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The concept of online corporate brand experience: an empirical assessment
Authors: Khan Imran , Rahman Zillur , Fatma Mobin 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The idea of providing superior brand experiences in the growing internet environment has received much research attention in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine corporate brand experience concept in an online context (i.e. online corporate brand experience (OCBE)), and to examine its influence on brand satisfaction and brand loyalty.

Design/methodology/approach
– This study surveys online banking customers to purify and validate the dimensions and measurement items of OCBE, and to test the developed hypothesis.

Findings
– Results confirmed five dimensions and 19 items of OCBE. The OCBE dimensions – corporate visual identity, emotional experience and functionality are the strongest predictor of brand satisfaction and brand loyalty, compared to lifestyle and corporate/self-identity dimensions.

Research limitations/implications
– Findings are applicable to online banking only and do not offer generalizability to other online contexts. Furthermore, this study examined the influence of OCBE on brand satisfaction and brand loyalty; future research can incorporate brand equity and brand credibility as the possible outcomes of OCBE.

Practical implications
– This study will help brand managers to comprehend how investments in different aspects of corporate branding lead to corporate brand value.

Originality/value
– The empirical examination of the OCBE in banking services is a novel contribution in both corporate branding and services literature. This research conducted at the time when organizations increasingly recognize the value of corporate branding due to increased online usage and global competitiveness.
Capacity building for sustained competitive advantage: a conceptual framework
Authors: Shams S. M. Riad 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– Capacity building is a crucial antecedent for socio-economic development. However, an enhanced capacity that is difficult to develop could quickly be eroded, because of rapid changes in competitive forces in industries and markets. Therefore, this paper intends to analyse the extant strategic management and relationship marketing (RM) literature that deal with competition. Eventually, the purpose of this paper is to develop an alternative route for capacity building process that could sustain competitive advantage in a market or industry, which encounters rapid changes in business competition.

Design/methodology/approach
– An inductive constructivist approach is followed to support arguments, in order to develop a synthesis from the relevant literature to reinforce the current understandings on capacity building and sustained competitive advantage.

Findings
– An influence of RM on strategic organisational dynamic capabilities (DCs) is recognised, which appears as significant to sustain DCs and subsequent competitive advantage. Based on this influence, this paper proposes a conceptual framework of capacity building that could survive through the “valuable, rare, inimitability and non-substitutability” test, which is fundamental to sustain competitive advantage. Some empirical insights are developed, in support of this conceptual framework.

Practical implications
– For research and practice, these insights will be useful to focus on specific attributes in capacity building to sustain the enhanced capacity’s competitive advantage over time, across industries and markets.

Social implications
– Similarly, the insights will be instrumental to sustain the benefit of capacity building to underpin socio-economic progress.

Originality/value
– The paper proposes a much needed initial conceptual framework for capacity building to sustain competitive advantage of a hard-earned capacity for socio-economic development.
A demographic ménage à trois: interactions between disturbances both amplify and dampen population dynamics of an endemic plant
Authors: Tye Matthew R. , Menges Eric S. , Weekley Carl , Quintana‐Ascencio Pedro F. , Salguero‐Gómez Roberto 
Published: July 2016

Summary

Natural and anthropogenic disturbances co‐occur in most systems, but how they interact to shape demographic outcomes remains poorly understood. Such interactions may alter dynamics of populations in non‐additive ways, making demographic predictions challenging when focusing on only one disturbance. Thus, understanding the interactive effects of such disturbances is critically important to determine the population viability of most species under a diversity of stressors.

We used a hierarchical integral projection model (IPM), parameterized with 13 years of field data across 20 populations, encompassing 2435 individuals of an endangered herb, Liatris ohlingerae. We examined interactive effects of vertebrate herbivory, fire and anthropogenic activities (sand roads) on vital rates (e.g. survival, growth, reproduction, recruitment) and ultimately on population growth rates (λ), to test the hypothesis that interactions amplify or dampen differences in λ depending on environmental contexts. We constructed megamatrices to determine coupled dynamics in individuals damaged vs. not damaged by herbivores in roadsides and in Florida scrub with different times since fire.

