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Marriage for better or for worse? Towards an analytical framework to manage post-merger integration process
Authors: Osarenkhoe Aihie , Hyder Akmal 
Published: July 2015

Purpose– A review of extant literatures shows that most mergers fail during the integration process. Little is known about how the realization of operating synergies and dissemination of available know-how in the merged firm are managed in the post-merger phase. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights on the process of integrating operating synergies by focusing on the critical success factors that facilitate integration of the skills of merged banks.Design/methodology/approach– The authors draw on three research traditions in merger literature and reconcile them with three dimensions of integration. In-depth interviews were conducted with Nordea managers from four Nordic countries.Findings– Having learned from the mistakes of previous mergers, Nordea’s “guiding star” for managing its post-merger integration process was expressed as focus, speed and performance from top management. A hands-on leadership style, vision-led thinking, a bias for action, involvement of the entire staff, continuous focus on customers, open and honest communication with employees are critical to success.Practical implications– The motive for a merger has an important impact on the degree of interaction and degree of integration. The authors expand on previous findings by, among other things, synthesizing three theoretical lenses into an integrative model, and addresses post-merger issues with a sharp eye towards clear managerial relevance.Originality/value– The authors respond to the call to expand inter-firm relationships study beyond the narrow dyadic relationship focus and not solely conceptualize mergers as one of companies’ entry modes to implement mechanistic growth strategy. The three dimensions of integration imbued with three research traditions in merger literature provides us with a conceptual lens to conceive mergers also as engines for change emerging from the merged firms to enhance a bespoke performance of their business process.
An investigation into the role of enterprise information systems in enabling business innovation
Authors: Anaya Luay , Dulaimi Mohammed , Abdallah Sherief 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to articulate clear understanding about the role of enterprise information systems (EIS) in developing innovative business practices. Particularly, it aims to explore the different ways that make EIS enables innovation development.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study adopted exploratory case study, based on qualitative approach. Investigations included two case studies each involved interviewing a number of senior information technology staff, working at these cases.

Findings
– The paper provides empirical insights about the EIS role in enabling innovation. The analysis of the case studies revealed that integrating an EIS with other system(s) or with digital devices can provide new practices that could not be easily available without these technologies. The study also found that applying data analytics tools into data accumulated from EIS, to extract new insights, lead to innovative practices.

Practical implications
– The study provides a set of recommendations for organizations interested to maximize the benefits from their investments in EIS.

Originality/value
– The paper provides evidences from cases in United Arab Emirates for the EIS role in enabling business innovation.
Mother-adolescent daughter identity interplay processes
Authors: Gillison Stephanie , Givan Alexa Martinez , Beatty Sharon E , Kim Kyoungmi (Kate) , Reynolds Kristy , Baker Julie 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to explore the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip to better understand the experiences and process that occur during these shopping trips. Adolescent girls and their mothers are an important shopping companion pair that has received minimal study.

Design/methodology/approach
– This research investigates the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip using in-depth interviews with 28 mothers, adolescent daughters and retail employees in the USA.

Findings
– The interviews reveal that the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip consists of three important developmental experiences: conflict and struggle, education and influence and bonding between mother and daughter. Similarities and differences between middle- and high-school daughters relative to these issues are explored.

Originality/value
– This study is the first to bring together the interplay processes of conflict, education and influence and bonding during mother–adolescent daughter shopping trips. This study extends research regarding family identity interplay, companion shopping, adolescent identity development and consumer socialization. The authors find that the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip involves daughters’ efforts to separate from their mothers and form their own identities, often producing struggle and conflicts; daughters developing as consumers and individuals; and an opportunity to bond.
The evolution of knowledge transfer and the location of a multinational corporation
Authors: Leszczyńska Dorota , Pruchnicki Erick 
Published: July 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the link between knowledge transfer flow and the location of a multinational corporation (MNC).

