Academic literature on the topic 'Guest Aggression'

AbstractIn two coexisting species with similar body colours, one species may acquire benefits from mimicking the body colour of the other species. In Lake Tanganyika, the zoobenthivorous cichlid Neolamprologus mustax preferentially exploits the territories of the algivorous cichlid Variabilichromis moorii as a feeding ground, even though other zoobenthivorous cichlid species are expelled from these territories. The yellow body colour of the guest species, N. mustax, resembles that of juveniles of the host species, V. moorii, adults of which have entirely black bodies. To estimate the effect of juvenile colour on aggression from conspecific adults, the responses of adult V. moorii to dummy fish of four colours (black, yellow, white, and blue) were observed in this lake system. Our observations clearly demonstrated that adult V. moorii were less aggressive toward yellow, white, and blue dummies compared to black ones, with a slight difference in response to the yellow and white or blue dummies. This study indicates that resembling the colour of host juveniles can facilitate access of the guest species to host territory, but does not provide sufficient evidence for a hypothesis that the guest species mimics the body colour of the host juvenile.

AbstractOn March 23, 2020, the United Nations (UN) made an “Appeal for a Global Ceasefire following the Outbreak of Coronavirus.” Despite this appeal, the Nagorno-Karabagh war was instigated on September 27, 2020. This Guest Editorial frames the conflict in the context of the UN appeal and by introducing a figure that plots seven-day average coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases overlaid with key inflection points to illustrate the clear impact that conflict has had on pandemic spread in Armenia. The conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh provides a timely, concise, and illustrative example of conflict and its impact on health. Finally, an argument is made that the ability to enforce the UN “Appeal for a Global Ceasefire” is essential to ensure global health and security.

The Soviet tour in 1935 of the eminent Chinese male interpreter of female roles, Mei Lanfang, attracted justified international attention as a pioneering instance of cultural and aesthetic exchange. This is not least due to the fact that it was the first time a traditional Chinese theatre troupe made a guest appearance in Europe and that so many prominent Russian and other European theatre innovators consequently eagerly followed the event and reacted to the traditional Chinese stage conventions according to their very different aesthetic points of view. Complementing my published research over the years into the details of this major intercultural stage event, in this article I reverse my perspective and almost exclusively focus on its foreign-policy context. I demonstrate that from the more pragmatic point of view of international politics at the time, another aspect of Mei’s tour was much more important: It was an act of cultural diplomacy which helped break a deadlock in foreign relations between the Soviet Union and the Republic of China, and in so doing helped facilitate their formation of a defensive military alliance in response to the rapidly increasing Japanese aggression against them both. War memories, as well as memory wars, formed part of this foreign policy staging of Mei Lanfang’s Soviet guest appearance and its subsequent documentation.

This research aim to find out the development strategies of Espace Spa Bali in facing global competition, to find out the the guests characteristic and to find out of the guest push and pull motivation in visiting Espace Spa Bali. Random sampling was used with total sample of 45 guests (15% of 300 visiting guests in a month). The data were taken from interview and questionnaire. The SWOT analysis technique was used to analyze the data obtained through the interview, and the descriptive frequency technique was used to analyze the guests characteristics and motivation questionnare data. The result of research showing that Espace Spa Bali is on quadran I (aggressive) with x axis (2.50) and y axix (2.45). the developed strategies are strengthening the brand, quality, marketing and price, also increasing the cooperation with stakeholders. The guest mostly female coming from Australia, France and Japan with the education background from senior high school, diploma, bachelor degrees, ages range from 26 till 56 years old, married status and single are balanced. Guests mostly has job as a staff or office employees and first time visiting Bali. The push motivation factor are indicate that the reason guests visiting Espace Spa Bali for rejuvenation, social an joy, luxury life style, health and beauty, relaxation, escape from routin job. The pull motivation factor are indicate that the guests choose Espace Spa Bali because of proffesionalism and attitude of therapist, good amenities, clean and tidy facility, the room decoration adjust for comfortable treatment Keywords: Global Competition, Development Strategies, Characterics, Push Motivation, Pull Motivation

