bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Linking retailing experiences with life satisfaction
Authors: Grzeskowiak Stephan , Sirgy M. Joseph , Foscht Thomas , Swoboda Bernhard
Published: February 2016

Purpose

– A common assumption holds that retailers generally contribute to customer life satisfaction – retailers offer products and services that solve consumer problems – large and small. However, some retail experiences have been found to generate dissatisfaction, stress and unhappiness for some customers but not for others. Research is needed to not only demonstrate how retail experiences impact customer life satisfaction. The purpose of this paper is to address the question: why does satisfaction with various store types impact customer life satisfaction differently?

Design/methodology/approach

– The research context of this study is grocery retailers (neighbourhood convenience stores, super markets, and grocery discounters) in Austria. Using stratified random sampling across store types, a total of 379 personal interviews with grocery store customers were conducted. OLS regression analysis was conducted to test the research model.

Findings

– The study results suggest that satisfaction with a store type impacts customer life satisfaction depending on store-type congruity with shoppers’ identity. That is, satisfaction with a store type (e.g. neighbourhood convenience stores, super markets, and grocery discounters) is found to influence life satisfaction if the store type is congruent with the shoppers’ self-image and lifestyle.

Practical implications

– An emphasis on store-type congruity with shopper’s identity allows retailers to shift their attention towards creating more meaningful shopping experiences. Such a shift in focus may not only benefit retailers due to increase in customer loyalty for that store format. It also benefits shoppers themselves – the shopping experience contributes to shoppers’ life satisfaction.

Originality/value

– This research introduces store-type congruity with shopper’s identity as a key concept that connects shopping experiences to customer life satisfaction. This contributes towards building the hierarchical theory of shopping motivation. It demonstrates under what conditions shopping experiences impact consumer life satisfaction – a research topic that has received little attention in the retailing literature to date.
Environmental risk factors and children's motor performance
Authors: Van Waelvelde Hilde , Miyahara Motohide
Published: February 2016

This commentary is on the original article by Hua et al. on pages 868–876 of this issue.
Helicobacter pylori Activates IL‐6‐STAT3 Signaling in Human Gastric Cancer Cells: Potential Roles for Reactive Oxygen Species
Authors: Piao Juan‐Yu , Lee Hee Geum , Kim Su‐Jung , Kim Do‐Hee , Han Hyeong‐jun , Ngo Hoang‐Kieu‐Chi , Park Sin‐Aye , Woo Jeong‐Hwa , Lee Jeong‐Sang , Na Hye‐Kyung , Cha Young‐Nam , Surh Young‐Joon
Published: February 2016

Background

Recent studies have shown that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) activates signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) that plays an important role in gastric carcinogenesis. However, the molecular mechanism underlying H. pylori‐mediated STAT3 activation is still not fully understood. In this study, we investigated H. pylori‐induced activation of STAT3 signaling in AGS human gastric cancer cells and the underlying mechanism.

Materials and Methods

AGS cells were cocultured with H. pylori, and STAT3 activation was assessed by Western blot analysis, electrophoretic mobility shift assay and immunocytochemistry. To demonstrate the involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in H. pylori‐activated STAT3 signaling, the antioxidant N‐acetylcysteine was utilized. The expression and production of interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) were measured by reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction and enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. The interaction between IL‐6 and IL‐6 receptor (IL‐6R) was determined by the immunoprecipitation assay.

Results

H. pylori activates STAT3 as evidenced by increases in phosphorylation on Tyr705, nuclear localization, DNA binding and transcriptional activity of this transcription factor. The nuclear translocation of STAT3 was also observed in H. pylori‐inoculated mouse stomach. In the subsequent study, we found that H. pylori‐induced STAT3 phosphorylation was dependent on IL‐6. Notably, the increased IL‐6 expression and the IL‐6 and IL‐6R binding were mediated by ROS produced as a consequence of H. pylori infection.

Conclusions

H. pylori‐induced STAT3 activation is mediated, at least in part, through ROS‐induced upregulation of IL‐6 expression. These findings provide a novel molecular mechanism responsible for H. pylori‐induced gastritis and gastric carcinogenesis.
Recovery of Stereo Aerial Coverage from 1934 and 1938 into the Digital Era
Authors: Redweik Paula , Garzón Victor , Pereira Teresa sá
Published: February 2016

In the search for historic aerial photographs in the context of a coastal evolution project, the authors accessed a rare collection owned by the Lisbon Port Authority (APL). It had been flown in 1934 and 1938 by the first photogrammetric company in Portugal, Sociedade Portuguesa de Levantamentos Aéreos Limitada (SPLAL). The APL–SPLAL image collection represents a milestone for geomatics in Portugal and is testimony to the high standards of cartographic production at a time when aerial photogrammetry was still evolving as the most efficient method for topographic map production. The recovery of this image collection, together with its derivates, into a digital format was the aim of the present project. Two of the ongoing studies based on these original historic images are also outlined.
Guillain–Barré syndrome associated with resistant cytomegalovirus infection after face transplantation
Authors: Alhefzi M. , Aycart M.A. , Bueno E.M. , Kueckelhaus M. , Fischer S. , Snook R.J. , Sharfuddin A.A. , Hadad I. , Malla P. , Amato A.A. , Pomahac B. , Marty F.M.
Published: February 2016

