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Mental health predicted by coping, social support, and resilience among young unwed pregnant Malaysian women and mothers living in shelter homes
Authors: Nor Jana Saim , Ghazinour Mehdi , Richter Jörg 
Published: September 2016

PurposeThere is a dearth of research on unwed young pregnant Malaysian women and mothers’ coping strategy and resilience in the context of limited social support they received. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the prediction of mental health by coping, social support, and resilience among unwed young Malaysian pregnant women and mothers.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative data of two assessments from respondents aged 11 to 32 years during their stay in shelter homes have been analyzed.FindingsThe result from the longitudinal study found that the variability in mental health scores could be explained between 14 percent for depressive-behavioral symptoms and 36 percent for general health. The mental health scores from the first assessment were part of the regression equation with the highest standardizedβscores. Cross-sectional, the variance in the three independent variable sets explained between 6 percent (general health) and 23 percent (cognitive depressive symptoms) of the variance in the various mental health scores with different variables of significant standardizedβscores in the regression equation. The study also found there were no significant changes in social support, resilience and coping between the first and second assessments even if the respondents had been in the shelter homes for a period of time.Originality/valueThe study highlighted the issue of mental health among Malaysian unwed mothers during residential periods in shelter homes. As the subject of unwed mothers is considered taboo, their rights are often deprived or overlooked.
Hotel maintenance management in Sanya, China
Authors: Pitt Michael , Cannavina Dominique , Sulaiman Raha , Mahyuddin Norhayati , Wu Cenlang 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
To optimize hotel maintenance works, planned and reactive techniques are required which efficiently and effectively engage with the commercial and regulatory requirements of hotel operators and maintenance managers. The purposes of this study are to identify the constraints and challenges of hotel maintenance from the viewpoints of key stakeholders and to determine the strategies and processes employed in maintenance to overcome them.

Design/methodology/approach
The study focuses on five and four star hotels in Sanya of the Hainan Province. Eight face-to-face interviews were conducted in conjunction with 50 questionnaires, which were distributed to senior hotel operators and maintenance managers.

Findings
Maintenance management strategies are collaborative, with input from multiple stakeholders. Partial outsourcing is extremely common, being employed as a way of lowering operating costs and saving time while also meeting governmental statutory and regulatory requirements for some mechanical and electrical services. Availability of skilled workers, types of systems being serviced and the availability of specialist materials and tools were all found to influence the viability and effectiveness of in-house maintenance as discrete from outsourced maintenance. In reality, the challenges can include a lack of labor training and relatively lower quality of materials or energy efficiency requirements, especially in Sanya’s hotel industry.

Originality/value
The aim of this research was primarily focused on identifying the present maintenance statuses and strategies in hotels while determining the factors which result in a favorable bias toward a successful hotel maintenance management. Factors that affect hotel operators’ and maintenance managers’ decisions were identified and their influences quantified. The difficulties faced by hotels in implementing maintenance strategies were ratiocinated and stated to investigate those issues more deeply.
Bend it like FIFA: corruption on and off the pitch
Authors: Boudreaux Christopher John , Karahan Gokhan , Coats Morris 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the institutional background and the incentive for FIFA executives to engage in corrupt activities. The authors also highlight recent FIFA scandals and discuss approaches that may affect FIFA’s corruption in the future.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors approach this subject through a historical narrative. The authors review the literature on corruption and apply these findings to the FIFA organization. Due to many similarities, the authors are able to juxtapose the successes and failures of the Olympics, and apply these findings to FIFA.

Findings
Based on the examination, the authors find that FIFA’s corruption can be mitigated, but it is a very difficult task to accomplish. The US Department of Justice has helped to jump start a corruption reform in FIFA. This has also facilitated the activities of the FIFA ethics committee. However, only time will tell whether these changes will be meaningful and last.

