bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DNA BARCODING OF FISH SPECIES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF ISRAEL
Authors: SHIRAK A. , DOR LIOR , SEROUSSI E. , RON M. , HULATA G. , GOLANI D.
Published: November 2016

Accurately-classified genomic data in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) database is vital to the protection and conservation of marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. The taxonomic classifications of 468 fish of 50 Mediterranean species were analyzed using the BOLD Identifier tool for variation in the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene. Within species, nucleotide maximum composite likelihood was low with a mean of 0.0044±0.0008. Three presumptive species had significantly higher values e.g., Arnoglossus spp. (0.07), Torquigener flavimaculosus (0.013) and Boops boops (0.028). However, samples of Arnoglossus species were sub-classified into two groups that were finally identified as two different species e.g., Arnoglossus laterna and Arnoglossus thori. For the different species, BLAST searches against the BOLD database using our DNA barcoding data as the query sequences designated the most similar targets into groups. For each analyzed species, the similarity of the first and second threshold groups ranged from 95 to 99% and from 83 to 98%, respectively. Sequence based classification for the first threshold group was concordant with morphology-based identification. However, for 34 analyzed species (68%) overlaps of species between the two threshold groups hampered classification. Tree-based phylogeny analysis detected more than one cluster in the first threshold group for 22 out of 50 species, representing genetic subgroups and geographic origins. There was a tendency for higher conservation and lower number of clusters in the Lessepsian (Red Sea) migrant versus indigenous species.
Thermodynamic Forecasts of the Mediterranean Sea Acidification
Authors: GOYET C. , HASSOUN A. , GEMAYEL E. , TOURATIER F. , ABBOUD-ABI SAAB M. , GUGLIELMI V.
Published: November 2016

Anthropogenic CO2 is a major driver of the present ocean acidification. This latter is threatening the marine ecosystems and has been identified as a major environmental and economic menace. This study aims to forecast from the thermodynamic equations, the acidification variation (ΔpH) of the Mediterranean waters over the next few decades and beyond this century. In order to do so, we calculated and fitted the theoretical values based upon the initial conditions from data of the 2013 MedSeA cruise. These estimates have been performed both for the Western and for the Eastern basins based upon their respective physical (temperature and salinity) and chemical (total alkalinity and total inorganic carbon) properties. The results allow us to point out four tipping points, including one when the Mediterranean Sea waters would become acid (pH<7). In order to provide an associated time scale to the theoretical results, we used two of the IPCC (2007) atmospheric CO2 scenarios. Under the most optimistic scenario of the “Special Report: Emissions Scenarios” (SRES) of the IPCC (2007), the results indicate that in 2100, pH may decrease down to 0.245 in the Western basin and down to 0.242 in the Eastern basin (compared to the pre-industrial pH). Whereas for the most pessimistic SRES scenario of the IPCC (2007), the results for the year 2100, forecast a pH decrease down to 0.462 and 0.457, for the Western and for the Eastern basins, respectively. Acidification, which increased unprecedentedly in recent years, will rise almost similarly in both Mediterranean basins only well after the end of this century. These results further confirm that both basins may become undersaturated (< 1) with respect to calcite and aragonite (at the base of the mixed layer depth), only in the far future (in a few centuries).
Electroantennogram response of the parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes to host-related odors: The discrepancy between relative abundance and level of antennal responses to volatile compound
Authors: Morawo Tolulope , Burrows Matthew , Fadamiro Henry
Published: November 2016

Herbivores emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) after feeding on plants. Parasitoids exploit these VOCs as odor cues to locate their hosts. In nature, host-related odors are emitted as blends of various compounds occurring in different proportions, and minor blend components can sometimes have profound effects on parasitoid responses. In a previous related study, we identified and quantified VOCs emitted by cotton plant-fed Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae, an herbivore host of the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). In the present study, the olfactory response of female M. croceipes to synthetic versions of 15 previously identified compounds was tested in electroantennogram (EAG) bioassays. Using M. croceipes as a model species, we further asked the question: does the relative abundance of a volatile compound match the level of antennal response in parasitoids? Female M. croceipes showed varying EAG responses to test compounds, indicating different levels of bioactivity in the insect antenna. Eight compounds, including decanal, 1-octen-3-ol, 3-octanone, 2-ethylhexanol, tridecane, tetradecane, α-farnesene and bisabolene, elicited EAG responses above or equal to the 50th percentile rank of all responses. Interestingly, decanal, which represented only 1% of the total amount of odors emitted by cotton-fed hosts, elicited the highest (0.82 mV) EAG response in parasitoids. On the other hand, (E)-β-caryophyllene, the most abundant (29%) blend component, elicited a relatively low (0.17 mV) EAG response. The results suggest that EAG response to host-related volatiles in parasitoids is probably more influenced by the ecological relevance or functional role of the compound in the blend, rather than its relative abundance.
Profile Learning Math in Context of the Implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard of General Education
Authors: Боженкова  , Bozhenkova Liudmila , Васильева  , Vasileva Marina
Published: November 2016

