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Journalists, Capoeiras, and the Duel in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Braga-Pinto César 
Published: October 2014

AbstractThis article explores how the introduction of the duel in Brazil around 1888 — along with its proponents' efforts to distinguish it from street fighting or capoeiragem and “men of honor” from dishonored capoeiras and the uncivilized masses — became a meaningful instrument in a process of symbolic reorganization with significant social, political, and legal implications. This process, staged on the streets and in the newspapers of Rio de Janeiro, also reflected the new role of journalists in Brazilian cultural life. Claims to honor reinforced hierarchies and became an important tool for an emerging cultural elite that sought to assert its cultural, social, economic, and ethnic superiority. The article also discusses the role of testas de ferro and recovers the history of Romão José de Lima, one of this profession's most renowned representatives.
Long-life partners or sex friends? Impact of parental pair bond on offspring personality
Authors: Le Bot Océane , Lumineau Sophie , de Margerie Emmanuel , Pittet Florent , Trabalon Marie , Houdelier Cécilia 
Published: October 2014

AbstractPrevious investigations reported that some traits of parental relationships, including pair-bond duration or mate behavioural compatibility, influence subsequent offspring fitness by acting on their behaviour, growth and thus their early survival. We hypothesized that the development of a pair-bond between sexual partners would have a prenatal influence. This study investigated the impact of two pairing managements on the egg characteristics and development of offspring of Japanese quail (Coturnix c. japonica). Thirty males and 30 females were paired either continuously (C) (mates together all the time) or non-continuously (NC) (pairs met only three times a week for five minutes). Separation-reunion tests evaluated parental pair bond. Egg yolk testosterone and androstenedione levels were evaluated, and the somatic and behavioural development of C and NC chicks was assessed. Our results revealed that members of C pairs were attached to their mates and, although no significant differences in androgen levels could be evidenced between egg sets, a higher proportion of C pairs' eggs were fertilized and their chicks appeared less emotive and more social. Our results revealed that parental relationship can modulate the behavioural development of their offspring, probably via non-genetic effects, and this could play a major role in the emergence of inter-individual variability.
Does reproduction protect against oxidative stress?
Authors: Costantini David , Casasole Giulia , Eens Marcel 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
A central principle of life-history theory is that parents trade investment into reproduction against that in body maintenance. One physiological cost thought to be important as a modulator of such trade-off is oxidative stress. Experimental support for this hypothesis has, however, proved to be contradictory. In this study, we manipulated the nestling rearing effort of captive canaries (Serinus canaria) soon after the hatching of their nestlings using a brood-size manipulation to test whether an increase in nestling rearing effort translates into an increase in oxidative damage, an increase in ceruloplasmin (which is upregulated in response to oxidative damage) and a decrease in thiol antioxidants. We also compared the blood oxidative stress level of reproducing birds to that of non-reproducing birds, a crucial aspect that most studies have invariably failed to include in tests of the oxidative cost of reproduction. As compared to non-breeding canaries and pre-manipulation values, plasma oxidative damage (reactive oxygen metabolites and protein carbonyls) decreased in breeding canaries irrespective of sex and brood size. In contrast, oxidative damage did not change in non-breeding birds over the experiment. Ceruloplasmin activity in plasma and both non-protein and protein thiols in red blood cells did not change throughout the experiment in both treatment groups. Our results suggest that reproduction may result in decreased rather than increased blood oxidative stress. Our results may explain some of the inconsistencies that have been so far reported in experimental tests of the oxidative cost of reproduction hypothesis.
Flu vaccine experiences and beliefs influence vaccination decision making more than knowledge
Authors: Whalen Dara , Molnar David , Milne Faye , Schwal Lauren , Hackett Virginia , Coffman Jonathan 
Published: October 2014

Mass immunization programs have proven to be a primary preventive measure to limit the spread of many infectious diseases worldwide. Nurses are trained to be leaders in preventing potential global health problems, but they are one of the groups with the lowest rates of compliancy in receiving influenza vaccination. Since nursing faculty are important role models in molding attitudes and behaviors of future nurses (their students), we set out to explore the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of the nursing faculty and their students regarding influenza vaccine decision making. Our study included an assessment of the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs (KABs) of the nursing faculty and students related to influenza vaccination and whether their KABs influence the decision to receive or decline the vaccination. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire and our study indicated that personal experiences—either positive or negative—had a direct effect on influenza vaccine decision-making. Additionally, personal experiences influenced beliefs, and beliefs were shown to influence decision-making regarding vaccination. While beliefs and personal experiences had a direct effect on vaccine decision-making, knowledge had only an indirect effect through beliefs. Our study demonstrated that even though nursing practice is supposed to be driven by evidence-based medical practices, personal practices by nurses may be more influenced by personal beliefs than medical knowledge.
Cash, carrots, and sticks: Open Access incentives for researchers
Authors: Kraus Joseph 
Published: October 2014

