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Hospitals’ adoption of medical device registers: Evidence from the German Arthroplasty Register
Authors: Sternkopf Jan , Schultz Carsten 
Published: December 2017

Background:
Hospitals in many countries do not record and analyze artificial hip and knee joint surgeries systematically, leading to a lack of reliable quality assurance data. Arthroplasty registers have the potential to alleviate this and improve quality of care and health care expenditures. In Germany, the current introduction of the Arthroplasty Register acts as a prototype for various medical device registers. However, participation is voluntary for hospitals in most countries, leading to problems with nonadoption.

Purpose:
Implementing successful registers requires adoption by most relevant hospitals. Therefore, we assess variables influencing medical device register adoption.

Methodology:
We collect longitudinal data from 343 hospitals that are potential adopters of the German Arthroplasty Register in two surveys. The first survey on the implementation process is conducted in 2014; the second survey is conducted in 2016 to collect data on actual adoption of the surveyed hospitals in 2014. The survey data are matched with published hospital characteristics and administrative data. The hypotheses are tested with a mediated regression model, using partial least squares structural equation modeling.

Findings:
Hospital specialization positively affects adoption, directly and indirectly, depending on top management support and user involvement. Quality benefits and hospital size impact adoption positively; economic benefits impact adoption negatively.

Conclusion:
Important factors influencing adoption of medical device registers for the first time were revealed in this study, providing a starting point to influence adoption proactively and avoid nonadoption.

Practice Implications:
The results provide important guidelines for decision-makers at hospitals, registers, and health insurance companies and policy makers about how to foster register adoption and encourage hospitals toward adopting medical device registers.
Work–family culture within hospitals: An interdepartmental analysis of employee engagement and retention
Authors: Perrigino Matthew B. , Dunford Benjamin B. , Troup Matt , Boss R. Wayne , Boss David S. 
Published: December 2017

Background:
Helping employees balance their work and family needs is increasingly pivotal for attracting, engaging, and retaining key talent in health care. Yet, emerging theory and anecdotal evidence suggest that, within organizations, there is considerable variation between departments or units regarding how employees’ lives outside work are supported. Despite top management’s efforts to develop a unified organizational work–family culture, departments have a tendency to take on their own culture, norms, and traditions such that some are more supportive than others.

Purpose:
We investigate whether more positive work–family cultures improve functioning within hospital departments.

Methodology/Approach:
We surveyed 680 hospital employees nested within 60 departments at a hospital located in the southeastern United States.

Results:
Departments with a more (vs. less) positive work–family culture tend to have higher levels of (a) employee engagement, (b) pride in their organization, (c) confidence in management and leadership, and (d) intention to remain with the organization. Our analyses were robust when splitting the sample between clinical (e.g., nurses and physicians) and nonclinical (e.g., office, clerical, and support services) roles.

Conclusion:
Our study sheds further light on the importance of a positive work–family culture within hospitals. The key to instilling a positive, organization-wide work–family culture may be through a department-by-department focus.

Practice Implications:
Benefits of positive work–family cultures within departments can extend beyond job-related attitudes and can potentially enhance recruitment strategies, improve a hospital’s external image to the public, and lead to improvements in patient care and more positive patient experiences.
Role of reinnervation in the management of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: current state and advances
Authors: Fancello Virginia , Nouraei S.A. Reza , Heathcote Kate J. 
Published: December 2017

Purpose of review
To present the current state of knowledge concerning different laryngeal reinnervation procedures for unilateral and bilateral vocal palsy.

Recent findings
Recent reports show positive outcomes on both unilateral and bilateral reinnervations. The phrenic nerve is the most commonly used donor for bilateral vocal palsy, but use of the superior laryngeal nerve has also been suggested.

Summary
Reinnervation of the larynx is a complex undertaking that can be performed by ENT surgeons with skills in microsurgery. Advances in this this field represent a paradigm shift in laryngeal rehabilitation and a prerequisite for laryngeal transplantation. Advances in basic understanding of nerve regeneration and in particular the need to surgically manage competitive reinnervation make the results of laryngeal reinnervation more predictable.
Opioid Use in Pregnancy, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and Childhood Outcomes: Executive Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the March of Dimes Foundation
Authors: Reddy Uma M. , Davis Jonathan M. , Ren Zhaoxia , Greene Michael F. 
Published: December 2017

