bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
How packaging affects the product preferences of children and the buyer behaviour of their parents in the food industry
Authors: Ogba Ike‐Elechi , Johnson Rebecca 
Published: March 2010

PurposeHealth is becoming an increasingly important issue in the UK as well as the rest of Europe. Emphasis on the importance of healthy eating is ongoing for many reasons, including the growing concern about childhood obesity resulting in the ban of advertising of unhealthy foods to children in the UK in April 2007. However, although legislation has been placed upon the advertising of unhealthy food products, no such restrictions have been placed on the packaging of children's foods despite the influence of packaging on consumer buyer decisions. This paper aims to investigate the effect of packaging on children's product preferences and its ability to influence parents' buyer decision in‐store.Design/methodology/approachThe study was approached from the parents' rather than the children's perspective. A quantitative approach was adopted in data collection, using a 28 item Likert scaled questionnaire administered to 150 parents, with over 95 percent response rate.FindingsThe study shows that packaging does affect the product preferences of children. Also, children are particularly interested in influencing the purchase of unhealthy foods. However, parents within the study claimed that they did not succumb to their children's requests for the purchase of unhealthy food, which contradicts evidence from previous findings.Research limitations/implicationsThe claim by parents that they did not succumb to their children's requests for unhealthy food contradicts findings from previous research. This therefore leads to a recommendation for further studies as social desirability bias may have influenced the outcomes of the findings.Practical implicationsFindings from this study can be applied within the retail and service marketing sector to provide the practitioner with information relevant to decision making on children's influence on parents buyer behavior in‐store. Outcomes of the study are also important when considering the future of children's food marketing and tackling the issue of childhood obesity.Originality/valueThe paper demonstrates that there is a relationship between packaging and children product preferences and children's influence on parents' buyer decision in‐store.
Affordable homeownership policy
Authors: Phang Sock‐Yong 
Published: March 2010

