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Characteristics of Forensic Patients in California With Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Bartos Bradley J. , Renner Matthew , Newark Carol , McCleary Richard , Scurich Nicholas 
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT
Criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial (IST) are sent to state hospitals for treatment to be restored to competency. IST patients diagnosed with dementia and related disorders present a particular challenge to clinicians, because they must be restored successfully within a statutorily mandated time frame (e.g., 3 years in California for defendants charged with a felony offense). This study examined a comprehensive data set that included all forensic patients served by California's Department of State Hospitals from September 2003 to February 2016. The findings revealed that, although most IST patients with a dementia diagnosis were restored to competency within the statutory time frames, they spent, on average, over twice as long confined than IST patients without a dementia diagnosis and were less likely than the latter group to be successfully restored. One implication of these findings is that forensic clinicians ought to assess whether IST patients diagnosed with dementia are likely to be restored or not as early as possible in the evaluation and triage process and report to the court any IST patients with a dementia diagnosis who are unlikely to be restored successfully. This would both prevent such patients from gratuitous confinement as well as free up treatment resources for other patients.
An Infant Diagnosed With Hydrocephalus by Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Authors: Yaeger Susan K. , Marin Jennifer R. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound has become a valuable tool for pediatric emergency physicians, with an increasing number of indications being described. In this case presentation, we demonstrate the use of point-of-care ultrasound in the pediatric emergency department to diagnose ventriculomegaly in an infant presenting with a seizure.
School-Based Work Capacity Evaluation in Young People With Intellectual Disabilities: 2 Case Reports
Authors: Johnson Connie C. , Rose Deborah S. 
Published: March 2017

Purpose:
These case reports examine the application of a work capacity/work-hardening model to increase work capacity in young people with disabilities.

Key points:
Examination, evaluation, interventions, and outcomes are described for 2 teenagers with intellectual disability. This approach is novel in that it uses functional capacity evaluation concepts used in ergonomic/occupational health contexts and applies them to youth with disabilities in educational settings.

Conclusion:
These concepts expand the scope of practice for physical therapists in school settings and potentially increase work opportunities for youth with disabilities.
Cardiac Autonomic System Response to Submaximal Test in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Authors: Amichai Taly , Eylon Sharon , Dor-Haim Horesh , Berger Itai , Katz-Leurer Michal 
Published: March 2017

Aim:
To describe the heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability at rest, during a submaximal treadmill test and at rest posttreadmill in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods:
Twenty children (6-11 years) with CP participated, who had Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I to III. The HR was monitored for 5 minutes seated, during a submaximal treadmill test, and after 5 minutes rest posttreadmill. Outcome variables were HR and the square root of the mean squared differences of successive differences between adjacent heart beats (RMSSD).

Results:
HR increased during the last stage of the treadmill test compared with rest. RMSSD was reduced during the last 2 minutes of the treadmill test compared with rest. The HR and RMSSD mean value at the second minute posttest were not significantly different from the pretreadmill rest value.

Interpretation:
The cardiac system in children with CP responded to the submaximal testing.
Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Causing An Optic Tract Syndrome
Authors: Holmes Brandon B. , Green Wesley C. , Kung Nathan H. , Goebel Joel A. , Van Stavern Gregory P. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract:
Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) is characterized by significant dilation, elongation, and tortuosity of the vertebrobasilar system. We present a unique case of VBD, confirmed by neuroimaging studies, showing vascular compression of the right optic tract and lower cranial nerves leading to an incongruous left homonymous inferior quadrantanopia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
EEG Characteristics in Cooled and Rewarmed Periods in Post-cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia Patients
Authors: Kim K. , Pargeon Kimberly L. , Labar Amy S. , Friedman Oren , Kandula Padmaja N. , Labar Douglas R. 
Published: March 2017

Purpose:
Continuous video EEG is a tool to assess brain function in injuries, including cardiac arrest (CA). In post-CA therapeutic hypothermia (TH) studies, some EEG features are linked to poor prognosis, but the evolvement of EEG characteristics during two temperature phases and its significance is unclear. We systematically analyzed EEG characteristics in cooled and rewarmed phases of post-CA therapeutic hypothermia patients and investigated their correlation to patient outcome.

