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Examining the relationships among trust, silence and organizational commitment
Authors: Dedahanov Alisher Tohirovich , Rhee Jaehoon 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– Previous studies examined the relationships between trust, organizational commitment and the unitary construct of silence. The authors believe that previous studies’ primary shortcoming is the lack of an understanding of the motives of employees in withholding work related issues when they have a lack of trust in their organization and supervisor and a lack of knowledge regarding the form of silence that impacts more organizational commitment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of trust in organization and trust in supervisor on acquiescent and defensive silence and examines the effects of acquiescent and defensive silence on organizational commitment.Design/methodology/approach– The study utilized structured equation modeling to analyze data from 753 highly skilled employees in South Korea.Findings– The findings revealed that trust in organization is associated with acquiescent silence; trust in supervisor is related with defensive silence and acquiescent silence demonstrated strong relationship with organizational commitment.Originality/value– This study is the first to explore the associations between trust in organization and acquiescent silence and the relationships between trust in supervisor and defensive silence. Moreover, our study reports the strong link between acquiescent silence and organizational commitment.
Supporting communication in semantic dementia: clinical consensus from expert practitioners
Authors: Kindell Jacqueline , Sage Karen , Cruice Madeline 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to gain consensus regarding the clinical priorities and tasks required in supporting communication needs in those living with semantic dementia and their families, by specialist speech and language therapists (SLTs), working in clinical practice within dementia care settings in the UK.

Design/methodology/approach
– A nominal group technique was used, followed by further exploration and refinement of issues using a modified Delphi technique with a group of six SLTs who specialised in dementia care and who had experience of working with individuals with semantic dementia and their families.

Findings
– The findings in the study demonstrate a broader scope of practice than is evident within the research literature with this client group. Therapists identified a range of psychosocial issues for both the person with semantic dementia and their family, in particular finding ways to support activity and participation in conversation and explore barriers and facilitators within the communication environment.

Originality/value
– This represents the first study to explore everyday practice in this rarer dementia and the information gathered here will be of use to a variety of health and social care professions interested in supporting those with semantic dementia and their families.
Explaining the environmentally-sustainable consumer behavior: a social capital perspective
Authors: Castaneda Marigold G. , Martinez Carmelita P. , Marte Rodilina , Roxas Banjo 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social capital within a community on the adoption of consumer eco-behaviour or environmentally sustainable behaviour of consumers. The authors draw on the behavioural perspective model (BPM) of consumer behaviour and social capital theory in arguing that social capital shapes a consumer’s knowledge of environmental issues and pro-environmental attitudes, which in turn influence a consumer’s perceived capability to engage in eco-behaviour.Design/methodology/approach– This study uses partial least squares approach to structural equation modelling of survey data involving 1,044 consumers in the Philippines. It involves testing of a measurement model to examine the validity and reliability of the constructs used in the study. This is followed by testing of the structural models to test the hypothesised relationships of the constructs.Findings– The results suggest the substantive influence of social capital on environmental knowledge, pro-environmental attitudes and eco-capability. Both knowledge and attitudes have positive effects on eco-capability, which in turn positively shapes eco-behaviour.Research limitations/implications– Future studies can examine how social capital as a multi-dimensional construct impacts context-specific consumer behaviour.Practical implications– Social and environmental marketing may focus on social network activation to encourage eco-behaviours of consumers.Social implications– Findings highlight the role of social capital within one’s community as a resource channel to encourage environmentally responsible consumer behaviour.Originality/value– The study extends the BPM by offering a social capital view as a more nuanced explanation of consumer eco-behaviour.
The relationship between employee orientation, financial performance and leverage
Authors: Wieland Sabrina , Flavel Benjamin Scott 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this study was to provide an empirical investigation into the relationship between employee orientation and both financial performance and leverage.Design/methodology/approach– The selected sample set consisted of German publicly listed and unlisted companies identified as a “Top Employer” by the Top Employers Institute for the period 2008-2010. The relationship between employee orientation and both financial performance and leverage was then examined for this sample set for the period 2007 and 2011, with the rating “Top Employer Germany” used as a proxy measure of employee orientation.Findings– The findings show a strong correlation with trade-off, traditional human relations and managerial opportunism theory. It is shown that investments in employee-orientated activities, such as career opportunities, and secondary benefits and work–life balance, lead to reductions in financial performance, which in turn leads to higher levels of employee orientation. Furthermore, no statistically significant relationship between the level of employee orientation and company leverage was found which is in disagreement with stakeholder capital structure theories which propose that there is a negative relationship, where highly leveraged companies tend to invest less in employee-orientated activities which in turn lead to higher levels of leverage.Originality/value– This is one of the first studies to provide an empirical investigation into the relationship between the level of employee orientation and both financial performance and corporate leverage. Most previous studies have focused on either financial performance or leverage. Furthermore, this is one of the first studies which has its geographical focus on Continental Europe. Most previous studies focused on the Anglo-American corporate environment.
Impression management tactics in sustainability reporting
Authors: Sandberg Maria , Holmlund Maria 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The study aims to analyzes how companies present their actions to give the impression that they are sustainable actors. It identifies the organizational impression management tactics that companies use in sustainability reporting.

