bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ChemInform Abstract: Gaudichaudysolin A, a New Limonoid from the Bark of Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum
Authors: Nagakura Yuta , Yamanaka Reiko , Hirasawa Yusuke , Hosoya Takahiro , Rahman Abdul , Kusumawati Idha , Zaini Noor Cholies , Morita Hiroshi
Published: July 2010

structure and cytotoxicity
ChemInform Abstract: Casuarine‐6‐O‐α‐D‐glucoside and Its Analogues Are Tight Binding Inhibitors of Insect and Bacterial Trehalases.
Authors: Cardona Francesca , Goti Andrea , Parmeggiani Camilla , Parenti Paolo , Forcella Matilde , Fusi Paola , Cipolla Laura , Roberts Shirley M. , Davies Gideon J. , Gloster Tracey M.
Published: July 2010

Novel casuarine‐6‐O‐α‐D‐glucoside analogues (I) are synthesized which show promising trehalase inhibitory activity.
ChemInform Abstract: Divergent Synthesis of Lamellarin α 13‐Sulfate, 20‐Sulfate, and 13,20‐Disulfate.
Authors: Fukuda Tsutomu , Ohta Takeshi , Saeki Sho , Iwao Masatomo
Published: July 2010

The synthesis of lamellarin α 20‐sulfate, 13‐sulfate, and 13,20‐disulfate is described.
ChemInform Abstract: Platisidines A—C, N‐Methylpyridinium Alkaloids from an Okinawan Marine Sponge of Plakortis Species.
Authors: Kubota Takaaki , Ishiguro Yuichiro , Yamamoto Sunao , Fromont Jane , Kobayashi Jun'ichi
Published: July 2010

Isolation and structure elucidation of the title compounds (I), which show inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase, are described.
ChemInform Abstract: Bisleucocurine A, a Novel Bisindole Alkaloid from Leuconotis griffithii
Authors: Nugroho Alfarius E. , Hirasawa Yusuke , Hosoya Takahiro , Awang Khalijah , Hadi A. Hamid A. , Morita Hiroshi
Published: July 2010

with cytotoxic effects against various human cancer cell lines
ChemInform Abstract: Polyprenylated Benzoylphloroglucinol‐Type Derivatives Including Novel Cage Compounds from Hypericum erectum.
Authors: Ishida Yohei , Shirota Osamu , Sekita Setsuko , Someya Keita , Tokita Fumihiko , Nakane Takahisa , Kuroyanagi Masanori
Published: July 2010

Otogirinin A—G (I)—(VII), resp., only exhibit a weak suppressive effect on the generation of isovaleric acid from L‐leucine by Corynebacterium xerosis.
ChemInform Abstract: Novel Melphalan and Chlorambucil Derivatives of 2,2,6,6‐Tetramethyl‐1‐piperidinyloxy Radicals: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation in vitro.
Authors: Zhao Hongli , Meng Xianjiang , Yuan Huihui , Lan Minbo
Published: July 2010

All synthesized compounds (I) and (II) exhibit much higher in vitro cytotoxicity against human leukemia cell line K562 than their parent compounds.
ChemInform Abstract: Selected Synthesis Methods for Nanowires Encapsulated Inside Carbon Nanostructures and Their Fascinating Properties
Authors: Mueller Christian , Hampel Silke , Haase Diana , Elefant Dieter , Muehl Thomas , Vyalikh Anastasia , Klingeler Ruediger , Golberg Dmitri , Leonhardt Albrecht , Buechner Bernd
Published: July 2010

Review: 54 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Random and Uniform Anisotropy in Soft Magnetic Nanocrystalline Alloys (Invited)
Authors: Flohrer Sybille , Herzer Giselher
Published: July 2010

Review: 10 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Magnetic Properties of Soft Ferrites and Amorphous Ribbons Up to Radiofrequencies
Authors: Fiorillo F. , Ferrara E. , Coisson M. , Beatrice C. , Banu N.
Published: July 2010

Review: 31 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: The IUPAC‐NIST Solubility Data Series: A Guide to Preparation and Use of Compilations and Evaluations (IUPAC Technical Report)
Authors: Gamsjaeger Heinz , Lorimer John W. , Salomon Mark , Shaw David G. , Tomkins Reginald P. T.
Published: July 2010

Review: 47 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Spin Polarization in 1,3,5‐Trihydroxybenzene‐Bridged First‐Row Transition Metal Complexes
Authors: Glaser Thorsten , Theil Hubert , Heidemeier Maik
Published: July 2010

Review: 125 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthetic Approaches for Iron‐Type Chelators
Authors: du Moulinet d'Hardemare Amaury , Serratrice Guy , Pierre Jean‐Louis
Published: July 2010

Review: 38 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Assessing the Superelectrophilic Dimension Through σ‐Complexation, SNAr and Diels—Alder Reactivity
Authors: Buncel Erwin , Terrier Francois
Published: July 2010

Review: 183 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Carbon—Carbon Cross‐Coupling Reactions in Ionic Liquids Catalyzed by Palladium Metal Nanoparticles
Authors: Prechtl Martin H. G. , Scholten Jackson D. , Dupont Jairton
Published: July 2010

