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Recruit firefighters: personality and mental health
Authors: Wagner Shannon , Fraess-Phillips Alex , Mikkelson Kelly 
Published: November 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the predispositional hypothesis related to the “rescue personality” and the mental health of firefighter recruits.

Design/methodology/approach
This study compared responses to a written set of personality and mental health measures between firefighter recruits and non-rescue comparison participants – individually matched based on age, gender, ethnicity, and marital status. Data analysis involved statistical one-way between subjects analyses of variance complemented with epidemiological paired odds ratio calculations.

Findings
The results indicated that firefighter recruits self-reported as less open to experience, less neurotic, and less Type A. They also self-reported as less likely to report somatization, hostility, and posttraumatic stress symptomatology than comparison participants. Recruits were higher in extraversion and conscientiousness, but indicated no differences in perceptions of risk or sensation-seeking behaviour.

Originality/value
The present study contributes to the literature on firefighter recruits and provides some initial data regarding personality of those attracted to the fire services, as well as information about the mental health of firefighters prior to service. Mitchell’s “rescue personality” was partly supported and evidence was provided suggesting that new recruits have strong self-perceived mental health.
An equilibrium displacement approach to analyzing the effects of tariff reduction on farmers’ profits
Authors: Ahn Byeong-Il , Im Jeong-Bin 
Published: November 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop an equilibrium displacement model (EDM) that is able to evaluate the impacts of a free trade agreement (FTA) on the profits of farmers. Empirical applications of the developed EDM are performed for evaluating the influences of Korea-Chile FTA on the grape industry in Korea.

Design/methodology/approach
Supply and demand equations together with profit function of individual farmers are converted into log-differential forms that compose the EDM. The cost function of grape producers is estimated for deriving the parameters that are required in applying the developed EDM.

Findings
The share of profit within revenue and the elasticity of cost with respect to quantity in the cost function play key roles in assessing the change in farmers’ profit. The empirical assessment of the effects of Korea-Chile FTA indicates that this FTA has little impact on the Korean grape market and grape producers in Korea.

Originality/value
Usefulness of the existing EDM has been limited in evaluating the impacts of exogenous shocks on the individual farmer level. This paper fills this gap by developing an EDM that assesses the impacts of tariff reduction on farm-level profit.
Environmental impact of distribution network design: the case of Korea
Authors: Kim Hyo-Joo , Woo Su-Han , Lai Po-Lin , Seo Yong-Won 
Published: November 2016

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the environmental impact of distribution network design.Design/methodology/approachTypical distribution networks are identified and modeled through interviews with logistics companies in Korea. CO2emission is calculated for the distribution network models to evaluate the environmental impact of different network designs. In addition, economic and customer service performances are evaluated to provide realistic and balanced solutions to supply chain managers.FindingsIt is suggested that hybrid networks combining Hub-and-Spoke (HS) and Point-to-Point (PP) networks with a small number of sub-terminals are the most effective in both environmental and customer service aspects, whereas HS network is the most cost-effective.Research limitations/implicationsThe analysis in this study is based on certain assumptions, and hence full application of these results to specific cases is limited. The combination of PP network with HS network is suggested, forming a hybrid network, and CO2mitigation policies need to consider support schemes that can influence a firm’s decision making in relation to network design.Originality/valueLittle attention, however, has been paid to the environmental impact of distribution network design in the exiting literature. This study is a rare attempt at evaluating the environmental impact of distribution network design and may provide valuable implications to policy-makers and practitioners in logistics and manufacturing companies.
Systemic leanness
Authors: Narayanamurthy Gopalakrishnan , Gurumurthy Anand 
Published: November 2016

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe a leanness assessment methodology that takes into account the interaction between lean elements for computing the systemic leanness and for assisting continuous improvement of lean implementation.Design/methodology/approachKey elements determining the leanness level were identified by reviewing the relevant literature and were structured as a framework. Graph-theoretic approach (GTA) was used as the assessment methodology for its ability to evaluate the interaction between the elements in the developed framework.FindingsInteractions between the lean elements were configured. Application of the proposed GTA for assessing systemic leanness was demonstrated. Scenario analysis was performed and a scale was developed to assist firms in comparing their systemic leanness index.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is unique in developing an assessment approach for measuring the systemic leanness. In addition, this study explains how the implementation of lean thinking (LT) in a value stream can be continuously improved by proposing a systemic leanness index that can be benchmarked. The proposed approach to measure systemic leanness can be tested across different value streams in future for extending its generalizability.Practical implicationsProposed framework and leanness assessment approach presents an innovative tool for practitioners to capture the systemic aspect of LT. Proposed assessment approach supports practitioners in achieving continuous improvement in lean implementation by revealing the lean elements that need to be focused in future.Originality/valueStudy introduces a new perspective for LT by studying the importance of interactions between the lean elements and by incorporating them to assess the systemic leanness.
Unlocking the “black box” in the talent management employee performance relationship: evidence from Ghana
Authors: Kwame Mensah James , Nyigmah Bawole Justice , Wedchayanon Nisada 
Published: November 2016

Purpose
Combining insights from the social exchange and signalling theories, the purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate the relationship between talent management (TM) practices and four dimensions of talented employees’ performance; and, second, to examine the mediating role of job satisfaction and affective commitment on this relationship in the Ghanaian banking context.