Consideration of the industry-specifi c training in relation to the basic and advanced levels of the basic educational program is justifi ed. The specifi cs of

the functioning of methodical system learning in profi le of learning mathematics is considered. The planned results of learning school mathematics in

the cognitive area are considered in accordance with the stages of learning activities. These “goal-orientations” are aimed at the formation of cognitive

and regulatory universal educational actions. Subject and metasubject results are concretized taking into account the specifi cs of mathematics. The

authors marked the skills that characterize the achievement of the planned results for the basic and advanced levels. Planned results in the fi eld of

emotionally-valuable attitude to the process of learning mathematics are directed on formation of communications affi rmative and regulatory

universal educational actions. As an example the planned results of studying of the topic “Сomplex numbers” are presented. The authors describe the

principles of organization of profi le training mathematics in the conditions of informatization of education.
Concept of the School Students� Functional Competence: Subject Area �Mathematics and Informatics�
Authors: �������  , Ryzhakov Mikhail , ������  , Sedova E.
Published: November 2016

The article presents the Concept of the school students� functional competence (SSFC) developed for the subject area �Mathematics and informatics�. The

concept is based upon the the M.S. Kagan�s fi ve-component model of personal potential (cognitive, axiological, creative, communicative and aesthetical

potentials). A new model of SSFC and approaches to its realization are described in the frame of the Concept. The didactic potential of the Concept is considered,

aiming at improving the eff ectiveness and harmonizing the process of the school students� socialization. The concept allows to change the focus

of a didactical system from the students� absolute achievement to the relative ones. We suggest this approach to be referred to as �relative pedagogic�.
Training Model of Master of Vocational Training for Innovative Activities in the Framework of Advanced Training
Authors: Петренко  , Petrenko V.
Published: November 2016

The professional and pedagogic duties of the master of vocational training are changing in current social and economic conditions. There are a lot

of new aspects of the professional and pedagogic activities, which have not been considered previously, and which impact the organization of their

innovative activities and form new professional and pedagogic expertise. Advanced training system is supposed to respond to new social challenges, one

of which is preparing teachers for innovative activities. The article contains the theoretical model of training for innovative activities in the framework of

advanced training, describes the theoretical and methodological approaches, structure and contents of this training.
Portrait of the Regional Schools Director (Regional Schools Director in the Mirror of Sociological Studies)
Authors: Бершадская  , Bershadskaya E. , Бершадский  , Bershadskiy Mikhail
Published: November 2016

The article describes the results of a sociological study, carried out in one of the territorial entity of the RF. The comparative analysis of the responses to

the questionnaire is given regarding the personal qualities of directors, the knowledge and skills needed to perform their professional duties, and avoid

preferred management style, professional competencies, typical diffi culties and forms of training. The characteristic features of an eff ective director are

revealed: diplomatic skills; the ability to apply the work style of the team; the capacity for strategic planning; analytic skills; interest in achieving high

performance. It was found that a successful director has a broad and deep vision of the entire problem fi eld related to his activities. The article off ers the

most eff ective forms of training directors.
Machine Learning and Portfolio Optimization
Authors: Ban Gah-Yi , El Karoui Noureddine , Lim Andrew E. B.
Published: November 2016

The portfolio optimization model has limited impact in practice because of estimation issues when applied to real data. To address this, we adapt two machine learning methods, regularization and cross-validation, for portfolio optimization. First, we introduce performance-based regularization (PBR), where the idea is to constrain the sample variances of the estimated portfolio risk and return, which steers the solution toward one associated with less estimation error in the performance. We consider PBR for both mean-variance and mean-conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) problems. For the mean-variance problem, PBR introduces a quartic polynomial constraint, for which we make two convex approximations: one based on rank-1 approximation and another based on a convex quadratic approximation. The rank-1 approximation PBR adds a bias to the optimal allocation, and the convex quadratic approximation PBR shrinks the sample covariance matrix. For the mean-CVaR problem, the PBR model is a combinatorial optimization problem, but we prove its convex relaxation, a quadratically constrained quadratic program, is essentially tight. We show that the PBR models can be cast as robust optimization problems with novel uncertainty sets and establish asymptotic optimality of both sample average approximation (SAA) and PBR solutions and the corresponding efficient frontiers. To calibrate the right-hand sides of the PBR constraints, we develop new, performance-based k-fold cross-validation algorithms. Using these algorithms, we carry out an extensive empirical investigation of PBR against SAA, as well as L1 and L2 regularizations and the equally weighted portfolio. We find that PBR dominates all other benchmarks for two out of three Fama–French data sets.

