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Análise da Imagem dos Turistas quanto ao Desenvolvimento do Turismo em Perobas, Touros-RN
Authors: Oliveira Wagner Araújo , Da Silva Clébia Bezerra
Published: September 2016

O presente artigo tem como objetivo avaliar a imagem dos turistas quanto ao desenvolvimento do turismo nos recifes de corais de Perobas. A comunidade de Perobas situa-se no município de Touros-RN, distante aproximadamente 90 km da Capital do Estado - Natal, o qual faz parte da área de influência direta da Área de Proteção Ambiental dos Recifes de Corais juntamente com os municípios de Maxaranguape e Rio do Fogo. Os processos metodológicos consistiram inicialmente em revisão da literatura, depois uso de questionários como instrumento de coleta de dados questionários, visita in loco e capturas de imagens. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que os principais destinos de origens dos turistas são São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, que o principal motivo para visitar Perobas é o mergulho, e as primeiras informações do local são dadas pelas agências de Natal. Além disso, mostraram o interesse dos turistas em visitar um centro de informações do local, já quanto à verificação da satisfação dos passeios observou-seque eles manifestaram-se relativamente satisfeitos. No entanto, também verificou práticas inadequadas por parte dos turistas, como pisoteio de corais, alimentação artificial aos peixes, coletas de corais, devido à falta de fiscalização e a não obtenção de informações sobre as normas do local.
Serge Daney, Zapper: Cinema, Television, and the Persistence of Media
Authors: Tweedie James
Published: September 2016

The essay considers Serge Daney's transition from a film critic schooled in New Wave cinephilia to a television critic fascinated by the possibilities of the small screen and the status of cinema as an old medium. Looking in the “rear-view mirror,” Daney challenges foundational film theory that situates cinema at the forefront of technological and cultural modernity, and he introduces the language of belatedness, aging, and delay into his writing on the “adult art” of film. In the 1980s, Daney began to chronicle the experience of watching cinema on television, with old and new media spiraling into each other and the critic engaged in a process of archaeology focused as much on absent or damaged images as the imaginary plenitude of the screen. Tweedie's essay frames the critic's work as a key reference point for film studies in the late twentieth century because it counters both the modernist euphoria of theory produced decades before and the enthusiasm surrounding the digital revolution in the years just after his death, with new media in the vanguard once occupied by cinema. Instead of recomposing this familiar narrative of innovation, succession, and obsolescence, Daney constructs a retrospective and intermedial theory of film, with the act of watching cinema on television revealing both the diminution and the persistence of its most utopian ambitions.
“Viewer to Viewer, or The Art of Unpacking One's Picnic” and Other Essays
Authors: Morellet Francois
Published: September 2016

This anthology of writings by artist François Morellet (1926–2016) presents new translations of texts, several never before published in English, that concern his early development, from the 1950s—during which he elaborated the systematic conception of art that would govern his practice throughout his life—to the 1960s, when he was a founding member of the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel. With humor and clarity, Morellet details his plans for a “programmed experimental painting”; a call for active participation by viewers of contemporary art; the influence of Mondrian, van Doesburg, Max Bill, and others on his work and the ways in which he tried to eliminate choice as much as possible from his grid paintings; and, most satirically, the ways to recognized as a “serious” artist.
François Morellet/Sol LeWitt: A Case Study Revisited
Authors: Bois Yve-Alain
Published: September 2016

Resuming his examination of pseudomorphism from October 154, Yve-Alain Bois argues that the striking resemblances between works by François Morellet and Sol LeWitt are the result of structurally different notions of systems. They each arrived at results that might look similar, but only from a superficial, morphological point of view. Very early on, Morellet set out to purge elements of personal taste—which seemed to him akin to the worst aspects of European postwar abstraction—from his systematic approach. It was through the attempt to suppress choice, and thus composition, that he finally adopted adopted chance as a master organizer of his work. While the premises of Morellet and LeWitt are often identical (both rejected the arbitrariness of composition and the subjectivism of gestural abstraction), and their respective toolkits have many elements in common, as in any other case of pseudomorphism, the works themselves have a different meaning—or assert differently their author's craving for meaninglessness—because the historical and geographical context of their occurrence is different.
“ ‘Signature Event Context’ … in, well, context”
Authors: Kates Joshua
Published: September 2016

This article concerns a moment in French intellectual history when the self-evidences of structuralism become doubtful under the pressure exerted by discourse; it thus treats a second turn within the linguistic turn as it occurred in France. The work of Emile Benveniste, and texts by Jean-Francois Lyotard and Paul Ricoeur, flesh out this development. I use them, as well as John Searle’s response, to approach anew Derrida’s essay “Signature Event Context.” Derrida’s distance from this second linguistic turn thereby becomes visible (including from Lacan’s, Barthes’, and Foucault’s versions of it), and the distinct status of discourse in Derrida’s own thought emerges. Finally, critiquing Derrida’s folding of discourse into a notion of “signifying form” in sec, while drawing on his account there of “citationality,” I sketch new directions for conceiving of context and discourse themselves, ones arguably able to withstand Derrida’s express concerns.
Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam
Authors: ZVONAREVA SOFYA , KANTOR YURI
Published: September 2016

