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Universal Health Coverage and the Right to Health
Authors: Sridhar Devi , McKee Martin , Ooms Gorik , Beiersmann Claudia , Friedman Eric , Gouda Hebe , Hill Peter , Jahn Albrecht
Published: June 2015

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is widely considered one of the key components for the post-2015 health goal. The idea of UHC is rooted in the right to health, set out in the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Based on the Covenant and the General Comment of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, which is responsible for interpreting and monitoring the Covenant, we identify 6 key legal principles that should underpin UHC based on the right to health: minimum core obligation, progressive realization, cost-effectiveness, shared responsibility, participatory decision making, and prioritizing vulnerable or marginalized groups. Yet, although these principles are widely accepted, they are criticized for not being specific enough to operationalize as post-2015 indicators for reaching the target of UHC. In this article, we propose measurable and achievable indicators for UHC based on the right to health that can be used to inform the ongoing negotiations on Sustainable Development Goals. However, we identify 3 major challenges that face any exercise in setting indicators post-2015: data availability as an essential criterion, the universality of targets, and the adaptation of global goals to local populations.
Bretton Woods Institution Narratives about Inequality and Economic Vulnerability on the Eve of South African Austerity
Authors: Bond Patrick
Published: June 2015

In South Africa, at a time when National Health Insurance should be generously funded (7 years after its approval as public policy by the ruling party), state fiscal austerity appears certain to nip the initiative in the bud. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund issued separate reports about South Africa in late 2014, following a new finance minister’s mid-term budget speech. In justifying austerity, they revealed 2 important conceptual blockages regarding inequality and international financial relations. The resulting political bias in the macroeconomic debate has, in turn, given neoliberal policy advocates intellectual weaponry to impose deeper austerity. In contrast, the rise of a “united front” of labor, community-based, and social movement activists, along with a vigorous left opposition party in Parliament, ensure that one of the world’s most visible class struggles ratchets up in intensity in the years ahead.
A genealogy of postmodern subjects: Discourse analysis and late capitalism
Authors: Hayter Donna , Hegarty Peter
Published: June 2015

Critiques of psychology’s complicities with the ideological workings of capitalism have focused on psychologies developed prior to the 1980s, against which discursive and postmodern theories are often positioned as liberatory or revolutionary. Critical Marxist theory and anthropologies of finance are used here to frame a genealogy of Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell’s seminal text of discourse analysis Discourse and Social Psychology that challenges this narrative. We focus on the ontological differences between Potter and Wetherell and the modernist theorists of language and social order that they cite: Noam Chomsky, John Austin, and Harold Garfinkel. We argue that the ontology of both personhood and research within this text converged with the subjectivities constituted and required by late capitalism that dislocate and dispense notions of individual accountability upon which earlier modes of capitalism depended.
Price Behaviour around Share Buyback in the Indian Equity Market
Authors: Chatterjee Chanchal , Mukherjee Paramita
Published: June 2015

Share repurchase is becoming an important corporate practice in India of late. But, there exists a paucity of systematic study regarding the motives, nature and impact of buyback on share prices of respective companies. This article makes an attempt to examine the effect of share repurchase announcement by Indian companies through open market route during 2008–2012 on their share prices around the announcement date. The article contributes to the literature by analyzing the market reaction to share buyback announcement, by applying the market model not used so far in the Indian context and by undertaking a rigorous analysis of share repurchase. Though share repurchase has not come up yet as a regular or useful practice by Indian companies like those in the US or Canada, our analysis does throw some light on the issue with interesting findings. First, unlike the US market, the trend in average additional return does not support any motive like undervaluation or maximizing shareholders’ value. Second, the cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) also do not reveal any increase in share price of the company after the repurchase announcement. Third, the sample shows that more of small and unknown companies go for share buybacks compared to known or large companies. Fourth, most importantly, the average abnormal returns (AAR) are not statistically different from zero in most of the cases both in pre- and post-announcement periods, implying that this corporate activity does not carry much information to the investors, possibly because of the ownership structure of Indian companies being majority owned or otherwise controlled by promoters. The lesson for the company is that it cannot revive the share prices through repurchase announcements in India. The implication for the regulator might be to check the real motives of such buybacks in India and accordingly formulate policies.
Publish or Die? The Academic Journalist Must be an Academic
Authors: Clarke Judith
Published: June 2015

