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Out-of-Season Spawning Method for Florida Largemouth Bass to Produce Advanced-Sized Fingerlings by Early Spring
Authors: Matthews Michael D , Stout Richard B 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
The objective of this research was to establish a production-scale “out-of-season” (OS) spawning protocol yielding Florida Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides floridanus swim-up fry in a 3- to 4-week period in the fall. The OS photothermal manipulation began each year on approximately June 18 and was completed by September 20. The intent was to simulate winter to spring temperatures and day length over a 90-d period to naturally induce gonad development without the use of hormones. Adult bass were stocked at a 1:1 or 2:3 male-to-female sex ratio and spawned in late September through mid-October. Total numbers of spawns collected for 2009, 2010, and 2011 were 193, 205, and 199, representing an average 1.4, 2.0, and 1.0 spawns per female, respectively. Spawning duration required to achieve production numbers were 26, 31, and 23 d, respectively. Off-season spawning was accomplished without photothermal manipulation in December 2008–January 2009, but cold pond temperatures resulted in 10% survival. The OS spawning technique allows for biannual production seasons from the same broodstock population and the production of large numbers of 100-mm bass by March. Increased production, spawning latency, broodstock behavior, hatchery efficiency, and temporal limitations are discussed.
Performance of a Recirculating Aquaculture System Utilizing an Algal Turf Scrubber for Scaled-Up Captive Rearing of Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Authors: Huang Zhitao , Jones Jess , Gu Junye , Hallerman Eric , Lane Timothy , Song Xiefa , Wan Rong 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
To develop a system supporting rapid growth of juvenile freshwater mussels, a recirculating aquaculture system was designed and built at the Laboratory for Conservation Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The system included a rectangular trough tank, a sump (biofilter), a pump, a microalgae drip feeder, and an air delivery system. An algal turf scrubber (ATS) was evaluated for its potential to maintain and improve water quality within the system. Growth and survival rates of juvenile rainbow mussels Villosa iris after 90 d were compared between system units with and without ATSs. Flow rate through the culture units was approximately 23.3 L/min. Results showed no statistically significant differences between the growth and survival rates of juvenile mussels reared in systems with ATSs and those reared in systems without ATSs. Ammonia and nitrite levels were low and did not differ among treatments. However, systems with ATSs exhibited significantly lower levels of nitrate and phosphate than systems without ATSs. Our results show that freshwater mussel culture systems can be scaled up to increase production and that the use of ATSs may help to maintain water quality in recirculating aquaculture systems during long-term culture of freshwater mussels.
Effect of Short-Term Holding without Feeding after Capture on Reduction in Oxidative Stress and Maintenance of Lipid and Amino Acid Contents in Decapterus maraudsi
Authors: Tanaka Ryusuke , Fukushima Hideto , Maeda Toshimichi , Kumazawa Taisei , Sugiura Yoshimasa , Matsushita Teruo , Hatate Hideo , Fukuda Yutaka 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
Changes in hydroxyl lipids (L-OHs; a stress level indicator), body weight, triglycerides, fatty acids, and free amino acids (FAAs) were investigated in Decapterus maraudsi caught by purse seine from two different ocean regions near Japan to determine the effect of short-term holding without feeding on the reduction in oxidative stress. In experiment 1, the L-OHs in the dorsal muscle significantly decreased by 9 d, whereas those in the liver decreased significantly by the end of the 33-d holding period. The body weight, lipid content, and triglyceride composition did not change significantly for 9 d and then decreased significantly by 33 d. Fatty acid composition of the dorsal muscle and liver did not change significantly within the holding period. The FAA content in the dorsal muscle did not change until 9 d and then decreased by 33 d. In experiment 2, the L-OHs in the dorsal muscle had significantly increased at 33 d, whereas the levels in the liver of the fish after transport to port were twice as high as those in the fish that had just been caught, but then they decreased significantly by the end of the holding period. The change in body weight, lipid content, and triglyceride composition were the same as in experiment 1. The fatty acid compositions changed at 33 d, and the total FAA content did not change until 20 d and then decreased at 33 d. Both results suggest that to avoid stress and to obtain a higher quality fish product, fish captured by purse seine should be held without feeding for 8–9 d rather than immediately shipped after capture. The results of this study may be useful for improving the quality and commodity value of fish captured in commercial fisheries, such as by purse seine, and those held in aquaculture operations, such as in sea cages.
The use of copulas in explaining crop yield dependence structures for use in geographic diversification
Authors: Larsen Ryan , W. Mjelde James , Klinefelter Danny , Wolfley Jared 
Published: November 2013

Purpose
– What copulas are, their estimation, and use is illustrated using a geographical diversification example. To accomplish this, dependencies between county-level yields are calculated for non-irrigated wheat, upland cotton, and sorghum using Pearson linear correlation and Kendall's tau. The use of Kendall's tau allows the implementation of copulas to estimate the dependency between county-level yields. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– Four parametric copulas, Gaussian, Frank, Clayton, and Gumbel, are used to estimate Kendall's tau. These four estimates of Kendall's tau are compared to Pearson's linear correlation, a more typical measure of dependence. Using this information, functions are estimated to determine the relationships between dependencies and changes in geographic and climate data.

