Inter- and intra-individual variation of oxytocin secretion in oestrous mares exposed to stallions

The neuro-peptide hormone oxytocin regulates several reproductive mechanisms in mammals, such as uterine contractions during parturition and milk ejection in the lactating mammary gland. Oxytocin may also influence behavior and behavioral strategies, e.g. pair bonding, social recognition, maternal behavior, trust building, or anxiety. Teasing oestrous mares by a stallion provokes the release of oxytocin. We therefore tested whether such elevated oxytocin levels reveal possible mate preferences as determined in typical preference tests.

Offshore Sourcing in Software Development: Case Studies of Finnish-Russian Cooperation

The study examines international cooperation in product development in software development organisations. The software industry is known for its global nature and knowledge-intensity, which makes it an interesting setting to examine international cooperation in. Software development processes are increasingly distributed worldwide, but for small or even medium-sized enterprises, typical for the software industry, such distribution of operations is often possible only in association with crossing the company’s boundaries. The strategic decision-making of companies is likely to be affected by the characteristics of the industry, and this includes decisions about cooperation or sourcing. The objective of this thesis is to provide a holistic view on factors affecting decisions about offshore sourcing in software development. Offshore sourcing refers to a cooperative mode of offshoring, where a firm does not establish its own presence in a foreign country, but utilises a local supplier. The study examines product development activities that are distributed across organisational and geographical boundaries. The objective can be divided into two subtopics: general reasons for international cooperation in product development and particular reasons for cooperation between Finnish and Russian companies. The focus is on the strategic rationale at the company level, in particular in small and medium-sized enterprises. The theoretical discourse of the study builds upon the literature on international cooperation and networking, with particular focus on cooperation with foreign suppliers and within product development activities. The resource-based view is also discussed, as heterogeneity and interdependency of the resources possessed by different firms are seen as factors motivating international cooperation. Strategically, sourcing can be used to access resources possessed by an industrial network, to enhance the product development of a firm, or to optimise its cost structure. In order to investigate the issues raised by the theoretical review, two empirical studies on international cooperation in software product development have been conducted. The emphasis of the empirical part of the study is on cooperation between Finnish and Russian companies. The data has been gathered through four case studies on Finnish software development organisations and four case studies on Russian offshore suppliers. Based on the material from the case studies, a framework clarifying and grouping the factors that influence offshore sourcing decisions has been built. The findings indicate that decisions regarding offshore sourcing in software development are far more complex than generally assumed. The framework provides a holistic view on factors affecting decisions about offshore sourcing in software development, capturing the multidimensionality of motives for entering offshore cooperation. Four groups of factors emerged from the data: A) strategy-related aspects, B) aspects related to resources and capabilities, C) organisation-related aspects, and D) aspects related to the entrepreneur or management. By developing a holistic framework of decision factors, the research offers in-depth theoreticalunderstanding of offshore sourcing rationale in product development. From the managerial point of view, the proposed framework sums up the issues that a firm should pay attention to when contemplating product development cooperation with foreign suppliers. Understanding different components of sourcing decisions can lead to improved preconditions for strategising and engaging in offshore cooperation. A thorough decisionmaking process should consider all the possible benefits and risks of product development cooperation carefully.

leges Longobardorum : passim inter lineas et ad marginem glossae

Puteanus

1.° Flores chronicorum fusiores ; sive catalogus summorum Pontificum à Christo ad Joannem XXII. authore Bernardo Guidonis : praemittitur ejusdem Bernardi vita ; à scriptore coaetaneo scripta. — 2.° Catalogus Regum Francorum à Trojana gentis origine ad Ludovicum X. eodem authore. — 3.° Genealogia Regum Francorum : eodem authore. — 4.° Catalogus Comitum Tolosanorum : eodem authore. — 5.° Nomina Discipulorum Christi ; accedit eorumdem missae officium : eodem authore. — 6.° Ejusdem tractatus brevis de temporibus et annis generalium et particularium Conciliorum. — 7.° Nomina duodecim Apostolorum. — 8.° Catalogus Episcoporum Tolosanorum : authore eodem. — 9.° Ejusdem brevis tractatus de ordinatione officii missae, et de casibus qui inter celebrandum accidere possunt. — 10.° Idem de praeceptis decalogi. — 11.° Idem de articulis fidei. — 12.° Idem de septem sacramentis Ecclesiae. — 13.° Idem de dotibus gloriae Beatorum.

