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Restaurant tipping and customers’ susceptibility to emotional contagion
Authors: Koku Paul Sergius , Savas Selen 
Published: October 2016

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the connection between restaurant tipping propensity and customers’ susceptibility to emotional contagion (EC) in an effort to shed more light on consumers’ inclination to pay more for a service than they are legally obligated to (that is to pay more than the price by tipping).Design/methodology/approachIn this study, two different instruments (Tipping Motivations Scale and Emotional Contagion Scale) were simultaneously administered online to restaurant patrons. The simultaneous administration of the instruments allows the researchers to capture not only tipping propensity but also the linkage between tipping propensity and customers’ susceptibility to EC.FindingsThe results show that customers’ susceptibility to EC, social compliance and server actions has the most effect on intention to tip in restaurants in Turkey. These findings support the notion that universal human characteristics such as the tendency to reciprocate (Hatfieldet al., 1993) influence consumers’ propensity to tip regardless of the culture.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the results of this study offer some insight into why restaurant patrons tip, the fact that the study was carried out only in Turkey which has a collectivist culture limits the generalizability of the results to other societies that may be individualistic in orientation.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study can be used by restaurant managers in training their employees and improving their customer patronage, particularly patronage from repeat customers. Similarly, the results could be used by restaurant servers to improve their income.Social implicationsThe results of the study have potential to enhance the mutually beneficial relationship that should exist between restaurants and restaurant patrons. Indirectly, the results of the study could improve collective societal good.Originality/valueThis study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, is one of the first to use the Tipping Motivations Scale (Whaleyet al., 2014) in a different culture (Eurasia) and explain consumers’ tipping propensity explicitly using the concept of EC.
Servicescape attributes and consumer well-being
Authors: Sheng Xiaojing , Siguaw Judy A. , Simpson Penny M. 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to empirically demonstrate an effective method for assessing how servicescape attributes shape consumer well-being and to highlight the value of importance-performance analysis (IPA) within a services context.

Design/methodology/approach
This study surveyed frequent visitors to a travel destination to determine their perceived importance of and satisfaction with servicescape attributes. The responses were analyzed using a series of importance-performance analyses to determine the impact of each servicescape attribute on consumer well-being.

Findings
Key servicescape attributes contributing to the well-being of frequent visitors to a destination were identified. For example, weather; friendly residents; restaurants; and interaction with locals were identified as attributes with a “high impact” on well-being, although weather and friendly residents were satisfiers and restaurants and interaction with locals were identified as dissatisfiers. In total, 23 servicescape attributes were plotted on a matrix depicting each attribute’s range and type of impact.

Practical Implications
This study provides practitioners with an idea of which servicescape attributes are important in improving well-being and illustrates how IPA may be used to identify attributes of any transformative service. Additionally, the analysis helps managers prioritize servicescape attributes for a more ideal allocation of scarce resources. These findings should be applicable to various contexts.

Originality/value
This paper is the only known study to examine effects of servicescape attributes on consumer well-being and one of few to use the modified IPA in a services context.
Retrospective: the importance of servicescapes in leisure service settings
Authors: Wakefield Kirk L. , Blodgett Jeffrey 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to review the contribution of the paper, “The Importance of Servicescapes in Leisure Service Settings” to the discipline and to offer directions for further research and developments in the research area.

Design/methodology/approach
Key findings from research streams in sports and entertainment, leisure and hospitality, and services and retail marketing, which emanated from the publication of the paper, are highlighted. Opportunities for future research are discussed.

Findings
The importance of the servicescape in leisure settings has become even greater on a national and global basis as individuals spend more time, money and effort pursuing hedonic consumption in service settings. More research is needed within specific service contexts among and between individuals, groups and cultures to determine the holistic and particular influences of the physical environment on consumer response.

Research limitations/implications
With increased co-production of service experiences, including the integration of technology and mobile/wearable devices, marketers and researchers must better understand the role of the physical surroundings on individual, group and organizational behavior in the evolving servicescape.