This paper was accepted by Yinyu Ye, optimization.
Disentangling the Multiple Effects of Affiliate Reputation on Resource Attraction in New Firms
Authors: Vanacker Tom , Forbes Daniel P.
Published: November 2016

Past research has established that new firms can enhance their attractiveness to prospective resource providers by affiliating with more reputable firms. But research on this process has yet to fully account for two critical realities underscored by recent research: (1) firms need to acquire resources from different groups of resource providers and (2) reputation is multidimensional. Drawing on the organizational reputation literature and on information processing theory, we propose that two groups of resource providers will respond differently to new firms’ affiliations in accordance with differences in the groups’ abilities to recognize and interpret reputation-related signals. We also propose that within a single group of resource providers, distinct characteristics of the affiliate will exert different influences. We test these propositions using longitudinal data from Belgian firms that affiliated with venture capital (VC) investors. Consistent with our predictions, we find that characteristics of a VC affiliate exert more influence on prospective financiers than on prospective employees. We further find that prospective financiers were more influenced by a VC’s industry-specific experience than by its media prominence, whereas prospective employees were more influenced by a VC’s media prominence than by its industry-specific experience. Taken together, the findings show that new firms’ resource attraction trajectories are shaped by their affiliates in more complex ways than past research has accounted for.
Managing difficult employees in residential care homes
Authors: Connolly Lindsay
Published: November 2016

Dealing with difficult employees is something that most managers and supervisors will encounter at one stage or another. Lindsay Connolly discusses how management can handle these staff members, and looks at how the disciplinary process should be run
Are carers paid enough? A look at the national minimum wage
Authors: Ashwood Lee
Published: November 2016

Calculating whether or not someone is paid the national minimum wage can be extremely difficult. Employment law specialist Lee Ashwood explains how the process is surprisingly fraught with difficulties, in light of the recent Sevacare tribunal
Síndrome metabólico en personal de enfermería
Authors: Escasany María , Tumminello María José , González Graciela Aída
Published: November 2016

Objetivos: Estimar la prevalencia de síndrome metabólico (SM) entre las enfermeras del Hospital Juan A. Fernández (HJAF) y determinar si trabajo, descanso, dieta y estado de salud son sus predictores.Material y métodos: Para el primer objetivo, el diseño del estudio es descriptivo, observacional y transversal. Para el segundo, comparación de muestras independientes, multivariable, observacional y transversal. Se estudió a 192 enfermeras entre octubre de 2008 y marzo de 2009. Se les realizó una encuesta autoaplicable con indicadores que podrían ser predictores de SM. Se tomaron mediciones antropométricas, presión arterial y extracción sanguínea para analizar glucemia en ayunas, colesterol unido a lipoproteínas de alta densidad y triglicéridos plasmáticos.Resultados: El 35 y el 41% del personal de enfermería tenían sobrepeso y obesidad respectivamente. Un 92% del total tenía obesidad centroabdominal. La prevalencia de SM hallada es del 33,3% (intervalo de confianza del 95%, 26,7%-40,5%). Las afectas de SM tenían una media de edad de 53 ± 9 años. En el análisis bivariable se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre el SM y las variables edad, tiempo de ejercicio profesional, tiempo trabajado en turno de noche y estudios realizados.Conclusiones: La prevalencia de SM de enfermeras del HJAF fue de 64/192 (33,3%; intervalo de confianza del 95%, 26,7%-40,5%). Frente a la edad, los indicadores tiempo trabajado durante turno noche y estudios realizados no muestran diferencias estadísticamente significativas. Estos resultados indicarían que la edad es la variable más relevante para predecir la aparición de SM en la población de enfermeras.
Evaluación de la ingesta proteica y la actividad física asociadas con la sarcopenia del adulto mayor
Authors: Peña-Ordóñez Gloria Gabriela , Bustamante-Montes Lilia Patricia , Ramírez-Duran Ninfa , Halley-Castillo Elizabeth , García-Cáceres Ligia
Published: November 2016

Introducción: Los adultos mayores son un grupo vulnerable y se refleja fácilmente en su estado nutricional, la mayoría no cubre sus requerimientos nutricionales y son inactivos físicamente. Una ingesta proteica menor a 1,0 g/kg de peso/día y un bajo nivel de actividad física (<3,5 MET) son factores asociados a sarcopenia. El objetivo del estudio es determinar la asociación entre la ingesta proteica y actividad física con sarcopenia del adulto mayor.Material y Métodos: Estudio observacional, analítico, prospectivo, de casos y controles. Se realizó muestreo por conveniencia en pacientes mayores de 60 años del servicio de consulta externa del Centro Médico Adolfo López Mateos de Toluca, México. Se aplicaron cuestionarios para determinar la ingesta proteica, actividad física y pruebas diagnósticas para sarcopenia (porcentaje de masa muscular, fuerza manual y velocidad de marcha). Se reclutaron 115 sujetos pero se incluyeron 110 (55 casos y 55 controles).Resultados: Se obtuvo la razón de momios de las variables estudiadas, encontrándose que por cada gramo de ingesta de proteína total se reduce un 3% el riesgo de sarcopenia y por cada unidad del porcentaje de grasa se incrementa el riesgo un 20%. No se encontró diferencia estadísticamente significativa en la actividad física, existe homogeneidad entre casos y controles respecto a los MET consumidos.Conclusiones: La ingesta proteica es un factor protector contra la sarcopenia y una excesiva acumulación de grasa es un factor de riesgo para padecerla. Es importante seguir investigando la relación entre ambas en adultos mayores.
Terapia médico nutricional en la enfermedad renal crónica; de la diálisis al trasplante: Informe de caso
Authors: Leal-Escobar Gabriela , Osuna-Padilla Iván Armando , Moguel-González Bernardo
Published: November 2016

