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A longitudinal study of the impact of the Sydney Olympics on real estate markets
Authors: Lu Qiang (Steven) , Yang Yupin 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games on the residential real estate markets of the host city during the bidding, pre-Olympic and post-Olympic periods.Design/methodology/approach– This study uses a difference-in-differences model to analyze the transaction prices for all properties in New South Wales, Australia for the period from 1980 to 2007.Findings– The paper finds that the impact on real estate markets varies across different suburbs in the host city and over time. The real estate markets of host suburbs experience substantially higher growth during the bidding and pre-Olympic periods but not during the post-Olympic period. However, the property prices in non-host suburbs in the host city increase at a higher rate during the pre- and post-Olympic periods but not during the bidding period.Originality/value– This study offers insights into the long-term impact of the Olympic Games on host suburbs and non-host suburbs in the host city during different periods by analyzing a large longitudinal data set over a period of 27 years.
What determines expatriates’ performance while abroad? The role of job embeddedness
Authors: Andresen Maike 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine job embeddedness as antecedent of job performance and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) of expatriates.Design/methodology/approach– In total, 194 expatriates from 39 nationalities were recruited through various expatriate organizations, which provided expatriate groups they had access to with a link to the online survey in English. To test the hypotheses, the author used bivariate analyses and multivariate regressions were calculated to control for alternative explanations.Findings– As hypothesized, community embeddedness was positively related to job performance and both organizational embeddedness and community embeddedness were positively related to OCBs. Moreover, community embeddedness and organizational embeddedness showed to be positively related. In addition, organizational embeddedness partially mediated the positive relationship between community embeddedness and job performance for organizational expatriates (moderated mediation) as well as the positive relationship between community embeddedness and OCBs.Originality/value– This is one of the first study to address the differential effects of organizational and community embeddedness on job performance in an expatriation context.
The decision-making processes of self-initiated expatriates: a consumer behaviour approach
Authors: Glassock Gabriela , Fee Anthony 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the features of the decision-making processes used by self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) when considering an international assignment. It does this by examining expatriates’ decision processes through the lens of prominent theories of consumer decision making.Design/methodology/approach– An abductive, exploratory research design was employed, based on in-depth qualitative case studies of nine SIEs.Findings– In general, the expatriates in the study tended to deploy high-involvement decision-making processes. Rational decision models drawing on multiple high-quality information sources were common, especially for expatriates with career-oriented motivations and no prior experience in the target country. Three types of expatriates are distilled: “career building” (high involvement, career oriented, compensatory decision model), “risk minimizing” (high/medium involvement, non-compensatory decision model), and “emotionally driven” (low involvement, affective decision model).Originality/value– While research into expatriates’ motivations is plentiful, this is the first study to examine the decision-making processes that define the way in which these motivations are enacted. Its originality stems from combining two previously unrelated strands of research (consumer decision making and expatriation). The resulting tentative typology of decision-making approaches provides a platform for organisations seeking to better target talent recruitment, and for researchers seeking to further examine the decision processes of SIEs.
Employees’ eldercare demands, strain, and perceived support
Authors: Zacher Hannes , Schulz Heiko 
Published: February 2015

Purpose
– In many countries, both the number of older people in need of care and the number of employed caregivers of elderly relatives will increase over the next decades. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which perceived organizational, supervisor, and coworker support for eldercare reduce employed caregivers’ strain and weaken the relationship between eldercare demands and strain.

Design/methodology/approach
– Survey data were collected from 100 employed caregivers from one organization.

Findings
– Results showed that eldercare demands were positively related to strain, and perceived organizational eldercare support (POES) was negatively related to strain. In addition, high POES weakened the relationship between eldercare demands and strain.

Research limitations/implications
– The cross-sectional design and use of self-report scales constitute limitations of the study.

Practical implications
– POES is a resource for employed caregivers, especially when their eldercare demands are high.

Originality/value
– This research highlights the relative importance of different forms of perceived support for reducing employed caregivers’ strain and weakening the relationship between eldercare demands and strain.
Effects of feedback motives on inquiry and performance
Authors: Dahling Jason , O'Malley Alison L , Chau Samantha L 
Published: February 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine how two motives for feedback-seeking behavior, the instrumental and image enhancement motives, impact the feedback-seeking process and supervisor ratings of task performance.Design/methodology/approach– Correlational data were collected from supervisor-subordinate dyads and analysed with path analysis.Findings– Results show that perceptions of a supportive supervisory feedback environment are associated with both higher instrumental and image enhancement motives. The instrumental motive fully mediates the relationship between the feedback environment and feedback-seeking behavior. However, the positive effect of feedback-seeking behavior on task performance ratings made by supervisors is only significant when the image enhancement motive is low. Contrary to expectations, no direct or moderating effects were found for the instrumental motive on performance ratings.Practical implications– These results demonstrate that many instances of feedback-seeking behavior are motivated by a desire to enhance one’s public image, and that high image enhancers can earn strong performance ratings even with low feedback-seeking behavior. Overall, the findings highlight the critical importance of measuring employees’ motives in research on feedback and performance management.Originality/value– This is the first study to explicitly examine how motives mediate and moderate the relationships between feedback environment perceptions, feedback-seeking behavior, and performance in the workplace. The findings suggest that future research on feedback-seeking behavior should measure and model the effects of motives on feedback processes.
‘MetaTaal’: enhancing complex syntax in children with specific language impairment—a metalinguistic and multimodal approach
Authors: Zwitserlood Rob , Wijnen Frank , van Weerdenburg Marjolijn , Verhoeven Ludo 
Published: February 2015