(Abstracted from Obstet Gynecol 2017;130(1):10–28)
This article provides a summary of the “Opioid Use in Pregnancy, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and Childhood Outcomes” workshop convened by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development on April 4 and 5, 2016, and cosponsored by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the March of Dimes. Expert speakers from diverse fields and workshop participants identified scientific opportunities to advance the understanding of opioid use disorders in pregnancy and to improve outcomes for affected women, their children, and their families.
18F-FDG-PET/CT for the Visualization of Inflammatory Component of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury After Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Authors: Roengvoraphoj Olarn , Pazos-Escudero Montserrat , Eze Chukwuka , Dantes Maurice , Manapov Farkhad 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
Visualization and metabolic analysis of acute inflammation in the lung parenchyma plays a crucial role for the prediction and diagnosis of radiation-induced lung injury and is particularly important in medically inoperable patients because of a priori very limited pulmonary function. This case confirms that a radiation-induced lung injury is accompanied by acute inflammatory reaction in the lung parenchyma irradiated with a total dose of 12–40 Gy. This well-defined inflammation component could be exactly characterized with 18F-FDG-PET/CT.
Prognostic Value of 99mTc-Sestamibi Parathyroid Scintigraphy in Predicting Future Surgical Eligibility in Patients With Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Authors: Cheng Zhaoting , Zou Sijuan , Peng Dan , Zhang Guopeng , Zhu Xiaohua 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
Patients with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism might have a positive 99mTc-sestamibi parathyroid but do not meet criteria for surgical resection when the disease is diagnosed. However, many of these asymptomatic patients will become symptomatic or meet criteria for surgery later on. The aim of this study was to determine whether a positive sestamibi scan can precede future surgical eligibility in these patients.

Methods
This retrospective study reviewed the records of 94 asymptomatic patients who had hyperparathyroidism and underwent 99mTc-sestamibi study with SPECT/CT imaging. Among them, 35 patients, including 12 with positive and 23 with negative sestamibi parathyroid scan, did not meet the criteria for surgery at the time of imaging, and follow-up record for at least 1 year was assessed on these patients. The imaging findings and the eligibility for surgery at the end of the follow-up were compared.

Results
With a median follow-up of 2.4 years (range, 1–4 years), among all 35 patients who were initially not eligible for surgery, 6 of 12 patients with a positive sestamibi scan became eligible for surgery, whereas 20 of 23 patients with negative scans remained ineligible for surgery.

Conclusions
Positive parathyroid SPECT/CT predicted a higher possibility of meeting surgical criteria over time in asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism patients who are not surgery eligible at the time of presentation.
Use of open and endovascular surgical techniques to manage vascular injuries in the trauma setting: A review of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma PROspective Observational Vascular Injury Trial registry
Authors: Faulconer Edwin R. , Branco Bernardino C. , Loja Melissa N. , Grayson Kevin , Sampson James , Fabian Timothy C. , Holcomb John B. , Scalea Thomas , Skarupa David , Inaba Kenji , Poulin Nathaniel , Rasmussen Todd E. , Dubose Joseph J. 
Published: December 2017

BACKGROUND
Vascular trauma data have been submitted to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma PROspective Observational Vascular Injury Trial (PROOVIT) database since 2013. We present data to describe current use of endovascular surgery in vascular trauma.

METHODS
Registry data from March 2013 to December 2016 were reviewed. All trauma patients who had an injury to a named artery, except the forearm and lower leg, were included. Arteries were grouped into anatomic regions and by compressible and noncompressible region for analysis. This review focused on patients with noncompressible transection, partial transection, or flow-limiting defect injuries. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to assess the relationships between study variables.

RESULTS
One thousand one hundred forty-three patients from 22 institutions were included. Median age was 32 years (interquartile range, 23–48) and 76% (n = 871) were male. Mechanisms of injury were 49% (n = 561) blunt, 41% (n = 464) penetrating, and 1.8% (n = 21) of mixed aetiology. Gunshot wounds accounted for 73% (n = 341) of all penetrating injuries. Endovascular techniques were used least often in limb trauma and most commonly in patients with blunt injuries to more than one region. Penetrating wounds to any region were preferentially treated with open surgery (74%, n = 341/459). The most common indication for endovascular treatment was blunt noncompressible torso injuries. These patients had higher Injury Severity Scores and longer associated hospital stays, but required less packed red blood cells, and had lower in hospital mortality than those treated with open surgery. On multivariate analysis, admission low hemoglobin concentration and abdominal injury were independent predictors of mortality.

