal right ventricular tachycardia
Authors: Lerman Bruce B. , Cheung Jim W. , Ip James E. , Liu Christopher F. , Thomas George , Markowitz Steven M. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractIdiopathic sustained focal right ventricular tachycardia (VT) is most frequently due to outflow tract (OT) tachycardia. This arrhythmia is recognized by its characteristic ECG pattern and sensitivity to adenosine. However, there are other forms of idiopathic, focal sustained VT that originate from the right ventricle (RV), which are less well appreciated and easily overlooked. This review will identify the characteristic features and electrophysiologic properties of these forms of RV VT, including those originating from the tricuspid annulus, right ventricular papillary muscles, and moderator band as well as variants of classic RVOT tachycardia and those due to microreentry in the presence of preclinical disease. Recognition of these subtypes of focal RV tachycardia should facilitate targeted therapy.
Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor‐induced changes in body composition and simultaneous changes in metabolic profile: 52‐week prospective LIGHT (Luseogliflozin: the Components of Weight Loss in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) Study
Authors: Sasaki Takashi , Sugawara Masahiro , Fukuda Masahiro 
Published: April 2018

AbstractAims/IntroductionIt is unclear how changes in body composition induced by sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor treatment correlate with metabolic profile changes. We aimed to clarify how metabolic profile changes correlate with body component changes, and if SGLT2 inhibitor treatment causes sarcopenia and bone mineral content (BMC) loss.Materials and MethodsModerately obese Japanese type 2 diabetes patients, treated with luseogliflozin for a year, were observed prospectively and evaluated for body composition changes. We analyzed the changes in the individual body components during treatment, and their correlation with other clinical variables.ResultsThe efficacy analysis set comprised 37 of 43 enrolled patients. The total fat mass significantly decreased early in the treatment at and after week 4, with a mean decrease of −1.97 kg (95% confidence interval −2.66 to −1.28) at week 24. The visceral fat area at week 24 showed an average downward trend, although this was not significant. The changes in visceral fat area in individual patients showed a significant negative correlation with the extent of the baseline visceral fat area (r = −0.399, P = 0.023). The skeletal muscle mass index showed a significant but small change at and after week 36. The BMC profile showed a transient significant decrease only at week 12. No significant change in BMC was noted at other time‐points.ConclusionsLuseogliflozin treatment brought about favorable changes in body composition and metabolism of moderately obese Japanese type 2 diabetes patients, accompanied by body fat reduction, and minimal muscle and BMC reduction.
Rhizarian ‘Novel Clade 10’ Revealed as Abundant and Diverse Planktonic and Terrestrial Flagellates, including Aquavolon n. gen.
Authors: Bass David , Tikhonenkov Denis Victorovich , Foster Rachel , Dyal Patricia , Janouškovec Jan , Keeling Patrick J. , Gardner Michelle , Neuhauser Sigrid , Hartikainen Hanna , Mylnikov Alexandre P. , Berney Cédric 
Published: April 2018

AbstractRhizarian ‘Novel Clade 10’ (NC10) is frequently detected by 18S rRNA gene sequencing studies in freshwater planktonic samples. We describe a new genus and two species of eukaryovorous biflagellate protists, Aquavolon hoantrani n. gen. n. sp. and A. dientrani n. gen. n. sp., which represent the first morphologically characterized members of NC10, here named Aquavolonida ord. nov. The slightly metabolic cells possess naked heterodynamic flagella, whose kinetosomes lie at a right angle to each other and are connected by at least one fibril. Unlike their closest known relative Tremula longifila, they rotate around their longitudinal axis when swimming and only very rarely glide on surfaces. Screening of a wide range of environmental DNA extractions with lineage‐specific PCR primers reveals that Aquavolonida consists of a large radiation of protists, which are most diversified in freshwater planktonic habitats and as yet undetected in marine environments. Earlier‐branching lineages in Aquavolonida include less frequently detected organisms from soils and freshwater sediments. The 18S rRNA gene phylogeny suggests that Aquavolonida forms a common evolutionary lineage with tremulids and uncharacterized ‘Novel Clade 12’, which likely represents one of the deepest lineages in the Rhizaria, separate from Cercozoa (Filosa), Endomyxa, and Retaria.
State of the Science: Interprofessional Approaches to Aging, Dementia, and Mental Health
Authors: Farrell Timothy W. , Luptak Marilyn K. , Supiano Katherine P. , Pacala James T. , De Lisser Rosalind 
Published: April 2018

