bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Harvestmen occurrence database (Arachnida, Opiliones) of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Brazil
Authors: da Silva Valéria , Aguiar-Neto Manoel , Teixeira Dan , Santos Cleverson , de Sousa Marcos , da Silva Timoteo , Ramos Lorran , Bragio Bonaldo Alexandre
Published: December 2019

We present a dataset with information from the Opiliones collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Northern Brazil. This collection currently has 6,400 specimens distributed in 13 families, 30 genera and 32 species and holotypes of four species: Imeri ajuba Coronato-Ribeiro, Pinto-da-Rocha & Rheims, 2013, Phareicranaus patauateua Pinto-da-Rocha & Bonaldo, 2011, Protimesius trocaraincola Pinto-da-Rocha, 1997 and Sickesia tremembe Pinto-da-Rocha & Carvalho, 2009. The material of the collection is exclusive from Brazil, mostly from the Amazon Region. The dataset is now available for public consultation on the Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr) (https://ipt.sibbr.gov.br/goeldi/resource?r=museuparaenseemiliogoeldi-collection-aracnologiaopiliones). SiBBr is the Brazilian Biodiversity Information System, an initiative of the government and the Brazilian node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), which aims to consolidate and make primary biodiversity data available on a platform (Dias et al. 2017).

Harvestmen or Opiliones constitute the third largest arachnid order, with approximately 6,500 described species. Brazil is the holder of the greatest diversity in the world, with more than 1,000 described species, 95% (960 species) of which are endemic to the country. Of these, 32 species were identified and deposited in the collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
Two genera of platygastroids (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) new to the Romanian fauna
Authors: Spiridon Andreea Georgiana , Viciriuc Mădălina , Vasilița Cristina , Pintilioaie Alexandru , Popovici Ovidiu
Published: December 2019

This study presents the genera Iphitrachelus Haliday, 1836 and Baryconus Förster, 1856 with the species B. graeffei (Kieffer, 1908), I. lar Haliday, 1836 and I. gracilis Masner, 1957 as new records for the Romanian fauna.
Le comportement des managers face au fait religieux
Authors: Guillet Olivier , Brasseur Martine
Published: December 2019

L’objectif de cet article est de fournir une grille d’intelligibilité des réactions des managers confrontés à l’extériorisation des croyances ou des appartenances religieuses au travail. En appui sur une revue de littérature et sur la théorie du comportement planifié (I. Ajzen et M. Fishbein, 1980), nous proposons une typologie et un modèle explicatif des comportements adoptés pour conclure sur les limites de notre approche ainsi que sur ses apports pour la formation des managers.
L’entreprise émancipatrice
Authors: Gaillard Hugo , Jolivet Thierry
Published: December 2019

Cet article s’intéresse aux nouveaux modes de régulation du fait religieux au travail. Grâce à une approche théorique dans un premier temps, nous retraçons les injonctions contemporaines à l’inclusion que nous mettons en perspectives de travaux pluridisciplinaires sur la dispute (disputatio). Via une étude qualitative, nous dressons le portrait de l’entreprise présentée par son dirigeant comme émancipatrice en deuxième partie. Cette étude de cas pose les traits saillants de l’entreprise émancipatrice comme nouvelle forme d’organisation, libérée, inclusive et ouverte au débat démocratique, et s’inscrit en prolongement des travaux sur les entreprises affinitaires. Un modèle de l’entreprise émancipatrice est présenté schématiquement, ainsi que les potentialités offertes en matière de régulation du fait religieux au travail par la dispute.
Entangled Borders
Authors: Green Sarah
Published: December 2019

If there is one thing that contemporary borders are supposed to do, it is to clearly separate things out, clearly demarcate the difference between here and somewhere else. It is obvious that this is not always, or perhaps even often, successfully achieved: the world is full of unfinished, contested and overlapping political borders. Drawing first from examples provided by the European Union and Brexit, and then from the past and present experiences of migration and the movement of peoples to and from the island of Lesvos, the paper suggests that understanding borders as being entangled, both with contemporary and past relations and separations from other places, can help in understanding contemporary border dynamics.
The Post-2015 European Border Regime. New Approaches in a Shifting Field
Authors: Hess Sabine , Kasparek Bernd
Published: December 2019

Against the background of our recent ethnographic research project on the European border regime in South-East Europe in 2016, the article calls for a re-visiting of established paradigms and approaches in border studies. The article assesses established theoretical conceptualisations of border studies, such as securitisation, externalisation, digitalisation, but also internal mobility regimes and humanitarian rationales. Focussing especially on the vast encampment within Europe, the inner-European buffer zoning, shifting legal foundations as well as new infrastructures of migration control, the authors argue for an extension of theoretical and methodological perspectives of border studies by drawing on insights from legal anthropology and camp and infrastructural studies.
Vulnerability and Housing Policies through the Lens of Anthropology. An Introduction
Authors: Pozzi Giacomo , Ávila Cachado Rita , Micaelo Ana Luísa
Published: December 2019

