bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Attention, emotion and hedonic service experiences
Authors: Ma Jianya , Campos Ana Cláudia , Li Shanshi , Gardiner Sarah , Scott Noel 
Published: January 2016

Purpose– This paper aims to address the central guiding questions: What principles of services management need urgent re-thinking in the Asian Century? What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?Design/methodology/approach– This paper provides a review of relevant literature on hedonic consumption and related issues of emotion, attention, mental time travel and, importantly, how these phenomena may be measured.Findings– The paper addresses this question from a psychological and customer perspective. Services managers are well-positioned and have a great future for two reasons. First, services in general are the growing part of the global economy. Second, services managers provide the experiences required by increasingly affluent consumers. On the other hand, there is in general within the services sector, a lack of knowledge and expertise in understanding the consumer psychology of hedonic consumption. Additionally, and especially in Western countries, there is lack of knowledge about the cultural differences in experiential requirements of Asian consumers.Originality/value– The paper provides directions for future research in the area of tourism experiences and emotion.
Conceptualising the impact of culture and language upon hospitality service management
Authors: Tabari Saloomeh , Wilson Jonathan A.J. , Ingram Hadyn 
Published: January 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and definitions of culture and its relationship to language and cultural sensitivity in hospitality management services.Design/methodology/approach– The paper takes the form of a critical literature review followed by a phenomenological exploratory pilot study, using template analysis.Findings– Previous studies indicate that the more individuals understand and embrace notions of intercultural sensitivity, then the better they become at being able to recognise and discriminate between cultural differences. Furthermore, as a by-product, there is an increased appetite and tendency towards adopting cultural perspectives other than ones’ own. However, the operationalisation of this process encourages benchmarking along linear scales, which is problematic and over-simplifies the dynamic and fluid nature of effective cultural transmission. The paper’s findings suggest that rather than there being singular cultural and language constructs, there are cultures, which in places overlap, but elsewhere do not and therefore cannot be placed on universal scales; second, the critical success factor is less about linguistic literacy linked to vocabulary and explicit rational comprehension, and more about a pre-emptive cultural interpretive intelligence which identifies emotion and sentiment.Research limitations/implications– This is largely a conceptual paper, which, it is suggested, needs further empirical investigation – both longitudinally and on a larger scale.Originality/value– This perspective moves management, marketing and service delivery away from zero-sum games and transactional exchanges, whether financial, social or linguistic, towards collective wealth creation and empowerment – manifest in social cultural capital and the generation of tacit knowledge. The challenge that remains is how this process can be formalised and the tacit and implicit knowledge gained and created can be preserved.
What needs re-thinking in services management in the dawning age of Asian travellers?
Authors: Dioko Leonardo (Don) A.N. 
Published: January 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to draw upon the various articles in this theme issue and identify the key services management principles that merit re-thinking in the face of the growing and enduring trend of Asian travellers.

Design/methodology/approach
– As a conclusion, this paper reviews the findings of the articles in this theme issue collection and synthesizes them thematically as well as strategically for both scholars and practitioners of services management and marketing.

Findings
– There are five key assumptions that need re-thinking if services management organizations are to adequately meet the challenges of a more demographically diverse wave of travellers led by Asian visitors. Briefly, service organizations need to re-think: how they identify significant shifts in customer profile, the limits of their current service systems, decisions on service integration versus separation, how to transcend the traditional 5 Ps of services and, not least, how to prioritize humanism over efficiency in terms of service manpower training and development.

Research limitations/implications
– Though not exhaustive, the service management issues summarized and highlighted by this paper (and comprising this theme issue of WHATT) should serve to amplify the need to address the significant and enduring changes brought by the new wave of Asian travellers now enveloping services organizations throughout the world.

