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Translation as Episteme: Two Biblical Translations and the Role of Intellectuals
Authors: Rassendren Etienne 
Published: June 2018

The article explores the inter-relations between episteme, ideology and knowledge in biblical translations and the underlying historical and intellectual questions that emerge. Through four narratives, drawn across differing timelines, this article maps the implications of theological and temporal power. Besides, it is also argued for how translations are sites of transgressions that eventually shape knowledge and impact epistemology. In conclusion, the article argues that Jerome and Wycliffe represent the role of public intellectuals and the dissident lessons of history.
Gender Justice in India: A Feminist Jurisprudential Perspective
Authors: Dev Shampa 
Published: June 2018

A perusal of the criminal laws and personal laws reveal that laws adopt a protectionist and paternalistic approach for empowering and providing autonomy to women. This paper initiates a discussion on issues at the core of gender justice. It questions the man-woman dichotomy and asserts that if men and women are fundamentally different as categories, then a single yardstick for measuring justice is wrong. And, if they are not class wise different, and evince only personal traits, then the whole idea of gender justice based on the dichotomy is flawed. This paper further argues that social conditioning restricts the possibility of autonomous decisions. In conclusion, it is argued that laws need to create just social conditions and institutions that guarantee freedom from socially imposed disabilities, and subsequently, strengthen autonomy in decision making.
Moral Issues in Environmental Crisis: A Feminists Approach
Authors: Sharma Laimayum Bishwanath 
Published: June 2018

Environmental crisis is one of the biggest problems of the world that involves moral issues. From different perspectives the crisis can be analyzed in order to find out a solution. This paper intends to highlight on feminists ethical theory with the aim of clarifying the standpoints of eco-feminism on the issues of environmental ethics. An attempt has been made to initiate a discussion about the issue of how environmental degradation and exploitation of nature became a feminist issue. The feminists‟ view on the relationship between women and nature has engaged with the debates in environmental ethics and politics, and has, at the same time, developed a counter argument against the domination over women and nature by man- folk as a political activism.
The contribution of women in resolving the issues relating to the environmental degradation is worth mentioning. It is observed more clearly in the women ‟s movement over the last few decades. It develops a new field of philosophical inquiry known as „eco - feminism‟. Eco-feminism is a social movement. It is a movement of women to protect natural processes. The feminists‟ discussion on the environmental crisis draws on the idea of a principle of sustainable livelihood as human developmental scheme.
Editorial
Authors: Varghese Binidi 
Published: June 2018

Atna-Journal of Tourism Studies (AJTS) has continued to make progress in terms of publishing peer-reviewed articles, and has attracted an ever increasing national audience of authors, research investigators, and scholars. AJTS Volume 9, Issue 2 has an exclusive range of scholarly articles across areas such as Film-induced Tourism, Wine tourism, Airline Transportation, Customer Brand Relationship and Motivational Behaviour. Anu Chandran in his article showcases how Puducherry has evolved as a film destination and shaped a brand image. Anupama Kotur Kaddi and Paramita Suklabaidya highlights on wine tourism management in Maharashtra. The article by Jitendra Mohan Mishra, investigates into the market for airline transportation in Puducherry and examines the rationale behind airlines withdrawing their operations from the Union Territory. The article by Sneha N examines customer-centric marketing in Bangalore and its relation to customer retention in select travel agencies. The article by Tomy K Kallarakal, showcases how the productivity and effectiveness of any organisation is dependent on the performance level of the employees in the organisation. On behalf of the Editorial Board, I extend our sincere gratitude to the authors and reviewers for their valuable contributions. A word of thanks to Neha Itty Jose Paul, Research Scholar, Christ University for her assistance in compiling this issue. We look forward to the encouragement, constructive criticisms, and support of academicians, researchers and professionals in our effort to strengthen the discipline of Tourism Studies.
Dalit Art Forms and Tourism Promotion: Case Study of Theyyam Dance
Authors: John Jacob 
Published: June 2018

Promotion of Dalit art forms under tourism can contribute to social and economic empowerment of marginalised communities in India. Modern tourism is a strong instrument to reduce the existing power inequalities and discriminations. Theyyam dances in Kerala are now effective tools and weapons to resist and fight back against an unjust social system. Promotion of Dalit art forms under tourism can contribute to social and economic empowerment of these marginalised communities.
Human Resource Development in Airline Industry: A Study on HRD Initiatives of Indian
Authors: Thomas Joby , Pakkeerappa P 
Published: June 2018