Each country, scholarly field and institution has developed responses to new scholarly communication systems, and those policies and responses influence the behavior of the scholars within those systems. Over the last couple of years, policy makers and stakeholders in the United Kingdom have thoroughly discussed open access issues. In July 2012, the Finch Report and the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Policy on open access were published. The RCUK, one of the major funding bodies for research in the UK, announced the availability of a new funding mechanism to help researchers at member institutions transition their sponsored work to open access sources. Because the author is more familiar with the scholarly communication situation in the United States, the author interviewed 16 people with international perspectives on scholarly communication issues. This article provides an overview of the discussions with those individuals.
The First School Year As the Hardest One
Authors: Виноградова  , Vinogradova Natalya 
Published: October 2014

Issues on how to help first-grader pupils to adjust to school life are discussed, as well as first-graders’ psychological characteristics.
Recommendations are provided for teachers on how to nurture sustainable cognitive interest in seven-year-old children, to develop motivation to
learning and to form positive emotional attitudes to school.
How to Help Five- or Six-Year Children to Develop Spatial Perception
Authors: Кочурова  , Kochurova Elena 
Published: October 2014

The importance of developing spatial perception is discussed as being the essential element of a child’s readiness to school education. Specific
techniques are proposed that are appropriate to be used at preschool educational institutions and at home and help children to develop skills of
spatial orientation and to get acquainted with a set of spatial concepts and terms.
Aesthetic Education of Primary School Pupils Based on Exploring the Russian Traditional Costume
Authors: Глебушкин  , Glebushkin S. 
Published: October 2014

The paper outlines the pedagogical potential recourse to the finest examples of the genuine Russian folk costume at lessons and extra-curricula
activities within the arts and aesthetics cycle. Insights in the characteristics of the Russian traditional costume will help primary school pupils to
enhance their knowledge of the national culture and history of their Motherland, to take a love to folk arts and to form their personal artistic taste.
Long-Term Strategic Asset Allocation: An Out-of-Sample Evaluation
Authors: Diris Bart , Palm Franz , Schotman Peter 
Published: October 2014

We evaluate the out-of-sample performance of a long-term investor who follows an optimized dynamic trading strategy. Although the dynamic strategy is able to benefit from predictability out-of-sample, a short-term investor using a single-period market timing strategy would have realized an almost identical performance. The value of intertemporal hedge demands in strategic asset allocation appears negligible. The result is caused by the estimation error in predicting the predictors. A myopic investor only needs to predict one-period-ahead expected returns, but hedge demands also require accurate predictions of the predictor variables. To reduce the problem of errors in optimized portfolio weights, we consider Bayesian procedures. Myopic and dynamic portfolios are similarly affected by such modifications, and differences in performance become even smaller.Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1924 .This paper was accepted by Brad Barber, finance.
Does a Procurement Service Provider Generate Value for the Buyer Through Information About Supply Risks?
Authors: Yang Zhibin (Ben) , Babich Volodymyr 
Published: October 2014

We consider a supply chain with one buyer and two suppliers who are subject to disruptions and whose likelihoods of disruption are their private information. In such a setting, does the buyer benefit from engaging the services of a better-informed procurement service provider (PSP) compared to procuring directly from the suppliers? Intuition might suggest that hiring a PSP is always the right choice because the PSP’s knowledge of the supply base improves supplier selection and management. On the other hand, earlier studies prove that using a PSP purely for its superior knowledge about supply costs is always worse for a buyer than contracting with the suppliers directly. Our answer to this research question is more nuanced. Contrary to the findings of earlier studies, we find that the buyer may benefit from using a PSP. We identify, quantify, and explain all of the benefits and the costs of using a PSP, and describe conditions under which the benefits exceed the costs. The benefits of using a PSP are derived when one supplier is of high reliability and the other is of low reliability, from a reduction of informational costs due to implicit supplier collusion facilitated by the PSP and an improvement of supply availability. The costs of using a PSP are derived when both suppliers are of low reliability, from the loss of direct control over the supplier’s production actions, which leads to reduced supply availability and increased informational costs, and from the PSP facilitating implicit supplier collusion. Comparative statics analysis indicates that using the PSP is valuable only if the buyer diversifies with some supplier-type combinations but not others, and that hiring a PSP is not a solution to the problem of an unreliable supply base. This paper was accepted by Serguei Netessine, operations management.
An Empirical Investigation on the Appointments of Supply Chain and Operations Management Executives
Authors: Hendricks Kevin B. , Hora Manpreet , Singhal Vinod R. 
Published: October 2014

