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Composição florística de angiospermas no carste do Alto São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brasil
Authors: Melo Pablo Hendrigo Alves de , Lombardi Julio Antonio , Salino Alexandre , Carvalho Douglas Antônio de
Published: June 2013

A ocorrência de rochas carbonáticas delimita um tipo particular de relevo, o carste, o qual, pela geomorfologia e hidrologia específicas, difere das paisagens dominantes. Na região cárstica do Alto São Francisco, conhecida como "Mata de Pains", encontram-se exemplos marcantes de relevos cársticos ocorrentes em Minas Gerais. No cárste, a cobertura vegetal é composta por mosaico fitofisionômico apresentando áreas florestadas e áreas abertas, com notável diversidade florística. O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar o levantamento das espécies de angiospermas em áreas com afloramentos de rocha carbonática na Região Cárstica do Alto São Francisco, bem como verificar a relação florística da região estudada com a flora dos domínios fitogeográficos brasileiros. Para o levantamento, no período de 2002 a 2006, foram realizadas expedições mensais para coletas de material botânico fértil concentradas em áreas relacionadas a rochas carbonáticas. O material coletado totalizou 1.512 exsicatas e foi incorporado ao acervo do herbário BHCB. Foram encontradas 456 espécies de angiospermas, distribuídas em 299 gêneros e 77 famílias. O hábito herbáceo foi o melhor representado, com 161 espécies, seguido dos hábitos arbustivo e arbóreo (111 espécies cada), escandente (73 espécies). A flora encontrada na Mata de Pains apresenta influências, em ordem de importância, dos domínios fitogeográficos Mata Atlântica, Cerrado, Amazônia, Caatinga, Pantanal e Pampa. Inventários florísticos em regiões cársticas nos diferentes domínios fitogeográficos podem, em conjunto, fornecer informações importantes no entendimento histórico da vegetação neotropical.
A família Nymphaeaceae no estado do Ceará, Brasil
Authors: Sousa Danilo José Lima de , Matias Lígia Queiroz
Published: June 2013

No estado do Ceará, onde predomina um clima Tropical Quente Semiárido, são observados diferentes tipos de corpos d'água. Nestes são frequentemente encontrados representantes de Nymphaeaceae. Dos seis gêneros da família apenas Nymphaea ocorre no Ceará. Foram identificadas sete espécies de Nymphaea: N. amazonum e N. lasiophylla possuem uma ampla distribuição, estando presentes desde a zona costeira ao interior do estado; N. jamesoniana, N. lingulata e N. pulchella ocorreram nas regiões semiáridas no interior do estado; N. rudgeana e N. tenerinervia apresentaram populações apenas nos ambientes litorâneos. N. lasiophylla é a espécie mais frequente. São apresentadas descrições, comentários, ilustrações e chaves de identificação dos táxons.
Paepalanthus subgen. Xeractis (Eriocaulaceae) na porção central da Cadeia do Espinhaço em Minas Gerais, Brasil
Authors: Andrino Caroline Oliveira , Costa Fabiane Nepomuceno
Published: June 2013

Dentre as famílias botânicas que ocorrem nos campos rupestres, Eriocaulaceae destaca-se como uma das mais representativas, tanto pela grande riqueza, como pelo elevado número de endemismos. A família é composta atualmente por 10 gêneros. Paepalanthus Mart. possui ca. 400 espécies agrupadas em vários táxons infragenéricos, entre eles Paepalanthus subgen. Xeractis Koern., grupo endêmico da Cadeia do Espinhaço em Minas Gerais. Foi efetuado o levantamento das espécies de Paepalanthus subgen. Xeractis que ocorrem na porção central da Cadeia do Espinhaço em Minas Gerais, principal centro de diversidade do gênero. Foram registradas 10 espécies e duas variedades: P. argenteus (Bong.) Koern. var. argenteus, P. calvulus (Ruhland) Hensold, P. chrysolepis Silveira, P. comans Silveira, P. dianthoides Mart., P. homomallus (Bong.) Mart., P. latifolius Koern., P. mollis var. itambeensis Hensold, P. nigrescens Silveira, P. plumosus (Bong.) Koern., P. revolutus Hensold e P. superbus (Silveira) Hensold. São apresentadas chaves de identificação para os subgêneros de Paepalanthus e espécies de P. subgen. Xeractis, além de descrições e comentários sobre morfologia, distribuição geográfica, hábitat e conservação das espécies.
Ficus (Moraceae) da Serra da Mantiqueira, Brasil
Authors: Pelissari Gisela , Romaniuc Neto Sergio
Published: June 2013

A Serra da Mantiqueira, localizada na Região Sudeste do Brasil, encontra-se entre os biomas Mata Atlântica e Cerrado, se estendendo pelos estados de São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo e Rio de Janeiro. Sua maior porção está no estado de Minas Gerais e a menor no Espírito Santo, na Serra do Caparaó. Ficus L. é o maior gênero da família Moraceae, com aproximadamente 800 espécies distribuídas na região tropical, incluindo espécies arbustivas, arbóreas, hemiepífitas e trepadeiras. As características mais marcantes do gênero são a inflorescência do tipo sicônio e a polinização por vespas. Para este estudo foram examinados materiais depositados em coleções científicas, além de coletas e observações das populações na natureza. Foram encontradas 25 espécies de Ficus, sendo 17 nativas e oito exóticas. São apresentadas descrições, observações sobre fenologia, distribuição geográfica, conservação, comentários taxonômicos e ilustrações. São descritas e ilustradas nesse trabalho as espécies nativas, dentre as quais seis encontram-se em perigo, devido à fragmentação do habitat e interferência antrópica.
O gênero Chloris (Poaceae) em Pernambuco, Brasil
Authors: Maciel Jefferson Rodrigues , Silva Wegliane Campelo da , Costa-e-Silva Maria Bernadete
Published: June 2013

