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Destabilizing the gaze towards male fashion models: Expanding men’s gender and sexuality identities
Authors: Barry Ben , Phillips Barbara 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
Fashion advertisements pioneered the mainstream objectification of the male body in popular culture. While scholars have theorized about the influence of these images on men, few empirical studies have examined men’s engagement with them. This study investigates how men experience objectified men’s fashion advertisements through interviews with 30 gay and straight male fashion consumers. Analysis revealed that both gay and straight men gaze upon images through the lenses of appreciation and fantasy, destabilizing normative binaries of gender and sexuality. Despite the delight that men experienced, objectified fashion images roused despair and distress because the models represented limited body ideals and expressions of gender and sexuality. Findings provide empirical evidence to support and advance a new theorization of the male gaze in men’s fashion images. Fashion professionals are advised to expand their representations of male imagery to enable men to continue to traverse gender and sexuality boundaries.
Getting beyond the fear of queer: The transition from gender-specific fashion to inclusive style
Authors: Bitterman Alex 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
The transition of a simple T-shirt from a constituent piece of military uniform to cultural icon is well documented, but the impacts of this shift of male fashion and the societal role of men are not as well researched. This article explores the role of gender as it relates to fashion and broadly examines a cultural snapshot of the changing landscape of men’s fashion at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries. Along with this exploration is a guide map of the shifting landscape, what these shifts portend, and the social and cultural changes that are being mirrored by the way men engage or do not engage in clothing and fashion.
Linking Dress and the Public, Private and Secret Self model to coming out
Authors: Reilly Andrew , Miller-Spillman Kimberly A. 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
This theoretical article examines how dress and the Public, Private and Secret Self (PPSS) model is linked to the coming-out models of LGBTI individuals, specifically gay men. The PPSS model is a taxonomy for categorizing dress based on social situation (reality, fun/leisure, fantasy) and the level of self-expression (public, private, secret). Coming-out models are developmental stages of expressing one’s sexual orientation, otherwise known as ‘coming out of the closet’. By examining existing academic literature on gay men and comparing coming-out models with the PPSS model, we posit two directions that link the two models.
Language, region and cinema: Translation as politics in Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Authors: Sundar Pavitra 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
Language articulates cultural distinction and difference in a variety of ways in India’s diverse cinematic traditions. In mainstream Bombay cinema, language has been deployed to assert the hegemony of Hindi and to cast Hindi-speaking North Indian subjects as quintessential national subjects. This assertion of linguistic and cultural privilege runs counter to the fact that film-making in India has always entailed a host of multilingual and cross-regional exchanges, from producing remakes and double versions to dubbing film dialogues. This article uses G. N. Devy’s concept of ‘translation consciousness’ to demonstrate how Ek Duuje Ke Liye/For Each Other, a Hindi film produced by South Indian film-makers, challenges the hegemony of both Hindi and Bombay cinema as an industry. In moving deftly across multiple tongues and cultural forms – from various iterations of Hindi to Bharatanatyam to classic film titles – EDKL urges us to embrace a more playful attitude towards linguistic and regional identity. Attending to the politics of language and sound in this particular film, and in Indian film history more broadly, also allows us to rethink the relationship between the ‘national’ and the ‘regional’ in film studies as a discipline.
‘The child’ of new Marathi cinema
Authors: Wani Aarti 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
The last decade has witnessed a resurgence of Marathi cinema, and narratives focused on childhood have been one of its dominant strands. In films like Tingya (2008), Shala (2012), Balak Palak (2013), 72 mile ek Pravas (2013), and Fandry (2013), the vulnerabilities of childhood become the matrix of historic transformations in material experience, lifestyle and perception. Interestingly, these films responding to local and regional concerns register the transformation of the region because of neo-liberalism. The films’ investment in childhood seems to be along two distinct but sometimes intertwining axes of desire. One is the site of the sexual in the child and the other invests in the child’s spatial and affective relation with the land of the region, the rural village/small town on the cusp of a social-economic transformation. With a focus on Fandry, this article examines some of the textual strategies and tropes of this cinematic moment.
Everyday stories: The people’s archive and the rural in ‘new’ India
Authors: Srinivasan Ragini Tharoor 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
This article is a case study of the People’s Archive of Rural India, a multimedia digital archive founded by journalist P. Sainath, which debuted online in December 2014. PARI features photographs, videos, interviews, audio files and articles that seek to illuminate the lives of the over 833 million people who live in rural India. Focusing on the narrative form of the ‘story’ and the universalizing temporality of the ‘everyday’, the article asks, ‘What is the relationship between PARI’s rural India and the “New” India to which it ostensibly belongs? How do PARI’s textual and visual mediations work together to produce the rural as a region?’. The article explores the relevance of postcolonial theory for the study of cultural production in the time of ‘New’ India, while arguing that PARI offers a Janus-faced depiction of the rural as urban India’s historically entrenched Other, on the one hand, and as a critical outside to the neo-liberal imagination, on the other.