PurposeAffordable homeownership is a policy that is often accorded a great deal of policy attention by governments of many countries. This paper aims to examine the market implications of setting a housing price to income ratio target for a market segment by the government.Design/methodology/approachThe policy requires active intervention by the government with regard to the targeted sector. The paper uses a simple model of the housing market with a homeownership affordability target to derive the market implications of such targets.FindingsIn the presence of uncertainty and resource constraints, the objective of homeownership affordability is achieved for the targeted group at the expense of greater volatility in residential construction activity. When the size of the targeted sector is significant in size, there are spillover price and crowding out effects on the non‐targeted housing market segment.Research limitations/implicationsThis results in political pressure on the government to expand homeownership affordability targets to increasing segments of the population. Housing price to income ratios tend to be fairly constant over time and across targeted groups, the housing supply is relatively price inelastic and the income elasticity of housing demand is less than one.Practical implicationsThe Singapore government intervenes extensively in the housing sector to ensure homeownership affordability, with a resulting homeownership rate of 91 percent for the resident population. The above hypotheses regarding the implications of setting housing price to income ratio targets are tested using the Singapore housing market.Originality/valueThis paper adds to the literature by analyzing the market implications of setting homeownership affordability targets in the context of a targeted housing segment.
Corporate social responsibility communication in the Indian context
Authors: Planken Brigitte , Sahu Subrat , Nickerson Catherine 
Published: March 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate corporate social responsibility (CSR) platforms and the communication surrounding those platforms in India. It seeks to establish the CSR platforms that are typically used, together with stakeholder attitudes to both the form and content of those platforms.Design/methodology/approachThe paper refers to both primary and secondary sources of data, i.e. a survey of internet sources and a questionnaire survey.FindingsThe paper shows that the Indian corporations surveyed pursue a primarily philanthropic platform with a focus on community development projects, as predicted by previous studies. It also indicates, however, that Indian consumers may not value philanthropic CSR as highly as other CSR initiatives and that this may in turn influence their attitudes to different marketing communication strategies.Practical implicationsThe paper suggests ways in which Indian corporations may formulate the form and content of their CSR policies in the future within a marketing strategy in order to influence their stakeholders positively and increase their competitive advantage.Originality/valueThe paper provides an innovative approach to investigating the consequences of how Indian corporations communicate their CSR policies to their stakeholders. It suggests a number of fruitful areas of enquiry with direct implications for Indian business in the future.
Financial risk management and enterprise value creation
Authors: Wang Peng‐fei , Li Shi , Zhou Jian 
Published: March 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore whether financial risk management (FRM) can improve enterprise value in China's current economic environment.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical model is constructed which decomposes firms by different combinations expressed by cash flow and risk scale. Then, regression testing is conducted, taking the non‐ferrous metal industry in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (2002‐2008) as the sample, and using the fixed effects model.FindingsThe results support the hypothesis that risk management can raise enterprise value. It is also found that risk management behavior has different representations among firms with different characteristics.Originality/valueThis paper has modified Boyer's mean‐variance model and then testified to the effectiveness of FRM. It also explores the influence of enterprise characteristics on the efficiency of risk management, providing some theoretic support for China's enterprises, which could borrow ideas from successful experience.
Removing the necessity of simplifications in large‐scale portfolio selection and implications to Chinese portfolio theory and management
Authors: Qi Yue , Peng Xiaofeng , Li Ming 
Published: March 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to argue that simplifications of portfolio selection may no longer be necessary, based on computational advancements of portfolio theory and powerful computers.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the paper reviews the two branches of portfolio optimization and second, presents the results of large‐scale portfolio selection, based on exhaustive sampling in China. Some speedy results support removing the simplification.FindingsThe paper finds that for some simplification techniques, the results of simplified models and original models are quite alike, while for other techniques, the results are strikingly distinctive. Moreover, the performance of portfolio optimizers varies from being instantly fast to being unbearably slow, so it pays to be picky.Originality/valueThis paper reports for large‐scale portfolio selection the results of kinds of software and this alone makes the paper unique. Based on the leading software and exhaustive sampling in China, for the first time the difference between the original and simplified models is studied.
Determinants of customers' complaint intention
Authors: Jin LiYin 
Published: March 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated model to comprehensively understand the determinants of customers' intention to complain to firms and their effects on complaint intentions.Design/methodology/approachThe research adopted a systematic sampling method and carried out surveys in department stores, large supermarkets, and convenience stores in China. The structural equation model was employed to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that perceived value, perceived likelihood of successful complaint and the attitude toward complaining, all have significant effects on the complaint intention. Also, consumer discontent, prior experience of complaining and controllability are analyzed as the antecedents.Practical implicationsThe results indicate that firms should encourage customers to complain by raising the complaining value and the likelihood of successful complaint, and by intensifying their attitude toward complaining.Originality/valueThe research findings extend the existing theoretical models and shed light on the complicated structural relationship among various factors that affect customers' tendency to complain directly with a more holistic viewpoint to better understand customers' complaint‐making behavior.
Retracted: Safety of cardiac surgery without blood transfusion: a retrospective study in Jehovah’s Witness patients
Authors: El Azab S. R. , Vrakking R. , Verhage G. , Rosseel P. M. J. 
Published: March 2010

NOTICE OF RETRACTION
The following article from Anaesthesia, ‘Safety of cardiac surgery without blood transfusion: a retrospective study in Jehovah’s Witness patients’, by El Azab SR, Vrakking R, Verhage [sic] G and Rosseel PMJ, published online in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365‐2044.2009.06232.x/full) on 17 March 2010 and in Volume 65, Number 4, pages 348‐52, has been retracted by agreement between three of the named authors (R Vrakking, G Verhaegh and PMJ Rosseel), the Journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Steve Yentis, and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The retraction has been agreed following confirmation by the Amphia Hospital Ethics Committee that the study did not have ethical approval as claimed. In addition, the article was written and submitted without the knowledge or consent of R Vrakking, G Verhaegh and PMJ Rosseel. It has not been possible to obtain a response from the corresponding author SR El Azab.
Effect of suxamethonium vs rocuronium on onset of oxygen desaturation during apnoea following rapid sequence induction
Authors: Taha S. K. , El‐Khatib M. F. , Baraka A. S. , Haidar Y. A. , Abdallah F. W. , Zbeidy R. A. , Siddik‐Sayyid S. M. 
Published: March 2010