Com o objetivo de colaborar com o conhecimento da riqueza de Poaceae em Pernambuco, foi estudado o gênero Chloris Sw. As coletas foram realizadas no estado, bem como dados foram coligidos de levantamento em herbários da região. Foram registradas sete espécies de Chloris em Pernambuco: C. barbata Sw., C. elata Desv., C. exilis Renv., C. gayana Kunth, C. orthonoton Döll, C. pycnothrix Trin. e C. virgata Sw. O gênero apresenta distribuição ampla em todas as zonas fitogeográficas do estado. Chloris gayana, C. barbata e C. pycnothrix estão citadas na literatura como potenciais forrageiras.
Plant functional types define magnitude of drought response in peatland CO2 exchange
Authors: Kuiper Jan J. , Mooij Wolf M. , Bragazza Luca , Robroek Bjorn J. M.
Published: June 2013

Peatlands are important sinks for atmospheric carbon (C), yet the role of plant functional types (PFTs) for C sequestration under climatic perturbations is still unclear. A plant‐removal experiment was used to study the importance of vascular PFTs for the net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) during (i.e., resistance) and after (i.e., recovery) an experimental drought. The removal of PFTs caused a decrease of NEE, but the rate differed between microhabitats (i.e., hummocks and lawns) and the type of PFTs. Ericoid removal had a large effect on NEE in hummocks, while the graminoids played a major role in the lawns. The removal of PFTs did not affect the resistance or the recovery after the experimental drought. We argue that the response of Sphagnum mosses (the only PFT present in all treatments) to drought is dominant over that of coexisting PFTs. However, we observed that the moment in time when the system switched from C sink to C source during the drought was controlled by the vascular PFTs. In the light of climate change, the shifts in species composition or even the loss of certain PFTs are expected to strongly affect the future C dynamics in response to environmental stress.
Intrapartum Nurse’s Guide to Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: Another Ten Steps
Authors: Gibson Martha Marty , Bowles Betty Carlson , Jansen Lauren , Leach Jane
Published: June 2013

The intrapartum period is a crucial time for implementing steps to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. Labor and delivery nurses may be more concerned with the immediate safety of the mother and fetus than with future implications for breastfeeding. The purpose of this article
is to review the potential effects that prenatal education and intrapartum practices and interventions have on lactation, and to encourage nurses to thoughtfully consider these effects in their clinical practices. By implementing these recommendations they can better educate the mother, empower
her to make informed choices, avoid unnecessary intrusion into the normal birth process, and maximize the potential for meeting her breastfeeding goals.
Roundtable and Response on Peer-to-Peer Milk Sharing
Authors: Wilson-Clay Barbara , Gribble Karleen D.
Published: June 2013

Editor’s note: One of the editorial goals for Clinical Lactation was to provide a forum where IBCLCs could respectfully discuss emerging, and sometimes controversial, issues that arise in our field. The issue of peer-to-peer milk sharing is one such issue. Social media has greatly facilitated
this practice. Given the rise in milk-sharing behavior, it is appropriate for IBCLCs to acknowledge its existence, understand why it occurs, and decide on an appropriate course of action. This article presents a roundtable discussion of Karleen Gribble’s recent article, Biomedical Ethics and
Peer-to-Peer Milk Sharing.
Adipose‐Derived Stem Cells Combined With Inorganic Bovine Bone in Calvarial Bone Healing in Rats With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Liang Lihua , Song Yingliang , Li Long , Li Dehua , Qin Mingqun , Zhao Jianhui , Xie Chao , Sun Daocai , Liu Yan , Jiao Tiejun , Liu Naibin , Zou Guike
Published: June 2013

Background: Clinical studies have revealed that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have higher implant and bone grafting failure rates than the general population, likely owing to inferior bone healing. The authors sought to investigate whether adipose‐derived stem cells (ASCs) combined with inorganic bovine bone improves bone repair in calvarial vertical critical‐sized defects (CSDs) in rats with type 2 DM.

Methods: Bovine bone alone or seeded with 3 × 105, 3 × 106, or 3 × 107 ASCs/graft was randomly transplanted into calvarial CSDs in rats with DM induced by a high‐fat diet with low‐dose streptozotocin. Specimens were assayed using microcomputed tomography and histomorphometry at 4 and 8 weeks postimplantation.

Results: The histologic results showed an increase in new bone formation in the experimental groups compared with the control group. Both bone volume/total volume and trabecular thickness of newly formed bone within CSDs were the highest, and trabecular spacing was the lowest, in the 3 × 106 group at 8 weeks for the most favorable outcome. The results showed that the amount of new bone was greatest in the 3 × 106 group by 8 weeks.