Review: 82 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthetic Peptide Templates for Molecular Recognition
Authors: Galibert Mathieu , Boturyn Didier , Dolphin Gunnar T. , Dumy Pascal , Singh Yashveer , Razkin Jesus
Published: July 2010

Review: 146 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: When Organocatalysis Meets Transition‐Metal Catalysis
Authors: Zhong Cheng , Shi Xiaodong
Published: July 2010

Review: 120 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Asymmetric Friedel—Crafts Alkylation of Indoles: The Control of Enantio‐ and Regioselectivity
Authors: Zeng Mi , You Shu‐Li
Published: July 2010

Review: ca. 100 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Trifluoromethylation of Organic Compounds and Related Reactions
Authors: Sato Kazuyuki , Tarui Atsushi , Omote Masaaki , Ando Akira , Kumadaki Itsumaro
Published: July 2010

Review: 40 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: New Vistas in Fullerene Endohedrals: Functionalization with Compounds from Main Group Elements
Authors: Tsuchiya Takahiro , Akasaka Takeshi , Nagase Shigeru
Published: July 2010

Review: 61 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Cinchona‐Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions
Authors: Liu Yan‐Kai , Chen Ying‐Chun
Published: July 2010

Review: 54 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Large Molecules — Small Energies: Challenges for Contemporary Quantum Chemistry
Authors: Schwabe Tobias , Huenerbein Robert , Grimme Stefan
Published: July 2010

Review: ca. 70 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Development of Antitumor Blood Vessel Antibodies by Phage Display Method
Authors: Yamashita Takuya , Utoguchi Naoki , Suzuki Ryo , Nagano Kazuya , Tsunoda Shin‐ichi , Tsutsumi Yasuo , Maruyama Kazuo
Published: July 2010

Review: 41 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Development of anti‐Alzheimer′s Disease Drug Based on β‐Amyloid Hypothesis
Authors: Sugimoto Hachiro
Published: July 2010

Review: 8 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Small‐Molecule Caspase Inhibitors
Authors: Zhenodarova S. M.
Published: July 2010

Review: 60 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Development of Novel Culture System for Regulation of Hepatocyte Function
Authors: Yagi Kiyohito , Kawase Masaya , Isoda Katsuhiro , Kondoh Masuo
Published: July 2010

Review: 23 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Anion—Anion Interactions: Their Nature, Energy and Role in Crystal Formation
Authors: Nelyubina Yu. V. , Antipin M. Yu. , Lyssenko K. A.
Published: July 2010

Review: 142 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Principal Approximations in Theory of Frontal Radical Polymerizaton of Vinyl Monomers
Authors: Davtyan S. P. , Berlin A. A. , Tonoyan A. O.
Published: July 2010

Review: 78 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: New Sorbents for Extraction and Microextraction Techniques
Authors: Augusto Fabio , Carasek Eduardo , Silva Raquel Gomes Costa , Rivellino Sandra Regina , Batista Alex Domingues , Martendal Edmar
Published: July 2010

Review: 159 refs.
Synthesis and reactions of 4‐hydroxy‐8,9,10,11‐ tetrahydropyrido[3,2,1‐jk]carbazol‐6‐ones
Authors: Stadlbauer Wolfgang , Van Dang Hoai , Berger Birgit S.
Published: July 2010

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Tetrahydrocarbazoles 4 obtained from phenylhydrazines and cyclohexanones gave by cyclocondensation with 2‐substituted malonates 5 in all cases 4‐hydroxy‐8,9,10,11‐tetrahydropyrido[3,2,1‐jk]carbazol‐6‐ones 6 by attack at the nitrogen and the aromatic ring of tetrahydrocarbazoles 4; the direction of the cyclization was not dependent on substituents either in the aromatic or the saturated ring; isomeric pyridocarbazoles could not be isolated. Electrophilic substitutions of pyridocarbazoles 6 under mild conditions took place exclusively at the 5‐position and gave pyridocarbazolediones 9, 10, 11 with 5‐nitro‐, 5‐hydroxy or 5‐chloro‐substituents. Exchange of the chloro substituent in 11 gave 5‐azido‐ and 5‐amino products 12, 14 or 16. Reactions at the aromatic ring were not observed. Chlorination of 4‐hydroxypyridocarbazoles 6 with phosphoryl chloride by nucleophilic substitution took place exclusively at the 4‐position and gave 4‐chloropyridocarbazolones 17, which were further reacted to azides and amines 18, 19. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2010).
Mit PCR und Biosensorenanalysieren und diagnostizieren
Authors: Festel Gunter
Published: July 2010

Immer günstigere Verfahren der molekularen Diagnostik verbessern medizinische Methoden und öffnen neue Anwendungsfelder in der Umweltanalytik. Zunehmende Miniaturisierung stärkt das On‐site‐Testing und intelligentes Testdesign hilft ungeschultem Personal und verringert die Probenvorbereitung.
Chemikalientests ohne Tierversuche
Authors: Hammar Friederike
Published: July 2010

Mit der Umsetzung der Reach‐Richtlinien zur Sicherheit von Chemikalien sind zahlreiche Industriechemikalien in kurzer Zeit zu bewerten, über deren biologische Wirkung Wissenschaftler bisher nur wenig wissen. Kommt damit eine Welle von Tierversuchen auf die chemische Industrie zu oder gibt es Alternativen?
Exoten bearbeiten Case‐Studies
Authors: Niggemann Meike
Published: July 2010

