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Volunteer age, job satisfaction, and intention to stay
Authors: Bang Hyejin 
Published: March 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of Age in the relationships between leader-member exchange dimensions (Affect, Loyalty, Contribution, and Professional Respect) and Job Satisfaction and between Job Satisfaction and Intention to Stay among volunteers in nonprofit sport organizations.

Design/methodology/approach
– A series of moderated hierarchical multiple regression analyses was conducted using the survey responses of 214 volunteers in 22 nonprofit sport organizations.

Findings
– The results indicated that Age moderated the relationship between Professional Respect and Job Satisfaction such that it was stronger for younger volunteers, and Job Satisfaction had a greater positive influence on Intention to Stay for older rather than younger volunteers.

Originality/value
– These findings provide valuable insights into how age may be an important factor influencing volunteers’ job satisfaction and intention to continue to volunteer. Implications for practitioners and future research are also discussed.
Strategies for creating and capturing value in the emerging ecosystem economy
Authors: Davidson Steven , Harmer Martin , Marshall Anthony 
Published: March 2015

Purpose
– This article identifies a new transactional system–the business ecosystem. It describes the characteristics and drivers of these complex webs of interdependent enterprises and other participants which create unique value through synergistic relationships.

Design/methodology/approach
– The article explains how innovative organizations can seek new opportunities and develop new competencies in business ecosystems they will explicitly create or participate in.

Findings
– Ecosystems provide stimulus for, and a path to organizational and industry transformation – connecting people and organizations in new and different ways, and providing access to skills and expertise often unavailable outside the ecosystem.

Practical implications
– The authors have identified a spectrum of ecosystem archetypes that they call the Shark Tank, the Hornet’s Nest, the Wolf Pack and the Lion’s Pride. They analyze the success strategies for each.

Originality/value
– This article methodically diagrams the strategies for success in the emerging ecosystem economy. It identifies the key drivers of value in these new kinds of networks and offers corporate leaders actionable advice on how to position their firms in specific types of ecosystems.
Best innovators develop a point of view on the future and a roadmap on how to get there
Authors: Engel Kai , Dirlea Voletka , Dyer Stephen , Graff Jochen 
Published: March 2015

Purpose
– The authors have collected key insights from the Best Innovator competition, launched in 2003. Six early-stage practices are critical.

Design/methodology/approach
– The Best Innovator competition, annual benchmarking against the best in innovation management, focuses on the how-to of innovation and examines what leading companies are doing to achieve better yield with their innovation strategies.

Findings
– By studying the competition winners, the researchers found a strong correlation between specific innovation management practices and sustainable, profitable growth.

Practical implications
– Best Innovators establish explicit expectations for making the business case for innovation. They name a specific set of deliverables to which they are committed.

Originality/value
– The article offers specific guidelines for setting the stage for continuous innovation that results in profitable offerings and services.
To nurture transformational technology, build a community like Sam Walton’s
Authors: Bjelland Osvald M. , Wood Robert Chapman 
Published: March 2015

Purpose
– The authors examine the approach by which Sam Walton, a 48-year-old when he took his first technology course, drove creation of a new set of technology for retailing.

Design/methodology/approach
– By breaking Walton’s approach into five stages, the authors show how his way of working points to a credible path for leaders with limited background in technology to lead technological change.

Findings
– Senior leaders can apply Walton’s systematic way of leading for creation of excellent processes to accomplish customer-focused technology innovation in the modern era.

Practical implications
– Five elements of Walton’s tech innovation leadership are reviewed and analyzed.

