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Mitigation of blast and impact loading via the use of a zeolite-absorbent/nano-fluidics protection system
Authors: Grujicic Mica , Yavari Ramin , Snipes Jennifer , Ramaswami S 
Published: June 2015

Purpose
– In the present work, a new blast-/ballistic-impact mitigation concept is introduced and its efficacy analyzed using advanced computational methods and tools. The concept involves the use of a zeolite protective layer separated by air from the structure being protected and in contact with a water layer in front. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– To properly capture the attendant nano-fluidics phenomena, all the calculations carried out in the present work involved the use of all-atom molecular-level equilibrium and non-equilibrium molecular-dynamics simulations.

Findings
– Under high-rate loading, water molecules (treated as a nano-fluidic material) are forced to infiltrate zeolite nanopores wherein, due to complex interactions between the hydrophobic nanopore walls and the hydrogen bonds of the water molecules, water undergoes an ordering-type phase transition and acquires high density, while a significant portion of the kinetic energy of the water molecules is converted to potential energy. Concomitantly, a considerable portion of this kinetic energy is dissipated in the form of heat. As a result of these energy conversion/dissipation processes, the (conserved) linear momentum is transferred to the target structure over a longer time period, while the peak loading experienced by the structure is substantially reduced.

Originality/value
– To the authors’ knowledge, the present work constitutes the first reported attempt to utilize pure SiO2 hydrophobic zeolites in blast-/ballistic-impact protection applications.
An exploration of the integration of health and social care within Scotland
Authors: Hutchison Kevin 
Published: June 2015

Purpose– The ongoing integration of health and social care in Scotland presents both challenges and opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to consider emerging enablers and barriers to integration by focusing on the views of senior stakeholders.Design/methodology/approach– This paper presented an opportunity to gain an insight into the integration movement by considering the views of key stakeholders within Scottish Local Authorities, NHS Boards and other relevant stakeholders. These insights, were collected through a combination of interviews and questionnaires.Findings– This paper highlights a number of factors key to the success of the integration agenda. These include: governing terms and conditions of existing staff; engagement of clinical and professional leads; and synthesising joint outcomes in locality planning. Acts of transformational change such as integration place particular demands upon those in leadership positions. This paper identifies key leadership strengths pivotal to driving forward change, such as effective performance management and influencing skills.Originality/value– This is one of a small number of papers addressing the scale and scope of efforts to integrate health and social care within Scotland. Integration between health services and social care continues to be a priority of the Scottish Government.
A mapping analytic approach to trace development of multidisciplinary research field
Authors: Zhang Xi , Yan Xiangda , Ordóñez de Pablos Patricia , She jinghuai , Gao Yang , Chen Hui 
Published: June 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to provide clear domain knowledge and recent progresses on electronic healthcare (e-healthcare).

Design/methodology/approach
– In this paper, the authors use citation analysis to describe the trends of study on e-health with the help of CiteSpace II, a software for visualizing citation-based analysis. By analyzing the 2,752 publications and their citation data in ISI database, the authors proposed renewable figures and tables on ranking critical people, institutes, keywords and journals. Through the most influential articles given by CiteSpace, the authors can grasp the main direction in e-health researches. Furthermore, the authors analyzed the literature at e-health literacy as a case, to better understand the development of research viewpoints.

Findings
– Through the analysis, the authors found that e-health is a multi-disciplinary research field and the major research about it has changed. During the early stage, health information quality on the Internet dominates. Gradually, the role of information technology (IT) becomes more important. The authors also found that some researchers, recently, have proposed the effects of IT on e-health literacy which can then improve the ability to use health information on the Internet.

Research limitations/implications
– This paper has some research limitations, such as using an ISI database with most English publications. The future research may be conducted for collecting local publications data in China. It also has some implications. Based on the results, the authors claimed that IT may significantly improve people’s healthcare variance, e.g. e-health literacy. It is necessary to build new IT-based healthcare theories.

Practical implications
– This paper also has some practical implications. Practitioners and institute may easily come to know which are the hot topics, top institutes and tendencies in the e-healthcare field.

Social implications
– This paper may help practitioners to find common interests with other institutions and societies.

Originality/value
– This paper reported the status and trend of research in this field visually, and the result will help researchers to do more in-depth research in the future.
Approaches and strategies of Pune auto component SMEs for excellence
Authors: Baporikar Neeta , Deshpande MV 
Published: June 2015

Purpose
– This study aims to identify the approaches and strategies adopted by Pune auto-component small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to achieve excellence with an in-depth literature review and deep observation. SMEs’ contribution is acknowledged worldwide. Auto-component SMEs, a major sub-sector and largest feeder of automobile manufacturing, have placed India on the global map for excellence and innovation. Like the corporate, SMEs have also started adopting integrated approaches and strategies to face the competitive world, yet incidences of unproductive SMEs are rising. Business breakdown is attributed to capital deficiency and incompetent usage. Amidst this, Pune auto-component SMEs are thriving well.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper presents an in-depth literature review and deep observation.