La enfermedad renal crónica tiene implicaciones directas en el estado nutricional, provocando anorexia y catabolismo muscular, situaciones más frecuentes en los pacientes con terapia renal sustitutiva, donde las alteraciones nutricionales y los mecanismos inflamatorios asociados a la terapia suelen ocasionar el desarrollo de desgaste proteico energético. La terapia médico nutricional ha mostrado ser una estrategia terapéutica adecuada para prevenir y tratar las alteraciones metabólicas, disminuyendo el riesgo de complicaciones quirúrgicas y nutricionales en los pacientes que son sometidos a trasplante renal. El presente caso reporta la intervención nutricional implementada en un paciente en diálisis peritoneal continua ambulatoria, que posteriormente se le prescribió diálisis peritoneal automatizada, para finalmente someterse a un trasplante renal de donador vivo.
Ensino de Física Moderna: Perspectivas e desafios sob o olhar de alguns professores de Física do Ensino Médio
Authors: Santos Ana Cácia , Nascimento Shirleyde Dias , Souza Divanizia Do Nascimnto
Published: November 2016

Neste artigo são discutidos os resultados de uma pesquisa investigatória realizada com alguns professores de Física de escolas públicas e privadas do município de Aracaju sobre a importância de se introduzir a Física Moderna no Ensino Médio, como também as facilidades e dificuldades que os docentes têm para lecionar os conteúdos referentes a essa “nova” Física. No decorrer de todo o artigo são discutidas as questões referentes à necessidade de se ensinar conteúdos da Física pós Newton, para que os discentes a percebam e vivenciem essa Física no cotidiano deles, fundamentados em: Oliveira (2012)[1], Ostermann & Moreira (2000) [2], Barcellos e Guerra (2015) [3], dentre outros. Os resultados mostram que a maioria dos docentes entrevistados reconhecem a importância da Física Moderna, mas não abordam em suas aulas por diversos fatores, sendo o Enem o principal deles. Ficou evidente que tanto o currículo do Ensino Médio bem como o Enem não estimulam a inserção dos tópicos de Física Moderna nessa etapa da escolar.
Um estudo sobre a transição do ensino das noções de funções trigonométricas entre o ensino médio e superior no Brasil e França
Authors: Fonseca Laerte Silva da , Barros Luiz Gonzaga Xavier
Published: November 2016

O presente artigo é resultado de uma pesquisa de tese de doutorado que procurou analisar a transição do ensino das noções de funções trigonométricas entre o Ensino Médio-Ensino Superior sob a ótica da articulação entre quadros da Didática da Matemática e da Neurociência Cognitiva. Os referenciais teóricos adotados foram os fundamentos da Teoria Antropológica do Didático de Chevallard (1994, 1998, 1999) e da abordagem dos Níveis de Funcionamento do Conhecimento de Robert (1997, 1998) para o entendimento da Atividade Matemática no meio institucional e, no meio cerebral, considerando as perspectivas teóricas da Neurociência Cognitiva de Kandel (1991). Realizados os exames nos níveis de Ensino Médio e Superior por meio de documentos oficiais do ensino brasileiro e francês, em livros didáticos de matemática de ambas as nacionalidades e do processamento cerebral da Atividade Matemática por meio da Memória de Longo Prazo (MLP) em estudantes do Brasil e da França, é possível afirmar que a transição em tela nos dois países ocorre de maneira lenta e média, respectivamente, considerando os documentos oficiais; na mesma sequência, de modo médio e alto, analisando-se os livros didáticos e, por fim, em ritmo médio nos dois territórios, quando enfocou-se nos ostensivos e não ostensivos vinculados as noções de funções trigonométricas existentes e disponíveis na MLP dos estudantes investigados. Esse conjunto de fatos permitiu concluir que a transição do ensino das noções de funções trigonométricas apesar de acontecer nos países analisados de modos diferentes, preserva uma causa singular. Além disso, não consideram institucionalizados os princípios da Neurociência Cognitiva como uma possibilidade para ajudar a neutralizar o tipo de ruptura existente.
Quasi-static hydraulic crack growth driven by Darcy’s law
Authors: Almi Stefano
Published: November 2016

In the framework of rate independent processes, we present a variational model of quasi-static crack growth in hydraulic fracture. We first introduce the energy functional and study the equilibrium conditions of an unbounded linearly elastic body subject to a remote strain

