bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The impact of workplace spirituality on voluntary turnover intentions through loneliness in work
Authors: Ghadi Mohammed Yasin 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine a hypothesized model investigating the influence of workplace spirituality on turnover intentions through the academics loneliness in universities in Jordan.

Design/methodology/approach
A translated pre-determined survey on a sample of Jordanian academics from universities was used. A total of 381 usable returns were collected for the analysis (i.e. response rate of 84.6 percent). Structural equation model (SEM) and tow-step modeling approach using AMOS were implemented to obtain the best fit model and to determine the role of loneliness in work as a mediator between workplace spirituality and voluntary turnover intentions.

Findings
As predicted, the hypothesized model best fits the data. The results of simple mediation analysis and SEM also contribute to the clarification of the causal relations between workplace spirituality and turnover intentions in one hand and workplace spirituality and loneliness in work on the other hand. Moreover, the results revealed that the influence of workplace spirituality on voluntary turnover intention was partially mediated by loneliness in work. The results support a partial mediation relationship as the total effect of workplace spirituality on voluntary turnover intentions attenuated slightly but remained significant upon the introduction of loneliness in work.

Research limitations/implications
The results of this study might only be generalized to universities and similar contexts. Moreover, although the sample of the study was yielded from sample in Jordanian universities, the common methods bias might be a problem in generalizing the results.

Practical implications
The findings could provide decisions makers with valuable insight to focus on building training programs in order to understand the benefits of enriching spiritual environment and be more supportive of spirituality movement. Furthermore, organizations can design some of activities that make work environment more meaningful.

Originality/value
This study is unique as it is the first that examined theoretically and empirically the influence of workplace spirituality on turnover intentions through loneliness in work on a sample of Jordanian academics.
Foreclosure loss severity and distressed home mortgage refinance
Authors: Graff Richard A. 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe problem in alleviating homeowner mortgage distress through refinance is how to achieve meaningful alleviation without prospectively harming the financier. The problem revolves around two parameters from real estate finance – the probability that the distress leads to foreclosure and resulting foreclosure loss severity for the financier if foreclosure does occur. Previous analysis focuses on reducing the probability that homeowner distress leads to foreclosure. By contrast, the purpose of this paper is to focus on reducing foreclosure loss severity.Design/methodology/approachThe study develops a new intuitive formula for foreclosure loss severity to quantify its dependence on transaction costs. The study shows that foreclosure loss severity reduction is feasible by introducing a new refinancing instrument that lowers foreclosure transaction costs and applying property law to derive the structure of the refinancing instrument.FindingsForeclosure loss severity reduction can subsidize concessions on scheduled payments for homeowners with arbitrarily poor credit without prospective harm to the financier.Research limitations/implicationsQuantification of mortgage distress relief is limited to distressed mortgages described by representative parameter values from various government studies.Practical implicationsFor most distressed homeowners, payment and principal reductions could exceed those available from the recent government programs.Social implicationsImplementation should significantly enlarge the pool of homeowners eligible for mortgage distress relief.Originality/valueThe mortgage refinance is qualitatively different from that available under existing government refinance programs because it is based on an arms-length exchange of property rights that makes market sense regardless of whether the refinancing results in subsequent homeowner default.
Presenting a model for evaluating Internet advertisements for modification of energy consumption
Authors: Khazaei Pool Javad , Salehzadeh Reza , Khalilakbar Rashid 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
Limitations of producing energy and the increasing demands in the electricity market in Iran have not only drawn the attention of authorities in the energy industry toward optimization of energy consumption, but also created marketing approaches toward these objectives. In this respect, it is important and even necessary to modify energy consumption behaviors. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the criteria of an effective Internet advertisement for modification of energy consumption.

Design/methodology/approach
To provide a detailed understanding of customers’ perceptions of energy consumption advertising, a survey study was conducted. The research model is first validated and the formulated hypotheses are tested using the structural equation model (SEM).

Findings
The results showed that the audience’s attention, interest and desire for a piece of advertisement can predict their consumption behavior.