Design/methodology/approach
– A qualitative template analysis of two sustainability reports was conducted to inductively identify the organizational impression management tactics that companies use in sustainability reporting.

Findings
– The study identified eight organizational impression management tactics used in sustainability reporting, four of which relate to how companies present their actions while the remaining four are characteristic of the writing styles that companies use.

Research limitations/implications
– The study is exploratory in nature and does not claim to identify all existing impression management tactics. Therefore, future research is needed to confirm the results and identify possible additional tactics.

Practical implications
– Companies can use impression management tactics that more strongly aim to shape the impressions that stakeholders hold or tactics that more neutrally inform stakeholders of their actions. Companies need to make a choice between the two, considering that stakeholders’ expectations of sustainability reporting would be useful.

Originality/value
– The study shows the different ways that companies use impression management in sustainability reporting, thus lending insight into a perspective on sustainability reporting that has rarely been explored in previous research.
Analysing obsolescence, an elaborated model for residential buildings
Authors: Thomsen André , van der Flier Kees , Nieboer Nico 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– In previous research publications the authors combined the available knowledge about obsolescence in a conceptual model for further research on and appliance in the decision making about demolition. Since evidence-based theoretical research references on obsolescence are rare, the model inevitably had an explorative character. The purpose of this paper is to test and elaborate the model.

Design/methodology/approach
– A series of case studies were conducted in various residential building estates. In each estate the types of obsolescence (according to the model) and their interrelationships were identified.

Findings
– The model can usefully be applied; it enables the determination of types of obsolescence. The case studies also show that several types of obsolescence occur simultaneously, and that these types can be interrelated. This touches upon the complexity of cause-effect mechanisms as already mentioned in the introduction. One of the weaknesses is that information is sometimes available for only one point in time, and that the availability of information varies with the type of obsolescence.

Research limitations/implications
– The study is based on a limited selection of case studies. Further, the causal relationships between the types of obsolescence could not always be revealed.

Practical implications
– The current model does not distinguish between causes and effects. For further development of the model, cause-effect processes have to be further analysed.

Social implications
– Actual measurement of the extent of obsolescence per type is not part of this study, but has to be carried out before social implications can adequately be indicated.

Originality/value
– The paper presents a conceptual classification of obsolescence that turns out to be workable when tested in practice.
Microbiome and pediatric atopic dermatitis
Authors: Powers Claire E. , McShane Diana B. , Gilligan Peter H. , Burkhart Craig N. , Morrell Dean S. 
Published: September 2015

AbstractAtopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition with drastic impacts on pediatric health. The pathogenesis of this common disease is not well understood, and the complex role of the skin microbiome in the pathogenesis and progression of atopic dermatitis is being elucidated. Skin commensal organisms promote normal immune system functions and prevent the colonization of pathogens. Alterations in the skin microbiome may lead to increased Staphylococcus aureus colonization and atopic dermatitis progression. Despite the evidence for their important role, probiotics have not been deemed efficacious for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, although studies suggest that probiotics may be effective at preventing the development of atopic dermatitis when given to young infants. This review will cover the most recent published work on the microbiome and pediatric atopic dermatitis.
The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption and Trade: Environmental Kuznets Curve Analysis for Sub‐Saharan Africa Countries
Authors: Ben Jebli Mehdi , Ben Youssef Slim , Ozturk Ilhan 
Published: September 2015

