bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Coleoptera diversity and abundance in Golcuk Natural Park, in Isparta, Turkey
Authors: Japoshvili G. , Kaya M. , Aslan B. , Karaca I.
Published: November 2017

Coleoptera diversity was investigated at Golcuk Natural Park, Isparta, Turkey. Thirty four families of Coleoptera were recorded during the survey. Coleopterans were most abundant in a site close to an old apple orchard where 33% of all sampled individuals were found. Less frequently recorded families were found in a site close to the main entrance and picnic area. Coleopteran families were found to be unequally partitioned in all six microhabitats. The highest similarity index (0.85) was found between sites close to the Park entrance and close to the old apple orchard. Distribution of the abundance of coleopteran families was significantly different between all studied habitats. The study revealed that the site close to the old apple orchard and sites with xerophilic natural plants provide special micro-habitats for Coleopteran fauna.
New Balkan records of Bombus subterraneus (Linnaeus 1758) and Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius 1775) from Greece
Authors: Anagnostopoulos Ioannis Th.
Published: November 2017

From the study of the Greek bumblebee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini), species lists have been published based on both literature records and original data from collected bees. Since 1995 a special effort to confirm with newly collected bees all bumblebee species reported in literature records for Greece has been in progress. Although numerous specimens have been collected and examined and in some instances yielding new Bombus species for the Greek insect fauna, some species, mainly those reported in older references, have not yet been found. Recently, identification of bumblebees collected in the Florina Prefecture - Northwest Macedonia, during the years 2006 and 2007 yielded information for two “literature cited” species, Bombus subterraneus (Linnaeus 1758) and Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius 1775). A B. subterraneus queen (collected at 40°47´38N, 21°26´10E on Vicia cracca) was distinguished by morphological characteristics and a worker B. cryptarum (collected at 40°41´58,7N, 21°28´18,5E on Echium spp) was revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLP analysis of the CO1 gene. These new records from Florina are provided with comments, confirming the species presence in Greece for the first time after approximately 40 years.
Movement away from feeding site of the aphid Sitobion αvenαe (F.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) when parasitized by Aphelinus αbdominαlis (Dalman) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
Authors: Lykouressis D.Ρ. , Emden Η.F. Υan
Published: November 2017

The aphid Sitobion avenae (F.), parasitized by Aphelinus abdominalis (Dalman), tends to leave either the feeding sites gathering in particular parts of its host-plant or even the host-plant. This behavior partially explains the phenomenon of reduced parasitism contribution to the overall mortality in several aphid population studies as interpreted by Hughes’ method.
Υellow sticky rectangle with ammonium acetate slow-release dispenser: an efficient long-lasting trap for Dacus oleae
Authors: Economopoulos Α.Ρ. , Stavropoulou-Delivoria A.
Published: November 2017

The combination of a yellow color sticky rectangle with an ammonium acetate slow-release dispenser (YAA) was compared to a yellow sticky rectangle (Y) and to a McPhail glass trap with BuminalTM(MB), EntomozylTM(ME), or ammonium sulfate (MAS) odor lure in a 2% water solution, from the beginning of August till December in an olive grove. When total olive fruit fly, Dacus oleae (Gmelin) (Diptera: Tephritidae), captures were compared, no large differences were detected among YAA, MB and ME traps, while Y and MAS ones were found much inferior. When expressed as a ratio to YAA, total captures were: 1 (YAA), 0.95 (MB), 0.70 (ME), 0.33 (Y) and 0.08 (MAS). In the fall (high population density), both yellow traps showed very high catches, while McPhail odor traps had comparatively reduced effectiveness, apparently due to cool humid weather. The opposite was true in August-September (hot dry weather, low population density). McPhail traps were serviced every 5 days (summer) or 7 days (fall), while YAA and Y traps were replaced by new ones only once, at the beginning of October. The am­monium acetate dispenser could last much longer but traps had been covered by insects and debris.
Entomological research in Greece – a brief account
Authors: Tzanakakis Μ.Ε.
Published: November 2017

After mentioning the first research work by foreign scientists on the collection, identification and recording of insects and related arthropods of Greece during the last century, the first attempts and legislature for the foundation of the institutes where entomological research started in Greece are given. The fields covered by that research before and after World War 11 are given, as well as the financing agencies, the periodicals where research papers have been published and, finally, the research and university institutions where entomological research is being done today, with the names and main fields of activity of Greek entomologists.
Two new species of the family Tarsonemidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Greece
Authors: Emmanouel N.G. , Smiley R.
Published: November 2017

Adult males and females of two tarsonemid species, Steneotarsonennis hordei and Tarsoneinus pruni, are described and illustrated. Data are given on their plant hosts and distributions in Greece.
Description of Hystripalpus chalkidicus new species from olive trees in Greece (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Authors: Hatzinikolis Ε.Ν.
Published: November 2017

The female and deutonyph of Hystripalpus chalkidicus, new species, are described and illustrated. The species was found on an olive tree in Chalkidiki, Greece.
Effects of a juνenoid on lipid metabolism and fatty acid composition during growth of Heliothis armigera
Authors: Mazomenos Β.Ε.
Published: November 2017

