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Influence of Expectations Created by Label on Consumers Acceptance of Uruguayan Low‐Fat Cheeses
Authors: Arcia P.L. , Curutchet A. , Costell E. , Tárrega A. 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThis work focuses on how the expectation created by the label influences the consumer's acceptance and willingness to purchase low‐fat Uruguayan cheeses. Six commercial low‐fat cheeses were evaluated by a group of consumers who rated their expected liking by observing the label and the degree of liking on tasting the samples under blind and informed conditions. To identify the underlying relationships between product attributes and consumers' personal beliefs motivating their purchasing decision, laddering interviews were performed with another group of consumers. Results indicated that the label had a positive or neutral effect on consumers' hedonic perception. When hedonic expectations were not fulfilled, assimilation took place, either completely or incompletely, indicating that positive consumer expectations had a positive effect on acceptability ratings of these cheeses. For consumers, the two main components influencing the final decision on purchasing Uruguayan low‐fat cheese were trust and expected pleasure. The brand, appearance and previous knowledge of the product were the characteristics on the label with most impact on consumers. In addition, certain brands and images on the label elicited differentiating responses, like the sense of natural or traditional manufacture, which motivated some consumers to purchase the product.Practical ApplicationTo develop or improve products, it is necessary to provide the characteristics consumers seek in a product. Sensory properties are considered determining factors when choosing a product; however, they are not the only ones. The label is one of the extrinsic components of a product, playing an important role in consumer buying behavior, acting as a means to attract attention and provide information. This work shows how the expectation created by the label affected the acceptance of Uruguayan low‐fat cheeses. To develop products with a higher likelihood of success, it is important to know which label characteristics are relevant to consumers and their underlying motivation.
The impact of cattle farming best management practices on surface water nutrient concentrations, faecal bacteria and algal dominance in the Lake Oconee watershed
Authors: Burt Christopher , Bachoon Dave S. , Manoylov Kalina , Smith Marka 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThe objective of this study was to assess water quality in the Lake Oconee watershed and evaluate the best management practices used by cattle farms to reduce water contamination. Inorganic nutrient concentrations, algal abundance and faecal bacteria were highest in the cattle farming areas. The diatom community where cattle had no access was dominated by Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki and Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton, and in sites where cattle were allowed direct access to the lake, Asterionella formosa Hassal, Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith and Navicula rostellata Kützing dominated. The latter three taxa are well‐known high‐nutrient diatoms. High populations of green algae (coccoid Desmidiaceae) were found where cattle had access. Sources of faecal pollution were identified using polymerase chain reaction detection, with Bifidobacterium adolescentis as a marker of human faecal pollution and Bacteroides (BoBac) indicating cattle faecal pollution. Overall, riparian buffers were most effective at reducing pollution from cattle operations.
Optimizing rainwater collection from droplets falling through crosswinds during the north‐east monsoons
Authors: Damala Vishnu Teja , Ghosh Satyajit , Roy Rohit , Veluchamy Balasubramanian 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThe quantity of precipitation received by the monsoons is enormous. The south‐west monsoons, unlike the north‐east monsoons, have been studied in great detail. This study deals with rainwater collection during the NE monsoons and involves an examination of the stochastic nature of a turbulent boundary layer and the effect of crosswinds on rain droplet trajectories and thence their collection. It must be borne in mind that whilst mid latitude precipitations typically range from a few millimetres per hour, the north‐east monsoon showers experience rainfall rates often 10 times higher than this value and their calculations deserve special attention. Probability distribution functions are calculated to quantify the coordinates of the landing trajectories on rooftop collectors. This investigation was essential to emulate the prevalent conditions of intense driving rain on top of high rises where setting up of a collector will be most suitable to directly harness rainwater in its purest form before contamination.
Ecological correlates of invasion impact for Burmese pythons in Florida
Authors: REED Robert N. , WILLSON John D. , RODDA Gordon H. , DORCAS Michael E. 
Published: September 2012

