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Electronic textbooks advantages and challenges for the Hellenic higher education and publishing community
Authors: Kouis Dimitrios , Konstantinou Nikolaos 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to study advantages and challenges of electronic academic textbook (e-textbook) for the Hellenic higher education and the publishing community. In the higher education domain, the shift to e-textbook adoption entails numerous benefits. However, reluctance is noted in students as well as in publishers, impeding the faster realisation of this change. Decision-makers (such as the Ministry of Education and university administrations) need actual survey data to plan and perform the best strategy plan for the transition to the e-textbook era.

Design/methodology/approach
– Two different surveys took place among higher education students and academic textbook publishers in Greece. More specifically, the purpose of these surveys was twofold: first, to identify both students’ and local publishers’ views towards the e-textbooks as the near-future successor of printed books. Second, the results of the in-depth study will enable the proposal of certain solutions for the Hellenic higher education textbook system, which has reached an economic and functional deadlock. Our findings will also be easily adopted by other similar educational system across Europe.

Findings
– Our findings reflect a situation where e-textbooks will replace the printed books, but not in the near future, as both technology providers and publishers have to overcome many technical obstacles. Students are expecting the transition to occur soon, but still remain very reluctant about the inconvenience which might be caused to their reading habits.

Originality/value
– The results are unique and in alignment with similar surveys in other educational systems.
Social media, online imagined communities and communication research
Authors: Kavoura Androniki 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to examine social media communication that may consist of a database for online research and may create an online imagined community that follows special language symbols and shares common beliefs in a similar way to Anderson’s imagined communities.Design/methodology/approach– Well-known databases were searched in the available literature for specific keywords which were associated with the imagined community, and methodological tools such as online interviews, content analysis, archival analysis and social media.Findings– The paper discusses the use of multiple measures, such as document and archival analysis, online interviews and content analysis, which may derive from the online imagined community that social media create. Social media may in fact provide useful data that are available for research, yet are relatively understudied and not fully used in communication research, not to mention in archival services. Comparison takes place between online community’s characteristics and traditional communication research. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social media’s use of special language requirements may categorise discussion of these potential data, based on specific symbols, topical threads, purposeful samples and catering for longitudinal studies.Practical implications– Social media have not been fully implemented for online communication research yet. Online communication may offer significant implications for marketers, advertisers of a company or for an organisation to do research on or for their target groups. The role of libraries and information professionals can be significant in data gathering and the dissemination of such information using ICTs and renegotiating their role.Originality/value– The theoretical contribution of this paper is the examination of the creation of belonging in an online community, which may offer data that can be further examined and has all the credentials to do so, towards the enhancement of online communication research. The applications of social media to research and the use by and for information professionals and marketers may in fact contribute to the management of an online community with people sharing similar ideas. The connection of the online imagined community with social media for research has not been studied, and it would further enhance understanding from organisations or marketers.
Library bookbinding in Greece
Authors: Grimani Vassileia , Zervos Spiros 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current status of library bookbinding in Greece.

Design/methodology/approach
– Two surveys were circulated among libraries and bookbinders. They aimed at determining the extent of use of bookbinding, the necessary characteristics of durable library bookbinding according to the respondents’ opinions and the relationship between bookbinders and libraries.

Findings
– The gathered data reflect the attitudes of Greek librarians and bookbinders and outline the current status of library bookbinding in Greece. They showed that bookbinding is extensively used as part of the preservation strategy for the majority of the Greek libraries. Most libraries resort to outsourcing. The specifications set by libraries are usually minimal, and it is left to the bookbinders to recommend the best solutions. Both librarians and binders emphasised openability and durability as the most important qualities of the bound volumes and quoted several relevant technical details. A model library binding technique is suggested in this study.

Originality/value
– Such an investigation has never been attempted before. This research can be useful to the Greek Libraries Central Administration and also to the whole Greek library community for the improvement of the current situation, and may help towards the development of a national standard. It may also be useful for the international library community as a case study, presenting the situation in Greece.
Successful cause-related marketing
Authors: Nejati Mehran 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of cause-related marketing (CRM) and explain the factors which influence the success of a CRM campaign.

Design/methodology/approach
– Provides a viewpoint article based on the author's experience and expertise.

Findings
– Through explaining the key factors which impact the success of CRM, this article provided insights to company directors and management consultants. It has been indicated that the three most important attributes of a case for the success of CRM campaigns include importance, proximity and fit of the cause with firm’s core business.