Originality/value
The original paper motivated significant, highly cited studies in multiple disciplines integrated and overlapping with services and retail marketing. Taking a historical perspective encourages other researchers to conduct research of personal interest to address theoretical, methodological and practical issues. The retrospective analysis by the authors gives insight into the thought processes associated with understanding key aspects of the servicescape that contribute to the historical development of services marketing and offers food for thought (if not ambience and layout) for future research directions.
Using network connectivity to prioritise sites for the control of invasive species
Authors: Perry George L. W. , Moloney Kirk A. , Etherington Thomas R. 
Published: October 2016

Summary

Habitat connectivity is a crucial determinant of population dynamics in fragmented landscapes. The corollary of the emphasis on maintaining connectivity to enhance the movement of organisms is that disrupting connectivity should minimise it. Here, we evaluate the efficiency of an invasive species control strategy that targets the most connected habitats in a landscape.

A network (spatial graph) provides an intuitive representation of a landscape, and the topology of this network can be used to identify the most connected patches. We implemented a simulation model of the spread of an invasive species on a network and used it to evaluate whether targeting the better‐connected components of the landscape enhances control effectiveness.

Control strategies based on network topology consistently outperformed both a null strategy of random habitat selection and one based on separation distance alone. The advantages of the connectivity‐based strategy were strongest in the early phases of the invasion process, when a small number of habitats are occupied at low population density. However, if long‐distance dispersal events were common, the advantages of the connectivity approach weakened.

The performance of the connectivity‐based strategy is robust to habitat‐level demographic stochasticity. In fact, connectivity‐based targeting outperforms a strategy focussing on source habitats, with the additional benefit that it requires less information to be implemented.

Synthesis and applications. Our simulation model outcomes demonstrate that deliberately targeting the best‐connected components of a landscape is an efficient control strategy for invasive species when long‐distance dispersal is infrequent, and it is likely to be cheaper than other alternatives such as targeting population sources. Network scientists have developed a range of methods designed to identify the minimal set of nodes on a graph that will disrupt the network as a whole; these tools have potential to aid in the design of more effective control strategies.
Mycophenolate mofetil improves renal haemodynamics, microvascular oxygenation, and inflammation in a rat model of supra‐renal aortic clamping‐mediated renal ischaemia reperfusion injury
Authors: Ergin Bulent , Heger Michal , Kandil Asli , Demirci‐Tansel Cihan , Ince Can 
Published: October 2016

SummaryIschaemia/reperfusion (I/R) is one of the main causes of acute kidney injury (AKI), which is characterized by sterile inflammation and oxidative stress. Immune cell activation can provoke overproduction of inflammatory mediators and reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to perturbation of the microcirculation and tissue oxygenation associated with local and remote tissue injury. This study investigated whether the clinically employed immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was able to reduce I/R‐induced renal oxygenation defects and oxidative stress by preventing sterile inflammation. Rats were divided into three groups (n=6/group): (1) a sham‐operated control group; (2) a group subjected to renal I/R alone (I/R); and (3) a group subjected to I/R and MMF treatment (20 mg/kg prior to I/R) (I/R+MMF). Ischaemia was induced by a vascular occluder placed on the abdominal aorta for 30 minutes, followed by 120 minutes of reperfusion. Renal I/R deteriorated renal oxygenation (P<.001) and oxygen delivery (P<.01), reduced creatinine clearance (P<.01) and tubular sodium reabsorption (P<.001), and increased iNOS, renal tissue injury markers (P<.001), and IL‐6 (P<.001). Oral MMF administration prior to insult restored renal cortical oxygenation (P<.05) and iNOS, renal injury markers, and inflammation parameters (P<.001) to near‐baseline levels without affecting renal function. MMF exerted a prophylactic effect on renal microvascular oxygenation and abrogated tissue inflammation and renal injury following lower body I/R‐induced AKI. These findings may have clinical implications during major vascular or renal transplant surgery.
Improving clean‐catch contamination rates: A prospective interventional cohort study
Authors: Teo Sharon , Cheek John A , Craig Simon 
Published: October 2016