The Dossier «Vulnerability and Housing Policies. Anthropological insights across Europe» is the result of a panel organized by the editors at the 15th EASA Biennial Conference hosted by Stockholm University in August 2018. In this context, we proposed to explore ethnographically housing policies as peculiar and paradigmatic forms of contemporary «regimes of mobility». Coherently to the panel target, the main theme of this Dossier is the anthropological analysis of the production of social and political vulnerability in Europe through housing policies. In particular, the ethnographies hosted in this Dossier explore the dense intersection between different configurations of social and political action, such as housing rights, residents’ responses to public policies, vulnerability, real estate politics, migration, forced evictions, infrastructures. It is impossible to understand contemporary Europe, we argue, without understanding what is going on with housing policies. Anthropology may give a fundamental contribution in this sense.
The relativistic attitude in development: reflections on the implementation of the Ethiopian multinational Constitution
Authors: Bassi Marco
Published: December 2019

Under the development approach that targets economic growth as its sole objective the marginalised groups may seriously be impacted. The developmental policy adopted since 1991 in Ethiopia illustrates it in relation to small-holding farmers, pastoralists and ethnic minorities. At the international level, alternative development paradigms have evolved along with progress in human rights. This article shows that the corrective measures have been informed by a growing ‘relativistic’ attitude, consisting in giving consideration to the relevance of specific articulations of culture, formal or informal norms and local conditions. The relativistic attitude is first defined and then considered in terms of compatibility with the Ethiopian multinational Constitution, adopted in 1995 but never really implemented. Under the pressure of the Qeerroo movement the ruling coalition in Ethiopia is today opening up to democracy and effective decentralisation. There is today a concrete possibility to revise the country’s developmental policy, in line with the Constitution and respecting second and third generation human rights.
Temporalities of Refugee Experience in Germany. Diversification of Asylum Rights and Proliferation of Internal Boundaries
Authors: Leutloff-Grandits Carolin
Published: December 2019

In Germany, the large influx of refugees arriving in 2015 led to numerous changes in asylum legislation and to new administrative measures. Apart from humanitarian reasons, integration efforts such as language learning, labour market inclusion as well as cooperation with authorities gained weight and are increasingly factored into decisions on residency permits or extension of stay. On the basis of participant observation within a refugee accommodation, the article argues that the legal and administrative framework of humanitarian reception constitutes powerful inclusionary and exclusionary mechanisms that entail not only spatial and social but also temporal dimensions. They unfold within the speed at which the applications are processed, the different residency titles (and non-titles) refugees receive and with this the different access to integration measures which again influence the speed of the “integration” of refugees into the German society. These temporalities build differential internal boundaries which impact on the everyday life and the future perspectives of the refugees in Germany.
An Overview of Medical Interpreting in Brazil
Authors: Queiroz-Franklin Mylene
Published: December 2019

Among the settings where there is a need for interpreting services, healthcare contexts require special attention, given the complex nature of medical practice, which consequently imposes different challenges to interpreters. In Brazil, the language barriers faced by patients who do not speak Portuguese are handled mostly by volunteers without any specific training. This article gives an overview of the current demands for interpreters in medical settings in the country and the need for analysis and actions aimed at the development of a professional field to ensure access to health services in the country for linguistic minorities by qualified interpreters. There is a need for public policies to recognize the demand and elaborate linguistic access tools. There is an urgent need to include this specialization among interpreting studies agendas, in the Brazilian context, to include interpreting for healthcare.
The Mental Health Interpreter
Authors: Parenzo Sarah , Schuster Michal
Published: December 2019

This chapter aims to provide an interpretation of the role of the mental health interpreter, using the concept of “third space” taken from the field of cultural translation and the psychoanalytical concept of transference/counter-transference. Such interpretation provides a unique and novel analysis of the work of the mental health interpreter through the perspective of the “third space”, thus enabling a broader view of the interpreter's role in the therapeutic session. The authors' insights are based on a reflective journal written by the first author while working as an interpreter during a parental training in a public mental health clinic in Israel. By reviewing the different roles, powerplays, and challenges in this third space, the authors will suggest some practical recommendation regarding the training and supervision of mental health interpreters, allowing them to serve as competent and ethical mediators between the patient and the therapist.
A Medical Interpreter Training Program and Signed Language Interpreters' Decision Latitude
Authors: Marin Jasmine
Published: December 2019

The certificate in healthcare interpreting (CHI) is a medical signed language interpreter training program in the U.S. This qualitative study consisted of focus groups to examine the effect of CHI on graduates' views of their role, responsibilities, and decision latitude. Analysis suggests that CHI may be shifting practitioners from a restrictive conduit model (taking no action when faced with a decision) to a values-based approach. Also outlined are features of the program that contribute to this shift.
Estrutura e composição da regeneração natural em um fragmento de Floresta Ombrófila Mista secundária
Authors: Mazon Joelmir Augustinho , Rodrigues Silva Richeliel Albert , Watzlawick Luciano Farinha
Published: December 2019

