bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Brand personality as a direct cause of brand extension success: does self-monitoring matter?
Authors: Ferguson Graham , Lau Kong Cheen , Phau Ian 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
Focusing on symbolic brands, this paper aims to re-test whether perceived â€∼fit’ between the personality of the parent brand, and the brand extension causes consumers to the feel increased affect towards the brand extension. The contention is that high brand personality fit causes consumers to like the brand extension more because, like the parent brand, consumers can use the brand extension to maintain and project a desirable self-identity. This relationship is obscured because consumers process brand personality fit as part of the overall brand image fit; therefore, the potential mediating role of brand image is tested. Consumers differ in their self-monitoring disposition as well, which may explain differences in response to perceived personality fit. Therefore, the potential moderating role of self-monitoring is tested.

Design/methodology/approach
Using an experimental design, respondents viewed an advertisement for a brand extension that showed either congruent, moderately incongruent or incongruent personality fit with the parent brand. This was completed for four symbolic brands: two watch brands and two motor vehicle brands.

Findings
The results indicate that brand personality fit between the brand extension and the parent brand is causally related to affect felt towards the brand extension, but that this relationship is fully mediated by image fit for the BMW brand and partially mediated for Volkswagen Beetle, Omega and Swatch. For BMW and Swatch, the relationship between the independent variable personality fit and the mediator variable image fit is positively moderated by the self-monitoring disposition of the consumer.

Research limitations/implications
The implication is that, while marketers can communicate a wide range of attributes when advertising brand extensions, marketers of symbolic brands should clearly demonstrate brand personality fit as an important component of brand image fit. This is even more important for consumers with a high self-monitoring disposition.

Originality/value
The study conclusively tests the importance of personality fit for symbolic brands, the mediating role of brand image and the interaction effect of self-monitoring on personality fit. These findings contribute to the research literature and help marketers to manage the level of personality fit that should be emphasized in their marketing communications.
Consumer perceptions and intentions toward smoking cessation tools
Authors: Diamond William D. 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
This paper aims to examine preferences for different smoking cessation tools, investigates smokers’ perceptions of these tools by examining their brand personalities and determines whether these perceptions predict intentions to use particular cessation tools.

Design/methodology/approach
Two surveys of smokers evaluated cessation tools from electronic cigarettes to hypnosis.

Findings
Smokers showed a strong preference for electronic cigarettes over other cessation tools. Different aspects of brand personality predicted intention to use different cessation tools.

Research limitations/implications
The research used online surveys rather than real purchasing behavior. The results indicate that advertisements emphasizing the personality attributes of different cessation tools could be effective in encouraging the use of appropriate cessation tools.

Social implications
If research validates e-cigarettes as a valuable cigarette smoking cessation tool, then public service advertisements encouraging their use should emphasize their sincerity and excitement. If e-cigarettes have a net negative effect on public health, public service advertising should stress that the marketing of e-cigarettes is not sincere.

