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Consumer responses to corporate social responsibility programs
Authors: Lu Tim , Wei Xia , Li Kungchi 
Published: October 2015

Purpose– The paper aims to establish a causal relationship model that helps to realize how consumer involvement with the cause moderates the effect of company-cause fit on consumers’ corporate associations, and how their corporate associations regarding a company’s social responsibility programs influence their satisfaction with the company and the company’s corporate image, in the backdrop that the use of corporate social responsibility initiatives to affect consumers’ preference has become a common strategy.Design/methodology/approach– In the main study, the authors conducted a between-subjects factorial design to test the research model. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed, and a valid sample of 389 participants was obtained.Findings– The results show that high-fit programs have a positive influence on the perceived corporate ability (CA) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) associations. CA associations directly influence corporate image and consumer satisfaction, while CSR associations indirectly impact consumer satisfaction through corporate image. Furthermore, consumers’ involvement with the cause increases the relationship between company-cause fit and CA associations.Originality/value– These conclusions have important implications for a better understanding of consumer evaluation of CSR initiatives. Theoretically, this research increases understanding of the interaction effects of perceived company-cause fit and consumer involvement with the cause on consumer evaluation of a company engaged in CSR, and a richer insight into the role of CA and CSR associations in consumer evaluations of companies engaged in CSR campaigns. Managerially, this research shows how managers can choose CSR programs causes that are most likely to promote favorable customer CA and CSR associations, thereby improving the company’s corporate image and customer satisfaction.
The complexity of recruiting
Authors: Sahay Pradeep 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to delve into the fast changing world of recruitment and throw light on some key challenges, trends and emerging practices that will continue to shape the future character and complexion of the recruiting discipline.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper draws on the authors over 20 years of professional experience in the talent space in both large corporate and professional services environment. It also draws from secondary research and review of available literature on the recruitment discipline.

Findings
– The paper provides empirical insights on the key drivers and determinants of recruiting success in the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) times organizations find themselves in today. It delineates the challenges and the opportunity proposition for talent acquisition as a discipline, as it negotiates its way from a business process to a critical business partner for organizations at large.

Research limitations/implications
– The paper is based on empirical research and secondary research of contemporary literature around the recruiting discipline.

Practical implications
– The paper suggests implications for organizations to leverage the true value proposition of their recruiting function by embracing strategies and practices that elevate recruitment from a transactional, short-term focused activity to a strategic, integrated and long-term approach helping optimize their investments in people.

Originality/value
– The paper provides seminal insights on the changing contours of the recruitment discipline and the implications for organizations at large in their quest to find the right talent to drive business success.
New ways of working: what is the real impact on the HR profession?
Authors: Zheltoukhova Ksenia 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to introduce the concept of shared-value and propose how it could be applied in the field of human resource management (HRM).

Design/methodology/approach
– Conceptual paper presenting key ideas.

Findings
– The ability to connect the interests of people and the business is seemingly within the remit of human resource (HR), yet the people management function has been slow to implement the shared-value creation idea. A principles-based approach to HRM, underpinned by a body of knowledge, is proposed as the way forward.

Originality/value
– While many other professions have adopted a principles-based approach to setting standards of good practice, the development of principles of human capital management is nascent. This paper discusses the feasibility of this approach for the HR profession.
Language changes in bilingual individuals with Alzheimer's disease
Authors: Stilwell Becca L. , Dow Rebecca M. , Lamers Carolien , Woods Robert T. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractBackgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) in those who are bilingual is becoming increasingly prevalent in modern society, yet little is known about the impact of AD on the bilingual's two languages.AimsTo gather information from the available literature on AD and bilingual individuals.Methods & ProceduresThe first author searched three electronic databases for relevant articles and retrieved 186 articles. Nine articles met the inclusion criteria and were selected for this review. Various research methods employed in assessing language changes in bilingual individuals with AD were captured.Main ContributionPreliminary findings suggest that both controls and bilingual individuals with Alzheimer's disease (BIAD) were more able on language‐related tasks in their dominant language compared with their non‐dominant language. The current literature would suggest that both languages in bilingual individuals are equally affected by AD; however, there is room to explore preliminary data on the fact that the non‐dominant language, and indeed the dominant language, is more sensitive to AD.Conclusions & ImplicationsMore robust, clinically relevant research designs that test current theoretical frameworks are needed to inform the development of appropriate assessments, diagnosis and person‐centred care for bilingual individuals with AD.
Macroeconomic performance, political trust and the Great Recession: A multilevel analysis of the effects of within‐country fluctuations in macroeconomic performance on political trust in 15 EU countries, 1999–2011
Authors: VAN ERKEL PATRICK F.A. , VAN DER MEER TOM W.G. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractRecent cross‐national comparative studies have found no effect of countries’ macroeconomic performances on trust in national political institutions, once political explanations (most notably corruption) are taken into account. Although political trust is not determined by the comparison of national economic performance to other countries, it is argued in this article that it is affected by comparisons to their own past performance. In a multilevel, fixed effects analysis of Eurobarometer data (21 waves in 15 European Union Member States between 1999 and 2011) the extent to which within‐country variations in economic performance affect political trust longitudinally is tested. Three major conclusions are reached. First, within‐country, longitudinal changes in performance (growth, deficits, unemployment and inflation) affect political trust. Second, the impact of macroeconomic performance is stronger among the lower educated. Third, even in times of economic duress, budgetary deficits tend to undermine political trust.
Throwing the rascals out? Problems of accountability in two‐party systems
Authors: QUINN THOMAS 
Published: October 2015