Conclusions: ASCs enhanced vertical bone regeneration in calvarial defects in rats with type 2 DM, when used in association with bovine bone scaffolds. The findings suggest that a combination of ASCs and bovine bone scaffolds could improve bone quantity in vertical bone defects.
Does the addition of Serenoa repens to tamsulosin improve its therapeutical efficacy in benign prostatic hyperplasia?
Authors: Argirovic Aleksandar , Argirovic Djordje
Published: June 2013

Background/Aim. It has been observed that a large number of patients with low
urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH)) has
been treated with a combination of tamsulosin (TAM) + Serenoa repens (SR)
(TAM + SR). The aim of this study was to compare a combination TAM + SR with
TAM and SR alone, to see if there was any difference in efficacy and
tolerance of each in patients with LUTS/BPH. Methods. In this prospective
study patients had to have prostate volume (PV) < 50 mL, International
Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) of 7-18, Quality of Life score (QoLs) > 3, a
maximal flow rate (Qmax) of 5-15 mL/s, with post voiding residual volume
(PVR) < 150 mL and serum prostatic antigen (PSA) < 4 ng/mL. TAM (0.4 mg) was
administered once a day, SR (320 mg) daily or SR (320 mg) + TAM (0.4 mg)
daily for a median period of 6 months. Results. A total of 297 patients were
recruited, whereas 265 patients were fully available: 87 into the group TAM,
97 into the group SR and 81 into the group TAM + SR. There was no
statistically significant difference between the treatment groups in the
sense of demographic and other baseline parameters. No difference was found
among the 3 treatment groups, neither in the major endpoint of the study in
the sense of a change between baseline and final evaluation in total IPSS,
obstructive and irritative subscores, improvement of QoLs, increase in Qmax,
nor for the second endpoint including diminution of PV, PSA and PVR. During
the treatment period 20 (23%) of the patients managed with TAM and 17 (21%)
with TAM + SR had drug-treated with related adverse reactions. No adverse
effect was detected in the group SR. Conclusion. Treatment of BPH by both SR
and TAM seems to be efficacious alone. None of them had superiority over
another and, additionally, a combined therapy (TAM + SR) does not provide
extra benefits. Furthermore, SR is a well-tolerated agent that can be used
alternatively in the treatment of LUTS/BPH.
Are Relative Performance Measures in CEO Incentive Contracts Used for Risk Reduction and/or for Strategic Interaction?
Authors: Vrettos Dimitris
Published: June 2013

This study offers evidence that the use of RPE (Relative Performance Evaluation) in CEO incentive contracting depends on the type of strategic competition between a firm and its peers. Specifically, CEO pay is negatively (positively) associated with peer-group performance when firms compete as strategic substitutes (complements). This finding suggests that firms provide CEO incentives in order to influence strategic interaction with peer firms. Further, the directionally opposite pay-for-peer-group-performance sensitivities, i.e., negative (positive) for substitutes (complements), cancel each other in aggregate, which may explain the lack of consistent support found in prior research for the role of RPE in filtering out common noise from the CEO's performance. I also document that the weight on both substitute and complement peer performance increases, in absolute value, with the intensity of industry competition relative to the weight on own-firm performance. Finally, taking firms' explicit RPE disclosures into account does not affect the results.
Livestock Valuation in a Dairy Business
Authors: Ashraf Junaid , Ahmad Zeeshan , Chaudhry Imran
Published: June 2013

This case study deals with assessing the value of livestock in the financial statements of a dairy farming business. With a global market predicted to reach US$494 billion by 2015 (GIA 2012), dairy farming is the largest sector of world agriculture production. It is an important industry in many countries. For example, in the USA, dairy farming contributes more than $160 billion in economic output and provides more than 90,000 jobs (DFT 2012).

The subject matter of the case study is a small dairy farming business in Pakistan, a country that is the fifth largest producer of milk in the world (FAO 2009). The case study describes a disagreement between the management and the auditors about the initial recognition and subsequent measurement of crossbred cattle in the financial statements of the business. The aim of this case study is to help students understand the issues involved in assessing the value of livestock in the light of the guidance provided by the International Accounting Standard on Agriculture (IAS 41). The case study can also be used to help students understand the differences between the requirements of U.S. GAAP and international accounting standards, as well as the possible reasons for these differences.
A note on “Some results on multi-valued weakly Jungck mappings in b-metric space”
Authors: Bota Monica-Felicia , Karapınar Erdal
Published: June 2013

The proofs of Theorems 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 from [Olatinwo M.O., Some results on multi-valued weakly jungck mappings in b-metric space, Cent. Eur. J. Math., 2008, 6(4), 610–621] base on faulty evaluations. We give here correct but weaker versions of these theorems.
Winter diet analysis in Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera)
Authors: Miková Edita , Varcholová Katarína , Boldogh Sándor , Uhrin Marcel
Published: June 2013

We investigated the winter food of Mediterranean horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus euryale) in four winter cave roosts in southern Slovakia and northern Hungary and investigated the relationship between food and ambient temperature. The bats were active during the whole winter period and they produced excrement throughout the entire hibernation period, even when outside temperatures dropped below zero. The guano was in two forms, containing (1) prey items and (2) non-prey items. The identifiable items belonged to lepidopteran species, but only one was identified, on the basis of the genital fragments, the moth Colotois pennaria, which was the main prey species in autumn and early winter. Our results shed light on the extraordinarily high level of activity in this bat species during winter hibernation, which in temperate regions is a strategy that enables bats to survive when prey is reduced or absent. In R. euryale, the torpor in the course of hibernation is not continuous and our results help to explain how energy losses caused by bat movements are covered.
BCC-algebras and residuated partially-ordered groupoid
Authors: Zhang Xiaohong
Published: June 2013