Originality/value
This research extends the idea of brand personality, showing how it can encourage behavior that promotes public health goals.
Introduction: priority setting, equitable access and public involvement in health care
Authors: Weale Albert , Kieslich Katharina , Littlejohns Peter , Tugendhaft Aviva , Tumilty Emma , Weerasuriya Krisantha , Whitty Jennifer A 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on improving equitable access to health care through increased public and patient involvement (PPI) in prioritization decisions by discussing the conceptualization, scope and rationales of PPI in priority setting that inform the special issue.Design/methodology/approach– The paper employs a mixed-methods approach in that it provides a literature review and a conceptual discussion of the common themes emerging in the field of PPI and health priority setting.Findings– The special issue focuses on public participation that is collective in character, in the sense that the participation relates to a social, not personal, decision and is relevant to whole groups of people and not single individuals. It is aimed at influencing a decision on public policy or legal rules. The rationales for public participation can be found in democratic theory, especially as they relate to the social and political values of legitimacy and representation.Originality/value– The paper builds on previous definitions of public participation by underlining its collective character. In doing so, it develops the work by Parry, Moyser and Day by arguing that, in light of the empirical evidence presented in this issue, public participatory activities such as protests and demonstrations should no longer be labelled unconventional, but should instead be labelled as “contestatory participation”. This is to better reflect a situation in which these modes of participation have become more conventional in many parts of the world.
Corporate venture capital program autonomy, corporate investors’ attention and portfolio diversification
Authors: Yang Yi , Chen Tianxu , Zhang Lei 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– From the attention-based view, the purpose of this paper is to examine how structural autonomy of a corporate venture capital (CVC) program influences its CVC managers’ investment decisions with regard to investment portfolio diversification.Design/methodology/approach– This study collects data from VentureXpert, Compustat, and the US Patent Office. The final sample consists of 868 CVC portfolio-year observations from 1990 to 2004. Panel linear regressions and hierarchical linear regressions are used in the analysis.Findings– The major finding of this study reveals that that structural autonomy of a CVC program is significantly related to its investment portfolio diversification. In addition to the direct effect, the authors also find that CVC structure autonomy moderates the relationship between corporate investor’s strategic attention and its CVC portfolio diversification. Specifically, when the autonomous level of a CVC program is high, the negative relationship between its parent’s relative growth potentials and CVC portfolio diversification will become positive, and the positive relationship between its parent’s business diversification and CVC portfolio diversification will become negative.Originality/value– The CVC literature has suggested the impact of CVC portfolio diversification on value creation for corporate investors (e.g. Yanget al., 2014), however, few studies have investigated why some corporate investors diversify their portfolio of venture companies while others do not. To fill such a gap, this study identifies antecedents of CVC portfolio diversification such as CVC structural autonomy and corporate investor’s strategic attention as well as their interactive impacts. The finding also provides valuable managerial implications on CVC program designs.
Employer trustworthiness, worker pride, and camaraderie as a source of competitive advantage
Authors: Butler Timothy David , Armstrong Craig , Ellinger Alex , Franke George 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between being a “great place to work” (GPTW) and firm performance. While lists such as the “Fortune 100 best places to work” were initially regarded solely as publicity vehicles for ranked firms, researchers have since tried to untangle the relationship between being a GPTW and firm performance, often by focussing on HRM systems and practices. In contrast, the study focusses on the valuable, rare, costly to imitate, and organization-exploitability aspects of being a trustworthy employer, place where workers take pride in their work and enjoy the people with whom they work.Design/methodology/approach– This study uses four distinct samples of firms drawn from Fortune’s best companies to work for,Glassdoor.com’sEmployees’ Choice Awards, Careerbliss.com’s 50 Happiest Companies in America, and Achievers.com’s 50 Most Engaged Workplaces Awards databases in a longitudinal design to compare performance attributes of listed firms to their respective industry peer groups.Findings– Being a GPTW is associated with greater productivity, growth potential, and higher operating profits.Research limitations/implications– Some GPTW firms are privately held and were excluded from analysis.Practical implications– Rather than focussing on individual HRM practices and techniques, employers may realize greater performance improvements by focussing on building a reputation as a trustworthy employer and fostering an environment where employees take pride in their work and enjoy working with each other.Originality/value– Other GPTW studies have focussed on HRM practices as antecedents to performance outcomes, which may not accurately reflect the attributes of the GPTW construct. This study focusses squarely on the underlying attributes of being a GPTW: employer trustworthiness, worker pride, and camaraderie and how they affect firm performance.
Competency models for assessing strategic thinking
Authors: Goldman Ellen , Scott Andrea Richards 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the competency models used by organizations to assess the strategic thinking ability of their leaders, managers, and other employees.Design/methodology/approach– A basic interpretive study was conducted with human resource executives across a broad range of large organizations. Participants were interviewed, and competency models in use were shared, reviewed, and discussed. The model development process was also explored in depth. Findings were verified via member checks and triangulation.Findings– Models in use either identify strategic thinking as a stand-alone competency, or embed it under three different areas. Most cover one or more executive levels, stating varying expectations for strategic thinking by job title or level, or differentiating strategic thinking performance levels. The models include descriptions of strategic thinking behaviors that cross seven categories of strategy development, implementation, and organizational alignment.Research limitations/implications– The study provides indications of potential generalizations that should be considered with more organizations across sectors.Practical implications– The findings provide practitioners with format and content examples to enhance the assessment of strategic thinking in existing competency models, as well as process considerations for model development/revision. The findings also identify how competency model components are used across the spectrum of talent management activities.Originality/value– The study fills a gap in the literature by providing empirically based identification of the strategic thinking behaviors organizations consider essential competencies and how they are assessed. In so doing, the study provides a glimpse of how strategic thinking is used in practice and across a range of strategic management activities. In addition, the study links strategic thinking to the competency development literature, illustrating details of competency model development for strategic thinking, and identifying opportunities for related theory development in both domains.
Complete Genome Sequence of a Putative Densovirus of the Asian Citrus Psyllid,
Diaphorina citri
Authors: Nigg Jared C. , Nouri Shahideh , Falk Bryce W. 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a putative densovirus of the Asian citrus psyllid,
Diaphorina citri
.
Diaphorina citri
densovirus (DcDNV) was originally identified through metagenomics, and here, we obtained the complete nucleotide sequence using PCR-based approaches. Phylogenetic analysis places DcDNV between viruses of the
Ambidensovirus
and
Iteradensovirus
genera
.
Complete Genome Sequence of
Photobacterium
sp. Strain J15, Isolated from Seawater of Southwestern Johor, Malaysia
Authors: Roslan Noordiyanah Nadhirah , Sabri Suriana , Oslan Siti Nurbaya , Baharum Syarul Nataqain , Leow Thean Chor 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