Gastropod molluscs are one of the most important components of mangrove ecosystem. Mangroves in Central Vietnam have a rather limited distribution due to peculiarities of the coastline morphology and presently their fauna remains understudied. Extensive surveys were conducted in both natural vegetation and artificial mangrove plantations in several localities in Nha Trang Bay from 2005 to 2015. In total 65 species of gastropod molluscs were found alive, 17 of which can be considered as predominantly mangrove-associated. An illustrated guide is provided, with short synonymies and data on ecology and distribution. The recorded molluscan diversity is compared with published data on mangrove gastropods in different regions of the Indo-Pacific. Total species number and the proportion of mangrove-associated species are similar to studied faunas in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, but the diversity is much lower than that of the mangal fauna of the Philippines.
VARSEDIG: an algorithm for morphometric characters selection and statistical validation in morphological taxonomy
Authors: GUISANDE CÁSTOR , VARI RICHARD P. , HEINE JÜRGEN , GARCÍA-ROSELLÓ EMILIO , GONZÁLEZ-DACOSTA JACINTO , PEREZ-SCHOFIELD BALTASAR J. GARCÍA , GONZÁLEZ-VILAS LUIS , PELAYO-VILLAMIL PATRICIA
Published: September 2016

We present and discuss VARSEDIG, an algorithm which identifies the morphometric features that significantly discriminate two taxa and validates the morphological distinctness between them via a Monte-Carlo test. VARSEDIG is freely available as a function of the RWizard application PlotsR (http://www.ipez.es/RWizard) and as R package on CRAN. The variables selected by VARSEDIG with the overlap method were very similar to those selected by logistic regression and discriminant analysis, but overcomes some shortcomings of these methods. VARSEDIG is, therefore, a good alternative by comparison to current classical classification methods for identifying morphometric features that significantly discriminate a taxon and for validating its morphological distinctness from other taxa. As a demonstration of the potential of VARSEDIG for this purpose, we analyze morphological discrimination among some species of the Neotropical freshwater family Characidae.
Rhaphium (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae) from China with six new species
Authors: TANG CHUFEI , WANG NING , YANG DING
Published: September 2016

There are 26 species of Rhaphium recorded from China, including the following six species described as new to science: Rhaphium apophysatum sp. nov., R. bilobum sp. nov., R. bisectum sp. nov., R. daqinggouense sp. nov., R. dorsiseta sp. nov., R. neimengense sp. nov. Two new groups: the R. flavilabre and R. bilobum species groups are proposed. A key to the species of Rhaphium from China is provided.
A note on Agraeciini species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in India
Authors: NAGAR RAJENDRA , SWAMINATHAN TATIANA , SWAMINATHAN R.
Published: September 2016

The present paper re-describes three known species of the tribe Agraeciini (Tettigonidae: Conocephalinae), as well as recording Palaeoagraecia brunnea Ingrisch, 1998 for the first time from India. These descriptions hold to be useful in the identification of Indian agraeciine species. The important morphological characters of the head, pronotum, cerci, spines on the fore tibiae, hind femora and the ovipositor have been illustrated with suitable line drawings to distinguish the newly reported species.
Proctolaelaps species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from Egypt, with description of a new species and complementary descriptions of other five species
Authors: ABO-SHNAF REHAM I. A. , MORAES GILBERTO J. DE
Published: September 2016

The objective of this paper is to provide a taxonomic appraisal of the melicharids from Egypt, based on specimens previously collected by different authors and on specimens newly collected by the first author of this paper, all belonging to the genus Proctolaelaps Berlese. A new species, Proctolaelaps gizaensis n. sp., is described, thus raising to six the number of Proctolaelaps species recorded from Egypt. Complementary descriptions of the following species are also provided: Proctolaelaps aegyptiacus Nasr, 1986; Proctolaelaps holoventris Moraes, Britto, Mineiro & Halliday, 2016; Proctolaelaps pygmaeus (Müller, 1859); Proctolaelaps drosophilae Karg, Baker & Jenkinson, 1995 and Proctolaelaps regalis De Leon, 1963. The latter two species were not found in Egypt, but they are related to the new species described here. They were re-described based on the type specimens from Europe and North America. A dichotomous key is given to help the separation of the Proctolaelaps species concluded to be found in Egypt.
Zorotypus weiweii (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), a new species of angel insects, from Sabah, East Malaysia
Authors: WANG JIANYUN , LI HU , CAI WANZHI
Published: September 2016

A new species of the insect order Zoraptera, Zorotypus weiweii, is described and figured from Sabah, East Malaysia. The new species represents the second angel insect from Borneo. Z. caudelli Karny was also collected near the type locality of Z. weiweii. Methods of specimen collection and a brief note of angel insects in Malaysia were provided based on new materials and biological observations.
A 20-Year History of NSF-Supported Atmospheric Science Field Campaigns: Statistics and Demographics
Authors: Avallone Linnea M. , Baeuerle Brigitte
Published: September 2016