Methods:
This is a retrospective study of EEG analyses, from a single academic center, of 20 patients who underwent CA and therapeutic hypothermia. For each patient, three 30-minute EEG segments in cooled and rewarmed phases were analyzed for continuity, frequency, interictal epileptiform discharges, and seizures. Mortality at the time of discharge was used as outcome.

Results:
Rewarming was associated with the emergence of interictal epileptiform discharges, 2.6 times as likely compared with the cooled period (P = 0.03), and was not affected by systemic factors. Continuity, frequency, and discrete seizures were unaffected by temperature and did not show variance within each temperature phase. There was a trend toward the emergence of interictal epileptiform discharges upon rewarming and mortality, but it was not statistically significant.

Conclusions:
Increased interictal epileptiform discharges with rewarming in post-CA therapeutic hypothermia patients may suggest poor prognosis, but a larger scale prospective study is needed.
Oxidation behaviour of amorphous steel: impact on electromagnetic properties
Authors: Garza-Caballero Alejandro , Idárraga-Ospina Gina , García-Gomez Nora A. , Pérez-González Francisco Aurelio , De-la-Garza-Garza Maribel , Artigas Alfredo , Monsalve Alberto , Colás Rafael , Garza-Montes-de-Oca Nelson Federico 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
High silicon amorphous steels are gaining preference as the material of choice for the fabrication of the core of low and medium power electrical transformers because they present a better electromagnetic behaviour compared to that offered by common grain-oriented and non-oriented high silicon steels. This study aims to investigate the effects that the environmental conditions present during the high temperature annealing of cores exert on the surface oxidation and electromagnetic changes experienced by a commercial amorphous steel alloy.

Design/methodology/approach
The effect of environmental impact on the correct development of annealing practices during the manufacture process of amorphous steel cores used in distribution transformers was studied by the development of an oxidation reactor. With this installation, it was possible to simulate environmental conditions that could affect the surface of magnetic cores made from amorphous steel.

Findings
It was found that: the surface oxidation of amorphous steels affects their electromagnetic behaviour, environmentally induced surface degradation can be modelled at laboratory scale and oxide formation does not affect the amorphous condition of the alloy.

Originality/value
The effect of surface oxidation induced by the existence of water vapour in the annealing process of cores made from amorphous steels and its impact on the electromagnetic behavior of these alloys has been barely studied.
Patient non-adherence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Authors: Dalvi Vidya , Mekoth Nandakumar 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
While interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) has been used in health psychology research, it has so far not been applied to seek deeper insights into the patients’ experiences about treatment. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap by using IPA to understand patient non-adherence.

Design/methodology/approach
In total, 18 patients with chronic conditions seeking healthcare services in Goa and Karnataka, India, were selected by using the snowball sampling method. In-depth interviews were conducted face to face. A semi-structured questionnaire developed by the researchers was used to collect the data. IPA was used to explore the themes to predict patient non-adherence.

Findings
The study results indicate that economic factors, health system related factors, social factors and psychological factors impact patient non-adherence. Patient non-adherence includes medication non-adherence and lifestyle modification non-adherence.

Research limitations/implications
Being cross sectional in design, the results may not be as appropriate as the results derived from a longitudinal study given that non-adherence occurs over time.

Practical implications
Patient non-adherence is a global health issue. Multidisciplinary approach to enhance patient adherence to treatment should form part of public healthcare policy.

Social implications
Exploring the factors influencing patient non-adherence will help the health-care industry stakeholders to reduce healthcare cost and improve patient’s quality of life.