The effect of the juvenoid ZR-619 (Zoecon Corp.) on lipid metabolism and fatty acid composition of last instar larvae, pupae and pharate adults of Heliothis armigera Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) were studied. Treatments at low doses with the juvenoid resulted in an increase of the body weight of larvae and affected the composition of lipids accumulated. In non-treated larvae neutral lipids represent 88.9% of the total lipids, while in treated larvae, the neutral lipids are present at a lower level (80.2%). Fatty acid composition in untreated larvae, pupae and pharate adults is characterized by large proportions of palmitic and oleic acids and higher proportions of linoleic acid than of linolenic acid. Alteration in fatty acid composition is observed in phospholipids of pupae and pharate adults, the proportions of palmitic and oleic acid being lower than in larvae. The juvenoid ZR-619 slightly affected the fatty acid composition of neutral lipids in treated larvae, while fatty acid composition of phospholipids was affected.
Tenuipalpid mites (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) of Olea europaea with a key to Brevipalpus from the genus Olea
Authors: Hatzinikolis Ε.Ν.
Published: November 2017

This paper deals with the tenuipalpid mites which are associated with olive trees and an account is given of their distribution, hosts, and bio-ecology. A key is provided to the species of Brevipalpus occurring on the genus Olea.
Α revision of the genus Cenopalpus in Greece (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Authors: Hatzinikolis Ε.Ν. , Emmanouel N.G.
Published: November 2017

The genus Cenopalpus from Greece is revised and a key to 17 species is provided, with illustrations of the nymphs. Of these species, C. bakeri Diizgiines, C. carpini (Livshitz and Mitrofanov) and C. pseudospinosus (Livshitz and Mitrofanov) are recorded for the first time from this country. A new species C. arbuti is described and illustrated. Information on the hosts, distribution data and economic importance is presented for each species. Some of the hosts and damage symptoms are recorded for the first time.
Flight of San Jose scale, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus males and time of crawler appearance in orchards of northern Greece
Authors: Kyparissoudas D.S.
Published: November 2017

The seasonal flight of San Jose scale (SJS), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock, males was studied during 1984-1987 in peach and nectarine orchards, under two different climatic conditions in Central Macedonia (Northern Greece), using sex pheromone traps. In late-season regions there were three periods of male flight activity (May, July-August, September – October), while in early-season regions there was also a partial fourth one (mid April-May, mid June-July. August – mid September and late September – early November). In the latter regions these flights can be correlated with the appearance of the scale crawlers during three periods (late May – early July, mid July – August, September – October) and a partial fourth one (November) in milder years, as determined using the sticky-tape trap technique. Pheromone traps and sticky-tape traps can be used for the study of phenology of San Jose scale, under conditions prevailing in Northern Greece.
Physokermes hemicryphus (Dalman) a fir scale insect useful to apiculture in Greece
Authors: Santas L.A.
Published: November 2017

Physokermes hemicryphus (Dalman) is an important honeydew producing scale insect useful to apiculture. It lives mainly on Abies cephalonica Loud. and to a lesser degree on Abies borisii regis Mattf. These fir trees exist in most fir forests of Greece. It has one generation per year. Overwintering takes place in the second instar nymph. The female overwinters under the bud scales of the forks of the fir host and the male on the needles. Adults appear in spring and crawlers in July. In August the population consists mainly of first instar nymphs. The second instar nymphs start to appear in August and by late October the whole population is at the second nymphal instar, which is the overwintering one. The insect occurs in the fir forests of Greece every year but its population level fluctuates, due to weather conditions and biological factors (parasites, predators). The coexistence on the same host plant of P. hemicryphus with the scale Eulecanium sericeum (Lindiger) and the aphid Milldams abietinus (Koch) prevents the visit of honeybees to fir trees. On the other hand it favours the augmentation of the P. hemicryphus population. Four parasites were found, from which the Encyrtidae Pseudorhopus testaceus (Razz.) and Microterus lunatus (Dalman), are recorded for the first time in Greek fauna.
Summerfruit tοrtriχ, Adoxophyes orana: life cycle, warning system and control
Authors: Charmillot P.-J. , Brunner J. F.
Published: November 2017

The summerfruit tortrix, Adoxophyes orana F.v.R., is a pest which has recently adapted to the intensive culture of apple and pear. The larvae develop primarily on the young leaves and shoots and occasionally feed on the surface of the fruit. Under Swiss conditions there are two flights per year though there are three in Greece with the second and third overlapping. The diapausing larvae hibernate in the third stage (L3) and begin development again in the spring. There are three periods in which the larvae are active. The methods used to sample populations for making management decisions are: visual examination of flower clusters in spring, sex pheromone traps, and visual examination of shoots and fruit in summer. A model describing the life cycle as a function of temperature allows for the determination of the best time to sample damage and to apply treatments with regard to their particular mode of action. Some classical insecticides provide control curatively but efficiency is always reduced against older larvae. The best results are obtained at egg eclosion following the first flight. The insect growth regulator (IGR), fenoxycarb, is very effective when applied in the spring against the last stage larvae (Ls) of the overwintering generation. A specific virus also gives good control in the spring against overwintering larvae. The mating disruption technique and insect growth inhibitors (ICI), which prevent the formation of chitin, are currently being studied. For all the products used to control A. orana, the timing of the application is extremely important in order to obtain the best
Control of insect pests on fruit and field crops with hexaflumuron in North Greece
Authors: Komblas Κ. Ν. , Tsakonas P. , Lysandrou M. , Elia Τ. Κ
Published: November 2017