Optimally controlled heating of solid particles in a fluidised bed with a dispersive flow of the solid
Authors: Poświata Artur , Szwast Zbigniew 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
In this study the authors minimise the total process cost for the heating of solid particles in a horizontal fluidised bed by an optimal choice of the inlet heating gas temperature profile and the total gas flow. Solid particles flowed along the apparatus and were heated by a hot gas entering from the bottom of the fluidised apparatus. The hydrodynamics of the fluidised bed is described by a two-phase Kunii - Levenspiel model. We assumed that the gas was flowing only vertically, whereas solid particles were flowing horizontally and because of dispersion they could be additionally mixed up in the same direction. The mixing rate was described by the axial dispersion coefficient. As any economic values of variables describing analysing process are subject to local and time fluctuations, the accepted objective function describes the total cost of the process expressed in exergy units. The continuous optimisation algorithm of the Maximum Principle was used for calculations. A mathematical model of the process, including boundary conditions in a form convenient for optimisation, was derived and presented. The optimization results are presented as an optimal profile of inlet gas temperature. The influence of heat transfer kinetics and dispersion coefficients on optimal runs of the heating process is discussed. Results of this discussion constitute a novelty in comparison to information presented in current literature.
Parametric sensitivity of a CFD model concerning the hydrodynamics of trickle-bed reactor (TBR)
Authors: Janecki Daniel , Burghardt Andrzej , Bartelmus Grażyna 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the sensitivity of a multiphase Eulerian CFD model with respect to relations defining drag forces between phases. The mean relative error as well as standard deviation of experimental and computed values of pressure gradient and average liquid holdup were used as validation criteria of the model. Comparative basis for simulations was our own data-base obtained in experiments carried out in a TBR operating at a co-current downward gas and liquid flow. Estimated errors showed that the classical equations of Attou et al. (1999) defining the friction factors Fjk approximate experimental values of hydrodynamic parameters with the best agreement. Taking this into account one can recommend to apply chosen equations in the momentum balances of TBR.
Pervaporation applied for dewatering of reaction mixture during esterification
Authors: Krasiński Andrzej , Wierzba Patrycja , Grudzień Agata , Hajmowicz Halina , Zawada Krzysztof , Synoradzki Ludwik 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
In this work the esterification of diethyl tartrate was studied. The research was focused on the enhancement of reversible reaction yield, which is accomplished by dewatering of the reaction mixture. The removal of water shifts the equilibrium towards the main product. Pervaporation was applied for this purpose, and results were compared to distillation. The advantages and limitations of both processes are discussed. The experimental part consists of dewatering of mixture after the reaction had reached the equilibrium, and was subsequently fed to the test rig equipped with a single zeolite membrane purchased from Pervatech B.V. Results show a significant conversion increase as a result of water removal by pervaporation. Compared to distillation no addition of organics is necessary to efficiently remove water above the azeotrope. Nevertheless, some limitations and issues which call for optimisation are pointed out. A simple numerical model is proposed to support design and sizing of the pervaporation system. Various modes of integrated system operation are also briefly discussed.
A new locality of orchid Orchis purpurea Huds. in Cieszyn Foothills (Czech Republic)
Authors: Beczała Tomasz , Chmura Damian , Jonderko Tomasz 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
Orchis purpurea Huds. is protected species both in the Czech Republic and Poland. In 2014 a new locality was found in Kojkovice (district Třinec) in the Cieszyn Foothils near border with Poland. The only one blooming individual was observed in 2014 and 2015 but it was accompanied by other 6 orchid species, that were much more abundant, as: Orchis pallens, Orchis mascula subsp. signifera, Listera ovata, Platanthera bifolia, Cephalanthera damasonium, Neottia nidus-avis. The Kojkovice forest deserves to be protected area due to abundant occurrence of many orchids.
CSR and the Frontline Context: How Social Programs Improve Customer Service
Authors: Korschun Daniel , Bhattacharya CB , Swain Scott D. 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
CSR activities such as charitable giving, environmental programs and ethical practices can motivate frontline employees. One of the key variables is organizational identification. CSR communicates values, and, if these values are consistent with a person’s own value system, it results in higher identification with the company.
Employees who notice that consumers are fond of the company’s CSR activities will identify even more with the company. If CSR ranks high in their own personal value system and the value system of the consumer as well, they find common ground for conversations beyond immediate business talk. CSR can be an icebreaker in conversations with customers. Once service employees find out that customers share their passion for social or environmental causes, it creates a bond that is highly motivating. They become more confident that they know what the customers want. They are more motivated to serve those customers when they see that both of them care about the same sorts of things.
Communicating Eco-Friendly Benefits: Why Accidental Improvements May Be Better Received by Consumers
Authors: Newman George E. , Dhar Ravi , Gorlin Margarita 
Published: April 2016