A 39‐year‐old male, who received a facial allograft (cytomegalovirus [CMV] donor‐seropositive, recipient‐seronegative), developed multidrug‐resistant CMV infection despite valganciclovir prophylaxis (900 mg/day) 6 months post transplantation. Lower extremity weakness with upper and lower extremity paresthesias developed progressively 11 months post transplantation, coinciding with immune control of CMV. An axonal form of Guillain–Barré syndrome was diagnosed, based on electrophysiological evidence of a generalized, non‐length‐dependent, sensorimotor axonal polyneuropathy. Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin led to complete recovery without recurrence after 6 months.
DNA-Based Bulk Hydrogel Materials and Biomedical Application
Authors: Gao Yanmin , Qi Hao
Published: February 2016

Being a natural polymer, DNA attracts extensive attention and possesses great potential to open a new way for researches of biomedical or material science. In the past few decades, approaches have been developed to bring DNA into the realm of bulk materials. In this review, we discussed the progresses achieved for fabrication of novel materials with a large physical dimension from the DNA polymer.
Effects of Magnetic Field on an Unsteady Mixed Convection Flow of Nanofluids Containing Spherical and Cylindrical Nanoparticles
Authors: Das Kalidas , Duari Pinaki Ranjan , Kundu Prabir Kumar
Published: February 2016

The present article gives a ray of light on the effects of magnetic field on an unsteady mixed convection flow of nanofluids containing nanoparticles which are spherical and cylindrical in nature. The unsteadiness in the flow is mainly caused by time dependent stretching velocity and temperature of the sheet at the surface. The governing transportation equations are first transformed into ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformations and then solved by employing Runga–Kutta–Frelberg method with shooting technique. The influence of various parameters on velocity and temperature profiles as well as wall shear stress and the rate of mass transfer are discussed through graphs and tables. The results for regular fluid (water) from the study are in excellent agreement with the results reported in the literature.
Why do cells' power plants hang on to their own genomes?
Authors: Hamers Laurel
Published: February 2016

Study finds common features in the genes retained since mitochondria evolved from symbiotic microbes.
Asymmetric Lewis acid organocatalysis of the Diels–Alder reaction by a silylated C–H acid
Authors: Gatzenmeier Tim , van Gemmeren Manuel , Xie Youwei , Höfler Denis , Leutzsch Markus , List Benjamin
Published: February 2016

Silicon marries a chiral counterion

Acid is among the oldest and most versatile of chemical catalysts, but its symmetrical protons can't guide reactions to favor a product over its mirror image. Chemists have resolved this shortcoming through the use of chiral conjugate bases. While the proton activates the substrate, the nearby counterion asymmetrically biases the space around it. Gatzenmeier
et al.
extend this approach to Lewis acid catalysis by silyl cations, which can activate a variety of substrates in complementary fashion to protons (see the Perspective by Dumoulin and Masson). By pairing these silyl groups with chiral carbon-based anions, they achieve highly enantioselective catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions.

Science
, this issue p.
949
; see also p.
918
The social revolution
Political Turbulence How Social Media Shape Collective Action
Helen Margetts, Peter John, Scott Hale, Taha Yasseri
Princeton University Press, 2016. 297 pp.
Authors: Rijt Arnout van de
Published: February 2016

A team of researchers sheds light on when and how we participate in politics online
Breaking DNA
Authors: Bouuaert Corentin Claeys , Keeney Scott
Published: February 2016

A long-sought protein that helps to break DNA is finally discovered

[Also see Research Articles by

Vrielynck
et al.

and

Robert
et al.

]
An Update on the Streptococcus bovis Group: Classification, Identification, and Disease Associations
Authors: Dekker John P. , Lau Anna F.
Published: February 2016

The
Streptococcus bovis
group has undergone significant taxonomic changes over the past 2 decades with the advent of new identification methods with higher discriminatory power. Although the current classification system is not yet embraced by all researchers in the field and debate remains over the performance of molecular techniques for identification to the species level within the group, important disease associations for several members of the group have been clarified. Here, we provide a brief overview of the history of the
S. bovis
group, an outline of the currently accepted classification scheme, a review of associated clinical syndromes, and a summary of the performance and diagnostic accuracy of currently available identification methods.
Staphylococcus chromogenes, a Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Species That Can Clot Plasma
Authors: dos Santos Danielle Cabral , Lange Carla Christine , Avellar-Costa Pedro , dos Santos Katia Regina Netto , Brito Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos Paiva , Giambiagi-deMarval Marcia
Published: February 2016

Staphylococcus chromogenes
is one of the main coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from mastitis of dairy cows. We describe
S. chromogenes
isolates that can clot plasma. Since the main pathogen causing mastitis is coagulase-positive
Staphylococcus aureus
, the coagulase-positive phenotype of
S. chromogenes
described here can easily lead to misidentification.
Neuraminidase Activity and Resistance of 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus to Antiviral Activity in Bronchoalveolar Fluid
Authors: Ruangrung Kanyarat , Suptawiwat Ornpreya , Maneechotesuwan Kittipong , Boonarkart Chompunuch , Chakritbudsabong Warunya , Assawabhumi Jirawatna , Bhattarakosol Parvapan , Uiprasertkul Mongkol , Puthavathana Pilaipan , Wiriyarat Witthawat , Jongkaewwattana Anan , Auewarakul Prasert
Published: February 2016

