bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Integrating multiple theoretical approaches to explore the resource mobilization process of community ventures
Authors: Vestrum Ingebjørg 
Published: March 2016

Purpose– Community ventures are likely to increase the well-being and attractiveness of local communities. Community entrepreneurs mobilize inhabitants to actively involve them in the development of the venture. To push local norms and practices, some entrepreneurs introduce external resources and impulses. Consequently, the resource mobilization process of community ventures is likely to involve a range of actors with different goals and demands. This study aims to play with four theoretical approaches to develop a multi-level, conceptual framework of the resource mobilization process. Moreover, the study discusses the role that gender may have in this process.Design/methodology/approach– A conceptual framework is proposed by integrating the resource dependence theory, entrepreneurial orientation, social embeddedness and legitimacy approaches.Findings– The author discusses how each of the four theoretical approaches can add new understanding to the resource mobilization process of community ventures. Integrating these approaches may enable the exploration of the role of community entrepreneurs, local communities and external environments in the resource mobilization process. Moreover, they enable the exploration of mechanisms that are likely to facilitate the process. The study also argues for including gender as a component of the framework and emphasizes a lack of knowledge about gender in community entrepreneurship research.Originality/value– This study provides a conceptual framework to be used in further, empirical research into the resource mobilization process of community ventures. Moreover, the study suggests several questions for further research about the role of gender in community entrepreneurship processes.
Measuring effective capacity in an emergency department
Authors: Lantz Björn , Rosén Peter 
Published: March 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to show how elements from queueing theory can be used to obtain objective measures of effective capacity in the triage function at Skaraborg Hospital in Sweden without direct observation of the function itself.Design/methodology/approach– Approximately 30,000 patients arrived to the emergency department at Skaraborg Hospital in Sweden during 2011. The exact time of arrival and the exact time of triage were recorded for each patient on an individual level. Basic queueing theory uses arrival rates and system capacity measures to derive average queueing times. The authors use the theoretical relation between these three measures to derive system capacity measures based on observed arrival rates and observed average queueing times.Findings– The effective capacity in the triage process is not a linear function of the number of nurses. However, the management of capacity seems well adapted to the actual demand, even though service levels vary substantially during the day and night.Originality/value– This paper uses elements from queueing theory in an innovative way to measure the effective capacity of a service process without direct observation, thereby also avoiding the potential risk of the Hawthorne effect.
Between substance and governance
Authors: Dickinson Helen , Pierre Jon 
Published: March 2016

Purpose
– Many developed countries have seen significant reforms of their health systems for the last few decades. Despite extensive investment in these changes, health systems still face a range of challenges which reform efforts do not seem to have overcome. The purpose of this paper is to argue that there are two particular reasons, which go beyond the standard explanations of changing demographics and disease profiles.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is a commentary based on the literature.

Findings
– The first explanation relates to the relationship between substantive health care reform and governance reform. These are intertwined processes and the pattern of interaction has distorted both types of reform. Second, reform has multiple meanings and may sometimes be more of an intra-organizational ritual and routine than a coherent plan aiming to bring about particular changes. As such, part of the reason why reform so frequently fails to bring about change is that it was not actually intended to bring about specific changes in the first place. The limited success of reform in recent years, the authors argue, has been a result of the fact that reform has focused too much on the substantive aspects of healthcare, while ignoring the governance aspect of the sector.

Originality/value
– As a result, governance has often been obstructed by interest groups inside the system, resulting in paralysis. The authors conclude by arguing that substantive reform of public organizations without an accompanying reassessment of the governance of these organizations are more likely to fail, compared to more comprehensive reform efforts.
Risk governance and performance: a developing country perspective
Authors: Nahar Shamsun , Jubb Christine , Azim Mohammad I 
Published: March 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between risk governance and bank performance in a country where disclosure of risk information is virtually voluntary.

Design/methodology/approach
– Using 210 bank-year observations comprising hand-collected data for the period 2006-2012, the study uses regression analysis to test whether a significant relationship exists between risk governance and banks’ accounting- and market-based performance.

