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Choosing by Advantages Application Areas in Facilities Management: A Literature Review
Authors: Besiktepe Deniz , Ozbek Mehmet E , Atadero Rebecca A 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Choosing by Advantages (CBA) is a new generation decision-making method utilized mainly in lean construction, sustainable design, methods and materials selections for the last two decades. The value-based approach of CBA considers cost as a constraint and uses the advantages of the decision alternatives for preference, choice, and ranking. This approach can benefit facilities management (FM) processes that are challenged with cost and budget dominance in decision-making. This study conducted a comprehensive literature review about CBA revealing the benefits of and areas for improvement in the method while also investigating the possible application areas of CBA in FM practices. The review covered 67 relevant studies in the CBA topic area over the last two decades and identified the research clusters of these articles, focusing on studies that utilized CBA beyond the scope of Lean Construction. Moreover, the review revealed areas for improvement of CBA, such as the lack of structure in the Importance of Advance (IoA) scale, minimizing bias in stakeholder consensus, and considering weights and/or prioritization in decision factors. In addition to increasing awareness of the CBA method, this study identified areas where CBA has the potential to benefit; building maintenance decision-making, capital project planning, prioritization, procurement, buy vs. lease analysis, lease type and site selection, and resource and personnel allocation in FM practices.
How corporate real estate and facility managers perceive the benefits of different sustainability interventions
Authors: Robberegt T , Appel-Meulenbroek R , Arentze T , Caiati V 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Climate change is pushing governments to implement sustainability regulations for the real estate sector. Together with the increased client demand to accommodate more sustainable buildings, corporate real estate (CRE) and facility managers are challenged to upgrade the offices that they use with more sustainable interventions. There are many different sustainability measures they could consider as potential interventions, which most likely would each deliver different types of benefits; both from the viewpoint of sustainability as regarding other important organizational outcomes that are influenced by them. This study first identified a list of potential sustainability-oriented interventions and potential benefits from a systematic literature review. Next, CRE/Facility managers were questioned on which interventions they are (considering) implementing and what short- or long-term benefits they are expecting to come out of them. This questioning was done through semi-structured interviews based on the laddering approach. Findings identified 33 potential measures, especially regarding services, skin, and the site. These were related to 18 different expected benefits. The economic, environmental, and social benefits were very diverse and there is no real consensus yet on their exact relationship with sustainable measures. The insights add to the gap in research on sustainability measures taken by CRE/Facility managers. In addition, they give other CRE/Facility managers in practice insight in current experiences and perceived benefits of interventions by their colleagues, to inspire and support their own decision making.
Considering Covid-19 Treatments as Applied to Facility Seating: Developing a Methodology to Examine Adverse Surface Color Effects
Authors: Hebert P R , Petrova A 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
During Covid-19, a facility management researcher/instructor team examined potential effects of various disinfectant treatments on the surface appearance of furniture currently located in their academic facility. Treatments (i.e., bleach wipes, alcohol wipes, disinfectant sprays and UltraViolet wands) are used by students, staff, faculty, visitors, facility managers and custodians in an effort to reduce spread of Corona. Further, EMist© with Vital Oxide treatments were regularly applied by University-contracted facility maintenance staff during study period. While procedures exist for measuring color change regarding light exposure and changes due to abrasion, no current published methods were found regarding surface color before and after Covid-19 intervention treatments. Researchers/instructors anticipate findings from study would inform facility management and other courses. They anticipate results would allow generalizability to hospitality and healthcare. Changes in surface color of upholstered furniture in facilities may be extremely negative regarding interior aesthetics, corporate image, and replacement costs. Therefore, it was determined there was a great need to study the effects of treatments and inform facility stakeholders. Researchers posited that Covid-19 intervention treatments may alter surface color of upholstered furniture over time. The purpose of the study was to develop methodology to examine color degradation that may be caused by agents used in common disinfecting practices. Three seating pieces (drafting chair, drafting stool, classroom chair) made of different materials were studied. Five treatments were applied to each furniture piece at regular intervals over an 8-week period. Researchers measured color before and after treatments. The procedures were photo-documented and videotaped to capture treatments in-process and to support future educational presentations. Preliminary findings revealed limited variability in color changes. Future research should consider other seating and room-finish materials, disinfectants and treatments, facility types, and timeframes.
Green spaces in housing development – buyers’ preferences
Authors: Zalejska-Jonsson A , Wilkinson S , Wahlund R , Cunningham R 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Globally, extreme weather events are occurring more often, with increased intensity due to anthropogenic climate change. For example, in July 2022, monthly average temperature in Spain was 2.7 C above average, and UK has recorded temperatures above 40 degrees for the first time. It has been proven that implementation of green spaces in cities helps to address environmental, social, and even economic problems by providing ecological services, reducing temperature, and attenuating the heat island effect, providing aesthetic enjoyment, recreational opportunities and decreased stress levels. However, green infrastructure is rarely prioritised by developers. It has been argued that, due to space constraints, green infrastructures are an inefficient land use, costly to maintain, and that there is uncertainty if green infrastructures are valued by the market. This paper reports on results from a study examining the attractiveness and the effect of green spaces on housing market customer’ perceptions. To analyse the impact of green spaces, we worked with landscape architects and residential housing developers designing a multi apartment building with a courtyard. The courtyard area was designed accordance to The Green Area Factor resulting in five courtyard designs, each with a different level of greenery. All five designs were presented in dynamic virtual views and embedded in a survey questionnaire. Maintenance costs of all five green spaces were calculated. The findings shows that greenery does effect the perceived attractiveness of residential development. Maintenance costs for the courtyards, with lowest and highest level of greenery, differ by approximately 10 percent of the total maintenance costs. These findings are applicable in the context of new housing construction and renovation projects.
Mapping of construction materials reuse practices within large Norwegian municipalities
Authors: Kummen T M , Bohne R A , Lohne J 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
An increase in the reuse of building materials is identified as crucial to fulfil the UN Sustainable Development Goals within the built environment. The ambition of this paper is to examine systems for reuse in five of Norway’s largest municipalities, to understand the barriers and drivers for their well-functioning. Through a literature review, Norwegian praxis is then compared to best practices internationally. The methodological approach was based on a two-stage process. First, a preliminary round of informal interviews (N=28), and site visits to the sites were scrutinized. This first round gave the basis for the research design of the consecutive stage. Here, a scoping literature review was carried out to map the existing literature within the field. In the second stage, in-depth interviews of key actors (N=8) were carried out, along with renewed site visits. Document studies were carried out in the second round (contracts, site descriptions, and project descriptions). Norwegian praxis within the field of reuse lags behind best practices internationally. This is particularly true when compared to other northern-European countries. The main barriers to effective reuse within Norwegian municipalities are time, costs, lack of logistics, and requirements relating to materials, construction products and building design. Of particular importance is the lack of a system for reusing when existing buildings are terminated. If reuse is to gain adherence, there is a need for an improved understanding of how to systemise the logistics of reuse. It is therefore needed to increase theoretical knowledge and initiate change among practitioners.
Addressing sustainability: setting and governing sustainability goals and targets
Authors: Ademi B , Klungseth N J 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Businesses in all kinds of industries, including facility management (FM), are increasingly integrating sustainability into their practices. The integration of sustainability practices involves expanding beyond economic targets to include environmental and social ones. However, this process is challenging for businesses and has not been fully explained by existing research. Consequently, this paper investigates how organizations set and govern their sustainability ambitions and targets. Specifically, this research focuses on identifying relevant goals and targets, selecting and integrating the goals and targets into business operations, and tracking the progress toward them. A case study approach was employed to achieve the paper’s intended purpose, and a multinational company from the service industry was analyzed. Ten interviews were conducted, and more than 50 pages of archival data were collected. The results of this study elaborate on the setting of sustainability ambitions and targets and provide a roadmap for this process. The proposed roadmap includes defining sustainability, materiality analysis, goals and targets, and sustainability governance as crucial stages. This study’s practical contributions include the process roadmap, which can facilitate organizations’ journeys toward reasonable sustainability goals and targets. This outcome benefits all kinds of organizations, including those operating in the built environment and the FM domain.
Improving organisational resilience: the TURNkey project
Authors: Jones K G , Mulder F , Morga M , Wanigarathna N 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Facilities managers have a key role to play in improving organisational resilience to disaster events. However, there is currently limited support available to help them understand and systematically manage related issues. At the strategic level, they need to understand the physical, operational, and organisational risks associated with individual and cascading events. At the operational level, they need to develop mitigation interventions to reduce and manage these risks. This paper discusses results from the TURNkey project, which developed a forecasting, early warning and consequence response platform to assist decision-makers prepare for, respond to and recover from a potential earthquake event. It looks at this disaster management platform through the lens of business, outlining the opportunities and challenges facilities managers face when using it to manage organisational resilience. First, the paper presents an overview of the TURNkey platform and describes a series of end-user use cases that were developed to identify the key business issues the platform needed to address. The paper then reports the results of a hypothetical case study undertaken as part of a regional earthquake simulation to show how the outputs from the TURNkey FWCR platform can be integrated into existing resilience plans. The paper concludes by highlighting outstanding integration issues and the role that facilities managers can play in helping resolve them. Although the paper draws on evidence from earthquake disasters, its findings and conclusions are generic, and applicable to any disaster event.
Effect of gas flow on the nanoparticles transport in dusty acetylene plasmas
Authors: LIU Xiangmei , LIU Wenjing , ZHANG Xi , DONG Xiaotian , ZHAO Shuxia 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This article presents simulation results on the effects of neutral gas flow for nanoparticle transport in atmospheric-pressure, radio-frequency, capacitively-coupled, and acetylene discharge. The acetylene gas is set to flow into the chamber from the upper showerhead electrode. The internal energy of the gas medium therein is transferred into kinetic energy so the gas advection can be triggered. This is represented by the pressure volume work term of the gas energy converse equation. The gas advection leads to the gas temperature sink at the gas inlet, hence a large gas temperature gradient is formed. The thermophoresis relies on the gas temperature gradient, and causes the profile of nanoparticle density to vary from a double-peak structure to a single-peak one. The gas advection influences the properties of electron density and temperature as well and causes the drift-ambipolar mode profile of electron density asymmetric. In the bulk region, i.e. away from the inlet, the gas advection is more like one isovolumetric compression, which slightly increases the temperature of the gas medium at consuming its kinetic energy.
Production of d-aldotetrose from l-erythrulose using various isomerases
Authors: Tomino Shunsuke , Yoshihara Akihide , Fleet George W J , Izumori Ken 
Published: May 2023