Originality/value
– This article offers insights about how Walton was able to form a tech savvy team of managers and synthesize a vision about the potential of technology to produce operational breakthroughs far in advance of his competition.
Service satisfaction and organizational image
Authors: Vigoda-Gadot Eran , Cohen Haim 
Published: March 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper was to examine the relationship between image, service satisfaction and public opinion towards reforms in public organizations and postulate a more detailed relationship among them. The concept “New Public Management” (NPM) was initially suggested in the literature sometime around the early 1990s (Aucoin, 1990; Hood, 1991). NPM-style reforms raised the flag of responsiveness to citizens and improved public satisfaction with the assumption that organizational image would also be positively affected by such reforms. Image, satisfaction and support in public sector reforms are, therefore, the major focus of this study.Design/methodology/approach– The focus is on a major reform in the Israel electricity industry and data were collected from 500 respondents by telephone interviews.Findings– The findings support the authors ' hypotheses concerning the major role of image and satisfaction in forming attitudes towards NPM-style reforms. However, beyond conventional direct effects, the authors point to the mediating effect of organizational image on the relationship between satisfaction and support for reforms.Research limitations/implications– First, other factors not included in the model may influence support for NPM-style reforms in public organizations. Second, the study focused on a single organization in one country only and a very specific culture. Finally, the study is cross-sectional and may suffer from common-method and common-source biases and for this reason, should be replicated to allow better generalization and firmer implications.Practical implications– The findings about the preponderance of organizational image over service satisfaction can contribute to policymakers in their efforts to increase support for reforms among the public. The results demonstrate the strong relationship between organizational image and public opinion towards reform and the secondary effect of service satisfaction.Social implications– The centrality of organizational image as a core social focus for citizens as clients and for policymakers is highlighted in the discussion. It is maintained that NPM-style reforms in the social arena, and beyond, are predominantly affected by image. Therefore, there is a need to better understand how image affects social and economic reforms and attitudes towards those reforms and what may be the social consequences of such attitudes by citizens and by policymakers’ decisions.Originality/value– The originality of this study is fourfold: a unique model of image, satisfaction and attitudes towards NPM-style reforms not been studied thus far is in its current form; exploring interrelations of citizens’ satisfaction, image of the public sector and calls for reforms and change in the market-like environment of the public sphere; a telephone survey of opinions towards a specific NPM-style reform; and a focus on a major public sector organization in Israel going through reform.
Form-ing governance
Authors: Beynon-Davies Paul 
Published: March 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to examine the central place of the list and the associated concept of an identifier within the “scaffolding” of contemporary government order.

Design/methodology/approach
– These terms are deliberately chosen to make strange and help unpack the constitutive capacity of information systems and information technology within and between contemporary government agencies. We draw upon the substantial body of work by John Searle to help understand the place of lists in the constitution of the order of governance.

Findings
– To enable us to ground our discussion of the potentiality and problematic associated with lists, we describe a significant and modern instance of list-making, situated around the issue of digital identity management.

Originality/value
– The theoretical framework discussed allows us to better explain breakdowns in the institutional order characteristic of this domain.
Response to comments on ‘A post‐genomic surprise’
Authors: Duster Troy 
Published: March 2015

AbstractIn response to the seven authors who offered comments on my paper, I have tried to synthesize and distill common themes. Foremost among them is the charge to look forward, not only to consider probable developments and implications for how this ‘molecular reinscription of race’ will unfold in forensics and clinical medicine, but as well to suggest how the discipline of Sociology can and should respond. But as several of the commentators noted, this is not just a matter for a single discipline, but should be fertile ground for coordinated empirical investigation by such fields as the Social Studies of Science, Anthropology of Medicine, and Critical Race Theory. For sociologically informed reasons, social scientists should be wary of the unanticipated consequences of collaboration with human molecular geneticists who come to the table deploying databases with pre‐fabricated categories of race, thereby poised to provide genetic explanations of social outcomes based upon race and ethnicity. A cautionary note is provided explaining how and why some joint projects are advised, some are ill‐advised.
Emotions, affects and the production of social life
Authors: Fox Nick J. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractWhile many aspects of social life possess an emotional component, sociology needs to explore explicitly the part emotions play in producing the social world and human history. This paper turns away from individualistic and anthropocentric emphases upon the experience of feelings and emotions, attending instead to an exploration of flows of ‘affect’ (meaning simply a capacity to affect or be affected) between bodies, things, social institutions and abstractions. It establishes a materialist sociology of affects that acknowledges emotions as a part, but only a part, of a more generalized affective flow that produces bodies and the social world. From this perspective, emotions are not a peculiarly remarkable outcome of the confluence of biology and culture, but part of a continuum of affectivity that links human bodies to their physical and social environment. This enhances sociological understanding of the part emotions play in shaping actions and capacities in many settings of sociological concern.
The effect of blending Jersey and Holstein–Friesian milk on composition and coagulation properties
Authors: Bland Julie Heather , Grandison Alistair Steven , Fagan Colette Catherine 
Published: March 2015