AbstractAn invasive population of Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) is established across several thousand square kilometers of southern Florida and appears to have caused precipitous population declines among several species of native mammals. Why has this giant snake had such great success as an invasive species when many established reptiles have failed to spread? We scored the Burmese python for each of 15 literature‐based attributes relative to predefined comparison groups from a diverse range of taxa and provide a review of the natural history and ecology of Burmese pythons relevant to each attribute. We focused on attributes linked to spread and magnitude of impacts rather than establishment success. Our results suggest that attributes related to body size and generalism appeared to be particularly applicable to the Burmese python's success in Florida. The attributes with the highest scores were: high reproductive potential, low vulnerability to predation, large adult body size, large offspring size and high dietary breadth. However, attributes of ectotherms in general and pythons in particular (including predatory mode, energetic efficiency and social interactions) might have also contributed to invasion success. Although establishment risk assessments are an important initial step in prevention of new establishments, evaluating species in terms of their potential for spreading widely and negatively impacting ecosystems might become part of the means by which resource managers prioritize control efforts in environments with large numbers of introduced species.
Environmental temperatures, physiology and behavior limit the range expansion of invasive Burmese pythons in southeastern USA
Authors: JACOBSON Elliott R. , BARKER David G. , BARKER Tracy M. , MAULDIN Richard , AVERY Michael L. , ENGEMAN Richard , SECOR Stephen 
Published: September 2012

AbstractA well‐established population of Burmese pythons resides in the Everglades of southern Florida. Prompted in part by a report that identified much of southern USA as suitable habitat for expansion or establishment of the Burmese python, we examined the plausibility of this snake to survive winters at sites north of the Everglades. We integrated daily low and high temperatures recorded from October to February from 2005–2011 at Homestead, Orlando and Gainesville, Florida; and Aiken, South Carolina, with minimum temperatures projected for python digestion (16 °C), activity (5 °C) and survival (0 °C). Mean low and high temperatures decreased northward from Homestead to Aiken and the number of days of freezing temperatures increased northward. Digestion was impaired or inhibited for 2 months in the Everglades and up to at least 5 months in Aiken, and activity was increasingly limited northward during these months. Reports of overwinter survivorship document that a single bout of low and freezing temperatures results in python death. The capacity for Burmese pythons to successfully overwinter in more temperate regions of the USA is seemingly prohibited because they lack the behaviors to seek refuge from, and the physiology to tolerate, cold temperatures. As tropical Southeast Asia is the source of the Everglades Burmese pythons, we predict it is unlikely that they will be able to successfully expand to or colonize more temperate areas of Florida and adjoining states due to their lack of behavioral and physiological traits to seek refuge from cold temperatures.
Alien mammals in Europe: updated numbers and trends, and assessment of the effects on biodiversity
Authors: GENOVESI Piero , CARNEVALI Lucilla , ALONZI Anna , SCALERA Riccardo 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThis study provides an updated picture of mammal invasions in Europe, based on detailed analysis of information on introductions occurring from the Neolithic to recent times. The assessment considered all information on species introductions, known extinctions and successful eradication campaigns, to reconstruct a trend of alien mammals' establishment in the region. Through a comparative analysis of the data on introduction, with the information on the impact of alien mammals on native and threatened species of Europe, the present study also provides an objective assessment of the overall impact of mammal introductions on European biodiversity, including information on impact mechanisms. The results of this assessment confirm the constant increase of mammal invasions in Europe, with no indication of a reduction of the rate of introduction. The study also confirms the severe impact of alien mammals, which directly threaten a significant number of native species, including many highly threatened species. The results could help to prioritize species for response, as required by international conventions and obligations.
Effects of temperature change on mussel,Mytilus
Authors: ZIPPAY Mackenzie L. , HELMUTH Brian 
Published: September 2012

AbstractAn increasing body of research has demonstrated the often idiosyncratic responses of organisms to climate‐related factors, such as increases in air, sea and land surface temperatures, especially when coupled with non‐climatic stressors. This argues that sweeping generalizations about the likely impacts of climate change on organisms and ecosystems are likely less valuable than process‐based explorations that focus on key species and ecosystems. Mussels in the genusMytilushave been studied for centuries, and much is known of their physiology and ecology. Like other intertidal organisms, these animals may serve as early indicators of climate change impacts. As structuring species, their survival has cascading impacts on many other species, making them ecologically important, in addition to their economic value as a food source. Here, we briefly review the categories of information available on the effects of temperature change on mussels within this genus. Although a considerable body of information exists about the genus in general, knowledge gaps still exist, specifically in our ability to predict how specific populations are likely to respond to the effects of multiple stressors, both climate and non‐climate related, and how these changes are likely to result in ecosystem‐level responses. Whereas this genus provides an excellent model for exploring the effects of climate change on natural and human‐managed ecosystems, much work remains if we are to make predictions of likely impacts of environmental change on scales that are relevant to climate adaptation.
Destabilized eYFP variants for dynamic gene expression studies in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Authors: Hentschel Eva , Will Cornelia , Mustafi Nurije , Burkovski Andreas , Rehm Nadine , Frunzke Julia 
Published: September 2012