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors put forward a conceptual approach to formulate the mathematical modelling of a firm’s performance following the decision to join a regional cluster. This model builds on a recent stream of theoretical literature which has investigated the relationship between networks and the creation and diffusion of knowledge. The purpose of this model is to propose a mathematical tool to determine the long-term financial results induced by knowledge transfer from an MNC’s acquired subsidiary located in a cluster to another part of the MNC.

Findings
– This study has several important research implications. First, it is a useful step towards a better understanding of how knowledge transfer effects may interact with cluster effects, while explaining subsidiary location performance. Second, it focuses on the most valuable, often highly tacit knowledge competencies.

Research limitations/implications
– Other investigations would certainly be welcome to improve the links between the proposed mathematical model and the efficiency of the location of an MNC in a cluster through a quantitative study.

Practical implications
– The authors constructed this study with the aim of developing a model that would give us a better understanding of the impact of embedded knowledge on the efficiency of a localization choice made by an MNC.

Originality/value
– To date, there has been little in the literature on the profit arising from a multinational firm’s choice of location.
Evidence for long‐term shift in plant community composition under decadal experimental warming
Authors: Shi Zheng , Sherry Rebecca , Xu Xia , Hararuk Oleksandra , Souza Lara , Jiang Lifen , Xia Jianyang , Liang Junyi , Luo Yiqi 
Published: July 2015

Summary

Long‐term, slow ecological processes such as changes in plant community structure and composition strongly regulate ecosystem responses to climate change. Shifts in plant community are expected in chronically altered environments under warming. However, experimental evidence for long‐term shifts and the associated mechanisms is still scarce in temperate grasslands.

Here, we explore the long‐term responses of a prairie plant community to 14‐year (2000–2013) manipulations of climate warming and clipping in Oklahoma, USA. Infrared heaters were used to elevate soil temperature by about 2 °C all year round, and annual clipping was applied to mimic hay harvest.

Community composition was resistant to experimental warming in the first seven years, but started to show responses starting from the eighth year; clipping consistently affected community composition over the years. Compositional change under long‐term warming was mainly due to one invasive species and three dominant species. The negative correlations in relative abundance between the invasive species and the dominant species suggest interspecific competition. Community structure (i.e. richness, evenness and diversity) had no overall response to experimental warming. However, in 2007, the extreme wet year, warming reduced species richness by 30%. Clipping promoted species richness by 10% on average over the 14 years but decreased community evenness. Warming did not interact with clipping in influencing the plant community variables.

Synthesis. Our study provides experimental evidence for long‐term shifts in plant community composition due to warming and revealed novel mechanisms (i.e. species invasion and associated biotic interactions) underlying the long‐term shift. The results also suggest that climate extremes may elicit or advance community responses to climate warming. The findings highlight that long‐term climate change experiments are essential to reveal potential shifts in community composition.
Electoral Vulnerability, Constituency Focus, and Parliamentary Questions in the House of Commons
Authors: Kellermann Michael 
Published: July 2015

This article: Demonstrates that use of written parliamentary questions by British MPs is influenced by electoral context. Shows that as the margin of victory in prior election decreases, members ask more questions. Indicates that the margin of victory does not affect proportion of questions that focus on constituency issues. Concludes that electorally vulnerable members use questions to signal effort, rather than attention to constituency issues. An emerging literature suggests that British MPs use legislative tools such as private member bills and early day motions to develop reputations with constituents, notwithstanding the common belief that individual legislative behaviour has little effect on electoral outcomes in Britain. This study demonstrates that British MPs also use parliamentary questions to respond to electoral vulnerability. Using data on written parliamentary questions asked between 1997 and 2010, it examines two possible consequences of electoral vulnerability: increased question frequency and greater focus on constituency issues in questions. It demonstrates that members ask more written parliamentary questions on average when their margin of victory decreases. In contrast, there is no meaningful evidence that MP focus on constituency issues increases with electoral marginality. These findings suggest that members use questions to signal effort to their constituents rather than attention to constituency issues.
Refractory knee giant cell tumor of the synovial membrane treated with intra‐articular injection of Infliximab: a case series and review of the literature
Authors: Praino Emanuela , Lapadula Giovanni , Scioscia Crescenzio , Ingravallo Giuseppe , Covelli Michele , Lopalco Giuseppe , Iannone Florenzo 
Published: July 2015