Human bronchoalveolar fluid is known to have anti-influenza activity. It is believed to be a frontline innate defense against the virus. Several antiviral factors, including surfactant protein D, are believed to contribute to the activity. The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus was previously shown to be less sensitive to surfactant protein D. Nevertheless, whether different influenza virus strains have different sensitivities to the overall anti-influenza activity of human bronchoalveolar fluid was not known. We compared the sensitivities of 2009 pandemic H1N1, seasonal H1N1, and seasonal H3N2 influenza virus strains to inhibition by human bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. The pandemic and seasonal H1N1 strains showed lower sensitivity to human BAL fluid than the H3N2 strains. The BAL fluid anti-influenza activity could be enhanced by oseltamivir, indicating that the viral neuraminidase (NA) activity could provide resistance to the antiviral defense. In accordance with this finding, the BAL fluid anti-influenza activity was found to be sensitive to sialidase. The oseltamivir resistance mutation H275Y rendered the pandemic H1N1 virus but not the seasonal H1N1 virus more sensitive to BAL fluid. Since only the seasonal H1N1 but not the pandemic H1N1 had compensatory mutations that allowed oseltamivir-resistant strains to maintain NA enzymatic activity and transmission fitness, the resistance to BAL fluid of the drug-resistant seasonal H1N1 virus might play a role in viral fitness.

IMPORTANCEHuman airway secretion contains anti-influenza activity. Different influenza strains may vary in their susceptibilities to this antiviral activity. Here we show that the 2009 pandemic and seasonal H1N1 influenza viruses were less sensitive to human bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid than H3N2 seasonal influenza virus. The resistance to the pulmonary innate antiviral activity of the pandemic virus was determined by its neuraminidase (NA) gene, and it was shown that the NA inhibitor resistance mutation H275Y abolished this resistance of the pandemic H1N1 but not the seasonal H1N1 virus, which had compensatory mutations that maintained the fitness of drug-resistant strains. Therefore, the innate respiratory tract defense may be a barrier against NA inhibitor-resistant mutants, and evasion of this defense may play a role in the emergence and spread of drug-resistant strains.
A Dimerization-Dependent Mechanism Drives the Endoribonuclease Function of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus nsp11
Authors: Shi Yuejun , Li Youwen , Lei Yingying , Ye Gang , Shen Zhou , Sun Limeng , Luo Rui , Wang Dang , Fu Zhen F. , Xiao Shaobo , Peng Guiqing
Published: February 2016

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) RNA endoribonuclease nsp11 belongs to the XendoU superfamily and plays a crucial role in arterivirus replication. Here, we report the first crystal structure of the arterivirus nsp11 protein from PRRSV, which exhibits a unique structure and assembles into an asymmetric dimer whose structure is completely different from the hexameric structure of coronavirus nsp15. However, the structures of the PRRSV nsp11 and coronavirus nsp15 catalytic domains were perfectly superimposed, especially in the “active site loop” (His129 to His144) and “supporting loop” (Val162 to Thr179) regions. Importantly, our biochemical data demonstrated that PRRSV nsp11 exists mainly as a dimer in solution. Mutations of the major dimerization site determinants (Ser74 and Phe76) in the dimerization interface destabilized the dimer in solution and severely diminished endoribonuclease activity, indicating that the dimer is the biologically functional unit. In the dimeric structure, the active site loop and supporting loop are packed against one another and stabilized by monomer-monomer interactions. These findings may help elucidate the mechanism underlying arterivirus replication and may represent great potential for the development of antiviral drugs.

IMPORTANCE
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a member of the family
Arteriviridae
, order
Nidovirales
. PRRSV is a major agent of respiratory diseases in pigs, causing tremendous economic losses to the swine industry worldwide. The PRRSV nsp11 endoribonuclease plays a vital role in arterivirus replication, but its precise roles and mechanisms of action are poorly understood. Here, we report the first dimeric structure of the arterivirus nsp11 from PRRSV at 2.75-Å resolution. Structural and biochemical experiments demonstrated that nsp11 exists mainly as a dimer in solution and that nsp11 may be fully active as a dimer. Mutagenesis and structural analysis revealed NendoU active site residues, which are conserved throughout the order
Nidovirales
(families
Arteriviridae
and
Coronaviridae
) and the major determinants of dimerization (Ser74 and Phe76) in
Arteriviridae
. Importantly, these findings may provide a new structural basis for antiviral drug development.
Neisseria elongataendocarditis of a native aortic valve
Authors: Samannodi Mohammed , Vakkalanka Sujit , Zhao Andrew , Hocko Michael
Published: February 2016

