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The effects of religion on consumer behavior: A conceptual framework and research agenda
Authors: Mathras Daniele , Cohen Adam B. , Mandel Naomi , Mick David Glen 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThis article provides a conceptual framework for studying the effects of religion on consumer behavior, with the goal of stimulating future research at the intersection of these two topics. We delineate religion as a multidimensional construct and propose that religion affects consumer psychology and behavior through four dimensions—beliefs, rituals, values, and community. For each dimension of religion, we offer definitions and measures, integrate previous findings from research in the psychology, consumer behavior, marketing, and religion literatures, and propose testable future research directions. With this conceptual framework and research agenda, we challenge consumer researchers to ask deeper questions about why religious affiliation and level of religiosity may be driving previously established differences in consumer behavior, and to uncover the psychological mechanisms underlying the effects. This framework complements and extends previous literature and provides a new delineated framework for considering research on the effects of religion on consumer behavior.
Vibration Analysis of the Multiple-Hole Membrane by using the Coupled Diem-Fe Scheme
Authors: Liu D.-S. , Lin I.-H. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThis paper presents a 2D dynamics infinite element method (DIEM) for modeling the multiple-hole membrane for vibration analysis. A new concept involving converting the DIEM into a super element that can adjust the hole size and free and fixed boundary conditions around the hole is also proposed. The special element, embedded with an elastic membrane, is formulated on the basis of the conventional finite element method (FEM) by using the similarity mass/stiffness property of isoparametric elements and Craig-Bampton matrix reduction procedures. A DIEM-FE coupling scheme is also developed and self-programmed into the software MATLAB to conduct the vibration analysis of a membrane with multiple holes. The DIEM-FE approach is validated to study the vibration of the rectangular membranes by using the corresponding analytical solutions and the solutions obtained using the conventional FEM. The DIEM-FE is then applied to analyze imbedded L-shaped and circular opening problems. The effects of varying hole diameters and the free or fixed boundary condition along the hole are also examined. Finally, the last example shows that to perform vibration analysis of the multiple-hole membrane, only one DIEM mass/stiffness matrix must be calculated for all holes with an identical circular shape. Overall, this study provides a flexibility and efficient scheme for analyzing a wide variety of membrane vibration problems. The number of degrees of freedom and the corresponding PC memory storage are substantially reduced through the computation.
“The Power of the Purse” of Local People's Congresses in China: Controllable Contestation under Bureaucratic Negotiation
Authors: Ma Jun , Lin Muhua 
Published: August 2015

AbstractSince the 1999 budget reform, and for the first time in China, local people's congresses (LPCs) have begun to exert “the power of the purse.” Based on our fieldwork and survey, we argue that while LPCs have strengthened their budgetary oversight since the reform, they continue to employ a strategy of “embeddedness.” Although certain LPCs have become more contentious, they tend to veil contestations in bureaucratic negotiation in order to avoid uncontrollable budgetary conflicts. The strategy adopted by LPCs in budgetary oversight provides a case for examining the recent debate over the behaviour patterns of LPCs in legislative oversight.
Tropical forest seeds in the household economy: effects of market participation among three sociocultural groups in the Upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon
Authors: URZEDO D. I. , VIDAL E. , SILLS E. O. , PIÑA-RODRIGUES F. C. M. , JUNQUEIRA R. G. P. 
Published: August 2015

SUMMARYGovernment regulations have created new markets for non-timber forest products such as tropical forest seeds for ecological restoration and agroforestry in Brazil. This paper examines whether and how participation in the seed market has affected assets that will shape households’ ability to pursue new livelihood opportunities. These impacts may vary across different dimensions of capital and among sociocultural groups. Impacts were characterized through semi-structured interviews following the sustainable livelihoods approach; 40 producers in the Xingu Seed Network, from settler farmer, urban and indigenous groups, were interviewed. The groups differed in perceptions of impacts on their natural, social and human capital, which could be related to the sociocultural background and vulnerability context of each group. Communities that were already organized were most likely to strengthen their social capital through participation. Cash income earned from sale of seeds was correlated with household-reported gains in financial capital, but not correlated with changes in other dimensions of capital. Contrary to expectations, sociocultural groups less integrated with the market achieved better livelihood outcomes through participation in the seed market.