Journalists who decide to take up university posts mid-career, struggle to establish themselves against scholars half their age with no field experience. Being asked to publish academic research—far removed in style and content from their own extensive writing background—to prove their worth seems to be an exercise in futility: they are there to teach professional skills, which their academic colleagues cannot do, and this brings kudos to the university. When they do produce scholarly work, they face difficulty in adapting and have difficulty getting published. Some want universities to allow them to count journalism as research. This, however, is inappropriate, mainly because journalistic output is extremely difficult to judge. If journalists want to become academics, they must produce academic research. The recent increase in suitable research journals and improvements in scholarly methods is making the path easier.
Reframing Gatekeeping
Authors: Tandoc Edson C.
Published: June 2015

Framing and gatekeeping are common keywords in journalism research, yet their theoretical intersection has not been sufficiently explored. From qualitative interviews with newspaper and online journalists in the Philippines, this study explores routine, organizational and extra-media factors that affect frame-building and locates frame-building within the gatekeeping process. The study finds that news sense, news values, medium, peers, owners and sources exerted influence on journalists’ frame-building processes. These influences can be grouped into routine, organizational and extra-media influences that are similar to levels of influences on gatekeeping. The study proposes a theoretical framework that links frame-building and gatekeeping.
Second-generation Cooperation Agenda
Authors: Rahman Mustafizur , Jahan Hosna
Published: June 2015

South Asia remains one of the least integrated regions in the world, which is manifested in its lack of connectivity, low levels of intra-regional trade and weak investment flows. On the other hand, there is an apprehension that Southeast and East Asia could fall into a ‘middle income trap’, if they are not able to raise competitive strength and productivity further. In view of this, it is argued that there is a need for a framework of second-generation cooperation and integration embracing these three subregions in Southern Asia. This calls for concerted efforts to leverage existing institutional arrangements and put in place new avenues of subregional and inter-regional cooperation. Expansion of production networks, developments of value chains and greater integration of markets will allow these subregions to translate their respective comparative advantages into competitive advantages. Through harnessing opportunities of technology transfer, connectivity and greater factor mobility, and by taking advantage of cross-regional division of labour, these subregions could promote new patterns of inter-regional trade structure and specialization, which could benefit all the countries of Southern Asia.
Can the breast screening appointment be used to provide risk assessment and prevention advice?
Authors: Evans D. Gareth , Howell Anthony
Published: June 2015

Breast cancer risk is continuing to increase across all societies with rates in countries with traditionally lower risks catching up with the higher rates in the Western world. Although cure rates from breast cancer have continued to improve such that absolute numbers of breast cancer deaths have dropped in many countries despite rising incidence, only some of this can be ascribed to screening with mammography, and debates over the true value of population-based screening continue. As such, enthusiasm for risk-stratified screening is gaining momentum. Guidelines in a number of countries already suggest more frequent screening in certain higher-risk (particularly, familial) groups, but this could be extended to assessing risks across the population. A number of studies have assessed breast cancer risk by using risk algorithms such as the Gail model, Tyrer-Cuzick, and BOADICEA (Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm), but the real questions are when and where such an assessment should take place. Emerging evidence from the PROCAS (Predicting Risk Of Cancer At Screening) study is showing not only that it is feasible to undertake risk assessment at the population screening appointment but that this assessment could allow reduction of screening in lower-risk groups in many countries to 3-yearly screening by using mammographic density-adjusted breast cancer risk.
Rewriting the blueprint of life by synthetic genomics and genome engineering
Authors: Annaluru Narayana , Ramalingam Sivaprakash , Chandrasegaran Srinivasan
Published: June 2015

Advances in DNA synthesis and assembly methods over the past decade have made it possible to construct genome-size fragments from oligonucleotides. Early work focused on synthesis of small viral genomes, followed by hierarchical synthesis of wild-type bacterial genomes and subsequently on transplantation of synthesized bacterial genomes into closely related recipient strains. More recently, a synthetic designer version of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome III has been generated, with numerous changes from the wild-type sequence without having an impact on cell fitness and phenotype, suggesting plasticity of the yeast genome. A project to generate the first synthetic yeast genome - the Sc2.0 Project - is currently underway.
Higher-order Lipschitz mappings
Authors: Ezearn Jeffery
Published: June 2015

We study self-mappings on complete metric spaces, which we refer to as higher-order Lipschitz mappings. These mappings generalise Lipschitz mappings, the latter which are equivalent to first-order Lipschitz mappings studied in this paper. The main result of this paper is to extend the Banach fixed point theorem (and an often-cited generalisation) to higher-order contraction mappings. We also present results on the problem of local Lipschitzity of these higher-order Lipschitz mappings.
Quantifying in from a Fregean Perspective
Authors: Yalcin Seth
Published: June 2015