Den Alltag in einer Unternehmensberatung kennen lernen wollte die Chemikerin Meike Niggemann beim Workshop BCG‐Open der Boston Consulting Group. Das Unternehmen hatte dazu 72 Absolventen nicht‐wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Studiengänge nach Berlin eingeladen.
Wer bleibt übrig?
Authors: Guggolz Ernst
Published: July 2010

Die Frage, wer nach dem wirtschaftlichen Endspiel in der Chemie noch existiert, versucht A. T. Kearney zu beantworten. Der Umbau der Branche wird in den nächsten zwölf Jahren zu weniger Unternehmen und zu mehr Chemie im mittleren Osten und in Asien führen.
Resources, supplier investment, product launch advantages, and first product performance
Authors: Song Lisa Z. , Song Michael , Anthony Di Benedetto C.
Published: July 2010

Successfully launching its first product is critical to a new venture's continued success, yet the new venture has relatively few financial or human resources to support its marketing or R&D activities. It is thus important for the new venture to attract funding from external investors such as suppliers. Although the operations management (OM) literature addresses product development and supplier involvement in large firms, few studies have examined the relationship between suppliers and new ventures. This study examines how new ventures can complement their resources and experience with supplier investment, to build positional advantages for their first product and increase marketplace performance. We integrate the OM and entrepreneurship literatures to develop a model based on the resource‐based view of the firm, in which the new venture uses external and internal resources to achieve positional advantages of product innovativeness, supplier involvement in production, and product launch quality. We also investigate how market potential moderates the relationship between positional advantages and performance. We empirically test our model using data from 711 new ventures.

We find that it is beneficial for a new venture to involve suppliers in production of the first product, and that market potential positively moderates the relationship of product launch quality and performance. However, the results reported here also reveal several surprising results challenging traditional views. Developing a highly innovative first product is much less, not more, important than achieving a high quality first‐product launch. Increasing product innovativeness does not necessarily lead to high product performance for new ventures. For a small market with low growth potential, product innovativeness has a negative, not positive, effect on first product performance. We discuss managerial implications of our findings.
Room-temperature ferromagnetism and electrical properties of Cu2O/GaN heterostructures
Authors: Peng T , Shen K , Wu H , Hu C , Liu C
Published: July 2010

Single phase and epitaxial Cu2O thin films were synthesized by thermal oxidation of Cu films deposited on GaN/sapphire substrates using electron beam evaporation. A transition of the conduction type was observed when the vacuum annealing temperature was varied from 400 to 500 °C. Current–voltage characterization confirmed the transition and indicated the successful formation of p-Cu2O/n-GaN as well as n-Cu2O/n-GaN heterostructures. Weak room-temperature ferromagnetism appeared in the Cu2O/GaN heterostructures, which may have originated from the defects of the Cu2O films.
Multicoloured electrochromic thin films of NiO/PANI
Authors: Sonavane A C , Inamdar A I , Deshmukh H P , Patil P S
Published: July 2010

NiO/polyaniline (PANI) thin films have been prepared by a two-step process. NiO thin films were electrodeposited from an aqueous solution of NiCl2 · 6H2O at pH 7.5 on fluorine-doped tin oxide coated glass substrates and a layer of PANI was formed on NiO thin films by chemical bath deposition. The films were characterized for their structural, optical, morphological and electrochromic properties. X-ray diffraction and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy indicated the formation of NiO and PANI, in which NiO is of cubic structure. Scanning electron micrographs represent porous granular NiO, which get uniformly carpeted with PANI, leading to a matty morphology of NiO/PANI samples. The electrochromic performance of NiO/PANI films has been studied using cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry over the −1.2 to +2.2 V (versus saturated calomel electrode (SCE)) potential window in 1M LiClO4 + propylene carbonate. The NiO/PANI films exhibit electrochromism with colour that changes from pale yellow (leucoemeraldine base at −0.7 V versus SCE) to dark green (emeraldine salt at 0.4 V versus SCE) to purple (pernigraniline at 0.8 V versus SCE) in the reduced states and dark blue (nigraniline at 0.5 V versus SCE) to dark green (emeraldine salt at 0.1 V versus SCE) to light green (photoemeraldine at −0.3 V versus SCE) in its oxidized states. These colours, though akin to pure PANI, have higher contrast, high speed of operation and high stability, owing to the properties of NiO. The colouration efficiency of the NiO/PANI film was estimated to be 85 cm2 C−1.
Electrodynamic behaviour of nematic liquid crystal in a relaxation process
Authors: Chen H Y , Yang K X , Lin Z Y
Published: July 2010

Transient discharging current and oscillation of the birefringence in a nematic liquid-crystal (LC) cell upon the removal of the applied step voltage have been studied. The observations gave the evidence that the reorientation of the LC director has been induced by the effect of adsorbed ions. In this study, we proposed a theoretical model that can describe the transient behaviour of the director, and can also be used to estimate the ionic mobility from the experimental data. The oscillation behaviour of birefringence in both the charging and discharging processes can be explained by both the external-field-induced and adsorbed-ion-induced orientations of the director. The experimental observations and the derivative parameters could be helpful for understanding the ionic effects in LC and the director electrodynamics in such a system.
Streak investigations of the initial phase of a subnanosecond pulsed electrical breakdown of high-pressure gas gaps
Authors: Ivanov S N , Lisenkov V V , Shpak V G
Published: July 2010