SummaryFluorescent reporter proteins are widely used for the non‐invasive monitoring of gene expression patterns, but dynamic measurements are hampered by the extremely high stability of GFP and homologue proteins. In this study, we used SsrA‐mediated peptide tagging for the construction of unstable variants of the GFP derivative eYFP (enhanced yellow fluorescent protein) and applied those for transient gene expression analysis in the industrial platform organism Corynebacterium glutamicum.
From Makeover Media to Remaking Culture: Four Directions for the Critical Study of Self‐Help Culture
Authors: McGee Micki 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThe popularity of self‐improvement literature has lead to an abundance of scholarly considerations of the self‐help literature and lifestyle media. This interdisciplinary review article considers the dominant trends in these discussions and suggests four new directions for fruitful inquiry: (1) investigating self‐help literature from the global South and the evolving Asian economies in cross‐cultural comparative analyses; (2) more thoroughly assessing the role of religious movements and discourses in these self‐help discourses and practices; (3) exploring more fully the impact of interactive media on self‐help practices; and (4) continued creative explorations of strategies to transform makeover culture into a broader movement to make over our culture.
Racializing Redemption, Reproducing Racism: The Odyssey of Magical Negroes and White Saviors
Authors: Hughey Matthew W. 
Published: September 2012

AbstractRecent research on the intersection of race and media describes a trend of progressive, even antiracist, narratives that showcase close inter‐racial friendships and camaraderie on the silver screen. Films in which one character saves or helps another from some unholy or disastrous plight are common in films like The Green Mile (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), Amistad (1997) and The Blind Side (2009). While these films present a stark change from the patently racist and on‐screen segregationist history of Hollywood cinema, these films often trade on racist meanings and expectations. Many of these films are what critics call “Magical Negro” or “White Savior” films – cinema in which implicit and explicit racial stereotypes are employed to structure the inter‐racial interactions where one character labors to redeem another. In comparing these two genres, this article provides an overview for how both cinematic forms reproduce racist messages by naturalizing the supposed cerebral rationality, work ethic, and paternalistic morality of select White characters while normalizing Black characters as primordially connected with nature, spiritually connected to the carnal, and possessive of exotic and magical powers. Together, these films subversively reaffirm the social order and relations of racial domination by reproducing centuries’ old understandings of racial difference.
“A Literature Review of Women and The Martial Arts: Where are We Right Now?”
Authors: Follo Giovanna 
Published: September 2012

AbstractWomen who participate in male dominated sports engage in sport that is framed from a gendered ideology. Sports, within this society, is identified as masculine and, as a result, values masculine characteristics. Femininity, women in particular, have been marginalized. The focus of this paper is to examine the female martial arts practitioner within a gendered society. As Title IX has enabled women to gain access to participate in sports, it has yet to fully challenge dominate gender ideology. The female martial arts practitioner not only has to battle masculine traits within the martial arts studio, but also within gendered norms. Unfortunately, the research focusing on the experience of female martial arts practitioners is limited; however, when they are examined these women are either placed in the margins or in gendered terms. Upon further examination, the female martial arts practitioner challenges the gender norm in a unique manner; she questions the male as protector and the female as victim.
Choosing to be Childfree: Research on the Decision Not to Parent
Authors: Blackstone Amy , Stewart Mahala Dyer 
Published: September 2012

AbstractDecisions about whether to have or rear children, as well as perceptions of people who choose not to parent are linked to a variety of social processes and identities. We review literature from a variety of disciplines that focuses on voluntarily childless adults. Early research in this area, emerging in the 1970s, focused almost exclusively on heterosexual women and utilized a childless rather than a childfree framework. Later work saw a shift to a “childless‐by‐choice” or “childfree” framework, emphasizing that for some, not being parents is an active choice rather than an accident. While more recent research includes lesbian women and gay and heterosexual men, greater diversity within studies of adults without children is one suggested focus for future work in this area.
The Understudied Case of Black Professional Men: Advocating an Intersectional Approach
Authors: Wingfield Adia Harvey , Alston Renee Skeete 
Published: September 2012

AbstractThis paper considers potential new areas for sociology of work research. Specifically, we review some key studies in the sociology of work that identify the processes by which workplaces and labor markets recreate racial and gendered inequality. We then examine the ways that intersectionality theory has generated additional insights into how certain groups are disadvantaged at work. Finally, we make the case that using an intersectional approach to explore the occupational challenges, opportunities, and issues facing black professional men offers a new and important direction for research in the sociology of work.
Protective Effect of Carnosine on Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia in Mice
Authors: Ma Jing , Xiong Jia‐Yan , Hou Wei‐Wei , Yan Hai‐Jing , Sun Yun , Huang Shang‐Wei , Jin Le , Wang Ye , Hu Wei‐Wei , Chen Zhong 
Published: September 2012