Colbertinus

1.° Veterum inscriptionum Romanarum collectio, quas inter hymni tres Graeci. — 2.° Catalogus et descriptio quorumdam numismatum Romanorum.

Memmianus

1.° Tractatus pacis inter Ludovicum IX. Regem Francorum, et Henricum III. Regem Angliae : anno 1259. — 2.° Tractatus pacis inter Philippum III. Regem Francorum, et Edwardum I. Regem Angliae : anno 1279. — 3.° Tractatus pacis inter eosdem Reges : anno 1286. — 4.° Quarta et ultima pax facta inter Reges : anno 1303. translata de romancio in latinum, de verbo ad verbum. — 5.° Alia concordantia, seu compositio vel pax inter Reges : anno 1303. — 6.° Pronunciatio Bonifacii, Papae, super pacibus : anno pontificatus quarto. — 7.° De remediis Aquitanorum adversùs vexationem curiae Regis Franciae. — 8.° Copia arresti contra Arnaldum de Romynhano, dati anno 1312. — 9.° Variae litterae Philippi Pulchri et Ludovici X. de rebus Anglicis. — 10.° Bulla Clementis, Papae V. approbans donationem Motae et domorum de Pessaco, factam ecclesiae Burdegalensi à nobili viro Gaillardo de Guto, germano suo, anno primo pontificatus. — 11.° Traitté de paix conclu entre les Rois Philippe et Edouard ; sans date. — 12.° Lettres de Charles IV. Roy de France et de Navarre, touchant les excès commis au lieu de Saint-Sacerdos par le Senechal de Gascogne : l'an 1324. — 13.° Traitté entre la France et l'Angleterre : en la même année. — 14.° Judicium latum apud Oleronem, anno 1287. per D. Norwicensem Episcopum, contra D. Joannem de Greilliaco, dudum Senescallum Vasconiae. — 15.° Tractatus matrimonii inter Alienoram filiam Edwardi Regis Angliae, et Alphonsum filium majorem Petri Regis Aragonum. — 16.° Litterae Petri, Regis Aragonum, de matrimonio filii sui Alphonsi cum Alienora, filia primogenita Regis Edwardi. — 17.° Joannis XXII. bulla contra Michaëlem de Cesena, Ministrum generalem ordinis Minorum : VIII. idus Junii, pontificatus anno XII. — 18.° Edwardi, Regis Anglorum, constitutiones variae ad Aquitaniam spectantes et ad Angliam. — 19.° Traitté de paix entre les Rois de France et d'Angleterre, fait en l'an 1325. — 20.° Litterae Agennensium ad Carolum IV. Regem Franciae, pro Rege Angliae, nominatim de facto Sancti-Sacerdotis, scriptae anno 1324. — 21.° Tractatus matrimonii inter Alphonsum, Regem Castellae et Legionis, et Alienoram, filiam Edwardi Regis Angliae ; item alius inter Edwardum, Regis Angliae primogenitum, et Alienoram sororem Regis Castellae : anno 1325. — 22.° Instructions données par le Roy d'Angleterre à ses Ambassadeurs allans en Espagne pour le fait dudit mariage. — 23.° Abusiones quae exercentur in regno Angliae circa beneficia ecclesiastica ; et remedia sine quibus nunquam cessare creduntur. — 24.° Clementis V. bulla de saecularisatione monasterii de sancto Aemiliano, in dioecesi Burdigalensi ; data anno pontificatus quinto. — 25.° Litterae Edwardi II. Regis Angliae, de servanda pace facta cum Carolo IV. Rege Franciae. — 26.° Ejusdem litterae quibus Edmundum, Comitem Cantiae, fratrem suum, constituit Capitaneum in Ducatu Aquitaniae. — 27.° Lettres de Charles IV. Roy de France, contre le Roy d'Angleterre, qui refusoit de luy faire les foy et hommage pour la Duché d'Aquitaine : de l'année 1324. — 28.° Litterae ejusdem Caroli IV. Regis Francorum, de eadem re ; quibus Carolo, Comiti Valesiae, patruo suo, dat potestatem puniendi rebelles Aquitaniae ; datae anno 1324. — 29.° Litterae ejusdem de salvagardia Guillelmi Galteri, Clerici, datae anno 1323. — 30.° Ejusdem litterae pro Margareta de Guouda, tutrice Pontii domini de Castellione, filii sui, datae anno 1323. — 31.° Ejusdem litterae pro Comitissa Fuxi et Vicecomitissa Bearni et Marciani, tutrice Gastonis filii sui ; datae anno 1322. — 32.° Litterae Antonini Pessaigne, Senescalli Ducatus Aquitaniae, quibus Ostencium Jordani, Clericum ac Jurisperitum, constituit suum et Regis Angliae Procuratorem ; datae anno 1318. — 33.° Litterae Almarici domini de Credonio, Senescalli Ducatus Aquitaniae, quibus Roberto de la Vertadausa, Anglico, decem libras Turonensium parvorum singulis annis solvendas concedit vice et nomine Regis Angliae ; datae anno 1322. — 34.° Divers actes entre les Rois de France et d'Angleterre, pour assurer la paix ; faits depuis l'an 1259. jusques en 1323. — 35.° Acta processus habiti in curia Romana inter capitulum ecclesiae Coventrensis et capitulum ecclesiae Lichefeldiensis de electione Episcopi, tempore Joannis XXII. — 36.° Traitté d'alliance et de confederation entre la France et l'Ecosse contre l'Angleterre ; fait en 1325. — 37.° Articuli exhibiti à Procuratore ecclesiae Lichfeldensis. — 38.° Articuli exhibiti à Procuratore ecclesiae Coventrensis. — 39.° Joannis XXII. bulla de unione Episcopatuum Corkagiensis et Clonensis, data Avenione anno pontificatus XI. — 40.° Acta processus apud eumdem Papam agitati super praebenda sancti Stephani in ecclesia Beverlacensi.

