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Generic or specialist profession? Identifying social work in community learning disability teams
Authors: Boahen Godfred 
Published: August 2016

Purpose
– Social work is integral to community learning disability teams (CLDTs), however there is little research on how social workers discharge their statutory duties within them. The purpose of this paper is to report a study designed to describe what social workers do within a CLDT (anonymised as Maples). The question addressed is: what is the social work role in CLDTs and how is this accomplished?

Design/methodology/approach
– Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in a CLDT in London during 2011/2012. This involved interviews of professionals and observations of “everyday” social work practice. Data were analysed using constructivist grounded theory.

Findings
– Social work practice in Maples could be categorised along five domains of practice, namely: case management, safeguarding, assessments, mental health practice, and duty. The accompanying professional activities within these domains are described in Table I, with a subsequent focus on the less researched domains of case management, assessment, and duty.

Originality/value
– This research is one of the few to delineate the professional activities of social workers within CLDT. By showing what professionals do, it has important implications for policy – example personalisation – and role effectiveness.
Negotiate, reciprocate, or cooperate? The impact of exchange modes on inter-employee knowledge sharing
Authors: Serenko Alexander , Bontis Nick 
Published: August 2016

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of exchange modes – negotiated, reciprocal, generalized, and productive – on inter-employee knowledge sharing.Design/methodology/approachBased on the affect theory of social exchange, a theoretical model was developed and empirically tested using a survey of 691 employees from 15 North American credit unions.FindingsThe negotiated mode of knowledge exchange, i.e. when a knowledge contributor explicitly establishes reciprocation conditions with a recipient, develops negative knowledge sharing attitude. The reciprocal mode, i.e. when a knowledge donor assumes that a receiver will reciprocate, has no effect on knowledge sharing attitude. The generalized exchange form, i.e. when a knowledge contributor believes that other organizational members may reciprocate, is weakly related to knowledge sharing attitude. The productive exchange mode, i.e. when a knowledge provider assumes he or she is a responsible citizen within a cooperative enterprise, strongly facilitates the development of knowledge sharing attitude, which, in turn, leads to knowledge sharing intentions.Practical implicationsTo facilitate inter-employee knowledge sharing, managers should focus on the development of positive knowledge sharing culture when all employees believe they contribute to a common good instead of expecting reciprocal benefits.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to apply the affect theory of social exchange to study knowledge sharing.
Is share of wallet exclusively about making customers happy or having more customers? Exploring the relationship between satisfaction and double jeopardy
Authors: Buoye Alexander , Komarova Loureiro Yuliya , Kabadayi Sertan , Nejad Mohammad G. , Keiningham Timothy L. , Aksoy Lerzan , Allsopp Jason 
Published: August 2016

Purpose
– The satisfaction and loyalty research argues that customer satisfaction is an antecedent to share of wallet (SOW). The double jeopardy view, however, argues that satisfaction and SOW levels are driven exclusively by penetration levels. Customer satisfaction and penetration, however, are not always positively related. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relevance and validity of these two divergent perspectives to creating growth in customer share of spending.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors examine a series of models evaluating the impact of both the relative penetration of a brand, and the satisfaction ratings of its customers on SOW using data covering 11 industry sectors, 188 brands, and 4,263 customers.

Findings
– The authors find that part of the problem in reconciling these two views has been in how satisfaction is measured and analyzed. When using absolute satisfaction ratings of the firm/brand, the explanatory power of satisfaction on SOW is very weak at both the individual and firm level. When using satisfaction metrics relative to other competing brands, however, satisfaction is a strong predictor of customers’ share of category spending.

Research limitations/implications
– As predicted by double jeopardy, penetration is a strong predictor of firm-level SOW, but has almost no explanatory power at the individual level.

Practical implications
– Managers need to focus on both improving penetration/reach and becoming the preferred brand in a customer’s usage set.

