bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Micropulse Cyclophotocoagulation: Initial Results in Refractory Glaucoma
Authors: Emanuel Matthew E. , Grover Davinder S. , Fellman Ronald L. , Godfrey David G. , Smith Oluwatosin , Butler Michelle R. , Kornmann Helen L. , Feuer William J. , Goyal Swati 
Published: June 2017

Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MP-TSCPC), a new and increasingly popular treatment, in patients with uncontrolled glaucoma.

Methods:
A retrospective chart review was performed for all patients who underwent a MP-TSCPC at the Glaucoma Associates of Texas.

Results:
A total of 84 eyes were treated with MP-TSCPC in this study with a mean follow-up time of 4.3 months. The mean age of treated patients was 74 years and 48 (57%) were female. Preoperatively, mean intraocular pressure (IOP) was 27.7 mm Hg and mean number of ocular antihypertensive medications used was 3.3. Mean postoperative IOP at months 1, 3, 6, and 12 were lowered to 16.3 mm Hg (41.2% reduction), 14.6, 13.0, and 11.1 mm Hg, respectively. Postoperative ocular antihypertensive medication use was also lowered to 1.9, 2.0, 2.0, and 2.3 medications at months 1, 3, 6, and 12, respectively. Five patients required further laser or surgical intervention for adequate IOP control. Complications included hypotony, IOP spike, hyphema, serous choroidal detachment, persistent inflammation, and vision loss. At 3 months, inflammation was still present in 46% of eyes and vision loss of at least 1 line was present in 41% of eyes.

Conclusions:
MP-TSCPC is effective at lowering IOP and decreasing the need for ocular antihypertensive medications. Eyes with limited visual potential or at high risk for incisional glaucoma surgery can successfully be treated with MP-TSCPC as a reasonable and effective alternative to traditional CPC. These results present short-term data and both longer follow-up and further studies are necessary.
Designing an Effective, Small-Scope Practice-based Study
Authors: Parker R. David , Regier Michael D. 
Published: June 2017

Objective:
Present a methodology to promote good practices in designing small-scale, practice-based studies.

Study Design:
We propose the following methods to assist clinicians and other practice-based researchers in designing and conducting good quality, small-scale studies in a clinical setting.

Methods:
Research projects applied to a limited, practice-based study may require modification to increase the consistency of patient research.

Results:
Although common requests to collaborative methodologists mirror methods for experimental design, clinic-based studies may face different limitations. Each participant enrolled consumes resources, including time, and personnel. If practice-based studies have a different goal, to learn about the health outcomes of patients in a medical practice with limited intent for generalization, should the same methods be used?

Conclusions:
When limitations are clearly stated and the findings are described within the study context, these limitations may not be so severe to discourage the research. We propose a systematic method to conduct practice-based research intended for small-scale study use. Relying heavily on existing research from similar areas, the incorporation of data from the practice, and the a priori defined timelines and resources, we set forth some guiding principles to assist clinic-based investigators. Individualized focus and small-scale studies are growing in use and acceptance especially given the focus on personalized health.
Development of the Barriers to Error Disclosure Assessment Tool
Authors: Welsh Darlene , Zephyr Dominique , Pfeifle Andrea L. , Carr Douglas E. , Fink Joseph L. , Jones Mandy 
Published: June 2017

Objectives
An interprofessional group of health colleges’ faculty created and piloted the Barriers to Error Disclosure Assessment tool as an instrument to measure barriers to medical error disclosure among health care providers.

Methods
A review of the literature guided the creation of items describing influences on the decision to disclose a medical error. Local and national experts in error disclosure used a modified Delphi process to gain consensus on the items included in the pilot. After receiving university institutional review board approval, researchers distributed the tool to a convenience sample of physicians (n = 19), pharmacists (n = 20), and nurses (n = 20) from an academic medical center. Means and SDs were used to describe the sample. Intraclass correlation coefficients were used to examine test-retest correspondence between the continuous items on the scale. Factor analysis with varimax rotation was used to determine factor loadings and examine internal consistency reliability. Cronbach α coefficients were calculated during initial and subsequent administrations to assess test-retest reliability.

Results
After omitting 2 items with intraclass correlation coefficient of less than 0.40, intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0.43 to 0.70, indicating fair to good test-retest correspondence between the continuous items on the final draft. Factor analysis revealed the following factors during the initial administration: confidence and knowledge barriers, institutional barriers, psychological barriers, and financial concern barriers to medical error disclosure. α Coefficients of 0.85 to 0.93 at time 1 and 0.82 to 0.95 at time 2 supported test-retest reliability.