Estudos sobre regeneração natural e sua relação com a vegetação adulta são importantes para auxiliar no entendimento da dinâmica e sucessão de florestas secundárias. Para tanto, objetivou-se, neste estudo, realizar a caracterização florístico-estrutural e ecológica da comunidade regenerativa (DAP 5 cm) e sua similaridade com a adulta (DAP ≥ 5 cm) em um fragmento de Floresta com Araucária secundária. A regeneração foi amostrada em 24 parcelas em três classes de altura, sendo calculada a regeneração natural total (RNT). Foram amostrados 433 indivíduos, pertencentes a 66 espécies e 29 famílias botânicas, com destaque para Myrtaceae. A similaridade florística entre a regeneração e o estrato adulto foi alta (68,3%). A regeneração e o estrato adulto apresentaram alta diversidade e equitatividade e baixa dominância. Allophylus edulis (9,5%), Mollinedia clavigera (8,5%) e Myrciaria tenella (8,3%) foram as espécies de maior RNT. Porém, são típicas de sub-bosque e não apresentam importância no estrato adulto. As demais espécies destacadas na regeneração, entre elas espécies-chave como Ocotea porosa, devem seguir na estrutura futura da floresta. A maioria das espécies da regeneração são zoocóricas e heliófilas, porém a proporção de espécie de estágio tardio é maior na classe de maior tamanho, indicando que a floresta está em plena sucessão e avançando para seu clímax.
Facilitators and barriers to effective information sharing during international disaster response
Authors: Waring, PhD, PGCert L&T, MSc, BSc (Hons) Sara , Humann, PhD, PGCert L&T, MSc, BSc (Hons) Michael , Dawson, MSc, BSc (Hons) Natasha
Published: December 2019

Effective information sharing is essential for the successful management of disasters. But as 30 years’ worth of UK public inquiries repeatedly highlight, differences in terminology and goals across agencies can make this difficult to achieve. The growing scale and intensity of disasters raises additional challenges, with emergency responders being required to work across regions and even countries. The following study focuses on identifying facilitators and barriers to information sharing in dynamic contexts, where interdisciplinary teams from across geographic regions form ad hoc to rapidly address challenges. This case study draws on 257 naturalistic observations made by subject-matter experts during the largest disaster management exercise to take place in Europe to date. The 4-day exercise, funded by the European Commission, involved over 5,000 emergency responders from the UK, Cyprus, Hungary, and Italy, providing a unique opportunity to examine information sharing practices across international boundaries. Results of a mixed-method analysis highlight that barriers within and between countries are particularly prevalent during periods of greater uncertainty. These barriers include language and technological difficulties, differences in roles and responsibilities, and failure to co-locate and coordinate activities. Developing shared frames of reference, including adopting common structures for presenting information and understanding roles and responsibilities, facilitates information sharing, potentially reducing cognitive load. Implications for developing evidence-based approaches to disaster response are discussed.
Square-wave voltammetric determination of drospirenone and ethinylestradiol in pharmaceutical dosage form using square wave technique
Authors: Habib Ibrahim Hassan , Rizk Mohammed Salem , Sultan Maha , Mohamed Dalia , Tony Rehab Moussa
Published: December 2019

Cathodic voltammetric behaviors of drospirenone and ethinylestradiol were used for the simultaneous determination of both drugs in bulk and in pharmaceutical formulation (Yasmin® tablets) without the interference of excipients. The determinations were made on hanging mercury dropping electrode using square-wave technique in a voltammetric cell containing 10 mL of 0.04 mole/L Britton-Robinson. After every aliquot addition, the solution was stirred for 10 s at 1000 rpm, rested for 10 s then square wave voltammetry mode was ramped from +100 to -1700 mV with scan rate of 100 mV/s, pulse amplitude of 50 mV and measurement time of 5 ms. Several factors such as pH, type of supporting electrolyte, pulse amplitude and scan rate were studied to optimize the condition for voltammetric determination of these drugs. With optimized experimental parameters, a good linearity was obtained for both drugs over a range of 1.36×10-6 to 1.91×10-7 mole/L and 6.75×10-8 to 6.07×10-7 mol/L of drospirenone and ethinylestradiol, respectively. Characterization of the proposed method was done according to International Conference on Harmonization, Q2B: Validation of Analytical procedures. The proposed method was statistically compared with the reference method and the results revealed no significant difference regarding accuracy and precision.
Indole type akuammiline from Vinca erecta: Crystal structure of 10-OAc-Akuammine
Authors: Adizov Shahobiddin , Tashkhodjaev Bakhodir
Published: December 2019

