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Development of a three-dimensional growth prediction model for the Japanese scallop in Funka Bay, Japan, using OGCM and MODIS
Authors: Liu Yang , Saitoh Sei-Ichi , Ihara Yu , Nakada Satoshi , Kanamori Makoto , Zhang Xun , Baba Katsuhisa , Ishikawa Yoichi , Hirawake Toru 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
The Japanese scallop (Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) yessoensis) is an important commercial species in Funka Bay, Japan, where it is farmed using the hanging culture method. Our study was based on 6 years (from 2006 to 2011) of monthly in situ observations of scallop growth at Yakumo station. To produce a basic spatial distribution dataset, we developed an interpolation solution for the shortage of Chl-a concentration data available from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite. Additionally, we integrated four-dimensional variational (4D-VAR) assimilation water temperature data from ocean general circulation models (OGCMs), with four vertical levels (6, 10, 14, and 18 m) from the sea surface. Statistical models, including generalized additive models (GAMs) and generalized linear models, were applied to in situ observation data, satellite data, and 4D-VAR data to identify the influence of environment factors (interpolated Chl-a, temperature, and depth) on the growth of scallops, and to develop a three-dimensional growth prediction model for the Japanese scallops in Funka Bay. We considered three methods to simulate the growth process of scallops (accumulation, summation, and product), and used them to select the most suitable model. All the interpolated Chl-a concentrations and 4D-VAR temperature data were verified by shipboard data. The results revealed that GAM, using an accumulation method that was based on a combination of integrated temperature, integrated log Chl-a, depth, and number of days, was best able to predict the vertical and spatial growth of the Japanese scallop. The predictions were verified by in situ observations from different depths (R2 = 0.83–0.94). From the distribution of three-dimensional predicted scallop growth maps at each depth, it was suggested that the growth of the Japanese scallop was most favourable at 6 m and least favourable at 18 m, although variations occurred in each aquaculture region in different years. These variations were probably due to the ocean environment and climate variation.
Cervical spinal cord compression: a rare and serious complication of Actinomadura pelletieri actinomycetoma
Authors: Ezaldeen Eshraga A. , Mohamed Ahmed Raif , Wadella El Sammani , El Dawi Nadia , Hassan Fahal Ahmed 
Published: September 2015

Introduction:
Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease predominantly affecting the foot and hand. The cervical region is an uncommon site for mycetoma and spinal cord compression is a rare complication.

Case presentation:
This communication reports on a 40-year-old male farmer from Western Sudan who presented with quadriparesis due to cervical spine cord compression caused by Actinomadura pelletieri actinomycetoma. His condition started with a small painless subcutaneous swelling in the right shoulder region that gradually increased in size to involve the right side of the neck and the cervical spinal cord ending in progressive quadriparesis. He made a good response to an extended course of antibiotics, but was left with mild disability.

Conclusions:

A. pelletieri is an uncommon cause of actinomycetoma, and the clinical presentation of the reported patient is a rare and serious sequela of mycetoma. The literature contains only a very few reports on such presentation, and our case report will add to the knowledge and experience in managing such a presentation.
A rare case of fungal keratitis: diagnosis and management
Authors: McElnea Elizabeth , Farrell Stephen , Lynch Breda , Bishop Ken , Mullen Dorinda , Borman Andrew , Higgins Gareth 
Published: September 2015

Introduction:
We report a case of keratitis caused by a member of the Phoma species of fungi.

Case presentation:
A 59-year-old contact lens wearer developed a non-healing corneal ulcer. Microbiological culture and subsequent PCR analysis were performed using samples obtained from corneal scraping. A fungus, phenotypically identified as a member of the Phoma species of fungi, was cultured. PCR from infected tissue confirmed the diagnosis.