Neisseria elongatais a part of the common bacterial flora of the oropharynx but has caused sepsis, osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis on rare occasions. We report the case of a 56-year-old Caucasian woman who was admitted to hospital with a 5-week history of fever, malaise and fatigue. Two blood cultures grew Gram-negative rods which were confirmed to beN. elongatasubspeciesnitroreducensvia bacterial DNA sequence analysis. An echocardiogram showed a large mobile vegetation on the right and non-coronary cusps of the aortic valve. The patient underwent aortic valve replacement and antibiotic therapy for 6 weeks. We suggest that clinicians should consider extended antibiotic treatment and early surgical evaluation based on the nature and aggressiveness ofN. elongata.
Unrelated Parallel-Machine Scheduling with Controllable Processing Times and Impact of Deteriorating Maintenance Activities under Consideration
Authors: Liu Chun-Lai , Wang Jian-Jun
Published: February 2016

In this paper, we study the problem of unrelated parallel machine scheduling with controllable processing times and deteriorating maintenance activity. The jobs are nonresumable. The processing time of each job is a linear function of the amount of a continuously divisible resource allocated to the job. During the planning horizon, there is at most one maintenance activity scheduled on each machine. Additionally, if the starting time of maintenance activity is delayed, the length of the maintenance activity required to perform will increase. Considering the total completion times of all jobs, the impact of maintenance activity in the form of the variation in machine load and the amounts of compression, we need to determine the job sequence on each machine, the location of maintenance activities and processing time compression of each job simultaneously. Accordingly, a polynomial time solution to the problem is provided.
Polarization squeezing in degenerate parametric amplification of coherent light
Authors: Shukla Namrata , Prakash Ranjana
Published: February 2016

We study polarization squeezing of a light beam initially in the coherent state using the nonlinear interaction Hamiltonian [Formula: see text]. For the degree of polarization squeezing, we use a definition written in the final form by the authors and also used in earlier papers. We find that the polarization squeezing can be very high and the degree of polarization squeezing can be less than unity by a very small amount. We achieve the polarization squeezing even for very low beam intensity under some conditions involving phase angles in the polarization modes.
Acute Traumatic Musculotendinous Avulsion of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon Treated with Primary Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Transfer: A Novel Technique of Management
Authors: Sasi P. Kiran , Mahapatra Swagath , Raj Pallapati Samuel C. , Thomas Binu P.
Published: February 2016

Traumatic musculotendinous junction avulsions are rare injuries except in avulsion amputations. They pose a significant challenge to the treating surgeon. We present a 24-year-old male who sustained an open musculotendinous avulsion of the flexor pollicis longus tendon. He was treated with primary tendon transfer using the flexor digitorum superficialis of ring finger, in flexor zone 3. The functional result at 10 months following surgery was excellent.
Research on Strategy Control of Taxi Carpooling Detour Route under Uncertain Environment
Authors: Zhang Wei , He Ruichun , Xiao Qiang , Ma Changxi
Published: February 2016

For the problem of route choice in taxi carpooling detour, considering the uncertainty of traffic and the characteristic of passengers’ noncomplete rationality, an evolutionary game model of taxi carpooling detour route is built, in which prospect theory is introduced and revenue of strategy is replaced by prospect value. The model reflects more really decision-making psychology of passengers. Then the stable strategies of the model are studied, and the influences of detour distance and traffic congestion on detour carpooling success are analyzed, respectively. The results show that when at least one route of which prospect values for two passenger sides are both positive exists, carpooling route can reach an agreement. The route is stable strategy of evolutionary game, and the passengers requiring short travel time tend to select the nondetour route. With the increase of detour distance and traffic congestion rate, the possibility of reaching an agreement decreases gradually; that is, possibility of carpooling failure increases. So taxi carpooling detour is possible under the certain condition, but some measures must be carried out such as constraints of detour distance and mitigation of traffic congestion to improve carpooling success probability. These conclusions have a certain guiding significance to the formulation of taxi carpooling policy.
Sinus Balloon Dilation as Treatment for Acute Sphenoid Sinusitis with Impaired Vision for a Child
Authors: Zhao Yin , Chen Kangbing , Wang Zonggui
Published: February 2016

This paper is about sinus balloon dilatation in treatment of acute left sphenoid sinusitis with left impaired vision in a child. Balloon catheter dilatation (BCD) of the sinus ostia is a new technique. It has been shown to be a minimally invasive technique to manage chronic sinusitis. However, this method is rarely used in the treatment of acute sinusitis. So far, we know of no reported cases of sinus balloon dilatation in treatment of this case, especially for children.
Systemic Immune Activation Profiles of HIV-1 Subtype C-Infected Children and Their Mothers
Authors: Makhubele Tinyiko G. , Steel Helen C. , Anderson Ronald , van Dyk Gisela , Theron Annette J. , Rossouw Theresa M.
Published: February 2016

Little is known about immune activation profiles of children infected with HIV-1 subtype C. The current study compared levels of selected circulating biomarkers of immune activation in HIV-1 subtype C-infected untreated mothers and their children with those of healthy controls. Multiplex bead array, ELISA, and immunonephelometric procedures were used to measure soluble CD14 (sCD14), beta-2 microglobulin (β2M), CRP, MIG, IP-10, and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1). Levels of all 6 biomarkers were significantly elevated in the HIV-infected mothers and, with the exception of MIG, in their children (P<0.01–P<0.0001). The effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and maternal smoking on these biomarkers were also assessed. With the exception of TGF-β1, which was unchanged in the children 12 months after therapy, initiation of ART was accompanied by decreases in the other biomarkers. Regression analysis revealed that although most biomarkers were apparently unaffected by smoking, exposure of children to maternal smoking was associated with a significant increase in IP-10. These findings demonstrate that biomarkers of immune activation are elevated in HIV-infected children pre-ART and decline, with the exception of TGF-β1, after therapy. Although preliminary, elevation of IP-10 in smoke-exposed infants is consistent with a higher level of immune activation in this group.
Parentesco - Bronisław Malinowski
Authors: Testa Adriana Queiroz
Published: February 2016