As Quine (1956) observed, the following sentence has a reading which, if true, would be of special interest to the authorities:(1) Ralph believes that someone is a spy.This is the reading where the quantifier is naturally understood as taking wide scope relative to the attitude verb and as binding a variable within the scope of the attitude verb. This essay is interested in addressing the question what the semantic analysis of this kind of reading should look like from a Fregean perspective—a perspective according to which attitude states are generally relations to structured Fregean thoughts composed of senses. The Fregean view faces a challenge of compositionality here. This essay describes the challenge and offers a response on the Fregean's behalf.
Communication Technology and Narrative: Letters, Instant Messaging, and Mobile Phones in Three Romantic Novels
Authors: Brown Alistair
Published: June 2015

How time and place are constructed in the novel and how readers perceive these features have been studied extensively. Less attention has been devoted to how communicative devices, such as letters, electronic messaging, or telephone calls, can influence both time and place by connecting characters in different locations. This article argues that the technical capabilities of different communication systems, when represented within a novel's story world, help determine the forms of plot, characterization, and narrative voice that a novelist can feasibly present. To demonstrate this, the argument compares three novels that share the generic conventions of romantic fiction: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Helen Fielding's modern adaptations of Austen, Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (1999). Each novel depicts potential lovers who are initially seen as socially incompatible in that they live or work in dissimilar places. In all three texts, communication systems help connect the characters and bridge the environments in which they normally reside, thereby allowing romance to develop. However, the speed, reliability, and materiality of the different types of technology available in their respective historical periods radically affect how their plots are expressed. Letters, instant messaging, and mobile telephony are “semiotic resources” that the novelist can use to structure her plot and narrative voice.
agINFRA: a research data hub for agriculture, food and the environment
Authors: Drakos Andreas , Protonotarios Vassilis , Manouselis Nikos
Published: June 2015

The agINFRA project (www.aginfra.eu) was a European Commission funded project under the 7th Framework Programme that aimed to introduce agricultural scientific communities to the vision of open and participatory data-intensive science. agINFRA has now evolved into the European hub for data-powered research on agriculture, food and the environment, serving the research community through multiple roles.

Working on enhancing the interoperability between heterogeneous data sources, the agINFRA project has left a set of grid- and cloud- based services that can be reused by future initiatives and adopted by existing ones, in order to facilitate the dissemination of agricultural research, educational and other types of data. On top of that, agINFRA provided a set of domain-specific recommendations for the publication of agri-food research outcomes. This paper discusses the concept of the agINFRA project and presents its major outcomes, as adopted by existing initiatives activated in the context of agricultural research and education.
Study Protocol: The influence of Running Therapy on executive functions and sleep of prisoners
Authors: Meijers Jesse , Harte Joke , Meynen Gerben , Cuijpers Pim
Published: June 2015

Background: Executive dysfunction appears to be related to increased recidivism. Of note is that sleep disturbances, which are highly prevalent in prisons, may attenuate executive functions. Thus, improving executive functions, either directly or indirectly through the improvement of sleep, may reduce recidivism. It is hypothesised that physical exercise, in the form of Running Therapy, has a direct positive effect on executive functions as well as an indirect effect through the improvement of sleep.

Methods/Design: Seventy two (N = 72) detainees in various penitentiary institutions in the Netherlands will be recruited in this study. A baseline measurement, including six neuropsychological tests of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB), an assessment of sleep quality and duration using the Actiwatch (Actiwatch 2, Philips Respironics, Murrysville, PA, USA) and various other measurements will be administered before the start of the treatment. After 3 months of Running Therapy, participants will be assessed again with the same tests for neuropsychological and physical functioning. Primary outcomes are executive functioning and various sleep variables.

Discussion: This study will be the first to investigate the possible influence of Running Therapy on the cognitive functioning, sleep and aggression in prisoners.
The results of monitoring studies of development specifics of business tourism in Irkutsk
Authors: Ржепка Элина , Rzhepka Elina , Новичкова Татьяна , Novichkova Tatyana
Published: June 2015