AbstractBackgroundCurrently, most research on the effective treatment of morphosyntax in children with specific language impairment (SLI) pertains to younger children. In the last two decades, several studies have provided evidence that intervention for older school‐age children with SLI can be effective. These metalinguistic intervention approaches teach grammatical rules explicitly and use shapes and colours as two‐dimensional visual support. Reading or writing activities form a substantial part of these interventions. However, some children with SLI are poor readers and might benefit more from an approach that is less dependent on literacy skills.AimsTo examine the effectiveness of a combined metalinguistic and multimodal approach in older school‐age children with SLI. The intervention was adapted to suit poor readers and targeted the improvement of relative clause production, because relative clauses still pose difficulties for older children with SLI.Methods & ProceduresParticipants were 12 monolingual Dutch children with SLI (mean age 11;2). All children visited a special school for children with speech and language disorders in the Netherlands. A quasi‐experimental multiple‐baseline design was chosen to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. A set of tasks was constructed to test relative clause production and comprehension. Two balanced versions were alternated in order to suppress a possible learning effect from multiple presentations of the tasks. After 3 monthly baseline measurements, the children received individual treatment with a protocolled intervention programme twice a week during 5 weeks. The tests were repeated directly post‐therapy and at a retention measurement 3 months later. During the intervention programme, the speech therapist delivering the treatment remained blind to the test results.Outcomes & ResultsNo significant changes were found during the baseline measurements. However, measurement directly post‐therapy showed that 5 h of intervention produced significant improvement on the relative clause production tasks, but not on the relative clause comprehension task. The gains were also maintained 3 months later.Conclusions & ImplicationsThe motor and tactile/kinesthetic dimensions of the ‘MetaTaal’ metalinguistic intervention approach are a valuable addition to the existing metalinguistic approaches. This study supports the evidence that grammatical skills in older school‐age children with SLI can be remediated with direct intervention using a metalinguistic approach. The current tendency to diminish direct intervention for older children with SLI should be reconsidered.
Spoken language comprehension of phrases, simple and compound‐active sentences in non‐speaking children with severe cerebral palsy
Authors: Geytenbeek Joke J. M. , Heim Margriet J. M. , Knol Dirk L. , Vermeulen R. Jeroen , Oostrom Kim J. 
Published: February 2015

AbstractBackgroundChildren with severe cerebral palsy (CP) (i.e. ‘non‐speaking children with severely limited mobility’) are restricted in many domains that are important to the acquisition of language.AimsTo investigate comprehension of spoken language on sentence type level in non‐speaking children with severe CP.Methods & ProceduresFrom an original sample of 87 non‐speaking children with severe CP, 68 passed the pre‐test (i.e. they matched at least five spoken words to the corresponding objects) of a specifically developed computer‐based instrument for low motor language testing (C‐BiLLT), admitting them to the actual C‐BiLLT computer test. As a result, the present study included 68 children with severe CP (35 boys, 33 girls; mean age 6;11 years, SD 3;0 years; age range 1;9–11;11 years) who were investigated with the C‐BiLLT for comprehension of different sentence types: phrases, simple active sentences (with one or two arguments) and compound sentences. The C‐BiLLT provides norm data of typically developing (TD) children (1;6–6;6 years). Binomial logistic regression analyses were used to compare the percentage correct of each sentence type in children with severe CP with that in TD children (subdivided into age groups) and to compare percentage correct within the CP subtypes.Outcomes & ResultsSentence comprehension in non‐speaking children with severe CP followed the developmental trajectory of TD children, but at a much slower rate; nevertheless, they were still developing up to at least age 12 years. Delays in sentence type comprehension increased with sentence complexity and showed a large variability between individual children and between subtypes of CP. Comprehension of simple and syntactically more complex sentences were significantly better in children with dyskinetic CP than in children with spastic CP. Of the children with dyskinetic CP, 10–13% showed comprehension of simple and compound sentences within the percentage correct of TD children, as opposed to none of the children with spastic CP.Conclusion & ImplicationsIn non‐speaking children with severe CP sentence comprehension is delayed rather than deviant. Results indicate the importance of following comprehension skills across all age groups, even beyond age 12 years. Moreover, the subtype of CP should be considered when establishing an educational programme for sentence comprehension, and augmentative and alternative communication support. In addition, educational programmes for children with severe CP should take into account the linguistic hierarchy of sentence comprehension when focusing on the input and understanding of spoken language comprehension.
The effect of lowering salt on the physicochemical, microbiological and sensory properties of São João cheese of Pico Island
Authors: Soares Catarina , Fernando Ana Luisa , Mendes Benilde , Martins António P L 
Published: February 2015