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and with a sufficiently regular crack Γ filled by a volume V of incompressible fluid. In particular, we are able to find the pressure p of the fluid inside the crack as a function of Γ, V, and ϵ. Then we study the problem of quasi-static evolution for our model, imposing that the fluid volume V and the fluid pressure p are related by Darcy’s law. We show the existence of such an evolution, and we prove that it satisfies a weak notion of the so-called Griffith’s criterion.
Neolithic Age of western Tibet: a trans-Himalayan perspective
Authors: Lü Hongliang
Published: November 2016

Based on the archaeological evidences from western Tibet and Swat and Kashmir Valleys, this paper argues that there were indeed local traditions of Neolithic cultures of the northwestern subcontinent, but its connection with outside areas, especially the Tibet of China could not be denied. The evidences showed trans-Himalayan transmission in small scale. Karub Culture in the eastern Tibet and Dingzhonghu Zhuzi Site in the southwestern Tibet might have been the connecting points of trans-Himalayan Neolithic interactions, and this small scale cultural penetrating should be explained in the background of long-distance trans-Himalayan trade.
On the early metal objects and early Metal Age in Tibet
Authors: Huo Wei
Published: November 2016

The studies on the issue of the early making and using of the metal objects in Tibet have long been relying on the textual materials completed in later times, but could not be supported by the archaeologically obtained physical materials. This paper systematically trimmed the results of the Tibetan archaeology in recent years and pointed out that the earliest date of the making of metal objects in Tibet could be as early as 4000 BP or earlier. In 2500–2000 BP, the early Metal Age in Tibet showed a complicated feature; iron wares might have been introduced into the Tibetan Plateau, and the compound objects composed of iron, copper and bronze parts became popular, showing that the people had some knowledge on these metals. The people living in Ngari Plateau in western Tibet and Yarlung Tsangpo Valley in southern Tibet had known to use or make iron weapons and ornaments; the discovery of the large quantity of iron arrowheads proved that the iron production at that time reached a rather high level. It could also be observed from the early metal objects unearthed in Tibet that their making probably referred to the various features of the manufacturing and decorating of the early metal objects in the surrounding areas, and some special metal objects might have been introduced into Tibet through multiple possible approaches.
The pattern of archaeological cultures in northern China during the Eastern Zhou Period to the Qin Dynasty – also on the interactions among the Rong, Di and Hu ethnic groups and the Central Plains
Authors: Shan Yueying
Published: November 2016

Through the systematic trimming and analysis to the remains of the archaeological cultures of the Eastern Zhou Period through the Qin Dynasty in northern China, this paper puts forward that during this period, there were two cultural zones (the north and south cultural “belts”) with clearly different cultural features and connotations and peoples bearing clearly different physical characteristics in northern China, and discussed the regional differences of the remains of the archaeological cultures in each cultural belt and their developments and changes. The cultures in the south cultural belt could not be regarded as a part of the early Iron Age cultures in the Eurasian Steppes, but a kind of culture peculiar to the transitional zone between the cultures in the Eurasian Steppes and that in the Central Plains; the development and evolution of the north cultural belt, which emerged in the mid to the late Spring-and-Autumn Period, can be divided into three clear phases: the first phase was a part of the early Iron Age cultures in the Eurasian Steppes, but since the second phase, the cultural features and connotations of this belt began to stray out of the cultures in the Eurasian Steppes, which would be closely related to the military conquering and political management of the Central Plains polities and the powerful northward advance of the cultures of the Central Plains. Referring to the relevant historic literature, this paper made further observations to the interactions among the polities of the Central Plains and the peoples in these two cultural belts and the changes of the cultural patterns in each of the two cultural belts, and revealed the processes of the Sinicization of the Rong, Di and Hu ethnic groups in northern China. This paper pointed out that the Hu ethnic group lived in northern China since the mid Spring-and-Autumn Period, and the later appearance of the Hu people in the historic literatures was related to the northward advances of the territories of polities of the Central Plains rather than the southward invasion of the nomadic tribes living in the present-day Mongolian Plateau.
Hybrid PPP Projects in the Programming Periods of 2007–2013 and 2014–2020
Authors: Cieślak Rafał , Zdanukiewicz Julia
Published: November 2016

Hybrid public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Poland emerged during EU programming period 2007–2013 with minimal impact, but this experience has given way to the opportunity of widen application during the financial perspective 2014–2020. In the 2007–2013 period various programs utilized the benefits of PPP in sensus largo manner. However PPPs in the 2014–2020 period seeks to create a leverage effect encouraging the private sector to increase its interest in investments connected to the development of the goals of the European Union. New regulations concerning EU Cohesion Policy eliminate some barriers in hybrid PPPs thus allowing the connection of various public and private sector resources. It seems that 2014–2020 period will allow for more integration of EU funds with private capital in the PPP framework. However the implementation of some regulatory provisions may be hindered unless guidelines, procedures and implementation conditions of hybrid projects are adopted.
Disbursement of grants contrary to their purpose defined by the entity awarding the grants – a local government unit
Authors: Fandrejewski Roman
Published: November 2016