Parentesco - Bronisław Malinowski
David Pollard and Philosophy
Authors: Wirth Jason Martin
Published: February 2016

This essay attends to both the critical and poetic work of David Pollard. In so doing, it not only engages the works themselves, but also allows the contours of such an engagement to manifest themselves, both with regards to the works at hand and more broadly. What does reading and thinking with Pollard give us to experience about reading and thinking as such?
Energy, Environment and Indigenous Rights: Arctic Experiences Compared
Authors: Mazza Mauro
Published: February 2016

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic are currently faced with a dilemma. On the one hand, the preservation of their customs, the traditional lifestyles and cultural values is closely related to the maintenance of the environmental characteristics of the territories inhabited since time immemorial. On the other hand, the needs of the development of economic activities, represented primarily by the extraction of minerals and exploitation of energy resources, pose new challenges with respect to which the decisions are not taken – as is obvious – only by Arctic indigenous communities, and that may also be important for the natives as a chance to better their overall living conditions (in terms of labor, employment and education, for example). Arctic states have addressed these issues with different legal tools. The latter range from US land claims settlements to recognition of ‘ancestral’ and treaty rights in the constitutional order of Canada, to the creation of Sámi Parliaments in the Nordic countries, or the peculiar rules for the county of Finnmark in Northern Norway, approved in 2005, which give broad powers to the indigenous communities. In turn, the Greenlandic statute of autonomy in force since 2009 did not prevent tensions between the Inuit communities in Greenland and the Danish central authorities regarding the exploitation of natural resources and energy, including uranium. Less adequate, in comparison with the other Arctic states, appears the protection of Sámi in northern Russia, not so much in terms of regulation, but from the point of view of the effective application of existing rules. Anyway, useful legal instruments for effective protection of specific minorities represented by Arctic indigenous peoples can come also from the provisions of the international law of human rights, both that specifically dedicated to the natives and the rules of general human rights. In the light, therefore, of the tensions, but also the opportunities, offered by the exploitation of natural resources, the article examines the legal systems of the Arctic states, with particular attention to the situation of indigenous peoples.
Can We Conclude an Arctic Treaty? – Historical Windows of Opportunity
Authors: Koivurova Timo
Published: February 2016

This article examines moments of opportunity when non-governmental organisations (NGOS), inter-governmental organisations (IGOS), the European Union or nation-states have shown interest in discussing or commissioning studies on a comprehensive Arctic Treaty as a way to govern the region.

These ‘windows of opportunity’ moments will be studied chronologically, starting from the end of the Cold War and progressing to the present day. It is also interesting to examine these proposals and their positioning against the current landscape of Arctic and global governance. The article will then examine how the region’s nation-states and other actors have actually opted to meet the challenges of this intensely transforming region, asking whether the states or other authoritative actors have been in favour of a comprehensive Arctic Treaty or if they have preferred to adopt some other solutions in respect to Arctic policy and law. Finally, it is of interest to examine the possible ways forward in governing a region that is undergoing dramatic transformation due to climate change and economic globalisation.
Aspidistra erythrocephala sp. nov. (Asparagaceae) from Guangxi, China
Authors: LIANG YONG-YAN , LIU JING , HUANG YU-SONG , LIN CHUN-RUI
Published: February 2016

Aspidistra Ker-Gawler (1822: 628) is native to eastern and southeastern Asia, particularly China and Vietnam. Only a few species are known from Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Japan, and India. Since in 1822, when A. lurida Ker-Gawler (1822: 628) was described from a cultivated plant, the species number increased very slowly to 11 in 1980. Since then, the species number began to grow rapidly, especially in China and Vietnam, currently increasing the total number of species to over 150. In recent years, after field surveys in southwest Guangxi (southern China), several new species of Aspidistra have been discovered and described (Lin & Liu 2011, Lin et al. 2012, 2013, 2015, Meng et al. 2014, Huang et al. 2015).
Vascular plants of Sierra de Famatina (La Rioja, Argentina): an analysis of its biodiversity
Authors: BARBOZA GLORIA E. , CANTERO JUAN J. , CHIARINI FRANCO E. , CHIAPELLA J. , FREIRE S. , NUÑEZ CESAR O. , PALCHETTI VIRGINIA , ESPINAR L. ARIZA
Published: February 2016

The Sierra de Famatina System is one of the main areas of endemism within the Southern Cone, as well as one of the main diversity hotspots of Argentina. We present here the first checklist for Sierra de Famatina, which includes 909 taxa (species, subspecies, varieties and forms) of vascular plants from 77 families and 358 genera. Sixty-eight are new records for La Rioja province and 28 are endemic species. Voucher specimens, locality information and distribution are given for each taxon, and a brief analysis of the diversity, phytogeography of the flora and the type specimens is presented. Illustrations of the important endemics and type specimens from Sierra de Famatina are provided. Our results emphasize the necessity to give high priority to the Sierra de Famatina region in terms of the conservation of its flora.
“Be Real Black for Me”
Authors: Dumas Michael J. , ross kihana miraya
Published: February 2016