Article is devoted to the actual topic which is the study of various aspects of business tourism in the context of the current economic situation. The authors conducted a study monitoring business travel market over the past five years and outlined their main theoretical conclusions on the opportunities and challenges of business tourism in the city of Irkutsk, the center of the Asian business activity. Particular attention is given to the systematiza-tion and categorization of concepts and forms in this area. Business tourism is organized in different variations: congresses, exhibitions, fairs, talks and seminars. All participants in activities have different purposes of visiting, depending on their interests, capabilities and types of business. When considering Irkutsk as a center of business tourism can be noted that it has a great potential for the development in this direction. The article provides a reasonable argument on the basis of conducted studies of Irkutsk as a core center for business of tourism communication for the Asian part of the Russian Federation. The main arguments are the following: 1) the city is a major transit center in which there is a redistribution of tourist flows, following from West to East and back; 2) Irkutsk has a distinctive competitive advantage which is proximity to the lake Baikal, which is undoubtedly strategically distinguishes it from other cities in the Asian part of Russia; 3) Irkutsk has the basic infrastructure for the development of various forms of business tourism: congress, exhibition, business meetings, corporate events, and so on. In the context of marketing research the conclusion is made about the potential for diversification of products and services in the period of reconfiguring the market for domestic tourism through development of appropriate infrastructure and range of offers. In particular, highlighted is the necessity for consolidator agencies and event organizers in Irkutsk in the form of Convention Bureau.
The features and development prospects of programs of individual tours
Authors: Агамирова Екатерина , Agamirova Ekaterina , Агамирова Елизавета , Agamirova Elizaveta
Published: June 2015

The article deals with the formation programs of individual tours. Based on the selection of specific features of individual tourist programs the authors define individual tourism stating that the main specific features of the individual tour is that the product is developed based on the desires and preferences of a particular tourist. It is shown that the individual tourist product allows meeting the needs of the tourist. Topicality is determined by the characteristics of the tourism market at the moment. The crisis that characterize Russian tourism today force to seek new approaches and new content in tourist activity in order to suggest possible ways to diversify the tourist offer, one of which is the individualization of tourist programs. The article also examines the specifics of individual programs, tours, given comparative characteristics according to different characteristics of mass and individual tourism products. Identified are the main advantages and disadvantages of acquisitions and trip planning of the individual program for tourists. The authors cover the basic steps and principles of formation and promotion of individual tourism products. Revealed is a difference in the sequence of the process of its development over the standard tour. Based on the study of offers of tourist companies categories of the most popular destinations of individual tourism are identified on the basis of which a classification of individual programs is proposed. On the basis of the study in the article suggested are the main characteristics of the different categories of consumers of individual tourism products. The article shows the prospects for the development of individual tourism products in the Russian tourist market. Based on the analysis of the actual supply of tourist services identified are the advantages and disadvantages of individual tours. The necessity of developing specific standards of service is explained. Due to the fact that the individual trip of tourists have special expectations, it is necessary to ensure the highest quality level of service in accordance with the program of travel. Characterized are the features of the technology of individual tourism, which aims to create a unique product.
Key aspects of the formation and development prospects of literary thematic tourism: national and international experience
Authors: Лапочкина Виктория , Lapochkina Viktoriya
Published: June 2015

Thematic presentation of cultural specificity of a destination can become a cultural link between culture and a tourist destination of unfamiliar culture, facilitate interpretation of the cultural features of visited sites. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that the thematic tourism offers a new way to look at both popular and obscure objects ofdisphy, the market for thematic tours is very broad as wide and diverse in range are human interests. The article describes the range of issues related to the identification of the literary aspects of the emergence of tourism in the structure of contemporary thematic tourism. While traveling, man strives to gain new knowledge, which, without the written fixation would have been lost and forgotten. Russia as a country known for its rich literary heritage, has great potential for the development of literary tourism. Literary and memorial museum preserve the memory and tell about the life and work of the best representatives of world and national literature, pass the baton to the spiritual heritage of future generations. A large number of literary museums are concentrated in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where the life and work of writers and poets of different eras took place. In addition, there is tourism demand for literary estates, which significantly expand literary tours. The objectives of this paper is to identify the main reasons consumers take literary tours, to designate sites of literary tourism, consider the specificity of the organization of literary tourism products, as well as to analyze the characteristics and differences of cultural tourism.
Modeling of information and methodological support for caravanning in the Republic of Crimea
Authors: Ермаков Александр , Ermakov Aleksandr
Published: June 2015

Caravanning is a traditional type of tourism for the Republic of Crimea. Quality of service in the caravanning is formed by the level of their performance, which is dependent on their compliance with modern requirements. The modern development of information and methodological support of tourism requires its improvement for trailering. The author of the article prompts to introduce a numerical score for impressions of the route depending on car safety. The author anticipates a significant improvement in traveling experience due to the flexible capabilities to modify the route with an objective assessment by car tourists. The basis for such decisions is the method of determining the characteristics of the route using graph theory. Knowledge of highway congestion and evaluation of tourist facilities and service companies will allow adjusting the car tourists´ travel itineraries. The proposed evaluation of the quality of services on the route can reasonably conduct design. Creation of tourist information centers of the tourist resources of the Republic of Crimea with the representation in estimates of impressions from visiting the tourist sites allow users to create their generalized objective assessment. Development of the trailering must be based on respect for the principles of sustainable trailering. The introduction of innovative solutions for family trailering make it more competitive in the tourism market. Openness and availability of information on the quality of camping, catering, leisure, etc. will make caravanning more attractive in the Republic of Crimea for both domestic and foreign tourists.
Seismic risk assessment in tourist-recreational areas: mathematical models
Authors: Сычев Михаил , Sychev Mikhail , Минаев Владимир , Minaev Vladimir , Фаддеев Александр , Faddeev Aleksandr
Published: June 2015

