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Answers for questions to come: reflective dialogue as an enabler of strategic innovation
Authors: Jacobs Claus D. , Heracleous Loizos Th. 
Published: July 2005

PurposeTo conceptualize and theorize dialogue's diagnostic as well as generative functions for strategic innovation and organizational change.Design/methodology/approachConceptual development with case illustration.FindingsStrategic innovation requires shifts in existing mental models of organizational actors that underlie the overall strategy paradigm of a firm. Dialogue as a form of reflective conversation enables actors to alter managers' mental models through conscious, critical exploration.Research limitations/implicationsConceptual framework introduces reflective dialogue, as a crucial processual element for encouraging shifts in mental maps and as a necessary, but not sufficient condition for strategy innovation; provides an analytical framework for enhancing understanding of the emergent processes of strategic innovation, and for studying shifts in organizational actors' mental models.Practical implicationsProvides organizational change agents and strategists with perspectives and frameworks for appreciating and fostering reflective dialogue in the context of strategic thinking and innovation.Originality/valueConcept of reflective dialogue and associated frameworks link micro‐levels and macro‐levels of strategy innovation and address critical process elements.
Assessing the balanced scorecard as a management tool for hotels
Authors: Evans Nigel 
Published: July 2005

PurposeThis study seeks to assess the balanced scorecard (BSC) approach to strategy and its usefulness for the international hotel industry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper undertakes a wide‐ranging literature review which focuses on strategic implementation and the BSC approach, which is compared and contrasted with evidence of practice derived from a survey of hotels in Northeast England.FindingsIn reviewing the literature it is clear that sources relating to the more detailed implementation issues of strategy (which is where BSC can be cited) is relatively scarce. Furthermore the strategy literature relating to the hospitality sector is relatively weakly developed. However, the reports are available which indicate the usefulness of a BSC approach, albeit modified to suit individual circumstances, but also point to potential pitfalls in its implementation. The primary research conducted indicates that a wide variety of measures are currently being used and that many hoteliers are using measures from all four of the category groupings identified in the BSC framework.Research limitations/implicationsThe primary research is based on a limited survey of hotels and it is recognised that further research is necessary to establish the exact nature of the causal linkages between performance measures and strategic intent and also to gain insights into practice elsewhere.Practical implicationsThe paper considers a broad range of generic and industry‐specific literature sources and concludes that, despite its limitations, such a structured approach to strategy provides a useful managerial tool for hotel managers.Originality/valueThe paper will be useful to academics with an interest in strategic implementation and performance measurement, and also to practitioners seeking an understanding of a practical managerial tool in terms of its benefits and potential difficulties.
Why hotels adopt ICTs: a study on the ICT adoption propensity of hotels in Thailand
Authors: Sahadev Sunil , Islam Nazrul 
Published: July 2005

PurposeThis study aims to explore the propensity of adoption of ICT‐based facilities by hotels in the hospitality sector.Design/methodology/approachThe factors that influence a hotel's propensity to adopt ICTs are broadly divided into location‐related and firm‐related. The relative impact of the factors on the ICT adoption propensity was analyzed through a survey amongst 95 hotels from seven locations in Thailand.FindingsThe findings give valuable insights for the marketers of ICTs who wish to gain entry into the hotel sector, and help them in better focusing their sales and marketing efforts.Originality/valueThe study provides researchers and suppliers of ICT‐based facilities with a framework for predicting the adoption propensity of potential customers.
Editorial
Authors: Blake Simon 
Published: July 2005

PurposeTo explore the importance of joining up and making the links between different topic areas within health education, as well as the importance of working effectively with key partners including children, young people and their families.Design/methodology/approachThe editorial draws on a range of national participation and practice development projects to offer some of the views and ideas of children and young people in relation to health education planning, development and delivery.FindingsChildren and young people want to participate in the development of health education; they want it to focus on both the physical and the emotional aspects of health and reflect the realities of their lives; they want professionals to work alongside parents, and for education to be well linked to confidential advice and support.Practical implicationsThis editorial encourages practitioners to reflect on their practice and consider how they are joining up the different content areas in health education, e.g. sex, alcohol and risk taking, how they are joining up education with health services and how professionals are working with children, young people and their families to develop high‐quality consistent health education.Originality/valueThe paper serves as a reminder to colleagues to draw on the expertise of children and young people and to consider whether and how their work is reflecting the realities of children's lives.
Protecting students and faculty from environmental tobacco smoke
Authors: Bower Glenna G. , Enzler Dave 
Published: July 2005