Originality/value
– Provides a viewpoint article based on the author's experience and expertise.
Design of an integrated management system (IMS) in a government-run medical evaluation organisation
Authors: Manzanera Rafael , Jardí Josefina , Gomila Xavier , Ramón Pastor Joan , Ibáñez Dolores , Gálvez Glòria , Albertí Constança , Navarro Albert , Uris Joaquín , Pomares Alicia , López Lluïsa , Zuazu Cristina , Sabaté Primitiva , Aguado Immaculada , Domingo Lidia , Infante Carolina , Gomis Josep , Jover Aurora , Iglesias Jordi , Mestres Antoni 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The authors present the application of the López-Fresno approach in designing an integrated management system (IMS) for an aviation company to the development of an IMS in a government-run organization responsible for the medical evaluation of work disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to share the design process, with the intention of showing that this approach is applicable to other sectors and proposing generalization and applicability strategies to other smaller government entities.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study involves two phases. Phase I applies the López-Fresno approach to design a basic IMS-I and ends with a European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) evaluation, whose suggestions were taken into consideration for the final design of IMS-II during phase II. The data were obtained from the organization's own functioning. There was a significant degree of personal involvement by the authors, external consultants and members of the management committee in areas ranging from the approach itself to the various components analyzed.

Findings
– The approach led to a better use of human and material resources and produced various advances in both internal and external communication and significant progress in employee motivation in their dealings with users and stakeholders.

Originality/value
– The study offers guidelines and recommendations for designing an IMS adapted to small, compact, administrative organizations that operate with stakeholders with highly disparate outlooks and interests, with different quality levels, in a context related to competitiveness and economic development.
Designing for the satisfaction of high-level needs
Authors: Stenmark Petter , Lilja Johan 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to introduce a methodology that can support the process of understanding and designing for the satisfaction of high-level needs in practice. The satisfaction of high-level needs has seldom been in focus when it comes to customer satisfaction surveys or the process of new product or service development. However, needs do occur on various levels, and the satisfaction of high-level needs actually appears to have the greatest potential for the creation of loyalty among customers and customer satisfaction. The satisfaction of high-level needs has furthermore been pointed out as a strategy for the creation of attractive quality.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based on literature studies and the application of the Ideation Need Mapping (INM) methodology in a specific case.

Findings
– The paper presents the INM methodology that could be used for guiding product and service innovation in practice. More specifically, the methodology supports the process of understanding and designing for the satisfaction of high-level needs.

Originality/value
– This paper aims to contribute to envisioning and demonstrating how the understanding of, and design for, satisfaction of high-level needs can be done in practice.
The Delphi hierarchy process-based study of quality engineering in Malaysia and Indonesia automotive companies
Authors: Tri Putri Nilda , Mohd. Yusof Sha’ri , Irianto Dradjad 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the critical factors for successful quality engineering (QE) implementation in automotive-related companies in Malaysia and Indonesia. The existence of these critical factors for the successful application of QE would help the automotive industries, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia, to be able to investigate their current QE practices and how they could be improved.

Design/methodology/approach
– Delphic hierarchy process (DHP) methodology is used in this study. The DHP method is a combination of the Delphi method and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach for determining the ranking of the factors and sub factors needed for successful QE implementation. The Delphi method is employed to gather data from automotive experts in both countries and the AHP approach is used to rank the critical factors for success of QE practices.

Findings
– The findings of this study showed that the automotive industries in Malaysia and Indonesia stressed the importance of management responsibility and people management for the successful implementation of QE. Strategic quality planning, continuous improvement, and technology- and production-related resources are the most important sub factors for successful QE in both countries.

Research limitations/implications
– The series of rounds that took place during the Delphi method increased the length of time required for data collection and the follow-up process. On the basis of the consideration given, the limited resources included time, financial resources, and technical availability for this study, which resulted in the small sample sizes used.

Practical implications
– The ranking of the critical factors and sub factors for QE implementation could be useful for automotive-related companies in Malaysia and Indonesia to create action plans for improving their QE implementation.

Originality/value
– The instrument that was developed is a contribution toward characterizing critical factors for QE. Using DHP methodology, nine factors and 31 sub factors have been validated through a series of rounds of the Delphi method. It was developed based on industry experts’ inputs. Therefore, the critical factors represent actual situation for QE success.
Expression studies of a novel splice site mutation in the LIPH gene identified in a Japanese patient with autosomal recessive woolly hair
Authors: Hayashi Ryota , Inui Shigeki , Farooq Muhammad , Ito Masaaki , Shimomura Yutaka 
Published: October 2014