Originality/value
The contribution is that the authors closely link the sports management and economics literature on corruption using FIFA as the subject of analysis. Because of the recent FIFA scandal, the authors are able to update the corruption literature as it applies to this organization and, more generally, in sports.
Inelastic sports ticket pricing, marginal win revenue, and firm pricing strategy
Authors: Chang Yang-Ming , Potter Joel M. , Sanders Shane 
Published: September 2016

Purpose
A standard result of firm theory is that a monopoly maximizes profit somewhere along the elastic portion of its demand curve. However, empirical studies of sports ticket pricing routinely find that (home) teams price along the inelastic portion of demand. Despite compelling theoretical explanations of this finding, at least one important factor remains unconsidered. A profit-maximizing team considers not only direct marginal revenue and direct marginal cost when setting a ticket price but also deferred, strategic benefit (revenue) from present game success. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
Prior literature finds that a given win is valued in that it generates additional future revenue and likelihood of home victory rises, ceteris paribus, in crowd density. The authors construct a firm profit maximization problem in which a sports team considers both present and future revenue when pricing home games in the present period.

Findings
If the deferred benefit is sufficiently large, a forward-looking, profit-maximizing team prices along the inelastic portion of its static demand curve. Importantly, this same price falls along the elastic portion of the firm’s (empirically unobserved) dynamic demand curve.

Originality/value
This is the first model of sports ticket pricing to recognize the intertemporal nature of demand for a sports match.
Reducing reputational risk
Authors: Benn Shaun , Abratt Russell , Kleyn Nicola 
Published: September 2016

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to establish how executive managers in a South African organisation prioritise and manage reputational risks arising from stakeholder claims. The authors establish how corporate reputation and reputational risk fits into their decision making when considering stakeholder claims.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted in-depth interviews with the top management of a South African paint manufacture. They identified eight stakeholder claims and discussed how they assessed and addressed each one.FindingsRespondents identified highly, moderate, and low salient claims. They reported on how they dealt with these different claims in terms of the attributes of power, legitimacy, and urgency.Originality/valueThis is an empirical theory-testing study of how managers deal with stakeholder claims. The authors establish how corporate reputation and reputational risk fits into their decision making when considering stakeholder claims. The authors suggest that managers must not only understand who their stakeholders are, but need to evaluate the impact of stakeholder claims in order to manage reputational risk.
Clinical significance of serum soluble T‐cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 levels in systemic sclerosis: Association with disease severity
Authors: Chiba Miki , Yanaba Koichi , Hayashi Mitsuha , Yoshihara Yuki , Nakagawa Hidemi 
Published: September 2016

AbstractT‐cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM‐3) has been thought to play a crucial role in the negative regulation of immune responses. Here, we examined the levels of serum soluble TIM‐3 (sTIM‐3) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and evaluated the results with respect to the clinical features of the disease. Patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc) had higher levels of sTIM‐3 than those with limited cutaneous SSc and healthy individuals. Serum sTIM‐3 levels were positively correlated with the severity of skin sclerosis in early phase dcSSc. Moreover, serum sTIM‐3 levels were increased more often in patients with renal crisis and cardiac involvement than in those with normal sTIM‐3 levels. These results suggest that serum sTIM‐3 levels may be increased in patients with early phase dcSSc and associated with cardiac involvement and renal crisis. Measurement of serum sTIM‐3 may be useful for risk stratification in the early stage of the disease.
Mating opportunities and energetic constraints drive variation in age‐dependent sexual signalling
Authors: Houslay Thomas M. , Houslay Kirsty F. , Rapkin James , Hunt John , Bussière Luc F. 
Published: September 2016

Summary

When males repeatedly produce energetically expensive sexual signals, trade‐offs between current and future investment can cause plasticity in age‐dependent signalling. Such variation is often interpreted as alternate adaptive strategies: live fast and die young vs. slow and steady.

An alternative (yet rarely tested) explanation is that condition‐dependent constraints on allocation cause variation in signalling with age (‘late bloomers’ do not have early investment options). Testing this hypothesis is challenging because resource acquisition and allocation are difficult to measure, and energetic reserves both affect and are affected by reproductive effort.