Experiments with hexaflumuron have been made against pests on apples, pears, peaches, potatoes and maize. On apples a predefined spray program was used for the combined control of Cydia pomonella (L) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Phyllonorycter blancardella. (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), P. corylifoliella (Hbn) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Leucoptera scitella (Zell.) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) and Adoxophyes orana (F.v. Roslerstamm) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Sprays started when C. pomonella adults appeared and were continued every 2, 3 and 4 weeks. Against Cacopsylla pyri L. (Homoptera: Psyllidae), Anarsia lineatella Zell. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and Grapholitha molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), trials were made to define efficacy and timing, while trials on Leptinotarsa decendineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Sesamia nonagrioides Lef. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were only for efficacy. Hexaflumuron promised to be an excellent insecticide since it was at least as good as organophosphate standards, amitraz and the benzoylphenyl ureas (BPU) tested. With fewer sprays it gave seasonal and combined control on apple pests. It is a new BPU insecticide with low mammalian toxicity and fits IPM programs, since its toxicity to predators and parasites is low. Hexaflumuron had no effect on adults of the predator Coccinella septempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinelidae) in the potato trial. Sprays must start at the beginning of the oviposition of fruit damaging pests and at the egg or early larva-nymph stage of the foliage damaging pests. The spray must fully cover fruit and foliage.
Two new species of the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Greece
Authors: Papadoulis G.TH , Emmanouel N.G.
Published: November 2017

Adult females and males of two new Phytoseiid species, Typhlodromus pentelicus and Typhlodromus phylaktioticus, are described and illustrated. The former species was found on the bark of various trees while the latter was collected from Clematis sp. and Eragaria sp. in Greece.
Α new species, Bryobia attica (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Greece
Authors: Hatzinikolis Ε.Ν. , Emmanouel N.G.
Published: November 2017

The adult female and larva of Bryobia attics n. sp. are described and illustrated. It was collected from Olea europaea bark in Kessariani and Koropi regions of Attiki, Greece.
Flight of White Peach Scale, Pseudαulαcαspis pentαgonα, Males and Time of Crawler Appearance in Northern Greece
Authors: Kyparissoudas D.S.
Published: November 2017

The seasonal Wight of white peach scale (WPS), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti, males was studied during 1989, 1990 and 1991 in a peach orchard of Central Macedonia in Northern Greece by sex pheromone trapping. Three periods of male flight activity (mid-May to late June, mid-July to late August and early September to early November) were recorded annually. These flights correlated with three periods of crawler emergence (late June to early August, second ten days of August to third ten days of September, and mid-April to early May late May to early June of the next year). The first two periods of crawler activity came approximately 33 and 27 days after the beginning of the two first periods of male flight, respectively, while the crawlers corresponding to the third male flight emerged approximately 15 days after the deposition of the first spring eggs.
New Records of Aphid Species Caught in Water Yellow Traps in Greece
Authors: Lykouressis D.P. , Taylor M. , Tsitsipis J.A. , Katis N.
Published: November 2017

A number of yellow Moericke water traps were placed in Cotton, tomato, tobacco, pot­ato, squash and maize fields in Boiotia, Thessalia, Macedonia and Aitoloakarnania from June to the end of 1992. From a limited number of trip captures examined, fifty nive aphid species were identified of which twenty species arc new records for Greece.
The Spatial Pattern of Aphis gossypii οn Cotton
Authors: Kapatos E. T. , Stratopoulou E.T. , Tsitsipis J.A. , Lycouresis D.P. , Alexandri M.P.
Published: November 2017

The spatial distribution of Aphis gossypii (Glover) on cotton was studied by using Taylor’s power law, the negative binomial parameter k and the iδ-index of aggregation. Both k and iδ were related to density with curvilinear relationships and indicated that aggregation decreases as density increases up to densities of, approximately, two individuals per leaf. At the very high densities (more than three individuals per leaf) the calculated values of the two indices recognized a tendency for an increased aggregation again. A strong linear relationship between the log mean and the log variance of the population density was obtained confirming the wide applicability of Taylor’s power law. However, the established relationship (b=1.433) assumes, for the range of the observed densities, a continuous decrease in the degree of aggregation as density increases. It is suggested that the changes in the degree of aggregation throughout the season and in relation to density are related to natural mortality.
The Phenology of Synαnthedon myopαeformis Borkhausen (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in the Region of Larissa, Central Greece
Authors: Sahinoglou Α.Ι. , Koutroubas A.G. , Peka Α.Α. , Giatropoulos K.A.
Published: November 2017

