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Prioritizing emotional intelligence training needs using optimal globalization grey relational analysis
Authors: Vivian Tang Hui-Wen , Yin Mu-Shang 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the application of optimal globalization grey relational analysis (GGRA) as a workable decision-making tool to prioritize emotional intelligence (EI) training needs of specific groups of academic leaders.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study involved administrating the emotional skills assessment process to 50 academic leaders in the USA and 50 in Taiwan. Optimal GGRA was utilized to prioritize EI training needs of the two distinct groups of academic leaders.

Findings
– Results of the optimal GGRA suggest that context-specific EI interventions focusing on enhancing weak areas of emotional competency are made possible through optimal globalization grey analysis.

Practical implications
– Optimal GGRA is introduced as a valid decision-making technique for planning effective EI interventions. The results have implications for designing training courses targeting on enhancing weak areas of emotional competency.

Originality/value
– The utility of optimal GGRA as a decision-making tool to prioritizing training needs for the two cultural groups of academic leaders in the study aims at going beyond the narrow psychometric perspectives of measurements on leadership potentials and reaching out to practical approaches to leadership development and training.
Diagnostic diversity: The role of social class in diagnostic experiences of infertility
Authors: Bell Ann V. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractResearch in the area of the sociology of diagnosis has recently expanded. Despite this development, the foundations of the social aspects of diagnoses, including race, class and gender, are relatively unexplored. Understanding such diversity is important, however, as researchers have shown that diagnoses have significant repercussions on the illness experience. This article is an effort to overcome this gap in the literature by examining class diversity in interpretations and understandings of diagnoses. Using the medicalised condition of infertility as a case example of class differences around diagnoses, I conducted 58 in‐depth interviews with infertile women of various class backgrounds in the USA. By comparing the lived experiences of infertility between higher and lower class women, I explore differences in the understanding, interpretation and outcomes of diagnoses, specifically. Furthermore, among lower class women, I examine how they understand infertility outside the medical diagnostic framework. The findings reveal how interpretations and experiences of diagnoses vary depending on an individual's social location. In other words, the study demonstrates that class matters in terms of diagnoses and their understanding.
Effect of Substrate Interferences from High‐Density Polyethylene on Association of Simulated Ignitable Liquid Residues with the Corresponding Liquid
Authors: Prather Kaitlin R. , Towner Suzanne E. , McGuffin Victoria L. , Waddell Smith Ruth 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThe effect of substrate interferences from high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) on the ability to associate an ignitable liquid residue with the corresponding liquid standard, using statistical procedures, is demonstrated. Gasoline, kerosene, and lighter fluid, at three different evaporation levels, were spiked onto HDPE and subsequently burned to generate simulated ignitable liquid residues (ILRs). Samples were extracted using a passive headspace procedure and analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The total ion chromatograms were subjected to data pretreatment procedures prior to principal components analysis and Pearson product moment correlation. Using the combination of these statistical procedures, simulated ILRs were successfully associated with the corresponding liquid type, despite the presence of compounds inherent to the HDPE substrate, as well as those resulting from pyrolysis of the substrate.
Overview of: “Moving beyond BAC in DUI: Identifying Who Is at Risk of Recidivating”
Authors: Dugosh Karen L. , Festinger David S. , Marlowe Douglas B. 
Published: October 2013

Research SummaryDriving under the influence (DUI) represents a significant threat to public safety in the United States, and a significant proportion of first‐time DUI offenders go on to become repeat offenders. Substantial resources have been expended to identify variables that predict DUI recidivism, but less progress has been made in developing clinically useful tools to predict recidivism accurately. In the current study, we developed a brief empirically based tool containing markers of recidivism risk and treatment need and conducted a small study to examine the ability of items to discriminate between first‐time and repeat DUI offenders. Analyses identified several criminal risk and treatment need variables that discriminated between the two groups; however, blood alcohol concentration (BAC) did not.Policy ImplicationsFurther validation of these findings and the refinement of the triage tool could provide a practical, evidence‐based means of screening and triaging first‐time DUI offenders and help to inform and refine policy and sentencing guidelines.
Fruitspotting bugs, Amblypelta nitida Stål and A. lutescens lutescens Distant (Hemiptera: Coreidae): a review of the potential for integrated management practices
Authors: Danne Alana W , Llewellyn Richard , Huwer Ruth K , Furlong Michael J 
Published: October 2013

