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Corporate governance and social responsibility
Authors: Stuebs Marty , Sun Li 
Published: January 2015

Purpose– This paper aims to draw on the stakeholder theory to examine the association between corporate governance and social responsibility.Design/methodology/approach– This paper hypothesized that corporate governance is positively associated with corporate social responsibility (CSR), and good corporate governance also leads to good social responsibility in the following year. Corporate governance was measured by using the corporate governance index provided by Brown and Caylor (2006, 2009). CSR data come from Kinder, Lydenberg and Domini (KLD), Inc.Findings– Regression analysis documents significant evidence to support a positive association between corporate governance and social responsibility. Evidence suggests that good governance leads to good CSR performance.Originality/value– The results should interest managers who engage in behavior leading to or maintaining strong corporate governance mechanisms, financial analysts who conduct research on corporate governance and firm performance and policymakers who design and implement guidelines on corporate governance mechanisms. Moreover, results of this study can increase individual investors’ confidence in investing in companies with stronger corporate governance.
Imperfect work conditions in Bangladesh RMG sector
Authors: Sharma Vishal 
Published: January 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the effectiveness of labour law in Bangladesh and provide suggestions to improve working conditions in the country.

Design/methodology/approach
– The article provides an analysis of the factual impact of labour law in Bangladesh.

Findings
– The study reveals the appalling condition in the ready-made garment industry. The factory owners tend to bend the laws and exploit the workers.

Originality/value
– The paper offers some suggestions to improve the working conditions of the workers in the garment industry of Bangladesh.
Tailoring professional development for teachers in primary education
Authors: Van der Heijden Béatrice I.J.M. , Van Vuuren Tinka C. V. , Kooij Dorien T.A.M. , de Lange Annet H. 
Published: January 2015

Purpose– The aim of this survey study amongN=180 Dutch teachers was to examine the moderating role of calendar age and proactive personality in the relationships between developmental opportunities, on the one hand, and work engagement and self-perceived employability, on the other. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach– Hierarchical regression analyses have been used, illustrated by means of quotes – gathered through open questions in the survey – to support the quantitative findings.Findings– A significant interaction effect between calendar age and developmental opportunities in relation to self-perceived employability, but not to work engagement, has been found, revealing stronger positive effects for developmental opportunities among older workers than among younger ones.Research limitations/implications– The present study provides a starting-point for further research on professional development in other occupational settings.Practical implications– The use of age-conscious developmental opportunities is a powerful tool in encouraging life-long learning.Social implications– Improvement in teachers’ engagement and employability will enhance their performance, will consequently lead to better pupil performance, and will contribute to the wider status of the profession, meaning that more young talented people will seriously consider working in the field and thereby helping to address the urgent need for more teaching staff.Originality/value– This study increases the knowledge of professional development among teachers and examines to what extent age and proactivity play a role in this regard. The results of the empirical work challenge dominant views on age-related declines and losses, and invite the authors to continue scholarly work in this field focussing upon long-term intra-individual development.
Age, job identification, and entrepreneurial intention
Authors: Hatak Isabella , Harms Rainer , Fink Matthias 
Published: January 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine how age and job identification affect entrepreneurial intention.

Design/methodology/approach
– The researchers draw on a representative sample of the Austrian adult workforce and apply binary logistic regression on entrepreneurial intention.

Findings
– The findings reveal that as employees age they are less inclined to act entrepreneurially, and that their entrepreneurial intention is lower the more they identify with their job. Whereas gender, education, and previous entrepreneurial experience matter, leadership and having entrepreneurial parents seem to have no impact on the entrepreneurial intention of employees.

Research limitations/implications
– Implications relate to a contingency perspective on entrepreneurial intention where the impact of age is exacerbated by stronger identification with the job.

Practical implications
– Practical implications include the need to account for different motivational backgrounds when addressing entrepreneurial employees of different ages. Societal implications include the need to adopt an age perspective to foster entrepreneurial intentions within established organizations.