The phenology of Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) was studied in the region of Larissa, Central Greece, for three consecutive years (1993-1995). S. myopaeformis most propably completes one generation per year on apple trees. It overwinters as lavra of different sizes in the feeding tunnels in the trunk and branches. Pupation takes place from the end of March to the beginning of September with a peak in late May – beginning June. The emergence of adults takes place from late April to the beginning of October with the main peak in mid June. The larvae of the new generation start to appear from the beginning of May with a maximum in late June–beginning of July. Most of the infestation is observed in the grafting points and the pruning wounds. The results indicate that the pest becomes increasingly important in the study area. This study could be useful in determining the optimum timing of control measures.
Prediction of Infestation by Beetles in Stored Wheat Using Two Sampling Methods
Authors: Athanassiou G. , Buchelos C. Th.
Published: November 2017

Studies were conducted in order to assess the use of binomial sampling for prediction of infestation level in stored wheat. In each of three steel silos with 1500 metric tones of wheat each, located in central Greece, 14 probe traps were placed on 15 June 1997. The traps were checked for adult coleoptera. every 15 days, from 30 June until 30 January 1998. On the same dates, 14 wheat samples were taken adjacent to the trap locations, using a grain trier. Most abundant species were found to be Cryptolestesferrugineus and Tribolium castaneum in the traps, while Sitophilus oryzae in the samples. Regarding all species detected, traps were proved to be more effective as compared to the samples. Taylor’s Power Law was used, in order to estimate y-intercept and slope values for each species, The comparison of these parameters indicated that a single (weighted) equation can describe equally well the relation between the mean and the variance, according to Taylor’s Power Law, for all adults found, regardless of species. The parameters of this relation were utilized to connect the ratio of sampling units containing one or more adults and the mean number of adults per sampl i ng unit (x), using Wilson and Room’s model. Regarding trap catches, the same model can he used to predict an infestation, with a sufficient precision level, mainly when K<5; on the contrary, the results were not satisfactory in the case of adult numbers in the samples.
Draft genomes of two Australian strains of the plant pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomi
Authors: Longmuir Amy L. , Beech Peter L. , Richardson Mark F.
Published: November 2017

Background: The oomycete plant pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomi, is responsible for the destruction of thousands of species of native Australian plants, as well as several crops, such as avocado and macadamia, and has one of the widest host-plant ranges of the Phytophthora genus. The currently available genome of P. cinnamomi is based on an atypical strain and has large gaps in its assembly. To further studies of the pathogenicity of this species, especially in Australia, more robust assemblies of the genomes of more typical strains are required. Here we report the genome sequencing, draft assembly, and preliminary annotation of two geographically separated Australian strains of P. cinnamomi.

Findings:  Some 308 million raw reads were generated for the two strains. Independent genome assembly produced final genomes of 62.8 Mb (in 14,268 scaffolds) and 68.1 Mb (in 10,084 scaffolds), which are comparable in size and contiguity to other Phytophthora genomes. Gene prediction yielded > 22,000 predicted protein-encoding genes within each genome, while BUSCO assessment showed 82.5% and 81.8% of the eukaryote universal single-copy orthologs to be present in the assembled genomes, respectively.

Conclusions: The assembled genomes of two geographically distant isolates of Phytophthora cinnamomi will provide a valuable resource for further comparative analysis and evolutionary studies of this destructive pathogen, and further annotation of the presented genomes may yield possible targets for novel pathogen control methods.
You can’t burn the house down because of one bedbug: a qualitative study of changing gender norms in the prevention of violence against women and girls in an urban informal settlement in India
Authors: Daruwalla Nayreen , Hate Ketaki , Pinto Preethi , Ambavkar Gauri , Kakad Bhaskar , Osrin David
Published: November 2017

Background: The contribution of structural inequalities and societal legitimisation to violence against women, which 30% of women in India survive each year, is widely accepted. There is a consensus that interventions should aim to change gender norms, particularly through community mobilisation. How this should be done is less clear.

Methods: We did a qualitative study in a large informal settlement in Mumbai, an environment that characterises 41% of households. After reviewing the anonymised records of consultations with 1653 survivors of violence, we conducted 5 focus group discussions and 13 individual interviews with 71 women and men representing a range of age groups and communities. We based the interviews on fictitious biographical vignettes to elicit responses and develop an understanding of social norms. We wondered whether, in trying to change norms, we might exploit the disjunction between descriptive norms (beliefs about what others actually do) and injunctive norms (beliefs about what others think one ought to do), focusing program activities on evidence that descriptive norms are changing.

Results: We found that descriptive and injunctive norms were relatively similar with regard to femininity, masculinity, the need for marriage and childbearing, resistance to separation and divorce, and disapproval of friendships between women and men. Some constraints on women’s dress and mobility were relaxing, but there were more substantial differences between descriptive and injunctive norms around women’s education, control of income and finances, and premarital sexual relationships.