The article highlights the problem of evaluation of seismic risks in the tourism and recreational areas. To this end, the grounded and practically being tested mathematical model for evaluating the seismic stability of tourist-recreational area on the example of the Black Sea, the Caspian and the Mediterranean region. This model combines the influences of disturbances associated with the anomalous gravity field (vertical component), and takes into account modern crustal movements (horizontal component), calculated according to the space geodesy. The physical model of the geological environment in the form of a closed homogeneous isotropic elastic space in the form of "plates" with as averaging the values of the density, shear modulus and Young´s modulus is suggested. The geological environment is considered in the framework of Newtonian rheology, that is without taking into account the seismic deformation of energy dissipation. Experimental calculations show good agreement with the results of modeling really occurred in the historically-sky aspect of the catastrophic earthquakes in the study area. Suggested an additional testing model by comparing the orientation of the vectors of the horizontal displacements at the surface, resultingfrom mathematical modeling, containing information on contemporary movements of the earth´s crust according to the space geodesy. The analysis shows that the greatest seismic risk are generally a characteristic of those places of the study area, where the vectors of horizontal displacements in opposite directions, characterized by a helical orientation. The prospects of using the model are describe, if it is considered according to Maxwell rheology of the medium, which allows to take into account the effect of the relaxation of stresses and strains in the rate of accumulation in the subsurface. This approach may allow a quantitative estimation of the seismic deformation energy dissipation, which is very significant in terms of the forecast estimates ofseismicity in the time aspect.
Prospects of the development of the Crimea as a tourist region
Authors: Санин Александр , Sanin Aleksandr , Краснова Ольга , Krasnova Olga
Published: June 2015

The leading type of nature use in Crimea is recreation. In this article, the peninsula is considered as a tourist region, identified are its strengths and weaknesses, opportunities for its development and threats it is facing. Many of them are associated with joining the peninsula to Russia in March 2014 and a variety of consequences of this event. During the last year significantly decreased the number of tourists and accessibility of the peninsula, which dramatically increases the urgency of the construction of a transport crossing in Kerch. The article provides recommendations for the development of new types of tourism, which, along with the improvement of relations with Ukraine and the transport passage allow to increase the number of tourists. This is important both for the economy of the Crimea as a whole, and for the majority of its inhabitants. The paper also proposes to carry out a redistribution of tourist flows and to actively pursue the advertising campaign of the Crimea as a tourist region in the information space of the Russian Federation. It can be used by patriotic sentiments that have taken place in the country after joining the Crimea. The popularity of the peninsula could rise as a result of the depreciation of the Russian ruble, which significantly changes the situation on the market of tourist services. It is proposed to consider the coast of the Crimea as a set of natural and natural-social system that provides new opportunities for environmental management in the coastal zone. In particular, this approach allows identifying the most important tourist potential areas of the territory, as well as spatial boundaries of human impact. In recent years, the share of organized tourist sharply increased and the geography of tourism greatly changed. It should be remembered that for Crimean are important both organized and unorganized holiday makers.
Current issues of renovation of communicative culture within information society
Authors: Паудяль Надежда , Paudyal Nadezhda , Филиндаш Лариса , Filindash Larisa
Published: June 2015