The initiation and the development of a breakdown of highly overvoltaged high-pressure (from 4 to 40 atm) gas gaps by voltage pulses having the risetime of 1 ns or shorter are studied experimentally and in theoretical terms. The study revealed that ionization processes leading to the breakdown start in the gas volume and not from the surface of the electrodes. The gap flashover is followed by ionization wave processes initiating in the gas volume and playing the decisive role at the first phase of the breakdown. The dynamics of the ionization waves strongly depends on the initial distribution of free electrons over the gas gap. The distribution of ionization waves is analysed when the initial electrons are distributed uniformly and nonuniformly over the gap. The calculation results are in qualitative agreement with the relevant experimental data. It is shown that the propagation of the ionization waves at the initial stage of subnanosecond pulsed electrical breakdown of gas leads to a redistribution of the electric field in the discharge gap and a region of a strong field, whose intensity is sufficient for the onset of emission processes and the generation of a short beam of fast electrons near the cathode, is formed at the cathode for a very short (up to 100 ps) time.
Soft collisions in relativistic runaway electron avalanches
Authors: Celestin Sebastien , Pasko Victor P
Published: July 2010

This paper reports the first application of the relativistic binary-encounter-Bethe (RBEB) electron impact ionization model for studies of relativistic runaway electron avalanches (RREA) phenomenon at different pressures in air, which is believed to be the root cause of the hard x-rays and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes observed in the Earth's atmosphere in association with lightning activity. The model allows robust and accurate description of ionization over a wide range of energies (from the ionization threshold to megaelectronvolts), that is especially important for studies of thermal runaway electrons. A direct comparison between RREA rates obtained using classic Møller and the new RBEB differential ionization cross sections demonstrates that the dipole interaction between primary electrons and K-shell electrons of oxygen and nitrogen has an impact on the rates for relatively low applied electric fields comparable to or higher than 20 kV cm−1 at ground pressure. Implications of non-similarity of the runaway process developing at different altitudes due to the Swann–Fermi density effect are discussed.
Charge transport modelling in electron-beam irradiated dielectrics: a model for polyethylene
Authors: Le Roy S , Baudoin F , Griseri V , Laurent C , Teyssedre G
Published: July 2010

This paper proposes a numerical model for describing charge accumulation in electron-beam irradiated low density polyethylene. The model is bipolar, and based on a previous model dedicated to space charge accumulation in solid dielectrics under electrical stress. It encompasses the generation of positive and negative charges due to the electron beam and their transport in the insulation. A sensitivity analysis of the model to parameters specific to electron-beam irradiation is performed in order to understand the impact of each process on the space charge distribution. At last, a direct comparison between time dependent space charge distribution issued from the model and from measurements is performed. The transport parameters used for the simulations are the same as those optimized for transportation in polyethylene under an external electric field giving a robustness in the modelling approach because of the constraints on fitting parameters that must comply to a set of experimental results.
Charge recombination processes in minerals studied using optically stimulated luminescence and time-resolved exo-electrons
Authors: Tsukamoto Sumiko , Murray Andrew , Ankjærgaard Christina , Jain Mayank , Lapp Torben
Published: July 2010

A time-resolved optically stimulated exo-electron (TR-OSE) measurement system has been developed using a Photon Timer attached to a gas-flow semi-proportional pancake electron detector within a Risø TL/OSL reader. The decay rate of the exo-electron emission after the stimulation pulse depends on the probability of (1) escape of electrons into the detector gas from the conduction band by overcoming the work function of the material and (2) thermalization of electrons in the conduction band, and subsequent re-trapping/recombination. Thus, we expect the exo-electron signal to reflect the instantaneous electron concentration in the conduction band. In this study, TR-OSE and time-resolved optically stimulated luminescence (TR-OSL) were measured for the first time using quartz, K-feldspar and NaCl by stimulating the samples using pulsed blue LEDs at different temperatures between 50 and 250 °C after beta irradiation and preheating to 280 °C. The majority of TR-OSE signals from all the samples decayed much faster than TR-OSL signals irrespective of the stimulation temperatures. This suggests that the lifetime of OSL in these dosimeters arises mainly from the relaxation of an excited state of the recombination centre, rather than from residence time of an electron in the conduction band.
Demequina globuliformis sp. nov., Demequina oxidasica sp. nov. and Demequina aurantiaca sp. nov., actinobacteria isolated from marine environments, and proposal of Demequinaceae fam. nov.
Authors: Ue Harumi , Matsuo Yoshihide , Kasai Hiroaki , Yokota Akira
Published: July 2010