We identified strong interactive effects of fire with herbivory and habitat with herbivory on vital rates and on population growth rates in the IPM model. We also found different patterns of variation in λ between habitat and time‐since‐fire scenarios; population growth rates were higher in roadside populations compared to scrub populations and declined with increasing time since fire. Herbivory had interactive effects with both fire and human disturbances on λ. Herbivory resulted in decreased differences in λ due to anthropogenic disturbance and slightly increased differences in λ due to time since fire.

Synthesis. The co‐occurrence of various disturbances may both amplify and dampen the effects of other disturbances on population growth rate, thus shaping complex population dynamics that are neither linear nor additive. These realistic nonlinearities represent challenges in understanding and projecting of population dynamics. Here, we examined the effects of various sources of disturbance on the population dynamics of an endangered plant species, finding complex interactions affecting population growth rates. We argue that integration of multiple, interacting stressors in IPMs will allow more accurate estimation of the overall effects of ecological processes on species viability.
Environmental Goods and Measures for Their Promotion: An Analysis Using a Fair Wage Model
Authors: Sugiyama Yasuyuki , Saito Muneyuki 
Published: July 2016

AbstractIn this paper, we model a two‐sector small open economy with emissions and unemployment associated with the fair wage effort hypothesis, and investigate the environmental and employment impact of an emission tax, a subsidy for purchasing environmental goods in the downstream polluting industry, and a subsidy to the upstream eco‐industry. We then show that if the eco‐industry is skilled labor intensive relative to the polluting final goods industry, while a subsidy for purchasing environmental goods decreases the unemployment rate of unskilled labor, it may increase total emissions. In contrast, the emission tax and the subsidy to eco‐industry firms worsen the unemployment rate, though both policies decrease total emissions. Hence, if the emission tax is set equal to the marginal environmental damage, and either a downstream or upstream subsidy is used to mitigate unskilled unemployment, the optimal subsidy to purchase the goods is positive whereas the optimal subsidy to the eco‐industry is negative, i.e., a tax on the eco‐industry.
Stock Market Responses Under Quantitative Easing: State Dependence and Transparency in Monetary Policy
Authors: Nakazono Yoshiyuki , Ikeda Satoshi 
Published: July 2016

AbstractThis paper evaluates the effects of unconventional monetary policies adopted by the Bank of Japan from the year 2001 to 2006. A new measure is proposed to identify a nontraditional monetary policy shock from policy packages under the zero lower bound of short‐term nominal interest rates during the quantitative easing period, using data on intraday 3‐month Euroyen futures rates. We find that stock markets do not react to a policy surprise in an expected manner and negatively respond to a monetary easing surprise. Moreover, we find an asymmetric response during a boom and a recession and a nonlinear reaction because of increasing uncertainty concerning future inflation dynamics and the enhancement of monetary policy transparency. Our result suggests that it is difficult to implement unconventional monetary policy to manage agents’ expectations and a ‘lean against the wind’ policy to prevent asset bubbles, particularly at the zero bound.
What is the Appropriate Counterfactual When Estimating Effects of Multilateral Trade Policy Reform?
Authors: Anderson Kym , Jensen Hans Grinsted , Nelgen Signe , Strutt Anna 
Published: July 2016

AbstractMultilateral trade reforms, such as may eventually emerge from the WTO's Doha Development Agenda (DDA), tend to be phased in over a decade or so after agreement is reached. Given the DDA's slow progress, that implementation may not be completed before the end of the next decade. Ex‐ante analysis of the DDA's possible effects thus requires first modelling the world economy to 2030 and, in that process, projecting what trade‐related policies might be by then without a DDA. Typically, modellers assume the counterfactual policy regime to be a ‘business‐as‐usual’ projection assuming the status quo. Yet we know developing country governments tend to switch from taxing to assisting farmers in the course of economic development. This paper shows the difference made by including political economy‐determined agricultural protection growth endogenously in the baseline projection. We reveal that difference by projecting the world economy to 2030 using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model with those two alternative policy regimes and then simulating a move to global free trade (the maximum benefit from a multilateral trade reform) in each of those two cases. The welfare effects of removing the counterfactual price distortions in 2030 are shown to be much larger in the case where agricultural protection grows endogenously than in the case assuming no policy changes over the projection period. This suggests the traditional way of estimating effects of a multilateral agricultural trade agreement may considerably understate the potential welfare gains.
The Effect of Skin Debris on Gunshot Residue Sampling and Detection
Authors: Burnett Bryan R. 
Published: July 2016

