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Appreciative leadership: delivering sustainable difference through conversation and inquiry
Authors: MacNeill Fiona , Vanzetta Jillian 
Published: February 2014

Purpose
– This paper reflects a two-year evaluation research study by Fiona MacNeill Associates (FMA), focused on an Appreciative Leadership Programme. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of designing a bespoke Appreciative Leadership Programme (commissioned by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust), around a specific set of organisational values and the associated sustainability linked to the delivery using conversation and inquiry.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is a review of 497 delegates and their associated 423 line managers. The main evaluation methods were questionnaires, conversations, content analysis and thematic analysis. The research collects data pre, during, end and post-programme.

Findings
– The analysis of data collected indicates a statistically significant link between the programme design and delivery and the subsequent sustainability of the learning and levels of engagement within the organisation.

Research limitations/implications
– The research provided information on all key areas of inquiry and allowed improvements to be made for future programmes. In future study, a focused follow up with a larger sample of at least 30 per cent of the total population will provide greater validity and reliability of the impact of on-going positive attention. The evaluation of leadership learning sets also needs to be more focused.

Practical implications
– The findings can be used to inform the next iteration of the programme, by building on areas of strength and those identified for development. The data allows the organisation (LCFT) and the provider to co-create the next programme. The findings have also been presented to other NHS organisations and to an international training and development conference in Dallas.

Originality/value
– Appreciative Leadership is built on the foundation of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), whole systems thinking, and action research. The organisation is seen as a relationship to be explored and developed, teams as communities of purpose and practice, and individuals as thinkers and innovators. This approach favours interdependencies, conversation, novel and creative ideas, and engagement that fosters a true desire to co-create the future. The paper provides connections between concepts and theories used in the education of clinicians and cutting-edge leadership development thinking. The paper has value to leaders, and those who commission leadership development, healthcare professionals and training and development professionals.
Use storytelling to engage and align employees around your strategic plans
Authors: Baker Bill 
Published: February 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to help organizational and human resource leaders understand how to use storytelling to engage and align their employees around their strategic planning efforts.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper lays out four guidelines organizations and human resource leaders can follow to help ensure their employees not only see the outcomes of their strategic planning efforts (e.g. strategic vision, brand positioning, mission, etc.), but also see themselves in those outcomes and, importantly, understand their role in bringing them to life.

Findings
– Storytelling is the way we most naturally communicate with each other as social and interconnected human beings. And yet, many organizations and organizational leaders never consider this timeless craft of humanity in their strategic planning efforts or recognize the role it can play in engaging and aligning employees around – and ultimately, implementing – the strategic vision and brand positioning that often result from those efforts. Organizations that embed storytelling into their strategic planning efforts effectively tap into their human nature to bring more meaning, focus and productivity not only to their work, but also their workforce.

Originality/value
– The concept of using storytelling to improve the impact and uptake of a company's strategic planning efforts will benefit organizational leaders and human resource executives who are responsible for the implementation of those plans and the engagement of their employees.
“Staying Well”: a psychoeducational group for people with an intellectual disability, co-morbid mental illness and offending behaviour
Authors: Douds Fergus , McKechanie Andrew , Simpson Yasmin , Murphy Lesley 
Published: February 2014

Purpose
– UK best practice guidelines for the treatment for people with schizophrenia recommend the use of psychoeducational approaches. The purpose of this paper is to describe the introduction of psychoeducational groups for people with an intellectual disability and co-morbid mental illness within forensic settings.

Design/methodology/approach
– “Staying Well”, a psychoeducational programme for people with an intellectual disability and co-morbid mental illness was based in part on a group programme from Ashworth Hospital, but adapted and developed to be suitable for people with intellectual disability. Input from a very experienced speech and language therapist was of great importance. Five groups with a total of 20 participants (15 different individuals) with mild to moderate intellectual disability and co-morbid mental illness were run over a two-year period. At the end of each group, an individualised “Staying Well Plan” was devised, to reduce the risk of future relapses.

