bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Linking prestige perception with consumption experience, loyalty, and WOM
Authors: Casidy Riza , Wymer Walter 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between perceived external prestige (PEP), the student experience, attitude, and behaviour in the context of higher education institutions.Design/methodology/approach– A comparison of the relationships between prestige perception, the student experience, WOM, and loyalty is examined within a one highly prestigious institution and one mid-ranked institution. Multigroup structural equation modelling was employed to examine data obtained from 948 respondents at the two institutions.Findings– While respondents from the top-ranked institution exhibit a significantly higher perception of university prestige than mid-ranked university respondents, no significant differences were found between the two groups of respondents in terms of the strengths of relationships between constructs. The analysis revealed that students’ perception of their university experience performed a full mediating effect on the relationship between PEP and WOM, as well as a partial mediating effect on the relationship between PEP and loyalty.Practical implications– Student perceptions of the university experience is a strong indicator of attitude and behaviour. For university administrators, enhancing the student experience is just as important as managing a university’s reputation with respect to engendering loyalty and positive WOM.Originality/value– This is the first study to link PEP with student attitude and behaviour. The findings provide interesting theoretical insights as well as useful managerial implications to enhance consumer experience which in turns affect their attitude and behaviour towards the organisation.
Playing games, receiving gifts, creating experiences and building brands
Authors: Pratap Sankalp , Gupta Agam , Mateen Arqum , Mahto Kavita 
Published: May 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to extend the understanding the role of consumer experiences, instantiated through gift giving and game play, in communication of brand values.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based on in-depth phenomenological interviews of marketing managers and various channel intermediaries involved in the execution of a mass brand promotion program in rural India.

Findings
– The study reveals the employment of innovative game designs and gift choices, their design rooted deep in the village populace’s context and life experiences. It shows how the consumer’s experience created through games and gifts shapes their perceptions about the brand leading to favorable consideration and purchase outcomes for it.

Research limitations/implications
– This work is derived primarily from practice. It is hoped that industry practitioners will benefit from this stream of research and will use games and gifts in innovative ways to engage customers and create brand experiences.

Originality/value
– This is one of the first works to highlight the importance of games and gifts in experiential marketing literature. It brings into focus one of the largely unexplored facets of customer engagement in rural India.
A review of occupational therapy's contribution to and involvement in the work‐to‐retirement transition process: An Australian perspective
Authors: Eagers Jackie , Franklin Richard C. , Broome Kieran , Yau Matthew K. 
Published: May 2016

BackgroundRetirement from paid work is an occupational transition, which can have a profound impact on a person's life. This review explored occupational therapy's contribution to and involvement in the work‐to‐retirement transition process in Australia.MethodsAn integrative literature review was undertaken using seven article repository databases. PRISMA guidelines informed searches. Articles were included if participants were Australian; researchers' discussed retirement from an occupational perspective or the scope of practice of occupational therapists; and publication was from 1994 to June 2015 in a peer‐reviewed journal. Articles were critically appraised and thematic analysis explored: (i) occupational perspective, (ii) occupational therapy scope of practice, (iii) theory and (iv) retirement definitions.ResultsEight articles met the review criteria. Three occupational perspective themes were identified: retirement intention influences, retirement preparation and retirement roles and activities. No articles on the current scope of practice of occupational therapy were found. Three articles discussed potential occupational therapy approaches. Three themes on what retirement is were identified: complete cessation, gradual transition and intermittent worker. Four theory themes were identified: occupational therapy, ageing, identity and work.ConclusionOccupational therapy has the potential to be involved in improving health and well‐being for people in the work‐to‐retirement transition process. It is suggested that future research explore not only people's experiences but also the approaches of occupational therapy in assisting people through this occupational transition. The use of theory to guide Australian occupational therapy practice on retirement should also be explored. The use of consistent retirement definitions will assist in understanding research.
The Impact of EU Membership on UK Economic Performance
Authors: Crafts Nicholas 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe relatively deep level of economic integration achieved by the European Union (EU) has been highly successful in increasing trade for its members. Larger trade volumes have had positive effects on productivity levels. In the case of the United Kingdom the gain from joining the EU was probably around 10 per cent of GDP and this far exceeded any costs of membership, possibly by a ratio of seven to one. A major reason for this outcome was a significant increase in competition as protectionism was abandoned. The economic implications of Brexit are much less clear because there are many permutations of what it would entail. Future trade barriers rather than budgetary transfers are the main issue. Brexit could be quite costly if the UK left the single market and used its new policy space badly. Ironically, while Brexit clearly appeals to free traders, it could end up empowering protectionists.
Ossian by Werther; or, the ‘respect for this author’
Authors: Bär Gerald 
Published: May 2016