The purpose of this publication is to present the complexity of the problem with responsibility for violation of public finance discipline by persons, who represent entities outside of the public finance sector and receive subsidies from the local government units budget. The cause of this responsibility is disbursement of the grants contrary to their purpose. Avariety of adjudication committee judgments in cases of the breach of public finance discipline and the administrative courts decisions show the problem of responsibility of the beneficiaries of grants. The study provides a direction of necessary changes to the existing legal solutions in this area.
Oxidative reaction of 2-aminopyridine-3-sulfonyl chlorides with tertiary amines
Authors: Wei Huiping , Wang Gaigai , Li Binbin , Huang Jianjun , Li Haiyan , Pereshivko Olga P. , Peshkov Vsevolod A.
Published: November 2016

2-Aminopyridine-3-sulfonyl chlorides undergo a reaction with tertiary amines in the presence of air to produce sulfonylethenamines. The 2-aminopyridine-3-sulfonyl chloride apparently plays a dual role in the process promoting the aerobic oxidation of the amine and electrophilically trapping the resulting enamine.
Knowledge Translation in Health Care as a Multimodal Interactional Accomplishment
Authors: Kjær Malene
Published: November 2016

In the theory of health care, knowledge translation is regarded as a crucial phenomenon that makes the whole health care system work in a desired manner. The present paper studies knowledge translation from the student nurses’ perspective through a close analysis of the part of their education where they are in clinical practice. The analysis is made possible through video recordings of how student nurses translate their theoretical knowledge into professional situational conduct in everyday interactional accomplishments among supervisors and patients. The analysis shows how some knowledge gets translated through the use of rich multimodal embodied interactions, whereas the more abstract aspects of knowledge remain untranslated. Overall, the study contributes to the understanding of knowledge translation as a multimodal, locally situated accomplishment.
Spatial Engagement in Persian Ethnic Shops in Sydney
Authors: Izadi Dariush
Published: November 2016

Service encounters are a fundamental activity in everyday life whereby commodities and/or information are exchanged between a service provider and a customer. A service encounter is by nature a goal-oriented speech event. However, goals at service encounters are not simply limited to achieving business transactions; on the contrary, they incorporate a range of social and discursive practices. The current study focuses on the intersection of social action, practices and discourses produced and reproduced by the shop owners (husband–wife teams) and the customers within a site of engagement in Persian ethnic shops in Sydney and the way they are interactionally realized. Unlike prior studies, which have tended to focus on verbal exchanges as units of analysis without paying much attention to the site of engagement, research on service encounters has recently shifted its focus toward an understanding of the social processes that underpin such verbal exchanges. The present study is situated within the framework of Mediated Discourse Analysis (
Objects, Frozen Actions, and Identity: A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis
Authors: Norris Sigrid , Makboon Boonyalakha
Published: November 2016

In this article, we take a multimodal (inter)action analytical approach, showing how objects in everyday life are identity telling. As social actors surround themselves with objects, multiple actions from producing the objects to acquiring and placing them in the environment are embedded within. Here, we investigate examples from two different ethnographic studies, using the notion of frozen actions. One of our examples comes from a 5-month-long ethnographic study on identity production of three vegetarians in Thailand (
When We Go to War: Multimodality and Film Title Design
Authors: Ings Welby
Published: November 2016

Film titles are distinctive paratextual artefacts that while supporting and normally prefiguring a film or television series, orchestrate unique modes of address into an expression of identity. These multimodal texts have a bifurcate function. First they establish the film’s title and list the primary creative and management team behind the production. In addition, they can also become unique expressions that interpret the ethos of a film. As such they increasingly stand as appreciable design works in their own right. This article considers the design process and eventual form of a 45-second title sequence developed for the six-part television drama series
Role of Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Elderly Immune Thrombocytopenia
Authors: Giudice Valentina , Rosamilio Rosa , Serio Bianca , Di Crescenzo Rosa Maria , Rossi Francesca , De Paulis Amato , Pilone Vincenzo , Selleri Carmine
Published: November 2016

The management of older patients with chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is still very challenging because of the fragility of older patients who frequently have severe comorbidities and/or disabilities. Corticosteroid-based first-line therapies fail in most of the cases and patients require a second-line treatment, choosing between rituximab, thrombopoietin-receptor agonists and splenectomy. The choice of the best treatment in elderly patients is a compromise between effectiveness and safety and laparoscopic splenectomy may be a good option with a complete remission rate of 67% at 60 months. But relapse and complication rates remain higher than in younger splenectomized ITP patients because elderly patients undergo splenectomy with unfavorable conditions (age >60 year-old, presence of comorbidities, or multiple previous treatments) which negatively influence the outcome, regardless the hematological response. For these reasons, a good management of concomitant diseases and the option to not use the splenectomy as the last possible treatment could improve the outcome of old splenectomized patients.
Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors of the digestive system
Authors: Sivero Luigi , Telesca Donato Alessandro , Ruggiero Simona , Russo Teresa , Amato Maurizio , Bianco Tommaso , Amato Bruno , Formisano Cesare , Avellino Manuela , Napolitano Vincenzo
Published: November 2016