AbstractObjectivesThe clean‐catch method of urine collection carries a high contamination rate. This study aims to evaluate the effects on contamination rate of providing a parent handout and pre‐made urine collection pack for clean‐catch urine collection.MethodsWe conducted a single‐centre prospective cohort interventional study in a tertiary paediatric ED. All children younger than 24 months who presented from April 2013 to June 2014 requiring a urine sample to be obtained were included. The intervention was provision of a pre‐made urine collection pack including a standardised information handout. The primary outcome measure was the difference in proportion of urine contamination in samples obtained via a clean‐catch pre‐ and post‐intervention.ResultsThe total number of urine specimens included was 288 in the pre‐intervention group and 333 in the post‐intervention group. Contamination rates were 14.9% in the pre‐intervention group and 11.4% in the post‐intervention group. There was no statistically significant reduction in contamination (P = 0.19). The contamination rates appeared to be associated with gender, with (pooled) female contamination rates being 16.4% (44/269) and male contamination rates being 10.5% (37/352). Most specimens of urine were collected via the clean‐catch method (81.2%), followed by catheter urine specimen (13.7%) and suprapubic aspirate (5.1%). The contamination rate in our study for clean‐catch urine collectively was 13%, catheter urine specimen 3.8% and suprapubic aspirate 0%.ConclusionThe contamination rate of clean‐catch urine did not improve with the implementation of a pre‐made urine collection pack including standardised written instructions.
Human resource business partner lifecycle model: exploring how the relationship between HRBPs and their line manager partners evolves
Authors: McCracken Martin , O'Kane Paula , Brown Travor C. , McCrory Mark 
Published: October 2016

AbstractThe human resources business partner (HRBP) role is advocated as a way for human resource (HR) professionals and the HR profession to become more strategic and less transactional, necessitating the development of different competencies. Few researchers have examined how the HRBP Model plays out in practice, over time, from the perspective of HR professionals and their line manager partners (LMPs). We collected data through interviews and focus groups with both these stakeholders at three UK organisations to understand the dynamics of the individual HRBP–LMP relationship. After analysing the data, we propose an HRBP Lifecycle Model. The model suggests the relationship between the parties is dynamic, complex and dependent upon the organisational culture as well as the skills and competencies of the main stakeholders in the partnership.
Manufacture and Incorporation of Liposome‐Entrapped Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid into Model Miniature Gouda‐Type Cheese and Subsequent Effect on Starter Viability, pH, and Moisture Content
Authors: McAuliffe Lisa N. , Kilcawley Kieran N. , Sheehan Jeremiah J. , McSweeney Paul L.H. 
Published: October 2016

AbstractLiposome‐encapsulated ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was incorporated into a model miniature Gouda‐type cheese (20 g) in order to assess its effect on rennet gelation, starter viability, pH, and moisture content. EDTA was encapsulated within 2 different food‐grade proliposome preparations, Pro‐Lipo Duo and Pro‐Lipo C (50% and 40% unsaturated soybean phospholipids and 50% and 60% aqueous medium, respectively), using the following high‐shear technologies: Ultra‐Turrax (5000 rpm), 2‐stage homogenization (345 bar), or microfluidization (690 bar). Liposome size distribution was affected by the high‐shear technology employed with the proportion of large vesicles (>100 nm) decreasing in the order microfluidization < 2‐stage homogenization < Ultra‐Turrax. All EDTA‐containing liposomes were stable during 28 d refrigerated storage, with no significant (P ≤ 0.05) change in size distribution or EDTA entrapment efficiency (%EE). Liposome composition affected the entrapment of EDTA, with Pro‐Lipo C having a significantly greater %EE than Pro‐Lipo Duo, 63% and 54%, respectively. For this reason, Pro‐Lipo C EDTA liposomes, with and without EDTA, were incorporated into model miniature Gouda‐type cheese. Addition of liposome‐encapsulated EDTA to milk during cheese making did not impact pH or rennet gel formation. No differences in composition or pH were evident in liposome‐treated cheeses. The results of this study show that the incorporation of liposome‐encapsulated EDTA into milk during cheese manufacture did not affect milk fermentation, moisture content, or pH, suggesting that this approach may be suitable for studying the effects of calcium equilibrium on the texture of brine‐salted cheeses.
Diversity of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Enterococcus Strains Isolated from Ready‐to‐Eat Meat Products
Authors: Chajęcka‐Wierzchowska Wioleta , Zadernowska Anna , Łaniewska‐Trokenheim Łucja 
Published: October 2016