Conclusions
The final version of the 31-item tool can be used to measure perceptions about abilities for disclosing, impressions regarding institutional policies and climate, and specific barriers that inhibit disclosure by health care providers. Preliminary evidence supports the tool’s validity and reliability for measuring disclosure variables.
Burnout and Work Engagement Among US Dentists
Authors: Calvo Jean Marie , Kwatra Japneet , Yansane Alfa , Tokede Oluwabunmi , Gorter Ronald C. , Kalenderian Elsbeth 
Published: June 2017

Background
Burnout is a threat to patient safety. It relates to emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. Work engagement conversely composed of levels of vigor, dedication, and absorption in one’s profession. The aim of this study was to examine burnout and work engagement among US dentists.

Methods
This study used the extensively validated Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale to measure burnout in a self-administered survey of 167 US dentists who attended continuing education courses held in Boston, Pittsburg, Iowa City, and Las Vegas. The mean scores on the 3 subscales of Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were computed. The interscale correlations between the components of burnout and work engagement were assessed using Pearson correlations. We used 1-way analysis of variance and independent 2 sample t tests to examine the relationship between burnout and work engagement across sex and various age categories. Prevalence of burnout in our study population was also computed.

Results
We observed that 13.2% of our study population experienced burnout and 16.2% of our study population was highly work engaged. There was a statistically significant, unadjusted association between burnout risk and work engagement (χ2 = 22.51, P < 0.0001). Furthermore, the scores in the subscales of burnout were significantly correlated with scores in the subscales of work engagement.

Conclusions
In this preliminary study, we observed some evidence of burnout among practicing US dentists. It is imperative that the dental profession understands this and works to promote professional practices that increase work engagement and decrease burnout.
The benchmarking of the use of toolkit for mass customization in the automobile industry
Authors: Fettermann Diego Castro , Echeveste Márcia Elisa Soares , Tortorella Guilherme Luz 
Published: June 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between the utilization of the customization strategy and the availability of the online toolkit and its features with the commercial variables of businesses.Design/methodology/approachThe sample used in this paper consists of 134 cases of corporate brands in the automobile industry; their sales correspond to 49.12 percent of vehicles produced in 2012. The logistic regression analysis was then applied to the sample.FindingsThis paper confirmed the relationship between the use of toolkits for customization and business variables, like vehicle sales.Originality/valueThe generated model allows the prediction of market conditions which recommended to provide the toolkit for customization, and if implemented, what combination of features it must have.
Brand resonance score for CBBE model: an application in financial services
Authors: Ande Raja Ambedkar , Gunasekaran Angappa , Murugesan Punniyamoorthy , Natarajan Thamaraiselvan 
Published: June 2017

Purpose
Brand resonance will significantly improve the profits of the services industry in the twenty-first century. The purpose of this paper is to find the resonance score for modified customer-based brand equity (CBBE) model in mutual fund financial services and improve the conceptualization of customer-based mutual fund services’ brand equity through brand resonance.

Design/methodology/approach
The path values of SEM model was used to estimate the relative weights of criteria and sub-criteria in analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model and it was empirically tested with a sample of 240 mutual fund investors.

Findings
The brand resonance using AHP has been quantified. The resonance quantification of each brand has been demonstrated using two renowned Indian mutual fund services brands State Bank of India and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Research limitations/implications
The interdependency of the factors which influence the resonance score is not explored.

Practical implications
Research findings provide useful guidelines for fund managers/analysts of mutual fund services companies while improving the brand equity and strong brand’s resonance with investors.