De-centring Managua: post-earthquake reconstruction and revolution in Nicaragua
Authors: LEE DAVID JOHNSON 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACT:The reconstruction of Managua following the 1972 earthquake laid bare the contradictions of modernization theory that justified the US alliance with Latin American dictators in the name of democracy in the Cold War. Based on an idealized model of urban development, US planners developed a plan to ‘decentralize’ both the city of Managua and the power of the US-backed Somoza dictatorship. In the process, they helped augment the power of the dictator and create a city its inhabitants found intolerable. The collective rejection of the city, the dictator and his alliance with the United States, helped propel Nicaragua toward its 1979 revolution and turned the country into a Cold War battleground.
A model building framework for answer set programming with external computations
Authors: EITER THOMAS , FINK MICHAEL , IANNI GIOVAMBATTISTA , KRENNWALLNER THOMAS , REDL CHRISTOPH , SCHÜLLER PETER 
Published: August 2015

AbstractAs software systems are getting increasingly connected, there is a need for equipping nonmonotonic logic programs with access to external sources that are possibly remote and may contain information in heterogeneous formats. To cater for this need,hexprograms were designed as a generalization of answer set programs with an API style interface that allows to access arbitrary external sources, providing great flexibility. Efficient evaluation of such programs however is challenging, and it requires to interleave external computation and model building; to decide when to switch between these tasks is difficult, and existing approaches have limited scalability in many real-world application scenarios. We present a new approach for the evaluation of logic programs with external source access, which is based on a configurable framework for dividing the non-ground program into possibly overlapping smaller parts called evaluation units. The latter will be processed by interleaving external evaluation and model building using an evaluation graph and a model graph, respectively, and by combining intermediate results. Experiments with our prototype implementation show a significant improvement compared to previous approaches. While designed forhex-programs, the new evaluation approach may be deployed to related rule-based formalisms as well.
Age aspects of habitability
Authors: Safonova M. , Murthy J. , Shchekinov Yu. A. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractA ‘habitable zone’ of a star is defined as a range of orbits within which a rocky planet can support liquid water on its surface. The most intriguing question driving the search for habitable planets is whether they host life. But is the age of the planet important for its habitability? If we define habitability as the ability of a planet to beget life, then probably it is not. After all, life on Earth has developed within only ~800 Myr after its formation – the carbon isotope change detected in the oldest rocks indicates the existence of already active life at least 3.8 Gyr ago. If, however, we define habitability as our ability to detect life on the surface of exoplanets, then age becomes a crucial parameter. Only after life had evolved sufficiently complex to change its environment on a planetary scale, can we detect it remotely through its imprint on the atmosphere – the so-called biosignatures, out of which the photosynthetic oxygen is the most prominent indicator of developed (complex) life as we know it. Thus, photosynthesis is a powerful biogenic engine that is known to have changed our planet's global atmospheric properties. The importance of planetary age for the detectability of life as we know it follows from the fact that this primary process, photosynthesis, is endothermic with an activation energy higher than temperatures in habitable zones, and is sensitive to the particular thermal conditions of the planet. Therefore, the onset of photosynthesis on planets in habitable zones may take much longer time than the planetary age. The knowledge of the age of a planet is necessary for developing a strategy to search for exoplanets carrying complex (developed) life – many confirmed potentially habitable planets are too young (orbiting Population I stars) and may not have had enough time to develop and/or sustain detectable life. In the last decade, many planets orbiting old (9–13 Gyr) metal-poor Population II stars have been discovered. Such planets had had enough time to develop necessary chains of chemical reactions and may carry detectable life if located in a habitable zone. These old planets should be primary targets in search for the extraterrestrial life.