The article is devoted to the renovation of the communicative culture within information society. The authors consider the problem of devaluation of verbal communication in terms of technical and technological revolution of the end of XX- beginning of XXI century. They justified the feasibility of using interactive educational technologies for the formation of the communicative potential, improving communication skills. Noteworthy the authors suggest a method to the game as a form of creative development of proactive information underlying the formation of skills of verbal interaction. The authors see advantages of the game in opportunities in displays of emotion of the participants, in the creation of the command of the atmosphere, in overcoming barriers to communication, self-actualization. The task of preserving the language considered in the general cultural context as a means of preserving the national identity and mentality with their inherent picture of the world. Talking about changing cultural studies´ paradigms related to the computerization of modern society, it can be argued that it is the devaluation of the problem field of communicative values. As already mentioned, a very important fact is that the general use of information technology and the recognition of it as an absolute communication channel creates a risk of loss of traditional forms of communication with their ethical and etiquette standards, epistolary genre, rhetorical qualities of speech, appeal paper medium of information as a sign of culture . However, paradoxically, it is contrary to and at the same time thanks to the spread of technological form of communication (SMS, Skype and so on) that there has been a recent renovation of the classic communication channels, which is reflected in the creation of cycles of speech disciplines in the educational system at all levels.
The tourist complex of Northern Moscow Region: The resource component of Klinskiy, Dmitrovskiy, Taldomskiy, Solnechnogorskiy, Sergievo-Posadskiy and Pushkinskiy districts
Authors: Афанасьев Олег , Afanasev Oleg
Published: June 2015

The article provides an overview of the resource component of the tourist complex of municipal districts of the Northern Moscow region. The statistical data on the proportion of the cultural heritage on the territory of all m unicipalities of the Northern Moscow region. It was found that the most prosperous cultural heritage are Sergievo-Posadskiy, Dmitrovskiy Klinskiy and Solnechnogorskiy districts. The region has a large number of places of folk arts and crafts.

For the development of mass tourism in a particular region (tourist center) requires a certain concentration of the elements of culture. This condition is executed on the space of the Northern Moscow region, defined as a priority area of tourism development. The quantitative measurement of tourism and recreation base in the region is quite comparable with individual countries. Therefore, the region has a special importance and position among the tourist centers of Moscow region, a priority in its positioning on domestic and international tourism markets. But while the «shadow» of Moscow-city, rich tourist and recreation base near Moscow is not enough demand in the domestic market of tourist services. This is the problem of the need to find ways and means of attracting new tourists to the region, to ensure a stable dynamics of quantitative growth.

Depending on the distribution of tourists and the development potential we have identified areas of specialization of the tourist complex of each municipal area, all of which allows you to determine the range of tourist services, which can be their specialty.

The review of attractions and tourist complex resource component Klinskiy, Dmitrovskiy, Taldomskiy, Solnechnogorskiy districts. The conclusion about the importance of and the need for close cooperation between the municipal administrations and representatives of the scientific and practical sphere. It is of great importance in the development of software and integrated strategies for the development of regional tourist complex in order to integrate them into a single regional tourism cluster.
Legends of Klinskiy municipal district as intangible tourist resources of the destination
Authors: Кривошеева Татьяна , Krivosheeva Tatiana , Вапнярская Ольга , Vapnyarskaya Olga
Published: June 2015

Legends, being the result of collective creative activity of local residents of certain areas in the theory and practice of international tourism have received their well-deserved recognition as intangible tourist resources. From a marketing point of view, the legend is a highly effective tool to increase tourist interest for sites of destinations. Currently creation of legends can be considered one of the most promising and popular areas of content marketing in tourism, which allows not only to induce a primary tourist interest in the destination, but also to get an emotional response from the tourist consumption of services in destination that creates long-term loyalty and increases the likelihood of repeat visits. Thus, the legend is also a tool of the diversity of impressions in tourist tourist-excursion programs. Despite the importance of folk legends and creation of legends in the development and competitiveness of destinations, these elements are rarely used in the formation of thematic tourist routes and the development of conceptual forms of tourism in the Moscow region. The article presents the results of a content analysis of the contents of legends in Klinskiy municipal district related to the origin of settlements, historical facts, entertaining events, etc. Special attention is given to glass craft legends associated with Klin and its surroundings. As scientific and practical recommendations in the article indicated are possible directions for use of folk legends and creation of legends in a complex tourism product promotion in Klinkiy municipal district.
Klin: history, events, people. Tourist attractions of the city
Authors: Петухова Галина , Petukhova Galina
Published: June 2015

The article discusses the resource potential of Klin, which is one of the biggest tourist centers of Northern Moscow Region. Particular attention is paid to the historical and cultural attractions and sites of interest for tourists. With its rich history and well preserved historical and cultural heritage Klin is placed among the «historical cities» of Russia. The tourism potential of the city is defined by architectural objects, objects of the religious sphere, museums, squares and parks, monuments and sculptural plastic objects, places of military glory, outstanding personalities of the past and present, events. The article provides a list of the most attractive and interesting tourist sites of the city, events, which potentially could serve as a «magnet» to attract public attention to the city.
History of estate «Mouranovo» in its interiors
Authors: Гончарова Оксана , Goncharova Oksana
Published: June 2015

