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L’émergence et la reproduction des nations : un essai bibliographique critique sur la réflexion théorique et l’analyse historique dans l’étude du nationalisme : Coakley, John, 2012, Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State : Making and Breaking Nations, Londres, SageGat, Azar, 2013, Nations : The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationhood, Cambridge, Cambridge University PressMalesevic, Sinisa, 2013, Nation-States and Nationalisms : Organization, Ideology and Solidarity, Cambridge, Polity Press
Authors: Viger Jonathan
Published: April 2016

Cet article propose une étude bibliographique critique de trois récents ouvrages s’inscrivant dans les débats sur l’émergence et la reproduction du nationalisme. Il a comme objectif de replacer ces travaux à l’intérieur du paysage de la discipline des études sur le nationalisme, mettant de l’ordre dans les différentes questions soulevées et identifiant les principaux points de friction. Par le biais de cette démarche, deux arguments sont construits en ce qui a trait à la réflexion théorique et à l’analyse historique des nations et du nationalisme. Premièrement, une critique du débat « classique » autour de la question de l’émergence de la nation s’ouvre sur une présentation de l’approche constructiviste qui surpasse la dichotomie entre approches modernistes et pérennialistes et déplace l’interrogation centrale vers la reproduction des nations. Deuxièmement, une piste de réflexion concernant la production théorique au sein de l’étude du nationalisme est formulée sur la base d’une critique méthodologique des ouvrages recensés.
A Evangelium Vitae e a dignidade do embrião humano
Authors: De Melo Evandro Arlindo , Sanches Mário Antonio Sanches Antonio
Published: April 2016

A Encíclica Evangelium Vitae, publicada pelo Papa João Paulo II em 25 de março de 1995, e que versa sobre o valor e a inviolabilidade da vida humana, reflete este tema em vários aspectos, dentre eles, um em especial a saber: a defesa da dignidade do embrião humano, que desde os primeiros instantes de sua existência deve ser acolhido e protegido em sua integridade. Esta postura do Sumo Pontífice vem não só esclarecer o pensamento atual da Igreja sobre o tema, mas também, superar uma mentalidade abortista, apresentando aos cristãos-católicos de boa vontade, a justificativa ética-moral e o fundamento teológico de tal postura, enfatizando que esta proposição eclesial coaduna-se, dentre outros aspectos, com o conhecimento científico atual.
Criopreservação de embriões humanos no contexto da saúde sexual reprodutiva
Authors: Estanislau Gasda Élio
Published: April 2016

Há 32 anos nascia Zoe Leyland, primeiro bebê fruto de um embrião congelado. Após compreender o congelamento de embriões no contexto das técnicas de reprodução assistida, na pesquisa com células-tronco embrionárias e as discussões no Brasil, passa- -se a apresentar a visão do Magistério a partir da Evangelium Vitae. Como ato clínico, a criopreservação tem uma dimensão técnica, jurídica e uma dimensão ética. Diante da inexistência de um conceito teórico unívoco em questões do início da vida, surge o dilema moral: doar, descartar ou criopreservar os embriões sobrantes? Qual o futuro da técnica da criopreservação de embriões humanos? Poderá desaparecer ou evoluirá a níveis éticos satisfatórios?
Significant reduction in spin pumping efficiency in a platinum/yttrium iron garnet bilayer at low temperature
Authors: Shigematsu Ei , Ando Yuichiro , Ohshima Ryo , Dushenko Sergey , Higuchi Yukio , Shinjo Teruya , Jürgen von Bardeleben Hans , Shiraishi Masashi
Published: April 2016

The temperature evolution of a direct-current electromotive force (EMF) generated by spin pumping and the inverse-spin Hall effect in a platinum (Pt)/yttrium iron garnet (YIG) bilayer was investigated down to 80 K. The magnitude of the EMF decreased significantly with decreasing temperature and disappeared at approximately 80 K. 40-nm-thick YIG films fabricated by a metal organic decomposition method exhibited single-peak ferrimagnetic resonance (FMR) spectra without any spin wave resonance, which allowed us to precisely analyze the FMR spectra. We determined that the temperature evolution of the Gilbert damping constant is the dominant factor in the temperature dependence of the EMF. The comparison of the FMR linewidth between the X- and Q-bands revealed that an increase in Gilbert damping constant at low temperatures is not due to the enhancement of the spin pumping efficiency but due to an additional spin relaxation in the YIG film itself, which reduces the precession angle of the magnetization under the FMR conditions.
Impaired emotion recognition is linked to alexithymia in heroin addicts
Authors: Craparo Giuseppe , Gori Alessio , Dell’Aera Stefano , Costanzo Giulia , Fasciano Silvia , Tomasello Antonia , Vicario Carmelo M.
Published: April 2016