Over the past two decades, the National Science Foundation’s Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) has funded nearly 200 atmospheric science–related field campaigns that have included deployment of AGS-sponsored observing facilities. These projects have spanned the range from modest, single-investigator experiments to massive, multi-investigator, multiagency campaigns. They have occurred both domestically and abroad, on every continent and over most oceans. In this article, we present an analysis of some of the details about these campaigns, including such elements as deployment location and cost of the campaign, and of statistics related to the principal investigators (e.g., type and location of institution, gender, years since degree). In addition, we assess trends in field campaign cost. These results provide a retrospective view of atmospheric science field work that has been supported since 1992.
The Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX)
Authors: Wan Qilin , Wang Bin , Wong Wai Kin , Hu Zhiqun , Jou Ben Jong-Dao , Lin Yanluan , Johnson Richard H. , Chang Chih-Pei , Zhu Yuejian , Zhang Xubin , Wang Hui , Xia Rudi , Ma Juhui , Zhang Da-Lin , Gao Mei , Zhang Yijun , Liu Xi , Chen Yangruixue , Huang Huijun , Bao Xinghua , Ruan Zheng , Cui Zhehu , Meng Zhiyong , Sun Jiaxiang , Wu Mengwen , Wang Hongyan , Peng Xindong , Qian Weimiao , Zhao Kun , Xiao Yanjiao
Published: September 2016

During the presummer rainy season (April–June), southern China often experiences frequent occurrences of extreme rainfall, leading to severe flooding and inundations. To expedite the efforts in improving the quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF) of the presummer rainy season rainfall, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) initiated a nationally coordinated research project, namely, the Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX) that was endorsed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a research and development project (RDP) of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP). The SCMREX RDP (2013–18) consists of four major components: field campaign, database management, studies on physical mechanisms of heavy rainfall events, and convection-permitting numerical experiments including impact of data assimilation, evaluation/improvement of model physics, and ensemble prediction. The pilot field campaigns were carried out from early May to mid-June of 2013–15. This paper: i) describes the scientific objectives, pilot field campaigns, and data sharing of SCMREX; ii) provides an overview of heavy rainfall events during the SCMREX-2014 intensive observing period; and iii) presents examples of preliminary research results and explains future research opportunities.
Long-Path Quantum Cascade Laser–Based Sensor for Methane Measurements
Authors: Michel Anna P. M. , Miller David J. , Sun Kang , Tao Lei , Stanton Levi , Zondlo Mark A.
Published: September 2016

A long-path methane (CH4) sensor was developed and field deployed using an 8-μm quantum cascade laser. The high optical power (40 mW) of the laser allowed for path-integrated measurements of ambient CH4 at total pathlengths from 100 to 1200 m with the use of a retroreflector. Wavelength modulation spectroscopy was used to make high-precision measurements of atmospheric pressure–broadened CH4 absorption over these long distances. An in-line reference cell with higher harmonic detection provided metrics of system stability in rapidly changing and harsh environments. The system consumed less than 100 W of power and required no consumables. The measurements intercompared favorably (typically less than 5% difference) with a commercial in situ methane sensor when accounting for the different spatiotemporal scales of the measurements. The sensor was field deployed for 2 weeks at an arctic lake to examine the robustness of the approach in harsh field environments. Short-term precision over a 458-m pathlength was 10 ppbv at 1 Hz, equivalent to a signal from a methane enhancement above background of 5 ppmv in a 1-m length. The sensor performed well in a range of harsh environmental conditions, including snow, rain, wind, and changing temperatures. These field measurements demonstrate the capabilities of the approach for use in detecting large but highly variable emissions in arctic environments.
A Characterization of the Quality of the Stratospheric Temperature Distributions from SABER based on Comparisons with COSMIC Data
Authors: Fan Z. Q. , Sheng Z. , Shi H. Q. , Zhang X. H. , Zhou C. J.
Published: September 2016

Global stratospheric temperature measurement is an important field in the study of climate and weather. Dynamic and radiative coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere has been demonstrated in a number of studies over the past decade or so. However, studies of the stratosphere were hampered by a shortage of observation data before satellite technology was used in atmospheric sounding. Now, the data from the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics, and Dynamics/Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (TIMED/SABER) observations make it easier to study the stratosphere. The precision and accuracy of TIMED/SABER satellite soundings in the stratosphere are analyzed in this paper using refraction error data and temperature data obtained from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) radio occultation sounding system and TIMED/SABER temperature data between April 2006 and December 2009. The results show high detection accuracy of TIMED/SABER satellite soundings in the stratosphere. The temperature standard deviation (STDV) errors of SABER are mostly in the range from of 0–3.5 K. At 40 km the STDV error is usually less than 1 K, which means that TIMED/SABER temperature is close to the real atmospheric temperature at this height. The distributions of SABER STDV errors follow a seasonal variation: they are approximately similar in the months that belong to the same season. As the weather situation is complicated and fickle, the distribution of SABER STDV errors is most complex at the equator. The results in this paper are consistent with previous research and can provide further support for application of the SABER’s temperature data.
Communal Coping and Posttraumatic Growth in a Context of Natural Disasters in Spain, Chile, and Colombia
Authors: Wlodarczyk Anna , Basabe Nekane , Páez Dario , Reyes Carlos , Villagrán Loreto , Madariaga Camilo , Palacio Jorge , Martínez Francisco
Published: September 2016