Single crystal X-ray diffraction has established the absolute configuration of the indole alkaloids from Vinca erecta such as akuammiline-o-acyl derivative of akuammine with a 3D stable polycyclic framework. Crystal data for C24H28N2O5: orthorhombic, space group P212121 (no. 19), a = 7.349(3) Å, b = 16.099(5) Å, c = 17.323(5) Å, V = 2049.5(12) Å3, Z = 4, T = 293(2) K, μ(CuKα) = 0.789 mm-1, Dcalc = 1.376 g/cm3, 1742 reflections measured (7.496° ≤ 2Θ ≤ 119.792°), 1742 unique (Rsigma = 0.0374) which were used in all calculations. The final R1 was 0.0608 (I > 2σ(I)) and wR2 was 0.1680 (all data). The polycyclic framework of the well-known picrinine and akuammine is compared. The ether bridges located in different positions of the framework and forming five-membered cycles do not change the conformation of the polycyclic akuammiline framework. In V. erecta alkaloids, the exomethylene fragment (C18-C19=C20-C21) of the polycyclic backbone always takes on the E-condition.
Synthesis, antibacterial activity and docking studies of chloroacetamide derivatives
Authors: Murtaza Shahzad , Altaf Ataf Ali , Hamayun Muhammad , Iftikhar Kiran , Tahir Muhammad Nawaz , Tariq Javaria , Faiz Khadija
Published: December 2019

Structural modification of lead compounds is a great challenge in organic synthesis. Introduction of different functional groups not only modify the structure of starting material but also improve their biological activeness. Small synthetic molecules are favored in spite of the reality that majority of drug molecules derived from natural sources, are in vogue. In the present work, acetamide derivatives were synthesized using chloroacetyl chloride. After synthesizing targeted series of acetamide derivatives these compounds were further modified using different amines including 2-aminobenzene thiol, benzyl amine, benzene 1,4-diamine, 4-amino-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3(2H)-one, 4-aminophenol, hydrazine and 4-amino-N-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)benzenesulfonamide. All of these synthesized compounds were characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and X-ray crystallography. The compounds were assessed for their anti-bacterial activity using disc diffusion method against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The compounds were found to exhibit comparable activity to the standard drug used. This was further supported by molecular docking studies using bacterial DNA gyrase and Topoisomerase II targets causing bacterial death as they are major bacterial proteins known to be involved in transcription and replication process. Results proved that the compound 2b was the most efficacious antimicrobial compound among the synthesized set of compounds. To tackle the growing drug resistance acetamide based functionalities can be regarded as the active lead compounds to target different drug resistance microorganism.
The Dialogues Bioregional Project: Landscape Ecology in Central Italy from the Sixth Century to the Present
Authors: Benvegnù Damiano
Published: December 2019

Pope Gregory I (r. 590-604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, is celebrated for re-organizing both the institutional and liturgical life of the Roman Catholic Church; for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome to England; and for his writings. Among these, a distinct importance has been attributed to his “Dialogues,” a collection of four books of miracles, signs, wonders, and healings carried out by then little-known holy men, which represent a portion of central Italy as a sacred space where the Christian God is present in both human and non-human form, while also interacting with the environment by performing landscaping functions.

This article outlines the “Dialogues Bioregional Project,” a digital, interdisciplinary interface on Italian landscape ecology which would promote dialogues between scientists and humanists as well as provide a modeling tool for environmental and cultural awareness. Shaped around the “Dialogues” of Pope Gregory I, this digital humanities project explores continuities and discontinuities between the socio-political and ecological history of a specific section of Italian territory, a set of multidisciplinary environmental narratives (from c. 600 AD to the present), and local communities. My aim is to introduce readers to the ecological potentials of Gregory’s book and thus prompt scholars interested in the environmental humanities and the integration of biophysical and analytical approaches with humanistic and holistic perspectives to become part of the “Dialogues Bioregional Project” and collaborate in its further development.
#LauraSpeaks: Remediations of Pellegra Bongiovanni’s “Risposte”
Authors: Briante Elisa , Lear Marena , Pisacane Gerardo
Published: December 2019

This paper examines the implications of digital remediation which translates and transforms an older text, endowing it with new life, in relation to the project #LauraSpeaks, a translation and remediation of Pellegra Bongiovanni’s Risposte di Madonna Laura alle rime di Messer Francesco Petrarca, in nome della medesima. Divided into three different sections, it describes the steps involved in this project, from the discovery of the original text and the analysis of Bongiovanni’s contribution within the realm of Petrarchism, moving to a discussion of the translation of her work from Italian to English and the creation of the “Twitterature” version of the text, then finally to an analysis of the text’s transformation into the film medium. This paper also investigates the theoretical premises of digital remediation and the role that hypertext plays in multiplying opportunities for meaning-making and in enriching the act of reading and writing.
Obstacle and Breakthrough of Father’s Involvement in Early Childhood Education: An Analysis on Families with Different Structures
Authors: Gu Jihui
Published: December 2019

Father’s involvement in early childhood participants can be influenced by family structures. Presently, the number of nuclear families is decreasing in China with the increase of families where fathers are absent or grandparents participate in parenting. Therefore, fathers in China are now facing the lack of motivations, skills, time, situations and method to participate in kids’ early childhood education. To break them through, a father needs support from the society, the kindergarten and the family to assist him to try participating actively into parenting.
Authority of Regional Governments in Developing Investment in the Regional Investment
Authors: Salle Salle , Lusiana Lusiana , Husen La Ode
Published: December 2019