Findings
– The group was very positively welcomed in the two pilot hospitals, by participants and members of the clinical teams. The key measure of the success of the programme is that the “Staying Well Plans” developed for the individuals are still in place two years after the completion of the first groups.

Practical implications
– The authors believe that this approach is of benefit to both the participants and their carers, stimulating positive engagement, open discussion about mental illness and reinforcing strategies for “Staying Well”.

Originality/value
– This paper shows how a psychoeducational approach to severe mental illness in individuals with an intellectual disability is both possible and well received.
Influence of acrylated guar gum on alkyd coating properties
Authors: J. D'Melo Dawid , S. Sabnis Anagha , A. Shenoy Mohan , S. Kathalewar Mukesh 
Published: February 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of acrylated guar gum (AGG) as an additive in alkyd resin for improved mechanical properties and to optimize the results of such an addition.

Design/methodology/approach
– For studying the effect of AGG on coating properties, guar gum was modified to various degrees of esterification and various compositions of alkyd systems were made by incorporating different concentrations of AGG. The mechanical and solvent absorption of the unmodified and modified alkyd systems were characterized.

Findings
– The incorporation of AGG into alkyd coating showed significant improvement of mechanical properties over the unmodified one. The modification caused an additional crosslink site through its unsaturation which led to increased crosslink density without phase separation of additive from the alkyd system which was confirmed by SEM scans.

Research limitations/implications
– The reactive additive, AGG used in the present study was synthesised using acryloyl chloride. Besides, it could also be synthesised from methacryloyl chloride and the effect of methyl substitution on water and solvent absorption could be studied.

Practical implications
– The method developed provided a simple and practical solution to improving the mechanical properties of alkyd coatings.

Originality/value
– The method for enhancing mechanical properties of cured alkyd system was novel and could find numerous applications in surface coatings.
Microcrystalline cellulose as a reinforcement agent to cement pastes
Authors: Mohammed M.S. , Ahmed A.E.-S.I. , Osman R.M. 
Published: February 2014

Purpose
– A try to find some useful applications for some products prepared from agricultural waste by mixing them with cement to act as reinforcement agents. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– Cement was mixed with microcrystalline cellulosic (MCC) fibres prepared from baggase, soaked in mixing water, followed by cubic pastes formation. The mixing was performed using different ratios of MCC; 0.5, 0.75, 1 and 3 per cent. The cement properties were followed at timed intervals, up to 90 days. The initial and final setting times of the pastes were determined. Bulk density, apparent porosity and compressive strength of the harden cement pastes were also identified. The hydration kinetic was followed by identifying free lime ratio and chemically combined water content. The structure of the hard cement pastes was followed by SEM, FTIR, DSC and XRD.

Findings
– It was noticed that the weight of the prepared cement pastes using MCC was reduced, while the compressive strength was increased. In addition, lower ratios of MCC have shown better results at early ages of hydration and reported higher compressive strength than control. No interaction was reported between the fibres and cement constituents based on the performed analysis.

Research limitations/implications
– Different types of agricultural wastes can be compared in producing the best type of MCC for the same purpose of this research.

Practical implications
– This piece of work has suggested a simple way to convert a product prepared from agricultural wastes in a small uniform size to a reinforcement agent to cement. Consuming this type of waste reduces the risks resulting from its burning at some countries such as Egypt.