The article is dedicated a history of the unique furniture collection of the State Tyutchev Memorial estate «Mouranovo». The author put under consideration and systematizes the main house interiors of the Memorial estate according to the furniture styles in 18"1 and 19"1 cent. The owners and creators of the interior and exterior design made all the best for comfort and attractiveness in each room of the «nest of the gentry». Furniture made by European masters was added to some items made by local joiners and wood carvers; Empire style and Biedermeyer complimented one anther, some objects in Jacob style made more prominent some goods created in historical method. The author writes about special things and details in interiors of the main house in the time of the Engelgardts, E. Boratynsky, the Putyatas, the Tyutchevs from early 19th cent, till early 20"´ cent. Special emphasis is made on the importance to preserve some objects which became historical things of the house. The eclecticism in interiors of the Mouranovo memorial estate develops a taste of its visitors till nowdays, harmony of its furniture sets and separate pieces unites not only different styles but different generations, in the same way keeping the base of the nobility family life.
Matching in the Sourcing Market: A Structural Analysis of the Upstream Channel
Authors: Ni Jian , Srinivasan Kannan
Published: June 2015

Building on the structural two-sided matching model, we develop a framework to study the sourcing market in the context of marketing firms matching with manufacturers. Both sides prefer partners that could generate significant values with better sourcing process abilities. Moreover, experienced manufacturers are preferred by the branded marketing firms who may even be willing to compensate the matching intermediary more for facilitating that preference. Empirical research, measuring the values of such matching and the intermediary’s pricing (through commission) on observed marketing firms’ characteristics and the low-cost manufacturers and the deals that result, is problematic, when some of the characteristics are only partially observed and the matching is endogenous. With the matching model, we can control for endogenous matching. We find evidence of positive assortative matching of pairs’ size on both sides of the market. We also find that manufacturers’ location and tenure, and whether the marketing firms are listed, are important factors in identifying the preferred matching partners and the related ranking. Without controlling for endogenous matching, the intermediary’s pricing equation estimates are biased, especially for the marketing firms that specialize in luxury products.
Keeping an eye on the weather
Authors: Neville Sarah
Published: June 2015

The government has asked early years settings to promote British values; these lend themselves well to activities based on the customers associated with St Swithin's Day.
Latest developments
Authors: Bayram Liz
Published: June 2015

Send your letters, news stories or latest developments to: The Editor, Child Care, St Jude's Church, Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0PB email: childcare@markallengroup.com
Singing songs of endless seas
Authors: Harries Judith
Published: June 2015

In this extract from Planning for Learning Through Pirates [Practical Pre-School Books] we explore activities based on the seven areas of learning… this month, sea shanties.
Charles Street Parent and Baby Day Unit: Reflecting on the early years
Authors: Cox John
Published: June 2015

Professor John Cox looks back on the creation of a day unit for parents and babies that has been at the forefront of research and training in perinatal mental health.
Research roundup: June 2015
Authors: Jenkins Annie , Brook Judy , Seal Joanne
Published: June 2015

In this section, a range of brief synopses of articles that may be of interest to health visitors is presented. The aim is to provide an overview of the papers selected. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided.
Reflections from 12 years of surveying health visitor caseloads in Plymouth
Authors: Ogilvie Sarah , Macleod Sarah M , Nelder Robert P , Edgecombe Denise , Nnoaham Kelechi
Published: June 2015

Robust intelligence about the health of children and their families is required locally to ensure that commissioning of health visiting services reflects the needs of the populations they serve. In Plymouth, this information has been collected via a routine survey of health visitor caseloads for 12 years. This article aims to: share current practice; outline uses of the survey from a partnership perspective; highlight limitations and learning; and discuss future developments. It highlights that the survey is a useful method for collecting needs-based data about the family and living environment of children aged 0–5 years. The advantages of conducting the survey far outweigh the resource-intensity of the process and any other limitations.
Maintaining and developing prescribing practice: Non-medical prescribing by health visitors in 2015
Authors: Bishop Philippa , Gilroy Victoria
Published: June 2015

The requirement to support health visitors to develop and maintain their non-medical prescribing practice skills is paramount in supporting better outcomes for children and families. This paper provides discussion and debate on the importance of health visitor prescribing in contemporary health care. Results of a national survey of health visitors' prescribing practice revealed variations in practice and support. Recommendations include the necessity to develop consistent, high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) around prescribing for health visitors, and also the need to re-engage health visitors with how prescribing skills can deliver better outcomes for children, families and communities.
Leadership in health visiting: What makes a good leader?
Authors: McInnes Elaine , Rich Terry
Published: June 2015