This research conducted with the aim of 1) To find and analyze the arrangements for the entry of foreign investors in investment in Indonesia, and 2) To find, analyze and develop the authority of the Regional Government in developing investments in regional investment. Legal research is a scientific activity, which is based on certain methods, systematics and thoughts that aim to learn something or some symptoms of a particular law, by analyzing it. In this case the research conducted by the author is research on legal protection of foreign investors in investment according to the Indonesian system.
Challenges for the Promotion and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Central and Eastern Europe Under the Belt and Road Initiative
Authors: Xue Feifei , He Xiaoyong , Hao Wenzhi , Qin Jiajia , Chen Jiaxu
Published: December 2019

Along with the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is increasingly used and attracts more interest in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As an important bridge between different cultures, translation plays a major role in promoting TCM in CEE. However, there are some problems in the translation process hindering further promotion of TCM theories and culture in CEE. First of all, the English translations of TCM classics and textbooks lack universally accepted standards, and the quality of TCM text translation is low. Secondly, TCM translators lack sufficient training in TCM knowledge. Also, the translation of TCM materials lacks cultural connotation. Through analyzing the current problems of TCM translation in CEE, this study proposed three suggestions: strengthening the exchange between the government and experts, regulating the translation of TCM textbooks, and strengthening the training of TCM translators.
Impact of Political Instability on Foreign Direct Investment in Lebanon
Authors: Bitar Nicholas , Hamadeh Mohamad , Khoueiri Roy
Published: December 2019

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important determinant of economic growth. A wealth of literature has tackled its determinants; however few investigated the effect of political risk on FDI. Consequently, this study examines 12 ICRG political risk indicators, after removing multicollinearity and grouping them into three categories, to test the nature of this relation in the case of Lebanon over the period 2008-2018. The findings provide evidence of significant causality between all political risk factors and FDI inflows. Other determinants like “Infrastructure”, “Inflation”, “Trade Openness” and “Wage Rates” have insignificant effects.
The Auction of Shenxin Textile Mill No.7 Plus a Discussion of Shenxin Improvement Committee
Authors: Sun Zhengkun , Yang Xiaoming
Published: December 2019

The auction of Shenxin No.7 had great influence at that time, because it made the Kuomintang government start a series of investigations into Shenxin as a whole. In order to address the plight of the 1930s, Shenxin Improvement Commission was established. On the basis of historical data, the author explores these two issues, and concludes that the unity of the people played a great role in the social injustice at that time, and Shenxin Improvement Committee also played a certain role in addressing the dilemma at that time.
The Effect of Adopting Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as Strategic Planning Tool on Financial Performance of Banks Operating in Palestine
Authors: Turshan Mohammad Nader , Karim Naser Abdel
Published: December 2019

This research investigates the effect of BSC on the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine, across BSC’s four perspectives: financial; customers; internal business processes; innovation, growth and learning. It seeks to identify the relationship between BSC and the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine.

For this purpose, the research population comprises all 14 banks operating in Palestine. As a result of the small size of the population, the ‘complete census’ method has been used: the sample is the whole population. The questionnaire was distributed to 130 respondents (employees) at banks: branch managers, heads of departments, directors of departments and financial controllers. Financial performance was used as a dependent variable, while the following four independent variables served as hypothesized determinants: (i) financial perspective, (ii) customers’ perspective, (iii) internal business processes perspective, and (iv) innovation, growth and learning perspective. The Multiple Linear Regression test at 95% confidence was used, resulting in three significant variables: financial perspective; internal business processes perspective; and innovation, growth and learning perspective. Overall, the adjusted R2 = 0.62. This measure is acceptable, and reveals that the resulting model interprets 62% of the determinants of financial performance.

The most important results of this study are: (1) the BSC model can be used to enhance the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine, and (2) the customers’ perspective in the BSC model did not have the same effect as other perspectives. Moreover, (3) in their measurement of performance, banks operating in Palestine apply clear strategic performance measures, including traditional financial and non-financial measures, while noting that their use of these measures does not mean that they apply them under the remit of a BSC model. These measures can be reclassified within the four perspectives of the BSC model.