AbstractFruitspotting bugs, Amblypelta nitida Stål, and A. lutescens lutescens Distant (Hemiptera: Coreidae), are polyphagous, native Australian pests of a wide range of tropical and subtropical fruit and nut crops. Both species occur predominantly along Australia's eastern coastline, A. nitida from c. 17°S‐35°S and A. l. lutescens from c. 11°S‐27°S, and as such, they are distributed across some of Australia's most important horticultural regions. Adults are cryptic and highly mobile, making population monitoring within affected tree crops difficult. Nymphs and adults inject salivary sucrase into plant tissue while feeding; this causes significant damage to fruiting structures and often renders them unsaleable. Despite their economic importance, many aspects of fruitspotting bug biology and ecology remain understudied; their chemical ecology, host‐plant relationships, movements into, out of and within crops, and interactions with natural enemies are poorly understood. Currently, control of both species relies on applications of synthetic broad‐spectrum insecticides, and the recent withdrawal of endosulfan has resulted in an increased use of more disruptive compounds. This paper reviews current knowledge of fruitspotting bug biology and ecology, and the strategies that are currently employed for control. Importantly, a synthetic lure based on some of the volatile compounds emitted by male A. l. lutescens has recently been developed and incorporated into a prototype trap. The device offers a promising new approach to population monitoring and the development of integrated management strategies for this species. Areas of research critical to the development of sustainable management strategies for fruitspotting bugs include: (1) host‐plant relationships between fruitspotting bugs and their crop and non‐crop host plants; (2) fruitspotting bug dispersal behaviour and movement patterns between and within crops, and between crops and non‐crop vegetation; (3) methods for implementing biological control strategies; (4) utilising pheromone traps for monitoring and capture of fruitspotting bugs; and (5) screening of selective insecticides.
Phase II trial of short‐course radiotherapy followed by delayed surgery for locoregionally advanced rectal cancer
Authors: Faria S. , Kopek N. , Hijal T. , Liberman S. , Charlebois P. , Stein B. , Meterissian S. , Meguerditchian A. , Fawaz Z. , Artho G. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractAimA prospective phase II study to investigate the feasibility and the rate of complete pathological response (ypT0) after short‐course radiotherapy (SCRT) followed by surgery at 8 weeks.MethodOperable patients with localized rectal cancer staged T3‐4N0/+ or T2N+ were eligible and received 25 Gy (in one‐third of patients, the gross tumor volume received a simultaneous integrated boost up to a total of 30 Gy) in five consecutive fractions to the posterior pelvis followed by surgery 8 weeks later. Pathological response and surgical toxicity were assessed in all patients.ResultsFifty‐two patients (median age 68 years) completed the study. The median distance of the tumour from the anal verge was 6.5 cm. The median interval to surgery was 52 days. Three‐quarters of patients underwent a low anterior resection. All underwent complete surgical resection and 100% had pathological negative margins. Ten per cent had stage ypT0 after radiotherapy. The median length of hospital stay was 8 days. Toxicity was comparable with the rates reported in the literature.ConclusionIn this study, SCRT followed by delayed surgery was feasible and had acceptable toxicity. All patients underwent complete surgical resection and 100% had negative pathological margins. The rate of ypT0 was 10%.
Neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio as a simple and novel biomarker for prediction of locoregional recurrence after chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus
Authors: Toh E. , Wilson J. , Sebag‐Montefiore D. , Botterill I. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractAimThe neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a prognostic marker in several malignancies. This study assessed whether it can be used as a predictor of loco‐regional recurrence after chemoradiotherapy for anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).MethodPatients treated with curative intent between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2011 were identified. Pretreatment blood tests and radiological staging were available from multidisciplinary meeting records. The NLR was calculated from pretreatment blood tests. The relationship between the NLR and clinicopathological parameters was analysed. Modified receiver–operating characteristics curves were constructed to determine the cut‐off NLR to dichotomise the data for survival analyses. The measured cut‐off was 4.75.ResultsNinety‐two patients were identified. Pretreatment T‐stages were T1 (n = 7), T2 (n = 36), T3 (n = 35) and T4 (n = 14) and pretreatment N stages were N0 (n = 62) and N+ disease (n = 30). The NLR was significantly higher in N+ disease (P = 0.014) and in patients who developed recurrence (P = 0.003). On multivariate analysis, the NLR maintained its significance, with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.38 (95% CI = 1.195–1.594) (P < 0.0001). An elevated NLR was associated with worse overall (P < 0.0001) and cancer‐specific (P < 0.0001) survival. Multivariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that an elevated NLR was prognostic for overall survival (HR = 6.381, 95% CI = 1.742–23.372, P = 0.005) and for cancer‐specific survival (HR = 10.613, 95% CI = 1.968–57.241, P = 0.006).ConclusionPretreatment NLR may be a simple biomarker for predicting disease recurrence and overall and cancer‐specific survival after potentially curative chemo‐radiotherapy for SCC of the anus.
Cell transplantation in paraplegic patients: the importance of properly assessing the spinal cord morphology
Authors: Vaquero Jesús , Zurita Mercedes 
Published: October 2013