CONCLUSION
Our review of PROOVIT registry data demonstrates a high utilization of endovascular therapy among severely injured blunt trauma patients primarily with noncompressible torso hemorrhage. This is associated with a decreased need for blood transfusion and improved survival despite longer length of stay.

Level of Evidence
Therapeutic/care management, level III.
Fully unsupervised online spike sorting based on an artificial spiking neural network
Authors: Bernert Marie , Yvert Blaise 
Published: December 2017

AbstractSpike sorting is a crucial step of neural data processing widely used in neuroscience and neuroprosthetics. However, current methods remain not fully automatic and require heavy computations making them not embeddable in implantable devices. To overcome these limitations, we propose a novel method based on an artificial spiking neural network designed to process neural data online and completely automatically. An input layer continuously encodes the data stream into artificial spike trains, which are then processed by two further layers to output artificial trains of spikes reproducing the real spiking activity present in the input signal. The proposed method can be adapted to process several channels simultaneously in the case of tetrode recordings. It outperforms two existing algorithms at low SNR and has the advantage to be compatible with neuromorphic computing and the perspective of being embedded in very low-power analog systems for future implantable devices serving neurorehabilitation applications.
A note on “a multi-objective programming approach to solve grey linear programming”
Authors: Mahmoudi Amin , Feylizadeh Mohammad Reza , Darvishi Davood 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the shortcomings and problems associated with the method proposed by Razavi Hajiagha et al. (2012).

Design/methodology/approach
A multi-objective approach is proposed to solve the grey linear programming problems. In this method, the grey linear problem is converted into a multi-objective problem and then solved.

Findings
According to the numerical example presented in the study by Razavi Hajiagha et al. (2012), this method does not have a correct solution because the solution does not satisfy the constraints and the upper bounds of the variables are equal or less than their lower bound.

Originality/value
In recent years, various methods have been proposed for solving grey linear programming problems. Razavi Hajiagha et al. (2012) proposed a multi-objective approach to solve grey linear programming problems, but this method does not have a correct solution and using this method in other researches studies can reduce the value of the grey system theory.
Research on safety evaluation of civil aircraft based on the grey clustering model
Authors: Su Bentao , Xie Naiming 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to construct a grey clustering model based on the nonlinear whitenization weight function and to assess the safety of civil aircraft by using a quantitative method.

Design/methodology/approach
According to the running stage of civil aircraft safety assessment issues, first the civil aircraft safety evaluation index system is constructed by using a qualitative method. Taking the information duplication between indicators, the grey relational analysis method is used to filter the key indicators, then the grey clustering evaluation model of nonlinear whitening right function is built to evaluate the safety of civil aircraft and the algorithm steps of the evaluation model are given. Finally, the model is validated by collecting the parameters of nine different civil aircrafts at home and abroad.

Findings
The results show that the safety level of different types of aircraft is different due to the different index parameters, and to some extent, explain the rationality and scientificity of the method proposed in this paper to solve the problem.

Practical implications
This paper gives a complete set of security assessment methods, which can be used to evaluate the security of civil aircraft in the operational phase quantitatively, scientifically and reasonably. Furthermore, it can be extended to other complex system security or stability assessment issues.

Originality/value
It not only provides the supplement and perfection of the safety assessment method in the theoretical system to a certain extent, but also provides a theoretical guidance to solve the problem of civil aircraft system safety assessment of civil aircraft manufacturing enterprise all over the world. At the same time, the nonlinear grey clustering evaluation model constructed in this paper is an improvement of the traditional model, which is, to some extent, the improvement of the grey clustering evaluation theory.
A multidimensional longitudinal meta-analysis of quality costing research
Authors: Chatzipetrou Evrikleia , Moschidis Odysseas 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the longitudinal evolution of quality costs measurement, depicted in 99 real data studies of the last 30 years. A meta-analysis of these articles is conducted, in order to highlight the evolution of the variables that have been used for the study of quality costing, in relation to the date of publication, business sector and geographical origin of each paper.

Design/methodology/approach
The analysis of the cost components has been conducted with the use of multiple correspondence analysis, which is a useful tool for the exploration of the interrelations among all elements, aiming at the identification of the dominant and most substantial tendencies in their structure.

