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Examining the antecedents of persuasive eWOM messages in social media
Authors: Teng Shasha , Wei Khong Kok , Wei Goh Wei , Yee Loong Chong Alain 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– Numerous electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) studies have been conducted to examine the effectiveness of persuasive eWOM messages. Despite the impact of eWOM messages in decision-making processes, few researches have directly tested potential antecedents of persuasive eWOM messages among message recipients in social media context. The purpose of this paper is to critically discuss and examine the determinants of persuasive eWOM messages when message recipients intend to accept and use eWOM messages.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors reviewed extant literature of eWOM and proposed hypotheses regarding persuasive eWOM messages in social media context. A survey of 78 respondents was conducted and the data were analysed using SmartPLS.

Findings
– This study found that argument quality, source credibility, source attractiveness, source perception and source style are critical antecedents of persuasive eWOM messages. The PLS results suggested that source credibility (trustworthiness), source perception (usefulness, social ties) and source style (visual cues, number) are main characteristics of credible eWOM messages in relation to users’ intention to accept and use online reviews. The variance of information acceptance and intention to use were also explained in the findings.

Practical implications
– This paper identified critical antecedents of persuasive eWOM messages and suggested eWOM messages as a credible source. An integrated conceptual framework was developed to illustrate comprehensive antecedents of persuasive eWOM messages, and the relationships between these messages, information acceptance and intention to use.

Originality/value
– The significance of the study is to identify the effectiveness of eWOM messages and its impact on intention to accept and use these messages. Moreover, this study will provide insightful guidelines for marketers with practical implications in approaching emerging markets via eWOM initiatives.
Drivers for the proactive online disclosure of information in the NGO sector: the Colombian case
Authors: del Mar Gálvez-Rodríguez María , Caba-Perez Carmen , López-Godoy Manuel 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to analyze drivers for the proactive disclosure of information via the web in Colombian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a strategy for fostering their legitimacy and responding to the institutional pressure to which they are subjected.

Design/methodology/approach
– The web sites of 196 NGOs from Colombia have been analyzed, first, via an Online Transparency Index that is consistent with Cronbach α coefficient and later, by performing a Tobit regression analysis.

Findings
– The proactive online disclosure of information in Colombian NGOs is very low. In spite of the high distrust of the resource management they receive, the financial information is the least aspect disclosed in their web pages. In addition, the larger NGOs are the entities that most disclose information via their web site. Likewise, the factors of “internationalization”, “donations”, “community services” and “dependence on voluntary work” show a positive effect on certain aspects of the online disclosure of information analyzed.

Practical implications
– The lack of web use as a strategy for a proactive disclosure of information is clearly observed. Therefore, both obligatory and voluntary accountability mechanisms should be more aware of the need for fostering the benefits of a web site, as being transparent in a proactive manner will increase trust in this sector.

Originality/value
– As the majority of the research papers related to online disclosure are focused on the corporate and public sector, this study addresses the issue of the NGO sector and particularly aims to contribute to the scarce literature regarding web use of entities from developing countries.
Determinants of online corporate reporting in three Latin American markets
Authors: Fuertes-Callén Yolanda , Cuellar-Fernández Beatriz , Pelayo-Velázquez Marcela 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of online corporate reporting in three Latin American emerging markets, Argentina, Mexico and Chile, providing further evidence to test the mediation role of web presence development in the relationship between these determinants and e-disclosure. Web presence development measures the firm's efforts to archive web visibility, web usability and convenience.Design/methodology/approach– Based on a content analysis of corporate web sites, the extent of the information is measured by three internet disclosure indexes. Four constructs which are considered key drivers of a firm's disclosure strategy are identified. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to assess the research model. The sample contains publicly available data on listed companies’ web sites.Findings– The results reveal that the development of a firm's presence on the internet is as important as its characteristics in determining corporate transparency and in mediating the relationship between firm size and cross-listing and e-disclosure.Practical implications– Companies should be aware that investors are attaching increasing importance to corporate transparency. Consequently, managers should put more effort into improving web sites, which would increase corporate visibility and open up a direct communication channel with their stakeholders. They should also take advantage of web sites to provide information, above and beyond that required by local law. Not only do current and potential investors find this useful, it also increases their confidence in the company.Originality/value– This paper proposes an integrative model of the determinants of the level of online corporate reporting using constructs that reflect their multidimensional nature. A non-financial latent variable for web presence on the internet is proposed as a mediator in the relationship between e-disclosure and traditional determinants. The SEM approach simultaneously examines the direct and indirect relationships between the proposed latent variables and how these relationships influence the level of e-disclosure.
Hybrid content filtering and reputation-based popularity for recommending blog articles
Authors: Liu Duen-Ren , Liou Chuen-He , Peng Chi-Chieh , Chi Huai-Chun 
Published: October 2014