The aim of the paper is to investigate the relationship between BCC-algebras and residuated partially-ordered groupoids. We prove that an integral residuated partially-ordered groupoid is an integral residuated pomonoid if and only if it is a double BCC-algebra. Moreover, we introduce the notion of weakly integral residuated pomonoid, and give a characterization by the notion of pseudo-BCI algebra. Finally, we give a method to construct a weakly integral residuated pomonoid (pseudo-BCI algebra) from any bounded pseudo-BCK algebra with pseudo product and any group.
Some properties of hyperideals in ternary semihypergroups
Authors: Naka Krisanthi , Hila Kostaq
Published: June 2013

Ternary semihypergroups are algebraic structures with one ternary associative hyperoperation. In this paper we give some properties of left (right) and lateral hyperideals in ternary semihypergroups. We introduce the notion of left simple, lateral simple, left (0-)simple and lateral 0-simple ternary semihypergroups and characterize the minimality and maximality of left (right) and lateral hyperideals in ternary semihypergroups. The relationship between them is investigated in ternary semihypergroups extending and generalizing the analogues results for ternary semigroups.
Booksellers’ networks between the German and Hungarian book markets in the late 18th century
Authors: Bulková Petronela
Published: June 2013

In the study the author focuses on various aspects of bookselling in the late 18th century. The author seeks to describe the book market environment and the booksellers’ community in Bratislava at that time. She therefore documents communication channels between booksellers in Bratislava and their colleagues in Germany (mainly in Leipzig, Halle, and Berlin).
Worlds of ordinariness: Oral histories of everyday life in communist Czechoslovakia
Authors: Johnston Rosie
Published: June 2013

Just how ordinary was everyday life during normalization in Czechoslovakia? In their discussions of the lives of “ordinary people,” historians have underplayed the fear and secrecy present in the daily experiences of Czechs and Slovaks in the late communist period. In linking writings by dissidents to Czech and Slovak oral histories in the collections of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, I seek to problematize the dissident/ordinary person dichotomy used in recent historiography, and argue that the chasm between these two apparently opposite groups has been exaggerated. Through an analysis of the themes of family, education and mobility, I will show that domestic life was not an escape from politics, but was in itself politicized. From audiovisual interviews, I will glean normalization-era memories of the need for what Václav Havel called “silence” and “mystification”-in the classroom, in the pub and in the home.
Iterative minimization of partial finite state machines
Authors: Alberto Alex , Simao Adenilso
Published: June 2013

Finite state machines have been used in many contexts, e.g., test generation, system modeling, language processing. In these applications, the size of the machine has a great impact on the complexity and quality of the results. Thus, it is desirable to obtain a machine without redundant states, i.e., to minimize the machine. However, the minimization of partially specified finite state machines is a known NP-complete problem, and many heuristics to obtain feasible solutions have been proposed. In this paper, we propose an approach to minimize partial finite state machines based on the selection of compatible states using maximum cliques on the distinction graph. We experimented with our method comparing it with previous methods and the data suggest that our approach is more efficient, generating good results in less time.
Only Context: Canonising Humphrey Jennings/Conceptualising British Documentary Film History
Authors: Stollery Martin
Published: June 2013

This article assesses the predominant ways in which critics and historians have traditionally understood the career of Humphrey Jennings, long considered the British documentary movement's leading film-maker. The terms in which we have previously understood Jennings’ career form part and parcel of how we have hitherto narrated British documentary film history, as a ‘rise and fall’ story that ends around the time of his death. The assumptions underlying this story are now up for debate. This article is therefore an exercise in positive historical revisionism. It is not an attempt to diminish Jennings’ reputation.

The canonisation of film-makers and other cultural figures is a historical process as much as it is a recognition of inherent aesthetic value. This article makes visible some of the historical and institutional contexts framing the emergence of three different versions of ‘Jennings’. These can broadly be summarised as: the quality film-maker; the poet; the modernist. Underpinning the latter two versions, ever since the publication of Lindsay Anderson's classic article ‘Only Connect’ in 1954, are three assumptions: a relatively conventional Romantic conception of Jennings as an individual artist, the people's war as a central point of reference, and the ‘rise and fall’ story of British documentary history. This article concludes that dislodging these assumptions can fruitfully lead to valid new perspectives on both Jennings and the longer history of British documentary.
From Documentary Film to Television Documentaries: John Grierson and This Wonderful World
Authors: Fox Jo
Published: June 2013

In October 1957, John Grierson, the founder of the British documentary film movement, made the transition to a new medium: television. His series for STV, This Wonderful World, which ran in its original form until August 1965, introduced audiences to international documentary in an ‘inter-generic’ magazine format and was among the most popular broadcasts of the fledgling station, which was formed in August 1957 following the introduction of Independent Television (ITV) in 1954. This article analyses how cinematic documentarists made the transition to television and what their experiences reveal of the documentary's place in British society in the 1950s and 1960s. It argues that Grierson's series stood at the centre of debates over ‘prestige’ programming and ‘cultural uplift’, as well as over fears of the allegedly negative influence of ITV on the mass audience, and shows how British television negotiated an increasingly global media and the emergence of the modern television personality. It concludes with an examination of the legacy of early British documentary on television and demonstrates how its pioneers exploited the memory of the 1930s in order to carve out their place in the genre's history.
Doreen Stephens: Producing and Managing British Television in the 1950s and 1960s
Authors: Irwin Mary
Published: June 2013