The article is a cultural-historical study and a part of the project Uniting History, which aims to discover the multicultural aspect of performing art in pre-war Liepaja and summarize key facts about the history of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. The study also seeks to identify the performing artists whose life was associated with Liepāja and who were repressed between 1941 and 1945, because of aggression by both the Soviet Union and National Socialist Germany. Until now, the cultural life of this period in Liepāja has been studied in a fragmentary way, and materials are scattered in various archives. There are inaccurate and even contradictory testimonies of events of that time. The study marks both the cultural and historical situation of the 1920s and the 1930s in Liepāja and tracks the fates of several artists in the period between 1939 and 1945. On the eve of World War II, Liepāja has an active cultural life, especially in theatre and music. Liepāja City Drama and Opera is in operation staging both dramatic performances, operas, and ballet, employing an orchestra. The symphony orchestra also operated at the Liepāja Philharmonic, where musicians were recruited every season according to the principles of contemporary festival orchestras. Liepāja Folk Conservatory (music school) had also formed an orchestra of students and teachers. Guest concerts were held regularly. A characteristic feature of performing arts in Liepaja was its multicultural character – musicians of different nationalities with experience from different schools of the world were encountered there. World War II not only disrupted the balance in society, but it also had a very concrete and tragic impact on the fates of the people, including the performing artists. Many were killed, many repressed and placed in prisons and camps, and many went to exile to the West. Others were forced to either co-operate with the occupation forces or give up their identity and, consequently, their career as an artist. Nevertheless, some artists risked their lives to save others.

The 2019 WIROC issue featured the first symposium on surgical site infections, spearheaded by Dr. Gautam Zaveri. Our symposium in the 2022 WIROC issue, the brainchild of Dr. Vishall Kundnani and team, features a special on spine pathology. It has contributions from stalwarts of spinal surgery all over India in the form of case reports, review articles, original articles, imaging and diagnostic tests, meta-analysis, arthroscopy-assisted spinal surgery, and current trends in spinal surgery. It provides insight into the challenges associated with the diagnosis and management of various spinal ailments, which can cause our patients significant distress. Our four guest editorials include heart-warming messages from Dr. S. Gawhale, Bombay Orthopedic Society President, Dr. Kushall Kundnani, Dr. K. Badani, and Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary. We are fortunate that Dr. Bhaskar Anand, winner of Indian Society of Hand Surgery Award for lifetime achievement, has contributed his rich experience in dealing with CLUB hand. We feature a highly informative review article on management of the 1st time shoulder dislocators as well as an inspiring research article on newer concepts in the 1st time patellar dislocators. An original article summarizing the technique of Arthroscopic Latarjet management of shoulder instability is particular enlightening as it simplifies a difficult surgery in a succinct manner. The landscape of joint replacement surgery is ever changing with newer techniques of uncemented knee joint replacement receiving positive reviews in meta-analyses. Therefore, we have also featured an article on cementless knee replacement, which is an eye opener to the progress of science and technology. An article on the severity of violence of irate patient relatives toward doctors is frightening, but thought provoking. It guides the reader on how to take various preventive measures when faced with aggression and violence. The role of ultrasonography of the hip reveals how hip pathologies can be identified in their infancy, especially in the neonatal setting. Finally, a potpourri of articles in trauma of the foot and ankle is both stimulating and informative. I am certain our readers will be enriched by the information discussed in this issue and utilize the knowledge gained to provide the best evidence-based care to their patients.

We use powder x-ray diffraction under variable temperature to study the thermal expansion of the metal–organic framework (MOF) PCN-222. The thermal expansion increases drastically in magnitude following more aggressive heating, which is rationalized by enhanced flexibility upon guest removal. Moreover, the thermal response strongly depends on the temperature: the volumetric expansivity nearly quadruples and the expansion along c changes sign upon cooling. Our results highlight the large flexibility of MOFs and the role of guest species.