The aim of this study was to identify communal coping strategies that enhance posttraumatic growth of individuals, communities, and societies in the context of natural disasters. Participants were 540 people affected by floods in Colombia and by earthquakes in Spain and Chile. Posttraumatic growth was assessed at individual, community, and society levels. Direct and indirect relationships between trauma intensity and posttraumatic growth were analyzed to identify and evaluate the mediating role played by communal coping strategies. Growth and communal coping were reported in all nations, but means for posttraumatic growth at all three levels and communal coping were higher in the relatively more collectivistic countries, Colombia and Chile, than in the relatively more individualistic Spain. Spiritual coping was more frequent in the two Latin American nations, but it also predicted growth even in more secularized Spain. Social support was similar in Spain and Chile, and higher in Colombia, and played a more important mediating role in Spain. Globally, our results confirmed that communal coping strategies and participation in collective gatherings are antecedent of posttraumatic growth not only at individual but also at communal level and in different cultural contexts.
The Effects of Extended Pain on Behavior
Authors: Usdin Ted B. , Dimitrov Eugene L.
Published: September 2016

Chronic pain is frequently associated with anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction. This review discusses recent work in rodents that contributes to the understanding of their neurobiological links. Brain regions that contain circuits that mediate persistent changes in behavior that are caused by nerve injury or joint inflammation include the rostral anterior cingulate and other parts of the medial prefrontal cortex, the basolateral and central nucleus of the amygdala, and the nucleus accumbens. Functional changes, including increases in the activity within specific neuronal pathways and in the levels of specific synaptic components, that are associated with the behavior changes, or are in some cases necessary for them, have recently been identified. Broadly projecting modulatory systems and widely expressed factors such as cytokines and growth factors also contribute to pain-associated behavior. Integrating these observations and determining their causal relationships is now critical for the identification of therapeutic targets and the design of appropriate interventions.
Progressing From Metformin to Sulfonylureas or Meglitinides
Authors: Grant Joan S. , Graven Lucinda J.
Published: September 2016

The article provides an overview of sulfonylureas and meglitinides as second-line agents for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Implications for occupational health clinicians who work with these individuals when they take either of these medications to achieve target glycemic indices are emphasized.
Public Understanding of Science
Authors: Sinatra Gale M. , Hofer Barbara K.
Published: September 2016

The need for public understanding of science is especially critical in today’s society when citizens frequently confront complex, conflicting information on challenging topics. This article presents research on challenges for public understanding of science: In addition to increased scientific literacy (knowledge), people may need to shift epistemic cognition (beliefs about the nature of knowledge) and epistemic trust (beliefs about source credibility) to accept scientific perspectives. The article suggests how educators, media specialists, and scientists who communicate about their work might help address these challenges. Educational implications include (a) teach scientific processes, (b) teach for deeper understanding, (c) promote epistemic cognition, and (d) use instructional scaffolds. Policy recommendations include (a) fund educational research on thinking, (b) emphasize how to think over what to think, (c) support malleable psychological skills and dispositions, (d) avoid presenting “balanced perspectives” when there is scientific consensus, and (e) demand more rigorous teacher preparation standards. All these develop an informed citizenry.
Inhibition of interleukin-1 signaling enhances elimination of tyrosine kinase inhibitor–treated CML stem cells
Authors: Zhang Bin , Chu Su , Agarwal Puneet , Campbell Victoria L. , Hopcroft Lisa , Jørgensen Heather G. , Lin Allen , Gaal Karl , Holyoake Tessa L. , Bhatia Ravi
Published: September 2016

Key Points

CML LSC demonstrate increased IL-1 receptor expression and enhanced signaling response. Inhibition of IL-1 signaling using the antagonist IL-1RA enhances targeting of CML LSC in combination with TKI.
Contagion in Financial Networks
Authors: Glasserman Paul , Young H. Peyton
Published: September 2016

The recent financial crisis has prompted much new research on the interconnectedness of the modern financial system and the extent to which it contributes to systemic fragility. Network connections diversify firms' risk exposures, but they also create channels through which shocks can spread by contagion. We review the extensive literature on this issue, with the focus on how network structure interacts with other key variables such as leverage, size, common exposures, and short-term funding. We discuss various metrics that have been proposed for evaluating the susceptibility of the system to contagion and suggest directions for future research. (JEL D85, E44, G01, G21, G22, G23, G28)
State and Development: The Need for a Reappraisal of the Current Literature
Authors: Bardhan Pranab
Published: September 2016