Originality/value
– The paper serves to identify several areas for service organizations to review and re-think which includes, among others, service interactions between front line service providers and customers, the evolving needs of visitors from Asia, how Asian customers perceive concepts of courtesy and politeness, as well as the use of language and culture in shaping and interpreting socio-cultural interactions in a service setting.
Serum levels of interleukin‐18‐binding protein isoform a: Clinical association with inflammation and pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis
Authors: Nakamura Kouki , Asano Yoshihide , Taniguchi Takashi , Minatsuki Shun , Inaba Toshiro , Maki Hisataka , Hatano Masaru , Yamashita Takashi , Saigusa Ryosuke , Ichimura Yohei , Takahashi Takehiro , Toyama Tetsuo , Yoshizaki Ayumi , Miyagaki Tomomitsu , Sugaya Makoto , Sato Shinichi 
Published: January 2016

AbstractSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by extensive tissue fibrosis and various vascular complications. A wealth of evidence suggests the substantial contribution of pro‐inflammatory cytokines to the development of SSc, but the role of interleukin (IL)‐18 signaling in this disease still remains elusive. To address this issue, we herein determined serum levels of IL‐18‐binding protein isoform a (IL‐18BPa), a soluble decoy receptor for IL‐18, by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay in 57 SSc patients and 20 healthy controls and evaluated their clinical correlation. Serum IL‐18BPa levels were higher in SSc patients than in healthy controls, while comparable between diffuse cutaneous SSc and limited cutaneous SSc patients. Although serum IL‐18BPa levels were not associated with dermal and pulmonary fibrotic parameters in SSc patients, there was a significant positive correlation between serum IL‐18BPa levels and right ventricular systolic pressure estimated by echocardiography. Furthermore, in 24 SSc patients who underwent right heart catheterization, serum IL‐18BPa levels positively correlated with mean pulmonary arterial pressure. As for systemic inflammatory markers, significant positive correlations of circulating IL‐18BPa levels with erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C‐reactive protein were noted. These results suggest that the inhibition of IL‐18 signaling by IL‐18BPa may be involved in the development of pulmonary vascular involvement leading to pulmonary hypertension and modulate the systemic inflammation in SSc.
Treatment of lipoid proteinosis with acitretin in two patients from two unrelated Chinese families with novel nonsense mutations of the ECM1 gene
Authors: Luo Xiao‐Yan , Li Qiu , Tan Qi , Yang Huan , Xiang Juan , Miao Jing‐Kun , Wang Hua 
Published: January 2016

AbstractLipoid proteinosis is a rare recessive genetic disorder caused by loss‐of‐function mutations to chromosome 1 at 1q21, the extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) gene. Two children with lipoid proteinosis were reported from two unrelated Chinese families, both manifesting with a typical hoarse voice, white acne‐like atrophic lesions and scarring on the skin, and beaded papules around the eyelids. The diagnosis had been confirmed by laboratory tests, skin biopsy and laryngoscope examination. Genomic DNA sequencing was performed for both children and their family members. The two children were treated with acitretin for 6 months and followed up for 1 year. Genomic DNA sequencing of the ECM1 gene showed a novel homozygous nonsense mutation of C1522>T (p.R508X) at exon 10 in one patient, and a novel compound heterozygote for a nonsense/frame‐shift combination of mutations of R281X/1596delG at exons 7 and 10 in the other patient. The symptom of hoarse voice was improved by 6‐month treatment with acitretin, while there was no improvement in the skin lesions. These results demonstrated that acitretin treatment may have efficacy for some of patients with lipoid proteinosis, with superior effect on laryngeal symptoms than skin lesions. However, the conclusive therapeutic effect and underlying mechanisms remain to be further investigated.
Rainfall variability and nitrogen addition synergistically reduce plant diversity in a restored tallgrass prairie
Authors: Smith Nicholas G. , Schuster Michael J. , Dukes Jeffrey S. 
Published: January 2016