Abstract
Doing good does not necessarily imply doing well for a company. Ironically, in the case of green products it can even be quite the contrary. Deliberately enhancing a product with environmental benefits to make it more appealing may actually lead to a decrease in consumer interest because consumers suspect that quality was reduced on other dimensions. Even explicitly stating that the company cares about both the environment and quality is not sufficient to overcome consumers’ skepticism, according to our experiments. Fortunately, there are ways to communicate environmental improvements successfully. Companies improving a basic product feature like making something more eco-friendly should either position the improvement as unintended or emphasize that the primary goal is improving the quality of the product. Focusing on eco-conscious market segments also helps to avoid harm and might even be beneficial. Improvements on dimensions that are not inherent to a product’s composition, like fair trade or other social benefits, turned out to be less critical in the experiments.
Optimal Spatial Prediction Using Ensemble Machine Learning
Authors: Davies Molly Margaret , van der Laan Mark J. 
Published: April 2016

AbstractSpatial prediction is an important problem in many scientific disciplines. Super Learner is an ensemble prediction approach related to stacked generalization that uses cross-validation to search for the optimal predictor amongst all convex combinations of a heterogeneous candidate set. It has been applied to non-spatial data, where theoretical results demonstrate it will perform asymptotically at least as well as the best candidate under consideration. We review these optimality properties and discuss the assumptions required in order for them to hold for spatial prediction problems. We present results of a simulation study confirming Super Learner works well in practice under a variety of sample sizes, sampling designs, and data-generating functions. We also apply Super Learner to a real world dataset.
Progress in kinetic predictions for complex reaction of hydrocarbons: from mechanism studies to industrial applications
Authors: Shi Shuo , Tan Wei , Sun Jinsheng 
Published: April 2016