Several investigations document altered emotion processing in opiate addiction. Nevertheless, the origin of this phenomenon remains unclear. Here we examined the role of alexithymia in the ability (i.e., number of errors—accuracyand reaction times—RTs) of thirty-one heroin addicts and thirty-one healthy controls to detect several affective expressions. Results show generally lower accuracy and higher RTs in the recognition of facial expressions of emotions for patients, compared to controls. The hierarchical multivariate regression analysis shows that alexithymia might be responsible of the between groups difference with respect to the RTs in emotion detection. Overall, we provide new insights in the clinical interpretation of affective deficits in heroin addicts suggesting a role of alexithymia in their ability to recognize emotions.
Yuanansuchus maopingchangensissp. nov., the second capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic Badong Formation of Yuanan, Hubei, China
Authors: Liu Jun
Published: April 2016

A second species ofYuanansuchus,Y. maopingchangensis, is erected for new temnospondyl material from the Maopingchang site, Yuanan County, Hubei Province, China. These specimens are from the same horizon that producedY. laticeps, the type species.Y. maopingchangensisshares the following features withY. laticeps: postorbital portion of skull occupied more than 1/3 of skull length; tabular horn directed laterally; lateral line sulci continuous, well impressed; supraorbital sensory canal enters lacrimal; preorbital projection of jugal less than half length of snout; and vomerine plate short. However,Y. maopingchangensisdiffers fromY. laticepsin having an elongated skull, frontal extending posteriorly to the level of the posterior orbital margin, closed otic fenestra, cultriform process of parasphenoid extending to the level of the anterior margin of the interpterygoid vacuities, and absence of fodina vomeralis. Analysis of a new capitosaur phylogenetic data matrix, containing 56 characters and 29 species, confirms that the two species from Yuanan are sister taxa and that Capitosauroidea can be divided into two major clades: one includingParotosuchus,Eryosuchus, CalmasuchusandCherninia, and another includingMastodonsaurus,Yuanansuchus,Stanocephalosaurus,Procyclotosaurus,Paracyclotosaurus,Antarctosuchus,Eocyclotosaurus,Quasicyclotosaurus,TatrasuchusandCyclotosaurus.
Estimating risks of importation and local transmission of Zika virus infection
Authors: Nah Kyeongah , Mizumoto Kenji , Miyamatsu Yuichiro , Yasuda Yohei , Kinoshita Ryo , Nishiura Hiroshi
Published: April 2016

Background.An international spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has attracted global attention. ZIKV is conveyed by a mosquito vector,Aedesspecies, which also acts as the vector species of dengue and chikungunya viruses.

Methods.Arrival time of ZIKV importation (i.e., the time at which the first imported case was diagnosed) in each imported country was collected from publicly available data sources. Employing a survival analysis model in which the hazard is an inverse function of the effective distance as informed by the airline transportation network data, and using dengue and chikungunya virus transmission data, risks of importation and local transmission were estimated.

Results.A total of 78 countries with imported case(s) have been identified, with the arrival time ranging from 1 to 44 weeks since the first ZIKV was identified in Brazil, 2015. Whereas the risk of importation was well explained by the airline transportation network data, the risk of local transmission appeared to be best captured by additionally accounting for the presence of dengue and chikungunya viruses.

Discussion.The risk of importation may be high given continued global travel of mildly infected travelers but, considering that the public health concerns over ZIKV infection stems from microcephaly, it is more important to focus on the risk of local and widespread transmission that could involve pregnant women. The predicted risk of local transmission was frequently seen in tropical and subtropical countries with dengue or chikungunya epidemic experience.
A Brief Stroll on the Roundabout of Authenticity, Confidentiality & Impartiality
Authors: Creo Robert A.
Published: April 2016

Editor's note: Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a Pittsburgh arbitrator and mediator, has been revisiting his catalog of CPR Institute website columns, originated a decade ago, in a Back to Basics Alternatives series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns are in print for the first time, building on new concepts and knowledge. He has revisited a wide spectrum of mediation room behaviors and practices.
What Do We Do When We Discuss? A Micro‐genetic Analysis of Couples’ Conflict
Authors: Fossa Pablo , Molina María Elisa , de la Puerta Sofía , Barr Michelle , Tapia‐Villanueva Luis
Published: April 2016

This article focuses on dialogic discursive dynamics present in couples’ conversations about unresolved conflicts. The phenomenon of conflict is addressed as a semiotically mediated process of co‐construction of the self and the relationship. The purpose of this article is to report on patterns of meaning construction in couples’ conflict, with the identification of strategies that promote or hinder resolution. A qualitative exploratory approach was used to focus on the interactional process at the micro‐processing level. Eight married couples participated in the study. The procedure considered asking the couple to discuss unresolved conflict. Recorded data of couples’ dialogues were transcribed to text and assessed through semiotic analysis using a microgenetic protocol (Molina, Del Río, & Tapia, 2015). The results document the use of strategies for conflict regulation such as psychological distancing, opposition, and generalisation on the border between protecting the bond and regulating tension. The dynamics of non‐resolution manifested in polarisation and rigid patterns with increased tension. The ‘in‐motion’ nature of dialogue about conflict is pushed by the semiotic tension that induces variations in subjective positions manifested in speech and actions.
Prevention of irreversible aggregation of whey soy proteins in their foam fractionation from soy whey wastewater
Authors: Li Rui , Wu Zhaoliang , Wang Yanji , Ding Linlin , Liu Wei
Published: April 2016