AbstractThis article critically examines the concept of ‘accountability’ as it is understood in two‐party systems and majoritarian democracy – namely the ability of voters to remove governments that violate their mandates or otherwise perform poorly. Voters’ capacity to ‘throw the rascals out’ is one of the main normative appeals of two‐partism and the single‐member plurality (SMP) electoral system. However, this article uses a spatial model to show that in at least two types of situation voters are left in a bind when confronted with a mandate‐breaking governing party: (1) when both major parties undertake unexpected non‐centrist shifts in opposing directions after an election, leaving centrist voters with an unappealing choice; and (2) when a governing party that had won an election on a non‐centrist platform undertakes a post‐election shift to the centre, leaving its more radical supporters dissatisfied. In each case, voters have four imperfect options: punish the governing party by throwing the rascals out, but in doing so vote for a party that is ideologically more distant; abstain, and withdraw from the democratic process; vote for a minor party that has no hope of influencing government formation, but which might detach enough votes to allow the ideologically more distant major opposition party to win; and forgive the governing party its mandate‐breaking. All of these options represent accountability failures. The problems are illustrated with two case studies from two‐party systems: the United Kingdom in the mid‐1980s and New Zealand in the period 1984–1993. In both instances, many voters found it difficult to ‘throw the rascals out’ without harming their own interests in the process. The article concludes that accountability may sometimes be better achieved if voters can force a party to share power in coalition with another party in order to ‘keep it honest’ instead of removing it from government completely, as can happen in multi‐party systems based on proportional representation. Thus, although two‐partism based on plurality voting is normally regarded as superior to multi‐partism and proportional representation on the criterion of accountability, in some instances, the reverse can be true. The article therefore undermines a core normative argument advanced by supporters of majoritarian democracy and SMP.
House or home? Constituent preferences over legislator effort allocation
Authors: VIVYAN NICK , WAGNER MARKUS 
Published: October 2015

AbstractIn many political systems legislators face a fundamental trade‐off between allocating effort to constituency service and to national policy‐making activities, respectively. How do voters want their elected representatives to solve this trade‐off? This article provides new insights into this question by developing a conjoint analysis approach to estimating voters’ preferences over their legislator's effort allocation. This approach is applied in Britain, where it is found that effort allocation has a significant effect on voter evaluations of legislators, even in a political system where other legislator attributes – in particular, party affiliation – might be expected to predominate. This effect is nonlinear, with voters generally preferring a moderate balance of constituency and national policy work. Preferences over legislator effort allocation are not well‐explained by self‐interest or more broadly by instrumental considerations. They are, however, associated with voters’ local‐cosmopolitan orientation, suggesting that heuristic reasoning based on underlying social dispositions may be more important in determining preferences over representative activities.
Isolation and assessment of gut bacteria from the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), for paratransgenesis research and application
Authors: Tikhe Chinmay V. , Sethi Amit , Delatte Jennifer , Husseneder Claudia 
Published: October 2015