Doreen Stephens, whose work and career are now largely forgotten, was very active in the production and management of British television during the 1950s and 1960s. This article will consolidate the author's earlier work on Stephens’ central role in the successful expansion of postwar women's television at the BBC. It will chronicle and explore Stephens’ involvement in other significant episodes at the BBC as well as her subsequent appointment in 1967 as London Weekend Television's Head of Children's Religious and Adult Educational Programmes. Such work continues the process of rewriting and repositioning Stephens into existing narratives of television history and demonstrates that the exploration of women's careers in television allows us to establish critical histories of women's professional expertise in television production and management.
Les « églises-halles » histoire d'un espace sacré (XIIe-XVIIIe siècle)
Authors: Sesmat Pierre
Published: June 2013

Bien que partout repérables en grand nombre, les églises-halles restent encore aujourd'hui un sujet qui suscite un certain malaise, surexploité qu il est par la recherche allemande et sous-exploité ailleurs. Cette situation s'explique en grande partie par une historiographie où le nationalisme investit l'histoire de l'art. Au XIXe siècle, Wilhelm Lübke, en inventant le terme Hallenkirche et son concept, a cru y découvrir une architecture spécifiquement allemande, idée que nombre d'historiens allemands ont développée pendant plus d'un siècle. En face, les historiens des autres nations, français en particulier, restèrent plutôt sceptiques. Aujourd'hui un consensus semble s'ébaucher mais maints problèmes d'interprétation de la définition subsistent. Pour en sortir, la solution consiste à considérer les églises-halles comme une expérience architecturale de l'égalité spatiale et dont il huit aborder les différentes facettes. Ainsi il semble bien que légalité en hauteur des vaisseaux relève bien plus d'une volonté spatiale que de la résolution de problèmes de stabilité. Ce qui revient à souligner le rôle primordial des architectes dans l'élaboration des églises-halles et à n'envisager leur « naissance » qu'à partir du moment où le désir d'espace « égalitaire » est possible, c'est-à-dire pas avant le milieu du XII siècle. Jusqu'au début du XXe , dans toute l'Europe, l'église-halle reste un des objets favoris des architectes et des commanditaires, donnant naissance à de nombreuses et riches interprétations de l'égalité spatiale. La relation avec le type basilical est loin d'être conflictuel, mais au contraire toujours présente et dialectique, générant en particulier des « halles-basiliques ». Dans cette histoire, la liturgie n'a qu'un rôle limité. En revanche, la perception est primordiale, ainsi que nous le transmettent certains témoignages, dont celui, essentiel, de Pie II.
La chaire archiépiscopale de Saint-Seurin. Le débat médiéval sur le site de la première cathédrale de Bordeaux
Authors: Schlicht Markus
Published: June 2013

La seule chaire épiscopale médiévale que conserve Bordeaux ne se trouve pas dans la cathédrale, mais dans la collégiale Saint-Seurin. Son analyse formelle, appuyée sur des modélisations informatiques en trois dimensions, révèle la complexité de la composition, l'originalité de ce type de micro- architecture et l'horizon artistique large de son concepteur, qui maniait parfaitement aussi bien les formes d'origine francilienne qu'anglaise.

Le second objectif de l'article est de retracer la manière dont ce siège a été utilisé, en tant qu'argument archéologico-juridique, dans le conflit pluriséculaire opposant les deux principaux chapitres de Bordeaux, celui de la cathédrale et celui de Saint-Seurin. Le siège, en effet, fut utilisé comme preuve principale de la revendication du chapitre de la collégiale selon laquelle son église aurait servi de première cathédrale de Bordeaux et lui permit ainsi de justifier les privilèges particuliers dont il jouissait.
La cheminée sculptée du manoir de Louis de Ronsard à la Possonnière
Authors: Contenson Marie-Laure de
Published: June 2013

Der skulptierte Kamin des Landsitzes von Louis de Ronsard in La Possonnière, von Maire-Laure de Contenson

Der skulptierte Kamin in La Possonnière, dessen aktueller Zustand teibveise einer Beschreibung der Revolutionszeit entspricht, ist des Landhauses. Der heraldische Dekor zeigt die Bedeutting, die Louis de Ronsard der Familie seiner Muttcr, Jeanne d'Illiers des Radrets, das Fehlen des Wappens seiner Frau, Jeanne Chaudrier, blcibt ein Ràtscl. Die Uppigkeit der antikisicrenden Motive, von denen einige von Stichen von Zoan Andréa und Giovanni Pietro da Birago inspiriert sind, ist sehr charakteristisch fur den Beginn der Renaissance. Der Salamander, eine rcgelrcchte Huldigung an Konig Franz L, den Siéger der Schlacht von Marignano, und sein Vergleich mit clem Albrecht Durer erlaubcn es, das Datum eler Fertigstellung dièses Meisterwerkes nach dem 24. Januar 1516 anzusctzcn.
Fontainebleau 1538-1542. Nouvelles données sur la Grande basse-cour
Authors: Boudon Françoise , Blécon Jean
Published: June 2013

Fontainebleau 1538-1542. Neue Daten zum Großen Eingangshof, von Françoise Boudon und Jean Blécon

Die Errichtung des großen Eingangshofes (Cour du Cheval Blanc, Hof des weißen Pferdes) des Schlosses von Fontainebleau ist bisher einer der dunkelsten und am meisten diskutierten Aspekte der Geschichte dieser Stätte geblieben. Eine bisher unedierte Archivalie - ein Vertrag über Zimmereiarbeiten vom 1. August 1538 für den im Bau befindlichen Flügel am Ende der Galerie Franz I. — und neue archäologische Fakten - das Fälldatum im Winter 1541-1542 des Dachstuhlholzes der Risalite im Cour du Cheval blanc - erlauben es, die Baugeschichte dieses Teiles des Schlosses zu präzisieren.