We simultaneously manipulated acquisition (through dietary nutrition) and access to potential mates (as a proxy for manipulating sexual trait allocation) in male decorated crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus), while measuring age‐ and signalling effort‐mediated changes in energy storage components.

Increased diet quality caused increased signalling effort and energy storage, while access to females increased both the likelihood of and time spent signalling. Males with lower resource budgets signalled less, but still suffered energetic storage loss and viability costs.

Our results suggest that energetic constraints, rather than strategic resource accumulation, reduced signalling levels in males with lower resource acquisition ability. Our findings imply a non‐adaptive explanation for age‐dependent variation in sexual signalling, and an important role for energetic constraints in maintaining the honesty of costly behavioural displays.
Development and Validation of a Technique for Casting Anatomical Features and Toolmarks
Authors: Aland Rachel Claire , Piper Alan , Gosden Edward 
Published: September 2016

AbstractTime may elapse between examination of marks inflicted on the body and comparison with a potential weapon. Two‐dimensional photographs may be inadequate for effective comparison of a three‐dimensional mark with a putative instrument. Taking a cast and producing a positive image results in a lasting three‐dimensional record. This project aimed to develop and demonstrate the accuracy of an easy technique for production of long‐lasting positive images (using plaster of Paris and dental alginate). Casts of facial features of embalmed cadavers were used to produce a positive image of the face (death mask). Measurements of distances between facial anatomical landmarks were compared with measurements of distances between the same landmarks on the death masks to assess accuracy of reproduction. There were no significant differences between cadaver and death mask in 6 of 9 measurements, indicating this technique has high accuracy with less mobile facial features, but produces deformation of pliable features.
Remote Wiping and Secure Deletion on Mobile Devices: A Review
Authors: Leom Ming Di , Choo Kim‐Kwang Raymond , Hunt Ray 
Published: September 2016

AbstractMobile devices have become ubiquitous in almost every sector of both private and commercial endeavors. As a result of such widespread use in everyday life, many users knowingly and unknowingly save significant amounts of personal and/or commercial data on these mobile devices. Thus, loss of mobile devices through accident or theft can expose users—and their businesses—to significant personal and corporate cost. To mitigate this data leakage issue, remote wiping features have been introduced to modern mobile devices. Given the destructive nature of such a feature, however, it may be subject to criminal exploitation (e.g., a criminal exploiting one or more vulnerabilities to issue a remote wiping command to the victim's device). To obtain a better understanding of remote wiping, we survey the literature, focusing on existing approaches to secure flash storage deletion and provide a critical analysis and comparison of a variety of published research in this area. In support of our analysis, we further provide prototype experimental results for three Android devices, thus providing both a theoretical and applied focus to this article as well as providing directions for further research.
Challenges in Radiofrequency Pasteurization of Shell Eggs: Coagulation Rings
Authors: Lau Soon Kiat , Thippareddi Harshavardhan , Jones David , Negahban Mehrdad , Subbiah Jeyamkondan 
Published: September 2016

AbstractA total of 50 different configurations of simple radiofrequency (RF) heating at 27.12 MHz of a shell egg were simulated using a finite element model with the purpose of pasteurizing the egg. Temperature‐dependent thermal and dielectric properties of the yolk, albumen, and shell were measured, fitted, and introduced into the model. A regression equation that relates the top electrode voltage to the gap between the electrodes and vertical position of the egg was developed. Simulation and experimental results had good agreement in terms of temperature deviation (root mean squared error ranged from 0.35 °C to 0.48 °C) and both results demonstrated the development of a “coagulation ring” around the air cell. The focused heating near the air cell of the egg prevented pasteurization of the egg due to its impact on quality (coagulation). Analysis of the electric field patterns offered a perspective on how nonuniform RF heating could occur in heterogeneous food products. The results can be used to guide development of RF heating for heterogeneous food products and further development of RF pasteurization of eggs.
The Difficulty of Selecting the NANDA‐I Nursing Diagnosis (2015–2017) of “Death Anxiety” in Japan
Authors: Shimomai Kimiyo , Furukawa Hidetoshi , Kuroda Yuko , Fukuda Kazuaki , Masuda Mitsumi , Koizumi Junko 
Published: September 2016