The seabed geomorphology and geological structure of the Firth of Lorn, western Scotland, UK, as revealed by multibeam echo-sounder survey
Authors: Howe John A. , Anderton Roger , Arosio Riccardo , Dove Dayton , Bradwell Tom , Crump Philip , Cooper Rhys , Cocuccio Andre 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACTThis paper presents recently collected swath bathymetry from the Firth of Lorn. 553 km2 of data were collected during 2012–2013 as part of the INIS Hydro (Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland Hydrographic Survey) programme.The area proves to consist of bedrock-dominated seabed, divided into narrow, stratigraphically-constrained and glacially-over-deepened basins. The bedrock is composed of late Proterozoic Dalradian metasediments overlain unconformably by Old Red Sandstone (ORS) sediments and lavas of ?Silurian-age. The central region of the Firth of Lorn is dominated by a vertical cliff, up to 150 m high and extending for approximately 24 km. This feature, here termed the Insh Fault, may have originated as a Dalradian extensional fault, been reactivated as an ORS feature and now forms a fault-line scarp with resistant ORS rocks on the downthrown side, flanking the more deeply eroded metasediments exposed in the basin. Tertiary intrusives are common, in particular, swarms of Paleocene dolerite dykes exposed on the sediment-free bedrock surfaces, and can be traced for many kilometres.Evidence for past glaciation is widespread, manifest in the extensive erosion of the bedrock platforms and the abundance of well-preserved moraines and over-deepened basins. The survey region includes the Corryvreckan Whirlpool and Great Race, beneath the tidal flows of which occur submarine dunes.
Failure of Location Recognition in the Rorschach
Authors: Yasuda Masaru 
Published: August 2015

Abstract. Eye movements during the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM) were monitored to investigate the existence of location recognition failures that were accompanied by clients’ explanations in the inquiry phase. We hypothesized that perceived locations may have differed from actual explained locations if fixations did not occur – and visual attention was diverted to other locations – just before the response in the free association phase. The eye movement data of 29 participants under a Rorschach administration were collected, and 688 responses were obtained. Of these, 195 responses that involved perception of small, specific locations were used to investigate the association between pre-response eye movements and queried locations. Six responses of three participants showed fixations within 3 s before the time of response at locations different from the locations provided in the explanation. Responses made to similar but different locations were indicative of potential failures of location recognition.
AK2 deficiency compromises the mitochondrial energy metabolism required for differentiation of human neutrophil and lymphoid lineages
Authors: Six E , Lagresle-Peyrou C , Susini S , De Chappedelaine C , Sigrist N , Sadek H , Chouteau M , Cagnard N , Fontenay M , Hermine O , Chomienne C , Reynier P , Fischer A , André-Schmutz I , Gueguen N , Cavazzana M 
Published: August 2015

AbstractReticular dysgenesis is a human severe combined immunodeficiency that is primarily characterized by profound neutropenia and lymphopenia. The condition is caused by mutations in the adenylate kinase 2 (AK2) gene, resulting in the loss of mitochondrial AK2 protein expression. AK2 regulates the homeostasis of mitochondrial adenine nucleotides (ADP, ATP and AMP) by catalyzing the transfer of high-energy phosphate. Our present results demonstrate that AK2-knocked-down progenitor cells have poor proliferative and survival capacities and are blocked in their differentiation toward lymphoid and granulocyte lineages. We also observed that AK2 deficiency impaired mitochondrial function in general and oxidative phosphorylation in particular – showing that AK2 is critical in the control of energy metabolism. Loss of AK2 disrupts this regulation and leads to a profound block in lymphoid and myeloid cell differentiation.
XUV excitation followed by ultrafast non-adiabatic relaxation in PAH molecules as a femto-astrochemistry experiment
Authors: Marciniak A. , Despré V. , Barillot T. , Rouzée A. , Galbraith M.C.E. , Klei J. , Yang C.-H. , Smeenk C.T.L. , Loriot V. , Reddy S. Nagaprasad , Tielens A.G.G.M. , Mahapatra S. , Kuleff A. I. , Vrakking M.J.J. , Lépine F. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractHighly excited molecular species are at play in the chemistry of interstellar media and are involved in the creation of radiation damage in a biological tissue. Recently developed ultrashort extreme ultraviolet light sources offer the high excitation energies and ultrafast time-resolution required for probing the dynamics of highly excited molecular states on femtosecond (fs) (1 fs=10−15s) and even attosecond (as) (1 as=10−18 s) timescales. Here we show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) undergo ultrafast relaxation on a few tens of femtoseconds timescales, involving an interplay between the electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom. Our work reveals a general property of excited radical PAHs that can help to elucidate the assignment of diffuse interstellar absorption bands in astrochemistry, and provides a benchmark for the manner in which coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics determines reaction pathways in large molecules following extreme ultraviolet excitation.