Findings
– Findings include identifying the approaches and strategies adopted by Pune auto-component SMEs to achieve excellence.

Originality/value
– This paper identified the approaches and strategies for achieving excellence and the basis of innovation in SMEs.
Sense of community and job satisfaction among social and health care managers
Authors: Lampinen Mai-Stiina , Viitanen Elina Annikki , Konu Anne Irmeli 
Published: June 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to identify how the factors associated with sense of community at work are connected with job satisfaction among the front-line managers and middle managers in social and health-care services in Finland.

Design/methodology/approach
– A questionnaire prepared for this study was sent to 241 social and health-care managers (front line and middle managers) in Finland. A total of 136 of managers responded to the survey (response rate was 56 per cent). Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and multiple linear regression analysis.

Findings
– Alongside job meaningfulness, open communication and good flow of information within the organization, sense of security provided by close relationships at work and managers’ own superiors’ appreciation of their leadership skills all are related to managers’ job satisfaction.

Originality/value
– The study adds to our understanding of factors which are connected to the job satisfaction among social and health-care managers’. The findings of this study can be used in the development of leadership to support managers in coping at work.
Knowing is half the battle
Authors: Thomas Christopher H. , Hirschfeld Robert R 
Published: June 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea that action makes knowledge more consequential for being deemed an emergent leader among peers. The authors hypothesized that mastery of teamwork knowledge has a stronger relationship with advancement potential when combined with a strong propensity to work toward collective success (i.e. greater action).Design/methodology/approach– The authors tested the hypothesized interaction with moderated path analysis of data from two field studies on team-based trainees in a military leadership-development program.Findings– The findings suggest that to be deemed an exceptional leader among one’s peers, an individual must have both relevant expertise and a propensity to use that expertise to the benefit of others. Either of these attributes matters more when combined with a great deal of the other, such that they are interdependent rather than independent.Practical implications– Informed by the findings, the authors discuss several ways for organizations to build a sufficient internal supply of future leaders. Such interventions include personal coaching and mentoring as means of developing possible candidates, for higher level leadership roles, who are deficient in one or both of the focal attributes (i.e. knowledge and action).Originality/value– The authors propose the role of action in relation to knowledge as one of augmentation rather than compensation. This represents a unique theoretical specification, in that few models have specified interactions among individual-level factors in explaining leader emergence. The finding that action is pivotal in shaping the extent to which knowledge is conducive to establishing oneself as a candidate for higher level roles of organizational leadership represents a unique empirical contribution to the leadership development literature.
Situational leadership theory: a test from three perspectives
Authors: Thompson Geir , Glasø Lars 
Published: June 2015

Purpose– Ambiguity surrounding “follower competence and commitment” of Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory (SLT) has rendered validation difficult. The purpose of this paper is to address this difficulty by presenting different perspectives for determining follower development level and applies these perspectives for testing the validity of SLT.Design/methodology/approach– The study population was drawn from 80 supervisors and 357 followers. Financial organizations were chosen because much of the existing research on SLT has so far focussed on service-oriented organizations in education, healthcare, and armed services.Findings– Measuring the degree of agreement between leader rating of follower competence and commitment and follower self-rating was found to be a core issue for determining follower competence and commitment. SLT predictions are more likely to hold when leader rating and follower self-rating are congruent, rather than using leader rating alone, which has been applied in previous studies.Practical implications– Both leader and follower need to diagnose follower competence and commitment, first individually and then together, to discuss similarities and differences and attempt to agree upon the determination of follower competence and commitment. If the rating is based on some mutual agreement, then it is assumed in accordance with SLT that the leader can provide the follower with an appropriate amount of direction and support.Originality/value– The findings in the present study are of great importance for future research on SLT. It may change the approach for testing the validity of the theory. A leader-follower congruence approach will, in the authors view, constitute the future research avenue for research on SLT.
Preparation and electrochemical performance of nitrogen-enriched carbon based on melamine formaldehyde resin/graphene oxide composites
Authors: Du Jiahuan , Li Qiang , Qin Chuanli , Zhang Xugang , Jin Zheng , Bai Xuduo 
Published: June 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to develop nitrogen-enriched carbon (NC) with high conductivity and specific capacitance as electrode materials for supercapacitors.

Design/methodology/approach
– Graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized by the modified Hummers–Offeman method. NC was synthesized by carbonization of melamine formaldehyde resin/graphene oxide (MF/GO) composites. Supercapacitors based on Ni(OH)2/Co(OH)2 composites as the positive electrode and NC as the negative electrode were assembled. The electrochemical performances of NC and supercapacitors are studied.