AbstractInterprofessional education (IPE) is essential to develop the healthcare workforce of the future. Geriatrics healthcare professionals have long championed innovations in IPE and patient care, but there is increased urgency to address challenges in aging, dementia, and geriatric mental health in America. In 2010, the Partnership for Health in Aging multidisciplinary competencies and a related position statement in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society addressed interdisciplinary team (IDT) training in geriatrics. The position statement reported that training in higher education, academic, and continuing education settings has not been sufficiently responsive to workforce needs. In recent years, health professions educators and health systems leaders have increasingly recognized that IPE should be integrally linked with, and performed within, emerging models of team‐based, value‐driven health care. In this way, IPE will align with learning healthcare systems' pursuit of the Quadruple Aim: improving patient experience, provider experience, and the health of populations, and reducing per capita health care costs. Backed by decades of developing effective team care models and the skill set needed to care for older adults with complex needs, geriatrics healthcare providers from multiple disciplines are uniquely positioned to lead learning healthcare systems in a new effort to develop, implement, and sustain IPE and practice models congruent with these Aims. We provide recommendations for health professions educators, healthcare systems leaders, and policymakers to realize the potential of IPE and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) to improve the health of all Americans in aging, dementia, and mental health.
The impact of litigation risk on the association between audit quality and auditor size: Evidence from China
Authors: Wong Raymond M. K. , Firth Michael A. , Lo Agnes W. Y. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractWe examine whether audit quality varies across different sizes of CPA firms under high or low auditor‐specific litigation risk exposure. We measure audit quality by the issuance of modified audit opinions and the audit fees charged to clients, and we use the organizational form of CPA firms as the proxy for auditors’ litigation risk exposure, where a partnership (limited liability) CPA firm represents a high (low) litigation risk exposure. Built on Choi, Kim, Liu, and Simunic's (2008) theoretical framework, we hypothesize that the litigation risk exposure of CPA firm moderates the association between auditor size and audit quality. Our results show that when the auditor's liability is capped (i.e., registered as a limited liability form of CPA firm), larger size CPA firms are associated with higher audit quality when compared to smaller size CPA firms. However, this positive association between auditor size and audit quality disappears for audit firms that are subject to high litigation risk exposures (i.e., registered as a partnership form of CPA firm). Our research provides new insights on the impact of auditor‐specific litigation risks on the relation between audit quality and auditor size. In particular, we show that only when auditor‐specific litigation risk is limited, do large CPA firms appear to perform higher quality audits than small CPA firms.
A Tough Act to Follow: Contrast Effects in Financial Markets
Authors: HARTZMARK SAMUEL M. , SHUE KELLY 
Published: April 2018

ABSTRACTA contrast effect occurs when the value of a previously observed signal inversely biases perception of the next signal. We present the first evidence that contrast effects can distort prices in sophisticated and liquid markets. Investors mistakenly perceive earnings news today as more impressive if yesterday's earnings surprise was bad and less impressive if yesterday's surprise was good. A unique advantage of our financial setting is that we can identify contrast effects as an error in perceptions rather than expectations. Finally, we show that our results cannot be explained by an alternative explanation involving information transmission from previous earnings announcements.
Food advertising on Australian television: Frequency, duration and monthly pattern of advertising from a commercial network (four channels) for the entire 2016
Authors: Smithers Lisa G , Haag Dandara G , Agnew Benjamin , Lynch John , Sorell Matthew 
Published: April 2018

AimTo estimate the frequency, duration and monthly pattern of discretionary food advertising on Australian free‐to‐air television.MethodsWe logged 30 000 h of television collected in Adelaide during 2016 from one network that has four channels. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating was used to identify discretionary foods. Data were examined according to all times, to children's peak viewing times (PVTs) and to when C‐(children's) rated programmes may be broadcast.ResultsOf the >800 000 advertisements logged during 2016, 11% were for foods (n = 97 837). The most frequently advertised products were: snack foods (e.g. crisps), crumbed/battered meats, fast foods/take away meals and sweetened beverages. The frequency and duration of discretionary food advertising was 1.7 times/h and 0.5 min/h respectively at all times. During children's PVTs, the frequency and duration of discretionary food advertising was 2.3 times/h and 0.7 min/h, respectively. When C‐rated programmes can be broadcast, the frequency and duration of discretionary food advertising was 1.8 times/h and 0.6 min/h, respectively. Across the year, discretionary foods ranged between 41% (August) and 71% (January) of all food advertising.ConclusionsDiscretionary foods dominate food advertising. On average, discretionary food advertising was higher during PVTs for children and during the summer school holidays (January).
Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of interventions targeting harm reduction and chronic hepatitis C cascade of care in people who inject drugs: The case of France
Authors: Cousien A. , Tran V. C. , Deuffic‐Burban S. , Jauffret‐Roustide M. , Mabileau G. , Dhersin J.‐S. , Yazdanpanah Y. 
Published: April 2018

SummaryDirect‐acting antivirals (DAAs) represent an opportunity to improve hepatitis C virus (HCV) care cascade. This combined with improved harm reduction interventions may lead to HCV elimination especially in people who inject drugs (PWID). We assessed the effectiveness/cost‐effectiveness of improvements in harm reduction and chronic hepatitis C (CHC) care cascade in PWID in France. We used a dynamic model of HCV transmission and CHC natural history and evaluated the following: improved needle/syringe programmes‐opioid substitution therapies, faster diagnosis/linkage to care, earlier treatment initiation, alone and in combination among active PWID (mean age = 36). Outcomes were as follows: life expectancy in discounted quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs); direct lifetime discounted costs; incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio (ICER); number of infections/reinfections. Under the current practice, life expectancy was 15.846 QALYs, for a mean lifetime cost of €20 762. Treatment initiation at F0 fibrosis stage alone was less effective and more costly than faster diagnosis/linkage to care combined with treatment initiation at F0, which increased life expectancy to 16.694 QALYs, decreased new infections by 37%, with a ICER = €5300/QALY. Combining these interventions with harm reduction improvements was the most effective scenario (life expectancy = 16.701 QALYs, 41% decrease in new infections) but was not cost‐effective (ICER = €105 600/QALY); it became cost‐effective with higher initial HCV incidence rates and lower harm reduction coverage than in our base‐case scenario. This study illustrated the high effectiveness, and cost‐effectiveness, of a faster diagnosis/linkage to care together with treatment from F0 with DAAs. This “Test and treat” strategy should play a central role both in improving the life expectancies of HCV‐infected patients, and in reducing HCV transmission.