AbstractDespite Goethe's unfavourable affirmations concerning Ossian in his old age, he had set the fashion for Macpherson's publications with The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). Even after the German ‘Ossianomanie’ had subsided, the bard's intoxicating influence on Werther kept arousing the interest of an international readership in other countries. This contribution will shed more light on Werther translations that partly omitted or expurgated the inserted Ossianic passages, thus ignoring their function as a factor of composition, obscuring the alterations in the protagonist's character and distorting Goethe's deliberate build‐up of the sensual climax.
Splenic scintigraphy for further differentiation of unclear 68Ga‐DOTATOC‐PET/CT findings: Strengths and limitations
Authors: Werner Christoph , Winkens Thomas , Freesmeyer Martin 
Published: May 2016

SummarySplenic scintigraphy has been described to be a powerful tool in unclear 68 Ga‐DOTATOC‐PET/CT findings, allowing differentiation between somatostatin receptor (Sst)‐positive tissue deriving from neuroendocrine tumour (NET) and functioning splenic tissue. However, our own experiences sometimes show a lack of identification on splenic scintigraphy, especially in small lesions, leading to uncertainties regarding the safe identification of NET or splenic tissue. Here, we report on 10 cases with 68Ga‐DOTATOC‐PET/CT and 99mTc‐heat‐denaturated red blood cell (HDRBC) scintigraphy and we illustrate the strengths and limitations of 99mTc‐HDRBC scintigraphy in this context.
The HPA axis and ethanol: a synthesis of mathematical modelling and experimental observations
Authors: Čupić Željko , Stanojević Ana , Marković Vladimir M. , Kolar‐Anić Ljiljana , Terenius Lars , Vukojević Vladana 
Published: May 2016

AbstractStress and alcohol use are interrelated—stress contributes to the initiation and upholding of alcohol use and alcohol use alters the way we perceive and respond to stress. Intricate mechanisms through which ethanol alters the organism's response to stress remain elusive. We have developed a stoichiometric network model to succinctly describe neurochemical transformations underlying the stress response axis and use numerical simulations to model ethanol effects on complex daily changes of blood levels of cholesterol, 6 peptide and 8 steroid hormones. Modelling suggests that ethanol alters the dynamical regulation of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity by affecting the amplitude of ultradian oscillations of HPA axis hormones, which defines the threshold with respect to which the response to stress is being set. These effects are complex—low/moderate acute ethanol challenge (<8 mM) may reduce, leave unaltered or increase the amplitude of ultradian cortisol (CORT) oscillations, giving rise to an intricate response at the organism level, offering also a potential explanation as to why apparently discordant results were observed in experimental studies. In contrast, high‐dose acute ethanol challenge (>8 mM) increases instantaneous CORT levels and the amplitude of ultradian CORT oscillations in a dose‐dependent manner, affecting the HPA axis activity also during the following day(s). Chronic exposure to ethanol qualitatively changes the HPA axis dynamics, whereas ethanol at intoxicating levels shuts down this dynamic regulation mechanism. Mathematical modelling gives a quantitative biology‐based framework that can be used for predicting how the integral HPA axis response is perturbed by alcohol.
France's Évin Law on the control of alcohol advertising: content, effectiveness and limitations
Authors: Gallopel‐Morvan Karine , Spilka Stanislas , Mutatayi Carine , Rigaud Alain , Lecas Franck , Beck François 
Published: May 2016