Findings
– The results show that obtained NC has high nitrogen content. Compared to NC-GO0 without GO, high conductivity and specific capacitance were obtained for NC with GO due to the introduction of layered GO. The presence of pseudocapacitive interactions between potassium cations and the nitrogen atoms of NC was also proposed. When the weight ratio of GO to MF is 0.013:1, the obtained NC-GO3 has the highest specific capacitance of 154.07 F/g due to GO and its highest content of N-6. When the P of the asymmetric supercapacitor with NC-GO3 as the negative electrode is 1,326.70 W/kg, its Cps and Ep are still 23.84 F/g and 8.48 Wh/Kg, respectively. There is only 4.4 per cent decay in Cps of the supercapacitor over 1,000 cycles.

Research limitations/implications
– NC is a suitable electrode material for supercapacitors. The supercapacitors can be used in the field of automobiles and can solve the problems of energy shortage and environmental pollutions.

Originality/value
– NC based on MF/GO composites with high nitrogen content and conductivity was novel and its electrochemical properties were excellent.
Fracture characterization using converted waves
Authors: Far Mehdi E. , Hardage Bob 
Published: June 2015

ABSTRACTWe present a method for inversion of fracture compliance matrix components from wide‐azimuth noisy synthetic PS reflection data and quantitatively show that reflection amplitude variations with offset and azimuth for converted PS‐waves are more informative than P‐waves for fracture characterization. We consider monoclinic symmetry for fractured reservoir (parameters chosen from Woodford Shale), which can be formed by two or more sets of vertical fractures embedded in a vertically transverse isotropic background.Components of effective fracture compliance matrices for a medium with monoclinic symmetry are related to the characteristics of the fractured medium. Monte Carlo simulation results show that inversion of PS reflection data is more robust than that of PP reflection data to uncertainties in our a priori knowledge (vertically transverse isotropic parameters of unfractured rock) than PP reflection data. We also show that, while inversion of PP reflections is sensitive to contrasts in elastic properties of upper and lower media, inversion of PS reflections is robust with respect to such contrasts.
Demographic effects of full vs. partial protection from harvesting: inference from an empirical before–after control‐impact study on Atlantic cod
Authors: Fernández‐Chacón Albert , Moland Even , Espeland Sigurd Heiberg , Olsen Esben Moland 
Published: June 2015

Summary

In recent years, marine protected areas (MPAs) excluding all or some fishing activities have become widely applied as a tool to rebuild marine ecosystems and fisheries, but still, our knowledge of the effects of MPAs on the demography of harvested populations remains scarce, especially in cases where partly protected areas are still supporting some fishing activities.

Here, we investigated the influence of partial protection – excluding fixed gears such as gillnets and traps but still allowing a hook and line fishery – on the demography of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. To do so, we applied novel multi‐event models to a 9‐year data set containing both live recaptures and dead recoveries of marked fish of different sizes collected before and after the implementation of an MPA, also including several unprotected sites.

At the MPA site, the annual proportion of deaths due to fishing decreased from 0·59 before MPA implementation to 0·32 after MPA implementation. As a result, annual survival increased by 167% (from 0·09 to 0·24) for small (16–44 cm) and 83% (from 0·23 to 0·42) for big (45–97 cm) cod, respectively.

Average survival was lower in unprotected areas, and annual fishing mortality was higher, representing almost 100% of the total mortality of large‐sized cod in some years.

Annual emigration rates (i.e. spillover from the MPA) increased in the last years of the study, but no differences in body growth were detected between sites.

Closure of the fishery within the MPA would further increase the annual survival of smaller individuals by 100% (from 0·24 ± 0·07 to 0·48 ± 0·11) and that of larger individuals by 44% (from 0·42 ± 0·05 to 0·60 ± 0·09).

Synthesis and applications. Our study reveals how current marine protected areas (MPAs) function and provides important insights for guiding a future adaptive management process. Given that harvested populations will not be able to sustain annual survival rates consistently below 30%, as found here; our results underscore the urgency of effective management measures such as no‐take zones in areas where local populations are particularly reduced or in dire need of demographic rescue.
Trade Pidgins in China: Historical and Grammatical Relationships
Authors: Li Michelle 
Published: June 2015

AbstractSino‐western contacts began in the sixteenth century when Europeans started open trade with China. Two trade pidgins, Macau Pidgin Portuguese (MPP) and Chinese Pidgin English (CPE), arose during the Canton trade period. This paper examines the historical and grammatical relationships of these two pidgins by drawing data from nineteenth century phrasebooks. This study argues for a close connection between MPP and CPE with reference to three grammatical features which go beyond shared vocabulary: locative copulas, form of personal pronouns, and prepositional complementisers. While these grammatical properties find little resemblance in the recognised source languages for CPE, parallel uses are attested in MPP, which therefore appears to provide the model for these properties in CPE.
Interplay between orfamides, sessilins and phenazines in the control of Rhizoctonia diseases by Pseudomonas sp. CMR12a
Authors: Olorunleke Feyisara Eyiwumi , Hua Gia Khuong Hoang , Kieu Nam Phuong , Ma Zongwang , Höfte Monica 
Published: June 2015