Originality/value
– While the study corroborates and extends findings from entrepreneurial intention research, it contributes new empirical insights to the age and job-dependent contingency perspective on entrepreneurial intention.
Younger workers’ metastereotypes, workplace mood, attitudes, and behaviors
Authors: Ryan Katherine M. , King Eden B. , Finkelstein Lisa M. 
Published: January 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of age-related stereotyping processes on younger workers’ mood, attitudes, and impression management behaviors at work.

Design/methodology/approach
– Using survey data from 281 younger workers, the hypothesized model was tested using structural equation modeling.

Findings
– As younger workers are more self-conscious about being age stereotyped, they are less likely to be satisfied with older co-workers, which is partly explained by negative mood associated with that metastereotype consciousness. Also, chronological age, age-group identification, and age prejudice, were critical influences on the emergence of metastereotype consciousness.

Research limitations/implications
– Unexpected findings point to: experiences of younger workers which may not follow the same patterns found with older groups and unique operation of age as a dynamic social category that may not parallel findings regarding other social categories.

Practical implications
– There is clearly potential for younger workers to be concerned they are viewed “stereotypically” and this metastereotype consciousness influences how they feel, think, and behave at work. Organizations should be aware of the potential antecedents and consequences, as well as the nature of metastereotypic perceptions, to better facilitate positive and productive interactions across age groups at work.

Originality/value
– This research contributes to an understanding of younger workers’ experiences at work, highlights the role of mood in the operation of metastereotypes on attitudes and behaviors in age-diverse contexts, and improves our understanding of social biases and inequality associated with age-based groups.
Detection and quantification of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cow milk by near‐infrared spectroscopy
Authors: Cámara‐Martos Fernando , Lopes Joao Almeida , Moreno‐Rojas Rafael , Pérez‐Rodríguez Fernando 
Published: January 2015

This work investigated the potential of NIR technology to be applied in the dairy industry for the detection of micro‐organisms. To this end, two types of cow milk samples were studied, one in which only bacterial biomass was considered and the other in which bacteria were cultured and grown in milk for 24 h. The study was carried out using two micro‐organisms Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Both types of samples with different counts of both micro‐organisms were analysed by a NIR analyser in the range 10 000–4000 cm−1 based on transmittance measurements. Multivariate models indicated that a better discrimination between micro‐organisms was attained in those milk samples in which micro‐organisms have been grown.
Adaptation and Climate Change Impacts: A Structural Ricardian Analysis of Farm Types in Germany
Authors: Chatzopoulos Thomas , Lippert Christian 
Published: January 2015

AbstractBased on farm census data, we explore the climate‐dependent incidence of six farm types and the climate‐induced impacts on land rental prices in Germany. We apply a structural Ricardian approach by modeling the dominant farm type at 9,684 communities as depending on temperature, precipitation and other geographic variables. Rents per farm type are then modeled as depending on climate and other conditioning variables. These results allow the projection of the consequences of climate change as changes in our climate variables. Our results indicate that permanent‐crop farms are more likely to dominate in higher temperatures, whereas forage or mixed farms dominate in areas of higher precipitation levels. Land rental prices display a concave response to increases in annual precipitation, and appear to increase linearly with rising annual temperature. Moderate‐warming simulation results for future decades benefit most farm types but seem to penalise forage farms. Rental prices are projected to increase, ceteris paribus, for all farm types.
Diabetic cystopathy: A review 综述：糖尿病性膀胱病
Authors: Yuan Zhengyong , Tang Ziwei , He Changxiao , Tang Wei 
Published: January 2015