Conclusions: Programmatically, we hope to exploit these areas of mismatch in the context of injunctive norms generally inimical to violence against women. We propose that an under-appreciated strategy is expansion of the reference group: induction of relatively isolated women and men into broader social groups whose descriptive and injunctive norms do not tolerate violence
Case Article—Business Value in Integrating Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics Models
Authors: Kopcso David , Pachamanova Dessislava
Published: November 2017

This article suggests ways to frame classroom discussion around the business value of models in data science, predictive analytics, and management science classes. We consider an example in which predictive analytics is used to determine the inputs to prescriptive models for customer service, and illustrate how calculations of business value enter the process of creating recommendations for business stakeholders. A review of predictive and prescriptive techniques and how they map to business problems is provided to explain the context for the exercise, and the level of analytics maturity of organizations is discussed in connection with the use of predictive and prescriptive analytics. This example presents a unified view of concepts from traditionally disparate areas of analytics, making it suitable as a capstone or an ongoing project in a data science or business analytics course.

The teaching note is available at https://www.informs.org/Publications/Subscribe/Access-Restricted-Materials .
Embedding Formulations and Complexity for Unions of Polyhedra
Authors: Vielma Juan Pablo
Published: November 2017

It is well known that selecting a good mixed-integer programming (MIP) formulation is crucial for effectively obtaining a solution with state-of-the art solvers. Although best practices and guidelines for constructing good formulations abound, there is rarely a single systematic construction approach that leads to the best possible formulation. Here, we introduce embedding formulations and complexity as a new MIP formulation paradigm for systematically constructing formulations for disjunctive constraints that are optimal with respect to size. More specifically, they yield the smallest possible ideal formulation (i.e., one whose LP relaxation has integral extreme points) among all formulations that only use 0-1 auxiliary variables. We use the paradigm to characterize optimal formulations for special ordered sets of type 2 and certain piecewise linear functions of two variables. We also show that the resultant formulations can provide a significant computational advantage over all known formulations for piecewise linear functions.

This paper was accepted by Yinyu Ye, optimization.
Increasing forearm vessel diameter before arteriovenous fistula creation for patients with chronic kidney disease
Authors: Barbosa Jefferson BN , Medeiros Ana IC , Fuzari Helen KB , Rocha Taciano DS , Cerqueira Mikhail S , Marinho Patricia EM
Published: November 2017

Background/Aims:

To prevent failure in the formation of arteriovenous fistulas, performing exercises for the forearm is beneficial for the maturation of blood vessels, but it has not yet been performed in association with a partial restriction of blood flow. This protocol will analyse the effectiveness of physical exercise with a partial restriction of blood flow on the diameter of the cephalic vein in patients with chronic kidney disease before an arteriovenous fistula is created.

Methods:

A total of 40 patients with chronic kidney disease with an indication for arteriovenous fistulas formation will conduct an 8-week training programme. They will be allocated to an experimental group where they will perform exercises (isometric and isotonic concentric) to the muscles of the non-dominant forearm with partial restriction of blood flow. The control group will perform the same exercises but without any restriction of blood flow. The protocols will be performed for 5 days a week (2 days in ambulatory physical therapy and 3 days at home).

Conclusion:

It is expected to note the increase in the diameter of the vessels studied after physical training combined with partial restriction of blood flow to patients with chronic kidney disease.
Participatory research. Part 2: Practical considerations
Authors: Northway Ruth
Published: November 2017

Participatory research can make heavy demands upon both the researcher and the community with whom they work. Nonetheless, it can also be a very rewarding process for all involved and lead to real changes. It is important that a number of issues are considered and addressed both before the research commences and during the life of the research project. This paper explores five key areas: participatory, ethical, financial, time, and personal considerations. In each instance, personal experience and wider literature is used to explore the practical issues which need to be identified and managed. It is concluded that while not all research will be participatory, consideration of these issues should assist readers in developing participatory research studies.
Time for Dementia: an innovation in education
Authors: Grosvenor Wendy , Hebditch Molly , Daley Stephanie , Vyvyan Emma , Banerjee Sube
Published: November 2017

This paper describes an innovative undergraduate educational initiative called the Time for Dementia programme. It was developed to improve the knowledge, attitudes and skills in dementia among healthcare students. Time for Dementia involves pairs of healthcare students (medical, paramedic, adult and mental health nursing, and allied health professionals) visiting a person with dementia and their carer in their homes over a period of 2 years. The aim of the programme is to enable students to learn with people with dementia and their carers—recognising that people with dementia have unique expertise derived from their experiences. Their personal narratives offer students a unique insight into the subjective experiences of dementia.
Impact Factors Workgroup Report
Authors: Allard Susie , Andalibi Ali , Baskin Patty , Billings Marilyn , Brown Eric , Carpenter Todd , Orfano Stephanie , Selzer Brian
Published: November 2017

Following up on recommendations from OSI 2016, this team will dig deeper into the question of developing and recommending new tools to repair or replace the journal impact factor (and/or how it is used), and propose actions the OSI community can take between now and the next meeting. What’s needed? What change is realistic and how will we get there from here?
Cidades médias do Nordeste: breves considerações acerca dos dinamismos e desafios no pós-1990
Authors: Pereira William Eufrásio Nunes , Morais Ana Cristina Santos , Oliveira Aline Alves
Published: November 2017