Findings
– This paper investigates risk governance in terms of risk disclosure, number of risk committees and existence of a risk management unit, controlling for other corporate governance variables. Accounting-based performance is measured by return on equity and return on assets; market-based performance is measured by Tobin’s q and buy-and-hold returns. The results show that there is a significant relationship between risk governance and bank performance measures used in this study.

Research limitations/implications
– This paper complements the governance literature by incorporating agency and neo-institutional theory to provide robust evidence that risk monitoring and management are associated with bank performance, which has become extremely important following the global financial crisis (2007-2008).

Practical implications
– Empirical evidence in this paper suggests that risk governance characteristics can be used as channels to improve bank performance. In addition, stakeholders may find these results useful in selecting their preferred bank.

Originality/value
– The uniqueness of this paper lies in its country setting. Most studies on governance and performance involve developed countries. This paper’s contribution is to examine the association of risk governance characteristics for both accounting-based and market-based performance in a developing economy setting, with virtually voluntary compliance mechanisms in place.
Landslide deposits as stratigraphical markers for a sequence‐based glacial stratigraphy: a case study of a Younger Dryas system in the Eastern Alps
Authors: Bichler Mathias G. , Reindl Martin , Reitner Jürgen M. , Drescher‐Schneider Ruth , Wirsig Christian , Christl Marcus , Hajdas Irka , Ivy‐Ochs Susan 
Published: March 2016

Detailed 10Be and 14C dating and supporting pollen analysis of Alpine Lateglacial glacial and landslide deposits in the Hohen Tauern Mountains (Austria) constrain a sequence‐based stratigraphy comprising a major landslide (13.0±1.1 ka) overlain by till and termino‐lateral moraines of an advancing (12.6±1.0 ka) and retreating (11.3±0.8 ka) glacier in turn overlain by a minor landslide (10.8±1.1 ka). These results define glacier activity during the Younger Dryas age Egesen stadial bracketed by landslide activities during the Bølling‐Allerød interstadial and the Preboreal. In contrast to recent studies on Holocene glaciation in the Alps, no traces of any Holocene glacier advance bigger than during the Little Ice Age are documented. Furthermore, this study demonstrates the advantages of using an allostratigraphical approach based on unconformity‐bounded sedimentary units as a tool for glacial stratigraphy in formerly glaciated mountain regions, rather than a stratigraphy based on either isolated morphological features or lithostratigraphical characteristics.
Sweet's syndrome: a retrospective study of 90 cases from a tertiary care center
Authors: Amouri Meriem , Masmoudi Abdelrahmen , Ammar Morsi , Boudaya Sonia , Khabir Abdelmajid , Boudawara Tahia , Turki Hamida 
Published: March 2016