Prevention of irreversible aggregation of whey soy proteins (WSP) in their foam fractionation from soy whey wastewater is important for achieving their large‐scale recovery. For effectively preventing the irreversible aggregation of WSP, this work studied its dependencies on the WSP enrichment ratio and the height of the collected foam which freely collapsed. The results show that most insoluble aggregates formed in the desorption of WSP from the gas–liquid interface, and their formation was closely related to their high local enrichment in the foam. Based on the above results, a chemical defoaming agent with 25% Tween 20 was developed to reduce the relative content of insoluble aggregates in the foamate and the decrease reached about 80%, compared to the case without Tween 20. The prevented irreversible aggregation effectively improved food‐related properties of the WSP product. Copyright © 2016 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Structure of the Dospert: Is There Evidence for a General Risk Factor?
Authors: Highhouse Scott , Nye Christopher D. , Zhang Don C. , Rada Thaddeus B.
Published: April 2016

The Domain‐specific Risk‐taking scale was designed to assess risk taking in specific domains. This approach is unconventional in personality assessment but reflects conventional wisdom in the decision community that cross‐situational consistency in risk taking is more myth than reality. We applied bifactor analysis to a large sample (n = 921) of responses to the Domain‐specific Risk Taking. Results showed that, in addition to domain‐specific facets, there does appear to be evidence for a general risk‐taking disposition. And this general appetite for risk appears to be useful for predicting real‐world outcomes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Danger Zones for Banking Crises in Emerging Markets
Authors: Manasse Paolo , Savona Roberto , Vezzoli Marika
Published: April 2016

This paper employs a recently developed statistical algorithm in order to build an early warning model for banking crises in emerging markets. The procedure creates many ‘artificial’ samples by iteratively perturbing the original data set and estimates many models from these samples. The final model is constructed by aggregation, so that, by construction, it is flexible enough to accommodate new data for out‐of‐sample prediction. Out of a large number (540) of candidate explanatory variables, ranging from macroeconomic variables to balance sheet indicators, our procedure selects a handful of indicators (and their combinations) that is sufficient to generate accurate out‐of‐sample predictions of banking crises. Using data covering emerging markets from 1980 to 2010, the model identifies two banking crisis' ‘danger‐zones’, e.g. economic configurations that are conducive to crises. The first occurs when high interest rates on bank deposits, possibly reflecting liquidity risks and solvency fears, interact with credit‐booms and capital flights; the second occurs when an investment boom is financed by a large rise in banks' net foreign exposure. We compare our model to models derived by standard econometric techniques, and find that our approach delivers much better out‐of‐sample predictions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Profitability Assessment of Potato Production Applying Different Irrigation Methods
Authors: Matović Gordana , Broćić Zoran , Djuričin Sonja , Gregorić Enike , Bodroža Duško
Published: April 2016

The present research was conducted during the dry and warm growing seasons of 2011, 2012 and 2013 at Guča, which is a well‐known potato‐growing region of Serbia. Potato was grown under both rainfed conditions and with irrigation, applying two methods: sprinkler and subsurface drip irrigation. The objective of the research was to conduct a comparative analysis and assess the profitability of potato production under rainfed conditions and with irrigation by these two methods. The main outcome of the research showed that higher yields and more profitable production are achievable with irrigation, compared to rainfed conditions. Subsurface drip irrigation was found to be more profitable than sprinkler irrigation. The results provided insight into the structure and distribution of income and expenses, the income and expense growth trend, the percentage profit growth in the case of sprinkler and subsurface drip irrigation, as well as potential income losses at the national level if the irrigation methods considered are not used. A detailed analysis of the production costs provided insight into the feasibility of optimizing potato‐growing approaches for all three types of production. The higher profitability of irrigated potato production opens the question of the need to increase irrigation coverage in Serbia. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Assessment Of Hydraulic Performance Of Drip Emitters For Adoption In Hilly Terrain Of North‐Eastern Region Of India
Authors: Kusre B.C. , Liansangpuii Fanai
Published: April 2016

