bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE GOSPEL AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM A TRUST GAME
Authors: MIGHELI Matteo 
Published: August 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper studies how individual religiosity affects people's behaviour. In particular here I study the behaviour of the second players in a standard trust game. While the extant literature has looked for religiosity to increase the stakes passed by the subjects, the results presented here show that more religious people tend to choose an even allocation of these resources, whilst the less religious participants are either opportunistic or generous.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE IN THE EU: A CROSS‐COUNTRY EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE CONTEXTUAL DETERMINANTS OF NPM REFORM RHETORIC
Authors: ESPOSITO Giovanni , GAETA Giuseppe Lucio , TRASCIANI Giorgia 
Published: August 2016

ABSTRACTFramed within the paradigm of New Public Management (NPM), structural reforms in the EU aimed at modernizing the public administrations of Member States (MSs) have long since been a priority area of the EU's economic policy. Since the 1990s, these reforms have been sharply intensified across European countries with the declared purpose of enhancing economy, efficiency and effectiveness in their national public sectors’ organizations. In line with the European Commission's recent research initiatives in search for novel quantitative data on NPM in the EU, this paper studies European parties’ NPM reform rhetoric. More specifically, it investigates the MSs’ institutional, economic and political context within which parties have declared their intention of reforming national administrative systems. Thus, it sheds light on the MSs’ domestic factors that are associated with the diffusion of the NPM values across the political discourse of EU's national parties.
How do students and lecturers experience the interactive use of handheld technology in large enrolment courses?
Authors: Van Daele Tom , Frijns Carolien , Lievens Jeroen 
Published: August 2016

AbstractAlthough constructivist theories have shown learning is accelerated by involvement and meaningful lecturer–student and student–student interaction, these ingredients are mostly absent from large attendance lectures. A number of studies have already focused on more active ways of learning in large lecture classrooms, most often by using student response systems or “clickers”. This field study wishes to extend the current knowledge base by providing an overview of how students and lecturers experience technology in large enrolment courses. An intervention introducing meaningful use of mobile technology in large attendance lectures was therefore set‐up and different aspects were evaluated: interaction and involvement, pleasantness and need for future implementation of an intervention. Participants were 185 bachelor students of Applied Psychology and three lecturers. A mixed method design was used, combining an online questionnaire consisting of multiple choice questions using a 5‐point Likert response scale and open ended questions, with focus group interviews. Focus groups with both students and lecturers provided additional data. Results showed that students experience increased involvement and interaction, that they found the didactical use pleasant and that they were convinced of the need for future use of mobile technology in daily education practice. Focus group interviews with students confirmed these findings under the condition that the used technology was integrated functionally in the lecture. The involved lecturers reported on positive effects and showed themselves to be favorable toward using handheld, mobile technology in large attendance lectures to boost interaction and involvement, even though they admitted to feeling unease about surrendering a level of control over the pedagogic setting.
Retrospective cognitive feedback for progress monitoring in serious games
Authors: Nadolski Rob J. , Hummel Hans G. K. 
Published: August 2016

AbstractAlthough the importance of cognitive feedback in digital serious games (DSG) is undisputed, we are facing some major design challenges. First of all, we do not know to which extend existing research guidelines apply when we stand the risk of cognitive feedback distorting the delicate balance between learning and playing. Unobtrusive cognitive feedback has to be interspersed with gameplay. Second, many effective solutions for providing cognitive feedback we do know might simply be too costly. To face both challenges, this study offers an efficient approach for providing unobtrusive and retrospective cognitive feedback (RCF) in DSG. This approach was applied onto a game where feedback messages were triggered via simple rules about learners' questioning behavior on four dimensions. We found the experimental condition including such RCF to yield better learning outcomes while maintaining similar motivation.
Surgical quality of minimally invasive adrenalectomy for adrenocortical carcinoma: a contemporary analysis using the National Cancer Database
Authors: Maurice Matthew J. , Bream Matthew J. , Kim Simon P. , Abouassaly Robert 
Published: August 2016