AbstractHerein we review and discuss epidemiological, clinical, and experimental studies on diabetic cystopathy, a common chronic complication of diabetes mellitus with a variety of lower urinary tract symptoms, providing directions for future research. A search of published epidemiological, clinical, or preclinical trial literature was performed using the key words “diabetes”, “diabetic cystopathy”, “diabetic bladder dysfunction”, “diabetic lower urinary tract dysfunction”, “diabetic detrusor instability”. The classic symptoms of diabetic cystopathy are decreased bladder sensation, increased bladder capacity, and impaired bladder emptying with resultant increased post‐void residual volume. However, recent clinical evidence indicates a presence of storage symptoms, such as overactive bladder symptoms. The pathophysiology of diabetic cystopathy is multifactorial, including disturbances of the detrusor, neuron, urothelium, and urethra. Hyperglycemia, oxidative stress, and polyuria play important roles in inducing voiding dysfunction in diabetic individuals. Treatment choice depends on clinical symptoms and urodynamic abnormalities. Urodynamic evaluation is the cornerstone of diagnosis and determines management strategies. Diabetes mellitus could cause a variety of lower urinary tract symptoms, leading to diabetic cystopathy with broadly varied estimates of the prevalence rates. The exact prevalence and pathogenesis of diabetic cystopathy remains to be further investigated and studied in multicenter, large‐scaled, or randomized basic and clinical trials, and a validated and standardized workup needs to be made, improving diabetic cystopathy management in clinical practice. Further studies involving only female diabetics are recommended.
Incidence of type 2 diabetes and number of events attributable to abdominal obesity in China: A cohort study
Authors: Xue Haifeng , Wang Chao , Li Ying , Chen Jichun , Yu Ling , Liu Xiaoqing , Li Jianxin , Cao Jie , Deng Ying , Guo Dongshuang , Yang Xueli , Huang Jianfeng , Gu Dongfeng 
Published: January 2015

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of the present study was to estimate the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and the number of diabetes events attributable to abdominal obesity in China.MethodsA cohort study was conducted in a sample of 24 996 Chinese adults aged 35–74 years, with 19.9% of subjects lost to follow‐up. Waist circumference (WC) was measured at baseline in 1998 and 2000–01, and abdominal obesity was defined as WC ≥ 90 cm in men and ≥80 cm in women. Information on incident diabetes was collected during follow‐up in 2007–08. We estimated the number of T2D events attributed to abdominal obesity using confounder‐adjusted population‐attributable risk, incidence of diabetes, and the population size of China in 2010.ResultsAfter a mean follow‐up of 8.0 years, the age‐standardized incidence of T2D was 9.6 and 9.2 per 1000 person‐years in men and women, respectively. Abdominal obesity accounted for 28.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 14.8%, 40.5%) of incident diabetes among men and 41.2% (95% CI 28.3%, 52.6%) among women using the diagnostic criteria of abdominal obesity recommended by the International Diabetes Federation. We estimated that, in 2010, 2.4 (95% CI 1.5, 3.2) million diabetes events were attributable to abdominal obesity: 1.0 (95% CI 0.5, 1.4) million in men and 1.4 (95% CI 1.0, 1.8) million in women.ConclusionsAbdominal obesity is a major risk factor for T2D. Strengthening programs and initiatives for preventing and controlling obesity focusing on lifestyle changes should be a priority in the national strategy to reduce diabetes burden in China.
Potential anti‐cancer effect of curcumin in human lung squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Zhao Wei , Wang Yan , Wang Ying , Gao Nan , Han Zhifeng , Yu Haixiang 
Published: January 2015