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine a Midwest university in North America over a one‐year period on current smoking policies and programs, student support for implementing additional smoking policies, and to produce a follow‐up report on supporting policies that were approved by administration.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers used a convenience sample from a four‐year public university located in the Midwestern USA. A four‐year public university is a publicly funded institution of higher learning awarding baccalaureate, Master's and doctoral degrees. Data were collected from administrators (n=6) and on Assessment Day of all freshmen (n=1,743) and juniors (n=643) at the university. Data were collected through document mining, a survey instrument, interviewing, and observation. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize frequency data for this study.FindingsThe data produced some interesting findings. First, the study provided college administrators with a model to follow in moving forward in developing policies for their students, faculty and staff. Second, the study offered support for implementing practical policies which may save the universities money, while protecting students, faculty, and staff from harmful environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Finally, the study addresses the need of the university to implement and enforce policies on campus that will embrace tobacco control.Research implicationsThe implications of this study are that other universities may utilize the steps involved in this study to move forward in developing policies for their employees, universities may utilize this information by stressing that students are less likely to begin smoking if the university or campus offers smoke‐free resident halls and apartments, and fire safety is increased by banning smoking in resident halls and apartments.Originality/valueEmbraces more comprehensively than previously the situation, treatment and future research regarding smoking among college students in the USA.
Cervical cancer screening and perceived information needs
Authors: Whynes David K. , Clarke Katherine , Philips Zoë , Avis Mark 
Published: July 2005

PurposeTo identify women's sources of information about cervical cancer screening, information which women report receiving during Pap consultations, information they would like to receive, and the relationships between perceived information needs, personal characteristics and information sources.Design/methodology/approachLogistic regression analysis of questionnaire data obtained from 408 screen‐eligible women resident in east central UK.FindingsProgramme documentation and the Pap consultation represent the main sources of information, although a sizeable proportion rely on other sources (e.g. mass media). The range and frequency of information services which women report receiving during their Pap consultations are variable, and around one‐sixth of women report never receiving information. “Always wanting information” is predictable from subject characteristics, which do not map precisely, owing to the variation in frequency of information being supplied. Age and women's main sources of information are significant predictors of perceived information shortfall, and such shortfalls are associated with dissatisfaction with the screening programme.Originality/valueCovers all aspects of women's attitudes towards satisfactory or unsatisfactory availability of external information in the matter of screening for cervical cancer in the UK.
Educating the fighter: buttonmashing, seeing, being
Authors: Squire Kurt D. 
Published: July 2005

PurposeA growing number of educators are turning to games for a model of next‐generation learning environments. To date, there has been a lack of critical inquiry into what kind of learning occurs through game play, and how games get learned by their players. Aims to plug this gapDesign/methodology/approachThis paper is a critical study of Viewtiful Joe, a cult‐classic sidescrolling 2D fighting game for the Nintendo Gamecube. Noted for its difficulty, Viewtiful Joe is an interesting case because, as a fighting game, it embodies many of the principles fundamental to the medium, most of which are missed by educators illiterate regarding the medium. It shows the cognitive complexity that goes into a fighting game, as well as a cutting‐edge example of how to manage that complexity. Far from button‐mashing, success in Viewtiful Joe requires the player to learn to read the game symbol systems, understand Viewtiful Joe's capacities, and see potential interchanges between them.FindingsThe paper analyzes how Viewtiful Joe is structured to balance flow and novelty, encourage players both to develop new skills and to master those they have. Finally, the paper examines how learning occurs through game play as an activity system, using player‐generated FAQs to analyze how gamers represent their practice and suggest theories of expert game practice.Originality/valueCentral to this paper is the argument that playing Viewtiful Joe is a performative act, where declarative knowledge, while clearly present for players, is secondary to players' ability to see and do in real‐time.
Procedural literacy: educating the new media practitioner
Authors: Mateas Michael 
Published: July 2005