Die Chronologie der Arbeiten, die in Fontainebleau in der Zeit um 1540 durchgeführt wurden, konnte sich wie folgt darstellen lassen : die Bauarbeiten am „Neuen Schloss” wären Ende 1537 oder spätestens Anfang 1538 begonnen worden. Zwischen dem Winter 1537/38 und 1539 hutte man den Ofenpavillon (Pavillon des Poêles) errichtet und den Südtfägel des Großen Eingangshofes, der bald verlängert und erhöht wurde Zwischen 1539 und 1541 - je nachdem, ob die Abtei bereits zerstört war oder nicht - hatte man den Nord - und den Westflügel desselben Hofes aufgeführt. Ende 1541, als das Mauerwerk fertig war, wären dann die Dachdeckarbeiten in Angritt genommen worden, die Dachstühle waren im Frühling 1542 autgerichtet worden. Ende 1542 wäre der Croise Eingangshof im Rohbau fertig gewesen oder kurz vor der Fertigstellung. Diese neuen Daten ändern nichts an unserer Analyse der Art und Weise, wie dieser auf einem Teil der Abtei erbaute Große Eingangshof das Funktionieren der Gesamtheit des Schlosses veränderte ; aber sie stürzen unsere Hypothesen über das Fortschreiten des Projektes und die Bauorganisation dieses monumentalen Hofes, der zur Unrerbringung der Offiziere diente. Eine stärker gesicherte Chronologie der Bauarbeiten fur diesen Teil des Schlosses zwischen 1537 und 1542 erlaubt es, den Zustand des Schlosses um 1540 anders zu rekonstruieren, als wir das unlängst vorgeschlagen haben. Die wiedergefundenen Dokumente tragen schliefslich etwas Klarheit über die Abtei und ihre Kirche bei und werten ein helles Licht auf die Geschichte des „Neuen Schlosses”, das Franz I. im Sinn hatte.
La première restauration de la maison carrée de Nîmes (1670-1691). Documents inédits
Authors: Caillat Gérard
Published: June 2013

Die erste Restaurierung der Maison Carrée zu Nîmes, von Gérard Caillat

Die erste Restaurierung der Maison Carrée zu Nîmes, zwischen 1684 und 1691, markiert einen Bruch in der Konzeption des Denkmalschutzes. Die Eigentümer, die Augustinermönche, wünschten das Denkmal ihren Bedürfnissen anzupassen und nur die am besten erhaltenen antiken Teile zu erhalten. Nachdem mit der Austührung der Arbeiten begonnen worden war, wurden sic durch die koniglichen Behörden unterbrochen, die einen neuen Architekten ernannten. Die Errichtung einer Treppe vor dem Portikus, die weniger monumental war, als die im 19. Jahrhundert neu erbaute, gab ihr das Aussehen eines Tempels zurück, hierin der von Andréa Palladio vorgegebenen Interpretation folgend. Bislang unveröffenrlichte Archivalien, darunter der der im Anhang publizierte, erste Vertrag mit dem Nîmeser Architekten Jacques Cubizol, erlauben es, in Zusammenschau mit literarischen und ikonografischen Quellen, den Vorzustand dieses wichtigen Eingriffs zu präzisieren.
Hyakinthos fleur mythique et plantes réelles
Authors: Amigues Suzanne
Published: June 2013

D'Homère au début de l'époque hellénistique, hyakinthos correspond à des plantes déterminées, la jacinthe d'Orient, introduite de bonne heure en Grèce, et la scille à deux feuilles. C'est ensuite essentiellement le nom de fleurs rappelant par leur forme (jacinthe) ou par leurs taches colorées (glaïeul des moissons et pied-d'alouette) le nom de héros morts prématurément (Hyacinthe, Ajax), et enfin celui d'une fleur de deuil sans identité précise. Dans le mythe d'Hyacinthe, la plante symbolise globalement la végétation printanière, tôt développée et tôt détruite par l'action du soleil.
L'épervier et le rossignol d'Hésiode. Une fable à double sens
Authors: Leclerc Marie-Christine
Published: June 2013

La fable hésiodique de l'épervier et du rossignol est généralement interprétée comme une illustration de la loi du plus fort, présentant aux rois iniques le tableau de leur brutalité. Mais si certains éléments permettent de confirmer cette hypothèse, d'autres (choix narratifs et lexicaux, contexte où s'inscrit l'apologue) amènent à considérer l'épervier comme l'image du châtiment divin sanctionnant ces abus. La fable aurait ainsi un double sens, à la fois miroir de la démesure et présage de la sanction qu'elle appelle.
Le retour de Plisthène. Disparition et réapparition d'un personnage mythologique
Authors: Papathomopoulos Manolis
Published: June 2013

Un fragment de J. Tzetzès (découvert et publié en 1980 par l'auteur) mentionnant Plisthène comme père d'Agamemnon et de Ménélas permet d'interpréter une série de textes (hésiodiques, lyriques, tragiques) qui semblent s'entrecouper et se compléter mutuellement ; en sens inverse, la nouvelle lecture de ces textes montre que le témoignage de Tzetzès n'est pas aussi isolé qu'il le paraissait mais qu'il s'inscrit dans une longue tradition qui va des cercles hésiodiques jusqu'au scholiaste byzantin.
Réflexions sur la famille de δίχη dans l'enquête d'Hérodote
Authors: Coulet Corinne
Published: June 2013