Purpose
– Social bookmarking is a system which allows users to share, organise, search and manage bookmarks of web resources. However, with the rapid growth in the production of online documents, people are facing the problem of information overload. Social bookmarking web sites offer a solution to this by providing push counts, which are counts of users’ recommendations of articles, and thus indicate the popularity and interest thereof. In this way, users can use the push counts to find popular and interesting articles. A measure of popularity-based solely on push counts, however, cannot be considered a true reflection of popularity. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– In this paper, the authors propose to derive the degree of popularity of an article by considering the reputation of the users who push the article. Moreover, the authors propose a novel personalised blog article recommendation approach which combines reputation-based group popularity with content-based filtering (CBF), for the recommendation of popular blog articles which satisfy users’ personal preferences.

Findings
– The experimental results show that the proposed approach outperforms conventional CBF, item-based and user-based collaborative filtering approaches. The proposed approach considering reputation-based group popularity scores on neighbouring articles indeed can improve the recommendation quality of traditional CBF method.

Originality/value
– The recommendation approach modifies CBF method by considering the target user's group preferences, to overcome the limitation of CBF which arises from the recommending only items similar to those the user has previously liked. Users with similar article preferences (profiles) may form a group of users with similar interests. A group's preferences may also reflect an individual's preferences. The reputation-based group preferences of the target user's group can be used to complement the target user's preferences.
The common welfare human resource management system
Authors: Chiva Ricardo 
Published: October 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to propose a new generic human resource management (HRM) system linked to a novel and more developed social and organizational paradigm: the common welfare HRM system.Design/methodology/approach– This conceptual paper builds on the concept of individual consciousness to better understand the differences between the three generic HRM systems. It relates different levels of consciousness to one of the most cited HRM system typologies: the control and the commitment HRM systems. The control HRM system will be related to a low level of consciousness. The commitment HRM system will be related to a medium level of consciousness. And the highest level of consciousness is related to the proposed common welfare HRM system. This latter system of HRM practices will be supported by examples of three very innovative organizations.Findings– This paper presents a new HRM system that intends to foster innovation and creativity all around the organization, and represents a development on the traditional control and commitment. The common welfare HRM system implies a new approach in management and HRM, away from the primacy of the ego, competition and hierarchy.Research limitations/implications– The common welfare HRM system is related to highly innovative organizations and implies a paradigm shift in which a more humanistic view of individuals is offered.Practical implications– The paper clarifies the several HRM practices related to the three HRM systems: control, commitment and common welfare.Originality/value– The paper theoretically underpins the existence of a new and more developed HRM system through consciousness levels and analyzes the particular HRM practices of this new system.
Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured
Authors: O'Rorke Richard , Cobian Gerald M. , Holland Brenden S. , Price Melissa R. , Costello Vincent , Amend Anthony S. 
Published: October 2014

SummaryAchatinella mustelina is a critically endangered tree snail that subsists entirely by grazing microbes from leaf surfaces of native trees. Little is known about the fundamental aspects of these microbe assemblages: not taxonomic composition, how this varies with host plant or location, nor whether snails selectively consume microbes. To address these questions, we collected 102 snail faecal samples as a proxy for diet, and 102 matched‐leaf samples from four locations. We used Illumina amplicon sequencing to determine bacterial and fungal community composition. Microbial community structure was significantly distinct between snail faeces and leaf samples, but the same microbes occurred in both. We conclude that snails are not ‘picky’ eaters at the microbial level, but graze the surface of whatever plant they are on. In a second experiment, the gut was dissected from non‐endangered native tree snails in the same family as Achatinella to confirm that faecal samples reflect gut contents. Over 60% of fungal reads were shared between faeces, gut and leaf samples. Overall, location, sample type (faeces or leaf) and host plant identity all significantly explained the community composition and variation among samples. Understanding the microbial ecology of microbes grazed by tree snails enables effective management when conservation requires captive breeding or field relocation.
Adoption of Electronic Medical Record‐Based Decision Support for Otitis Media in Children
Authors: Fiks Alexander G. , Zhang Peixin , Localio A. Russell , Khan Saira , Grundmeier Robert W. , Karavite Dean J. , Bailey Charles , Alessandrini Evaline A. , Forrest Christopher B. 
Published: October 2014