Findings
The findings suggest that the level of analysis of quality costs is related to the date of publication, the business sector and the origin of each research. Furthermore, it is pointed out that the most prominent prevention costs are related to suppliers’ assurance, internal audit and new product’s design and development. Appraisal costs are mostly defined by quality audits and procurement costs, while failure costs by defect/failure analysis, low quality losses, complaint investigation and concessions and warranty claims.

Originality/value
The present paper is a longitudinal meta-analysis of 99 quality cost papers that have been published in the last 30 years. It explores the evolution of research in quality costing, not only in relation to the cost components in use, but also in terms of date of publication, business sector and geographical origin of the studies.
Prediction of fatigue limit improvement in needle peened welded joints containing crack-like defects
Authors: Fueki Ryutaro , Takahashi Koji 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the acceptable defect size amax after needle peening (NP) and predict the fatigue limit improvement through the use of NP for an austenitic stainless steel welded joint containing an artificial semi-circular slit on a weld toe.Design/methodology/approachResidual stress and hardness distribution were measured. Microstructures around the weld toe were observed to clarify the cause for the change in hardness after NP. Finite element method analysis was used to analyze the change in the stress concentration following NP. Fracture mechanics was used to evaluate amax after NP. The fatigue limits before and after NP were predicted by determining amax for several levels of stress amplitude.FindingsThe tensile residual stress induced at the surface of the weld toe prior to NP changed to a compressive residual stress after NP. The residual stress near the surface layer after NP exceeded the yield stress prior to NP due to the increase in yield stress as a result of work hardening as well as the generation of a deformation-induced martensitic structure. The stress concentration was reduced due to the shape improvement caused by NP. The estimation value of amax after NP and the prediction results of fatigue limits were in good agreement with the fatigue test results.Practical implicationsThe proposed method is useful in improving the reliability of welded joints used in large steel structures, transportation equipments and industrial machines.Originality/valueFrom an engineering perspective, it is essential to estimate amax and the fatigue limit of welded joints with crack-like defects. However, it is unclear as to whether it is possible to predict amax and the effects of NP on the fatigue limit for stainless steel welded joints.
An investigation of undergraduate-level academic performance mediators
Authors: Rowtho Vikash 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating roles of absenteeism and continuous assessments on the overall academic performance at undergraduate level using structural equation modelling (SEM).Design/methodology/approachPragmatic worldview with a mixed-method approach was used in this study. Data were collected using a variety of tools. Subsequent analyses used both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Interviews and documentary analyses were used to identify the dimensions of student disengagement while SEM was used to determine mediation among selected variables.FindingsThe results of this study showed that absence rates mediated the relationship between performance on continuous assessments and grade point average (GPA). Absence rates also mediated the relationship between personal circumstances and GPA and finally, course selection impacted on GPA with performance on continuous assessments as the mediator.H3were not supported and the implications are discussed.Research limitations/implicationsThe research was conducted in a single institution, was cross-sectional in nature and the variables used were contextualised. However, the tools used in this study can be adapted to identify the risk factors leading to poor student performance in other settings and to address them.Practical implicationsThe outcomes of the current study can be useful to policymakers and practitioners in in addressing student performance-related issues.Social implicationsOn a broader perspective, societal challenges associated with student dropouts resulting from poor academic performance can be minimised.Originality/valueThis study shows academic performance in a different perspective where mediators reveal the complex nature of the determinants of academic performance.
Applying importance-performance analysis to assess student employability in Taiwan
Authors: Chen Yu-Chuan 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
In Taiwan, higher education institutions formulate and implement employment policies and strategies. The purpose of this paper is to examine university students’ employment performance in Taiwan. Importance-performance analysis (IPA) provides resource managers with easy-to-understand student preferences and employability performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Using the IPA method, the author can establish guidelines for employability strategies for higher education institutions. The research was carried out in spring 2017 at 16 universities in Taiwan, and the findings were drawn from 723 respondents. Data were entered and analyzed by using the SPSS statistical software package version 22.0, and the raw data from each participant’s responses were coded numerically. Three types of quantitative data analysis were conducted: descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, and IPA.

Findings
Through IPA, the author concluded that the factor considered most important for student performance in higher education institutions was “professional attitude.” The factors of career planning and professional knowledge were considered less important for performance.

Originality/value
By confirmatory factor analysis, various goodness-of-fit indices were obtained from this data. The data are analyzed through IPA. It can help school managers to identify which attributes or factors should be improved to increase student satisfaction.