Here, we report the genome sequences of
Photobacterium
sp. strain J15, isolated from seawater in Johor, Malaysia, with the ability to produce lipase and asparaginase. The PacBio genome sequence analysis of
Photobacterium
sp. strain J15 generated revealed its potential in producing enzymes with different catalytic functions.
Complete Genome Sequences of
Escherichia coli
O157:H7 Strains SRCC 1675 and 28RC, Which Vary in Acid Resistance
Authors: Baranzoni Gian Marco , Fratamico Pina M. , Reichenberger Erin R. , Kim Gwang-Hee , Breidt Frederick , Kay Kathryn , Oh Deog-Hwan 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

The level of acid resistance among
Escherichia coli
O157:H7 strains varies, and strains with higher resistance to acid may have a lower infectious dose. The complete genome sequences belonging to two strains of
Escherichia coli
O157:H7 with different levels of acid resistance are presented here.
Draft Genome Sequence of
Agrobacterium rhizogenes
Strain NCPPB2659
Authors: Valdes Franco Jose A. , Collier Ray , Wang Yi , Huo Naxin , Gu Yong , Thilmony Roger , Thomson James G. 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

This work reports the draft genome sequence of
Agrobacterium rhizogenes
strain NCPPB2659 (also known as strain K599). The assembled genome contains 5,277,347 bp, composed of one circular chromosome, the pRi2659 virulence plasmid, and 17 scaffolds pertaining to the linear chromosome. The wild-type strain causes hairy root disease in dicots and has been used to make transgenic hairy root cultures and composite plants (nontransgenic shoots with transgenic roots). Disarmed variants of the strain have been used to produce stable transgenic monocot and dicot plants.
Draft Genome Sequence of
Lactobacillus delbrueckii
Strain #22 Isolated from a Patient with Short Bowel Syndrome and Previous
d
-Lactic Acidosis and Encephalopathy
Authors: Domann Eugen , Fischer Florence , Glowatzki Fabian , Fritzenwanker Moritz , Hain Torsten , Zechel-Gran Silke , Giffhorn-Katz Susanne , Neubauer Bernd A. 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

d
-Lactic acidosis with associated encephalopathy caused by overgrowth of intestinal lactic acid bacteria is a rarely diagnosed neurological complication of patients with short bowel syndrome. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of
Lactobacillus delbrueckii
strain #22 isolated from a patient with short bowel syndrome and previous
d
-lactic acidosis/encephalopathy.
Draft Genome Sequence of
Raffaelea quercivora
JCM 11526, a Japanese Oak Wilt Pathogen Associated with the Platypodid Beetle,
Platypus quercivorus
Authors: Masuya Hayato , Manabe Ri-ichiroh , Ohkuma Moriya , Endoh Rikiya 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

The Japanese oak wilt pathogen
Raffaelea quercivora
and the platypodid beetle,
Platypus quercivorus
, cause serious mass mortality of
Quercus
spp. in Japan. Here, we present the first draft genome sequence of
R. quercivora
JCM 11526 to increase our understanding of the mechanism of pathogenicity and symbiosis with the ambrosia beetle.
Whole-Genome Sequence of
Enteractinococcus helveticum
sp. nov. Strain UASWS1574 Isolated from Industrial Used Waters
Authors: Crovadore Julien , Calmin Gautier , Chablais Romain , Cochard Bastien , Lefort François 
Published: July 2016

ABSTRACT

We report here the whole-genome shotgun sequences of the strain UASWS1574 of the undescribed
Enteractinococcus helveticum
sp. nov., isolated from used water. This is the first genome registered for the whole genus.
Development of an engineering bedrock map beneath Jakarta based on microtremor array measurements
Authors: Ridwan M. , Widiyantoro S. , Irsyam M. , Afnimar  , Yamanaka H. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract

Jakarta has been selected as a study area for seismic microzonation by considering its population and its infrastructure growth, seismicity and geological setting. One of the important factors in seismic hazard analysis is the characteristics of the ground overlying bedrock, and, as yet, this has not been studied for Jakarta. This study was intended to estimate the depth to bedrock by applying microtremor array exploration. The phase velocity of microtremors was estimated by the spatial autocorrelation (SPAC) method, whereas the S-wave velocity profile was estimated by inversion using a genetic algorithm. Microtremor array analysis has been conducted at 55 sites that covered the whole of Jakarta. The result of one-dimensional (1D) S-wave velocity profile estimation indicates that the engineering bedrock depth has pronounced differences between northern (>700 m) and southern Jakarta (about 300 m). A 3D S-wave velocity model was constructed from 1D profiles resulting from a second inversion in which the depth of constant-velocity layers, with velocities of 500, 700 and 900 m s
−1
, was determined. The constructed 3D velocity structures show a bedrock morphology that has a depth range of 350–725 m, with depths increasing towards northern Jakarta. The implication of differences in bedrock depth is that estimated seismic amplification for the thicker sediment will be higher.
Programming Uncertain <T>hings
Authors: McKinley Kathryn S. 
Published: July 2016