AbstractAutosomal recessive woolly hair (ARWH) is characterized by short and tightly curled scalp hair without any obvious complications. The disease is known to be caused by either lipase H (LIPH) or LPAR6 genes. Proteins encoded by these two genes are closely related to each other in a lipid‐signaling pathway that is believed to play crucial roles in hair follicle development and hair growth. In the Japanese population, most affected individuals with ARWH have been shown to carry two prevalent founder mutations in the LIPH gene, c.736T>A (p.Cys246Ser) and c.742C>A (p.His248Asn), while other LIPH mutations have been occasionally identified. In this study, we analyzed a Japanese patient with ARWH, and identified compound heterozygous mutations in the LIPH gene, c.736T>A (p.Cys246Ser) and c.982+5G>T. The latter one was a novel splice site mutation in intron 7. Expression studies using blood‐derived RNA from the patient detected the LIPH transcript from the c.736T>A mutant allele, but not from the c.982+5G>T mutant allele. Furthermore, in vitro transcription assay in cultured cells showed that the mutation c.982+5G>T caused an aberrant splicing event, leading to a frame‐shift and a premature termination codon (p.Met328Serfs*41). To the best of our knowledge, this is the second splice site mutation in the LIPH gene, and our findings further expand the spectrum of the LIPH mutations underlying ARWH.
Biodiversity of Yeast Mycobiota in “Sucuk,” a Traditional Turkish Fermented Dry Sausage: Phenotypic and Genotypic Identification, Functional and Technological Properties
Authors: Ozturk Ismet , Sagdic Osman 
Published: October 2014

AbstractIn this study, yeasts from Turkish fermented sucuks were identified and their functional and technological properties were evaluated. Two hundred fifty‐five yeast isolates were obtained from 35 different sucuk samples from different regions of Turkey. The yeast isolates were determined as genotypic using 2 different polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods (rep‐PCR and RAPD‐PCR). Functional and technological properties of including proteolytic, lipolytic, and catalase activities, tolerance to NaCl and bile, as well as growing rates at different temperature and pH conditions selected yeast strains were also evaluated. Candida zeylanoides and Debaryomyces hansenii were dominant strains in sucuk samples. All C. zeylanoides and D. hansenii tested could grow at the condition of 15% NaCl and 0.3% bile salt. However, none of the strains were able to grow at 37 °C, even though catalase activity, weak proteolytic and lipolytic activities was still observed. D. hansenii were able to grow only at pH 3, while some of C. zeylanoides could grow at lower pH levels (pH 2). Three and 4 strains of C. zeylanoides showed β‐hemolysis activity and nitrate reduction ability to nitrite, respectively. D. hansenii did not have properties, which are β‐hemolysis, nitrate reduction, or hydrogen sulfide production. Overall, diverse yeast mycobiota present in Turkish fermented sucuk and their functional and technological properties were revealed with this study.
Emergency Department Utilization Among Frequent Users With Psychiatric Visits
Authors: Brennan Jesse J. , Chan Theodore C. , Hsia Renee Y. , Wilson Michael P. , Castillo Edward M. 
Published: October 2014

AbstractObjectivesThe objective was to assess the incidence of psychiatric visits among frequent emergency department (ED) users and utilization among frequent psychiatric users.MethodsThis was a multicenter retrospective longitudinal study of 1.76 million adult ED visits from acute care hospitals serving the metropolitan San Diego region (2008 through 2010) using nonpublic data submitted to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Frequent users were defined as having at least four ED visits within 12 consecutive months and were further classified into three groups based on the number of primary psychiatric visits in the same period, as defined by the primary discharge diagnosis (zero, one to three, and four or more visits). Descriptive, univariate, and logistic regression analyses are reported.ResultsPatients with at least one primary psychiatric visit were 4.6 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.5 to 4.7) times more likely to be frequent ED users compared to patients with none. However, the majority of frequent ED users (80.1%) did not have any primary psychiatric visits; 16.6% of frequent ED users were classified as occasional psychiatric users, and only 3.3% were classified as frequent psychiatric users. Compared to frequent users without primary psychiatric visits, frequent psychiatric users were more likely to be male, non‐Hispanic white, and without private insurance and visited the ED more frequently. Frequent psychiatric users also suffered from psychiatric, medical, and substance abuse comorbidity.ConclusionsWhile patients with primary psychiatric visits were more likely to be frequent users of the ED, only a small percentage of frequent ED users were seen primarily and repeatedly for psychiatric care. However, this small group of frequent psychiatric users visited the ED at a much higher rate than other frequent users and was burdened with both chronic medical and psychiatric conditions.
Factors Associated With Burnout During Emergency Medicine Residency
Authors: Kimo Takayesu James , Ramoska Edward A. , Clark Ted R. , Hansoti Bhakti , Dougherty Joseph , Freeman Will , Weaver Kevin R. , Chang Yuchiao , Gross Eric 
Published: October 2014