ObjectivesTo compare quality outcomes between open (OA) and minimally invasive (MIA) adrenalectomy for adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC).Patients and MethodsIn the National Cancer Database, we identified 481 patients with non‐metastatic ACC who underwent adrenalectomy from 2010 to 2013. OA and MIA were compared on positive surgical margin (PSM) and lymph node dissection (LND) rates (primary outcomes), and lymph node yield, length of stay (LOS), readmission, and overall survival (secondary outcomes). Using the intention‐to‐treat principle, minimally‐invasive‐converted‐to‐open cases were considered MIA. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of PSMs and LND. Associations between approach and the outcomes were further assessed by stage and tumour size.ResultsOverall, 161 patients (33.5%) underwent MIA. MIA was used more commonly in older, comorbid patients; for smaller, localised tumours; and at lower‐volume centres. In the intention‐to‐treat analysis, MIA independently predicted PSMs [odds ratio (OR) 2.0, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1–3.6; P = 0.03) and no LND (OR 0.1, 95% CI 0.03–0.6; P = 0.01). On subgroup analysis, the association between MIA and PSMs only held true for pT3 disease (48.7% vs 26.7%, P = 0.01). A higher PSM rate was seen for tumours of ≥10 cm managed with MIA vs OA, but this difference was not significant (28.2% vs 18.5%, P = 0.16). Likewise, the association between MIA and no LND was only observed for male patients, tumours ≥10 cm, and cN0 disease. After excluding minimally‐invasive‐converted‐to‐open cases, the difference in PSM was less pronounced and non‐significant (OR 1.8, 95% CI 0.9–3.4; P = 0.08). MIA was associated with significantly shorter median LOS (3 vs 6 days, P < 0.01) and non‐significantly decreased readmissions (4.4% vs 8.8%, P = 0.08) compared to OA without any difference in lymph node yield or overall survival.ConclusionFor organ‐confined disease, MIA offers comparable surgical quality to OA, while expediting inpatient recovery. OA is associated with superior outcomes for locally advanced disease.
The influence of prostate‐specific antigen density on positive and negative predictive values of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging to detect Gleason score 7–10 prostate cancer in a repeat biopsy setting
Authors: Hansen Nienke L. , Barrett Tristan , Koo Brendan , Doble Andrew , Gnanapragasam Vincent , Warren Anne , Kastner Christof , Bratt Ola 
Published: August 2016

ObjectivesTo evaluate the influence of prostate‐specific antigen density (PSAD) on positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to detect Gleason score ≥7 cancer in a repeat biopsy setting.Patients and MethodsRetrospective study of 514 men with previous prostate biopsy showing no or Gleason score 6 cancer. All had mpMRI, graded 1–5 on a Likert scale for cancer suspicion, and subsequent targeted and 24‐core systematic image‐fusion guided transperineal biopsy in 2013–2015. The NPVs and PPVs of mpMRIs for detecting Gleason score ≥7 cancer were calculated (±95% confidence intervals) for PSAD ≤0.1, 0.1–0.2, ≤0.2 and >0.2 ng/mL/mL, and compared by chi‐square test for linear trend.ResultsGleason score ≥7 cancer was detected in 31% of the men. The NPV of Likert 1–2 mpMRI was 0.91 (±0.04) with a PSAD of ≤0.2 ng/mL/mL and 0.71 (±0.16) with a PSAD of >0.2 ng/mL/mL (P = 0.003). For Likert 3 mpMRI, PPV was 0.09 (±0.06) with a PSAD of ≤0.2 ng/mL/mL and 0.44 (±0.19) with a PSAD of >0.2 ng/mL/mL (P = 0.002). PSAD also significantly affected the PPV of Likert 4–5 mpMRI lesions: the PPV was 0.47 (±0.08) with a PSAD of ≤0.2 ng/mL/mL and 0.66 (±0.10) with a PSAD of >0.2 ng/mL/mL (P < 0.001).ConclusionIn a repeat biopsy setting, a PSAD of ≤0.2 ng/mL/mL is associated with low detection of Gleason score ≥7 prostate cancer, not only in men with negative mpMRI, but also in men with equivocal imaging. Surveillance, rather than repeat biopsy, may be appropriate for these men. Conversely, biopsies are indicated in men with a high PSAD, even if an mpMRI shows no suspicious lesion, and in men with an mpMRI suspicious for cancer, even if the PSAD is low.
Prostate cancer outcomes for men who present with symptoms at diagnosis
Authors: Beckmann Kerri R. , O'Callaghan Michael E. , Ruseckaite Rasa , Kinnear Ned , Miller Caroline , Evans Sue , Roder David M. , Moretti Kim ,   the South Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcomes Collaborative
Published: August 2016

