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Entrepreneurial intentions of business students in Malaysia
Authors: Gelaidan Hamid Mahmood , Abdullateef Aliyu Olayemi 
Published: January 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effects of relational support, educational support and self-confidence on entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate business students in a university.

Design/methodology/approach
To empirically validate the conceptual model and test the hypothesised relationships, the authors collected data from 227 business students at an AACSB-accredited university in Malaysia through random sampling.

Findings
The results were based on analyses from structural equation modelling using the SmartPLS software. The findings show that entrepreneurial intention of business students is significantly influenced by educational and relational support; however, the moderating effects of self-confidence in the relationship between educational support, relational support and entrepreneurial intention are not significant. The paper clearly shows that relational and educational supports are two important factors that can influence the entrepreneurial intention of university students.

Originality/value
This research contributes to literature on entrepreneurial motivations and intentions through its empirical findings of the hypothesised relationships. It theoretically contributes to existing knowledge by integrating relevant themes from entrepreneurial motivations theory and the theory of planned behaviour. Finally, it offers alternative recommendations to university authorities and policymakers about business students’ entrepreneurship intention.
Enhanced electrochemical performances of LiFePO4-C synthesized with PEG as the grain growth inhibitor for Li-ion capacitors in LiNO3 aqueous electrolyte
Authors: Qiu Shen , Zhang Xugang , Li Yawen , Sun Ting , Wang Chenlong , Qin Chuanli 
Published: January 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to conduct the synthesization of LiFePO4-C (LFP-C) with fine particle size and enhanced electrochemical performance as the positive electrode material for Li-ion capacitors (LICs) with neutral aqueous electrolyte.

Design/methodology/approach
LFP-C was prepared by using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a grain growth inhibitor, and the effects of the calcination temperature and PEG content on the structure and morphology of LFP-C were investigated. LICs using environment-friendly, safe and low-cost LiNO3 aqueous electrolyte were assembled with LFP-C as the positive electrode and active carbon as the negative electrode. The electrochemical performances of LFP-C and LICs were studied.

Findings
The results show that the particle size of LFP-C decreases significantly through the introduction of PEG. Cyclic voltammetry results show that the LFP-C prepared at 550°C with 1.0 g PEG exhibits the highest Cpe of 725 F/g at the scanning rate of 5 mA/s. Compared to LFP prepared without PEG, the electrochemical performance of optimized LFP-C dramatically increases due to the decrease of the particle size. Moreover, the LIC assembled with the optimized LFP-C exhibits excellent electrochemical performances. The LIC maintains about 91.3 per cent of its initial Cps after 200 cycles which shows a good cycling performance.

Research limitations/implications
The LFP-C is the suitable positive electrode material for LICs with neutral aqueous electrolyte. LICs can be used in the field of automobiles and can solve the problems of energy shortage and environmental pollution.

Originality/value
Both the LFP-C with fine particle size and its optimal LIC using environment-friendly, safe and low-cost LiNO3 aqueous electrolyte own good electrochemical performances.
Synthesis of tetra(2,2-hydroxyethylene) terephthalamide from PET waste and its application in synthesis of polyesteramide coating
Authors: Rane Pradnya C. , More Aarti P. , Mhaske Shashank T. 
Published: January 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the synthesis of polyesteramide resin from the monomer obtained from poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste and study of the structure – property relation for the same in polyesteramide coating. The purpose is also not only to just target the polymeric waste but also to study the effect of the structure of monomer obtained from such waste in final coating.Design/methodology/approachPET waste was depolymerised using diethanolamine to tetra(2,2-hydroxyethylene) terephthalamide (THETA). Four functional hydroxyl terminated monomers were generated having amide linkage as a structural part. THETA was used for the synthesis of polyesteramide resin along with fatty amide of oil, and concentration of the THETA was varied. The synthesised polyesteramide resin was cured with MF resin and tested for physico-chemical, thermal and anticorrosive properties.FindingsPET was successfully depolymerised to monomeric level using diethanolamine as a reactive agent. It is observed that as the concentration of THETA increases, the hardness of the coating increases, as aromatic concentration increases in the coating. The amide linkage helps to improve adhesion as well as hydrophobicity because an aliphatic long chain of fatty amide and aromatic linkage of THETA helps in improving anticorrosive properties of the coating.Practical implicationsThis method is the useful key to solve the polymeric waste problem. PET can be easily depolymerised using diethanolamine and polyesteramide resin synthesised from it. Hence, waste material can be converted into the coating by reacting it with renewable resources.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study which uses THETA as a monomer for the synthesis of polyesteramide resin and study of its various concentrations on coating properties. The coating is obtained from waste material; hence, polymeric waste issue is also solved, and dependency on the petroleum resources to obtain raw materials for coating is also depleted partially. The study also helps to understand the effect of the structure of monomers on the properties of the coating.
Professional confidence in the roles as ambulance and medical incident commander
Authors: Rosander Michael , Jonson Carl‐Oscar 
Published: January 2017