AbstractObjectivesWhile the prevalence of burnout in practicing emergency physicians has been studied, little is known of the prevalence and risk factors in emergency medicine (EM) residents. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of burnout among EM residents and the individual‐level factors associated with burnout.MethodsEight EM residency programs were surveyed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Demographic data and data on job satisfaction and tolerance of uncertainty in clinical decision‐making were collected using validated instruments.ResultsOf 289 eligible residents, 218 completed the MBI (response rate = 75%). A total of 142 residents (65%) met the criteria for burnout. Complete data sets of the other instruments were obtained from 193 (response rate = 67%), and this group comprised our study population. Subjects having a significant other or spouse had a higher prevalence of burnout compared to single residents (60% vs. 40%, p = 0.002). Poor global job satisfaction (p < 0.0001), lack of administrative autonomy (p = 0.021), and lack of clinical autonomy (p = 0.031) correlated with burnout, as did intolerance of uncertainty (p = 0.015).ConclusionsBurnout is highly prevalent in EM residents. Interventions should be targeted at 1) improving resident autonomy in the emergency department where possible, 2) supervision and instruction on medical decision‐making that may affect or teach individuals to cope with risk tolerance, and 3) social supports to reduce work–home conflicts during training.
Protective effects of nutritional supplementation with arginine and glutamine on the penis of rats submitted to pelvic radiation
Authors: Medeiros J. L. , Costa W. S. , Felix‐Patricio B. , Sampaio F. J. B. , Cardoso L. E. M. 
Published: October 2014

SummaryRadiotherapy is widely used to treat pelvic malignancies, but normal tissues near the target tumour are often affected. Our aims were thus to determine whether the structural organization of the rat penis is altered by radiation, and whether supplementation with l‐arginine (ARG) or l‐glutamine (GLN) would have protective effects against these alterations. Groups of rats were treated with: no intervention (CONTR); pelvic radiation, followed by sacrifice 7 (RAD7) or 15 (RAD15) days later; and pelvic radiation, daily supplementation with ARG or GLN, followed by sacrifice 7 (RAD7+ARG, RAD7+GLN) or 15 (RAD15+ARG, RAD15+GLN) days after radiation. Structural components in the corpus cavernosum (CC), tunica albuginea of the corpus spongiosum (TACS) and urethral epithelium (UE) were analysed using stereological and immunohistochemical methods. The results showed that in the CC, connective tissue was increased by 18% in RAD15 (p < 0.04), but this change was partially prevented in RAD15+GLN (p < 0.05) and RAD15+ARG (p < 0.04). The fibrous matrix of the CC trabeculae stained evenly for collagen type I. In RAD15, the intensity of the labelling was increased, whereas in RAD15+GLN and RAD15+ARG the staining was similar to that of CONTR. No staining changes were seen in the groups that were sacrificed 7 days after radiation. Cavernosal elastic fibre content in RAD15 was increased by 61% (p < 0.004), and this was prevented in RAD15+ARG (p < 0.004) but not in RAD15+GLN. In TACS, the amino acids protected (p < 0.02) against the radiation‐induced 92% increase in elastic fibre content, but only in RAD15. Cell density in the UE, as well as UE thickness, were reduced by 30% in RAD15 (p < 0.004), and there were protective effects of both amino acids. In conclusion, radiation‐induced alterations in penile structures tend to be more pronounced 15 days after radiation session. Both ARG and GLN have protective effects against these changes, with the former being slightly more effective.
Recent scenario of obesity and male fertility
Authors: Shukla K. K. , Chambial S. , Dwivedi S. , Misra S. , Sharma P. 
Published: October 2014

SummaryThe aim of this review was to provide current scenario linking obesity and male fertility. Obesity has been linked to male fertility because of lifestyle changes, internal hormonal environment alterations, and sperm genetic factors. A few studies assessing the impact of obesity on sperm genetic factor have been published, but they did not lead to a strong consensus. Our objective was to explore further the relationship between sperm genetic factor and obesity. There are emerging facts that obesity negatively affects male reproductive potential not only by reducing sperm quality, but in particular it alters the physical and molecular structure of germ cells in the testes and ultimately affects the maturity and function of sperm cells. Inhibition of microRNA in the male pronucleus of fertilized zygotes produces offspring of phenotypes of variable severity depending on miRNAs ratios. Hence, these RNAs have a role in the oocyte development during fertilization and in embryo development, fetal survival, and offspring phenotype. It has been reported that the miRNA profile is altered in spermatozoa of obese males, however, the impact of these changes in fertilization and embryo health remains as yet not known.