Findings
– The effect on county-level crop yields based on changes of geographical and climate variables differed among the different dependency measures among the three different crops. Implementing alternative dependency measures changed the statistical significance and the signs of the coefficients in the sorghum and cotton dependence functions. Copula-based elasticities are consistently less than the linear correlation elasticities for wheat and cotton. For sorghum, however, the copula-based elasticities are generally larger. The results indicate that one should not take the issue of measuring dependence as a trivial matter.

Originality/value
– This research not only extends the current literature on geographical diversification by taking a more detailed examination of factors impacting yield dependence, but also extends the copula literature by comparing estimation results using linear correlation and copula-based rank correlation.
Critical factors of service quality in a graduate school of Malaysia
Authors: Hazilah Abd Manaf Noor , Ahmad Khaliq , Ahmed Selim 
Published: November 2013

Purpose– This paper aims to evaluate the service quality of a higher educational institute in Malaysia based on the seven dimensions, namely administrative service, tangibles, academic programmes, academic staff, delivery of teaching, assurance, and empathy of academic staff.Design/methodology/approach– This study surveyed 221 students of IIUM Graduate School of Management (GSM) based on the self-administrative research questionnaire. The research data were analyzed by using exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, independent samplest-test, and multiple regression analysis.Findings– Results indicate IIUM GSM students have positive and significant perception on administrative service, tangibles, delivery teaching and assurance, but they do not have significant perception on academic programmes, academic staff and empathy of academic staff.Research limitations/implications– This research only conducted in a graduate school of Malaysia and this result might not represent all Malaysian graduate schools.Originality/value– This study's major contribution is that it focuses on the critical factors of service quality in a graduate school of Malaysia and measures the service quality according to the Malaysian contexts.
A model of the perception gap between different actors
Authors: Kanno Taro , Furuta Kazuo , Chou Tsai-Hsuan 
Published: November 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this article is to propose a model that describes and categorizes the perception gap between different persons and groups/stakeholders.

Design/methodology/approach
– Based on the concept of mutual beliefs and a theory of expectation, a model of the perception gap between different actors is deductively constructed along with the formulation of model components. Several theoretical and practical implications of the model are presented. Using a case-study approach, the applicability and partial validity of the proposal is shown.

Findings
– The model provides a detailed description and categorization of the perception gap between different actors. A model-based method could describe and identify the different types of perception gap between different actors.

Originality/value
– This study contributes to the better understanding of inter- and intra-personal perception gap and provides a basis for future theoretical and empirical research about perception gap between different actors under various contexts.
Assisted Living Technology in social care: workforce development implications
Authors: Wigfield Andrea , Wright Katy , Burtney Elizabeth , Buddery Diane 
Published: November 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to look at the implications of the increasing use of Assisted Living Technology in the social care sector and to assess the implications for the workforce in terms of job roles, skills, knowledge, training, and support.

Design/methodology/approach
– A mixed methods approach was used, through a quantitative electronic survey of staff working in social care (as well as some health care) organisations in England, and three qualitative case studies of local authorities.

Findings
– The research shows that the organisations involved in delivering Assisted Living Technology, the types of Assisted Living Technology being introduced, and the way in which it is being delivered, have implications for job roles and the skills and knowledge needed by staff. The associated training and workforce development similarly varies across the social care sector; it is ad hoc, disparate, and provided primarily by individual employers or by suppliers and manufacturers.

Research limitations/implications
– There is a need for a standardised Assisted Living Technology workforce development approach which can be used across the social care sector.

Practical implications
– The varied nature of Assisted Living Technology providers and delivery models presents a challenge to the development and implementation of a standardised programme of workforce development.

Originality/value
– This paper presents the results of new empirical research arising from a quantitative and qualitative study of the workforce development implications of Assisted Living Technology in the English social care sector.
The role of public relations in foreign policy planning and execution
Authors: Pētersone Baiba 
Published: November 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of public relations, conceptualized as a strategic management function, in foreign policy making, and implementation. This research study emphasizes the relational perspective and seeks to examine its applicability to the practice of public relations in foreign policy settings.

Design/methodology/approach
– This qualitative research study was based on in-depth interviews with nine individuals who were in charge of public relations aspects of a particular foreign policy issue in Latvian government institutions. The examined foreign policy issue was development cooperation.