Originality/value
– The research examines if (and if yes, how) satisfaction and penetration contribute to customers’ SOW allocations both at the individual and brand level.
Factors influencing cloud computing adoption for e-government implementation in developing countries
Authors: Mohammed Fathey , Ibrahim Othman , Ithnin Norafida 
Published: August 2016

Purpose
This paper aims to develop a model and measurement to investigate the factors influencing cloud computing adoption as a part of developing countries’ alternatives to implement e-government services.

Design/methodology/approach
This study proposes a theoretical model based on the literature of technology adoption models. It constructs scale measurements for the proposed model constructs by extracting and adapting the items from the literature. The authors verify the scales’ content validity and reliability by applying face validity, pre-testing and pilot study. For the pilot study, the authors collect the data from 26 information technology staff in five public organizations in Yemen. The authors test the reliability of the scales using Cronbach’s alpha criterion, and then conduct exploratory factor analysis to evaluate the validity of the scales.

Findings
The results show that the scale measurements meet the conventional criteria of reliability and validity.

Originality/value
Theoretically, this paper provides an integrated model for examining cloud computing adoption for e-government implementation in developing countries. In addition, it develops an instrument to empirically investigate the influencing factors of cloud computing adoption in the context of developing countries’ e-government initiatives.
A New Open‐Access HUC‐8 Based Downscaled CMIP‐5 Climate Model Forecast Dataset for the Conterminous United States
Authors: Woodbury Dustin H. , Ames Daniel P. , Kadlec Jiří , Duncan Stephen , Gault Greg 
Published: August 2016

AbstractWatershed‐scale hydrologic simulation models generally require climate data inputs including precipitation and temperature. These climate inputs can be derived from downscaled global climate simulations which have the potential to drive runoff forecasts at the scale of local watersheds. While a simulation designed to drive a local watershed model would ideally be constructed at an appropriate scale, global climate simulations are, by definition, arbitrarily determined large rectangular spatial grids. This paper addresses the technical challenge of making climate simulation model results readily available in the form of downscaled datasets that can be used for watershed scale models. Specifically, we present the development and deployment of a new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) based database which has been prepared through a scaling and weighted averaging process for use at the level of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)‐8 watersheds. The resulting dataset includes 2,106 virtual observation sites (watershed centroids) each with 698 associated time series datasets representing average monthly temperature and precipitation between 1950 and 2099 based on 234 unique climate model simulations. The new dataset is deployed on a HydroServer and distributed using WaterOneFlow web services in the WaterML format. These methods can be adapted for downscaled General Circulation Model (GCM) results for specific drainage areas smaller than HUC‐8. Two example use cases for the dataset also are presented.
Clinical measurement of compensatory torsional eye movement during head tilt
Authors: Lim Han Woong , Kim Ji Hong , Park Seung Hun , Oh Sei Yeul 
Published: August 2016

AbstractPurposeTo measure the degree of compensatory torsional eye movement during head tilt using a fundus photography method.MethodsWe enrolled 55 healthy subjects who were 20–66 years of age. Fundus photographs were obtained in the presumed baseline position and in stepwise head tilt positions to evaluate ocular torsion using a non‐mydriatic fundus camera. Horizontal marks on the nose were photographed simultaneously to evaluate head tilt. Images were analysed using Photoshop to measure the degree of ocular torsion and head tilt.ResultsA consistent compensatory torsional eye movement was observed in all subjects during head tilt. The degree of compensatory torsional eye movement showed a positive correlation with the angle of head tilt. Ocular torsional disconjugacy was observed during head tilt, with larger excycloductional eye movement than incycloductional eye movement (4.88 ± 2.91° versus 4.50 ± 2.76°, p < 0.001). In multiple linear regression analysis, the degree of compensatory torsional eye movement was significantly associated with the degree of head tilt (β = 0.191, p < 0.001), and the direction of cycloduction (β = −0.548, p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe fundus photography method is a non‐invasive, accurate and objective tool for measuring compensatory torsional eye movement. Considering the availability of fundus photography in clinical ophthalmology practice, the proposed method can be used as a clinical tool to measure compensatory torsional eye movement.
Selective arterial clamping does not improve outcomes in robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy: a propensity‐score analysis of patients without impaired renal function
Authors: Paulucci David J. , Rosen Daniel C. , Sfakianos John P. , Whalen Michael J. , Abaza Ronney , Eun Daniel D. , Krane Louis S. , Hemal Ashok K. , Badani Ketan K. 
Published: August 2016

