Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to identify the affective factors underlying conflict behavior. Traditional conflict research assumes that when individuals face conflicts they follow a rational process, thus denying the role of emotion-relevant variables. Design/methodology/approach -In total, 358 undergraduate students from the University of Santiago de Compostela were classified into four different affective groups (happy, inactive, sad, and surprised) based on their actual emotional experience and asked to complete ROCI-II. ANOVA were conducted to test hypotheses. Findings -Results reveal that affective groups statistically differ in their self-reported conflict management styles. Positive moods and feelings have been found to be related to the preference for more cooperative strategies. Research limitations/implications -This study is exploratory in nature and since hypotheses were only partly supported, future research should address this topic in depth. Practical implications -It has been suggested that, in order to handle conflicts properly, individuals should take into account both their cognition and emotion. Originality/value -This paper sheds light on current research in the prediction of conflict behavior by examining the impact of affect out from the lab.

Resumen: Un conflicto es un proceso dinámico y complejo que se alimenta de emociones. Por lo tanto, para entender los procesos de gestión de conflicto, es necesario estudiar la influencia de las variables emocionales que rodean las disputas. El propósito de este artículo es explorar el modo en que los estados de ánimo de las personas pueden orientar sus estrategias de manejo de conflictos. A diferencia de otros trabajos que manipulan artificialmente las emociones, este estudio se centra en las diferencias de la experiencia emocional de las personas que se producen de modo natural. Los resultados sugieren que los estados de ánimo influyen sobre la elección de las estrategias de gestión de conflicto. Concretamente, se ha hallado que el afecto positivo predice la estrategia de integración, mientras que el afecto negativo predice la estrategia de dominación. Como conclusión se apunta que la influencia intrapersonal de las emociones es especialmente notoria cuando las personas experimentan estados de elevada activación emocional. Palabras clave: Conflicto; emociones; estado de ánimo; estrategias de manejo de conflictos.Title: Conflict handling strategies in emotional key. Abstract: Conflict is a dynamic and complex process emotionally actived. Therefore, in order to understand conflict management processes, it is necessary to study the influence of emotional variables which surround confrontations. The purpose of this paper is to explore how mood can influence the choice of conflict management strategies. Unlike other studies that artificially manipulate emotions, this one focuses on the differences in emotional experience that occur naturally. Results suggest that moods influence the choice of conflict handling strategies. Specifically, it has been found that positive affect predicts integrating, while negative affect predicts dominating. In conclusion, it is suggested that the intrapersonal influence of emotions is particularly noticeable when people experience high-aroused affective states.

Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) produces inactive metabolites of azathioprine and, in humans, has a variable amount of activity. Humans with low TPMT activity commonly develop myelotoxicity when receiving azathioprine. Our study sought to characterize the distribution of TPMT activity in a population of dogs and to determine whether the pretreatment knowledge of red blood cell (RBC) TPMT activity could predict myelotoxicity in dogs receiving azathioprine. RBC TPMT activity was measured in 299 healthy dogs, and 9 dogs that represented a wide range of enzyme activity received azathioprine at a standard therapeutic dose for 30 days. TPMT activity in healthy dogs was log normally distributed and varied over an approximately 7-fold range. Geometric mean, minimum, and maximum RBC TPMT activities were 37.1, 16.3, and 115 nmol per gram of hemoglobin (gHb) per hour, respectively. TPMT deficiency was not identified. Two populations of TPMT activity in dogs were detected by statistical modeling (commingling analysis). Dogs with intermediate TPMT activity (14-38 nmol/gHb/h) receiving azathioprine had significantly lower neutrophil counts during week 4 than during weeks 0-3, whereas those with high activity (39 nmol/gHb/h) did not have a significant change in neutrophil count. An analysis of TPMT activity in 6 dogs with a history of azathioprine-associated myelotoxicity in a clinical setting revealed either intermediate or high TPMT enzyme activity in all dogs, suggesting that TPMT activity, as measured in RBCs, is not the sole cause of severe azathioprine-associated myelosuppression in dogs.

The present paper reports the extraction of DNA from formalin-fixed Pontoporia blainvillei tissues. Following the Vachot and Monerot (1996) protocol, fragmented DNA (300-700bp) was extracted from more than 95% of liver and muscle samples. DNA yield in liver samples was significantly higher than in muscle samples (4.574 ± 1.169µg DNA/mg versus 0.808 ± 0.297µg DNA/mg). Similar results were obtained from nine other species of cetaceans and five species of pinnipeds. It is of special interest to have a method that allows the utilisation of museum specimens not originally preserved for genetic studies, which may include rarely available, declining or extinct species.Resúmen El presente trabajo reporta la extracción de ADN a partir de tejidos formolizados de Pontoporia blainvillei. Siguiendo el protocolo de Vachot y Monerot (1996) se pudo extraer ADN degradado (300-700pb) en más del 95% de las muestras de hígado y músculo analizadas. El rendimiento en ADN fue significativamente mayor en muestras de hígado que en muestras de músculo (4.574 ± 1.169µg DNA/mg tejido húmedo versus 0.808 ± 0.297µg DNA/mg tejido húmedo). Resultados similares se obtuvieron en otras nueve especies de Cetáceos y cinco de Pinnípedos. Resulta de gran interés contar con un método que permita la utilización de especímenes depositados en museos y que no hayan sido originalmente colectados para estudios genéticos, incluyendo especies de difícil obtención, en franca declinación o extintas.

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