AbstractGiant cell tumor (GCT) of the synovial membrane, also known as pigmented villonodular synovitis, causes a progressive, relapsing and destructive arthropathy affecting one or more synovial joints. Systemic therapy can be combined to intra‐articular treatments, including surgical synoviectomy, especially when monoarticular. Despite that, the synovial membrane commonly grows again with clinical relapse. Here, we report three case of patients diagnosed with GCT of the knee who had an early relapse of the disease even after surgical synoviectomy. All of them underwent intra‐articular therapy with infliximab and subsequent synoviectomy to eradicate residual tissue. A complete remission of CGT was achieved without relapse occurring during the follow‐up. These preliminary data need to be confirmed by further clinical trials; however, intra‐articular therapy with infliximab might be deemed a potential option to treat CGT of a single joint.
popart: full‐feature software for haplotype network construction
Authors: Leigh Jessica W. , Bryant David 
Published: July 2015

Summary

Haplotype networks are an intuitive method for visualising relationships between individual genotypes at the population level.

Here, we present popart, an integrated software package that provides a comprehensive implementation of haplotype network methods, phylogeographic visualisation tools and standard statistical tests, together with publication‐ready figure production.

popart also provides a platform for the implementation and distribution of new network‐based methods – we describe one such new method, integer neighbour‐joining.

The software is open source and freely available for all major operating systems.
Somatostatin analogues improve health‐related quality of life in polycystic liver disease: a pooled analysis of two randomised, placebo‐controlled trials
Authors: Neijenhuis M. K. , Gevers T. J. G. , Nevens F. , Hogan M. C. , Torres V. E. , Kievit W. , Drenth J. P. H. 
Published: July 2015