AbstractKinetic predictions for complex reaction systems of hydrocarbons are theoretically and technologically crucial to the petrochemical industry. Among several proposed kinetic models, a lumping kinetic model is a comparatively simple and developed method wherein a complex system is lumped into several pseudo-components. To acquire more accurate mechanistic information, kinetic models at the mechanistic level are developed, such as single-event kinetic and structure-oriented models. However, the number of kinetic parameters increases exponentially in these methods. Lumping kinetic methods are then reexamined, and kinetic models, such as relumping single-event kinetic methods, bimolecular methods, and special pseudo-component methods, are proposed to simplify the reaction system. Many mathematical methods, such as annealing algorithm or artificial neural networks, have also been developed to solve these complex reaction problems. Although a number of complex intrinsic reaction studies have been introduced, the combination of excellent prediction performances and practical industrial applicability remains a central challenge facing this field. This situation motivated this study, to review the recent development of reaction prediction models and their application in industrial processes. Furthermore, the practical applications of these possible pathways of kinetic predictions for mechanistic studies are addressed.
Epigenetic regulation of the histone-to-protamine transition during spermiogenesis
Authors: Bao Jianqiang , Bedford Mark T 
Published: April 2016

AbstractIn mammals, male germ cells differentiate from haploid round spermatids to flagella-containing motile sperm in a process called spermiogenesis. This process is distinct from somatic cell differentiation in that the majority of the core histones are replaced sequentially, first by transition proteins and then by protamines, facilitating chromatin hyper-compaction. This histone-to-protamine transition process represents an excellent model for the investigation of how epigenetic regulators interact with each other to remodel chromatin architecture. Although early work in the field highlighted the critical roles of testis-specific transcription factors in controlling the haploid-specific developmental program, recent studies underscore the essential functions of epigenetic players involved in the dramatic genome remodeling that takes place during wholesale histone replacement. In this review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of how epigenetic players, such as histone variants and histone writers/readers/erasers, rewire the haploid spermatid genome to facilitate histone substitution by protamines in mammals.
A Trinomial Difference Distribution
Authors: Omair Maha A. , Alzaid Abdulhamid , Odhah Omalsad 
Published: April 2016

<p>A trinomial difference distribution is defined and its distributional properties are illustrated. This distribution present the binomial difference distribution as a special case. The moment estimators and maximum likelihood estimators of the trinomial difference distribution are compared via simulation study. Two applications are modeled with the trinomial difference distribution and compared with other possible distributions.</p>
A Graphical Diagnostic Test for Two-Way Contingency Tables
Authors: Vélez Jorge Iván , Marmolejo-Ramos Fernando , Correa Juan Carlos 
Published: April 2016

<p>We propose and illustrate a new graphical method to perform diagnostic analyses in two-way contingency tables. In this method, one observation is added or removed from each cell at a time, whilst the other cells are held constant, and the change in a test statistic of interest is graphically represented. The method provides a very simple way of determining how robust our model is (and hence our conclusions) to small changes introduced to the data. We illustrate via four examples, three of them from real-world applications, how this method works.</p>
Os pressupostos filosóficos do maquiavelismo e o surgimento da via moderna em política
Authors: Jacarandá Rodolfo 
Published: April 2016

No cenário intelectual do renascimento italiano o pensamento político de Nicolau Maquiavel antecedeu e influenciou grandes inovações que fundaram a modernidade. Um movimento geral de ideias definido no século XVI e XVII pelo conceito de maquiavelismo engendrou mudanças profundas na arquitetura conceitual dos pensadores e articulistas dos assuntos públicos, afetando a obra de grandes filósofos, de Bodin e Lipsius até Hobbes. A partir de pesquisa desenvolvidas no programa de doutorado em filosofia da Unicamp pretendo demonstrar neste trabalho quais foram os pressupostos filosóficos centrais dessa ruptura e como Maquiavel reconstruiu em suas principais obras, O Príncipe e Os discursos sobre a primeira década de Tito Lívio, uma série de conceitos antigos para dar-lhes um sentido completamente novo e radical.
Esperanças docentes em uma escola pública no oeste do Paraná, Brasil
Authors: Ahlert Alvori 
Published: April 2016