The authors put forward a theorization of a Black Critical Theory, or what might be called BlackCrit, within, and in response to, Critical Race Theory, and then outline ways that BlackCrit in education helps us to more incisively analyze how the specificity of (anti)blackness matters in explaining how Black bodies become marginalized, disregarded, and disdained in schools and other spaces of education.
A Discussion of Vulnerability in Mission for the Twenty-first Century from a Biblical Perspective
Authors: Dyer Anne Elizabeth
Published: February 2016

‘Vulnerable mission’ as a technical term was devised by a small team in 2007. There has been considerable Internet and conference debate on this issue since 2007. The issue for which vulnerable mission was formed is to create a way through dependency syndromes. For those working in areas of patron–client cultures where it is too easy to allow a dependency syndrome to develop, how can a vulnerable approach by the one sent be realistically engaged? This paper is an attempt to consider the definition and biblical warrant for the concept of missional vulnerability. Surveying various biblical scenes even in so brief a paper brings a prophetic challenge.
Sector Differences in the Public Service Motivation–Job Satisfaction Relationship: Exploring the Role of Organizational Characteristics
Authors: Kjeldsen Anne Mette , Hansen Jesper Rosenberg
Published: February 2016

Public service motivation (PSM) has a documented, positive effect on job satisfaction—especially in the public sector. However, organizational characteristics such as red tape, hierarchical authority, and the absence of organizational goal specificity, which are often more present in public sector organizations, may have negative influences on the PSM–job satisfaction relationship. This study explores the impact of these organizational characteristics on sector differences in the PSM–job satisfaction relationship in a “hard case” setting. Using survey data with low-level, white-collar employees, we confirm a positive PSM–job satisfaction association in the public sector compared with the private sector, where we see a negative association. Furthermore, perceived red tape and the absence of organizational goal specificity have negative influences on job satisfaction; nevertheless, sector differences remain in the PSM–job satisfaction relationship when controlled for these organizational characteristics. This suggests that public or private sector status is more important for the PSM–job satisfaction relationship than other organizational characteristics.
CSR
Authors: Hastings Gerard
Published: February 2016

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), with its subdisciplines of corporate social marketing (CSM) and cause-related marketing (CRM), has an axiomatically attractive ring. The idea of publicly traded corporations doing good deeds and behaving well seems self-evidently desirable, and any addition to humankind’s pool of social responsibility is surely to be welcomed. So when a multinational offers to provide books for British school children, support indigenous rights in the Americas, or fund child literacy programs in Malawi, the temptation is simply to say “thank you kind sir and more power to your elbow.” However, all that glisters is not gold and good deeds are not always what they seem; a kiss can be a mark of love or an act of betrayal. So we need to look further, beyond the immediate act, and examine motives, repercussions, and morality before we decide. We marketers, of all people, should look carefully at the price tag before we make the purchase. And when we do so with CSR, CSM, and CRM, it becomes clear that the costs are simply unaffordable. In this article, I adopt an uncompromisingly critical stance. I do so because helping those in need, who have fallen on hard times or are less fortunate than ourselves, and to do so without expectation of return or advantage, is the defining quality of our humanity. When we allow this to be co-opted and distorted for commercial advantage, we create a profound moral hazard.
Pinning Design: The Curatorial Labor of Creative Professionals
Authors: Scolere Leah , Humphreys Lee
Published: February 2016

Pinterest is a site primarily used for sharing online content particularly images; as such, it is a unique platform through which to explore curatorial practices. Professional designers are a unique community of interest because their expertise in the offline curation of visual images is central to their professional work. Drawing on digital curation, convergence culture, and creative professionals, this study examined the curatorial labor practices of design professionals on Pinterest. Through a series of in-depth qualitative interviews and online observation of design professionals, we identify three aspects of curatorial labor on Pinterest: (1) performance, (2) process, and (3) product. The strategic and creative selection and arrangement of digital images by these designers becomes an ongoing authorial act of creative labor. This community demonstrates how the public digital curation of visual images is an important part of the ongoing venture labor of design professionals. The study concludes with implications for our collective understandings of online curation, creative professional labor, and the role of social media within commercial and organizational contexts.
IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN CRISIS
Authors: Захарова  , Zakharova Galina
Published: February 2016

The article deals with the issues of improving the distribution of subsidies and compensation for agricultural products as one of the directions of the state regulation of the agricultural sector.
INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZERS ON PRODUCTIVITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEED ON GRAY FOREST SOIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Authors: Низамов  , Nizamov Rustam , Сулейманов  , Suleymanov Salavat , Миннуллин  , Minnullin Gennadiy , Маликов  , Malikov Marsel
Published: February 2016

The article presents the results of a 3-year study on the influence of fertilizers and quality of feed, harvested from different types of feed mix.
EFFECIENCY OF SOIL TILLAGE MINIMIZATION AT SPRING RAPE CULTIVATION
Authors: Туктамышев  , Tuktamyshev Ilnar
Published: February 2016