ObjectiveTo compare clinical features, treatments and outcomes in men with non‐metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) according to whether they were referred for symptoms or elevated prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) level.Patients and MethodsThis study used data from the South Australia Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcomes Collaborative database; a multi‐institutional clinical registry covering both the public and private sectors. We included all non‐metastatic cases from 1998 to 2013 referred for urinary/prostatic symptoms or elevated PSA level. Multivariate Poisson regression was used to identify characteristics associated with symptomatic presentation and compare treatments according to reason for referral. Outcomes (i.e. overall survival, PCa‐specific survival, metastasis‐free survival and disease‐free survival) were compared using multivariate Cox proportional hazards and competing risk regression.ResultsOur analytical cohort consisted of 4 841 men with localized PCa. Symptomatic men had lower‐risk disease (incidence ratio [IR] 0.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.61–0.81 for high vs low risk), fewer radical prostatectomies (IR 0.64, CI: 0.56–0.75) and less radiotherapy (IR 0.86, CI: 0.77–0.96) than men presenting with elevated PSA level. All‐cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 1.31, CI: 1.16–1.47), disease‐specific mortality (HR 1.42, CI: 1.13–1.77) and risk of metastases (HR 1.36, CI: 1.13–1.64) were higher for men presenting with symptoms, after adjustment for other clinical characteristics; however, risk of disease progression did not differ (HR 0.90, CI: 0.74–1.07) amongst those treated curatively. Subgroup analyses indicated poorer PCa survival for symptomatic referral among men undergoing radical prostatectomy (HR 3.4, CI: 1.3–8.8), those aged >70 years (HR 1.4, CI: 1.0–1.8), men receiving private treatment (HR 2.1, CI: 1.3–3.3), those diagnosed via biopsy (HR 1.3, CI: 1.0–1.7) and those diagnosed before 2006 (HR 1.6, CI: 1.2–2.7).ConclusionOur results suggest that symptomatic presentation may be an independent negative prognostic indicator for PCa survival. More complete assessment of disease grade and extent, more definitive treatment and increased post‐treatment monitoring among symptomatic cases may improve outcomes. Further research to determine any pathophysiological basis for poor outcomes in symptomatic men is warranted.
What happens in child and family social work supervision?
Authors: Wilkins David , Forrester Donald , Grant Louise 
Published: August 2016

AbstractSupervision is fundamental to the social work profession. However, increasing concern has been expressed over the managerial capture of local authority social work and the use of supervision as a way of enabling management oversight (or surveillance) of practice. Despite the importance of supervision, we have little evidence about what happens when managers and child and family social workers meet to discuss casework and less about how supervision influences practice. In this study, 34 supervision case discussions were recorded. Detailed descriptions are given of what happens in supervision. Overall, case discussions operated primarily as a mechanism for management oversight and provided limited opportunity for reflection, emotional support or critical thinking. With reference to organizational context, it is suggested that these deficits result from a system that focuses too much on ‘what and when’ things happen and not enough on ‘how and why’.
The Return of Czernowitz: Urban Affect, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Place‐making in a European Borderland City
Authors: WANNER CATHERINE 
Published: August 2016