AbstractAimsTo assess the effectiveness of the 2015 version of the French Évin Law that was implemented in 1991 with the objective of protecting young people from alcohol advertising.DesignData were obtained from survey questions measuring exposure and receptivity to alcohol advertisements that were introduced for the first time in the 2015 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD).Participants and settingA representative sample of 6642 10th–12th grade students (mean age 17.3 years) were interviewed in 198 schools in France by a self‐administered questionnaire.MeasurementsInformation was collected on alcohol advertising exposure in different media (outside billboards, internet, etc.) and receptivity to recent advertisements (attractiveness, incentive to drink, etc.).FindingsThe majority of students declared that they had been exposed at least once a month to alcohol advertisements in supermarkets (73.2%), in movies (66.1%), magazines and newspapers (59.1%), on billboards in streets (54.5%), and on the internet (54.1%). Concerning the last recalled advertisements, 27.8% remembered the beverage type, 18.2% the brand, 13% felt like having a drink after having seen the advertisement and 19.6% found the advertisement attractive (boys ranked significantly higher than girls for all these indicators; P‐value < 0.05).ConclusionThe 2015 version of the French Évin law does not appear to protect young people effectively from exposure to alcohol advertising in France.
Alcohol industry self‐regulation: who is it really protecting?
Authors: Noel Jonathan , Lazzarini Zita , Robaina Katherine , Vendrame Alan 
Published: May 2016

AbstractSelf‐regulation has been promoted by the alcohol industry as a sufficient means of regulating alcohol marketing activities. However, evidence suggests that the guidelines of self‐regulated alcohol marketing codes are violated routinely, resulting in excessive alcohol marketing exposure to youth and the use of content that is potentially harmful to youth and other vulnerable populations. If the alcohol industry does not adhere to its own regulations the purpose and design of these codes should be questioned. Indeed, implementation of alcohol marketing self‐regulation in Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States was likely to delay statutory regulation rather than to promote public health. Moreover, current self‐regulation codes suffer from vague language that may allow the industry to circumvent the guidelines, loopholes that may obstruct the implementation of the codes, lax exposure guidelines that can allow excessive youth exposure, even if properly followed, and a standard of review that may be inappropriate for protecting vulnerable populations. Greater public health benefits may be realized if legislative restrictions were applied to alcohol marketing, and strict statutory alcohol marketing regulations have been implemented and defended successfully in the European Union, with European courts declaring that restrictions on alcohol marketing are proportional to the benefits to public health. In contrast, attempts to restrict alcohol marketing activities in the United States have occurred through private litigation and have been unsuccessful. None the less, repeated violations of industry codes may provide legislators with sufficient justification to pass new legislation and for such legislation to withstand constitutional review in the United States and elsewhere.
Urinary metabolomic profiling of asthmatics can be related to clinical characteristics
Authors: Loureiro C. C. , Oliveira A. S. , Santos M. , Rudnitskaya A. , Todo‐Bom A. , Bousquet J. , Rocha S. M. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractMetabolomics has been increasingly explored to achieve an improved understanding of asthma. In the current observational and exploratory study, the first to have examined the relationship between oxidative stress extension, eosinophilic inflammation, and disease severity in asthmatic patients, metabolomics (using target aliphatic aldehydes and alkanes) was carried out using solid‐phase microextraction (SPME) followed by a comprehensive two‐dimensional gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry with a high‐resolution time‐of‐flight analyzer (GC×GC‐ToFMS). We were able to demonstrate that metabolomics can give valuable insights into asthma mechanisms once lipidic peroxidation assessed by urinary metabolomics is related to the clinical characteristics of nonobese asthmatics, such as disease severity, lung function, and eosinophilic inflammation. Nevertheless, considering our sample size, the obtained results require further validation using a much larger sample cohort.
Liver‐related mortality in countries of the developed world: an ecological study approach to explain the variability
Authors: von Wulffen M. , Clark P. J. , Macdonald G. A. , Raj A. S. , Kendall B. J. , Powell E. E. , Jones M. P. , Holtmann G. 
Published: May 2016