Conclusion:
Although rarely pathogenic to humans, members of the ubiquitous Phoma species of fungi can occasionally cause keratitis. Corneal microtrauma associated with contact lens wear is probably important in precipitating such infections.
ProtAnnot: an App for Integrated Genome Browser to displayhow alternative splicing and transcription affect proteins
Authors: Mall Tarun , Eckstein John , Norris David , Vora Hiral , Freese Nowlan , Loraine Ann E. 
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACTSummaryOne gene can produce multiple transcript variants encoding proteins with different functions. To facilitate visual analysis of transcript variants, we developed ProtAnnot, which shows protein annotations in the context of genomic sequence. ProtAnnot searches InterPro and displays profile matches (protein annotations) alongside gene models, exposing how alternative promoters, splicing, and 3’ end processing add, remove, or remodel functional motifs. To draw attention to these effects, ProtAnnot color-codes exons by frame and displays a cityscape graphic summarizing exonic sequence at each position. These techniques make visual analysis of alternative transcripts faster and more convenient for biologists.Availability and ImplementationProtAnnot is a plug-in App for Integrated Genome Browser, an open source desktop genome browser available fromhttp://www.bioviz.org.Contactaloraine@uncc.edu
More than money: exploring the role of investment advisors for sustainable investing
Authors: Paetzold Falko , Busch Timo , Chesney Marc 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– Investment advisors play a significant role in financial markets, yet the determinants of their behavior have not been explored in detail. The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of how actively advisors communicate about sustainable investing with their clients, and differences in the preferences of advisors compared to investors.Design/methodology/approach– Based on a survey with 296 retail and private banking investment advisors, this study employs an ordinary least squares regression model to explore the determinants of advisors activity in communicating about sustainable investing (SI) with their clients, differences in the aspects that matter to advisors and investors, and the role of the complexity of sustainability.Findings– Advisors activity in communicating about SI relates to their expectation of SI regarding financial return, real-world impact, and the fuzziness and trustworthiness of SI. Advisors appear not to be influenced by expected risk and their personal values, which runs against prior research findings and the interest of investors.Research limitations/implications– Future research should assess cultural differences and explore asymmetries between advisors and investors in regard to the role of volatility, values, impact measurement, and complexity.Practical implications– Investment advisors underweighting aspects related to risk and self-transcendent values relative to their clients might limit the suitability of clients ' portfolios, skew capital allocation, and depress the role of SI in financial markets. Generalized to salespeople this behavior might depress the market success of products related to sustainability at large.Social implications– The findings and their generalization indicate that salespeople might systematically deviate from their clients’ interests in regard to social responsibility. Advisors and salespeople in their mediating role might be an important barrier to sustainable development.Originality/value– This is the first quantitative study that explores the decision-making by investment advisors in the context of SI, and as such answers to specific calls in literature to explore the micro-foundations of decision making in regard to SI and social responsibility, and on the relationship between private investors and investment advisors. This study is based on unique and original empirical data on advisors that work with retail and wealthy private investors.
Corporate foundations and their governance
Authors: Minefee Ishva , Neuman Eric J. , Isserman Noah , Leblebici Huseyin 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the governance structures of corporate foundations in the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.Design/methodology/approach– After discussing the heretofore-underutilized research advantages of corporate foundations, the authors survey theoretical perspectives to explain the corporate foundation phenomenon. The authors build on this theory to construct a typology of corporate foundation structures based on their interactions with internal and external stakeholders.Findings– The findings suggest that many of the largest corporations do not embed their corporate foundation into their strategic plan as they define it (i.e. specific alignment with corporate competency).Research limitations/implications– Research limitations include an examination solely of the 50 largest corporate foundations among a field of nearly 3,000 corporate foundations. The authors advance a research agenda that addresses the potential role of corporate foundations in fulfilling CSR.Practical implications– The foundation field may see a movement toward corporate foundations being strategically aligned with the parent company’s core competence as external stakeholders continue to pressure companies.Social implications– Studying corporate foundations is important as they serve as intermediaries between corporations and civil society. Thus, they will continue to play an important role in the CSR agenda.Originality/value– This paper is one of the first to examine the corporate foundation phenomenon, with a specific focus on their governance. Thus, the authors go beyond the motivations that lead corporations to be involved in “socially responsible activities,” the types of activities that corporations select, and how these choices produce benefits for a diverse set of stakeholders.
Study on the relationship between pressure and stiffness coefficient, and elastic elongation of the top part of men’s socks using finite element method
Authors: Dan Rui , Fan Xuerong , Shi Zhen , Zhang Mei 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to study a new method to appraise pressure comfort through displacement distribution, and then explore the relationship between pressure and stiffness coefficient, and elastic elongation of the top part of men’s socks using finite element method.