SummaryAimsRecently, we found carnosine protects against N‐Methyl‐D‐Aspartate (NMDA) induced excitotoxicity through a histaminergic pathway. The aim of this study was to determine whether the carnosine‐histidine‐histamine pathway also played a protective role in subcortical ischemic vascular dementia (SIVD).MethodsAdult male mice (C57BL/6 strain) were subjected to right unilateral common carotid arteries occlusion (rUCCAO) and treated with carnosine or histidine. Object recognition test, passive avoidance task, Morris water maze, and immunohistochemical analyses were performed after rUCCAO.ResultsWe found that carnosine (200, 500 mg/kg) ameliorated white matter lesion and cognitive impairment evaluated by object recognition test, passive avoidance task, and Morris water maze test after rUCCAO in both wide‐type mice and histidine decarboxylase knockout mice, which are lack of endogenous histamine. However, administration of histidine did not show the same effect. The myelin basic protein in the corpus callosum decreased obviously at day 37 after rUCCAO, which was largely reversed by carnosine (200, 500 mg/kg). Carnosine (200, 500 mg/kg) suppressed the activation of microglia and astrocyte as attenuating the elevation of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and Iba‐1 fluorescent intensity. Moreover, carnosine (200, 500 mg/kg) significantly attenuated the increase in reactive oxygen species generation after rUCCAO.ConclusionThese data suggest that the neuroprotective effect of carnosine on rUCCAO in mice is not dependent on the histaminergic pathway, but may be due to a suppression of reactive oxygen species generation, glia activation, and myelin degeneration.
Acupuncture Stimulation on GB34 Activates Neural Responses Associated with Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Yeo Sujung , Lim Sabina , Choe Il‐Hwan , Choi Yeong‐Gon , Chung Kyung‐Cheon , Jahng Geon‐Ho , Kim Sung‐Hoon 
Published: September 2012

SummaryBackgroundParkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative brain disorder that is caused by neural defects in the substantia nigra. Numerous studies have reported that acupuncture treatment on GB34 (Yanglingquan) leads to significant improvements in patients with PD and in PD animal models. Studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have shown that patients with PD, compared to healthy participants, have lower neural responses in extensive brain regions including the putamen, thalamus, and the supplementary motor area.ObjectiveThis study investigated the reported association between acupuncture point GB34 and PD.MethodsUsing fMRI, neural responses of 12 patients with PD and 12 healthy participants were examined before and after acupuncture stimulation.ResultsAcupuncture stimulation increased neural responses in regions including the substantia nigra, caudate, thalamus, and putamen, which are impaired caused by PD.ConclusionsAreas associated with PD were activated by the acupuncture stimulation on GB34. This shows that acupuncture treatment on GB34 may be effective in improving the symptoms of PD. Although more randomized controlled trials on the topic will be needed, this study shows that acupuncture may be helpful in the treatment of symptoms involving PD.
Do Stroke Patients have an Increased Risk of Developing Suicidal Ideation or Dying by Suicide? An Overview of the Current Literature
Authors: Pompili Maurizio , Venturini Paola , Campi Sandra , Seretti Maria E. , Montebovi Franco , Lamis Dorian A. , Serafini Gianluca , Amore Mario , Girardi Paolo 
Published: September 2012

SummaryStroke is a leading cause of death that affects 15 million people worldwide each year. Increasing evidence suggests that stroke confers substantial risk for suicide and following a stroke, patients frequently develop poststroke depression, which is a well‐established risk factor for suicide. In this overview of the current literature, we examined the association between suffering a stroke and subsequent risk for suicide and suicidal ideation. We performed a careful MedLine, Excerpta Medica, PsycLit, PsycInfo, and Index Medicus search to identify all articles and book chapters in English. We initially selected 31 articles published between 1990 and 2011; however, only 16 studies were included in this review. All articles identified stroke as a significant risk factor for suicide, especially among depressed patients, providing further support for poststroke depression and suicidality. The results also indicated that there were differences between patients who developed acute‐onset suicidal plans and those who reported delayed‐onset plans, which occurred more frequently. Many of the stroke patients who died by suicide suffered from depression prior to their death, suggesting that being diagnosed with a mood disorder contributes to an increased risk of suicide in this population. Suffering from a stroke increases the risk of dying by suicide and developing suicidal ideation, particularly in young adults and women. The factors found to confer the most risk for suicidality were depression, previous mood disorder, prior history of stroke, and cognitive impairment.