Hérodote est encore trop souvent présenté, dans le domaine des idées, comme un auteur «archaïque» : l'étude du vocabulaire de la famille de δίκη dans l'Enquête montre que l'historien participe à la réflexion sophistique et aux idées neuves du Ve siècle. Si dans les relations internationales la justice (δίκη) reste encore liée à la vengeance et aux représailles, elle devient, lorsqu'elle est pratiquée à l'intérieur de l'État ou entre individus, une véritable vertu.
Historical ecology: Using unconventional data sources to test for effects of global environmental change
Authors: Vellend Mark , Brown Carissa D. , Kharouba Heather M. , McCune Jenny L. , Myers‐Smith Isla H.
Published: June 2013

Predicting the future ecological impact of global change drivers requires understanding how these same drivers have acted in the past to produce the plant populations and communities we see today. Historical ecological data sources have made contributions of central importance to global change biology, but remain outside the toolkit of most ecologists. Here we review the strengths and weaknesses of four unconventional sources of historical ecological data: land survey records, “legacy” vegetation data, historical maps and photographs, and herbarium specimens. We discuss recent contributions made using these data sources to understanding the impacts of habitat disturbance and climate change on plant populations and communities, and the duration of extinction–colonization time lags in response to landscape change. Historical data frequently support inferences made using conventional ecological studies (e.g., increases in warm‐adapted species as temperature rises), but there are cases when the addition of different data sources leads to different conclusions (e.g., temporal vegetation change not as predicted by chronosequence studies). The explicit combination of historical and contemporary data sources is an especially powerful approach for unraveling long‐term consequences of multiple drivers of global change. Despite the limitations of historical data, which include spotty and potentially biased spatial and temporal coverage, they often represent the only means of characterizing ecological phenomena in the past and have proven indispensable for characterizing the nature, magnitude, and generality of global change impacts on plant populations and communities.
MEASURING TRADE-OFFS AMONG CRITERIA IN A BALANCED SCORECARD FRAMEWORK: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS RESEARCH FIELD
Authors: Ferreira Fernando A. F.
Published: June 2013

Claimed by the Harvard Business Review as one of the main innovations of recent decades in management systems, the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been widely studied and applied in different management contexts. However, despite recent progress and its undeniable merit, the BSC has its own shortcomings. As reported in the literature, it seems generally agreed that the way compensations between criteria within a BSC framework are calculated remains an open issue. Thus, one of the contributions of this study is to augment the theoretical discussion on the potentialities of the multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach to bring simplicity and transparency to the calculation of compensations (i.e. trade-offs) among evaluation criteria within a BSC framework. It seems important to underline that this paper builds on previous work and is not empirical research. However, it aims to extend the discussion to other (new) measurement contexts. We believe that the development and promotion of the integrated use of MCDA tools in BSC applications to measure trade-offs among evaluation criteria in the BSC framework can be a key factor in ensuring more successful implementations and uses of the BSC within firms.
ADOPTION OF ISO 9000 MANAGEMENT STANDARD IN EU'S TRANSITION ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF THE BALTIC STATES
Authors: Heras-Saizarbitoria Iñaki , Arana Germán , Cilleruelo Ernesto
Published: June 2013

This article analyzes the dissemination of the main global management standards, the ISO 9000, within the transition economies of the European Union (EU). In the article, the specific case of the Baltic States is analyzed in depth. The work refers to the diffusion of the ISO 9000 standard in the Baltic States in terms of its certification intensity and sectorial distribution. Likewise, the work refers to the huge increase of certifications achieved by the countries and the other transition economies in the previous years of their adhesion to the European Union in years 2004 and 2007. The conclusions drawn in the article may be of interest both for academic and professional spheres of activity but, overall, for public-decisors.
THE EFFECTS OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON THE PROFITABILITY OF NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS
Authors: Aregbeyen Omo
Published: June 2013

The efficiency of working capital management (WCM) has implications for firms’profitability. This paper empirically investigates the effects of WCM on the profitability of a sample of 48 large manufacturing firms quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the period 1993 to 2005. It is aimed at filling the gaps in a previous study and contribute to expanding and enriching the literature particularly on Nigeria and at large. The analysis examined the responses of the firms’ profitability to WCM and a number of augmenting factors. Profitability was alternatively measured by gross operating profit (GOI), net operating income (NOI) and return on assets (ROA). Likewise, WCM was measured by the average collection period (ACP), average pay period (APP), inventory turnover days (ITID) and comprehensively by the cash conversion cycle (CCC). The results indicate that the firms’ have been inefficient with WCM and caused significant reductions in profitability. The paper concludes that improving the efficiency of WCM is essential and recommends that manufacturing firms in Nigeria should shorten the ACP, APP, ITID and reduce their CCCs.
DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATION IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Carvalho Luísa , Costa Teresa , Caiado Jorge
Published: June 2013

This paper uses logistic regression analysis to examine how intramural and extramural R&D, acquisition of machinery, equipment and software, acquisition of external knowledge, training, market introduction and other procedures and technical preparations determine the innovation behaviour of manufacturing and service firms. We adopt a multidimensional view of innovation by considering product, process, organizational and marketing innovations as dependent variables separately. The study reports on the Community Innovation Survey (CIS4) of a small open-economy country. The empirical results indicate that intramural R&D has a positive impact on innovation. In contrast, the influence of extramural R&D on innovation is unclear. All innovation activities contribute towards organizational innovation. The study also suggests that there are no significant differences between services and manufacturing firms concerning the propensity to innovation.
TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR CLOSER UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION IN EDUCATING BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS
Authors: Witt Emlyn , Lill Irene , Malalgoda Chamindi , Siriwardena Mohan , Thayaparan Menaha , Amaratunga Dilanthi , Kaklauskas Arturas
Published: June 2013