ABSTRACT
d-Aldotetroses are rare sugars that are obtained via chemical synthesis in low yield. In this study, we demonstrated that d-aldotetroses could be produced using 3 isomerases. First, l-erythrulose was epimerized using d-tagatose 3-epimerase from Pseudomonas cichorii ST-24. The specific optical rotation of the reaction solution gradually decreased to zero, indicating that approximately 50% of the l-erythrulose was converted to d-erythrulose. d, l-Erythrulose mixture was isomerized with d-arabinose isomerase from Klebsiella pneumoniae 40bXX to produce d-threose, resulting in a conversion rate of 9.35%. d-Erythrose production using l-rhamnose isomerase from Pseudomonas stutzeri LL172 resulted in a conversion rate of 12.9%. Because of the low purity of the purchased d-erythrose, the product was reduced by the Raney nickel catalyst compared with authentic erythritol. We confirmed the products using HPLC and 13C-NMR spectra. This is the first report of d-aldotetrose production using an enzymatic reaction.
BJS-04 THE USE OF A VISCERAL PROTECTIVE LAYER PREVENTS FISTULA DEVELOPMENT IN OPEN ABDOMEN THERAPY – RESULTS FROM THE EHS OPEN ABDOMEN REGISTRY
Authors: Schaaf S , Schwab R , Wöhler A , Muysoms F , Lock J , Sörelius K , Rene F , Tobias K , Berrevoet F , Stavrou G , Von Websky M , Tartaglia D , Bulian D , Willms A G 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Purpose
Enteroatmospheric fistula (EAF) development is a severe complication of open abdomen therapy (OAT), thus this study yields to evaluate the protective effect of a visceral protective layer (VPL) based on registry data.