AbstractBackgroundTo explore the molecular mechanisms of the anti‐cancer effect of curcumin in human lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSQCC) SK‐MES‐1 cells.MethodsCell viability was determined using MTT assay. Ribonucleic acid sequencing was performed to measure expression levels of transcripts in LSQCC cells treated with 15 μmol/L curcumin (treatment groups) or an equal amount of dimethylsulfoxide (control). Cuffdiff software was used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in treatment groups, followed by enrichment analysis of DEGs using the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integration Discovery. The protein‐protein interaction (PPI) networks for up and downregulated DEGs were constructed by Cytoscape software using Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes data to identify hub nodes.ResultsCurcumin significantly reduced cell viability in LSQCC cells. In total, 380 DEGs including 154 upregulated and 126 downregulated genes were found in the treatment groups. The upregulated genes were enriched in base excision repair (BER, such as PCNA, POLL, and MUTYH) and Janus kinase‐signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAT‐STAT) signaling pathways (such as AKT1 and STAT5A), while the downregulated genes were enriched in nine pathways, including the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway (such as PTK2, VEGFA, MAPK1, and MAPK14) and mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway (ARRB2, MAPK1, MAPK14, and NFKB1). PCNA and AKT1 were the hub nodes in the PPI network of upregulated genes while MAPK1, MAPK14, VEGFA, and NFKB1 were the hub nodes in the PPI network of downregulated genes.ConclusionsCurcumin might exert anti‐cancer effects on LSQCC via regulating BER, JAT‐STAT, VEGF, and MAPK signaling pathways.
Survival predictors after resection of lung metastases of head or neck cancers
Authors: Yotsukura Masaya , Kinoshita Tomonari , Kohno Mitsutomo , Asakura Keisuke , Kamiyama Ikuo , Emoto Katsura , Hayashi Yuichiro , Ohtsuka Takashi 
Published: January 2015

AbstractBackgroundPulmonary metastasectomies are performed for a variety of cancers, though few reports have examined their merit for head and neck cancers. This study examined the relationship between clinical and pathological characteristics and survival after resection of lung metastases of these cancers.MethodsBetween 1986 and 2013, 34 patients presenting with pulmonary metastases of primary head or neck cancers underwent surgical resections at our institution. We retrospectively analyzed their clinical and pathological characteristics and the patients' survival after metastasectomy in search of adverse prognostic factors.ResultsThe primary sites of cancer were: the tongue in eight patients, the pharynx and salivary glands each in seven, the larynx in five, and miscellaneous sites in seven patients. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) was present in 19, adenoid cystic carcinomas in 10, and other diagnoses in five patients. The median disease‐free interval (DFI) between the initial surgery and the metastasectomies was 40 months. The overall five‐year survival rate was 57.9%, and median survival time was 77 months. By single variable analysis, a DFI of ≤26 months, age ≥60 years, and histology of SCC were predictors; by multiple variable analysis, a short DFI (P = 0.018) and older age (P = 0.046) remained independent predictors of poor clinical outcomes.ConclusionsYoung age and a long DFI are factors in favor of pulmonary metastasectomy after surgical treatment of primary head or neck cancers.
Nicotine Enhances the Locomotor Stimulating but Not the Conditioned Rewarding Effect of Ethanol in DBA/2J Mice
Authors: Gubner Noah R. , Cunningham Christopher L. , Phillips Tamara J. 
Published: January 2015

BackgroundOne hypothesis to explain the high rate of nicotine and alcohol (ethanol [EtOH]) co‐abuse is that these drugs have enhanced rewarding effects when taken together. The goal of this work was to use the conditioned place preference (CPP) procedure to determine whether nicotine would enhance the development of EtOH‐induced CPP.MethodsThe conditioned rewarding effects of nicotine (1 or 2 mg/kg of nicotine tartrate), EtOH (1 g/kg), and nicotine plus EtOH in combination were assessed using a well‐established CPP procedure chosen specifically for examining alterations in the development of EtOH‐induced CPP by nicotine. In addition, the reference dose procedure was used to directly compare the conditioned rewarding effect of EtOH versus nicotine plus EtOH. DBA/2J mice were used because they are an inbred strain that has repeatedly been shown to develop CPP to EtOH.ResultsNeither dose of nicotine alone produced CPP, whereas EtOH did, using the standard EtOH CPP procedure. The magnitude of EtOH‐induced CPP was not affected by co‐administration of 1 mg/kg nicotine, but 2 mg/kg nicotine interfered with the development of EtOH‐induced CPP. Using the reference dose procedure, there was no significant preference or aversion for either nicotine + EtOH dose combination versus EtOH alone. However, combined nicotine and EtOH had a larger effect on locomotor activity, during the conditioning trials, compared to their additive effect when given alone, consistent with previous data.ConclusionsThese data do not support the hypothesis that nicotine enhances the conditioned rewarding effect of EtOH. This finding differs from the combined locomotor stimulant effects of nicotine and EtOH that were observed in this study and in our previously published work, and suggests that combined stimulant effects of nicotine and EtOH do not predict enhanced reward.
The Use of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Detecting Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk Drinking in the General Population: Validation of AUDIT Using Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry
Authors: Lundin Andreas , Hallgren Mats , Balliu Natalja , Forsell Yvonne 
Published: January 2015