. Based on the studies (2013 - 2014 years) we presented the results about the efficiency of soil tillage minimization at spring rape cultivation. It was revealed, that a sample with minimum soil cultivation, with periodic tillage, helps to improve agrophysical properties and increase productivity.
Prophylactic efficacy of “SPL” preparation in the way of placenta delay of cows
Authors: Хасанов  , Khasanov Alfis
Published: February 2016

The article presents the results of studies to determine the prophylactic efficiency of foaming preparation “SPL” in a comparative perspective with the drug “Sepranol” in the way of placenta delay of cows.
Informal Fallacies as Abductive Inferences
Authors: Kreider A. J.
Published: February 2016

All who teach logic are familiar with informal fallacies such as ad ignorantium (appeal to ignorance) and ad populum (appeal to popularity). While it is easy to give clear examples of poor reasoning of this sort, instructors are also cognizant of what might be called “exceptions”: when it is legitimate to appeal to popularity or to an absence of evidence. The view I defend here is that appeals to popularity and ignorance (and some other fallacies) should best be viewed as instances of abductive reasoning, or inferences to the best explanation. Thus, determinations of whether these types of arguments are good ones will rest on the criteria that determine good reasoning for abductive arguments generally.
Nutritional screening: a user-friendly tool adapted from Sweden
Authors: Smith* Steve , Westergren* Albert , Saunders Julia , Hagell Peter
Published: February 2016

Screening for undernutrition is highly important and may reduce morbidity and mortality. The Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form Version II (MEONF-II) is a nutritional screening tool specifically developed for use by nurses. The authors describe the translation, performance and appropriateness of MEONF-II for the UK. Following translation from Swedish to British English, the user-friendliness and appropriateness of the British MEONF-II was tested by 29 registered nurses and final-year student nurses on 266 hospital inpatients. The new British MEONF-II was perceived as highly user-friendly and appropriate. Assessors found MEONF-II to compare favourably with other similar tools in terms of preference, usefulness and helpfulness in providing good nutritional care. Dependency in activities and poorer subjective health were associated with a higher risk of undernutrition. These findings support the appropriateness of the British MEONF-II version and suggest it may act as a user-friendly facilitator for good nutritional nursing care.
Your life in the balance sheet—accounting for bursary cuts
Authors: Hamilton Duncan
Published: February 2016

Duncan Hamilton is on deferment, studying Adult Nursing at the University of Surrey, returning in 2016. He is President, University of Surrey Students' Union society for nursing, midwifery and operating department practice
Delirium: assessment and treatment of patients with cancer PART 2
Authors: Brown Michelle , Hardy Kersten
Published: February 2016

Delirium at the end of life may present significant ethical dilemmas in clinical practice: whether to simply treat it in order to maximise symptom relief, with the resulting side effect being palliative sedation, or to attempt to reverse delirium and risk prolonging suffering. Determining whether the delirium can be reversed involves comprehensive assessment using established tools, which may or may not provide the answer to the question posed. This article examines the evidence surrounding several assessment tools that have been suggested as effective in identifying delirium, and the consequences of various approaches to the management of delirium in a patient with a cancer diagnosis. It also considers the impact delirium may have on the health professional and those close to the patient.
„Interculture TV“: Interkulturelles Lernen durch Educasts
Authors: Timmermann Waltraud
Published: February 2016

This paper gives an introduction to "Interculture TV", an educational videocast project initiated by the Department of "Intercultural Studies and Business Communications" at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena. The project provides open access to audio-visual teaching/learning materials produced by intercultural student work groups and offers opportunities for cooperation. Starting from a definition of the term "educast", the article analyses the videocast episodes on Interculture TV and discusses their potential for inter-cultural instruction and learning.
Dialogue in teacher qualitative inquiry: does it affect teacher-researchers and their learners or not?
Authors: Wiśniewska Danuta
Published: February 2016

The aim of this study was to explore: 1) whether the student-teachers (as researchers) enter into a dialogue with their learners (the researched) in the course of their research; 2) what is the nature of this dialogue; 3) what role this dialogue plays in the teachers’ and the learners’ lives. In this study I draw on teachers’ narratives which were stimulated by questions which emerged after having read the research chapters of MA theses written in the field of EFL learning and teaching.
Relationship Between Individualized Training Impulse and Aerobic Fitness Measures in Hurling Players Across a Training Period
Authors: Malone Shane , Collins Kieran
Published: February 2016

