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Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of monodisperse α‐Fe2O3 nanocubes
Authors: Liu Jing , Wang Jie , Sun Jincheng , Li Yaru , Lu Feng 
Published: October 2014

Monodisperse α‐Fe2O3 nanocubes with a mean size of 85 nm have been prepared by heating an aqueous solution of iron (III) nitrate in the presence of a certain amount of alkali without any additional organic reagents or templates in a hydrothermal route. The structure and morphology of the products were characterised by X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and ﬁeld‐emission scanning electron microscopy. The results have shown that the crystal morphology continually changes at higher temperatures and α‐FeOOH was generated as the intermediate during the hydrothermal dehydration reaction. In addition, the optimum temperature and reaction time of the hydrothermal synthesis of these α‐Fe2O3 nanocubes were 200°C and 5 h, respectively.
Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the medicinal fungusAntrodia cinnamomeafor its metabolite biosynthesis and sexual development
Authors: Lu Mei-Yeh Jade , Fan Wen-Lang , Wang Woei-Fuh , Chen Tingchun , Tang Yi-Ching , Chu Fang-Hua , Chang Tun-Tschu , Wang Sheng-Yang , Li Meng-yun , Chen Yi-Hua , Lin Ze-Shiang , Yang Kai-Jung , Chen Shih-May , Teng Yu-Chuan , Lin Yan-Liang , Shaw Jei-Fu , Wang Ting-Fang , Li Wen-Hsiung 
Published: October 2014

SignificanceAntrodia cinnamomea, a mushroom, has long been used as a remedy for cancer, hypertension, and hangover. However, the molecular basis of its medicinal effects is unclear and its genome has not been studied. We obtained a genome draft and conducted gene annotation. Genome ontology enrichment and pathway analyses shed light on sexual development and metabolite biosynthesis. We identified genes differentially expressed between mycelium and fruiting body and also proteins in the mevalonate pathway, terpenoid pathways, cytochrome P450s, and polyketide synthases, which may contribute to production of medicinal metabolites. Genes of metabolite biosynthesis pathways showed expression enrichment for tissue-specific compounds in mycelium and in fruiting body. Our data will be useful for developing a strategy to increase the production of valuable metabolites.
G protein-coupled receptor 56 regulates mechanical overload-induced muscle hypertrophy
Authors: White James P. , Wrann Christiane D. , Rao Rajesh R. , Nair Sreekumaran K. , Jedrychowski Mark P. , You Jae-Sung , Martínez-Redondo Vicente , Gygi Steven P. , Ruas Jorge L. , Hornberger Troy A. , Wu Zhidan , Glass David J. , Piao Xianhua , Spiegelman Bruce M. 
Published: October 2014

Significance
The work reported in this paper describes a previously unknown signaling pathway in skeletal muscle acting through G protein-coupled receptor 56-Galpha12/13. This discovery elucidates a previously unknown mechanism of muscle anabolism and gives another target of investigation for therapies against the loss of muscle mass seen with aging and various wasting diseases.
Convergent evolution of primate testis transcriptomes reflects mating strategy
Authors: Yapar Etka , Saglican Ekin , Dönertaş Handan Melike , Özkurt Ezgi , Yan Zheng , Hu Haiyang , Guo Song , Erdem Babür , Rohlfs Rori V. , Khaitovich Philipp , Somel Mehmet 
Published: October 2014