SummaryClimate change is expected to bring fewer, larger rainfall events and prolonged droughts (i.e. increased rainfall variability). Concurrently, the burning of fossil fuels and reliance on nitrogen (N) fertilizers are expected to continue to increase N availability in many ecosystems. These changes in water and N availability have the potential to alter plant community composition and structure.We manipulated rainfall variability and N inputs in a restored tallgrass prairie over the course of two growing seasons.Greater rainfall variability led to wetter soils throughout the majority of both growing seasons and provided punctuated relief from a severe drought that occurred during the first three months of the experiment.Both rainfall variability‐ and fertilization‐induced increases in resource availability favoured fast‐growing, deeply rooted C3forbs, particularly the dominantSolidago canadensis, at the expense of species adapted to low resource conditions, particularly C4grasses and N‐fixing forbs.This change in community composition decreased plant community diversity and evenness in plots receiving both supplemental N and more variable rainfall.Synthesis and applications. These results suggest that future increases in rainfall variability and nitrogen (N) deposition could synergistically alter the structure of prairie restorations and jeopardize restoration targets related to increasing floral diversity. Mitigating N availability in restoration sites may help to maintain prairie diversity as rainfall patterns become more variable.
The G‐spot: an observational MRI pilot study
Authors: Maratos YK , Gombergh R , Cornier E , Minart JP , Amoretti N , Mpotsaris A 
Published: January 2016

ObjectivesTo identify a G‐spot complex (GSC) in vivo in MRI examinations at 1.5 Tesla field strength.DesignObservational study.SettingSingle centre.PopulationTwenty‐one consecutive patients (January–March 2014).MethodsImaging analysis of routine imaging protocols for usual medical indications with and without concomitant opacification of the vaginal cavity with inert ultrasound gel. The gel distends the otherwise collapsed vaginal walls, allowing for an improved discrimination of anatomic features. The macroscopic and histological results recently derived from the dissections of fresh cadavers by Ostrzenski et al. were translated into imaging characteristics to be expected in the respective MRI sequences (e.g. T1‐ and T2‐weighted) in search of an in vivo correlate of the GSC. Age, menopause status, medical indication and diagnosis were co‐variables.Main outcome measuresTo analyse primarily whether MRI imaging is able to depict a distinct morphological entity in vivo matching the GSC, based on anatomical descriptions published recently. The elaboration of an appropriate MRI‐imaging protocol was a secondary aim.ResultsA total of 21 studies were obtained. A GSC was identified within the anterior vaginal wall in 13/21 patients (62%). In all, 10/21 (48%) had vaginal gel opacification. We identified a GSC in 10/10 patients (100%) with opacification in all three planes of the T2 images. This was only true for 3/11 cases (27%) without opacification.ConclusionsThere is evidence for an in vivo morphological correlate to the postmortem anatomical findings of a GSC described by Ostrzenski et al.; its visibility in MRI imaging can be significantly improved with vaginal opacification by ultrasound gel.Tweetable abstractIdentification of G‐spot by MRI with vaginal gel‐opacification in 13/21 patients.
Trends in Indigenous and non‐Indigenous caesarean section births in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1986–2012: a total population‐based study
Authors: Thompson F , Dempsey K , Mishra G 
Published: January 2016