Material and Methods
All cases from the EHS Open Abdomen Registry since its establishment on May 1st, 2015, and Dec 4th, 2022, were enrolled in this study. Descriptive and comparative statistics were conducted before and after propensity score matching to reduce confounding effects. In addition, a logistic regression analysis has been used to reveal determining factors of EAF development.

Results
Overall 1,009 cases have been entered into the EHS Open Abdomen Registry. The main indications for OA were peritonitis (36.6%), burst abdomen/ACS (29.5%), and trauma (8.8%). The overall mortality rate was 27.9% (n=282). VPL was used in 561 cases (55.6%), negative-pressure wound therapy in 332 patients (31.9%), and fascial traction in 316 cases (31.3%). The OAT duration was 20.8±37.0 days. 71 fistulas (7.0%) were reported. The fistula rates differed significantly depending on the use of a VPL (noVPL 16.2% vs. VPL 6.1%, p=.00, matched). The effect of VPL on EAF yielded an OR of 0.36 (CI:0.21–0.60, p=.000) in the overall population. That effect remained in the matched collective with an OR of 0.34 (CI: 0.17–0.68, p=.002), which yielded a 66% relative risk reduction.

Conclusion
The use of VPL in OAT showed a significantly reduced incidence of EAF. In order to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the open abdomen procedure, its application is therefore considered mandatory.
OC-028 USING THE VACUUM ASSISTED “FRENCH FRY” TECHNIQUE (FFT) FOR WOUND CLOSURE IN CONTAMINATED OPEN ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION (AWR)
Authors: Wilson H , Tawkaliyar R , Rose M , Polcz M , Ku D , Scarola G , Colavita P , Heniford B T 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Introduction
In some settings, it is not appropriate to close wounds primarily, such as when patients are felt to be at high risk for wound infection. FFT is a useful method of wound closure in these patients following open AWR.