The north‐eastern region of India, although rich in land and water resources, often suffers from a water‐scarce situation particularly during the non‐rainy season. The steep terrain conditions do not support conventional irrigation systems and therefore micro‐irrigation system needs to be promoted. In micro‐irrigation systems, maintaining uniformity of application is necessary to achieve a satisfactory crop yield. Maintaining the system hydraulics is a challenge due to the terrain conditions and equipment available. A study was conducted to observe various uniformity parameters of selected emitters at five different operating pressures, viz. 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25 and 1.5 kg cm–2. In the study it was observed that the discharge variation of the selected emitters was between 8.7 and 39.7%. The uniformity coefficient varied from 0.9 to 16.6, where the distribution uniformity and statistical uniformity varied from 81.1 to 99.1% and 83.4–99.1% respectively. The emitter flow variation ranged from 0.03 to 0.49 in the range of 0.51.5 kg cm–2. The emitter exponent indicated that the values ranged from 0.20 to 0.55. All these values were far from the manufacturer's value. From the study we can interpret that the emitting system needs to be tested before adoption in the field to ensure uniformity of water application. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
When control becomes a liability rather than an asset: Comparing home and office days among part‐time teleworkers
Authors: Biron Michal , van Veldhoven Marc
Published: April 2016

Past research has mainly examined differences between employees working under conventional versus teleworking arrangements or high‐intensity versus low‐intensity teleworking. Yet because many workers combine days worked from the office with days worked from home (part‐time telework), it may be more appropriate to examine within‐individual variation in office versus home days. Accordingly, we compare diary data from 77 employees on three home days and three office days. This setup enables us to contribute to the theoretical debate on the duality of control and accountability. Specifically, by comparing job locations (home versus office), we identify conditions under which job control (worktime control) is more likely to act as an asset or as a liability. Results suggest that ability to concentrate is higher and need for recovery is lower, on home days than on office days. However, on home days, generally high level of worktime control amplifies the association between job demands and need for recovery—whereas this association is reversed when worktime control is generally moderate. No similar differences are observed on office days. Finally, whereas employees experiencing high job demands are more able to concentrate during home days than during office days, worktime control has no differential effect in this respect. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The selection, optimization, and compensation model in the work context: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of two decades of research
Authors: Moghimi Darya , Zacher Hannes , Scheibe Susanne , Van Yperen Nico W.
Published: April 2016

Over the past two decades, the selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) model has been applied in the work context to investigate antecedents and outcomes of employees' use of action regulation strategies. We systematically review, meta‐analyze, and critically discuss the literature on SOC strategy use at work and outline directions for future research and practice. The systematic review illustrates the breadth of constructs that have been studied in relation to SOC strategy use, and that SOC strategy use can mediate and moderate relationships of person and contextual antecedents with work outcomes. Results of the meta‐analysis show that SOC strategy use is positively related to age (rc = .04), job autonomy (rc = .17), self‐reported job performance (rc = .23), non‐self‐reported job performance (rc = .21), job satisfaction (rc = .25), and job engagement (rc = .38), whereas SOC strategy use is not significantly related to job tenure, job demands, and job strain. Overall, our findings underline the importance of the SOC model for the work context, and they also suggest that its measurement and reporting standards need to be improved to become a reliable guide for future research and organizational practice. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Eurasian October snow water equivalent: using self‐organizing maps to characterize variability and identify relationships to the MJO
Authors: Henderson Gina R. , Barrett Bradford S. , South Kaitlyn
Published: April 2016

Variability in October daily snow water equivalent (SWE) change using self‐organizing maps (SOMs) was explored in this study. In addition, connections between October Eurasian daily snow water equivalent change (ΔSWE) and the leading mode of atmospheric intra‐seasonal variability, the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO), were considered. Through this analysis, dipole and tripole patterns of daily ΔSWE over Eurasia were identified and were moderately negatively correlated to mid‐tropospheric geopotential height anomalies. Additionally, SOM nodes capturing over 91% of October days were found moderately correlated with at least one MJO phase. The majority of correlation coefficients with magnitude above 0.30 were found for MJO phases 4–7, indicating that tropical convective anomalies over the Indian Ocean and Maritime Continent have the most impact on October circulation and snow variability. Furthermore, MJO phases with above‐normal frequency were most often found in SOM nodes with positive correlations between their respective 500‐hPa height anomalies, while MJO phases with below‐normal frequency were most often found in SOM nodes with negative correlations between their respective 500‐hPa height anomalies. These correlation patterns provide additional evidence linking the MJO to Eurasian snow variability. These results highlight a new application of SOMs in identifying snow variability throughout Eurasia during the month of October, in addition to providing evidence for tropical modulation of the extratropics on the intra‐seasonal timescale.
Attribute Partitioning in Multiple Attribute Decision Making Problems for a Decision with a Purpose – a Fuzzy Approach
Authors: Gupta Mahima , Mohanty B. K.
Published: April 2016