Originality/value
– MCC fibres have well-known binding properties and used successfully on wide range in medical applications for tablets production with low costs. These fibres have reduced the pastes weight and increased the compressive strength using low ratios of them. Moreover, there is no indication of a reaction between these fibres and cement constituents.
From von Langenbeck to Furlow palatoplasty: A 16‐year review of cleft palate repair
Authors: Chan Edwin Kin‐Wai , Lee Kim‐Hung , Tsui Bess Siu‐Yan , Wong Sammi Yuen‐Shan , Pang Kristine Kit‐Yi , Mou Jennifer Wai‐Cheung , Tam Peter Yuk‐Him 
Published: February 2014

AimIn the past, von Langenbeck palatoplasty was the technique adopted for cleft palate repair at our institution. Since 2002, Furlow palatoplasty has become the technique of choice. The present study aims to compare the outcome of cleft palate repair in children using the two different techniques.Patients and MethodsAll children who underwent primary cleft palate repair at our institution from January 1996 to December 2011 were studied. The sex, type of cleft palate, age at operation and the presence of associated syndromes were recorded. Postoperative outcome, including the incidence of oronasal fistula (ONF) and pharyngoplasty, were studied.ResultsA total of 230 children were included in this study. There were 120 boys and 110 girls. Ninety‐five children had cleft palate associated with cleft lip; 135 children had cleft palate only. Twenty‐eight children were syndromic. The mean age at operation was 19 ± 20 months (range: 10–150 months). A total of 112 children underwent von Langenbeck repair, and 118 children underwent Furlow repair. There was no statistical different in the sex, age at operation and associated syndromes between the two groups. More children had isolated cleft palate in the Furlow group (P < 0.05). Nineteen children developed ONF after surgery (Langenbeck : Furlow, 13:6; P = 0.072). Twenty one of 112 (19 per cent) children required pharyngoplasty to correct velopharyngeal insufficiency after von Langenbeck repair. No child in the Furlow group required pharyngoplasty (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThe frequency of ONF after palatoplasty was 11.6 per cent after von Langenbeck repair, and 5.1 per cent after Furlow's palatoplasty. Compared with von Langenbeck repair, Furlow palatoplasty appeared to have a superior outcome, with no child requiring pharyngoplasty.
Minimally‐invasive approach to paraoesophageal hernia in high surgical‐risk patients
Authors: Ho Carmen Kit‐Man , Cheung Frances Ka‐Yin , Yien Renny Ling‐Chu , Li Michael Ka‐Wah 
Published: February 2014

AimParaoesophageal hernia warrants surgical repair when it becomes symptomatic. Complex definitive surgical repair carries a high risk of complication and morbidity.Patients and MethodsWe present a case of paraoesophageal hernia in an elderly woman managed by minimally‐invasive method with laparoscopic‐assisted endoscopic reduction and gastropexy.ResultsThe operation was done under general anaesthesia. The intrathoracic oesophagus and stomach were reduced with laparoscopic assistance, and the adhesion with the hernia sac was removed. Gastropexy was performed with two percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies (PEG), and a feeding jejunostomy was placed via one of the PEG. The patient was initially started on jejunosotmy feeding, and oral feeding was gradually resumed. She was then discharged on postoperative day 20.ConclusionIn patients who are considered high risk for definitive surgical repair or invasive procedure involving hiatal dissection, endoscopic reduction and fixation with laparoscopic assistance are an acceptable alternative.
James Mavor: Forerunner in Canadian geography
Authors: Warkentin John 
Published: February 2014

AbstractJames Mavor, professor of political economy in the University of Toronto from 1892 to 1923, made path‐breaking contributions to Canadian geography in four areas: producing a comprehensive regional report on north‐west Canada (including an original map of ethnic distribution); introducing economic geography into the Toronto political economy curriculum; preparing analytical economic/social geography chapters on Canada for the Oxford Survey of the British Empire; and presenting illuminating ideas on immigration. The pioneering work described here is largely unrecognized, in part because Mavor was overshadowed by his Toronto successor, Harold Innis.
Sinus floor augmentation with autogenous bone vs. a bovine‐derived xenograft – a 5‐year retrospective study
Authors: Lutz Rainer , Berger‐Fink Susanne , Stockmann Philipp , Neukam Friedrich Wilhelm , Schlegel Karl Andreas 
Published: February 2014