SummaryWe investigated the role of phenazines and cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) (orfamides and sessilins), antagonistic metabolites produced by Pseudomonas sp. CMR12a, in the biological control of damping‐off disease on Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinensis) caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG 2‐1 and root rot disease on bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) caused by R. solani AG 4‐HGI. A Pseudomonas mutant that only produced phenazines suppressed damping‐off disease on Chinese cabbage to the same extent as CMR12a, while its efficacy to reduce root rot on bean was strongly impaired. In both pathosystems, the phenazine mutant that produced both CLPs was equally effective, but mutants that produced only one CLP lost biocontrol activity. In vitro microscopic assays revealed that mutants that only produced sessilins or orfamides inhibited mycelial growth of R. solani when applied together, while they were ineffective on their own. Phenazine‐1‐carboxamide suppressed mycelial growth of R. solani AG 2‐1 but had no effect on AG 4‐HGI. Orfamide B suppressed mycelial growth of both R. solani anastomosis groups in a dose‐dependent way. Our results point to an additive interaction between both CLPs. Moreover, phenazines alone are sufficient to suppress Rhizoctonia disease on Chinese cabbage, while they need to work in tandem with the CLPs on bean.
Treatment of cutaneous plasmacytosis with mask‐bath PUVA: A therapeutic option
Authors: Mok Zhun Rui , Tan Eugene Sern‐Ting , Chong Wei‐Sheng 
Published: June 2015

AbstractCutaneous plasmacytosis (CP) is an uncommon chronic disease of unknown aetiology, reported mainly in middle‐aged patients of Asian descent. It is diagnosed by a constellation of physical, laboratory, radiological and histopathological findings. We report a patient with CP who demonstrated a favorable and promising response to mask‐bath PUVA.
A case of gamasoidosis associated with exposure to a wild lorikeet feeding tray
Authors: Warren Matthew , Tritton Sara , Abbott Nicola CD , Sim Sarah , Strutton Geoffrey M , Soyer H Peter 
Published: June 2015

AbstractGamasoidosis (acariasis, avian‐mite dermatitis or bird‐mite dermatitis) is caused by members of the mite superfamily Dermanyssoidea. The mites lay their eggs on the nest of the birds they feed on. The also leave the nest and feed on humans if there is no bird host available. The bites result in urticated plaques and papules. Here we present a case of gamasoidosis from exposure to a wild lorikeet feeding tray.
Patients with lymphatic malformations who receive the immunostimulant OK‐432 experience excellent long‐term outcomes
Authors: Ghaffarpour N , Petrini B , Svensson LA , Boman K , Wester T , Claesson G 
Published: June 2015

AbstractAimSclerotherapy is the primary treatment for lymphatic malformations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long‐term outcome in patients with lymphatic malformations treated with the immunostimulant OK‐432 as a sclerosant.MethodsBetween 1998 and 2013, we enrolled 131 of 138 eligible patients treated with OK‐432 for lymphatic malformations in a retrospective study. The malformations were categorised according to the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies. The outcome was assessed with a clinical examination and a questionnaire.ResultsThe lymphatic malformations were localised to the head/neck (60%), the trunk (20%) and the extremities (6%) or involved with more than one region (14%). Patients with microcystic (10%), macrocystic (21%) and mixed lymphatic malformations (69%) underwent a median number of three, two and two injection treatments, respectively. The median age at the first injection was 3.4 years. Good or excellent clinical outcomes were seen in 70% of the patients. The number of injections, previous treatment and lesion localisation, but not time to follow‐up and cyst size, predicted the clinical outcome.ConclusionOK‐432 treatment resulted in a successful outcome in 70% of patients with lymphatic malformations. The long‐term outcome was comparable to the short‐term outcome.
THE INTERPLAY OF INEQUALITY AND REFERENCE DEPENDENCE WITH TRUST AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Authors: Grolleau Gilles , El Harbi Sana , Saadaoui Hayet , Sutan Angela 
Published: June 2015

ABSTRACTUsing a canonical trust game, we investigate whether the inequality of endowment between trustor and trustee and the acquired versus permanent financial state affect trust and trustworthiness. We found that trust and trustworthiness are reference‐dependent and that individuals with permanent financial state receive more trust and are more trustworthy than others. In our experiment, unequal endowments do not significantly affect trust, but trustworthiness increases significantly when the trustor is poorer.