Three Gram-stain-positive actinobacterial strains, designated YM24-125T, YM05-1041T and YM12-102T, were isolated from marine environments. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that they belonged to the suborder Micrococcineae and were most closely related to members of the genus Demequina with 95.0–98.4 % sequence similarities. Cells of strains YM05-1041T and YM12-102T were rod-shaped, similar to members of the genus Demequina, while cells of strain YM24-125T were cocci to short ovoid rods. All strains grew in the absence of NaCl, but tolerated up to 15 % NaCl. The major menaquinone was demethylmenaquinone DMK-9 (H4) and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylinositol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidyglycerol. All strains contained straight-chain, iso-branched and anteiso-branched saturated fatty acids. The DNA G+C contents were 65.3–67.3 mol%. The peptidoglycans of strains YM05-1041T and YM12-102T were the A4β type with ornithine while that of strain YM24-125T contained ornithine and lysine as diamino acids. Phylogenetic analyses and differences in physiological and biochemical characteristics indicated that these three isolates represent novel species within the genus Demequina, for which the names Demequina globuliformis sp. nov. (with YM24-125T  = NBRC 106266T  = KCTC 19747T  = MBIC 08349T as the type strain), Demequina oxidasica sp. nov. (with YM05-1041T  = NBRC 106264T  = KCTC 19746T  = MBIC 08346T as the type strain) and Demequina aurantiaca sp. nov. (with YM12-102T  = NBRC 106265T  = KCTC 19745T  = MBIC 08347T as the type strain) are proposed. Based on differences in the quinone system, the presence of demethylmenaquinone DMK-9(H4) and the pattern of 16S rRNA signatures, the three novel strains and current members of the genus Demequina represent a unique family within the suborder Micrococcineae. Therefore, the family Demequinaceae fam. nov. is also proposed.
Hymenobacter yonginensis sp. nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake
Authors: Joung Yochan , Cho Sung-Heun , Kim Haneul , Kim Seung Bum , Joh Kiseong
Published: July 2010

A non-motile, red-pigmented bacterium, designated strain HMD1010T, was isolated from an artificial lake located within the campus of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Korea. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMD1010T formed a lineage within the genus Hymenobacter and was closely related to the type strains of Hymenobacter rigui (96.7 % sequence similarity) and H. gelipurpurascens (95.6 %). The major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω5c (21.9 %), summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c; 17.2 %), iso-C15 : 0 (14.5 %) and summed feature 4 (anteiso-C17 : 1 B and/or iso-C17 : 1 I; 11.9 %). The DNA G+C content was 60.4 mol%. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMD1010T represents a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter, for which the name Hymenobacter yonginensis sp. nov. was proposed. The type strain is HMD1010T ( = KCTC 22745T  = CECT 7546T).
Dioszegia rishiriensis sp. nov., a novel yeast species from soil collected on Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan
Authors: Takashima Masako , Van Bui Hong , An Kwang-Deuk , Ohkuma Moriya
Published: July 2010

Anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast strains RS090T and RS092 were isolated from a soil sample collected on Rishiri Island in the Rishiri, Rebun, Sarobetsu National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. As the sequences of the D1/D2 domains of their large-subunit rRNA genes were identical and those of the internal transcribed spacer regions differed in only four bases, we conclude that they belong to a single species with intraspecific diversity. Phylogenetically, this species was related to Dioszegia buhagiarii and Dioszegia hungarica, in the Tremellales, Tremellomycetes, Basidiomycota, but was clearly distinct from them. Based on the results of sequence analyses and phenotypic characteristics, we conclude that they belong to a novel species in the genus Dioszegia, for which the name Dioszegia rishiriensis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain RS090T ( = JCM 16282T  = CBS 11844T).
Winogradskyella lutea sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Winogradskyella
Authors: Yoon Byoung-Jun , Byun Hoo-Dhon , Kim Ji-Young , Lee Dong-Heon , Kahng Hyung-Yeel , Oh Duck-Chul
Published: July 2010

A novel Gram-negative, orange-pigmented, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic, gliding, oxidase- and catalase-positive bacterial strain, A73T, was isolated from seawater collected off Jeju, South Korea. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between A73T and type strains of Winogradskyella species with validly published names ranged from 94.1 to 96.2 %. The dominant fatty acids of strain A73T were iso-C15 : 1 G (19.1 %), iso-C15 : 0 (13.3 %), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (10.0 %) and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH (7.2 %). The DNA G+C content of strain A73T was 36.0 mol% and its major respiratory quinone was MK-6. On the basis of combined data from phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, strain A73T represents a novel species of the genus Winogradskyella, for which the name Winogradskyella lutea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A73T ( = KCTC 23237T  = DSM 22624T). An emended description of the genus Winogradskyella is also provided.
Jhaorihella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring
Authors: Rekha P. D. , Young Chiu-Chung , Kämpfer Peter , Martin Karin , Arun A. B. , Chen Wen-Ming , Lai Wei-An , Chao Jiu-Hsing , Shen Fo-Ting
Published: July 2010

