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Trust, guanxi, and cooperation: a study on partner opportunism in Chinese joint-venture manufacturing
Authors: Xue Jinjie , Lu Shaokai , Shi Benshan , Zheng Haiping 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual model for examining the effects of trust (competence trust, goodwill trust) and cooperation on partner opportunism and for exploring the moderating effects of guanxi on the relationships among trust, cooperation and opportunism in joint ventures.Design/methodology/approachThe sample for this paper comprises 981 manufacturing joint ventures from various industrial sectors. A total of 354 valid questionnaires were collected, representing a 36 per cent response rate. The conceptual model is tested with structural equation modeling adopting AMOS software.FindingsThe empirical findings indicate that both competence trust and goodwill trust reduce partner opportunism in a joint venture through fostering cooperation. Competence trust also exerts significant influence on preventing opportunism, whereas opportunistic behavior is not greatly affected by goodwill trust. Additionally, the results reveal that guanxi helps strengthen the negative relationship between cooperation and opportunism.Originality valueThis paper makes a threefold contribution: First, it investigates empirically the direct influence of two types of trust on partner opportunism. Second, it tests indirect influence of trust on partner opportunism through the path of cooperation. Third, it explores the moderating effects of guanxi in relationships on trust, cooperation and partner opportunism. Implications offers suggestions for management practice to reduce partner opportunism in joint-venture manufacturing.
Faking it: salesperson emotional intelligence’s influence on emotional labor strategies and customer outcomes
Authors: Delpechitre Duleep , Beeler Lisa 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how salesperson’s emotional intelligence (EI) influences salesperson behaviors (i.e. emotional labor strategies) and the influence these behavioral strategies have on customer’s outcomes.Design/methodology/approachThe study develops a conceptual model using past literature and tests hypotheses using a salesperson-prospective customer dyadic sample. To participate in the study, 224 salespeople and their potential customers were recruited from three different companies.FindingsResults reveal the importance of conceptualizing the dimensionality of a salesperson’s EI ability, as different dimensions impact customer outcomes differently. Additionally, the importance of salesperson’s authentic emotional labor strategies is highlighted.Practical implicationsEI is a foundation for successful selling in a business-to-business environment, but it is not a silver bullet. Sales managers and recruiters should use assessment tools to evaluate sales recruit’s EI, but it is also critical to train salespeople to engage in deep acting, creating authentic emotions in the buyer-seller relationship.Originality/valueUsing a dyadic sample, this study suggests that the dimensions of EI and emotional labor strategies influence customer’s perception of salesperson’s trustworthiness and propensity to continue the relationship with the salesperson differently. Specifically, not all dimensions of salesperson’s EI is found to be positive, and only salesperson’s authentic (deep) emotional strategies are found to influence customer outcomes positively.
A customer engagement framework for a B2B context
Authors: Youssef Youmna Mohamed Abdelghany , Johnston Wesley J. , AbdelHamid Talaat Asaad , Dakrory Mona Ibrahim , Seddick Mohamed Galal Soliman 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate conceptually the relationship between the customer’s engagement and equity and to determine whether customer engagement could be positively enhanced by business-to-business (B2B) firms to maximize their customer equity, through examining the role of cognitive, emotional and behavioral engagement.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is built on the evolving marketing literature and proposes a comprehensive framework that uses a multidimensional conceptualization for the customer’s engagement and equity constructs; examines the relationships between customer satisfaction, commitment, trust and involvement and customer engagement; and specifies the specific customer engagement dimensions – cognitive, emotional and behavioral – as key mediators of the engagement–equity relationship.

Findings
This paper indicated that customer engagement is a multidimensional construct with three dimensions: cognitive, emotional or behavior engagement. Customer’s satisfaction, commitment, trust and involvement would be regarded as antecedents to customer engagement, whereas customer equity would be regarded a consequence for customer engagement. In addition, this paper identified three drivers of customer equity – value, brand and relationship equities – based on reviewing the previous studies.