Design/methodology/approach
– Through 3D body scanning, a biomechanical lower leg cross-section model is constructed for simulating elastic contact between human body and top part of socks. The human body is regarded as an elastomer and the contact between lower leg and top part of socks is elastic contact, displacement distribution tendency under pressure can be obtained using ANSYS, and the elastic elongation of top part of socks after putting on was calculated based on the displacement values. In this research work, the authors discuss in details with the relationship between pressure and stiffness coefficient, and elastic elongation of top part of socks.

Findings
– In this research work, the mathematical equation of pressure is obtained which describe the relationship between pressure and stiffness coefficient, and elastic elongation of top part of socks. The results indicated that the predictive values of pressure show good agreement with measured ones after χ2 test. All these solutions supply a theory basis for forecasting of the clothing pressure.

Research limitations/implications
– This paper is unconcerned with the simulating of pressure distribution and variation trend when dressing during the course of walking and running.

Originality/value
– The paper provides a finite element simulation model of lower leg cross-section located at the top part of men’s socks, and study the relationship between pressure and stiffness coefficient, and elastic elongation of top part of socks. It can supply a new method to appraise pressure comfort.
Organic cotton, lyocell and SPF: a comparative study
Authors: Sanches Regina A. , Marcicano João Paulo Pereira , de Held Maria Silvia Barros , Guimarães Bárbara Maria Gama , Alonso Raquel Seawright , Takamune Karina Mitie , Duarte Adriana Yumi Sato , Dedini Franco Giuseppe 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study on the characteristics of knitted fabrics used in the manufacturing of apparel, which are produced from organic cotton, lyocell and soybean protein fiber (SPF). It is important for both the environment and society that textile industry continues to adopt more ecofriendly materials and furthermore, pushes to increase awareness regarding these material choices available to the consumer and the corresponding impacts of consumers’ decisions. The use of sustainable fibers may be a starting point for changing the industrial paradigm of the textile industry.

Design/methodology/approach
– The research presented herein analyzes the potential use of three raw materials used in the development of knitted fabrics: organic cotton, lyocell and SPF. The experimental trials, based on norms, determined the weight, pilling, rupture pressure resistance, absorption by capillarity, dimensional alteration and elasticity. The significance of the experimental results was verified through the analysis of variance, with a confidence interval of 95 percent (p=0.05) and the determination of the optimal regulation of the machine was made through an analysis of the response surface.

Findings
– The results indicate that each of the studied materials are suitable for textile application; however, the fabrics manufactured from soybean yarn, compared to those manufactured from organic cotton or lyocell, have a higher potential to meet the needs of the costumer.

Social implications
– The discussion regarding sustainability is far reaching on the ways it interacts with human life. As such, the latent need for meeting this new demand presents a unique opportunity for the development of new processes and products. In the case of the textile industry, initiatives are gradually being adopted that make the processes used by the supply chain less damaging to the environment. Clothing and fashion are highly visible elements of society, so consequently, the textile industry serves as an excellent candidate for promoting a sustainable and eco-friendly mindset.

Originality/value
– The incorporation of sustainable fibers can serve as a starting point for change to the industrial paradigm existing within the textile industry. To this point, this study intended to analyze the potential implementation of three raw materials – organic cotton, lyocell and SPF – in the development of knitted fabrics. The results indicated that these materials are adequate for textile applications.
Deformation of the carded and combed wool yarns when they are subjected to repeated extensions, influence on the strength and on the elongation at break
Authors: Halfaoui Rachid , Chemani Bachir 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to conduct a series of tests designed to highlight changes in the physical characteristics of the yarn resulting from mechanical efforts comparable to that to which they are subjected on the weaving machine. Among the physical properties of the warp yarn, the authors examined changes include: the residual deformation, strength, elongation and elasticity, on the extender repetition effort overtension growing steadily, leading, after some time, to break. Therefore, the yarn treated extender repetition is subject to a more severe test than the actual weaving on the loom.