AbstractThese experiments were designed to determine whether skin debris (desquamated epithelial cells and apparent skin oils) affects gunshot residue (GSR) particle detection on the sticky tape lift samples prepared for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A dabbing experiment showed that GSR particles accumulate not only on the adhesive surface of the sampler, but also on the epithelial cell surfaces. Samplers were loaded with target GSR followed by dabbing 30 times on the back of a hand. Backscatter electron images were taken at 20 kV and for some at 30 kV of the same areas. The samplers were then treated with a sodium/calcium hypochlorite solution (bleach) to remove skin debris and again imaged in the SEM. Comparison of these images shows more GSR particles will likely be revealed at 30 kV than 20 kV and more particles revealed by the bleach treatment in an automated SEM system.
Pulmonary thromboembolism in patient with coexistence of Behçet's disease and antiphospholipid syndrome
Authors: Kim Jun‐Hyun , Lee Kyung‐Ann , Jung Min‐Young , Kim Ah‐Ran , Yoon Jeong‐Min , Shim Hyoung‐Joon , Lee Sang‐Heon , Kim Ho‐Youn , Kim Hae‐Rim 
Published: July 2016

AbstractPulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is rarely reported in Behçet's disease (BD) due to its distinctive thrombus‐forming mechanism. In BD, the inflammation on vessel walls causes venous thrombosis. The thrombi are considered to be tethered to the inflamed walls making embolization less frequent. Thus, immunosuppressive agents are the mainstay of treatment. However, the necessity of anticoagulation therapy is controversial because of its uncertain efficacy of resolving thrombi and the possibility of fatal side effects of hemorrhage. A 25‐year‐old man with recurrent oral aphthae visited with abrupt onset of dyspnea and chest pain. Based on history, imaging studies and laboratory results, he was diagnosed with BD with vascular involvement and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), causing PTE from deep vein thrombosis. The co‐existing APS may have further promoted the thrombosis, shifting his blood profile toward the hypercoagulable state. Immunosuppressive therapy with glucocorticoid and azathioprine, and concomitant anticoagulation with warfarin were achieved successfully without any fatal complications. When atypical features of vascular involvement in BD develop, other coexisting diseases should be considered to design an optimal therapeutic plan.
Remuneration committees, shareholder dissent on CEO pay and the CEO pay–performance link
Authors: Kent Pamela , Kercher Kim , Routledge James 
Published: July 2016

AbstractWe provide evidence on whether the adoption of the full Australian Securities Exchange recommendations for remuneration committee formation and structure are associated with a lower shareholder dissenting vote or a stronger CEO pay–performance link. We find some evidence that a minority‐ and majority‐independent remuneration committee and a committee size of at least the recommended three members are associated with lower shareholder dissent. Companies with an independent committee have a stronger CEO pay–performance link. In addition, a majority‐independent committee strengthens the link between performance and growth in CEO pay.
Two‐stage laparoscopic curative resection for synchronous multiple colorectal cancers: A case report
Authors: Takahashi Rina , Sakamoto Kazuhiro , Tomiki Yuichi , Kojima Yutaka , Takahashi Makoto , Sugimoto Kiichi , Kawai Masaya , Okazawa Yu , Makino Yurika 
Published: July 2016