This essay tries to bring out some of the complexities that are overlooked in the usual treatment of the state in the institutional economics literature and supplement the latter with a discussion of some alternative approaches to looking at the possible developmental role of the state. It refers to a broader range of development goals (including the structural transformation of the economy) and focuses on problems like the resolution of coordination failures and collective-action problems, the conflicting issues of commitment and accountability and the need for balancing the trade-offs they generate, some ingredients of state capacity and political coalition building usually missed in the literature, the possible importance of rent sharing in a political equilibrium, the advantages and problems of political centralization and decentralization, and the multidimensionality of state functions that may not be addressed by markets or private firms. (JEL D72, H11, H77, K00, O17, O43, P26)
Review of Political Order and Inequality: Their Foundations and Their Consequences by Carles Boix
Authors: Alesina Alberto
Published: September 2016

Political Order and Inequality: Their Foundations and Their Consequences argues that geography, technology, and wars determined the formation of a ruling class, inequality, and institutional development, rather than the other way around. Institutions are not a cause but a consequence. This relatively short book covers an enormous amount of material. I have sympathy for the basic idea of the book, but in some parts I would have liked to see more detailed evidence, especially on the more recent history and the Industrial Revolution. (JEL D02, D63, D72, H11, O43)
Integrating succession and community assembly perspectives
Authors: Chang Cynthia , HilleRisLambers Janneke
Published: September 2016

Succession and community assembly research overlap in many respects, such as through their focus on how ecological processes like dispersal, environmental filters, and biotic interactions influence community structure. Indeed, many recent advances have been made by successional studies that draw on modern analytical techniques introduced by contemporary community assembly studies. However, community assembly studies generally lack a temporal perspective, both on how the forces structuring communities might change over time and on how historical contingency (e.g. priority effects and legacy effects) and complex transitions (e.g. threshold effects) might alter community trajectories. We believe a full understanding of the complex interacting processes that shape community dynamics across large temporal scales can best be achieved by combining concepts, tools, and study systems into an integrated conceptual framework that draws upon both succession and community assembly theory.
Recent advances in covalent, site-specific protein immobilization
Authors: Meldal Morten , Schoffelen Sanne
Published: September 2016

The properties of biosensors, biomedical implants, and other materials based on immobilized proteins greatly depend on the method employed to couple the protein molecules to their solid support. Covalent, site-specific immobilization strategies are robust and can provide the level of control that is desired in this kind of application. Recent advances include the use of enzymes, such as sortase A, to couple proteins in a site-specific manner to materials such as microbeads, glass, and hydrogels. Also, self-labeling tags such as the SNAP-tag can be employed. Last but not least, chemical approaches based on bioorthogonal reactions, like the azide–alkyne cycloaddition, have proven to be powerful tools. The lack of comparative studies and quantitative analysis of these immobilization methods hampers the selection process of the optimal strategy for a given application. However, besides immobilization efficiency, the freedom in selecting the site of conjugation and the size of the conjugation tag and the researcher’s expertise regarding molecular biology and/or chemical techniques will be determining factors in this regard.
Evidence synthesis and decision modelling to support complex decisions: stockpiling neuraminidase inhibitors for pandemic influenza usage
Authors: Watson Samuel I. , Chen Yen-Fu , Nguyen-Van-Tam Jonathan S. , Myles Puja R. , Venkatesan Sudhir , Zambon Maria , Uthman Olalekan , Chilton Peter J. , Lilford Richard J.
Published: September 2016

Objectives: The stockpiling of neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) antivirals as a defence against pandemic influenza is a significant public health policy decision that must be made despite a lack of conclusive evidence from randomised controlled trials regarding the effectiveness of NAIs on important clinical end points such as mortality. The objective of this study was to determine whether NAIs should be stockpiled for treatment of pandemic influenza on the basis of current evidence.

Methods: A decision model for stockpiling was designed. Data on previous pandemic influenza epidemiology was combined with data on the effectiveness of NAIs in reducing mortality obtained from a recent individual participant meta-analysis using observational data. Evidence synthesis techniques and a bias modelling method for observational data were used to incorporate the evidence into the model. The stockpiling decision was modelled for adults (≥16 years old) and the United Kingdom was used as an example. The main outcome was the expected net benefits of stockpiling in monetary terms. Health benefits were estimated from deaths averted through stockpiling.

Results: After adjusting for biases in the estimated effectiveness of NAIs, the expected net benefit of stockpiling in the baseline analysis was £444 million, assuming a willingness to pay of £20,000/QALY ($31,000/QALY). The decision would therefore be to stockpile NAIs. There was a greater probability that the stockpile would not be utilised than utilised. However, the rare but catastrophic losses from a severe pandemic justified the decision to stockpile.