A hepatic amino acid/mTOR/S6K-dependent signalling pathway modulates systemic lipid metabolism via neuronal signals
Authors: Uno Kenji , Yamada Tetsuya , Ishigaki Yasushi , Imai Junta , Hasegawa Yutaka , Sawada Shojiro , Kaneko Keizo , Ono Hiraku , Asano Tomoichiro , Oka Yoshitomo , Katagiri Hideki 
Published: August 2015

AbstractMetabolism is coordinated among tissues and organs via neuronal signals. Levels of circulating amino acids (AAs), which are elevated in obesity, activate the intracellular target of rapamycin complex-1 (mTORC1)/S6kinase (S6K) pathway in the liver. Here we demonstrate that hepatic AA/mTORC1/S6K signalling modulates systemic lipid metabolism via a mechanism involving neuronal inter-tissue communication. Hepatic expression of an AA transporter, SNAT2, activates the mTORC1/S6K pathway, and markedly elevates serum triglycerides (TGs), while downregulating adipose lipoprotein lipase (LPL). Hepatic Rheb or active-S6K expression have similar metabolic effects, whereas hepatic expression of dominant-negative-S6K inhibits TG elevation in SNAT2 mice. Denervation, pharmacological deafferentation and β-blocker administration suppress obesity-related hypertriglyceridemia with adipose LPL upregulation, suggesting that signals are transduced between liver and adipose tissue via a neuronal pathway consisting of afferent vagal and efferent sympathetic nerves. Thus, the neuronal mechanism uncovered here serves to coordinate amino acid and lipid levels and contributes to the development of obesity-related hypertriglyceridemia.
Divergent sorting of a balanced ancestral polymorphism underlies the establishment of gene-flow barriers in Capsella
Authors: Sicard Adrien , Kappel Christian , Josephs Emily B. , Lee Young Wha , Marona Cindy , Stinchcombe John R. , Wright Stephen I. , Lenhard Michael 
Published: August 2015

AbstractIn the Bateson–Dobzhansky–Muller model of genetic incompatibilities post-zygotic gene-flow barriers arise by fixation of novel alleles at interacting loci in separated populations. Many such incompatibilities are polymorphic in plants, implying an important role for genetic drift or balancing selection in their origin and evolution. Here we show that NPR1 and RPP5 loci cause a genetic incompatibility between the incipient species Capsella grandiflora and C. rubella, and the more distantly related C. rubella and C. orientalis. The incompatible RPP5 allele results from a mutation in C. rubella, while the incompatible NPR1 allele is frequent in the ancestral C. grandiflora. Compatible and incompatible NPR1 haplotypes are maintained by balancing selection in C. grandiflora, and were divergently sorted into the derived C. rubella and C. orientalis. Thus, by maintaining differentiated alleles at high frequencies, balancing selection on ancestral polymorphisms can facilitate establishing gene-flow barriers between derived populations through lineage sorting of the alternative alleles.
Mapping molecules in scanning far-field fluorescence nanoscopy
Authors: Ta Haisen , Keller Jan , Haltmeier Markus , Saka Sinem K. , Schmied Jürgen , Opazo Felipe , Tinnefeld Philip , Munk Axel , Hell Stefan W. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractIn fluorescence microscopy, the distribution of the emitting molecule number in space is usually obtained by dividing the measured fluorescence by that of a single emitter. However, the brightness of individual emitters may vary strongly in the sample or be inaccessible. Moreover, with increasing (super-) resolution, fewer molecules are found per pixel, making this approach unreliable. Here we map the distribution of molecules by exploiting the fact that a single molecule emits only a single photon at a time. Thus, by analysing the simultaneous arrival of multiple photons during confocal imaging, we can establish the number and local brightness of typically up to 20 molecules per confocal (diffraction sized) recording volume. Subsequent recording by stimulated emission depletion microscopy provides the distribution of the number of molecules with subdiffraction resolution. The method is applied to mapping the three-dimensional nanoscale organization of internalized transferrin receptors on human HEK293 cells.
