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"Not a traditional business" : sports TV as for-profit public good? -- Sportvision : the texts and tech of sports TV -- Generation IX : sports TV, gender and voice -- The level playing field? : sports TV and cultural debate -- The sports media ecosystem : sports TV's out-of-home communities -- Questions for discussion and further research -- Select timeline of U.S. sports television events.

Metropolitan governmental mergers and consolidations are distinctly structural reforms which suggest administrative reforms of similar disposition. For the personnel function, reform has meant some blending of the neutral competence and executive responsibility models in order to maximize local governmental responsiveness and accountability, while protecting employees from partisan political abuses. Resultant personnel systems in seven consolidated governments are surveyed to determine the degree of complementarity between the two models. By measuring these metropolitan government personnel systems against ten criteria concerning coverage and hiring-firing-promotion practices, each may be characterized as "safe, good government" reform or "strong executive leadership" reform.

PurposeThis paper sets out to present an innovative model for managing stakeholder relationships in the networked society.Design/methodology/approachIn the proposed network model, socially‐responsible investment organizations (SRIOs) collaborate with corporations to enhance the flow of information through the network, providing a key focal point and filter for information to and from the various stakeholders of the corporation.FindingsIllustrations show SRIOs becoming a catalyst towards best practices, emphasizing strategic options, monitoring functions, benchmarking peer firms, and providing stronger linkages to the global environment.Research limitations/implicationsThe model is illustrated with anecdotal evidence.Practical implicationsUtilizing SRIOs as intermediaries in the relationship between businesses and their multiple stakeholders is attractive because SRIOs possess the capabilities and skills of experts and matchmakers. The implications of increased access to information and greater valuation of corporate social responsibility are projected as a result of the SRIOs' role as expert, driving greater accountability with increased access to information. It is also seen as a direct result of the SRIOs' role as matchmaker, providing more explicit valuation of corporate social responsibility.Originality/valueIn the global economy, the concept of "managing stakeholders" may be an anachronism. As the importance of corporate social responsibility grows, efforts to address corporations' social responsibilities are increasingly challenged by: the complexity of globalization; the immediacy of digital networks; and the blurring of organizational boundaries.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces the rapid formation of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like amyloid-β (AB) plaques in about 30% of patients. However, the mechanisms behind this selective plaque formation are unclear. We investigated a potential association between amyloid deposition acutely after TBI and a genetic polymorphism of the AB-degrading enzyme, neprilysin (n = 81). We found that the length of the GT repeats in AB-accumulators was longer than in non-accumulators. Specifically, there was an increased risk of AB plaques for patients with more than 41 total repeats (p < 0.0001; OR: 10.1). In addition, the presence of 22 repeats in at least one allele was independently associated with plaque deposition (p = 0.03; OR: 5.2). In contrast, the presence of 20 GT repeats in one allele was independently associated with a reduced incidence of AB deposition (p = 0.003). These data suggest a genetically linked mechanism that determines which TBI patients will rapidly form AB plaques. Moreover, these findings provide a potential genetic screening test for individuals at high risk of TBI, such as participants in contact sports and military personnel.