Design/methodology/approach
Structural equation modelling was used to survey data from 232 employees who are part of a talent pool in the Ghanaian banking sector.

Findings
The findings of this paper showed that TM practices increase positive talented employee performance of task, contextual and adaptive, whereas it reduces counterproductive behaviours. Second, talented employee work attitudes of job satisfaction and affective commitment partially mediate the relationship between TM practices and four dimensions of talented employees’ performance.

Research limitations/implications
This study used cross-sectional data; hence, conclusions regarding causality cannot be made.

Practical implications
Management and organisations implementing and intending to implement TM practices should implement and invest in TM practices that will trigger employee work attitudes to achieve full employee performance.

Originality/value
This paper advances the literature by exploring the relationship between TM practices and four dimensions of talented employees’ performance.
The Limits to Artist‐Led Regeneration: Creative Brownfields in the Cities of High Culture
Authors: Andres Lauren , Golubchikov Oleg 
Published: November 2016

AbstractDespite the burgeoning literature on creative cities, seldom explored is the context of cities rich in cultural capital but more orthodox in their approach to preserving the autonomy of culture. This article discusses the status of artistic spaces occupying abandoned industrial premises (‘creative brownfields') in historic cities that traditionally shape their policies around prestigious cultural institutions (‘cities of high culture'). Based on comparative insights from St Petersburg and Lausanne, the article explores the relations and tensions between mainstream cultural governance and creative brownfields. While there is no lack of creative brownfields in these cities, their wider urban impact is found to be marginal; moreover, these sites represent dispersed instances of temporary occupations rather than situated clusters of creative actors. More than coincidental, this (lack of) spatialization is argued to result from a particular governmentality—that of high culture—which disregards, rather than promotes, spaces of alternative cultural governance. The article conceptualizes creative brownfields in cities of high culture as the ‘soft infrastructure' of cultural production, in contrast with those in ‘creative cities' as the ‘hard infrastructure' of urban production. The article also calls for a recognition of the local context of regulation and accumulation in understanding the cultural/urban interplay.
Forensic Taxonomy of Android Social Apps
Authors: Azfar Abdullah , Choo Kim‐Kwang Raymond , Liu Lin 
Published: November 2016

AbstractAn Android social app taxonomy incorporating artifacts that are of forensic interest will enable users and forensic investigators to identify the personally identifiable information (PII) stored by the apps. In this study, 30 popular Android social apps were examined. Artifacts of forensic interest (e.g., contacts lists, chronology of messages, and timestamp of an added contact) were recovered. In addition, images were located, and Facebook token strings used to tie account identities and gain access to information entered into Facebook by a user were identified. Based on the findings, a two‐dimensional taxonomy of the forensic artifacts of the social apps is proposed. A comparative summary of existing forensic taxonomies of different categories of Android apps, designed to facilitate timely collection and analysis of evidentiary materials from Android devices, is presented.
Agroecological management of a soil‐dwelling orthopteran pest in vineyards
Authors: Nboyine Jerry Asalma , Boyer Stephane , Saville David J. , Wratten Stephen David 
Published: November 2016

AbstractThe efficacy of different combinations of undervine and inter‐row treatments for managing a soil‐dwelling orthopteran pest, weta (Hemiandrus sp.), in vineyards was investigated over 2 seasons. This insect damages vine buds, thus reducing subsequent grape yield. The undervine treatments comprised pea straw mulch, mussel shells, tick beans [Vicia faba Linn. var minor (Fab)], plastic sleeves on vine trunks (treated control) and control (no intervention), while inter‐rows contained either the existing vegetation or tick beans. Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with 10 replicates. Data were collected on weta densities, damage to beans and components of yield. The latter were numbers of bud laid down per vine, shoots per bud, clusters per shoot, grape bunches per vine, bunch weight and yield. The undervine treatments significantly affected all variables except the number of shoots per bud. In contrast, none of the variables was significantly affected by the inter‐row treatments or their interaction with undervine treatments, apart from weta density. At the end of the experiment, weta density in the shell treatment was about 58% lower than in the control. As a result, there was about 39% significant yield increase in that treatment compared to the control. Although the undervine beans and sleeves treatments increased yield, there were no reductions in weta density. With undervine beans, the insect fed on the bean plants instead of vine buds. Thus, yield in that treatment was approximately 28% higher than in the control. These results demonstrate that simple agroecological management approaches can reduce above‐ground damage by soil‐dwelling insects.
Consumer preference for edible insect‐containing cookies determined by conjoint analysis: An exploratory study of Korean consumers
Authors: Ryu Jung Pyo , Shin Jungyoung Tiffany , Kim Jin , Kim Young Wook 
Published: November 2016