SummaryThis study investigates the effect of suxamethonium vs rocuronium on the onset of haemoglobin desaturation during apnoea, following rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia. Sixty patients were randomly allocated to one of three groups. Anaesthesia was induced with lidocaine 1.5 mg.kg−1, fentanyl 2 μg.kg−1and propofol 2 mg.kg−1, followed by either rocuronium 1 mg.kg−1(Group R) or suxamethonium 1.5 mg.kg−1(Group S). The third group received propofol 2 mg.kg−1and suxamethonium 1.5 mg.kg−1only (Group SO). The median (IQR [range]) time to reachSpO2of 95% was significantly shorter in Group S (358 (311–373 [215–430]) s) than in Group R (378 (370–393 [366–420]) s; p = 0.003), and shorter in Group SO (242 (225–258 [189–370]) s) than in both Group R (p < 0.001) and Group S (p < 0.001). When suxamethonium is administered for rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia, a faster onset of oxygen desaturation is observed during the subsequent apnoea compared with rocuronium. However, time to desaturation is prolonged whenever lidocaine and fentanyl precede suxamethonium.
YKL‐40 concentrations are not elevated in gestational diabetes
Authors: Schaller Georg , Brix Johanna Maria , Placher‐Sorko Gudrun , Höllerl Florian , Schernthaner Gerit‐Holger , Schernthaner Guntram 
Published: March 2010

Eur J Clin Invest 2010; 40 (4): 339–343AbstractBackground  Gestational diabetes (GDM) is an increasing and common complication of pregnancy. The involvement of inflammatory mechanisms in GDM remains unclear. YKL‐40 is a novel inflammatory marker that has been recently found to be associated with type 2 diabetes. This is the first study to investigate YKL‐40 in GDM.Material and methods  A total of 58 subjects were included, 28 patients with GDM (BMI 33·2 ± 6·1 kg m‐², 33 ± 6 years) and 30 healthy pregnant controls (BMI 28·4 ± 5·2 kg m‐², 33 ± 4 years; mean ± SD). Standard risk factors for GDM (weight and BMI prior to pregnancy, family history, former GDM, high birthweight offspring) were evaluated. A 2‐h 75‐g oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) and measurement of YKL‐40 were conducted in gestational week 28 ± 4, as well as 8 weeks after delivery.Results  YKL‐40 was not different between GDM and controls, neither during (65·8 ± 44·4 vs. 60·3 ± 30·1 ng mL−1), nor after pregnancy (63·4 ± 30·5 vs. 66·9 ± 32·7 ng mL−1). YKL‐40 was correlated with insulin, HOMA and BMI. GDM had higher fasting insulin (14·1 ± 7·4 vs. 8·3 ± 4·3 μU mL−1) and glucose (88 ± 13 – 200 ± 31 – 160 ± 33 vs. 76 ± 10 – 146 ± 37 – 112 ± 28 mg dL−1 for fasting, 1‐ and 2‐h‐concentrations in the oGTT, respectively), higher HbA1c (5·3 ± 0·4 vs. 5·0 ± 0·5%;), HOMA (3·1 ± 1·7 vs. 1·6 ± 0·9), and BMI (33·2 ± 6·1 vs. 28·5 ± 5·2 kg m−2) (means ± SD, all P < 0·01).Conclusions  No difference in YKL‐40 between GDM and controls suggests similar inflammatory status at the time of measurements. The short duration of metabolic changes during GDM might explain this finding, which is in contrast to results in type 2 diabetes.
Characterization of the migration of lung and blood T cells in response CXCL12 in a three‐dimensional matrix
Authors: Day Caroline E. , Guillen Cristina , Willars Gary B. , Wardlaw Andrew J. 
Published: March 2010