SummaryBackgroundPolycystic liver disease is associated with impaired health‐related quality of life (HRQL). Somatostatin analogues reduce hepatomegaly in polycystic liver disease.AimTo determine whether somatostatin analogues improve HRQL and to identify factors associated with change in HRQL in polycystic liver disease.MethodsWe pooled data from two randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trials that evaluated HRQL using the Short‐Form 36 (SF‐36) in 96 polycystic liver disease patients treated 6‐12 months with somatostatin analogues or placebo. The SF‐36 contains a summarizing physical and mental component score and was administered at baseline and at the end of treatment. We used random effect models to delineate the effect of somatostatin analogues on HRQL. We determined the effect of demographics, height‐adjusted liver volume, change in liver volume, somatostatin analogue‐associated side effects with change in HRQL. In patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, we estimated the effect of height‐adjusted kidney volume and change in kidney volume in relation to HRQL.ResultsPhysical component scores improved with somatostatin analogues, but remained unchanged with placebo (3.41 ± 1.29 vs. −0.71 ± 1.54, P = 0.044). Treatment had no impact on the mental component score. Large liver volume was independently associated with larger HRQL decline during follow up (−4.04 ± 2.02 points per logarithm liver volume, P = 0.049). In autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, patients with large liver and kidney volumes had larger decline in HRQL (5.36 ± 2.54 points per logarithm liver volume; P = 0.040 and −4.00 ± 1.88 per logarithm kidney volume; P = 0.039).ConclusionSomatostatin analogues improve HRQL in symptomatic polycystic liver disease. Halting the progressive nature of polycystic liver disease is necessary to prevent further decline of HRQL in severe hepatomegaly.
Facilitation and edge effects influence vegetation regeneration in old‐fields at the tropical Andean forest line
Authors: Bueno Andrea , Llambí Luis D. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractQuestionsDo local plant–plant interactions and facilitation play an important role in vegetation dynamics after disturbance in the high tropical Andes? In particular, does the dominant shrub Baccharis prunifolia have an effect on microclimate and local vegetation structure within old‐fields at the upper forest line? Does distance from the border of the surrounding forests also influence community structure within fallow plots? Is there an interaction between facilitation and edge effects on vegetation regeneration?LocationGavidia Valley, Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Venezuela.MethodsPlant cover, species richness and community structure were compared in circular micro‐plots placed under the canopy of B. prunifolia shrubs and in open areas (12 micro‐plots in each case) both near and far from the forest border within two 10–12 yr successional plots at 3400 m a.s.l. (a total of 96 micro‐plots). Additionally, topsoil temperature was monitored for 1 mo in the four situations under study.ResultsAverage and maximum temperature and temperature amplitudes were lower under the canopy of B. prunifolia shrubs than in open areas; this effect being more marked far from the forest edge. Species richness, vegetation cover and the density of dominant forest trees were higher under the shrubs’ canopy than in the inter‐shrub spaces. The proximity to the edge of the surrounding forest also had a positive effect on species richness, with no significant interaction with the local sampling situation (under shrub vs outside).ConclusionsOur results suggest that both facilitation and edge effects influence the effectiveness of vegetation regeneration within old‐fields in the high tropical Andes. Consequently, these processes should be considered for interpreting vegetation dynamics in environmental change scenarios at the tropical mountain tree line and for the design of ecological restoration strategies in these high‐diversity ecotones, which have been subjected to large‐scale anthropogenic transformations in recent decades.
Significance of P‐cadherin overexpression and possible mechanism of its regulation in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer
Authors: Sakamoto Keita , Imai Katsunori , Higashi Takaaki , Taki Katunobu , Nakagawa Shigeki , Okabe Hirohisa , Nitta Hidetoshi , Hayashi Hiromitsu , Chikamoto Akira , Ishiko Takatoshi , Beppu Toru , Baba Hideo 
Published: July 2015

It has become evident that P‐cadherin, one of the classical cadherins, contributes to the malignant behavior of several types of cancer. In this study, we analyzed the expression of P‐cadherin and its clinicopathological and prognostic values in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, we investigated the functional role of P‐cadherin in these cancer cells by knockdown and overexpression in vitro and by analyzing the correlation between the P‐cadherin expression and its promoter methylation status. Thirty of 59 ICC cases (51%) and 36 of 73 pancreatic cancer cases (49%) stained positive for P‐cadherin with mainly membranous distribution in tumor cells by immunohistochemistry. P‐cadherin expression was significantly correlated with several clinicopathological factors, which reflect tumor behavior, and was identified as an independent adverse prognostic factor for disease‐free survival in patients with ICC (relative risk [RR] 2.93, P = 0.04) and pancreatic cancer (RR 2.68, P = 0.005) via multivariate analyses. P‐cadherin downregulation by siRNA suppressed migration and invasion, and P‐cadherin overexpression induced the opposite effects in both ICC and pancreatic cancer cells, without any effects on cell proliferation. P‐cadherin expression was related to its promoter methylation status in both cell lines and cancer tissues. In summary, P‐cadherin overexpression may serve as a useful biomarker of invasive phenotype and poor prognosis; P‐cadherin expression was found to be regulated by its promoter methylation. These results suggest that P‐cadherin represents a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of ICC and pancreatic cancer.
The association of depression and anxiety with dental caries and periodontal disease among Finnish adults
Authors: Delgado‐Angulo Elsa K. , Sabbah Wael , Suominen Anna L. , Vehkalahti Miira M. , Knuuttila Matti , Partonen Timo , Nordblad Anne , Sheiham Aubrey , Watt Richard G. , Tsakos Georgios 
Published: July 2015