The aim was to investigate professional confidence in the roles of ambulance and medical incident commander (AIC and MIC), and how it influences achievement of performance indicators at an incident site. A web survey based on theoretical constructs (e.g., social identity, efficacy, accountability) and questions about prehospital emergency care connected to the roles were used (n = 426 Swedish ambulance nurses and emergency medical technicians). The results showed that social identity, independence and occupation were moderators for professional confidence. Organizational support, relational trust and independence were moderators for achieving performance indicators. Strengthening group identification and independence as MIC and independence and support for women as AIC together with a stronger organizational support can increase professional confidence and improve performance.
Population pharmacokinetics of intravenous clonidine for sedation during paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous venovenous hemofiltration
Authors: Kleiber Niina , Mathôt Ron A. A. , Ahsman Maurice J. , Wildschut Enno D. , Tibboel Dick , de Wildt Saskia N. 
Published: January 2017

AimsClonidine is used for sedation in the paediatric intensive care unit. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides temporary support if respiratory and cardiac function is threatened. ECMO influences the pharmacokinetics of drugs. Clonidine during paediatric ECMO cannot be effectively titrated as PK data are lacking. The aim of this study is to describe clonidine PK in a particular ECMO system and propose dosing guidelines for children on this particular ECMO circuit.MethodsAll children below the age of 18 years who received clonidine during ECMO were eligible. The pharmacokinetic analysis was conducted by nonlinear mixed effect modelling, which enables to establish the separate influences of determinants on drug blood level and to provide individualized dosing.ResultsTwenty‐two patients, median age 1 month (IQR 6.4) and weight at inclusion 4 kg (IQR 3.1) were included of whom 90% in addition to ECMO received pre‐emptive continuous venovenous hemofiltration to optimize fluid balance. The clonidine clearance rate was two‐fold that measured in patients not on ECMO. Clearance increased steeply with postnatal age: at days 6, 8 and 10, respectively 30%, 50% and 70% of the adult clearance rate was reached. The use of diuretics was associated with a lower clearance. The volume of distribution increased by 55% during ECMO support.ConclusionOur findings suggest that a higher dose of clonidine may be needed during ECMO. The PK parameters on ECMO and the dosing guidelines proposed hold the potential to improve sedation practices on ECMO but need to be repeated with different ECMO systems.
A novel conversion method for radiographic guide into surgical guide
Authors: Peng Yao‐Te , Tseng Chung‐Chih , Du Yi‐Chun , Chen Yen‐Nien , Chang Chih‐Han 
Published: January 2017

AbstractBackgroundThe study proposed a novel method for converting a radiographic guide into a surgical guide and evaluated its accuracy.Materials and MethodsRadiographic guide was reformed with the addition of index rods for geometric conversion method (GCM). Planning implants were projected on geometric projection planes, and the implant positions were measured. The radiographic guide was converted into surgical guide using a generic bench drill machine with GCM data. Two experiments were designed to validate the GCM. (1) In vitro test: Twenty implants were placed on five edentulous dental models by using the GCM (group 1) and Stereolithography (SLA) method (group 2), respectively. The deviations of planned and placed implant were calculated, and the precision error (PE) value was calculated to evaluate the stability of the GCM and SLA. (2) In vivo test: Nine edentulous subjects were selected for clinical implant surgery with the GCM guide. Two level of the index rods of radiographic guides were prepared for surgical guides forming. The differences between the planned and actual implants were calculated in implant head, apex, and angulation.ResultsThe in vitro test revealed no significant differences in the planned and placed angulations between groups 1 and 2 (P > .05). The PE was not significantly different between groups 1 and 2 (P > .05). The in vivo test revealed a successful treatment of the subjects, and 16 implant sites were evaluated. The results indicated that GCM guide could achieve the three‐dimensional (3D) offset deviations of 1.03 ± 0.27 mm and 1.17 ± 0.24 mm at the implant head and apex, respectively, and 1.37° ± 0.21° for the 3D angulation.ConclusionThe novel method for converting a radiographic guide into a surgical guide appears accurate and stable compared with SLA.
Traumatic sacral fracture following dystocia in a Thoroughbred foal
Authors: Mackenzie C. , Haggett E. , Powell S. , Swarbrick M. , Leaman T. 
Published: January 2017