PurposeSeeks to argue that procedural literacy, of which programming is a part, is critically important for new media scholars and practitioners and that its opposite, procedural illiteracy, leaves one fundamentally unable to grapple with the essence of computational media.Design/methodology/approachThis paper looks at one of the earliest historical calls for universal procedural literacy, explores how games can serve as an ideal object around which to organize a procedural literacy curriculum, and describes a graduate course developed at Georgia Tech, Computation as an Expressive Medium, designed to be a first course in procedural literacy for new media practitioners.FindingsTo achieve a broader and more profound procedural literacy will require developing an extended curriculum that starts in elementary school and continues through college. Encountering procedurality for the first time in a graduate level course is like a first language course in which students are asked to learn the grammar and vocabulary, read and comment on literature, and write short stories, all in one semester; one's own students would certainly agree that this is a challenging proposition.Originality/valueNew media scholars and practitioners, including game designers and game studies scholars, may assume that the “mere” technical details of code can be safely bracketed out of the consideration of the artifact. Contrary to this view, it is argued that procedural literacy, of which programming is a part, is critically important for new media scholars and practitioners and that its opposite, procedural illiteracy, leaves one fundamentally unable to grapple with the essence of computational media.
Acute psychosis after anesthesia: the case for antibiomania
Authors: PRZYBYLO H.J. , PRZYBYLO JASON H. , TODD DAVIS A. , COTÉ CHARLES J. 
Published: July 2005

SummaryWe report the case of a teenager who developed a postanesthesia acute psychosis (delusions, paranoia, and hallucinations) caused by a reaction to antibiotic therapy (amoxicillin and clarithromycin), so called ‘Hoigne's syndrome’ or ‘antibiomania.’ The differential diagnosis and a review of literature are presented. Our patient illustrates the importance of adding antibiomania as part of the differential diagnosis when altered postanesthesia behavior is observed in pediatric patients.
Randomized trial comparing overnight preoperative fasting period Vs oral administration of apple juice at 06:00–06:30 am in pediatric orthopedic surgical patients
Authors: CASTILLO‐ZAMORA CARLOS , CASTILLO‐PERALTA LUZ A. , NAVA‐OCAMPO ALEJANDRO A. 
Published: July 2005

SummaryBackground : We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of clear liquids orally administered at 06:00–06:30 am on the morning of surgery to reduce prolonged preoperative fasting periods.Methods : After obtaining informed parental consent, 100 children undergoing scheduled orthopedic surgical procedures, ASA I–II, were randomly allocated to two groups. In group 1, children underwent the typical overnight preoperative period and patients in group 2 received a commercial brand of apple juice (glucose 28 g in 250 ml) at 06:00–06:30 am on the day of surgery. Patients <3 years old received 15 ml·kg−1 and older children 10 ml·kg−1 to a maximum volume of 250 ml. All patients underwent overnight fasting for milk and solids.Results : Fasting time was 4.8 ± 2.1 h (ranging from 3 to 11 h) in the group receiving apple juice at 06:00–06:30 am and 13.2 ± 3.3 h (ranging from 5 to 19 h) in the overnight‐fasting group (P < 0.05; 95% CI: −9.6 to −7.4 h). More patients were irritable (odds ratio, OR 4.5; 95% CI: 1.9–10.8) and dehydrated (OR 21.6; 95% CI: 5.9–79.0) in the overnight‐fasting group. Glucose levels <2.7 mmol·l−1 (50 mg·dl−1) were not reported in any case.Conclusions : A 15 ml·kg−1 of apple juice for patients of <3 years of age or 10 ml·kg−1 for older children, at 06:00–06:30 am of the surgical morning is a simple procedure to prevent dehydration and to produce positive behavior in low‐risk, pediatric surgical patients.
Noninvasive ventilation options in pediatric myasthenia gravis
Authors: PIASTRA MARCO , CONTI GIORGIO , CARESTA ELENA , TEMPERA ALESSIA , CHIARETTI ANTONIO , POLIDORI GIANCARLO , ANTONELLI MASSIMO 
Published: July 2005

SummaryA 10‐month‐old female infant with congenital myasthenic syndrome suffering from acute respiratory failure was supported using facemask positive pressure ventilation until definitive diagnosis and specific treatment was achieved. A 12‐year‐old girl suffering from seronegative myasthenia gravis was treated by helmet‐delivered noninvasive ventilation during recurrent myasthenic episodes. Noninvasive support was really beneficial in the myasthenic crisis with respiratory muscle weakness, whereas a shift to tracheal intubation was necessary when pulmonary infection and multiple atelectasis occurred. The new helmet interface for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation can represent a valuable means of respiratory support in the early phase of respiratory failure in older children.
Electrostatic Forces
and Stored Energy for Deformable Dielectric
Materials
Authors: McMeeking Robert
M. , Landis Chad
M. 
Published: July 2005