AbstractObjectiveTo explore the association of depression and anxiety with two oral health outcomes, dental caries and periodontal disease and assess possible mediators for any of the associations.MethodsSecondary analysis of the Finnish Health 2000 Survey. Depression was assessed with Beck's Depression Inventory and anxiety with Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Number of decayed teeth included carious lesions reaching dentine; periodontal disease was number of teeth with periodontal pockets of 4 mm or deeper. Third molars were excluded. The association of mental disorders and oral health was tested in regression models adjusted for confounders and potential mediators.ResultsDepression was associated with number of decayed teeth only among 35‐ to 54‐year‐olds. The association between anxiety and the number of decayed teeth was not statistically significant. Depression and periodontal pocketing were not significantly associated.ConclusionDepression was significantly associated with number of decayed teeth only among participants aged 35–54 old and not with other age groups. Neither depression nor anxiety was significantly related to periodontal disease.
The Occurrence Rate and Diameter of Arteries Traveling Near the Mandible and an Assessment of the Relative Hemorrhage Risk in Implant Surgery
Authors: Katsumi Yuji , Takagi Ritsuo , Ohshima Hayato 
Published: July 2015

AbstractBackgroundBleeding in the floor of the mouth during implant surgery is attributed to arterial injuries in the sublingual space.PurposeThis study aimed to assess the relative hemorrhage risk during implant surgery.Materials and MethodsWe investigated the occurrence rate and diameter of submental and sublingual arteries with special reference to their relationship with the course patterns of these arteries using 26 human cadavers.ResultsThree types of arteries were distinguished: main duct (MD), mucoperiosteal branches (MB), and cortical branches (CB). The occurrence rate of MB and CB was significantly high at the central incisor region in the upper part of the mylohyoid muscle, whereas the diameter of the MB and CB was significantly smaller than the occurrence rate of MD at the incisor regions. The occurrence rate of MD in the submental artery was significantly higher at the lateral incisor, canine, and premolar regions in the lower parts, whereas the occurrence rate of MD was significantly lower at the second and third molars in the upper parts.ConclusionThe susceptibility of the submental artery to injury is suggested at the incisors, canine, premolars, and first molar regions during implant surgery.
Non‐aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in 173 patients: a prospective study of long‐term outcome
Authors: Konczalla J. , Schmitz J. , Kashefiolasl S. , Senft C. , Seifert V. , Platz J. 
Published: July 2015

Background and purposeIn some patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) a bleeding source cannot be identified. Perimesencephalic (PM) SAH is assumed to have an excellent outcome. Our objective was to analyze the long‐term physical and psychological outcome of patients after non‐aneurysmal SAH.MethodsOne hundred and seventy‐three patients met the inclusion criteria. Short‐term follow‐up 6 months after SAH was assessed according to the modified Rankin Scale (0–2 favorable). A short‐form health survey with 36 questions (SF‐36) and eight scales was used as questionnaire for long‐term follow‐up.ResultsThirty‐seven answers were received from the two groups, PM and non‐perimesencephalic (NPM) SAH, on average 76 months after ictus (range 1.5–14 years). PM‐ and NPM‐SAH without Fisher grade 3 blood pattern have excellent short‐term outcomes. The quality of life (QoL) is significantly reduced after non‐aneurysmal SAH, especially in NPM‐SAH. In particular, patients with a Fisher 3 blood pattern had significantly higher risks for cerebral vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischaemia, unfavorable outcome, reduced QoL and mortality in short‐ and long‐term follow‐up.ConclusionsExcluding rolph, only patients with a PM‐SAH have a similar QoL at long‐term follow‐up compared to the standard population. Patients with NPM‐SAH have a significantly decreased QoL in long‐term follow‐up. Furthermore, the Fisher 3 blood pattern group in particular had a significantly worse outcome − at short‐term and long‐term follow‐up. Therefore the NPM‐SAH group was stratified into patients with Fisher 3 blood pattern and patients without Fisher 3 in further investigations.