Originality/value
This study is one of the pioneer studies that highlights the importance of advertising toward modification of energy consumption. It seems that, the identification of the causal relations among attention, interest, desire and action, has not yet been clearly validated in the previous literature. This research contributes to the literature by developing and testing a comprehensive research model using SEM. So, the current paper offers vital guidelines to social marketers who are planning to modify energy consumption.
Value-based healthcare measurement as a context for organizational learning
Authors: Nordin Patrik , Kork Anna-Aurora , Koskela Inka 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to shed light on the potential of organizational learning for developing effectiveness of care. Value-based healthcare measurement recognizes patient value as a driver for improving health outcomes at the societal and individual levels. By using the action learning method, this paper examines the phases of organizational learning in a private healthcare organization that has developed a novel Big Data screening tool for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2).Design/methodology/approachRelying on triple-loop learning as a conceptual framework and by applying the action learning method to case study design, this paper illustrates the phases of organizational learning and efforts to utilize value-based measurement in healthcare.FindingsThe case organization was able to identify patients at risk and to improve their care balance. Although the results for the measurement of patient outcomes led to questioning of previous care processes and practices in the organization, increasing value for all stakeholders by incorporating social needs to business opportunities remains under process.Originality/valueWith the focus on organizational learning and organizational value creation processes, this paper demonstrates incorporation of measuring patient outcomes in re-structuring care processes, enhancing organizational performance and improving effectiveness as well as quality of care.
Transformational leadership and autonomy support management behaviors
Authors: Gilbert Marie-Hélène , Dagenais-Desmarais Véronique , St-Hilaire France 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between transformational leadership (TL), autonomy support management behaviors and employees’ psychological health.

Design/methodology/approach
A total of 512 Canadian workers assessed their immediate supervisor’s level of TL and autonomy support management behaviors. Participants also assessed their own psychological health through measures of psychological well-being and burnout at work.

Findings
Results from structural equation modeling indicate that TL is related to employee psychological well-being and burnout. This effect is fully mediated by more specific autonomy support and psychological control management behaviors. These results suggest that autonomy support and psychological control management behaviors may have a more proximal effect on employees’ psychological health than TL does. Also, managers’ leadership and behaviors appear to better predict employees’ psychological well-being at work than employee burnout.

Practical implications
Managers with a TL style employ more autonomy support and fewer psychological control behaviors, which makes employees happier and less burned out. Based on these results, leadership training programs would gain to focus on the development of more specific management behaviors among leaders, such as autonomy support, to enhance employees’ psychological health, especially their well-being.

Originality/value
This research expands understanding of the relationship between TL and the psychological health of employees by shedding light on the mediating role of autonomy support management behaviors in this relationship.
Enhancing the understanding of international new ventures: a service-oriented perspective
Authors: Laudien Sven M. , Daxböck Birgit 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to challenge the up to now mainly product-centered view on international new ventures by analyzing the influence of service orientation on new venture internationalization behavior. It especially focuses on the utilization of specific market entry modes as a result of a growing service orientation.Design/methodology/approachNewness and complexity of the topic call for a qualitative-empirical research approach. Therefore, the paper is based on an in-depth multiple-case study of six international new ventures operating in fashion and lifestyle industry.FindingsThis paper shows that service-oriented international new ventures make use of different market entry modes at the same time. Service-related capabilities allow them to especially use cooperative market entry modes to fuel lacking market knowledge and thus to overcome resource constraints in value creation processes.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a more holistic understanding of international new ventures, as it provides empirical evidence for the importance of service-related aspects in new venture internationalization. Furthermore, the paper extends international new venture research by not only considering an early international market entry but also other aspects of internationalization such as the type of offerings or the preferred market entry modes.
The role of titanium dioxide in the gut
Authors: Achtschin Cassiana Ganem , Sipahi Aytan Miranda 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
Titanium is a naturally occurring mineral in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and is one of the most widely used food additives. The purpose of this review article is to show the importance of the accumulation of this mineral in the gut and its relation with inflammatory processes.

Methodology
This is a literature review study from 2002 to 2016, focusing on studies with TiO2 and its relation with inflammatory bowel diseases.

Findings
Articles describe that TiO2 is resistant to gastrointestinal degradation, as it has high stability, and that its particles, ingested daily, may bind to biomolecules in the lumen or be absorbed by the intestinal mucosa, accumulating in the macrophages of lymphoid tissue in the gut, thus causing or aggravating the inflammatory response in the inflamed bowel.

Limitations/implications
There is a limited number of studies on the long-term impact of dietary microparticles in animal models, in healthy subjects and in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.

Practical implications
It is necessary to regulate the amount of TiO2 used in industrialized products.

Social implications
The high consumption of processed foods, as opposed to a healthy diet based on the balanced consumption of nutrients, is relevant, as it may lead to or exacerbate intestinal inflammation.