Conclusions: Taking into account the available epidemiological data and evidence of effectiveness of NAIs in reducing mortality, including potential biases, a decision maker should stockpile anti-influenza medication in keeping with the postulated decision rule.
PROBLEMS OF FORMATION SPORTS CLUSTERS IN RUSSIA
Authors: Корепова  , Korepova Valeriya
Published: September 2016

Formation of sports clusters in Russia is an expedient solution to the problems of modern sports education. The organization will also allow the cluster to increase the competitiveness of the state sport. In the view of the authors to create a sports cluster, you must pay special attention to the establishment of diagnostic centers.
PERSPECTIVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE TRANING FOR REGIONAL CLUSTERS
Authors: Годунова  , Крюкова  , Krukova Nataliya
Published: September 2016

The article shows the main socio-economic characteristics of distance education. The authors noted that the online training - one of the most popular and promising directions of development of distance education and courses MOOK platforms have great potential for the development of students. The article also highlights the main obstacles for the development of online education in the Russian society. Finally, recommendations about the use of professional standards for the specialized organizations of industrial clusters, regional innovation clusters and cluster development centers.
INTERVENÇÃO DO PROFISSIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NOS NÚCLEOS DE APOIO À SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA EM MUNICÍPIOS DO NORTE DO PARANÁ
Authors: Souza Silvana Cardoso de , Loch Mathias Roberto
Published: September 2016

O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar as características de intervenção dos profissionais deEducação Física inseridos no Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF). A amostra foicomposta por sete profissionais que atuavam em municípios da região norte do estadodo Paraná. Foi realizada uma entrevista semi-estruturada que foi gravada e transcrita posteriormente.Para analise das entrevistas foi utilizado elementos da analise de conteúdoatravés do sistema de categorias. Todos os profissionais formaram-se em Educação Física- Licenciatura Plena. Em relação aos cursos de graduação, os sujeitos referiram pouca aproximaçãodeste com a área de saúde pública, de forma que, a maioria dos sujeitos recorrea novos estudos para desenvolver seu trabalho. Sobre os aspectos do trabalho em equipeos profissionais entendem que esta é uma grande possibilidade de troca de informaçõese que possibilita a realização de trabalhos coletivos. A intervenção na atenção básica é realizadana maioria dos casos através de grupos específicos de atividades físicas. Nestes,são desenvolvidos exercícios de alongamentos, fortalecimento muscular, caminhada, e emmenor proporção exercícios de coordenação motora e atividades lúdicas. O número depessoas atendidas nos grupos variou de 12 a 93 pessoas. A partir destes dados, percebe-sea necessidade de novos direcionamentos com o objetivo de aumentar a cobertura desteatendimento, uma vez que, deve a inserção do profissional de Educação Física na atençãoprimária ser um facilitador para o aumento das chances dos indivíduos serem fisicamenteativos.
PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN BRAZIL: THE PROMISE AND THE CHALLENGE
Authors: Parra Diana C. , Brownson Ross C.
Published: September 2016

EDITORIAL
ANÁLISE TEMPORAL DE ESTUDOS EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS PRODUZIDOS EM DISSERTAÇÕES E TESES NO PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Authors: Silva Shana Ginar da , Minatto Giseli , Fares Daniele , Del Duca Giovâni Firpo , Nahas Markus Vinícius
Published: September 2016

O objetivo do estudo foi descrever a evolução da produção de estudos epidemiológicos noPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina(PPGEF/UFSC) no período de 1998 a 2009. O processo de investigação de dissertações e tesesfoi realizado mediante busca manual e consulta ao site da Biblioteca Universitária. Foramincluídos no trabalho todos os estudos que: (a) fossem oriundos de dissertações e teses doPPGEF/UFSC; (b) possuíssem tamanho da amostra ≥500; (c) relatassem amostragem representativade uma população defi nida e (d) defendidos até o fi nal do ano de 2009. Identifi caram-se27 dissertações e uma tese que preencheram todos os critérios de inclusão. A maioria dos estudosepidemiológicos (n=18) foram realizados com escolares e desenvolvidos na região Suldo país. Os desfechos mais investigados foram: aptidão física (n=12), atividade física (n=7) einatividade física (n=7). Evidenciou-se crescente aumento de estudos epidemiológicos desenvolvidosem dissertações e teses ao longo dos anos. A epidemiologia ganha maior visibilidadeenquanto ciência de produção do conhecimento científi co nas diversas áreas de concentraçãoinvestigadas.
CONDIÇÕES DE ESPAÇOS PÚBLICOS DESTINADOS A PRÁTICA DE ATIVIDADES FÍSICAS NA CIDADE DE PELOTAS/RS/BRASIL
Authors: Silva Marcelo Cozzensa da , Silva Ânderson Barboza da , Amorin Tales Emilio Costa
Published: September 2016

As condições estruturais públicas são determinantes para aumentar o número de inativosfi sicamente já que grande parte da população não tem acesso a lugares privados para arealização de atividades físicas. Com isso, os parques e as praças, constituem os principaisexemplos de espaços públicos destinados ao lazer. O presente estudo teve o objetivo derealizar um diagnóstico das condições de parques e praças do município de Pelotas para aprática de lazer e atividades físicas. Foi conduzido um estudo observacional descritivo nazona urbana da cidade de Pelotas-RS. Os ambientes foram avaliados de acordo com os seisdomínios que compõem o instrumento BRAT-DO. Foram visitados um total de 63 praças/parques, distribuídos nos seis bairros do município. As áreas mais freqüentes para atividadesnos locais avaliados foram os espaços verdes (85,7%) e campos de futebol (47,6%). Nodomínio segurança, 66,7% das praças/parques foram consideradas muito inseguro/inseguro,sendo que 95,2% deles não podiam ser trancados e 1/5 não apresentava qualquer iluminaçãona área alvo. Em relação à existência de quadras esportivas, 95,2% das praças/parques nãopossuíam esses locais. Não foram encontradas trilhas ou pistas de caminhada assim como áreasdestinadas à realização de alongamentos, exercícios e ginástica. A existência de playgroundfoi observada em 31,8% dos locais visitados e em 47,6% foram encontrados campo para aprática de esportes. Apesar de distribuídas por toda a cidade as praças/parques carecem deuma melhor estruturação além de uma melhora na conservação do ambiente.
PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA UEM/UEL: EXPERIÊNCIAS E DESAFIOS DE UM PROGRAMA ASSOCIADO
Authors: Soriano Jeane Barcelos , Lara Larissa Michelle
Published: September 2016