AbstractBackgroundSweet's syndrome (SS) is a neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by the abrupt onset of cutaneous, systemic and histopathological alterations in response to different stimuli.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the epidemioclinical, histological, and therapeutic features and outcomes of SS.MethodsA retrospective study of all patients diagnosed with SS over a 20‐year period (1993–2012) was conducted. Data were analyzed using a level of significance of 5%.ResultsNinety patients (mean age: 46.5 years) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The ratio of women to men was 5. Significant associations emerged between dermohypodermic nodes and location on the lower limbs (P = 0.042), and vesiculobullous lesions and location on the legs (P = 0.030), dorsum of the hand (P = 0.015), and forearms (P = 0.003), and paraneoplastic forms (P = 0.012). The upper extremities were involved in the majority of patients (83.3%). Correlations were found between edema of the superficial dermis and vesiculobullous lesions and between leukocytoclastic vasculitis and atypical targetoid lesions. Sweet's syndrome was associated with cytomegalovirus infection (n = 1), inflammatory bowel disease (n = 4), neoplasm (n = 6), and pregnancy (n = 3). First‐line treatment consisted of colchicine.ConclusionsTo the best of the present authors' knowledge, this is the largest series of SS to be reported. Clinical presentations are similar to those described in the literature. Colchicine was efficient and facilitates the reduced use of corticosteroids. The association between SS and neoplasms should be considered in the context of vesiculobullous lesions.
Managing for Political Corporate Social Responsibility: New Challenges and Directions for PCSR 2.0
Authors: Scherer Andreas Georg , Rasche Andreas , Palazzo Guido , Spicer André 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACTThis article takes stock of the discourse on ‘political CSR’ (PCSR), reconsiders some of its assumptions, and suggests new directions for what we call ‘PCSR 2.0’. We start with a definition of PCSR, focusing on firms’ contribution to public goods. We then discuss historical antecedents to the debate and outline the original economic and political context. The following section explores emerging changes in the institutional context relevant to PCSR and reconsiders some of the assumptions underlying Habermas’ thesis of the postnational constellation. This highlights some neglected issues in previous works on PCSR, including the influence of nationalism and fundamentalism, the role of various types of business organisations, the return of government regulation, the complexity of institutional contexts, the efficiency of private governance, the financialization and digitalization of the economy, and the relevance of managerial sensemaking. Finally, we discuss the contributions to this special issue and relate them to the newly emerging research agenda.
Comparative Study of Acceptance and Adaptation to New Complete Dentures, Using Two Construction Protocols
Authors: Kamalakidis Savvas N. , Anastassiadou Vassiliki , Sofou Afrodite , Pissiotis Argirios L. 
Published: March 2016

AbstractPurposeTo validate patients’ acceptance and adaptation to new complete dentures, fabricated using two construction protocols. Evaluation was achieved by means of two psychometric questionnaires and registration of total number of sore spots.Materials and MethodsTwenty complete denture wearers, who sought replacement dentures because of complaints (material degradation or unsatisfactory repaired fracture) associated with them, were selected according to specific inclusion criteria. The denture construction protocols were randomly assigned to the study participants. Ten participants received complete dentures using a duplication construction protocol with a bilateral balanced occlusal (BBO) scheme (duplicate complete denture group); ten participants received complete dentures using a traditional construction protocol with BBO (traditional complete denture group). All study participants completed the Complete Denture Satisfaction and the Oral Health Impact Profile‐20 (OHIP‐20) questionnaires before they received the new complete dentures (pretreatment) and at 3 and 6 months post‐treatment. At the initial adaptation/adjustment visits, the location and number of sore spots were identified. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate differences between groups and within each group pre‐ and post‐treatment.ResultsDenture satisfaction and oral health related quality of life scores were independent of the complete denture construction protocol. Within the traditional complete denture group there was a statistically significant increase in denture satisfaction and equivalent decrease (improvement) in OHIP‐20 scores between pre‐ and post‐treatment (both at 3‐month and 6‐month visits). This finding was consistent for OHIP‐20 scores within the duplicate complete denture group, but not for denture satisfaction, which was not statistically significant. The total number of recorded sore spots was approximately double for the traditional complete denture group compared to the duplicate complete denture group.ConclusionsAccording to the results of the study, patients’ overall acceptance of their newly constructed complete dentures improved significantly for both groups (traditional and duplication construction protocols). Study participants adapted dissimilarly to their newly constructed complete dentures regarding comfort, as assessed by the total number of sore spots, although the recorded mean number of initial adaptation/adjustment visits was equal.
Role of the vagus nerve in the development and treatment of diet‐induced obesity
Authors: de Lartigue Guillaume 
Published: March 2016