This work introduces a methodology to find solutions corresponding to different purposes in a multiple attribute decision‐making problem under fuzzy environment. The discernment of purpose‐based solutions becomes important when the problem is defined vaguely and solution is targeted to heterogeneous population. Depending on the purpose, for which the solution is sought, the attributes are identified and weighted in an appropriate proportion. The level of similarity between a pair of attributes plays an important role to determine the aggregated value of attributes specific to a purpose. Our work determines the similarity levels between a pair of attributes by calculating their maximum attainability in presence of each other. The achievement of an attribute in presence of another is represented as a fuzzy set in the unit interval. The crisp equivalents of the fuzzy sets in the unit interval are used to define their simultaneous satisfaction denoted as 1‐step relation. The 1‐step relation is extended to (m‐1)‐step relation to calculate the degree of attainability of the same pair of attributes in the presence of m (all) attributes. The different levels of (m‐1)‐step relations generate several partitions of the attributes corresponding to multiple purposes in the multiple attribute decision‐making problems. The degree of fulfilment of the purposes in the alternatives are numerically derived by first taking weighted average of attributes within the equivalence classes of a partition and then aggregating the values corresponding to equivalence classes through ordered weighted averaging. The methodology is illustrated with a numerical example. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Deflecting Arrow by Aggregating Rankings of Multiple Correlated Criteria According to Borda
Authors: Hulkower Neal D. , Neatrour John
Published: April 2016

This paper has two objectives. The first is to review and address concerns raised by Hazelrigg that Arrow's impossibility theorem prevents the selection of rational aggregation methods for use in engineering trade studies. In addressing these concerns, the work of Saari is cited to establish the fact that the Borda count is the only ‘non‐dictatorial’ positional voting method that satisfies the criteria for a rational decision procedure while using complete information. Hence, the resulting rank ordering of the alternatives is the most reliable outcome. Several previous studies that use other aggregation methods are critiqued, and Borda is applied to examples to illustrate the differences in the outcomes. The second objective is to extend the applicability of Borda to include attributes such as cost, schedule duration, and certain technical and performance measures that are generally more reasonably described as correlated random variables. Exact Probabilities by Simulation with Borda, a method introduced by Hulkower that improves a technique by Book for determining which candidate in a trade study is the probable lowest‐cost alternative, is generalized to include multiple correlated criteria, each of which is expressed as a random variable and thus incorporates probabilistic uncertainty. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Crystallization, melting, and mechanical behavior of calcium carbonate‐based nanocomposites of crosslinked high density polyethylene
Authors: Dastjerdi Javad , Motlagh Ehsan Nikzinat , Garmabi Hamid
Published: April 2016

In this work, novel nanocomposites of silane crosslinked high density polyethylene (PEX) and nano‐sized calcium carbonate (NCC) were prepared using a lab‐scale corotating twin screw extruder. Thermal analysis, which was carried out through differential scanning calorimetry demonstrates reduction of crystallinity index and specific heat capacity of PEX by adding NCC content, while an ascending trend was observed for crystallization rate and no important change was found for growth dimension of the crystalline lamellaes. The results of mechanical analysis show enhancement of tensile modulus compared to neat PEX by adding 10 wt% of NCCs which is attributed to good matrix/filler adhesion. On the other hand, yield tensile strength showed inverse trend while elongation at break increased gradually by adding filler up to 5 wt% NCCs and then decreased at higher filler contents due to agglomeration of NCC particles. The Counto model was used to predict the tensile modulus of nanocomposites, successfully. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:E402–E411, 2017. © 2016 Society of Plastics Engineers
The evolving world of small RNAs from RNA viruses
Authors: Li Mei‐Ling , Weng Kuo‐Feng , Shih Shin‐Ru , Brewer Gary
Published: April 2016

RNA virus infection in plants and invertebrates can produce virus‐derived small RNAs. These RNAs share features with host endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). They can potentially mediate RNA interference (RNAi) and related RNA silencing pathways, resulting in specific antiviral defense. Although most RNA silencing components such as Dicer, Ago2, and RISC are conserved among eukaryotic hosts, whether RNA virus infection in mammals can generate functional small RNAs that act in antiviral defense remains under discussion. Here, we review recent studies on the molecular and biochemical features of viral siRNAs and other virus‐derived small RNAs from infected plants, arthropods, nematodes, and vertebrates and discuss the genetic pathways for their biogenesis and their roles in antiviral activity. WIREs RNA 2016, 7:575–588. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1351

This article is categorized under:

Regulatory RNAs/RNAi/Riboswitches > Biogenesis of Effector Small RNAs

Regulatory RNAs/RNAi/Riboswitches > RNAi: Mechanisms of Action

Regulatory RNAs/RNAi/Riboswitches > Regulatory RNAs
Consumers’ Perceptions of Online and Offline Retailer Deception: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
Authors: Riquelme Isabel P. , Román Sergio , Iacobucci Dawn
Published: April 2016