AbstractIn a borderland city in Ukraine emerging from Soviet socialism on the edge of Europe, a cultivated urban affect of Hapsburg‐era Europeanness fosters political orientations and attachments to place that are based on particular visions of the past. Affective emotions of an agentive nature situate individuals in a specific place and potentially create feelings of belonging, making urban space a site of politicized place‐making and self‐making. Affective experiences of space mediate the twin processes of producing material urban space and constructing the meanings of that space, revealing the extent to which political formations generate affect and how affect is a political form itself. Affectivity and the urban landscape interactively shape politicized subjectivities and considering them together reveals how affect can be transmitted in the course of everyday life. [Affect; Urban; Nostalgia; Cosmopolitanism; Place; Europe; Eurasia]
A Crouching Village: Ebola and the Empty Gestures of Quarantine in Monrovia
Authors: HOFFMAN DANNY 
Published: August 2016

AbstractIn its scale, its virulence, and, most significantly, its urbanity, the 2014‐2015 outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD or simply Ebola) in the Mano River region of West Africa seemed to challenge the basic tools of modern public health. As a result, the government of Liberia took the extraordinary step of implementing a cordon sanitaire around one of the poorest neighborhoods in the capital city, Monrovia. Observers labeled both the quarantine and the ensuing riots as barbaric acts not seen since the plagues of the Middle Ages. This characterization masked the real history of racial separation that defines many African cities, and cast Monrovia's poorest residents as morally bankrupt, primitive savages. In this article I instead explore the quarantine as an instance of the repetition of a familiar urban form, and read the ensuing violence in Monrovia's West Point neighborhood not as an ethical problem but as an “empty” political gesture. [Liberia; Ebola; Quarantine; Urban Planning; Urban Violence; Monrovia]
Assumption‐versus data‐based approaches to summarizing species’ ranges
Authors: Peterson A. Townsend , Navarro‐Sigüenza Adolfo G. , Gordillo Alejandro 
Published: August 2016

AbstractFor conservation decision making, species’ geographic distributions are mapped using various approaches. Some such efforts have downscaled versions of coarse‐resolution extent‐of‐occurrence maps to fine resolutions for conservation planning. We examined the quality of the extent‐of‐occurrence maps as range summaries and the utility of refining those maps into fine‐resolution distributional hypotheses. Extent‐of‐occurrence maps tend to be overly simple, omit many known and well‐documented populations, and likely frequently include many areas not holding populations. Refinement steps involve typological assumptions about habitat preferences and elevational ranges of species, which can introduce substantial error in estimates of species’ true areas of distribution. However, no model‐evaluation steps are taken to assess the predictive ability of these models, so model inaccuracies are not noticed. Whereas range summaries derived by these methods may be useful in coarse‐grained, global‐extent studies, their continued use in on‐the‐ground conservation applications at fine spatial resolutions is not advisable in light of reliance on assumptions, lack of real spatial resolution, and lack of testing. In contrast, data‐driven techniques that integrate primary data on biodiversity occurrence with remotely sensed data that summarize environmental dimensions (i.e., ecological niche modeling or species distribution modeling) offer data‐driven solutions based on a minimum of assumptions that can be evaluated and validated quantitatively to offer a well‐founded, widely accepted method for summarizing species’ distributional patterns for conservation applications.
Does asymptomatic recurrent diffuse capillary C4d complement deposition impair cardiac allograft function?
Authors: Frea Simone , Iacovino Cristina , Botta Michela , De Filippi Ilaria , Mazzucco Gianna , Pidello Stefano , Biolè CarloAlberto , Bergerone Serena , Boffini Massimo , Praticò Barbato Loredana , Morello Mara , Rinaldi Mauro , Gaita Fiorenzo 
Published: August 2016