Malone, S and Collins, K. Relationship between individualized training impulse and aerobic fitness measures in Hurling players across a training period. J Strength Cond Res 30(11): 3140–3145, 2016—The current study examined the association between individual internal training load (individualized training impulse, iTRIMP) and aerobic fitness variables in male hurling players. Twenty hurling players (age, 25.5 ± 3.2 years; height, 178.9 ± 3.2 cm; body mass, 78.5 ± 4.5 kg) performed treadmill testing for V̇o
2max, running economy (RE), and the speed at blood lactate concentrations of 2 mmol·L−1 (S2) and 4 mmol·L−1 (S4) on separate occasions before and after an 8-week training period. The Yo-Yo intermittent recovery (Yo-YoIR1, Yo-YoIR2) test performance were also assessed before and after the training period. Individualized training impulse was calculated using the blood lactate and heart rate profile of each individual player and was further assessed for each training session across the intervention period (n = 990). The results showed that iTRIMP had large to very large association with the percentage improvements in V̇o
2max (r = 0.77; p = 0.002; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.38–0.93, very large), RE (r = 0.78; p = 0.002; 95% CI, 0.40–0.93; very large), S2 (r = 0.64; p = 0.004; 95% CI, from 0.25 to 0.85; large), S4 (r = 0.78; p = 0.003; 95% CI, 0.45–0.85; very large), Yo-YoIR1 (r = 0.69; p = 0.003; 95% CI, 0.45–0.92; large), and Yo-YoIR2 (r = 0.60; p = 0.005; 95% CI, 0.45–0.92; large) performance. The study shows that iTRIMP is a means of quantifying training load in team sports and can be used to prescribe training for the maintenance or improvement of aerobic fitness during the competitive season with strong relationships seen between weekly iTRIMP measures and improvements in aerobic fitness measures.
Peratrial Device Closure of a Congenital Coronary Artery Fistula through a Right Parasternal Approach: Innovative Use of Available Technology
Authors: Jia Yanting , Hongxin Li , Wenbin Guo , Zhang Haizhou , Zou Chengwei
Published: February 2016

Current treatments for congenital coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) include surgical obliteration and transcatheter occlusion. However, surgical techniques involve significant trauma. Transcatheter occlusion is performed under fluoroscopy and angiography, in which radiation injury is inevitable. We present a patient, with a CAF from the left coronary artery to the right atrium, who underwent peratrial device closure of the CAF with a right parasternal approach under transesophageal echocardiography guidance. Complete occlusion was achieved by a symmetric ventricular septal occluder. We suggest that peratrial device closure of a congenital coronary artery fistula through a right parasternal approach may be a safe and effective option.
Mitral Valve Replacement via Anterolateral Right Thoracotomy without Cross-Clamping in a Patient with Fungal Infective Endocarditis and Functioning Internal Mammary Artery after Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Repair
Authors: Taguchi Takahiro , Dillon Jeswant , Yakub Mohd Azhari
Published: February 2016

A 55-year-old man developed severe mitral regurgitation with persistent fungal infective endocarditis 8 months after coronary artery bypass grafting with a left internal mammary artery and 2 saphenous veins, as well as mitral valve repair with a prosthetic ring. Echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral regurgitation and a valvular vegetation. Computed tomography coronary arteriography indicated that all grafts were patent and located intimately close to the sternum. Median resternotomy was not attempted due to the risk of injury to the bypass grafts, and therefore, a right anterolateral thoracotomy approach was utilized. Mitral valve replacement was performed with the patient under deep hypothermia and ventricular fibrillation without aortic cross-clamping. The patient`s postoperative course was uneventful. Thus, right anterolateral thoracotomy may be a superior approach to mitral valve surgery in patients who have undergone prior coronary artery bypass grafting.
Surgical Treatment of a 4-Year-Old Child with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
Authors: Chen Jin , Wu Qingyu , Xu Zhonghua , Kong Xiangchen
Published: February 2016

The incidence of pediatric hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is low. The lesions usually involve the left ventricle or ventricular septum, leading to either left or right ventricular outflow tract stenosis. However, combined left and right ventricular outflow tract stenosis is rare, and the surgical treatment is limited, especially in children. Surgery to release the obstruction was performed successfully in a 4-year-old child with right and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction together with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The result was excellent.
André Maurois et la tradition moraliste française
Authors: Laurent Thierry
Published: February 2016

André Maurois (1885–1967) fut, jusqu’à sa mort, l’un des écrivains les plus lus et les plus respectés de sa génération, tant en France qu’à l’étranger (on l’appréciait d’ailleurs autant en Amérique qu’en Union soviétique !). Sa notoriété comme romancier, essayiste, historien, biographe, journaliste, conférencier et académicien l’amena à beaucoup voyager (surtout dans les pays anglo-saxons) et à se lier d’amitié avec de grands esprits (tels Paul Valéry ou Rudyard Kipling) ou quelques-uns des acteurs politiques majeurs de l’entre-deux-guerres (Aristide Briand, Winston Churchill, Edouard Herriot). Il n’empêche qu’aujourd’hui on a un peu oublié cet ancien auteur à succès et que son oeuvre ne séduit plus guère la jeunesse. Le milieu universitaire français l’ignore ou le traite avec condescendance et la plupart de ses écrits ne sont plus réédités. Comprenons que comme Anatole France, Roger Martin du Gard ou Georges Duhamel, il incarne à la fois l’humanisme bourgeois et l’attachement à la culture classique, valeurs plutôt dénigrées ou démodées depuis la seconde moitié du vingtième siècle ; ajoutons-y le conservatisme politique et son côté « psychologue mondain » » qui ont pu aussi lui faire du tort a posteriori ; le fait d’être un brillant polygraphe ou une « machine à livres » n’a jamais été rare, mais aujourd’hui, cela inspire peut-être davantage de méfiance ; et enfin, quelque plaisir que l’on ait à savourer sa prose élégante, il faut bien reconnaître que son style assez châtié semble un tantinet désuet.