ObjectiveTo examine trends in caesarean section deliveries and factors associated with these trends for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous mothers.DesignTotal population‐based study.SettingNorthern Territory of Australia, 1986–2012.PopulationPregnancies among Northern Territory residents, limited to singleton live births with cephalic presentations delivered at 37–42 weeks’ gestation (n = 78 561).MethodsDescriptive analyses of demographic and obstetric risk factors. Poisson regression with robust variance to estimate the likelihood of caesarean delivery with and without labour compared with vaginal delivery, over time and between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous mothers, adjusting for risk factors.Main outcome measuresTrends in caesarean sections and risk of caesarean delivery compared with vaginal delivery.ResultsThe total rate of caesarean deliveries in the Northern Territory increased between 1986 and 2012. From the year 2000, the rise was driven by increases in caesareans with labour among nulliparous mothers and no labour caesareans among multiparous mothers. Increases in demographic and obstetric risk factors explained the rise in caesareans with labour among nulliparous Indigenous mothers, whereas other unmeasured variables contributed to the rise among non‐Indigenous mothers. Increases in previous caesarean delivery contributed to the rise in all caesareans among multiparous mothers. Following adjustment, the risk of Indigenous nulliparous mothers having a caesarean with labour was 47% greater than for non‐Indigenous nulliparous mothers [adjusted risk ratio 1.47 (95% CI 1.34–1.60)].ConclusionsIncreases in demographic and obstetric risk factors partially explained the increase in caesarean rates in the Northern Territory and the contribution of these factors differed between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous mothers.Tweetable abstractCaesarean section rates increased between 1986 and 2012 in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Financial Innovation, Derivatives and the UK and US Interest Rate Swap Scandals: Drawing New Boundaries for the Regulation of Financial Innovation
Authors: Bavoso Vincenzo 
Published: January 2016

AbstractA number of questions remained unanswered with respect to the regulation of large financial institutions after the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007–08. Some pressing issues have resurfaced in the context of the recent interest rate swap scandals. These events provided the opportunity to reflect on the wider socio‐political agenda that involves the regulation of banks' behaviour vis‐à‐vis societal stakeholders. In particular, the Interest Rate Swap (IRS) scandals have shown the ability that banks have to first, innovate and customise complex financial products, and second, limit their legal liability when selling them to investors. This has resulted in a highly unfair balance of powers between financial institutions on the one hand and regulators and financial consumers on the other.
Diagnosis of an additional in situ melanoma does not influence survival for patients with a single invasive melanoma: A registry‐based follow‐up study
Authors: Youlden Danny R , Khosrotehrani Kiarash , Green Adèle C , Soyer H Peter , Kimlin Michael G , Youl Philippa H , Aitken Joanne F , Baade Peter D 
Published: January 2016

AbstractUsing a large (N= 25 493) population‐based cohort from Queensland, Australia, we compared melanoma survival among cases with a single invasive melanoma only against those who also had a diagnosis of a single in situ melanoma. After adjustment for sex, age, body site, clinicopathological subtype, thickness and ulceration, it was found that there was no difference (P = 0.99) in 10‐year melanoma‐specific mortality following a diagnosis of an invasive lesion, whether or not an in situ melanoma was also present. We conclude that in situ melanomas do not alter the prognosis of an invasive melanoma.
Heterogeneity of blastomycosis‐like pyoderma: A selection of cases from the last 35 years
Authors: Scuderi Salvatore , O'Brien Blake , Robertson Ivan , Weedon David 
Published: January 2016

AbstractBlastomycosis‐like pyoderma is a form of pyoderma with variable clinical findings and histopathological features. We present a case series of 39 patients collected over a 35‐year period to demonstrate its clinical features and histological findings. The most common clinical presentations found were solitary plaques, solitary nodules, sinuses, crypts, verrucous plaques and discharge, usually on sun‐exposed skin. The most common histopathological findings were chronic granulomatous inflammation, suppurative inflammation, sinus and abscess formation, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, transepidermal elimination and scarring. We discuss its treatment and the recent literature that has focused on its response to acitretin.
L. D. Taylor: The Man Who Made Vancouver
Authors: Rawson Mary 
Published: January 2016

AbstractThis article examines the valuable work of Louis D. Taylor, an early mayor of Vancouver, with the aim of sorting out the sources of the cloud over his reputation. Taylor was mayor of Vancouver more times than anyone, intermittently, and over a long period—1910 to 1934. In spite of his solid on‐the‐ground accomplishments and proven electoral popularity, journalists today tend to ignore or dismiss him; historians keep alive doubts about his integrity; and, among the general public, his name is almost unknown. The author attempts to revive interest in and clarify misconceptions about Taylor by examining his long public career as the multi‐sided reform mayor of Vancouver.
Berkeley Mayor J. Stitt Wilson: Christian Socialist, Georgist, Feminist
Authors: Barton Stephen E. 
Published: January 2016