AbstractIn independent mammalian lineages where females mate with multiple males (multi-male mating strategies), males have evolved larger testicles relative to those lineages where females mate with fewer males (single-male mating strategies). Here we study published bulk testis transcriptomes from humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and rhesus macaques, as well as mice and rats. Employing a formal model of adaptive evolution, we find that testis transcriptomes have also evolved convergently, reflecting each species’ mating strategy. Using deconvolution, we infer that testis transcriptome divergence patterns largely reflect convergent shifts in tissue cell type composition. However, we also identify modest amounts of convergent evolution at the cell-autonomous level by analyzing cell-type specific transcriptome data from spermatids and spermatocytes. We further show that in the single-male mating primates, human and gorilla, testis transcriptome profiles are paedomorphic relative to those of multi-male primates, chimpanzee and macaque, suggesting that shifts in timing or rate of testis development could underlie convergent changes in testis mass, histology, and transcriptomes.
Strengthening regional identities and culture through wine industry cross border collaboration
Authors: Contò Francesco , Vrontis Demetris , Fiore Mariantonietta , Thrassou Alkis 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the potentialities of cross border projects to develop and promote wine culture, and consequently tourism and hospitality; paying particular attention to the process and actions supporting the development and refinement of cultural attributes, traditional values and regional identity.Design/methodology/approach– Methodologically, it is a deductive reasoning exploratory research, based on the findings of an extensive undergoing project across ten countries, spanning from Italy to Eastern Europe, and theoretically founded on an extensive literature review.Findings– The findings identify the spectrum and nature of opportunities and constraints of cross border collaborations in developing the wine industry and reaping of its wider economic and cultural benefits. Further to the scholarly value of the findings, the paper identifies and presents the descriptive managerial/industrial implications, along with prescriptively explicit directions toward practical implementation.Research limitations/implications– The research is exploratory and therefore, by nature, in need of further empirical validation.Practical implications– The research constructs a viable framework for an integrative approach involving the improved definition of regional cultural image and identity, proper strategic industry-region and cross-border collaborations, and socio-economic development.Social implications– To promote cross border countries and cultural territorial values and identity.Originality/value– The research's value lies in its multi-perspective outlook which keeps the wine business at its focus, but investigates its development outside the strict confines of its own industry to present potentialities through strategic collaborations with the tourist industry and other regions/countries in integrative synergistic approach and with strong cultural elements.
Graphic nonfiction: a survey of nonfiction comics
Authors: Irwin Ken 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– This bibliographic essay examines the scope and variety of nonfiction works in comics form with the intent of expanding librarians’ awareness of the diversity of such materials and serving as a resource for librarians.

Design/methodology/approach
– It provides some theoretical background for understanding what constitutes nonfiction in graphic form and an overview of works available in print.

Findings
– The article provides a representative (but not comprehensive) survey of graphic nonfiction works in the genres of memoir, travel, journalism, history, biography, science, essays and educational materials.

Research limitations/implications
– The essay focuses on materials published in books in English; the library world would benefit from subsequent research exploring the richness of materials available in other formats and other languages.