Originality/value
This paper integrates philosophies from previous marketing studies of customer relationship management and customer engagement and equity into a B2B environment in a more customer-centric approach.
Cohesion and differentiation in Australia's elite suburbs
Authors: Wiesel Ilan , Levin Iris 
Published: December 2017

AbstractToorak (Melbourne) and Mosman (Sydney) are two of the most affluent suburbs in Australia. The high costs of living and housing in these suburbs preserve their high status. Yet, in recent years, the growing presence of wealthy Chinese residents and investors has challenged longstanding Anglo‐Australian residents' perceptions of these suburbs as “European villages”. At the same time as new shared identities are being produced, feelings of resentment and anxiety are also increasingly being expressed through local urban planning conflicts related to density and heritage in residential development. Drawing on theories of “elite integration”, and interviews with 35 residents of the two suburbs the paper exposes a range of spatial, material, and discursive practices through which the Australian elite manages ethnic diversity within its suburban strongholds.
Association between measures of treatment quality and disease progression in prostate cancer radiotherapy: An exploratory analysis from the TROG 03.04 RADAR trial
Authors: Marcello Marco , Ebert Martin A , Haworth Annette , Steigler Allison , Kennedy Angel , Bulsara Max , Kearvell Rachel , Joseph David J , Denham James W 
Published: December 2017

AbstractIntroductionQuality assurance methods are incorporated into multicentre radiotherapy clinical trials for ensuring consistent application of trial protocol and quantifying treatment uncertainties. The study's purpose was to determine whether post‐treatment disease progression is associated with measures of the quality of radiotherapy treatment.MethodsThe TROG 03.04 RADAR trial tested the impact of androgen deprivation on prostate cancer patients receiving dose‐escalated external beam radiation therapy. The trial incorporated a plan‐review process and Level III dosimetric intercomparison at each centre, from which variables suggestive of treatment quality were collected. Kaplan–Meier statistics and Fine and Gray competing risk modelling were employed to test for associations between quality‐related variables and the participant outcome local composite progression.ResultsIncreased ‘dose‐difference’ at the prostatic apex and at the anterior rectal wall, between planned and measured dose, was associated with reduced progression. Participants whose treatment plans included clinical target volume (CTV) to planning target volume (PTV) margins exceeding protocol requirements also experienced reduced progression. Other quality‐related variables, including total accrual from participating centres, measures of target coverage and other variations from protocol, were not significantly associated with progression.ConclusionsThis analysis has revealed the association of several treatment quality factors with disease progression. Increased dose and dose margin coverage in the prostate region can reduce disease progression. Extensive and rigorous monitoring has helped to maximise treatment quality, reducing the incidence of quality‐indicator outliers, and thus reduce the chance of observing significant associations with progression rates.
Comparison of therapeutic effects of EGFR‐tyrosine kinase inhibitors on 19Del and L858R mutations in advanced lung adenocarcinoma and effect on cellular immune function
Authors: Zhou Juan , Ben Suqin 
Published: December 2017

BackgroundWe compared the therapeutic effect of EGFR‐tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) on 19Del and L858R mutations in advanced lung adenocarcinoma on cellular immune function and explored the factors influencing the curative effect and prognosis.MethodsClinical efficacy in the selected 71 patients with lung adenocarcinoma, including 52 patients with 19Del and L858R mutations and 19 wild type patients treated with EGFR‐TKIs was retrospectively analyzed. The response rate (RR), disease control rate (DCR), progression‐free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and cellular immune function were analyzed.ResultsThe RR, DCR, PFS, and OS of the 19Del group were higher than those of the L858R group; however, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups. χ2test results revealed that gender, smoking, and EGFR mutations were associated with DCR. Log‐rank analytical results showed that EGFR mutation type was correlated to PFS and OS. Multivariate analysis implied that disease control and mutation type of EGFR were independent prognostic factors of OS. Following TKI treatment, the number of CD3+, CD4+, and NK cells and the CD4+/CD8+ratio increased in both mutation groups; however the results were not statistically significant. There was also no significant difference in the upregulation of immunological function observed, with 46.43% in the 19Del mutation and 45.83% in the L858R mutation group.Conclusion
EGFR 19Del and L858R mutations are good biomarkers for predicting the clinical response of EGFR‐TKIs. 19Del mutations may have a better clinical outcome.
Extortion
Authors: Kristensen Regnar 
Published: December 2017