The main recommendations are that (1) banks operating in Palestine should implement BSC as an integrated system for strategic management, and as a means for decision-making by management. Its application achieves many advantages that enhance the competitive position and financial performance of banks. Furthermore, (2) banks operating in Palestine need to pay more attention to strategy, and measurements that are included in the customers’ perspective of BSC. There is also a need to (3) conduct training courses for bank employees on BSC and how it can be used. Finally, there is a need to (4) conduct further investigation of the effect of adopting BSC as a strategic planning tool on the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine, as well as (5) a study of the effect of BSC when taking into consideration the type of bank - Islamic or commercial, local or foreign.
Translating the Islamic Religious Expressions in Taha Hussein’s Novel ‘Al Ayaam’ by E. H. Paxton
Authors: Bani Abdo Ibrahem , Manzallawi Banan
Published: December 2019

Translating religious expressions from Arabic into English seems problematic where the cultural backgrounds must be known for the translator to choose the appropriate equivalence and to help bridging the cultural gap between two cultures. As a result, this paper investigates to what extent have Venuti’s strategies (domestication and foreignization) been successfully implemented in rendering the religious expressions in Taha Hussein’s The Days (الأيام alʾayām) by E. H. Paxton in the translating process. It also asserts the challenges involved in translating the Islamic religious expressions in this novel. Consequently, this paper has randomly chosen, discussed, and compared 10 Islamic expressions of Hussein’s novel with their English equivalents. In addition, two Arabic raters were consulted. Venuti’s (2004) domestication and foreignization method was used to analyse these examples. The study concludes that the translator uses the two methods in rendering the religious expressions. The foreignization strategy was used more than domestication. Six examples have been foreignized; whereas, four of them were domesticated. The study also reveals that the use of both strategies supplements and supports the translation accuracy. Finally, the different cultural backgrounds, religions, expressions, costumes, traditions have to be the ultimate concerns of the translators in translating the Arabic religious expressions into English language.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 15 No. 1
Authors: Lee Stephen
Published: December 2019

Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2020
Using the Griffiths III and Quartile Charts in Assessing Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study
Authors: Jansen Jennifer M. , Green Elizabeth , Stroud Louise A. , Watson Mark B.
Published: December 2019

This study illustrates the use of the Griffiths III Scales to futher clarify a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder and possible Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder following a test battery of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Conners 3-Parent and Teacher Surveys, and the Goodenough–Harris Draw-a-Person test in a child aged 6 years. The Griffiths III assessment confirmed a pattern of delay above and below DQ50. The child demonstrated difficulty with the constructs: Skills for Learning (including attention, curiosity, processing speed); Ways of Thinking, Memory and Play; all aspects of language and communication; and all underlying constructs of early social and emotional development. The concept of Theory of Mind is used to examine the child’s particular difficulties.
The Role of Cycling in Sustainable Urban Life: Perception of Cyclists in Turkey
Authors: Ceyiz Senem
Published: December 2019

The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of bicyclists to promote the use of bicycles in the cities. The sample was selected using simple random sampling method. A total of 1087 bicyclists, including 178 women and 909 men, who used bicycles in their everyday lives in the city, voluntarily participated in the research. The study was a descriptive research in the survey model and quantitative research approach was adopted in the research. Data were collected with “Bike Use Dissemination Scale” developed by Çeyiz (2019). The scale consists of two parts; a personal information form and expressions of participants’ dissemination of bicycle use. The t-test was used for the variables consisting of the bipartite groups and the One-Way ANOVA was used for the variables consisting of more than two groups. According to the data obtained from the bicyclists participating in the survey, there was a significant difference in the dimensions of security and dissemination by gender. It was found that women bicyclists’ safety perceptions were more negative than men’s perception; and their perceptions of the spreading dimension were more positive than the male bicyclists.
Soil modification in a chronosequence of postagricultural ecosystems of the intrazonal lithogenic matrix (Arkhangelsk region, Russia)
Authors: Nakvasina Elena , Parinova Tatyana , Volkov Alexey , Popova Anna , Prozherina Nadezhda
Published: December 2019

Processes of soil self-restoration and soil modification in the chronosequence of postagricultural ecosystems located within the intrazonal (floodplain) soils of boreal forests were studied. Successional changes in ecological features of the floodplain meadow soil properties in the postagricultural period were considered. We used arable land plots (22 model fields) in the Northern Dvina River delta (Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk region, Northwestern Russia) that have been removed from agricultural practice for the past 50 years and are currently at the self-overgrowing stage. Primary/secondary floodplain meadows with natural floodplain soils were used as reference plots. Changes in soil profiles and chemical properties in an old-arable horizon were observed during the restoration of abandoned fields. Floodplain soils of the Northern Dvina River basin occupied 4.8% of the area. These soils were characterized by high fertility and were actively used in agricultural production in the past. Postagricultural ecosystems of the Northern Dvina River floodplain tended to form natural waterlogged soils to varying extents. Ecosystems were characterized by a short period of soil restoration. The soil restoration process was slower than the vegetation cover restoration process. Soil fertility of the arable horizon persisted for 20 years. A cost-effective return of floodplain meadow lands to agricultural production is feasible over a period of 40 years. Then, soils return to natural floodplain soils, whereby they become waterlogged and lose their fertility.
Characteristics of blooming, pollen production, and insect visitors of Polemonium caeruleum L. – a species with a potential to enrich pollinator-friendly urban habitats
Authors: Bożek Małgorzata
Published: December 2019