BackgroundThe Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT‐Consumption (AUDIT‐C) are commonly used in population surveys but there are few validations studies in the general population. Validity should be estimated in samples close to the targeted population and setting. This study aims to validate AUDIT and AUDIT‐C in a general population sample (PART) in Stockholm, Sweden.MethodsWe used a general population subsample age 20 to 64 that answered a postal questionnaire including AUDIT who later participated in a psychiatric interview (n = 1,093). Interviews using Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry was used as criterion standard. Diagnoses were set according to the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐IV). Agreement between the diagnostic test and criterion standard was measured with area under the receiver operator characteristics curve (AUC).ResultsA total of 1,086 (450 men and 636 women) of the interview participants completed AUDIT. There were 96 individuals with DSM‐IV‐alcohol dependence, 36 DSM‐IV‐Alcohol Abuse, and 153 Risk drinkers. AUCs were for DSM‐IV‐alcohol use disorder 0.90 (AUDIT‐C 0.85); DSM‐IV‐dependence 0.94 (AUDIT‐C 0.89); risk drinking 0.80 (AUDIT‐C 0.80); and any criterion 0.87 (AUDIT‐C 0.84).ConclusionsIn this general population sample, AUDIT and AUDIT‐C performed outstanding or excellent in identifying dependency, risk drinking, alcohol use disorder, any disorder, or risk drinking.
Worsening of Health and a Cessation or Reduction in Alcohol Consumption to Special Occasion Drinking Across Three Decades of the Life Course
Authors: Ng Fat Linda , Cable Noriko , Shelton Nicola 
Published: January 2015

BackgroundEx‐drinkers suffer from worse health than drinkers; however, whether a worsening of health is associated with a change in drinking status from early adulthood has not been previously investigated. We assess whether a worsening of health is associated with a cessation in consumption or reduction to special occasion drinking from early adulthood to middle age.MethodsMultinomial logistic regression assessing whether a change in self‐reported limiting longstanding illness (LLI) was associated with ceasing alcohol consumption, or a reduction to special occasion drinking compared with being a persistent drinker from age 23 in separate models at ages 33, 42, and 50. All models adjusted for sex, poor psychosocial health, education, marital status, and children in the household. Sample included participants from Great Britain followed longitudinally in the National Child Development Study from ages 23 to 33 (N = 5,529), 42 (N = 4,787), and 50 (N = 4,476).ResultsDeveloping an LLI from the previous wave was associated with ceasing alcohol consumption at ages 33 (odds ratio [ORs] = 2.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.16–4.93), 42 (OR = 2.44, 95%CI = 1.24–4.81), and 50 (OR = 3.33, 95%CI = 1.56–7.12) and a reduction to special occasion drinking at ages 42 (OR = 2.04, 95%CI = 1.40–2.99) and 50 (OR = 2.04, 95%CI = 1.18–3.53). Having a persistent LLI across 2 waves increased the odds of ceasing consumption at ages 42 (OR = 3.22, 95%CI = 1.06–9.77) and 50 (OR = 4.03, 95%CI = 1.72–9.44) and reducing consumption to special occasion drinking at ages 33 (OR = 3.27, 95%CI = 1.34–8.01) and 42 (OR = 2.25, 95%CI = 1.23–4.50). Persistent drinkers at older ages had the best overall health suffering less from previous poor health compared with those who reduced or ceased consumption at an earlier time point.ConclusionsDeveloping an LLI was associated with a cessation in alcohol consumption and a reduction in consumption to special occasion drinking from early adulthood. Persistent drinkers who drank at least till 50 were the healthiest overall. Health selection is likely to influence nondrinking across the life course.