Originality/value
The paper examines quantification of resonance for modified CBBE model in mutual fund services using data from a sample of investors in India with two mutual fund brands. The AHP structure model helps firms effectively quantify the resonance score.
Flexibility in the European telecommunications industry
Authors: Ribeiro Vitor Miguel 
Published: June 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to expose the necessity of introducing some degree of flexibility in the definition of wholesale access price of FTTx, in the EU competition regulatory framework, and incorporating new regulatory actions to boost investment substitutability to ensure that NRAs accomplish dynamic and/or static efficiency targets.Design/methodology/approachGiven the European historical context, the current preponderance of cable and the strong heterogeneity in NGA networks rollout across Europe, a policy-oriented analysis defines a set of recommendations useful for member states whose NGA networks market is in a more advanced state of development.FindingsFlexibility is necessary in jurisdictions holding a highly competitive NGA wholesale market at the three previously described levels to avoid that strong dynamic efficiency is passed-through into excessive retail prices which may decrease static efficiency in greater proportion, thereby generating a deadweight loss.Originality/valueThe novel measures pointed out are part of the on-going debate concerning the revision of the European regulatory framework for NGA networks.
Exploring multidimensional quality attributes of incentive travels
Authors: Lee Jin-Soo , Chiang Chia-Hao 
Published: June 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore a multidimensional quality scale for the identification of incentive travel attributes.Design/methodology/approachThe combined qualitative and quantitative method was used.FindingsThe resulting quality scale comprises 32 items with eight factors: image and attractions, accessibility, site environment, hotel facilities, opportunities for networking and sense of achievement/reward, program, specially arranged program and local people.Practical implicationsThe results of this study provide insights for practitioners in Taiwan, particularly the government bodies concerned and incentive event organizers, and thus assist the practitioners in making strategic plans and decisions to ensure event quality and overall attendee satisfaction.Originality/valueThe value of this study is the first attempt to develop and validate a scale for capturing the quality of incentive events.
Effect of information quality of employment website on attitude toward the website
Authors: Priyadarshini Chetna , Sreejesh S. , Anusree M.R. 
Published: June 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop and validate an empirical model examining the job seekers’ perception about information quality of corporate employment websites and its impact on their attitude toward the websites through perceived playfulness and usefulness. Furthermore, the study also examines the job seekers’ e-trust as condition under which these mechanisms generate website attitude.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 385 active job seekers was selected through systematic random sampling. A web-based questionnaire was used to elicit responses for the study. Structural equation modeling was used to validate the proposed model.FindingsResults indicate that the information quality dimensions positively influence perceived playfulness and perceived usefulness, which in turn evoke the website attitude. Furthermore, e-trust was found to moderate the above said relationships.Originality/valueThe study contribution lies in an empirical validation of a model showing the mechanisms and the condition through which the relationship exists between perceived information quality of e-recruitment websites and job seekers’ website attitude, and thus responds to the call for additional research that generalizes the influence of information characteristics of websites on job seekers’ behavioral outcomes.
Academic social networking sites
Authors: Bhardwaj Raj Kumar 
Published: June 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to compare four popular academic social networking sites (ASNSs), namely, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Mendeley and Zotero.

Design/methodology/approach
Evaluation method has been used with the help of checklist covering various features of ASNSs. A structured checklist has been prepared to compare four popular ASNSs, comprising 198 dichotomous questions divided into 12 broad categories.

Findings
The study found that performance of ASNSs using the latest features and services is not up to the mark, and none of the site is rated as “Excellent”. The sites lack in incorporation of session filters; output features; privacy settings and text display; and search and browsing fields. Availability of bibilographic features and general features is poor in these sites. Further, altmetrics and analytics features are not incorporated properly. User interface of the sites need to improve to draw researchers to use them. The study report reveals that ResearchGate scored the highest, 61.1 per cent points, and was ranked “above average”, followed by Academia.edu with 48.0 per cent and Mendeley with 43.9 per cent are ranked “average”. However, the Zotero (38.9 per cent) was ranked “below average”.

Practical implications
Accreditation agencies can identify suitable sites in the evaluation of institutions’ research output. Further, students and faculty members can choose the site suiting their needs. Library and information science professionals can use the checklist to impart training to the academic community which can help fostering research and development activities.

Originality/value
The study identifies features that ought to be available in a model ASNS. These features are categorized into 12 broad categories. The findings can also be used by developers of the sites to enhance functionalities. Institutions can choose suitable sites while collaborating with other institutions.
Mental health of people in the military depends on social inclusion: why not for all of us?
Authors: Holttum Sue 
Published: June 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss five recent papers on military people and those close to them, and to suggest how taking into account their families and sense of social inclusion is key to mental well-being.

Design/methodology/approach
There are four papers about military people’s adjustment when they return from a war zone, often with experience of traumatic stress. A fifth paper discusses getting soldiers back to war when they experience traumatic stress.

Findings
The studies on reintegration into civilian life focus mainly on the family. They suggest that involvement of the spouse or close partner in treatment may be crucial. The military person and their family are faced with forging new roles and ways of doing things. Joint treatment may best help them do this and functioning well as a family with everyone feeling they belong. The fifth paper argues for similar kinds of social support and sense of belonging, but to the military rather than the family, to support return to battle.