AbstractBased on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis, this paper uses panel cointegration techniques to investigate the short‐ and long‐run relationship between CO2 emissions, gross domestic product (GDP), renewable energy consumption and international trade for a panel of 24 sub‐Saharan Africa countries over the period 1980–2010. Short‐run Granger causality results reveal that there is a bidirectional causality between emissions and economic growth; bidirectional causality between emissions and real exports; unidirectional causality from real imports to emissions; and unidirectional causality runs from trade (exports or imports) to renewable energy consumption. There is an indirect short‐run causality running from emissions to renewable energy and an indirect short‐run causality from GDP to renewable energy. In the long‐run, the error correction term is statistically significant for emissions, renewable energy consumption and trade. The long‐run estimates suggest that the inverted U‐shaped EKC hypothesis is not supported for these countries; exports have a positive impact on CO2 emissions, whereas imports have a negative impact on CO2 emissions. As a policy recommendation, sub‐Saharan Africa countries should expand their trade exchanges particularly with developed countries and try to maximize their benefit from technology transfer occurring when importing capital goods as this may increase their renewable energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions.
Evaluation of GLOCK 9 mm Firing Pin Aperture Shear Mark Individuality Based On 1,632 Different Pistols by Traditional Pattern Matching and IBIS Pattern Recognition
Authors: Hamby James E. , Norris Stephen , Petraco Nicholas D.K. 
Published: September 2015

AbstractOver a period of 21 years, a number of fired GLOCK cartridge cases have been evaluated. A total of 1632 GLOCK firearms were used to generate a sample of the same size. Our research hypothesis was that no cartridge cases fired from different 9‐mm semiautomatic GLOCK pistols would be mistaken as coming from the same gun. Using optical comparison microscopy, two separate experiments were carried out to test this hypothesis. A subsample of 617 test‐fired cases were subjected to algorithmic comparison by the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS). The second experiment subjected the full set of 1632 cases to manual comparisons using traditional pattern matching. None of the cartridge cases were “matched” by either of these two experiments. Using these empirical findings, an established Bayesian probability model was used to estimate the chance that a 9‐mm cartridge case, fired from a GLOCK, could be mistaken as coming from the same firearm when in fact it did not (i.e., the random match probability).
ID‐Check: Online Concealed Information Test Reveals True Identity
Authors: Verschuere Bruno , Kleinberg Bennett 
Published: September 2015

AbstractThe Internet has already changed people's lives considerably and is likely to drastically change forensic research. We developed a web‐based test to reveal concealed autobiographical information. Initial studies identified a number of conditions that affect diagnostic efficiency. By combining these moderators, this study investigated the full potential of the online ID‐check. Participants (n = 101) tried to hide their identity and claimed a false identity in a reaction time‐based Concealed Information Test. Half of the participants were presented with personal details (e.g., first name, last name, birthday), whereas the others only saw irrelevant details. Results showed that participants′ true identity could be detected with high accuracy (AUC = 0.98; overall accuracy: 86–94%). Online memory detection can reliably and validly detect whether someone is hiding their true identity. This suggests that online memory detection might become a valuable tool for forensic applications.
Agents as Brokers: Leadership in Multilateral Organizations
Authors: Saz‐Carranza Angel 
Published: September 2015

AbstractIn exploring the leadership practices of chief executives of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), this article finds thatIGOleaders recognize themselves as agents and as brokers. This article produces findings from a multiple‐case study of the executive leadership ofNATOfrom 1995 to 1999 and of theEUCommon Foreign and Security Policy from 1999 to 2009. The relationship between member states and theIGOleader can be conceived as a principal–agent relationship where the agent plays a central role in framing a common vision and strategies, facilitating member states’ involvement in the strategizing process, and mobilizing external and internal support. I depart from a restrictive principal–agent conceptualization of the relationship because I do not envision it as conflictive, but rather as collaborative.
Resilience factors may moderate the associations between pubertal timing, body mass and emotional symptoms in adolescence
Authors: Skrove Marit , Lydersen Stian , Indredavik Marit S. 
Published: September 2015

AbstractAimThe effects of resilience factors on associations between emotional symptoms and perceived pubertal timing or body mass in adolescence are unknown, and this study examined the moderating effects of social competence, family cohesion and loneliness.MethodsData were drawn from the Young‐HUNT 3 study, including a self‐report questionnaire and clinical measurements of weight and height from 7639 adolescents aged 13–18 years. Emotional symptoms were assessed by a five‐item version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Associations between pubertal timing or body mass and emotional symptoms were assessed by linear regression models. Interactions with social competence, family cohesion and loneliness were explored.ResultsA U‐shaped relationship was found for both perceived pubertal timing and for perceived body mass and emotional symptoms. For girls, early perceived pubertal timing was more strongly associated with emotional symptoms among those who often felt lonely. For boys, late perceived pubertal timing and feeling they were fat were more strongly associated with emotional symptoms in those with low scores for social competence or family cohesion.ConclusionEmotional symptoms were more strongly associated with perceived pubertal timing and body mass than actual measures and the associations were stronger for adolescents with low scores for resilience factors.
Evidence for the changing regimens of acetylcysteine
Authors: Chiew Angela L. , Isbister Geoffrey K. , Duffull Stephen B. , Buckley Nicholas A. 
Published: September 2015