AbstractThe objective of the study was to answer the question of whether the ready‐to‐eat meat products can pose indirect hazard for consumer health serving as reservoir of Enterococcus strains harboring tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, and macrolides resistance genes. A total of 390 samples of ready‐to‐eat meat products were investigated. Enterococcus strains were found in 74.1% of the samples. A total of 302 strains were classified as: Enterococcus faecalis (48.7%), Enterococcus faecium (39.7%), Enterococcus casseliflavus (4.3%), Enterococcus durans (3.0%), Enterococcus hirae (2.6%), and other Enterococcus spp. (1.7%). A high percentage of isolates were resistant to streptomycin high level (45%) followed by erythromycin (42.7%), fosfomycin (27.2%), rifampicin (19.2%), tetracycline (36.4%), tigecycline (19.9%). The ant(6′)‐Ia gene was the most frequently found gene (79.6%). Among the other genes that encode aminoglycosides‐modifying enzymes, the highest portion of the strains had the aac(6′)‐Ie‐aph(2′′)‐Ia (18.5%) and aph(3′′)‐IIIa (16.6%), but resistance of isolates from food is also an effect of the presence of aph(2′′)‐Ib, aph(2′′)‐Ic, aph(2′′)‐Id genes. Resistance to tetracyclines was associated with the presence of tetM (43.7%), tetL (32.1%), tetK (14.6%), tetW (0.7%), and tetO (0.3%) genes. The ermB and ermA genes were found in 33.8% and 18.9% of isolates, respectively. Nearly half of the isolates contained a conjugative transposon of the Tn916/Tn1545 family. Enterococci are widely present in retail ready‐to‐eat meat products. Many isolated strains (including such species as E. casseliflavus, E. durans, E. hirae, and Enterococcus gallinarum) are antibiotic resistant and carry transferable resistance genes.
Wine microbiology is driven by vineyard and winery anthropogenic factors
Authors: Grangeteau Cédric , Roullier‐Gall Chloé , Rousseaux Sandrine , Gougeon Régis D. , Schmitt‐Kopplin Philippe , Alexandre Hervé , Guilloux‐Benatier Michèle 
Published: October 2016

SummaryThe effects of different anthropic activities (vineyard: phytosanitary protection; winery: pressing and sulfiting) on the fungal populations of grape berries were studied. The global diversity of fungal populations (moulds and yeasts) was performed by pyrosequencing. The anthropic activities studied modified fungal diversity. Thus, a decrease in biodiversity was measured for three successive vintages for the grapes of the plot cultivated with Organic protection compared to plots treated with Conventional and Ecophyto protections. The fungal populations were then considerably modified by the pressing‐clarification step. The addition of sulfur dioxide also modified population dynamics and favoured the domination of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation. The non‐targeted chemical analysis of musts and wines by FT‐ICR‐MS showed that the wines could be discriminated at the end of alcoholic fermentation as a function of adding SO2 or not, but also and above all as a function of phytosanitary protection, regardless of whether these fermentations took place in the presence of SO2 or not. Thus, the existence of signatures in wines of chemical diversity and microbiology linked to vineyard protection has been highlighted.
Infliximab equivalently suppresses oxidative stress compared to tocilizumab among well‐controlled patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Kizaki Kazuha , Yamashita Fumiharu , Hayashi Tomoya , Funakoshi Noboru 
Published: October 2016