AbstractThis review highlights evidence for a role of the vagus nerve in the development of obesity and how targeting the vagus nerve with neuromodulation or pharmacology can be used as a therapeutic treatment of obesity. The vagus nerve innervating the gut plays an important role in controlling metabolism. It communicates peripheral information about the volume and type of nutrients between the gut and the brain. Depending on the nutritional status, vagal afferent neurons express two different neurochemical phenotypes that can inhibit or stimulate food intake. Chronic ingestion of calorie‐rich diets reduces sensitivity of vagal afferent neurons to peripheral signals and their constitutive expression of orexigenic receptors and neuropeptides. This disruption of vagal afferent signalling is sufficient to drive hyperphagia and obesity. Furthermore neuromodulation of the vagus nerve can be used in the treatment of obesity. Although the mechanisms are poorly understood, vagal nerve stimulation prevents weight gain in response to a high‐fat diet. In small clinical studies, in patients with depression or epilepsy, vagal nerve stimulation has been demonstrated to promote weight loss. Vagal blockade, which inhibits the vagus nerve, results in significant weight loss. Vagal blockade is proposed to inhibit aberrant orexigenic signals arising in obesity as a putative mechanism of vagal blockade‐induced weight loss. Approaches and molecular targets to develop future pharmacotherapy targeted to the vagus nerve for the treatment of obesity are proposed. In conclusion there is strong evidence that the vagus nerve is involved in the development of obesity and it is proving to be an attractive target for the treatment of obesity.
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Nuevas dinámicas de la regionalización universitaria en América Latina
Authors: Rama Claudio , Cevallos Marcelo 
Published: March 2016

<p>La desigualdad regional en el acceso, el egreso, la equidad y la calidad es una de las características históricas de la educación superior en América Latina asociada al carácter inicial de elite del servicio universitario y las formas que asume la desigualdad estructural de la región. Sin embargo, tal realidad está cambiando por medio de una masificación que reduce las desigualdades regionales universitarias con diversidad de modalidades. El presente artículo es una reflexión derivada de una investigación comparativa regional más amplia sobre los cambios en los procesos de regionalización, y que muestra la mayor propensión hacia formas de descentralización (nuevas instituciones y diversidad de mecanismos) frente a las formas tradicionales de desconcentración (sedes, subsedes o filiales) que caracterizaron la regionalización de la educación superior en el continente. Ella devela una diversidad de mecanismos de oferta regional de servicios de educación superior, fundamentalmente públicos pero también privados, que son al tiempo los que han sostenido en los últimos años la expansión de la matrícula y el aumento de la cobertura.</p>
Genome Sequencing of
Serinicoccus chungangensis
Strain CD08_5 Isolated from Duodenal Mucosa of a Celiac Disease Patient
Authors: Chander Atul Munish , Kaur Gurwinder , Nair Ramesan Girish , Dhawan Devinder Kumar , Kochhar Rakesh , Mayilraj Shanmugam , Bhadada Sanjay Kumar 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT

For the first time, we report here the 3.5-Mb genome of
Serinicoccus chungangensis
strain CD08_5, isolated from duodenal mucosa from a celiac disease (CD) patient. The specific annotations obtained revealed genes associated with virulence, disease, and defense, which predict its probable role in the pathogenesis of CD.
Draft Genome Sequences of Strains Representing Each of the
Elizabethkingia
Genomospecies Previously Determined by DNA-DNA Hybridization
Authors: Nicholson Ainsley C. , Humrighouse Ben W. , Graziano James C. , Emery Brian , McQuiston John R. 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT

Draft genome sequences of
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
and representatives of each of its four historically described genomospecies were sequenced here. Preliminary analysis suggests that
Elizabethkingia miricola
belongs to genomospecies 2, and both
Elizabethkingia anophelis
and
Elizabethkingia endophytica
are most similar to genomospecies 1.
Draft Genome Sequence of
Rheinheimera
sp. F8, a Biofilm-Forming Strain Which Produces Large Amounts of Extracellular DNA
Authors: Schuster Anna-Kathrin , Szewzyk Ulrich 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT

Rheinheimera
sp. strain F8 is a biofilm-forming gammaproteobacterium that has been found to produce large amounts of filamentous extracellular DNA. Here, we announce the
de novo
assembly of its genome. It is estimated to be 4,464,511 bp in length, with 3,970 protein-coding sequences and 92 RNA-coding sequences.
Draft Genome Sequences of
Rhodosporidium toruloides
Strains ATCC 10788 and ATCC 10657 with Compatible Mating Types
Authors: Hu Jie , Ji Lianghui 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT

Rhodosporidium toruloides
ATCC 10788 (haploid, A1 mating type) and ATCC 10657 (haploid, A2 mating type) were derived from the same diploid parent strain
Rhodotorula glutinis
ATCC 90781 and are important strains for metabolic engineering. Draft genome sequences of both strains are reported here. The current assembly of strain ATCC 10788 comprises 61 scaffolds with a total size of 20.75 Mbp and a GC content of 62.01%, while that of strain ATCC 10657 comprises 137 scaffolds with a total size of 21.49 Mbp and a GC content of 61.81%. Genome annotation predicts 7,730 and 7,800 protein encoding genes for strain ATCC 10788 and strain ATCC 10657, respectively.
Draft Genome Sequence of
Lactobacillus plantarum
CRL1506, an Immunomodulatory Strain Isolated from Goat Milk
Authors: Saavedra Lucila , Hebert Elvira María , Albarracin Leonardo , Salva Susana , Alvarez Susana , Kitazawa Haruki , Villena Julio 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT

This report describes a draft genome sequence of
Lactobacillus plantarum
CRL1506, a probiotic strain with immunomodulatory properties isolated from goat milk. The reads generated by a whole-genome shotgun (WGS) strategy on an Illumina MiSeq sequencer were assembled into contigs with a total size of 3,228,096 bp. The draft genome sequence of
L. plantarum
CRL1506 will be useful for further studies of specific genetic features of this strain and for understanding the mechanisms of its immunobiotic properties.
Draft Genome Sequence of White Spot Syndrome Virus Isolated from Cultured
Litopenaeus vannamei
in Mexico
Authors: Rodriguez-Anaya Libia Zulema , Gonzalez-Galaviz Jose Reyes , Casillas-Hernandez Ramón , Lares-Villa Fernando , Estrada Karel , Ibarra-Gamez Jose Cuauhtemoc , Sanchez-Flores Alejandro 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT
The first genome sequence of a Mexican white spot syndrome virus is presented here. White spot syndrome is a shrimp pandemic virus that has devastated production in Mexico for more than 10 years. The availability of this genome will greatly aid epidemiological studies worldwide, contributing to the molecular diagnostic and disease prevention in shrimp farming.
Determinants of postnatal depression in Sudanese women at 3 months postpartum: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Khalifa Dina Sami , Glavin Kari , Bjertness Espen , Lien Lars 
Published: March 2016

ObjectivesMaternal mental health is a neglected issue in Sudanese healthcare. The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with postnatal depression (PND) at 3 months postpartum in a sample of Sudanese women in Khartoum state.SettingRecruitment was from two major public antenatal care (ANC) clinics in two maternity teaching hospitals in Khartoum state. The study participants were recruited during their pregnancy and were followed up and screened for PND at 3 months postpartum using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).ParticipantsA sample of 300 pregnant Sudanese women in their second or third trimester was included in the study. The inclusion criteria were Sudanese nationality, pregnancy in the second or third trimester and satisfactory contact information.Outcome measuresPND was assessed using the EPDS at a cut-off score of ≥12. Maternal and sociodemographic factors of interest were illustrated in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) to identify which variables to adjust for in multivariate analyses and to show their type of effect on PND. A forward logistic regression model was built to assess the factors that are independently associated with PND.ResultsHistory of violence increased the odds of PND sevenfold, OR=7.4 (95% CI 1.9 to 27.6). Older age of mothers decreased the odds of PND by almost 20%, OR=0.82 (95% CI 0.73 to 0.92). Exclusive breast feeding and regular prenatal vitamins during pregnancy are associated with an 80% decrease in odds of PND, OR=0.2 (95% CI 0.06 to 0.70) and 0.17 (95% CI 0.06 to 0.5), respectively.ConclusionsFactors associated with PND in this study are comparable to factors from other developing countries, although findings should be judged with caution owing to the high number of women who refused recruitment into the study.