AbstractIntroductionCell transplantation in paraplegic patients is beginning, but scarce attention is paid to the morphology of lesions.Material and MethodsWe studied using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the morphology of the injured spinal cord in 200 patients with chronic and complete paraplegia after spinal cord injury (SCI) at the thoracic level.ResultsWhen it was possible to undertake a correct study of the lesion, approximately 35% of patients had images showing spinal cord transection or showed fine tracts of tissue that connected both edges of a virtually transected spinal cord. Approximately 30% of patients had significant kyphosis with chronic spinal cord compression, and approximately 5% of cases had extensive spinal cord atrophy. In only approximately 30% of the patients, MRI revealed a centromedullary cavity, which was generally limited to the level of the vertebral fracture, and failed to show any apparent spinal cord transection.ConclusionsHumans suffering from chronically established paraplegia show a great variability of lesions, which differs from the standardized images of SCI obtained in animal models. When we design clinical trials, our goal should be to achieve a correct selection of patients, and the morphology of the spinal cord must be one of the main factors to consider.
Personality traits, self‐care behaviours and glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II
Authors: Skinner T. C. , Bruce D. G. , Davis T. M. E. , Davis W. A. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractAimsTo determine whether the personality traits of conscientiousness and agreeableness are associated with self‐care behaviours and glycaemia in Type 2 diabetes.MethodsThe Big Five Inventory personality traits Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Openness were determined along with a range of other variables in 1313 participants with Type 2 diabetes (mean age 65.8 ± 11.1 years; 52.9% men) undertaking their baseline assessment as part of the community‐based longitudinal observational Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II. Age‐ and sex‐adjusted generalized linear modelling was used to determine whether personality was associated with BMI, smoking, self‐monitoring of blood glucose and medication taking. Multivariable regression was used to investigate which traits were independently associated with these self‐care behaviours and HbA1c.ResultsPatients with higher conscientiousness were less likely to be obese or smoke, and more likely to perform self‐monitoring of blood glucose and take their medications (P ≤ 0.019), with similar independent associations in multivariate models (P ≤ 0.024). HbA1c was independently associated with younger age, indigenous ethnicity, higher BMI, longer diabetes duration, diabetes treatment, self‐monitoring of blood glucose (negatively) and less medication taking (P ≤ 0.009), but no personality trait added to the model.ConclusionsAlthough there was no independent association between personality traits and HbA1c, the relationship between high conscientiousness and low BMI and beneficial self‐care behaviours suggests an indirect positive effect on glycaemia. Conscientiousness could be augmented by the use of impulse control training as part of diabetes management.
An Exploratory Study of Salivary Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide Levels Relative to Acute Interventions and Preventative Treatment With OnabotulinumtoxinA in Chronic Migraine
Authors: Cady Roger , Turner Ira , Dexter Kent , Beach M. E. , Cady Ryan , Durham Paul 
Published: October 2013