Paracetamol overdose prior to the introduction of acetylcysteine was associated with significant morbidity. Acetylcysteine is now the mainstay of treatment for paracetamol poisoning and has effectively reduced rates of hepatotoxicity and death. The current three‐bag intravenous regimen with an initial high loading dose was empirically derived four decades ago and has not changed since. This regimen is associated with a high rate of adverse effects due mainly to the high initial peak acetylcysteine concentration. Furthermore, there are concerns that the acetylcysteine concentration is not adequate for ‘massive’ overdoses and that the dose and duration may need to be altered. Various novel regimens have been proposed, looking to address these issues. Many of these modified regimens aim to decrease the rate of adverse reactions by slowing the loading dose and thereby decrease the peak concentration. We used a published population pharmacokinetic model of acetylcysteine to simulate these modified regimens. We determined mean peak and 20 h acetylcysteine concentrations and area under the under the plasma concentration–time curve to compare these regimens. Those regimens that resulted in a lower peak acetylcysteine concentration have been shown in studies to have a lower rate of adverse events. However, these studies were too small to show whether they are as effective as the traditional regimen. Further research is still needed to determine the optimum dose and duration of acetylcysteine that results in the fewest side‐effects and treatment failures. Indeed, a more patient‐tailored approach might be required, whereby the dose and duration are altered depending on the paracetamol dose ingested or paracetamol concentrations.
Neural correlates of interactions between cannabidiol and Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol in mice: implications for medical cannabis
Authors: Todd S M , Arnold J C 
Published: September 2015

Background and PurposeIt has been proposed that medicinal strains of cannabis and therapeutic preparations would be safer with a more balanced concentration ratio of Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to cannabidiol (CBD), as CBD reduces the adverse psychotropic effects of THC. However, our understanding of CBD and THC interactions is limited and the brain circuitry mediating interactions between CBD and THC are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether CBD modulated the functional effects and c‐Fos expression induced by THC, using a 1:1 dose ratio that approximates therapeutic strains of cannabis and nabiximols.Experimental ApproachMale C57BL/6 mice were treated with vehicle, CBD, THC or a combination of CBD and THC (10 mg·kg−1 i.p. for both cannabinoids) to examine effects on locomotor activity, anxiety‐related behaviour, body temperature and brain c‐Fos expression (a marker of neuronal activation).Key ResultsCBD potentiated THC‐induced locomotor suppression but reduced the hypothermic and anxiogenic effects of THC. CBD alone had no effect on these measures. THC increased brain activation as measured by c‐Fos expression in 11 of the 35 brain regions studied. CBD co‐administration suppressed THC‐induced c‐Fos expression in six of these brain regions. This effect was most pronounced in the medial preoptic nucleus and lateral periaqueductal gray. Treatment with CBD alone diminished c‐Fos expression only in the central nucleus of the amygdala compared with vehicle.Conclusions and ImplicationsThese data confirm that CBD modulated the pharmacological actions of THC and provide new information regarding brain regions involved in the interaction between CBD and THC.
Mining Evolving Data Streams with Particle Filters
Authors: Fok Ricky , An Aijun , Wang Xiaogang 
Published: September 2015

We propose a particle filter‐based learning method, PF‐LR, for learning logistic regression models from evolving data streams. The method inherently handles concept drifts in a data stream and is able to learn an ensemble of logistic regression models with particle filtering. A key feature of PF‐LR is that in its resampling, step particles are sampled from the ones that maximize the classification accuracy on the current data batch. Our experiments show that PF‐LR gives good performance, even with relatively small batch sizes. It reacts to concept drifts quicker than conventional particle filters while being robust to noise. In addition, PF‐LR learns more accurate models and is more computationally efficient than the gradient descent method for learning logistic regression models. Furthermore, we evaluate PF‐LR on both synthetic and real data sets and find that PF‐LR outperforms some other state‐of‐the‐art streaming mining algorithms on most of the data sets tested.