São João cheeses with varying curd dry salting treatments were made with decreasing levels of salt (sodium chloride): 4 (control), 3, 2 and 1% (w/w), along with the salt‐free version. The cheeses were ripened at 11 °C over a 40‐day period, and the effect of lowering salt on the physicochemical, microbiological and sensory properties of the cheese was studied. Reduced salt resulted in a concomitant moisture decrease with protein increase, ash and sodium reduction among experimental cheeses at the same ripening day, but there were no significant differences in pH, acidity and fat, or in the microbiological quality. Triangle tests indicated perceptible differences between test and control cheeses at the level of 2% NaCl (w/w) or less, but not with the cheese salted with 3 g NaCl/100 g. Considering the sensory, the physicochemical and the microbiological results, the cheese formulated at 3% NaCl (w/w) (presenting a reduction of 25% in salt) is feasible on an industrial scale, being indistinguishable by the regular consumer.
The Purpose of Financial Reporting: The Case for Coherence in the Conceptual Framework and Standards
Authors: Sutton David B. , Cordery Carolyn J. , van Zijl Tony 
Published: February 2015

This paper proposes a basis for progress in the development of the conceptual framework (CF) as a foundation for developing accounting standards. This topic has gained increased prominence following theIASB's (2013) release of itsReview of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting(RCFFR) proposing changes to theCF. In this paper the broad socio‐economic environment is seen as determining the primary purpose ofGeneralPurposeFinancialReporting (GPFR), which, in turn, establishes the high‐level properties of aCFsuitable to meet that primary purpose. This is to support market stability and efficiency through the provision of an account of the financial position and performance of an entity that accords with economic reality.The case is made that the primary purpose of aCFis to provide the principles for the development of accounting standards that will result inGPFRthat is useful. This requires theoretical coherence. TheCFshould drive the standards and if standards depart from theCFprinciples, such departures should be justified. This proposal is consistent with the position adopted in theRCFFR. However, in contrast to theRCFFR, this paper accents the purposive approach and links the formation of standards directly to theCF. This approach implies that standards are subordinate toCFprinciples; therefore compliance with standards should not provide a basis for compromising the faithful representation of economic reality. From the purpose identified forGPFR, the paper argues for a default presumption in favour ofFairValueAccounting, a retreat from the asset/liability approach, and a re‐casting of the income statement to focus on operational flows.
Comparison of streamlined liner of the pharynx airway (SLIPA™) and laryngeal mask airway: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Choi G. J. , Kang H. , Baek C. W. , Jung Y. H. , Woo Y. C. , Kim S. H. , Kim J. G. 
Published: February 2015

SummaryWe performed a systematic review to compare the efficacy and safety of the streamlined liner of the pharynx airway and laryngeal mask airway used in adults during general anaesthesia. We included 14 studies with studies with 1273 patients in total. There was no evidence of a difference between the two devices in insertion success rate on the first attempt (13 studies, 1143 patients), insertion time (seven studies, 576 patients), ease of insertion (five studies, 466 patients), oropharyngeal leak pressure (eight studies, 771 patients) and the quality of the fibreoptic view of the larynx through the device (three studies, 281 patients). The relative risk (95% CI) of bloodstaining of the device (nine studies, 859 patients) was 2.09 (1.46–3.00) for the streamlined liner of the pharynx airway compared with the laryngeal mask airway. Other adverse events were comparable. Subgroup analysis suggested that the insertion by novice users might be faster and more successful with the streamlined liner of the pharynx airway than the laryngeal mask airway; however, this was from only two studies and 186 patients. The method of size selection of the streamlined liner of the pharynx airway device might also affect the speed of insertion: choosing according to the width of the patient's thyroid cartilage, rather than height, may produce better results.
Markedly raised levels of C‐reactive protein are associated with culture‐proven sepsis or necrotising enterocolitis in extremely preterm neonates
Authors: Keane Michelle , Fallon Rachel , Riordan Andrew , Shaw Ben 
Published: February 2015