Originality/value
This review indicates that titanium particles may mediate toxicological processes leading to an abnormal increase in intestinal permeability, which may be particularly aggravating in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Behavioural and neuropsychiatric disturbance in three clinical subtypes of frontotemporal dementia: A Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea‐FTD Study
Authors: Park Moon Ho , Kim Eun‐Joo , Park Kyung Won , Kwon Jae Cheol , Ku Bon D. , Han Seol‐Heui , Kim SangYun , Yang Dong Won , Na Duk L. , Choi Seong Hye 
Published: March 2017

ObjectivesTo characterise the behavioural and neuropsychiatric disturbances of patients with three clinical subtypes of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): behavioural variant FTD (bvFTD), semantic dementia (SD) and progressive non‐fluent aphasia (PNFA).MethodsConsecutive series of 66 patients with bvFTD, 58 patients with SD and 21 patients with PNFA were compared using the Frontal Behavioural Inventory (FBI) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI).ResultsPatients with bvFTD had more behavioural and neuropsychiatric disturbances than patients with PNFA based on the total scores of FBI and NPI. When comparing subtotal and item scores of FBI and NPI, there were some significant differences among three clinical subtypes of FTD.ConclusionThere are some distinct patterns of behavioural and neuropsychiatric disturbance among three clinical subtypes of FTD.
Habitat preferences of the grasshopperPsophus stridulus, a charismatic species of submontane pastures
Authors: Rada Stanislav , Spitzer Lukáš , Šipoš Jan , Kuras Tomáš 
Published: March 2017

AbstractSemi‐natural habitats in Europe host a substantial proportion of biodiversity, but they experience biodiversity loss due to ongoing agricultural changes. We regard the Rattle grasshopper (Psophus stridulus) as a charismatic species of species‐rich submontane xerothermic grasslands. To enable conservation of the species and its habitat, we studied the habitat preferences of this formerly abundant grasshopper, now threatened and declining in many European countries.In 2011, we applied capture‐mark‐recapture method to sample adults at four localities (Czech Republic), each divided into two subplots with different management and character of vegetation. In 2012, we carried out a more extensive study on habitat preferences, evaluating 179 grassland patches (24% of them occupied byP. stridulus). For each site, we recorded vegetation characteristics (sward height and density, cover of vegetation components, percentage of bare ground), slope, inclination and agricultural management. We used multistate models in MARK software to analyse survival and movement probabilities between different subplots. Data from the 2012 large‐scale study were analysed by fitting several regression models.The results show that the species preferred south‐facing slopes with sparse, short vegetation and with patches of bare ground. Sward density was the most important predictor of species presence.For species conservation, we recommend controlling succession on the localities by regular management (grazing or cautious mowing) to maintain optimal habitat with sparse sward. We promoteP. stridulusas a flagship and umbrella species of species‐rich submontane xerothermic pastures.
Clinical application of calculated split renal volume using computed tomography‐based renal volumetry after partial nephrectomy: Correlation with technetium‐99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan data
Authors: Lee Chan Ho , Park Young Joo , Ku Ja Yoon , Ha Hong Koo 
Published: March 2017

ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical application of computed tomography‐based measurement of renal cortical volume and split renal volume as a single tool to assess the anatomy and renal function in patients with renal tumors before and after partial nephrectomy, and to compare the findings with technetium‐99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan.MethodsThe data of 51 patients with a unilateral renal tumor managed by partial nephrectomy were retrospectively analyzed. The renal cortical volume of tumor‐bearing and contralateral kidneys was measured using ImageJ software. Split estimated glomerular filtration rate and split renal volume calculated using this renal cortical volume were compared with the split renal function measured with technetium‐99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan.ResultsA strong correlation between split renal function and split renal volume of the tumor‐bearing kidney was observed before and after surgery (r = 0.89, P < 0.001 and r = 0.94, P < 0.001). The preoperative and postoperative split estimated glomerular filtration rate of the operated kidney showed a moderate correlation with split renal function (r = 0.39, P = 0.004 and r = 0.49, P < 0.001). The correlation between reductions in split renal function and split renal volume of the operated kidney (r = 0.87, P < 0.001) was stronger than that between split renal function and percent reduction in split estimated glomerular filtration rate (r = 0.64, P < 0.001).ConclusionsThe split renal volume calculated using computed tomography‐based renal volumetry had a strong correlation with the split renal function measured using technetium‐99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan. Computed tomography‐based split renal volume measurement before and after partial nephrectomy can be used as a single modality for anatomical and functional assessment of the tumor‐bearing kidney.
Tetrandrine, an agonist of aryl hydrocarbon receptor, reciprocally modulates the activities of STAT3 and STAT5 to suppress Th17 cell differentiation
Authors: Yuan Xusheng , Dou Yannong , Wu Xin , Wei Zhifeng , Dai Yue 
Published: March 2017