AbstractConsumers are the principal agents of consumption when edible insect cookies are launched into the market; therefore, there is a need for research into consumer perception of this product and the factors that could affect their choice. Therefore, through this study, we aimed to provide such information for the development and launch of edible insect cookies. We investigated the importance of product features of edible insect cookies and the part‐worth of the feature levels while predicting the market share of edible insect cookies that are currently in development. We constructed 16 main and four hold‐out profiles from six product features and 16 levels of features. Following analysis of data collected from 203 of 250 respondents, product features were found to be important in the descending order of “type”, “price”, “size”, “availability of nutrition facts”, “thickness” and “use of edible insects”. When the market share of an edible insect cookie with the optimal combination of product features was analyzed through choice simulation, it had the second‐highest share in the cookie market, thus suggesting a direction for the development of edible insect cookies.
Discrepancy rates in reporting of acute stroke CT
Authors: Astill Christopher SJ , Agzarian Marc J 
Published: November 2016

AbstractIntroductionWith increasing after‐hours workloads there has been reliance on registrars to report after‐hours acute stroke CT scans at our institution. This practice was reviewed for the perceived possibility of error and poor patient outcomes by the reliance on after‐hours registrar reports. Through an audit of 3 years of these studies, we proposed to investigate if our current practice is safe and whether it results in poor patient outcomes.MethodsFollowing ethics approval, all after‐hours acute stroke CT scan reports from September 2012 to August 2015 were identified using the PACS. All reports were reviewed with data recorded on a written worksheet then transferred to an Excel spreadsheet for analysis. The consultant report was used as the gold standard. In cases where discrepancies occurred, medical records were reviewed.ResultsEight hundred and ninety‐four acute stroke CT scans were identified in the audit period with a subset of 316 studies identified where a registrar report was issued at time of scan and checked the following day by a radiology consultant. There were 114 discrepancies (10 were major, 51 were minor, and 53 other). In three discrepancy cases, the patient's clinical course was altered. There were no adverse outcomes as a result of a discrepancy. Using a radiology consultant as the gold standard the major discrepancy rate was ≈3% in the after‐hours setting.ConclusionOur 3 year retrospective audit demonstrates that our practice of registrar report issued at the time of CT scan checked the following day by a radiologist has a low major discrepancy rate and that patient safety was not compromised. These results support the continuation of our current practice.
Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of atherosclerotic plaque: Lost in translation?
Authors: Jain Manish , Zellweger Matthieu , Wagnières Georges , van den Bergh Hubert , Cook Stéphane , Giraud Marie‐Noelle 
Published: November 2016

SummaryAcute coronary syndrome is a life‐threatening condition of utmost clinical importance, which, despite recent progress in the field, is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. Acute coronary syndrome results from a rupture or erosion of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque with secondary platelet activation and thrombus formation, which leads to partial or complete luminal obstruction of a coronary artery. During the last decade, scientific evidence demonstrated that when an acute coronary event occurs, several nonculprit plaques are in a “vulnerable” state. Among the promising approaches, several investigations provided evidence of photodynamic therapy (PDT)‐induced stabilization and regression of atherosclerotic plaque. Significant development of PDT strategies improved its therapeutic outcome. This review addresses PDT's pertinence and major problems/challenges toward its translation to a clinical reality.
Craving behavioral intervention for internet gaming disorder: remediation of functional connectivity of the ventral striatum
Authors: Zhang Jin‐Tao , Ma Shan‐Shan , Li Chiang‐Shan R. , Liu Lu , Xia Cui‐Cui , Lan Jing , Wang Ling‐Jiao , Liu Ben , Yao Yuan‐Wei , Fang Xiao‐Yi 
Published: November 2016