PURPOSEThe purpose of our study was to clarify any difficulties or problems that exist in Japanese healthcare sites regarding the selection of death anxiety as a nursing diagnosis.METHODSThis study was a qualitative, inductive research design. The semistructured interviews were conducted on the participants who were nurses and had 3 or more years of clinical experience in Japan.RESULTSResults showed four categories: “The Japanese have a culture of avoiding death,” “It is extremely difficult to match diagnostic indicators and related factors with specific patient cases,” “Other diagnoses exist that are effective and enable proactive intervention,” and “The definition of death anxiety and the meaning of its diagnostic indicators are unintelligible.”DISCUSSIONIt is thought that nursing diagnoses that reflect specific cultural backgrounds require definitions appropriate to each country and appropriate revisions to diagnostic indicators.
Interactive Effects of Ethanol and HIV‐1 Proteins on Novelty‐Seeking Behaviors and Addiction‐Related Gene Expression
Authors: Wingo Taylor , Nesil Tanseli , Chang Sulie L. , Li Ming D. 
Published: September 2016

BackgroundNovelty‐seeking behavior is related to the reward system in the brain and can predict the potential for addiction. Alcohol use is prevalent in HIV‐1‐infected patients and adversely affects antiretroviral medication. The difference in vulnerability to alcohol addiction between HIV‐1‐infected and noninfected populations has not been fully investigated. This study was designed to determine whether HIV‐1 proteins alter the effects of ethanol (EtOH) on novelty‐seeking behavior using the HIV‐1 transgenic (HIV‐1Tg) rat as the study model and to examine the molecular mechanisms responsible for this behavior.MethodsBoth HIV‐1Tg and F344 control rats were tested for baseline novelty‐seeking behavior, then received either EtOH (1 g/kg) at a concentration of 20% v/v or saline treatment for 13 days, and then were retested for novelty seeking. Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction was conducted to examine the differences in expression of 65 genes implicated in novelty seeking and alcohol addiction between strains and treatment groups.ResultsThe HIV‐1 proteins significantly enhanced baseline novelty‐seeking behaviors in both the hole‐board and open‐field tests. Chronic EtOH treatment significantly increased baseline novelty‐seeking behavior in both strains, but the effects of EtOH appeared to be more robust and prominent in HIV‐1Tg rats. Strain‐specific patterns of altered gene expression were observed for dopaminergic, cholinergic, and glutamatergic signaling in the nucleus accumbens, suggesting the effects of HIV‐1 proteins on the brain's reward system. Chronic EtOH treatment was shown to greatly modulate the effects of HIV‐1 proteins in these neurotransmitter systems.ConclusionsTaken together, our findings indicate that HIV‐1 proteins could modify novelty‐seeking behavior at the gene expression level, and EtOH treatment may enhance this behavior in both strains but to a greater extent in HIV‐1Tg rats.
Morphostructure of Immune System Organs in Cattle of Different Age
Authors: Gasisova A. I. , Atkenova A. B. , Ahmetzhanova N. B. , Murzabekova L. M. , Bekenova A. C. 
Published: September 2016

SummaryThis article provides comprehensive consideration of the age‐dependent morphofunctional state of organs and tissues of the immune system (thymus, spleen, superficial and deep lymph nodes) in cattle. The morphofunctional maturity of organs and tissues of the immune system in cattle will be taken into account in various experimental studies, preventive and therapeutic measures. Performed analysis provides description of the spleen formation as well as the thymus and lymph nodes in post‐natal ontogenesis and the macro‐ and microscopic structure of lymphoid cells and macrophages. The obtained results can be used to study immune responses of the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes in the pathological immunogenesis and may serve as a basis for development of recommendations related to diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the cattle immune system. The morphofunctional state of organs and tissues of the immune system in cattle was first studied with regard to the age dynamics. Based on the immunohistological studies, this article described the distribution and topography of immunocompetent cells (T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes and macrophages) and proliferative activity of lymphoid cells in the lymphoid organs and tissues in cattle.
Systematic review: second‐generation vs. conventional corticosteroids for induction of remission in ulcerative colitis
Authors: D'Haens G. 
Published: September 2016