The authors evaluated the role of endoscopic techniques in the diagnosis and in the potential treatment of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) localized in the gastro-entero-pancreatic system, on the basis of their experience and of the international literature. NET are rare tumors that arise from neuroendocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas. It is a possibility that both the digestive endoscopy and EUS play an important role in the diagnosis, staging and surveillance of this disease. In some cases, especially in the early stages, surgical endoscopy allows the treatment of such tumors.
Diagnostic yield and safety of C-TBNA in elderly patients with lung cancer
Authors: Vitale Carolina , Galderisi Antonio , Maglio Angelantonio , Laperuta Paolo , Di Crescenzo Rosa Maria , Selleri Carmine , Molino Antonio , Vatrella Alessandro
Published: November 2016

Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (C-TBNA) is a minimally invasive technique used primarily in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Currently lung cancer is mostly considered a disease of the elderly and the management of this disease in older patients is a growing concern.

In this study we aimed to assess the diagnostic yield and safety of C-TBNA in elderly patients.

A retrospective review of 88 consecutive C-TBNA procedures for nodal staging in suspected or confirmed primary lung cancer or pathological confirmation in suspected advanced lung cancer was performed. Patients were divided into less than 70 (<70yrs) or 70 and older (≥70yrs) age groups for analysis. There were no significant differences either in the diagnostic yield (69% in patients aged < 70 yrs and 74% patients aged ≥ 70 yrs (p=0.5) nor in the complication rate (respectively 8.8% in patients aged < 70 yrs and 6.9% in patients aged ≥ 70 yrs (p=0.7) between the two age groups. Reported complications were minor bleeding and poor tolerance; no major complications were observed.

Based on our experience, C-TBNA represents a useful and safe alternative procedure for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer in elderly patients.
On the geometry of conditional expectations treated as projections on the L
2-space
Authors: Komisarski Andrzej , Paszkiewicz Adam
Published: November 2016

We study the relative position of two measure-theoretical conditional expectations treated as orthogonal projections on the L
2-space. We show that any pair of orthogonal projections P and Q on a separable Hilbert space with dim(P ∧ Q) = ∞ is unitarily equivalent to the conditional expectations under two sub-σ-fields of some probability space.
Was verstehen Studierende unter dem Begriff der Seele?
Authors: Voll Katrin , Müller Jakob Johann , Loetz Cécile , Frick Eckhard
Published: November 2016

„Psychologie ohne Seele“ – mit diesen Worten von Friedrich Albert Lange (1866: 465) wurde der modernen, an den Methoden und Denkweisen der Naturwissenschaft orientierten Psychologie ein berühmtes Diktum eingeschrieben. Der Begriff „Seele“ scheint in einer experimentell verorteten und evidenzbasierten wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung nur mehr eine untergeordnete Rolle zu spielen, zumindest in den Fachbereichen der Psychologie und Medizin. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Verwendung des Seelenbegriffs durch die „Praktizierenden von morgen“ und vergleicht Studierende der Medizin, Philosophie, Psychologie und Theologie. Qualitative und quantitative Ergebnisse weisen auf Besonderheiten und eine Aktualität des Seelenbegriffs hin, die bislang von der wissenschaftlichen Debatte nicht abgebildet wird.
Influence of Chemical Structure and Temperature on Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Transport in Ionic Liquids
Authors: Gui Alicia L. , Endres Frank , Wittstock Gunther
Published: November 2016

The ORR mechanism is studied in the context of metal-air batteries in three ionic liquids, 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([Py1,4]TfO), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([EMIm]TfO) and 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([BDMIm]Tf2N). An electrochemical scheme combining four electrochemical techniques (CA, CV at macro-disk electrode, linear sweep voltammetry at rotating disk electrode (LSV at RDE) and CV at microelectrode (CV at ME)) is developed to perform fast determination of oxygen parameters (concentrationc* and diffusion coefficientD) of electrolyte at various conditions. The electrochemical study has revealed the influence of acidity of ionic liquid to the reversibility of the O2/O2˙−redox reaction. The influence of temperature (up to 100°C) on the mechanism change of ORR as well as the changes ofc* andDin three ionic liquids have been examined using the developed electrochemical method. The result has shown that theT-dependency ofc* is much less prominent than that ofD.
Shubayqa 6: a new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in
north-east Jordan
Authors: Richter Tobias , Arranz-Otaegui Amaia , Boaretto Elisabetta , Bocaege Emmy , Estrup Erin , Martinez-Gallardo Cesar , Pantos George Alexis , Pedersen Patrick , Sæhle Ingeborg , Yeomans Lisa
Published: November 2016