This paper provides empirical evidence on the performance effects and choice of appointments of supply chain and operations management executives (SCOMEs). The analysis is based on a sample of 681 SCOME appointments that were publicly announced during the 2000–2011 period. We find that the stock market reaction is positive on the day of the announcement. Categorizing the SCOME appointments as new or old and insider or outsider, we find that the market reaction for newly created SCOME positions is positive. The market also reacts more positively when a SCOME is an outsider rather than an insider. The strongest positive reaction is observed when outsiders are hired for newly created SCOME positions. We find evidence of both poor stock price performance and poor operating performance in the period preceding the appointment of new SCOMEs. New SCOME appointments are not followed by an immediate improvement in stock price and operating performance. However, there is no further decline in performance, suggesting that the decline observed in the preappointment period does not continue after the new SCOME is appointed. We also find that the likelihood of a SCOME being an outsider is greater for firms that are smaller, operate in more concentrated industries, and have experienced poor prior performance. This paper was accepted by Serguei Netessine, operations management.
Strategic Ignorance and the Robustness of Social Preferences
Authors: Grossman Zachary 
Published: October 2014

Participants in dictator games frequently avoid learning whether their choice to maximize their own earnings will help or hurt the recipient and then choose selfishly, exploiting the “moral wiggle room” provided by their ignorance. However, this is found in an environment in which the dictator must actively learn the true payoffs, so inaction means ignorance. Does this effect persist when one must actively choose either to be ignorant or to be informed or when one must actively choose to remain ignorant? In fact, whereas 45% of dictators remain ignorant when one must click to become informed, this drops to 25% when one must click in either case and to 3% when one must click to remain ignorant. Although the exploitation of moral wiggle room is not merely an artifact, it is, much like social behavior itself, subject to environmental and psychological factors that may reinforce or undermine its impact. Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1989 . This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.
A Market Discovery Algorithm to Estimate a General Class of Nonparametric Choice Models
Authors: van Ryzin Garrett , Vulcano Gustavo 
Published: October 2014

We propose an approach for estimating customer preferences for a set of substitutable products using only sales transactions and product availability data. The underlying demand framework combines a general, nonparametric discrete choice model with a Bernoulli process of arrivals over time. The choice model is defined by a discrete probability mass function (pmf) on a set of possible preference rankings of alternatives, and it is compatible with any random utility model. An arriving customer is assumed to purchase the available option that ranks highest in her preference list. The problem we address is how to jointly estimate the arrival rate and the pmf of the rank-based choice model under a maximum likelihood criterion. Since the potential number of customer types is factorial, we propose a market discovery algorithm that starts with a parsimonious set of types and enlarge it by automatically generating new types that increase the likelihood value. Numerical experiments confirm the potential of our proposal. For a realistic data set in the hospitality industry, our approach improves the root mean square errors between predicted and observed purchases computed under independent demand model estimates by 67% to 93%. This paper was accepted by Serguei Netessine, operations management.
Canine osteoarthritis: pathophysiology and management
Authors: Waring Nicola 
Published: October 2014

Osteoarthritis (OA), is one of the most commonly seen, chronically painful conditions in dogs and, if left unmanaged often leads to debilitating, painful lameness. In geriatric dogs, the incapacity caused by degenerative joint disease may be the major contributing factor in a decision for euthanasia. This highlights the importance of appropriate, multi-modal management of the disease and good nursing management to facilitate the best quality of life possible for the dog. The main objectives when treating OA is to slow down the progression of the disease, provide analgesia and address aggravating factors. Carmichael (2006) has devised the ABCDE (analgesia, bodyweight, control, disease modification, exercise) approach to OA, which may be helpful when formulating a holistic treatment plan for patients with the disease. For veterinary nurses involved in the provision of analgesia for these patients, it is important to understand the rationale behind using a combination of agents, rather than the reliance on a single drug. In addition, knowledge of the most appropriate analgesic agents for individual patients is essential in order to provide optimal pain relief and reduce the negative effects of specific drugs in high risk or ageing patients. Veterinary nurses play an integral role in the care of patients with OA and can be a huge source of support and guidance for the patient and owner. A good outcome and improved quality of life for these patients requires a multidisciplinary team that involves the entire pathway of care. Veterinary nurses can facilitate this care via careful assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patient and continued support for the owner.
How to reduce the impact of firework season for owners of sound sensitive pets
Authors: Hargrave Claire 
Published: October 2014