SUMMARYVirtual kidnapping through telephonic extortion scams are widespread in Mexico. Most people would know to immediately hang up the phone and contact the supposed kidnapped family member to disprove the attempt. However, this does not always happen. When families believe in the scam, the emotional shocks they receive can start a chain reaction with far reaching consequences. The story told in this article follows the many steps such an extortion occasioned (violence, silence, hexes, and family break‐ups) by focusing on the knockbacks and serious effects the event had for the different family members involved. [crime, family, hexes, magic, Mexico]
Montessori Letters
Authors: Hegseth Whitney M. 
Published: December 2017

SUMMARYThis piece compiles archival and ethnographic data to illuminate the triumphs and tensions of an alternative approach to teaching and learning. In reading research‐based creative letters, which are written from the perspectives of the ethnographer and Montessori founders, teachers, and students, readers are encouraged to reconsider what it means, and what it takes, to educate for humanity. [creative nonfiction, Montessori education, reflexivity, comparative education, ethnography]
The Affective Lens
Authors: Luvaas Brent 
Published: December 2017

SUMMARYEngaging in ethnographic fieldwork often requires overcoming considerable inertia and fighting back feelings of cynicism and alienation toward the place and people studied. Street photography can be one means of overcoming these setbacks. Requiring its practitioners to get out on the streets and directly engage with the people on them, it can fast track an ethnographer's emotional connection to a place, changing its affective landscape for them and redefining their experience of being there. This photo essay draws from the author's 2016 fieldwork trip to Jakarta, Indonesia to demonstrate how photography can serve not just as an aid to memory, a supplement to field notes, or a documentation of everyday life but as a tool for emotional investment.
Outcome of sonography‐based minimally invasive surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis of the ureter and urinary bladder – a retrospective cohort study
Authors: Hudelist Gernot , Tammaa Ayman , Aas‐Eng Mee Kristine , Kirchner Lisa , Fritzer Nadja , Nemeth Zoltan , Lamche Michael 
Published: December 2017

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography for preoperative detection of bladder endometriosis and surgical outcomes regarding fertility and pain symptoms of women with urinary tract endometriosis.Material and methodsRetrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with urinary tract endometriosis undergoing laparoscopic partial cystectomy and/or ureterolysis/decompression, ureteric resection and end‐to‐end anastomosis or ureteroneocystostomy for ureteral stenosis and hydronephrosis.ResultsOf 207 patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis, 50 exhibited urinary tract endometriosis, comprising 30 patients with bladder endometriosis and 23 women with solitary or additional hydronephrosis. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, positive/negative likelihood ratios and test accuracy for transvaginal sonography detecting bladder endometriosis were 93%, 99%, 97%, 99%, 155.5, 0.07 and 98.6% respectively. All women with bladder endometriosis underwent partial cystectomy. In cases of hydronephrosis, 14 conservative ureterolysis/decompressions, six ureteral resection anastomoses and three ureteroneocystostomies were performed. Duration of surgery was 205 min (range 89–365 min), average blood loss was 1.6 g/dL (range 0.3–4.6 g/dL) and hospital stay on average 8 days (range 2–16 days). The conversion rate was 4%. We observed five grade III complications. After a median follow up of 23 months, there was a decrease in dysmenorrhea (7.6–1.6; p < 0.001), dyspareunia (3.0–0.9, p < 0.001) and dysuria (3.3–0.2; p < 0.003), and an increase in quality of life (3.3–8.1; p < 0.001). The overall clinical pregnancy rate was 46% and life birth rate 18%.ConclusionsLaparoscopic surgery for urinary tract endometriosis is effective for treatment of hydronephrosis, reduction of pain symptoms and may improve fertility. Transvaginal sonography is highly accurate for presurgical detection of bladder involvement.
Can the retina be used to diagnose and plot the progression of Alzheimer's disease?
Authors: Mahajan Deepti , Votruba Marcela 
Published: December 2017

AbstractAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of senile dementia. It impairs the quality of life of a person and their family, posing a serious economic and social threat in developed countries. The fact that the diagnosis can only be definitively made post‐mortem, or when the disease is fairly advanced, presents a serious problem if novel therapeutic interventions are to be devised and used early in the course of the disease. There is therefore a pressing need for more sensitive and specific diagnostic tests with which we can detect AD in the preclinical stage. The tau proteins and beta‐amyloid proteins start to accumulate 20 years before the symptoms begin to manifest. Detecting them in the preclinical stage would be a potential breakthrough in the management of AD. A high degree of clinical suspicion is needed to correlate problems in cognition with the changes in the eye, particularly the retina, pupil and ocular movements, so that the disease can be detected early and managed in the prodromal phase. In this systematic review, we ask the question whether the retina can be used to make a specific and early diagnosis of AD.
HIV+ deceased donor referrals: A national survey of organ procurement organizations
Authors: Cash Ayla , Luo Xun , Chow Eric K.H. , Bowring Mary Grace , Shaffer Ashton A. , Doby Brianna , Wickliffe Corey E. , Alexander Charles , McRann Deborah , Tobian Aaron A. R. , Segev Dorry L. , Durand Christine M. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractBackgroundHIV‐infected (HIV+) donor organs can be transplanted into HIV+ recipients under the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act. Quantifying HIV+ donor referrals received by organ procurement organizations (OPOs) is critical for HOPE Act implementation.MethodsWe surveyed the 58 USA OPOs regarding HIV+ referral records and newly discovered HIV+ donors. Using data from OPOs that provided exact records and CDC HIV prevalence data, we projected a national estimate of HIV+ referrals.ResultsFifty‐five (95%) OPOs reported HIV+ referrals ranging from 0 to 276 and newly discovered HIV+ cases ranging from 0 to 10 annually. Six OPOs in areas of high HIV prevalence reported more than 100 HIV+ donor referrals. Twenty‐seven (47%) OPOs provided exact HIV+ referral records and 28 (51%) OPOs provided exact records of discovered HIV+ cases, totaling 1450 HIV+ referrals and 39 discovered HIV+ donors in the prior year. These OPOs represented 67% and 59% of prevalent HIV cases in the USA; thus, we estimated 2164 HIV+ referrals and 66 discovered HIV+ cases nationally per year.ConclusionsOPOs reported a high volume of HIV+ referrals annually, of which a subset will be medically eligible for donation. Particularly in areas of high HIV prevalence, OPOs require ongoing support to implement the HOPE Act.
Coronary microvascular dysfunction and myocardial contractile reserve in women with angina and no obstructive coronary artery disease
Authors: Michelsen Marie M. , Pena Adam , Mygind Naja D. , Bech Jan , Gustafsson Ida , Kastrup Jens , Hansen Henrik S. , Høst Nis , Hansen Peter R. , Prescott Eva 
Published: December 2017

BackgroundCoronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is a potential cause of myocardial ischemia and may affect myocardial function at rest and during stress. We investigated whether CMD was associated with left ventricular diastolic and systolic function at rest and during pharmacologically induced hyperemic stress.MethodsIn a prospective cohort study, we included 963 women with angina, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >45%, and an invasive coronary angiogram without significant stenosis (<50%). Parameters of left ventricular diastolic function, LVEF, speckle tracking–derived global longitudinal strain (GLS), and coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) were assessed by transthoracic echocardiography at rest and during dipyridamole stress. The GLS and LVEF reserves were defined as the absolute increases in GLS and LVEF during stress.ResultsCoronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) was measured in 919 women of whom 26% had CMD (defined as CFVR < 2). Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) was associated with higher age and a higher resting heart rate. Women with CMD had a reduced GLS reserve (P = .005), while we found no association between CFVR and LVEF at rest, GLS at rest, or the LVEF reserve, respectively. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) reserve remained associated with CFVR (P = .002) in a multivariable regression analysis adjusted for age, hemodynamic variables, and GLS at rest. In age‐adjusted analysis, women with low CFVR had no signs of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction measured by echocardiography at rest.ConclusionThe GLS reserve was significantly lower in women with CMD. The mechanisms underlying the association between CMD and GLS reserve warrant further study.
The role of biofoam in shielding spittlebug nymphs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cercopidae) against bright light
Authors: CHEN XU , MEYER‐ROCHOW V. BENNO , FERERES ALBERTO , MORENTE MARINA , LIANG AI‐PING 
Published: December 2017