Mosaic structure of urban green areas is regarded as favorable for pollinating insects. Ornamental plants can provide food resources to pollinators and may thus be used to create pollinator-friendly habitats. However, detailed data on forage quantity and quality is required for the selection of the most valuable plant species. In this paper, blooming biology, pollen production, and insect visitors of two forms (blue-flower and white-flower) of Polemonium caeruleum were studied in the period of 2012–2014 in Lublin, SE Poland. Both forms bloomed from mid-May until mid-June. The average mass of pollen produced in a single flower was 1.57 mg and 1.39 mg in blue-flower and white-flower forms, respectively. On average, the blue-flower form produced 7.74 g of pollen/m2, while the white-flower form yielded 6.54 g of pollen/m2. Both forms attracted mainly honey bees and solitary bees. Polemonium caeruleum can be considered a good source of pollen for honey bees and wild insect pollinators and should be propagated in urban pollinator-friendly arrangements.
Fungi inhabiting the aboveground organs of downy willow (Salix lapponum L.) and swamp willow (Salix myrtilloides L.)
Authors: Zalewska Ewa Dorota , Pogorzelec Magdalena , Król Ewa Dorota , Serafin Artur
Published: December 2019

The species of downy willow (Salix lapponum) and swamp willow (Salix myrtilloides) are extremely rare relicts among all members of the genus Salix. In Poland, they occur only in the eastern part of the Karkonosze Mountains, Masurian Lake District, and Polesie Lubelskie area. A huge threat to both species is the drainage of peat bogs and their excessive exploitation as well as diseases caused by bacteria and fungi. The present study aimed identify fungal species colonizing the aboveground organs of plants with disease symptoms and to indicate which species may pose a threat towards S. lapponum and S. myrtilloides growing under natural conditions. This research was conducted in Polesie National Park as a part of a research project by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Plant health assessments were carried out in natural habitats, while aboveground organs with disease symptoms were collected for laboratory mycological analysis. Colletotrichum salicis (teleomorph Glomerella salicis), Coniothyrium concentricum, Cylindrosporium salicinum, Phomopsis spp., Truncatella angustata, and Cytospora chrysosperma (teleomorph Valsa sordida) were the fungal species most frequently isolated from leaves and shoots of both willow species. The above-mentioned fungi are dangerous plant pathogens from the family Salicaceae. There were no obligatory parasites or monophagous pathogens on the aboveground organs of downy or swamp willow. Obligatory parasites may indicate a markedly low population of host plants in Polish conditions.
Effect of housing conditions and feeding system on slaughter
performance parameters of Popielno White rabbits
Authors: Bielański Paweł , Pankowski Piotr
Published: December 2019

The objective of the study was to determine the production potential (rearing performance, fattening
performance and dressing percentage) of rabbits of the native breed Popielno White raised in backyard
conditions. The study was conducted on 261 young rabbits housed indoors in single-tier cages and
outdoors in wooden multi-tier cages. During the spring and summer season, 20 females with all of
their offspring were fed complete diets, while another 20 does and their offspring received on-farm
feed ad libitum. The offspring kept in open-air cages and those kept indoors were evaluated for rearing
performance. Six 90-day-old rabbits (3 males and 3 females) from each experimental group were
slaughtered. The Popielno White rabbits fed complete diets and housed indoors had an average body
weight of 2,609 g on day 77 and as much as 2,992 g at 90 days of age. The animals reared in outdoor
cages weighed 2,067 g and 2,365 g, respectively, at the same ages. Feed conversion was only 3.41 kg
for rabbits housed indoors, and slightly higher, at 3.66 kg, for those housed outdoors. The growth of
the young Popielno White rabbits fed on-farm feed was much lower than that of the animals receiving
complete feeds. The rabbits kept indoors reached a body weight of 2,500 g at 120 days of age while
those housed outdoors attained this weight at 130 days. Differences in body weight between sexes
were not observed until the age of 120 days. The highest dressing percentage was obtained for the
carcasses of rabbits receiving the complete diet, irrespective of the housing system.
Profile of computer use by Polish and Ukrainian students from the perspective of transactional analysis - research study
Authors: Łęski Zbigniew
Published: December 2019

The article presents research which compares computer use by students from Poland and Ukraine in the scope of such activities as entertainment, work/study, practical activities, hobbies and communication. The research was carried out using the diagnostic survey method, with the help of the questionnaire technique, in a group of 286 people in total (166 from Poland and 120 from Ukraine). Since the research tool contained questions related to the concept of transactional analysis, it allowed for analysing the profile of ego states examined at the level of functional analysis and drivers. Due to this, it was possible to indicate not only differences in the manner of using new technologies, but also to determine their sources. The use of transactional analysis in research related to human functioning in the world of new media is the original initiative of the author of this article.
Bring your own device or organisation provided device classroom: problematising the issue of the digital divide in teaching and learning contexts in Poland
Authors: Kopciewicz Lucyna , Bougsiaa Hussein
Published: December 2019