Innovation flourishes with good abstractions. For instance, codification of the IEEE Floating Point standard in 1985 was critical to the subsequent success of scientific computing. Programming languages currently lack appropriate abstractions for uncertain data. Applications already use estimates from sensors, machine learning, big data, humans, and approximate algorithms, but most programming languages do not help developers address correctness, programmability, and optimization problems due to estimates.
To address these problems, we propose a new programming abstraction called Uncertain<T> embedded into languages, such as C#, C++, Java, Python, and JavaScript. Applications use familiar discrete operations for estimates with Uncertain<T>. Overloaded conditional operators specify hypothesis tests and applications use them to control false positives and negatives. A simple compositional operator expresses domain knowledge. We carefully restrict expressiveness such that we can build a runtime that implements correct statistical reasoning at conditionals. Our system relieves developers of the need to implement or deeply understand statistics. We demonstrate substantial programmability, correctness, and efficiency benefits of this programming model for GPS sensor navigation, approximate computing, machine learning, and xBox.
We encourage the community to develop and use abstractions for estimates.
Programmer Productivity in a World of Mushy Interfaces
Authors: Witchel Emmett 
Published: July 2016

Since 1964, we had the notion that the instruction set architecture (ISA) is a useful and fairly opaque abstraction layer between hardware and software. Software rode hardware's performance wave while remaining gloriously oblivious to hardware's growing complexity. Unfortunately, the jig is up. We still have ISAs, but the abstraction no longer offers seamless portability---parallel software needs to be tuned for different core counts, and heterogeneous processing elements (CPUs, GPUs, accelerators) further complicate programmability. We are better at building large-scale heterogeneous processors than we are at programming them. Maintaining software across multiple current platforms is difficult and porting to future platforms is also difficult. There have been many technical responses: virtual ISAs (e.g., NVIDIA's PTX), higher-level programming interfaces (e.g., CUDA or OpenCL), and late-stage compilation and platform-specific tailoring (e.g., Android ART), etc.
A team of opinionated experts, drawn from the three ASPLOS communities will examine the problem of programmer productivity in the post-ISA world, first from the perspective of their area of expertise and then noting the contributions from the other two communities. What research will save us and how? This wide-ranging debate will frame important research areas for future work while being grounded in frank discussion about what has succeeded in the past. Attendees can expect actionable insight into important research issues as well an entertaining discussion.
Synopsis of the ASPLOS '16 Wild and Crazy Ideas (WACI) Invited-Speakers Session
Authors: Tsafrir Dan 
Published: July 2016

The Wild and Crazy Ideas (WACI) session is a longstanding tradition at ASPLOS, soliciting talks that consist of forward-looking, visionary, inspiring, creative, far out or just plain amazing ideas presented in an exciting way. (Amusing elements in the presentations are tolerated ;-) but are in fact optional.)
The first WACI session took place in 1998. Back then, the call for talks included a problem statement, which contended that "papers usually do not get admitted to [such conferences as] ISCA or ASPLOS unless the systems that they describe are mature enough to run [some standard benchmark suites, which] has a chilling effect on the idea generation process---encouraging incremental research" [1]. The 1998 WACI session turned out to be a great success. Its webpage states that "there were 42 submissions [competing over] only eight time slots, [which resulted in] this session [having] a lower acceptance rate than the conference itself" [2].
But the times they are a-changin' [3], and the WACI session no longer enjoys that many submissions (Figure 1), perhaps because nowadays there exist many forums for researchers to describe/discuss their preliminary ideas, including: the ``hot topics in'' workshops [4--7]; a journal like CAL, dedicated to early results [8]; main conferences soliciting short submissions describing ``original or unconventional ideas at a preliminary stage'' in addition to regular papers [9]; and the many workshops co-located with main conferences, like ISCA '15, which hosted thirteen such workshops [10].
Regardless of the reason for the declining number of submissions, this time we've decided to organize the WACI session differently to ensure its continued high quality. Instead of soliciting talks via an open call and hoping for the best, we proactively invited speakers whom we believe are capable of delivering excellent WACI presentations. That is, this year's WACI session consists exclusively of invited speakers. Filling up the available slots turned out to be fairly easy, as most of the researchers we invited promptly accepted our invitation. The duration of each talk was set to be eight minutes (exactly as in the first WACI session from 1998) plus two minutes for questions.
The talks are outlined below. We believe they are interesting and exciting, and we hope the attendees of the session will find them stimulating and insightful.