Many hotel enterprises apply the concept of intensifying commerce during overproduction in order to sell hotel services, rather than the ones required by the hotel market. Of course, marketing is based on aggressive sales. Such as offensive strategy is associated with great risk, since marketing focuses on a one-time transaction, and not on mutually beneficial and long-term relationships with the client. Such marketing adheres to the opinion that the guest will soon forget about the dissatisfaction with the poor-quality service and will use the services of the same hotel again. Statistics show that the opposite has been done — a satisfied guest is inclined to tell his friends about the service he liked, while an unsatisfied one shares with his friends only his own disappointment in the poor-quality service.

Numerous reports have established the association of inflammation with acute coronary events. Data have been presented that suggest that elevated levels of CRP indicate heightened risk of future MI and stroke. Thus CRP measurement is both predictive and prognostic of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Is inflammation merely a marker, an invited guest so to speak, or is inflammation an active participant that influences the process of plaque rupture and thrombus formation? The beneficial effects of aspirin in reducing the risks of a first MI and stroke are directly related to high plasma concentrations of CRP, whereas small, nonsignificant reductions in risk occurred among patients with low or normal CRP levels. Thus inflammation is not only an uninvited guest but is actually an aggressive participant in the destabilization of the atheromatous endothelial plaque.

Key aspects of sustainable development and resilience include empowerment of local people, self-reliance, and social justice. One way to achieve those aspects is to incorporate experience, knowledge, and understanding of various groups and people. The terms “stakeholders” and “partnerships” are often used to characterize engaging organized interest groups and the general public into resource and environmental planning. This chapter reviews characteristics of stakeholder engagement through partnerships. Attention also is given to the role of local knowledge, including gender perspectives, to inform plans and decisions. In-depth case studies include a state-wide network of partnerships in Wisconsin, stakeholder consultation to manage conflict between commercial fishers and tourism in a natural park in Mexico, the Chipko movement in India, and gender engagement regarding climate change in Nepal. Wendy Cridland, in her guest statement, examines partnership initiatives to address proliferation of an aggressive invasive non-native weed species in coastal wetlands of Lake Erie, Ontario.

In this unsatisfactory manner the penultimate message of Cavor dies out. One seems to see him away there in the blue obscurity amidst his apparatus intently signalling us to the last, all unaware of the curtain of confusion that drops between us; all unaware, too, of the final dangers that even then must have been creeping upon him. His disastrous want of vulgar common sense had utterly betrayed him. He had talked of war, he had talked of all the strength and irrational violence of men, of their insatiable aggressions, their tireless futility of conflict. He had filled the whole moon world with this impression of our race, and then I think it is plain that he made the most fatal admission that upon himself alone hung the possibility—at least for a long time — of any further men reaching the moon. The line the cold, inhuman reason of the moon would take seems plain enough to me, and a suspicion of it, and then perhaps some sudden sharp realisation of it, must have come to him. One imagines him going about the moon with the remorse of this fatal indiscretion growing in his mind. During a certain time I am inclined to guess the Grand Lunar was deliberating the new situation, and for all that time Cavor may have gone as free as ever he had gone. But obstacles of some sort prevented his getting to his electro-magnetic apparatus again after that message I have just given. For some days we received nothing. Perhaps he was having fresh audiences, and trying to evade his previous admissions. Who can hope to guess?