ObjectivesTo assess the benefit of selective arterial clamping (SAC) as an alternative to main renal artery clamping (MAC) during robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) in patients without underlying chronic kidney disease (CKD).Patients and MethodsOur study cohort comprised 665 patients without impaired renal function undergoing MAC (n = 589) or SAC (n = 76) during RAPN from four medical institutions in the period 2008–2015. We compared complication rates, positive surgical margin (PSM) rates, and peri‐operative and intermediate‐term renal functional outcome between 132 patients undergoing MAC and 66 undergoing SAC after 2‐to‐1 nearest‐neighbour propensity‐score matching for age, sex, body mass index, RENAL nephrometry score, tumour size, baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and warm ischaemia time (WIT).ResultsIn propensity‐score‐matched patients, PSM (5.7 vs 3.0%; P = 0.407) and complication rates (13.8 vs 10.6%; P = 0.727) did not differ between the MAC and SAC groups. The incidence of acute kidney injury for MAC vs SAC (25.0 vs 32.0%; P = 0.315) within the first 30 days was similar. At a median follow‐up of 7.5 months, the percentage reduction in eGFR (−9.3 vs −10.4%; P = 0.518) and progression to CKD ≥ stage 3 (7.2 vs 8.5%; P = 0.792) showed no difference.ConclusionsOur study findings show no difference in PSM rates, complication rates or intermediate‐term renal functional outcomes between patients with unimpaired renal function who underwent SAC vs those who underwent MAC. When expected WIT is low, the routine use of SAC may not be necessary. Further studies will need to determine the role of SAC in patients with a solitary kidney or with significantly impaired renal function.
Retracted: Efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil in patients with active moderate‐to‐severe Graves’ orbitopathy
Authors: Ye Xiaozhen , Bo Xiaoyong , Hu Xiaohao , Cui Huanhuan , Lu Bin , Shao Jiaqing , Wang Jian 
Published: August 2016

SummaryContextGraves’ orbitopathy (GO) is a potentially sight‐threatening disease for which currently available medical therapy is not reliably successful. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a selective immunosuppressant used widely in many autoimmune diseases. Preliminary studies have shown that MMF is effective in the treatment of active GO.ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of MMF in patients with active moderate‐to‐severe GO.PatientsOne hundred and 74 patients with active moderate‐to‐severe GO were randomized to receive either MMF or glucocorticoids (GC).Main Outcome MeasuresThe primary outcome was overall response at the 12th and 24th weeks; the outcome assessments included clinical activity score (CAS), soft tissue involvement, pain, visual acuity, proptosis, diplopia and reduction in eye movements. The secondary outcome was changes in those individual parameters. Adverse effects were recorded at each visit.ResultsA greater overall response rate was found in the MMF group compared with the GC group at the 24th week (91·3% vs 67·9%, P = 0·000). MMF therapy showed a better CAS response than GC (92·5% vs 70·5% improved, P < 0·05). Patients treated with MMF showed a significantly improved rate of diplopia and proptosis than patients treated with GC at the 24th week (90·4% and 68·8% improved, respectively). Disease reactivation was not observed in the patients treated with MMF but was observed in five patients after GC therapy. Adverse events occurred in 4 of 80 patients treated with MMF (5%), all of which were mild to moderate. A severe adverse event was only observed in one patient treated with GC but not at all in patients treated with MMF.ConclusionCompared with GC treatment, MMF therapy is more effective and safer for patients with active moderate‐to‐severe GO.
Protein kinase A inhibitor, H89, significantly enhances survival rate of dissociated human embryonic stem cells following cryopreservation
Authors: Zhang Liang , Xu Yanqing , Xu Jiandong , Wei Yuping , Xu Xia 
Published: August 2016