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA; c. 9600–8500 cal BC) period in
the Levant provides the earliest confirmed evidence for plant cultivation anywhere in
the world, marking a significant escalation in the human management of plants towards
fully fledged agricultural food production. Until now, the majority of PPNA sites
have been documented in the Jordan Valley, the Wadi Araba and farther north along the
Upper Euphrates (e.g. Mureybet, Jerf el-Ahmar, Djade). By contrast, few PPNA sites
have so far been reported from the semi-arid to arid eastern part of the Levantine
interior. Among these is El Aoui Safa (Coqueugniot & Anderson 1996) and sporadic flint scatters elsewhere in
the Harra. Recent fieldwork in the Qa’ Shubayqa area in the
Harra has produced the first evidence for a more substantial
settlement site in this region.
The ‘People of the British Isles’ project and Viking settlement in England
Authors: Kershaw Jane , Røyrvik Ellen C.
Published: November 2016

The recently concluded ‘People of the British Isles’ project (hereafter PoBI) combined large-scale, local DNA sampling with innovative data analysis to generate a survey of the genetic structure of Britain in unprecedented detail; the results were presented by Leslie and colleagues in 2015. Comparing clusters of genetic variation within Britain with DNA samples from Continental Europe, the study elucidated past immigration events via the identification and dating of historic admixture episodes (the interbreeding of two or more different population groups). Among its results, the study found “no clear genetic evidence of the Danish Viking occupation and control of a large part of England, either in separate UK clusters in that region, or in estimated ancestry profiles”, therefore positing “a relatively limited input of DNA from the Danish Vikings”, with ‘Danish Vikings’ defined in the study, and thus in this article, as peoples migrating from Denmark to eastern England in the late ninth and early tenth centuries (Leslieet al.2015: 313). Here, we consider the details of certain assumptions that were made in the study, and offer an alternative interpretation to the above conclusion. We also comment on the substantial archaeological and linguistic evidence for a large-scale Danish Viking presence in England.
On show from Sicilian deeps
Authors: James N.
Published: November 2016

Travelling Europe at present is an exhibition about archaeological finds from the seas around Sicily. The island's most striking recent discovery (2004–2005) is the site of the Battle of the Egadi Islands, where Rome wrested control of the Tyrrhenian Sea from Carthage in 241 BC. Several of the exhibits are from that site.
Active postoperative acromegaly: sustained remission after discontinuation of somatostatin analogues
Authors: Alvarez-Escola Cristina , Cardenas-Salas Jersy
Published: November 2016

In patients with active acromegaly after pituitary surgery, somatostatin analogues are effective in controlling the disease and can even be curative in some cases. After treatment discontinuation, the likelihood of disease recurrence is high. However, a small subset of patients remains symptom-free after discontinuation, with normalized growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF1) levels. The characteristics of patients most likely to achieve sustained remission after treatment discontinuation are not well understood, although limited evidence suggests that sustained remission is more likely in patients with lower GH and IGF1 levels before treatment withdrawal, in those who respond well to low-dose treatment, in those without evidence of adenoma on an MRI scan and/or in patients who receive long-term treatment. In this report, we describe the case of a 56-year-old female patient treated with lanreotide Autogel for 11 years. Treatment was successfully discontinued, and the patient is currently disease-free on all relevant parameters (clinical, biochemical and tumour status). The successful outcome in this case adds to the small body of literature suggesting that some well-selected patients who receive long-term treatment with somatostatin analogues may achieve sustained remission.

Learning points:

The probability of disease recurrence is high after discontinuation of treatment with somatostatin analogues.

Current data indicate that remission after treatment discontinuation may be more likely in patients with low GH and IGF1 levels before treatment withdrawal, in those who respond well to low-dose treatment, in those without evidence of adenoma on MRI, and/or in patients receiving prolonged treatment.

This case report suggests that prolonged treatment with somatostatin analogues can be curative in carefully selected patients.
Effects of maternal obesity on placental function and fetal development
Authors: Howell Kristy R , Powell Theresa L
Published: November 2016

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, and pregnancies in obese mothers have increased risk for complications including gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders, pre-term birth and caesarian section. Children born to obese mothers are at increased risk of obesity and metabolic disease and are susceptible to develop neuropsychiatric and cognitive disorders. Changes in placental function not only play a critical role in the development of pregnancy complications but may also be involved in linking maternal obesity to long-term health risks in the infant. Maternal adipokines, i.e., interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), leptin and adiponectin link maternal nutritional status and adipose tissue metabolism to placental function. Adipokines and metabolic hormones have direct impact on placental function by modulating placental nutrient transport. Nutrient delivery to the fetus is regulated by a complex interaction including insulin signaling, cytokine profile and insulin responsiveness, which is modulated by adiponectin and IL-1β. In addition, obese pregnant women are at risk for hypertension and preeclampsia with reduced placental vascularity and blood flow, which would restrict placental nutrient delivery to the developing fetus. These sometimes opposing signals regulating placental function may contribute to the diversity of short and long-term outcomes observed in pregnant obese women. This review focuses on the changes in adipokines and obesity-related metabolic hormones, how these factors influence placental function and fetal development to contribute to long-term metabolic and behavioral consequences of children born to obese mothers.