SummaryBackgroundLiver‐related mortality varies across developed nations.AimTo assess the relative role of various risk factors in relation to liver‐related mortality in an ecological study approach.MethodsData for liver‐related mortality, prevalence data for hepatitis B and C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), alcohol consumption per capita, Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM), overweight and obesity were extracted from peer‐reviewed publications or WHO databases for different developed countries. As potential other risk‐modifying factors, purchase power parity (PPP)‐adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and health expenditure per capita were assessed. As an environmental ‘hygiene factor’, we also assessed the effect of the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori. Only countries with a PPP‐adjusted GDP greater than $20 000 and valid information for at least 8 risk modifiers were included. Univariate and multivariate analyses were utilised to quantify the contribution to the variability in liver‐related mortality.ResultsThe proportion of chronic liver diseases (CLD)‐related mortality ranged from 0.73–2.40% [mean 1.56%, 95% CI (1.43–1.69)] of all deaths. Univariately, CLD‐related mortality was significantly associated with Hepatitis B prevalence, alcohol consumption, PPP‐adjusted GDP (all P < 0.05) and potentially H. pylori prevalence (P = 0.055). Other investigated factors, including hepatitis C, did not yield significance. Backward elimination suggested hepatitis B, alcohol consumption and PPP‐adjusted GDP as risk factors (explaining 66.3% of the variability).ConclusionHepatitis B infection, alcohol consumption and GDP, but not hepatitis C or other factors, explain most of the variance of liver‐related mortality.
Single‐incision totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair is safe and feasible in elderly patients: A single‐center experience of 365 procedures
Authors: Wakasugi Masaki , Tei Mitsuyoshi , Anno Kana , Mikami Tsubasa , Tsukada Ryo , Koh Masahiro , Furukawa Kenta , Suzuki Yozo , Masuzawa Toru , Kishi Kentaro , Tanemura Masahiro , Akamatsu Hiroki 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of SILS for totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair in elderly patients. A retrospective analysis of 365 patients who underwent of SILS for totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair from January 2012 to November 2015 at Osaka Police Hospital was performed, and the outcomes of patients aged <80 years and those aged ≥80 years were compared. There was a greater proportion of patients with an ASA score ≥3 among those ≥80 years than among those <80 years. The mean operative time for unilateral inguinal hernia was 94 min in patients <80 years and 98 min in patients ≥80 years. The mean operative time for bilateral inguinal hernia was 133 min in patients <80 years and 130 min in patients ≥80. Intraoperative bleeding was minimal in all patients. Conversion to a different operative procedure occurred in 3% (10/322) of patients <80 years and in 5% (2/43) of patients ≥80 years (P = 0.6). The mean postoperative hospital stay was 2.2 days for patients <80 years and 2.2 days for patients ≥80 years. The mean follow‐up period 21 ± 14 months (range, 3–50 months) for patients <80 years and 17 ± 14 months (range, 3–50 months) for patients ≥80 years (P = 0.3). Postoperative complications were seen in 12% (38/322) of patients <80 years and in 14% (6/43) of patients ≥80 years (P = 0.7). A seroma was seen in 9% (28/322) of patients <80 years and in 12% (5/43) of patients ≥80 years (P = 0.6). A wound infection occurred in 2% (8/322) of patients <80 years. These seromas and wound infections were managed conservatively. Pulmonary embolism was seen in one patient <80 years (0.3%). There was no mortality or recurrence in either group. SILS for totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair has good cosmesis and can be performed in elderly patients with acceptable morbidity and mortality.
Effects of dietary protein and energy levels on digestive enzyme activities and electrolyte composition in the small intestinal fluid of geese
Authors: Yang Jing , Yang Lin , Wang Yongchang , Zhai Shuangshuang , Wang Shenshen , Yang Zhipeng , Wang Wence 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary protein and energy levels on digestive enzymes and electrolyte composition in jejunum of geese. A 3×3 factorial and completely randomized design was adopted with three protein levels and three energy levels. The experiment included four replicates for each treatment, and three geese for each replicate. Isovolumetric supernate from centrifugal jejuna fluid were mixed in each replicate. Activities of digestive enzymes and ions were analyzed. The results showed trypsin and chymotrypsin activities were significantly increased with increasing of dietary protein and energy levels (P<0.05). The concentrations of Ca2+ and pH value were significantly decreased by increased dietary protein and energy levels. However, no significant differences were found for the activities of amylase and cellulase, as well as the concentration of Na+ among groups with different protein and energy levels. In conclusion, digesta enzymes and electrolytes in the small intestine adapted to the protein and energy levels. The activities of protease, rather than amylase and cellulase were induced with increasing of protein and energy levels. The imbalance of positive and negative ions was possibly adjusted by the fluctuant concentrations of K+, Cl‐ and Ca2+ for maintaining normal physiological function.
Use of controlled internal drug releasing (CIDR) devices to control reproduction in goats: A review
Authors: Knights Marlon , Singh‐Knights Doolarie 
Published: May 2016