Design/methodology/approach
– The initial length of the specimen under constant static load of 20 g, was 50 cm in all tests. The yarns are stored on several coils, the authors collected a quantity of thread on each of them, according to the law of chance, to avoid errors due to long periods of irregularity and the authors estimated that the extensions can be supported by the wire without danger of rupture are interesting practical point of view. Three rate extensions were chosen for the two yarns: 0.5, 1.2 and 1.9 percent. The maximum number of tractions was calculated for each wire by multiplying the maximum thread count practice by the average distance between the warp beam and the weft yarn on the weaving machine.

Findings
– The fall of the resistance and elongation resulting from repeated extensions which yarn are subjected on the extensometer, corresponds almost exactly to the residual deformation recorded. Increasing the rate of extensions causes relatively large decrease in strength and elongation. The authors also notice that the strength and elongation at break tends to decrease when the number of extensions decreases. The fall of the resistance and the elongation at break is more important for carded yarns then combed yarns increases or when the frequency decreases.

Originality/value
– The maximum difference of the resistance is 32 g, 10.3 percent in the case of carded yarns, while in the case of the combed yarns; the same difference is 25 g, or 6.4 percent of the initial strength. Similarly, the maximum fall of the elongation at break for carded yarns is about 2 or 16.1 percent of the initial elongation, while the corresponding drop in the case of the combed yarns is 1.8 or 10.9 percent of the initial elongation. The corresponding values found during the testing wool combed yarns, were, respectively about 4.8 and 6.6 percent.
The quality and storage stability of chicken patties prepared with different additives
Authors: Jamwal Achir , Kumar Sunil , Bhat Z. F. , Kumar Arvind , Kaur Simranjeet 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of green tea extract, fig and red pepper on the quality characteristics of chicken patties during refrigerated storage.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study was designed to evaluate the effect of green tea extract, fig and red pepper on the storage quality parameters of chicken patties. The products were developed by incorporating optimum level of green tea extract (400 mg/kg), fig (4 per cent) and red pepper (10 per cent) separately and were aerobically packaged in low-density polyethylene pouches and assessed for various storage-quality parameters under refrigerated (4 ± 1°C) conditions for 21 days of storage. The products were evaluated for various physicochemical, microbiological and sensory parameters at regular intervals of 0, 7, 14 and 21 days.

Findings
– A significant (p
<
0.05) effect of green tea extract, fig and red pepper was observed on the pH and TBARS (mg malonaldehyde/kg) values of the chicken patties. A significant (p
<
0.05) effect was also observed on the microbiological characteristics as the products incorporated with green tea extract, fig and red pepper showed significantly (p
<
0.05) lower values for total plate count, psychrophillic count and yeast and mould count during the period of storage. Coliforms were not detected throughout the period of storage. Significantly (p
<
0.05) higher scores were observed for various sensory parameters of the products incorporated with green tea extract, fig and red pepper.

Originality/value
– Green tea extract (400 mg/kg), fig (4 per cent) and red pepper (10 per cent) successfully improved the oxidative stability and storage quality of the products during refrigerated (4 ± 1°C) storage and may be commercially exploited to improve the storage quality of muscle foods without adversely affecting the sensory quality of the products.
Relationship between professional experience as a practicing dietitian and lifestyle and dietary habits among graduates of a department of food science and nutrition
Authors: Kobayashi Minatsu , Uesugi Sayo , Hikosaka Reiko , Aikawa Rieko 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to examine the effects of professional job experience on the lifestyle and dietary habits of participants who have studied food science and nutrition and acquired a dietitian license. The dietary habits of students of departments of food science and nutrition have been reported. However, no study has compared the dietary habits of graduates with and without actual clinical experience.

Design/methodology/approach
– In total, 206 participants who graduated from the department of food science and nutrition of a university located in Tokyo between 1975 and 1984 completed a questionnaire on food and nutrient intake and lifestyle habits in 2011.

Findings
– Total fat and SFA intake adjusted for energy intake or frequency of snack and fast food intake differed among participants with and without experience as dietitians, indicating that dietitian experience influenced the dietary habits of participants for approximately 30 years after graduation. Nutritional knowledge and skills acquired during attendance at a dietitian school are effective in maintaining favorable behavior for a long time. However, nutritional knowledge and skills were enhanced by later professional experience.

Originality/value
– The refining effect of clinical experience appears to contribute to the maintenance of daily dietary habits and health. Professional experience can contribute to the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases not only personally but also for other people in terms of public health nutrition or nutritional education.