AbstractPsychobehavioral intervention is an effective treatment of Internet addiction, including Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, the neural mechanisms underlying its efficacy remain unclear. Cortical‐ventral striatum (VS) circuitry is a common target of psychobehavioral interventions in drug addiction, and cortical‐VS dysfunction has been reported in IGD; hence, the primary aim of the study was to investigate how the VS circuitry responds to psychobehavioral interventions in IGD. In a cross‐sectional study, we examined resting‐state functional connectivity of the VS in 74 IGD subjects (IGDs) and 41 healthy controls (HCs). In a follow‐up craving behavioral intervention (CBI) study, of the 74 IGD subjects, 20 IGD subjects received CBI (CBI+) and 16 IGD subjects did not (CBI−). All participants were scanned twice with similar time interval to assess the effects of CBI. IGD subjects showed greater resting‐state functional connectivity of the VS to left inferior parietal lobule (lIPL), right inferior frontal gyrus and left middle frontal gyrus, in positive association with the severity of IGD. Moreover, compared with CBI−, CBI+ showed significantly greater decrease in VS‐lIPL connectivity, along with amelioration in addiction severity following the intervention. These findings demonstrated that functional connectivity between VS and lIPL, each presumably mediating gaming craving and attentional bias, may be a potential biomarker of the efficacy of psychobehavioral intervention. These results also suggested that non‐invasive techniques such as transcranial magnetic or direct current stimulation targeting the VS‐IPL circuitry may be used in the treatment of Internet gaming disorders.
Extended‐release niacin increases anti‐apolipoprotein A‐I antibodies that block the antioxidant effect of high‐density lipoprotein–cholesterol: the EXPLORE clinical trial
Authors: Batuca Joana R. , Amaral Marta C. , Favas Catarina , Paula Filipe S. , Ames Paul R. J. , Papoila Ana L. , Delgado Alves José 
Published: November 2016

AimsExtended‐release niacin (ERN) is the most effective agent for increasing high‐density lipoprotein–cholesterol (HDL‐C). Having previously identified anti‐HDL antibodies, we investigated whether ERN affected the antioxidant capacity of HDL and whether ERN was associated with the production of antibodies against HDL (aHDL) and apolipoprotein A‐I (aApoA‐I).MethodsTwenty‐one patients older than 18 years, with HDL‐C ≤40 mg dl–1 (men) or ≤50 mg dl–1 (women) were randomly assigned to receive daily ERN (n = 10) or placebo (n = 11) for two sequential 12‐week periods, with 4 weeks of wash‐out before cross‐over. Primary outcome was change of paraoxonase‐1 (PON1) activity and secondary outcomes were changes in aHDL and aApoA‐I antibodies. Clinical Trial Unique Identifier: EudraCT 2006–006889‐42.ResultsThe effect of ERN on PON1 activity was nonsignificant (coefficient estimate 20.83 U l–1, 95% confidence interval [CI] –9.88 to 51.53; P = 0.184). ERN was associated with an increase in HDL‐C levels (coefficient estimate 5.21 mg dl–1, 95% CI 1.16 to 9.25; P = 0.012) and its subclasses HDL2 (coefficient estimate 2.46 mg dl–1, 95% CI 0.57 to 4.34; P = 0.011) and HDL3 (coefficient estimate 2.73 mg dl–1, 95% CI 0.47 to 4.98; P = 0.018). ERN was significantly associated with the production of aApoA‐I antibodies (coefficient estimate 0.25 μg ml–1, 95% CI 0.09–0.40; P = 0.001). aApoA‐I titres at baseline were correlated with decreased PON activity.ConclusionsThe rise in HDL‐C achieved with ERN was not matched by improved antioxidant capacity, eventually hampered by the emergence of aApoA‐I antibodies. These results may explain why Niacin and other lipid lowering agents fail to reduce cardiovascular risk.
Adverse Effect Profile of Topical Ocular Administration of Fingolimod for Treatment of Dry Eye Disease
Authors: Xiao Weibao , Sun Li , Zhang Nan , Ye Wen 
Published: November 2016

AbstractFingolimod is a promising prodrug in attenuating multiple sclerosis and prolonging survival of organ allograft, with many other protective effects. Its mechanism of action is related to the internalization of sphingosine 1‐phosphate receptors (S1PRs). Our previous study indicated that fingolimod eyedrops was efficacious in inhibiting ocular inflammation in a dry eye disease (DED) model of non‐obese diabetic (NOD) mice. In the current study, we evaluated potential adverse effects of fingolimod eyedrops. Inbred 10‐week‐old BALB/c mice were randomly divided into four groups, fingolimod‐treated groups at three different concentrations (0.01%, 0.1% and 0.5%) and a negative control group without intervention. Our results showed that in the 0.5% fingolimod group, adverse effects such as photophobia, catacleisis and corneal oedema were observed after 1 week of treatment. 1 month later, corneal opacity, oedema and neovascularization persisted till the mice were killed 2 months later. In contrast, there was no significant abnormality in the negative control group, and 0.01% and 0.1% fingolimod‐treated groups. During a 2‐month treatment period, we did not detect fingolimod, nor significant change in blood cells in peripheral blood, nor pathological changes in retina and systemic organs. Combined with our previous study and the current results, we recommend that an optimal range of safe and effective concentration of fingolimod as eyedrops is between 0.005% and 0.1%.