AbstractParatransgenesis targeting the gut protozoa is being developed as an alternative method for the control of the Formosan subterranean termite (FST). This method involves killing the cellulose‐digesting gut protozoa using a previously developed antiprotozoal peptide consisting of a target specific ligand coupled to an antimicrobial peptide (Hecate). In the future, we intend to genetically engineer termite gut bacteria as “Trojan Horses” to express and spread ligand‐Hecate in the termite colony. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of bacteria strains isolated from the gut of FST as “Trojan Horses.” We isolated 135 bacteria from the guts of workers from 3 termite colonies. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene identified 20 species. We tested 5 bacteria species that were previously described as part of the termite gut community for their tolerance against Hecate and ligand‐Hecate. Results showed that the minimum concentration required to inhibit bacteria growth was always higher than the concentration required to kill the gut protozoa. Out of the 5 bacteria tested, we engineered Trabulsiella odontotermitis, a termite specific bacterium, to express green fluorescent protein as a proof of concept that the bacteria can be engineered to express foreign proteins. Engineered T. odontotermitis was fed to FST to study if the bacteria are ingested. This feeding experiment confirmed that engineered T. odontotermitis is ingested by termites and can survive in the gut for at least 48 h. Here we report that T. odontotermitis is a suitable delivery and expression system for paratransgenesis in a termite species.
Comparative Analgesic Efficacy of Oxycodone/Acetaminophen Versus Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen for Short‐term Pain Management in Adults Following ED Discharge
Authors: Chang Andrew K. , Bijur Polly E. , Holden Lynne , Gallagher E. John 
Published: October 2015

AbstractObjectivesThe objective was to test the hypothesis that oxycodone/acetaminophen provides superior analgesia to hydrocodone/acetaminophen for the treatment of acute extremity pain following emergency department (ED) discharge.MethodsThis was a prospective, randomized, double‐blind clinical trial of nonelderly adult ED patients with acute musculoskeletal extremity pain, randomly allocated at discharge to receive oxycodone/acetaminophen (5 mg/325 mg) or hydrocodone/acetaminophen (5 mg/325 mg). The primary outcome was the between‐group difference in improvement in numerical rating scale (NRS) pain scores over a 2‐hour period following the most recent ingestion of study drug, obtained during telephone contact 24 hours after ED discharge. Secondary outcomes included proportionate decrease in pain, comparative side‐effect profiles, and patient satisfaction.ResultsA total of 240 patients were enrolled. The final sample consisted of 220 patients, 107 randomly allocated to oxycodone/acetaminophen and 113 to hydrocodone/acetaminophen. At 24 hours after ED discharge, the mean NRS pain scores prior to the most recent dose of outpatient pain medication were 7.8 and 7.9 in the oxycodone/acetaminophen and hydrocodone/acetaminophen groups, respectively. The mean decreases in pain scores over 2 hours were 4.4 NRS units in the oxycodone/acetaminophen group versus 4.0 NRS units in the hydrocodone/acetaminophen group, for a difference of 0.4 NRS units (95% confidence interval = −0.2 to 1.1 NRS units). Satisfaction with the analgesics was similar.ConclusionsThis study design could not detect a clinically or statistically significant difference in analgesic efficacy between oxycodone/acetaminophen (5 mg/325 mg) and hydrocodone/acetaminophen (5 mg/325 mg) for treatment of acute musculoskeletal extremity pain in adults following ED discharge. Both opioids reduced pain scores by approximately 50%.
The contribution of education, social class and economic activity to the income–mortality association in alcohol‐related and other mortality in Finland in 1988–2012
Authors: Tarkiainen Lasse , Martikainen Pekka , Laaksonen Mikko 
Published: October 2015