AbstractObjectivesHuman embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have huge potential for establishment of disease models and for treating degenerative diseases. However, the extremely low survival level of dissociated hESCs following cryopreservation is been a tremendous problem to allow for their rapid expansion, genetic manipulation and future medical applications. In this study, we have aimed to develop an efficient strategy to improve survival of dissociated hESCs after cryopreservation.Materials and methodsHuman embryonic stem cells (H9 line), dissociated into single cells, were cryopreserved using the slow‐freezing method. Viable cells and their colony numbers in culture after cryopreservation were evaluated when treated with protein kinase A inhibitor H89. Western blotting was carried out to investigate mechanisms of low survival levels of dissociated hESCs following cryopreservation. Immunofluorescence, reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR), in vitro and in vivo differentiation were performed to testify to pluripotency and differentiation ability of hte cryopreserved cells treated with H89.ResultsH89 significantly improved survival level of dissociated hESCs after cryopreservation through ROCK inhibition. H89‐treated cells still maintained their pluripotency and differentiation capacity.ConclusionsThis new approach for cryopreservation of single hESCs, using H89, can promote potential use of hESCs in regenerative medicine in the future.
Fine‐grain, large‐domain climate models based on climate station and comprehensive topographic information improve microrefugia detection
Authors: Meineri Eric , Hylander Kristoffer 
Published: August 2016

Large‐domain species distribution models (SDMs) fail to identify microrefugia, as they are based on climate estimates that are either too coarse or that ignore relevant topographic climate‐forcing factors. Climate station data are considered inadequate to produce such estimates, a viewpoint we challenge here.Using climate stations and topographic data, we developed three sets of large‐domain (450 000 km²), fine‐grain (50 m) temperature grids accounting for different levels of topographic complexity. Using these fine‐grain grids and the Worldclim data, we fitted SDMs for 78 alpine species over Sweden, and assessed over‐ versus underestimations of local extinction and area of microrefugia by comparing modelled distributions at species' rear edges. Accounting for well‐known topographic climate‐forcing factors improved our ability to model fine‐scale climate, despite using only climate station data. This approach captured the effect of cool air pooling, distance to sea, and relative humidity on local‐scale temperature, but the effect of solar radiation could not be accurately accounted for. Predicted extinction rate decreased with increasing spatial resolution of the climate models and with increasing number of topographic climate‐forcing factors accounted for. About half of the microrefugia detected in the most topographically complete models were not detected in the coarser SDMs and in the models calibrated from climate variables extracted from elevation only.Although major limitations remain, climate station data can potentially be used to produce fine‐grain topoclimate grids, opening up the opportunity to model local‐scale ecological processes over large domains. Accounting for the topographic complexity encountered within landscapes permits the detection of microrefugia that would otherwise remain undetected. Topographic heterogeneity is likely to have a massive impact on species persistence, and should be included in studies on the effects of climate change.
Passive gear‐induced timidity syndrome in wild fish populations and its potential ecological and managerial implications
Authors: Arlinghaus Robert , Laskowski Kate L , Alós Josep , Klefoth Thomas , Monk Christopher T , Nakayama Shinnosuke , Schröder Arne 
Published: August 2016

AbstractHuman exploitation of wild‐living animals has been suggested to create a ‘landscape of fear’. A consequence could be that individuals surviving intensive harvesting, either as a result of behavioural plasticity and/or evolutionary change, exhibit increased average timidity. In the aquatic world, such effects are particularly well documented in passively operated fishing gears common to many commercial and recreational fisheries, such as angling, trapping or gill netting. We thus propose that an exploitation‐induced timidity syndrome should be a widespread pattern in fisheries. Importantly, we argue that the syndrome can be associated with several ecological and managerial consequences for social groups, populations, food webs, fisheries and assessment of stocks. We suggest research priorities to deepen our understanding of how exploited fish populations behaviourally respond to harvesting.
Microwave‐specific heating of crystalline species in nuclear waste glass
Authors: Christian Jonathan H. , Fox Kevin M. , Washington Aaron L. 
Published: August 2016