On september 21, 1967, Vancouver columnist Himie Koshevoy of the Province newspaper witnessed an unexpected Cold War encounter. Soviet minister of fisheries Alexander Ishkov had come to see the Vancouver Aquarium, and Murray Newman invited the reporter along. Ishkov had visited in 1956, when construction of the aquarium was still underway, and he was so impressed that he carried a copy of its plans back to Moscow. Eleven years later, he had returned for a grand tour, and Newman was happy to oblige. He showed his Soviet guest around the exhibits, proudly noting that each year forty thousand schoolchildren visited the aquarium, “gaining knowledge of their coastal environment.” Like most visitors that year, Ishkov was especially eager to see Skana, Vancouver’s captive killer whale. According to Koshevoy, what ensued between communist fishing minister and US-caught orca amounted to “a Little Yalta.” With “squeals of delight,” Skana showed off her acrobatic feats, earning a handful of herring for each one. Although Ishkov may not have grasped the significance of Skana “profiting through her labors,” Koshevoy quipped, the Soviet official clearly enjoyed the performance. When his hosts suggested Ishkov try feeding Skana himself, however, he hesitated. “You could almost see the thoughts racing,” mused Koshevoy. “Was she a potential aggressor? Could he deter an attack? The first-strike ability was clearly on the whale’s side.” Finally, coaxed by trainer Terry McLeod, Ishkov made his démarche, and Skana accepted. As Ishkov smiled and rubbed the whale’s head, it was clear the crisis had passed. The interspecies summit closed, Koshevoy noted, with “mutual expressions of goodwill on all sides.” It was a waggish depiction of the visit, to be sure. Although the Soviet official didn’t want to look skittish in front of his North American hosts, the Cold War was likely far from his mind as he dropped herring into Skana’s maw. Ishkov shared Newman’s interest in fish and marine mammals, and he had recently outlawed the killing of small cetaceans in Soviet waters. Yet he was undeniably part of the political world, and he represented a Soviet empire that was asserting its interests around the globe.

“University A” is a small, private liberal arts school with a religious affiliation. Located in a large city, it draws locally and from its particular religious group. With an enrollment under 3,000, it carries a Carnegie Classification of Baccalaureate II and has its own board of trustees. The school has pushed the use of new technology in instruction. For instance, it was one of the first schools in its area to install a fiber optic network across campus. Programs such as business feature the active use of technology to enhance learning. For example, in an international business course, students develop links with fellow students in other countries. However, University A differs from other schools that have embraced new information and communication technology; it has rejected some uses as not appropriate to the mission of the school. For instance, University A will not use videoconferencing to send instruction to remote sites. Why? School leaders feel that a significant part of a student’s experience at University A comes from faculty providing role models, and that role modeling cannot be done through a television monitor. “University B” is a regional public university located in a small town in a heavily rural portion of its state. The nearest small city is an hour’s drive away, and it draws students regionally, mostly from nearby counties. With an enrollment under 10,000, the school carries a Carnegie Classification of Master’s I. For years, University B has used its Continuing Education program in aggressively serving the region, beginning with such means as “circuit rider” faculty who traveled to remote sites to teach classes and broadcast television instruction through local public television. The school has continued its aggressive outreach with new technology. In the 1990s, University B quickly moved into videoconferencing (compressed video) to phase out at least some of the circuit rider faculty. At the same time, the school has expanded the off-campus sites to which it sends instruction. Lastly, University B has augmented its MBA program by bringing in a health care administration concentration from another university via videoconferencing, and it has been considering the future servicing of majors in declining programs such as geography by outsourcing instruction. Officers at the two universities described above were among those at several schools who participated in a series of case studies (Rayburn, 1997). The two schools use distance learning technology (DLT) in very different ways, but they do share at least one common trait: they have clear pictures of how to use available technology. Put another way, they have identifiable strategies for using technology that conform to the missions of the schools. The point of this chapter is to identify and describe strategies for using distance learning technology (DLT) at higher education institutions. Research suggests three major strategies, the “Guest Lecturer” strategy, the “Automated Correspondence Course” strategy, and the “Large Lecture Hall” strategy. All three strategies have antecedents in the recent history of higher education, and each has its own implications for the future. The next section looks at literature and field research on the strategic use of DLT.