Originality/value
Although there is extensive quantitative research on the prevalence of non-adherence, qualitative research is limited. This paper addresses this gap by using IPA to understand patient non-adherence and its factors and dimensions.
HC and financial performance with two HRM strategies
Authors: Rompho Nopadol 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between levels of human capital and financial performance of firms that use two distinct human resource management (HRM) strategies.Design/methodology/approachA survey of 128 HRM managers was conducted to assess differences in human capital between firms using different HRM strategies. A multiple regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between firms’ human capital and financial performance.FindingsThe results show that companies employing a make-organic strategy have a higher level of human capital than companies employing a buy-bureaucratic strategy. There was no relationship between the level of human capital and long term financial performance of firms with both make-organic and buy-bureaucratic strategies.Research limitations/implicationsThis research contributes toward understanding the effect of HRM strategy and facilitates an optimal strategy choice depending on the organization. However, this study did not consider the lead time between changes in human capital and the effect on financial performance.Practical implicationsThe research encourages firm managers to understand the value of human capital, preparing them for changes in the future.Originality/valueThis study is among the first to investigate the relationship between human capital and financial performance considering different HRM strategies.
Quality of leadership and public service motivation
Authors: Ugaddan Reginald G. , Park Sung Min 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine salient mechanism by which the quality of political and administrative leadership might influence employee engagement in public sector organizations through public service motivation (PSM). Specifically, the purpose of the paper is twofold. First, the psychological outcomes of quality of leadership perceptions among public employees are identified. Second, how PSM mediates the influence of leadership quality perceptions on employee engagement is examined.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the US Merit System and Protection Board’s (MSPB) 2010 Merit Principles Survey. To establish the distinctive validity of the constructs, the authors performed exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis for latent variables, and subsequently conducted validity and reliability analyses. The authors performed a structural equation model to determine relationship between quality of political and administrative leadership, PSM, and employee engagement.FindingsThe results reveal that the quality of political and administrative leadership is positively related to PSM and employee engagement. This study also confirmed the mediating role of PSM on the relationship between the quality of political and administrative leadership.Originality/valueThe paper expands the literature through studies that may discover critical mechanisms that are of significance in enhancing employee engagement such as quality of leadership depicted in political and administrative leaders and PSM. While previous studies have extensively explored several antecedents of employee engagement, research focusing on the role of quality in public sector leadership and PSM remains limited.
Booters: can anything justify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for hire?
Authors: Douglas David , Santanna José Jair , de Oliveira Schmidt Ricardo , Granville Lisandro Zambenedetti , Pras Aiko 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to examine whether there are morally defensible reasons for using or operating websites (called ‘booters’) that offer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on a specified target to users for a price. Booters have been linked to some of the most powerful DDoS attacks in recent years.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors identify the various parties associated with booter websites and the means through which booters operate. Then, the authors present and evaluate the two arguments that they claim may be used to justify operating and using booters: that they are a useful tool for testing the ability of networks and servers to handle heavy traffic, and that they may be used to perform DDoS attacks as a form of civil disobedience on the internet.

Findings
The authors argue that the characteristics of existing booters disqualify them from being morally justified as network stress testing tools or as a means of performing civil disobedience. The use of botnets that include systems without the permission of their owners undermines the legitimacy of both justifications. While a booter that does not use any third-party systems without permission might in principle be justified under certain conditions, the authors argue that it is unlikely that any existing booters meet these requirements.

Practical/implications
Law enforcement agencies may use the arguments presented here to justify shutting down the operation of booters, and so reduce the number of DDoS attacks on the internet.

Originality/value
The value of this work is in critically examining the potential justifications for using and operating booter websites and in further exploring the ethical aspects of using DDoS attacks as a form of civil disobedience.
It’s not all about money: the role of identity in perceived fairness of targeted promotions
Authors: Xia Lan , Monroe Kent B. 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the effect of targeted promotions on perceptions of fairness from the perspective of consumers who are not targeted.Design/methodology/approachA scenario-based approach is used. Three studies manipulating promotion selectivity and various bases for promotion selection were conducted. A total of 403 people participated in the studies.FindingsResults showed that these consumers consider targeted promotions unfair, and the primary reason is centered more on damage to relational identity than the economics of reduced perceived value. The effect is moderated by how the targeted promotion is delivered (buyer-discovered vs seller-delivered) and different basis for selection.Practical implicationsAs companies adopting the practice of dynamic pricing such as targeted promotion, it is important to manage relationship with their consumers. Framing targeted promotions that reduce the salience of seller’s role and provide explanations that not attributed to buyer-seller relationship are important in reducing the potential damage of targeted promotion on relational identity.Originality/valueExisting research on perceptions of price fairness has focused on the role of perceived value. This research tested the relative effect of perceived value, relational identity and personal identity in the context of targeted promotion and identified relational identity as the major mechanism.
The effect of sensory brand experience and involvement on brand equity directly and indirectly through consumer brand engagement
Authors: Hepola Janne , Karjaluoto Heikki , Hintikka Anni 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
This study aims to examine the effect of sensory brand experience and involvement on brand equity directly and indirectly through cognitive, emotional and behavioral consumer brand engagement (CBE).