Findings
– The research findings revealed that public relations contributed to the strategic management of the foreign policy process to a certain extent. Public relations built and cultivated relationships, researched and scanned environments, built communities around a foreign policy issue, facilitated dialogic encounters and socialized foreign policies. However, the public relations function was not involved in the entire strategic management process: analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Although the relational perspective may be applicable to foreign policy settings and relationships that are cultivated by public relations practitioners in these settings bring outcomes on three different levels – national, organizational, and personal – this study found that public relations is not the only function that deals with relationships between an organization and its key publics.

Originality/value
– This research study investigated two areas that are little explored in the public relations research literature: the strategic management role of public relations in government institutions and public relations contributions to policy, especially foreign, making.
Sustainability information sources: employee knowledge, perceptions, and learning
Authors: A. Craig Christopher , W. Allen Myria 
Published: November 2013

Purpose– The information sources employees in one Fortune 100 organization draw on to learn about sustainability are identified. The linkages between knowledge about sustainability, perceptions of the organization's involvement in sustainability initiatives, and interest in learning more about sustainability are investigated.Design/methodology/approach– Employees (n=1,952) completed an online survey investigating what they knew and thought about sustainability, and the sources of their information. The information sources investigated included external association sources, media sources, supply-chain sources, interpersonal sources, and intraorganizational sources.Findings– Important external information sources include professional/industry associations, faith-based institutions, and supply-chain partners. Important internal sources include supervisors, company meetings, and the company sustainability report. Those who think sustainability is important to their organization's long-term success were interested in learning more about sustainability. Awareness of the organization's sustainability initiatives is related to the belief sustainability is important to the organization's success.Research limitations/implications– Limitations include a cross-sectional study, single-item measures, and nominal data.Practical implications– Companies launching sustainability initiatives need to understand and manage the information sources their employees utilize.Originality/value– This is a large empirical study that focusses on information sources and employee perceptions involving sustainability.
Risks ahead: the transformation of the corporate real estate function
Authors: Sharp Doug 
Published: November 2013

Purpose
– This paper aims to detail key findings from Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL's) biennial Global Corporate Real Estate Trends (GCRES) 2013 study and highlight risks for corporate real estate (CRE) departments arising from global trends.

Design/methodology/approach
– JLL's second GCRES report is based on a survey conducted in 2012, concluding in December. Its findings are based on 636 responses from CRE executives spread across 39 countries, representing a 24 increase in respondents from the 2011 survey. The base sample used within the report covers 545 companies, each employing more than 1,000 people worldwide. Survey responses reflect the views of CRE leaders from a diverse range of sectors, domicile and operational locations, as well as companies of varied size.

Findings
– The paper focuses on risks to the CRE function arising from the most significant trends, such as portfolio right-sizing in mature US and European markets versus growth opportunities in emerging markets. Such risks include excessive real estate cost cutting and lack of investment capital for revenue-enhancing workplace strategies; procurement-driven outsourcing decisions; the focus on cost-per-square-foot rather than more holistic productivity metrics; the growth of shared services; and the challenging of entering less-developed markets that have significantly less market transparency that mature regions. CRE professionals will gain valuable and timely insights into current trends, along with practical guidance for responding to these trends and risks.

Research limitations/implications
– This paper focuses on global trends. However, mature and emerging markets tend to diverge in terms of trends and risks facing CRE executives. An individual country may diverge significantly from the overall global trend.

Practical implications
– The global financial crisis increased the importance of CRE to CEOs as a tangible lever for enhancing revenue growth – even as cost-cutting has resulted in historic lows in the departmental budgets, and a slashed pool of in-house talent. Amid continuing global economic challenges, CRE executives now face new C-suite demands to dramatically affect the culture, productivity and performance of their companies.

Originality/value
– This study is one of very few that includes data about CRE outsourcing trends, the growth of the shared services model and numerous other trends affecting CRE executives.
Resolving Europe's banking crisis through market discipline: a note
Authors: A. Benink Harald 
Published: November 2013

Purpose
– The purpose is to analyse how the policy approach to the immediate problems in the European financial sector has long-term effects on implicit protection of banks' creditors and, thereby, on risk-taking incentives.

Design/methodology/approach
– The near term issues in European banking are discussed within a framework for long-term reform along the lines proposed for a European banking union.

Findings
– The author advocates conducting a thorough stress test with potential consequences for unsecured creditors of banks proven to be insolvent. Losses may have to be imposed on these creditors, following the example of recent cases in Cyprus and in The Netherlands.