AbstractTetrandrine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid constituent of the root of Stephania tetrandra S. Moore, was previously shown to suppress the differentiation of T helper 17 (Th17) cells and consequently ameliorate the collagen‐induced arthritis (CIA) in mice by activating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), but its underlying mechanism is incompletely understood. Here, we investigated how tetrandrine suppressed Th17 cell differentiation through the AhR pathway. The naïve CD4+ T cells were stimulated with anti‐CD3/CD28 for 72 hrs in the presence or absence of tetrandrine under the Th17‐polarizing condition. Tetrandrine inhibited the phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription‐3 (STAT3) and boosted the phosphorylation of STAT5, while it did not alter the expression levels of phospho‐Janus kinase‐1 (p‐JAK1), p‐JAK2, p‐JAK3, and suppressor of cytokine signalling‐3 (SOCS3). The tetrandrine‐mediated inhibition of the Th17 cell differentiation could be diminished by the activator of STAT3 and the inhibitor of STAT5. Meanwhile, the effect of tetrandrine on the either STAT3 or STAT5 phosphorylation was almost completely reversed by the AhR antagonist CH223191 and the AhR knockdown. In CIA mice, tetrandrine decreased p‐STAT3 levels and increased p‐STAT5 levels, which could also be reversed by the AhR antagonist resveratrol administration. Furthermore, tetrandrine promoted the AhR binding to the STAT5, but not to the STAT3. The tetrandrine‐induced inhibition of the STAT3 phosphorylation was diminished by the inhibitor of STAT5. Taken together, tetrandrine suppressed Th17 cell differentiation by reciprocally modulating the activities of STAT3 and STAT5 in an AhR‐dependent manner.
Diversity, Distribution, and Evolution of Tomato Viruses in China Uncovered by Small RNA Sequencing
Authors: Xu Chenxi , Sun Xuepeng , Taylor Angela , Jiao Chen , Xu Yimin , Cai Xiaofeng , Wang Xiaoli , Ge Chenhui , Pan Guanghui , Wang Quanxi , Fei Zhangjun , Wang Quanhua 
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT

Tomato is a major vegetable crop that has tremendous popularity. However, viral disease is still a major factor limiting tomato production. Here, we report the tomato virome identified through sequencing small RNAs of 170 field-grown samples collected in China. A total of 22 viruses were identified, including both well-documented and newly detected viruses. The tomato viral community is dominated by a few species, and they exhibit polymorphisms and recombination in the genomes with cold spots and hot spots. Most samples were coinfected by multiple viruses, and the majority of identified viruses are positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. Evolutionary analysis of one of the most dominant tomato viruses,
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus
(TYLCV), predicts its origin and the time back to its most recent common ancestor. The broadly sampled data have enabled us to identify several unreported viruses in tomato, including a completely new virus, which has a genome of ∼13.4 kb and groups with aphid-transmitted viruses in the genus
Cytorhabdovirus
. Although both DNA and RNA viruses can trigger the biogenesis of virus-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs), we show that features such as length distribution, paired distance, and base selection bias of vsiRNA sequences reflect different plant Dicer-like proteins and Argonautes involved in vsiRNA biogenesis. Collectively, this study offers insights into host-virus interaction in tomato and provides valuable information to facilitate the management of viral diseases.

IMPORTANCE
Tomato is an important source of micronutrients in the human diet and is extensively consumed around the world. Virus is among the major constraints on tomato production. Categorizing virus species that are capable of infecting tomato and understanding their diversity and evolution are challenging due to difficulties in detecting such fast-evolving biological entities. Here, we report the landscape of the tomato virome in China, the leading country in tomato production. We identified dozens of viruses present in tomato, including both well-documented and completely new viruses. Some newly emerged viruses in tomato were found to spread fast, and therefore, prompt attention is needed to control them. Moreover, we show that the virus genomes exhibit considerable degree of polymorphisms and recombination, and the virus-derived small interfering RNA (vsiRNA) sequences indicate distinct vsiRNA biogenesis mechanisms for different viruses. The Chinese tomato virome that we developed provides valuable information to facilitate the management of tomato viral diseases.