SummaryBackgroundOral corticosteroids are the mainstay treatment for induction of ulcerative colitis remission in patients failing or intolerant to aminosalicylate therapy, but the poor tolerability profile of these drugs limits their usefulness. Second‐generation, gut‐selective corticosteroids may offer a safe alternative to systemic agents.AimTo review the efficacy and safety of systemic and second‐generation oral corticosteroids for the induction of remission in ulcerative colitis.MethodsThe PubMed database was searched for randomised, controlled, and open‐label trials of orally administered corticosteroids published between January 1950 and September 2015. Additional trials were identified from review of citation lists. Trials that compared oral corticosteroids with non‐oral agents or in combination with agents other than aminosalicylates were excluded.ResultsOf the 240 studies identified, 21 were eligible for inclusion. Few trials directly compared oral systemic and second‐generation corticosteroids (n = 4). Some second‐generation corticosteroids had questionable efficacy vs. placebo or mesalazine (mesalamine), but beclomethasone dipropionate and budesonide MMX demonstrated a comparative benefit. Only beclomethasone dipropionate was similar to conventional corticosteroids for induction of remission and other clinical endpoints. Direct comparative trials for budesonide MMX were unavailable. Second‐generation corticosteroids had an overall favourable safety profile, with minimal adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters and a low incidence of adverse events.ConclusionsBeclomethasone dipropionate and budesonide MMX provide greater induction of remission in ulcerative colitis than placebo or mesalazine but additional active‐comparator trials are needed to firmly establish the efficacy profile vs. systemic corticosteroids. Second‐generation corticosteroids have a more favourable safety and tolerability profile than systemic corticosteroids.
Bidirectional Approach of Video‐Assisted Neck Surgery (BAVANS): Endoscopic complete central node dissection with craniocaudal view for treatment of thyroid cancer
Authors: Nakajo Akihiro , Arima Hideo , Hirata Munetsugu , Yamashita Yoshie , Shinden Yoshiaki , Hayashi Naoki , Kawasaki Yota , Arigami Takaaki , Uchikado Yasuto , Mori Shinichiro , Mataki Yuko , Sakoda Masahiko , Kijima Yuko , Uenosono Yoshikazu , Maemura Kosei , Natsugoe Shoji 
Published: September 2016

AbstractIntroductionEndoscopic thyroidectomy is a well‐established surgical technique that is mainly performed for benign thyroid disease. We considered that endoscopic surgery could also be widely indicated for the treatment of thyroid cancer. We herein describe our new bidirectional approach of video‐assisted neck surgery (BAVANS) for complete central node dissection in endoscopic thyroid cancer surgery.MethodsBAVANS involves two different directional pathways to the cervical lesion. Before lymph node dissection, we perform endoscopic thyroidectomy via a conventional gasless precordial or axillary approach. After thyroidectomy, the surgeon repositions by the head of the patient and inserts three ports in front of the upper neck lesion in the submandibular area to approach the paratracheal lesion from an overhead‐to‐caudal direction.ResultsBAVANS allows for an excellent craniocaudal view and easy access to the peritracheal lymph nodes. Sixteen patients with papillary thyroid cancer underwent BAVANS and progressed satisfactorily after surgery. Of those patients, eight underwent total or near total thyroidectomy, and five patients underwent bilateral central node dissection. The average number of retrieved lymph nodes with unilateral central node dissection was nine, which was higher than that achieved with conventional open surgery. All patients began oral intake within 5 h after surgery. Postoperative Horner syndrome occurred in one patient. No other complications were noted.ConclusionsBAVANS is a very effective surgical procedure that many endoscopic surgeons can perform safely and easily. It has both a cosmetic advantage and excellent curability in endoscopic thyroid cancer surgery.