AbstractAimA serious inflammatory process is suspected when C‐reactive protein (CRP) is very high, and we established the causes and outcomes when CRP was >100 mg/L in neonates.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed all 277 episodes where CRP exceeded 100 mg/L between January 2007 and December 2011 at a tertiary neonatal unit.ResultsOf the 6025 neonates admitted during the study period, 258 had CRP >100 mg/L at least once. The overall mortality rate was 44/258 (17%); 36 died within 7 days of CRP >100 mg/L, and 34 were extremely preterm infants. CRP exceeded 100 mg/L in 106 infants within the first 3 days of life – 74 term, 25 preterm and seven extremely preterm – with no infection identified in 81%. In contrast, infections were found in 87% of the 171 episodes from day four of life – 129 extremely preterm, 23 preterm and 19 term – predominantly coagulase‐negative staphylococcus sepsis and necrotising enterocolitis.ConclusionMarkedly elevated CRP in the first 3 days of life was most likely to affect term neonates (74/106) with no infectious cause (81%). However, CRP >100 mg/L from the fourth day of life was most likely to affect extremely preterm neonates (129/171) and have an infectious cause (87%).
Randomised clinical trial: the 5‐HT4 agonist revexepride in patients with gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease who have persistent symptoms despite PPI therapy
Authors: Shaheen N. J. , Adler J. , Dedrie S. , Johnson D. , Malfertheiner P. , Miner P. , Meulemans A. , Poole L. , Tack J. , Thielemans L. , Troy S. , Vakil N. , Zerbib F. , Ruth M. 
Published: February 2015

SummaryBackgroundA substantial proportion of patients with gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have only a partial response to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. Prokinetic drugs may improve reflux symptoms by enhancing oesophageal motility and gastric emptying.AimTo evaluate the effect of revexepride, a novel prokinetic 5‐hydroxytryptamine type 4 (5‐HT4) receptor agonist, compared with placebo, in patients with GERD who have a partial response to PPIs.MethodsA phase 2b, double‐blind, parallel‐group study was conducted, in which patients were randomised to one of three revexepride treatment groups (0.1, 0.5 and 2.0 mg three times daily) or placebo (1:1:1:1 ratio). Daily e‐diary data captured patients' symptoms over an 8‐week treatment period. The primary efficacy outcome was the weekly percentage of regurgitation‐free days in the second half of the study (weeks 5–8).ResultsIn total, 480 patients were randomised and 477 received treatment (mean age 47.9 years; 61% women). The mean percentage of regurgitation‐free days increased from baseline (range, 15.0–18.8%) to week 8 (62.3–70.5%) in all four study arms; however, there were no statistically significant differences in this change between placebo and the three treatment arms. No dose‐dependent relationship in treatment effect was observed for any of the study endpoints. The incidence of treatment‐emergent adverse events (TEAEs) was revexepride dose‐dependent. Only one serious TEAE occurred and none resulted in death.ConclusionsRevexepride was no more effective than placebo in controlling regurgitation in patients with GERD symptoms partially responsive to PPIs. Revexepride was well tolerated. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01472939.
Basophil infiltration in eosinophilic oesophagitis and proton pump inhibitor‐responsive oesophageal eosinophilia
Authors: Iwakura N. , Fujiwara Y. , Tanaka F. , Tanigawa T. , Yamagami H. , Shiba M. , Tominaga K. , Watanabe T. , Iijima K. , Koike T. , Walls A. F. , Arakawa T. 
Published: February 2015

SummaryBackgroundThe features of proton pump inhibitor‐responsive oesophageal eosinophilia (PPI‐REE) are similar to those of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE), but PPI‐REE demonstrates symptomatic and histological responses to PPI therapy. Several studies have shown that basophils play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases.AimTo identify and compare basophil infiltration in the oesophageal epithelium in patients with EoE, PPI‐REE, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and normal oesophagus (controls).MethodsBiopsy specimens from 43 patients, including 12 with EoE, 11 with PPI‐REE, 10 with GERD and 10 normal oesophagus, were analysed. Immunohistochemistry was performed to quantify the number of basophils and mast cells in the oesophageal epithelium. Double immunofluorescence staining for thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and basophils was performed. Patients with EoE were treated with swallowed fluticasone.ResultsThere were no differences in clinical, endoscopic or histological features between patients with EoE and PPI‐REE. There were more basophils and mast cells in patients with EoE and PPI‐REE than in patients with GERD and control subjects. Basophil infiltration of the oesophageal epithelium in patients with EoE was higher than that in patients with PPI‐REE (3.6 ± 2.8 per high power field vs. 1.2 ± 0.9 per high power field respectively; P = 0.02); however, there was no significant difference in mast cell infiltration between the two groups. TSLP was highly expressed in the oesophageal epithelium in areas infiltrated by basophils. Steroid therapy significantly decreased intraepithelial basophils in patients with EoE.ConclusionBasophils may play an important role in the pathogenesis of eosinophilic oesophagitis.