SummaryA Thoroughbred colt with a history of dystocia was referred for further management of suspected hypoxia. The foal showed signs of neonatal maladjustment syndrome and hindlimb paralysis. Radiography revealed the presence of a severe lumbosacral injury. The foal was subjected to euthanasia due to a hopeless prognosis. Computed tomography was performed post‐mortem and revealed a type I Salter Harris fracture of the cranial physis of the first sacral vertebra.
An agent‐based modelling approach to build up educational digital games for kindergarten and primary schools
Authors: Ponticorvo Michela , Di Fuccio Raffaele , Di Ferdinando Andrea , Miglino Orazio 
Published: January 2017

AbstractMost of the educational materials, such as the exercises contained in activity books or the Montessori‐like games that are commonly used in kindergartens and primary schools share a common deep structure and have similar features. Capturing these commonalities in an explanatory model leads to a general framework that may be useful to develop games engine, in particular, digital games for children that enhance the learning and teaching experiences. In this paper, we analyze the structure of above mentioned educational materials and propose to describe it in terms of interacting agents' model. Moreover, we present Block Magic and SNIFF, first two examples of educational Montessori‐like games to better explain how this general framework can be employed in educational game development.
The Role of Founder and Other Family Participation on US Private Foundation Efficiency
Authors: McAllister Brian , Allen Arthur 
Published: January 2017

AbstractFounders make significant financial contributions in creating US private foundations. Therefore, we hypothesize that founders monitor foundation operations and predict a positive relation between founder participation and foundation efficiency. In contrast, we propose competing hypotheses in examining the relation between other family member participation and foundation efficiency. Other family member participation has the potential to enhance foundation efficiency if founders are able to transfer their philanthropic values to their progeny. However, other family participation also has the potential to diminish foundation efficiency if the founders’ withdrawal leaves their foundations without true principals to monitor managerial actions. We find that both founder and other family participation are positively associated with foundation efficiency. We also provide limited evidence that the positive association between founding family participation and foundation efficiency is transferred to second generation family members, but is not transferred to subsequent generations.
Profiles of persistent slip markings and internal structure of underlying persistent slip bands
Authors: Polák J , Mazánová V , Heczko M , Kuběna I , Man J 
Published: January 2017

AbstractFocused ion beam sections and lamellae for transmission electron microscopy were prepared from fatigued specimens of polycrystalline copper and austenitic Sanicro 25 steel. The profiles of persistent slip markings developed on the surface were observed and documented simultaneously with the underlying dislocation structure. In copper fatigued at room temperature and close to liquid nitrogen temperature, persistent slip markings consisting of pronounced extrusions and parallel intrusions appeared at locations where persistent slip bands having the ladder‐like dislocation structure egress on the surface. Stage I cracks initiated from the tip of the intrusions. In Sanicro 25 steel, more planar character of the dislocation structure led to thin extrusions and intrusions and several stage I cracks running parallel to the primary slip plane. Exceptionally, ladder‐like structure and generally alternating dislocation‐rich and dislocation‐poor volumes were observed in the PSBs. Dislocations bands of secondary slip systems in the matrix disappeared on intersections with PSBs. Experimental findings were compared with predictions of recent physically based models of fatigue crack initiation.
Risks of ocean acidification in the California Current food web and fisheries: ecosystem model projections
Authors: Marshall Kristin N. , Kaplan Isaac C. , Hodgson Emma E. , Hermann Albert , Busch D. Shallin , McElhany Paul , Essington Timothy E. , Harvey Chris J. , Fulton Elizabeth A. 
Published: January 2017

AbstractThe benefits and ecosystem services that humans derive from the oceans are threatened by numerous global change stressors, one of which is ocean acidification. Here, we describe the effects of ocean acidification on an upwelling system that already experiences inherently low pH conditions, the California Current. We used an end‐to‐end ecosystem model (Atlantis), forced by downscaled global climate models and informed by a meta‐analysis of the pH sensitivities of local taxa, to investigate the direct and indirect effects of future pH on biomass and fisheries revenues. Our model projects a 0.2‐unit drop in pH during the summer upwelling season from 2013 to 2063, which results in wide‐ranging magnitudes of effects across guilds and functional groups. The most dramatic direct effects of future pH may be expected on epibenthic invertebrates (crabs, shrimps, benthic grazers, benthic detritivores, bivalves), and strong indirect effects expected on some demersal fish, sharks, and epibenthic invertebrates (Dungeness crab) because they consume species known to be sensitive to changing pH. The model's pelagic community, including marine mammals and seabirds, was much less influenced by future pH. Some functional groups were less affected to changing pH in the model than might be expected from experimental studies in the empirical literature due to high population productivity (e.g., copepods, pteropods). Model results suggest strong effects of reduced pH on nearshore state‐managed invertebrate fisheries, but modest effects on the groundfish fishery because individual groundfish species exhibited diverse responses to changing pH. Our results provide a set of projections that generally support and build upon previous findings and set the stage for hypotheses to guide future modeling and experimental analysis on the effects of OA on marine ecosystems and fisheries.
Hyperparathyroidism caused by distant pulmonary lesions and parathyromatosis after ethanol injection/parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism
Authors: Nakamura Michio , Tanaka Kiho , Fujii Takeshi 
Published: January 2017

AbstractSecondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) treatment includes parathyroidectomy and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT), which are invasive procedures. The condition in which benign hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue is distributed throughout the neck and mediastinum is termed parathyromatosis. Here, we present the case of a 51‐year‐old woman who began hemodialysis in 1986 due to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and developed SHPT in 1999. She underwent 6 rounds of PEIT followed by total a parathyroidectomy with partial forearm autotransplantation. Between 2011 and 2013, surgeons removed several nodules from her pulmonary and cervical regions and the transplanted masses from her forearm; all showed hyperplasia but exhibited no histological evidence of malignancy. Damage to the parathyroid capsule after repeated PEITs may cause local cervical recurrence and pulmonary lesions, although distant lesions are extremely rare in SHPT. This case is of interest due to the possible association between PEIT and parathyromatosis and distal lesions.
Formation of sodium bismuth titanate—barium titanate during solid‐state synthesis
Authors: Hou Dong , Aksel Elena , Fancher Chris M. , Usher Tedi‐Marie , Hoshina Takuya , Takeda Hiroaki , Tsurumi Takaaki , Jones Jacob L. 
Published: January 2017

AbstractPhase formation of sodium bismuth titanate (Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 or NBT) and its solid solution with barium titanate (BaTiO3 or BT) during the calcination process is studied using in situ high‐temperature diffraction. The reactant powders were mixed and heated to 1000°C, while X‐ray diffraction patterns were recorded continuously. Phase evolutions from starting materials to final perovskite products are observed, and different transient phases are identified. The formation mechanism of NBT and NBT–xBT perovskite structures is discussed, and a reaction sequence is suggested based on the observations. The in situ study leads to a new processing approach, which is the use of nano‐TiO2, and gives insights to the particle size effect for solid‐state synthesis products. It was found that the use of nano‐TiO2 as reactant powder accelerates the synthesis process, decreases the formation of transient phases, and helps to obtain phase‐pure products using a lower thermal budget.
Assessing the accuracy of the OMRON HEM‐907XL oscillometric blood pressure measurement device in patients with nondialytic chronic kidney disease
Authors: Cohen Jordana B. , Wong Tiffany C. , Alpert Bruce S. , Townsend Raymond R. 
Published: January 2017

The OMRON HEM−907XL is a commercial oscillometric blood pressure (BP) monitor that was used in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), in which 28% of participants had chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study examined the accuracy of the monitor in nondialytic patients with CKD. Eighty‐seven patients met inclusion criteria. The authors used a modified Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) protocol, with one observer recording measurements from the monitor and two blinded physicians obtaining simultaneous aneroid values by auscultation. Using AAMI method 1, there was a 2.5±9.5 mm Hg difference in OMRON and aneroid systolic BP, and a −1.6±6.5 mm Hg difference in diastolic BP. Using AAMI method 2, there was a 5.1±7.4 mm Hg difference in systolic BP and a −0.2±5.4 mm Hg difference in diastolic BP. In patients with CKD, the OMRON HEM‐907XL appears to be accurate for measuring diastolic BP, but did not perform as well for systolic BP.
Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morpho‐anatomical characters
Authors: Bustamante Danilo E. , Won Boo Yeon , Miller Kathy Ann , Cho Tae Oh 
Published: January 2017

Morphological, anatomical, and molecular sequence data were used to assess the establishment and phylogenetic position of the genus Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov. Phylogenies based on rbcL and concatenated rbcL and cox1 loci support recognition of Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov., sister to Herposiphonia. Diagnostic features for Wilsonosiphonia are rhizoids located at distal ends of pericentral cells and taproot‐shaped multicellular tips of rhizoids. Wilsonosiphonia includes three species with diagnostic rbcL and cox1 sequences, Wilsonosiphonia fujiae sp. nov. (the generitype), W. howei comb. nov., and W. indica sp. nov. These three species resemble each other in external morphology, but W. fujiae is distinguished by having two tetrasporangia per segment rather than one, W. indica by having abundant and persistent trichoblasts, and W. howei by having few and deciduous trichoblasts.