1. Biofoam in spittlebugs has traditionally been seen as a defence against predation and a microclimate that reduces the risks of overheating and drying out. This study addresses the possible role of the foam as a light attenuator.2. Nymphs exhibit higher mortalities when reared under brighter light (1800–2000 lux) than under less bright light (600–800 lux). At all developmental stages, photoavoidance is strongest when the nymphs are depleted of foam covers. First‐ and second‐instar nymphs appear to be the most vulnerable to exposures by bright light.3. Smaller bubbles are more effective as light attenuators than are larger ones. As younger instars possess smaller canals from which bubbles are released and, furthermore, exhibit higher concentrations of proteins in bubble liquid, they can produce smaller‐sized bubbles and their foams are more effective at reducing light than are those of older nymphs.4. The findings of this study show that most of the visible and UV radiation is reflected by the foam: transmittance of visible light was 15% at 600 nm and 12% at 350 nm.5. These results demonstrate that spittlebug foam also possesses properties that render it an effective barrier against potentially damaging solar radiation.
Ophiostomatoid fungi isolated from three different pine species in Argentinian Patagonia
Authors: de Errasti A. , Pildain M. B. , Rajchenberg M. 
Published: December 2017

SummaryPine plantations in Argentinian Patagonia cover ca. 95,000 ha in Chubut, Río Negro and Neuquén provinces. Exotic bark beetles (Orthotomicus laricis, Hylastes ater and Hylurgus ligniperda) commonly occur in freshly cut logs, stumps and slash. These beetles are vectors of “ophiostomatoid” fungi which include primary tree pathogens as well as important agents of blue stain. The aim of this study was to identify these beetle‐associated fungi. Sawing mills and pine plantations were surveyed three consecutive years. Fungal isolates from stained logs, processed wood and insect galleries were identified based on morphological and DNA sequence comparisons of ITS and β‐tubulin gene regions. Two Grosmannia, one Graphilbum and three Ophiostoma species were identified. Ophiostoma piliferum and O. peregrinum sp. nov. were the most frequently isolated taxa. O. peregrinum occurred in all provinces, colonizing different conifer species and, interestingly, also the native broadleaved species Nothofagus dombeyi. Pine plantation forestry in southern South America includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Emerging data from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay revealed some coincidences between these countries, but also several differences, probably, as a result of multiple introduction events.
The Ecumenical Movement in Asia and Emerging Challenges: The Christian Conference of Asia at 60 and Beyond
Authors: George Chunakara Mathews 
Published: December 2017

AbstractAs the Christian Conference of Asia marks the 60th anniversary of its founding in 1957 at an Asian church leaders’ consultation in Prapat, Indonesia, this contribution seeks to analyze the contemporary challenges facing the ecumenical movement in a situation characterized by a lack of coherence and coordination. In a continent where the number of Christians is profoundly small, division makes Christian witness even more difficult and fragmented, and less effective. In such a situation, concerted efforts for dialogue and communication with mutual accountability should be a priority, in order to address the emerging challenges more efficiently. The specific responsibility and role of the ecumenical movement in Asia is to search for the expression of the common faith of the Asian churches through engagement in a pluralistic Asia, and to work for visible unity despite doctrinal differences and confessional barriers. The need to revitalize the ecumenical movement in Asia and regain the ecumenical vision of Asian churches should be a priority for all those who are concerned with the common witness and future of the ecumenical movement in Asia.