<p>O presente estudo discute o tema da esperança futura na profissão docente com o objetivo de identificar o nível de esperança com que as pessoas docentes enfrentam sua vida cotidiana no complexo contexto educacional da atualidade em uma escola pública no oeste do Paraná. A pesquisa foi realizada pela Linha de Pesquisa Formação de Professores do Grupo de Extensão e Pesquisa em Educação Física Escolar – GEPEFE, numa escola pública no Oeste do Paraná, através de uma abordagem quantitativa, de nível descritivo. A discussão dos resultados evidencia que as pessoas docentes possuem um alto nível de esperança, acompanhada de uma auto-imagem ou auto-representação e auto-conceito que conferem grande valor ao trabalho que realizam. Trata-se de docentes que tem a dimensão afetiva e emocional para sua atividade profissional e em suas realizações como educadores e educadoras.</p><p> </p><p>En este estudio se discute el tema de la esperanza para el futuro en la profesión docente con el fin de identificar el nivel de esperanza con que maestras y maestros enfrentan la vida cotidiana en el contexto complejo educativo de hoy, en una escuela pública en el oeste de Paraná. La pesquisa fue realizada por la Línea de Investigación de Formación Grupo de Extensión de la Enseñanza y la Investigación de la Escuela de Educación Física - GEPEFE a través de un enfoque cuantitativo, nivel descriptivo. La discusión muestra que el profesorado tiene un alto nivel de esperanza, acompañado por una imagen propia o de auto-representación y auto-concepto que conceden gran valor a su trabajo. Se trata de docentes que tienen una dimensión afectiva y emocional para sus actividades profesionales y sus logros como educadoras y educadores.</p>
Design Thinking: estratégia para estímulo à literatura por alunos e professores
Authors: Lopes Raphael Gregory Bazílio , Arantes Priscila Barbosa , Klain Ângela 
Published: April 2016

<p>O artigo descreve e analisa a realização de protótipo desenvolvido em escola pública de ensino médio situada em São Paulo, capital, com o objetivo de sensibilizar alunos para a leitura de obras clássicas da literatura. O protótipo utilizou estratégias baseadas na Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas e por Projetos (ABPP) e no Design Thinking, por meio dos quais alunos e professores criaram e implementaram ações variadas visando o objetivo proposto. Após a realização do protótipo foram aplicados questionários a professores e alunos para avaliar o processo e resultados alcançados. Os resultados apontam que o protótipo teve sucesso ao evidenciar aos alunos que aspectos estão envolvidos na escolha de obras literárias para leitura e ao sensibilizar e mobilizar os estudantes para a leitura de obras clássicas. </p>
Using successful graduates to improve the quality of undergraduate nursing programs
Authors: Scott Geoff , Chang Esther , Grebennikov Leonid 
Published: April 2016

This paper outlines the context and focus of the late 2008 survey of 45 early career nursing graduates working in public hospitals in an outer-urban area of Sydney who were identified by their supervisors as performing successfully. It gives an overview of the key quantitative and qualitative results for 2008 compared with the results of earlier studies of successfully performing nurses and other professionals in the first 3-5 years of their career. Based on this analysis it makes a range of recommendations on how to optimise the quality and relevance of the learning design, support and assessment systems experienced by undergraduate nursing students.
The study confirms that, in addition to possessing a high level of technical competence, it is a particular combination of personal, interpersonal and cognitive capabilities which characterises the most effective performers. The most productive approaches to developing these capabilities focus on: consistent two-way links between theory and practice; the availability of responsive, committed academic staff with current clinical experience; provision of clear direction and integration between different units of study; the systematic use of case-based learning, simulations, clinical placements and associated assessment tasks which are a "real world" focused, integrated and problem-based, and which concentrate on the key capabilities identified as counting most for successful early career practice in this and parallel studies.