A beige-coloured, Gram-staining negative, aerobic, non-motile, moderately thermophilic, rod-shaped bacterium, CC-MHSW-1T, was isolated on Marine Agar 2216 from a water sample from a coastal hot spring on Green Island (Lutao), located off Taituang, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that the novel strain shared <94 % sequence similarity with members of the genera Lutimaribacter, Maritimibacter and Oceanicola. Ubiquinone (Q-10) was the major respiratory quinone and C18 : 1ω7c was the predominant fatty acid. The predominant polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and unidentified phospholipids and aminolipids. The DNA G+C content of strain CC-MHSW-1T was 64.7 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the chemotaxonomic and physiological data, strain CC-MHSW-1T represents a new genus and species in the family Rhodobacteraceae for which the name Jhaorihella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain of the type species is CC-MHSW-1T ( = JCM 15068T = CCM 7767T).
Planosporangium mesophilum sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Bletilla striata
Authors: Cao Yan-Ru , Wang Qian , Jin Rong-Xian , Jiang Yi , Lai Hang-Xian , He Wen-Xiang , Xu Li-Hua , Jiang Cheng-Lin
Published: July 2010

A Gram-stain-positive, non-motile actinomycete, designated strain YIM 48875T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of Bletilla striata and its taxonomic position was established by using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data showed that strain YIM 48875T belonged to the genus Planosporangium, supported by a bootstrap value of 100 %. Cells of strain YIM 48875T showed two kinds of sporangia, which also supported its classification in the genus Planosporangium. Strain YIM 48875T grew optimally at 28 °C, at pH 6.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. The level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain YIM 48875T and Planosporangium flavigriseum YIM 46034T was 98.6 %. Strain YIM 48875T exhibited a quinone system with menaquinones MK-9(H4), MK-9(H6) and MK-9(H8) as the predominant compounds, a polar lipid profile comprising diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol mannoside and the major fatty acids iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0; these data were markedly different from those for P. flavigriseum YIM 46034T. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain YIM 48875T and P. flavigriseum YIM 46034T was 45.5 %. It is apparent from the genotypic and phenotypic data that strain YIM 48875T represents a novel species of the genus Planosporangium, for which the name Planosporangium mesophilum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 48875T ( = CCTCC AA 209049T  = KCTC 19779T).
Roles of foreign‐owned subsidiaries in a European peripheral economy
Authors: Manolopoulos Dimitris
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to advance understanding of the context and essence of foreign investments in an intermediate‐level economy and to revitalize the discussion on the differentiated strategic roles of subsidiaries within the multinational enterprise (MNE) network.

Design/methodology/approach

A unique questionnaire‐based survey – including 112 usable responses – was carried out. The role of subsidiaries is categorized according to their market and value‐added scope. Pair‐wise analysis has identified six roles for foreign operations (local servers, advanced replicas, regional operators, regional hubs, global specialists, and world product mandates). Average responses, frequency distribution and statistical analysis have been used in order to identify the prevalence of each subsidiary type in Greece.

Findings

Findings indicate that foreign operations in the focal country have a rather market‐seeking rationale. However, a considerable percentage of MNEs aims at widening the functional scope of their subsidiaries through knowledge‐seeking investments. Subsidiaries in Greece seem to escape from an introverted focus on the local market through an intense export orientation towards EU countries and the Balkan region.

Research limitations/implications

The core of the paper is to identify subsidiary roles in a country of EU “periphery.” One should be very cautious in generalizing the results for more advanced economies. Moreover, limited attention is ascribed to firm‐specific determinants (e.g. size, years of operation, country of headquarters (HQs) origin) of subsidiary roles, and other environmental (e.g. situational constraints) characteristics.

Practical implications

Governments in small countries should provide the incentives for creating an attractive environment for more qualitative investments. International managers should not ignore the potentials for advanced knowledge‐related competitiveness of small countries. Foreign operations should reorient their investment interests in countries within regional blocs, since they can benefit from agglomeration economies.

Originality/value

A new classification for subsidiary roles is proposed. There is currently limited evidence on the differentiated subsidiary roles in a small economy. The paper is believed to be the first to present a detailed analysis, for Greece, of the strategic bases for MNEs' expansion.
Job insecurity and employees' attitudes: the moderating role of fairness
Authors: Silla Inmaculada , Gracia Francisco J. , Angel Mañas Miguel , Peiró José M.
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between both job insecurity and fairness and employees' attitudes (job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intention). Moreover, of even greater interest, it aims to test whether fairness mitigates the negative correlates associated with job insecurity.

Design/methodology/approach

The aproach takes the form of a cross‐sectional study based on self‐reported data. The sample was composed of 697 employees from a Spanish public organisation.

Findings

The findings showed that job insecurity is detrimental to employees' attitudes, whereas fairness is beneficial. Moreover, the results showed the negative correlates of job insecurity to be less strong in the presence of fairness.

Research limitations/implications

First, this is a cross‐sectional study, and therefore no causal relationships can be assumed. Second, the study is based on self‐reported data, which could lead to common variance source and method problems.

Practical implications

Job insecurity is a widespread concern in contemporary societies. Thus, research on how to palliate its negative correlates is valued. This study suggests fairness judgements might buffer the negative correlates associated with job insecurity.

Originality/value

Previous research has shown job insecurity to be detrimental to both individuals and organisations (e.g. job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intention). Nonetheless, differences observed across studies in the strength of these relationships suggest the presence of moderating factors. The study provides evidence on the moderating role of fairness judgements.
Diversity management beyond the business case
Authors: Bleijenbergh Inge , Peters Pascale , Poutsma Erik
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper aims to introduce the theme of the special issue – diversity management beyond the business case. It addresses two main questions: first, how increased diversification within workgroups or labour is dealt with via diversity management, and second what the effects are of this increased diversity for group performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The different contributions are embedded into two important discussions in the literature: problems with the concept of diversity and problems with outcomes of diversity management.