Design/methodology/approach
A survey was administered to the customers of a Finnish tableware brand using relevant Facebook channels. A total of 1,390 responses were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling.

Findings
The empirical findings suggest that both involvement and sensory brand experience are directly related to the three facets of CBE. Further, involvement, sensory brand experience and CBE jointly explain more than 50 per cent of the variance in brand equity. In addition, the results reveal that emotional engagement was the most influential factor in determining consumers’ overall engagement level.

Research limitations/implications
The framework should be tested in other contexts, and the application of longitudinal research setting is encouraged.

Practical implications
The study highlights not only the importance of holistic CBE management but also the necessity to manage sensory aspects of consumer–brand interactions. In this way, managers can build sustainable consumer–brand relationships.

Originality/value
The nomological network of CBE is not well-known. This study integrates two central constructs (sensory brand experience and brand equity) with the concept of CBE and examines their effects on brand equity both directly and indirectly through cognitive, emotional and behavioral CBE.
Mining product problems from online feedback of Chinese users
Authors: Liang Ruoyu , Guo Wei , Yang Deqing 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
Analyzing the sentiment orientation of each product aspect/feature might be sufficient to assist the customer to make purchase/usage decisions, but such level of information obtained by sentiment analysis is not detailed enough to assist the company in making product improvement or design decisions. Therefore, this paper aims to propose a novel method to extract more detailed information of the product.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper proposed to use a set of trivial lexical-Part-of-Speech patterns to prepare candidate corpus and then adopted a topic model to find the optimal number of topics and get the words distributions in each topic. Finally, combined a priori analysis and compactness rules, the authors found out the expected strong rules in each topic, which make up the final problems.

Findings
Experimental results on a real-life data set from Xiaomi forum showed the proposed method can extract the product problems effectively. The authors also explained the errors of experiment, which suggested the direction for future research.

Originality/value
This paper proposed a novel method to obtain information of product problems in detail, which will be useful to assist companies to improve their product performance.
Marine insurance – collateral lies: when lies are not fraud
Authors: Sooksripaisarnkit Poomintr 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to review the reasoning of the judgment of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Versloot Dredging BV and another (Appellants) v. HDI Gerling Industrie Versichering AG and Others (Respondents) [2016] UKSC 45 in finding that there is no remedy or sanction for the use of fraudulent devices (so-called “collateral lies”) in insurance claims and to consider potential implications for underwriters.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology is a typical case law analysis starting from case facts and the reasoning with short comments on legal implications.

Findings
Despite no sanction provided by law for the use of fraudulent devices, the room still opens for the underwriters to stipulate the consequence of using the fraudulent devices by the express term in the insurance contract.

Research limitations/implications
The main implication from the judgment is that underwriters are likely to incur more investigating costs for insurance claims.

Originality/value
This work raises awareness of the marine insurance industry (especially underwriters) as to the approach of the English law towards the use of fraudulent devices.
Person-centred phenomenology: service user experiences of exercise
Authors: Pickard Luke , Rodriguez Alison , Lewis Kiara 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experience of sport and exercise amongst a group of mental health service users. Participants were recruited from a north of England NHS mental health trust that was piloting a sport and exercise intervention for adults with mental health needs.

Design/methodology/approach
In depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with five mental health service users. The chosen phenomenological methodology was collaborative and interpretive.

Findings
Two essential themes were highlighted: “Intermittent health breaking through heavy clouds of illness” and “The cycle of recovery”. In addition, this person-centred research identified a number of intervention benefits beyond those relating to the impact of physical activity on mental health and wellbeing. The main findings are expressed using visual imagery which participants found expressed their perceptions and experiences better than written prose. This includes the way day-to-day illness impacts on the journey of health for people with mental health problems.

Research limitations/implications
The intervention looked to help the transition between leaving mental health services and developing a regular routine to promote recovery. The study illuminates the voices of service users and identifies that sport and exercise for mental health service users can be beneficial for recovery and feelings of belonging which can strengthen perceptions of the self.

Originality/value
Few studies have approached this methodological approach. This study demonstrates the value of phenomenological research with a collaborative, person-centred or indeed an involved patient focus. This collaborative approach enabled a shared understanding of the phenomena.