This research examines the effects of consumers’ perceptions of retailers’ deceptive practices on their evaluations of online and offline retailers. Results from two samples of consumers (shopping in online versus offline channels) show the direct and indirect influence of consumers’ perceptions of retailers’ deceptive practices on consumers’ evaluations, including product satisfaction, retailer satisfaction and word-of-mouth. Perceptions of deception influence retailer satisfaction through product satisfaction, and word-of-mouth through retailer satisfaction. These mediated effects are further moderated by the online vs. offline purchase channel. Implications for theory and management are discussed.
Professional service supply chains⋆
Authors: Harvey Jean
Published: April 2016

Professional service (PS) exchanges are seldom narrowly bounded in time and space. This conceptual paper discusses prolonged PS sequences involving different professionals and different types of professionals. It is framed by the dual concepts of service episodes, representing the client's perspective and experience, and PS supply chains, that is, organized sequences of professional, clerical, and technical services explicitly set up to provide specific results, such as producing a financial product, designing a house, or replacing a hip. Four illustrative, empirically inspired situations are used to characterize episodes and supply chains. Each exemplar, two each from the health and social work sectors, is real and draws on publicly available data. The richness of the public information is a reflection of the fact that each is some form of failure or “disaster” (Altay and Ramirez, 2010). This dual conceptualization leads to a holistic perspective obtained by using the complex adaptive systems framework (Dooley and Van de ven, 1999, Levin, 1998) as a lens. The paper concludes with a discussion of the dynamics of such service systems and some proposals for a research agenda.
A collaborative model for web archiving ephemeral art resources at the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC)
Authors: Duncan Sumitra , Blumenthal Karl-Rainer
Published: April 2016

The vast expanse and volatility of art ephemera based on the World Wide Web pose significant threats to the completeness of the art historical record. Towards its mission to enhance the resources available for current and future research through collaboration, the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) collects, preserves, and provides access to art ephemera born in digital formats native to the web. It leverages its member institutions’ collecting strengths and resources to establish a permanently sustainable web archiving programme. This article introduces NYARC's web archiving practices at the principal stages in a typical web archive's lifecycle, describes how each benefit from collaboration among its member libraries and external programme partners, and identifies opportunities for further art libraries and consortia to participate in this important effort to preserve at-risk art historical resources.
Never throw anything away, EVER
Authors: Pawson Mark
Published: April 2016

Mark Pawson is an artist, self-publisher and bookseller. He grew up in Cheshire, lives in London and never went to Art School. He's a one-man production line creating and selling a constant stream of artists books, postcards, badges, multiples, T-shirts and other essential ephemera. He has collaborated with jewellery makers Tatty Devine and worked with Levis Vintage Clothing.
FOMO case studies: loss, discovery and inspiration among relics
Authors: Simmons Anne H.
Published: April 2016

In 2009, I was two years into my tenure as a museum employee, managing a collection of small exhibition brochures, pamphlets and gallery announcements at the National Gallery of Art Library. That summer, New York Times art critic Roberta Smith reported on a phenomenon I had also observed in my capacity as Reference Librarian for Vertical Files: the decline of the printed gallery post card. Smith's ArtsBeat blog post, ‘Gallery Card as Relic,’ is a breezy elegy surveying recent “final notice” cards mailed from commercial galleries that were “going green” by eliminating paper mailings. I, however, was feeling less light-hearted about the demise of what Smith describes as a “useful bit of art-world indicator…[and] an indispensable constant creatively deployed by artists, avidly cherished by the ephemera-obsessed and devotedly archived by museums.”
Joking Through Hardship: Humor and Truth-Telling among Displaced Timbuktians
Authors: Hernann Andrew
Published: April 2016

This article argues that one way in which internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees from Timbuktu, Mali, negotiated and made sense of the occupation of northern Mali in 2012 and the hardships of displacement was through joking. A genre of unofficial communication, joking asserted local truths and produced counternarratives. Sharing in this humorous reproduction helped to alleviate some of the anxieties of displacement and strengthen interpersonal relationships. The result was acommunitasthat reproduced the local Timbuktian community in exile.
How Solidarity Works for Welfare
Authors: Singh Prerna
Published: April 2016

Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people, particularly in developing countries, continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and ill-health, understanding the conditions that promote social welfare is of critical importance to political scientists and policy makers alike. Drawing on a multi-method study, from the late nineteenth century to the present, of the stark variations in educational and health outcomes within a large, federal, multiethnic developing country - India - this book develops an argument for the power of collective identity as an impetus for state prioritization of social welfare. Such an argument not only marks an important break from the dominant negative perceptions of identity politics but also presents a novel theoretical framework to understand welfare provision.
Cultural-Existential Psychology
Authors: Sullivan Daniel
Published: April 2016