Recent reports suggest that even the current industry skills needs are not being adequately met with graduate capabilities falling short of industry expectations. If higher education institutions (HEIs) are to respond effectively to the current and future challenges, a robust conceptual appreciation of the education-industry skills context is required in order to support recommendations and, ultimately, interventions. A conceptual framework aimed at addressing the ‘mismatch’ between the skills requirements of industry and the competences of graduates in the built environment sector was derived. A series of surveys was undertaken on the basis of the derived framework. It was intended that the findings from the surveys would enable the framework to be refined and validated. However, some of the findings suggest that the originally derived conceptual framework does not adequately represent the complexity of the professional learning context and it is not feasible to refine it. This paper describes the conceptual framework which was derived, highlights selected findings from surveys which indicate its inadequacy and then draws on the contemporary literature of higher education futures to discuss the implications for a more representative framework. Recommendations for a closer representation of the education-industry context and for further research directions are made.
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS GAPS IN THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT-RELATED DISCIPLINES
Authors: Keraminiyage Kaushal , Lill Irene
Published: June 2013

„Strategies to address gaps in the supply and demand of skills and knowledge in built environment-related disciplines" International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 17(2), p. 111-113
Analyse de l'évolution de l'imputabilité dans les administrations axées sur le marché de l'emploi – d'une concentration vers un partage des responsabilités ?
Authors: Jantz Bastian , Jann Werner
Published: June 2013

Dans la présente étude, nous analysons la façon dont la récente évolution dans la gouvernance des services d’emploi survenue dans trois pays d’Europe (Danemark, Allemagne et Norvège) a influencé les relations d’imputabilité. L’idée générale présentée dans la littérature de plus en plus abondante sur l’imputabilité est que le nombre d’acteurs participant aux mécanismes d’imputabilité est en hausse, que les relations d’imputabilité deviennent plus nombreuses et plus complexes et que ces évolutions risquent de se traduire par des relations d’imputabilité contradictoires et, au final, par des « problèmes d’imputabilité multiple ». Nous allons tenter d’étudier ces idées en analysant les différents acteurs concernés et les informations demandées dans les nouveaux mécanismes de gouvernance dans les trois pays. Nous verrons que les évolutions considérables qui surviennent dans les structures organisationnelles et les informations managériales plus nombreuses demandées et fournies ont donné naissance à des formes d’imputabilité davantage partagées. Nous n’avons cependant pas observé d’évolution claire vers une réduction de l’imputabilité politique ou administrative. Remarques à l’intention des praticiens Dans de nombreuses régions, les organisations publiques rencontrent et utilisent des mesures d’imputabilité de plus en plus sophistiquées pour contrôler et améliorer leur performance. Beaucoup de citoyens les considèrent cependant encore comme n’étant pas suffisamment responsables. Ces problèmes d’imputabilité sont normalement traités en recommandant et en établissant des structures d’imputabilité nouvelles et plus nombreuses, faisant intervenir plus d’acteurs et d’obligations en termes d’informations, convaincu que l’on est que ces systèmes vont améliorer la production et les résultats. Parallèlement à cela, nombreux sont ceux qui craignent que ces nouvelles structures d’imputabilité partagées et fragmentées affaiblissent l’imputabilité et la légitimité politiques établies. Nous allons étudier ces évolutions en comparant les changements observés en matière d’imputabilité dans les administrations responsables du marché de l’emploi de trois pays et allons voir que les responsabilités sont davantage partagées, mais sans pour autant affaiblir l’imputabilité politique et administrative.
Analyse du rôle des cabinets ministériels en Italie : L'héritage et la temporalité dans l'étude des réformes administratives
Authors: Di Mascio Fabrizio , Natalini Alessandro
Published: June 2013

Dans le présent article, nous examinons les transformations dont font l’objet les cabinets ministériels en tant que structures consultatives bien établies dans l’exécutif italien depuis le début des années 90, lorsque le système de partis s’est effondré et qu’un cycle permanent de réformes de la gestion publique a été mis en place. Nous allons examiner comment l’influence des conseillers ministériels s’est peu à peu renforcée dans la coordination de l’exécutif, en venant combler le vide laissé en termes de capacité de gouvernance par l’institutionnalisation manquée du nouveau système des partis. Notre analyse empirique épingle ainsi la constellation d’acteurs qui ont reproduit les cabinets ministériels en tant qu’héritage du passé dans la structure actuelle du système italien, entravant au final l’innovation visée par les structures de gouvernance conformes aux normes internationales. Remarques à l’intention des praticiens Le présent article entend enrichir la littérature sur le développement du personnel ministériel en tant que manifestation essentielle de la politisation grandissante de la fonction publique. Grâce à son explication plus nuancées de l’héritage, axée sur l’identification des mécanismes causaux qui relient les systèmes institutionnels et les choix des acteurs dans les processus de réforme, notre article peut également enrichir les débats généraux sur le rôle du temps dans la gestion publique. Il porte également un regard intégré sur les différentes politiques de réforme de la fonction publique afin d’analyser les interrelations des évolutions administratives.