In the first of a series of articles from the Institute of Health Visiting, Elaine McInnes and Terry Rich consider the attributes required to be a strong leader, and how health visitors can maximise these skills as service commissioning transfers to local authorities.
The challenges of education, training and preceptorship for new students
Authors: Afford Karen
Published: June 2015

Meeting the training requirements of the implementation plan was a significant undertaking for health visitor educators. Karen Afford reflects on the experience.
Chitosan membranes in a rat model of full-thickness cutaneous wounds: healing and IL-4 levels
Authors: Nordback P. H. , Miettinen S. , Kääriäinen M. , Haaparanta A-M. , Kellomäki M. , Kuokkanen H. , Seppänen R.
Published: June 2015

Objective:

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of chitosan membrane on wound healing.

Method:

The effect of chitosan membranes was evaluated in an experimental rat model. On day 0, circular full-thickness skin sections were excised from the scalps of rats. The wounds were then measured and the surrounding area tattooed. Rats were sacrificed either immediately after excision, or randomised into control and chitosan groups and followed up on day 3, 7, 14 or 21. Control group wounds were covered with Aquacel (wound dressing). Chitosan group wounds were covered with chitosan membranes and the wound dressing. Wounds and the distances between the tattooed marks were measured on follow-up, the wound sites were harvested and histologically examined, and serum interleukin (IL-4) levels were analysed.

Results:

A total of 54 rats were examined and all time points included 6 control and 6 chitosan treated animals, except for day 0 which consisted of control animals only. On day 3, wounds in the chitosan group were significantly (p<0.05) smaller (60 ± 6% versus 78 ± 19% of the original wound area) than in the control group. Chitosan membranes were found to degrade at the wound sites between days 7 and 14. Leukocyte counts were lower in the chitosan group than in the control group on day seven (p<0.05). IL-4 levels were significantly higher on day 7 (p<0.001) and 14 (p<0.001) in the chitosan group.

Conclusion:

According to our results chitosan membrane may promote early wound healing, reduce inflammation and affect the IL-4 pathway, however, the membrane degrades at the wound site after day 7.
Closing the gender gap: Literacy
Authors: Bromley Matt
Published: June 2015

Continuing our focus on the gender gaps in educational outcomes, Matt Bromley asks why boys often underperform in reading and writing when compared to girls – and considers what schools can do to close this gender gap
Historical Differences in School Term Length and Measured Blood Pressure: Contributions to Persistent Racial Disparities among US-Born Adults
Authors: Liu Sze Yan , Manly Jennifer J. , Capistrant Beatrix D. , Glymour M. Maria
Published: June 2015

Introduction

Legally mandated segregation policies dictated significant differences in the educational experiences of black and white Americans through the first half of the 20th century, with markedly lower quality in schools attended by black children. We determined whether school term length, a common marker of school quality, was associated with blood pressure and hypertension among a cohort of older Americans who attended school during the de jure segregation era.

Methods

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I and II data were linked to state level historical information on school term length. We used race and gender-stratified linear regression models adjusted for age, state and year of birth to estimate effects of term length on systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) and hypertension for US-born adults. We also tested whether correcting years of schooling for term length differences attenuated estimated racial disparities.

Results

Among black women, 10% longer school term was associated with lower SBP, DBP and hypertension prevalence (2.1 mmHg, 1.0 mmHg, and 5.0 percentage points respectively). Associations for whites and for black men were not statistically significant. Adjustment for education incorporating corrections for differences in school term length slightly attenuated estimated racial disparities.

Conclusions

Longer school term length predicted better BP outcomes among black women, but not black men or whites.
Optimal management in Pinus pinea L. stands combining silvicultural schedules for timber and cone production
Authors: Pereira Santiago , Prieto Antonio , Calama Rafael , Diaz-Balteiro Luis
Published: June 2015

This work aimed to tackle a timber harvest scheduling problem by simultaneously integrating into the analysis two forestry products derived from the same species: the timber and the pine nut. For this purpose, three management scenarios were proposed: two in which each of the productions is maximised separately, and a third mixed where, in each management unit, the product to which the silvicultural effort should be devoted is decided. After defining a set of objectives, and optimising the rotation length, a multi-criteria model based on goal programming was considered since no feasible solutions have been obtained when employing linear programming. The results in our case study show how the feasible solutions reached can be more attractive for the manager. Specifically, the area to be devoted to timber and cone/pine-nut production was computed in a scenario where the optimal silviculture (oriented towards timber or pine nuts) in each stand was selected, and it was concluded that the area allocated to pine nuts should be notably greater. This situation is the opposite of the current management.