Findings

Reflecting on the contributions to this special issue, it is argued that solely emphasizing business case arguments for supporting the implementation of diversity management may be rather risky. They conclude with a plea for emphasis on arguments of justice and sustainability of the employment relationship and discuss future avenues for research.

Originality/value

The paper shows the difficulty of universally applying the concept of diversity and diversity management. In addition, it shows that the claimed positive impact of diversity management is contingent on several factors.
Managing the effects of diversity on social capital
Authors: López‐Fernández Macarena , Sánchez‐Gardey Gonzalo
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to link previous research on diversity, social capital and strategic human resource management (SHRM), and propose a model to explain how an SHRM system can moderate the effects of diversity on cognitive and relational dimensions of social capital.

Design/methodology/approach

Quantitative methodologies were used to address the study's research questions and hypotheses drawing on aggregated data obtained from 53 groups (228 individuals).

Findings

The empirical evidence analyzed rejected a deterministic view of the consequences of diversity, assuming that the extent to which they benefit group social interaction depends on certain conditions that can be managed by SHRM. Adopting a configurational point of view, it is concluded that different SHRM configurations can be used, depending on the effects of diversity that the organization wishes to moderate.

Research limitations/implications

Future research should consider the particularities of the sample.

Practical implications

To define diversity‐oriented SHRM strategies, firms must start with a systematic analysis of their diversity profiles, studying the concrete relational and cognitive dynamics that heterogeneity causes.

Originality/value

This model considers the SHRM system as a construct that determines social interaction between employees and therefore moderates the effects of demographic and human capital diversity on group performance.
Towards a new culture of work‐place inclusiveness: the Dutch case
Authors: Peters Pascale , Bleijenbergh Inge , Poutsma Frederik
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the work of the Dutch government's “Taskforce Part‐time Plus” set up to stimulate longer working hours for particularly Dutch women holding part‐time jobs of less than 24 h per week, to help counteract a predicted structural shortage of manpower.

Design/methodology/approach

In 2009, the Taskforce commissioned two studies. The first study comprised three surveys, respectively, among: women holding smaller part‐time jobs; full‐time working men; and employers. The second study focused on the relationship between ambition, working hours and gender. A survey of 7,000 male and female labour‐market participants was combined with qualitative data collection, encompassing focus group interviews with 35 male and female part‐time workers and their managers, and three group model building sessions.

Findings

The first study showed that only a small amount of Dutch part‐time working women is willing to work longer hours in the short term. In the second study, the hypothesis that women's lower working hours could be explained by a lack of career ambition was rejected. However, the results showed that women did neither feel challenged, nor supported by their working and household conditions to extend their working hours to realize their ambitions (in the short run).

Originality/value

The paper illustrates that, in the Dutch case and in some contexts, greater equality, diversity and inclusion not only demands support for reduced work‐loads, but rather calls for a new culture in which women's marginal labour‐market participation does not remain unquestioned.
Alternatives for banks to offer secure mobile payments
Authors: Kanniainen Liisa
Published: July 2010

Purpose

Mobile financial services (MFS) applications require a hardware secure storage, secure element (SE) for crucial payment and authentication credentials, comparable to the EMV chip cards recently introduced in the payment card world. However, the diffusion of MFS is currently obstructed due to debate within the industry over which SE technology is to be adopted. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how industry participants can position themselves in the value chain and select the ideal SE option, thereby accelerating the acceptance of MFS.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on previous research done in this field by Mobey Forum and other mobile payments bodies.

Findings

The study shows that MFS value chain positioning has a direct effect on which SE alternative is most suitable to the company. Identifying the most suitable SE technology in turn allows companies to seek out the most interesting business partners, and thereby results in a quick and widespread diffusion of MFS.

Originality/value

This study has implications for the adoption of MFS technology and the development of the mobile payments marketplace. It is especially relevant to management working towards creating a working MFS ecosystem.
The multicultural workplace: interactive acculturation and intergroup relations
Authors: Oerlemans Wido G.M. , Peeters Maria C.W.
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The paper's aim is to introduce the interactive acculturation model (IAM) of Bourhiset al.to predict how disconcordance in acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers relates to the quality of intergroup work‐relations.

Design/methodology/approach

The sample consisted of 141 host community (Dutch) and 41 non‐western immigrant workers of a postal service company who filled out a questionnaire. Methods of analyses include analysis of variance and multiple regression.

Findings

In line with the IAM, results showed that a higher disconcordance in preferred acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers related to a poorer quality of intergroup work‐relations. However, intergroup contact moderated this relationship differently for host community and immigrant workers.

Research limitations/implications

Data are cross‐sectional and collected in one organization. Future studies should replicate the findings to other organizational contexts, cultural groups, and collect longitudinal data to determine causal effects.

Practical implications

Organizations should monitor disconcordance in acculturation orientations amongst host community and immigrant workers. A multicultural culture in organizations may reduce disconcordance in acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers.