Abstract
An isothermal energy balance is formulated for a system consisting of deformable dielectric bodies, electrodes, and the surrounding space. The formulation in this paper is obtained in the electrostatic limit but with the possibility of arbitrarily large deformations of polarizable material. The energy balance recognizes that charges may be driven onto or off of the electrodes, a process accompanied by external electrical work; mechanical loads may be applied to the bodies, thereby doing work through displacements; energy is stored in the material by such features as elasticity of the lattice, piezoelectricity, and dielectric and electrostatic interactions; and nonlinear reversible material behavior such as electrostriction may occur. Thus the external work is balanced by (1) internal energy consisting of stress doing work on strain increments, (2) the energy associated with permeating free space with an electric field, and (3) by the electric field doing work on increments of electric displacement or, equivalently, polarization. For a conservative system, the internal work is stored reversibly in the body and in the underlying and surrounding space. The resulting work statement for a conservative system is considered in the special cases of isotropic deformable dielectrics and piezoelectric materials. We identify the electrostatic stress, which provides measurable information quantifying the electrostatic effects within the system, and find that it is intimately tied to the constitutive formulation for the material and the associated stored energy and cannot be independent of them. The Maxwell stress, which is related to the force exerted by the electric field on charges in the system, cannot be automatically identified with the electrostatic stress and is difficult to measure. Two well-known and one novel formula for the electrostatic stress are identified and related to specific but differing constitutive assumptions for isotropic materials. The electrostatic stress is then obtained for a specific set of assumptions in regard to a piezoelectric material. An exploration of the behavior of an actuator composed of a deformable, electroactive polymer is presented based on the formulation of the paper.
PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FOLD PREDICTION USING TREE-AUGMENTED NAÏVE BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER
Authors: CHINNASAMY ARUNKUMAR , SUNG WING-KIN , MITTAL ANKUSH 
Published: July 2005

Due to the large volume of protein sequence data, computational methods to determine the structure class and the fold class of a protein sequence have become essential. Several techniques based on sequence similarity, Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines (SVMs), etc. have been applied. Since most of these classifiers use binary classifiers for multi-classification, there may be Nc2 classifiers required. This paper presents a framework using the Tree-Augmented Bayesian Networks (TAN) which performs multi-classification based on the theory of learning Bayesian Networks and using improved feature vector representation of (Ding et al., 2001).4 In order to enhance TAN's performance, pre-processing of data is done by feature discretization and post-processing is done by using Mean Probability Voting (MPV) scheme. The advantage of using Bayesian approach over other learning methods is that the network structure is intuitive. In addition, one can read off the TAN structure probabilities to determine the significance of each feature (say, hydrophobicity) for each class, which helps to further understand the complexity in protein structure. The experiments on the datasets used in three prominent recent works show that our approach is more accurate than other discriminative methods. The framework is implemented on the BAYESPROT web server and it is available at . More detailed results are also available on the above website.
NOISE-ROBUST SOFT CLUSTERING OF GENE EXPRESSION TIME-COURSE DATA
Authors: FUTSCHIK MATTHIAS E. , CARLISLE BRONWYN 
Published: July 2005

Clustering is an important tool in microarray data analysis. This unsupervised learning technique is commonly used to reveal structures hidden in large gene expression data sets. The vast majority of clustering algorithms applied so far produce hard partitions of the data, i.e. each gene is assigned exactly to one cluster. Hard clustering is favourable if clusters are well separated. However, this is generally not the case for microarray time-course data, where gene clusters frequently overlap. Additionally, hard clustering algorithms are often highly sensitive to noise.To overcome the limitations of hard clustering, we applied soft clustering which offers several advantages for researchers. First, it generates accessible internal cluster structures, i.e. it indicates how well corresponding clusters represent genes. This can be used for the more targeted search for regulatory elements. Second, the overall relation between clusters, and thus a global clustering structure, can be defined. Additionally, soft clustering is more noise robust and a priori pre-filtering of genes can be avoided. This prevents the exclusion of biologically relevant genes from the data analysis. Soft clustering was implemented here using the fuzzy c-means algorithm. Procedures to find optimal clustering parameters were developed. A software package for soft clustering has been developed based on the open-source statistical language R. The package called Mfuzz is freely available.