Originality/value
– The field of graphic nonfiction is expanding, and this article serves as a guide for libraries interested in building or expanding collections in this format.
An examination of product innovation and buyer-supplier relationship in Pakistani firms
Authors: Shakeel Sadiq Jajja Muhammad , Ali Brah Shaukat , Zahoor Hassan Syed , R. Kannan Vijay 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the interface between buyers and suppliers in the context of product innovation in an emerging economy. Specifically, it examines the strategic and tactical initiatives necessary to drive inter-organizational alignment and thus positive innovation outcomes. It also examines the impact of organizational characteristics on product innovation.Design/methodology/approach– Using survey data from 191 organizations in Pakistan, a structural equation model of the relationships between buyers’ and suppliers’ strategic focus on innovation, supplier innovation focus, collaborative innovation, and measures of product innovation and market performance is tested. In addition, hierarchical regression analysis is used to identify the impact of various organizational characteristics on product innovation performance.Findings– The results suggest that a firm's product innovation performance is positively influenced by strategic buyer-supplier alignment with regard to product innovation, and the existence of mechanisms that foster inter-organizational collaboration. This in turn has a positive impact on market performance. Product innovation performance is also influenced by a firm's age, the nature of its ownership, and the extent to which it exports its products.Originality/value– The study offers new insight into the role of inter-organizational collaboration as a driver of product innovation. Moreover, it adds to a limited literature on supply chain management in emerging economies generally, and on product innovation in the Indian sub-continent specifically.
Corporate efficiency in the UK: a stochastic frontier analysis
Authors: Manzur Quader Syed , Dietrich Michael 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– Using a panel of 1,122 UK firms listed on the London Stock Exchange over the period of 1981-2009, corporate efficiencies are predicted in this paper as inverse proxies of agency cost and the agency cost hypotheses are tested. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approach– Stochastic frontier analysis is used to estimate corporate efficiency of firms, but from two different perspectives. The long-run and short-run corporate efficiencies are predicted focussing on modern approach of value maximization and traditional approach of profit maximization, respectively.Findings– The estimation results reveal that, an average firm in the sample achieves 74.5 percent of its best performing peer's market value and 86.6 percent of its best performing peer's profit and both of them are highly significant in the analysis. The long-run market value efficiency supports the agency cost of outside equity and the short-run profit efficiency supports the agency cost of outside debt hypothesis. Also there is a positive rank correlation between these two efficiencies which confirms that an average firm in the UK suffers from inefficiency or agency conflicts to a certain extent, no matter whether the firm is driven by short-run or long-run growth perspectives.Research limitations/implications– The predicted broad measures of agency costs in the paper have wider implications in enhancing the understanding of the UK firms’ corporate performance especially when they operate under a relatively free and market based governance and financial system.Originality/value– The work is distinguished by the large panel of UK firms and a long period of time that is considered. Emphasizing on the empirical implications of the distinctions between short-run and long-run efficiency is also novel.
Prominent demotivational factors influencing the productivity of construction project managers in Qatar
Authors: M. Jarkas Abdulaziz , Radosavljevic Milan , Wuyi Liu 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– An extensive search of the literature revealed a dearth of research on the demotivational factors affecting the performance and productivity level of site-based construction project managers. Following the announcement of awarding the FIFA 2022 World Cup hosting rights to the State of Qatar, the State is pledging to spend tens of Billions of Dollars on hundreds of new construction projects. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify, explore, and rank the relative importance of the demotivational factors influencing the productivity of the State's construction management force.Design/methodology/approach– A structured questionnaire survey comprising 38 potential demotivational factors, which were shortlisted based on relevant previous studies on the impact of motivation on construction productivity, and numerous interviews with local industry professionals, was distributed to a relatively large sample of site-resident project managers. Using the “Relative Importance Index” technique, the influence ranks of the factors explored were determined.Findings– The results obtained reveal the following as the prominent demotivational factors influencing the productivity of construction project managers: lack of financial incentive schemes; slow decision-making process by owners; remuneration scale; delay in responding to Requests For Information (RFI); shortage of skilled labour force; shortage of materials; clarity and completeness of technical specifications; frequent changing orders during execution; drawings quality level; and rework.Research limitations/implications– It is clear, based on the outcomes, that the cultural background of individuals, and the prevalent practices within the environment in which they operate, are two critical factors in determining their motivation drivers. Hence, it is prudent to explore the dominant culture and values of the management workforce, in addition to the characteristics of the working environment, before trying to apply relevant motivational theories, or even implement new management strategies.Practical implications– The results demonstrate that, within the geographical setting and cultural aspects of the sample surveyed, “tributes” and “pecuniary” may be interpreted to have the largest effect on the productivity of construction project managers.Originality/value– The findings not only contribute to the overall body of knowledge related to the effect of the motivation phenomenon on the productivity of the construction operation, but can also be used to provide industry practitioners with guidance for focusing, acting upon, and controlling the significant demotivational factors affecting the efficiency of the construction project management force practicing in State.
Vouching for childcare assistance with two quasi-experimental studies
Authors: L. Gullekson Nicole , Griffeth Rodger , B. Vancouver Jeffrey , T. Kovner Christine , Cohen Debra 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– Human resource management (HRM) practices are implemented to improve outcomes, such as reducing turnover, absenteeism, and improving performance. Using social exchange theory (SET), the purpose of this paper is to examine one HRM practice that has received less attention by researchers: employer-sponsored childcare assistance programs.Design/methodology/approach– Study 1 – a field study compared three groups of hospital employees’ (n=148) attitudes and behaviors using MANCOVA/ANOVA over two time periods. Study 2 – using a field study, on-site and voucher childcare assistance programs were evaluated in terms of the cost to the organization and the relationship to attitudinal variables.Findings– Study 1 – results indicated that employee performance was higher and absenteeism lower for employees using the on-site childcare center than employees using an off-site center or with no children. Although the attitudinal results did not align with hypotheses, they were not inconsistent with SET. Study 2 – results indicate that childcare assistance programs may be a beneficial HRM practice for organizations to implement.Research limitations/implications– One limitation of Study 1 is the small sample size. Future research should continue to examine how employee benefits like childcare programs affect employees, as well as examine how such benefits differentially employees who value and do not value the benefits. In Study 2, although the authors randomly selected the sample of on-site and voucher programs, the health care facilities self-selected themselves to participate in the program and selected the type of childcare program, a potential source of bias. Future research should examine childcare assistance programs and their impact on work-family balance and strain-based conflict in a wider variety of samples.Practical implications– Implications for research and practice: Both studies offer researchers a “next step” in the evaluation of childcare assistance research. Additionally, these studies are of practical value to administrators/researchers in organizations who may be considering vouchers or on-site programs as they relate such programs to organizational outcomes.Originality/value– The first study is one of the few studies on this topic to use a field design with two time points and with multiple behaviors and attitudes. The second study provides a descriptive comparison of two types of childcare assistance programs, a comparison made by few studies to date.
Once bitten, twice shy? Past breach and present exchange relationships
Authors: Buch Robert , Kuvaas Bård , Shore Lynn , Dysvik Anders 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between previous employer's psychological contract breach and exchange perceptions with the current employer, and seeks to uncover moderating influences of perceived organizational support (POS).Design/methodology/approach– Data were obtained from a cross-lagged sample of 314 employees in Norway. Hierarchical moderated regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses.Findings– The authors found a positive relationship between previous employer's psychological contract breach and economic exchange with the current employer, and a negative relationship between previous employer's psychological breach and social exchange with the current employer. The authors also found that POS from the current employer attenuates the positive association between previous employer's breach and economic exchange with the current employer.Research limitations/implications– The data were cross-lagged, so causal inferences should be made with caution.Practical implications– Managers should be aware that past employment experiences may relate to present employment exchange relationships. In addition, POS from current employer may serve to counterbalance the “carry over” effects of past employment experiences.Social implications– In light of the present global economic climate, increasing POS among employees could decrease the likelihood that they assume that the employment relationship constitutes an economic exchange relationship.Originality/value– This study contributes to a more complete understanding of factors that shape employees’ relationships with their organization. Furthermore, this study suggests a way by which organizations can repair damages incurred by previous employer's psychological contract breach.
Supervisor attribution of subordinates’ organizational citizenship behavior motives
Authors: Cheung Millissa , Z. Peng Kelly , Wong Chi-Sum 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the agreement between supervisors and subordinates concerning the motives of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and how the supervisors’ attributions affect their OCB ratings.Design/methodology/approach– With the permission of seven large organizations in Macau, the authors conducted a survey of 500 employee-supervisor-co-worker triads. The final sample stood at 176 such triads with three hypotheses tested.Findings– First, supervisors are more accurate when judging altruistic motives of subordinates’ OCB than with egoistic motives. Second, supervisor attribution of subordinates’ altruistic motives positively affects the supervisors’ OCB ratings. Third, employees who are motivated by altruistic motives perform more OCB actions those egoistically motivated.Originality/value– The study adds to knowledge of how supervisor attribution of subordinates’ OCB motives affects their evaluation of the subordinates. It also provides evidence about the effect of OCB motives on the actual engagement in OCB. Findings of this study support the work of Organet al.regarding the motives behind OCB and strengthen the role of attribution theory in studying OCB.
Experience psychology – a proposed new subfield of service management
Authors: B. Chase Richard , Dasu Sriram 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– In their seminal book, The Experience Economy, Pine and Gilmore point out that customers buy experiences and are willing to pay a steep premium for them and hence service organizations should try to make them more fun. The purpose of this paper (and the premise of the recent book) is that services can be redesigned using psychological principles to deliver positive experiences for any kind of service, not just those that lend themselves to fun; by definition, satisfaction with a subconscious aspect of a service cannot be explained by the customer; and the psychological aspects of service interactions have to be approached with the same level of rigor as that are used to design processes that deliver the technical features of the service.