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate whether asymptomatic recurrent (≥2) antibody‐mediated rejection (pAMR 1+), defined as diffuse capillary C4d immunostaining (rAMR) on endomyocardial biopsies (EMBs), during the first year after heart transplantation impairs left ventricular (LV) function.MethodsFifty‐four consecutive heart transplant patients who survived well (New York Heart Association ≤2 and EF≥55%) the first month after transplantation were enrolled and prospectively underwent 490 echocardiographies and EMB. Asymptomatic rAMR without histopathologic findings was evaluated as a risk factor for deterioration of graft function. Primary endpoint, assessed 1 year after transplantation, was development of LV dysfunction and/or adverse remodeling according to pre‐specified echo parameters.ResultsDuring the first year from transplantation, rAMR occurred in five patients. Recurrent AMR was associated with a significant higher risk to develop LV concentric hypertrophy (OR 3.6, 95% CI: 1.8–7.0, P=.02) or reduced lateral S′ peak velocity (OR 2.3, 95% CI: 1.5–3.6, P=.03). Patients with rAMR showed significative adverse graft remodeling (ΔLV end‐diastolic volume: +16±12.3 vs −0.2±14.4 mL; P=.02) and deterioration of graft function (Δlateral S′ peak velocity: −3.3±3 vs −0.4±2.9 cm/s; P=.03).ConclusionsRecurrent asymptomatic diffuse capillary C4d immunostaining may play a role in the early development of cardiac allograft adverse remodeling and dysfunction.
Sequential kidney–liver transplantation from the same living donor for lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase deficiency
Authors: Ahmad Sarwat B. , Miller Michael , Hanish Steven , Bartlett Stephen T. , Hutson William , Barth Rolf N. , LaMattina John C. 
Published: August 2016

AbstractBackgroundLecithin cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of lipoprotein metabolism that results in end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) necessitating transplantation. As LCAT is produced in the liver, combined kidney and liver transplantation was proposed to cure the clinical syndrome of LCAT deficiency.MethodsA 29‐year‐old male with ESRD secondary to LCAT deficiency underwent a sequential kidney–liver transplantation from the same living donor (LD). One year following the kidney transplant, auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplant (APOLT) of a left lateral segment from the same donor was performed.ResultsAt 5 years follow‐up, there have been no major complications, readmissions, or rejection episodes. Serum lipid abnormalities recurred within the first year, but liver and kidney allograft function remains intact.ConclusionFew cases of sequential transplantation from the same LD have been performed in adults. This is the first APOLT and multi‐organ transplant performed for LCAT deficiency. Sequential organ transplant from the same LD for ESRD secondary to a metabolic disorder of the liver is feasible in adults and should be further investigated.
Sulphur speciation and availability in long‐term fertilized soil: evidence from chemical fractionation and SK‐edge XANES spectroscopy
Authors: Xu C. , Wang S. , Chen Z. , Lv J. , Luo L. , Li J. , Ma Y. 
Published: August 2016

Knowledge of sulphur (S) speciation in soil following applications of chemical and organic fertilizers is important for understanding the availability and fate of S in agricultural ecosystems. Sulphur speciation of the soil in three fields, which are part of the National Long‐term Monitoring Network of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects of China, was investigated with a combination of a wet‐chemical fractionation scheme and S K‐edge X‐ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. Treatments of the soil included no fertilizers (control), regular applications of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers (NPK), or of NPK plus organic manures (MNPK) since 1990. Soil samples were taken from the topsoil (0–20 cm) and subsoil (20–40 cm) horizons in 2011. Chemical fractionation showed that available sulphate was the predominant inorganic S species in the Eutric Cambisol, whereas HCl‐extractable sulphate was the main inorganic S species in the Haplic Phaeozem and Calcaric Cambisol. Organic S accounted for up to 77% of total S in all soil samples. Results from the fractionation (inorganic S plus ester‐S) and XANES analysis (oxidized S) were correlated (r = 0.585, P < 0.01), which confirmed the presence of HCl‐extractable sulphate and the speciation of residual S in soil. Long‐term application of organic manures facilitated significantly the accumulation of intermediate and reduced S species and increased total and organic S in the soil (P < 0.01). In contrast, the application of chemical fertilizers (NPK) had little effect on the distribution of organic S species compared with the control. Atmospheric deposition was identified as an important source of S. The combination of chemical fractionation and XANES spectroscopy provided complementary information on the availability and speciation of S in soil.HighlightsAvailability and species of S are characterized with chemical fractionation and XANES spectroscopy.
Insoluble sulphate is identified as an important form of S in the soil regardless of soil pH.
Organic manure facilitates the accumulation of organic S in long‐term fertilized soil.
Atmospheric deposition contributes importantly to the input and cycling of S in soil.