ObjectiveTo determine if baseline/interictal saliva calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) levels would be lower in subjects with chronic migraine receiving onabotulinumtoxinA compared with those receiving saline.BackgroundCGRP is considered central to the pathogenesis of episodic migraine, but its relationship to chronic migraine is less understood. OnabotulinumtoxinA is an effective treatment for chronic migraine and has been demonstrated to inhibit the vesicular release of CGRP.MethodsThis was an exploratory, randomized, placebo‐controlled, crossover pilot study of 20 subjects that received onabotulinumtoxinA and saline injection (placebo). The amount of CGRP in saliva samples collected on a nonheadache or low headache day, and prior to and after treatment of a headache exacerbation was measured. Daily headache records, medications, and response to treatment were recorded in a diary.ResultsA decrease in baseline/interictal saliva CGRP levels for subjects receiving onabotulinumtoxinA from 39.4 ± 7.5 pg CGRP/mg total protein after the first month to 25.5 ± 4.1 pg after the third month was observed. However, this difference did not reach significance nor was it significant when compared to the saline treatment. There was a reduction in the number of headache days for both onabotulinumtoxinA and saline over baseline throughout the active phases of the study. However, there was no statistical difference in headache days between groups. Subjects with a greater than 50% response to onabotulinumtoxinA had better 2‐hour pain relief with acute treatment than non‐responders to onabotulinumtoxinA or saline.ConclusionWhile CGRP levels were not elevated during a migraine attack in chronic migraine subjects as has been reported in episodic migraine, there was an overall decrease in the baseline/interictal levels in response to onabotulinumtoxinA.
Geochemistry of eclogite‐ and blueschist‐facies rocks from the Bantimala Complex, South Sulawesi, Indonesia: Protolith origin and tectonic setting
Authors: Maulana Adi , Christy Andrew G. , Ellis David J. , Imai Akira , Watanabe Koichiro 
Published: October 2013

AbstractWe present the first data on bulk‐rock major and trace element compositions for a suite of eclogite‐ and blueschist‐facies rocks from the Bantimala Complex, Indonesia, with the aim of better constraining the protolith origins and nature of the subducted crust. The eclogites can be classified into two groups: glaucophane‐rich eclogite and glaucophane‐free eclogite, whereas the blueschists are divided into albite–epidote glaucophanite and quartz–glaucophane schists. SiO2 contents of the eclogites are 43.3–49.6 wt%, with Na2O + K2O contents 3.7–4.7 wt%. The blueschists show a wider range of compositions, with SiO2 = 40.7–63.8 wt% and Na2O + K2O = 2.7–4.5 wt%. Trace element data suggest that the eclogite protoliths include both enriched and normal mid‐oceanic ridge basalt (E‐MORB and N‐MORB) and also gabbroic cumulates. The blueschists show more variation in protoliths, which include N‐MORB, Oceanic Island Basalt (OIB) and Island Arc Basalt (IAB). Plots of element concentrations against the immobile Zr show considerable mobility of large ion lithophiles but not of high field‐strength elements during high‐pressure metamorphism, and indicate that the high SiO2 content of some blueschists is probably due to metasomatism by a LILE‐rich siliceous aqueous fluid. Strong correlations between K, Rb, Ba and Cs suggests that enrichment of these elements occurred by a single process. All the protoliths were subducted, metamorphosed to blueschist/eclogite‐facies and subsequently exhumed. It is noteworthy that the samples deduced to have come from thicker‐crust environments (OIB, IAB) were subducted to shallower depths (blueschist‐facies) than MORB‐derived samples, all except one of which reached eclogite‐facies conditions. The geochemical data of this study demonstrate the variety of ocean floor types that were subducted under the southeast margin of Sundaland in the late Jurassic period.
Consumers' willingness to buy products with environmental and ethical claims: the roles of social representations and social identity
Authors: Bartels Jos , Onwezen Marleen C. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThis study investigates how social representations and consumers' identification with organic food consumers affects intentions to buy products that make environmental and ethical claims. For the purposes of the study, an online panel study was conducted on a representative sample of consumers (n = 1006) in the United Kingdom. The results demonstrate that consumers who are adherent to natural foods or technology and do not perceive food as a necessity are more willing to buy environmentally friendly and ethical products. There seems to be no relationship between perceptions of food as a source of enjoyment and intentions to buy sustainable products. Finally, social identification with the organic consumer is positively related with the intentions to buy products that make environmental and ethical claims. The current research demonstrates that both individual perceptions of food and consumers' perceptions of the social environment play an important role in promoting environmentally friendly and ethical behaviour.
Comparison of the efficacy of sitagliptin and glimepiride dose‐up in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes poorly controlled by sitagliptin and glimepiride in combination
Authors: Shimoda Seiya , Iwashita Shinsuke , Sekigami Taiji , Furukawa Noboru , Matsuo Yasuto , Ichimori Shinji , Goto Rieko , Maeda Takako , Watanabe Eiichiro , Kondo Tatsuya , Matsumura Takeshi , Motoshima Hiroyuki , Nishida Kenro , Araki Eiichi 
Published: October 2013

