BACKGROUND Sporadic influenza A virus (IAV) outbreaks in humans and swine have resulted from commingling of large numbers of people and pigs at agricultural fairs in the United States. Current antemortem IAV surveillance strategies in swine require collecting nasal swabs, which entails restraining pigs with snares. Restraint is labor-intensive for samplers, stressful for pigs, and displeasing t...

We present a theory of why some countries negotiate trade agreements during economic downturns. We argue that political leaders can gain from such agreements because of the signals they send to their publics. Publics are less likely to blame leaders for bad economic conditions when they have implemented sound economic policies, such as signing and implementing agreements designed to liberalize ...

BACKGROUND Regular screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) reduces morbidity and mortality from this disease. A number of factors play a role in the underutilization of CRC screening; populations with the lowest CRC screening rates are least likely to be aware of the need for screening or have knowledge about screening options. The overall purpose of this project was to assess two methods for inc...

Abstract The following article aims to analyze the projection and representation of literary systems in some main international book fairs (IBF) at present, based on theoretical-methodological proposals from Sociology Literature Culture (Bourdieu ARSS 145, 3–8, 2002; Sapiro Translatio. Le marché de la traduction en France à l’heure mondialisation, CNRS Éditions, 2008; Even-Zohar, Polisistemas C...

World's fairs and international exhibitions do not cease to fascinate researchers. Just as the objects, people ideas on display at these massive events captivated their audiences, many humanities disciplines have studied with similar curiosity interest. A vast number of publications comprising articles, monographs, anthologies special issues been written individual world's fairs, histories in a...

A large number of functionalities were integrated in a single fully autonomous humanoid robot, HERMES. To evaluate the dependability of this extremely complex machine, and its ability to interact with strangers, HERMES was exhibited in a museum, far away from its home laboratory, for more than six months. During this period the robot and its skills were regularly demonstrated to the public by n...