Originality/value
– There is widespread consensus among international policy makers that the European banking system is seriously undercapitalized. Unlike the USA, Europe failed to recapitalize its biggest banks following the financial crisis of 2007-2009. It is now urgent to start recognizing losses on balance sheets to avoid a proliferation of Japanese-style zombie banks in Europe.
Traits allowing some ant species to nest syntopically with the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range
Authors: Dejean Alain , Corbara Bruno , Céréghino Régis , Leponce Maurice , Roux Olivier , Rossi Vivien , Delabie Jacques H. C. , Compin Arthur 
Published: November 2013

AbstractSupercolonies of the red fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) develop in disturbed environments and likely alter the ant community in the native range of the species. For example, in French Guiana only 8 ant species were repeatedly noted as nesting in close vicinity to its mounds. Here, we verified if a shared set of biological, ecological, and behavioral traits might explain how these 8 species are able to nest in the presence of S. saevissima. We did not find this to be the case. We did find, however, that all of them are able to live in disturbed habitats. It is likely that over the course of evolution each of these species acquired the capacity to live syntopically with S. saevissima through its own set of traits, where colony size (4 species develop large colonies), cuticular compounds which do not trigger aggressiveness (6 species) and submissive behaviors (4 species) complement each other.
Tebufenozide resistance is associated with sex‐linked inheritance in Plutella xylostella
Authors: Cao Guang‐Chun , Han Zhao‐Jun 
Published: November 2013

AbstractThe diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.), is a major pest of cruciferous crops. Tebufenozide, a novel nonsteroidal ecdysone agonist, exhibits good efficacy and has played an increasingly important role in the control of Lepidopteran pests in China. For its resistance management, the genetic basis of tebufenozide resistance was studied using a laboratory selected resistant strain of DBM (resistant ratio, RR = 268). A series of crosses with laboratory susceptible and resistant strains revealed that tebufenozide resistance in this pest was partially biased toward female heredity, with a large difference in RR for F1 (RR = 29) and rF1 progeny (RR = 147). The dominance calculated for these 2 cross progeny was −0.788 and 0.09, respectively. Further analysis showed that the susceptible male and female larvae were similar in their sensitivity to tebufenozide, but the resistant female larvae showed significantly higher resistance than the resistant male larvae. The heredity of tebufenozide resistance in DBM might be linked with the W sex chromosome, which suggested that DBM has the ability to develop high levels of resistance to tebufenozide. This is the first report of sex‐linked inheritance of tebufenozide resistance in P. xylostella (L.).
Loss of Amino Acids Into Dialysate During Hemodialysis Using Hydrophilic and Nonhydrophilic Polyester–Polymer Alloy and Polyacrylonitrile Membrane Dialyzers
Authors: Yokomatsu Atsuko , Fujikawa Tetsuya , Toya Yoshiyuki , Shino‐Kakimoto Midori , Itoh Yoko , Mitsuhashi Hiroshi , Tamura Kouichi , Hirawa Nobuhito , Yasuda Gen , Umemura Satoshi 
Published: November 2013

AbstractDuring hemodialysis, amino acid loss through the dialysate remained a significant problem and was not clear in some dialyzers; therefore, we investigated amino acid loss with hydrophilic and nonhydrophilic polyester–polymer alloy membranes and polyacrylonitrile membranes. Nine maintenance hemodialysis patients were studied to assess amino acid loss during hemodialysis with the three membranes. Total amino acid losses were 85.7 ± 27.2 mg/L, 83.3 ± 16.1 mg/L, and 72.1 ± 22.5 mg/L with the hydrophilic, nonhydrophilic polyester–polymer alloy, and polyacrylonitrile membranes, respectively. Amino acid losses were greater with the hydrophilic membrane compared with the polyacrylonitrile membrane for ornithine (2.0 ± 0.6 vs. 1.4 ± 0.4 mg/L, P = 0.025), phenylalanine (2.4 ± 0.9 vs. 1.8 ± 0.8 mg/L, P = 0.012), and tryptophan (0.6 ± 0.2 vs. 0.4 ± 0.2 mg/L, P = 0.023). Amino acid losses were greater with the nonhydrophilic membrane than with the polyacrylonitrile membrane for ornithine (2.0 ± 0.4 vs. 1.4 ± 0.4 mg/L, P = 0.017), phenylalanine (2.3 ± 0.5 vs. 1.8 ± 0.8 mg/L, P = 0.018), tryptophan (0.7 ± 0.2 vs. 0.4 ± 0.2 mg/L, P = 0.003), and cystine (3.2 ± 0.7 vs. 2.0 ± 0.7 mg/L, P = 0.005). In conclusion, greater losses of ornithine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and cystine were observed with polyester–polymer alloy than with polyacrylonitrile membranes during hemodialysis. Constant attention should be paid to the amino acid loss profile to improve nutritional control in hemodialysis patients.