AbstractAimThis study was designed to investigate which biological agent, infliximab or tocilizumab, would more intensively keep suppressing oxidative stress among well‐controlled patients as C‐reactive protein (CRP) levels normalized in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, it was intended to clarify indicative factors of oxidative stress among well‐controlled patients with RA.MethodsWe recruited 61 well‐controlled (CRP < 0.3 mg/dL within normal ranges) patients with RA using biological agents (infliximab n = 33; tocilizumab n = 28), active RA patients with CRP > 1.0 mg/dL (n = 10) and healthy subjects (n = 10) and examined the fraction of oxidized albumin (oxidized‐albumin [%]) as a marker of oxidative stress in addition to inflammatory measures and disease activity scores such as CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP‐3), serum amyloid A (SAA), Clinical Disease Activity Index, Simplified Disease Activity Index, visual analog scale (VAS), Disease Activity Index of 28 joints (DAS28)‐CRP, DAS28‐ESR and renal function (creatinine clearance [CCr]).ResultsOxidized‐albumin (%) was significantly elevated among active RA patients (33.83 ± 5.31%) as compared with healthy subjects (23.00 ± 2.56%). Although oxidized‐albumin (%) among well‐controlled RA patients also increased, there was no difference with oxidized‐albumin (%) between infliximab and tocilizumab groups (26.40 ± 5.44% in infliximab; 26.62 ± 4.53% in tocilizumab). In Pearson's correlation, oxidized‐albumin (%) had significant correlations with CRP, MMP‐3, ESR, SAA, age, CCr, VAS, DAS28‐CRP and DAS28‐ESR. With those variables, multiple stepwise forward regression analysis was conducted and revealed that CCr, DAS28‐ESR and CRP are the statistically significant explanatory variables on oxidized‐albumin (%) among well‐controlled RA patients.ConclusionsWe demonstrated that there was no difference with infliximab and tocilizumab on oxidative stress and we clarified that CCr, DAS28‐ESR and CRP become indicative factors of oxidative stress among well‐controlled RA patients.
Increase of KCC2 in hippocampal synaptic plasticity disturbances after perinatal ethanol exposure
Authors: Silvestre de Ferron Benoît , Vilpoux Catherine , Kervern Myriam , Robert Alexandre , Antol Johan , Naassila Mickael , Pierrefiche Olivier 
Published: October 2016

AbstractLow to moderate perinatal ethanol exposure (PEE) may have disastrous consequences for the central nervous system resulting notably in permanent cognitive deficits. Learning and memory are mediated in the hippocampus by long‐term potentiation (LTP) and long term depression (LTD), two forms of synaptic plasticity. PEE decreases LTP but also abnormally facilitates LTD (Kervern et al. ) through a presently unknown mechanism. We studied in rat hippocampus slice, the involvement of the chloride co‐transporters NKCC1 and KCC2, in the role of GABAA inhibitions in facilitated LTD after moderate PEE. After PEE and in contrast to control slices, facilitated LTD in CA1 field was reduced by the GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline with no changes in sensitivity to bicuculline and in GABA and benzodiazepine binding sites. Also, sensitivity to diazepam was unaltered, whereas aberrant LTD was blocked. Immunohistochemistry and protein analysis demonstrated an increase in KCC2 protein level at cell membrane in CA1 after PEE with no change in NKCC1 expression. Specifically, both monomeric and dimeric forms of KCC2 were increased in CA1. Bumetanide (10–100 μM), a dose‐dependent blocker of NKCC1 and KCC2, or VU0240551 (10 μM) a specific antagonist of KCC2, corrected the enhanced LTD and interestingly bumetanide also restored the lower LTP after PEE. These results demonstrate for the first time an upregulation of the KCC2 co‐transporter expression after moderate PEE associated with disturbances in GABAergic neurotransmission modulating bidirectional synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. Importantly, bumetanide compensated deficits in both LTP and LTD, revealing its potential therapeutic properties.