ObjectiveSubstantial investment in electronic health records (EHRs) has provided an unprecedented opportunity to use clinical decision support (CDS) to increase guideline adherence. To inform efforts to maximize adoption, we characterized the adoption of an otitis media (OM) CDS system, the impact of performance feedback on adoption, and the effects of adoption on guideline adherence.Study SettingA total of 41,391 OM visits with 108 clinicians at 16 pediatric practices between February 2009 and August 2010.Study DesignProspective cohort study of EHR‐based CDS adoption during OM visits, comparing clinicians receiving performance feedback to none. CDS was available to all physicians; use was voluntary.Data CollectionExtraction from a common EHR.Principal FindingsClinicians and practices used the CDS system for a mean of 21 percent (range: 0–85 percent) and 17 percent (0–51 percent) of eligible OM visits, respectively. Clinicians who received performance feedback reports summarizing CDS use and guideline adherence had a relative increase in CDS use of 9.0 percentage points compared to others (p = .001). CDS adoption was associated with increased OM guideline adherence. Effects were greatest among clinicians with the lowest adherence prior to the study.ConclusionsPerformance feedback increased CDS adoption, but additional strategies are needed to integrate CDS into primary care workflows.
Does internal podalic version of the non‐vertex second twin still have a place in obstetrics? A Danish national retrospective cohort study
Authors: Jonsdottir Fjola , Henriksen Lonny , Secher Niels J. , Maaløe Nanna 
Published: October 2014

AbstractObjectiveInvestigate the rate of internal podalic version followed by breech extraction for a second non‐vertex twin with the first delivered vaginally, and compare neonatal outcome with emergency cesarean section.DesignCohort study.SettingNational Danish Registers.PopulationTwin pregnancies (1997–2012) with gestational age ≥34 weeks; first twin delivered vaginally, second by internal podalic version and breech extraction or cesarean section.MethodsData were collected from the Danish National Patient Register and the Danish National Birth Register.Main outcome measuresRates of delivery mode, 5‐min Apgar score, asphyxia, umbilical cord pH, admission to neonatal intensive care unit, treatment by mechanical ventilation, and experience level of obstetricians performing internal podalic version.Results457 births were available for analysis: 39 cases of internal podalic version and breech extraction and 418 cesarean section cases for second twin. Compared with the cesarean section group, the internal podalic version group had lower rates of asphyxia. Apgar scores and umbilical cord pH levels were not significantly different, although with a tendency to be higher in the internal version than the cesarean section group, however, fewer cases needed mechanical ventilation. Thirty internal versions and breech extractions were performed by obstetricians with >5 years clinical experience and three by trainees.ConclusionCesarean sections for a second twin seem to have been frequent during the last 15 years while internal podalic version is a vanishing procedure. A slight tendency for better neonatal outcome was found in the internal podalic version and extraction group than cesarean section.
Oesophageal narrowing is common and frequently under‐appreciated at endoscopy in patients with oesophageal eosinophilia
Authors: Gentile N. , Katzka D. , Ravi K. , Trenkner S. , Enders F. , Killian J. , Kryzer L. , Talley N. J. , Alexander J. 
Published: October 2014

SummaryBackgroundEstimation of the prevalence of oesophageal narrowing and its clinical relevance in patients with oesophageal eosinophilia is probably underestimated by endoscopy.AimsTo determine the sensitivity and specificity of oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for oesophageal narrowing when compared to a structured oesophagram.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective chart review at Mayo Clinic, Rochester of adult patients with eosinophilic oesophageal infiltration of >15 eosinophils/hpf with symptomatic dysphagia, who underwent a structured barium oesophagram. The sensitivity and specificity of EGD were evaluated against the gold standard of oesophagram. Demographic and multiple clinical factors were evaluated as potential predictors of oesophageal narrowing.ResultsOf the 58 patients identified, 34 (58.6%) had a narrowed oesophageal diameter (<21 mm). EGD had poor sensitivity (14.7%, 95% CI 5.0–31.1%) for detection of a narrowed oesophagus and only modest specificity (79.2%, 95% CI 57.8–92.9%). Even at a cut‐off diameter of EDmax ≤ 15 mm, EGD had a sensitivity of only 25.0% (95% CI 5.5–57.2%) for narrowed oesophagus. A history of >5 food impaction episodes, endoscopic rings, and female sex were the best predictors of oesophageal narrowing. 86% (6/7) patients with persistent dysphagia despite remission of histological eosinophilia responded to oesophageal dilation all of whom had radiological oesophageal narrowing and 71% of whom had no perceived oesophageal narrowing at EGD.ConclusionsSymptomatic oesophageal narrowing identified by barium oesophagography is common and under‐recognised at endoscopy in patients with oesophageal eosinophilia.
The pharmacokinetics of metformin and concentrations of haemoglobin A1C and lactate in Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Duong Janna K. , Kumar Shaun S. , Furlong Timothy J. , Kirkpatrick Carl M. , Graham Garry G. , Greenfield Jerry R. , Williams Ken M. , Day Richard O. 
Published: October 2014