A abertura comercial e financeira, na primeira metade da década de 1990, visavam estabilizar a economia nacional. Dentro desse contexto, a reestruturação produtiva promoveu uma nova reconfiguração locacional da indústria nacional. O Nordeste foi uma das regiões que se beneficiaram com essa desconcentração industrial do período de 1970 a 1985. O foco desta pesquisa é apresentar, baseada em uma análise descritiva, o dinamismo do emprego formal nas cidades médias do Nordeste, verificando suas mudanças quantitativas de emprego. Para alcançar tal objetivo, utilizou-se os dados da Relação Anual de Informações Sociais (RAIS), bem como os censos demográficos de 1991, 2000 e 2010. Conclusivamente, esta pesquisa mostrou que o Nordeste se beneficiou com a reestruturação produtiva e desconcentração industrial da região Sudeste, bem como das políticas fiscal-financeiras promovidas pelos governos estaduais e municipais, possibilitando a instalação de novos estabelecimentos nas cidades médias nordestinas.
Information technology and social movements: a study in the Free Pass movement
Authors: Moraes Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de , Cappellozza Alexandre , Meirelles Fernando de Souza
Published: November 2017

In recent years, Brazil has witnessed protests organized by a group called Free Pass Movement. In 2013, the main demand was against the raise of the price for public transportation, and complaints were expanded to the political system, health and education demands, corruption and spending on the 2014 World Cup. In 2015, public protests returned to the national political scene. The use of social networks as people’s communication vehicle to show dissatisfaction was widely used as well as a means of articulation of groups. This study aimed to identify the factors that led people to use social networks to participate in the protests, with 257 respondents who took part of the Free Pass Movement. Results show the factors that positively influence the use of social networks with protest purposes and demonstrate the respondents’ disbelief regarding some positive effect to solve public management problems.
Collapsing times: The Attis Theatre workshop, Athens, July 2015
Authors: Siouzouli Natascha
Published: November 2017

This article reflects upon a personal experience deriving from the juxtaposition of the Attis Theatre workshop that took place in Athens, in July 2015, and its socio-political context, namely the events surrounding the country’s vote on the new deal with its creditors and the mass migration from countries of west and central Asia to Greece. Focusing on the journeys between ‘outside’ and ‘inside’, the ­article specifically explores different temporalities, how they emerged, how they corresponded with each other, how they clashed. Viewing the strategy developed by the workshop and its wider impact as a metaphor for an ethical stance trespassing the limits of its aesthetic context, I outline the possibility of theatre as a timespace that changes everything.
Art, truth and reality, Cavafy, and cultural studies: A personal perspective
Authors: Eleftheriotis Dimitris
Published: November 2017

This essay represents a personal and polemical perspective that considers recent cultural and political events in order to reaffirm some of the key principles of cultural studies as a discipline. Particular attention is given to the so-called Cavafy controversy in Greece, and the essay outlines a cultural studies position in relation to it.
Book Reviews
Authors: Homer Sean , Kolovou Ioulia
Published: November 2017

The Cinema of Theo Angelopoulos, Angelos Koutsourakis and Mark Steven (eds) (2015)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 324+xi pp.,

ISBN: 9780748697953, h/bk, £75.00

 

Koupia Kai Ftera: O Mythos Tis Odysseias Sti Logotehnia Kai Ston Kinimatografo Tou Modernismou (Wings and Oars: The Myth of the Odyssey in Modernist Literature and Film), Maria Oikonomou (2016)

Athens: Nefeli, 351 pp., ISBN: 9789605041564, p/bk, €21.50
Síndrome Prune Belly: sobrevida de un paciente con insuficiencia renal
Authors: Redondo Meza Yulys Carolina , Ruiz Pérez Ornella
Published: November 2017

El síndrome de Prune Belly es un trastorno congénito infrecuente, caracterizado por alteración de la musculatura abdominal (hipoplasia), criptorquidia bilateral y anomalías del tracto genitourinario; esta última característica es determinante para la amplia variedad clínica con que se presenta este trastorno en la etapa neonatal y, además, está directamente asociada con el pronóstico de la enfermedad, dado que este depende del grado de compromiso de la función renal al momento del diagnóstico. En este reporte, se presenta el caso de un neonato con diagnóstico prenatal de este síndrome, con manejo multidisciplinario durante el periodo neonatal . Se recomienda el abordaje diagnóstico-terapéutico temprano y oportuno que disminuya el riesgo de complicaciones y permita prolongar la sobrevida en este tipo de pacientes.
O ensino da Língua Portuguesa no Brasil e em Portugal
Authors: Mesquita Elisete Maria De Carvalho , Carvalho José António Brandão Soares de
Published: November 2017

Apresentação.
O ensino de literatura no Brasil: desafios a superar em busca de práticas mais eficientes
Authors: Machado Galvão André Luis , Carvalho da Silva António
Published: November 2017

O ensino de literatura no Brasil tem enfrentado dificuldades para ocorrer de forma mais eficiente, com vistas não só a alcançar os objetivos do currículo escolar, mas principalmente para formar leitores e difundir o gosto pela leitura. Nesse sentido, este trabalho apresenta e discute alguns desafios mais importantes e frequentes no contexto brasileiro do ensino de literatura, relativos à formação docente, aos equívocos na prática pedagógica, à centralidade do estudante no processo de leitura e à seleção de textos literários, com o escopo de apontar possíveis caminhos para um ensino de literatura que alcance seus objetivos de maneira mais profícua.
La persistencia bacteriana: una problemática ignorada por una ciencia sin respuestas
Authors: FORMENTINI Enrique
Published: November 2017