SummaryThe ability of T cells to microlocalize within tissues, such as the lung, is crucial for immune surveillance and increased T‐cell infiltration is a feature of many inflammatory lung conditions. T‐cell migration has mainly been studied in two‐dimensional assays. Using three‐dimensional collagen gels to mimic the extracellular matrix of lung tissue, we have characterized the migration of T lymphocytes isolated from peripheral blood (PBT) and lung (LT) in response to interleukin‐2 (IL‐2) and CXCL12. Freshly isolated PBT and LT showed a low degree of migration (blood 4·0 ± 1·3% and lung 4·1 ± 1·7%). Twenty‐four hours of culture increased the percentage of migrating PBT and LT (blood 17·5 ± 2·9% and lung 17·7 ± 3·8%). The IL‐2 stimulation modestly increased migration of PBT after 6 days (32·3 ± 6·0%), but had no effect on the migration of LT (25·5 ± 3·2%). Twenty‐four hours of stimulation with anti‐CD3/CD28 caused a small but significant increase in the migration of PBT (to 36·4 ± 5·8%). In a directional three‐dimensional assay, CXCL12 failed to induce migration of fresh PBT or LT. Twenty‐four hours of culture, which increased CXCR4 expression of PBT 3·6‐fold, significantly increased the migration of PBT in response to CXCL12. Migration of PBT to CXCL12 was blocked by pertussis toxin, but not by the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase inhibitor wortmannin. Twenty‐four‐hour cultured LT did not respond to CXCL12. CD3/CD28‐stimulation inhibited CXCL12‐mediated migration of PBT. These results suggest that the migration pattern of PBT is distinct from that of LT.
Providing support to siblings of hospitalised children
Authors: Newton Amanda S , Wolgemuth Amy , Gallivan Jennifer , Wrightson Dawn 
Published: March 2010

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to describe child life services provided to siblings of hospitalised children and the resources associated with these services in major paediatric hospitals throughout the United States (U.S.) and Canada. Cross‐sectional data on sibling support services and resources needed for capacity building were collected via a web‐based survey from administrative and clinical practice leads in identified Child Life Departments. The 34‐item survey targeted three domains: Facility Demography, Sibling Support Resources, and Capacity Building and Funding. Surveys were sent to 217 leads and 109 responded (50% response rate). Of the 109 respondents, 48% indicated their facilities provided sibling support including grief or palliative support (90% of facilities) and therapeutic play (94% of facilities). More than 50% indicated that these services were not evaluated for improved family or sibling outcomes. Twenty‐six percent of the respondents indicated having monies earmarked for sibling support from the following sources: hospital budget (34%), private donation (25%), foundation (22%), other (14%) and government (4%). There was a significant relationship between respondents who indicated sibling support services and funding (χ2= 0.0001). Resources identified included staff availability and funding as needed for sibling support capacity building. Given the limited sibling support available in major paediatric hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, hospitals with existing resources should act as exemplars and evaluate the impact of their services with clear dissemination to other facilities. In addition to defining service effectiveness, this evaluation can help to determine the most fiscally responsible ways to deliver sibling support in their established facilities and others.
Australia's marine biogeography revisited: Back to the future?
Authors: WATERS JONATHAN M. , WERNBERG THOMAS , CONNELL SEAN D. , THOMSEN MADS S. , ZUCCARELLO GIUSEPPE C. , KRAFT GERALD T. , SANDERSON J. CRAIG , WEST JOHN A. , GURGEL CARLOS F. D. 
Published: March 2010