The impact of blending on milk composition and properties is subject to controversy on whether the effect is additional or not. The effects of blending Jersey and Holstein–Friesian milk on composition and coagulation properties were investigated. Milk from herds of Jersey and Holstein–Friesian cattle was collected and blended (0–100% Jersey milk at 10% intervals) (n = 55).Including Jersey milk resulted in a positive non‐additive effect in fat globule volume mean diameter D(4.3) and a negative non‐additive effect in casein micelle size. Coagulation time decreased quadratically when Jersey milk was added and curd firmness and firming rate increased quadratically.
Genetic variability of the stable fly assessed on a global scale using amplified fragment length polymorphism
Authors: Kneeland Kathleen M. , Skoda Steven R. , Foster John E. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractThe stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae), is a blood‐feeding, economically important pest of animals and humans worldwide. Improved management strategies are essential and their development would benefit from studies on genetic diversity of stable flies. Especially if done on a global scale, such research could generate information necessary for the development and application of more efficient control methods. Herein we report on a genetic study of stable flies using amplified fragment length polymorphism, with samples of 10–40 individuals acquired from a total of 25 locations in the Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic, Afrotropic and Australasian biogeographical regions. We hypothesized that genetic differentiation would exist across geographical barriers. Although FST (0.33) was moderately high, the GST (0.05; representing genetic diversity between individuals) was very low; Nm values (representing gene flow) were high (9.36). The mismatch distribution and tests of neutrality suggested population expansion, with no genetic differentiation between locations. The analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) results showed the majority of genetic diversity was within groups. The mantel test showed no correlation between geographic and genetic distance; this strongly supports the AMOVA results. These results suggest that stable flies did not show genetic differentiation but are panmictic, with no evidence of isolation by distance or across geographical barriers.
Decreased expression of 14‐3‐3 σ, an early event of malignant transformation of respiratory epithelium, also facilitates progression of squamous cell lung cancer
Authors: Sun Nan , Wu Yongkai , Huang Bo , Liu Qian , Dong Yinan , Ding Jianqiao , Liu Yongyu 
Published: March 2015

AbstractBackgroundIt has been shown that 14‐3‐3 σ serves as a tumor suppressor gene, and is downregulated in various tumor tissues. However, the role of 14‐3‐3 σ during the initiation and progression of lung squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) is not well understood.MethodsThe expression status of 14‐3‐3 σ in archival tissue samples from 40 lung SqCC patients (36 with normal bronchia, 19 squamous metaplasia, and 17 dysplasia/carcinoma in situ, in their tissue samples) was examined by immunohistochemical analysis. The proliferation rate and tumor formation ability of the H520 cell transfected with 14‐3‐3 σ was tested with methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium assay and nude mice subcutaneous injection, respectively.ResultsIn the normal bronchial epithelia, 14‐3‐3 σ was highly expressed, whereas it was significantly decreased in precancerous and cancerous tissues. Compared with matched invasive cancer tissues, the expression level of 14‐3‐3 σ in squamous metaplasia was significantly higher (P = 0.049), while that in dysplasia/carcinoma in situ showed no significant changes (P = 0.135). Statistical analysis showed that the expression level of 14‐3‐3 σ in tumor tissue was associated with the differentiation grade of the tumor (P = 0.001) and the prognosis of the patient (P = 0.003). The overexpression of 14‐3‐3 σ significantly suppressed the proliferation of H520 cells in vitro and in vivo.ConclusionThe inactivation of 14‐3‐3 σ may be a very early event in tumorigenesis and could facilitate the initiation and progression of lung SqCC in a sustainable way.
Tracking marine mammals in 3D using electronic tag data
Authors: Laplanche Christophe , Marques Tiago A. , Thomas Len 
Published: March 2015

Summary

Information about at‐depth behaviour of marine mammals is fundamental yet very hard to obtain from direct visual observation. Animal‐borne multisensor electronic tags provide a unique window of observation into such behaviours.

Electronic tag sensors allow the estimation of the animal's 3‐dimensional (3D) orientation, depth and speed. Using tag flow noise level to provide an estimate of animal speed, we extend existing approaches of 3D track reconstruction by allowing the direction of movement to differ from that of the animal's longitudinal axis.

Data are processed by a hierarchical Bayesian model that allows processing of multisource data, accounting for measurement errors and testing hypotheses about animal movement by comparing models.

We illustrate the approach by reconstructing the 3D track of a 52‐min deep dive of a Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris adult male fit with a digital tag (DTAG) in the Bahamas. At depth, the whale alternated regular movements at large speed (>1·5 m s ‐1) and more complex movements at lower speed (<1·5m s‐1) with differences between movement and longitudinal axis directions of up to 28. The reconstructed 3D track agrees closely with independent acoustic‐based localizations.