Originality/value
Few studies to date have included military people’s spouses or intimate partners. These studies either include these contacts or pay attention to the social context when considering military people returning home or experiencing traumatic stress and injuries. Attention to the social context may protect social inclusion when military people return home, or support their military role. The potential contribution of working with that context has lessons for civilian mental health services in preserving social inclusion.
The future of student life: living
Authors: Romero Maria 
Published: June 2017

Purpose
A research project exploring emerging student needs explored six aspects of student life: living, learning, working, playing, connecting and participating. Living is explored here. Increasing numbers of empowered students are actively considering the long-term effects and values in their decision-making that could drive a shift towards a more student-centric educational approach. This paper aims to summarize two scenarios about the Living domain from the Student Needs 2025+ project and highlights implications for the future of higher education.

Design/methodology/approach
A modified version of the University of Houston’s “Framework Foresight” method was used to explore the future of six aspects of future student life.

Findings
Values shift: the introduction of more postmodern values in the student body will change their dynamic not only as a group but also as individual patterns of consumption and behavior. Technology is a double-edged sword: as an important variable of the social system, technological developments come with unintended consequences that will impact apparently distant areas of the system, like health and personal wellbeing. Lack of long-term vision: students today are not trained to make decisions considering long-term consequences; instead, they would rather choose instant rewards.

Research limitations/implications
In terms of research limitations, the paper is focused on the needs of students and does not purport to be an exhaustive analysis of all of the issues influencing higher education. It views the future of higher education through the lens of students and their emerging needs.

Practical implications
The paper is intended for educators, researchers and administrators to provide insight on how the needs of students and their key customers are evolving.

Originality/value
This piece explores student life in its totality as way to more accurately identify student needs in the future.
The return of “pay” and how to optimise it
Authors: Thomas Ruth 
Published: June 2017

Purpose
There is a strange paradox at play in workplaces today – and it has all to do with that most basic of needs: “pay”. Employees might well be working longer hours and taking out more second jobs, but the amount of money they have left in their pockets simply is not keeping pace with the cost of living.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper examines how pay has shot back to the top of the things employees most want from their employer, but (despite this) it also examines the extent to which pay – the greatest cost most businesses face – seems overlooked in terms of being measured with the same sort of ROI rigour as other business costs.

Findings
Most firms would not invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in new IT if it did not yield some form of efficiency/productivity return but, as this paper argues, many firms can quite easily see the total pay of their employees’ pay rise by the same amount, and yet they know nothing about whether paying some staff more than others will actually boost productivity and profitability.

Originality/value
It is this paper’s view that compensation measurement and management is vital if businesses are to understand how what they pay impacts performance. Firms that use data may discover they do not need to improve everyone’s pay by the same amount to boost their productivity, but they can do more targeting compensation around key people and key performers.
Anterior gradient 2 is induced in cutaneous wound and promotes wound healing through its adhesion domain
Authors: Zhu Qi , Mangukiya Hitesh Bhagavanbhai , Mashausi Dhahiri Saidi , Guo Hao , Negi Hema , Merugu Siva Bharath , Wu Zhenghua , Li Dawei 
Published: June 2017

Anterior gradient 2 (AGR2), a member of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, is both located in cytoplasm and secreted into extracellular matrix. The orthologs of AGR2 have been linked to limb regeneration in newt and wound healing in zebrafish. In mammals, AGR2 influences multiple cell signaling pathways in tumor formation and in normal cell functions related to new tissue formation like angiogenesis. However, the function of AGR2 in mammalian wound healing remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate AGR2 expression and its function during skin wound healing and the possible application of external AGR2 in cutaneous wound to accelerate the healing process. Our results showed that AGR2 expression was induced in the migrating epidermal tongue and hyperplastic epidermis after skin excision. Topical application of recombinant AGR2 significantly accelerated wound‐healing process by increasing the migration of keratinocytes (Kera.) and the recruitment of fibroblasts (Fibro.) near the wounded area. External AGR2 also promoted the migration of Kera. and Fibro. in vitro in a dose‐dependent manner. The adhesion domain of AGR2 was required for the formation of focal adhesions in migrating Fibro., leading to the directional migration along AGR2 gradient. These results indicate that recombinant AGR2 accelerates skin wound healing through regulation of Kera. and Fibro. migration, thus demonstrating its potential utility as an alternative strategy of the therapeutics to accelerate the healing of acute or chronic skin wounds.