Methods
A consecutive series of patients were closed with FFT following AWR from 2019–2022. The FFT includes cutting a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) sponge into 1×1×8cm segments that are partially placed through an otherwise closed wound. A skin VAC is placed over the wound and external portion of the FFs. Patient characteristics, operative details, and postoperative outcomes were collected. Standard descriptive statistics were reported.

Results
Wound closure was performed with FFT in 15 patients. Patients were 63.8±13.1 years old, mean BMI was 31.1±6.5 kg/m2, and there was history of tobacco use in 40.0% of patients, diabetes in 46.7%, and prior failed hernia repair in 11(73.3%). Almost all had CDC wound class of 3 or 4(13, 86.7%) wounds, and hernia defect size was 144[8, 310]cm2. Biologic mesh was placed in 9(60.0%), and no mesh was used in 6(40.0%). Wound complication risk based on the CeDAR risk score was 59.5±15.1%. There were 2(13.3%) 30-day readmissions, including 1(6.7%) for a wound infection that was reopened at the bedside. There were no other wound complications.

Conclusions
FFT is an alternative method of wound closure for significantly at-risk wounds in patients undergoing AWR. The present study describes FFT use in high-risk, complex patients with only 1 of 15 patients having a postoperative wound complication.
OC-080 A NOVEL SURGICAL APPROACH, THE DOUBLE TRACT RECONSTRUCTION IN TREATING FAILED RE-DO FUNDOPLICATION
Authors: Haso A , Hashim D , Meyer F , García-Ureña M A , Albayrak N 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Aim
Recurrence of hiatal hernia may occur in up to 70% of patients. Failure is defined subjectively as recurrence of symptoms and objectively by imaging or pH studies, which can diagnose recurrent hiatal hernia, wrap disruption, and/or reflux disease. Approximately 25% of patients need partial or subtotal esophagectomy - mainly secondarily to scar formation and ﬁbrosis at the hiatus site. Our aim is to report the early results of a novel double tract reconstruction in treating failed re-do fundoplication

Materials and methods
Retrospective review of prospectively collected data on patients who had undergone salvage operation of failed re-do fundoplication related to demographics, operative details, surgical and clinical outcomes as well as patient satisfaction.

Results

Conclusion
Double tract reconstruction appears a suitable option in treating symptomatic recurrently failed hiatal hernia repair especially after the second or third recurrence with disruption of the anatomy and scarring of gastroesophageal junction.
P-053 LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH WITH EXTRAPERITONEAL PREFERENCE AS A STANDARD INDICATION FOR PATIENTS WITH INGUINAL HERNIA. OUR FIRST RESULTS
Authors: Silva Cano D W , López-Negrete Cueto E , Rodicio Miravalles J L , Carrasco Aguilera B , Moreno Gijón M , Rodríguez Uria R , Sanz Navarro S , Sanz Álvarez L , Granero Trancón J E 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Aim
Laparoscopic inguinal repair originated in the early 80's, but despite the time elapsed its use is not generalized, although more groups are adopting it as the technique of choice. With this wordk we seek to analyze our results after generalizing the laparoscopic approach.

Material & Methods
Descriptive and retrospective study of patients electively operated by Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) or Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) repair, between January 2020 and December 2022, for primary or recurrent inguinal hernia.

Results
A total of 138 patients underwent surgery, 92.8% male, mean age 60.7 (SD 11.9) years. Of these, 113 had unilateral hernia and 25 bilateral. In 115 (83.3%) the hernia was primary. The mean operative duration was 61.3 (SD 24.3) minutes, and 2 complications (1 right inferior epigastric artery injury on postoperative day 10 and 1 intraoperative ligament bleeding). There were 3 TEP to TAPP conversions and 3 recurrrences (1 no surgery due to patient refusal, 1 repair by anterior approach and another reoperated by TAPP). At one month possoperatively, 87.7% reported no or mild pain, 113 patients being discharged. The average follow-up wa 83.1 (SD 129.2) days. When analyzing the specific approach, TEP was predominant: 110 (79.7%) with similar postoperative results of pain vs TAPP although with significantly shorter operative duration: 53.1 vs 68.9 minutes (p &lt;0.001).

Conclusions
Inguinal laparoscopy in our setting is safe and effective in the short term for primary repair. Our results support laparoscopic repair with TEP as the first choice and TAPP as an alternative.
Pitted keratolysis
Authors: Palaniappan Vijayasankar , Murthy Aravind Baskar , Karthikeyan Kaliaperumal 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Pitted keratolysis (PK) is a common superficial bacterial skin infection confined to the stratum corneum. It is clinically characterized by multifocal, discrete, pits or crater-like punched-out lesions, commonly over the pressure-bearing aspects of the foot. It is asymptomatic and associated with malodour. The surface is often moist and macerated. The diagnosis of PK is often clinical and diagnostic procedures are usually unnecessary. Lifestyle modifications form the cornerstone of the management of PK. It responds well to topical antimicrobials.