Human Resource Development is a continuous process to ensure the development of employee competencies, dynamism, motivation and effectiveness in a systematic and planned way Globalization intensified the competition among tourism enterprises and resulted in the emergence of a knowledge-based economy. The knowledge -based economy utilizes the skills of the workforce to the full and prompts new ways of thinking about Human Resource Development (HRD) by organizations. Without the positive HRD activities, it would be difficult for tourism enterprises to stay alive in the fast changing world. Liberalization of the economy and its improvement towards globalization has brought in new challenges for Indian business in terms of business strategies, technology, quality concerns; cost effectiveness, management systems etc. By developing individuals and
deprived groups through various learning experiences in a definite time period, the job performance in an organization could be improved. HRD is expected to play a crucial role in airline industry to cope with the challenges of advancement in technology, changing markets, industry restructuring and more competitive domestic and international business environment. Effective management of delivery process helps to differentiate an ordinary and excellent airline. To achieve the status of an excellent airline, Indian has training facilities committed to seriously perfecting skills of their valued employees. In order to achieve its human resource development objectives, Indian Airlines (as Indian previously known to the world) established its own Management Training Centre (MTC) for executive development This paper is an attempt by the authors to analyse the HRD initiatives of our national domestic carrier, Indian to enhance the competencies of its employees. The paper also points to the need of the airline to incorporate the spirit of HRD in its day today functioning by embracing the all possible human resource systems and mechanisms to the organization.
Sustainable Development of Tourism in the Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Romania
Authors: J Nedelea , George Babu P 
Published: June 2018

The strategies of sustainable development emphasize the interdependence between the local and the global, between the already developed countries and the ones following this course, underlining the necessity of cooperation within economical, social and environmental sections. Since, tourism plays an important role in the improvement standards of living and rising people above the poverty threshold, it has become a platform to transform the vicious circles of misery, into virtuous circles towards productive transformation, welfare and improvement of human capita/. The complexity involved in constructing knowledge in different contextual frames make the entire debate on sustainable tourism extremely problematic, especially since stake holding communities are spread across continents and cultures. Many developing countries have found important to improve the linking of tourism (forward and backward) with the other sectors of the economy, so as to capitalize on the benefits of the globalisation and internationalisation of markets. Despite developing countries effort to develop the most suitable domestic policy environment, the economic sustainability of tourism is being undermined by external factors beyond their control, notably the predatory behaviour of integrated suppliers which enjoy a dominant position in the originating markets of tourism flows. Today, the Romanian hospitality industry confronts itself with problems such as the decline of the internal and external touristic demand, an old touristic product, the low standard in the services which do not satisfy the tourists' expectations, the payment and too high prices compared to the quality of the services, an insufficient promotion. Among the countries from the East and Center Europe, Romania is considered the country which possesses the richest and most varied natural touristic resources created by man and this gives a great disposability for tourism. The Romanian international touristic demand registers a diminution tendency due to some causes such as the low quality level of the offered touristic services, the touristic services non-diversification, the reduced amusement possibilities. Regional development policy is an ensemble of measures planned and promoted by the local and central public administration authorities, having as partners different actors (private, public, volunteers) in order to ensure a dynamic and lasting economic growth, through the effective use of the local and regional potential, in order to improve living conditions. The main areas regarded by the regional policies are development of enterprises, the labor market, attracting investments, development of the SMEs sector, improvement of infrastructure, the quality of the environment, rural development, health, education, culture. Any tourism growth and development activities in Romania should not be myopic and sustainability should be ensured at all levels: both inter and intro-generational.
New Age Tourism Product: The Cruise Industry - The Fastest Growing Tourism Sector
Authors: Suklabaidya Paramita 
Published: June 2018

Cruise Industry, with an annual turnover of more than 500 billion US dollars is considered to the fastest growing sector of the tourism industry. Although cruises worldwide constitute only 2% of the tourism numbers, still this sector is considered to be the one with maximum upward potential. Over the years this sector has shown a steady gowth even duing the time of crisis, like the bombing of the twin towers or SARS scare. Instead during eah crisis situation, the cruise industry has redifined and repositioned itself among vacationers.
Coverage, Coarseness, and Classification: Determinants of Social Efficiency in Priority Queues
Authors: Gurvich Itai , Lariviere Martin A. , Ozkan Can 
Published: June 2018