Introduction Studies estimate that 49% of the canine population are affected by sound sensitivity, with fireworks and thunderstorms being particularly problematic. It is reasonable to assume that a large proportion of pet species will be similarly affected, particularly those from prey species (including cats, horses and rabbits) for whom sensitivity to changes in sound is highly adaptive. As a consequence, firework displays and thunder storms are a major welfare problem for the majority of companion animals. Yet the seasonal nature of the problem leads many owners to overlook the enormity of the issue and its potential to infiltrate into other aspects of their pet's life. This article aims to assist veterinary staff in providing practical guidance to all pet owners, ensuring that fewer pets are sensitised in the future, and that the welfare of pets with existing sound sensitivity is not further depleted.
1950s made in Brisbane: Italian tailors and the continental suit
Authors: Ferrero-Regis Tiziana 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
During the 1950s and 1960s, when the French couturiers Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Chanel dominated the fashion industry, the Italian community in Brisbane, Australia, was very active in the local industry through retail, dress-making and tailoring. Australia is geographically at the margins of the developed countries and has been dependent on European trends and taste. In the 1950s, communication was based on magazines and especially newsreels and film; each ethnic group dressed as they liked and according to their custom. Moreover, ‘Made in Italy’ was not yet the prestigious concept that revolutionized ready-to-wear design from the 1970s. However, Italian tailors and demi-couturiers brought to Brisbane their trans-national sense of elegance (the Italian style) and the taste in fashion that influenced new generations in England and elsewhere in Europe from the 1950s. They brought quality and workmanship, offering excellence through the use of quality fabrics from prestigious English and Italian brands. These tailors and dress-makers also contributed towards the local industry through passing on the skills that they brought from Italy. This article is based on a project that seeks to understand the connection between fashion, history and place. The area under examination is the Valley, short for Fortitude Valley, an area adjacent to the Brisbane CBD. Fundamental to this connection between place and fashion was the presence of many Italian migrants in the area. Through archival research and oral history, the aim of this ethnographic project is to bring to the fore an untold story about the economic and aesthetic contribution of Italian migrants to Queensland. Central to the understanding of this aesthetic change is the Italian suit. This research is innovative in that it opens a new area of study in Australian fashion history, connected to the history of migrants and their identity.
L’Isola dei Famosi: Minority politics in Italy via reality television
Authors: Cosentino Gabriele 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
This article interrogates the potential for reality television shows to serve as outlets for the representation of social and political issues on Italian television. To this end the article offers an in-depth critical analysis of selected episodes of two editions of the popular Italian reality television show L’Isola dei Famosi/Celebrity Island, which aired on public television channel RAI 2 from 2003 to 2012. In particular, the article focuses on the 2008 season, characterized by the victory of Vladimir Luxuria, a transgender entertainer and activist of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual and Queer (LGBTQ) community in Italy; and on the 2010 season, which featured the participation of homosexual writer Aldo Busi, who was expelled from the show for his remarks against religious and political institutions. A close analysis of these two seasons reveals the ways in which popular prime time entertainment programmes such as a reality television show can generate significant public exposure for marginal identities and controversial political topics.
Making a star on the small screen: The case of Mina and RAI
Authors: Haworth Rachel 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Anna Maria Quaini (née Mazzini), or Mina as she is more commonly known, is a prolific Italian pop singer who rose to fame in the late 1950s. She was particularly dominant from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, before her retirement from television appearances in 1974 and public performances in 1978. In particular, it was her relationship with and continued appearances on Radiotelevisione Italiana/Italian Radio-Television (RAI) programmes during this dominant period, which helped to cement her popularity with Italian audiences. This article examines Mina’s celebrity status through a detailed analysis of the construction of her star persona in a televisual context, taking as case studies her appearances on three RAI television series: Studio Uno/‘Studio One’ (1961–1962), Canzonissima 1968/‘Lots of Songs 1968’ (1968–1969) and Teatro 10/‘Theatre 10’ (1972). A comparative reading of her performances on these variety shows enables us to evaluate the extent to which RAI facilitated the construction of Mina’s star persona according to a specific set of cultural and ideological values. Ultimately, this article demonstrates the ways in which Mina’s evolving celebrity came to challenge the homogenizing mission of RAI during the period.