O texto apresenta o Programa de Pós-Graduação Associado em Educação Física UEM-UEL,relatando experiências e desafi os do primeiro programa associado em Educação Física dopaís. Tal intuito dá-se no sentido de contribuir com a ampla visibilidade do Programa, disponibilizandoinformações para que profi ssionais de diferentes regiões possam conhecersuas áreas de concentração, linhas de pesquisa, professores participantes e desenvolvimentode modo geral, ampliando o acesso à informação e ao conhecimento.
RESPOSTAS EXTREMAS: GENÓTIPO E AMBIENTE
Authors: Kube Luciene Conte , Ferreira Maria Beatriz Rocha , Mello Maria Alice Roston de
Published: September 2016

A herança genética confere ao ser vivo in­dividualidade biológica. O estudo das diferenças e da expressão destas, bem como o significado evolutivo de tais diferenças, tanto no plano indivi­dual, como no coletivo, é muito importante na área da Antropologia Biológica. Uma sub-área dentro da Antropologia Biológica, trabalha constante­mente com características biológicas quantitati­vas, como peso, estatura, espessura de dobras cutâneas, entre muitos outros parâmetros. O sig­nificado dos fenótipos que ocupam os extremos das curvas de distribuição de caracteres na popula­ção, numa análise estatística, deve representar im­portante fonte de dados das verdadeiras diferen­ças no relacionamento desses organismos com o meio-ambiente. As variações quantificáveis no de­sempenho motor não fogem a esse fato e tais dife­renças podem ser importantes fatores para o estu­do das gradativas respostas dos organismos aos mesmos métodos de exercícios físicos e treina­mento e ainda outros estresses.
VALIDAÇÃO DE EQUAÇÕES ANTROPOMÉTRICAS PARA A ESTIMATIVA DA DENSIDADE CORPORAL EM HOMENS
Authors: Petroski Edio Luiz , Pires Neto Cândido Simões
Published: September 2016

Este estudo teve dois objetivos principais: (1) testar a validade de 41 equações antropométricas, disponíveis na literatura eventualmente utilizadas para a estimativa da densidade corporal em homens brasileiros; (2) analisar a precisão das equações generalizadas e específicas para a estimativa da densidade corporal e/ou %G na amostra estudada. Foram envolvidos no estudo 304 homens das regiões central do RS e litorânea de SC, com média de idade de 30,17 ± 9,78 anos. As dobras cutâneas (DCs) foram mensuradas em nove diferentes locais e as circunferências em cinco. Utilizou-se a densidade corporal (D) mensurada (Dm) através da pesagem hidrostática, como critério de validação, cujo valor médio foi de 1,062131 ± 0,0155 g/ml. A análise de validação indicou que as equações quadráticas de JACKSON e POLLOCK(1978), que usam a idade, a soma de três e sete DCs e as circunferências do antebraço e do abdômen, assim como a logarítmica de três DCs, são as generalizadas que possuem validade concorrente para a estimativa de valores de D em homens brasileiros. Cinco equações específicas (n° 24 a 28) de GUEDES (1985) e a SLOAN (1967), também mostraram-se válidas para a estimativa de valores densidade corporal. Pode-se concluir que estas equações apresentam validade concorrente para a estimativa da densidade corporal; e, que as equações generalizadas mostraram-se mais precisas que as específicas, na estimativa de valores de densidade corporal em homens brasileiros.
Consumer Choice Models with Endogenous Network Effects
Authors: Wang Ruxian , Wang Zizhuo
Published: September 2016

Network externality arises when the utility of a product depends not only on its attributes but also on the number of consumers who purchase the same product. In this paper, we study consumer choice models that endogenize such network externality. We first characterize the choice probabilities under such models and conduct studies on comparative statics. Then we investigate the assortment optimization problem under such choice models. Although the problem is generally NP-hard, we show that a new class of assortments, called quasi-revenue-ordered assortments, which consist of a revenue-ordered assortment plus at most one additional item, are optimal under mild conditions. We also propose an iterative estimation method to calibrate such choice models, for both uncensored and censored data cases. An empirical study on a mobile game data set shows that our proposed model can provide better fits for the data, increase the prediction accuracy for consumer choices, and potentially increase revenue.