AbstractA 75‐year‐old man tested positive for occult blood in the stool. A subsequent examination indicated concurrent locally advanced cancer (cT3) at the hepatic flexure and lower rectum cancer in the external anal sphincter. Because of the locally advanced rectal cancer (cT4), preoperative chemoradiotherapy was administered. First, laparoscopic right hemicolectomy and colostomy were performed at the sigmoid colon. Chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer was initiated on day 18 after the surgeries. Seven weeks after chemoradiotherapy had been completed, laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection and right lateral pelvic lymph node dissection were performed. This case demonstrated that a second radical surgery for rectal cancer could be performed safely and laparoscopically after laparoscopic colectomy and colostomy.
Gastric volvulus with a large bochdalek hernia in an adult successfully treated with emergency endoscopic reduction followed by elective laparoscopic mesh repair: A case study
Authors: Nishihara Yuichi , Kawaguchi Yoshiki , Urakami Hidejiro , Seki Shiko , Ohishi Takashi , Isobe Yoh , Matsumoto Sumio 
Published: July 2016

AbstractWe report a case of gastric volvulus with a large Bochdalek hernia successfully treated with emergency endoscopic reduction followed by elective laparoscopic mesh repair. The patient was a 71‐year‐old woman with no history of trauma. She was referred to our hospital because of nausea and vomiting after eating. Thoracic and abdominal CT showed gastric volvulus and a large Bochdalek hernia. The patient underwent emergency endoscopic reduction and elective laparoscopic surgery. The defect (10 × 12 cm) was reinforced with a Dual Mesh (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) and fixed to the diaphragm with nonabsorbable sutures. The postoperative course was uneventful, and no complications or recurrence was found at the 2‐year follow‐up. The endoscopic reduction and elective laparoscopic procedure was performed successfully and resulted in significant clinical improvement in this case.
Usefulness of transanal tube placement for prevention of anastomotic leakage following laparoscopic low anterior resection
Authors: Ito Tetsuo , Obama Kazutaka , Sato Teruyuki , Matsuo Koichi , Inoue Hidenobu , Kubota Keiko , Tamaki Nobuyuki , Kami Kazuhiro , Yoshimura Naoki , Shono Takahito , Yamamoto Eiji , Morimoto Taisuke 
Published: July 2016

AbstractIntroductionAnastomotic leakage (AL) is a major complication of laparoscopic low anterior resection (LLAR) for rectal cancer. Although several recent reports have suggested that transanal tube placement can prevent AL, this practice is still controversial. Additionally, the mechanism by which a transanal tube prevents AL is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of transanal tube placement for prevention of AL following LLAR.MethodsThis was a retrospective study that included 69 patients who underwent LLAR between February 2012 and January 2016. After an anastomosis using a double stapling technique, a transanal tube was placed in 28 patients. A diverting stoma was created in 26 patients. Univariate and multivariate analyses of clinicopathological characteristics were performed.ResultsThe overall incidence of AL was 15.9% (11/69). Univariate analysis showed that transanal tube placement (P = 0.022) and early postoperative diarrhea (P < 0.001) were associated with AL. The duration of the postoperative hospital stay for patients with transanal tube placement (13.1 ± 4.1 days) was significantly shorter than for patients without a transanal tube (22.7 ± 12.3 days; P < 0.001). However, transanal tube placement did not reduce postoperative diarrhea. Creation of a diverting stoma did not affect the incidence of AL. Multivariate analysis revealed that the absence of a transanal tube (odds ratio = 33.5, P = 0.018) and the occurrence of postoperative diarrhea (odds ratio = 86.3, P = 0.001) were independent risk factors for AL.ConclusionTransanal tube placement prevents AL after LLAR. Furthermore, this protective effect may be due to a reduction in the unfavorable incidence of early postoperative diarrhea.
Preliminary experience using a tunica vaginalis flap as the dorsal component of Bracka's urethroplasty
Authors: Harper Luke , Michel Jean‐Luc , Sauvat Frederique 
Published: July 2016