En nuestra cultura occidental tenemos un concepto triunfalista y mesiánico de la ciencia, ya que se confía que tarde o temprano la misma hallará respuestas y soluciones a los problemas del hombre. Sin embargo, la ciencia tiende a negar sistemáti-camente todo aquello para lo cual no tiene explicación y condena al olvido a todo conocimiento para lo cual no tiene aplicación actual. Las bacterias persistentes son uno de esos problemas olvidados, que recientemente ha despertado interés en la comunidad científica, al tener que enfrentarse a la problemática creciente de la resistencia bacteriana. Este artículo trata dos temas disímiles pero que están estrechamente relacionados. El primero, consiste en explicar el ignorado y olvidado fenómeno de la persistencia bacteriana y su impli-cancia en la progresiva disminución de la vida útil de los antibióticos. El segundo, es un análisis epistémico-ético con el objetivo de dilucidar la responsabilidad de la ciencia respecto de la ignorancia y el olvido de esta problemática. Finalmente se propone una pos-tura epistemológica para la revalorización constante de los conocimientos olvidados.
Contratos de licencia sobre patentes en trámite. Análisis de su régimen jurídico.
Authors: Bailo Gonzalo Luciano , Romano Rubén
Published: November 2017

A nivel global, se registra un incremento significativo en el número y en la complejidad de las solicitudes de patentes que se presentan a consideración de las autoridades. En este trabajo se revisó el régimen legal de los contratos de licencia sobre patentes en trámite y la problemática que se genera cuando las patentes se rechazan de forma total o parcial. Para ello, se analizaron soluciones del derecho comparado, de la jurisprudencia y de las prácticas comerciales. Por la importancia que tiene este tema para las instituciones de investigación, las empresas y las universidades, se estima recomendable que la normativa, las guías de buenas prácticas, las normas modelo y los contratos privados regulen algunos aspectos problemáticos de la figura.
Apuntes preliminares para desandar los rasgos identitarios de Trabajo Social
Authors: Chechele Melina
Published: November 2017

El contenido de la publicación involucra los avances producidos en el marco de la tesina de grado «Identidad Profesional de Trabajo Social. Abordaje de sus principales rasgos según las miradas de estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Trabajo Social de Santa Fe». La pregunta rectora de dicho trabajo que refiere a ¿cuáles son los rasgos identitarios de la profesión Trabajo Social reconocidos por los y las estudiantes? dirige la mirada hacia los y las estudiantes avanzados de la Licenciatura en Trabajo Social, de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral de Santa Fe, en el año 2016. En esta propuesta se plantean algunos elementos para conceptualizar la identidad y sus anclajes en la singularidad de la profesión y en la formación profesional. A su vez, se presentan algunas reflexiones preliminares surgidas de la construcción que se ha elaborado sobre los rasgos identitarios de la profesión, a partir del cruce de los relevos teóricos y del análisis del material empírico obtenido de los cuestionarios autoadministrados y las entrevistas no directivas.
Communication in Instructional Design
Authors: Fulgencio Jose L.
Published: November 2017

Communication between instructional designer and client is key to a successful experience. Without a clear understanding about who will lead a course or how a course will function after it has been designed can cause friction and confusion. In this article, the focus is on the importance of communication that should take place during the needs assessment portion of the design should there be a leadership change.
Clinical Manifestations of Self-disorders in Schizophrenia Spectrum Conditions
Authors: Henriksen Mads Gram , Parnas Josef
Published: November 2017

This article explores the phenomenologically informed, theoretical and empirical research direction on self-disorders in the schizophrenia spectrum conditions. First, we describe the concept of ‘self’ that is operative in the concept of ‘self-disorders’ and we discuss how this self may be disordered or fragile in the schizophrenia spectrum. Second, we offer a detailed psychopathological presentation and discussion of 3 patients with schizophrenia. The vignettes provide paradigmatic examples of self-disorders in schizophrenia. Third, we summarize the main findings in the current empirical research on self-disorders. These findings consistently indicate that self-disorders constitute a crucial, trait phenotype of the schizophrenia spectrum.
EASE: Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience
Authors: Parnas Josef , Møller Paul , Kircher Tilo , Thalbitzer Jørgen , Jansson Lennart , Handest Peter , Zahavi Dan , Karakuła-Juchnowicz Hanna , Morylowska-Topolska Justyna , Juchnowicz Dariusz
Published: November 2017