This paper was accepted by Noah Gans, stochastic models and simulation.
Joint Panel Sizing and Appointment Scheduling in Outpatient Care
Authors: Zacharias Christos , Armony Mor
Published: September 2016

Patients nationwide experience difficulties in accessing medical care in a timely manner due to long backlogs of appointments. Medical practices aim to utilize their valuable resources efficiently, deliver timely access to care, and at the same time they strive to provide short waiting times for patients present at the medical facility. We address the joint problem of determining the panel size of a medical practice and the number of offered appointment slots per day, so that patients do not face long backlogs and the clinic is not overcrowded. We explicitly model the two time scales involved in accessing medical care: appointment delay (order of days, weeks) and clinic delay (order of minutes, hours). Closed-form expressions are derived for the performance measures of interest based on diffusion approximations. Our model captures many features of the complex reality of outpatient care, including patient no-shows, balking behavior, and random service times. Our analysis provides theoretical and numerical support for the optimality of an “open access” policy in outpatient scheduling when we account for both types of delay, and it demonstrates the importance of considering panel sizing and scheduling decisions in a joint framework.

This paper was accepted by Noah Gans, stochastic models and simulation.
Patrolling a Border
Authors: Papadaki Katerina , Alpern Steve , Lidbetter Thomas , Morton Alec
Published: September 2016

Patrolling games were recently introduced to model the problem of protecting the nodes of a network from an attack. Time is discrete and in each time unit the Patroller can stay at the same node or move to an adjacent node. The Attacker chooses when to attack and which node to attack and needs m consecutive time units to carry it out. The Attacker wins if the Patroller does not visit the chosen node while it is being attacked; otherwise, the Patroller wins. This paper studies the patrolling game where the network is a line graph of n nodes, which models the problem of guarding a channel or protecting a border from infiltration. We solve the patrolling game for any values of m and n, providing an optimal Patroller strategy, an optimal Attacker strategy, and the value of the game (optimal probability that the attack is intercepted).
Revealed Preference Tests of Collectively Rational Consumption Behavior: Formulations and Algorithms
Authors: Nobibon Fabrice Talla , Cherchye Laurens , Crama Yves , Demuynck Thomas , De Rock Bram , Spieksma Frits C. R.
Published: September 2016

This paper focuses on revealed preference tests of the collective model of household consumption. We start by showing that the decision problems corresponding to testing collective rationality are NP-complete. This makes the application of these tests problematic for (increasingly available) large(r)-scale data sets. We then present two approaches to overcome this negative result. First, we introduce exact algorithms based on mixed-integer programming (MIP) formulations of the collective rationality tests, which can be usefully applied to medium-sized data sets. Next, we propose simulated annealing heuristics, which allow for efficient testing of the collective model in the case of large data sets. We illustrate our methods by a number of computational experiments based on Dutch labor supply data.
People With Complex Needs in Leadership Roles: Results of a National Survey
Authors: Beckwith Ruthie-Marie , Friedman Mark G. , Conroy James W.
Published: September 2016

Including people with disabilities in respected roles within disability-focused organizations is gaining recognition as best practice. In 2012 and 2013, we conducted a nationwide survey of disability-focused organizations about the inclusion of self-advocates on governing and decision-making bodies as part of the National Beyond Tokenism Research Study. This article presents the findings of the national survey on the inclusion of people with disabilities in leadership roles, including information on supports identified by organizations as facilitating inclusion, and the outcomes of including people with complex needs in leadership roles, and implications for future research and practice.
Effective Strategies for Supporting Individuals With Complex Needs in Leadership Roles
Authors: Friedman Mark G. , Beckwith Ruthie-Marie , Conroy James W.
Published: September 2016

This study was conducted as part of the National Beyond Tokenism Research Study. Building on a National Survey of 160 disability-focused organizations to identify the degree to which these organizations included people with complex needs in leadership roles and the support used to enable success, follow up in-depth interviews were conducted with 37 organizations who had participated in the survey to further understand the factors that influenced the inclusion of people with complex needs. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Difusión de realidades: comunidades virtuales presentes en los videojuegos de rol en línea. (Caso Aguabrial-Dofus - Periodo 2012 - 2013)
Authors: Acevedo Merlano Alvaro Alfonso , Maya Soto Natalia
Published: September 2016

El siguiente artículo es el resultado de un estudio cualitativo sobre el MMORPG: Dofus, específicamente en el servidor Aguabrial. Se llevó a cabo una indagación sobre las dinámicas y las relaciones que se generan entre los jugadores en y alrededor del videojuego. De ese modo, la elaboración del trabajo estuvo circunscrita entre los años 2013 y 2014. Así, los resultados presentados se basan principalmente en la aplicación del método etnográfico y la implementación de herramientas de investigación social como la observación participante y las entrevistas no dirigidas. En ese sentido, se realizó un análisis de las relaciones que se dan en el juego a la luz de la “antropología de la ciencia y la tecnología” (ACT), teniendo en cuenta principalmente la relación humanos / no humanos, la innovación de lo cotidiano y el concepto de red socio-técnica. Como categorías, se establecieron tres tipos de relaciones principalmente: relaciones interpersonales, económicas y de poder, éstas en algunas situaciones pueden llegar a transcender el entorno virtual en el que se desarrolla el juego.