AbstractObjectivesThe long‐term outcome after sinus augmentation with autogenous bone or a bovine xenograft (Bio‐Oss®) was assessed in 47 patients. Inclusion criterion was a vertical dimension of the maxilla of <4 mm. After a functional loading period of 60 months, implant survival and reduction in the augmentation height were compared between the two groups evaluated.Material and methodsSinus augmentation was performed using mandibular bone grafts or Bio‐Oss®. In the autogenous bone group, 70 implants were placed in 23 patients, while in the Bio‐Oss® group, 24 patients received 98 implants. Fisher's exact test and equivalence testing were used to compare implant survival rates.ResultsThe overall survival rate of the implants was 95.8% 5 years after implant insertion. In the autogenous bone group, the implants had a survival rate of 97.1%, while in the Bio‐Oss® group, 94.9% of the implants survived. The difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05); both treatments are equivalent (confidence interval 90%) for the equivalence interval [−0.1; 0.1]. 43.5% of the cases showed no reduction in the augmentation height 5 years after implant insertion, when augmentation was performed with autogenous bone, while in the Bio‐Oss® group, no resorption was found in 50% of the augmented areas. Up to 25% reduction in augmentation height was found in 47.8% in the autogenous and in 45.8% in the Bio‐Oss® group. In 8.7% of all cases in the autogenous bone group and in 4.2 % in the Bio‐Oss® group, up to 50% of the augmented height was resorbed.ConclusionAfter a 5 years evaluation period, Bio‐Oss® as material for the indication maxillary sinus augmentation shows to be equivalent to autogenous bone grafting.
The influence of surface nanoroughness, texture and chemistry of TiZr implant abutment on oral biofilm accumulation
Authors: Xing Rui , Lyngstadaas Ståle P. , Ellingsen Jan Eirik , Taxt‐Lamolle Sébastien , Haugen Håvard J. 
Published: February 2014

AbstractObjectivesThe aim of the study was to examine surface nanoroughness, texture and chemistry of dental implant abutment and to investigate how these parameters influence oral biofilm formation in healthy subjects.Materials and methodsEight different nanorough TiZr surfaces were produced by polishing, machining, cathodic polarization and acid etching. Surface topography was examined using field emission scanning electron microscope and a blue light laser profilometer. Surface chemistry was analyzed by secondary ion mass spectrometry and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Surface hydrophilicity was tested by measuring contact angle on the surfaces. A human in vivo study using a splint model was employed to evaluate oral biofilm accumulation on these surfaces.ResultsDifferent surface textures (flat, grooved and irregular) were created with nanoroughness from 29 to 214 nm. Some test surfaces were incorporated with hydrogen by cathodic polarization and/or acid etching with HCl/H2SO4. Nanoroughness (Sa) positively correlated with microbial adhesion. Biofilm accumulation was less pronounced on flat and grooved than on irregular surfaces. No significant association between hydrogen content or hydrophilicity of the surface and biofilm accumulation was observed.ConclusionsNanoroughness (< 214 nm) and surface texture influence oral biofilm accumulation independent of surface chemistry and hydrophilicity. Surface hydrogen, which has previously been shown to promote fibroblast growth, does not affect biofilm formation.
Comparison of clinical characteristics of chronic cough due to non‐acid and acid gastroesophageal reflux
Authors: Xu Xianghuai , Yang Zhongmin , Chen Qiang , Yu Li , Liang Siwei , Lü Hanjing , Qiu Zhongmin 
Published: February 2014