Colbertinus

1.° Historia Caroli VI. Regis Francorum, ab anno 1417. ad annum 1420. praemittitur epitaphium Petri Brese, Ducis fortissimi. — 2.° Ejusdem Caroli VI. historia à regni exordio ad annum 1386. — 3.° Littera pacis, et tractatus factus inter Reges et regna Franciae et Angliae, die 26. Maii, anno 1420.

Colbertinus

consolationis philosophiae libri quinque : authore Boëtio ; passim inter lineas glossae et ad marginem scholia.

Philiberti de la Mare

Philippi Gualteri Castillionensis Alexandreis, sive poëma de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, ad Guillelmum, Remensem Archiepiscopum, libris decem : passim inter lineas glossae et ad marginem scholia.

Colbertinus, antea Jacobi Augusti Thuani

Philippi Gualteri Castellionensis Alexandreis : passim inter lineas glossae et ad marginem scholia.

Colbertinus

Philippi Gualteri Castellionensis Alexandreis : passim inter lineas glossae et ad marginem scholia.

Colbertinus

1.° Joannis de Ravenna dragmalogia, sive dramatologia ; id est, dialogus Venetum inter et Paduanum de eligibili vitae genere. — 2.° Ejusdem conventio podagram inter et araneam. — 3.° Liber rerum memorandarum : authore eodem. — 4.° Historia Ragusii : eodem authore. — 5.° Historia familiae Carrariensis : eodem authore.

Tellerianus