ObjectiveTo evaluate clinical use of a tunica vaginalis flap as the dorsal component of a two‐stage urethroplasty in boys with cripple hypospadias.Patients and MethodsWe performed the first stage of a Bracka two‐stage urethroplasty, using a tunica vaginalis flap as the dorsal component in six boys with cripple hypospadias. We analysed their clinical characteristics and the results of this technique.ResultsThe mean (range) age of the boys was 57 (34–120) months. The mean (range) number of previous procedures the boys had undergone was 4 (3–5). At the 6‐month follow‐up, all the boys presented significant fibrosis of the dorsal graft rendering it unusable for tubularisation.ConclusionsExposure to the external environment seems to induce retraction and fibrosis of the tunica vaginalis. We believe one should be very cautious about using tunica vaginalis as the dorsal component of a two‐stage urethroplasty, as significant fibrosis might well render the flap unusable.
Correlation between horizontal mucosal thickness and probing depths at healthy and diseased implant sites
Authors: Schwarz Frank , Claus Christian , Becker Kathrin 
Published: July 2016

AbstractObjectivesTo assess the horizontal mucosal thickness (hMT) at healthy and diseased implant sites and correlate these measurements with respective probing depths (PD).Materials and methodsIn 60 patients, hMT was assessed at the buccal aspect of healthy (n = 36) and diseased (peri‐implant mucositis: n = 26; peri‐implantitis: n = 167) implant sites using a validated ultrasonic A‐scanner (Pirop® Ultrasonic Biometer A‐ Scan, Echo‐Son, Krancowa, Poland) equipped with a specially designed tissue probe. The corresponding PD values were measured at the mid‐buccal aspects.ResultsMedian hMT (1.10 mm) at healthy implant sites was significantly lower when compared with diseased sites (1.68 mm; 1.61 mm) (P < 0.001, respectively). These values did not markedly differ by implant location (i.e., upper/lower jaws) or position (i.e., anterior/posterior sites). The regression model failed to reveal a significant linear association between hMT and PD values at healthy and diseased implant sites.ConclusionThis study has pointed to a significant increase of hMT values at diseased implant sites.
An investigation into mature adults’ attitudinal reluctance to register as organ donors
Authors: Quick Brian L. , Reynolds‐Tylus Tobias , Fico Ashley E. , Feeley Thomas Hugh 
Published: July 2016

AbstractBackgroundMature adults (age 50–64) make up a large proportion of organ transplant recipients, and waiting list candidates yet are underrepresented in terms of actual donors. Understanding the reasons why mature adults fail to register as deceased organ donors is critical in achieving the goal of increasing the actionable supply of organs available for transplant. Conceptual models propose certain factors such as bodily integrity, ick (i.e., disgust), jinx (i.e., superstition), medical mistrust, salience, self‐efficacy, and stake are associated with organ donation registration attitudes. Moreover, the age myth, or the belief that one's age prevents them from becoming an organ donor, was examined among mature adults between the ages of 50–64.MethodAn online survey was disseminated to mature adults (N=709).ResultsResults indicated jinx, salience, self‐efficacy, and stake each predicted organ donation attitudes among mature adults. Moreover, results indicated that age myth accounted for attitudes toward registering as an organ donor among non‐registered mature adults after controlling for non‐cognitive and vested interest constructs.ConclusionThis study demonstrates the age myth is negatively associated with attitudes toward registering as organ donors. The results are discussed with an emphasis on both the theoretical and practical implications of study findings.
Fatigue behaviour and modelling of talc‐filled and short glass fibre reinforced thermoplastics, including temperature and mean stress effects
Authors: Eftekhari M , Fatemi A 
Published: July 2016

AbstractEffects of temperature and mean stress on fatigue behaviour of talc‐filled polypropylene (PP‐T) and short glass fibre reinforced polypropylene (PP‐G), polyamide‐66 (PA66), and a blend of polyphenylene ether and polystyrene (PPE/PS) were investigated. Load‐controlled fatigue tests were conducted under positive stress ratios (R = 0.1 and 0.3) and at several temperatures (T = 23, 85 and 120 °C). Larson–Miller parameter was used and a shift factor of Arrhenius type was developed to correlate fatigue data at various temperatures. Effect of mean stress on fatigue life was significant for some of the studied materials; however, for the PPE/PS blend no effect of mean stress was observed. Modified Goodman and Walker mean stress equations were evaluated for their ability to correlate mean stress data. A general fatigue life prediction model was also used to account for the effects of mean stress, temperature, anisotropy and frequency.