Originality/value

The paper helps to explain the mixed findings in cultural diversity research so far, by demonstrating that disconcordance in acculturation orientations relates negatively to intergroup work‐relations in a multicultural workplace.
Citizen services and public libraries: an analysis of a new service in Danish public libraries
Authors: Ole Pors Niels
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the introduction of citizen services in the public libraries in Denmark. The paper focuses on how library staff has perceived the introduction and how the library visitors look at it. The paper further elicits information about differences between library visitors using this service and visitors not using it.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper examines the introduction of citizen services in two local libraries. It focuses on staff reactions and perceptions and it also analyses the use and perception of the service in relation to the traditional services. The paper is based on interviews with the involved library staff, citizen service users and administrative staff. The paper is also founded on a survey among library visitors in the two libraries. The survey was conducted as an on‐line and a paper‐based survey.

Findings

The major findings of the paper are that the library staff as a whole welcome the new work tasks because they feel that it is of value for the local community. The findings also indicate that a feared conflict between service tasks and authority tasks did not pose a problem in reality. The library visitors as a whole also welcomed the citizen service in the local libraries and perceived it as a kind of service improvement. Nearly, 25 per cent of the users have used this service in the library and they appreciated it very much. However, the service does not rank high in the visitors' perception of significance of library services. It indicates that the library visitors appreciate new services that are convenient but also that it does not matter that much. The paper also indicates that it is frequent library visitors who use citizen services in library most. There is no indication of the new library users as an effect of the introduction of citizen services in the library.

Research limitations/implications

The limitation is, of course, that the paper is based on a study of only two local branches and it would be scientifically problematic to generalise the results – at least in a statistical sense.

Originality/value

The paper is based on a traditional evaluation study. It is one of the comprehensive assessments of introduction of citizen services in Denmark and some of the findings will be of wider interest for other libraries that intend to take up the cooperative service.
Cooperative collection management in music: past and present
Authors: Madden Karl
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a general review and historical context for cooperative and collaborative management of musical materials.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper explores historical instances and modern contextual parallels. It applies management of music – within collaborative knowledge creation hierarchies – to conceptual continua in collections. It applies theoretical business concepts to music libraries and vendors. It explores changing roles of subject specialists and the roles of business partnerships.

Findings

Selection of musical materials has become less the realm of subject specialists, and more that of corporations, as publisher's power spreads across supply chains. This power has influenced musical content and access, both in historical and modern contexts. Corporations should yield to the wisdom of subject specialists and librarians, to the benefit of the art of music.

Practical implications

For cost‐saving purposes alone, cooperative collection management of music is generally too troublesome to undertake. Assessment, in terms of mutual benefit of access, use, and conceptual continua across collections, is practically impossible, owing to myriad conditions. Problems of cooperative business partnering between vendors and music libraries relate to the material complexity and assessment. Cooperation requires standardized policy statements detailing individual and collective goals/outcomes. These policy statements are speculative and unpredictable.

Originality/value

The paper brings an historical champion of music library cooperation (Otto Kinkeldey) into the light of modern day, and reveals key aspects of cooperation/collaboration for music materials that remain of the same nature today as in history. It provides context for future cooperative initiatives.
BOBCATSSS 2010 in Parma, Italy
Authors: Corradini Elena
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the main contents of the 18th BOBCATSSS Symposium, held in Parma, Italy in January 2010, dedicated to the main theme “Bridging the digital divide: libraries providing access for all?”

Design/methodology/approach

The report provides a concise presentation of the main themes discussed during the conference.

Findings

The topics presented focused mainly on the fields of access and delivery, community support and collections, with some others focusing on leadership and management.

Originality/value

This symposium is one of the few conferences in the world where students are the main characters and participate as organisers, reviewers and presenters of the contributions. Reports on such conferences are of interest to both students and to teachers and professionals.
Muted voices: a critical look at e‐male in organizations
Authors: Kissack Heather
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to conceptually discuss whether and how feminine voice is muted within e‐mails in organizations; the implications of which are substantial and far‐reaching for human resource development (HRD) professionals as well as the HRD field as a whole.

Design/methodology/approach

Utilizing the approach and arguments in muted group theory, the author conceptually applies these tenets to organizational e‐mail.

Findings

Current gender‐preferential research concentrates on the textual polarity of male‐ and female‐preferential language. These language differences carry over to organizational e‐mail despite the lack of contextual cues within e‐mail as well as the masculine nature of organizations. A critical assessment of these findings, rooted in muted group theory, reveals that women's voice is not merely marginalized (i.e. is present, but relegated to the margin), but it is mute (i.e. is not even present because it has no authentic language with which to use).

Research limitations/implications

Future research should concentrate on ways in which women remain muted and strategies to “un‐mute” them such that they are able to utilize a language reflective of their own experiences.

Practical implications

Diversity trainers who seek to incorporate diversity into organizations must look at the deeply entrenched assumptions of a culture that embraces likeness rather than difference. Many norms and taken for granted day to day procedures, such as e‐mail exchange, foster, and reinforce resistance to diversity.

Originality/value

The paper urges researchers, practitioners and academics to continue to analyze critically the muteness of women in organizations.