AbstractJ. Stitt Wilson (1868–1942) was a leading American Christian Socialist. When he was elected Mayor of the City of Berkeley in 1911 he had to shift focus from the broad moral and economic case for socialism to the specifics of municipal reform. He drew on the ideas of Henry George, feminist urban reformers in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the settlement house movement, and progressive and socialist mayors who preceded him. He became a leader in both the Socialist Party and the single‐tax movement in California from 1911 to 1917, working with the shared belief that society, as a society, creates tremendous value that should be used for public benefit rather than taken as private profit. His story illustrates the creativity that can result when people are active in and learn from multiple social movements as well as the difficulties that can result from the tensions within and between movements. It illustrates, as well, some of the varied strands of the urban reform movement that helped create modern city government in America.
Building the Planning Consensus: The Plan of Chicago, Civic Boosterism, and Urban Reform in Chicago, 1893 to 1915
Authors: McCabe Matthew P. 
Published: January 2016

AbstractSince its publication in 1909, Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago has been criticized for its lack of attention to social issues and for the failure of subsequent reconstruction projects to live up to the ambition of the plan. These criticisms assume that the Plan of Chicago was insufficiently progressive, or they evaluate the Plan by reference to the successes and failures of subsequent decades of urban reconstruction in Chicago. This article argues that the key to understanding the Plan of Chicago is to place it in its historical context. Burnham's Plan of Chicago was an expression of the tradition of Chicago civic boosterism and earlier city‐building practices as much as it was of the nascent profession of city planning. Finally, while the Plan did neglect housing, poverty, and other social questions, it did possess a social vision based on civic inclusivity, rather than economic inclusivity. The Plan can be read as a reform document based on the assumption that physical environment shapes individual character and social relationships. It assumed the creation of a unified and harmonious physical city would produce a contented and productive citizenry. In short, the Plan of Chicago deployed a transformative vision in the service of conservative goals.
Hazen S. Pingree and the Detroit Model of Urban Reform
Authors: Lough Alexandra W. 
Published: January 2016

AbstractHazen S. Pingree was a remarkable civic leader. In his four terms as mayor of Detroit from 1889 to 1897, Pingree lowered the cost of vital public utilities, including gas, lighting, and transit; modernized the city's sewage system; and rooted out corruption and dishonesty in municipal government. He successfully spearheaded the movement for the three‐cent streetcar fare and brought Detroit to the brink of public ownership and operation of its own transit system. Pingree's social reform program for Detroit centered around two interrelated urban reform movements gathering steam at the turn of the 20th century: the movement for municipal ownership and the movement to equalize taxes by increasing taxes on corporate property. Both of these movements drew heavily from Henry George's single tax. In particular, Pingree's efforts to secure a municipally owned and operated street railway system and effort to increase taxation on corporate property illustrate the ways in which turn‐of‐the‐20th‐century civic leaders drew from the rhetoric and substance of George's ideas to implement progressive urban reforms.
Daniel Hoan and the Golden Age of Socialist Government in Milwaukee
Authors: Fulda Todd J. 
Published: January 2016

AbstractThis article examines Mayor Daniel Webster Hoan's socialist administration of Milwaukee from 1916–1940. The analysis delves into Hoan's challenges and victories—especially in the early years of his administration—and examines whether the citizens of Milwaukee actually embraced socialism. To answer that question, this article draws extensively from primary sources, including newspaper articles and archived documents, as well as several secondary sources. The evidence shows that Hoan's long tenure as mayor came in spite of, not because of, his socialism. Indeed, Hoan's popularity was due in part to his willingness to break from the Socialist Party platform when it was politically necessary. Ultimately, the people of Milwaukee embraced a popular reformer rather than the ideology he represented.