AbstractAimsFirst, to quantify trends in the contribution of alcohol‐related mortality to mortality disparity in Finland by income quintiles. Secondly, to estimate the degree to which education, social class and economic activity explain the income–mortality association in alcohol‐related and other mortality in four periods within 1988–2012.DesignRegister‐based longitudinal study using an 11% random sample of Finnish residents linked to socio‐economic and mortality data in 1988–2012 augmented with an 80% sample of all deaths during 1988–2007. Mortality rates and discrete time survival regression models were used to assess the income–mortality association following adjustment for covariates in 6‐year periods after baseline years of 1988, 1994, 2001, and 2007.SettingFinland.ParticipantsIndividuals aged 35–64 years at baselines. For the four study periods for men/women, the final data set comprised, respectively, 26 360/12 825, 22 561/11 423, 20 342/11 319 and 2651/1514 deaths attributable to other causes and 7517/1217, 8199/1450, 9807/2116, 1431/318 deaths attributable to alcohol‐related causes.MeasurementsAlcohol‐related deaths were analysed with household income, education, social class and economic activity as covariates.FindingsThe income disparity in mortality originated increasingly from alcohol‐related causes of death, in the lowest quintile the contribution increasing from 28 to 49% among men and from 11 to 28% among women between periods 1988–93 and 2007–12. Among men, socio‐economic characteristics attenuated the excess mortality during each study period in the lowest income quintile by 51–62% in alcohol‐related and other causes. Among women, in the lowest quintile the attenuation was 47–76% in other causes, but there was a decreasing tendency in the proportion explained by the covariates in alcohol‐related mortality.ConclusionsThe income disparity in mortality among working‐age Finns originates increasingly from alcohol‐related causes of death. Roughly half the excess mortality in the lowest income quintile during 2007–12 is explained by the covariates of household income, education, social class and economic activity.
Long‐term outcomes following laparoscopic anterior and Nissen fundoplication
Authors: Robertson Andrew G. N. , Patel Ravi N. , Couper Graeme W. , de Beaux Andrew C. , Paterson‐Brown Simon , Lamb Peter J. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractBackgroundLimited evidence exists to which operation gives best long‐term outcomes for gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease. This study aimed to assess long‐term symptomatic outcome and satisfaction following laparoscopic anterior (LA) or Nissen fundoplication in a specialist upper gastrointestinal unit.MethodsPatients who underwent primary LA or Nissen (LN) fundoplication between May 1994 and June 2010 were identified from a prospectively collected database. DeMeester, modified DeMeester, ‘Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale’ scores and patient satisfaction were assessed by questionnaire.ResultsA total of 387 patients underwent surgery and 246 patients (65%) completed questionnaires, with 181 LA patients and 65 LN patients. Median follow‐up was 83 months for LA and 179 months for LN (P < 0.001). A total of 218/245 (89%) reported major improvement in symptoms and 27 (11%) reported poor outcomes. There was no differences between LA and LN for symptom scores at short (<5 years) or long‐term follow‐up (>5 years). Women reported significantly higher DeMeester scores and lower satisfaction (P = 0.012). One hundred and eighteen (48%) patients were taking proton pump inhibitors (PPI) at follow‐up despite high satisfaction rates.ConclusionLA and LN have similar long‐term results with patients reporting high satisfaction levels. Women reported more symptoms and less satisfaction than men. Despite high satisfaction rates a high percentage of patients take PPIs.
Objective assessment of delayed gastric emptying using gastric scintigraphy in post pancreaticoduodenectomy patients
Authors: Samaddar Avishek , Kaman Lileswar , Dahiya Divya , Bhattachyarya Anish , Sinha Saroj Kant 
Published: October 2015

AbstractBackgroundNo objective assessment of delayed gastric emptying is carried out in patients undergoing Whipple's procedure. All definitions and criteria along with evaluation of incidence of delayed gastric emptying are based on subjective assessment of the patient with clinical overview, so this study was carried out for an objective and accurate assessment of delayed gastric emptying in post Whipple's patients using gastric scintigraphy.MethodsTwenty‐one patients undergoing Whipple's procedure performed by a single surgeon in a tertiary referral centre were included in the study. Gastric scintigraphy was performed preoperatively and on post‐operative 10th and 21st days. Preoperative and post‐operative gastric scintigraphy findings were used for the diagnosis of delayed gastric emptying and it was correlated with the incidence of clinical diagnosis of delayed gastric emptying.ResultsThirteen out of 21 patients had clinical delayed gastric emptying. When compared with clinical delayed gastric emptying, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of post‐operative 10th day gastric scintigraphy were 61.53, 100, 100 and 61.53%, respectively (P = 0.004). The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of post‐operative 21st day gastric scintigraphy were 38.46, 100, 100 and 50%, respectively (P = 0.04). Reflux across the gastrojejunal anastomosis was noted in 28.5% on dynamic scintigraphy with the severity of clinical symptoms related directly with the degree of reflux. No correlation was seen between delayed gastric emptying and variables such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and pancreaticojejunal anastomotic leaks.ConclusionsGastric scintigraphy may be used to diagnose delayed gastric emptying more objectively in post Whipple's patients.
How can clinicians detect and treat autism early? Methodological trends of technology use in research
Authors: Bölte S , Bartl‐Pokorny KD , Jonsson U , Berggren S , Zhang D , Kostrzewa E , Falck‐Ytter T , Einspieler C , Pokorny FB , Jones EJH , Roeyers H , Charman T , Marschik PB 
Published: October 2015

AbstractWe reviewed original research papers that used quantifiable technology to detect early autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and identified 376 studies from 34 countries from 1965 to 2013. Publications have increased significantly since 2000, with most coming from the USA. Electroencephalogram, magnetic resonance imaging and eye tracking were the most frequently used technologies.ConclusionThe use of quantifiable technology to detect early ASD has increased in recent decades, but has had limited impact on early detection and treatment. Further scientific developments are anticipated, and we hope that they will increasingly be used in clinical practice for early ASD screening, diagnosis and intervention.