IL-21-mediated non-canonical pathway for IL-1β production in conventional dendritic cells
Authors: Wan Chi-Keung , Li Peng , Spolski Rosanne , Oh Jangsuk , Andraski Allison B. , Du Ning , Yu Zu-Xi , Dillon Christopher P. , Green Douglas R. , Leonard Warren J. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThe canonical pathway for IL-1β production requires TLR-mediated NF-κB-dependent Il1b gene induction, followed by caspase-containing inflammasome-mediated processing of pro-IL-1β. Here we show that IL-21 unexpectedly induces IL-1β production in conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) via a STAT3-dependent but NF-κB-independent pathway. IL-21 does not induce Il1b expression in CD4+ T cells, with differential histone marks present in these cells versus cDCs. IL-21-induced IL-1β processing in cDCs does not require caspase-1 or caspase-8 but depends on IL-21-mediated death and activation of serine protease(s). Moreover, STAT3-dependent IL-1β expression in cDCs at least partially explains the IL-21-mediated pathologic response occurring during infection with pneumonia virus of mice. These results demonstrate lineage-restricted IL-21-induced IL-1β via a non-canonical pathway and provide evidence for its importance in vivo.
Visualizing nanoscale excitonic relaxation properties of disordered edges and grain boundaries in monolayer molybdenum disulfide
Authors: Bao Wei , Borys Nicholas J. , Ko Changhyun , Suh Joonki , Fan Wen , Thron Andrew , Zhang Yingjie , Buyanin Alexander , Zhang Jie , Cabrini Stefano , Ashby Paul D. , Weber-Bargioni Alexander , Tongay Sefaattin , Aloni Shaul , Ogletree D. Frank , Wu Junqiao , Salmeron Miquel B. , Schuck P. James 
Published: August 2015

AbstractTwo-dimensional monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors are ideal building blocks for atomically thin, flexible optoelectronic and catalytic devices. Although challenging for two-dimensional systems, sub-diffraction optical microscopy provides a nanoscale material understanding that is vital for optimizing their optoelectronic properties. Here we use the ‘Campanile’ nano-optical probe to spectroscopically image exciton recombination within monolayer MoS2 with sub-wavelength resolution (60 nm), at the length scale relevant to many critical optoelectronic processes. Synthetic monolayer MoS2 is found to be composed of two distinct optoelectronic regions: an interior, locally ordered but mesoscopically heterogeneous two-dimensional quantum well and an unexpected ∼300-nm wide, energetically disordered edge region. Further, grain boundaries are imaged with sufficient resolution to quantify local exciton-quenching phenomena, and complimentary nano-Auger microscopy reveals that the optically defective grain boundary and edge regions are sulfur deficient. The nanoscale structure–property relationships established here are critical for the interpretation of edge- and boundary-related phenomena and the development of next-generation two-dimensional optoelectronic devices.
Formation of helical membrane tubes around microtubules by single-headed kinesin KIF1A
Authors: Oriola David , Roth Sophie , Dogterom Marileen , Casademunt Jaume 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThe kinesin-3 motor KIF1A is in charge of vesicular transport in neuronal axons. Its single-headed form is known to be very inefficient due to the presence of a diffusive state in the mechanochemical cycle. However, recent theoretical studies have suggested that these motors could largely enhance force generation by working in teams. Here we test this prediction by challenging single-headed KIF1A to extract membrane tubes from giant vesicles along microtubule filaments in a minimal in vitro system. Remarkably, not only KIF1A motors are able to extract tubes but they feature a novel phenomenon: tubes are wound around microtubules forming tubular helices. This finding reveals an unforeseen combination of cooperative force generation and self-organized manoeuvreing capability, suggesting that the diffusive state may be a key ingredient for collective motor performance under demanding traffic conditions. Hence, we conclude that KIF1A is a genuinely cooperative motor, possibly explaining its specificity to axonal trafficking.