Design/methodology/approach
– A point of view on the gap and opportunities in the field.

Findings
– The authors show that there is an opportunity to extend the service operations field.

Practical implications
– Enables managers and researchers to think about new approaches for designing experiences.

Social implications
– Valuable in a number of areas including healthcare.

Originality/value
– Presents a new point of view.
Organizing complex engineering operations throughout the lifecycle
Authors: Zhang Yufeng , Zhang Lihong 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– Strategic trends towards service operations have been widely reported in the recent literature, but organisational capabilities to support such service-centred strategies are less well understood. The purpose of this paper is to identify key organisational issues in managing complex engineering service operations throughout the lifecycle.Design/methodology/approach– Using instruments developed from the product lifecycle management technologies and the network configuration concept, key organisational issues for engineering service operations were identified through case studies focusing on complex engineering products and services systems across a variety of industrial sectors.Findings– The case studies demonstrated different organisational features and strategic priorities of engineering service operations along the whole lifecycle. A generic trend has been observed for engineering systems to move from being design, development and manufacturing focused to embracing support and end-of-life recycling matters.Originality/value– This paper provides an overall framework for integrating key organisational issues in engineering service operations. It contributes to the service literature by highlighting the need of developing appropriate organisational capabilities to support service-centred strategies with engineering cases. It also provides guidance for companies to manage their engineering network operations throughout the whole lifecycle of complex products and services systems.