AbstractHigh reproductive rates are necessary in order to increase the productivity of goat operations. Progesterone and its analogues are widely used in other species to control the reproductive system to facilitate synchronized births, induce fertile estrus or to facilitate the use of assisted reproductive techniques with the goal of increasing productivity of livestock. Progesterone impregnated controlled internal drug releasing (CIDR) devices are approved for delivery of the natural hormone progesterone to synchronize and induce fertile estrus in sheep. A few studies have reported a high estrous response and pregnancy rates when CIDRs are used to induce estrus in goats. However, significant variation exists in the duration of treatment (5‐16 days) and in the use of exogenous gonadotropins as part of the treatment protocol. As gonadotropins are not currently approved for commercial use in small ruminants in the USA, studies are needed to determine the necessity for exogenous gonadotropins and whether they can be replaced by enhancing endogenous secretion through photoperiodic manipulation of the doe and \ or increase stimulation through the ‘buck‐effect’. Future studies must not only evaluate efficacy, but should consider the economic feasibility of using CIDRs in commercial production systems.
Estimating the Average Treatment Effect on Survival Based on Observational Data and Using Partly Conditional Modeling
Authors: Gong Qi , Schaubel Douglas E. 
Published: May 2016

SummaryTreatments are frequently evaluated in terms of their effect on patient survival. In settings where randomization of treatment is not feasible, observational data are employed, necessitating correction for covariate imbalances. Treatments are usually compared using a hazard ratio. Most existing methods which quantify the treatment effect through the survival function are applicable to treatments assigned at time 0. In the data structure of our interest, subjects typically begin follow-up untreated; time-until-treatment, and the pretreatment death hazard are both heavily influenced by longitudinal covariates; and subjects may experience periods of treatment ineligibility. We propose semiparametric methods for estimating the average difference in restricted mean survival time attributable to a time-dependent treatment, the average effect of treatment among the treated, under current treatment assignment patterns. The pre- and posttreatment models are partly conditional, in that they use the covariate history up to the time of treatment. The pre-treatment model is estimated through recently developed landmark analysis methods. For each treated patient, fitted pre- and posttreatment survival curves are projected out, then averaged in a manner which accounts for the censoring of treatment times. Asymptotic properties are derived and evaluated through simulation. The proposed methods are applied to liver transplant data in order to estimate the effect of liver transplantation on survival among transplant recipients under current practice patterns.