Customers often resent priority queues even though priorities are often necessary to maximize either social welfare or revenue. Consequently, it is useful to consider the level of social inefficiency introduced when the design of a priority scheme is turned over to a revenue-maximizing firm. In this paper we study how the priority scheme chosen by a revenue-maximizing firm differs from the one a social planner would use. We study a single-server queue with customers who draw their valuations from a continuous distribution and have a per-period waiting cost that is proportional to their realized valuations. The decision maker must post a menu offering a finite number of waiting time-price pairs. There are then three dimensions on which a revenue maximizer and social planner can differ: coverage (i.e., how many customers in total to serve), coarseness (i.e., how many classes of service to offer), and classification (i.e., how to map customers to priority levels). We show that differences between the decision-makers’ priority policies are all about classification. Both are content to offer very coarse schemes with just two priority levels, and they will have negligible differences in coverage. However, differences in classification are persistent. Further, a revenue maximizer may—relative to the social planner—have too few or too many high-priority customers. Whether the revenue maximizer overstuffs or understuffs the high-priority class depends on a measure of consumer surplus that is captured by the mean residual life function of the valuation distribution. The e-companion is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2987 . This paper was accepted by Noah Gans, stochastic models and simulation.
Encouraging Help Across Projects
Authors: Crama Pascale , Sting Fabian J. , Wu Yaozhong 
Published: June 2018

Companies struggle with timely project execution despite employing sophisticated management methods. Although help across projects is critical for time performance, it has not been explicitly incorporated into project management (PM) systems. We model a PM system, based on an innovative real-life practice, that both incorporates and shapes project managers’ helping behavior. A help process is at the core of this system, in which project managers may ask for and provide help while top management facilitates such exchanges. We find that companies should take a nuanced approach when designing help exchange and time-based incentives in tandem. A company that faces high project rewards after delays and highly effective help can benefit from inducing help because doing so enables the pursuit of projects it might abandon if delayed or even at the outset. The formal help process delivers value by creating and exploiting interdependencies between projects. These interdependencies allow project prioritization by inducing different effort levels in otherwise identical projects. A help process also allows the company to “tune” the timing of efforts by front-loading or back-loading project work. The benefits of a help system accrue through cost efficiencies, increased probability of success under help, and intertemporal incentive effects that encourage early efforts. However, because the help process creates the opportunity for free riding, a help system is not always recommended and a no-help system may perform better, especially when there are low project rewards after delay and low opportunity costs for project work. This paper was accepted by Serguei Netessine, operations management.
Column Generation for the Integrated Berth Allocation, Quay Crane Assignment, and Yard Assignment Problem
Authors: Wang Kai , Zhen Lu , Wang Shuaian , Laporte Gilbert 
Published: June 2018

This study investigates an integrated optimization problem on the three main types of resources used in container terminals: berths, quay cranes, and yard storage space. It presents a mixed integer linear programming model, which takes account of the decisions of berth allocation, quay crane assignment, and yard storage space unit assignment for incoming vessels. In addition, since the majority of the liner shipping services operate according to a weekly arrival pattern, the periodicity of the plan is also considered in the model and in the proposed algorithm. To solve the model on large-scale instances, a column generation (CG) procedure is developed to provide a lower bound for the integrated problem, in which an exact pseudopolynomial algorithm is designed for the pricing problems. Using this procedure, we propose a CG-based heuristic with different solution strategies and apply dual stabilization techniques to accelerate the algorithm. Based on some realistic instances, we conduct extensive numerical experiments to validate the effectiveness of the proposed model and the efficiency of the algorithm. The results show that the CG-based heuristic can yield a good solution with an approximate 1% optimality gap within a much shorter computation time than that of CPLEX. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2018.0822 .
The Influence of the Seller’s Performance on the Consumer Purchase of Clothes and Personal Care, Toiletries and Cosmetics Products
Authors: Rieg Denise Luciana , Scramim Fernando Cezar Leandro , Paola Elaine , Rugfino Fabiana Alves 
Published: June 2018