Cultural psychology and experimental existential psychology are two of the fastest-growing movements in social psychology. In this book, Daniel Sullivan combines both perspectives to present a groundbreaking analysis of culture's role in shaping the psychology of threat experience. The first part of the book presents a new theoretical framework guided by three central principles: that humans are in a unique existential situation because we possess symbolic consciousness and culture; that culture provides psychological protection against threatening experiences, but also helps to create them; and that interdisciplinary methods are vital to understanding the link between culture and threat. In the second part of the book, Sullivan presents a novel program of research guided by these principles. Focusing on a case study of a traditionalist group of Mennonites in the midwestern United States, Sullivan examines the relationship between religion, community, guilt, anxiety, and the experience of natural disaster.
An Introduction to the Theory of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces
Authors: Paulsen Vern I. , Raghupathi Mrinal
Published: April 2016

Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces have developed into an important tool in many areas, especially statistics and machine learning, and they play a valuable role in complex analysis, probability, group representation theory, and the theory of integral operators. This unique text offers a unified overview of the topic, providing detailed examples of applications, as well as covering the fundamental underlying theory, including chapters on interpolation and approximation, Cholesky and Schur operations on kernels, and vector-valued spaces. Self-contained and accessibly written, with exercises at the end of each chapter, this unrivalled treatment of the topic serves as an ideal introduction for graduate students across mathematics, computer science, and engineering, as well as a useful reference for researchers working in functional analysis or its applications.
Reconstructing Sociology
Authors: Porpora Douglas V.
Published: April 2016

Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an introduction to critical realism for students and scholars of sociology. Written in a lively, accessible style, Douglas V. Porpora argues that sociology currently operates with deficient accounts of truth, culture, structure, agency, and causality that are all better served by a critical realist perspective. This approach argues against the alternative sociological perspectives, in particular the dominant positivism which privileges statistical techniques and experimental design over ethnographic and historical approaches. However, the book also compares critical realism favourably with a range of other approaches, including poststructuralism, pragmatism, interpretivism, practice theory, and relational sociology. Numerous sociological examples are included, and each chapter addresses well-known and current work in sociology.
Edwards' Treatment of Drinking Problems
Authors: Humphreys Keith , Lingford-Hughes Anne
Published: April 2016

Presenting state-of-the-art, accessible reviews of the expanding science of alcohol treatment, integrated with down to earth, practical guides to the management of a wide range of clinical situations, this new edition is compassionate toward patients, optimistic about treatment, and candid about the clinical and professional challenges embedded in the treatment endeavour. The coverage updates the science that has occurred in the half-decade since the last edition, most notably in the areas of neuroscience, neuroimaging and pharmacotherapy, and includes expanded discussion of historical and public policy forces that have shaped the alcohol treatment field. The book recognizes that drinking problems occur across all social structures and cannot be neatly confined to the specialist addiction treatment sector. This text is relevant to all those working to help those with a drinking problem, meeting the needs of general medical practitioners, psychiatrists and other medical specialists, nurses, psychotherapists, counselors, psychologists, alcohol support workers, social workers and occupational therapists, amongst others.
Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan
Authors: Murtazashvili Jennifer Brick
Published: April 2016

Despite vast efforts to build the state, profound political order in rural Afghanistan is maintained by self-governing, customary organizations. Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan explores the rules governing these organizations to explain why they can provide public goods. Instead of withering during decades of conflict, customary authority adapted to become more responsive and deliberative. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and observations from dozens of villages across Afghanistan, and statistical analysis of nationally representative surveys, Jennifer Murtazashvili demonstrates that such authority enhances citizen support for democracy, enabling the rule of law by providing citizens with a bulwark of defence against predatory state officials. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it shows that 'traditional' order does not impede the development of the state because even the most independent minded communities see a need for a central government - but question its effectiveness when it attempts to rule them directly and without substantive consultation.
Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes
Authors: Krishnamurthy Vikram
Published: April 2016

Covering formulation, algorithms, and structural results, and linking theory to real-world applications in controlled sensing (including social learning, adaptive radars and sequential detection), this book focuses on the conceptual foundations of partially observed Markov decision processes (POMDPs). It emphasizes structural results in stochastic dynamic programming, enabling graduate students and researchers in engineering, operations research, and economics to understand the underlying unifying themes without getting weighed down by mathematical technicalities. Bringing together research from across the literature, the book provides an introduction to nonlinear filtering followed by a systematic development of stochastic dynamic programming, lattice programming and reinforcement learning for POMDPs. Questions addressed in the book include: when does a POMDP have a threshold optimal policy? When are myopic policies optimal? How do local and global decision makers interact in adaptive decision making in multi-agent social learning where there is herding and data incest? And how can sophisticated radars and sensors adapt their sensing in real time?
Passive Imaging with Ambient Noise
Authors: Garnier Josselin , Papanicolaou George
Published: April 2016