AbstractAims/IntroductionThe goal of the study was to examine the effects of sitagliptin dose‐up or glimepiride dose‐up in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes who were controlled inadequately by sitagliptin and glimepiride in combination.Materials and MethodsA multicenter, prospective, randomized, open‐label study was carried out in 50 patients with type 2 diabetes treated with sitagliptin and low‐dose glimepiride. The patients were randomly assigned to receive the addition of 50 mg/day sitagliptin or 0.5 mg/day glimepiride. The primary end‐point was the percentage change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c).ResultsDuring a follow‐up period, the difference in the percentage changes in HbA1c between the two groups was not significant (P = 0.13). However, HbA1c was significantly decreased by glimepiride dose‐up (P < 0.01 vs baseline), but not by sitagliptin dose‐up (P = 0.74). Univariate linear regression analyses showed that the percentage change in HbA1c was significantly associated with the serum level of arachidonic acid (AA) in both groups.ConclusionsThere was no significant difference in the HbA1c‐lowering effects between the two groups. However, a significant HbA1c‐lowering effect from baseline of glimepiride dose‐up was found, and the AA level showed a negative correlation with the decrease in HbA1c in the sitagliptin dose‐up group, but a positive correlation in the glimepiride dose‐up group. These findings suggest that the AA level is associated with HbA1c reduction in response to dose‐up with these drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes in a combination therapy with sitagliptin and glimepiride. This trial was registered with UMIN (no. 000009544).
Factors influencing macrosomia in pregnant women in a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
Authors: Yadav Hematram , Lee Nagarajah 
Published: October 2013

AbstractAimTo identify the risk factors influencing the development of macrosomia among pregnant women and to develop a regression model to predict macrosomia.MethodsA cross‐sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia involving 2332 pregnant women. The data was retrospectively collected from the obstetrics and gynecology department. The factors that influence fetal weight were collected from the antenatal cards and any additional information was collected by face‐to‐face interview using a questionnaire. A multiple regression model was developed to predict macrosomia using SPSS ver. 18.ResultsThe significant variables that influence macrosomia in this study were mother's age, mother's body mass index (BMI), weight gain, parity, mother's ethnicity, father's BMI, gestational week, diabetes during pregnancy and neonatal sex. Diabetes during pregnancy is an important risk factor for macrosomia; by using this parameter alone the risk of macrosomia can be predicted with a sensitivity rate of 70% and specificity of 70%. By including other maternal factors such as maternal age, pre‐pregnancy BMI, weight gain, parity, ethnicity, as well as father's BMI, gestational weeks and neonate sex, the sensitivity and specificity were improved to 80% and 75%, respectively.ConclusionA regression model was developed and this could be used in health centers to predict macrosomia for purpose of referral to higher centers.