This comparative study contributes to new knowledge on how digital inclusion can be supported in two differently designed school settings through the meaningful use of technology to enhance the students’ learning and their overall skills development. This study is a comparative, empirically grounded case research conducted over a one year period in two primary schools in Poland. Our research involved a number of methods, including video-ethnography and interviews, which were used to gather qualitative data from headteachers, teachers, students and parents. The results problematise the issues of the digital divide in teaching and learning practices in both formal and informal contexts. We have checked in what way both OPD and BYOD influence the existing divides in the area of learning processes.
Distance Education to Improve the Quality of Asthma Treatment in Primary Health Care
Authors: Roman Rudi , Lima Karine Margarites , Fontoura Moreira Maria Angela , Umpierre Roberto Nunes , Hauser Lisiane , Rados Dimitris V , Vigo Alvaro , Gonçalves Marcelo Rodrigues , Mengue Sotero Serrate , Harzheim Erno
Published: December 2019

Objective: The mere dissemination of standard care recommendations has been insufficient to improve clinical results in patients with asthma. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a multifaceted asthma distance education for primary care providers. Methods: Cluster randomized controlled trial. Full primary care teams were included if they had access to telehealth support and free basic asthma treatment. Before randomization, selected teams indicated asthma patients between 5-45 years old for inclusion. The intervention group received three interactive online sessions, printed educational material, reminders, booklet for patients, and frequent stimulus to use consulting services. The control group received no intervention. Symptomfree days per two weeks was the primary result. Controlled asthma, unscheduled asthma doctor visits, and preventive inhaled corticosteroid use were the secondary results. Six months after intervention, the results were compared with baseline data using generalized estimating equations for repeated measures and clustering effect. Results: Were enrolled 71 primary care teams and 443 individuals. Most patients (60.3%) were female, and 44% were younger than 12 years old. The attendance of interactive sessions by the teams was 50%. The odds ratio (OR) for additional symptom-free day was 1.31 (95%CI 0.61-2.82; p=0.49). For the secondary results, the results were: controlled asthma OR 1.29 (95%CI 0.89-1.87; p=0.18); unscheduled asthma doctor visits OR 0.81 (95%CI 0.60-1.10; p=0.17); and preventive inhaled corticosteroid use OR 1.02 (95%CI 0.71-1.47; p=0.91). Conclusions: Multifaceted distance education in asthma care for primary care providers was not effective to improve patients’ results. Telemedicine needs to deal with significant obstacles in professional education. ClinicalTrials.gov registry: NCT01595971.
Cdc7 activates replication checkpoint by phosphorylating the Chk1-binding domain of Claspin in human cells
Authors: Yang Chi-Chun , Kato Hiroyuki , Shindo Mayumi , Masai Hisao
Published: December 2019

Replication checkpoint is essential for maintaining genome integrity in response to various replication stresses as well as during the normal growth. The evolutionally conserved ATR-Claspin-Chk1 pathway is induced during replication checkpoint activation. Cdc7 kinase, required for initiation of DNA replication at replication origins, has been implicated in checkpoint activation but how it is involved in this pathway has not been known. Here, we show that Cdc7 is required for Claspin-Chk1 interaction in human cancer cells by phosphorylating CKBD (Chk1-binding-domain) of Claspin. The residual Chk1 activation in Cdc7-depleted cells is lost upon further depletion of casein kinase1 (CK1γ1), previously reported to phosphorylate CKBD. Thus, Cdc7, in conjunction with CK1γ1, facilitates the interaction between Claspin and Chk1 through phosphorylating CKBD. We also show that, whereas Cdc7 is predominantly responsible for CKBD phosphorylation in cancer cells, CK1γ1 plays a major role in non-cancer cells, providing rationale for targeting Cdc7 for cancer cell-specific cell killing.
Structural basis for the activation of PLC-γ isozymes by phosphorylation and cancer-associated mutations
Authors: Hajicek Nicole , Keith Nicholas C , Siraliev-Perez Edhriz , Temple Brenda RS , Huang Weigang , Zhang Qisheng , Harden T Kendall , Sondek John
Published: December 2019

Direct activation of the human phospholipase C-γ isozymes (PLC-γ1, -γ2) by tyrosine phosphorylation is fundamental to the control of diverse biological processes, including chemotaxis, platelet aggregation, and adaptive immunity. In turn, aberrant activation of PLC-γ1 and PLC-γ2 is implicated in inflammation, autoimmunity, and cancer. Although structures of isolated domains from PLC-γ isozymes are available, these structures are insufficient to define how release of basal autoinhibition is coupled to phosphorylation-dependent enzyme activation. Here, we describe the first high-resolution structure of a full-length PLC-γ isozyme and use it to underpin a detailed model of their membrane-dependent regulation. Notably, an interlinked set of regulatory domains integrates basal autoinhibition, tyrosine kinase engagement, and additional scaffolding functions with the phosphorylation-dependent, allosteric control of phospholipase activation. The model also explains why mutant forms of the PLC-γ isozymes found in several cancers have a wide spectrum of activities, and highlights how these activities are tuned during disease.