Waves generated by opportunistic or ambient noise sources and recorded by passive sensor arrays can be used to image the medium through which they travel. Spectacular results have been obtained in seismic interferometry, which open up new perspectives in acoustics, electromagnetics, and optics. The authors present, for the first time in book form, a self-contained and unified account of correlation-based and ambient noise imaging. In order to facilitate understanding of the core material, they also address a number of related topics in conventional sensor array imaging, wave propagation in random media, and high-frequency asymptotics for wave propagation. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book uses mathematical tools from probability, partial differential equations and asymptotic analysis, combined with the physics of wave propagation and modelling of imaging modalities. Suitable for applied mathematicians and geophysicists, it is also accessible to graduate students in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering.
Globalizing India
Authors: Sinha Aseema
Published: April 2016

India's recent economic transformation has fascinated scholars, global leaders, and interested observers alike. In 1990, India was a closed economy and a hesitant and isolated economic power. By 2016, India has rapidly risen on the global economic stage; foreign trade now drives more than half of the economy and Indian multinationals pursue global alliances. Focusing on second-generation reforms of the late 1990s, Aseema Sinha explores what facilitated global integration in a self-reliant country pre-disposed to nationalist ideas. The author argues that the impact of globalization on India has affected trade policy as well as India's trade capacities and private sector reform. India should no longer be viewed solely through a national lens; globalization is closely linked to the ambitions of a rising India. The study uses fieldwork undertaken in Geneva, New Delhi, Mumbai and Washington DC, interviews with business and trade officials, as well as a close analysis of the textile and pharmaceutical industries and a wide range of documentary and firm-level evidence to let diverse actors speak in their own voice.
Statistical Survey Design and Evaluating Impact
Authors: Roy Tarun Kumar , Acharya Rajib , Roy Arun
Published: April 2016

Statistical designs, sample surveys and evaluation designs are fundamental tools for solving queries related to population parameters and the effects of public programs and policies. This book explores the concepts of effective sampling and evaluation techniques in a cohesive and concise manner. Sampling design techniques, including simple random sampling, stratified sampling, systematic sampling and cluster sampling, are presented in detail. These techniques play a vital role when choosing an appropriate sample survey design. The concepts of multistage design, non-sampling errors and evaluation techniques including before-after design, one-time treatment and control design are discussed extensively. The book focuses on different methods of estimation, including multiple regression analysis and logistic regression. It covers the issue of bias in a design, the source of such bias and ways to overcome it. Clear guidelines with remedial measures are outlined to facilitate choosing a suitable sampling design.
Analytic Semigroups and Semilinear Initial Boundary Value Problems
Authors: Taira Kazuaki
Published: April 2016

A careful and accessible exposition of a functional analytic approach to initial boundary value problems for semilinear parabolic differential equations, with a focus on the relationship between analytic semigroups and initial boundary value problems. This semigroup approach is distinguished by the extensive use of the ideas and techniques characteristic of the recent developments in the theory of pseudo-differential operators, one of the most influential works in the modern history of analysis. Complete with ample illustrations and additional references, this new edition offers both streamlined analysis and better coverage of important examples and applications. A powerful method for the study of elliptic boundary value problems, capable of further extensive development, is provided for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students, as well as mathematicians with an interest in functional analysis and partial differential equations.
Senior Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Disaster Preparedness: A Descriptive Study
Authors: Bayraktar Nurhan , Yıldırım Meral
Published: April 2016

Objective

This descriptive study aimed to determine the disaster preparedness of a senior class of undergraduate nursing students.

Methods

The study sample was composed of 73 undergraduate nursing school students from Ankara, Turkey. Data were collected by using a questionnaire developed by the researchers and were evaluated with descriptive statistics.

Results

More than half (56.1%) of the students stated that the disaster competencies of nurses should include leadership, manager, and coordinator skills; 42.4% of them indicated the competencies of decision-maker, critical thinking, autonomy, and planning skills. Regarding education, 56.4% of the students considered their education on disaster nursing as “efficient”; however, 35.9% of them considered their education as “partly efficient” or “inefficient.”

Conclusions

Many correct concepts related to the definition, features, competencies, and roles of disaster nurses were stated by students. However, low percentages and insufficient statements showed low preparedness for disasters. Curriculum development or redesign is necessary to include content and clinical experiences related to disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:557–561)
Ultrafast dynamical process of Ge irradiated by the femtosecond laser pulses
Authors: Zhang Fangjian , Li Shuchang , Chen Anmin , Jiang Yuanfei , Li Suyu , Jin Mingxing
Published: April 2016

The ultrafast dynamic process in semiconductor Ge irradiated by the femtosecond laser pulses is numerically simulated on the basis of van Driel system. It is found that with the increase of depth, the carrier density and lattice temperature decrease, while the carrier temperature first increases and then drops. The laser fluence has a great influence on the ultrafast dynamical process in Ge. As the laser fluence remains a constant value, though the overall evolution of the carrier density and lattice temperature is almost independent of pulse duration and laser intensity, increasing the laser intensity will be more effective than increasing the pulse duration in the generation of carriers. Irradiating the Ge sample by the femtosecond double pulses, the ultrafast dynamical process of semiconductor can be affected by the temporal interval between the double pulses.