Streszczenie

Skala EASE jest listą objawów do częściowo ustrukturalizowanego fenomenologicznego badania subiektywnych lub empirycznych nieprawidłowości (anomalii), które można uznać za zaburzenia podstawowej, „minimalnej” samoświadomości. EASE opracowana została na podstawie samoopisów otrzymanych od pacjentów chorujących na zaburzenia ze spektrum schizofrenii. Skala ma duże znaczenie dla opisu, diagnozy oraz diagnozy różnicowej zaburzeń ze spektrum schizofrenii. Prezentowana wersja zawiera istotne szczegółowe kwestie dotyczące zbierania wywiadu oraz opisy objawów psychopatologicznych (Podręcznik), arkusz wyników (Aneks A), listę pozostałych pozycji Skali stosowanych w czasie wywiadu (Aneks B) oraz porównawczą listę pozycji EASE/BSABS (Bonner Skala für die Beurteilung von Basissymptomen, Bońska Skala do Oceny Objawów Podstawowych) (Aneks C).
First record of Stibarobdella moorei (Annelida, Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) a marine leech parasitizing Octopus bimaculatus (Mollusca: Octopodidae) from the Mexican Pacific coast
Authors: López-Peraza D. J. , Hernández-Rodríguez M. , Barón-Sevilla B. , Bückle-Ramírez L. F. , Grano-Maldonado M. I.
Published: November 2017

The occurrence of the parasitic marine leech Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910) (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) along the northwest Mexican Pacific coast is described for the first time. This ectoparasite was collected from the skin of the Octopus bimaculatus (Verril, 1983) (Mollusca: Octopodidae). Stibarobdella loricata (Hardig, 1924) is synonymized with S. moorei as this species resembles other species of the genus based on tubercle patterns and the presence of papillae and a marginal fringe on the oral sucker. The present finding throws new light on the biodiversity and host preference of the ectoparasite and suggests a successful migration to unusual host. The coast of the Pacific Ocean, particularly in the Bay of Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico is a new geographical distribution area for S. moorei, and O. bimaculatus is a new host reported for this leech. The morphology of this ectoparasite is briefly described.
Crystal structure of pyrimidine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid 1.5 hydrate, C12H14N4O11
Authors: Guo Chun-Mei , Song Xiu-Ying , Xiong Wan-Ming , Kang Nian-Qian , Nie Xu-Liang
Published: November 2017

C12H14N4O11, orthorhombic, C2221 (no. 20), a = 4.7425(3) Å, b = 12.5852(9) Å, c = 26.5080(18) Å, V = 1582.14(19) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0377, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1064, T = 296(2) K.
Investigation of the compound La5Zn2−xPb1 + x (x = 0.20–0.32)
Authors: Oshchapovsky Igor , Pavlyuk Volodymyr , Dmytriv Grygoriy
Published: November 2017

La5Zn2−xPb1 + x (x = 0.20–0.32), tetragonal, I4/mcm (no. 140), a = 8.1673(12) Å, c = 15.367(3) Å, V = 1025.1(3) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0261, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0441, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of 2-chloro-1,3-di-tert-pentyl-4,4-diphenyl-1,3,2λ
3,4-diazaphosphasiletidine, C22H32ClN2PSi
Authors: Mo Dennis , Serio Marcel , Frank Walter
Published: November 2017

C22H32ClN2PSi, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 11.8482(3) Å, b = 12.8044(3) Å, c = 15.6562(4) Å, α = 77.694(2)°, β = 84.144(2)°, γ = 89.029(2)°, V = 2308.48(10) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0527, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1148, T = 173(2) K.
The collaborative dimensions of argument maps: A socio-visual approach
Authors: Bresciani Sabrina , Eppler Martin J.
Published: November 2017

This paper examines the collaborative use of visual argument maps in the context of argument production in organizations. Argument maps are highly multimodal, as their use involves the combination of diagrams, text elements, as well as spoken statements. In this theoretical piece, we apply a Collaborative Dimensions framework to argument maps that can be used to better design, understand, evaluate, and use argument maps in collaborative settings for decision making purposes. Specifically, our conceptual framework – derived from interdisciplinary perspectives – takes into consideration how the visual dimensions of argument maps have a bearing on the social interactions of people involved in a complex argumentation process. We posit that cognitive dimensions of argument maps need to be enriched with additional communicative and collaborative dimensions in order to foster a more widespread adoption of argument mapping in organizational decision making. In our socio-visual approach to argument mapping, we thus distinguish the following seven dimensions: Visual Insight, Outcome Clarity, Directed Focus, Perceived Finishedness, Visual Appeal, Content Modifiability, and Collaboration Support. We illustrate the use of the framework as an evaluation tool and analyze three different approaches to argument mapping with the help of the seven dimensions. In this way, the framework can be used to improve collaborative argument mapping. Our contribution thus lies in proposing an interdisciplinary and theoretically grounded set of factors to augment the quality of argument maps, both from a process and a results perspective. In this manner we hope to contribute to the theory of argumentation through the rich notion of “collaborative dimensions,” as well as further the practice of collaborative argument production through a more reflective and systematic use of interactive argument visualization.
Optical metrology for the investigation of buried technical structures
Authors: Göring Lena , Finkeldey Markus , Schellenberg Falk , Brenner Carsten , Hofmann Martin R. , Gerhardt Nils C.
Published: November 2017

In this paper, we present different optical metrology approaches for
the investigation of buried technical structures. Contactless,
potentially fast and non-destructive techniques such as optical beam
induced current (OBIC), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and
digital holographic microscopy (DHM) are described. Their properties
are illustrated by investigating the buried structures of
a microcontroller.