AbstractBackground and ObjectiveLittle is known about non‐acid gastroesophageal reflux‐induced chronic cough (GERC). The purpose of the study is to explore the clinical characteristics of non‐acid GERC.MethodsClinical symptoms, cough symptom score, capsaicin cough sensitivity, gastroesophageal reflux diagnostic questionnaire (GerdQ) score, findings of multichannel intraluminal impedance‐pH monitoring (MII‐pH) and response to pharmacological anti‐reflux therapy were retrospectively reviewed in 38 patients with non‐acid GERC and compared with those of 49 patients with acid GERC.ResultsNon‐acid GERC had the similar cough character, cough symptom score, and capsaicin cough sensitivity to acid GERC. However, non‐acid GERC had less frequent regurgitation (15.8% vs 57.1%, χ2 = 13.346, P = 0.000) and heartburn (7.9% vs 32.7%, χ2 = 7.686, P  = 0.006), and lower GerdQ score (7.4 ± 1.4 vs 10.6 ± 2.1, t = −6.700, P = 0.003) than acid GERC. Moreover, MII‐pH revealed more weakly acidic reflux episodes, gas reflux episodes and a higher symptom association probability (SAP) for non‐acid reflux but lower DeMeester score, acidic reflux episodes and SAP for acid reflux in non‐acid GERC than in acid GERC. Non‐acid GERC usually responded to the standard anti‐reflux therapy but with delayed cough resolution or attenuation when compared with acid GERC. Fewer patients with non‐acid GERC needed an augmented acid suppressive therapy or treatment with baclofen.ConclusionsThere are some differences in the clinical manifestations between non‐acid and acid GERC, but MII‐pH is essential to diagnose non‐acid GERC.
Even Birds Follow Pareto's 80–20 Rule
Authors: Rispoli Fred J. , Zeng Suhua , Green Tim , Higbie Jennifer 
Published: February 2014

Abstract
Vilfredo Pareto noted in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population – and that the ratio seemed to apply to many countries, many time periods, and many economies. But is it more than a useful rule of thumb? Pareto also observed that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas. His ratio seems to pop up everywhere. Fred J. Rispoli, Suhua Zeng, Tim Green and Jennifer Higbie try telling it to the birds.
Recent admixture generates heterozygosity–fitness correlations during the range expansion of an invading species
Authors: Keller S. R. , Fields P. D. , Berardi A. E. , Taylor D. R. 
Published: February 2014

AbstractAdmixture, the mixing of historically isolated gene pools, can have immediate consequences for the genetic architecture of fitness traits. Admixture may be especially important for newly colonized populations, such as during range expansion and species invasions, by generating heterozygosity that can boost fitness through heterosis. Despite widespread evidence for admixture during species invasions, few studies have examined the demographic history leading to admixture, how admixture affects the heterozygosity and fitness of invasive genotypes, and whether such fitness effects are maintained through time. We address these questions using the invasive plant Silene vulgaris, which shows evidence of admixture in both its native Europe and in North America where it has invaded. Using multilocus genotype data in conjunction with approximate Bayesian computation analysis of demographic history, we showed that admixture during the invasion of North America was independent from and much younger than admixture in the native range of Europe. We tested for fitness consequences of admixture in each range and detected a significant positive heterozygosity–fitness correlation (HFC) in North America; in contrast, no HFC was present in Europe. The lack of HFC in Europe may reflect the longer time since admixture in the native range, dissipating associations between heterozygosity at markers and fitness loci. Our results support a key short‐term role for admixture during the early stages of invasion by generating HFCs that carry populations past the threat of extinction from inbreeding and demographic stochasticity.
Filial Obligation in Contemporary China: Evolution of the Culture‐System
Authors: Qi Xiaoying 
Published: February 2014

AbstractFamily obligation, which has an exceptionally high salience in traditional Chinese society, continues to be significant in contemporary China. In family relations in particular sentiments and practices morphologically similar to those associated with xiao (filial piety) remains intact in so far as an enduring set of expectations concerning age‐based obligation continues to structure behavior toward others. Researchers pursuing the theme of “individualization” in Chinese society, on the other hand, argue that family obligations and filial sentiments have substantially weakened. The present paper will show that under conditions of cultural and social change in China filial behavior through family obligation continues to play an important role even though the conventions associated with the relevant expectations, attitudes and emotions have undergone significant change. The paper argues that the culture‐system develops not merely through an internal dynamic and that family obligation must be understood in terms of the social and material context in which it operates and the nature of the motivations and imagery of the people that practice it.