AimsTo compare the pharmacokinetics of metformin between diabetic Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) and non‐Indigenous patients.MethodsAn observational, cross‐sectional study was conducted on type 2 diabetic Indigenous and non‐Indigenous patients treated with metformin. Blood samples were collected to determine metformin, lactate, creatinine and vitamin B12 concentrations and glycosylated haemoglobin levels. A population model was used to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters.ResultsThe Indigenous patients (median age 55 years) were younger than the non‐Indigenous patients (65 years), with a difference of 10 years (95% confidence interval 6–14 years, P < 0.001). The median glycosylated haemoglobin was higher in the Indigenous patients (8.5%) than in the non‐Indigenous patients (7.2%), with a difference of 1.4% (0.8–2.2%, P < 0.001). Indigenous patients had a higher creatinine clearance (4.3 l h−1) than the non‐Indigenous patients (4.0 l h−1), with a median difference of 0.3 l h−1 (0.07–1.17 l h−1; P < 0.05). The ratio of the apparent clearance of metformin to the creatinine clearance in Indigenous patients (13.1, 10.2–15.2; median, interquartile range) was comparable to that in non‐Indigenous patients (12.6, 9.9–14.9). Median lactate concentrations were also similar [1.55 (1.20–1.88) vs. 1.60 (1.35–2.10) mmol l−1] for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous patients, respectively. The median vitamin B12 was 306 pmol l−1 (range 105–920 pmol l−1) for the Indigenous patients.ConclusionsThere were no significant differences in the pharmacokinetics of metformin or plasma concentrations of lactate between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Further studies are required in Indigenous patients with creatinine clearance <30 ml min−1.
Cerebral sinus venous thromboses in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia – a multicentre study from the Nordic Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
Authors: Ranta Susanna , Tuckuviene Ruta , Mäkipernaa Anne , Albertsen Birgitte K. , Frisk Tony , Tedgård Ulf , Jónsson Ólafur G. , Pruunsild Kaie , Gretenkort Andersson Nadine , Winther Gunnes Maria , Saulyte Trakymiene Sonata , Frandsen Thomas , Heyman Mats , Ruud Ellen , Helgestad Jon 
Published: October 2014

SummaryWe present a prospective multicentre cohort of 20 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT). The study covers a period of 5 years and comprises 1038 children treated according to the Nordic Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (NOPHO) ALL 2008 protocol. The cumulative incidence of CSVT was 2%. Sixteen of the thromboses were related to asparaginase and 16 to steroids. Most CSVTs occurred in the consolidation phase. Nearly all were treated with low molecular weight heparin without bleeding complications. Mortality related to CSVT directly or indirectly was 10%, emphasizing the importance of this complication.
Final safety and efficacy of erlotinib in the phase 4 POLARSTAR surveillance study of 10 708 Japanese patients with non‐small‐cell lung cancer
Authors: Gemma Akihiko , Kudoh Shoji , Ando Masahiko , Ohe Yuichiro , Nakagawa Kazuhiko , Johkoh Takeshi , Yamazaki Naoya , Arakawa Hiroaki , Inoue Yoshikazu , Ebina Masahito , Kusumoto Masahiko , Kuwano Kazuyoshi , Sakai Fumikazu , Taniguchi Hiroyuki , Fukuda Yuh , Seki Akihiro , Ishii Tadashi , Fukuoka Masahiro 
Published: October 2014

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurrence and risk factors were investigated in the Japanese non‐small‐cell lung cancer, post‐marketing, large‐scale surveillance study, POLARSTAR. All patients with unresectable, recurrent/advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer who were treated with erlotinib in Japan between December 2007 and October 2009 were enrolled. Primary endpoints were patterns of ILD and risk factors for onset of ILD and ILD‐related death. Overall survival, progression‐free survival, and occurrence of adverse drug reactions were secondary endpoints. Interstitial lung disease was confirmed in 429 (4.3%) patients. Concurrent/previous ILD (hazard ratio, 3.19), emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (hazard ratio, 1.86), lung infection (hazard ratio, 1.55), smoking history (hazard ratio, 2.23), and period from initial cancer diagnosis to the start of treatment (<360 days; hazard ratio, 0.58) were identified as significant risk factors for developing ILD by Cox multivariate analysis. Logistic regression analysis identified Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 2–4 (odds ratio, 2.45 [95% confidence interval, 1.41–4.27]; P = 0.0016), ≤50% remaining normal lung area (odds ratio, 3.12 [1.48–6.58]; P = 0.0029), and concomitant honeycombing with interstitial pneumonia (odds ratio, 6.67 [1.35–32.94]; P = 0.02) as poor prognostic factors for ILD death. Median overall survival was 277 days; median progression‐free survival was 67 days. These data confirm the well‐characterized safety profile of erlotinib. Interstitial lung disease is still an adverse drug reaction of interest in this population, and these results, including ILD risk factors, give helpful information for treatment selection and monitoring. Erlotinib efficacy was additionally confirmed in this population. (POLARSTAR trial ML21590.)