The approach is potentially applicable to study the underwater behaviour (e.g. response to anthropogenic disturbances) of a wide variety of species of marine mammals fitted with triaxial magnetometer and accelerometer tags.
Experts for Validation Studies in Nursing: New Proposal and Selection Criteria
Authors: Quatrini Carvalho Passos Guimarães Heloísa Cristina , Pena Silvana Barbosa , Lopes Juliana de Lima , Lopes Camila Takao , Bottura Leite de Barros Alba Lucia 
Published: March 2015

ObjectiveTo propose new criteria for expert selection for validation studies in nursing in Brazil.Methods(a) Literature review on terms related to expertise and criteria for expert selection; and (b) development of new consensus criteria for expert selection and consensus building.ResultsDefinitions for the terms novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert were found. In the second phase, criteria to rank the experts (junior, senior, and master) were developed and validated according to a score of 5–20.Conclusion and Implications for Nursing PracticeThe new criteria valued clinical experience over academic experience. The use of these criteria by researchers in the country should reduce uncertainties, difficulties, and limitations imposed by the modification/current adaptation of already existing criteria.
Novel A219P Mutation of Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase Identified in a Chinese Woman with Acute Intermittent Porphyria and Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
Authors: Li Yingjie , Qu Hua , Wang Hang , Deng Huacong , Liu Ziyan 
Published: March 2015

SummaryAcute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of the heme biosynthetic enzyme hydroxymethylbilane synthase (approved gene symbol HMBS), also known as porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD). AIP is characterised by intermittent attacks of abdominal pain, vomiting, and neurological complaints. The highly variable symptomatic presentation of AIP causes confusion with other diseases and results in a high misdiagnosis rate (68% in China) and delayed effective treatments. Based on biochemical and genetic analysis of two Chinese families, a new and a previously reported HMBS mutation were identified in patients with AIP and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). The novel HMBS mutation is the 655G>C point mutation (A219P). In addition, the 973C>T point mutation (R325X), which had been previously reported in two Danish families, was identified.
Shayle R. Searle: Pioneer in Linear Modelling
Authors: Hunter Jeffrey J. 
Published: March 2015

SummaryThis article is based on a transcript of the Memorial Session held on 14 August 2013 at the 22nd International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics held at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, to honour the life and contributions of Professor Emeritus Shayle Searle. The speakers were Jeffrey J. Hunter, David A. Harville, Jon N. K. Rao, Robert Rodriguez, and Shayle's daughters, Susan Searle and Heather Selvaggio.
A comprehensive assessment of environmental exposures among 1000 North American patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, with and without inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Eaton J. E. , Juran B. D. , Atkinson E. J. , Schlicht E. M. , Xie X. , de Andrade M. , Lammert C. S. , Luketic V. A. , Odin J. A. , Koteish A. A. , Kowdley K. V. , Chopra K. B. , Hirschfield G. M. , Chalasani N. P. , Lazaridis K. N. 
Published: March 2015

SummaryBackgroundThe relationships between primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and the environment are largely unknown.AimTo validate associations reported in previous studies and to identify novel environmental exposures among PSC patients.MethodsWe performed a multicenter, case–control analysis utilising self‐administered questionnaires. Responses between cases (n = 1000) and controls (n = 663) were compared using multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age and gender. The model was further stratified based on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) status (with IBD n = 741 without IBD n = 259).ResultsSmoking was associated with PSC only when IBD was present (OR, 0.5; 95% CI 0.4–0.7) but not among those PSC patients without IBD (OR, 0.9; 95% CI 0.7–1.2). Compared to controls, women with PSC (irrespective of the presence of IBD) were less likely to have received hormone replacement therapy (HRT; OR, 0.5; 95% CI 0.4–0.7) and were more likely to have recurrent urinary tract infections (OR, 1.6; 95% CI 1.2–2.3). PSC patients regardless of gender or IBD status were less likely to eat fish (OR, 0.4; 95% CI 0.3–0.6) and grilled/barbecued meat (OR, 0.8; 95% CI 0.7–0.9). In contrast, PSC patients with and without IBD were more likely to consume steak/burgers that were more well done (OR, 1.3; 95% CI 1.2–1.5).ConclusionsIBD (rather than PSC) is associated with smoking. Women with PSC are more likely to have recurrent urinary tract infections and less likely to receive HRT. Dietary intake and methods of food preparation differ in PSC patients when compared to controls.