AbstractThe recognition of broad biogeographic provinces provides an important framework for ecological and conservation biological research. Marine biologists have long recognized distinct biogeographic provinces in southern Australia, primarily on the basis of qualitative differences in intertidal species assemblages. Here we provide an a priori test for these traditional eastern (Peronian), western (Flindersian) and south‐eastern (Maugean) provinces. Specifically, we analyse distributional data for approximately 1500 algal species using the newly available Australian Virtual Herbarium, an online database of herbarium specimens. Our quantitative algal analyses across southern Australia identify three distinct biogeographic assemblages, consistent with traditional qualitative provinces. We argue that these broad provinces provide a highly effective framework for understanding and managing Australia's marine biodiversity. In particular, biogeographic provinces provide a regional framework for integrating the ongoing discovery of biological variation at finer scales. More broadly therefore we recommend that biologists undertake quantitative analyses to test provincial biogeographic boundaries around the globe.
The ceramide transporter and the Goodpasture antigen binding protein: one protein – one function?
Authors: Mencarelli Chiara , Losen Mario , Hammels Caroline , De Vry Jochen , Hesselink Matthijs K. C. , Steinbusch Harry W. M. , De Baets Marc H. , Martínez‐Martínez Pilar 
Published: March 2010

J. Neurochem. (2010) 113, 1369–1386.AbstractThe Goodpasture antigen‐binding protein (GPBP) and its splice variant the ceramide transporter (CERT) are multifunctional proteins that have been found to play important roles in brain development and biology. However, the function of GPBP and CERT is controversial because of their involvement in two apparently unrelated research fields: GPBP was initially isolated as a protein associated with collagen IV in patients with the autoimmune disease Goodpasture syndrome. Subsequently, a splice variant lacking a serine‐rich domain of 26 amino acids (GPBPΔ26) was found to mediate the cytosolic transport of ceramide and was therefore (re)named CERT. The two splice forms likely carry out different functions in specific sub‐cellular localizations. Selective GPBP knockdown induces extensive apoptosis and tissue loss in the brain of zebrafish. GPBP/GPBPΔ26 knock‐out mice die as a result of structural and functional defects in endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. Because both mitochondria and ceramide play an important role in many biological events that regulate neuronal differentiation, cellular senescence, proliferation and cell death, we propose that GPBP and CERT are pivotal in neurodegenerative processes. In this review, we discuss the current state of knowledge on GPBP and CERT, including the molecular and biochemical characterization of GPBP in the field of autoimmunity as well as the fundamental research on CERT in ceramide transport, biosynthesis, localization, metabolism and cell homeostasis.
The cyclooxygenase site, but not the peroxidase site of cyclooxygenase‐2 is required for neurotoxicity in hypoxic and ischemic injury
Authors: Li Wenjin , Wu Shasha , Ahmad Muzamil , Jiang Jianfei , Liu Hao , Nagayama Tetsuya , Rose Marie E. , Tyurin Vladimir A. , Tyurina Yulia Y. , Borisenko Grigory G. , Belikova Natalia , Chen Jun , Kagan Valerian E. , Graham Steven H. 
Published: March 2010

J. Neurochem. (2010) 113, 965–977.AbstractCyclooxygenase‐2 (COX‐2) activity has been implicated in the pathogenesis of ischemic injury, but the exact mechanisms responsible for its toxicity remain unclear. Infection of primary neurons with an adenovirus expressing wild type (WT) COX‐2 increased the susceptibility of neurons to hypoxia. Infection with an adenoviral vector expressing COX‐2 with a mutation at the cyclooxygenase site did not increase susceptibility to hypoxia, whereas over‐expression of COX‐2 with a mutation in the peroxidase site produced similar susceptibility to hypoxia as WT COX‐2. Primary neuronal cultures obtained from transgenic mice bearing a mutation in the COX‐2 cylooxygenase site were protected from hypoxia. Mice with a mutation in the cyclooxygenase site had smaller infarctions 24 h after 70 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion than WT control mice. COX‐2 activity had no effect on the formation of protein carbonyls. Ascorbate radicals were detected by electron paramagnetic resonance as a product of recombinant COX‐2 activity and were blocked by COX‐2 inhibitors. Similarly, formation of ascorbate radicals was inhibited in the presence of COX‐2 inhibitors and in homogenates obtained from COX‐2 null mice. Taken together, these results indicate that the cyclooxygenase activity of COX‐2 is necessary to exacerbate neuronal hypoxia/ischemia injury rather than the peroxidase activity of the enzyme.