AbstractThe microwave heating of a crystal‐free and a partially trevorite‐crystallized nuclear waste glass simulant was evaluated. Our results show that a 500‐mg monolith of partially crystallized waste glass can be heated from room temperature to above 1600°C within 2 minutes using a single‐mode, highly focused, 2.45‐GHz microwave, operating at 300 W. Using X‐ray diffraction measurements, we show that trevorite is no longer detectable after irradiation and thermal quenching. When a crystal‐free analog of the same waste glass simulant composition was exposed to the same microwave radiation, it could not be heated above 450°C regardless of the heating time. The reduction in crystalline content achieved by selectively heating spinels in the presence of glass suggests that microwave‐specific heating should be further explored as a technique for remediating crystal accumulation in a glass melt.
Carboniferous Onychophora from Montceau‐les‐Mines, France, and onychophoran terrestrialization
Authors: Garwood Russell J. , Edgecombe Gregory D. , Charbonnier Sylvain , Chabard Dominique , Sotty Daniel , Giribet Gonzalo 
Published: August 2016

AbstractThe geological age of the onychophoran crown‐group, and when the group came onto land, have been sources of debate. Although stem‐group Onychophora have been identified from as early as the Cambrian, the sparse record of terrestrial taxa from before the Cretaceous is subject to contradictory interpretations. A Late Carboniferous species from the Mazon Creek biota of the USA, Helenodora inopinata, originally interpreted as a crown‐group onychophoran, has recently been allied to early Cambrian stem‐group taxa. Here we describe a fossil species from the Late Carboniferous Montceau‐les‐Mines Lagerstätte, France, informally referred to as an onychophoran for more than 30 years. The onychophoran affinities of Antennipatus montceauensis gen. nov., sp. nov. are indicated by the form of the trunk plicae and the shape and spacing of their papillae, details of antennal annuli, and the presence of putative slime papillae. The poor preservation of several key systematic characters for extant Onychophora, however, prohibits the precise placement of the Carboniferous fossil in the stem or crown of the two extant families, or the onychophoran stem‐group as a whole. Nevertheless, A. montceauensis is the most compelling candidate to date for a terrestrial Paleozoic onychophoran.
Morphological and Genetic Diversity of Opisthosporidia: New Aphelid Paraphelidium tribonemae gen. et sp. nov.
Authors: Karpov Sergey A. , Tcvetkova Victoria S. , Mamkaeva Maria A. , Torruella Guifré , Timpano Hélène , Moreira David , Mamanazarova Karomat S. , López‐García Purificación 
Published: August 2016

AbstractAphelids are a poorly known group of parasitoids of algae that have raised considerable interest due to their pivotal phylogenetic position. Together with Cryptomycota and the highly derived Microsporidia, they have been recently re‐classified as the Opisthosporidia, which constitute the sister group to the fungi within the Holomycota. Despite their huge diversity, as revealed by molecular environmental studies, and their phylogenetic interest, only three genera have been described (Aphelidium, Amoeboaphelidium, and Pseudaphelidium), from which 18S rRNA gene sequences exist only for Amoeboaphelidium and Aphelidium species. Here, we describe the life cycle and ultrastructure of a new representative of Aphelida, Paraphelidium tribonemae gen. et sp. nov., and provide the first 18S rRNA gene sequence obtained for this genus. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that Paraphelidium is distantly related to both Aphelidium and Amoebaphelidium, highlighting the wide genetic diversity of aphelids. Paraphelidium tribonemae has amoeboflagellate zoospores containing a lipid‐microbody complex, dictyosomes, and mitochondria with rhomboid cristae, which are also present in trophonts and plasmodia. The amoeboid trophont uses pseudopodia to feed from the host cytoplasm. Although genetically distinct, the genus Paraphelidium is morphologically indistinguishable from other aphelid genera and has zoospores able to produce lamellipodia with subfilopodia like those of Amoeboaphelidium.