This paper presents the results of a survey about the influence of the seller’s performance on the consumer purchase of clothes and personal care, toiletries and cosmetics (HPPC) and to compare their results. This study has an exploratory, quantitative and descriptive nature. The samples surveyed were made up of students enrolled in engineering courses of a university located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. In the case of clothes market, a survey with a sample of 329 respondents was performed through a structured questionnaire. Regarding PHPC, the number of respondents was 317. We used descriptive statistics to describe the basic features of the data and the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test to compare the two sample results (significance level of 5%). The results indicate that, in both sectors, the majority of respondents go to specific stores to carry their purchases. Price, seller’s performance, style and brands are the main factors influencing the consumers’ decision about which store to buy. It was also found that the seller’s performance influences the costumers’ buying decision process and loyalty. Aspects of credibility, interest in customer needs, product knowledge, courtesy and attention were aspects of seller’s performance considered the most important by respondents in both sectors.
A fuzzy system to stimulate the planting of beans in Brazil
Authors: Silva Valentim Sallum Frederico , Autran Monteiro Gomes Luiz Flavio , Soares Machado Maria Augusta 
Published: June 2018

Beans are traditional elements on the table of the Brazilian population. In spite of this, the production of beans has been falling in Brazil in the last years. This article tries to identify the causes for the lack of motivation for growing beans in Brazil. It also aims to point out which factors are the most relevant for obtaining an expressive plantation and bean harvest. Given this, we were able to develop a system based on fuzzy logic that can be useful for measuring the expected loss until the bean harvest. With the output from such system the farmer can be provided incentives to start planting once that loss is considered acceptable. In order to generate the rules of the system the multicriteria TOPSIS method is used. The prototype fuzzy system explained and proposed in this article can be further expanded by agricultural experts thus leading to a large scale planting of beans.
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ): Exploring its implications in infectious diseases
Authors: Kak Gunjan , Raza Mohsin , Tiwari Brijendra K 
Published: June 2018

AbstractA key player in driving cellular immunity, IFN-γ is capable of orchestrating numerous protective functions to heighten immune responses in infections and cancers. It can exhibit its immunomodulatory effects by enhancing antigen processing and presentation, increasing leukocyte trafficking, inducing an anti-viral state, boosting the anti-microbial functions and affecting cellular proliferation and apoptosis. A complex interplay between immune cell activity and IFN-γ through coordinated integration of signals from other pathways involving cytokines and Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) such as Interleukin (IL)-4, TNF-α, Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), Type-I Interferons (IFNS) etc. leads to initiation of a cascade of pro-inflammatory responses. Microarray data has unraveled numerous genes whose transcriptional regulation is influenced by IFN-γ. Consequently, IFN-γ stimulated cells display altered expression of many such target genes which mediate its downstream effector functions. The importance of IFN-γ is further reinforced by the fact that mice possessing disruptions in the IFN-γ gene or its receptor develop extreme susceptibility to infectious diseases and rapidly succumb to them. In this review, we attempt to elucidate the biological functions and physiological importance of this versatile cytokine. The functional implications of its biological activity in several infectious diseases and autoimmune pathologies are also discussed. As a counter strategy, many virulent pathogenic species have devised ways to thwart IFN-γ endowed immune-protection. Thus, IFN-γ mediated host-pathogen interactions are critical for our understanding of disease mechanisms and these aspects also manifest enormous therapeutic importance for the annulment of various infections and autoimmune conditions.
Formability of wood veneers: a parametric approach for understanding some manufacturing issues
Authors: Chanda Avishek , Bhattacharyya Debes 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThe goal of the present work was to create a comprehensive guide to obtain 3-ply veneer laminates with a stable form. More precisely, a single curvature vee-bending test has been conducted on commercially available radiata pine (Pinus radiataD. Don) veneer plywood, in which the veneer was pre-softened in water. Within the framework of a parametric study, the spring-back and spring-forward of the 3-ply laminates was quantitatively evaluated. The variability and final contributions of each parameter was observed by a statistical data evaluation. The forming temperature and pre-forming moisture content were found to have the highest influences, while the experimental results could be satisfactorily simulated by calculations according to Taguchi.
A reduced space branch and bound algorithm for a class of sum of ratios problems
Authors: Zhao Yingfeng , Zhao Ting 
Published: June 2018

AbstractSum of ratios problem occurs frequently in various areas of engineering practice and management science, but most solution methods for this kind of problem are often designed for determining local solutions . In this paper, we develop a reduced space branch and bound algorithm for globally solving sum of convex-concave ratios problem. By introducing some auxiliary variables, the initial problem is converted into an equivalent problem where the objective function is linear. Then the convex relaxation problem of the equivalent problem is established by relaxing auxiliary variables only in the outcome space. By integrating some acceleration and reduction techniques into branch and bound scheme, the presented global optimization algorithm is developed for solving these kind of problems. Convergence and optimality of the algorithm are presented and numerical examples taken from some recent literature and MINLPLib are carried out to validate the performance of the proposed algorithm.